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Werner B, Yadav S. Phosphoregulation of the septin cytoskeleton in neuronal development and disease. Cytoskeleton (Hoboken) 2023; 80:275-289. [PMID: 36127729 PMCID: PMC10025170 DOI: 10.1002/cm.21728] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2022] [Revised: 08/13/2022] [Accepted: 09/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Septins are highly conserved GTP-binding proteins that oligomerize and form higher order structures. The septin cytoskeleton plays an important role in cellular organization, intracellular transport, and cytokinesis. Kinase-mediated phosphorylation of septins regulates various aspects of their function, localization, and dynamics. Septins are enriched in the mammalian nervous system where they contribute to neurodevelopment and neuronal function. Emerging research has implicated aberrant changes in septin cytoskeleton in several human diseases. The mechanisms through which aberrant phosphorylation by kinases contributes to septin dysfunction in neurological disorders are poorly understood and represent an important question for future research with therapeutic implications. This review summarizes the current state of knowledge of the diversity of kinases that interact with and phosphorylate mammalian septins, delineates how phosphoregulation impacts septin dynamics, and describes how aberrant septin phosphorylation contributes to neurological disorders.
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- Bailey Werner
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
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Sohn MY, Choi KM, Joo MS, Kang G, Woo WS, Kim KH, Son HJ, Lee JH, Kim DH, Park CI. Molecular characterization and expression analysis of septin gene family and phagocytic function of recombinant septin 2, 3 and 8 of starry flounder (Platichthys stellatus). FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2022; 126:251-262. [PMID: 35577319 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2022.05.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2022] [Revised: 04/04/2022] [Accepted: 05/10/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Septin is an evolutionarily conserved family of GTP-binding proteins. Septins are known to be involved in a variety of cellular processes, including cell division, chromosome separation, cell polarity, motility, membrane dynamics, exocytosis, apoptosis, phagocytosis, DNA damage responses, and other immune responses. In this study, the sequences of the septin gene family of starry flounder were obtained using NGS sequencing, and the integrity of the sequences was verified through cloning and sequencing. At first, the amino acid sequence was annotated using the cDNA sequence, and then, the gene sequence was verified through multiple sequence alignment and phylogenetic analyses using the related conserved sequences. The septin gene family was classified into three subgroups based on the phylogenetic analysis. High conservation within the domain and homology between the genes reported in different species were confirmed. The expression level of septin gene family mRNA in each tissue of healthy starry flounder was evaluated to confirm the tissue- and gene-specific expression levels. Additionally, as a result of the analysis of mRNA expression after simulated pathogen infection, significant expression changes and characteristics were confirmed upon infection with bacteria (Streptococcus parauberis PH0710) and virus (VHSV). Based on the current results and that of previous studies, to confirm the immunological function, Septin 2, 3, and 8 were produced as recombinant proteins based on the amino acid sequences, and their role in phagocytosis was further investigated. The results of this study indicate that septin gene family plays a complex and crucial role in the host immune response to pathogens of starry flounder.
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- Min-Young Sohn
- Department of Marine Biology & Aquaculture, College of Marine Science, Gyeongsang National University, 455, Tongyeong, 650-160, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Marine Biology & Aquaculture, College of Marine Science, Gyeongsang National University, 455, Tongyeong, 650-160, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Marine Biology & Aquaculture, College of Marine Science, Gyeongsang National University, 455, Tongyeong, 650-160, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Marine Biology & Aquaculture, College of Marine Science, Gyeongsang National University, 455, Tongyeong, 650-160, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Marine Biology & Aquaculture, College of Marine Science, Gyeongsang National University, 455, Tongyeong, 650-160, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Marine Biology & Aquaculture, College of Marine Science, Gyeongsang National University, 455, Tongyeong, 650-160, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Marine Biology & Aquaculture, College of Marine Science, Gyeongsang National University, 455, Tongyeong, 650-160, Republic of Korea
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- Fish Genetics and Breeding Research Center, National Institute of Fisheries Science, Geoje, 53334, South Korea.
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- Department of Aquatic Life Medicine, College of Fisheries Science, Pukyong National University, 45, Yongso-ro, Nam-Gu., Busan, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Marine Biology & Aquaculture, College of Marine Science, Gyeongsang National University, 455, Tongyeong, 650-160, Republic of Korea.
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Ancient Origins of Cytoskeletal Crosstalk: Spectraplakin-like Proteins Precede the Emergence of Cortical Microtubule Stabilization Complexes as Crosslinkers. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23105594. [PMID: 35628404 PMCID: PMC9145010 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23105594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2022] [Revised: 05/12/2022] [Accepted: 05/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Adhesion between cells and the extracellular matrix (ECM) is one of the prerequisites for multicellularity, motility, and tissue specialization. Focal adhesions (FAs) are defined as protein complexes that mediate signals from the ECM to major components of the cytoskeleton (microtubules, actin, and intermediate filaments), and their mutual communication determines a variety of cellular processes. In this study, human cytoskeletal crosstalk proteins were identified by comparing datasets with experimentally determined cytoskeletal proteins. The spectraplakin dystonin was the only protein found in all datasets. Other proteins (FAK, RAC1, septin 9, MISP, and ezrin) were detected at the intersections of FAs, microtubules, and actin cytoskeleton. Homology searches for human crosstalk proteins as queries were performed against a predefined dataset of proteomes. This analysis highlighted the importance of FA communication with the actin and microtubule cytoskeleton, as these crosstalk proteins exhibit the highest degree of evolutionary conservation. Finally, phylogenetic analyses elucidated the early evolutionary history of spectraplakins and cortical microtubule stabilization complexes (CMSCs) as model representatives of the human cytoskeletal crosstalk. While spectraplakins probably arose at the onset of opisthokont evolution, the crosstalk between FAs and microtubules is associated with the emergence of metazoans. The multiprotein complexes contributing to cytoskeletal crosstalk in animals gradually gained in complexity from the onset of metazoan evolution.
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Kumari A, Ghosh A, Kolay S, Raghu P. Septins tune lipid kinase activity and PI(4,5)P 2 turnover during G-protein–coupled PLC signalling in vivo. Life Sci Alliance 2022; 5:5/6/e202101293. [PMID: 35277468 PMCID: PMC8921834 DOI: 10.26508/lsa.202101293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2021] [Revised: 02/23/2022] [Accepted: 02/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate [PI(4,5)P2] hydrolysis by phospholipase C (PLC) is a conserved mechanism of signalling. Given the low abundance of PI(4,5)P2, its hydrolysis needs to be coupled to resynthesis to ensure continued PLC activity; however, the mechanism by which depletion is coupled to resynthesis remains unknown. PI(4,5)P2 synthesis is catalyzed by the phosphorylation of phosphatidylinositol 4 phosphate (PI4P) by phosphatidylinositol 4 phosphate 5 kinase (PIP5K). In Drosophila photoreceptors, photon absorption is transduced into PLC activity and during this process, PI(4,5)P2 is resynthesized by a PIP5K. However, the mechanism by which PIP5K activity is coupled to PI(4,5)P2 hydrolysis is unknown. In this study, we identify a unique isoform dPIP5KL, that is both necessary and sufficient to mediate PI(4,5)P2 synthesis during phototransduction. Depletion of PNUT, a non-redundant subunit of the septin family, enhances dPIP5KL activity in vitro and PI(4,5)P2 resynthesis in vivo; co-depletion of dPIP5KL reverses the enhanced rate of PI(4,5)P2 resynthesis in vivo. Thus, our work defines a septin-mediated mechanism through which PIP5K activity is coupled to PLC-mediated PI(4,5)P2 hydrolysis.
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- Aastha Kumari
- National Centre for Biological Sciences, TIFR-GKVK Campus, Bengaluru, India
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- National Centre for Biological Sciences, TIFR-GKVK Campus, Bengaluru, India
- Department of Surgery, Vascular Biology Program, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- National Centre for Biological Sciences, TIFR-GKVK Campus, Bengaluru, India
- UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- National Centre for Biological Sciences, TIFR-GKVK Campus, Bengaluru, India
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Özkara G, Ersoy Tunali N. SEPTIN12 c.474 G > A polymorphism as a risk factor in teratozoospermic patients. Mol Biol Rep 2021; 48:4073-4081. [PMID: 34057684 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-021-06417-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2020] [Accepted: 05/17/2021] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Teratozoospermia is a condition related to poor morphologically normal sperm count below the lower reference limit, which could hinder natural conception. Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the genes involved in sperm production and testicular function are proved to be risk factors, resulting in decreased sperm parameters and defects in sperm morphology. c.474 G > A polymorphism in the SEPTIN12 gene which is one of the testis-specific genes creates a novel splice variant and the resulting truncated protein was previously found to be more prevalent in infertile men. We aimed to investigate the association of SEPTIN12 c.474 G > A polymorphism with male infertility in teratozoospermia patients. Forty-eight teratozoospermic patients, diagnosed according to Kruger's criteria and 164 fertile controls who fathered at least 1 child within 3 years without assisted reproductive technologies were included into our prospective randomized controlled study. PCR-RFLP method was used for genotyping. Although no statistical difference was found between teratozoospermic patients and fertile controls in terms of genotype distributions, significance was identified between the genotypes of all and non-smoking teratozoopermic patients in terms of neck defects. SEPTIN12 c.474 G > A polymorphism was shown to be associated with sperm neck defects in teratozoospermic patients using the dominant statistical model. Smoking was identified as a risk factor for the sperm morphology defects in teratozoospermic A allele carriers.
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- Gülçin Özkara
- Aziz Sancar Institute of Experimental Medicine, Department of Molecular Medicine, İstanbul University, İstanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Molecular Biology Genetics, İstanbul Medeniyet University, İstanbul, Turkey.
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Huang J, Chen J, Liu F, He Q, Wu Y, Sun Q, Long M, Li T, Pan G, Zhou Z. Septin homologs cooperating in the Proliferative Stage of Microsporidia Nosema bombycis. J Invertebr Pathol 2021; 183:107600. [PMID: 33961882 DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2021.107600] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2020] [Revised: 04/21/2021] [Accepted: 04/26/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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The single-celled pathogen Nosema bombycis, that can infect silkworm Bombyx mori and other lepidoptera including Spodoptera, is the first identified Microsporidia which has diplokaryotic nuclei throughout the life cycle. Septin proteins can form highly ordered filaments, bundles or ring structures related to the cytokinesis in fungi. Here, three septin proteins (NbSeptin1, NbSeptin2 and NbSeptin3) from Nosema bombycis CQ I are described. These proteins, appear to be conserved within the phylum Microsporidia. NbSeptins transcripts were detected throughout the pathogen developmental cycle and were significantly enhanced from second days of infection, which lead to our hypothesis that NbSeptins play a role in merogony. Immunofluorescence assay (IFA) revealed a broad distribution of NbSeptins in meronts and partly co-localization of NbSeptins. Interestingly, in some of meronts, NbSeptin2 and NbSeptin3 showed localization between the nuclei of the diplokaryon. Yeast two-hybrid and co-immunoprecipitation analysis verified that NbSeptins can interact with each other. Our findings suggest that NbSeptins can cooperate in the proliferation stage of Nosema bombycis and contribute towards the understanding of the rols of septins in microsporidia development.
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- Jun Huang
- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400716, China; Chongqing Key Laboratory of Microsporidia Infection and Prevention, Chongqing 400716, China; Key Laboratory of Sericultural Biology and Genetic Breeding, Ministry of Agricultural, Southwest University, Chongqing 400716, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400716, China; Chongqing Key Laboratory of Microsporidia Infection and Prevention, Chongqing 400716, China; Key Laboratory of Sericultural Biology and Genetic Breeding, Ministry of Agricultural, Southwest University, Chongqing 400716, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400716, China; Chongqing Key Laboratory of Microsporidia Infection and Prevention, Chongqing 400716, China; Key Laboratory of Sericultural Biology and Genetic Breeding, Ministry of Agricultural, Southwest University, Chongqing 400716, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400716, China; Chongqing Key Laboratory of Microsporidia Infection and Prevention, Chongqing 400716, China; Key Laboratory of Sericultural Biology and Genetic Breeding, Ministry of Agricultural, Southwest University, Chongqing 400716, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400716, China; Chongqing Key Laboratory of Microsporidia Infection and Prevention, Chongqing 400716, China; Key Laboratory of Sericultural Biology and Genetic Breeding, Ministry of Agricultural, Southwest University, Chongqing 400716, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400716, China; Chongqing Key Laboratory of Microsporidia Infection and Prevention, Chongqing 400716, China; Key Laboratory of Sericultural Biology and Genetic Breeding, Ministry of Agricultural, Southwest University, Chongqing 400716, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400716, China; Chongqing Key Laboratory of Microsporidia Infection and Prevention, Chongqing 400716, China; Key Laboratory of Sericultural Biology and Genetic Breeding, Ministry of Agricultural, Southwest University, Chongqing 400716, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400716, China; Chongqing Key Laboratory of Microsporidia Infection and Prevention, Chongqing 400716, China; Key Laboratory of Sericultural Biology and Genetic Breeding, Ministry of Agricultural, Southwest University, Chongqing 400716, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400716, China; Chongqing Key Laboratory of Microsporidia Infection and Prevention, Chongqing 400716, China; Key Laboratory of Sericultural Biology and Genetic Breeding, Ministry of Agricultural, Southwest University, Chongqing 400716, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400716, China; Chongqing Key Laboratory of Microsporidia Infection and Prevention, Chongqing 400716, China; Key Laboratory of Sericultural Biology and Genetic Breeding, Ministry of Agricultural, Southwest University, Chongqing 400716, China; College of Life Science, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing 400047, China.
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Takagi J, Cho C, Duvalyan A, Yan Y, Halloran M, Hanson-Smith V, Thorner J, Finnigan GC. Reconstructed evolutionary history of the yeast septins Cdc11 and Shs1. G3-GENES GENOMES GENETICS 2021; 11:6025175. [PMID: 33561226 PMCID: PMC7849910 DOI: 10.1093/g3journal/jkaa006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2020] [Accepted: 11/13/2020] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
Septins are GTP-binding proteins conserved across metazoans. They can polymerize into extended filaments and, hence, are considered a component of the cytoskeleton. The number of individual septins varies across the tree of life—yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) has seven distinct subunits, a nematode (Caenorhabditis elegans) has two, and humans have 13. However, the overall geometric unit (an apolar hetero-octameric protomer and filaments assembled there from) has been conserved. To understand septin evolutionary variation, we focused on a related pair of yeast subunits (Cdc11 and Shs1) that appear to have arisen from gene duplication within the fungal clade. Either Cdc11 or Shs1 occupies the terminal position within a hetero-octamer, yet Cdc11 is essential for septin function and cell viability, whereas Shs1 is not. To discern the molecular basis of this divergence, we utilized ancestral gene reconstruction to predict, synthesize, and experimentally examine the most recent common ancestor (“Anc.11-S”) of Cdc11 and Shs1. Anc.11-S was able to occupy the terminal position within an octamer, just like the modern subunits. Although Anc.11-S supplied many of the known functions of Cdc11, it was unable to replace the distinct function(s) of Shs1. To further evaluate the history of Shs1, additional intermediates along a proposed trajectory from Anc.11-S to yeast Shs1 were generated and tested. We demonstrate that multiple events contributed to the current properties of Shs1: (1) loss of Shs1–Shs1 self-association early after duplication, (2) co-evolution of heterotypic Cdc11–Shs1 interaction between neighboring hetero-octamers, and (3) eventual repurposing and acquisition of novel function(s) for its C-terminal extension domain. Thus, a pair of duplicated proteins, despite constraints imposed by assembly into a highly conserved multi-subunit structure, could evolve new functionality via a complex evolutionary pathway.
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- Julie Takagi
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-3202, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-3202, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-3202, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-3202, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EEY. Multidomain ribosomal protein trees and the planctobacterial origin of neomura (eukaryotes, archaebacteria). PROTOPLASMA 2020. [PMID: 31900730 DOI: 10.1007/s00709-019-01442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Palaeontologically, eubacteria are > 3× older than neomura (eukaryotes, archaebacteria). Cell biology contrasts ancestral eubacterial murein peptidoglycan walls and derived neomuran N-linked glycoprotein coats/walls. Misinterpreting long stems connecting clade neomura to eubacteria on ribosomal sequence trees (plus misinterpreted protein paralogue trees) obscured this historical pattern. Universal multiprotein ribosomal protein (RP) trees, more accurate than rRNA trees, are taxonomically undersampled. To reduce contradictions with genically richer eukaryote trees and improve eubacterial phylogeny, we constructed site-heterogeneous and maximum-likelihood universal three-domain, two-domain, and single-domain trees for 143 eukaryotes (branching now congruent with 187-protein trees), 60 archaebacteria, and 151 taxonomically representative eubacteria, using 51 and 26 RPs. Site-heterogeneous trees greatly improve eubacterial phylogeny and higher classification, e.g. showing gracilicute monophyly, that many 'rDNA-phyla' belong in Proteobacteria, and reveal robust new phyla Synthermota and Aquithermota. Monoderm Posibacteria and Mollicutes (two separate wall losses) are both polyphyletic: multiple outer membrane losses in Endobacteria occurred separately from Actinobacteria; neither phylum is related to Chloroflexi, the most divergent prokaryotes, which originated photosynthesis (new model proposed). RP trees support an eozoan root for eukaryotes and are consistent with archaebacteria being their sisters and rooted between Filarchaeota (=Proteoarchaeota, including 'Asgardia') and Euryarchaeota sensu-lato (including ultrasimplified 'DPANN' whose long branches often distort trees). Two-domain trees group eukaryotes within Planctobacteria, and archaebacteria with Planctobacteria/Sphingobacteria. Integrated molecular/palaeontological evidence favours negibacterial ancestors for neomura and all life. Unique presence of key pre-neomuran characters favours Planctobacteria only as ancestral to neomura, which apparently arose by coevolutionary repercussions (explained here in detail, including RP replacement) of simultaneous outer membrane and murein loss. Planctobacterial C-1 methanotrophic enzymes are likely ancestral to archaebacterial methanogenesis and β-propeller-α-solenoid proteins to eukaryotic vesicle coats, nuclear-pore-complexes, and intraciliary transport. Planctobacterial chaperone-independent 4/5-protofilament microtubules and MamK actin-ancestors prepared for eukaryote intracellular motility, mitosis, cytokinesis, and phagocytosis. We refute numerous wrong ideas about the universal tree.
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- Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PS, UK
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Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EEY. Multidomain ribosomal protein trees and the planctobacterial origin of neomura (eukaryotes, archaebacteria). PROTOPLASMA 2020; 257:621-753. [PMID: 31900730 PMCID: PMC7203096 DOI: 10.1007/s00709-019-01442-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2019] [Accepted: 09/19/2019] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
Abstract
Palaeontologically, eubacteria are > 3× older than neomura (eukaryotes, archaebacteria). Cell biology contrasts ancestral eubacterial murein peptidoglycan walls and derived neomuran N-linked glycoprotein coats/walls. Misinterpreting long stems connecting clade neomura to eubacteria on ribosomal sequence trees (plus misinterpreted protein paralogue trees) obscured this historical pattern. Universal multiprotein ribosomal protein (RP) trees, more accurate than rRNA trees, are taxonomically undersampled. To reduce contradictions with genically richer eukaryote trees and improve eubacterial phylogeny, we constructed site-heterogeneous and maximum-likelihood universal three-domain, two-domain, and single-domain trees for 143 eukaryotes (branching now congruent with 187-protein trees), 60 archaebacteria, and 151 taxonomically representative eubacteria, using 51 and 26 RPs. Site-heterogeneous trees greatly improve eubacterial phylogeny and higher classification, e.g. showing gracilicute monophyly, that many 'rDNA-phyla' belong in Proteobacteria, and reveal robust new phyla Synthermota and Aquithermota. Monoderm Posibacteria and Mollicutes (two separate wall losses) are both polyphyletic: multiple outer membrane losses in Endobacteria occurred separately from Actinobacteria; neither phylum is related to Chloroflexi, the most divergent prokaryotes, which originated photosynthesis (new model proposed). RP trees support an eozoan root for eukaryotes and are consistent with archaebacteria being their sisters and rooted between Filarchaeota (=Proteoarchaeota, including 'Asgardia') and Euryarchaeota sensu-lato (including ultrasimplified 'DPANN' whose long branches often distort trees). Two-domain trees group eukaryotes within Planctobacteria, and archaebacteria with Planctobacteria/Sphingobacteria. Integrated molecular/palaeontological evidence favours negibacterial ancestors for neomura and all life. Unique presence of key pre-neomuran characters favours Planctobacteria only as ancestral to neomura, which apparently arose by coevolutionary repercussions (explained here in detail, including RP replacement) of simultaneous outer membrane and murein loss. Planctobacterial C-1 methanotrophic enzymes are likely ancestral to archaebacterial methanogenesis and β-propeller-α-solenoid proteins to eukaryotic vesicle coats, nuclear-pore-complexes, and intraciliary transport. Planctobacterial chaperone-independent 4/5-protofilament microtubules and MamK actin-ancestors prepared for eukaryote intracellular motility, mitosis, cytokinesis, and phagocytosis. We refute numerous wrong ideas about the universal tree.
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- Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PS, UK
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D'Amore C, Salizzato V, Borgo C, Cesaro L, Pinna LA, Salvi M. A Journey through the Cytoskeleton with Protein Kinase CK2. Curr Protein Pept Sci 2019; 20:547-562. [PMID: 30659536 DOI: 10.2174/1389203720666190119124846] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2018] [Revised: 12/21/2018] [Accepted: 01/09/2019] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Substrate pleiotropicity, a very acidic phosphorylation consensus sequence, and an apparent uncontrolled activity, are the main features of CK2, a Ser/Thr protein kinase that is required for a plethora of cell functions. Not surprisingly, CK2 appears to affect cytoskeletal structures and correlated functions such as cell shape, mechanical integrity, cell movement and division. This review outlines our current knowledge of how CK2 regulates cytoskeletal structures, and discusses involved pathways and molecular mechanisms.
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- Claudio D'Amore
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padova, Via U. Bassi 58/B, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padova, Via U. Bassi 58/B, Padova, Italy.,CNR Institute of Neurosciences, Via U. Bassi 58/B, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padova, Via U. Bassi 58/B, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padova, Via U. Bassi 58/B, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padova, Via U. Bassi 58/B, Padova, Italy.,CNR Institute of Neurosciences, Via U. Bassi 58/B, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padova, Via U. Bassi 58/B, Padova, Italy
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Neubauer K, Neubauer B, Seidl M, Zieger B. Characterization of septin expression in normal and fibrotic kidneys. Cytoskeleton (Hoboken) 2018; 76:143-153. [PMID: 30019536 DOI: 10.1002/cm.21473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2018] [Revised: 06/18/2018] [Accepted: 06/19/2018] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is characterized by the loss of nephrons and worsening organ-fibrosis that leads to deterioration and ultimately the total breakdown of kidney function. Renal fibrosis has become a major public health problem worldwide and necessitates hemodialysis and kidney transplantation in affected patients. CKD is mainly characterized by the activation and proliferation of interstitial fibroblasts and by excessive synthesis and accumulation of extracellular matrix components, causing the disruption of the normal tissue architecture of the kidney. Septins are GTPase proteins associated with membranes, actin filaments, and microtubules and are undoubtedly crucial for cytoskeleton organization. Although some septins are involved in liver fibrosis, they have not been investigated in the context of renal fibrosis. Here, we show that numerous septins are expressed in the healthy kidney and demonstrate in fibrotic mouse kidneys that various septins are remarkably up-regulated in the tubulointerstitium compared to contralateral control kidneys. We observed the same findings in human fibrotic kidneys. In both healthy and fibrotic kidneys, septins are coexpressed with extracellular matrix components, reinforcing the structural function of septins as cytoskeletal components. Furthermore, we could show in septin 8-deficient mice that septin 8 is dispensable for the formation of renal fibrosis, and that no other septin was compensatory changed in kidneys compared to wild-type mice.
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- Katharina Neubauer
- Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Faculty of Medicine, Medical Center, Institute of Clinical Pathology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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Septins are GTP-binding and membrane-interacting proteins with a highly conserved domain structure involved in various cellular processes, including cytoskeleton organization, cytokinesis, and membrane dynamics. To date, 13 different septin genes have been identified in mammals (SEPT1 to SEPT12 and SEPT14), which can be classified into four distinct subgroups based on the sequence homology of their domain structure (SEPT2, SEPT3, SEPT6, and SEPT7 subgroup). The family members of these subgroups have a strong affinity for other septins and form apolar tri-, hexa-, or octameric complexes consisting of multiple septin polypeptides. The first characterized core complex is the hetero-trimer SEPT2-6-7. Within these complexes single septins can be exchanged in a subgroup-specific manner. Hexamers contain SEPT2 and SEPT6 subgroup members and SEPT7 in two copies each whereas the octamers additionally comprise two SEPT9 subgroup septins. The various isoforms seem to determine the function and regulation of the septin complex. Septins self-assemble into higher-order structures, including filaments and rings in orders, which are typical for different cell types. Misregulation of septins leads to human diseases such as neurodegenerative and bleeding disorders. In non-dividing cells such as neuronal tissue and platelets septins have been associated with exocytosis. However, many mechanistic details and roles attributed to septins are poorly understood. We describe here some important mammalian septin interactions with a special focus on the clinically relevant septin interactions.
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- Katharina Neubauer
- Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Medical Center-University of Freiburg Freiburg, Germany
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- Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Medical Center-University of Freiburg Freiburg, Germany
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Moreno-Castellanos N, Rodríguez A, Rabanal-Ruiz Y, Fernández-Vega A, López-Miranda J, Vázquez-Martínez R, Frühbeck G, Malagón MM. The cytoskeletal protein septin 11 is associated with human obesity and is involved in adipocyte lipid storage and metabolism. Diabetologia 2017; 60:324-335. [PMID: 27866222 DOI: 10.1007/s00125-016-4155-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2016] [Accepted: 10/25/2016] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS Septins are newly identified members of the cytoskeleton that have been proposed as biomarkers of a number of diseases. However, septins have not been characterised in adipose tissue and their relationship with obesity and insulin resistance remains unknown. Herein, we characterised a member of this family, septin 11 (SEPT11), in human adipose tissue and analysed its potential involvement in the regulation of adipocyte metabolism. METHODS Gene and protein expression levels of SEPT11 were analysed in human adipose tissue. SEPT11 distribution was evaluated by immunocytochemistry, electron microscopy and subcellular fractionation techniques. Glutathione S-transferase (GST) pull-down, immunoprecipitation and yeast two-hybrid screening were used to identify the SEPT11 interactome. Gene silencing was used to assess the role of SEPT11 in the regulation of insulin signalling and lipid metabolism in adipocytes. RESULTS We demonstrate the expression of SEPT11 in human adipocytes and its upregulation in obese individuals, with SEPT11 mRNA content positively correlating with variables of insulin resistance in subcutaneous adipose tissue. SEPT11 content was regulated by lipogenic, lipolytic and proinflammatory stimuli in human adipocytes. SEPT11 associated with caveolae in mature adipocytes and interacted with both caveolin-1 and the intracellular fatty acid chaperone, fatty acid binding protein 5 (FABP5). Lipid loading of adipocytes caused the association of the three proteins with the surface of lipid droplets. SEPT11 silencing impaired insulin signalling and insulin-induced lipid accumulation in adipocytes. CONCLUSIONS/INTERPRETATION Our findings support a role for SEPT11 in lipid traffic and metabolism in adipocytes and open new avenues for research on the control of lipid storage in obesity and insulin resistance.
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- Natalia Moreno-Castellanos
- Instituto Maimónides de Investigación Biomédica de Córdoba (IMIBIC)/University of Córdoba/Reina Sofia University Hospital, Edificio IMIBIC, Avda. Menéndez Pidal s/n, 14004, Córdoba, Spain
- Department of Cell Biology, Physiology and Immunology, University of Cordoba, Córdoba, Spain
- CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Spain
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- CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Spain
- Metabolic Research Laboratory, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, IdiSNA, Pamplona, Spain
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- Instituto Maimónides de Investigación Biomédica de Córdoba (IMIBIC)/University of Córdoba/Reina Sofia University Hospital, Edificio IMIBIC, Avda. Menéndez Pidal s/n, 14004, Córdoba, Spain
- Department of Cell Biology, Physiology and Immunology, University of Cordoba, Córdoba, Spain
- CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Spain
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- Instituto Maimónides de Investigación Biomédica de Córdoba (IMIBIC)/University of Córdoba/Reina Sofia University Hospital, Edificio IMIBIC, Avda. Menéndez Pidal s/n, 14004, Córdoba, Spain
- Department of Cell Biology, Physiology and Immunology, University of Cordoba, Córdoba, Spain
- CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Spain
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- CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Spain
- Lipids and Atherosclerosis Unit, IMIBIC/Reina Sofia University Hospital/University of Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain
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- Instituto Maimónides de Investigación Biomédica de Córdoba (IMIBIC)/University of Córdoba/Reina Sofia University Hospital, Edificio IMIBIC, Avda. Menéndez Pidal s/n, 14004, Córdoba, Spain
- Department of Cell Biology, Physiology and Immunology, University of Cordoba, Córdoba, Spain
- CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Spain
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- CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Spain, .
- Metabolic Research Laboratory, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, IdiSNA, Pamplona, Spain.
- Department of Endocrinology & Nutrition, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Avda. Pío XII 36, 31008, Pamplona, Spain.
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- Instituto Maimónides de Investigación Biomédica de Córdoba (IMIBIC)/University of Córdoba/Reina Sofia University Hospital, Edificio IMIBIC, Avda. Menéndez Pidal s/n, 14004, Córdoba, Spain.
- Department of Cell Biology, Physiology and Immunology, University of Cordoba, Córdoba, Spain.
- CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Spain, .
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Brioschi M, Baetta R, Ghilardi S, Gianazza E, Guarino A, Parolari A, Polvani G, Tremoli E, Banfi C. Normal human mitral valve proteome: A preliminary investigation by gel-based and gel-free proteomic approaches. Electrophoresis 2016; 37:2633-2643. [PMID: 27450324 DOI: 10.1002/elps.201600081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2016] [Revised: 06/27/2016] [Accepted: 07/14/2016] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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The mitral valve is a highly complex structure which regulates blood flow from the left atrium to the left ventricle (LV) avoiding a significant forward gradient during diastole or regurgitation during systole. The integrity of the mitral valve is also essential for the maintenance of normal LV size, geometry, and function. Significant advances in the comprehension of the biological, functional, and mechanical behavior of the mitral valve have recently been made. However, current knowledge of protein components in the normal human mitral valve is still limited and complicated by the low cellularity of this tissue and the presence of high abundant proteins from the extracellular matrix. We employed here an integrated proteomic approach to analyse the protein composition of the normal human mitral valve and reported confident identification of 422 proteins, some of which have not been previously described in this tissue. In particular, we described the ability of pre-MS separation technique based on liquid-phase IEF and SDS-PAGE to identify the largest number of proteins. We also demonstrated that some of these proteins, e.g. αB-Crystallin, septin-11, four-and-a-half LIM domains protein 1, and dermatopontin, are synthesised by interstitial cells isolated from human mitral valves. These initial results provide a valuable basis for future studies aimed at analysing in depth the mitral valve protein composition and at investigating potential pathogenetic molecular mechanisms. Data are available via ProteomeXchange with identifier PXD004397.
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- Centro Cardiologico Monzino, IRCCS, Milan, Italy.,Banca Tessuti Cardiovascolari Regione Lombardia, Centro Cardiologico Monzino IRCCS Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chirurgia cardiaca, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, Milan, Italy
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- Centro Cardiologico Monzino, IRCCS, Milan, Italy.,Università degli Studi di Milano, Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche e di Comunità, Sezione Cardiovascolare, Milan, Italy
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Cytoskeletal Protein Septins Participate in the Modulation of the Kinetics of Acetylcholine Quanta Release at Neuromuscular Junction. BIONANOSCIENCE 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/s12668-016-0217-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Partial Functional Diversification of Drosophila melanogaster Septin Genes Sep2 and Sep5. G3-GENES GENOMES GENETICS 2016; 6:1947-57. [PMID: 27172205 PMCID: PMC4938648 DOI: 10.1534/g3.116.028886] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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The septin family of hetero-oligomeric complex-forming proteins can be divided into subgroups, and subgroup members are interchangeable at specific positions in the septin complex. Drosophila melanogaster has five septin genes, including the two SEPT6 subgroup members Sep2 and Sep5. We previously found that Sep2 has a unique function in oogenesis, which is not performed by Sep5. Here, we find that Sep2 is uniquely required for follicle cell encapsulation of female germline cysts, and that Sep2 and Sep5 are redundant for follicle cell proliferation. The five D. melanogaster septins localize similarly in oogenesis, including as rings flanking the germline ring canals. Pnut fails to localize in Sep5; Sep2 double mutant follicle cells, indicating that septin complexes fail to form in the absence of both Sep2 and Sep5. We also find that mutations in septins enhance the mutant phenotype of bazooka, a key component in the establishment of cell polarity, suggesting a link between septin function and cell polarity. Overall, this work suggests that Sep5 has undergone partial loss of ancestral protein function, and demonstrates redundant and unique functions of septins.
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Cytokinesis is the final process in the cell cycle that physically divides one cell into two. In budding yeast, cytokinesis is driven by a contractile actomyosin ring (AMR) and the simultaneous formation of a primary septum, which serves as template for cell wall deposition. AMR assembly, constriction, primary septum formation and cell wall deposition are successive processes and tightly coupled to cell cycle progression to ensure the correct distribution of genetic material and cell organelles among the two rising cells prior to cell division. The role of the AMR in cytokinesis and the molecular mechanisms that drive AMR constriction and septation are the focus of current research. This review summarizes the recent progresses in our understanding of how budding yeast cells orchestrate the multitude of molecular mechanisms that control AMR driven cytokinesis in a spatio-temporal manner to achieve an error free cell division.
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Fu Q, Li Y, Yang Y, Li C, Yao J, Zeng Q, Qin Z, Liu S, Li D, Liu Z. Septin genes in channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) and their involvement in disease defense responses. FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2016; 49:110-121. [PMID: 26700173 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2015.12.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2015] [Revised: 12/09/2015] [Accepted: 12/12/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Septins are an evolutionarily conserved family of GTP-binding proteins. They are involved in diverse processes including cytokinesis, apoptosis, infection, neurodegeneration and neoplasia. In this study, through thorough data mining of existed channel catfish genomic resources, we identified a complete set of 15 septin genes. Septins were classified into four subgroups according to phylogenetic analysis. Extensive comparative genomic analysis, including domain and syntenic analysis, supported their annotation and orthologies. The expression patterns of septins in channel catfish were examined in healthy tissues and after infection with two major bacterial pathogens, Edwardsiella ictaluri and Flavobacterium columnare. In healthy channel catfish, most septin genes were ubiquitously expressed and presented diversity patterns in various tissues, especially mucosal tissues, proposing the significant roles septin genes may play in maintaining homeostasis and host immune response activities. After bacterial infections, most septin genes were regulated, but opposite direction in expression profiles were found with the two bacterial pathogens: the differentially expressed septin genes were down-regulated in the intestine after E. ictaluri infection while generally up-regulated in the gill after F. columnare infection, suggesting a pathogen-specific and tissue-specific pattern of regulation. Taken together, these results suggested that septin genes may play complex and important roles in the host immune responses to bacterial pathogens in channel catfish.
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- Qiang Fu
- State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200062, China; The Fish Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology Laboratory, Aquatic Genomics Unit, School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, 36849, USA
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- The Fish Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology Laboratory, Aquatic Genomics Unit, School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, 36849, USA
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- The Fish Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology Laboratory, Aquatic Genomics Unit, School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, 36849, USA
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- Marine Science and Engineering College, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, 266109, China
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- The Fish Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology Laboratory, Aquatic Genomics Unit, School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, 36849, USA
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- The Fish Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology Laboratory, Aquatic Genomics Unit, School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, 36849, USA
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- The Fish Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology Laboratory, Aquatic Genomics Unit, School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, 36849, USA
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- The Fish Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology Laboratory, Aquatic Genomics Unit, School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, 36849, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200062, China
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- The Fish Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology Laboratory, Aquatic Genomics Unit, School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, 36849, USA.
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Septins are GTP-binding proteins that form filaments and higher-order structures on the cell cortex of eukaryotic cells and associate with actin and microtubule cytoskeletal networks. When assembled, septins coordinate cell division and contribute to cell polarity maintenance and membrane remodeling. These functions manifest themselves via scaffolding of cytosolic proteins and cytoskeletal networks to specific locations on membranes and by forming diffusional barriers that restrict lateral diffusion of proteins embedded in membranes. Notably, many neurodegenerative diseases and cancers have been characterized as having misregulated septins, suggesting that their functions are relevant to diverse diseases. Despite the importance of septins, little is known about what features of the plasma membrane influence septin recruitment and alternatively, how septins influence plasma membrane properties. Septins have been localized to the cell cortex at the base of cilia, the mother-bud neck of yeast, and branch points of filamentous fungi and dendritic spines, in cleavage furrows, and in retracting membrane protrusions in mammalian cells. These sites all possess some degree of curvature and are likely composed of distinct lipid pools. Depending on the context, septins may act alone or in concert with other cytoskeletal elements to influence and sense membrane properties. The degree to which septins react to and/or induce changes in shape and lipid composition are discussed here. As septins are an essential player in basic biology and disease, understanding the interplay between septins and the plasma membrane is critical and may yield new and unexpected functions.
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- Andrew A Bridges
- From the Department of Biological Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755
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- From the Department of Biological Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755
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Schiel JA, Prekeris R. ESCRT or Endosomes? Tales of the separation of two daughter Cells. Commun Integr Biol 2014. [DOI: 10.4161/cib.16789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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A loss of function analysis of host factors influencing Vaccinia virus replication by RNA interference. PLoS One 2014; 9:e98431. [PMID: 24901222 PMCID: PMC4047015 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0098431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2014] [Accepted: 04/23/2014] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Vaccinia virus (VACV) is a large, cytoplasmic, double-stranded DNA virus that requires complex interactions with host proteins in order to replicate. To explore these interactions a functional high throughput small interfering RNA (siRNA) screen targeting 6719 druggable cellular genes was undertaken to identify host factors (HF) influencing the replication and spread of an eGFP-tagged VACV. The experimental design incorporated a low multiplicity of infection, thereby enhancing detection of cellular proteins involved in cell-to-cell spread of VACV. The screen revealed 153 pro- and 149 anti-viral HFs that strongly influenced VACV replication. These HFs were investigated further by comparisons with transcriptional profiling data sets and HFs identified in RNAi screens of other viruses. In addition, functional and pathway analysis of the entire screen was carried out to highlight cellular mechanisms involved in VACV replication. This revealed, as anticipated, that many pro-viral HFs are involved in translation of mRNA and, unexpectedly, suggested that a range of proteins involved in cellular transcriptional processes and several DNA repair pathways possess anti-viral activity. Multiple components of the AMPK complex were found to act as pro-viral HFs, while several septins, a group of highly conserved GTP binding proteins with a role in sequestering intracellular bacteria, were identified as strong anti-viral VACV HFs. This screen has identified novel and previously unexplored roles for cellular factors in poxvirus replication. This advancement in our understanding of the VACV life cycle provides a reliable knowledge base for the improvement of poxvirus-based vaccine vectors and development of anti-viral theraputics.
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Reversible paralysis of Schistosoma mansoni by forchlorfenuron, a phenylurea cytokinin that affects septins. Int J Parasitol 2014; 44:523-31. [PMID: 24768753 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2014.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2014] [Revised: 03/21/2014] [Accepted: 03/23/2014] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Septins are guanosine-5'-triphosphate-binding proteins involved in wide-ranging cellular processes including cytokinesis, vesicle trafficking, membrane remodelling and scaffolds, and with diverse binding partners. Precise roles for these structural proteins in most processes often remain elusive. Identification of small molecules that inhibit septins could aid in elucidating the functions of septins and has become increasingly important, including the description of roles for septins in pathogenic phenomena such as tumorigenesis. The plant growth regulator forchlorfenuron, a synthetic cytokinin known to inhibit septin dynamics, likely represents an informative probe for septin function. This report deals with septins of the human blood fluke Schistosoma mansoni and their interactions with forchlorfenuron. Recombinant forms of three schistosome septins, SmSEPT5, SmSEPT7.2 and SmSEPT10, interacted with forchlorfenuron, leading to rapid polymerization of filaments. Culturing developmental stages (miracidia, cercariae, adult males) of schistosomes in FCF at 50-500 μM rapidly led to paralysis, which was reversible upon removal of the cytokinin. The reversible paralysis was concentration-, time- and developmental stage-dependent. Effects of forchlorfenuron on the cultured schistosomes were monitored by video and/or by an xCELLigence-based assay of motility, which quantified the effect of forchlorfenuron on fluke motility. The findings implicated a mechanism targeting a molecular system controlling movement in these developmental stages: a direct effect on muscle contraction due to septin stabilization might be responsible for the reversible paralysis, since enrichment of septins has been described within the muscles of schistosomes. This study revealed the reversible effect of forchlorfenuron on both schistosome motility and its striking impact in hastening polymerization of septins. These novel findings suggested routes to elucidate roles for septins in this pathogen, and exploitation of derivatives of forchlorfenuron for anti-schistosomal drugs.
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Zeraik AE, Pereira HM, Santos YV, Brandão-Neto J, Spoerner M, Santos MS, Colnago LA, Garratt RC, Araújo APU, DeMarco R. Crystal structure of a Schistosoma mansoni septin reveals the phenomenon of strand slippage in septins dependent on the nature of the bound nucleotide. J Biol Chem 2014; 289:7799-811. [PMID: 24464615 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m113.525352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Septins are filament-forming GTP-binding proteins involved in important cellular events, such as cytokinesis, barrier formation, and membrane remodeling. Here, we present two crystal structures of the GTPase domain of a Schistosoma mansoni septin (SmSEPT10), one bound to GDP and the other to GTP. The structures have been solved at an unprecedented resolution for septins (1.93 and 2.1 Å, respectively), which has allowed for unambiguous structural assignment of regions previously poorly defined. Consequently, we provide a reliable model for functional interpretation and a solid foundation for future structural studies. Upon comparing the two complexes, we observe for the first time the phenomenon of a strand slippage in septins. Such slippage generates a front-back communication mechanism between the G and NC interfaces. These data provide a novel mechanistic framework for the influence of nucleotide binding to the GTPase domain, opening new possibilities for the study of the dynamics of septin filaments.
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- Ana E Zeraik
- From the Instituto de Física de São Carlos, Universidade de São Paulo, 13563-120 São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil
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Liu Z, Vong QP, Liu C, Zheng Y. Borg5 is required for angiogenesis by regulating persistent directional migration of the cardiac microvascular endothelial cells. Mol Biol Cell 2014; 25:841-51. [PMID: 24451259 PMCID: PMC3952853 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e13-09-0543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Using mouse knockout strategy, the authors uncovered a role for Borg5 in microvascular angiogenesis. In primary mouse cardiac endothelial cells, Borg5 interacts with septin cytoskeleton and colocalizes with perinuclear actomyosin fibers. The data presented suggest that Borg5 and septin regulate the actomyosin activity critical for persistent directional migration. The microvasculature is important for vertebrate organ development and homeostasis. However, the molecular mechanism of microvascular angiogenesis remains incompletely understood. Through studying Borg5 (Binder of the Rho GTPase 5), which belongs to a family of poorly understood effector proteins of the Cdc42 GTPase, we uncover a role for Borg5 in microvascular angiogenesis. Deletion of Borg5 in mice results in defects in retinal and cardiac microvasculature as well as heart development. Borg5 promotes angiogenesis by regulating persistent directional migration of the endothelial cells (ECs). In primary mouse cardiac ECs (MCECs), Borg5 associates with septins in the perinuclear region and colocalizes with actomyosin fibers. Both Borg5 deletion and septin 7 knockdown lead to a disruption of the perinuclear actomyosin and persistent directional migration. Our findings suggest that Borg5 and septin cytoskeleton spatially control actomyosin activity to ensure persistent directional migration of MCECs and efficient microvascular angiogenesis. Our studies reported here should offer a new avenue to further investigate the functions of Borg5, septin, and actomyosin in the microvasculature in the context of development and disease.
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- Zhonghua Liu
- Department of Embryology, Carnegie Institution for Science, Baltimore, MD 21218 iPSC and Genome Engineering Core, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892
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Zeraik AE, Rinaldi G, Mann VH, Popratiloff A, Araujo APU, DeMarco R, Brindley PJ. Septins of Platyhelminths: identification, phylogeny, expression and localization among developmental stages of Schistosoma mansoni. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2013; 7:e2602. [PMID: 24367716 PMCID: PMC3868516 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2013] [Accepted: 11/08/2013] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Septins are a family of eukaryotic GTP binding proteins conserved from yeasts to humans. Originally identified in mutants of budding yeast, septins participate in diverse cellular functions including cytokinesis, organization of actin networks, cell polarity, vesicle trafficking and many others. Septins assemble into heteroligomers to form filaments and rings. Here, four septins of Schistosoma mansoni are described, which appear to be conserved within the phylum Platyhelminthes. These orthologues were related to the SEPT5, SEPT10 and SEPT7 septins of humans, and hence we have termed the schistosome septins SmSEPT5, SmSEPT10, SmSEPT7.1 and SmSEPT7.2. Septin transcripts were detected throughout the developmental cycle of the schistosome and a similar expression profile was observed for septins in the stages examined, consistent with concerted production of these proteins to form heterocomplexes. Immunolocalization analyses undertaken with antibodies specific for SmSEPT5 and SmSEPT10 revealed a broad tissue distribution of septins in the schistosomulum and colocalization of septin and actin in the longitudinal and circular muscles of the sporocyst. Ciliated epidermal plates of the miracidium were rich in septins. Expression levels for these septins were elevated in germ cells in the miracidium and sporocyst. Intriguingly, septins colocalize with the protonephridial system of the cercaria, which extends laterally along the length of this larval stage. Together, the findings revealed that schistosomes expressed several septins which likely form filaments within the cells, as in other eukaryotes. Identification and localization demonstrating a broad distribution of septins across organs and tissues of schistosome contributes towards the understanding of septins in schistosomes and other flatworms.
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- Ana E. Zeraik
- Departamento de Física e Informática, Instituto de Física de São Carlos, Universidade de São Paulo, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil
- Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Tropical Medicine, and Research Center for Neglected Tropical and Infectious Diseases of Poverty, School of Medicine & Health Sciences, The George Washington University, Washington, D.C., United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Tropical Medicine, and Research Center for Neglected Tropical and Infectious Diseases of Poverty, School of Medicine & Health Sciences, The George Washington University, Washington, D.C., United States of America
- Departamento de Genética, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la República (UDELAR), Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Tropical Medicine, and Research Center for Neglected Tropical and Infectious Diseases of Poverty, School of Medicine & Health Sciences, The George Washington University, Washington, D.C., United States of America
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- Center for Microscopy and Image Analysis, The George Washington University, Washington, D.C., United States of America
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- Departamento de Física e Informática, Instituto de Física de São Carlos, Universidade de São Paulo, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Física e Informática, Instituto de Física de São Carlos, Universidade de São Paulo, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil
- * E-mail: (RDM); (PJB)
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Tropical Medicine, and Research Center for Neglected Tropical and Infectious Diseases of Poverty, School of Medicine & Health Sciences, The George Washington University, Washington, D.C., United States of America
- * E-mail: (RDM); (PJB)
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The human septin7 and the yeast CDC10 septin prevent Bax and copper mediated cell death in yeast. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2013; 1833:3186-3194. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2013.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2013] [Revised: 09/08/2013] [Accepted: 09/10/2013] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Westerbeck JW, Pasupala N, Guillotte M, Szymanski E, Matson BC, Esteban C, Kerscher O. A SUMO-targeted ubiquitin ligase is involved in the degradation of the nuclear pool of the SUMO E3 ligase Siz1. Mol Biol Cell 2013; 25:1-16. [PMID: 24196836 PMCID: PMC3873881 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e13-05-0291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Here we show that the Slx5/Slx8 STUbL complex is involved in the efficient degradation of the nuclear pool of Siz1, a SUMO E3 ligase with many nuclear and cytosolic substrates. This novel finding suggests that STUbLs can regulate cellular SUMO homeostasis by targeting SUMO E3 ligases. The Slx5/Slx8 heterodimer constitutes a SUMO-targeted ubiquitin ligase (STUbL) with an important role in SUMO-targeted degradation and SUMO-dependent signaling. This STUbL relies on SUMO-interacting motifs in Slx5 to aid in substrate targeting and carboxy-terminal RING domains in both Slx5 and Slx8 for substrate ubiquitylation. In budding yeast cells, Slx5 resides in the nucleus, forms distinct foci, and can associate with double-stranded DNA breaks. However, it remains unclear how STUbLs interact with other proteins and their substrates. To examine the targeting and functions of the Slx5/Slx8 STUbL, we constructed and analyzed truncations of the Slx5 protein. Our structure–function analysis reveals a domain of Slx5 involved in nuclear localization and in the interaction with Slx5, SUMO, Slx8, and a novel interactor, the SUMO E3 ligase Siz1. We further analyzed the functional interaction of Slx5 and Siz1 in vitro and in vivo. We found that a recombinant Siz1 fragment is an in vitro ubiquitylation target of the Slx5/Slx8 STUbL. Furthermore, slx5∆ cells accumulate phosphorylated and sumoylated adducts of Siz1 in vivo. Specifically, we show that Siz1 can be ubiquitylated in vivo and is degraded in an Slx5-dependent manner when its nuclear egress is prevented in mitosis. In conclusion, our data provide a first look into the STUbL-mediated regulation of a SUMO E3 ligase.
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- Jason W Westerbeck
- Biology Department, The College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA 23187
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Groh KJ, Schönenberger R, Eggen RIL, Segner H, Suter MJF. Analysis of protein expression in zebrafish during gonad differentiation by targeted proteomics. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2013; 193:210-20. [PMID: 23968773 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2013.07.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2013] [Revised: 06/07/2013] [Accepted: 07/30/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The molecular mechanisms governing sex determination and differentiation in the zebrafish (Danio rerio) are not fully understood. To gain more insights into the function of specific genes in these complex processes, the expression of multiple candidates needs to be assessed, preferably on the protein level. Here, we developed a targeted proteomics method based on selected reaction monitoring (SRM) to study the candidate sex-related proteins in zebrafish which were selected based on a global proteomics analysis of adult gonads and representational difference analysis of male and female DNA, as well as on published information on zebrafish and other vertebrates. We employed the developed SRM protocols to acquire time-resolved protein expression profiles during the gonad differentiation period in vas::EGFP transgenic zebrafish. Evidence on protein expression was obtained for the first time for several candidate genes previously studied only on the mRNA level or suggested by bioinformatic predictions. Tuba1b (tubulin alpha 1b), initially included in the study as one of the potential housekeeping proteins, was found to be preferentially expressed in the adult testis with nearly absent expression in the ovary. The revealed changes in protein expression patterns associated with gonad differentiation suggest that several of the examined proteins, especially Ilf2 and Ilf3 (interleukin enhancer-binding factors 2 and 3), Raldh3 (retinaldehyde dehydrogenase type 3), Zgc:195027 (low density lipoprotein-related receptor protein 3) and Sept5a (septin 5a), may play a specific role in the sexual differentiation in zebrafish.
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- Ksenia J Groh
- Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland.
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Schmutz C, Ahrné E, Kasper CA, Tschon T, Sorg I, Dreier RF, Schmidt A, Arrieumerlou C. Systems-level overview of host protein phosphorylation during Shigella flexneri infection revealed by phosphoproteomics. Mol Cell Proteomics 2013; 12:2952-68. [PMID: 23828894 PMCID: PMC3790303 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m113.029918] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2013] [Revised: 06/14/2013] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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The enteroinvasive bacterium Shigella flexneri invades the intestinal epithelium of humans. During infection, several injected effector proteins promote bacterial internalization, and interfere with multiple host cell responses. To obtain a systems-level overview of host signaling during infection, we analyzed the global dynamics of protein phosphorylation by liquid chromatography-tandem MS and identified several hundred of proteins undergoing a phosphorylation change during the first hours of infection. Functional bioinformatic analysis revealed that they were mostly related to the cytoskeleton, transcription, signal transduction, and cell cycle. Fuzzy c-means clustering identified six temporal profiles of phosphorylation and a functional module composed of ATM-phosphorylated proteins related to genotoxic stress. Pathway enrichment analysis defined mTOR as the most overrepresented pathway. We showed that mTOR complex 1 and 2 were required for S6 kinase and AKT activation, respectively. Comparison with a published phosphoproteome of Salmonella typhimurium-infected cells revealed a large subset of coregulated phosphoproteins. Finally, we showed that S. flexneri effector OspF affected the phosphorylation of several hundred proteins, thereby demonstrating the wide-reaching impact of a single bacterial effector on the host signaling network.
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- Christoph Schmutz
- From the ‡Biozentrum, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 50/70, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- From the ‡Biozentrum, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 50/70, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- From the ‡Biozentrum, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 50/70, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- From the ‡Biozentrum, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 50/70, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- From the ‡Biozentrum, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 50/70, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- From the ‡Biozentrum, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 50/70, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- From the ‡Biozentrum, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 50/70, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- From the ‡Biozentrum, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 50/70, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
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Wang X, Liang J, Liu R, Dong Z, Yu S. The expression of succinate semialdehyde dehydrogenase in the caudal part of the spinal trigeminal nucleus is down-regulated after electrical stimulation of the dura mater surrounding the superior sagittal sinus in conscious rats. Neuroscience 2013; 248:145-53. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2013.05.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2013] [Revised: 05/01/2013] [Accepted: 05/13/2013] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Liu L, Li Q, Lin L, Wang M, Lu Y, Wang W, Yuan J, Li L, Liu X. Proteomic analysis of epithelioma papulosum cyprini cells infected with spring viremia of carp virus. FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2013; 35:26-35. [PMID: 23583725 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2013.03.367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2012] [Revised: 03/20/2013] [Accepted: 03/20/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Spring viremia of carp (SVC), caused by spring viremia of carp virus (SVCV) is an important disease due to its drastic effects on carp fisheries in many countries. To better understand molecular responses to SVCV infection, two dimensional electrophoresis (2-DE) and MALDI-TOF/TOF were performed to investigate altered proteins in epithelioma papulosum cyprini cells (EPCs). Differentially expressed proteins in mock-infected EPCs and SVCV-infected EPCs were compared. A total of 54 differentially expressed spots were successfully identified (33 up-regulated spots and 21 down-regulated spots) which include cytoskeleton proteins, macromolecular biosynthesis-associated proteins, stress response proteins, signal transduction proteins, energy metabolism, and ubiquitin proteasome pathway-associated proteins. Moreover, 7 corresponding genes of the differentially expressed proteins were quantified using real time RT-PCR to examine their transcriptional profiles. The presence of four selected cellular proteins (beta-actin, gamma1-actin, heat shock cognate 71 kDa protein and annexin A2) associated with the spring viremia of carp virus (SVCV) particles was validated by Western blot assay. This study provides dynamic and useful protein-related information to further understand the underlying pathogenesis of SVCV infection.
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- Liyue Liu
- Department of Aquatic Animal Medicine, College of Fisheries, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, People's Republic of China
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Juvvadi PR, Belina D, Soderblom EJ, Moseley MA, Steinbach WJ. Filamentous fungal-specific septin AspE is phosphorylated in vivo and interacts with actin, tubulin and other septins in the human pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2013; 431:547-53. [PMID: 23321313 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2013.01.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2012] [Accepted: 01/07/2013] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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We previously analyzed the differential localization patterns of five septins (AspA-E), including a filamentous fungal-specific septin, AspE, in the human pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus. Here we utilized the A. fumigatus strain expressing an AspE-EGFP fusion protein and show that this novel septin with a tubular localization pattern in hyphae is phosphorylated in vivo and interacts with the other septins, AspA, AspB, AspC and AspD. The other major proteins interacting with AspE included the cytoskeletal proteins, actin and tubulin, which may be involved in the organization and transport of the septins. This is the first report analyzing the phosphorylation of AspE and localizing the sites of phosphorylation, and opens opportunities for further analysis on the role of post-translational modifications in the assembly and organization of A. fumigatus septins. This study also describes the previously unknown interaction of AspE with the actin-microtubule network. Furthermore, the novel GFP-Trap® affinity purification method used here complements widely-used GFP localization studies in fungal systems.
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- Praveen Rao Juvvadi
- Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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Li JY, Patterson M, Mikkola HKA, Lowry WE, Kurdistani SK. Dynamic distribution of linker histone H1.5 in cellular differentiation. PLoS Genet 2012; 8:e1002879. [PMID: 22956909 PMCID: PMC3431313 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002879] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2012] [Accepted: 06/21/2012] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Linker histones are essential components of chromatin, but the distributions and functions of many during cellular differentiation are not well understood. Here, we show that H1.5 binds to genic and intergenic regions, forming blocks of enrichment, in differentiated human cells from all three embryonic germ layers but not in embryonic stem cells. In differentiated cells, H1.5, but not H1.3, binds preferentially to genes that encode membrane and membrane-related proteins. Strikingly, 37% of H1.5 target genes belong to gene family clusters, groups of homologous genes that are located in proximity to each other on chromosomes. H1.5 binding is associated with gene repression and is required for SIRT1 binding, H3K9me2 enrichment, and chromatin compaction. Depletion of H1.5 results in loss of SIRT1 and H3K9me2, increased chromatin accessibility, deregulation of gene expression, and decreased cell growth. Our data reveal for the first time a specific and novel function for linker histone subtype H1.5 in maintenance of condensed chromatin at defined gene families in differentiated human cells. In human cells, there are eleven subtypes of linker histones, five (H1.1–H1.5) of which are ubiquitously expressed in somatic cells. Somatic linker histones have been thought of as a group of similar proteins with redundant functions with few known differences among them. Our work uncovers for the first time a novel and unique role for the linker histone H1.5 (HIST1H1B). We found that H1.5, but not H1.3 (HIST1H1D), forms blocks of chromatin binding in genic and intergenic regions in differentiated human cells from all germ layers but not in embryonic stem cells. In genic regions, H1.5 binds to a large fraction of gene families that encode membrane associated proteins and are transcriptionally silent in a tissue-specific manner. H1.5 binding is associated with other repressive chromatin elements such as SIRT1 binding and H3K9me2 enrichment, and it negatively correlates with Pol II distribution. SIRT1 and H3K9me2 binding is dependent on H1.5, but not vice versa. H1.5 depletion in fibroblasts leads to increased chromatin accessibility at its target loci, altered cell cycle, and deregulation of gene expression. Our findings show that H1.5 has a dynamic distribution during human cell differentiation and is required for maintenance of proper gene expression in differentiated cells.
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- Jing-Yu Li
- Department of Biological Chemistry, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Eli and Edythe Broad Centre of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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- Eli and Edythe Broad Centre of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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- Eli and Edythe Broad Centre of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Eli and Edythe Broad Centre of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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Sousa Lima P, Bailão EFLC, Silva MG, Castro NDS, Báo SN, Orlandi I, Vai M, Almeida Soares CM. Characterization of the Paracoccidioides beta-1,3-glucanosyltransferase family. FEMS Yeast Res 2012; 12:685-702. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1567-1364.2012.00819.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2011] [Revised: 05/29/2012] [Accepted: 06/06/2012] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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- Patrícia Sousa Lima
- Laboratório de Biologia Molecular; Instituto de Ciências Biológicas; Universidade Federal de Goiás; Goiás; Brazil
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- Laboratório de Biologia Molecular; Instituto de Ciências Biológicas; Universidade Federal de Goiás; Goiás; Brazil
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- Laboratório de Biologia Molecular; Instituto de Ciências Biológicas; Universidade Federal de Goiás; Goiás; Brazil
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- Laboratório de Microscopia Eletrônica; Universidade de Brasília; Brasília; Brazil
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- Dipartimento di Biotecnologie e Bioscienze; Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca; Milan; Italy
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- Dipartimento di Biotecnologie e Bioscienze; Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca; Milan; Italy
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- Laboratório de Biologia Molecular; Instituto de Ciências Biológicas; Universidade Federal de Goiás; Goiás; Brazil
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Shiryaev A, Kostenko S, Dumitriu G, Moens U. Septin 8 is an interaction partner and in vitro substrate of MK5. World J Biol Chem 2012; 3:98-109. [PMID: 22649572 PMCID: PMC3362842 DOI: 10.4331/wjbc.v3.i5.98] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2012] [Revised: 03/09/2012] [Accepted: 03/16/2012] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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AIM: To identify novel substrates for the mitogen-activated protein kinase-activated protein kinase 5 (MK5).
METHODS: Yeast two-hybrid screening with MK5 as bait was used to identify novel possible interaction partners. The binding of putative partner was further examined by glutathione S-transferase (GST) pull-down, co-immunoprecipitation and fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) analysis. In vitro kinase and peptide array assays were used to map MK5 phosphoacceptor sites on the new partner. Confocal microscopy was performed to study the subcellular localization of MK5 and its partners.
RESULTS: Septin 8 was identified as a novel interaction partner for MK5 by yeast two-hybrid screening. This interaction was confirmed by GST pull-down, co-immunoprecipitation and FRET analysis. Septin 5, which can form a complex with septin 8, did not interact with MK5. Serine residues 242 and 271 on septin 8 were identified as in vitro MK5 phosphorylation sites. MK5 and septin 8 co-localized in the perinuclear area and in cell protrusions. Moreover, both proteins co-localized with vesicle marker synaptophysin.
CONCLUSION: Septin 8 is a bona fide interaction partner and in vitro substrate for MK5. This interaction may be implicated in vesicle trafficking.
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- Alexey Shiryaev
- Alexey Shiryaev, Sergiy Kostenko, Gianina Dumitriu, Ugo Moens, Department of Medical Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Tromsø, N-9037 Tromsø, Norway
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Kočevar N, Odreman F, Vindigni A, Grazio SF, Komel R. Proteomic analysis of gastric cancer and immunoblot validation of potential biomarkers. World J Gastroenterol 2012; 18:1216-28. [PMID: 22468085 PMCID: PMC3309911 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i11.1216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2011] [Revised: 05/26/2011] [Accepted: 06/03/2011] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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AIM: To search for and validate differentially expressed proteins in patients with gastric adenocarcinoma.
METHODS: We used two-dimensional gel electrophoresis and mass spectrometry to search for differentially expressed proteins in patients with gastric adenocarcinoma. A set of proteins was validated with immunoblotting.
RESULTS: We identified 30 different proteins involved in various biological processes: metabolism, development, death, response to stress, cell cycle, cell communication, transport, and cell motility. Eight proteins were chosen for further validation by immunoblotting. Our results show that gastrokine-1, 39S ribosomal protein L12 (mitochondrial precursor), plasma cell-induced resident endoplasmic reticulum protein, and glutathione S-transferase mu 3 were significantly underexpressed in gastric adenocarcinoma relative to adjacent non-tumor tissue samples. On the other hand, septin-2, ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme E2 N, and transaldolase were significantly overexpressed. Translationally controlled tumor protein was shown to be differentially expressed only in patients with cancer of the gastric cardia/esophageal border.
CONCLUSION: This work presents a set of possible diagnostic biomarkers, validated for the first time. It might contribute to the efforts of understanding gastric cancer carcinogenesis.
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The septin AspB in Aspergillus nidulans forms bars and filaments and plays roles in growth emergence and conidiation. EUKARYOTIC CELL 2012; 11:311-23. [PMID: 22247265 DOI: 10.1128/ec.05164-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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In yeast, septins form rings at the mother-bud neck and function as diffusion barriers. In animals, septins form filaments that can colocalize with other cytoskeletal elements. In the filamentous fungus Aspergillus nidulans there are five septin genes, aspA (an ortholog of Saccharomyces cerevisiae CDC11), aspB (an ortholog of S. cerevisiae CDC3), aspC (an ortholog of S. cerevisiae CDC12), aspD (an ortholog of S. cerevisiae CDC10), and aspE (found only in filamentous fungi). The aspB gene was previously reported to be the most highly expressed Aspergillus nidulans septin and to be essential. Using improved gene targeting techniques, we found that deletion of aspB is not lethal but results in delayed septation, increased emergence of germ tubes and branches, and greatly reduced conidiation. We also found that AspB-green fluorescent protein (GFP) localizes as rings and collars at septa, branches, and emerging layers of the conidiophore and as bars and filaments in conidia and hyphae. Bars are found in dormant and isotropically expanding conidia and in subapical nongrowing regions of hyphae and display fast movements. Filaments form as the germ tube emerges, localize to hyphal and branch tips, and display slower movements. All visible AspB-GFP structures are retained in ΔaspD and lost in ΔaspA and ΔaspC strains. Interestingly, in the ΔaspE mutant, AspB-GFP rings, bars, and filaments are visible in early growth, but AspB-GFP rods and filaments disappear after septum formation. AspE orthologs are only found in filamentous fungi, suggesting that this class of septins might be required for stability of septin bars and filaments in highly polar cells.
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Wloga D, Frankel J. From Molecules to Morphology: Cellular Organization of Tetrahymena thermophila. Methods Cell Biol 2012; 109:83-140. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-385967-9.00005-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Le Bras S, Rondanino C, Kriegel-Taki G, Dussert A, Le Borgne R. Genetic identification of intracellular trafficking regulators involved in notch dependent binary cell fate acquisition following asymmetric cell division. J Cell Sci 2012; 125:4886-901. [DOI: 10.1242/jcs.110171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Notch signaling is involved in numerous cellular processes during development and throughout adult life. Although ligands and receptors are largely expressed in the whole organism, activation of Notch receptors only takes place in a subset of cells and/or tissues and is accurately regulated in time and space. Previous studies have demonstrated that endocytosis and recycling of both ligands and/or receptors are essential for this regulation. However, the precise endocytic routes, compartments and regulators involved in the spatio temporal regulation are largely unknown.
In order to identify Notch signaling intracellular trafficking regulators, we have undertaken a tissue-specific dsRNA genetic screen against candidates potentially involved in endocytosis and recycling within the endolysosomal pathway. dsRNA against 418 genes was induced in Drosophila melanogaster sensory organ lineage in which Notch signaling regulates binary cell fate acquisition. Gain- or loss-of Notch signaling phenotypes were observed in adult sensory organs for 113 of them. Furthermore, 26 genes presented a change in the steady state localization of Notch, Sanpodo, a Notch co-factor, and/or Delta in the pupal lineage. In particular, we identified 20 genes with previously unknown function in Drosophila melanogaster intracellular trafficking. Among them, we identified CG2747 and show that it regulates the localization of clathrin adaptor AP-1 complex, a negative regulator of Notch signaling. All together, our results further demonstrate the essential function of intracellular trafficking in regulating Notch signaling-dependent binary cell fate acquisition and constitute an additional step toward the elucidation of the routes followed by Notch receptor and ligands to signal.
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Hall PA, Russell SEH. Mammalian septins: dynamic heteromers with roles in cellular morphogenesis and compartmentalization. J Pathol 2011; 226:287-99. [PMID: 21990096 DOI: 10.1002/path.3024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2011] [Revised: 10/03/2011] [Accepted: 10/03/2011] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The septins are a family of GTP-binding proteins, evolutionarily conserved from yeast through to mammals, with roles in multiple core cellular functions. Here we provide an overview of our current knowledge of septin structure and function and focus mainly on mammalian septins, but gain much insight by drawing on knowledge of septins in other organisms. We describe their genomic and transcriptional complexity: a complexity manifest also in the diversity of scaffold structures that septins can form. Septin complexes can act to localize interacting proteins at specific intracellular locales and can also define membrane compartments by defining diffusion barriers. By such activities, septins can contribute to the definition of spatial asymmetry and cell polarity and we suggest a potential role in stem cell biology. Finally, we review the evidence that septins contribute to various disease states and argue that it is a breakdown in the tight regulation of their expression (particularly of individual isoforms), and also their inherent ability to oligomerize, which is pathogenic. Study of the perturbation of septin complex formation in disease will provide valuable insights into septin biology and will be a fertile ground for study.
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- Peter A Hall
- Department of Molecular Oncology and Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
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The emerging functions of septins in metazoans. EMBO Rep 2011; 12:1118-26. [PMID: 21997296 DOI: 10.1038/embor.2011.193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2011] [Accepted: 09/05/2011] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Septins form a subfamily of highly related GTP-binding proteins conserved from eukaryotic protists to mammals. In most cases, septins function in close association with cell membranes and the actin and microtubule cytoskeleton to regulate a wide variety of key cellular processes. Further underscoring their importance, septin abnormalities are associated with several human diseases. Remarkably, septins have the ability to polymerize into assemblies of different sizes in vitro and in vivo. In cells, these structures act in the formation of diffusion barriers and scaffolds that maintain subcellular polarity. Here, we focus on the emerging roles of vertebrate septins in ciliogenesis, neurogenesis, tumorigenesis and host-pathogen interactions, and discuss whether unifying themes underlie the molecular function of septins in health and disease.
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Mitchell L, Lau A, Lambert JP, Zhou H, Fong Y, Couture JF, Figeys D, Baetz K. Regulation of septin dynamics by the Saccharomyces cerevisiae lysine acetyltransferase NuA4. PLoS One 2011; 6:e25336. [PMID: 21984913 PMCID: PMC3184947 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0025336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2011] [Accepted: 09/01/2011] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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In the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the lysine acetyltransferase NuA4 has been linked to a host of cellular processes through the acetylation of histone and non-histone targets. To discover proteins regulated by NuA4-dependent acetylation, we performed genome-wide synthetic dosage lethal screens to identify genes whose overexpression is toxic to non-essential NuA4 deletion mutants. The resulting genetic network identified a novel link between NuA4 and septin proteins, a group of highly conserved GTP-binding proteins that function in cytokinesis. We show that acetyltransferase-deficient NuA4 mutants have defects in septin collar formation resulting in the development of elongated buds through the Swe1-dependent morphogenesis checkpoint. We have discovered multiple sites of acetylation on four of the five yeast mitotic septins, Cdc3, Cdc10, Cdc12 and Shs1, and determined that NuA4 can acetylate three of the four in vitro. In vivo we find that acetylation levels of both Shs1 and Cdc10 are reduced in a catalytically inactive esa1 mutant. Finally, we determine that cells expressing a Shs1 protein with decreased acetylation in vivo have defects in septin localization that are similar to those observed in NuA4 mutants. These findings provide the first evidence that yeast septin proteins are acetylated and that NuA4 impacts septin dynamics.
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- Leslie Mitchell
- Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology, Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Immunology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology, Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Immunology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology, Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Immunology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology, Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Immunology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology, Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Immunology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology, Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Immunology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology, Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Immunology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology, Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Immunology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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SEPT4 is regulated by the Notch signaling pathway. Mol Biol Rep 2011; 39:4401-9. [DOI: 10.1007/s11033-011-1228-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2010] [Accepted: 09/12/2011] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Marteil G, Gagné JP, Borsuk E, Richard-Parpaillon L, Poirier GG, Kubiak JZ. Proteomics reveals a switch in CDK1-associated proteins upon M-phase exit during the Xenopus laevis oocyte to embryo transition. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 2011; 44:53-64. [PMID: 21959252 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2011.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2011] [Revised: 09/09/2011] [Accepted: 09/14/2011] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Cyclin-dependent kinase 1 (CDK1) is a major M-phase kinase which requires the binding to a regulatory protein, Cyclin B, to be active. CDK1/Cyclin B complex is called M-phase promoting factor (MPF) for its key role in controlling both meiotic and mitotic M-phase of the cell cycle. CDK1 inactivation is necessary for oocyte activation and initiation of embryo development. This complex process requires both Cyclin B polyubiquitination and proteosomal degradation via the ubiquitin-conjugation pathway, followed by the dephosphorylation of the monomeric CDK1 on Thr161. Previous proteomic analyses revealed a number of CDK1-associated proteins in human HeLa cells. It is, however, unknown whether specific partners are involved in CDK1 inactivation upon M-phase exit. To better understand CDK1 regulation during MII-arrest and oocyte activation, we immunoprecipitated (IPed) CDK1 together with its associated proteins from M-phase-arrested and M-phase-exiting Xenopus laevis oocytes. A mass spectrometry (MS) analysis revealed a number of new putative CDK1 partners. Most importantly, the composition of the CDK1-associated complex changed rapidly during M-phase exit. Additionally, an analysis of CDK1 complexes precipitated with beads covered with p9 protein, a fission yeast suc1 homologue well known for its high affinity for CDKs, was performed to identify the most abundant proteins associated with CDK1. The screen was auto-validated by identification of: (i) two forms of CDK1: Cdc2A and B, (ii) a set of Cyclins B with clearly diminishing number of peptides identified upon M-phase exit, (iii) a number of known CDK1 substrates (e.g. peroxiredoxine) and partners (e.g. HSPA8, a member of the HSP70 family) both in IP and in p9 precipitated pellets. In IP samples we also identified chaperones, which can modulate CDK1 three-dimensional structure, as well as calcineurin, a protein necessary for successful oocyte activation. These results shed a new light on CDK1 regulation via a dynamic change in the composition of the protein complex upon M-phase exit and the oocyte to embryo transition.
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- Gaëlle Marteil
- CNRS, UMR 6061, Institute of Genetics and Development of Rennes, Rennes, France
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Schiel JA, Prekeris R. ESCRT or endosomes?: Tales of the separation of two daughter cells. Commun Integr Biol 2011; 4:606-8. [PMID: 22046476 DOI: 10.4161/cib.4.5.16789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2011] [Accepted: 06/03/2011] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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The final abscission event of cytokinesis is necessary for daughter cells to part ways from one another. Failure to properly divide has been indicated as a potential cancer initiating event due to an increase in cellular aneuploidy. However, the exact mechanisms of abscission have remained obscured by our inability to properly discern the spatiotemporal regulation of the various proteins and organelles required for cytokinesis. Three recent publications have taken slightly varied high resolution imaging approaches to visualize cytokinesis and abscission. As a result of this work, two differing, but not necessarily mutually exclusive, models have emerged. One model is ESCRT-dependent and the other, recycling endosome-dependent, each describing the steps leading up to the final abscission event. Presently these models describe late cytokinesis events leading to abscission in greater detail than previously known.
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- John A Schiel
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology; School of Medicine; University of Colorado; Aurora, CO USA
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The human septins are part of a gene family, that is a group of genes with similar sequences and usually but not invariably share similar functions that are descended from a common ancestor. Here we review our current knowledge of the human septin gene family and highlight areas of uncertainty. Currently 13 human septin genes are known (SEPT1 to SEPT12 and SEPT14). What was known as SEPT13 is now defined as one of many SEPT7 related pseudogenes. The family is characterized by complex genomics and extensive (but not universal) splicing, giving rise to a plethora of septin isoforms. For only a few members of the family do we have a comprehensive insight into these transcripts and isoforms. Given the formation of countless septin homotypic and heterotypic interactions our understanding of the biology and pathobiology of the septin family will require a detailed understanding of the genomics, transcriptomics and regulation of all members of this diverse and complex family.
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- S E Hilary Russell
- Centre for Cancer Research and Cell Biology, Queens University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK.
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Cho SJ, Lee H, Dutta S, Song J, Walikonis R, Moon IS. Septin 6 regulates the cytoarchitecture of neurons through localization at dendritic branch points and bases of protrusions. Mol Cells 2011; 32:89-98. [PMID: 21544625 PMCID: PMC3887662 DOI: 10.1007/s10059-011-1048-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2010] [Revised: 04/04/2011] [Accepted: 04/06/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
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Septins, a conserved family of GTP-binding proteins with a conserved role in cytokinesis, are present in eukaryotes ranging from yeast to mammals. Septins are also highly expressed in neurons, which are post-mitotic cells. Septin6 (SEPT6) forms SEPT2/6/7 complexes in vivo. In this study, we produced a very specific SEPT6 antibody. Immunocytochemisty (ICC) of dissociated hippocampal cultures revealed that SEPT6 was highly expressed in neurons. Developmentally, the expression of SEPT6 was very low until stage 3 (axonal outgrowth). Significant expression of SEPT6 began at stage 4 (outgrowth of dendrites). At this stage, SEPT6 clusters were positioned at the branch points of developing dendrites. In maturing and mature neurons (stage 5), SEPT6 clusters were positioned at the base of filopodia and spines, and pre-synaptic boutons. Detergent extraction experiments also indicated that SEPT6 is not a post-synaptic density (PSD) protein. Throughout morphologic development of neurons, SEPT6 always formed tiny rings (external diameter, ∼0.5 μm), which appear to be clusters at low magnification. When a Sept6 RNAi vector was introduced at the early developmental stage (DIV 2), a significant reduction in dendritic length and branch number was evident. Taken together, our results indicate that SEPT6 begins to be expressed at the stage of dendritic outgrowth and regulates the cytoarchitecture.
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- Sun-Jung Cho
- Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine, Dongguk University, Gyeongju 780-714, Korea
- Present address: Division of Brain Diseases, Center for Biomedical Sciences, National Institute of Health, Osong Health Technology Administration Complex, Cheongwon 363-951, Korea
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- Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine, Dongguk University, Gyeongju 780-714, Korea
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- Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine, Dongguk University, Gyeongju 780-714, Korea
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- Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine, Dongguk University, Gyeongju 780-714, Korea
- Present address: Department of Pediatrics, Sejong General Hospital, Bucheon 422-711, Korea
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- Department of Physiology and Neurobiology, University of Connecticut, CT 06269, USA
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- Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine, Dongguk University, Gyeongju 780-714, Korea
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Lichius A, Berepiki A, Read ND. Form follows function – The versatile fungal cytoskeleton. Fungal Biol 2011; 115:518-40. [DOI: 10.1016/j.funbio.2011.02.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2010] [Revised: 02/15/2011] [Accepted: 02/17/2011] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Liu F, Jin S, Li N, Liu X, Wang H, Li J. Comparative and functional analysis of testis-specific genes. Biol Pharm Bull 2011; 34:28-35. [PMID: 21212513 DOI: 10.1248/bpb.34.28] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The testis is the special male gonad responsible for spermatogenesis and steroidogenesis with complex gene expressions. Characterizing and comparing the testis-specific genes in different species can reveal key genes related to testis specific functions and provide supplementary information for study of human testis function. We screened testis-specific genes from Unigene libraries, total 317, 449 and 147 testis-specific genes were identified for human, mouse and rat, respectively. Ten from thirteen selected human testis-specific genes were validated exclusively expressed in the testis by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Systematic bioinformatics analysis showed that specific genes were mainly related to spermatogenesis and testis development process with significant Glycolysis and Pyruvate metabolism. Enrichment functions were discussed.
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- FuJun Liu
- Shandong Research Centre for Stem Cell Engineering, Yu-Huang-Ding Hospital and Yan-Tai University, Yantai, Shandong Province 264000, PR China
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Timmers I, van den Hurk J, Di Salle F, Rubio-Gozalbo ME, Jansma BM. Language production and working memory in classic galactosemia from a cognitive neuroscience perspective: future research directions. J Inherit Metab Dis 2011; 34:367-76. [PMID: 21290187 PMCID: PMC3063545 DOI: 10.1007/s10545-010-9266-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2010] [Revised: 11/26/2010] [Accepted: 12/23/2010] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Most humans are social beings and we express our thoughts and feelings through language. In contrast to the ease with which we speak, the underlying cognitive and neural processes of language production are fairly complex and still little understood. In the hereditary metabolic disease classic galactosemia, failures in language production processes are among the most reported difficulties. It is unclear, however, what the underlying neural cause of this cognitive problem is. Modern brain imaging techniques allow us to look into the brain of a thinking patient online - while she or he is performing a task, such as speaking. We can measure indirectly neural activity related to the output side of a process (e.g. articulation). But most importantly, we can look into the planning phase prior to an overt response, hence tapping into subcomponents of speech planning. These components include verbal memory, intention to speak, and the planning of meaning, syntax, and phonology. This paper briefly introduces cognitive theories on language production and methods used in cognitive neuroscience. It reviews the possibilities of applying them in experimental paradigms to investigate language production and verbal memory in galactosemia.
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- Inge Timmers
- Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, P. O. Box. 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
- Department of Paediatrics, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, P. O. Box. 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
- Maastricht Brain Imaging Center (M-BIC), Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, P. O. Box. 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
- Maastricht Brain Imaging Center (M-BIC), Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Paediatrics, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands
- Laboratory of Genetic Metabolic Diseases, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, P. O. Box. 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
- Maastricht Brain Imaging Center (M-BIC), Maastricht, The Netherlands
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