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Boonyakida J, Utomo DIS, Soma FN, Park EY. Two-step purification of tag-free norovirus-like particles from silkworm larvae (Bombyx mori). Protein Expr Purif 2021; 190:106010. [PMID: 34737040 DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2021.106010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2021] [Revised: 10/29/2021] [Accepted: 10/31/2021] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Recombinantly expressed VP1 of norovirus self-assembled and formed norovirus-like particles (NoV-LPs). This native VP1 was expressed using the Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus (BmNPV) expression system in silkworm larva. NoV-LPs were collected from silkworm fat body lysate by density gradient centrifugation. To improve the purity of the NoV-LP, the proteins were further purified using immobilized metal affinity chromatography based on the surface exposed side chain of histidine residues. The additional purification led to a highly purified virus-like particle (VLP). The morphology and size of the purified VLPs were examined using a transmission electron microscope, and dynamic light scattering revealed a monodispersed spherical morphology with a diameter of 34 nm. The purified product had a purity of >90% with a recovery yield of 48.7% (equivalent to 930 μg) from crude lysate, obtained from seven silkworm larvae. In addition, the purified VLP could be recognized by antibodies against GII norovirus in sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, which indicated that the silkworm-derived VLP is biologically functional as a NoV-LP in its native state, is structurally correct, and exerts its biological function. Our results suggest that the silkworm-derived NoV-LP may be useful for subsequent applications, such as in a vaccine platform. Moreover, the silkworm-based expression system is known for its robustness, facile up-scalability, and relatively low expense compared to insect cell systems.
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- Jirayu Boonyakida
- Department of Bioscience, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, 836 Ohya, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka, 422-8529, Japan
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- Department of Bioscience, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, 836 Ohya, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka, 422-8529, Japan
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- Research Institute of Green Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, 836 Ohya, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka, 422-8529, Japan
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- Department of Bioscience, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, 836 Ohya, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka, 422-8529, Japan; Research Institute of Green Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, 836 Ohya, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka, 422-8529, Japan.
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Deng Y, Hammond JA, Pauszek R, Ozog S, Chai I, Rabuck-Gibbons J, Lamichhane R, Henderson SC, Millar DP, Torbett BE, Williamson JR. Discrimination between Functional and Non-functional Cellular Gag Complexes involved in HIV-1 Assembly. J Mol Biol 2021; 433:166842. [PMID: 33539875 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2021.166842] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2020] [Revised: 01/18/2021] [Accepted: 01/20/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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HIV-1 Gag and Gag-Pol are responsible for viral assembly and maturation and represent a major paradigm for enveloped virus assembly. Numerous intracellular Gag-containing complexes (GCCs) have been identified in cellular lysates using sucrose gradient ultracentrifugation. While these complexes are universally present in Gag-expressing cells, their roles in virus assembly are not well understood. Here we demonstrate that most GCC species are predominantly comprised of monomeric or dimeric Gag molecules bound to ribosomal complexes, and as such, are not on-pathway intermediates in HIV assembly. Rather, these GCCs represent a population of Gag that is not yet functionally committed for incorporation into a viable virion precursor. We hypothesize that these complexes act as a reservoir of monomeric Gag that can incorporate into assembling viruses, and serve to mitigate non-specific intracellular Gag oligomerization. We have identified a subset of large GCC complexes, comprising more than 20 Gag molecules, that may be equivalent to membrane-associated puncta previously shown to be bona fide assembling-virus intermediates. This work provides a clear rationale for the existence of diverse GCCs, and serves as the foundation for characterizing on-pathway intermediates early in virus assembly.
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- Yisong Deng
- Department of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, United States
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- Department of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, United States
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- Department of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, United States
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- Department of Immunology and Microbiology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, United States
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- Department of Immunology and Microbiology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, United States
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- Department of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, United States
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- Department of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, United States
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, United States
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- Department of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, United States
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- Department of Immunology and Microbiology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, United States
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- Department of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, United States; Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, United States; The Skaggs Institute of Chemical Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, United States.
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Li Z, Gu S, Quan Y, Varadaraj K, Jiang JX. Development of a potent embryonic chick lens model for studying congenital cataracts in vivo. Commun Biol 2021; 4:325. [PMID: 33707565 PMCID: PMC7952907 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-021-01849-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2020] [Accepted: 02/11/2021] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Congenital cataracts are associated with gene mutations, yet the underlying mechanism remains largely unknown. Here we reported an embryonic chick lens model that closely recapitulates the process of cataract formation. We adopted dominant-negative site mutations that cause congenital cataracts, connexin, Cx50E48K, aquaporin 0, AQP0R33C, αA-crystallin, CRYAA R12C and R54C. The recombinant retroviruses containing these mutants were microinjected into the occlusive lumen of chick lenses at early embryonic development. Cx50E48K expression developed cataracts associated with disorganized nuclei and enlarged extracellular spaces. Expression of AQP0R33C resulted in cortical cataracts, enlarged extracellular spaces and distorted fiber cell organization. αA crystallin mutations distorted lens light transmission and increased crystalline protein aggregation. Together, retroviral expression of congenital mutant genes in embryonic chick lenses closely mimics characteristics of human congenital cataracts. This model will provide an effective, reliable in vivo system to investigate the development and underlying mechanism of cataracts and other genetic diseases.
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- Zhen Li
- grid.267309.90000 0001 0629 5880Department of Biochemistry and Structural Biology, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX USA
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- grid.267309.90000 0001 0629 5880Department of Biochemistry and Structural Biology, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX USA
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- grid.267309.90000 0001 0629 5880Department of Biochemistry and Structural Biology, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX USA
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- grid.36425.360000 0001 2216 9681Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Stony Brook University, New York, NY USA
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- grid.267309.90000 0001 0629 5880Department of Biochemistry and Structural Biology, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX USA
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Doubra P, Naidoo P, Nelson WM, Ramjugernath D. Gas hydrate concentration measurements on sucrose solutions using a new pilot test rig. AIChE J 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/aic.16281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Parisa Doubra
- Thermodynamics Research Unit, School of EngineeringUniversity of KwaZulu‐Natal, Howard College Campus Durban South Africa
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- Thermodynamics Research Unit, School of EngineeringUniversity of KwaZulu‐Natal, Howard College Campus Durban South Africa
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- Thermodynamics Research Unit, School of EngineeringUniversity of KwaZulu‐Natal, Howard College Campus Durban South Africa
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- Thermodynamics Research Unit, School of EngineeringUniversity of KwaZulu‐Natal, Howard College Campus Durban South Africa
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The duck EB66® cell substrate reveals a novel retrotransposon. Biologicals 2019; 61:22-31. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biologicals.2019.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2018] [Revised: 07/31/2019] [Accepted: 08/02/2019] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Li P, Kumar A, Ma J, Kuang Y, Luo L, Sun X. Density gradient ultracentrifugation for colloidal nanostructures separation and investigation. Sci Bull (Beijing) 2018; 63:645-662. [PMID: 36658885 DOI: 10.1016/j.scib.2018.04.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2017] [Revised: 03/27/2018] [Accepted: 03/28/2018] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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In this article, we review the advancement in nanoseparation and concomitant purification of nanoparticles (NPs) by using density gradient ultracentrifugation technique (DGUC) and demonstrated by taking several typical examples. Study emphasizes the conceptual advances in classification, mechanism of DGUC and synthesis-structure-property relationships of NPs to provide the significant clue for the further synthesis optimization. Separation, concentration, and purification of NPs by DGUC can be achieved at the same time by introducing the water/oil interfaces into the separation chamber. We can develop an efficient method "lab in a tube" by introducing a reaction zone or an assembly zone in the gradient to find the surface reaction and assembly mechanism of NPs since the reaction time can be precisely controlled and the chemical environment change can be extremely fast. Finally, to achieve the best separation parameters for the colloidal systems, we gave the mathematical descriptions and computational optimized models as a new direction for making practicable and predictable DGUC separation method. Thus, it can be helpful for an efficient separation as well as for the synthesis optimization, assembly and surface reactions as a potential cornerstone for the future development in the nanotechnology and this review can be served as a plethora of advanced notes on the DGUC separation method.
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- Pengsong Li
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, College of Energy, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, College of Energy, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, College of Energy, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, College of Energy, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, College of Energy, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, College of Energy, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China.
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Barajas BC, Tanaka M, Robinson BA, Phuong DJ, Chutiraka K, Reed JC, Lingappa JR. Identifying the assembly intermediate in which Gag first associates with unspliced HIV-1 RNA suggests a novel model for HIV-1 RNA packaging. PLoS Pathog 2018; 14:e1006977. [PMID: 29664940 PMCID: PMC5940231 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1006977] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2017] [Revised: 05/08/2018] [Accepted: 03/16/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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During immature capsid assembly, HIV-1 genome packaging is initiated when Gag first associates with unspliced HIV-1 RNA by a poorly understood process. Previously, we defined a pathway of sequential intracellular HIV-1 capsid assembly intermediates; here we sought to identify the intermediate in which HIV-1 Gag first associates with unspliced HIV-1 RNA. In provirus-expressing cells, unspliced HIV-1 RNA was not found in the soluble fraction of the cytosol, but instead was largely in complexes ≥30S. We did not detect unspliced HIV-1 RNA associated with Gag in the first assembly intermediate, which consists of soluble Gag. Instead, the earliest assembly intermediate in which we detected Gag associated with unspliced HIV-1 RNA was the second assembly intermediate (~80S intermediate), which is derived from a host RNA granule containing two cellular facilitators of assembly, ABCE1 and the RNA granule protein DDX6. At steady-state, this RNA-granule-derived ~80S complex was the smallest assembly intermediate that contained Gag associated with unspliced viral RNA, regardless of whether lysates contained intact or disrupted ribosomes, or expressed WT or assembly-defective Gag. A similar complex was identified in HIV-1-infected T cells. RNA-granule-derived assembly intermediates were detected in situ as sites of Gag colocalization with ABCE1 and DDX6; moreover these granules were far more numerous and smaller than well-studied RNA granules termed P bodies. Finally, we identified two steps that lead to association of assembling Gag with unspliced HIV-1 RNA. Independent of viral-RNA-binding, Gag associates with a broad class of RNA granules that largely lacks unspliced viral RNA (step 1). If a viral-RNA-binding domain is present, Gag further localizes to a subset of these granules that contains unspliced viral RNA (step 2). Thus, our data raise the possibility that HIV-1 packaging is initiated not by soluble Gag, but by Gag targeted to a subset of host RNA granules containing unspliced HIV-1 RNA.
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- Brook C. Barajas
- Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America
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- Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America
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- Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America
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- Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America
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- Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America
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- Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America
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- Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America
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Beljelarskaya S, Orlova O, Drutsa V, Orlov V, Timohova A, Koroleva N, Popenko V, Ivanov A, Spirin P, Prassolov V, Rubtsov P, Kochetkov S. Hepatitis C virus: The role of N-glycosylation sites of viral genotype 1b proteins for formation of viral particles in insect and mammalian cells. Biochem Biophys Rep 2016; 7:98-105. [PMID: 28955895 PMCID: PMC5613296 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrep.2016.05.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2016] [Revised: 05/25/2016] [Accepted: 05/26/2016] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is characterized by considerable genetic variability and, as a consequence, it has 6 genotypes and multitude of subtypes. HCV envelope glycoproteins are involved in the virion formation; the correct folding of these proteins plays the key role in virus infectivity. Glycosylation at certain sites of different genotypes HCV glycoproteins shows substantial differences in functions of the individual glycans (Goffard et al., 2005; Helle et al., 2010) [1], [2]. In this study, differential glycosylation sites of HCV genotype 1b envelope proteins in insect and mammalian cells was demonstrated. We showed that part of glycosylation sites was important for folding of the proteins involved in the formation of viral particles. Point mutations were introduced in the protein N-glycosylation sites of HCV (genotype 1b) and the mutant proteins were analyzed using baculovirus expression system in mammalian and insect cells. Our data showed that, in contrast to HCV 1a and 2a, the folding of HCV 1b envelope proteins E2 (sites N1, N2, N10) and E1 (sites N1, N5) was disrupted, however that did not prevent the formation of virus-like particles (VLP) with misfolded glycoproteins having densities typical for HCV particles containing RNA fragments. Experimental data are supported by mathematical modeling of the structure of E1 mutant variants.
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- S.N. Beljelarskaya
- Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Chemistry Department, Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory 1, Moscow 119899, Russia
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- Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991, Russia
- Chemistry Department, Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory 1, Moscow 119899, Russia
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Fischer W, Schopfer P. Isolation and Characterization of Mustard (Sinapis albaL.) Seed Storage Proteins. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.1988.tb00011.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Saraheimo S, Hepojoki J, Nurmi V, Lahtinen A, Hemmilä I, Vaheri A, Vapalahti O, Hedman K. Time-resolved FRET -based approach for antibody detection - a new serodiagnostic concept. PLoS One 2013; 8:e62739. [PMID: 23667515 PMCID: PMC3647052 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0062739] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2012] [Accepted: 03/25/2013] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) is a phenomenon widely utilized in biomedical research of macromolecular interactions. In FRET energy is transferred between two fluorophores, the donor and the acceptor. Herein we describe a novel approach utilizing time-resolved FRET (TR-FRET) for the detection of antibodies not only in a solution-phase homogenous assay but also in single- and two-step solid-phase assays. Our method is based on the principle that the Y-shaped immunoglobulin G molecule is able to simultaneously bind two identical antigen molecules. Hence, if a specific IgG is mixed with donor- and acceptor-labeled antigens, the binding of antigens can be measured by TR-FRET. Using donor- and acceptor-labeled streptavidins (SAs) in conjunction with a polyclonal and a monoclonal anti-SA antibody we demonstrate that this approach is fully functional. In addition we characterize the immune complexes responsible for the TR-FRET signal using density gradient ultracentrifugation and solid-phase immunoassays. The homogenous TR-FRET assay described provides a rapid and robust tool for antibody detection, with a wide potential in medical diagnostics.
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- Satu Saraheimo
- Department of Virology, Infection Biology Research Program, Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- * E-mail: (KH); (SS)
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- Department of Virology, Infection Biology Research Program, Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Virology, Infection Biology Research Program, Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Virology, Infection Biology Research Program, Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- BN Product & Services, Finland Laboratory Division, Turku, Finland
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- Department of Virology, Infection Biology Research Program, Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Helsinki University Central Hospital Laboratory Division, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Virology, Infection Biology Research Program, Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Helsinki University Central Hospital Laboratory Division, Helsinki, Finland
- Department of Veterinary Biosciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Virology, Infection Biology Research Program, Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Helsinki University Central Hospital Laboratory Division, Helsinki, Finland
- * E-mail: (KH); (SS)
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Au KM, Armes SP. Heterocoagulation as a facile route to prepare stable serum albumin-nanoparticle conjugates for biomedical applications: synthetic protocols and mechanistic insights. ACS NANO 2012; 6:8261-8279. [PMID: 22913736 DOI: 10.1021/nn302968j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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There is increasing interest in using serum albumin, the most abundant plasma protein, as a stabilizing agent in the context of nanomedicine. Using poly(vinyl amine)-stabilized polypyrrole nanoparticles as an example, we report a facile generic route to prepare serum albumin-nanoparticle conjugates via heterocoagulation. Time-resolved dynamic light scattering (DLS), disk centrifuge photosedimentometry (DCP), and circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy studies confirm that bovine serum albumin (BSA) adsorbs rapidly onto the cationic poly(vinyl amine)-stabilized polypyrrole nanoparticles and suggest that the initial well-defined protein coronal is subsequently cross-linked via thiol-disulfide exchange. These BSA-nanoparticle conjugates were further characterized by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), aqueous electrophoresis, field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE SEM), and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). They exhibit excellent long-term colloidal stability under physiological conditions without further purification, suggesting strong irreversible adsorption by the BSA. Protein adsorption appears to be co-operative and both thermodynamic and mechanistic aspects were examined via aqueous electrophoresis, DCP, and DLS studies.
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- Kin Man Au
- Department of Chemistry, The University of Sheffield, Brook Hill, Sheffield, South Yorkshire S3 7HF, UK
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Reed JC, Molter B, Geary CD, McNevin J, McElrath J, Giri S, Klein KC, Lingappa JR. HIV-1 Gag co-opts a cellular complex containing DDX6, a helicase that facilitates capsid assembly. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012; 198:439-56. [PMID: 22851315 PMCID: PMC3413349 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201111012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The RNA helicase DDX6 promotes HIV-1 assembly in a co-opted cellular complex containing P body proteins and ABCE1. To produce progeny virus, human immunodeficiency virus type I (HIV-1) Gag assembles into capsids that package the viral genome and bud from the infected cell. During assembly of immature capsids, Gag traffics through a pathway of assembly intermediates (AIs) that contain the cellular adenosine triphosphatase ABCE1 (ATP-binding cassette protein E1). In this paper, we showed by coimmunoprecipitation and immunoelectron microscopy (IEM) that these Gag-containing AIs also contain endogenous processing body (PB)–related proteins, including AGO2 and the ribonucleic acid (RNA) helicase DDX6. Moreover, we found a similar complex containing ABCE1 and PB proteins in uninfected cells. Additionally, knockdown and rescue studies demonstrated that the RNA helicase DDX6 acts enzymatically to facilitate capsid assembly independent of RNA packaging. Using IEM, we localized the defect in DDX6-depleted cells to Gag multimerization at the plasma membrane. We also confirmed that DDX6 depletion reduces production of infectious HIV-1 from primary human T cells. Thus, we propose that assembling HIV-1 co-opts a preexisting host complex containing cellular facilitators such as DDX6, which the virus uses to catalyze capsid assembly.
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- Jonathan C Reed
- Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98102, USA
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In this report the basis for the structural architecture of the envelope of hantaviruses, family Bunyaviridae, is systematically studied by the interactions of two glycoproteins N and C (Gn and Gc, respectively) and their respective disulfide bridge-mediated homo- and heteromeric oligomerizations. In virion extracts Gn and Gc associated in both homo- and hetero-oligomers which were, at least partially, thiol bridge mediated. Due to strong homo-oligomerization, the hetero-oligomers of Gn and Gc are likely to be mediated by homo-oligomeric subunits. A reversible pH-induced disappearance of a neutralizing epitope in Gc and dissociation of the Gn-Gc complex at pH values below 6.2 provide proteochemical evidence for the fusogenicity of Gc. Incomplete inactivation of virions at acidic pH indicates that additional factors are required for hantavirus fusion, as in the case of pestiviruses of the Flaviviridae. Based on similarities to class II fusion proteins, a structure model was created of hantavirus Gc using the Semliki Forest virus E1 protein as a template. In total, 10 binding regions for Gn were found by peptide scanning, of which five represent homotypic (Gn(I) to Gn(V)) and five represent heterotypic (Gc(I) to Gc(V)) interaction sites that we assign as intra- and interspike connections, respectively. In conclusion, the glycoprotein associations were compiled to a model wherein the surface of hantaviruses is formed of homotetrameric Gn complexes interconnected with Gc homodimers. This organization would create the grid-like surface pattern described earlier for hantaviruses in negatively stained electron microscopy specimens.
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Isolation and analysis of virus-specific ribonucleoprotein of tobacco mosaic virus-infected tobacco. Virology 2008; 127:237-52. [PMID: 18644308 DOI: 10.1016/0042-6822(83)90141-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/1982] [Accepted: 01/05/1983] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A ribonucleoprotein fraction (vRNP) of a characteristic buoyant density greater than the buoyant density of tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) particles has been isolated from infected tissue by Cs2SO4 density gradient centrifugation. The vRNP particles appear to be TMV specific because they are synthesized in the presence of actinomycin D and have RNAs identified as genomic and I-class subgenomic (apparent Mr 1.1-1.3 x 106 and 0.60.8 x 10(6)) RNAs by their electrophoretic mobility and hybridization to plasmid-bearing RNA sequences. Polypeptides of apparent molecular weights 17,500 (TMV coat), 31,000, 37,000, and 39,000 were major constituents of vRNP. Of the minor polypeptides, those of apparent molecular weights 70,000, 68,000, 55,000, and 25,000 had electrophoretic mobilities similar to mobilities of polypeptides found in a ribonucleoprotein preparation from uninoculated plants. vRNP from common TMV-infected plants, but not from plants infected with a mutant that did not form native coat protein, reacted with immunoglobins against TMV and TMV coat protein. Common TMV and its vRNP differed in the extent of reactivity toward the two immunoglobins, in electron microscopic appearance, and in the higher sensitivity of vRNP to ribonuclease.
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Merrick WC, Hensold JO. Analysis of eukaryotic translation in purified and semipurified systems. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008; Chapter 11:Unit 11.9. [PMID: 18228314 DOI: 10.1002/0471143030.cb1109s08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Much of the current understanding of the sequential steps involved in translation initiation has been obtained using sucrose gradients to isolate ribosomes and ribosomal subunits, as described here. These purified components are combined with purified translation factors to analyze the formation of intermediates in translation initiation and the roles of the translation factors in vitro.
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- W C Merrick
- Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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Mahadevaiyer S, Xu C, Gumbiner BM. Characterization of a 60S complex of the adenomatous polyposis coli tumor suppressor protein. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2006; 1773:120-30. [PMID: 17126424 PMCID: PMC1808328 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2006.10.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2006] [Revised: 09/27/2006] [Accepted: 10/13/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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The tumor suppressor protein adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) is a multifunctional protein with a well characterized role in the Wnt signal transduction pathway and roles in cytoskeletal regulation and cell polarity. The soluble pool of APC protein in colon epithelial tumor cells exists in two distinct complexes fractionating at approximately 20S and approximately 60S in size. The 20S complex contains components of the beta-catenin destruction complex and probably functions in the Wnt pathway. In this study, we characterized the molecular nature of the 60S APC- containing complex by examining known potential binding partners of APC. 60S APC did not contain EB1 or diaphanous, proteins that have been reported to interact with APC and are implicated in microtubule plus end stabilization. Nor did the two other microtubule associated proteins, MAP4 or KAP3, which is thought to link APC to kinesin motor proteins, associate with the 60S complex. Minor fractions of alpha-tubulin, gamma-tubulin and IQGAP1, a Rac1 and CDC42 effector that interacts with APC, specifically associated with APC in the 60S fraction. We propose that 60S APC is a discrete high molecular weight complex with a novel function in cytoskeletal regulation in epithelial cells apart from its well established role in targeting catenin destruction or its proposed role in microtubule plus end stabilization.
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- Sreekala Mahadevaiyer
- Department of Cell Biology, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, 1300 Jefferson Park Avenue, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
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Gastaminza P, Kapadia SB, Chisari FV. Differential biophysical properties of infectious intracellular and secreted hepatitis C virus particles. J Virol 2006; 80:11074-81. [PMID: 16956946 PMCID: PMC1642172 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01150-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 194] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The recent development of a cell culture infection model for hepatitis C virus (HCV) permits the production of infectious particles in vitro. In this report, we demonstrate that infectious particles are present both within the infected cells and in the supernatant. Kinetic analysis indicates that intracellular particles constitute precursors of the secreted infectious virus. Ultracentrifugation analyses indicate that intracellular infectious viral particles are similar in size (approximately 65 to 70 nm) but different in buoyant density (approximately 1.15 to 1.20 g/ml) from extracellular particles (approximately 1.03 to 1.16 g/ml). These results indicate that infectious HCV particles are assembled intracellularly and that their biochemical composition is altered during viral egress.
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- Pablo Gastaminza
- The Scripps Research Institute, Maildrop SBR-1010550, North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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Luccardini C, Tribet C, Vial F, Marchi-Artzner V, Dahan M. Size, charge, and interactions with giant lipid vesicles of quantum dots coated with an amphiphilic macromolecule. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2006; 22:2304-10. [PMID: 16489822 DOI: 10.1021/la052704y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Semiconductor colloidal quantum dots (QDs) are promising fluorescent probes for biology. Initially synthesized in organic solvents, they can be dispersed in aqueous solution by noncovalent coating with amphiphilic macromolecules, which renders the particles hydrophilic and modifies their interactions with other biological compounds. Here, after coating QDs with an alkyl-modified polyacrilic acid, we investigated their colloidal properties in aqueous buffers by electrophoresis, electron microscopy, light scattering, and rate zonal centrifugation. Despite polymer dispersity and variation of the size of the inorganic nanoparticles, the polymer-dot complexes appeared relatively well-defined in terms of hydrodynamic radius and surface charge. Our data show that these complexes contain isolated QD surrounded by a polymer layer with thickness 8-10 nm. We then analyzed their interaction with giant unilamellar vesicles, either neutral or cationic, by optical microscopy. At neutral pH, we found the absence of binding of the coated particles to lipid membrane, irrespective of their lipid composition. An abrupt surface aggregation of the nanoparticles on the lipid membrane was observed in a narrow pH range (6.0-6.2), indicative of critical binding triggered by polymer properties. The overall features of QDs coated with amphiphilic polymers open the route to using these nanoparticles in vivo as optically stable probes with switchable properties.
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- C Luccardini
- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, CNRS UMR8552, Ecole normale supérieure et Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6, 24 rue Lhomond 75005 Paris, France
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Schuck P. A model for sedimentation in inhomogeneous media. I. Dynamic density gradients from sedimenting co-solutes. Biophys Chem 2004; 108:187-200. [PMID: 15043929 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2003.10.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Macromolecular sedimentation in inhomogeneous media is of great practical importance. Dynamic density gradients have a long tradition in analytical ultracentrifugation, and are frequently used in preparative ultracentrifugation. In this paper, a new theoretical model for sedimentation in inhomogeneous media is presented, based on finite element solutions of the Lamm equation with spatial and temporal variation of the local solvent density and viscosity. It is applied to macromolecular sedimentation in the presence of a dynamic density gradient formed by the sedimentation of a co-solute at high concentration. It is implemented in the software SEDFIT for the analysis of experimental macromolecular concentration distributions. The model agrees well with the measured sedimentation profiles of a protein in a dynamic cesium chloride gradient, and may provide a measure for the effects of hydration or preferential solvation parameters. General features of protein sedimentation in dynamic density gradients are described.
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- Peter Schuck
- Division of Bioengineering and Physical Science, ORS, OD, National Institutes of Health, Building 13, Room 3N17, 13 South Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892-5766, USA.
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Clustered DNA damage (locally multiply damaged site) is thought to be a critical lesion caused by ionizing radiation, and high LET radiation such as heavy ion particles is believed to produce high yields of such damage. Since heavy ion particles are major components of ionizing radiation in a space environment, it is important to clarify the chemical nature and biological consequences of clustered DNA damage and its relationship to the health effects of exposure to high LET particles in humans. The concept of clustered DNA damage emerged around 1980, but only recently has become the subject of experimental studies. In this article, we review methods used to detect clustered DNA damage, and the current status of our understanding of the chemical nature and repair of clustered DNA damage.
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- Hiroaki Terato
- Department of Mathematical and Life Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan.
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Nermut MV, Fassati A. Structural analyses of purified human immunodeficiency virus type 1 intracellular reverse transcription complexes. J Virol 2003; 77:8196-206. [PMID: 12857888 PMCID: PMC165229 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.77.15.8196-8206.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2003] [Accepted: 05/06/2003] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Retroviruses copy their RNA genome into a DNA molecule, but little is known of the structure of the complex mediating reverse transcription in vivo. We used confocal and electron microscopy to study the structure of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) intracellular reverse transcription complexes (RTCs). Cytoplasmic extracts were prepared 3, 4, and 16 h after acute infection by Dounce homogenization in hypotonic buffer. RTCs were purified by velocity sedimentation, followed by density fractionation in linear sucrose gradients and dialysis in a large pore cellulose membrane. RTCs had a sedimentation velocity of approximately 350 S and a density of 1.34 g/ml and were active in an endogenous reverse transcription assay. Double labeling of nucleic acids and viral proteins allowed specific visualization of RTCs by confocal microscopy. Electron microscopy revealed that RTCs are large nucleoprotein structures of variable shape consisting of packed filaments ca. 6 nm thick. Integrase and Vpr are associated with discrete regions of the 6-nm filaments. The nucleic acids within the RTC are coated by small proteins distinct from nucleocapsid and are partially protected from nuclease digestion.
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- Milan V Nermut
- National Institute of Biological Standards and Control, South Mimms, Potters Bar, Herts EN6 3QG, United Kingdom
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Fassati A, Görlich D, Harrison I, Zaytseva L, Mingot JM. Nuclear import of HIV-1 intracellular reverse transcription complexes is mediated by importin 7. EMBO J 2003; 22:3675-85. [PMID: 12853482 PMCID: PMC165627 DOI: 10.1093/emboj/cdg357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 144] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2002] [Revised: 05/21/2003] [Accepted: 05/26/2003] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1), like other lentiviruses, can infect non-dividing cells. This property depends on the active nuclear import of its intracellular reverse transcription complex (RTC). We have studied nuclear import of purified HIV-1 RTCs in primary macrophages and found that importin 7, an import receptor for ribosomal proteins and histone H1, is involved in the process. Nuclear import of RTCs requires, in addition, energy and the components of the Ran system. Depletion of importin 7 from cultured cells by small interfering RNA inhibits HIV-1 infection. These results provide a new insight into the molecular mechanism for HIV-1 nuclear import and reveal potential targets for therapeutic intervention.
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- Ariberto Fassati
- The Wohl Virion Centre, Windeyer Institute, University College London Medical School, 46 Cleveland Street, London W1T 4JF, UK.
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Denning DP, Patel SS, Uversky V, Fink AL, Rexach M. Disorder in the nuclear pore complex: the FG repeat regions of nucleoporins are natively unfolded. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2003; 100:2450-5. [PMID: 12604785 PMCID: PMC151361 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0437902100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 377] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Nuclear transport proceeds through nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) that are embedded in the nuclear envelope of eukaryotic cells. The Saccharomyces cerevisiae NPC is comprised of 30 nucleoporins (Nups), 13 of which contain phenylalanine-glycine repeats (FG Nups) that bind karyopherins and facilitate the transport of karyopherin-cargo complexes. Here, we characterize the structural properties of S. cerevisiae FG Nups by using biophysical methods and predictive amino acid sequence analyses. We find that FG Nups, particularly the large FG repeat regions, exhibit structural characteristics typical of "natively unfolded" proteins (highly flexible proteins that lack ordered secondary structure). Furthermore, we use protease sensitivity assays to demonstrate that most FG Nups are disordered in situ within the NPCs of purified yeast nuclei. The conclusion that FG Nups constitute a family of natively unfolded proteins supports the hypothesis that the FG repeat regions of Nups form a meshwork of random coils at the NPC through which nuclear transport proceeds.
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- Daniel P Denning
- Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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Abeliovich H, Zhang C, Dunn WA, Shokat KM, Klionsky DJ. Chemical genetic analysis of Apg1 reveals a non-kinase role in the induction of autophagy. Mol Biol Cell 2003; 14:477-90. [PMID: 12589048 PMCID: PMC149986 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e02-07-0413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 126] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Macroautophagy is a catabolic membrane trafficking phenomenon that is observed in all eukaryotic cells in response to various stimuli, such as nitrogen starvation and challenge with specific hormones. In the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the induction of autophagy involves a direct signal transduction mechanism that affects membrane dynamics. In this system, the induction process modifies a constitutive trafficking pathway called the cytoplasm-to-vacuole targeting (Cvt) pathway, which transports the vacuolar hydrolase aminopeptidase I, from the formation of small Cvt vesicles to the formation of autophagosomes. Apg1 is one of the proteins required for the direct signal transduction cascade that modifies membrane dynamics. Although Apg1 is required for both the Cvt pathway and autophagy, we find that Apg1 kinase activity is required only for Cvt trafficking of aminopeptidase I but not for import via autophagy. In addition, the data support a novel role for Apg1 in nucleation of autophagosomes that is distinct from its catalytic kinase activity and imply a qualitative difference in the mechanism of autophagosome and Cvt vesicle formation.
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- Hagai Abeliovich
- University of Michigan, Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Ann Arbor 48109, USA
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Martinez KL, Gohon Y, Corringer PJ, Tribet C, Mérola F, Changeux JP, Popot JL. Allosteric transitions of Torpedo acetylcholine receptor in lipids, detergent and amphipols: molecular interactions vs. physical constraints. FEBS Lett 2002; 528:251-6. [PMID: 12297315 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(02)03306-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The binding of a fluorescent agonist to the acetycholine receptor from Torpedo electric organ has been studied by time-resolved spectroscopy in three different environments: in native membrane fragments, in the detergent CHAPS, and after complexation by amphipathic polymers ('amphipols'). Binding kinetics was similar in the membrane and in amphipols, demonstrating that the receptor can display unaltered allosteric transitions outside its natural lipid environment. In contrast, allosteric equilibria were strongly shifted towards the desensitized state in CHAPS. Therefore, the effect of CHAPS likely results from molecular interactions rather than from the loss of bulk physical properties of the membrane environment.
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- Karen L Martinez
- Unité de Neurobiologie Moléculaire, CNRS URA 2182, Institut Pasteur, 25 rue du Dr Roux, 75734 Paris, France
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Denning DP, Uversky V, Patel SS, Fink AL, Rexach M. The Saccharomyces cerevisiae nucleoporin Nup2p is a natively unfolded protein. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:33447-55. [PMID: 12065587 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m203499200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Little is known about the structure of the individual nucleoporins that form eukaryotic nuclear pore complexes (NPCs). We report here in vitro physical and structural characterizations of a full-length nucleoporin, the Saccharomyces cerevisiae protein Nup2p. Analyses of the Nup2p structure by far-UV circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, protease sensitivity, gel filtration, and sedimentation velocity experiments indicate that Nup2p is a "natively unfolded protein," belonging to a class of proteins that exhibit little secondary structure, high flexibility, and low compactness. Nup2p possesses a very large Stokes radius (79 A) in gel filtration columns, sediments slowly in sucrose gradients as a 2.9 S particle, and is highly sensitive to proteolytic digestion by proteinase K; these characteristics suggest a structure of low compactness and high flexibility. Spectral analyses (CD and FTIR spectroscopy) provide additional evidence that Nup2p contains extensive regions of structural disorder with comparatively small contributions of ordered secondary structure. We address the possible significance of natively unfolded nucleoporins in the mechanics of nucleocytoplasmic trafficking across NPCs.
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- Daniel P Denning
- Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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Blaha G, Burkhardt N, Nierhaus KH. Formation of 70S ribosomes: large activation energy is required for the adaptation of exclusively the small ribosomal subunit. Biophys Chem 2002; 96:153-61. [PMID: 12034437 DOI: 10.1016/s0301-4622(02)00021-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Association of ribosomal subunits is an essential reaction during the initiation phase of protein synthesis. Optimal conditions for 70S formation in vitro were determined to 20 mM Mg2+ and 30 mM K+. Under these conditions, the association reaction proceeds with first order kinetics, suggesting a conformational change to be the rate-limiting step. 70S formation separates into two sub-reactions, the adaptation of the ribosomal subunits to the association conditions and the association step itself. The activation energy of the process was determined to 78 kJ/mol and revealed to be required exclusively for the adaptation of the small subunit, rather than the large subunit or the association step. The presence of mRNA [poly(U)] together with cognate AcPhe-tRNA, accelerates the association rate significantly, forming a well-defined 70S peak in sucrose gradient profiles. mRNA alone provokes an equivalent acceleration, however, the resulting 70S couple impresses as an ill-defined, broad peak, probably indicating the readiness of the ribosome for tRNA binding, upon which the ribosome flips into a defined state.
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- Gregor Blaha
- Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Genetik, Berlin, Germany
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Fassati A, Goff SP. Characterization of intracellular reverse transcription complexes of human immunodeficiency virus type 1. J Virol 2001; 75:3626-35. [PMID: 11264352 PMCID: PMC114854 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.75.8.3626-3635.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 242] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2000] [Accepted: 01/23/2001] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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To examine the early events of the life cycle of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1), we analyzed the intracellular complexes mediating reverse transcription isolated from acutely infected cells. Partial purification of the reverse transcription complexes (RTCs) by equilibrium density fractionation and velocity sedimentation indicated that two species of RTCs are formed but only one species is able to synthesize DNA. Most of the capsid, matrix, and reverse transcriptase (RT) proteins dissociate from the complex soon after cell infection, but Vpr remains associated with the RTC. The RTCs isolated 1, 4, and 7 h after infection are competent for reverse transcription in vitro, indicating that a small proportion of RT remains associated with them. HIV RTCs isolated early after infection have a sedimentation velocity of approximately 560S. Later, different species with a sedimentation velocity ranging from 350S to 100S appear. Nuclear-associated RTCs have a sedimentation velocity of 80S. Shortly after initiation of reverse transcription, the viral strong-stop DNA within the RTC is sensitive to nuclease digestion and becomes protected when reverse transcription is almost completed.
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- A Fassati
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York 10032, USA
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Reinacher-Schick A, Gumbiner BM. Apical membrane localization of the adenomatous polyposis coli tumor suppressor protein and subcellular distribution of the beta-catenin destruction complex in polarized epithelial cells. J Cell Biol 2001; 152:491-502. [PMID: 11157977 PMCID: PMC2196003 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.152.3.491] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2000] [Accepted: 12/13/2000] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) protein is implicated in the majority of hereditary and sporadic colon cancers. APC is known to function as a tumor suppressor through downregulation of beta-catenin as part of a high molecular weight complex known as the beta-catenin destruction complex. The molecular composition of the intact complex and its site of action in the cell are still not well understood. Reports on the subcellular localization of APC in various cell systems have differed significantly and have been consistent with an association with a cytosolic complex, with microtubules, with the nucleus, or with the cortical actin cytoskeleton. To better understand the role of APC and the destruction complex in colorectal cancer, we have begun to characterize and isolate these complexes from confluent polarized human colon epithelial cell monolayers and other epithelial cell types. Subcellular fractionation and immunofluorescence microscopy reveal that a predominant fraction of APC associates tightly with the apical plasma membrane in a variety of epithelial cell types. This apical membrane association is not dependent on the mutational status of either APC or beta-catenin. An additional pool of APC is cytosolic and fractionates into two distinct high molecular weight complexes, 20S and 60S in size. Only the 20S fraction contains an appreciable portion of the cellular axin and small but detectable amounts of glycogen synthase kinase 3beta and beta-catenin. Therefore, it is likely to correspond to the previously characterized beta-catenin destruction complex. Dishevelled is almost entirely cytosolic, but does not significantly cofractionate with the 20S complex. The disproportionate amount of APC in the apical membrane and the lack of other destruction complex components in the 60S fraction of APC raise questions about whether these pools of APC take part in the degradation of beta-catenin, or alternatively, whether they could be involved in other functions of the protein that still must be determined.
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- Anke Reinacher-Schick
- Cellular Biochemistry and Biophysics Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10021
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- Cellular Biochemistry and Biophysics Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10021
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Singh AR, Hill RL, Lingappa JR. Effect of mutations in Gag on assembly of immature human immunodeficiency virus type 1 capsids in a cell-free system. Virology 2001; 279:257-70. [PMID: 11145907 DOI: 10.1006/viro.2000.0706] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Studies of HIV-1 capsid formation in a cell-free system revealed that capsid assembly occurs via an ordered series of assembly intermediates and requires host machinery. Here we use this system to examine 12 mutations in HIV-1 Gag that others studied previously in intact cells. With respect to capsid formation, these mutations generally produced the same phenotype in the cell-free system as in cells, indicating the cell-free system's high degree of fidelity. Analysis of assembly intermediates reveals that a mutation in the distal region of CA (322 LDeltaS) and truncations proximal to the second cys-his box in NC block multimerization of Gag at early stages in the cell-free capsid assembly pathway. In contrast, mutations in the region of amino acids 56-68 (located in the proximal portion of MA) inhibit assembly at a later point in the pathway. Other mutations, including truncations distal to the first cys-his box in NC and mutations in the distal half of MA (88HDeltaG, 85YDeltaG, Delta104-115, and Delta115-129), do not affect formation of immature capsids in the cell-free system. These data provide new information on the role of different domains in Gag during the early events of capsid assembly.
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- A R Singh
- Department of Physiology, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California, 94117, USA
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Morrow G, Inaguma Y, Kato K, Tanguay RM. The small heat shock protein Hsp22 of Drosophila melanogaster is a mitochondrial protein displaying oligomeric organization. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:31204-10. [PMID: 10896659 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m002960200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Drosophila melanogaster has four main small heat shock proteins (Hsps), D. melanogaster Hsp22 (DmHsp22), Hsp23 (DmHsp23), Hsp26 (DmHsp26), and Hsp27 (DmHsp27). These proteins, although they have high sequence homology, show distinct developmental expression patterns. The function(s) of each small heat shock protein is unknown. DmHsp22 is shown to localize in mitochondria both in D. melanogaster S2 cells and after heterologous expression in mammalian cells. Fractionation of mitochondria indicates that DmHsp22 resides in the mitochondrial matrix, where it is found in oligomeric complexes, as shown by sedimentation and gel filtration analysis and by cross-linking experiments. Deletion analysis using a DmHsp22-EGFP construct reveals that residues 1-17 and an unknown number of residues between 17-28 are necessary for import. Site-directed mutagenesis within a putative mitochondrial motif (WRMAEE) at positions 8-13 shows that the first four residues are necessary for mitochondrial localization. Immunoprecipitation results indicate that there is no interaction between DmHsp22 and the other small heat shock proteins. The mitochondrial localization of this small Hsp22 of Drosophila and its high level of expression in aging suggests a role for this small heat shock protein in protection against oxidative stress.
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- G Morrow
- Laboratoire de Génétique Cellulaire et Développementale, Département de Médecine, Pavillon Marchand, Université Laval, Ste-Foy, Quebec G1K 7P4, Canada
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Zhang H, Pomerantz RJ, Dornadula G, Sun Y. Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 Vif protein is an integral component of an mRNP complex of viral RNA and could be involved in the viral RNA folding and packaging process. J Virol 2000; 74:8252-61. [PMID: 10954522 PMCID: PMC116333 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.74.18.8252-8261.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Virion infectivity factor (Vif) is a protein encoded by human immunodeficiency virus types 1 and 2 (HIV-1 and -2) and simian immunodeficiency virus, plus other lentiviruses, and is essential for viral replication either in vivo or in culture for nonpermissive cells such as peripheral blood lymphoid cells, macrophages, and H9 T cells. Defects in the vif gene affect virion morphology and reverse transcription but not the expression of viral components. It has been shown that Vif colocalizes with Gag in cells and Vif binds to the NCp7 domain of Gag in vitro. However, it seems that Vif is not specifically packaged into virions. The molecular mechanism(s) for Vif remains unknown. In this report, we demonstrate that HIV-1 Vif is an RNA-binding protein and specifically binds to HIV-1 genomic RNA in vitro. Further, Vif binds to HIV-1 RNA in the cytoplasm of virus-producing cells to form a 40S mRNP complex. Coimmunoprecipitation and in vivo UV cross-linking assays indicated that Vif directly interact with HIV-1 RNA in the virus-producing cells. Vif-RNA binding could be displaced by Gag-RNA binding, suggesting that Vif protein in the mRNP complex may mediate viral RNA interaction with HIV-1 Gag precursors. Furthermore, we have demonstrated that these Vif mutants that lose the RNA binding activity in vitro do not support vif-deficient HIV-1 replication in H9 T cells, suggesting that the RNA binding capacity of Vif is important for its function. Further studies regarding Vif-RNA interaction in virus-producing cells will be important for studying the function of Vif in the HIV-1 life cycle.
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- H Zhang
- Dorrance H. Hamilton Laboratories, Center for Human Virology, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107, USA.
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Strezoska Z, Pestov DG, Lau LF. Bop1 is a mouse WD40 repeat nucleolar protein involved in 28S and 5. 8S RRNA processing and 60S ribosome biogenesis. Mol Cell Biol 2000; 20:5516-28. [PMID: 10891491 PMCID: PMC86002 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.20.15.5516-5528.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 149] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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We have identified and characterized a novel mouse protein, Bop1, which contains WD40 repeats and is highly conserved through evolution. bop1 is ubiquitously expressed in all mouse tissues examined and is upregulated during mid-G(1) in serum-stimulated fibroblasts. Immunofluorescence analysis shows that Bop1 is localized predominantly to the nucleolus. In sucrose density gradients, Bop1 from nuclear extracts cosediments with the 50S-80S ribonucleoprotein particles that contain the 32S rRNA precursor. RNase A treatment disrupts these particles and releases Bop1 into a low-molecular-weight fraction. A mutant form of Bop1, Bop1Delta, which lacks 231 amino acids in the N- terminus, is colocalized with wild-type Bop1 in the nucleolus and in ribonucleoprotein complexes. Expression of Bop1Delta leads to cell growth arrest in the G(1) phase and results in a specific inhibition of the synthesis of the 28S and 5.8S rRNAs without affecting 18S rRNA formation. Pulse-chase analyses show that Bop1Delta expression results in a partial inhibition in the conversion of the 36S to the 32S pre-rRNA and a complete inhibition of the processing of the 32S pre-rRNA to form the mature 28S and 5.8S rRNAs. Concomitant with these defects in rRNA processing, expression of Bop1Delta in mouse cells leads to a deficit in the cytosolic 60S ribosomal subunits. These studies thus identify Bop1 as a novel, nonribosomal mammalian protein that plays a key role in the formation of the mature 28S and 5.8S rRNAs and in the biogenesis of the 60S ribosomal subunit.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Cell Nucleolus/metabolism
- Fungal Proteins/genetics
- Fungal Proteins/metabolism
- Mice
- Mutation
- RNA Precursors/metabolism
- RNA Processing, Post-Transcriptional
- RNA, Ribosomal/genetics
- RNA, Ribosomal/metabolism
- RNA, Ribosomal, 28S/genetics
- RNA, Ribosomal, 28S/metabolism
- RNA, Ribosomal, 5.8S/genetics
- RNA, Ribosomal, 5.8S/metabolism
- Repetitive Sequences, Amino Acid
- Ribonucleoproteins/genetics
- Ribonucleoproteins/metabolism
- Ribosomal Proteins/genetics
- Ribosomal Proteins/metabolism
- Ribosomes/genetics
- Ribosomes/metabolism
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins
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- Z Strezoska
- Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois 60607-7170, USA
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Ojala PM, Sodeik B, Ebersold MW, Kutay U, Helenius A. Herpes simplex virus type 1 entry into host cells: reconstitution of capsid binding and uncoating at the nuclear pore complex in vitro. Mol Cell Biol 2000; 20:4922-31. [PMID: 10848617 PMCID: PMC85943 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.20.13.4922-4931.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 197] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/1999] [Accepted: 04/04/2000] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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During entry, herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) releases its capsid and the tegument proteins into the cytosol of a host cell by fusing with the plasma membrane. The capsid is then transported to the nucleus, where it docks at the nuclear pore complexes (NPCs), and the viral genome is rapidly released into the nucleoplasm. In this study, capsid association with NPCs and uncoating of the viral DNA were reconstituted in vitro. Isolated capsids prepared from virus were incubated with cytosol and purified nuclei. They were found to bind to the nuclear pores. Binding could be inhibited by pretreating the nuclei with wheat germ agglutinin, anti-NPC antibodies, or antibodies against importin beta. Furthermore, in the absence of cytosol, purified importin beta was both sufficient and necessary to support efficient capsid binding to nuclei. Up to 60 to 70% of capsids interacting with rat liver nuclei in vitro released their DNA if cytosol and metabolic energy were supplied. Interaction of the capsid with the nuclear pore thus seemed to trigger the release of the viral genome, implying that components of the NPC play an active role in the nuclear events during HSV-1 entry into host cells.
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- P M Ojala
- Department of Cell Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.
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Fassati A, Goff SP. Characterization of intracellular reverse transcription complexes of Moloney murine leukemia virus. J Virol 1999; 73:8919-25. [PMID: 10515996 PMCID: PMC112922 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.73.11.8919-8925.1999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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To examine the early events in the life cycle of Moloney murine leukemia virus (MoMLV), we analyzed the intracellular complexes mediating reverse transcription. Partial purification of the reverse transcription complexes (RTCs) by equilibrium density fractionation and velocity sedimentation indicated that three distinct species of intracellular complexes are formed shortly after cell infection. Only one of these species is able to start and complete reverse transcription in the cell cytoplasm. This RTC is composed of at least the viral genome, capsid, integrase, and reverse transcriptase proteins. The RTC becomes permeable to micrococcal nuclease but not to antibodies. Shortly after initiation of reverse transcription, the viral strong stop DNA within the RTC is protected from nuclease digestion. The sedimentation velocity of the RTC decreases during reverse transcription. After entry into the nucleus, most capsid proteins are lost from the RTC and its sedimentation velocity decreases further.
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- A Fassati
- Department of Biochemistry, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York 10032, USA
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Chapdelaine Y, Hohn T. The cauliflower mosaic virus capsid protein: assembly and nucleic acid binding in vitro. Virus Genes 1998; 17:139-50. [PMID: 9857987 DOI: 10.1023/a:1008064623335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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The capsid protein of the cauliflower mosaic virus (CaMV) was expressed in a bacterial system to study CaMV assembly. Bacterial lysates contained soluble particulate material and insoluble inclusion bodies that were both used for analysis. In vitro renaturation of pIV derivatives lead to the appearance of folded sheets or large tubular structures in electron microscopy. The region between amino acid positions 77 and 332 is sufficient for self-aggregation of pIV in vitro. C-terminal deletion to amino acid position 265 still allowed dimerization but prevented further aggregation. Nucleic acid binding assays of immobilized pIV derivatives demonstrated that a region located upstream of the retroviral "zinc finger-like" motif is involved in unspecific binding dsDNA, ssDNA and RNA.
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Cheng C, Prince LS, Snyder PM, Welsh MJ. Assembly of the epithelial Na+ channel evaluated using sucrose gradient sedimentation analysis. J Biol Chem 1998; 273:22693-700. [PMID: 9712899 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.273.35.22693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Three subunits, alpha, beta, and gamma, contribute to the formation of the epithelial Na+ channel. To investigate the oligomeric assembly of the channel complex, we used sucrose gradient sedimentation analysis to determine the sedimentation properties of individual subunits and heteromultimers comprised of multiple subunits. When the alpha subunit was expressed alone, it first formed an oligomeric complex with a sedimentation coefficient of 11 S, and then generated a higher order multimer of 25 S. In contrast, individual beta and gamma subunits predominately assembled into 11 S complexes. We obtained similar results with expression in cells and in vitro. When we co-expressed beta with alpha or with alpha plus gamma, the beta subunit assembled into a 25 S complex. Glycosylation of the alpha subunit was not required for assembly into a 25 S complex. We found that the alpha subunit formed intra-chain disulfide bonds. Although such bonds were not required to generate an oligomeric complex, under nonreducing conditions the alpha subunit formed a complex that migrated more homogeneously at 25 S. This suggests that intra-chain disulfide bonds may stabilize the complex. These data suggest that the epithelial Na+ channel subunits form high order oligomeric complexes and that the alpha subunit contains the information that facilitates such formation. Interestingly, the ability of the alpha, but not the beta or gamma, subunit to assemble into a 25 S homomeric complex correlates with the ability of these subunits to generate functional channels when expressed alone.
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- C Cheng
- Molecular Biology Program, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA
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Baumert TF, Marrone A, Vergalla J, Liang TJ. Naturally occurring mutations define a novel function of the hepatitis B virus core promoter in core protein expression. J Virol 1998; 72:6785-95. [PMID: 9658127 PMCID: PMC109887 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.72.8.6785-6795.1998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Functional analysis of naturally occurring hepatitis B virus (HBV) mutations is crucial in understanding their impact on disease. We have recently identified two mutations in the HBV core promoter of an HBV strain associated with fulminant hepatitis leading to highly (15-fold) enhanced replication as a result of increased viral encapsidation of pregenomic RNA into the core particles (T. F. Baumert et al., J. Clin. Invest. 98:2268-2276, 1996). Functional studies in an encapsidation assay had demonstrated that the increase in encapsidation was largely independent of pregenomic RNA transcription. In this study, we define the molecular mechanism whereby the two core promoter mutations (C to T at nucleotide [nt] 1768 and T to A at nt 1770) result in enhanced viral encapsidation and replication. The effect of these mutations leading to increased encapsidation is mediated through enhanced core protein synthesis (15-fold) by the mutant virus. The marked increase in core protein synthesis is largely a result of posttranscriptional or translational effect of the mutations because the mutations resulted in only a twofold increase in pregenomic RNA transcription. In addition, this effect appears to be selective for core expression since reverse transcriptase-polymerase expression was increased only twofold. trans-complementation analyses of HBV replication demonstrated that enhanced replication occurred only when the mutations were provided together with the core protein in trans, confirming the functional association of the core promoter mutations and core protein expression. In addition, the effect of the mutations appears to be quantitatively dependent on the strain background to which the mutations were introduced. Our study suggests that the HBV core promoter regulates core protein expression at both transcriptional and posttranscriptional levels.
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- T F Baumert
- Liver Diseases Section, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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Axelsson MA, Asker N, Hansson GC. O-glycosylated MUC2 monomer and dimer from LS 174T cells are water-soluble, whereas larger MUC2 species formed early during biosynthesis are insoluble and contain nonreducible intermolecular bonds. J Biol Chem 1998; 273:18864-70. [PMID: 9668062 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.273.30.18864] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The MUC2 mucin is the major gel-forming mucin in the small and large intestine. Due to its sequence similarities with the von Willebrand factor, it has been suggested to dimerize in the endoplasmic reticulum and polymerize in the trans-Golgi network. Using an O-glycosylation-sensitive MUC2 antiserum, a dimerization has been shown to occur in the endoplasmic reticulum of LS 174T cells (Asker, N., Axelsson, M. A. B., Olofsson, S.-O., and Hansson, G. C. (1998) J. Biol. Chem. 273, 18857-18863). Using an antiserum immunoprecipitating O-glycosylated MUC2 mucin, monomers and dimers were shown to occur in soluble form in the lysate of LS 174T cells. The amount of O-glycosylated dimer was small, and no larger species were found even after long chase periods. However, most of the labeled MUC2 mucin was found in pelleted debris of the cell lysate. This insoluble MUC2 mucin was recovered by immunoprecipitation after reduction of disulfide bonds. Analysis by agarose gel electrophoresis revealed two bands, of which the smaller migrated as the O-glycosylated monomer and the larger migrated as the O-glycosylated dimer of the cell lysis supernatant. Mucins insoluble in 6 M guanidinium chloride could also be obtained from LS 174T cells. Such mucins have earlier been found in the small intestine (Carlstedt, I., Herrmann, A., Karlsson, H., Sheehan, J., Fransson, L. -A., and Hansson, G. C. (1993) J. Biol. Chem. 268, 18771-18781). Reduction of the mucins followed by purification by isopycnic density gradient ultracentrifugation and analysis by agarose gel electrophoresis revealed two bands reacting with an anti-MUC2 tandem repeat antibody after deglycosylation. These bands migrated identically to the bands shown by metabolic labeling, and they could also be separated by rate zonal ultracentrifugation. These results suggest that the MUC2 mucin is forming nonreducible intermolecular bonds early in biosynthesis, but after initial O-glycosylation.
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- M A Axelsson
- Department of Medical Biochemistry, University of Göteborg, Medicinaregatan 9, 413 90 Gothenburg, Sweden
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Asker N, Axelsson MA, Olofsson SO, Hansson GC. Dimerization of the human MUC2 mucin in the endoplasmic reticulum is followed by a N-glycosylation-dependent transfer of the mono- and dimers to the Golgi apparatus. J Biol Chem 1998; 273:18857-63. [PMID: 9668061 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.273.30.18857] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Pulse-chase experiments in the colon cell line LS 174T combined with subcellular fractionation by sucrose density gradient centrifugation showed that the initial dimerization of the MUC2 apomucin started directly after translocation of the apomucin into the rough endoplasmic reticulum as detected by calnexin reactivity. As the mono- and dimers were chased, O-glycosylated MUC2 mono- and dimers were precipitated using an O-glycosylation-insensitive antiserum against the N-terminal domain of the MUC2 mucin. These O-glycosylated species were precipitated from the fractions that comigrated with the galactosyltransferase activity during the subcellular fractionation, indicating that not only MUC2 dimers but also a significant amount of monomers are transferred into the Golgi apparatus. Inhibition of N-glycosylation with tunicamycin treatment slowed down the rate of dimerization and introduced further oligomerization of the MUC2 apomucin in the endoplasmic reticulum. Results of two-dimensional gel electrophoresis demonstrated that these oligomers (putative tri- and tetramers) were stabilized by disulfide bonds. The non-N-glycosylated species of the MUC2 mucin were retained in the endoplasmic reticulum because no O-glycosylated species were precipitated after inhibition by tunicamycin. This suggests that N-glycans of MUC2 are necessary for the correct folding and dimerization of the MUC2 mucin.
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- N Asker
- Department of Medical Biochemistry, University of Göteborg, Medicinaregatan 9A, S-413 90 Gothenburg, Sweden
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Baumert TF, Ito S, Wong DT, Liang TJ. Hepatitis C virus structural proteins assemble into viruslike particles in insect cells. J Virol 1998; 72:3827-36. [PMID: 9557666 PMCID: PMC109606 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.72.5.3827-3836.1998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 296] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a leading cause of chronic hepatitis in the world. The study of HCV has been hampered by the low level of viral particles in infected individuals, the inability to propagate efficiently the virus in cultured cells, and the lack of a convenient animal model. Due to these obstacles, neither the structure of the virus nor the prerequisites for its assembly have been clearly defined. In this report, we describe a model for the production and purification of HCV-like particles in insect cells using a recombinant baculovirus containing the cDNA of the HCV structural proteins. In insect cells, expressed HCV structural proteins assembled into enveloped viruslike particles (40 to 60 nm in diameter) in large cytoplasmic cisternae, presumably derived from the endoplasmic reticulum. Biophysical characterization of viruslike particles by CsCl and sucrose gradient centrifugation revealed biophysical properties similar to those of putative virions isolated from infected humans. The results suggested that HCV core and envelope proteins without p7 were sufficient for viral particle formation. Analysis of particle-associated nucleic acids demonstrated that HCV RNAs were selectively incorporated into the particles over non-HCV transcripts. The synthesis of HCV-like particles in insect cells may provide an important tool to determine the structural requirements for HCV particle assembly as well as to study viral genome encapsidation and virus-host interactions. The described system may also represent a potential approach toward vaccine development.
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- T F Baumert
- Liver Diseases Section, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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Grimaud R, Toussaint A. Assembly of both the head and tail of bacteriophage Mu is blocked in Escherichia coli groEL and groES mutants. J Bacteriol 1998; 180:1148-53. [PMID: 9495752 PMCID: PMC107001 DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.5.1148-1153.1998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/1996] [Accepted: 12/18/1997] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Like several other Escherichia coli bacteriophages, transposable phage Mu does not develop normally in groE hosts (M. Pato, M. Banerjee, L. Desmet, and A. Toussaint, J. Bacteriol. 169:5504-5509, 1987). We show here that lysates obtained upon induction of groE Mu lysogens contain free inactive tails and empty heads. GroEL and GroES are thus essential for the correct assembly of both Mu heads and Mu tails. Evidence is presented that groE mutations inhibit processing of the phage head protein gpH as well as the formation of a 25S complex suspected to be an early Mu head assembly intermediate.
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- R Grimaud
- Unité Transposition Bactérienne, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Rhode St Genèse, Belgium.
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Borghesio E, Rosina F, Smedile A, Lagget M, Niro MG, Marinucci G, Rizzetto M. Serum immunoglobulin M antibody to hepatitis D as a surrogate marker of hepatitis D in interferon-treated patients and in patients who underwent liver transplantation. Hepatology 1998; 27:873-6. [PMID: 9500721 DOI: 10.1002/hep.510270334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/07/2022]
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The kinetics of the immunoglobulin (Ig) M type antibody to the hepatitis D virus (IgM anti-HD) were investigated in hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) carriers with chronic hepatitis D treated with interferon (IFN) and in patients with terminal hepatitis delta virus (HDV) cirrhosis who underwent liver transplantation. The IgM antibody disappeared in each of 8 patients who responded to IFN therapy with the persistent normalization of aminotransferases and with the clearance of serum HBsAg and HDV-RNA. The IgM reactivity did not decline in the 45 treated patients who did not respond to the cytokine or who experienced a relapse after responding while on therapy. The antibody rapidly disappeared from serum post-transplantation in each of 10 examined patients with HDV who underwent transplantation. In 5 patients who underwent transplantation and who became reinfected with HDV, the antibody remained undetectable during the early reinfection phase, as marked by HDV replication and by the absence of liver damage; however, it rapidly raised to pre-transplantation levels with the recurrence of hepatitis D (HD) in the liver graft. Monomeric 7S IgM anti-HD predominated over pentameric 19S antibody in each of the two patients examined for IgM anti-HD molecular species. The IgM antibody to HDV raises in response to HDV-induced damage and represents a valid surrogate marker of liver damage which is immunopathologically related to HDV infection. Besides providing diagnostic information, it provides the best predictor of impending resolution of chronic HDV disease, whether spontaneous or IFN-induced.
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- E Borghesio
- Department of Gastroenterology, Azienda Ospedaliera and University of Torino, Italy
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Dominguez M, Dejgaard K, Füllekrug J, Dahan S, Fazel A, Paccaud JP, Thomas DY, Bergeron JJ, Nilsson T. gp25L/emp24/p24 protein family members of the cis-Golgi network bind both COP I and II coatomer. J Cell Biol 1998; 140:751-65. [PMID: 9472029 PMCID: PMC2141742 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.140.4.751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 271] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Abstract. Five mammalian members of the gp25L/ emp24/p24 family have been identified as major constituents of the cis-Golgi network of rat liver and HeLa cells. Two of these were also found in membranes of higher density (corresponding to the ER), and this correlated with their ability to bind COP I in vitro. This binding was mediated by a K(X)KXX-like retrieval motif present in the cytoplasmic domain of these two members. A second motif, double phenylalanine (FF), present in the cytoplasmic domain of all five members, was shown to participate in the binding of Sec23 (COP II). This motif is part of a larger one, similar to the F/YXXXXF/Y strong endocytosis and putative AP2 binding motif. In vivo mutational analysis confirmed the roles of both motifs so that when COP I binding was expected to be impaired, cell surface expression was observed, whereas mutation of the Sec23 binding motif resulted in a redistribution to the ER. Surprisingly, upon expression of mutated members, steady-state distribution of unmutated ones shifted as well, presumably as a consequence of their observed oligomeric properties.
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- M Dominguez
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, McGill University, Montreal, PQ, H3A2B2, Canada
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Ohan NW, Tam Y, Heikkila JJ. Heat-shock-induced assembly of Hsp30 family members into high molecular weight aggregates in Xenopus laevis cultured cells. Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol 1998; 119:381-9. [PMID: 9629671 DOI: 10.1016/s0305-0491(97)00364-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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In this study, we have examined whether members of the small heat shock protein family, hsp 30, were capable of forming heat-induced aggregates in Xenopus laevis A6 kidney epithelial cells. Rate-zonal centrifugation coupled with immunoblot analysis demonstrated the presence of hsp30 aggregates with an estimated sedimentation coefficient of 10-16S. Also, pore exclusion limit electrophoretic analysis of labeled protein from heat-shocked A6 cells revealed four heat-induced aggregates, including a prominent 510 kDa aggregate, as well as weaker 350, 290, and 240 kDa aggregates. Immunoblot analysis of the aggregates employing an hsp30C antibody suggested that the 510 and 350 kDa aggregates were comprised of hsp30 protein. One- and two-dimensional SDS-PAGE analysis of the proteins isolated from the 510 kDa region of the pore exclusion limit electrophoretic gel confirmed the presence of 30 kDa heat-induced protein. A total of eight small hsps were present in this aggregate, suggesting that virtually all of the major small hsps in Xenopus A6 cells were involved in aggregate formation. This study also detected the presence of heat-inducible hsp70 in the 510 kDa gel fraction containing the small hsps, but it could not be determined whether it was part of the multimer complex.
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- N W Ohan
- Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
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Breyton C, Tribet C, Olive J, Dubacq JP, Popot JL. Dimer to monomer conversion of the cytochrome b6 f complex. Causes and consequences. J Biol Chem 1997; 272:21892-900. [PMID: 9268322 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.272.35.21892] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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The molecular weight of the cytochrome b6 f complex purified from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii thylakoid membranes has been determined by combining velocity sedimentation measurements, molecular sieving analyses, and determination of its lipid and detergent content. The complex in its enzymatically active form is a dimer. Upon incubation in detergent solution, it converts irreversibly into an inactive, monomeric form that has lost the Rieske iron-sulfur protein, the b6 f-associated chlorophyll, and, under certain conditions, the small 32-residue subunit PetL. The results are consistent with the view that the dimer is the predominant form of the b6f in situ while the monomer observed in detergent solution is a breakdown product. Indirect observations suggest that subunit PetL plays a role in stabilizing the dimeric state. Delipidation is shown to be a critical factor in detergent-induced monomerization.
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- C Breyton
- Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique and Paris-7 University, CNRS UPR 9052, 13 rue Pierre et Marie Curie, F-75005 Paris, France
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Haas C, Cazorla P, Miguel CD, Valdivieso F, Vázquez J. Apolipoprotein E forms stable complexes with recombinant Alzheimer's disease beta-amyloid precursor protein. Biochem J 1997; 325 ( Pt 1):169-75. [PMID: 9224643 PMCID: PMC1218542 DOI: 10.1042/bj3250169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Apolipoprotein E (apoE), a protein genetically linked to the incidence of Alzheimer's disease, forms SDS-stable complexes in vitro with beta-amyloid peptide (Abeta), the primary component of senile plaques. In the present study, we investigated whether apoE was able to bind full-length Abeta precursor protein (APP). Using a maltose-binding-protein-APP fusion protein and human very-low-density lipoprotein (VLDL), we detected an interaction of apoE with APP that was inhibited by Abeta or anti-apoE antibody. Saturation-binding experiments indicated a single binding equilibrium with an apparent 1:1 stoichiometry and a dissociation constant of 15 nM. An interaction was also observed using apoE from cerebrospinal fluid or delipidated VLDL, as well as recombinant apoE. APP.apoE complexes were SDS-stable, and their formation was not inhibited by reducing conditions; however, they were dissociated by SDS under reducing conditions. ApoE.APP complexes formed high-molecular-mass aggregates, and competition experiments suggested that amino acids 14-23 of Abeta are responsible for complex-formation. Finally, no differences were found when studying the interaction of APP with apoE3 or apoE4. Taken together, our results demonstrate that apoE may form stable complexes with the Abeta moiety of APP with characteristics similar to those of complexes formed with isolated Abeta, and suggest the intriguing possibility that apoE-APP interactions may be pathologically relevant in vivo.
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- C Haas
- Centro de Biología Molecular 'Severo Ochoa', Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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Esposito D, Scocca JJ. Purification and characterization of HP1 Cox and definition of its role in controlling the direction of site-specific recombination. J Biol Chem 1997; 272:8660-70. [PMID: 9079698 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.272.13.8660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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The protein that activates site-specific excision of the HP1 genome from the Hemophilus influenzae chromosome, HP1 Cox, was purified. Native Cox consists of four 8.9-kDa protomers. Tetrameric Cox self-associates to octamers; the apparent dissociation constant was 8 microM protomer, suggesting that under reaction conditions Cox is largely tetrameric. Cox binding sites consist of two direct repeats of the consensus motif 5'-GGTMAWWWWA; one Cox tetramer binds to each motif. Cox binding interfered with the interaction of HP1 integrase with one of its binding sites, IBS5. This competition is central to directional control, as shown by studies on mutated sites. Both Cox binding sites were necessary for Cox to fully inhibit integration and activate excision, although Cox continued to affect recombination when the single binding site proximal to IBS5 remained intact. Eliminating the IBS5 site completely prevented integration but greatly enhanced excision. Excisive recombination continued to require Cox even when IBS5 was inactivated. Cox must therefore play a positive role in assembling the nucleoprotein complexes producing excisive recombination, by inducing the formation of a critical conformation in those complexes.
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- D Esposito
- Department of Biochemistry, The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
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