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Wang Q, Liang X, Wang H, Yang C, Li Y, Liao L, Zhu Z, Wang Y, He L. Grass carp peroxiredoxin 5 and 6-mediated autophagy inhibit grass carp reovirus replication and mitigate oxidative stress. FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2024; 146:109419. [PMID: 38301812 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2024.109419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2024] [Revised: 01/28/2024] [Accepted: 01/29/2024] [Indexed: 02/03/2024]
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Peroxiredoxins (Prxs) are a family of antioxidant enzymes crucial for shielding cells against oxidative damage from reactive oxygen species (ROS). In this study, we cloned and analyzed two grass carp peroxiredoxin genes, CiPrx5 and CiPrx6. These genes exhibited ubiquitous expression across all sampled tissues, with their expression levels significantly modulated upon exposure to grass carp reovirus (GCRV). CiPrx5 was localized in the mitochondria, while CiPrx6 was uniformly distributed in the whole cells. Transfection or transformation of CiPrx5 and CiPrx6 into fish cells or E. coli significantly enhanced host resistance to H2O2 and heavy metals, leading to increased cell viability and reduced cell apoptosis rates. Furthermore, purified recombinant CiPrx5 and CiPrx6 proteins effectively protected DNA against oxidative damage. Notably, overexpression of both peroxiredoxins in fish cells effectively inhibited GCRV replication, reduced intracellular ROS levels induced by GCRV infection and H2O2 treatment, and induced autophagy. Significantly, these functions of CiPrx5 and CiPrx6 in GCRV replication and ROS mitigation were abolished upon treatment with an autophagy inhibitor. In summation, our findings suggest that grass carp Prx5 and Prx6 promote autophagy to inhibit GCRV replication, decrease intracellular ROS, and provide protection against oxidative stress.
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- Qian Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Breeding Biotechnology and Sustainable Aquaculture, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430072, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Breeding Biotechnology and Sustainable Aquaculture, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430072, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Breeding Biotechnology and Sustainable Aquaculture, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430072, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Breeding Biotechnology and Sustainable Aquaculture, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430072, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Breeding Biotechnology and Sustainable Aquaculture, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430072, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Breeding Biotechnology and Sustainable Aquaculture, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430072, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Breeding Biotechnology and Sustainable Aquaculture, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430072, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Breeding Biotechnology and Sustainable Aquaculture, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430072, China; Innovative Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Breeding Biotechnology and Sustainable Aquaculture, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430072, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China.
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Orozco MI, Moreno P, Guevara M, Abonia R, Quiroga J, Insuasty B, Barreto M, Burbano ME, Crespo-Ortiz MDP. In silico prediction and in vitro assessment of novel heterocyclics with antimalarial activity. Parasitol Res 2023; 123:75. [PMID: 38155300 PMCID: PMC10754745 DOI: 10.1007/s00436-023-08089-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2023] [Accepted: 12/05/2023] [Indexed: 12/30/2023]
Abstract
The development of new antimalarials is paramount to keep the goals on reduction of malaria cases in endemic regions. The search for quality hits has been challenging as many inhibitory molecules may not progress to the next development stage. The aim of this work was to screen an in-house library of heterocyclic compounds (HCUV) for antimalarial activity combining computational predictions and phenotypic techniques to find quality hits. The physicochemical determinants, pharmacokinetic properties (ADME), and drug-likeness of HCUV were evaluated in silico, and compounds were selected for structure-based virtual screening and in vitro analysis. Seven Plasmodium target proteins were selected from the DrugBank Database, and ligands and receptors were processed using UCSF Chimera and Open Babel before being subjected to docking using Autodock Vina and Autodock 4. Growth inhibition of P. falciparum (3D7) cultures was tested by SYBR Green assays, and toxicity was assessed using hemolytic activity tests and the Galleria mellonella in vivo model. From a total of 792 compounds, 341 with good ADME properties, drug-likeness, and no interference structures were subjected to in vitro analysis. Eight compounds showed IC50 ranging from 0.175 to 0.990 µM, and active compounds included pyridyl-diaminopyrimido-diazepines, pyridyl-N-acetyl- and pyridyl-N-phenyl-pyrazoline derivatives. The most potent compound (UV802, IC50 0.178 µM) showed no toxicophoric and was predicted to interact with P. falciparum 1-cysperoxidredoxin (PfPrx1). For the remaining 7 hits (IC50 < 1 μM), 3 showed in silico binding to PfPrx1, one was predicted to bind the haloacid dehalogenase-like hydrolase and plasmepsin II, and one interacted with the plasmodial heat shock protein 90.
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- Faculty of Engineering, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia
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- Faculty of Engineering, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia
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- Department of Chemistry, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia
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- Department of Chemistry, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia
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- Department of Microbiology, Group of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Universidad del Valle, San Fernando Campus, Calle 4 B #36-00, 760043, Cali, Colombia
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- Department of Microbiology, Group of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Universidad del Valle, San Fernando Campus, Calle 4 B #36-00, 760043, Cali, Colombia
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- Department of Microbiology, Group of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Universidad del Valle, San Fernando Campus, Calle 4 B #36-00, 760043, Cali, Colombia.
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Bischoff E, Lang L, Zimmermann J, Luczak M, Kiefer AM, Niedner-Schatteburg G, Manolikakes G, Morgan B, Deponte M. Glutathione kinetically outcompetes reactions between dimedone and a cyclic sulfenamide or physiological sulfenic acids. Free Radic Biol Med 2023; 208:165-177. [PMID: 37541455 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2023.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2023] [Revised: 07/31/2023] [Accepted: 08/01/2023] [Indexed: 08/06/2023]
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Dimedone and its derivates are used as selective probes for the nucleophilic detection of sulfenic acids in biological samples. Qualitative analyses suggested that dimedone also reacts with cyclic sulfenamides. Furthermore, under physiological conditions, dimedone must compete with the highly concentrated nucleophile glutathione. We therefore quantified the reaction kinetics for a cyclic sulfenamide model peptide and the sulfenic acids of glutathione and a model peroxiredoxin in the presence or absence of dimedone and glutathione. We show that the cyclic sulfenamide is stabilized at lower pH and that it reacts with dimedone. While reactions between dimedone and sulfenic acids or the cyclic sulfenamide have similar rate constants, glutathione kinetically outcompetes dimedone as a nucleophile by several orders of magnitude. Our comparative in vitro and intracellular analyses challenge the selectivity of dimedone. Consequently, the dimedone labeling of cysteinyl residues inside living cells points towards unidentified reaction pathways or unknown, kinetically competitive redox species.
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- Eileen Bischoff
- Fachbereich Chemie & Landesforschungszentrum OPTIMAS, RPTU Kaiserslautern, Erwin-Schrödinger Straße 54, D-67663, Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Fachbereich Chemie & Landesforschungszentrum OPTIMAS, RPTU Kaiserslautern, Erwin-Schrödinger Straße 54, D-67663, Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Zentrum für Human- und Molekularbiologie (ZHMB), Universität des Saarlandes, Biochemie Campus, Geb. B2.2, D-66123, Saarbrücken, Germany
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- Fachbereich Chemie & Landesforschungszentrum OPTIMAS, RPTU Kaiserslautern, Erwin-Schrödinger Straße 54, D-67663, Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Fachbereich Biologie, RPTU Kaiserslautern, Paul-Ehrlich Straße 23, D-67663, Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Fachbereich Chemie & Landesforschungszentrum OPTIMAS, RPTU Kaiserslautern, Erwin-Schrödinger Straße 54, D-67663, Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Fachbereich Chemie & Landesforschungszentrum OPTIMAS, RPTU Kaiserslautern, Erwin-Schrödinger Straße 54, D-67663, Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Zentrum für Human- und Molekularbiologie (ZHMB), Universität des Saarlandes, Biochemie Campus, Geb. B2.2, D-66123, Saarbrücken, Germany
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- Fachbereich Chemie & Landesforschungszentrum OPTIMAS, RPTU Kaiserslautern, Erwin-Schrödinger Straße 54, D-67663, Kaiserslautern, Germany.
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Lang L, Wolf AC, Riedel M, Thibol L, Geissel F, Feld K, Zimmermann J, Morgan B, Manolikakes G, Deponte M. Substrate Promiscuity and Hyperoxidation Susceptibility as Potential Driving Forces for the Co-evolution of Prx5-Type and Prx6-Type 1-Cys Peroxiredoxin Mechanisms. ACS Catal 2023. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c04896] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/05/2023]
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- Lukas Lang
- Faculty of Chemistry, TU Kaiserslautern, D-67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Faculty of Chemistry, TU Kaiserslautern, D-67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Faculty of Chemistry, TU Kaiserslautern, D-67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Faculty of Chemistry, TU Kaiserslautern, D-67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Faculty of Chemistry, TU Kaiserslautern, D-67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Department of Parasitology, Ruprecht-Karls University, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Centre for Human and Molecular Biology (ZHMB), Saarland University, D-66123 Saarbrücken, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Centre for Human and Molecular Biology (ZHMB), Saarland University, D-66123 Saarbrücken, Germany
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- Faculty of Chemistry, TU Kaiserslautern, D-67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Faculty of Chemistry, TU Kaiserslautern, D-67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany
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Schumann R, Lang L, Deponte M. Characterization of the glutathione‐dependent reduction of the peroxiredoxin 5 homolog
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Plasmodium falciparum. Protein Sci 2022; 31:e4290. [PMID: 35481660 PMCID: PMC8994508 DOI: 10.1002/pro.4290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2021] [Revised: 02/07/2022] [Accepted: 02/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
Peroxiredoxins use a variety of thiols to rapidly reduce hydroperoxides and peroxynitrite. While the oxidation kinetics of peroxiredoxins have been studied in great detail, enzyme‐specific differences regarding peroxiredoxin reduction and the overall rate‐limiting step under physiological conditions often remain to be deciphered. The 1‐Cys peroxiredoxin 5 homolog PfAOP from the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum is an established model enzyme for glutathione/glutaredoxin‐dependent peroxiredoxins. Here, we reconstituted the catalytic cycle of PfAOP in vitro and analyzed the reaction between oxidized PfAOP and reduced glutathione (GSH) using molecular docking and stopped‐flow measurements. Molecular docking revealed that oxidized PfAOP has to adopt a locally unfolded conformation to react with GSH. Furthermore, we determined a second‐order rate constant of 6 × 105 M−1 s−1 at 25°C and thermodynamic activation parameters ΔH‡, ΔS‡, and ΔG‡ of 39.8 kJ/mol, −0.8 J/mol, and 40.0 kJ/mol, respectively. The gain‐of‐function mutant PfAOPL109M had almost identical reaction parameters. Taking into account physiological hydroperoxide and GSH concentrations, we suggest (a) that the reaction between oxidized PfAOP and GSH might be even faster than the formation of the sulfenic acid in vivo, and (b) that conformational changes are likely rate limiting for PfAOP catalysis. In summary, we characterized and quantified the reaction between GSH and the model enzyme PfAOP, thus providing detailed insights regarding the reactivity of its sulfenic acid and the versatile chemistry of peroxiredoxins.
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- Robin Schumann
- Faculty of Chemistry TU Kaiserslautern Kaiserslautern Germany
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- Faculty of Chemistry TU Kaiserslautern Kaiserslautern Germany
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- Faculty of Chemistry TU Kaiserslautern Kaiserslautern Germany
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Relevance of peroxiredoxins in pathogenic microorganisms. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2021; 105:5701-5717. [PMID: 34258640 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-021-11360-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2021] [Revised: 05/11/2021] [Accepted: 05/20/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The oxidative and nitrosative responses generated by animals and plants are important defenses against infection and establishment of pathogenic microorganisms such as bacteria, fungi, and protozoa. Among distinct oxidant species, hydroperoxides are a group of chemically diverse compounds that comprise small hydrophilic molecules, such as hydrogen peroxide and peroxynitrite, and bulky hydrophobic species, such as organic hydroperoxides. Peroxiredoxins (Prx) are ubiquitous enzymes that use a highly reactive cysteine residue to decompose hydroperoxides and can also perform other functions, like molecular chaperone and phospholipase activities, contributing to microbial protection against the host defenses. Prx are present in distinct cell compartments and, in some cases, they can be secreted to the extracellular environment. Despite their high abundance, Prx expression can be further increased in response to oxidative stress promoted by host defense systems, by treatment with hydroperoxides or by antibiotics. In consequence, some isoforms have been described as virulence factors, highlighting their importance in pathogenesis. Prx are very diverse and are classified into six different classes (Prx1-AhpC, BCP-PrxQ, Tpx, Prx5, Prx6, and AhpE) based on structural and biochemical features. Some groups are absent in hosts, while others present structural peculiarities that differentiate them from the host's isoforms. In this context, the intrinsic characteristics of these enzymes may aid the development of new drugs to combat pathogenic microorganisms. Additionally, since some isoforms are also found in the extracellular environment, Prx emerge as attractive targets for the production of diagnostic tests and vaccines. KEY POINTS: • Peroxiredoxins are front-line defenses against host oxidative and nitrosative stress. • Functional and structural peculiarities differ pathogen and host enzymes. • Peroxiredoxins are potential targets to microbicidal drugs.
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Synthesis of new fluorene compounds for highly selective sensing of picric acid, Fe3+ and l-arginine. J Mol Struct 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2020.128395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Quantitative assessment of the determinant structural differences between redox-active and inactive glutaredoxins. Nat Commun 2020; 11:1725. [PMID: 32265442 PMCID: PMC7138851 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-15441-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2019] [Accepted: 03/04/2020] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Class I glutaredoxins are enzymatically active, glutathione-dependent oxidoreductases, whilst class II glutaredoxins are typically enzymatically inactive, Fe-S cluster-binding proteins. Enzymatically active glutaredoxins harbor both a glutathione-scaffold site for reacting with glutathionylated disulfide substrates and a glutathione-activator site for reacting with reduced glutathione. Here, using yeast ScGrx7 as a model protein, we comprehensively identified and characterized key residues from four distinct protein regions, as well as the covalently bound glutathione moiety, and quantified their contribution to both interaction sites. Additionally, we developed a redox-sensitive GFP2-based assay, which allowed the real-time assessment of glutaredoxin structure-function relationships inside living cells. Finally, we employed this assay to rapidly screen multiple glutaredoxin mutants, ultimately enabling us to convert enzymatically active and inactive glutaredoxins into each other. In summary, we have gained a comprehensive understanding of the mechanistic underpinnings of glutaredoxin catalysis and have elucidated the determinant structural differences between the two main classes of glutaredoxins. Glutaredoxins play a central role in numerous biological processes including cellular redox homeostasis and Fe-S cluster biogenesis. Here the authors establish the molecular basis for glutaredoxin redox catalysis through comprehensive biochemical and structural analyses.
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Calabrese G, Peker E, Amponsah PS, Hoehne MN, Riemer T, Mai M, Bienert GP, Deponte M, Morgan B, Riemer J. Hyperoxidation of mitochondrial peroxiredoxin limits H 2 O 2 -induced cell death in yeast. EMBO J 2019; 38:e101552. [PMID: 31389622 PMCID: PMC6745495 DOI: 10.15252/embj.2019101552] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2019] [Revised: 07/04/2019] [Accepted: 07/08/2019] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Hydrogen peroxide (H2 O2 ) plays important roles in cellular signaling, yet nonetheless is toxic at higher concentrations. Surprisingly, the mechanism(s) of cellular H2 O2 toxicity remain poorly understood. Here, we reveal an important role for mitochondrial 1-Cys peroxiredoxin from budding yeast, Prx1, in regulating H2 O2 -induced cell death. We show that Prx1 efficiently transfers oxidative equivalents from H2 O2 to the mitochondrial glutathione pool. Deletion of PRX1 abrogates glutathione oxidation and leads to a cytosolic adaptive response involving upregulation of the catalase, Ctt1. Both of these effects contribute to improved cell viability following an acute H2 O2 challenge. By replacing PRX1 with natural and engineered peroxiredoxin variants, we could predictably induce widely differing matrix glutathione responses to H2 O2 . Therefore, we demonstrated a key role for matrix glutathione oxidation in driving H2 O2 -induced cell death. Finally, we reveal that hyperoxidation of Prx1 serves as a switch-off mechanism to limit oxidation of matrix glutathione at high H2 O2 concentrations. This enables yeast cells to strike a fine balance between H2 O2 removal and limitation of matrix glutathione oxidation.
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- Gaetano Calabrese
- Department for ChemistryInstitute for BiochemistryUniversity of CologneCologneGermany
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- Department for ChemistryInstitute for BiochemistryUniversity of CologneCologneGermany
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- Department for BiologyCellular BiochemistryUniversity of KaiserslauternKaiserslauternGermany
- Institute of BiochemistryUniversity of the SaarlandSaarbrueckenGermany
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- Department for ChemistryInstitute for BiochemistryUniversity of CologneCologneGermany
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- Institute of BiochemistryUniversity of the SaarlandSaarbrueckenGermany
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- Department of Physiology and Cell BiologyLeibniz‐Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK)GaterslebenGermany
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- Department of Chemistry/BiochemistryUniversity of KaiserslauternKaiserslauternGermany
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- Institute of BiochemistryUniversity of the SaarlandSaarbrueckenGermany
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- Department for ChemistryInstitute for BiochemistryUniversity of CologneCologneGermany
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Feld K, Geissel F, Liedgens L, Schumann R, Specht S, Deponte M. Tyrosine substitution of a conserved active-site histidine residue activates Plasmodium falciparum peroxiredoxin 6. Protein Sci 2018; 28:100-110. [PMID: 30056630 DOI: 10.1002/pro.3490] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2018] [Revised: 07/27/2018] [Accepted: 07/27/2018] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Peroxiredoxins efficiently remove hydroperoxides and peroxynitrite in pro- and eukaryotes. However, isoforms of one subfamily of peroxiredoxins, the so-called Prx6-type enzymes, usually have very low activities in standard peroxidase assays in vitro. In contrast to other peroxiredoxins, Prx6 homologues share a conserved histidyl residue at the bottom of the active site. Here we addressed the role of this histidyl residue for redox catalysis using the Plasmodium falciparum homologue PfPrx6 as a model enzyme. Steady-state kinetics with tert-butyl hydroperoxide (tBuOOH) revealed that the histidyl residue is nonessential for Prx6 catalysis and that a replacement with tyrosine can even increase the enzyme activity four- to six-fold in vitro. Stopped-flow kinetics with reduced PfPrx6WT , PfPrx6C128A , and PfPrx6H39Y revealed a preference for H2 O2 as an oxidant with second order rate constants for H2 O2 and tBuOOH around 2.5 × 107 M-1 s-1 and 3 × 106 M-1 s-1 , respectively. Differences between the oxidation kinetics of PfPrx6WT , PfPrx6C128A , and PfPrx6H39Y were observed during a slower second-reaction phase. Our kinetic data support the interpretation that the reductive half-reaction is the rate-limiting step for PfPrx6 catalysis in steady-state measurements. Whether the increased activity of PfPrx6H39Y is caused by a facilitated enzyme reduction because of a destabilization of the fully folded enzyme conformation remains to be analyzed. In summary, the conserved histidyl residue of Prx6-type enzymes is non-essential for catalysis, PfPrx6 is rapidly oxidized by hydroperoxides, and the gain-of-function mutant PfPrx6H39Y might provide a valuable tool to address the influence of conformational changes on the reactivity of Prx6 homologues.
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- Kristina Feld
- Department of Parasitology, Ruprecht-Karls University, D-69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Faculty of Chemistry/Biochemistry, TU Kaiserslautern, D-67663, Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Department of Parasitology, Ruprecht-Karls University, D-69120, Heidelberg, Germany.,Faculty of Chemistry/Biochemistry, TU Kaiserslautern, D-67663, Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Faculty of Chemistry/Biochemistry, TU Kaiserslautern, D-67663, Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Department of Parasitology, Ruprecht-Karls University, D-69120, Heidelberg, Germany.,Faculty of Chemistry/Biochemistry, TU Kaiserslautern, D-67663, Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Department of Parasitology, Ruprecht-Karls University, D-69120, Heidelberg, Germany.,Faculty of Chemistry/Biochemistry, TU Kaiserslautern, D-67663, Kaiserslautern, Germany
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Nelson KJ, Perkins A, Van Swearingen AED, Hartman S, Brereton AE, Parsonage D, Salsbury FR, Karplus PA, Poole LB. Experimentally Dissecting the Origins of Peroxiredoxin Catalysis. Antioxid Redox Signal 2018; 28:521-536. [PMID: 28375740 PMCID: PMC5806077 DOI: 10.1089/ars.2016.6922] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
Abstract
AIMS Peroxiredoxins (Prxs) are ubiquitous cysteine-based peroxidases involved in oxidant defense and signal transduction. Despite much study, the precise roles of conserved residues remain poorly defined. In this study, we carried out extensive functional and structural characterization of 10 variants of such residues in a model decameric bacterial Prx. RESULTS Three active site proximal mutations of Salmonella typhimurium AhpC, T43V, R119A, and E49Q, lowered catalytic efficiency with hydrogen peroxide by 4-5 orders of magnitude, but did not affect reactivity toward their reductant, AhpF. pKa values of the peroxidatic cysteine were also shifted up by 1-1.3 pH units for these and a decamer disruption mutant, T77I. Except for the decamer-stabilizing T77V, all mutations destabilized decamers in the reduced form. In the oxidized form, three mutants-T77V, T43A, and T43S-exhibited stabilized decamers and were more efficiently reduced by AhpF than wild-type AhpC. Crystal structures of most mutants were solved and many showed alterations in stability of the fully folded active site loop. INNOVATION This is the first study of Prx mutants to comprehensively assess the effects of mutations on catalytic activities, the active site cysteine pKa, and the protein structure and oligomeric status. CONCLUSION The Arg119 side chain must be properly situated for efficient catalysis, but for other debilitating variants, the functional defects could be explained by structural perturbations and/or associated decamer destabilization rather than direct effects. This underscores the importance of our comprehensive approach. A remarkable new finding was the preference of the reductant for decamers. Antioxid. Redox Signal. 28, 521-536.
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- Kimberly J Nelson
- 1 Department of Biochemistry, Wake Forest School of Medicine , Winston-Salem, North Carolina.,2 Center for Redox Biology and Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine , Winston-Salem, North Carolina
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- 3 Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Oregon State University , Corvallis, Oregon
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- 1 Department of Biochemistry, Wake Forest School of Medicine , Winston-Salem, North Carolina.,2 Center for Redox Biology and Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine , Winston-Salem, North Carolina
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- 3 Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Oregon State University , Corvallis, Oregon
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- 3 Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Oregon State University , Corvallis, Oregon
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- 1 Department of Biochemistry, Wake Forest School of Medicine , Winston-Salem, North Carolina.,2 Center for Redox Biology and Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine , Winston-Salem, North Carolina
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- 2 Center for Redox Biology and Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine , Winston-Salem, North Carolina.,4 Department of Physics, Wake Forest University , Winston-Salem, North Carolina
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- 3 Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Oregon State University , Corvallis, Oregon
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- 1 Department of Biochemistry, Wake Forest School of Medicine , Winston-Salem, North Carolina.,2 Center for Redox Biology and Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine , Winston-Salem, North Carolina
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SIGNIFICANCE Glutathione metabolism is comparable to a jigsaw puzzle with too many pieces. It is supposed to comprise (i) the reduction of disulfides, hydroperoxides, sulfenic acids, and nitrosothiols, (ii) the detoxification of aldehydes, xenobiotics, and heavy metals, and (iii) the synthesis of eicosanoids, steroids, and iron-sulfur clusters. In addition, glutathione affects oxidative protein folding and redox signaling. Here, I try to provide an overview on the relevance of glutathione-dependent pathways with an emphasis on quantitative data. Recent Advances: Intracellular redox measurements reveal that the cytosol, the nucleus, and mitochondria contain very little glutathione disulfide and that oxidative challenges are rapidly counterbalanced. Genetic approaches suggest that iron metabolism is the centerpiece of the glutathione puzzle in yeast. Furthermore, recent biochemical studies provide novel insights on glutathione transport processes and uncoupling mechanisms. CRITICAL ISSUES Which parts of the glutathione puzzle are most relevant? Does this explain the high intracellular concentrations of reduced glutathione? How can iron-sulfur cluster biogenesis, oxidative protein folding, or redox signaling occur at high glutathione concentrations? Answers to these questions not only seem to depend on the organism, cell type, and subcellular compartment but also on different ideologies among researchers. FUTURE DIRECTIONS A rational approach to compare the relevance of glutathione-dependent pathways is to combine genetic and quantitative kinetic data. However, there are still many missing pieces and too little is known about the compartment-specific repertoire and concentration of numerous metabolites, substrates, enzymes, and transporters as well as rate constants and enzyme kinetic patterns. Gathering this information might require the development of novel tools but is crucial to address potential kinetic competitions and to decipher uncoupling mechanisms to solve the glutathione puzzle. Antioxid. Redox Signal. 27, 1130-1161.
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Affiliation(s)
- Marcel Deponte
- Department of Parasitology, Ruprecht-Karls University , Heidelberg, Germany
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Staudacher V, Trujillo M, Diederichs T, Dick TP, Radi R, Morgan B, Deponte M. Redox-sensitive GFP fusions for monitoring the catalytic mechanism and inactivation of peroxiredoxins in living cells. Redox Biol 2017; 14:549-556. [PMID: 29128826 PMCID: PMC5684490 DOI: 10.1016/j.redox.2017.10.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2017] [Revised: 10/17/2017] [Accepted: 10/25/2017] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Redox-sensitive green fluorescent protein 2 (roGFP2) is a valuable tool for redox measurements in living cells. Here, we demonstrate that roGFP2 can also be used to gain mechanistic insights into redox catalysis in vivo. In vitro enzyme properties such as the rate-limiting reduction of wild type and mutant forms of the model peroxiredoxin PfAOP are shown to correlate with the ratiometrically measured degree of oxidation of corresponding roGFP2 fusion proteins. Furthermore, stopped-flow kinetic measurements of the oxidative half-reaction of PfAOP support the interpretation that changes in the roGFP2 signal can be used to map hyperoxidation-based inactivation of the attached peroxidase. Potential future applications of our system include the improvement of redox sensors, the estimation of absolute intracellular peroxide concentrations and the in vivo assessment of protein structure-function relationships that cannot easily be addressed with recombinant enzymes, for example, the effect of post-translational protein modifications on enzyme catalysis.
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- Verena Staudacher
- University of Kaiserslautern, Erwin-Schrödinger-Straße 54, D-67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany; Department of Parasitology, Ruprecht-Karls University, Im Neuenheimer Feld 324, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany; Departamento de Bioquímica, Facultad de Medicina and Center for Free Radical and Biomedical Research, Universidad de la República, Avda. General Flores 2125, 11800 Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Facultad de Medicina and Center for Free Radical and Biomedical Research, Universidad de la República, Avda. General Flores 2125, 11800 Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Department of Biology/Cellular Biochemistry, University of Kaiserslautern, Erwin-Schrödinger-Straße 13, D-67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance, Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Facultad de Medicina and Center for Free Radical and Biomedical Research, Universidad de la República, Avda. General Flores 2125, 11800 Montevideo, Uruguay.
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- Department of Biology/Cellular Biochemistry, University of Kaiserslautern, Erwin-Schrödinger-Straße 13, D-67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany.
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- University of Kaiserslautern, Erwin-Schrödinger-Straße 54, D-67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany; Department of Parasitology, Ruprecht-Karls University, Im Neuenheimer Feld 324, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
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Knockout of the peroxiredoxin 5 homologue PFAOP does not affect the artemisinin susceptibility of Plasmodium falciparum. Sci Rep 2017; 7:4410. [PMID: 28667301 PMCID: PMC5493673 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-04277-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2016] [Accepted: 05/03/2017] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Artemisinins are the current mainstay of malaria chemotherapy. Their exact mode of action is an ongoing matter of debate, and several factors have recently been reported to affect an early stage of artemisinin resistance of the most important human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Here, we identified a locus on chromosome 7 that affects the artemisinin susceptibility of P. falciparum in a quantitative trait locus analysis of a genetic cross between strains 7G8 and GB4. This locus includes the peroxiredoxin gene PFAOP. However, steady-state kinetic data with recombinant PfAOP do not support a direct interaction between this peroxidase and the endoperoxide artemisinin. Furthermore, neither the overexpression nor the deletion of the encoding gene affected the IC50 values for artemisinin or the oxidants diamide and tert-butyl hydroperoxide. Thus, PfAOP is dispensable for blood stage parasite survival, and the correlation between the artemisinin susceptibility and chromosome 7 is probably based on another gene within the identified locus.
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Development and cytotoxicity of Schiff base derivative as a fluorescence probe for the detection of l-Arginine. J Mol Struct 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2016.12.105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Wezena CA, Krafczyk J, Staudacher V, Deponte M. Growth inhibitory effects of standard pro- and antioxidants on the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Exp Parasitol 2017; 180:64-70. [PMID: 28242353 DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2017.02.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2016] [Revised: 01/10/2017] [Accepted: 02/23/2017] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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The redox metabolism of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum and its human host has been suggested to play a central role for parasite survival and clearance. A common approach to test hypotheses in redox research is to challenge or rescue cells with pro- and antioxidants. However, quantitative data on the susceptibility of infected erythrocytes towards standard redox agents is surprisingly scarce. Here we determined the IC50 values of P. falciparum strains 3D7 and Dd2 for a set of redox agents using a SYBR green-based growth assay. Parasite killing in this assay required extremely high concentrations of hydrogen peroxide with a millimolar IC50 value, whereas IC50 values for tert-butyl hydroperoxide and diamide were between 67 and 121 μM. Thus, in contrast to tert-butyl hydroperoxide and the disulfide-inducing agent diamide, the host-parasite unit appears to be very robust against challenges with hydrogen peroxide with implications for host defense mechanisms. N-acetylcysteine, ascorbate, and dithiothreitol also had antiproliferative instead of growth-promoting effects with IC50 values around 12, 3 and 0.4 mM, respectively. So-called antioxidants can therefore also inhibit parasite growth with implications for clinical trials and studies on 'oxidative stress'. Furthermore, the addition of reductants to parasite cultures resulted in the gelation of albumin, the formation of methemoglobin and hemolysis. These effects can alter the fluorescence in SYBR green assays and have to be taken into account for the determination of IC50 values. In summary, standard oxidants and reductants both inhibit the growth of P. falciparum with IC50 values differing by three orders of magnitude.
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- Cletus A Wezena
- Department of Parasitology, Ruprecht-Karls University, Im Neuenheimer Feld 324, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Parasitology, Ruprecht-Karls University, Im Neuenheimer Feld 324, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Parasitology, Ruprecht-Karls University, Im Neuenheimer Feld 324, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Parasitology, Ruprecht-Karls University, Im Neuenheimer Feld 324, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
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