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Elongation factor eEF2 kinase and autophagy jointly promote survival of cancer cells. Biochem J 2021; 478:1547-1569. [PMID: 33779695 DOI: 10.1042/bcj20210126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2021] [Revised: 03/22/2021] [Accepted: 03/29/2021] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Cells within solid tumours can become deprived of nutrients; in order to survive, they need to invoke mechanisms to conserve these resources. Using cancer cells in culture in the absence of key nutrients, we have explored the roles of two potential survival mechanisms, autophagy and elongation factor 2 kinase (eEF2K), which, when activated, inhibits the resource-intensive elongation stage of protein synthesis. Both processes are regulated through the nutrient-sensitive AMP-activated protein kinase and mechanistic target of rapamycin complex 1 signalling pathways. We find that disabling both autophagy and eEF2K strongly compromises the survival of nutrient-deprived lung and breast cancer cells, whereas, for example, knocking out eEF2K alone has little effect. Contrary to some earlier reports, we find no evidence that eEF2K regulates autophagy. Unexpectedly, eEF2K does not facilitate survival of prostate cancer PC3 cells. Thus, eEF2K and autophagy enable survival of certain cell-types in a mutually complementary manner. To explore this further, we generated, by selection, cells which were able to survive nutrient starvation even when autophagy and eEF2K were disabled. Proteome profiling using mass spectrometry revealed that these 'resistant' cells showed lower levels of diverse proteins which are required for energy-consuming processes such as protein and fatty acid synthesis, although different clones of 'resistant cells' appear to adapt in dissimilar ways. Our data provide further information of the ways that human cells cope with nutrient limitation and to understanding of the utility of eEF2K as a potential target in oncology.
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Di L, Balesano A, Jordan S, Shi SM. The Role of Alcohol Dehydrogenase in Drug Metabolism: Beyond Ethanol Oxidation. AAPS JOURNAL 2021; 23:20. [DOI: 10.1208/s12248-020-00536-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2020] [Accepted: 11/17/2020] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Evidence for an Allosteric S-Nitrosoglutathione Binding Site in S-Nitrosoglutathione Reductase (GSNOR). Antioxidants (Basel) 2019; 8:antiox8110545. [PMID: 31766125 PMCID: PMC6928738 DOI: 10.3390/antiox8110545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2019] [Revised: 11/03/2019] [Accepted: 11/12/2019] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Current research has identified S-nitrosoglutathione reductase (GSNOR) as the central enzyme for regulating protein S-nitrosylation. In addition, the dysregulation of GSNOR expression is implicated in several organ system pathologies including respiratory, cardiovascular, hematologic, and neurologic, making GSNOR a primary target for pharmacological intervention. This study demonstrates the kinetic activation of GSNOR by its substrate S-nitrosoglutathione (GSNO). GSNOR kinetic analysis data resulted in nonhyperbolic behavior that was successfully accommodated by the Hill–Langmuir equation with a Hill coefficient of +1.75, indicating that the substrate, GSNO, was acting as a positive allosteric affector. Docking and molecular dynamics simulations were used to predict the location of the GSNO allosteric domain comprising the residues Asn185, Lys188, Gly321, and Lys323 in the vicinity of the structural Zn2+-binding site. GSNO binding to Lys188, Gly321, and Lys323 was further supported by hydrogen–deuterium exchange mass spectroscopy (HDXMS), as deuterium exchange significantly decreased at these residues in the presence of GSNO. The site-directed mutagenesis of Lys188Ala and Lys323Ala resulted in the loss of allosteric behavior. Ultimately, this work unambiguously demonstrates that GSNO at large concentrations activates GSNOR by binding to an allosteric site comprised of the residues Asn185, Lys188, Gly321, and Lys323. The identification of an allosteric GSNO-binding domain on GSNOR is significant, as it provides a platform for pharmacological intervention to modulate the activity of this essential enzyme.
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Choi MS. Pathophysiological Role of S-Nitrosylation and Transnitrosylation Depending on S-Nitrosoglutathione Levels Regulated by S-Nitrosoglutathione Reductase. Biomol Ther (Seoul) 2018; 26:533-538. [PMID: 30464072 PMCID: PMC6254642 DOI: 10.4062/biomolther.2018.179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2018] [Revised: 09/27/2018] [Accepted: 10/06/2018] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Nitric oxide (NO) mediates various physiological and pathological processes, including cell proliferation, differentiation, and inflammation. Protein S-nitrosylation (SNO), a NO-mediated reversible protein modification, leads to changes in the activity and function of target proteins. Recent findings on protein-protein transnitrosylation reactions (transfer of an NO group from one protein to another) have unveiled the mechanism of NO modulation of specific signaling pathways. The intracellular level of S-nitrosoglutathione (GSNO), a major reactive NO species, is controlled by GSNO reductase (GSNOR), a major regulator of NO/SNO signaling. Increasing number of GSNOR-related studies have shown the important role that denitrosylation plays in cellular NO/SNO homeostasis and human pathophysiology. This review introduces recent evidence of GSNO-mediated NO/SNO signaling depending on GSNOR expression or activity. In addition, the applicability of GSNOR as a target for drug therapy will be discussed in this review.
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- Min Sik Choi
- Lab of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Dongduk Women's University, Seoul 02748, Republic of Korea
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Rizza S, Filomeni G. Chronicles of a reductase: Biochemistry, genetics and physio-pathological role of GSNOR. Free Radic Biol Med 2017; 110:19-30. [PMID: 28533171 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2017.05.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2016] [Revised: 05/11/2017] [Accepted: 05/16/2017] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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S-nitrosylation is a major redox posttranslational modification involved in cell signaling. The steady state concentration of S-nitrosylated proteins depends on the balance between the relative ability to generate nitric oxide (NO) via NO synthase and to reduce nitrosothiols by denitrosylases. Numerous works have been published in last decades regarding the role of NO and S-nitrosylation in the regulation of protein structure and function, and in driving cellular activities in vertebrates. Notwithstanding an increasing number of observations indicates that impairment of denitrosylation equally affects cellular homeostasis, there is still no report providing comprehensive knowledge on the impact that denitrosylation has on maintaining correct physiological processes and organ activities. Among denitrosylases, S-nitrosoglutathione reductase (GSNOR) represents the prototype enzyme to disclose how denitrosylation plays a crucial role in tuning NO-bioactivity and how much it deeply impacts on cell homeostasis and human patho-physiology. In this review we attempt to illustrate the history of GSNOR discovery and provide the evidence so far reported in support of GSNOR implications in development and human disease.
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- Salvatore Rizza
- Redox Signaling and Oxidative Stress Research Group, Cell Stress and Survival Unit, Center for Autophagy, Recycling and Disease (CARD), Danish Cancer Society Research Center, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Redox Signaling and Oxidative Stress Research Group, Cell Stress and Survival Unit, Center for Autophagy, Recycling and Disease (CARD), Danish Cancer Society Research Center, Copenhagen, Denmark; Department of Biology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy.
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Barnett SD, Buxton ILO. The role of S-nitrosoglutathione reductase (GSNOR) in human disease and therapy. Crit Rev Biochem Mol Biol 2017; 52:340-354. [PMID: 28393572 PMCID: PMC5597050 DOI: 10.1080/10409238.2017.1304353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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S-nitrosoglutathione reductase (GSNOR), or ADH5, is an enzyme in the alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) family. It is unique when compared to other ADH enzymes in that primary short-chain alcohols are not its principle substrate. GSNOR metabolizes S-nitrosoglutathione (GSNO), S-hydroxymethylglutathione (the spontaneous adduct of formaldehyde and glutathione), and some alcohols. GSNOR modulates reactive nitric oxide (•NO) availability in the cell by catalyzing the breakdown of GSNO, and indirectly regulates S-nitrosothiols (RSNOs) through GSNO-mediated protein S-nitrosation. The dysregulation of GSNOR can significantly alter cellular homeostasis, leading to disease. GSNOR plays an important regulatory role in smooth muscle relaxation, immune function, inflammation, neuronal development and cancer progression, among many other processes. In recent years, the therapeutic inhibition of GSNOR has been investigated to treat asthma, cystic fibrosis and interstitial lung disease (ILD). The direct action of •NO on cellular pathways, as well as the important regulatory role of protein S-nitrosation, is closely tied to GSNOR regulation and defines this enzyme as an important therapeutic target.
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- Scott D Barnett
- a Department of Pharmacology , University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine , Reno , NV , USA
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- a Department of Pharmacology , University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine , Reno , NV , USA
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Liu X, Yao Z. Chronic over-nutrition and dysregulation of GSK3 in diseases. Nutr Metab (Lond) 2016; 13:49. [PMID: 27493677 PMCID: PMC4972972 DOI: 10.1186/s12986-016-0108-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2016] [Accepted: 07/21/2016] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Loss of cellular response to hormonal regulation in maintaining metabolic homeostasis is common in the process of aging. Chronic over-nutrition may render cells insensitive to such a hormonal regulation owing to overstimulation of certain signaling pathways, thus accelerating aging and causing diseases. The glycogen synthase kinase 3 (GSK3) plays a pivotal role in relaying various extracellular and intracellular regulatory signals critical to cell growth, survival, regeneration, or death. The main signaling pathway regulating GSK3 activity through serine-phosphorylation is the phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K)/phosphoinositide-dependent kinase-1 (PDK1)/Akt relay that catalyzes serine-phosphorylation and thus inactivation of GSK3. In addition, perilipin 2 (PLIN2) has recently been shown to regulate GSK3 activation through direct association with GSK3. This review summarizes current understanding on environmental and nutritional factors contributing to GSK3 regulation (or dysregulation) through the PI3K/PDK1/Akt/GSK3 axis, and highlights the newly discovered role that PLIN2 plays in regulating GSK3 activity and GSK3 downstream pathways.
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- Xunxian Liu
- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology, University of Ottawa, 451 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON K1H 8M5 Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology, University of Ottawa, 451 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON K1H 8M5 Canada
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Borràs E, Albalat R, Duester G, Parés X, Farrés J. The Xenopus alcohol dehydrogenase gene family: characterization and comparative analysis incorporating amphibian and reptilian genomes. BMC Genomics 2014; 15:216. [PMID: 24649825 PMCID: PMC4028059 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-15-216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2013] [Accepted: 03/11/2014] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Background The alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) gene family uniquely illustrates the concept of enzymogenesis. In vertebrates, tandem duplications gave rise to a multiplicity of forms that have been classified in eight enzyme classes, according to primary structure and function. Some of these classes appear to be exclusive of particular organisms, such as the frog ADH8, a unique NADP+-dependent ADH enzyme. This work describes the ADH system of Xenopus, as a model organism, and explores the first amphibian and reptilian genomes released in order to contribute towards a better knowledge of the vertebrate ADH gene family. Results Xenopus cDNA and genomic sequences along with expressed sequence tags (ESTs) were used in phylogenetic analyses and structure-function correlations of amphibian ADHs. Novel ADH sequences identified in the genomes of Anolis carolinensis (anole lizard) and Pelodiscus sinensis (turtle) were also included in these studies. Tissue and stage-specific libraries provided expression data, which has been supported by mRNA detection in Xenopus laevis tissues and regulatory elements in promoter regions. Exon-intron boundaries, position and orientation of ADH genes were deduced from the amphibian and reptilian genome assemblies, thus revealing syntenic regions and gene rearrangements with respect to the human genome. Our results reveal the high complexity of the ADH system in amphibians, with eleven genes, coding for seven enzyme classes in Xenopus tropicalis. Frogs possess the amphibian-specific ADH8 and the novel ADH1-derived forms ADH9 and ADH10. In addition, they exhibit ADH1, ADH2, ADH3 and ADH7, also present in reptiles and birds. Class-specific signatures have been assigned to ADH7, and ancestral ADH2 is predicted to be a mixed-class as the ostrich enzyme, structurally close to mammalian ADH2 but with class-I kinetic properties. Remarkably, many ADH1 and ADH7 forms are observed in the lizard, probably due to lineage-specific duplications. ADH4 is not present in amphibians and reptiles. Conclusions The study of the ancient forms of ADH2 and ADH7 sheds new light on the evolution of the vertebrate ADH system, whereas the special features showed by the novel forms point to the acquisition of new functions following the ADH gene family expansion which occurred in amphibians.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, E-08193, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain.
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Ladeira C, Viegas S, Carolino E, Gomes MC, Brito M. The influence of genetic polymorphisms in XRCC3 and ADH5 genes on the frequency of genotoxicity biomarkers in workers exposed to formaldehyde. ENVIRONMENTAL AND MOLECULAR MUTAGENESIS 2013; 54:213-221. [PMID: 23355119 DOI: 10.1002/em.21755] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2012] [Revised: 11/08/2012] [Accepted: 11/14/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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The International Agency for Research on Cancer classified formaldehyde as carcinogenic to humans because there is "sufficient epidemiological evidence that it causes nasopharyngeal cancer in humans". Genes involved in DNA repair and maintenance of genome integrity are critically involved in protecting against mutations that lead to cancer and/or inherited genetic disease. Association studies have recently provided evidence for a link between DNA repair polymorphisms and micronucleus (MN) induction. We used the cytokinesis-block micronucleus (CBMN assay) in peripheral lymphocytes and MN test in buccal cells to investigate the effects of XRCC3 Thr241Met, ADH5 Val309Ile, and Asp353Glu polymorphisms on the frequency of genotoxicity biomarkers in individuals occupationally exposed to formaldehyde (n = 54) and unexposed workers (n = 82). XRCC3 participates in DNA double-strand break/recombination repair, while ADH5 is an important component of cellular metabolism for the elimination of formaldehyde. Exposed workers had significantly higher frequencies (P < 0.01) than controls for all genotoxicity biomarkers evaluated in this study. Moreover, there were significant associations between XRCC3 genotypes and nuclear buds, namely XRCC3 Met/Met (OR = 3.975, CI 1.053-14.998, P = 0.042) and XRCC3 Thr/Met (OR = 5.632, CI 1.673-18.961, P = 0.005) in comparison with XRCC3 Thr/Thr. ADH5 polymorphisms did not show significant effects. This study highlights the importance of integrating genotoxicity biomarkers and genetic polymorphisms in human biomonitoring studies.
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- Carina Ladeira
- Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Lisboa - Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa, Portugal.
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Qiu R, Croom J, Ali RA, Ballou AL, Smith CD, Ashwell CM, Hassan HM, Chiang CC, Koci MD. Direct fed microbial supplementation repartitions host energy to the immune system. J Anim Sci 2012; 90:2639-51. [PMID: 22367073 DOI: 10.2527/jas.2011-4611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Direct fed microbials and probiotics are used to promote health in livestock and poultry; however, their mechanism of action is still poorly understood. We previously reported that direct fed microbial supplementation in young broilers reduced ileal respiration without changing whole-body energy expenditure. The current studies were conducted to further investigate the effects of a direct fed microbial on energy metabolism in different tissues of broilers. One hundred ninety-two 1-d-old broiler chicks (16 chicks/pen) were randomly assigned to 2 dietary groups: standard control starter diet (CSD) and CSD plus direct fed microbial (DFMD; 0.3%) with 6 pens/treatment. Body weight, feed consumption, whole-body energy expenditure, organ mass, tissue respiration rates, and peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) ATP concentrations were measured to estimate changes in energy metabolism. No differences in whole body energy expenditure or BW gain were observed; however, decreased ileal O(2) respiration (P < 0.05) was measured in DFMD fed broilers. In contrast, the respiration rate of the thymus in those broilers was increased (P < 0.05). The PBMC from DFMD fed broilers had increased ATP concentrations and exhibited increased ATP turnover (P < 0.01). To determine if the increased energy consumption by PBMC corresponded with an altered immune response, broilers were immunized with sheep red blood cells (SRBC) and assayed for differences in their humoral response. The DFMD-fed broilers had a faster rate of antigen specific IgG production (P < 0.05) and an increase in total IgA (P < 0.05). Collectively, these data indicate that supplementation with the direct fed microbial used in this study resulted in energy re-partitioning to the immune system and an increase in antibody production independent of changes in whole body metabolism or growth performance.
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- R Qiu
- Department of Poultry Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7608, USA
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Just W, Zeller J, Riegert C, Speit G. Genetic polymorphisms in the formaldehyde dehydrogenase gene and their biological significance. Toxicol Lett 2011; 207:121-7. [PMID: 21920416 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2011.08.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2011] [Revised: 07/25/2011] [Accepted: 08/30/2011] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The GSH-dependent formaldehyde dehydrogenase (FDH) is the most important enzyme for the metabolic inactivation of formaldehyde. We studied three polymorphisms of this gene with the intention to elucidate their relevance for inter-individual differences in the protection against the (geno-)toxicity of FA. The first polymorphism (rs11568816) was investigated using real-time PCR and restriction fragment analysis in 150 subjects. However, we did not find the polymorphic sequence in any of the subjects. We studied a second polymorphism (rs17028487), representing a base exchange (c.*114A>G) in exon 9 of the FDH gene. We analyzed 70 subjects with the SNaPshot Primer Extension method and subsequent analysis in a ABI PRISM 3100, but no variant allele was identified. A third polymorphism, rs13832 in exon 9 (c.*493G>T), was studied in a group of 105 subjects by the SNaPshot Primer Extension method. 43 of the subjects were heterozygous for the polymorphism (G/T), 46 homozygous for the T allele, and 16 were homozygous for the G-allele. Real-time RT-PCR measurements of FDH mRNA did not indicate a significant difference in transcript levels between the heterozygous and the homozygous groups. The in vitro comet assay after FA exposure of blood samples obtained from 5 homozygous GG and 3 homozygous TT subjects did not lead to a significant difference between these two groups. Altogether, our study did not identify biologically relevant polymorphisms in transcribed regions of the FDH gene, which may lead to inter-individual differences in the metabolic inactivation of FA.
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- Walter Just
- Universität Ulm, Institut für Humangenetik, Ulm, Germany
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Thompson CM, Sonawane B, Grafström RC. The ontogeny, distribution, and regulation of alcohol dehydrogenase 3: implications for pulmonary physiology. Drug Metab Dispos 2009; 37:1565-71. [PMID: 19460944 DOI: 10.1124/dmd.109.027904] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Class III alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH3), also termed formaldehyde dehydrogenase or S-nitrosoglutathione reductase, plays a critical role in the enzymatic oxidation of formaldehyde and reduction of nitrosothiols that regulate bronchial tone. Considering reported associations between formaldehyde vapor exposure and childhood asthma risk, and thus potential involvement of ADH3, we reviewed the ontogeny, distribution, and regulation of mammalian ADH3. Recent studies indicate that multiple biological and chemical stimuli influence expression and activity of ADH3, including the feedback regulation of nitrosothiol metabolism. The levels of ADH3 correlate with, and potentially influence, bronchial tone; however, data gaps remain with respect to the expression of ADH3 during postnatal and early childhood development. Consideration of ADH3 function relative to the respiratory effects of formaldehyde, as well as to other chemical and biological exposures that might act in an additive or synergistic manner with formaldehyde, might be critical to gain better insight into the association between formaldehyde exposure and childhood asthma.
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- Chad M Thompson
- National Center for Environmental Assessment, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, USA.
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Wu H, Romieu I, Sienra-Monge JJ, Rio-Navarro BED, Anderson DM, Jenchura CA, Li H, Ramirez-Aguilar M, Lara-Sanchez IDC, London SJ. Genetic variation in S-nitrosoglutathione reductase (GSNOR) and childhood asthma. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2007; 120:322-8. [PMID: 17543375 PMCID: PMC2094003 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2007.04.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2006] [Revised: 03/23/2007] [Accepted: 04/18/2007] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND S-nitrosothiols are potent endogenous bronchodilators depleted in asthmatic airway lining fluid. S-nitrosoglutathione reductase (GSNOR; also known as alcohol dehydrogenase 5 or formaldehyde dehydrogenase) catalyzes the metabolism of S-nitrosoglutathione (GSNO) and controls intracellular levels of S-nitrosothiols. GSNOR knockout mice have increased lung S-nitrosothiol levels and are therefore protected from airway hyperresponsiveness after methacholine or allergen challenge. OBJECTIVE We sought to investigate whether genetic variation in GSNOR is associated with childhood asthma and atopy. METHODS We genotyped 5 tagging and 2 additional single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in GSNOR in 532 nuclear families consisting of asthmatic children aged 4 to 17 years and both parents in Mexico City. Atopy was determined by means of skin prick testing. RESULTS Carrying 1 or 2 copies of the minor allele of SNP rs1,154,404 was associated with decreased risk of asthma (relative risk [RR], 0.77; 95% CI, 0.61-0.97; P = .028 for 1 copy and RR, 0.66; 95% CI, 0.44-0.99; P = .046 for 2 copies). Homozygosity for the minor allele of SNP rs28,730,619 was associated with increased risk of asthma (RR, 1.60; 95% CI, 1.13-2.26; P = .0077). Haplotype analyses supported the single SNP findings. GSNOR SNPs were not associated with the degree of atopy. CONCLUSION This is the first study of genetic polymorphisms in GSNOR and asthma. These data suggest that genetic variation in GSNOR might play a role in asthma susceptibility. CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS The association of GSNOR polymorphisms with asthma suggests a potential therapeutic target.
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- Hao Wu
- Laboratory of Respiratory Biology, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
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- National Institute of Public Health, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
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- Laboratory of Respiratory Biology, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
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- Laboratory of Respiratory Biology, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
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- Laboratory of Respiratory Biology, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
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- Laboratory of Respiratory Biology, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
- Epidemiology Branch, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
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Oota H, Dunn CW, Speed WC, Pakstis AJ, Palmatier MA, Kidd JR, Kidd KK. Conservative evolution in duplicated genes of the primate Class I ADH cluster. Gene 2006; 392:64-76. [PMID: 17204375 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2006.11.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2006] [Revised: 11/11/2006] [Accepted: 11/15/2006] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Humans have seven alcohol dehydrogenase genes (ADH) falling into five classes. Three out of the seven genes (ADH1A, ADH1B and ADH1C) belonging to Class I are expressed primarily in liver and code the main enzymes catalyzing ethanol oxidization. The three genes are tandemly arrayed within the ADH cluster on chromosome 4 and have very high nucleotide similarity to each other (exons: >90%; introns: >70%), suggesting the genes have been generated by duplication event(s). One explanation for maintaining similarity of such clustered genes is homogenization via gene conversion(s). Alternatively, recency of the duplications or some other functional constraints might explain the high similarities among the genes. To test for gene conversion, we sequenced introns 2, 3, and 8 of all three Class I genes (total>15.0 kb) for five non-human primates--four great apes and one Old World Monkey (OWM)--and compared them with those of humans. The phylogenetic analysis shows each intron sequence clusters strongly within each gene, giving no evidence for gene conversion(s). Several lines of evidence indicate that the first split was between ADH1C and the gene that gave rise to ADH1A and ADH1B. We also analyzed cDNA sequences of the three genes that have been previously reported in mouse and Catarrhines (OWMs, chimpanzee, and humans) and found that the synonymous and non-synonymous substitution (dN/dS) ratios in all pairs are less than 1 representing purifying selection. This suggests that purifying selection is more important than gene conversion(s) in maintaining the overall sequence similarity among the Class I genes. We speculate that the highly conserved sequences on the three duplicated genes in primates have been achieved essentially by maintaining stability of the hetero-dimer formation that might have been related to dietary adaptation in primate evolution.
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- Hiroki Oota
- Department of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar St., New Haven, CT 06520-8005, USA.
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Lee DK, Suh D, Edenberg HJ, Hur MW. POZ domain transcription factor, FBI-1, represses transcription of ADH5/FDH by interacting with the zinc finger and interfering with DNA binding activity of Sp1. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:26761-8. [PMID: 12004059 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m202078200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [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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The POZ domain is a protein-protein interaction motif that is found in many transcription factors, which are important for development, oncogenesis, apoptosis, and transcription repression. We cloned the POZ domain transcription factor, FBI-1, that recognizes the cis-element (bp -38 to -22) located just upstream of the core Sp1 binding sites (bp -22 to +22) of the ADH5/FDH minimal promoter (bp -38 to +61) in vitro and in vivo, as revealed by electrophoretic mobility shift assay and chromatin immunoprecipitation assay. The ADH5/FDH minimal promoter is potently repressed by the FBI-1. Glutathione S-transferase fusion protein pull-down showed that the POZ domains of FBI-1, Plzf, and Bcl-6 directly interact with the zinc finger DNA binding domain of Sp1. DNase I footprinting assays showed that the interaction prevents binding of Sp1 to the GC boxes of the ADH5/FDH promoter. Gal4-POZ domain fusions targeted proximal to the GC boxes repress transcription of the Gal4 upstream activator sequence-Sp1-adenovirus major late promoter. Our data suggest that POZ domain represses transcription by interacting with Sp1 zinc fingers and by interfering with the DNA binding activity of Sp1.
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- Dong-Kee Lee
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, BK21 Project for Medical Sciences, Institute of Genetic Sciences, Yonsei University School of Medicine, 134 ShinChon-Dong, SeoDaeMoon-Ku, Seoul 120-752, Korea
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Chinenov Y. A second catalytic domain in the Elp3 histone acetyltransferases: a candidate for histone demethylase activity? Trends Biochem Sci 2002; 27:115-7. [PMID: 11893502 DOI: 10.1016/s0968-0004(02)02058-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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A new subfamily of two-domain histone acetyltransferases (HATs) related to Elp3 has been identified. In addition to a HAT domain in the C terminus, these proteins have an N-terminal domain similar to the catalytic domain of S-adenosylmethionine radical enzymes. Two-domain organization is preserved in evolution, suggesting that both enzymatic activities are functionally or mechanistically coupled and directed towards highly conserved substrates. The functional implications of this similarity and a possible role for Elp3-related proteins as histone demethylases are discussed.
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- Yurii Chinenov
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Michigan Medical Center, 1150 W. Medical Center Dr., Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0650, USA.
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Hedberg JJ, Backlund M, Strömberg P, Lönn S, Dahl ML, Ingelman-Sundberg M, Höög JO. Functional polymorphism in the alcohol dehydrogenase 3 (ADH3) promoter. PHARMACOGENETICS 2001; 11:815-24. [PMID: 11740346 DOI: 10.1097/00008571-200112000-00010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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The ADH3 gene encodes alcohol dehydrogenase 3 (ADH3)/glutathione-dependent formaldehyde dehydrogenase, the ancestral and most conserved form of alcohol dehydrogenase. ADH3 is expressed in all tissues examined and the enzyme is essential for formaldehyde scavenging. We have screened the promoter region including exon 1 and exons 5, 6 and 7 of the ADH3 gene for allelic variants. Using 80 samples of genomic DNA from Swedes as template, the various parts of the gene were PCR amplified and subsequently analyzed on single strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) gels. No abnormal migration patterns could be detected by SSCP analysis of exons 5, 6 and 7 while for the promoter region, a large number of the samples displayed differences in SSCP gel migration patterns. Cloning and sequence analysis revealed four possible base pair exchanges in the promoter region. Two transitions were found at position -197 and -196, GG --> AA, one at position -79, G --> A and finally, close to the transcription start site, a fourth transition was found at position +9, C --> T. An allele specific PCR method was developed and allele frequencies were determined in three populations: Chinese, Spanish and Swedish. GG-197,-196 and AA-197,-196 alleles were common in all three populations, G-79 and A-79 were common in Swedes and Spaniards but only A-79 was found among Chinese. T+9 was the most rare allele with an allele frequency of 1.5% in Swedes. Finally, promoter activity assessments and electrophoretic mobility shift assays demonstrated that the C+9 --> T+9 exchange resulted in a significant transcriptional decrease in HeLa cells and a decreased binding of nuclear proteins. These base pair exchanges may have an effect on the expression of the enzyme and thereby influence the capacity of certain individuals to metabolize formaldehyde.
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- J J Hedberg
- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Kwon HS, Lee DK, Lee JJ, Edenberg HJ, Ahn YH, Hur MW. Posttranscriptional regulation of human ADH5/FDH and Myf6 gene expression by upstream AUG codons. Arch Biochem Biophys 2001; 386:163-71. [PMID: 11368338 DOI: 10.1006/abbi.2000.2205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Upstream open-reading frames are unusual in mammalian mRNAs. The 5' untranslated region of ADH5 mRNA contains an upstream open-reading frame (uORF) with two possible AUG start codons. Myf6 mRNA contains three tandem AUG repeats at the translation start site, a rare feature. Mutation at one or both of the upstream AUG codons in the ADH5 mRNA increased gene expression twofold in CV-1, NIH/3T3, HeLa, and SL2 cells. Mutation of these AUG codons led to 3- to 5-fold increases in activity as measured by in vitro translation assays using capped mRNAs. RNA toeprint analysis demonstrated many stalled ribosomes flanking the AUG codons and secondary structures near the AUGs. Secondary structures may increase the ability of ribosomes to recognize the two AUGs, despite their poor initiation context. The degree of repression by uAUGs varied significantly depending on the cell lines tested, which may partly explain the differential tissue expression. Myf6 is a critical myogenic transcription factor with the striking feature of three tandem AUG codons at the translation initiation site. This structure reduced expression; removing two of these AUGs led to a doubling of activity in CV-1, HeLa, and NIH/3T3 cells.
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- H S Kwon
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Institute of Genetic Sciences, Yonsei University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Matsumoto M, Yokoyama H, Shiraishi H, Suzuki H, Kato S, Miura S, Ishii H. Alcohol dehydrogenase activities in the human gastric mucosa: effects of Helicobacter pylori infection, sex, age, and the part of the stomach. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2001; 25:29S-34S. [PMID: 11410738 DOI: 10.1097/00000374-200106001-00008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Human gastric mucosa contains three alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) isozymes (classes I, III, and IV). Various factors such as Helicobacter pylori infection, sex, age, and the part of the stomach involved have been suggested to affect alcohol dehydrogenase activities, although these views are controversial. In this study, these unsettled issues were reexamined. METHODS Activities of class I and IV ADHs were evaluated in the cytosolic fraction of human gastric mucosa samples by reduction of their preferred substrates, namely acetaldehyde and m-nitrobenzaldehyde, and activities of class III were evaluated by oxidation of its preferred substrate, formaldehyde. Then, effects of Helicobacter pylori infection, sex, age, and the part of the stomach involved were examined. RESULTS Class I, III, and IV ADH activities were 17.5 +/- 8.4, 4.2 +/- 2.5, and 8.9 +/- 3.9 nmol of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide oxidation per minute per milligram of protein, respectively, for the entire population. Helicobacter pylori infection significantly reduced class I and IV ADH activities but did not affect activity of class III. In the samples without Helicobacter pylori infection and severe gastritis, sex did not affect class I, III, or IV ADH activities. In the same series, class IV ADH activity significantly decreased with age (p = 0.006), whereas no correlation was found between age and ADH activity of class I and III ADHs. The level of class IV ADH activity was significantly higher in the upper body than in the lower regions, whereas no such heterogeneity was observed in class I and III ADH. CONCLUSIONS Various factors affect human gastric ADH activities, such that careful interpretation of their significance is necessary.
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- M Matsumoto
- Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Keio University, Japan
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Matsumoto M, Yokoyama H, Shiraishi H, Suzuki H, Kato S, Miura S, Ishii H. Alcohol Dehydrogenase Activities in the Human Gastric Mucosa: Effects of Helicobacter pylori Infection, Sex, Age, and the Part of the Stomach. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2001. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2001.tb02414.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Zhi X, Chan EM, Edenberg HJ. Tissue-specific regulatory elements in the human alcohol dehydrogenase 6 gene. DNA Cell Biol 2000; 19:487-97. [PMID: 10975466 DOI: 10.1089/10445490050128412] [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: 11/12/2022] Open
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The human alcohol dehydrogenase gene ADH6 is expressed at the highest levels in fetal and adult liver. We have mapped cis-acting elements that affect its expression. The sequence from bp -34 to -62 (site C) that includes the TATA box was strongly bound by nuclear proteins from liver, hepatoma cells, and fibroblasts. A truncation that removed the upstream part of site C but left the TATA homology intact dramatically reduced transcription; altering 5 bp in this region had much less effect. Part of site C can be bound by C/EBPalpha, but cotransfection with C/EBPalpha or C/EBPbeta did not stimulate transcription. The proximal region did not display tissue specificity, so we cloned the upstream region to search for additional regulatory sequences. The region between -1.6 and -2.3 kb stimulated transcription in hepatoma cells and inhibited it in fibroblasts. We identified two sites in this region that affect transcription independently of their orientation. Site 1 was a negative regulatory element in fibroblasts but had no effect in hepatoma cells. Site 2 was a positive regulatory element in hepatoma cells but had no effect in fibroblasts. This combination of positive and negative regulatory elements can play a significant role in the tissue-specific expression of ADH6.
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- X Zhi
- Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis 46202-5122, USA
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Edenberg HJ. Regulation of the mammalian alcohol dehydrogenase genes. PROGRESS IN NUCLEIC ACID RESEARCH AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2000; 64:295-341. [PMID: 10697413 DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6603(00)64008-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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This review focuses on the regulation of the mammalian medium-chain alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) genes. This family of genes encodes enzymes involved in the reversible oxidation of alcohols to aldehydes. Interest in these enzymes is increased because of their role in the metabolism of beverage alcohol as well as retinol, and their influence on the risk for alcoholism. There are six known classes ADH genes that evolved from a common ancestor. ADH genes differ in their patterns of expression: most are expressed in overlapping tissue-specific patterns, but class III ADH genes are expressed ubiquitously. All have proximal promoters with multiple cis-acting elements. These elements, and the transcription factors that can interact with them, are being defined. Subtle differences in sequence can affect affinity for these factors, and thereby influence the expression of the genes. This provides an interesting system in which to examine the evolution of tissue specificity. Among transcription factors that are important in multiple members of this gene family are the C/EBPs, Sp1,USF, and AP1, HNF-1, CTF/NF-1, glucocorticoid, and retinoic acid receptors, and several as-yet unidentified negative elements, are important in at least one of the genes. There is evidence that cis-acting elements located far from the proximal promoter are necessary for proper expression. Three of the genes have upstream AUGs in the 5' nontranslated regions of their mRNA, unusual for mammalian genes. The upstream AUGs have been shown to significantly affect expression of the human ADH5 gene.
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- H J Edenberg
- Department of Biochemistry, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis 46202, USA
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Kwon HS, Kim MS, Edenberg HJ, Hur MW. Sp3 and Sp4 can repress transcription by competing with Sp1 for the core cis-elements on the human ADH5/FDH minimal promoter. J Biol Chem 1999; 274:20-8. [PMID: 9867805 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.1.20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The human alcohol dehydrogenase 5 gene (also known as the formaldehyde dehydrogenase gene, ADH5/FDH) has a GC-rich promoter with many sites at which transcription factors bind. A minimal promoter extending from -34 base pairs (bp) to +61 bp directs high levels of transcription in several different cells, consistent with the ubiquitous expression of the gene. Nearly the entire minimal promoter can be bound by Sp1. We analyzed the transcriptional regulation of ADH5/FDH by members of the Sp1 multigene family. Two core cis-elements (-22 bp to +22 bp) had the highest affinity for Sp1. Mutagenesis revealed that these cis-elements are critical for transcriptional activation. The zinc-finger domains of Sp3 and Sp4 also bind selectively to the core cis-elements. In Drosophila SL2 cells, which lack endogenous Sp1, the minimal promoter cannot drive transcription. Introduction of Sp1 activated transcription over 50-fold, suggesting that Sp1 is critical in the initiation of transcription. Neither Sp3 nor Sp4 was able to activate transcription in those cells, and transcriptional activation by Sp1 was repressed by Sp3 or Sp4. These data suggest that Sp3 and Sp4 can repress transcription by competing with Sp1 for binding to the core cis-elements. The content of Sp1, Sp3, and Sp4 in different cells may be critical factors regulating transcription of the ADH5/FDH gene.
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- H S Kwon
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Institute of Genetic Sciences, Yonsei University School of Medicine, 134, ShinChon-Dong, SeoDaeMoon-Ku, Seoul, Korea 120-752
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Kotagiri S, Edenberg HJ. Regulation of human alcohol dehydrogenase gene ADH7: importance of an AP-1 site. DNA Cell Biol 1998; 17:583-90. [PMID: 9703017 DOI: 10.1089/dna.1998.17.583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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The structure and function of the human alcohol dehydrogenase 7 (ADH7) promoter were analyzed. A promoter fragment extending to bp -232 functioned well in H4IIE-C3, CV-1, and HeLa cells, whereas the region extending further upstream to bp -799 had no significant effect on activity. We identified cis-acting elements in the proximal 232 bp and examined their effect on promoter activity. Mutation of site A, where c-Jun bound, caused a drastic decrease in the promoter activity in H4IIE-C3 and CV-1 cells, suggesting that AP-1 plays an important role in the regulation of ADH7. Mutation of site B also caused a large drop in promoter activity in both cell lines; C/EBPalpha can bind to this site, but because the site affects activity approximately equally in CV-1 cells that lack C/EBPalpha and in H4IIE-C3 cells that contain low levels, other proteins are likely to play the major roles in vivo. Mutation of site C, where C/EBP bound and c-Jun bound weakly, had different effects in the two cell lines: in H4IIE-C3 cells, the site C mutation did not significantly increase promoter activity, whereas in CV-1 cells, which lack C/EBPalpha, it led to a doubling of activity. Surprisingly, cotransfection of the wild-type promoter with C/EBPa or C/EBPbeta led to a decrease in promoter activity, which might in part explain the lack of activity of ADH7 in adult liver.
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- S Kotagiri
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis 46202-5122, USA
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Zgombić-Knight M, Deltour L, Haselbeck RJ, Foglio MH, Duester G. Gene structure and promoter for Adh3 encoding mouse class IV alcohol dehydrogenase (retinol dehydrogenase). Genomics 1997; 41:105-9. [PMID: 9126489 DOI: 10.1006/geno.1997.4637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Class IV alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) has been shown to function in vitro as a retinol dehydrogenase catalyzing the synthesis of retinoic acid, a pleiotropic gene regulator. To enable genetic studies on the function of this enzyme and regulation of its gene, we have screened a genomic library and isolated the mouse class IV ADH gene (Adh3). The complete mouse class IV ADH coding region was found in nine exons spanning a 14-kb region. Primer extension analysis was used to map the transcription initiation site to a position lying 30 bp upstream of the ATG translation start codon. Nucleotide sequence analysis of the promoter region indicated an absence of both TATA-box and GC-box sequences; this distinguishes it from the promoters for class I, II, and III ADH genes. Sequence comparison of the mouse and human class IV ADH promoters indicated that they share a conserved region located 125-145 bp upstream of the coding region containing adjacent sequences matching the consensus binding sites for transcription factors AP-1 and C/EBP.
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Edenberg HJ, Brown CJ, Hur MW, Kotagiri S, Li M, Zhang L, Zhi X. Regulation of the seven human alcohol dehydrogenase genes. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 1997; 414:339-45. [PMID: 9059638 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-5871-2_39] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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- H J Edenberg
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis 46202-5122, USA.
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Estonius M, Svensson S, Höög JO. Alcohol dehydrogenase in human tissues: localisation of transcripts coding for five classes of the enzyme. FEBS Lett 1996; 397:338-42. [PMID: 8955375 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(96)01204-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Tissue distribution of the five identified classes of human alcohol dehydrogenase was studied by assessment of mRNA levels in 23 adult and four fetal tissues. Alcohol dehydrogenase of class I was found in most tissues, brain and placenta excluded, but expression levels among tissues differed widely. The distribution pattern of class III transcripts was consistent with those of housekeeping enzymes while, in contrast, class IV transcripts were found only in stomach. Transcripts of multiple length were detected for most classes and were due to different gene products arising through the use of different poly-A signals or transcription from different gene loci. Both class II and class V showed a pattern of liver-enriched expression. However, low mRNA levels were detected also in stomach, pancreas and small intestine for class II, and in fetal kidney and small intestine for class V. Significantly higher levels of class V transcripts were present in fetal liver when compared with levels in adult liver, which suggests that human class V is a predominantly fetal alcohol dehydrogenase.
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- M Estonius
- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Berzelius Laboratory, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Martínez MC, Achkor H, Persson B, Fernández MR, Shafqat J, Farrés J, Jörnvall H, Parés X. Arabidopsis formaldehyde dehydrogenase. Molecular properties of plant class III alcohol dehydrogenase provide further insights into the origins, structure and function of plant class p and liver class I alcohol dehydrogenases. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1996; 241:849-57. [PMID: 8944774 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1996.00849.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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A glutathione-dependent formaldehyde dehydrogenase (class III alcohol dehydrogenase) has been characterized from Arabidopsis thaliana. This plant enzyme exhibits kinetic and molecular properties in common with the class III forms from mammals, with a K(m) for S-hydroxymethylglutathione of 1.4 microM, an anodic electrophoretic mobility (pI: 5.3-5.6) and a cross-reaction with anti-(rat class III alcohol dehydrogenase) antibodies. The enzyme structure, deduced from the cDNA sequence, fits into the complex system of alcohol dehydrogenases and shows that all life forms share the class III protein type. The corresponding mRNA is 1.4 kb and present in all plant organs; a single copy of the gene is found in the genome. The class III structural variability is different from that of the ethanol-active enzyme types in both vertebrates (class I) and plants (class P), although class P conserves more of the class III properties than class I does. Also the enzymatic properties differ between the two ethanol-active classes. Active-site variability and exchanges at essential residues (Leu/Gly57, Asp/Arg115) may explain the distinct kinetics. These patterns are consistent with two different metabolic roles for the ethanol-active enzymes, a more constant function, reduction of acetaldehyde during hypoxia, for class P, and a more variable function, the detoxication of alcohols and participation in metabolic conversions, for class I. A sequence motif, Pro-Xaa-Ile/Val-Xaa-Gly-His-Glu-Xaa-Xaa-Gly, common to all medium-chain alcohol dehydrogenases is defined.
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- M C Martínez
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
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Foglio MH, Duester G. Characterization of the functional gene encoding mouse class III alcohol dehydrogenase (glutathione-dependent formaldehyde dehydrogenase) and an unexpressed processed pseudogene with an intact open reading frame. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1996; 237:496-504. [PMID: 8647091 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1996.0496k.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Multiple forms of vertebrate alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) have been identified, but only one form, class III ADH, has been conserved in all organisms studied. Class III ADH functions in vitro as a glutathione-dependent formaldehyde dehydrogenase, which suggests that this was the original function that drove the evolution of ADH. Genetic analysis of class III ADH in yeast supports this view, but such studies are lacking in higher eukaryotes. The mouse ADH family has been previously analyzed and it contains three forms of ADH including the class III enzyme. We have initiated a molecular genetic analysis of the mouse class III ADH gene (Adh-2) by screening a genomic library with a full-length cDNA. Two overlapping clones contained the complete Adh-2 gene composed of nine exons in a 12-kb region, with the placement of introns matching that observed in other mammalian ADH genes. In this screening, we also isolated a clone (psi Adh-2) that lacks introns and which resembles a processed pseudogene. psi Adh-2 contained 25 point mutations relative to the previously analyzed Adh-2 cDNA, but still retained an intact open reading frame. Northern blot analysis using gene-specific probes provided evidence that psi Adh-2 does not produce a mRNA in either liver or kidney, whereas Adh-2 does. The functionality of the two genes was also compared by fusion of their 5'-flanking regions to a lacZ reporter gene. Reporter gene expression following transfection into mouse F9 embryonal carcinoma cells indicated that only Adh-2 possesses promoter activity.
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- M H Foglio
- La Jolla Cancer Foundation Research Foundation, CA 92037, USA
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Barber RD, Rott MA, Donohue TJ. Characterization of a glutathione-dependent formaldehyde dehydrogenase from Rhodobacter sphaeroides. J Bacteriol 1996; 178:1386-93. [PMID: 8631716 PMCID: PMC177813 DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.5.1386-1393.1996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Glutathione-dependent formaldehyde dehydrogenases (GSH-FDH) represent a ubiquitous class of enzymes, found in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes. During the course of studying energy-generating pathways in the photosynthetic bacterium Rhodobacter sphaeroides, a gene (adhI) encoding a GSH-FDH homolog has been identified as part of an operon (adhI-cycI) that also encodes an isoform of the cytochrome c2 family of electron transport proteins (isocytochrome c2). Enzyme assays with crude Escherichia coli extracts expressing AdhI show that this protein has the characteristic substrate preference of a GSH-FDH. Ferguson plot analysis with zymograms suggests that the functional form of AdhI is a homodimer of approximately40-kDa subunits, analogous to other GSH-FDH enzymes. These properties of AdhI were used to show that mutations which increase or decrease adhI expression change the specific activity of GSH-FDH in R. sphaeroides extracts. In addition, expression of the presumed adhI-cycI operon appears to be transcriptionally regulated, since the abundance of the major adhI-specific primer extension product is increased by the trans-acting spd-7 mutation, which increases the level of both isocytochrome c2 and AdhI activity. While transcriptional linkage of adhI and cycI could suggest a function in a common metabolic pathway, isocytochrome c2 (periplasm) and AdhI (cytoplasm) are localized in separate compartments of R. sphaeroides. Potential roles for AdhI in carbon and energy generation and the possible relationship of GSH-FDH activity to isocytochrome c2 will be discussed based on the commonly accepted physiological functions of GSH-FDH enzymes in prokaryotes and eukaryotes.
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- R D Barber
- Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin-Madison 53706, USA
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Zgombić-Knight M, Ang HL, Foglio MH, Duester G. Cloning of the mouse class IV alcohol dehydrogenase (retinol dehydrogenase) cDNA and tissue-specific expression patterns of the murine ADH gene family. J Biol Chem 1995; 270:10868-77. [PMID: 7738026 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.270.18.10868] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Humans possess five classes of alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH), including forms able to oxidize ethanol or formaldehyde as part of a defense mechanism, as well as forms acting as retinol dehydrogenases in the synthesis of the regulatory ligand retinoic acid. However, the mouse has previously been shown to possess only three forms of ADH. Hybridization analysis of mouse genomic DNA using cDNA probes specific for each of the five classes of human ADH has now indicated that mouse DNA cross-hybridizes to only classes I, III, and IV. With human class II or class V ADH cDNA probes, hybridization to mouse genomic DNA was very weak or undetectable, suggesting either a lack of these genes in the mouse or a high degree of mutational divergence relative to the human genes. cDNAs for murine ADH classes I and III have previously been cloned, and we now report the cloning of a full-length mouse class IV ADH cDNA. In Northern blot analyses, mouse class IV ADH mRNA was abundant in the stomach, eye, skin, and ovary, thus correlating with the expression pattern for the mouse Adh-3 gene previously determined by enzyme analysis. In situ hybridization studies on mouse stomach indicated that class IV ADH transcripts were abundant in the mucosal epithelium but absent from the muscular layer. Comparison of the expression patterns for all three mouse ADH genes indicated that class III was expressed ubiquitously, whereas classes I and IV were differentially expressed in an overlapping set of tissues that all contain a large component of epithelial cells. This expression pattern is consistent with the ability of classes I and IV to oxidize retinol for the synthesis of retinoic acid known to regulate epithelial cell differentiation. The results presented here indicate that the mouse has a simpler ADH gene family than the human but has conserved class IV ADH previously shown to be a very active retinol dehydrogenase in humans.
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- M Zgombić-Knight
- Cancer Research Center, La Jolla Cancer Research Foundation, California 92037, USA
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Hur MW, Edenberg HJ. Cell-specific function of cis-acting elements in the regulation of human alcohol dehydrogenase 5 gene expression and effect of the 5'-nontranslated region. J Biol Chem 1995; 270:9002-9. [PMID: 7721811 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.270.15.9002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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The human alcohol dehydrogenase 5 gene (ADH5) differs from all other human alcohol dehydrogenase genes in its ubiquitous expression, although there are tissue-specific differences in the level of expression. To understand the expression of ADH5, we characterized the structure and function of its 5' region by DNase I foot-printing and transient transfection assays. The region from base pair (bp) -34 to +61, flanking the major transcription start site, had strong promoter activity in three different cell lines: HeLa, H4IIE-C3, and CV-1, and could explain the ubiquitous expression. Two Sp1 sites within that region are footprinted by nuclear extracts from all tissues and cells tested. There are sites further upstream that show cell- and tissue-specific differences in both their patterns of occupancy and their effects on promoter activity. The region between bp -34 and -64 strongly increases promoter activity in H4IIE-C3 cells, weakly activates in CV-1 cells, but has no effect in HeLa cells. The region between bp -127 and -163 is a positive element in both HeLa cells and CV-1 cells, but is a negative regulatory element in H4IIE-C3 cells. These differences in part explain the levels of expression of ADH5 in various tissues. Two regions (bp -64 to -127 and bp -163 to -365) contain negative regulatory elements that reduce promoter activity in all three cells. The 5'-nontranslated region of ADH5 contains two upstream ATGs. Insertion of 12 bp within the putative coding region of these upstream ATGs led to a 1.6-2.3-fold increase in activity. This suggests that the 5'-nontranslated region has regulatory significance.
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- M W Hur
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis 46202-5122, USA
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Zgombić-Knight M, Foglio MH, Duester G. Genomic structure and expression of the ADH7 gene encoding human class IV alcohol dehydrogenase, the form most efficient for retinol metabolism in vitro. J Biol Chem 1995; 270:4305-11. [PMID: 7876191 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.270.9.4305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Human alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) consists of a family of five evolutionarily related classes of enzymes that collectively function in the metabolism of a wide variety of alcohols including ethanol and retinol. Class IV ADH has been found to be the most active as a retinol dehydrogenase, thus it may participate in retinoic acid synthesis. The gene encoding class IV ADH (ADH7) has now been cloned and subjected to molecular examination. Southern blot analysis indicated that class IV ADH is encoded by a single unique gene and has no related pseudogenes. The class IV ADH gene is divided into nine exons, consistent with the highly conserved intron/exon structure of other mammalian ADH genes. The predicted amino acid sequence of the exon coding regions indicates that a protein of 373 amino acids, excluding the amino-terminal methionine, would be translated, sharing greater sequence identity with class I ADH (69%) than with classes II, III or V (59-61%). Expression of class IV ADH mRNA was detected in human stomach but not liver. This correlates with previous protein studies, which have indicated that class IV ADH is the major stomach ADH but unlike other ADHs is absent from liver. Primer extension studies using human stomach RNA were performed to identify the transcription initiation site lying 100 base pairs upstream of the ATG translation start codon. Nucleotide sequence analysis of the promoter region indicated the absence of a TATA box sequence often located about 25 base pairs upstream of the start site as well as the absence of GC boxes, which are quite often seen in promoters lacking a TATA box. The class IV ADH promoter thus differs from the other ADH promoters, which contain either a TATA box (classes I and II) or GC-boxes (class III), suggesting a fundamentally different form of transcriptional regulation.
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- M Zgombić-Knight
- Cancer Research Center, La Jolla Cancer Research Foundation, California 92037
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Edenberg HJ, Ho WH, Hur MW. Promoters of the mammalian class III alcohol dehydrogenase genes. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 1995; 372:295-300. [PMID: 7484390 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-1965-2_35] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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- H J Edenberg
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis 46202-5122, USA
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Estonius M, Höög JO, Danielsson O, Jörnvall H. Residues specific for class III alcohol dehydrogenase. Site-directed mutagenesis of the human enzyme. Biochemistry 1994; 33:15080-5. [PMID: 7999766 DOI: 10.1021/bi00254a017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Human class III alcohol dehydrogenase (with both glutathione-dependent formaldehyde dehydrogenase and alcohol dehydrogenase activities) was expressed, and studied by site-directed mutagenesis corresponding to three amino acid residues that are affecting the substrate-binding pocket of class I (with alcohol dehydrogenase activity only). A Thr48Ala exchange results in an enzyme essentially without alcohol dehydrogenase activity but with some glutathione-dependent formaldehyde dehydrogenase activity retained. This indicates that coordination to the enzyme of S-hydroxymethylglutathione is mediated by interactions additional to, or different from, those utilized for primary and secondary alcohols. An Asp57Leu mutation causes considerable loss of the formaldehyde dehydrogenase activity, showing that a negative charge at position 57 is a prerequisite for this class III-type of activity, in the same manner as a positive charge at position 115 has been previously demonstrated to be crucial. Therefore, Asp57 and Arg115 appear to contribute equally to the interactions with S-hydroxymethylglutathione, compatible with defining the class III-type of specificity and possibly explaining the dependence on glutathione. A Tyr93Phe mutant exhibits decreased kcat values for substrates in general and correlates with inhibition of alcohol dehydrogenase activity by 4-methylpyrazole, a potent inhibitor of the class I enzymes. In a double mutant, Asp57Leu/Tyr93Phe, the effects of the two mutations are potentiating one another, yielding a fall in kcat/Km for hydroxymethylglutathione by a factor of 1250, i.e., a still further loss of class III-type activity.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- M Estonius
- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Danielsson O, Shafqat J, Estonius M, Jörnvall H. Alcohol dehydrogenase class III contrasted to class I. Characterization of the cyclostome enzyme, the existence of multiple forms as for the human enzyme, and distant cross-species hybridization. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1994; 225:1081-8. [PMID: 7957198 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1994.1081b.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Alcohol dehydrogenases of classes I (the classical liver enzyme) and III (formaldehyde dehydrogenase) constitute a pair of moderately related enzymes (63% residue identity between the human forms) that differ fundamentally in many respects. To elucidate the nature of the differences, we have characterized alcohol dehydrogenase from the most primitive vertebrate line (a cyclostome, Atlantic Hagfish), related that to the multiplicity of the human enzyme, and submitted the enzymes to in vitro hybridization for evaluation of subunit interactions. Three findings illustrate important principles of the enzyme system. First, the alcohol dehydrogenase purified from cyclostomes is a class-III protein, compatible with the facts that cyclostomes constitute the earliest extant vertebrate line and that class III has a distant pre-vertebrate origin. Second, the hagfish enzyme shows multiplicity, with acidic forms in decreasing yield and with amino acid sequences identical between two major isoforms, both aspects constituting properties similar to those of the corresponding human forms. The chemically different subunits are present as homodimers and heterodimers of unmodified and modified subunits, suggesting that the class-III multiplicity derives from modification of a type common to lines as divergent as mammals and cyclostomes. Third, the human enzyme can form cross-species hybrid dimers in vitro with the cod and hagfish or Drosophila class-III enzymes (positional identity with the human form of 82, 76 and 70%, respectively). Hence, the results provide experimental evidence for little class-III divergence in the segments of subunit interactions. The extent of conservation of residues directly involved in the formation of the subunit interface also reveals a clearly different pattern between classes I and III. This highlights separation of divergent forms in an enzyme system, with the constant form (class III) resembling house-keeping enzymes, and exhibiting a correlation between subunit-interacting and substrate-interacting segments.
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- O Danielsson
- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Luque T, Atrian S, Danielsson O, Jörnvall H, Gonzàlez-Duarte R. Structure of the Drosophila melanogaster glutathione-dependent formaldehyde dehydrogenase/octanol dehydrogenase gene (class III alcohol dehydrogenase). Evolutionary pathway of the alcohol dehydrogenase genes. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1994; 225:985-93. [PMID: 7957234 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1994.0985b.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The glutathione-dependent formaldehyde dehydrogenase gene (gfd) of Drosophila melanogaster encodes an enzyme that is active toward S-hydroxymethylglutathione, an adduct of formaldehyde with glutathione, and also with long-chain primary alcohols, both properties typical of class III alcohol dehydrogenases, gfd hybridizes at the 86D division of the third chromosome, in agreement with the known location of the Drosophila octanol dehydrogenase gene (odh), gfd/odh was isolated from a lambda EMBL-4 genomic library and consists of three exons (with coding segments of 21, 90 and 1029 bp) and two introns (69 bp and 70 bp, respectively). The introns are small in size like the Drosophila interrupting sequences and are located at the 5' end of the coding region. Comparisons with the homologous genes of Saccharomyces, Candida and humans provide information on the evolution of the class III alcohol dehydrogenases. Moreover, results from analysis of exon/intron distributions in eleven dehydrogenases are compatible with the hypothesis of intron loss accounting for aspects of the present structure of these genes.
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- T Luque
- Department of Genetics, Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona, Spain
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Yokoyama S, Matsuo Y, Ramsbotham R, Yokoyama R. Molecular characterization of a class IV human alcohol dehydrogenase gene (ADH7). FEBS Lett 1994; 351:411-5. [PMID: 8082805 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(94)00895-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Class IV alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) is a form preferentially expressed in stomach. We report here the isolation and sequence determination of a novel human ADH gene (ADH7). Phylogenetic analysis strongly suggests that ADH7 is a functional class IV ADH gene.
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- S Yokoyama
- Department of Biology, Syracuse University, NY 13244
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Satre M, Zgombić-Knight M, Duester G. The complete structure of human class IV alcohol dehydrogenase (retinol dehydrogenase) determined from the ADH7 gene. J Biol Chem 1994. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)40724-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Estonius M, Danielsson O, Karlsson C, Persson H, Jörnvall H, Höög JO. Distribution of alcohol and sorbitol dehydrogenases. Assessment of mRNA species in mammalian tissues. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1993; 215:497-503. [PMID: 8344317 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1993.tb18059.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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The tissue distribution of mRNA of alcohol dehydrogenases of classes I, II and III, and sorbitol dehydrogenase, was studied. mRNA from 19 different rat tissues was purified and analyzed by Northern blots, utilizing cDNA probes specific for the four dehydrogenases. Class-I alcohol-dehydrogenase mRNA was shown to be of widespread occurrence, detectable in all tissues including brain, but with pronounced differences in amounts. Hybridization revealed the pattern of occurrence of class-II alcohol-dehydrogenase mRNA to be unique, with transcripts only in the liver, duodenum, kidney, stomach, spleen and testis. Abundant levels of class-III alcohol-dehydrogenase (glutathione-dependent formaldehyde dehydrogenase) mRNA were present in all tissues analyzed, reflecting the general need for scavenging of formaldehyde in physiological cytoprotection. Sorbitol dehydrogenase mRNA was detected in all tissues except small intestine, in agreement with sorbitol resorbtion by passive diffusion in this tissue. In addition, evidence for a sex-specific expression, in the liver, of class-II alcohol dehydrogenase was obtained.
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- M Estonius
- Department of Chemistry I, Karolinska Instituet, Stockholm, Sweden
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