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Purkait D, Ilyas M, Atmakuri K. Protein-Protein Interactions: Bimolecular Fluorescence Complementation and Cytology Two Hybrid. Methods Mol Biol 2024; 2715:247-257. [PMID: 37930533 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-3445-5_16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2023]
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Identifying protein-protein interactions between machine components of bacterial secretion systems and their cognate substrates is central to delineating how the machines operate to translocate their substrates. Further, establishing which among the machine components and their substrates interact with each other facilitates (i) advancement in our understanding of the architecture and assembly of the machines, (ii) understanding the substrates' translocation routes and mechanisms, and (iii) how the machines and the substrates talk to each other. Currently, though diverse biochemical methods exist in identifying direct and indirect protein-protein interactions, they primarily remain in vitro and can be quite labor intensive. They also may capture/exhibit false-positive interactions because of barrier breakdowns as part of methodology. Thus, adopting novel genetic approaches to help visualize the same in vivo can yield quick, advantageous, reliable, and informative protein-protein interactions data. Here, we describe the easily adoptable bimolecular fluorescence complementation and cytology-based two-hybrid assays to understand the bacterial secretions systems.
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- Dyuti Purkait
- Translational Health Science and Technology Institute, NCR Biotech Science Cluster, Faridabad, Haryana, India
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- Translational Health Science and Technology Institute, NCR Biotech Science Cluster, Faridabad, Haryana, India
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- Translational Health Science and Technology Institute, NCR Biotech Science Cluster, Faridabad, Haryana, India.
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Lee E, Shrestha KL, Kang S, Ramakrishnan N, Kwon Y. Cell-Based Sensors for the Detection of EGF and EGF-Stimulated Ca 2+ Signaling. BIOSENSORS 2023; 13:383. [PMID: 36979595 PMCID: PMC10045995 DOI: 10.3390/bios13030383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2023] [Revised: 03/08/2023] [Accepted: 03/13/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Epidermal growth factor (EGF)-mediated activation of EGF receptors (EGFRs) has become an important target in drug development due to the implication of EGFR-mediated cellular signaling in cancer development. While various in vitro approaches are developed for monitoring EGF-EGFR interactions, they have several limitations. Herein, we describe a live cell-based sensor system that can be used to monitor the interaction of EGF and EGFR as well as the subsequent signaling events. The design of the EGF-detecting sensor cells is based on the split-intein-mediated conditional protein trans-cleavage reaction (CPC). CPC is triggered by the presence of the target (EGF) to activate a signal peptide that translocates the fluorescent cargo to the target cellular location (mitochondria). The developed sensor cell demonstrated excellent sensitivity with a fast response time. It was also successfully used to detect an agonist and antagonist of EGFR (transforming growth factor-α and Cetuximab, respectively), demonstrating excellent specificity and capability of screening the analytes based on their function. The usage of sensor cells was then expanded from merely detecting the presence of target to monitoring the target-mediated signaling cascade, by exploiting previously developed Ca2+-detecting sensor cells. These sensor cells provide a useful platform for monitoring EGF-EGFR interaction, for screening EGFR effectors, and for studying downstream cellular signaling cascades.
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- Euiyeon Lee
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Dongguk University, Seoul 04620, Republic of Korea
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Dongguk University, Seoul 04620, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Dongguk University, Seoul 04620, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Dongguk University, Seoul 04620, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Dongguk University, Seoul 04620, Republic of Korea
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Chen M, Yan C, Qin F, Zhang XE. Near-Infrared Luciferase Complementation Assay with Enhanced Bioluminescence for Studying Protein-Protein Interactions and Drug Evaluation Under Physiological Conditions. Anal Chem 2022; 94:13700-13709. [PMID: 36135776 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.2c01238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Identification of protein-protein interactions (PPIs) that occur in various cellular processes helps to reveal their potential molecular mechanisms, and there is still an urgent need to develop the assays to explore PPIs in living subjects. Here, we reported a near-infrared split luciferase complementation assay (SLCA) with enhanced bioluminescence produced by cleaving a luciferase, Akaluc, for exploring and visualizing PPIs in living cells and live mice. Compared with the previously developed and widely used red SLCA based on split firefly luciferase (Fluc-SLCA), the signal intensities for PPI recognition in living cells and live mice of the Akaluc-SLCA increased by ∼3.79-fold and ∼18.06-fold in the measured condition, respectively. Additionally, the interactions between the nucleocapsid protein of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and cellular RNA processing proteins were identified, and the drug evaluation assays were also performed in living cells using Akaluc-SLCA. This study provides a new tool in the near-infrared region for the identification of PPIs in living cells and in vivo and new information for the understanding and treatment of SARS-CoV-2.
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- Minghai Chen
- CAS Key Laboratory of Quantitative Engineering Biology, Shenzhen Institute of Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Quantitative Engineering Biology, Shenzhen Institute of Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Quantitative Engineering Biology, Shenzhen Institute of Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Faculty of Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, China.,National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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Kang C, Shrestha KL, Kwon S, Park S, Kim J, Kwon Y. Intein-Mediated Protein Engineering for Cell-Based Biosensors. BIOSENSORS 2022; 12:bios12050283. [PMID: 35624584 PMCID: PMC9138240 DOI: 10.3390/bios12050283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2022] [Revised: 04/20/2022] [Accepted: 04/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Cell-based sensors provide a flexible platform for screening biologically active targets and for monitoring their interactions in live cells. Their applicability extends across a vast array of biological research and clinical applications. Particularly, cell-based sensors are becoming a potent tool in drug discovery and cell-signaling studies by allowing function-based screening of targets in biologically relevant environments and enabling the in vivo visualization of cellular signals in real-time with an outstanding spatiotemporal resolution. In this review, we aim to provide a clear view of current cell-based sensor technologies, their limitations, and how the recent improvements were using intein-mediated protein engineering. We first discuss the characteristics of cell-based sensors and present several representative examples with a focus on their design strategies, which differentiate cell-based sensors from in vitro analytical biosensors. We then describe the application of intein-mediated protein engineering technology for cell-based sensor fabrication. Finally, we explain the characteristics of intein-mediated reactions and present examples of how the intein-mediated reactions are used to improve existing methods and develop new approaches in sensor cell fabrication to address the limitations of current technologies.
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Chen M, Yan C, Zheng L, Zhang XE. The smallest near-infrared fluorescence complementation system for imaging protein-protein and RNA-protein interactions. Chem Sci 2022; 13:1119-1129. [PMID: 35211278 PMCID: PMC8790895 DOI: 10.1039/d1sc04839b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2021] [Accepted: 12/19/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Bimolecular fluorescence complementation (BiFC) and its derivative molecular biosensor systems provide effective tools for visualizing biomolecular interactions. The introduction of red and near-infrared fluorescence emission proteins has expanded the spectrum of signal generating modules, enabling BiFC for in vivo imaging. However, the large size of the signal module of BiFC can hinder the interaction between proteins under investigation. In this study, we constructed the near-infrared BiFC and TriFC systems by splitting miRFP670nano, the smallest cyanobacteriochrome-evolved phytochrome available. The miRFP670nano-BiFC sensor system identified and enabled visualization of protein–protein interactions in living cells and live mice, and afforded a faster maturation rate and higher photostability and cellular stability when compared with those of reported near-infrared BiFC systems. We used the miRFP670nano-BiFC sensor system to identify interactions between the nucleocapsid (N) protein of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and cellular stress granule proteins in living cells and found that the N protein downregulated the expression level of granule protein G3BP1. With the advantages of small size and long wavelength emission of the signal module, the proposed molecular biosensor system should be suitable for various applications in cell imaging studies. The smallest near-infrared fluorescence complementation system for imaging protein–protein and RNA–protein interactions in living cells and live mice.![]()
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- Minghai Chen
- CAS Key Laboratory of Quantitative Engineering Biology, Shenzhen Institute of Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Shenzhen 518055 China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Quantitative Engineering Biology, Shenzhen Institute of Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Shenzhen 518055 China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Quantitative Engineering Biology, Shenzhen Institute of Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Shenzhen 518055 China
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- Faculty of Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Shenzhen 518055 China .,National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100101 China
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Recent advance in dual-functional luminescent probes for reactive species and common biological ions. Anal Bioanal Chem 2022; 414:5087-5103. [DOI: 10.1007/s00216-021-03792-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2021] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Kimmel J, Kehrer J, Frischknecht F, Spielmann T. Proximity-dependent biotinylation approaches to study apicomplexan biology. Mol Microbiol 2021; 117:553-568. [PMID: 34587292 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.14815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2021] [Accepted: 09/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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In the last 10 years, proximity-dependent biotinylation (PDB) techniques greatly expanded the ability to study protein environments in the living cell that range from specific protein complexes to entire compartments. This is achieved by using enzymes such as BirA* and APEX that are fused to proteins of interest and biotinylate proteins in their proximity. PDB techniques are now also increasingly used in apicomplexan parasites. In this review, we first give an overview of the main PDB approaches and how they compare with other techniques that address similar questions. PDB is particularly valuable to detect weak or transient protein associations under physiological conditions and to study cellular structures that are difficult to purify or have a poorly understood protein composition. We also highlight new developments such as novel smaller or faster-acting enzyme variants and conditional PDB approaches, providing improvements in both temporal and spatial resolution which may offer broader application possibilities useful in apicomplexan research. In the second part, we review work using PDB techniques in apicomplexan parasites and how this expanded our knowledge about these medically important parasites.
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- Jessica Kimmel
- Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany
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- Integrative Parasitology, Center for Infectious Diseases, Heidelberg University Medical School, Heidelberg, Germany.,German Center for Infectious Disease Research, DZIF, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Integrative Parasitology, Center for Infectious Diseases, Heidelberg University Medical School, Heidelberg, Germany.,German Center for Infectious Disease Research, DZIF, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany
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Mao S, Ying Y, Ma Z, Yang Y, Chen AK. A Background Assessable and Correctable Bimolecular Fluorescence Complementation System for Nanoscopic Single-Molecule Imaging of Intracellular Protein-Protein Interactions. ACS NANO 2021; 15:14338-14346. [PMID: 34427423 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.1c03242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Bimolecular Fluorescence Complementation (BiFC) is a versatile approach for intracellular analysis of protein-protein interactions (PPIs), but the tendency of the split fluorescent protein (FP) fragments to self-assemble when brought into close proximity of each other by random collision can lead to generation of false-positive signals that hamper high-definition imaging of PPIs occurring on the nanoscopic level. While it is thought that expressing the fusion proteins at a low level can remove false positives without impacting specific signals, there has been no effective strategy to test this possibility. Here, we present a system capable of assessing and removing BiFC false positives, termed Background Assessable and Correctable-BiFC (BAC-BiFC), in which one of the split FP fragments is fused with an optically distinct FP that serves as a reference marker, and the single-cell fluorescence ratio of the BiFC signal to the reference signal is used to gauge an optimal transfection condition. We showed that when BAC-BiFC is designed to image PPIs regulating Human Immunodeficiency Virus type 1 (HIV-1) assembly, the fluorescence ratio could decrease with decreasing probe quantity, and ratios approaching the limit of detection could allow physiologically relevant characterization of the assembly process on the nanoscale by single-molecule localization microscopy (SMLM). With much improved clarity, previously undescribed features of HIV-1 assembly were revealed.
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- Shiqi Mao
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Future Technology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Future Technology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Future Technology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Future Technology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Future Technology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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In Vivo Imaging of Protein Interactions in the Germplasm with Bimolecular Fluorescent Complementation. Methods Mol Biol 2021; 2218:303-317. [PMID: 33606241 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-0970-5_24] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Protein-protein interactions (PPIs) play a central role in all cellular processes. The discovery of green fluorescent protein (GFP) and split varieties, which are functionally reconstituted by complementation, led to the development of the bimolecular fluorescence complementation (BiFC) assay for the investigation of PPI in vivo. BiFC became a popular tool, as it is a convenient and quick technology to directly visualize PPI in a wide variety of living cells. In combination with the transparency of the early zebrafish embryo, it also permits detection of PPI in the context of an entire living organism, which performs all spatial and temporal regulations missing in in vitro systems like tissue culture. However, the application of BiFC in some research areas including the study of zebrafish is limited due to the lack of efficient and convenient BiFC expression vectors. Here, we describe the engineering of a novel set of Gateway®-adapted BiFC destination vectors to investigate PPI with all possible permutations for BiFC experiments. Moreover, we demonstrate the versatility of these destination vectors by confirming the interaction between zebrafish Bucky ball and RNA helicase Vasa in living embryos.
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Chen M, Yan C, Ma Y, Zhang XE. A tandem near-infrared fluorescence complementation system with enhanced fluorescence for imaging protein-protein interactions in vivo. Biomaterials 2020; 268:120544. [PMID: 33253968 DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2020.120544] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2020] [Revised: 11/12/2020] [Accepted: 11/17/2020] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Bimolecular fluorescence complementation (BiFC) is an effective tool for visualizing protein-protein interactions (PPIs). However, a BiFC system with long wavelength and high fluorescence intensity is yet to be developed for in vivo imaging. In this study, we constructed a tandem near-infrared BiFC (tBiFC) system by splitting a near-infrared phytochrome, IFP2.0. This system allows the identification and visualization of PPIs in live cells and living mice. The photophysical properties of the complementary fluorescence of the tBiFC system were similar to those of its parent protein IFP2.0, but the intensity was twice that of a single-copy IFP2.0-based BiFC system. Compared with previously reported near infrared BiFC systems-iRFP-BiFC and IFP1.4-BiFC-the signal intensity of the tBiFC system increased by ~1.48- and ~400-fold for weak PPIs in living cells, and ~1.51- and ~8-fold for strong PPIs, respectively. When applied to imaging PPIs in live mice, the complementary fluorescence intensity of the tBiFC system was also significantly higher than that of the other near-infrared BiFC systems. The use of this bright phytochrome in a tandem arrangement constitutes a powerful tool for imaging PPIs in the near infrared region.
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- Minghai Chen
- CAS Key Laboratory of Quantitative Engineering Biology, Shenzhen Institute of Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Quantitative Engineering Biology, Shenzhen Institute of Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Quantitative Engineering Biology, Shenzhen Institute of Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Quantitative Engineering Biology, Shenzhen Institute of Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, 518055, China; National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, CAS Center for Excellence in Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.
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Zhang XE. Nanobiology-Symphony of bioscience and nanoscience. SCIENCE CHINA-LIFE SCIENCES 2020; 63:1099-1102. [PMID: 32557290 DOI: 10.1007/s11427-020-1741-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Xian-En Zhang
- National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, CAS Center for Excellence in Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.
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Yu S, Li F, Huang X, Dong C, Ren J. In Situ Study of Interactions between Endogenous c-myc mRNA with CRDBP in a Single Living Cell by Combining Fluorescence Cross-Correlation Spectroscopy with Molecular Beacons. Anal Chem 2020; 92:2988-2996. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.9b03934] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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- Shengrong Yu
- School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai, 200240, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai, 200240, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai, 200240, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai, 200240, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai, 200240, P. R. China
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Wei J, Hameed M, Wang X, Zhang J, Guo S, Anwar MN, Pang L, Liu K, Li B, Shao D, Qiu Y, Zhong D, Zhou B, Ma Z. Antiviral activity of phage display-selected peptides against Japanese encephalitis virus infection in vitro and in vivo. Antiviral Res 2019; 174:104673. [PMID: 31812636 DOI: 10.1016/j.antiviral.2019.104673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2019] [Revised: 11/29/2019] [Accepted: 12/03/2019] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Japanese Encephalitis virus (JEV) is a zoonotic flavivirus that is the most significant etiological agent of childhood viral neurological infections. However, no specific antiviral drug is currently available to treat JEV infections. The JEV envelope (E) protein is a class II viral fusion protein that mediates host cell entry, making interference with the interaction between the E protein of JEV and its cognate receptors an attractive strategy for anti-JEV drug development. In this study, we identified a peptide derived from a phage display peptide library against the E protein of JEV, designated P1, that potentially inhibits in vitro and in vivo JEV infections. P1 inhibits JEV infection in BHK-21 cells with 50% inhibitory capacity at a concentration of 35.9 μM. The time-of-addition assay indicates that JEV replication is significantly inhibited during pre-infection and co-infection of P1 with JEV while post-infection treatments with P1 have very little impact on JEV proliferation, showing that P1 inhibits JEV infection at early stages and indicating the potential prophylactic effect of P1. We adapted an in vitro BiFC assay system and demonstrated that P1 interacts with JEV E proteins and blocks their entry into cells. We also evaluated the therapeutic efficacy of P1 in a lethal JEV mouse model exhibiting systemic and brain infections. Interestingly, P1 treatment protected C57BL/6 mice against mortality, markedly reduced the viral loads in blood and brain, and diminished the histopathological lesions in the brain cells. In addition to controlling systemic infection, P1 has a very low level of cytotoxicity and acts in a sequence-specific manner, as scrambled peptide sP1 does not show any antiviral activity. In conclusion, our in vitro and in vivo experimental findings show that P1 possesses antiviral activity against JEV infections, is safe to use, and has potential for further development as an antiviral treatment against JEV infections.
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- Jianchao Wei
- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai, 200241, People's Republic of China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai, 200241, People's Republic of China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai, 200241, People's Republic of China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai, 200241, People's Republic of China; Shanghai Vocational and Technical College of Agriculture and Forestry, Shanghai, 201600, People's Republic of China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai, 200241, People's Republic of China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai, 200241, People's Republic of China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai, 200241, People's Republic of China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai, 200241, People's Republic of China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai, 200241, People's Republic of China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai, 200241, People's Republic of China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai, 200241, People's Republic of China
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- Shanghai Vocational and Technical College of Agriculture and Forestry, Shanghai, 201600, People's Republic of China.
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agriculture University, Nanjing, 210095, People's Republic of China.
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai, 200241, People's Republic of China.
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Vuilleumier R, Lian T, Flibotte S, Khan ZN, Fuchs A, Pyrowolakis G, Allan DW. Retrograde BMP signaling activates neuronal gene expression through widespread deployment of a conserved BMP-responsive cis-regulatory activation element. Nucleic Acids Res 2019; 47:679-699. [PMID: 30476189 PMCID: PMC6344883 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gky1135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2018] [Accepted: 10/25/2018] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
Abstract
Retrograde Bone Morphogenetic Protein (BMP) signaling in neurons is essential for the differentiation and synaptic function of many neuronal subtypes. BMP signaling regulates these processes via Smad transcription factor activity, yet the scope and nature of Smad-dependent gene regulation in neurons are mostly unknown. Here, we applied a computational approach to predict Smad-binding cis-regulatory BMP-Activating Elements (BMP-AEs) in Drosophila, followed by transgenic in vivo reporter analysis to test their neuronal subtype enhancer activity in the larval central nervous system (CNS). We identified 34 BMP-AE-containing genomic fragments that are responsive to BMP signaling in neurons, and showed that the embedded BMP-AEs are required for this activity. RNA-seq analysis identified BMP-responsive genes in the CNS and revealed that BMP-AEs selectively enrich near BMP-activated genes. These data suggest that functional BMP-AEs control nearby BMP-activated genes, which we validated experimentally. Finally, we demonstrated that the BMP-AE motif mediates a conserved Smad-responsive function in the Drosophila and vertebrate CNS. Our results provide evidence that BMP signaling controls neuronal function by directly coordinating the expression of a battery of genes through widespread deployment of a conserved Smad-responsive cis-regulatory motif.
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- Robin Vuilleumier
- Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- BIOSS, Centre for Biological Signaling Studies and Institute for Biology I, Faculty of Biology, Albert-Ludwigs University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.,Max-Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin, Germany
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- BIOSS, Centre for Biological Signaling Studies and Institute for Biology I, Faculty of Biology, Albert-Ludwigs University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Li P, Wang L, Di LJ. Applications of Protein Fragment Complementation Assays for Analyzing Biomolecular Interactions and Biochemical Networks in Living Cells. J Proteome Res 2019; 18:2987-2998. [PMID: 31274323 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.9b00154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Protein-protein interactions (PPIs) are indispensable for the dynamic assembly of multiprotein complexes that are central players of nearly all of the intracellular biological processes, such as signaling pathways, metabolic pathways, formation of intracellular organelles, establishment of cytoplasmic skeletons, etc. Numerous approaches have been invented to study PPIs both in vivo and in vitro, including the protein-fragment complementation assay (PCA), which is a widely applied technology to study PPIs and biomolecular interactions. PCA is a technology based on the expression of the bait and prey proteins in fusion with two complementary reporter protein fragments, respectively, that will reassemble when in close proximity. The reporter protein can be the enzymes or fluorescent proteins. Recovery of the enzymatic activity or fluorescent signal can be the indicator of PPI between the bait and prey proteins. Significant effort has been invested in developing many derivatives of PCA, along with various applications, in order to address specific questions. Therefore, a prompt review of these applications is important. In this review, we will categorize these applications according to the scenarios that the PCAs were applied and expect to provide a reference guideline for the future selection of PCA methods in solving a specific problem.
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- Peipei Li
- Cancer Center, Faculty of Health Sciences , University of Macau , Macau , SAR of China
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- Cancer Center, Faculty of Health Sciences , University of Macau , Macau , SAR of China.,Metabolomics Core, Faculty of Health Sciences , University of Macau , Macau , SAR of China
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- Cancer Center, Faculty of Health Sciences , University of Macau , Macau , SAR of China
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Karasev MM, Stepanenko OV, Rumyantsev KA, Turoverov KK, Verkhusha VV. Near-Infrared Fluorescent Proteins and Their Applications. BIOCHEMISTRY (MOSCOW) 2019; 84:S32-S50. [PMID: 31213194 DOI: 10.1134/s0006297919140037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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High transparency, low light-scattering, and low autofluorescence of mammalian tissues in the near-infrared (NIR) spectral range (~650-900 nm) open a possibility for in vivo imaging of biological processes at the micro- and macroscales to address basic and applied problems in biology and biomedicine. Recently, probes that absorb and fluoresce in the NIR optical range have been engineered using bacterial phytochromes - natural NIR light-absorbing photoreceptors that regulate metabolism in bacteria. Since the chromophore in all these proteins is biliverdin, a natural product of heme catabolism in mammalian cells, they can be used as genetically encoded fluorescent probes, similarly to GFP-like fluorescent proteins. In this review, we discuss photophysical and biochemical properties of NIR fluorescent proteins, reporters, and biosensors and analyze their characteristics required for expression of these molecules in mammalian cells. Structural features and molecular engineering of NIR fluorescent probes are discussed. Applications of NIR fluorescent proteins and biosensors for studies of molecular processes in cells, as well as for tissue and organ visualization in whole-body imaging in vivo, are described. We specifically focus on the use of NIR fluorescent probes in advanced imaging technologies that combine fluorescence and bioluminescence methods with photoacoustic tomography.
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- M M Karasev
- Institute of Cytology, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, 194064, Russia. .,Medicum, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, 00290, Finland
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- Institute of Cytology, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, 194064, Russia.
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- Institute of Cytology, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, 194064, Russia. .,Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA.,Loginov Moscow Clinical Scientific Center, Moscow, 111123, Russia
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- Institute of Cytology, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, 194064, Russia. .,Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, St. Petersburg, 195251, Russia
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- Medicum, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, 00290, Finland. .,Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
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D'Agostino VG, Sighel D, Zucal C, Bonomo I, Micaelli M, Lolli G, Provenzani A, Quattrone A, Adami V. Screening Approaches for Targeting Ribonucleoprotein Complexes: A New Dimension for Drug Discovery. SLAS DISCOVERY 2019; 24:314-331. [PMID: 30616427 DOI: 10.1177/2472555218818065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) are pleiotropic factors that control the processing and functional compartmentalization of transcripts by binding primarily to mRNA untranslated regions (UTRs). The competitive and/or cooperative interplay between RBPs and an array of coding and noncoding RNAs (ncRNAs) determines the posttranscriptional control of gene expression, influencing protein production. Recently, a variety of well-recognized and noncanonical RBP domains have been revealed by modern system-wide analyses, underlying an evolving classification of ribonucleoproteins (RNPs) and their importance in governing physiological RNA metabolism. The possibility of targeting selected RNA-protein interactions with small molecules is now expanding the concept of protein "druggability," with new implications for medicinal chemistry and for a deeper characterization of the mechanism of action of bioactive compounds. Here, taking SF3B1, HuR, LIN28, and Musashi proteins as paradigmatic case studies, we review the strategies applied for targeting RBPs, with emphasis on the technological advancements to study protein-RNA interactions and on the requirements of appropriate validation strategies to parallel high-throughput screening (HTS) efforts.
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- Vito Giuseppe D'Agostino
- 1 University of Trento, Department of Cellular, Computational and Integrative Biology (CIBIO), Trento, Italy
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- 1 University of Trento, Department of Cellular, Computational and Integrative Biology (CIBIO), Trento, Italy
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- 1 University of Trento, Department of Cellular, Computational and Integrative Biology (CIBIO), Trento, Italy
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- 1 University of Trento, Department of Cellular, Computational and Integrative Biology (CIBIO), Trento, Italy
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- 1 University of Trento, Department of Cellular, Computational and Integrative Biology (CIBIO), Trento, Italy
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- 1 University of Trento, Department of Cellular, Computational and Integrative Biology (CIBIO), Trento, Italy
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- 1 University of Trento, Department of Cellular, Computational and Integrative Biology (CIBIO), Trento, Italy
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- 1 University of Trento, Department of Cellular, Computational and Integrative Biology (CIBIO), Trento, Italy
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- 2 University of Trento, HTS Core Facility, Department of Cellular, Computational and Integrative Biology (CIBIO), Trento, Italy
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Yakubu RR, Nieves E, Weiss LM. The Methods Employed in Mass Spectrometric Analysis of Posttranslational Modifications (PTMs) and Protein-Protein Interactions (PPIs). ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2019; 1140:169-198. [PMID: 31347048 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-15950-4_10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Mass Spectrometry (MS) has revolutionized the way we study biomolecules, especially proteins, their interactions and posttranslational modifications (PTM). As such MS has established itself as the leading tool for the analysis of PTMs mainly because this approach is highly sensitive, amenable to high throughput and is capable of assigning PTMs to specific sites in the amino acid sequence of proteins and peptides. Along with the advances in MS methodology there have been improvements in biochemical, genetic and cell biological approaches to mapping the interactome which are discussed with consideration for both the practical and technical considerations of these techniques. The interactome of a species is generally understood to represent the sum of all potential protein-protein interactions. There are still a number of barriers to the elucidation of the human interactome or any other species as physical contact between protein pairs that occur by selective molecular docking in a particular spatiotemporal biological context are not easily captured and measured.PTMs massively increase the complexity of organismal proteomes and play a role in almost all aspects of cell biology, allowing for fine-tuning of protein structure, function and localization. There are an estimated 300 PTMS with a predicted 5% of the eukaryotic genome coding for enzymes involved in protein modification, however we have not yet been able to reliably map PTM proteomes due to limitations in sample preparation, analytical techniques, data analysis, and the substoichiometric and transient nature of some PTMs. Improvements in proteomic and mass spectrometry methods, as well as sample preparation, have been exploited in a large number of proteome-wide surveys of PTMs in many different organisms. Here we focus on previously published global PTM proteome studies in the Apicomplexan parasites T. gondii and P. falciparum which offer numerous insights into the abundance and function of each of the studied PTM in the Apicomplexa. Integration of these datasets provide a more complete picture of the relative importance of PTM and crosstalk between them and how together PTM globally change the cellular biology of the Apicomplexan protozoa. A multitude of techniques used to investigate PTMs, mostly techniques in MS-based proteomics, are discussed for their ability to uncover relevant biological function.
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- Rama R Yakubu
- Department of Pathology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA.,Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA. .,Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA.
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Zhou B, Zhang X, Wang G, Barbour KW, Berger FG, Wang Q. Drug screening assay based on the interaction of intact Keap1 and Nrf2 proteins in cancer cells. Bioorg Med Chem 2019; 27:92-99. [PMID: 30473361 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2018.11.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2018] [Revised: 10/29/2018] [Accepted: 11/13/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND The Nrf2-Keap1 interaction is the major regulatory pathway for cytoprotective responses against oxidative and electrophilic stresses. Keap1, a substrate protein of a Cul3-dependent E3 ubiquitin ligase complex, is a negative regulator of Nrf2. The use of chemicals to regulate the interaction between Keap1 and Nrf2 has been proposed as a strategy for the chemoprevention of degenerative diseases and cancers. RESULTS The interactions between Keap1 and Nrf2 in vitro and in vivo were investigated using fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) and bimolecular fluorescence complementation (BiFC) strategies in our study. Nrf2 with its N-terminal fused to eGFP and Keap1 with its C-terminal fused to mCherry were expressed and purified in vitro. When purified eGFP-Nrf2 and Keap1-mChrry proteins were mixed together, a strong FRET signal could be detected, indicating an efficient energy transfer from eGFP to mCherry. Moreover, the FRET was detected in vivo using confocal microscopy in colon cancer HCT-116 cells that were co-transfected with eGFP-Nrf2 and Keap1-mCherry. Finally, using an eGFP BiFC approach, the Keap1-Nrf2 interaction was also detected in MCF7 cells by transfecting eGFP N-terminal fused to Nrf2 (eN158-Nrf2) and eGFP C-terminal fused to Keap1 (eC159-Keap1). Using the BiFC and FRET systems, we demonstrated that the prototypical Nrf2-activiting compound tBHQ and the antitumor drug F-dUrd might interfere with the intracellular interaction between Keap1 and Nrf2 whereas the 5-Fu have little role in activating the protective response of Nrf2 pathway in cancer cells. CONCLUSIONS By analyzing the perturbation of the energy transfer between the donor and acceptor fluorophores and the bimolecular fluorescence complementation of eGFP, we can screen potential inhibitors for the interaction between Keap1 and Nrf2.
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- Bo Zhou
- College of Life Science, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, China; Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA
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- Biomedical Engineering Program and Mechanical Engineering Department, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA.
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- Center for Colon Cancer Research, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA.
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- Center for Colon Cancer Research, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA.
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Jeon H, Lee E, Kim D, Lee M, Ryu J, Kang C, Kim S, Kwon Y. Cell-Based Biosensors Based on Intein-Mediated Protein Engineering for Detection of Biologically Active Signaling Molecules. Anal Chem 2018; 90:9779-9786. [PMID: 30028129 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.8b01481] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Live-cell-based biosensors have emerged as a useful tool for biotechnology and chemical biology. Genetically encoded sensor cells often use bimolecular fluorescence complementation or fluorescence resonance energy transfer to build a reporter unit that suffers from nonspecific signal activation at high concentrations. Here, we designed genetically encoded sensor cells that can report the presence of biologically active molecules via fluorescence-translocation based on split intein-mediated conditional protein trans-splicing (PTS) and conditional protein trans-cleavage (PTC) reactions. In this work, the target molecules or the external stimuli activated intein-mediated reactions, which resulted in activation of the fluorophore-conjugated signal peptide. This approach fully valued the bond-making and bond-breaking features of intein-mediated reactions in sensor construction and thus eliminated the interference of false-positive signals resulting from the mere binding of fragmented reporters. We could also avoid the necessity of designing split reporters to refold into active structures upon reconstitution. These live-cell-based sensors were able to detect biologically active signaling molecules, such as Ca2+ and cortisol, as well as relevant biological stimuli, such as histamine-induced Ca2+ stimuli and the glucocorticoid receptor agonist, dexamethasone. These live-cell-based sensing systems hold large potential for applications such as drug screening and toxicology studies, which require functional information about targets.
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- Hyunjin Jeon
- Department of Biomedical Engineering (BK21 plus) , Dongguk University , Seoul 04620 , Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering (BK21 plus) , Dongguk University , Seoul 04620 , Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering (BK21 plus) , Dongguk University , Seoul 04620 , Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering (BK21 plus) , Dongguk University , Seoul 04620 , Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering (BK21 plus) , Dongguk University , Seoul 04620 , Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering (BK21 plus) , Dongguk University , Seoul 04620 , Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering (BK21 plus) , Dongguk University , Seoul 04620 , Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering (BK21 plus) , Dongguk University , Seoul 04620 , Korea
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Electrochemical coupled immunosensing platform based on graphene oxide/gold nanocomposite for sensitive detection of Cronobacter sakazakii in powdered infant formula. Biosens Bioelectron 2018; 109:139-149. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2018.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2017] [Revised: 02/09/2018] [Accepted: 03/06/2018] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Identifying protein-protein interactions between the machine components of bacterial secretion systems and their cognate substrates is essential. Establishing which component and substrate interactions are direct or indirect further facilitates (1) advancing the architecture and assembly of the machines and (2) understanding the substrates' translocation mechanistics. Currently, though biochemical means exist for identifying such direct interactions, they primarily remain in vitro and are quite labor intensive. Thus, adopting genetic approaches to help visualize these interactions in vivo is quick and advantageous. Here I describe bimolecular fluorescence complementation and cytology-based two-hybrid assays that could easily be adopted to understand the bacterial secretions systems.
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Gagarinova A, Phanse S, Cygler M, Babu M. Insights from protein-protein interaction studies on bacterial pathogenesis. Expert Rev Proteomics 2017; 14:779-797. [DOI: 10.1080/14789450.2017.1365603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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- Alla Gagarinova
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Regina, Regina, SK, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Regina, Regina, SK, Canada
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Wei B, Nan J, Jiang Y, Wang H, Zhang J, He L, Xu C, Zhai Z, Xie D, Xie S. In Vitro Fabrication and Physicochemical Properties of a Hybrid Fibril from Xenogeneic Collagens. FOOD BIOPHYS 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/s11483-017-9498-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Snider J, Kotlyar M, Saraon P, Yao Z, Jurisica I, Stagljar I. Fundamentals of protein interaction network mapping. Mol Syst Biol 2015; 11:848. [PMID: 26681426 PMCID: PMC4704491 DOI: 10.15252/msb.20156351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 180] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Studying protein interaction networks of all proteins in an organism (“interactomes”) remains one of the major challenges in modern biomedicine. Such information is crucial to understanding cellular pathways and developing effective therapies for the treatment of human diseases. Over the past two decades, diverse biochemical, genetic, and cell biological methods have been developed to map interactomes. In this review, we highlight basic principles of interactome mapping. Specifically, we discuss the strengths and weaknesses of individual assays, how to select a method appropriate for the problem being studied, and provide general guidelines for carrying out the necessary follow‐up analyses. In addition, we discuss computational methods to predict, map, and visualize interactomes, and provide a summary of some of the most important interactome resources. We hope that this review serves as both a useful overview of the field and a guide to help more scientists actively employ these powerful approaches in their research.
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- Jamie Snider
- Donnelly Centre, Department of Biochemistry, Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Princess Margaret Cancer Center, IBM Life Sciences Discovery Centre, University Health Network, Ontario, Canada
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- Donnelly Centre, Department of Biochemistry, Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Donnelly Centre, Department of Biochemistry, Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Princess Margaret Cancer Center, IBM Life Sciences Discovery Centre, University Health Network, Ontario, Canada
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- Donnelly Centre, Department of Biochemistry, Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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