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Su T, Che C, Sun P, Li X, Gong Z, Liu J, Yang G. Corynebacterium glutamicum Mycoredoxin 3 protects against multiple oxidative stresses and displays thioredoxin-like activity. J GEN APPL MICROBIOL 2021; 67:125-133. [PMID: 33132239 DOI: 10.2323/jgam.2019.10.003] [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] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Glutaredoxins (Grxs) and thioredoxins (Trxs) play a critical role in resistance to oxidative conditions. However, physiological and biochemical roles of Mycoredoxin 3 (Mrx3) that shared a high amino acid sequence similarity to Grxs remain unknown in Corynebacterium glutamicum. Here we showed that mrx3 deletion strains of C. glutamicum was involved in the protection against oxidative stress. Recombinant Mrx3 not only catalytically reduced the disulfide bonds in ribonucleotide reductase (RNR), insulin and 5,5'-dithiobis-(2-nitro-benzoicacid) (DTNB), but also reduced the mixed disulphides between mycothiol (MSH) and substrate, which was exclusively linked to the thioredoxin reductase (TrxR) electron transfer pathway by a dithiol mechanism. Site-directed mutagenesis confirmed that the conserved Cys17 and Cys20 in Mrx3 were necessary to maintain its activity. The mrx3 deletion mutant showed decreased resistance to various stress, and these sensitive phenotypes were almost fully restored in the complementary strain. The physiological roles of Mrx3 in resistance to various stress were further supported by the induced expression of mrx3 under various stress conditions, directly under the control of the stress-responsive extracytoplasmic function-sigma (ECF-σ) factor SigH. Thus, we presented the first evidence that Mrx3 protected against various oxidative stresses by acting as a disulfide oxidoreductase behaving like Trx.
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- Tao Su
- College of Life Sciences, Qufu Normal University
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- College of Life Sciences, Qufu Normal University
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- College of Life Sciences, Qufu Normal University
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- College of Life Sciences, Qufu Normal University
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- College of Life Sciences, Qufu Normal University
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- College of Life Sciences, Qufu Normal University
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Che C, Su T, Sun P, Li G, Liu J, Wei Z, Yang G. Thioredoxin and protein-disulfide isomerase selectivity for redox regulation of proteins in Corynebacterium glutamicum. J GEN APPL MICROBIOL 2019; 66:245-255. [PMID: 31902803 DOI: 10.2323/jgam.2019.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Thioredoxins (Trxs) and protein-disulfide isomerases (PDIs) are believed to play a pivotal role in ensuring the proper folding of proteins, facilitating appropriate functioning of proteins, and maintaining intracellular redox homeostasis in bacteria. Two thioredoxins (Trxs) and three thiol-disulfide isomerases (PDIs) have been annotated in Corynebacterium glutamicum. However, nothing is known about their functional diversity in the redox regulation of proteins. Thus, we here analyzed the Trx- and PDI-dependent redox shifts of ribonucleotide reductase (RNR), insulin, 5,5'-dithiobis-(2-nitrobenzoic acid) (DTNB), and several thiol-dependent peroxidases by measuring enzyme activity and thiol status in vitro. We found that the two Trxs and the three PDIs had activities in the cleavage of the disulfidebond, whereas the PDIs had a lower efficiency than the two Trxs. Trx2 could activate thiol-dependent peroxidases with an efficiency comparable with that of Trx1, but the PDIs were inefficient. The redox-active Cys-X-X-Cys motif harbored in both Trxs and PDIs was essential to supply efficiently the donor of reducing equivalents for protein disulfides. In addition, stress-responsive extracytoplasmic function (ECF)-sigma factor H (SigH)-dependent Trxs and PDIs expressions were observed. These results contributed importantly to our overall understanding of reducing functionality of the Trx and PDI systems, and also highlighted the complexity and plasticity of the intracellular redox network.
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- College of Life Sciences, Qufu Normal University
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- College of Life Sciences, Qufu Normal University
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- College of Life Sciences, Qufu Normal University
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- College of Life Sciences, Qufu Normal University
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- College of Life Sciences, Qufu Normal University
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- College of Life Sciences, Qufu Normal University
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Wu KC, Cui JY, Liu J, Lu H, Zhong XB, Klaassen CD. RNA-Seq provides new insights on the relative mRNA abundance of antioxidant components during mouse liver development. Free Radic Biol Med 2019; 134:335-342. [PMID: 30659941 PMCID: PMC6588412 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2019.01.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2018] [Revised: 01/11/2019] [Accepted: 01/14/2019] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Mammals have developed a variety of antioxidant systems to protect them from the oxygen environment and toxic stimuli. Little is known about the mRNA abundance of antioxidant components during postnatal development of the liver. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to compare the mRNA abundance of antioxidant components during liver development. Livers from male C57BL/6J mice were collected at 12 ages from prenatal to adulthood. The transcriptome was determined by RNA-Seq with transcript abundance estimated by Cufflinks. RNA-Seq provided a complete, more accurate, and unbiased quantification of the transcriptome. Among 33 known antioxidant components examined, three ontogeny patterns of liver antioxidant components were observed: (1) Prenatal-enriched, in which the mRNAs decreased from fetal livers to adulthood, such as metallothionein and heme oxygenase-1; (2) adolescent-rich and relatively stable expression, such as peroxiredoxins; and (3) adult-rich, in which the mRNA increased with age, such as catalase and superoxide dismutase. Alternative splicing of several antioxidant genes, such as Keap1, Glrx2, Gpx3, and Txnrd1, were also detected by RNA-Seq. In summary, RNA-Seq revealed the relative abundance of hepatic antioxidant enzymes, which are important in protecting against the deleterious effects of oxidative stress.
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- Kai Connie Wu
- Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Therapeutics, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160, United States
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, United States
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- Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Therapeutics, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160, United States
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- Department of Pharmacology, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY 13210, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, United States
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- Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Therapeutics, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160, United States.
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Jiang Q, Sun Y, Guo Z, Fu M, Wang Q, Zhu H, Lei P, Shen G. Overexpression of GRP78 enhances survival of CHO cells in response to serum deprivation and oxidative stress. Eng Life Sci 2016; 17:107-116. [PMID: 32624757 DOI: 10.1002/elsc.201500152] [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: 10/26/2015] [Revised: 05/13/2016] [Accepted: 06/14/2016] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells are regarded as one of the most commonly used mammalian hosts, which decreases the productivity due to loss in culture viability. Overexpressing antiapoptosis genes in CHO cells was developed as a means of limiting cell death upon exposure to environmental insults. Glucose-regulated protein 78 (GRP78) is traditionally regarded as a major ER chaperone that participates in protein folding and other cell processes. It is also a potent antiapoptotic protein and plays a critical role in cell survival, proliferation, and metastasis. In this study, the impact of GRP78 on CHO cells in response to environmental insults such as serum deprivation and oxidative stress was investigated. First, it was confirmed that CHO cells were very sensitive to environmental insults. Then, GRP78 overexpressing CHO cell line was established and exposed to serum deprivation and H2O2. Results showed that GRP78 engineering increased the viability and decreased the apoptosis of CHO cells. The survival advantage due to GRP78 engineering could be mediated by suppression of caspase-3 involved in cell death pathways in stressed cells. Besides, GRP78 engineering also enhanced yields of antibody against transferrin receptor in CHO cells. GRP78 should be a potential application in the biopharmaceutical industries.
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- Qing Jiang
- Department of Immunology School of Basic Medicine Tongji Medical College Huazhong University of Science and Technology Hubei China
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- Department of Immunology School of Basic Medicine Tongji Medical College Huazhong University of Science and Technology Hubei China
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- Department of Immunology School of Basic Medicine Tongji Medical College Huazhong University of Science and Technology Hubei China
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- Department of Immunology School of Basic Medicine Tongji Medical College Huazhong University of Science and Technology Hubei China
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- Department of Immunology Medical College of Wuhan University of Science and Technology Hubei China
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- Department of Immunology School of Basic Medicine Tongji Medical College Huazhong University of Science and Technology Hubei China
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- Department of Immunology School of Basic Medicine Tongji Medical College Huazhong University of Science and Technology Hubei China
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- Department of Immunology School of Basic Medicine Tongji Medical College Huazhong University of Science and Technology Hubei China
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Zamora DA, Downs KP, Ullevig SL, Tavakoli S, Kim HS, Qiao M, Greaves DR, Asmis R. Glutaredoxin 2a overexpression in macrophages promotes mitochondrial dysfunction but has little or no effect on atherogenesis in LDL-receptor null mice. Atherosclerosis 2015; 241:69-78. [PMID: 25966442 PMCID: PMC4466159 DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2015.04.805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2014] [Revised: 04/23/2015] [Accepted: 04/24/2015] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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AIMS Reactive oxygen species (ROS)-mediated formation of mixed disulfides between critical cysteine residues in proteins and glutathione, a process referred to as protein S-glutathionylation, can lead to loss of enzymatic activity and protein degradation. Since mitochondria are a major source of ROS and a number of their proteins are susceptible to protein-S-glutathionylation, we examined if overexpression of mitochondrial thioltranferase glutaredoxin 2a (Grx2a) in macrophages of dyslipidemic atherosclerosis-prone mice would prevent mitochondrial dysfunction and protect against atherosclerotic lesion formation. METHODS AND RESULTS We generated transgenic Grx2aMac(LDLR-/-) mice, which overexpress Grx2a as an EGFP fusion protein under the control of the macrophage-specific CD68 promoter. Transgenic mice and wild type siblings were fed a high fat diet for 14 weeks at which time we assessed mitochondrial bioenergetic function in peritoneal macrophages and atherosclerotic lesion formation. Flow cytometry and Western blot analysis demonstrated transgene expression in blood monocytes and peritoneal macrophages isolated from Grx2aMac(LDLR-/-) mice, and fluorescence confocal microscopy studies confirmed that Grx2a expression was restricted to the mitochondria of monocytic cells. Live-cell bioenergetic measurements revealed impaired mitochondrial ATP turnover in macrophages isolated from Grx2aMac(LDLR-/-) mice compared to macrophages isolated from non-transgenic mice. However, despite impaired mitochondrial function in macrophages of Grx2aMac(LDLR-/-) mice, we observed no significant difference in the severity of atherosclerosis between wildtype and Grx2aMac(LDLR-/-) mice. CONCLUSION Our findings suggest that increasing Grx2a activity in macrophage mitochondria disrupts mitochondrial respiration and ATP production, but without affecting the proatherogenic potential of macrophages. Our data suggest that macrophages are resistant against moderate mitochondrial dysfunction and rely on alternative pathways for ATP synthesis to support the energetic requirements.
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- D A Zamora
- Department of Biology, Trinity University, San Antonio, USA
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, USA
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- Department of Kinesiology, Health, and Nutrition, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, USA
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- Department of Radiology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, USA
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, USA
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, USA
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- Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, USA; Department of Radiology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, USA; Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, USA.
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NrdH Redoxin enhances resistance to multiple oxidative stresses by acting as a peroxidase cofactor in Corynebacterium glutamicum. Appl Environ Microbiol 2013; 80:1750-62. [PMID: 24375145 DOI: 10.1128/aem.03654-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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NrdH redoxins are small protein disulfide oxidoreductases behaving like thioredoxins but sharing a high amino acid sequence similarity to glutaredoxins. Although NrdH redoxins are supposed to be another candidate in the antioxidant system, their physiological roles in oxidative stress remain unclear. In this study, we confirmed that the Corynebacterium glutamicum NrdH redoxin catalytically reduces the disulfides in the class Ib ribonucleotide reductases (RNR), insulin and 5,5'-dithiobis-(2-nitrobenzoic acid) (DTNB), by exclusively receiving electrons from thioredoxin reductase. Overexpression of NrdH increased the resistance of C. glutamicum to multiple oxidative stresses by reducing ROS accumulation. Accordingly, elevated expression of the nrdH gene was observed when the C. glutamicum wild-type strain was exposed to oxidative stress conditions. It was discovered that the NrdH-mediated resistance to oxidative stresses was largely dependent on the presence of the thiol peroxidase Prx, as the increased resistance to oxidative stresses mediated by overexpression of NrdH was largely abrogated in the prx mutant. Furthermore, we showed that NrdH facilitated the hydroperoxide reduction activity of Prx by directly targeting and serving as its electron donor. Thus, we present evidence that the NrdH redoxin can protect against the damaging effects of reactive oxygen species (ROS) induced by various exogenous oxidative stresses by acting as a peroxidase cofactor.
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Kim SJ, Jung HJ, Lim CJ. Reactive Oxygen Species-Dependent Down-Regulation of Tumor Suppressor Genes PTEN, USP28, DRAM, TIGAR, and CYLD Under Oxidative Stress. Biochem Genet 2013; 51:901-15. [DOI: 10.1007/s10528-013-9616-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2012] [Accepted: 02/25/2013] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Reactive oxygen species-dependent transcriptional regulation of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ coactivator 1α in a human hepatocarcinoma cell line. Genes Genomics 2012. [DOI: 10.1007/s13258-012-0086-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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