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Gruszczynska-Biegala J, Stefan A, Kasprzak AA, Dobryszycki P, Khaitlina S, Strzelecka-Gołaszewska H. Myopathy-Sensitive G-Actin Segment 227-235 Is Involved in Salt-Induced Stabilization of Contacts within the Actin Filament. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22052327. [PMID: 33652657 PMCID: PMC7956362 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22052327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2021] [Revised: 02/16/2021] [Accepted: 02/21/2021] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Formation of stable actin filaments, critically important for actin functions, is determined by the ionic strength of the solution. However, not much is known about the elements of the actin fold involved in ionic-strength-dependent filament stabilization. In this work, F-actin was destabilized by Cu2+ binding to Cys374, and the effects of solvent conditions on the dynamic properties of F-actin were correlated with the involvement of Segment 227-235 in filament stabilization. The results of our work show that the presence of Mg2+ at the high-affinity cation binding site of Cu-modified actin polymerized with MgCl2 strongly enhances the rate of filament subunit exchange and promotes the filament instability. In the presence of 0.1 M KCl, the filament subunit exchange was 2-3-fold lower than that in the MgCl2-polymerized F-actin. This effect correlates with the reduced accessibility of the D-loop and Segment 227-235 on opposite filament strands, consistent with an ionic-strength-dependent conformational change that modulates involvement of Segment 227-235 in stabilization of the intermonomer interface. KCl may restrict the mobility of the α-helix encompassing part of Segment 227-235 and/or be bound to Asp236 at the boundary of Segment 227-235. These results provide experimental evidence for the involvement of Segment 227-235 in salt-induced stabilization of contacts within the actin filament and suggest that they can be weakened by mutations characteristic of actin-associated myopathies.
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- Joanna Gruszczynska-Biegala
- Department of Muscle Biochemistry, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, 02-093 Warsaw, Poland; (J.G.-B.); (A.S.); (A.A.K.); (H.S.-G.)
- Molecular Biology Unit, Mossakowski Medical Research Institute Polish Academy of Sciences, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Muscle Biochemistry, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, 02-093 Warsaw, Poland; (J.G.-B.); (A.S.); (A.A.K.); (H.S.-G.)
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- Department of Muscle Biochemistry, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, 02-093 Warsaw, Poland; (J.G.-B.); (A.S.); (A.A.K.); (H.S.-G.)
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Wrocław University of Technology, 50-370 Wroclaw, Poland;
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- Laboratory of Cytology of Unicellular Organisms, Institute of Cytology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 194064 St. Petersburg, Russia
- Correspondence:
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- Department of Muscle Biochemistry, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, 02-093 Warsaw, Poland; (J.G.-B.); (A.S.); (A.A.K.); (H.S.-G.)
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Tsaplina O, Demidyuk I, Artamonova T, Khodorkovsky M, Khaitlina S. Cleavage of the outer membrane protein OmpX by protealysin regulates
Serratia proteamaculans
invasion. FEBS Lett 2020; 594:3095-3107. [DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.13897] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2020] [Revised: 06/18/2020] [Accepted: 06/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University Saint‐Petersburg Russia
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Bozhokina E, Kever L, Khaitlina S. The Serratia grimesii outer membrane vesicles-associated grimelysin triggers bacterial invasion of eukaryotic cells. Cell Biol Int 2020; 44:2275-2283. [PMID: 32749752 DOI: 10.1002/cbin.11435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2020] [Revised: 07/09/2020] [Accepted: 08/01/2020] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Serratia grimesii are facultative pathogenic bacteria that can penetrate a wide range of host cells and cause infection, especially in immunocompromised patients. Previously, we have found that bacterial metalloprotease grimelysin is a potential virulence determinant of S. grimesii invasion (E. S. Bozhokina et al., (2011). Cell Biology International, 35(2), 111-118). Protease is characterized as an actin-hydrolyzing enzyme with a narrow specificity toward other cell proteins. It is not known, however, whether grimelysin is transported into eukaryotic cells. Here, we show, for the first time, that S. grimesii can generate outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) displayed specific proteolytic activity against actin, characteristic of grimelysin. The presence of grimelysin was also confirmed by the Western blot analysis of S. grimesii OMVs lysate. Furthermore, confocal microscopy analysis revealed that the S. grimesii grimelysin-containing OMVs attached to the host cell membrane. Finally, pretreatment of HeLa cells with S. grimesii OMVs before the cells were infected with bacteria increased the bacterial penetration several times. These data strongly suggest that protease grimelysin promotes S. grimesii internalization by modifying bacterial and/or host molecule(s) when it is delivered as a component of OMVs.
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- Ekaterina Bozhokina
- Group of Molecular Cytology of Prokaryotes and Bacterial Invasion, Institute of Cytology, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Group of Molecular Cytology of Prokaryotes and Bacterial Invasion, Institute of Cytology, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Group of Molecular Cytology of Prokaryotes and Bacterial Invasion, Institute of Cytology, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia
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Khaitlina S, Bozhokina E, Tsaplina O, Efremova T. Bacterial Actin-Specific Endoproteases Grimelysin and Protealysin as Virulence Factors Contributing to the Invasive Activities of Serratia. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:E4025. [PMID: 32512842 PMCID: PMC7311988 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21114025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2020] [Revised: 06/02/2020] [Accepted: 06/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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The article reviews the discovery, properties and functional activities of new bacterial enzymes, proteases grimelysin (ECP 32) of Serratia grimesii and protealysin of Serratia proteamaculans, characterized by both a highly specific "actinase" activity and their ability to stimulate bacterial invasion. Grimelysin cleaves the only polypeptide bond Gly42-Val43 in actin. This bond is not cleaved by any other proteases and leads to a reversible loss of actin polymerization. Similar properties were characteristic for another bacterial protease, protealysin. These properties made grimelysin and protealysin a unique tool to study the functional properties of actin. Furthermore, bacteria Serratia grimesii and Serratia proteamaculans, producing grimelysin and protealysin, invade eukaryotic cells, and the recombinant Escherichia coli expressing the grimelysin or protealysins gene become invasive. Participation of the cellular c-Src and RhoA/ROCK signaling pathways in the invasion of eukaryotic cells by S. grimesii was shown, and involvement of E-cadherin in the invasion has been suggested. Moreover, membrane vesicles produced by S. grimesii were found to contain grimelysin, penetrate into eukaryotic cells and increase the invasion of bacteria into eukaryotic cells. These data indicate that the protease is a virulence factor, and actin can be a target for the protease upon its translocation into the host cell.
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- Sofia Khaitlina
- Institute of Cytology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 194064 St. Petersburg, Russia; (E.B.); (O.T.); (T.E.)
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Ostrowska-Podhorodecka Z, Śliwinska M, Reisler E, Moraczewska J. Tropomyosin isoforms regulate cofilin 1 activity by modulating actin filament conformation. Arch Biochem Biophys 2020; 682:108280. [PMID: 31996302 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2020.108280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2019] [Revised: 01/22/2020] [Accepted: 01/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Tropomyosin and cofilin are involved in the regulation of actin filament dynamic polymerization and depolymerization. Binding of cofilin changes actin filaments structure, leading to their severing and depolymerization. Non-muscle tropomyosin isoforms were shown before to differentially regulate the activity of cofilin 1; products of TPM1 gene stabilized actin filaments, but products of TPM3 gene promoted cofilin-dependent severing and depolymerization. Here, conformational changes at the longitudinal and lateral interface between actin subunits resulting from tropomyosin and cofilin 1 binding were studied using skeletal actin and yeast wild type and mutant Q41C and S265C actins. Cross-linking of F-actin and fluorescence changes in F-actin labeled with acrylodan at Cys41 (in D-loop) or Cys265 (in H-loop) showed that tropomyosin isoforms differentially regulated cofilin-induced conformational rearrangements at longitudinal and lateral filament interfaces. Tryptic digestion of F-Mg-actin confirmed the differences between tropomyosin isoforms in their regulation of cofilin-dependent changes at actin-actin interfaces. Changes in the fluorescence of AEDANS attached to C-terminal Cys of actin, as well as FRET between Trp residues in actin subdomain 1 and AEDANS, did not show differences in the conformation of the C-terminal segment of F-actin in the presence of different tropomyosins ± cofilin 1. Therefore, actin's D- and H-loop are the sites involved in regulation of cofilin activity by tropomyosin isoforms.
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- Zofia Ostrowska-Podhorodecka
- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland; Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
; Department of Molecular Biology Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland.
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Umeki N, Shibata K, Noguchi TQP, Hirose K, Sako Y, Uyeda TQP. K336I mutant actin alters the structure of neighbouring protomers in filaments and reduces affinity for actin-binding proteins. Sci Rep 2019; 9:5353. [PMID: 30926871 PMCID: PMC6441083 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-41795-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2018] [Accepted: 03/18/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
Abstract
Mutation of the Lys-336 residue of actin to Ile (K336I) or Asp (K336E) causes congenital myopathy. To understand the effect of this mutation on the function of actin filaments and gain insight into the mechanism of disease onset, we prepared and biochemically characterised K336I mutant actin from Dictyostelium discoideum. Subtilisin cleavage assays revealed that the structure of the DNase-I binding loop (D-loop) of monomeric K336I actin, which would face the adjacent actin-protomer in filaments, differed from that of wild type (WT) actin. Although K336I actin underwent normal salt-dependent reversible polymerisation and formed apparently normal filaments, interactions of K336I filaments with alpha-actinin, myosin II, and cofilin were disrupted. Furthermore, co-filaments of K336I and WT actins also exhibited abnormal interactions with cofilin, implying that K336I actin altered the structure of the neighbouring WT actin protomers such that interaction between cofilin and the WT actin protomers was prevented. We speculate that disruption of the interactions between co-filaments and actin-binding proteins is the primary reason why the K336I mutation induces muscle disease in a dominant fashion.
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- Nobuhisa Umeki
- Cellular Informatics Lab., RIKEN, Wako, Saitama, 351-0198, Japan. .,Biomedical Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8562, Japan.
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- Biomedical Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8562, Japan.,Advanced ICT Research Institute, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), Kobe, Hyogo, 651-2492, Japan
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- National Institute of Technology, Miyakonojo College, Miyakonojo, Miyazaki, 885-8567, Japan
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- Biomedical Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8562, Japan
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- Cellular Informatics Lab., RIKEN, Wako, Saitama, 351-0198, Japan
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- Biomedical Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8562, Japan.,Department of Physics, Waseda University, Shinjuku, Tokyo, 169-8555, Japan
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Iwabuchi K, Ohnishi H, Tamura K, Fukao Y, Furuya T, Hattori K, Tsukaya H, Hara-Nishimura I. ANGUSTIFOLIA Regulates Actin Filament Alignment for Nuclear Positioning in Leaves. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2019; 179:233-247. [PMID: 30404821 PMCID: PMC6324246 DOI: 10.1104/pp.18.01150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2018] [Accepted: 10/24/2018] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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During dark adaptation, plant nuclei move centripetally toward the midplane of the leaf blade; thus, the nuclei on both the adaxial and abaxial sides become positioned at the inner periclinal walls of cells. This centripetal nuclear positioning implies that a characteristic cell polarity exists within a leaf, but little is known about the mechanism underlying this process. Here, we show that ANGUSTIFOLIA (AN) and ACTIN7 regulate centripetal nuclear positioning in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) leaves. Two mutants defective in the positioning of nuclei in the dark were isolated and designated as unusual nuclear positioning1 (unp1) and unp2 In the dark, nuclei of unp1 were positioned at the anticlinal walls of adaxial and abaxial mesophyll cells and abaxial pavement cells, whereas the nuclei of unp2 were positioned at the anticlinal walls of mesophyll and pavement cells on both the adaxial and abaxial sides. unp1 was caused by a dominant-negative mutation in ACTIN7, and unp2 resulted from a recessive mutation in AN Actin filaments in unp1 were fragmented and reduced in number, which led to pleiotropic defects in nuclear morphology, cytoplasmic streaming, and plant growth. The mutation in AN caused aberrant positioning of nuclei-associated actin filaments at the anticlinal walls. AN was detected in the cytosol, where it interacted physically with plant-specific dual-specificity tyrosine phosphorylation-regulated kinases (DYRKPs) and itself. The DYRK inhibitor (1Z)-1-(3-ethyl-5-hydroxy-2(3H)-benzothiazolylidene)-2-propanone significantly inhibited dark-induced nuclear positioning. Collectively, these results suggest that the AN-DYRKP complex regulates the alignment of actin filaments during centripetal nuclear positioning in leaf cells.
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- Kosei Iwabuchi
- Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
- Faculty of Science and Engineering, Konan University, Kobe 658-8501, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
- School of Food and Nutritional Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka 422-8526, Japan
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- College of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, Shiga 525-8577, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
- Okazaki Institute for Integrative Bioscience, Okazaki 444-8787, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
- Faculty of Science and Engineering, Konan University, Kobe 658-8501, Japan
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Khaitlina S, Tsaplina O, Hinssen H. Cooperative effects of tropomyosin on the dynamics of the actin filament. FEBS Lett 2017; 591:1884-1891. [PMID: 28555876 DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.12700] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2017] [Revised: 05/19/2017] [Accepted: 05/22/2017] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Tropomyosin (Tpm) plays an important role in regulating the organisation and functions of the actin cytoskeleton. Here, we describe a new approach to analyse the effects of Tpm on actin dynamics. Using F-actin proteolytically modified within the DNase-binding loop (ECP-actin), we show that Tpm binding almost completely suppresses the increased subunit exchange intrinsic for this F-actin. The effect is both concentration-dependent and cooperative, with half-maximal inhibition observed at about a 1 : 50 Tpm : actin ratio. Tpm decreases not only the number concentration of ECP-actin filaments, but also the rate of the filament subunit exchange. Our data suggest that Tpm regulates the dynamics of actin filaments by an allosteric strengthening of intermonomer contacts in the actin filament, and that this mechanism may be involved in the modulation of cytoskeletal dynamics.
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- Faculty of Biology, University of Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany
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Sodium fluoride as a nucleating factor for Mg-actin polymerization. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2016; 479:741-746. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2016.09.141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2016] [Accepted: 09/27/2016] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Khaitlina SY. Tropomyosin as a Regulator of Actin Dynamics. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2015; 318:255-91. [PMID: 26315888 DOI: 10.1016/bs.ircmb.2015.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Tropomyosin is a major regulatory protein of contractile systems and cytoskeleton, an actin-binding protein that positions laterally along actin filaments and modulates actin-myosin interaction. About 40 tropomyosin isoforms have been found in a variety of cytoskeleton systems, not necessarily connected with actin-myosin interaction and contraction. Involvement of specific tropomyosin isoforms in the regulation of key cell processes was shown, and specific features of tropomyosin genes and protein structure have been investigated with molecular biology and genetics approaches. However, the mechanisms underlying the effects of tropomyosin on cytoskeleton dynamics are still unclear. As tropomyosin is primarily an F-actin-binding protein, it is important to understand how it interacts both with actin and actin-binding proteins functioning in muscles and cytoskeleton to regulate actin dynamics. This review focuses on biochemical data on the effects of tropomyosin on actin assembly and dynamics, as well as on the modulation of these effects by actin-binding proteins. The data indicate that tropomyosin can efficiently regulate actin dynamics via allosteric conformational changes within actin filaments.
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- Sofia Yu Khaitlina
- Institute of Cytology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint-Petersburg, Russia.
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Dhar G, Chakravarty D, Hazra J, Dhar J, Poddar A, Pal M, Chakrabarti P, Surolia A, Bhattacharyya B. Actin–Curcumin Interaction: Insights into the Mechanism of Actin Polymerization Inhibition. Biochemistry 2015; 54:1132-43. [DOI: 10.1021/bi5014408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Gopa Dhar
- Department
of Biochemistry, Bose Institute, Kolkata 700054, India
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- Division
of Molecular Medicine, Bose Institute, Kolkata 700054, India
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- Bioinformatics
Centre, Bose Institute, Kolkata 700054, India
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- Department
of Biochemistry, Bose Institute, Kolkata 700054, India
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- Division
of Molecular Medicine, Bose Institute, Kolkata 700054, India
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- Molecular
Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India
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Cryo-EM reveals different coronin binding modes for ADP- and ADP-BeFx actin filaments. Nat Struct Mol Biol 2014; 21:1075-81. [PMID: 25362487 PMCID: PMC4388421 DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.2907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2014] [Accepted: 09/29/2014] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Essential cellular processes involving the actin cytoskeleton are regulated by auxiliary proteins which can sense the nucleotide state of actin. Here we report cryo electron microscopy (cryoEM) structures at 8.6 Å resolution for ADP- and ADP-BeFx- (mimicking ADP-Pi) bound actin filaments in complex with the β-propeller domain (residues 1–600) of yeast coronin 1 (crn1). Our structures identify the main differences in the interaction of coronin with the two nucleotide states of F-actin. We derived pseudo-atomic models by fitting the atomic structures of actin and coronin into these structures. The identified binding interfaces on actin were confirmed by chemical crosslinking, fluorescence spectroscopy and actin mutagenesis. Importantly, the structures of actin and coronin mapped in this study offer a structural explanation for the nucleotide-dependent effects of coronin on cofilin-assisted remodeling of F-actin.
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We report the first draft genome assembly of Serratia grimesii strain A2, previously identified as Escherichia coli strain A2, which produces protease ECP32 with a high specificity toward actin. S. grimesii strain A2 has multidrug resistance associated with a number of efflux pump genes.
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Vahokoski J, Bhargav SP, Desfosses A, Andreadaki M, Kumpula EP, Martinez SM, Ignatev A, Lepper S, Frischknecht F, Sidén-Kiamos I, Sachse C, Kursula I. Structural differences explain diverse functions of Plasmodium actins. PLoS Pathog 2014; 10:e1004091. [PMID: 24743229 PMCID: PMC3990709 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1004091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2013] [Accepted: 03/11/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Actins are highly conserved proteins and key players in central processes in all eukaryotic cells. The two actins of the malaria parasite are among the most divergent eukaryotic actins and also differ from each other more than isoforms in any other species. Microfilaments have not been directly observed in Plasmodium and are presumed to be short and highly dynamic. We show that actin I cannot complement actin II in male gametogenesis, suggesting critical structural differences. Cryo-EM reveals that Plasmodium actin I has a unique filament structure, whereas actin II filaments resemble canonical F-actin. Both Plasmodium actins hydrolyze ATP more efficiently than α-actin, and unlike any other actin, both parasite actins rapidly form short oligomers induced by ADP. Crystal structures of both isoforms pinpoint several structural changes in the monomers causing the unique polymerization properties. Inserting the canonical D-loop to Plasmodium actin I leads to the formation of long filaments in vitro. In vivo, this chimera restores gametogenesis in parasites lacking actin II, suggesting that stable filaments are required for exflagellation. Together, these data underline the divergence of eukaryotic actins and demonstrate how structural differences in the monomers translate into filaments with different properties, implying that even eukaryotic actins have faced different evolutionary pressures and followed different paths for developing their polymerization properties. Malaria parasites have two actin isoforms, which are among the most divergent within the actin family that comprises highly conserved proteins, essential in all eukaryotic cells. In Plasmodium, actin is indispensable for motility and, thus, the infectivity of the deadly parasite. Yet, actin filaments have not been observed in vivo in these pathogens. Here, we show that the two Plasmodium actins differ from each other in both monomeric and filamentous form and that actin I cannot replace actin II during male gametogenesis. Whereas the major isoform actin I cannot form stable filaments alone, the mosquito-stage-specific actin II readily forms long filaments that have dimensions similar to canonical actins. A chimeric actin I mutant that forms long filaments in vitro also rescues gametogenesis in parasites lacking actin II. Both Plasmodium actins rapidly hydrolyze ATP and form short oligomers in the presence of ADP, which is a fundamental difference to all other actins characterized to date. Structural and functional differences in the two Plasmodium actin isoforms compared both to each other and to canonical actins reveal how the polymerization properties of eukaryotic actins have evolved along different avenues.
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- Juha Vahokoski
- Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Structural and Computational Biology Unit, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
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- Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
- Centre for Structural Systems Biology; Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research and German Electron Synchrotron, Hamburg, Germany
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- Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- Parasitology – Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Heidelberg Medical School, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Parasitology – Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Heidelberg Medical School, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Structural and Computational Biology Unit, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
- Centre for Structural Systems Biology; Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research and German Electron Synchrotron, Hamburg, Germany
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Ma M. Role of calpains in the injury-induced dysfunction and degeneration of the mammalian axon. Neurobiol Dis 2013; 60:61-79. [PMID: 23969238 PMCID: PMC3882011 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2013.08.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2013] [Revised: 07/17/2013] [Accepted: 08/08/2013] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Axonal injury and degeneration, whether primary or secondary, contribute to the morbidity and mortality seen in many acquired and inherited central nervous system (CNS) and peripheral nervous system (PNS) disorders, such as traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, cerebral ischemia, neurodegenerative diseases, and peripheral neuropathies. The calpain family of proteases has been mechanistically linked to the dysfunction and degeneration of axons. While the direct mechanisms by which transection, mechanical strain, ischemia, or complement activation trigger intra-axonal calpain activity are likely different, the downstream effects of unregulated calpain activity may be similar in seemingly disparate diseases. In this review, a brief examination of axonal structure is followed by a focused overview of the calpain family. Finally, the mechanisms by which calpains may disrupt the axonal cytoskeleton, transport, and specialized domains (axon initial segment, nodes, and terminals) are discussed.
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- Marek Ma
- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA; Center for Resuscitation Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
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Pivovarova AV, Chebotareva NA, Kremneva EV, Lappalainen P, Levitsky DI. Effects of actin-binding proteins on the thermal stability of monomeric actin. Biochemistry 2012; 52:152-60. [PMID: 23231323 DOI: 10.1021/bi3012884] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) was applied to investigate the thermal unfolding of rabbit skeletal muscle G-actin in its complexes with actin-binding proteins, cofilin, twinfilin, and profilin. The results show that the effects of these proteins on the thermal stability of G-actin depend on the nucleotide, ATP or ADP, bound in the nucleotide-binding cleft between actin subdomains 2 and 4. Interestingly, cofilin binding stabilizes both ATP-G-actin and ADP-G-actin, whereas twinfilin increases the thermal stability of the ADP-G-actin but not that of the ATP-G-actin. By contrast, profilin strongly decreases the thermal stability of the ATP-G-actin but has no appreciable effect on the ADP-G-actin. Comparison of these DSC results with literature data reveals a relationship between the effects of actin-binding proteins on the thermal unfolding of G-actin, stabilization or destabilization, and their effects on the rate of nucleotide exchange in the nucleotide-binding cleft, decrease or increase. These results suggest that the thermal stability of G-actin depends, at least partially, on the conformation of the nucleotide-binding cleft: the actin molecule is more stable when the cleft is closed, while an opening of the cleft leads to significant destabilization of G-actin. Thus, DSC studies of the thermal unfolding of G-actin can provide new valuable information about the conformational changes induced by actin-binding proteins in the actin molecule.
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- Anastasia V Pivovarova
- A. N. Bach Institute of Biochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospect 33, Moscow 119071, Russian Federation
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Durer ZAO, Kudryashov DS, Sawaya MR, Altenbach C, Hubbell W, Reisler E. Structural states and dynamics of the D-loop in actin. Biophys J 2012; 103:930-9. [PMID: 23009842 PMCID: PMC3433612 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2012.07.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2012] [Revised: 07/09/2012] [Accepted: 07/13/2012] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Conformational changes induced by ATP hydrolysis on actin are involved in the regulation of complex actin networks. Previous structural and biochemical data implicate the DNase I binding loop (D-loop) of actin in such nucleotide-dependent changes. Here, we investigated the structural and conformational states of the D-loop (in solution) using cysteine scanning mutagenesis and site-directed labeling. The reactivity of D-loop cysteine mutants toward acrylodan and the mobility of spin labels on these mutants do not show patterns of an α-helical structure in monomeric and filamentous actin, irrespective of the bound nucleotide. Upon transition from monomeric to filamentous actin, acrylodan emission spectra and electron paramagnetic resonance line shapes of labeled mutants are blue-shifted and more immobilized, respectively, with the central residues (residues 43-47) showing the most drastic changes. Moreover, complex electron paramagnetic resonance line shapes of spin-labeled mutants suggest several conformational states of the D-loop. Together with a new (to our knowledge) actin crystal structure that reveals the D-loop in a unique hairpin conformation, our data suggest that the D-loop equilibrates in F-actin among different conformational states irrespective of the nucleotide state of actin.
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- Zeynep A Oztug Durer
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Tsaplina O, Efremova T, Demidyuk I, Khaitlina S. Filamentous actin is a substrate for protealysin, a metalloprotease of invasive Serratia proteamaculans. FEBS J 2011; 279:264-74. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2011.08420.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Morozova AV, Khaitlina SY, Malinin AY. Heat shock protein DnaK--substrate of actin-specific bacterial protease ECP32. BIOCHEMISTRY (MOSCOW) 2011; 76:455-61. [PMID: 21585321 DOI: 10.1134/s0006297911040080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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It has been found that actin-specific bacterial protease ECP32 cleaves prokaryotic heat shock protein DnaK, which belongs to the family of heat shock proteins with molecular weight 70 kDa. We propose a new one-step method for DnaK purification using heat treatment. The technique yields ~1 mg of partially purified DnaK from 25 g of wet bacterial biomass. Polyclonal antibodies against DnaK were obtained. The degree of ECP32 catalyzed proteolysis of partially purified DnaK and that of DnaK in initial cell extracts was compared.
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- A V Morozova
- Institute of Cytology, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia.
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Bacterial invasion of eukaryotic cells can be mediated by actin-hydrolysing metalloproteases grimelysin and protealysin. Cell Biol Int 2011; 35:111-8. [PMID: 20849390 DOI: 10.1042/cbi20100314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Earlier, we have shown that spontaneously isolated non-pathogenic bacteria Serratia grimesii and Serratia proteamaculans invade eukaryotic cells, provided that they synthesize thermolysin-like metalloproteases ECP32/grimelysin or protealysin characterized by high specificity towards actin. To address the question of whether the proteases are active players in entry of these bacteria into host cells, in this work, human larynx carcinoma Hep-2 cells were infected with recombinant Escherichia coli expressing grimelysin or protealysin. Using confocal and electron microscopy, we have found that the recombinant bacteria, whose extracts limitedly cleaved actin, were internalized within the eukaryotic cells residing both in vacuoles and free in cytoplasm. The E. coli-carrying plasmids without inserts of grimelysin or protealysin gene did not enter Hep-2 cells. Moreover, internalization of non-invasive E. coli was not observed in the presence of protealysin introduced into the culture medium. These results are consistent with the direct participation of ECP32/grimelysin and protealysin in entry of bacteria into the host cells. We assume that ECP32/grimelysin and protealysin mediate invasion being injected into the eukaryotic cell and that the high specificity of the enzyme towards actin may be a factor contributed to the bacteria internalization.
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Phalloidin perturbs the interaction of human non-muscle myosin isoforms 2A and 2C1 with F-actin. FEBS Lett 2011; 585:767-71. [PMID: 21295570 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2011.01.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2010] [Revised: 01/24/2011] [Accepted: 01/28/2011] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Phalloidin and fluorescently labeled phalloidin analogs are established reagents to stabilize and mark actin filaments for the investigation of acto-myosin interactions. In the present study, we employed transient and steady-state kinetic measurements as well as in vitro motility assays to show that phalloidin perturbs the productive interaction of human non-muscle myosin-2A and -2C1 with filamentous actin. Phalloidin binding to F-actin results in faster dissociation of the complex formed with non-muscle myosin-2A and -2C1, reduced actin-activated ATP turnover, and slower velocity of actin filaments in the in vitro motility assay. In contrast, phalloidin binding to F-actin does not affect the interaction with human non-muscle myosin isoform 2B and Dictyostelium myosin-2 and myosin-5b.
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Oda T, Maéda Y. Multiple Conformations of F-actin. Structure 2010; 18:761-7. [PMID: 20637412 DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2010.05.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2010] [Revised: 05/15/2010] [Accepted: 05/20/2010] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Actin works within eukaryotic cells to facilitate a variety of cellular processes, which are driven by the assembly of G-actin (monomeric form) into F-actin (fibrous form), and the disassembly of F-actin into G-actin. F-actin adopts multiple conformations, which are specified by interactions with various actin-binding proteins. Knowledge of the multiple conformations of actin is the key for understanding its cellular functions. Recently, we published a refined model for F-actin. In this review, based on this model, we discuss the origin, mechanism, and possible physiological significance of the multiple conformations of F-actin.
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- Toshiro Oda
- X-ray Structural Analysis Team, RIKEN SPring-8 Center, RIKEN Harima Institute 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo-gun, Hogo, Japan.
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Actin has maintained an exquisite degree of sequence conservation over large evolutionary distances for reasons that are not understood. The desire to explain phenomena from muscle contraction to cytokinesis in mechanistic detail has driven the generation of an atomic model of the actin filament (F-actin). Here we use electron cryomicroscopy to show that frozen-hydrated actin filaments contain a multiplicity of different structural states. We show (at ∼10 Å resolution) that subdomain 2 can be disordered and can make multiple contacts with the C terminus of a subunit above it. We link a number of disease-causing mutations in the human ACTA1 gene to the most structurally dynamic elements of actin. Because F-actin is structurally polymorphic, it cannot be described using only one atomic model and must be understood as an ensemble of different states.
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Zeindl-Eberhart E, Liebmann S, Jungblut PR, Mattow J, Schmid M, Kerler R, Rabes HM. Influence of RET/PTC1 and RET/PTC3 oncoproteins in radiation-induced papillary thyroid carcinomas on amounts of cytoskeletal protein species. Amino Acids 2010; 41:415-25. [PMID: 20839015 DOI: 10.1007/s00726-010-0733-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2010] [Accepted: 08/26/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Radiation-induced human papillary thyroid carcinomas (PTCs) show a high prevalence of fusions of the RET proto-oncogene to heterologous genes H4 (RET/PTC1) and ELE1 (RET/PTC3), respectively. In contrast to the normal membrane-bound RET protein, aberrant RET fusion proteins are constitutively active oncogenic cytosolic proteins that can lead to malignant transformation of thyroid epithelia. To detect specific tumor-associated protein changes that reflect the effect of RET/PTC fusion proteins, we analyzed normal thyroid tissues, thyroid tumors of the RET/PTC1 and RET/PTC3 type and their respective lymph node metastases by a combination of high-resolution two-dimensional electrophoresis and matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-mass spectrometry. PTCs without RET rearrangements served as controls. Several cytoskeletal protein species showed quantitative changes in tumors and lymph node metastases harboring RET/PTC1 or RET/PTC3. We observed prominent C-terminal actin fragments assumedly generated by protease cleavages induced due to enhanced amounts of the active actin-binding protein cofilin-1. In addition, three truncated vimentin species, one of which was proven to be headless, were shown to be highly abundant in tumors and metastases of both RET/PTC types. The observed protein changes are closely connected with the constitutive activation of RET-rearranged oncoproteins and reflect the importance to elucidate disease-related typical signatures on the protein species level.
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- Evelyn Zeindl-Eberhart
- Institute of Pathology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Thalkirchner Strasse 36, 80337, Munich, Germany.
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Pivovarova AV, Khaitlina SY, Levitsky DI. Specific cleavage of the DNase-I binding loop dramatically decreases the thermal stability of actin. FEBS J 2010; 277:3812-22. [PMID: 20718862 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2010.07782.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Differential scanning calorimetry was used to investigate the thermal unfolding of actin specifically cleaved within the DNaseI-binding loop between residues Met47-Gly48 or Gly42-Val43 by two bacterial proteases, subtilisin or ECP32/grimelysin (ECP), respectively. The results obtained show that both cleavages strongly decreased the thermal stability of monomeric actin with either ATP or ADP as a bound nucleotide. An even more pronounced difference in the thermal stability between the cleaved and intact actin was observed when both actins were polymerized into filaments. Similar to intact F-actin, both cleaved F-actins were significantly stabilized by phalloidin and aluminum fluoride; however, in all cases, the thermal stability of the cleaved F-actins was much lower than that of intact F-actin, and the stability of ECP-cleaved F-actin was lower than that of subtilisin-cleaved F-actin. These results confirm that the DNaseI-binding loop is involved in the stabilization of the actin structure, both in monomers and in the filament subunits, and suggest that the thermal stability of actin depends, at least partially, on the conformation of the nucleotide-binding cleft. Moreover, an additional destabilization of the unstable cleaved actin upon ATP/ADP replacement provides experimental evidence for the highly dynamic actin structure that cannot be simply open or closed, but rather should be considered as being able to adopt multiple conformations.
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Liu X, Shu S, Hong MSS, Yu B, Korn ED. Mutation of actin Tyr-53 alters the conformations of the DNase I-binding loop and the nucleotide-binding cleft. J Biol Chem 2010; 285:9729-9739. [PMID: 20100837 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109.073452] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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All but 11 of the 323 known actin sequences have Tyr at position 53, and the 11 exceptions have the conservative substitution Phe, which raises the following questions. What is the critical role(s) of Tyr-53, and, if it can be replaced by Phe, why has this happened so infrequently? We compared the properties of purified endogenous Dictyostelium actin and mutant constructs with Tyr-53 replaced by Phe, Ala, Glu, Trp, and Leu. The Y53F mutant did not differ significantly from endogenous actin in any of the properties assayed, but the Y53A and Y53E mutants differed substantially; affinity for DNase I was reduced, the rate of nucleotide exchange was increased, the critical concentration for polymerization was increased, filament elongation was inhibited, and polymerized actin was in the form of small oligomers and imperfect filaments. Growth and/or development of cells expressing these actin mutants were also inhibited. The Trp and Leu mutations had lesser but still significant effects on cell phenotype and the biochemical properties of the purified actins. We conclude that either Tyr or Phe is required to maintain the functional conformations of the DNase I-binding loop (D-loop) in both G- and F-actin, and that the conformation of the D-loop affects not only the properties that directly involve the D-loop (binding to DNase I and polymerization) but also allosterically modifies the conformation of the nucleotide-binding cleft, thus increasing the rate of nucleotide exchange. The apparent evolutionary "preference" for Tyr at position 53 may be the result of Tyr allowing dynamic modification of the D-loop conformation by phosphorylation (Baek, K., Liu, X., Ferron, F., Shu, S., Korn, E. D., and Dominguez, R. (2008) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 105, 11748-11753) with effects similar, but not identical, to those of the Ala and Glu mutations.
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- Xiong Liu
- Laboratory of Cell Biology, NHLBI, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
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- Laboratory of Cell Biology, NHLBI, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
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- Laboratory of Cell Biology, NHLBI, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
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- Laboratory of Cell Biology, NHLBI, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
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- Laboratory of Cell Biology, NHLBI, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892.
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Tsaplina OA, Efremova TN, Kever LV, Komissarchik YY, Demidyuk IV, Kostrov SV, Khaitlina SY. Probing for actinase activity of protealysin. BIOCHEMISTRY (MOSCOW) 2009; 74:648-54. [DOI: 10.1134/s0006297909060091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Galińska-Rakoczy A, Wawro B, Strzelecka-Gołaszewska H. New aspects of the spontaneous polymerization of actin in the presence of salts. J Mol Biol 2009; 387:869-82. [PMID: 19340945 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2009.02.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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The mechanism of salt-induced actin polymerization involves the energetically unfavorable nucleation step, followed by filament elongation by the addition of monomers. The use of a bifunctional cross-linker, N,N'-(1,4-phenylene)dimaleimide, revealed rapid formation of the so-called lower dimers (LD) in which actin monomers are arranged in an antiparallel fashion. The filament elongation phase is characterized by a gradual LD decay and an increase in the yield of "upper dimers" (UD) characteristic of F-actin. Here we have used 90 degrees light scattering, electron microscopy, and N, N'-(1,4-phenylene)dimaleimide cross-linking to reinvestigate relationships between changes in filament morphology, LD decay, and increase in the yield of UD during filament growth in a wide range of conditions influencing the rate of the nucleation reaction. The results show irregularity and instability of filaments at early stages of polymerization under all conditions used, and suggest that an earlier documented coassembling of LD with monomeric actin contributes to the initial disordering of the filaments rather than to the nucleation of polymerization. The effects of the type of G-actin-bound divalent cation (Ca2+/Mg2+), nucleotide (ATP/ADP), and polymerizing salt on the relation between changes in filament morphology and progress in G-actin-to-F-actin transformation show that ligand-dependent alterations in G-actin conformation determine not only the nucleation rate but also the kinetics of ordering of the filament structure in the elongation phase. The time courses of changes in the yield of UD suggest that filament maturation involves cooperative propagation of "proper" interprotomer contacts. Acceleration of this process by the initially bound MgATP supports the view that the filament-destabilizing conformational changes triggered by ATP hydrolysis and Pi liberation during polymerization are constrained by the intermolecular contacts established between MgATP monomers prior to ATP hydrolysis. An important role of contacts involving the DNase-I-binding loop and the C-terminus of actin is proposed.
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Khaitlina S, Hinssen H. Difference in polymerization and steady-state dynamics of free and gelsolin-capped filaments formed by α- and β-isoactins. Arch Biochem Biophys 2008; 477:279-84. [DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2008.06.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2008] [Revised: 06/10/2008] [Accepted: 06/22/2008] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Modulation of actin structure and function by phosphorylation of Tyr-53 and profilin binding. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2008; 105:11748-53. [PMID: 18689676 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0805852105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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On starvation, Dictyostelium cells aggregate to form multicellular fruiting bodies containing spores that germinate when transferred to nutrient-rich medium. This developmental cycle correlates with the extent of actin phosphorylation at Tyr-53 (pY53-actin), which is low in vegetative cells but high in viable mature spores. Here we describe high-resolution crystal structures of pY53-actin and unphosphorylated actin in complexes with gelsolin segment 1 and profilin. In the structure of pY53-actin, the phosphate group on Tyr-53 makes hydrogen-bonding interactions with residues of the DNase I-binding loop (D-loop) of actin, resulting in a more stable conformation of the D-loop than in the unphosphorylated structures. A more rigidly folded D-loop may explain some of the previously described properties of pY53-actin, including its increased critical concentration for polymerization, reduced rates of nucleation and pointed end elongation, and weak affinity for DNase I. We show here that phosphorylation of Tyr-53 inhibits subtilisin cleavage of the D-loop and reduces the rate of nucleotide exchange on actin. The structure of profilin-Dictyostelium-actin is strikingly similar to previously determined structures of profilin-beta-actin and profilin-alpha-actin. By comparing this representative set of profilin-actin structures with other structures of actin, we highlight the effects of profilin on the actin conformation. In the profilin-actin complexes, subdomains 1 and 3 of actin close around profilin, producing a 4.7 degrees rotation of the two major domains of actin relative to each other. As a result, the nucleotide cleft becomes moderately more open in the profilin-actin complex, probably explaining the stimulation of nucleotide exchange on actin by profilin.
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Levitsky DI, Pivovarova AV, Mikhailova VV, Nikolaeva OP. Thermal unfolding and aggregation of actin. FEBS J 2008; 275:4280-95. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2008.06569.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Bozhokina E, Khaitlina S, Adam T. Grimelysin, a novel metalloprotease from Serratia grimesii, is similar to ECP32. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2008; 367:888-92. [PMID: 18190782 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2008.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2007] [Accepted: 01/03/2008] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Limited actin proteolysis is the hallmark of bacterial metalloprotease ECP32. While ECP32 has long been considered an Escherichia coli protein, the N-terminal amino acid sequence of the active enzyme described previously, could not been retrieved in the E. coli genome. We cloned, sequenced and characterized Serratia grimesii protease grimelysin and show that grimelysin is similar to the previously described protease ECP32.
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Takamoto K, Kamal JKA, Chance MR. Biochemical implications of a three-dimensional model of monomeric actin bound to magnesium-chelated ATP. Structure 2007; 15:39-51. [PMID: 17223531 DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2006.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2006] [Revised: 11/06/2006] [Accepted: 11/18/2006] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Actin structure is of intense interest in biology due to its importance in cell function and motility mediated by the spatial and temporal regulation of actin monomer-filament interconversions in a wide range of developmental and disease states. Despite this interest, the structure of many functionally important actin forms has eluded high-resolution analysis. Due to the propensity of actin monomers to assemble into filaments structural analysis of Mg-bound actin monomers has proven difficult, whereas high-resolution structures of actin with a diverse array of ligands that preclude polymerization have been quite successful. In this work, we provide a high-resolution structural model of the Mg-ATP-actin monomer using a combination of computational methods and experimental footprinting data that we have previously published. The key conclusion of this study is that the structure of the nucleotide binding cleft defined by subdomains 2 and 4 is essentially closed, with specific contacts between two subdomains predicted by the data.
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- Keiji Takamoto
- Case Center for Proteomics, Case Western Reserve University, 10090 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA.
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Liu X, Shu S, Hong MSS, Levine RL, Korn ED. Phosphorylation of actin Tyr-53 inhibits filament nucleation and elongation and destabilizes filaments. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2006; 103:13694-9. [PMID: 16945900 PMCID: PMC1557634 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0606321103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Dictyostelium actin was shown to become phosphorylated on Tyr-53 late in the developmental cycle and when cells in the amoeboid stage are subjected to stress but the phosphorylated actin had not been purified and characterized. We have separated phosphorylated and unphosphorylated actin and shown that Tyr-53 phosphorylation substantially reduces actin's ability to inactivate DNase I, increases actin's critical concentration, and greatly reduces its rate of polymerization. Tyr-53 phosphorylation substantially, if not completely, inhibits nucleation and elongation from the pointed end of actin filaments and reduces the rate of elongation from the barbed end. Negatively stained electron microscopic images of polymerized Tyr-53-phosphorylated actin show a variable mixture of small oligomers and filaments, which are converted to more typical, long filaments upon addition of myosin subfragment 1. Tyr-53-phosphorylated and unphosphorylated actin copolymerize in vitro, and phosphorylated and unphosphorylated actin colocalize in amoebae. Tyr-53 phosphorylation does not affect the ability of filamentous actin to activate myosin ATPase.
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- Laboratories of *Cell Biology and
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- Biochemistry, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892
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Klenchin VA, Khaitlina SY, Rayment I. Crystal structure of polymerization-competent actin. J Mol Biol 2006; 362:140-50. [PMID: 16893553 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2006.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2006] [Revised: 07/03/2006] [Accepted: 07/06/2006] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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All actin crystal structures reported to date represent actin complexed or chemically modified with molecules that prevent its polymerization. Actin cleaved with ECP32 protease at a single site between Gly42 and Val43 is virtually non-polymerizable in the Ca-ATP bound form but remains polymerization-competent in the Mg-bound form. Here, a crystal structure of the true uncomplexed ECP32-cleaved actin (ECP-actin) solved to 1.9 A resolution is reported. In contrast to the much more open conformation of the ECP-actin's nucleotide binding cleft in solution, the crystal structure of uncomplexed ECP-actin contains actin in a typical closed conformation similar to the complexed actin structures. This unambiguously demonstrates that the overall structure of monomeric actin is not significantly affected by a multitude of actin-binding proteins and toxins. The invariance of actin crystal structures suggests that the salt and precipitants necessary for crystallization stabilize actin in only one of its possible conformations. The asymmetric unit cell contains a new type of antiparallel actin dimer that may correspond to the "lower dimer" implicated in F-actin nucleation and branching. In addition, symmetry-related actin-actin contacts form a head to tail dimer that is strikingly similar to the longitudinal dimer predicted by the Holmes F-actin model, including a rotation of the monomers relative to each other not observed previously in actin crystal structures.
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- Vadim A Klenchin
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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Kudryashov DS, Sawaya MR, Adisetiyo H, Norcross T, Hegyi G, Reisler E, Yeates TO. The crystal structure of a cross-linked actin dimer suggests a detailed molecular interface in F-actin. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2005; 102:13105-10. [PMID: 16141336 PMCID: PMC1196358 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0506429102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The 2.5-A resolution crystal structure is reported for an actin dimer, composed of two protomers cross-linked along the longitudinal (or vertical) direction of the F-actin filament. The crystal structure provides an atomic resolution view of a molecular interface between actin protomers, which we argue represents a near-native interaction in the F-actin filament. The interaction involves subdomains 3 and 4 from distinct protomers. The atomic positions in the interface visualized differ by 5-10 A from those suggested by previous models of F-actin. Such differences fall within the range of uncertainties allowed by the fiber diffraction and electron microscopy methods on which previous models have been based. In the crystal, the translational arrangement of protomers lacks the slow twist found in native filaments. A plausible model of F-actin can be constructed by reintroducing the known filament twist, without disturbing significantly the interface observed in the actin dimer crystal.
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- Dmitry S Kudryashov
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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Actin participates in more protein-protein interactions than any other known protein, including the interaction of actin with itself to form the helical polymer F-actin. The vast majority of actin-binding proteins (ABPs) can be grouped into conserved families. Only a handful of structures of complexes of actin with ABPs have been determined so far. These structures are starting to reveal how certain ABPs, including gelsolin, vitamin D-binding protein and Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein (WASP)-homology domain-2-related proteins, share a common actin-binding motif. It is proposed here that other ABPs, including actin itself, might share this motif, providing a mechanism whereby ABPs and actin compete for a common binding site. Of particular interest is a hydrophobic pocket that mediates important interactions in five of the existing structures of actin complexes. As the pocket remains accessible in F-actin, it is proposed that this pocket represents a primary target for F-actin-binding proteins, such as calponin-homology-related proteins and myosin.
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- Roberto Dominguez
- Boston Biomedical Research Institute, 64 Grove Street, Watertown, MA 02472, USA.
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Schüler H, Mueller AK, Matuschewski K. Unusual properties of Plasmodium falciparum actin: new insights into microfilament dynamics of apicomplexan parasites. FEBS Lett 2005; 579:655-60. [PMID: 15670824 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2004.12.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2004] [Revised: 12/01/2004] [Accepted: 12/06/2004] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Plasmodium falciparum, the etiologic agent of malaria, is a facultative intracellular parasite of the phylum Apicomplexa. A limited turnover of microfilaments takes place beneath the parasite plasma membrane, but the cytoplasm of apicomplexans is virtually devoid of F-actin. We produced Plasmodium actin in yeast. Purified recombinant Plasmodium actin polymerized inefficiently unless both gelsolin and phalloidin were added. The resulting actin polymers appeared fragmented in the fluorescence microscope. Plasmodium actin bound DNaseI about 200 times weaker than bovine non-muscle actin. Our findings suggest that the unique properties of Plasmodium actin can explain some of the unusual features of apicomplexan parasite microfilaments.
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- Herwig Schüler
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm University, Roslagstullsbacken 15, 11421 Stockholm, Sweden.
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Wawro B, Khaitlina SY, Galińska-Rakoczy A, Strzelecka-Gołaszewska H. Role of actin DNase-I-binding loop in myosin subfragment 1-induced polymerization of G-actin: implications for the mechanism of polymerization. Biophys J 2005; 88:2883-96. [PMID: 15665122 PMCID: PMC1305383 DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.104.049155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2004] [Accepted: 12/29/2004] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Proteolytic cleavage of actin between Gly(42) and Val(43) within its DNase-I-binding loop (D-loop) abolishes the ability of Ca-G-actin to spontaneously polymerize in the presence of KCl. Here we show that such modified actin is assembled into filaments, albeit at a lower rate than unmodified actin, by myosin subfragment 1 (S1) carrying the A1 essential light chain but not by S1(A2). S1 titration of pyrene-G-actin showed a diminished affinity of cleaved actin for S1, but this could be compensated for by using S1 in excess. The most significant effect of the cleavage, revealed by measuring the fluorescence of pyrene-actin and light-scattering intensities as a function of actin concentration at saturating concentrations of S1, is strong inhibition of association of G-actin-S1 complexes into oligomers. Measurements of the fluorescence of dansyl cadaverine attached to Gln(41) indicate substantial inhibition of the initial association of G-actin-S1 into longitudinal dimers. The data provide experimental evidence for the critical role of D-loop conformation in both longitudinal and lateral, cross-strand actin-actin contact formation in the nucleation reaction. Electron microscopic analysis of the changes in filament-length distribution during polymerization of actin by S1(A1) and S1(A2) suggests that the mechanism of S1-induced polymerization is not substantially different from the nucleation-elongation scheme of spontaneous actin polymerization.
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- Barbara Wawro
- Department of Muscle Biochemistry, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, 02-093 Warsaw, Poland
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Moraczewska J, Gruszczynska-Biegala J, Redowicz MJ, Khaitlina SY, Strzelecka-Golaszewska H. The DNase-I binding loop of actin may play a role in the regulation of actin-myosin interaction by tropomyosin/troponin. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:31197-204. [PMID: 15159400 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m400794200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Various lines of evidence suggest that communication between tropomyosin and myosin in the regulation of vertebrate-striated muscle contraction involves yet unknown changes in actin conformation. Possible participation of loop 38-52 in this communication has recently been questioned based on unimpaired Ca(2+) regulation of myosin interaction, in the presence of the tropomyosin-troponin complex, with actin cleaved by subtilisin between Met(47) and Gly(48). We have compared the effects of actin cleavage by subtilisin and by protease ECP32, between Gly(42) and Val(43), on its interaction with myosin S1 in the presence and absence of tropomyosin or tropomyosin-troponin. Both individual modifications reduced activation of S1 ATPase by actin to a similar extent. The effect of ECP cleavage, but not of subtilisin cleavage, was partially reversed by stabilization of interprotomer contacts with phalloidin, indicating different pathways of signal transmission from the N- and C-terminal parts of loop 38-52 to myosin binding sites. ECP cleavage diminished the affinity to tropomyosin and reduced its inhibition of acto-S1 ATPase at low S1 concentrations, but increased the tropomyosin-mediated cooperative enhancement of the ATPase by S1 binding to actin. These effects were reversed by phalloidin. Subtilisin-cleaved actin more closely resembled unmodified actin than the ECP-modified actin. Limited proteolysis of the modified and unmodified F-actins revealed an allosteric effect of ECP cleavage on the conformation of the actin subdomain 4 region that is presumably involved in tropomyosin binding. Our results point to a possible role of the N-terminal part of loop 38-52 of actin in communication between tropomyosin and myosin through changes in actin structure.
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- Joanna Moraczewska
- Department of Muscle Biochemistry, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, 3 Pasteur Street, 02-093 Warsaw, Poland
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Chik JK, Schriemer DC. Hydrogen/deuterium exchange mass spectrometry of actin in various biochemical contexts. J Mol Biol 2003; 334:373-85. [PMID: 14623181 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2003.09.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Hydrogen/deuterium exchange mass spectrometry (H/D MS) of monomeric actin (G-actin), polymeric actin (F-actin), phalloidin-bound F-actin and G-actin complexed with DNase I provides new insights into the architecture of F-actin and the effects of phalloidin and DNase I binding. Although the overall pattern of deuteration change supports the gross features of the Holmes F-actin model, two important differences were observed. Most significantly, no change in deuteration was observed in the critical "hydrophobic plug" region, suggesting this feature may not be present. Polymerization also produced deuteration increases for peptide fragments containing the ATP phosphate-binding loops, suggesting G-actin transitions to a more "open" conformation upon polymerization. However, polymerization produced decreases in deuteration mainly localized to the "inner", filament-axis side as predicted by the Holmes model. Mapping the phalloidin-induced decreases in F-actin deuteration onto the Lorenz binding site produced a single common patch straddling two monomers across the 1-start helix contact, again consistent with the Holmes architecture. Finally, both DNase I and phalloidin were able to alter the deuteration of regions distal to their respective binding sites. These results highlight the great opportunities for H/D MS to exploit high-resolution structures for detailed studies of the organization and dynamics of complex molecular assemblies.
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- John K Chik
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Dr NW, T2N 4N1, Calgary, Alta., Canada
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Pavlov D, Gerson JH, Yu T, Tobacman LS, Homsher E, Reisler E. The regulation of subtilisin-cleaved actin by tropomyosin/troponin. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:5517-22. [PMID: 12468534 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m210889200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Vertebrate striated muscle contraction is regulated in a Ca(2+)-dependent fashion by tropomyosin (Tm) and troponin (Tn). This regulation involves shifts in the position of Tm and Tn on actin filaments and may include conformational changes in actin that are then communicated to myosin subfragment 1 (S1). To determine whether subdomain 2 of actin plays a role in this regulation, the DNase-I loop 38-52 of this subdomain was cleaved by subtilisin between residues Met(47) and Gly(48). Despite impaired unregulated function, the potentiation and regulation of cleaved actin movement in the in vitro motility assay was not significantly different from that of uncleaved actin. Stopped-flow measurements of ADP release from regulated and unregulated cleaved acto-S1 showed a marked increase in ADP release from acto-S1 in the presence of the regulatory complex. The enhancement of the actin affinity for S1 in the presence of regulatory proteins was greater for uncleaved than for cleaved F-actin. Finally, both cleaved and uncleaved actins protect myosin loop 1 from papain cleavage equally well. Our results suggest that the potentiation of actin function in the in vitro motility assay by regulatory proteins stems from changes in cross-bridge cycle kinetics. In addition, the unimpaired calcium-sensitive regulation of cleaved actin indicates that subdomain 2 conformation does not play an essential role in the regulation process.
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- Dmitry Pavlov
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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Bobkov AA, Muhlrad A, Kokabi K, Vorobiev S, Almo SC, Reisler E. Structural effects of cofilin on longitudinal contacts in F-actin. J Mol Biol 2002; 323:739-50. [PMID: 12419261 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2836(02)01008-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Structural effects of yeast cofilin on skeletal muscle and yeast actin were examined in solution. Cofilin binding to native actin was non-cooperative and saturated at a 1:1 molar ratio, with K(d)<or=0.05 microM for both CaATP-G-actin and F-actin. Cofilin binding enhanced the fluorescence of dansyl ethylenediamine (DED) attached to Gln41 on the DNase I binding loop of skeletal muscle F-actin and decreased the fluorescence of AEDANS at Cys41 on yeast Q41C/C374S mutant F-actin. However, cofilin had no effect on the spectral properties of DED or AEDANS on CaATP-G-actin. Fluorescence energy transfer (FRET) from tryptophan residues to DED at Gln41 on skeletal muscle actin and to AEDANS at Cys41 on yeast Q41C/C374S actin was decreased by cofilin binding to F- but not to G-actin. Cofilin inhibited strongly the rate of interprotomer disulfide cross-linking of Cys41 to Cys374 on yeast Q41C mutant F-actin. Binding of cofilin enhanced excimer formation between pyrene probes attached to Cys41 and Cys374 on Q41C F-actin. These results indicate that cofilin alters the interface between subdomains 1 and 2 and shifts the DNase I binding loop away from subdomain 1 of an adjacent actin protomer. Cofilin reduced FRET from tryptophan residues to 4-azido-2-nitrophenyl-putrescine (ANP) at Gln41 in skeletal muscle F-but not in G-actin. However, following the interprotomer cross-linking of Gln41 to Cys374 in F-actin by ANP, cofilin binding did not change FRET from the tryptophan residues to ANP. This suggests that cofilin binding and the conformational effect on F-actin are not coupled tightly. Overall, this study provides solution evidence for the weakening of longitudinal, subdomain 2/1 contacts in F-actin by cofilin.
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- Andrey A Bobkov
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the Molecular Biology Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
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