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Soslau G. Extracellular adenine compounds within the cardiovascular system: Their source, metabolism and function. MEDICINE IN DRUG DISCOVERY 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.medidd.2020.100018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022] Open
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Wang X, Schröder HC, Müller WEG. Amorphous polyphosphate, a smart bioinspired nano-/bio-material for bone and cartilage regeneration: towards a new paradigm in tissue engineering. J Mater Chem B 2018; 6:2385-2412. [DOI: 10.1039/c8tb00241j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Physiological amorphous polyphosphate nano/micro-particles, injectable and implantable, attract and stimulate MSCs into implants for tissue regeneration.
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- Xiaohong Wang
- ERC Advanced Investigator Grant Research Group at the Institute for Physiological Chemistry
- University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University
- 55128 Mainz
- Germany
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- ERC Advanced Investigator Grant Research Group at the Institute for Physiological Chemistry
- University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University
- 55128 Mainz
- Germany
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- ERC Advanced Investigator Grant Research Group at the Institute for Physiological Chemistry
- University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University
- 55128 Mainz
- Germany
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Müller WEG, Wang S, Neufurth M, Kokkinopoulou M, Feng Q, Schröder HC, Wang X. Polyphosphate as a donor of high-energy phosphate for the synthesis of ADP and ATP. J Cell Sci 2017; 130:2747-2756. [PMID: 28687622 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.204941] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2017] [Accepted: 07/05/2017] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Here, we studied the potential role of inorganic polyphosphate (polyP) as an energy source for ADP and ATP formation in the extracellular space. In SaOS-2 cells, we show that matrix vesicles are released into the extracellular space after incubation with polyP. These vesicles contain both alkaline phosphatase (ALP) and adenylate kinase (AK) activities (mediated by ALPL and AK1 enzymes). Both enzymes translocate to the cell membrane in response to polyP. To distinguish the process(es) of AMP and ADP formation during ALP hydrolysis from the ATP generated via the AK reaction, inhibition studies with the AK inhibitor A(5')P5(5')A were performed. We found that ADP formation in the extracellular space occurs after enzymatic ATP synthesis. After exposure to polyP, a significant increase of the ADP level was observed, which is likely to be been catalyzed by ALP. This increase is not due to an intensified ATP release via exocytosis. The ATP level in the extracellular space of SaOS-2 cells is strongly increased in response to polyP, very likely mediated by the AK. We propose that the ALP and AK enzymes are involved in the extracellular ADP and ATP synthesis.
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- Werner E G Müller
- ERC Advanced Investigator Grant Research Group at the Institute for Physiological Chemistry, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Duesbergweg 6, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- ERC Advanced Investigator Grant Research Group at the Institute for Physiological Chemistry, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Duesbergweg 6, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- ERC Advanced Investigator Grant Research Group at the Institute for Physiological Chemistry, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Duesbergweg 6, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials of Ministry of Education of China, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- ERC Advanced Investigator Grant Research Group at the Institute for Physiological Chemistry, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Duesbergweg 6, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- ERC Advanced Investigator Grant Research Group at the Institute for Physiological Chemistry, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Duesbergweg 6, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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Yalak G, Vogel V. Extracellular phosphorylation and phosphorylated proteins: not just curiosities but physiologically important. Sci Signal 2012; 5:re7. [PMID: 23250399 DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.2003273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Mining of the literature and high-throughput mass spectrometry data from both healthy and diseased tissues and from body fluids reveals evidence that various extracellular proteins can exist in phosphorylated states. Extracellular kinases and phosphatases (ectokinases and ectophosphatases) are active in extracellular spaces during times of sufficiently high concentrations of adenosine triphosphate. There is evidence for a role of extracellular phosphorylation in various physiological functions, including blood coagulation, immune cell activation, and the formation of neuronal networks. Ectokinase activity is increased in some diseases, including cancer, Alzheimer's disease, and some microbial infections. We summarize the literature supporting the physiological and pathological roles of extracellularly localized protein kinases, protein phosphatases, and phosphorylated proteins and provide an analysis of the available mass spectrometry data to annotate potential extracellular phosphorylated proteins.
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- Garif Yalak
- Department of Health Sciences and Technology, ETH Zurich, Wolfgang Pauli Strasse 10, HCI F443, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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Ghaffari A, Li Y, Kilani RT, Ghahary A. 14-3-3 sigma associates with cell surface aminopeptidase N in the regulation of matrix metalloproteinase-1. J Cell Sci 2010; 123:2996-3005. [PMID: 20699358 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.069484] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are implicated in the degradation of the extracellular matrix during development and tissue repair, as well as in pathological conditions such as tumor invasion and fibrosis. MMP expression by stromal cells is partly regulated by signals from the neighboring epithelial cells. Keratinocyte-releasable 14-3-3sigma, or stratifin, acts as a potent MMP-1-stimulatory factor in fibroblasts. However, its mechanism of transmembrane signaling remains unknown. Ectodomain biotin labeling, serial affinity purification and mass spectroscopy analysis revealed that the stratifin associates with aminopeptidase N (APN), or CD13, at the cell surface. The transient knockdown of APN in fibroblasts eliminated the stratifin-mediated p38 MAP kinase activation and MMP-1 expression, implicating APN in a receptor-mediated transmembrane signaling event. Stratifin deletion studies implicated its C-terminus as a potential APN-binding site. Furthermore, the dephosphorylation of APN ectodomains reduced its binding affinity to the stratifin. The presence of a phosphorylated serine or threonine residue in APN has been implicated. Together, these findings provide evidence that APN is a novel cell surface receptor for stratifin and a potential target in the regulation of MMP-1 expression in epithelial-stromal cell communication.
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- Abdi Ghaffari
- Department of Surgery, BC Professional Firefighter's Burn and Wound Healing Research Laboratory, University of British Columbia, 344A JBRC, 2660 Oak Street, Vancouver, Canada, BC V6H 3Z6
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Chivasa S, Murphy AM, Hamilton JM, Lindsey K, Carr JP, Slabas AR. Extracellular ATP is a regulator of pathogen defence in plants. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2009; 60:436-48. [PMID: 19594709 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2009.03968.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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In healthy plants extracellular ATP (eATP) regulates the balance between cell viability and death. Here we show an unexpected critical regulatory role of eATP in disease resistance and defensive signalling. In tobacco, enzymatic depletion of eATP or competition with non-hydrolysable ATP analogues induced pathogenesis-related (PR) gene expression and enhanced resistance to tobacco mosaic virus and Pseudomonas syringae pv. tabaci. Artificially increasing eATP concentrations triggered a drop in levels of the important defensive signal chemical salicylic acid (SA) and compromised basal resistance to viral and bacterial infection. Inoculating tobacco leaf tissues with bacterial pathogens capable of activating PR gene expression triggered a rapid decline in eATP. Conversely, inoculations with mutant bacteria unable to induce defence gene expression failed to deplete eATP. Furthermore, a collapse in eATP concentration immediately preceded PR gene induction by SA. Our study reveals a previously unsuspected role for eATP as a negative regulator of defensive signal transduction and demonstrates its importance as a key signal integrating defence and cell viability in plants.
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- Stephen Chivasa
- Creative Gene Technology Ltd, The Integrative Cell Biology Laboratory, Durham University, Durham DH1 3LE, UK
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Ecto-phosphorylation of CD98 regulates cell-cell interactions. PLoS One 2008; 3:e3895. [PMID: 19065266 PMCID: PMC2587710 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003895] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2008] [Accepted: 11/14/2008] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Ecto-phosphorylation plays an important role in many cellular functions. The transmembrane glycoprotein CD98 contains potential phosphorylation sites in its extracellular C-terminal tail. We hypothesized that extracellular signaling through ecto-protein kinases (ePKs) might lead to ecto-phosphorylation of CD98 and influence its multiple functions, including its role in cell-cell interactions. Our results show that recombinant CD98 was phosphorylated in vitro by ePKs from Jurkat cells and by the commercial casein kinase 2 (CK2). Alanine substitutions at serines-305/307/309 or serines-426/430 attenuated CK2-mediated CD98 phosphorylation, suggesting that these residues are the dominant phosphorylation sites for CK2. Furthermore, CD98 expressed in the basolateral membranes of intestinal epithelial Caco2-BBE cells was ecto-phosphorylated by Jurkat cell-derived ePKs and ecto-CK2 was involved in this process. Importantly, cell attachment studies showed that the ecto-phosphorylation of CD98 enhanced heterotypic cell-cell interactions and that the extracellular domain of CD98, which possesses the serine phosphorylation sites, was crucial for this effect. In addition, phosphorylation of recombinant CD98 increased its interactions with Jurkat and Caco2-BBE cells, and promoted cell attachment and spreading. In conclusion, here we demonstrated the ecto-phosphorylation of CD98 by ePKs and its functional importance in cell-cell interactions. Our findings reveal a novel mechanism involved in regulating the multiple functions of CD98 and raise CD98 as a promising target for therapeutic modulations of cell-cell interactions.
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Lautrette C, Loum-Ribot E, Petit D, Vermot-Desroches C, Wijdenes J, Jauberteau MO. Increase of Fas-induced apoptosis by inhibition of extracellular phosphorylation of Fas receptor in Jurkat cell line. Apoptosis 2006; 11:1195-204. [PMID: 16699962 DOI: 10.1007/s10495-006-6795-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Apoptosis signalling through the Fas pathway requires several steps of aggregation of the Fas receptor in the membrane, including aggregation that may occur in the absence of Fas ligand. Association of Fas domains is determinant to signal transmission following Fas ligand binding to a specific domain. The domains involved in Fas aggregation are located in its extracellular region and contain three potential protein kinase C-binding motifs. We therefore studied the possibility that phosphorylation of the extracellular region of Fas might be implicated in the regulation of Fas-mediated apoptosis. Inhibition experiments of extracellular phosphorylation were performed in human Jurkat T leukemia cells with K252b, an impermeant protein-kinase inhibitor. Extracellular phosphorylation of Fas receptor was related to ecto-kinase, as assessed by the [gamma-(32)P] ATP labelling of Fas-116 kDa aggregates, suppressed by K252b inhibitor which significantly increased the sensitivity to Fas-mediated apoptosis. Ecto-PKC involvement was demonstrated by bisindolylmaleimide VIII, a selective inhibitor of protein kinase C which significantly increased both Fas aggregation in the membrane and Fas-mediated apoptosis and by the addition of the PKC pseudo-substrate 19-36 which inhibited the phosphorylation of 116 kDa Fas aggregates. These data support a role for Fas phosphorylation in the decreased sensitivity to apoptosis in the Jurkat T leukemia cell line.
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- C Lautrette
- Laboratory of Immunology and EA 3842, University Hospital, 2 avenue Martin Luther King, 87042 Limoges, France
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Bours MJL, Swennen ELR, Di Virgilio F, Cronstein BN, Dagnelie PC. Adenosine 5'-triphosphate and adenosine as endogenous signaling molecules in immunity and inflammation. Pharmacol Ther 2006; 112:358-404. [PMID: 16784779 DOI: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2005.04.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 770] [Impact Index Per Article: 42.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2005] [Accepted: 04/20/2005] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Human health is under constant threat of a wide variety of dangers, both self and nonself. The immune system is occupied with protecting the host against such dangers in order to preserve human health. For that purpose, the immune system is equipped with a diverse array of both cellular and non-cellular effectors that are in continuous communication with each other. The naturally occurring nucleotide adenosine 5'-triphosphate (ATP) and its metabolite adenosine (Ado) probably constitute an intrinsic part of this extensive immunological network through purinergic signaling by their cognate receptors, which are widely expressed throughout the body. This review provides a thorough overview of the effects of ATP and Ado on major immune cell types. The overwhelming evidence indicates that ATP and Ado are important endogenous signaling molecules in immunity and inflammation. Although the role of ATP and Ado during the course of inflammatory and immune responses in vivo appears to be extremely complex, we propose that their immunological role is both interdependent and multifaceted, meaning that the nature of their effects may shift from immunostimulatory to immunoregulatory or vice versa depending on extracellular concentrations as well as on expression patterns of purinergic receptors and ecto-enzymes. Purinergic signaling thus contributes to the fine-tuning of inflammatory and immune responses in such a way that the danger to the host is eliminated efficiently with minimal damage to healthy tissues.
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- M J L Bours
- Maastricht University, Department of Epidemiology, Nutrition and Toxicology Research Institute Maastricht, P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands.
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Ho M, Hoang HL, Lee KM, Liu N, MacRae T, Montes L, Flatt CL, Yipp BG, Berger BJ, Looareesuwan S, Robbins SM. Ectophosphorylation of CD36 regulates cytoadherence of Plasmodium falciparum to microvascular endothelium under flow conditions. Infect Immun 2006; 73:8179-87. [PMID: 16299313 PMCID: PMC1307088 DOI: 10.1128/iai.73.12.8179-8187.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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The adhesion of Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes (IRBCs) to human dermal microvascular endothelial cells (HDMECs) under flow conditions is regulated by a Src family kinase- and alkaline phosphatase (AP)-dependent mechanism. In this study, we showed that the target of the phosphatase activity is the ectodomain of CD36 at threonine-92 (Thr92). Mouse fibroblasts (NIH 3T3 cells) transfected with wild-type CD36 or a mutant protein in which Thr92 was substituted by Ala supported the rolling and adhesion of IRBCs. However, while the Src family kinase inhibitors PP1 and PP2 and the specific AP inhibitor levamisole significantly reduced IRBC adhesion to wild-type CD36 transfectants as with HDMECs, the inhibitors had no effect on IRBC adhesion to the mutant cells. Using a phosphospecific antibody directed at a 12-amino-acid peptide spanning Thr92, we demonstrated directly that CD36 was constitutively phosphorylated and could be dephosphorylated by exogenous AP. Endothelial CD36 was likewise constitutively phosphorylated. The phosphospecific antibody inhibited IRBC adhesion to HDMECs that could be reversed by preincubating the antibody with the phosphorylated but not the nonphosphorylated peptide. Pretreatment of HDMECs with AP abrogated the effect of PP1 on IRBC adhesion. Collectively, these results are consistent with a critical role for CD36 dephosphorylation through Src family kinase activation in regulating IRBC adhesion to vascular endothelium.
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- May Ho
- Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, University of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Dr. NW, Calgary, Alberta, T2N 4N1 Canada.
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Canton DA, Litchfield DW. The shape of things to come: an emerging role for protein kinase CK2 in the regulation of cell morphology and the cytoskeleton. Cell Signal 2005; 18:267-75. [PMID: 16126370 DOI: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2005.07.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2005] [Revised: 07/04/2005] [Accepted: 07/18/2005] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Protein kinase CK2 is a highly conserved, pleiotropic, protein serine/threonine kinase that is essential for life in eukaryotes. CK2 has been implicated in diverse cellular processes such as cell cycle regulation, circadian rhythms, apoptosis, transformation and tumorigenesis. In addition, there is increasing evidence that CK2 is involved in the maintenance of cell morphology and cell polarity, and in the regulation of the actin and tubulin cytoskeletons. Accordingly, this review will highlight published evidence in experimental models ranging from yeast to mammals documenting the emerging roles of protein kinase CK2 in the regulation of cell polarity, cell morphology and the cytoskeleton.
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- David A Canton
- Regulatory Biology and Functional Genomics Group, Siebens-Drake Medical Research Institute, Department of Biochemistry, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5C1
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Bohana-Kashtan O, Pinna LA, Fishelson Z. Extracellular phosphorylation of C9 by protein kinase CK2 regulates complement-mediated lysis. Eur J Immunol 2005; 35:1939-48. [PMID: 15902683 DOI: 10.1002/eji.200425716] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Ecto-protein kinases (ecto-PK) are expressed on many cell types, both normal and malignant, yet their functions are largely unknown. An ecto-PK capable of phosphorylating the C9 component of the complement system is described. This C9 ecto-PK could be inhibited by TBB, Emodin and DRB, selective inhibitors of protein kinase CK2. Treatment of Raji human B lymphoma cells with these CK2 inhibitors augmented cell killing by Rituximab (anti-CD20 antibodies) and human complement. Analysis of C5b-7-bearing Raji cells showed that extracellular inhibition of the ecto-CK2 enhanced cell lysis by C8 and C9. Blocking of the membrane complement regulator CD59 with monoclonal antibodies further enhanced the effect of the CK2 inhibitors on Raji cell death by complement. C9 ecto-CK2 activity was increased on cancer cells relative to normal fibroblasts and blood cells. Therefore, ecto-CK2 appears to be an additional factor protecting cells from complement-mediated lysis, probably by phosphorylation/inhibition of complement C9.
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- Osnat Bohana-Kashtan
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Sackler School of Medicine,Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Ferraro RB, Sousa JL, Cunha RDC, Meyer-Fernandes JR. Characterization of an ecto-phosphatase activity in malpighian tubules of hematophagous bug Rhodnius prolixus. ARCHIVES OF INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY 2004; 57:40-49. [PMID: 15352154 DOI: 10.1002/arch.20013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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We have characterized a phosphatase activity present on the external surface of intact Malpighian tubules in Rhodnius prolixus. This phosphatase hydrolyses the substrate p-nitrophenyl phosphate at a rate of 3.38 +/- 0.07 nmol Pi x mg(-1) x min(-1). Phosphatase activity decreased with the increase of the pH from 6.4 to 7.6 pH, a range in which tubules cellular integrity was maintained for at least 1 h. Classical inhibitors of acid phosphatase, such as ammonium molybdate, fluoride, vanadate, mpV-PIC, and bpV-PHEN, caused different patters of inhibition. The ecto-phosphatase present an apparent Km of 1.67 +/- 0.34 mM and Vmax of 5.71 +/- 0.37 nmol Pi x mg(-1) x min(-1) for p-NPP. Zinc chloride inhibited 78.2% of ecto-phosphatase activity, with Ki of 0.35 mM. Such inhibition was reversed by incubation with cysteine and GSH, but not DTT, serine, and GSSG, showing that cysteine residues are important for enzymatic activity. Phosphatase activity increased 141% three days after blood meal, and returned to basal levels 2 days later. These results suggest that ecto-phosphatase activity could be involved in a diuretic mechanism, essential in the initial days after a blood meal for the control of Rhodnius homeostasis.
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- Rodrigo B Ferraro
- Departamento de Bioquímica Médica, ICB, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, UFRJ, Cidade Universitária, Ilha do Fundão, 21941-590, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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Elsayed E, Becker RC. The impact of heparin compounds on cellular inflammatory responses: a construct for future investigation and pharmaceutical development. J Thromb Thrombolysis 2004; 15:11-8. [PMID: 14574071 DOI: 10.1023/a:1026184100030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Atherosclerotic disease is recognized as a chronic inflammatory disorder with intermittent and widely variable phases of cellular proliferation and heightened thrombotic activity. The multi-tiered links between inflammation, atherogenesis and thrombogenesis provide a unique opportunity for research and development of pharmaceuticals which target one or more critical pathobiologic steps (Fig. 1). The purpose of the following review on heparin compounds is to comprehensively examine the multi-cellular, pleuripotential effects of a commonly used anticoagulant drug in the context of normal and disease-altered vascular responses and illustrate possible constructs for avenues of subsequent investigation in the field of atherothrombosis. The overview is divided into five integrated parts; antiinflammatory properties of the normal vessel wall, the relationship between glycosaminoglycans and inflammation, heparin-mediated effects on cellular inflammatory responses, association between molecular weight and antiinflammatory capabilities, and oral heparin compounds for achieving prolonged cell-based inhibition.
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- Essam Elsayed
- Department of Medicine, UMass-Memorial Medical Center, Cardiovascular Thrombosis Research Center, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA
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Schlaeppi AC, Malherbe T, Bütikofer P. Coordinate expression of GPEET procyclin and its membrane-associated kinase in Trypanosoma brucei procyclic forms. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:49980-7. [PMID: 14517220 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m309548200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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GPEET procyclin is a major glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored protein of procyclic (insect stage) trypanosomes in culture and is heavily phosphorylated in the GPEET pentapeptide repeat. The phosphorylation reaction is a late event and occurs during maturation and transport of GPEET or on the parasite surface by an ecto-protein kinase. Initial biochemical characterization of the GPEET kinase activity now shows that it depends on bivalent cations for maximal activity, is stimulated by sulfhydryl group reagents, and is specific for ATP as phosphoryl donor. No kinase activity is detected in bloodstream form trypanosomes in culture, whereas strong phosphorylation is observed in early procyclic forms. In addition, the GPEET kinase activity is absent from procyclic trypanosomes that have repressed GPEET synthesis but can be induced in these same stocks by conditions, which also induce GPEET expression. However, the presence of an active kinase does not depend on the presence of (functional) GPEET because it can be detected in parasites expressing a non-phosphorylatable GPEET mutant protein and in procyclin null mutant trypanosomes. Interestingly, the presence of the glycosylphosphatidylinositol lipid moiety seems necessary for GPEET to become phosphorylated. Together, the results demonstrate that GPEET and its kinase are expressed during the same life cycle stages and that factors that induce the expression of GPEET in vitro also induce the expression of the GPEET kinase.
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Anaya-Ruiz M, Pérez-Santos JLM, Talamás-Rohana P. An ecto-protein tyrosine phosphatase of Entamoeba histolytica induces cellular detachment by disruption of actin filaments in HeLa cells. Int J Parasitol 2003; 33:663-70. [PMID: 12814646 DOI: 10.1016/s0020-7519(03)00029-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Actin cytoskeleton disruption in host cells has been demonstrated for PTPases from pathogenic microorganisms. In this work, we analysed whether the secreted acid phosphatase from Entamoeba histolytica has phosphotyrosine phosphatase activity and the possibility that this activity may participate in damaging host cells. The secreted acid phosphatase of E. histolytica, which catalyses p-nitrophenyl phosphate hydrolysis at acid pH values, was found to have phosphotyrosine phosphatase activity. The enzymatic properties of phosphotyrosine phosphatase and acid phosphatase were virtually identical and included: Km values of 10 x 10(-4) M, no requirement for divalent cations, and sensitivity to molybdate, vanadate, and tungstate. The phosphotyrosyl phosphatase activity caused significant levels of cell rounding and detachment correlating with disruption of the actin stress fibres in HeLa cells. Thus, our data suggest that secreted phosphotyrosine phosphatase could play a cytotoxic role during amoebic infection.
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- M Anaya-Ruiz
- Experimental Pathology Department, Center for Research and Advanced Studies, Avenue IPN No 2508, Col. San Pedro Zacatenco, Mexico DF 07360, Mexico
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Lukashev DE, Caldwell CC, Chen P, Apasov SG, Margulies DH, Sitkovsky MV. A serine/threonine phosphorylation site in the ectodomain of a T cell receptor beta chain is required for activation by superantigen. J Recept Signal Transduct Res 2003; 23:33-52. [PMID: 12680588 DOI: 10.1081/rrs-120018759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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The presence of consensus phosphorylation sites in the ectodomains of cell surface proteins suggests that such post-translational modification may be important in regulation of surface receptor activity. To date, the only cell surface receptor for which such ectodomain phosphorylation has been conclusively demonstrated is the clonally expressed T cell antigen receptor (TCR). Attempts to conclusively identify individual phosphorylated residues in TCR alpha and beta chains and determine their functional significance by biochemical approaches failed due to insufficient quantities of purified molecules. Here we present the results of an alternative approach where survey of phosphorylation sites in the TCR alpha and beta chains was accomplished using site-directed mutagenesis and retroviral vector expression, as well as in vitro phosphorylation of synthetic peptide substrates. All mutants studied directed the cell surface expression of normal amounts of TCR, and all transfectants could be stimulated to produce IL-2 in response to substrate-immobilized antibody to TCR. However, mutation of serine-88 in the protein kinase A phosphorylation site of the TCR beta chain resulted in a complete lack of response to the superantigen staphylococcal enterotoxin B (SEB). In addition, this mutation abolished TCR-associated tyrosine phosphorylation, consistent with the impairment of cell signaling. Reversion of the serine-88/alanine mutation with phosphorylatable threonine completely restored the SEB recognition by TCR. These results, interpreted in the context of the known three-dimensional structure of the complex of SEB and TCR, are consistent with the view that serine-88 is important for the contact of the TCR beta chain with SEB.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Amino Acid Substitution
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Binding Sites/genetics
- CD3 Complex/chemistry
- CD3 Complex/metabolism
- Cell Line
- DNA, Complementary/genetics
- Enterotoxins/pharmacology
- Hybridomas
- In Vitro Techniques
- Interleukin-2/biosynthesis
- Mice
- Models, Molecular
- Mutagenesis, Site-Directed
- Phosphorylation
- Protein Processing, Post-Translational
- Protein Structure, Tertiary
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/chemistry
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/genetics
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/metabolism
- Serine/chemistry
- Superantigens/pharmacology
- T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- Threonine/chemistry
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- Dmitriy E Lukashev
- Biochemistry and Immunopharmacology Section, Laboratory of Immunology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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Vieira LL, Sacerdoti-Sierra N, Jaffe CL. Effect of pH and temperature on protein kinase release by Leishmania donovani. Int J Parasitol 2002; 32:1085-93. [PMID: 12117491 DOI: 10.1016/s0020-7519(02)00067-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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During their life cycle Leishmania are exposed to environments that differ markedly in pH and temperature. The effect of these factors on protein kinase release into the surrounding environment by Leishmania donovani promastigotes was examined. Promastigotes release protein kinase activity both constitutively and following induction by incubation with an exogenous substrate, phosvitin. The substrate specificity of the constitutive and induced activities was similar, unlike that previously described for Leishmania major promastigotes. The Leishmania donovani enzymes phosphorylate phosvitin, but not casein, mixed histones or protamine sulphate, and both activities are shed over a wide pH range from 6 to 9. Transfer of promastigotes from pH 7.4/30 degrees C to pH 5.0-5.5/37 degrees C, conditions that mimic those encountered by parasites following transmission from sandflies to a mammalian host and uptake by macrophages, inhibited release of the constitutive activity. Identical conditions had only a minor effect on induced protein kinase release. Both types of protein kinase activities released at pH 7.4 were still active when assayed at pH 5.0. Characterisation of the constitutive and induced promastigote protein kinases showed that casein kinase 1- and casein kinase 2-like activities are released by Leishmania donovani. Constitutive enzyme release decreased over time, however, the addition of phosvitin to these "casein kinase-depleted" promastigotes induced elevated casein kinase 1 and casein kinase 2 shedding. These results suggest that shed protein kinase might play a role in parasite survival and adaptation to host environments.
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- Lita L Vieira
- Department of Parasitology, The Kuvin Centre for the Study of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, P.O. Box 12272, 91120 Jerusalem, Israel
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Di Virgilio F, Chiozzi P, Ferrari D, Falzoni S, Sanz JM, Morelli A, Torboli M, Bolognesi G, Baricordi OR. Nucleotide receptors: an emerging family of regulatory molecules in blood cells. Blood 2001; 97:587-600. [PMID: 11157473 DOI: 10.1182/blood.v97.3.587] [Citation(s) in RCA: 573] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Nucleotides are emerging as an ubiquitous family of extracellular signaling molecules. It has been known for many years that adenosine diphosphate is a potent platelet aggregating factor, but it is now clear that virtually every circulating cell is responsive to nucleotides. Effects as different as proliferation or differentiation, chemotaxis, release of cytokines or lysosomal constituents, and generation of reactive oxygen or nitrogen species are elicited upon stimulation of blood cells with extracellular adenosine triphosphate (ATP). These effects are mediated through a specific class of plasma membrane receptors called purinergic P2 receptors that, according to the molecular structure, are further subdivided into 2 subfamilies: P2Y and P2X. ATP and possibly other nucleotides are released from damaged cells or secreted via nonlytic mechanisms. Thus, during inflammation or vascular damage, nucleotides may provide an important mechanism involved in the activation of leukocytes and platelets. However, the cell physiology of these receptors is still at its dawn, and the precise function of the multiple P2X and P2Y receptor subtypes remains to be understood.
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- F Di Virgilio
- Department of Experimental and Diagnostic Medicine, Section of General Pathology and Medical Genetics, and Center of Biotechnology, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy.
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Qi Z, Murase K, Obata S, Sokabe M. Extracellular ATP-dependent activation of plasma membrane Ca(2+) pump in HEK-293 cells. Br J Pharmacol 2000; 131:370-4. [PMID: 10991933 PMCID: PMC1572318 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0703563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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1. It is well known that extracellular ATP (ATP(o)) elevates the intracellular Ca(2+) concentration ([Ca(2+)](i)) by inducing Ca(2+) influx or mobilizing Ca(2+) from internal stores via activation of purinoceptors in the plasma membrane. This study shows that ATP(o) also activates the plasma membrane Ca(2+) pumps (PMCPs) to bring the elevated [Ca(2+)](i) back to the resting level in human embryonic kidney-293 (HEK-293) cells. 2. The duration of ATP(o)-induced intracellular Ca(2+) transients was significantly increased by PMCP blockers, La(3+) or orthovanadate. In contrast, replacement of extracellular Na(+) with NMDG(+), a membrane-impermeable cation, had no significant effect on duration, thus suggesting that Na(+)/Ca(2+) exchangers do not participate in the ATP(o)-induced Ca(2+) transient. 3. A rapid and significant decrease in [Ca(2+)](i), which was not dependent on extracellular Na(+), was induced by ATP(o) in cells pretreated with thapsigargin (TG). This decrease was blocked by orthovanadate, indicating that it was caused by PMCPs rather than sarco/endoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+) pumps (SERCPs). 4. UTP and ATPgammaS also caused a decrease in [Ca(2+)](i) in cells pretreated with TG, although they were less effective than ATP. The effect of UTP implies the involvement of both P2Y(1) and P2Y(2) receptors, while the effect of ATPgammaS implies no significant role of ectophosphorylation and agonist hydrolysis in the agonist-induced [Ca(2+)](i) decreases. 5. These results point to a role of PMCPs in shaping the Ca(2+) signal and in restoring the resting [Ca(2+)](i) level to maintain intracellular Ca(2+) homeostasis after agonist stimulation.
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- Z Qi
- Department of Physiology, Nagoya University School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, Nagoya University School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy, Nagoya University School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, Nagoya University School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan
- Cell Mechanosensing Project, ICORP, JST, 65 Tsurumai, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan
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Babinska A, Hogan MV, Sobocki T, Sobocka MB, Ehrlich YH, Kornecki E. Identification of ecto-PKC on surface of human platelets: role in maintenance of latent fibrinogen receptors. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2000; 278:H2008-19. [PMID: 10843900 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.2000.278.6.h2008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Human platelets express a protein phosphorylation system on their surface. A specific protein kinase C (PKC) antibody, monoclonal antibody (MAb) 1.9, which binds to the catalytic domain of PKC and inhibits its activity, causes the aggregation of intact platelets while inhibiting the phosphorylation of platelet surface proteins. Photoaffinity labeling with 100 nM 8-azido-[alpha(32)P]ATP identified this ecto-PKC as a single surface protein of 43 kDa sensitive to proteolysis by extracellular 0.0005% trypsin. Inhibition of the binding of 8-azido-[alpha(32)P]ATP to the 43-kDa surface protein by MAb 1.9 identified this site as the active domain of ecto-PKC. Covalent binding of the azido-ATP molecule to the 43-kDa surface protein inhibited the phosphorylative activity of the platelet ecto-PKC. Furthermore, PKC pseudosubstrate inhibitory peptides directly induced the aggregation of platelets and inhibited azido-ATP binding to the 43-kDa protein. Platelet aggregation induced by MAb 1.9 and by PKC inhibitory peptides required the presence of fibrinogen and resulted in an increase in the level of intracellular free calcium concentration. This increase in intracellular free calcium concentration induced by MAb 1.9 was found to be dependent on the binding of fibrinogen to activated GPIIb/IIIa integrins, suggesting that MAb 1.9 causes Ca(2+) flux through the fibrinogen receptor complex. We conclude that a decrease in the state of phosphorylation of platelet surface proteins caused by inhibition of ecto-PKC results in membrane rearrangements that can induce the activation of latent fibrinogen receptors, leading to platelet aggregation. Accordingly, the maintenance of a physiological steady state of phosphorylation of proteins on the platelet surface by ecto-PKC activity appears to be one of the homeostatic mechanisms that maintain fibrinogen receptors of circulating platelets in a latent state that cannot bind fibrinogen.
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- A Babinska
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, State University of New York, Health Science Center at Brooklyn, 11203, New York
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Buttgereit F, Burmester GR, Brand MD. Bioenergetics of immune functions: fundamental and therapeutic aspects. IMMUNOLOGY TODAY 2000; 21:192-9. [PMID: 10740243 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-5699(00)01593-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 198] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- F Buttgereit
- Dept of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité University Hospital, Humboldt University, Schumannstrasse 20/21, 10117 Berlin, Germany.
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Bakalara N, Santarelli X, Davis C, Baltz T. Purification, cloning, and characterization of an acidic ectoprotein phosphatase differentially expressed in the infectious bloodstream form of Trypanosoma brucei. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:8863-71. [PMID: 10722732 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.275.12.8863] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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We purified an ecto-phosphatase of 115 kDa (TryAcP115) specifically expressed by bloodstream forms of Trypanosoma brucei. The corresponding gene coded for a 45-kDa protein potentially including a signal peptide, a membrane-spanning domain and an N-terminal domain containing 8 N-glycosylation sites. There was no significant sequence homology with other phosphatases. Antiserum to the Escherichia coli recombinant N-terminal domain, Petase7, recognized a protein of 55 kDa in Western blots after deglycosylation of the TryAcP115 protein by N-glycosidase F. Immunofluorescence and trypsin treatment of living parasites showed that TryAcP115 was localized to the surface of the parasite and that its N-terminal domain was oriented extracellularly. The recombinant N-terminal domains, expressed in E. coli and Leishmania amazonensis, harbored phosphatase activity against Tyr(P)-Raytide, Ser(P)-neurogranin, and ATP. The enzymatic properties of native TryAcP115 and the recombinant proteins for the substrate Tyr(P)-Raytide were virtually identical and included: (i) K(m) and V(max) values of 15 nM and 200 pmol/min/mg, (ii) no requirement for divalent cations, and (iii) sensitivity to vanadate, sodium fluoride, and tartrate, but insensitivity to okadaic acid and tetramisole. Although the function of TryAcP115 remains unknown, a differentially expressed, unique ecto-phosphatase could regulate growth or influence parasite-host interactions and might provide a useful target for chemotherapy.
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- N Bakalara
- Laboratoire de Parasitologie Moléculaire UMR CNRS 5016, Université Victor Segalen Bordeaux II, 33076 Bordeaux Cedex, France.
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Redegeld FA, Caldwell CC, Sitkovsky MV. Ecto-protein kinases: ecto-domain phosphorylation as a novel target for pharmacological manipulation? Trends Pharmacol Sci 1999; 20:453-9. [PMID: 10542445 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-6147(99)01399-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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An increasing number of studies document the presence of protein kinases facing outwards at the cell surface of a diverse array of cells. These ecto-protein kinases phosphorylate cell-surface proteins and soluble extracellular substrates, and thus could affect many physiological processes involving cell-cell contacts, cellular differentiation and proliferation, ion fluxes and cellular activation. To date, only limited attention has been paid to exploring ecto-protein kinases as possible pharmacological targets. Here, the identification and physiological role of ecto-protein kinases in different biological systems is described; it is suggested that ecto-protein kinases are attractive and novel candidates for pharmacological manipulation under various (patho)physiological conditions.
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- F A Redegeld
- Department of Pharmacology and Pathophysiology, Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht University, PO BOX 80082, 3508 TB Utrecht, Netherlands.
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Mutini C, Falzoni S, Ferrari D, Chiozzi P, Morelli A, Baricordi OR, Collo G, Ricciardi-Castagnoli P, Di Virgilio F. Mouse Dendritic Cells Express the P2X7 Purinergic Receptor: Characterization and Possible Participation in Antigen Presentation. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 1999. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.163.4.1958] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Immune cells express P2 purinoceptors of the P2Y and P2X subtypes. In the present work, we show that three dendritic cell (DC) lines, D2SC/1, CB1, and FSDC, representative of immature DCs, express the P2X7 (formerly P2Z) receptor, as judged from RT-PCR amplification, reactivity to a specific antiserum, and pharmacological and functional evidence. Receptor expression is higher in FSDC cells, a cell line that is functionally more mature than D2SC/1 and CB1. From the wild-type DC population, we selected cell clones lacking the P2X7R (P2X7less). We also used a P2XR blocker, oxidized ATP, to irreversibly inhibit the P2X7R. Ability of P2X7less FSDCs or of oxidized ATP-inhibited FSDCs to stimulate Ag-specific TH lymphocytes was severely decreased although Ag endocytosis was minimally affected. During coculture with TH lymphocytes, wild-type FSDC secreted large amounts of IL-1β. Release of this cytokine was reduced in P2X7less DCs. These data show that DCs express the P2X7 purinoceptor and suggest a correlation between P2X7R expression and Ag-presenting activity.
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- †Medical Genetics, Department of Experimental and Diagnostic Medicine, and
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- ‡Biotechnology Center, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
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- ¶Glaxo-Wellcome Research and Development, Geneva, Switzerland
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- §National Research Council (CNR) Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology Center, Milan, Italy; and
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- ‡Biotechnology Center, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
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Teshima R, Onose J, Saito Y, Ikebuchi H, Kitani S, Sawada J. Casein kinase II-like ectokinase activity on RBL-2H3 cells. Immunol Lett 1999; 68:369-74. [PMID: 10424445 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-2478(99)00086-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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We studied the properties of the ectokinase activity on the outer cell surfaces of RBL-2H3 cells and examined the phosphorylation of exogenous substrates to clarify the substrate specificity of the ectokinases on RBL-2H3 cells. Among the several protein substrates tested, casein was the most strongly phosphorylated with [gamma-32P]ATP, and the net incorporation of 32P into casein was 0.65 pmol P/50 microg/10(6) cells. Casein kinase II peptide was also phosphorylated with [gamma-32P]ATP. The phosphorylation of casein and casein kinase II peptide was almost completely inhibited by the addition of 3 microg/ml of cell-impermeable K252b. Phosphorylation of casein and casein kinase II peptide was also observed by [gamma-32P]GTP. Western blot analysis using anti-casein kinase II antibody revealed a 44-kDa casein kinase band in the membrane fraction and Fc epsilonRI complexes. The immunofluorescence microscopic analysis using anti-casein kinase II antibody showed the existence of casein kinase II on the surface of the cells. This is the first report about the existence of ectokinase on mast cells.
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- R Teshima
- Division of Biochemistry and Immunochemistry, National Institute of Health Sciences, Tokyo, Japan
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Smith PT, Armstrong J, Koshiba M, Huang S, Apasov S, Sitkovsky M. Studies of expression and possible functional role of purinergic receptors in cell-mediated immunity: Experimental approaches, controls, and caveats. Drug Dev Res 1998. [DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-2299(199811/12)45:3/4<229::aid-ddr21>3.0.co;2-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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