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Stanford SM, Krishnamurthy D, Kulkarni RA, Karver CE, Bruenger E, Walker LM, Ma CT, Chung TDY, Sergienko E, Bottini N, Barrios AM. pCAP-based peptide substrates: the new tool in the box of tyrosine phosphatase assays. Methods 2013; 65:165-74. [PMID: 23886911 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymeth.2013.07.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2013] [Revised: 07/10/2013] [Accepted: 07/13/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022] Open
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Robust, facile high throughput assays based on non-peptidic probes are available to detect the enzyme activity of protein tyrosine phosphatases. However, these assays cannot replace the use of peptide-based probes in many applications; for example when a closer mimic of the physiological target is desired or in substrate profiling expeditions. Phosphotyrosine peptides are often used in these assays, but their use is complicated by either poor sensitivity or the need for indirect detection methods, among other pitfalls. Novel peptide-based probes for protein tyrosine phosphatases are needed to replace phosphotyrosine peptides and accelerate the field of tyrosine phosphatase substrate profiling. Here we review a type of peptidic probe for tyrosine phosphatases, which is based on the incorporation of the phosphotyrosine-mimic phosphocoumaryl amino propionic acid (pCAP) into peptides. The resulting fluorogenic pCAP peptides are dephosphorylated by tyrosine phosphatases with similar efficiency as the homologous phosphotyrosine peptides. pCAP peptides outperform phosphotyrosine peptides, providing an assay that is as robust, sensitive and facile as the non-peptidic fluorogenic probes on the market. Finally the use of pCAP can expand the range of phosphatase assays, facilitating the investigation of multiphosphorylated peptides and providing an in-gel assay for phosphatase activity.
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- Stephanie M Stanford
- Division of Cellular Biology, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA; Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA; Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
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- Division of Cellular Biology, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Conrad Prebys Center for Chemical Genomics, Sanford
- Burnham Medical Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Conrad Prebys Center for Chemical Genomics, Sanford
- Burnham Medical Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Conrad Prebys Center for Chemical Genomics, Sanford
- Burnham Medical Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Division of Cellular Biology, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA.
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Phillips RM, Bair E, Lawrence DS, Sims CE, Allbritton NL. Measurement of protein tyrosine phosphatase activity in single cells by capillary electrophoresis. Anal Chem 2013; 85:6136-42. [PMID: 23682679 DOI: 10.1021/ac401106e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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A fluorescent peptide substrate was used to measure dephosphorylation by protein tyrosine phosphatases (PTP) in cell lysates and single cells and to investigate the effect of environmental toxins on PTP activity in these systems. Dephosphorylation of the substrate by PTPN1 and PTPN2 obeyed Michaelis-Menten kinetics, with KM values of 770 ± 250 and 290 ± 54 nM, respectively. Dose-response curves and IC50 values were determined for the inhibition of these two enzymes by the environmental toxins Zn(2+) and 1,2-naphthoquinone, as well as pervanadate. In A431 cell lysates, the reporter was a poor substrate for peptidases (degradation rate of 100 ± 8.2 fmol min(-1) mg(-1)) but an excellent substrate for phosphatases (dephosphorylation rate of 1.4 ± 0.3 nmol min(-1) mg(-1)). Zn(2+), 1,2-naphthoquinone, and pervanadate inhibited dephosphorylation of the reporter in cell lysates with IC50 values of 470 nM, 35 μM, and 100 nM, respectively. Dephosphorylation of the reporter, following loading into living single cells, occurred at rates of at least 2 pmol min(-1) mg(-1). When single cells were exposed to 1,2-naphthoquinone (50 μM), Zn(2+) (100 μM), and pervandate (1 mM), dephosphorylation was inhibited with median values and first and third quartile values of 41 (Q1 = 0%, Q3 = 96%), 50 (Q1 = 46%, Q3 = 74%), and 53% (Q1 = 36%, Q3 = 77%), respectively, demonstrating both the impact of these toxic exposures on cell signaling and the heterogeneity of response between cells. This approach will provide a valuable tool for the study of PTP dynamics, particularly in small, heterogeneous populations such as human biopsy specimens.
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- Ryan M Phillips
- Department of Pharmacology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA
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Hallé M, Gomez MA, Stuible M, Shimizu H, McMaster WR, Olivier M, Tremblay ML. The Leishmania surface protease GP63 cleaves multiple intracellular proteins and actively participates in p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase inactivation. J Biol Chem 2008; 284:6893-908. [PMID: 19064994 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m805861200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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The Leishmania parasite is a widespread disease threat in tropical areas, causing symptoms ranging from skin lesions to death. Leishmania parasites typically invade macrophages but are also capable of infecting fibroblasts, which may serve as a reservoir for recurrent infection. Invasion by intracellular pathogens often involves exploitation of the host cell cytoskeletal and signaling machinery. Here we have observed a dramatic rearrangement of the actin cytoskeleton and marked modifications in the profile of protein tyrosine phosphorylation in fibroblasts infected with Leishmania major. Correspondingly, exposure to L. major resulted in degradation of the phosphorylated adaptor protein p130Cas and the protein-tyrosine phosphatase-PEST. Cellular and in vitro assays using pharmacological protease inhibitors, recombinant enzyme, and genetically modified strains of L. major identified the parasite protease GP63 as the principal catalyst of proteolysis during infection. A number of additional signaling proteins were screened for degradation during L. major infection as follows: a small subset was cleaved, including cortactin, T-cell protein-tyrosine phosphatase, and caspase-3, but the majority remained unaffected. Protein degradation occurred in cells incubated with Leishmania extracts in the absence of intact parasites, suggesting a mechanism permitting transfer of functional GP63 into the intracellular space. Finally, we evaluated the impact of Leishmania on MAPK signaling; unlike p44/42 and JNK, p38 was inactivated upon infection in a GP63- and protein degradation-dependent manner, which likely involves cleavage of the upstream adaptor TAB1. Our results establish that GP63 plays a central role in a number of hostcell molecular events that likely contribute to the infectivity of Leishmania.
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- Maxime Hallé
- Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Centre, Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montréal, Québec H3A 1A3, Canada
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Mitra S, Barrios AM. Identifying selective protein tyrosine phosphatase substrates and inhibitors from a fluorogenic, combinatorial peptide library. Chembiochem 2008; 9:1216-9. [PMID: 18412190 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.200800046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Sayantan Mitra
- Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
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Mitra S, Barrios AM. A series of peptide-based, fluorogenic probes for protein tyrosine phosphatase activity. Anal Biochem 2007; 370:249-51. [PMID: 17662953 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2007.06.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2007] [Accepted: 06/10/2007] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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- Sayantan Mitra
- Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
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Zhang ZY, Dixon JE. Protein tyrosine phosphatases: mechanism of catalysis and substrate specificity. ADVANCES IN ENZYMOLOGY AND RELATED AREAS OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2006; 68:1-36. [PMID: 8154323 DOI: 10.1002/9780470123140.ch1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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- Z Y Zhang
- Department of Biological Chemistry, Medical School, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
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Mitra S, Barrios AM. Highly sensitive peptide-based probes for protein tyrosine phosphatase activity utilizing a fluorogenic mimic of phosphotyrosine. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2005; 15:5142-5. [PMID: 16203147 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2005.08.054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2005] [Revised: 08/18/2005] [Accepted: 08/22/2005] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Fluorescent probes that can be incorporated into peptides and proteins are in high demand, with applications ranging from cellular imaging to binding and activity assays. Here, we report the high yielding synthesis of an enantiomerically pure phosphocoumarin-based amino acid and its incorporation into peptides via standard solid-phase peptide synthesis methodologies. Peptides containing this new amino acid serve as highly sensitive fluorogenic probes for protein tyrosine phosphatase activity.
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- Sayantan Mitra
- Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
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Mittag T, Schaffhausen B, Günther UL. Tracing kinetic intermediates during ligand binding. J Am Chem Soc 2004; 126:9017-23. [PMID: 15264834 DOI: 10.1021/ja0392519] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Specific protein-ligand interactions are central to biological control. Although structure determination provides important insight into these interactions, it does not address dynamic events that occur during binding. While many biophysical techniques can provide a global view of these dynamics, NMR can be used to derive site-specific dynamics at atomic resolution. Here we show how NMR line shapes can be analyzed to identify long-lived kinetic intermediates for individual amino acids on the reaction pathway for a protein-ligand interaction. Different ligands cause different intermediate states. The lifetimes of these states determine the specificity of binding. This novel approach provides a direct, site-specific visualization of the kinetic mechanism of protein-ligand interactions.
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- Tanja Mittag
- J. W. Goethe University, Frankfurt, Center for Biomolecular Magnetic Resonance, Institute of Biophysical Chemistry, Biocenter N230, Marie-Curie-Str. 9, 60439 Frankfurt, Germany
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Pagliarini DJ, Worby CA, Dixon JE. A PTEN-like Phosphatase with a Novel Substrate Specificity. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:38590-6. [PMID: 15247229 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m404959200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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We show that a novel PTEN-like phosphatase (PLIP) exhibits a unique preference for phosphatidylinositol 5-phosphate (PI(5)P) as a substrate in vitro. PI(5)P is the least characterized member of the phosphoinositide (PI) family of lipid signaling molecules. Recent studies suggest a role for PI(5)P in a variety of cellular events, such as tumor suppression, and in response to bacterial invasion. Determining the means by which PI(5)P levels are regulated is therefore key to understanding these cellular processes. PLIP is highly enriched in testis tissue and, similar to other PI phosphatases, exhibits poor activity against several proteinaceous substrates. Despite a recent report suggesting a role for PI(5)P in the regulation of Akt, the overexpression of wild-type or catalytically inactive PLIP in Chinese hamster ovary-insulin receptor cells or a dsRNA-mediated knockdown of PLIP mRNA levels in Drosophila S2 cells does not alter Akt activity or phosphorylation. The unique in vitro catalytic activity and detailed biochemical and kinetic analyses reported here will be of great value in our continued efforts to identify in vivo substrate(s) for this highly conserved phosphatase.
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- David J Pagliarini
- Department of Pharmacology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0721, USA
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Donella-Deana A, Boschetti M, Pinna LA. Monitoring of PP2A and PP2C by Phosphothreonyl Peptide Substrates. Methods Enzymol 2003. [DOI: 10.1016/s0076-6879(03)66001-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Qi Y, Zhao R, Cao H, Sui X, Krantz SB, Zhao ZJ. Purification and characterization of protein tyrosine phosphatase PTP-MEG2. J Cell Biochem 2002; 86:79-89. [PMID: 12112018 DOI: 10.1002/jcb.10195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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PTP-MEG2 is an intracellular protein tyrosine phosphatase with a putative lipid-binding domain at the N-terminus. The present study reports expression, purification, and characterization of the full-length form of the enzyme plus a truncated form containing the catalytic domain alone. Full-length PTP-MEG2 was expressed with an adenovirus system and purified from cytosolic extracts of human 293 cells infected with the recombinant adenovirus. The purification scheme included chromatographic separation of cytosolic extracts on fast flow Q-Sepharose, heparin-agarose, l-histidyldiazobenzylphosphonic acid agarose, and hydroxylapatite. The enrichment of PTP-MEG2 from the cytosol was about 120-fold. The truncated form of PTP-MEG2 was expressed in E. coli cells as a non-fusion protein and purified by using a chromatographic procedure similar to that used for the full-length enzyme. The purified full-length and truncated enzymes showed single polypeptide bands on SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis under reducing conditions and behaved as monomers on gel exclusion chromatography. With para-nitrophenylphosphate and phosphotyrosine as substrates, both forms of the enzyme exhibited classical Michaelis-Menten kinetics. Their responses to pH, ionic strength, metal ions, and protein phosphatase inhibitors are similar to those observed with other characterized tyrosine phosphatases. Compared with full-length PTP-MEG2, the truncated DeltaPTP-MEG2 displayed significantly higher V(max) and lower K(m) values, suggesting that the N-terminal putative lipid-binding domain may have an inhibitory role. The full-length and truncated forms of PTP-MEG2 were also expressed as GST fusion proteins in E. coli cells and purified to near homogeneity through affinity columns. However, the specific phosphatase activities of the GST fusion proteins were 10-25-fold below those obtained with the correspondent non-fusion proteins.
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- Ying Qi
- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, USA
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- Daniel F McCain
- Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461, USA
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Chen J, Qi Y, Zhao R, Zhou GW, Zhao ZJ. Assay of protein tyrosine phosphatases by using matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry. Anal Biochem 2001; 292:51-8. [PMID: 11319817 DOI: 10.1006/abio.2001.5071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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A nonradioactive assay for protein tyrosine phosphatases (PTPs), employing a tyrosine-phosphorylated peptide as a substrate, has been developed and applied to analyze purified enzymes, cell extracts, and immunoprecipitates. The reaction was followed by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) in a linear and positive ion mode with delayed extraction. MALDI-TOF MS detects a loss of peptide mass by 80 Da as a result of dephosphorylation and, more importantly, it yields phospho-peptide to dephosphorylated product peak intensity ratios proportional to their concentration ratios. A strong bias of the MALDI-TOF MS toward detection of the non-phospho-peptide allows accurate detection of small fractions of dephosphorylation. The method is highly sensitive and reproducible. It can be applied to general assays of protein phosphatases with various phospho-peptides as substrates.
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- J Chen
- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-6305, USA
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Jolivet P, Queiroz-Claret C, Bergeron E, Meunier JC. Characterization of an exocellular protein phosphatase with dual substrate specificity from the yeast Yarrowia lipolytica. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 1998; 30:783-96. [PMID: 9722983 DOI: 10.1016/s1357-2725(98)00036-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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In previous work, the major endocellular protein phosphatase activity has been identified in the secretory yeast Yarrowia lipolytica as a PP2A. The aim of the present work was to seek the presence of one protein phosphatase excreted in the exocellular medium and to study its activity during yeast growth in media supplemented or not supplemented with inorganic phosphate. Protein phosphatase was purified and activity was assayed by following the dephosphorylation of three substrates, [32P]casein, phosphotyrosine and a synthetic tyrosine-phosphorylated peptide. Phosphatase activity recovered in the medium after 25 h culture was greatly enhanced by Pi-deficiency. After several purification steps, the enzyme preparation presents an apparent electrophoretic homogeneity on SDS-PAGE with associated phosphoseryl/threonyl and phosphotyrosyl activities. The kinetic properties exclude contamination by a copurified protein and it is concluded that the two activities are carried by the same single proteic species. It was characterized by gel filtration as a 33 kDa protein with one single subunit demonstrated by SDS-PAGE. An absolute requirement for reducing-agents is observed suggesting that the enzyme contains at least one essential reactive cysteinyl residue. Optimum pH value is 6.1, apparent K(m) for phosphotyrosine was calculated to be 760 microM and Hill coefficient 3.2 indicating a rather high cooperativity. These results showed that the involvement of alkaline and/or acid phosphatase was unlikely. In conclusion, a protein phosphatase distinct from endocellular PP2A is secreted by Yarrowia lipolytica and characterized as a phosphotyrosine protein phosphatase with associated phosphoseryl/threonyl activity.
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- P Jolivet
- Laboratoire de Chimie Biologique, INRA, INA PG, Centre de Biotechnologies Agro-Industrielles, Thiverval-Grignon, France.
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Hao L, Tiganis T, Tonks NK, Charbonneau H. The noncatalytic C-terminal segment of the T cell protein tyrosine phosphatase regulates activity via an intramolecular mechanism. J Biol Chem 1997; 272:29322-9. [PMID: 9361013 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.272.46.29322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Human T cell protein tyrosine phosphatase (TCPTP) is a nontransmembrane enzyme, the first of the protein tyrosine phosphatase family to be cloned. Alternative mRNA splicing results in variation in the sequence at the extreme C terminus of TCPTP and generates a 45-kDa form (TC45) that is targeted to the nucleus and a 48-kDa variant (TC48) associated with membranes of the endoplasmic reticulum. In this report, we assessed the role of the C-terminal, noncatalytic segment of TCPTP in regulating activity, concentrating primarily on the TC45 variant. We have demonstrated that limited tryptic proteolysis of TC45 releases first a 42-kDa fragment, then a 33-kDa catalytic domain. Using reduced carboxyamidomethylated and maleylated lysozyme as substrate (RCML), the catalytic domain displays 20-100-fold more activity than the full-length enzyme. Analysis of the time course of limited trypsinolysis revealed that proteolytic activation occurred following cleavage of a protease-sensitive region (residues 353-387) located at the C terminus of TC45. The activity of truncation mutants illustrated that removal of 20 C-terminal residues was sufficient to activate the enzyme fully. The 33-kDa catalytic domain, but not the full-length enzyme, was inhibited in a concentration-dependent manner by addition of the noncatalytic C-terminal segment of TC45. A monoclonal antibody to TCPTP, CF4, which recognizes an epitope located between residues 350 and 363, was capable of fully activating TC45. These data indicate that the noncatalytic segment of TC45 contains an autoregulatory site that modulates activity via a reversible intramolecular interaction with the catalytic domain. These studies suggest that the C-terminal noncatalytic segment of TC45, and possibly TC48, may not only direct the enzyme to different subcellular locations but may also modulate activity in response to the binding of regulatory proteins and/or posttranslational modification.
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- L Hao
- Department of Biochemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA
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Identification of Increased Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase Activity in Polycythemia Vera Erythroid Progenitor Cells. Blood 1997. [DOI: 10.1182/blood.v90.2.651.651_651_657] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Polycythemia vera (PV) is a clonal hematologic disease characterized by hyperplasia of the three major bone marrow lineages. PV erythroid progenitor cells display hypersensitivity to several growth factors, which might be caused by an abnormality of tyrosine phosphorylation. In the present study, we have investigated protein tyrosine phosphatase (PTP) activity in highly purified erythroid progenitor cells and found that the total PTP activity in the PV cells was twofold to threefold higher than that in normal cells. Protein separation on anion-exchange and gel-filtration columns showed that the increased activity was due to a major PTP eluted at approximately 170 kD. This enzyme was sensitive to PTP inhibitors and it did not cross-react with antibodies to SHP-1, SHP-2, or CD45. Subcellular fractionation showed that the PTP localized with the membrane fraction, where its activity was increased by threefold in PV erythroid progenitors when compared with normal cells. As the erythroid progenitors progressively matured, activity of the PTP declined rapidly in the normal cells but at a much slower rate in the PV cells. These studies suggest that a potentially novel membrane or membrane-associated PTP, representing a major PTP activity, may have an important role in proliferation and/or survival of human erythroid progenitors and that its hyperactivation in PV erythroid progenitors might be responsible for the increased erythropoiesis in PV patients.
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Identification of Increased Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase Activity in Polycythemia Vera Erythroid Progenitor Cells. Blood 1997. [DOI: 10.1182/blood.v90.2.651] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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AbstractPolycythemia vera (PV) is a clonal hematologic disease characterized by hyperplasia of the three major bone marrow lineages. PV erythroid progenitor cells display hypersensitivity to several growth factors, which might be caused by an abnormality of tyrosine phosphorylation. In the present study, we have investigated protein tyrosine phosphatase (PTP) activity in highly purified erythroid progenitor cells and found that the total PTP activity in the PV cells was twofold to threefold higher than that in normal cells. Protein separation on anion-exchange and gel-filtration columns showed that the increased activity was due to a major PTP eluted at approximately 170 kD. This enzyme was sensitive to PTP inhibitors and it did not cross-react with antibodies to SHP-1, SHP-2, or CD45. Subcellular fractionation showed that the PTP localized with the membrane fraction, where its activity was increased by threefold in PV erythroid progenitors when compared with normal cells. As the erythroid progenitors progressively matured, activity of the PTP declined rapidly in the normal cells but at a much slower rate in the PV cells. These studies suggest that a potentially novel membrane or membrane-associated PTP, representing a major PTP activity, may have an important role in proliferation and/or survival of human erythroid progenitors and that its hyperactivation in PV erythroid progenitors might be responsible for the increased erythropoiesis in PV patients.
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Galvan B, Christopoulos TK. Fluorometric and time-resolved immunofluorometric assays for protein-tyrosine phosphatase activity. Clin Biochem 1996; 29:125-31. [PMID: 8601320 DOI: 10.1016/0009-9120(95)02026-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To develop sensitive nonisotopic assays for protein-tyrosine phosphatase (PTP) activity. METHODS The fluorometric assay is based on the fact that phosphotyrosine but not tyrosine forms highly fluorescent complexes with Tb3+. Thus, PTP activity can be followed by measuring the decrease of fluorescence due to hydrolysis of phosphotyrosine. The time-resolved immunofluorometric assay employs tyrosine-phosphorylated substrates, immobilized on microtitre wells. After incubation with PTP, the remaining phosphotyrosine residues are reacted with an antiphosphotyrosine antibody. The immunocomplexes formed are detected with an alkaline phosphatase (ALP)-labeled second antibody. The phosphate ester of 5' fluorosalicylate (FSAP) is used as substrate. The fluorosalicylate produced forms highly fluorescent complexes with Tb3+ - EDTA in alkaline solution. The fluorescence is measured with a time-resolved fluorometer. RESULTS The truncated form of the T-cell protein tyrosine phosphatase (TCdeltaC11 PTP) was determined in the range 1100-36,500 U/L by the fluorometric assay and 36-7100 U/L by the time-resolved immunofluorometric assay. CONCLUSIONS The two nonisotopic assays should prove beneficial for the determination and study of various PTP.
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- B Galvan
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada
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Dunn D, Chen L, Lawrence DS, Zhang ZY. The active site specificity of the Yersinia protein-tyrosine phosphatase. J Biol Chem 1996; 271:168-73. [PMID: 8550553 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.271.1.168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Yersinia protein-tyrosine phosphatase substrates have been synthesized employing an expedient methodology that incorporates phosphorylated non-amino acid residues into an active site-directed peptide. While the peptidic portion of these compounds serves an enzyme targeting role, the nonpeptidic component provides a critical assessment of the range of functionality that can be accommodated within the active site region. We have found that the Yersinia phosphatase hydrolyzes both L- and D-stereoisomers of phosphotyrosine in active site-directed peptides, with the former serving as a 10-fold more efficient substrate than the latter. In addition, this enzyme catalyzes the hydrolysis of a variety of aromatic and aliphatic phosphates. Indeed, a peptide bearing the achiral phosphotyrosine analog, phosphotyramine, is not only the most efficient substrate described in this study, it is also one of the most efficient substrates ever reported for the Yersinia phosphatase. Straight chain peptide-bound aliphatic phosphates of the general structure, (Glu)4-NH-(CH2)n-OPO3(2-) (n = 2-8), are also hydrolyzed, where the most efficient substrate contains seven methylene groups. Finally, a comparison of the substrate efficacy of the peptide-bound species with that of the corresponding non-peptidic analogs, reveals that the peptide component enhances kcat/Km by up to nearly 3 orders of magnitude.
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- D Dunn
- Department of Chemistry, State University of New York, Buffalo 14260, USA
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Ariyoshi H, Oda A, Salzman EW. Participation of calpain in protein-tyrosine phosphorylation and dephosphorylation in human blood platelets. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 1995; 15:511-4. [PMID: 7749863 DOI: 10.1161/01.atv.15.4.511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The possible role of calpains in protein-tyrosine phosphorylation in platelets was examined by the use of the cell-permeant calpain inhibitor calpeptin. In platelets stimulated by 1 U/mL thrombin, protein-tyrosine phosphorylation was maximal after 2 minutes and was followed by protein-tyrosine dephosphorylation. Calpeptin (30 mumol/L) or vanadate (2 mmol/L) enhanced protein-tyrosine phosphorylation and delayed protein-tyrosine dephosphorylation. The effects of these two compounds were not additive. We also observed proteolysis of pp60src and autoproteolysis of mu-calpain. Cleavage of the former was significantly slower than that of the latter and slower than protein-tyrosine dephosphorylation. The activity of protein-tyrosine phosphatase in the platelet lysate was transiently increased to 190% by addition of Ca2+. Ca(2+)-dependent activation of protein-tyrosine phosphatase was not observed in the presence of leupeptin. Those observations suggest that platelet calpains may be involved in modulation of protein-tyrosine phosphorylation through activation of protein-tyrosine phosphatase rather than through the inactivation of pp60src, a mechanism that was previously suggested.
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- H Ariyoshi
- Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass 02215, USA
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Ng DH, Harder KW, Clark-Lewis I, Jirik F, Johnson P. Non-radioactive method to measure CD45 protein tyrosine phosphatase activity isolated directly from cells. J Immunol Methods 1995; 179:177-85. [PMID: 7533193 DOI: 10.1016/0022-1759(94)00281-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Preparation of radioactive phosphorylated substrates is laborious, yields a limited amount of substrate with a short half-life and generates a low percentage of phosphorylated product which then has to be separated from non-phosphorylated material. These factors limit the usefulness of radioactive phosphorylated substrates in phosphatase assays and prohibit their use for kinetic analysis, which often requires large amounts of substrate. An alternative method for the kinetic analysis of purified or recombinant soluble phosphatases uses the malachite green reagent which can detect nanomoles of phosphate released from chemically synthesized phosphorylated peptides. In this report we describe a rapid and sensitive non-radioactive method that can be used to measure protein tyrosine phosphatase (PTP) activities of both transmembrane and soluble phosphatases immunoprecipitated directly from cells. This colorimetric microassay is performed in 96 well microtitre plates and can reliably detect 100 pmol of free phosphate released, using a standard microplate reader. The phosphatase activity of CD45, a transmembrane PTP, was determined from as few as 1 x 10(4) lymphoid cells. The development of this colorimetric assay to measure immunoprecipitated CD45 PTP activity isolated from very small numbers of cells has general applicability for other PTPs and will help identify the cellular situations and conditions that result in changes in PTP activity.
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- D H Ng
- Biomedical Research Center, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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Pinna LA, Donella-Deana A. Phosphorylated synthetic peptides as tools for studying protein phosphatases. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1994; 1222:415-31. [PMID: 8038211 DOI: 10.1016/0167-4889(94)90050-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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- L A Pinna
- Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Padova, Italy
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Hampe CS, Pecht I. Protein tyrosine phosphatase activity enhancement is induced upon Fc epsilon receptor activation of mast cells. FEBS Lett 1994; 346:194-8. [PMID: 8013632 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(94)00471-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Immunological stimulation of rat mucosal type mast cells (line RBL-2H3) by clustering the type I Fc epsilon receptor (Fc epsilon RI) causes a fast and transient tyrosine phosphorylation of several proteins. This implied the involvement of both, protein tyrosine kinases (PTKs) and protein tyrosine phosphatases (PTPases) in that process. In order to identify the PTPases involved in these very early steps coupling Fc epsilon RI stimulus to cell response, we undertook the purification and characterization of PTPases present in RBL-2H3 cells. In one of the cells' membranal fractions, a PTPase activity was found to be enhanced 2- to 3-fold upon cell stimulation by Fc epsilon RI clustering. Characterization of this activity implies its involvement in control of the Fc epsilon RI signalling cascade.
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- C S Hampe
- Department of Chemical Immunology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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Protein phosphatases are intimately involved in a variety of cellular processes, many of which are of interest to the pharmaceutical industry. Phosphatase assays generally employ radioisotopes, making them tedious to perform, costly, and hazardous, while other procedures require antibodies and/or are unsuitable for mass screening efforts. To facilitate screening for inhibitors of the CD45 protein tyrosine phosphatase (PTPase), we have developed a sensitive colorimetric assay, using small volumes in 96-well microtiter plates and read on a standard ELISA plate reader. The assay was sensitive down to 0.5 nmol of released phosphate and can be easily run by robotics to assay thousands of compounds in a day. The assay is sparing of reagents and has been successfully used with all classes of phosphatases. The reagents are nonradioactive, readily obtainable, and minimal in cost. This assay should facilitate the search for specific inhibitors of phosphatases.
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- D K Fisher
- Department of Immunopharmacology, Sterling Winthrop Pharmaceuticals Research Division, Collegeville, Pennsylvania 19426-0900
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García-Echeverría C, Rich DH. Synthesis and fluorescence properties of a substrate for a continuous fluorimetric assay of protein tyrosine phosphatases. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/s0960-894x(00)80025-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Bezouska K, Krajhanzl A, Pospísil M, Kubrycht J, Stajner K, Felsberg J, Kocourek J. Characterization of the high-affinity oligosaccharide-binding site of the 205-kDa porcine large granular lymphocyte lectin, a member of the leukocyte common antigen family. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1993; 213:1303-13. [PMID: 8504822 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1993.tb17882.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Membrane lectins of mammalian large granular lymphocytes are thought to be important receptors in their non-major-histocompatibility complex-restricted activation. A triantennary desialylated oligosaccharide has been reported as the most effective triggering structure [Pospísil M., Kubrycht J., Bezouska K., Táborský O., Novák M. & Kocourek J. (1986) Immunol. Lett. 12, 83-90] while its cell surface receptor has recently been identified in pig natural killer cells as a 205-kDa membrane lectin resembling the proteins of the leukocyte common antigen family (LCA). In this study we have prepared 4-azidophenyl (photoactivatable) and 4-hydroxyphenyl (radio-iodinatable) derivatives of triantennary oligosaccharides by a new procedure which allows the natural conformation of the N-glycosidic linkage between the oligosaccharide and the respective labeling group to be retained. We used these high-affinity ligands to investigate the oligosaccharide-combining site of the 205-kDa lectin. Photoaffinity labeling of the whole cells and solubilized proteins confirmed that a 205-kDa polypeptide constitutes the major cell-surface calcium-independent receptor for triantennary oligosaccharides in pig lymphocytes. Isolation and manual sequencing of two ligand-labeled and eleven other peptides proved that the 205-kDa lectin represents a member of the LCA family expressing exons 4 and 6 during alternative splicing and that the high-affinity binding site is localized in the N-terminal 70-kDa extracellular domain. Binding studies with radiolabeled oligosaccharides and the above carbohydrate-recognition domain subjected to various chemical and enzymatic treatments indicated that the binding of oligosaccharides might be significantly modulated by sialylated O-glycosidically linked lineage-specific carbohydrate epitopes localized within this domain. Affinity chromatography of LCA isolated by conventional methods on immobilized oligosaccharides revealed that only a fraction of these cell-surface glycoproteins expressed high-affinity binding sites for the oligosaccharide ligands. Thus, N-linked oligosaccharide moieties of cell-surface glycoproteins seem to represent possible ligands of LCA that may be important in intercellular adhesion and oligosaccharide-mediated activation of lymphocytes.
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- K Bezouska
- Institute of Biotechnology, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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Ohmori H, Kuba M, Kumon A. Two phosphatases for 6-phospholysine and 3-phosphohistidine from rat brain. J Biol Chem 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)53000-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Zhao Z, Bouchard P, Diltz C, Shen S, Fischer E. Purification and characterization of a protein tyrosine phosphatase containing SH2 domains. J Biol Chem 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)53846-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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