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Wu X, Goebbels M, Chao L, Wennekes T, van Kuppeveld FJM, de Vries E, de Haan CAM. Kinetic analysis of paramyxovirus-sialoglycan receptor interactions reveals virion motility. PLoS Pathog 2023; 19:e1011273. [PMID: 36972304 PMCID: PMC10079232 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1011273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2022] [Revised: 04/06/2023] [Accepted: 03/08/2023] [Indexed: 03/29/2023] Open
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Many viruses initiate infection by binding to sialoglycan receptors at the cell surface. Binding to such receptors comes at a cost, however, as the sheer abundance of sialoglycans e.g. in mucus, may immobilize virions to non-functional decoy receptors. As a solution, sialoglycan-binding as well as sialoglycan-cleavage activities are often present in these viruses, which for paramyxoviruses are combined in the hemagglutinin-neuraminidase (HN) protein. The dynamic interactions of sialoglycan-binding paramyxoviruses with their receptors are thought to be key determinants of species tropism, replication and pathogenesis. Here we used biolayer interferometry to perform kinetic analyses of receptor interactions of animal and human paramyxoviruses (Newcastle disease virus, Sendai virus, and human parainfluenza virus 3). We show that these viruses display strikingly different receptor interaction dynamics, which correlated with their receptor-binding and -cleavage activities and the presence of a second sialic acid binding site. Virion binding was followed by sialidase-driven release, during which virions cleaved sialoglycans until a virus-specific density was reached, which was largely independent of virion concentration. Sialidase-driven virion release was furthermore shown to be a cooperative process and to be affected by pH. We propose that paramyxoviruses display sialidase-driven virion motility on a receptor-coated surface, until a threshold receptor density is reached at which virions start to dissociate. Similar motility has previously been observed for influenza viruses and is likely to also apply to sialoglycan-interacting embecoviruses. Analysis of the balance between receptor-binding and -cleavage increases our understanding of host species tropism determinants and zoonotic potential of viruses.
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- Xuesheng Wu
- Section Virology, Division Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Department Biomolecular Health Sciences, Faculty Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Section Virology, Division Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Department Biomolecular Health Sciences, Faculty Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery, Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences and Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery, Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences and Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Section Virology, Division Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Department Biomolecular Health Sciences, Faculty Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Section Virology, Division Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Department Biomolecular Health Sciences, Faculty Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Section Virology, Division Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Department Biomolecular Health Sciences, Faculty Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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Kurebayashi Y. [Analysis and Control of Viral Infection Mechanisms by Glycobiology]. YAKUGAKU ZASSHI 2022; 142:1083-1090. [PMID: 36184443 DOI: 10.1248/yakushi.22-00120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Glycans are present in all living organisms, including viruses, bacteria, and animals, and perform various biological functions. The author has been studying influenza viruses' glycan usage mechanisms, particularly the functional analysis of neuraminidase (NA), a viral sialidase. The authors recently focused on influenza virus NAs' high sialidase activity with the aim of using sialidase activity detection as a virus detection technology. Using the probe BTP3-Neu5Ac, allows fluorescent imaging of sialidase activity, we created a new technique for easy, rapid, and high sensitivity fluorescent imaging of virus-infected cells. The detection of viruses using BTP3-Neu5Ac does not require specific antibodies and can be performed by simply adding reagents. Furthermore, fluorescence imaging of sialidase as a virus detection technology has many advantages, including isolating viruses from fluorescently imaged infected cells. This detection technique is easy to use in basic research and hygiene testing, where viral culture is conducted and is expected to be widely used.
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- Yuki Kurebayashi
- Department of Biochemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka
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Suzuki T. Role of Glycoconjugates and Mammalian Sialidases Involved in Viral Infection and Neural Function. YAKUGAKU ZASSHI 2022; 142:381-388. [DOI: 10.1248/yakushi.21-00212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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- Takashi Suzuki
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka
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Kurebayashi Y, Takahashi T, Suzuki T. Enzymatic Substrates and Fluorescence Imaging of Influenza Virus Sialidase. Methods Mol Biol 2022; 2556:273-286. [PMID: 36175639 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2635-1_18] [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: 06/16/2023]
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Immunostaining with an antiviral antibody is usually performed to visualize virus-infected cells. In contrast, this study established an easy method for fluorescence (FL) imaging of cells infected with influenza A and B viruses and some paramyxoviruses without the need for cell fixation and an antiviral antibody. These viruses and the cells they have infected express the viral surface enzymes "neuraminidase" or "hemagglutinin-neuraminidase," which show sialidase activity. Sialidase activity is fluorescently visualized by using a sialidase fluorogenic probe developed in our previous study. The probe enables histochemical FL imaging of the virus-infected cells and applies to virus isolation and detection of an influenza virus resistant to sialidase inhibitors anti-influenza drugs.
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- Yuuki Kurebayashi
- Department of Biochemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan.
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The Function of Sialidase Revealed by Sialidase Activity Imaging Probe. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22063187. [PMID: 33804798 PMCID: PMC8003999 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22063187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2021] [Revised: 03/17/2021] [Accepted: 03/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Sialidase cleaves sialic acid residues from glycans such as glycoproteins and glycolipids. In the brain, desorption of the sialic acid by sialidase is essential for synaptic plasticity, learning and memory and synaptic transmission. BTP3-Neu5Ac has been developed for sensitive imaging of sialidase enzyme activity in mammalian tissues. Sialidase activity in the rat hippocampus detected with BTP3-Neu5Ac increases rapidly by neuronal depolarization. It is presumed that an increased sialidase activity in conjunction with neural excitation is involved in the formation of the neural circuit for memory. Since sialidase inhibits the exocytosis of the excitatory neurotransmitter glutamate, the increased sialidase activity by neural excitation might play a role in the negative feedback mechanism against the glutamate release. Mammalian tissues other than the brain have also been stained with BTP3-Neu5Ac. On the basis of information on the sialidase activity imaging in the pancreas, it was found that sialidase inhibitor can be used as an anti-diabetic drug that can avoid hypoglycemia, a serious side effect of insulin secretagogues. In this review, we discuss the role of sialidase in the brain as well as in the pancreas and skin, as revealed by using a sialidase activity imaging probe. We also present the detection of influenza virus with BTP3-Neu5Ac and modification of BTP3-Neu5Ac.
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Kurebayashi Y, Takahashi T, Otsubo T, Minami A, Ikeda K, Suzuki T. Detection and Isolation of a Drug-Resistant Influenza Virus Using a Sialidase Fluorescence Imaging Technique. TRENDS GLYCOSCI GLYC 2020. [DOI: 10.4052/tigg.1806.1j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hiroshima International University
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hiroshima International University
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka
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Kurebayashi Y, Takahashi T, Otsubo T, Minami A, Ikeda K, Suzuki T. Detection and Isolation of a Drug-Resistant Influenza Virus Using a Sialidase Fluorescence Imaging Technique. TRENDS GLYCOSCI GLYC 2020. [DOI: 10.4052/tigg.1806.1e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hiroshima International University
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hiroshima International University
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka
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Kurebayashi Y, Takahashi T, Miura T, Otsubo T, Minami A, Fujita Y, Sakakibara K, Tanabe M, Iuchi A, Ota R, Ikeda K, Suzuki T. Fluorogenic Probes for Accurate in Situ Imaging of Viral and Mammalian Sialidases. ACS Chem Biol 2019; 14:1195-1204. [PMID: 31120724 DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.9b00103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Sialidases are widely distributed in nature and are involved in many physiological and pathological processes. Sialidases are expressed and work in various tissues and organelles. Clarification of the localization of sialidases is very helpful as a way to understand their functions. We previously developed a novel fluorogenic probe for sialidases, BTP3-Neu5Ac, that visualized the localization of sialidase activity in live cells and tissues by precipitating the hydrophobic fluorescent compound; however, for the purpose of accurate fluorescence imaging of sialidase-expressing cells or the distribution of intracellular sialidase activity, BTP3-Neu5Ac was inadequate in imaging performance. We report the design and development of a sialidase imaging probe that improves the sensitivity and accuracy of in situ fluorescence imaging performance as well as increases the hydrophobicity by attaching linear unsaturated hydrocarbon chains into the hydrophobic fluorescent compound of BTP3-Neu5Ac. The newly developed probe showed low diffusivity and high brightness for fluorescence imaging, and it enabled sensitive and highly accurate imaging of viral sialidase in virus-infected cells and sialidase-expressing cells as well as mammalian sialidase in the rat brain. The probe also enabled the fluorescence imaging of intracellular viral sialidase in live-virus-infected cells. The newly developed probe is expected to be a useful tool that will contribute to the progress of research on sialidases in various fields such as research on viruses and brains.
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- Yuuki Kurebayashi
- Department of Biochemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka 422-8526, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka 422-8526, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka 422-8526, Japan
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hiroshima International University, Kure-shi, Hiroshima 737-0112, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka 422-8526, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka 422-8526, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka 422-8526, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka 422-8526, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka 422-8526, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka 422-8526, Japan
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hiroshima International University, Kure-shi, Hiroshima 737-0112, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka 422-8526, Japan
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Otsubo T, Ikeda K, Kurebayashi Y, Minami A, Takahashi T, Suzuki T. Development of Sialidase Live-imaging Probe Using a Solid Fluorescent Pigment Dye. J SYN ORG CHEM JPN 2018. [DOI: 10.5059/yukigoseikyokaishi.76.1272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Tadamune Otsubo
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hiroshima International University
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hiroshima International University
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka
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Sialidase releases sialic acid residues from the ends of sugar chains. The sialidases are involved in many physiological processes including cell differentiation and proliferation and immune function as well as pathophysiological conditions such as various human cancers and infections. Therefore visualization of sialidase activities with high sensitivity could provide valuable insights into these isozyme's activity. We developed novel fluorescent sialidase substrates, 2-benzothiazol-2-yl-phenol derivatives-based N-acetylneuraminic acid (Neu5Ac) (BTP-Neu5Ac) substrates, for highly sensitive and specific visualization of sialidase activity in living mammalian tissues and virus-infected cells. We found that BTP-Neu5Ac can visualize sialidase activities sensitively and selectively in rat tissues including brain slices. BTP-Neu5Ac can also clearly detect cancer cells implanted orthotopically in mouse colons and human colon cancers. In this review, I describe imaging of sialidase activity with BTP-Neu5Ac in animal tissues, detection of colon cancer, memory formation, detection of virus-infected cells, and application to drug-resistant influenza virus detection and separation.
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- Takashi Suzuki
- Department of Biochemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka
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Kato D, Kurebayashi Y, Takahashi T, Otsubo T, Otake H, Yamazaki M, Tamoto C, Minami A, Ikeda K, Suzuki T. An easy, rapid, and sensitive method for detection of drug-resistant influenza virus by using a sialidase fluorescent imaging probe, BTP3-Neu5Ac. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0200761. [PMID: 30001430 PMCID: PMC6042793 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0200761] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2018] [Accepted: 07/02/2018] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Immunochromatographic kits and RT-PCR are widely used as diagnostic tools for influenza detection in clinical and hygiene fields. Immunochromatographic kits are useful for differential typing of influenza A and influenza B but cannot show if the detected virus strains have acquired drug resistance against neuraminidase inhibitors that target sialidase activity of viral neuraminidase. Although RT-PCR enables determination of drug-resistant mutants, its efficacy is limited to viruses carrying a known substitution in their neuraminidase genome sequence. In the present study, an easy, rapid and sensitive method for detection of drug-resistant influenza viruses regardless of major antigenic changes or genomic mutations was developed. By using the method in combination with virus-concentrated membranes in centrifugal filter units and a sialidase imaging probe, 2-(benzothiazol-2-yl)-4-bromophenyl-N-acetylneuraminic acid (BTP3-Neu5Ac), sialidase activity of influenza neuraminidase was visualized on membranes by the green fluorescence of produced hydrophobic BTP3 under UV irradiation with a handheld UV flashlight. Fluorescence images in the presence or absence of neuraminidase inhibitors clearly discriminated drug-resistant influenza viruses from drug-sensitive ones. The assay can be done within 15 min. The detection sensitivity was shown to be equal to or higher than the sensitivities of commercial immunochromatographic kits. The assay will be a powerful tool for screening and monitoring of emerging drug-resistant influenza viruses and would help clinicians decide effective antiviral treatment strategies when such mutants have become prevalent.
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- Daisuke Kato
- Department of Biochemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hiroshima International University, Kure-shi, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hiroshima International University, Kure-shi, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka, Japan
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Wei X, Wu Q, Zhang J, Zhang Y, Guo W, Chen M, Gu Q, Cai Z, Lu M. Synthesis of precipitating chromogenic/fluorogenic β-glucosidase/β-galactosidase substrates by a new method and their application in the visual detection of foodborne pathogenic bacteria. Chem Commun (Camb) 2017; 53:103-106. [PMID: 27878149 DOI: 10.1039/c6cc07522c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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We developed a new efficient method for the synthesis of important indoxyl glycoside substrates for β-glucosidase and β-galactosidase by using 1-acetylindol-3-ones as intermediates. This method was used to synthesise novel precipitating fluorogenic substrates for β-glucosidase based on 2-(benzothiazol-2'-yl)-phenols. We also assessed the application of these substrates in the detection of foodborne pathogenic bacteria.
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- Xianhu Wei
- Guangzhou Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, China and Guangdong Institute of Microbiology, State Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology Southern China, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Culture Collection and Application, Guangdong Open Laboratory of Applied Microbiology, Guangzhou 510070, China. and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, China
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- Guangdong Institute of Microbiology, State Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology Southern China, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Culture Collection and Application, Guangdong Open Laboratory of Applied Microbiology, Guangzhou 510070, China.
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- Guangdong Institute of Microbiology, State Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology Southern China, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Culture Collection and Application, Guangdong Open Laboratory of Applied Microbiology, Guangzhou 510070, China.
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- Guangzhou Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, China and Guangdong Institute of Microbiology, State Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology Southern China, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Culture Collection and Application, Guangdong Open Laboratory of Applied Microbiology, Guangzhou 510070, China. and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, China
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- Guangdong Institute of Microbiology, State Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology Southern China, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Culture Collection and Application, Guangdong Open Laboratory of Applied Microbiology, Guangzhou 510070, China.
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- Guangdong Institute of Microbiology, State Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology Southern China, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Culture Collection and Application, Guangdong Open Laboratory of Applied Microbiology, Guangzhou 510070, China.
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- Guangdong Institute of Microbiology, State Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology Southern China, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Culture Collection and Application, Guangdong Open Laboratory of Applied Microbiology, Guangzhou 510070, China. and School of Bioscience and Bioengineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Guangdong Huankai Microbial Sci. & Tech. Co., Ltd, Guangzhou 510663, China
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- Guangdong Huankai Microbial Sci. & Tech. Co., Ltd, Guangzhou 510663, China
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Minami A. [Multidimensional Analysis of Hippocampal Excitatory Neurotransmission and Development of Analytical Tools for Glycans]. YAKUGAKU ZASSHI 2016; 135:1341-8. [PMID: 26632149 DOI: 10.1248/yakushi.15-00220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Sialidase removes sialic acid residues from sialoglycoconjugates such as glycoproteins and glycolipids. Since sialic acid plays crucial roles in synaptic plasticity and memory in the hippocampus, the regulation of sialyl signaling by sialidase is also necessary for neural functions. However, since mammalian sialidase activity is remarkably weak, it has been difficult to detect sialidase activity in mammalian tissues. Determination of the distribution of sialidase activity in living mammalian tissues would provide much valuable information for understanding the roles of sialidase in physiological functions. Therefore, we synthesized a novel benzothiazolylphenol-based sialic acid derivative (BTP-Neu5Ac) as a fluorescent sialidase substrate. After cleavage of BTP-Neu5Ac, which is water soluble and shows little fluorescence, with sialidase, the water-insoluble fluorophore benzothiazolylphenol (BTP) released from BTP-Neu5Ac stains tissue and shows bright fluorescence. BTP-Neu5Ac can visualize sialidase activity in brain tissue with high levels of sensitivity and specificity. The sialidase expression level is markedly high in various human cancers such as colon, renal, prostate, and ovarian cancers. BTP-Neu5Ac can detect human colon cancers sensitively. Thus, BTP-Neu5Ac is useful not only for physiological research but also as a cancer probe. BTP-Neu5Ac is now being used in virology research. In this review, methods for histochemical imaging of sialidase activity and the role of sialidase in hippocampal memory are described based on the author's study of multidimensional analysis of hippocampal excitatory neurotransmission and development of analytical tools for glycans, which was awarded a prize by the Tokai branch of the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan.
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- Akira Minami
- Department of Biochemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka
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Kurebayashi Y, Takahashi T, Tamoto C, Sahara K, Otsubo T, Yokozawa T, Shibahara N, Wada H, Minami A, Ikeda K, Suzuki T. High-Efficiency Capture of Drug Resistant-Influenza Virus by Live Imaging of Sialidase Activity. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0156400. [PMID: 27232333 PMCID: PMC4883822 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0156400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2016] [Accepted: 05/13/2016] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Influenza A and B viruses possess a neuraminidase protein that shows sialidase activity. Influenza virus-specific neuraminidase inhibitors (NAIs) are commonly used for clinical treatment of influenza. However, some influenza A and B viruses that are resistant to NAIs have emerged in nature. NAI-resistant viruses have been monitored in public hygiene surveys and the mechanism underlying the resistance has been studied. Here, we describe a new assay for selective detection and isolation of an NAI-resistant virus in a speedy and easy manner by live fluorescence imaging of viral sialidase activity, which we previously developed, in order to achieve high-efficiency capture of an NAI-resistant virus. An NAI-resistant virus maintains sialidase activity even at a concentration of NAI that leads to complete deactivation of the virus. Infected cells and focuses (infected cell populations) of an oseltamivir-resistant virus were selectively visualized by live fluorescence sialidase imaging in the presence of oseltamivir, resulting in high-efficiency isolation of the resistant viruses. The use of a combination of other NAIs (zanamivir, peramivir, and laninamivir) in the imaging showed that the oseltamivir-resistant virus isolated in 2008 was sensitive to zanamivir and laninamivir but resistant to peramivir. Fluorescence imaging in the presence of zanamivir also succeeded in selective live-cell visualization of cells that expressed zanamivir-resistant NA. Fluorescence imaging of NAI-resistant sialidase activity will be a powerful method for study of the NAI resistance mechanism, for public monitoring of NAI-resistant viruses, and for development of a new NAI that shows an effect on various NAI-resistant mutations.
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- Yuuki Kurebayashi
- Department of Biochemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Shizuoka Institute of Environment and Hygiene, Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hiroshima International University, Kure-shi, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka, Japan
- Shizuoka City Institute of Environmental Sciences and Public Health, Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Shizuoka City Institute of Environmental Sciences and Public Health, Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hiroshima International University, Kure-shi, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka, Japan
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Takahashi T, Takano M, Kurebayashi Y, Agarikuchi T, Suzuki C, Fukushima K, Takahashi S, Otsubo T, Ikeda K, Minami A, Suzuki T. Rapid Fluorescent Detection Assay for Human Parainfluenza Viruses. Biol Pharm Bull 2016; 38:1214-9. [PMID: 26235585 DOI: 10.1248/bpb.b15-00298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Human parainfluenza virus type 1 (hPIV1) does not form clear plaque by the conventional plaque formation assay because of slightly a cytopathic effects in many cell lines infected with hPIV1, thus making in virus titration, isolation and inhibitor evaluation difficult. We have succeeded in fluorescent histochemical visualization of sialidase activities of influenza A and B viruses, Newcastle disease virus and Sendai virus by using a novel fluorescent sialidase substrate, 2-(benzothiazol-2-yl)-4-bromophenyl 5-acetamido-3,5-dideoxy-α-D-glycero-D-galacto-2-nonulopyranosidonic acid (BTP3-Neu5Ac). In this study, we applied the BTP3-Neu5Ac assay for rapid detection of hPIV1 and hPIV type 3. The BTP3-Neu5Ac assay could histochemically visualize dot-blotted hPIVs on a membrane and hPIV-infected cells as local fluorescence under UV irradiation. We succeeded in distinct fluorescent visualization of hPIV1-infected cells in only 3 d using the BTP3-Neu5Ac assay. Due to there being no fixation, hPIV1 was isolated directly from fluorescent stained focus cells by the BTP3-Neu5Ac assay. Establishment of a sensitive, easy, and rapid fluorescent focus detection assay for hPIV, hPIV1 in particular will contribute greatly to progress in hPIV studies.
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Affiliation(s)
- Tadanobu Takahashi
- Department of Biochemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka
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Wang B, Yan X, Guo Q, Li Y, Zhang H, Xie JS, Meng X. Deficiency of caspase 3 in tumor xenograft impairs therapeutic effect of measles virus Edmoston strain. Oncotarget 2016; 6:16019-30. [PMID: 25909216 PMCID: PMC4599253 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.3496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2015] [Accepted: 03/07/2015] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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The oncolytic measles virus Edmonston (MV-Edm) strain shows considerable oncolytic activity against a variety of human tumors. In this study, we report MV-Edm is able to trigger apoptosis pathways in infected tumor cells and elucidate the roles of cellular apoptosis in the whole oncolytic process. We also show that activated caspase 3, a key executioner of apoptosis, plays key roles in the oncolytic virotherapy. Activated caspase 3 can accelerate viral replication in cervical cancer cells and enhance the killing effects of the virus. Deficiency of caspase 3 either in tumor cells or in tumor xenograft significantly desensitized tumor to oncolysis with MV-Edm. In the infected cells, caspase 3 regulates interferon α release, which can inhibit viral replication in neighboring tumor cells. We propose that caspase-3 activation enhances the oncolytic effects of MV-Edm, thus inhibiting tumor growth in mice.
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- Biao Wang
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Basic Medical Sciences of China Medical University Shenyang, P.R. China
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- Department of Prosthodontics, School of Stomatology, China Medical University, Shenyang, P.R. China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Basic Medical Sciences of China Medical University Shenyang, P.R. China
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- Department of Oncology, Tumour Angiogenesis and Microenvironment Laboratory (TAML), First Affiliated Hospital, Liaoning Medical College, Jinzhou, P.R. China
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- Department of Geriatrics, The First Affiliated Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, P.R. China
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- Department of Ecsomatics, Youjiang Medical College for Nationalities, Baise City, P.R. China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Basic Medical Sciences of China Medical University Shenyang, P.R. China
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TAKAHASHI T, KUREBAYASHI Y, OTSUBO T, IKEDA K, MINAMI A, SUZUKI T. Fluorescence Imaging of Virus-infected Cells with a Sialidase Imaging Probe. BUNSEKI KAGAKU 2016. [DOI: 10.2116/bunsekikagaku.65.689] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Tadanobu TAKAHASHI
- Department of Biochemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hiroshima International University
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hiroshima International University
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka
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Takahashi T, Agarikuchi T, Kurebayashi Y, Shibahara N, Suzuki C, Kishikawa A, Fukushima K, Takano M, Suzuki F, Wada H, Otsubo T, Ikeda K, Minami A, Suzuki T. Easy and Rapid Detection of Mumps Virus by Live Fluorescent Visualization of Virus-Infected Cells. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0144038. [PMID: 26629699 PMCID: PMC4668055 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0144038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2015] [Accepted: 11/12/2015] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Mumps viruses show diverse cytopathic effects (CPEs) of infected cells and viral plaque formation (no CPE or no plaque formation in some cases) depending on the viral strain, highlighting the difficulty in mumps laboratory studies. In our previous study, a new sialidase substrate, 2-(benzothiazol-2-yl)-4-bromophenyl 5-acetamido-3,5-dideoxy-α-D-glycero-D-galacto-2-nonulopyranosidonic acid (BTP3-Neu5Ac), was developed for visualization of sialidase activity. BTP3-Neu5Ac can easily and rapidly perform histochemical fluorescent visualization of influenza viruses and virus-infected cells without an antiviral antibody and cell fixation. In the present study, the potential utility of BTP3-Neu5Ac for rapid detection of mumps virus was demonstrated. BTP3-Neu5Ac could visualize dot-blotted mumps virus, virus-infected cells, and plaques (plaques should be called focuses due to staining of infected cells in this study), even if a CPE was not observed. Furthermore, virus cultivation was possible by direct pick-up from a fluorescent focus. In conventional methods, visible appearance of the CPE and focuses often requires more than 6 days after infection, but the new method with BTP3-Neu5Ac clearly visualized infected cells after 2 days and focuses after 4 days. The BTP3-Neu5Ac assay is a precise, easy, and rapid assay for confirmation and titration of mumps virus.
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- Tadanobu Takahashi
- Department of Biochemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka, Japan
- Shizuoka City Institute of Environmental Sciences and Public Health, Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Shizuoka City Institute of Environmental Sciences and Public Health, Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Shizuoka City Institute of Environmental Sciences and Public Health, Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hiroshima International University, Kure-shi, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hiroshima International University, Kure-shi, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka, Japan
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Takahashi T, Takano M, Agarikuchi T, Kurebayashi Y, Minami A, Otsubo T, Ikeda K, Suzuki T. A novel method for detection of Newcastle disease virus with a fluorescent sialidase substrate. J Virol Methods 2014; 209:136-42. [PMID: 25241143 DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2014.09.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2014] [Revised: 09/05/2014] [Accepted: 09/09/2014] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Newcastle disease virus (NDV), belonging to the family Paramixoviridae, causes respiratory and neuronal symptoms in almost all birds. NDV has haemagglutinin-neuraminidase (HN) glycoprotein possessing sialidase activity. HN glycoprotein is highly expressed on the surface of NDV-infected cells, resulting in much higher sialidase activity in NDV-infected cells than in non-infected cells. It was reported that mouse and human cancer cells up-regulating sialidase expression were histochemically stained with a fluorescent sialidase substrate, 2-(benzothiazol-2-yl)-4-bromophenyl 5-acetamido-3,5-dideoxy-α-D-glycero-D-galacto-2-nonulopyranosidonic acid (BTP3-Neu5Ac), which deposits water-insoluble fluorescent compound BTP3 on locations of sialidase activity. By using the BTP3-Neu5Ac assay, we showed that NDV-infected cells and HN gene-expressing cells could be simply detected at room temperature after only 5min. Infection of the cells with the virus resulted in apparent green fluorescence, which disappeared with addition of a sialidase inhibitor. Cells that were stained in the BTP3-Neu5Ac assay were immunostained with an anti-NDV antibody. Moreover, BTP3-Neu5Ac staining was applied to a virus overlay binding assay with NDV particles. NDV-bound protein bands on guinea pig red blood cells were easily and rapidly detected by the BTP3-Neu5Ac assay after Western blotting. BTP3-Neu5Ac offers an easy and rapid protocol for fluorescent staining of NDV and virus-infected cells without antibodies.
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- Tadanobu Takahashi
- Department of Biochemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka 4228526, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka 4228526, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka 4228526, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka 4228526, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka 4228526, Japan
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hiroshima International University, Kure-shi, Hiroshima 7370112, Japan
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hiroshima International University, Kure-shi, Hiroshima 7370112, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka 4228526, Japan.
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Takahashi T, Otsubo T, Ikeda K, Minami A, Suzuki T. Histochemical imaging of alkaline phosphatase using a novel fluorescent substrate. Biol Pharm Bull 2014; 37:1668-73. [PMID: 25109307 DOI: 10.1248/bpb.b14-00456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Histochemical visualization of phosphatase is exclusively required for Western immunoblotting and antigen-positive cell staining using an alkaline phosphatase (AP)-labeled secondary antibody. This detection has been performed by several reagents including 5-bromo-4-chloro-3-indolyl-phosphate (X-Phos), nitro blue tetrazolium (NBT), 3-(2'-spiroadamantane)-4-methoxy-4-(3″-phosphoryloxy)phenyl-1,2-dioxetane and 2-(5'-chloro-2'-phosphoryloxyphenyl)-6-chloro-4-[3H]-quinazolinone (ELF® 97 Phosphate). We previously reported that 2-(benzothiazol-2-yl)-4-bromophenol bonded with N-acetylneuraminic acid (BTP3-Neu5Ac), enabled fluorescent histochemical visualization of sialidase activity. 2-(Benzothiazol-2-yl)-4-bromophenol (BTP3), which is formed from BTP3-Neu5Ac by sialidase reaction, is a crystalline, insoluble and stable fluorogenic compound, deposited at the site of enzyme activity. We developed a BTP3 phosphate ester (BTP3-Phos) for the purpose of fluorescent histochemical visualization of phosphatase activity. BTP3-Phos emitted fluorescence in a manner dependent on the concentration of the AP-labeled antibody. BTP3-Phos also enabled fluorescent histochemical visualization of AP-blotted dots in a manner dependent on the concentration of the AP-labeled antibody. The detection sensitivity of BTP3-Phos was estimated to be greater than that of the conventional method using X-Phos and NBT. Influenza A virus-infected cells were fixed and reacted with anti-influenza A virus antibodies and incubated continuously with an AP-labeled secondary antibody. BTP3-Phos stained the infected cells with distinct green fluorescence. These results indicate that BTP3-Phos can enable fluorescent immunohistochemical staining analysis using an AP-labeled antibody. BTP3-Phos would be beneficial for histochemical staining of AP activity, and may be applicable for multi-color staining or a cell sorter.
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- Tadanobu Takahashi
- Department of Biochemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka
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Influenza A virus (IAV) has two envelope glycoproteins, hemagglutinin (HA) and neuraminidase (NA). HA binds to sialic acids at the terminals of glycochains on the host cell surface as virus receptors. NA shows sialidase activity, which cleaves sialic acids from the terminals of glycochains. A new subtype (antigenicities of HA and NA) of IAV for humans has pandemic potential. We investigated the functions of HA and NA in IAV replication and pandemic potential in terms of glycoscience. We found that the sialidase activity of pandemic IAV had low pH stability, which enhanced IAV replication. It is thought that the low pH stability contributed to the pandemics in 1968 and 2009. HA also binds to sulfatide not containing sialic acid, and we found that sulfatide enhanced IAV replication. Binding of HA to sulfatide on the host cell surface enhanced progeny IAV formation in infected cells through the induction of the nuclear export of viral ribonucleoproteins by apoptosis. Sialic acid species are divided into N-acetylneuraminic acid (Neu5Ac) and N-glycolylneuraminic acid (Neu5Gc). The HAs of some human IAVs bind not only to Neu5Ac but also to Neu5Gc, which may facilitate the occurrence of a human IAV-based pandemic by genetic reassortment among IAV genomes in pig tracheas expressing Neu5Gc. We identified the amino acid residues of human IAV HA responsible for Neu5Gc binding and developed new techniques for the sensitive detection of IAV receptor specificities and infected cells. Our "glycovirology" research will provide new insights into the mechanisms of IAV replication and pandemic potential.
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- Tadanobu Takahashi
- Department of Biochemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka
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