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Stasic AJ, Moreno SNJ, Carruthers VB, Dou Z. The Toxoplasma plant-like vacuolar compartment (PLVAC). J Eukaryot Microbiol 2022; 69:e12951. [PMID: 36218001 PMCID: PMC10576567 DOI: 10.1111/jeu.12951] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2022] [Revised: 10/06/2022] [Accepted: 10/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Abstract
Toxoplasma gondii belongs to the phylum Apicomplexa and is an important cause of congenital disease and infection in immunocompromised patients. T. gondii shares several characteristics with plants including a nonphotosynthetic plastid termed apicoplast and a multivesicular organelle that was named the plant-like vacuole (PLV) or vacuolar compartment (VAC). The name plant-like vacuole was selected based on its resemblance in composition and function to plant vacuoles. The name VAC represents its general vacuolar characteristics. We will refer to the organelle as PLVAC in this review. New findings in recent years have revealed that the PLVAC represents the lysosomal compartment of T. gondii which has adapted peculiarities to fulfill specific Toxoplasma needs. In this review, we discuss the composition and functions of the PLVAC highlighting its roles in ion storage and homeostasis, endocytosis, exocytosis, and autophagy.
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- Andrew J Stasic
- Department of Microbiology, Heartland FPG, Carmel, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Cellular Biology, University of Georgia, Georgia, Athens, USA
- Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases and Department of Cellular Biology, University of Georgia, Georgia, Athens, USA
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- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Clemson University, South Carolina, Clemson, USA
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Johansson NG, Dreano L, Vidilaseris K, Khattab A, Liu J, Lasbleiz A, Ribeiro O, Kiriazis A, Boije af Gennäs G, Meri S, Goldman A, Yli‐Kauhaluoma J, Xhaard H. Exploration of Pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidines as Membrane-Bound Pyrophosphatase Inhibitors. ChemMedChem 2021; 16:3360-3367. [PMID: 34459148 PMCID: PMC8597055 DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.202100392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2021] [Revised: 08/03/2021] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Inhibition of membrane-bound pyrophosphatase (mPPase) with small molecules offer a new approach in the fight against pathogenic protozoan parasites. mPPases are absent in humans, but essential for many protists as they couple pyrophosphate hydrolysis to the active transport of protons or sodium ions across acidocalcisomal membranes. So far, only few nonphosphorus inhibitors have been reported. Here, we explore the chemical space around previous hits using a combination of screening and synthetic medicinal chemistry, identifying compounds with low micromolar inhibitory activities in the Thermotoga maritima mPPase test system. We furthermore provide early structure-activity relationships around a new scaffold having a pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine core. The most promising pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine congener was further investigated and found to inhibit Plasmodium falciparum mPPase in membranes as well as the growth of P. falciparum in an ex vivo survival assay.
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- Niklas G. Johansson
- Drug Research Program, Division of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of PharmacyUniversity of HelsinkiP.O. Box 56 (Viikinkaari 5 E)00014HelsinkiFinland
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- Drug Research Program, Division of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of PharmacyUniversity of HelsinkiP.O. Box 56 (Viikinkaari 5 E)00014HelsinkiFinland
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- Department of Biosciences, Division of BiochemistryUniversity of HelsinkiP.O. Box 56 (Viikinkaari 9)00014HelsinkiFinland
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- Malaria Research Laboratory, Translational Immunology Research Program, Department of Bacteriology and Immunology, Haartman InstituteUniversity of HelsinkiP.O. Box 21 (Haartmaninkatu 3)00014HelsinkiFinland
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- Department of Biosciences, Division of BiochemistryUniversity of HelsinkiP.O. Box 56 (Viikinkaari 9)00014HelsinkiFinland
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- Drug Research Program, Division of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of PharmacyUniversity of HelsinkiP.O. Box 56 (Viikinkaari 5 E)00014HelsinkiFinland
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- Department of Biosciences, Division of BiochemistryUniversity of HelsinkiP.O. Box 56 (Viikinkaari 9)00014HelsinkiFinland
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- Drug Research Program, Division of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of PharmacyUniversity of HelsinkiP.O. Box 56 (Viikinkaari 5 E)00014HelsinkiFinland
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- Drug Research Program, Division of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of PharmacyUniversity of HelsinkiP.O. Box 56 (Viikinkaari 5 E)00014HelsinkiFinland
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- Malaria Research Laboratory, Translational Immunology Research Program, Department of Bacteriology and Immunology, Haartman InstituteUniversity of HelsinkiP.O. Box 21 (Haartmaninkatu 3)00014HelsinkiFinland
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- Department of Biosciences, Division of BiochemistryUniversity of HelsinkiP.O. Box 56 (Viikinkaari 9)00014HelsinkiFinland
- School of Biomedical Sciences and Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular BiologyUniversity of Leeds, Clarendon WayLeeds LS2 9JTUK
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- Drug Research Program, Division of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of PharmacyUniversity of HelsinkiP.O. Box 56 (Viikinkaari 5 E)00014HelsinkiFinland
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- Drug Research Program, Division of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of PharmacyUniversity of HelsinkiP.O. Box 56 (Viikinkaari 5 E)00014HelsinkiFinland
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Molecular characterization and transcriptional regulation of two types of H +-pyrophosphatases in the scuticociliate parasite Philasterides dicentrarchi. Sci Rep 2021; 11:8519. [PMID: 33875762 PMCID: PMC8055999 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-88102-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2020] [Accepted: 04/08/2021] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Proton-translocating inorganic pyrophosphatases (H+-PPases) are an ancient family of membrane bound enzymes that couple pyrophosphate (PPi) hydrolysis to H+ translocation across membranes. In this study, we conducted a molecular characterization of two isoenzymes (PdVP1 and PdVP2) located in respectively the alveolar sacs and in the membranes of the intracellular vacuoles of a scuticociliate parasite (Philasterides dicentrarchi) of farmed turbot. We analyzed the genetic expression of the isoenzymes after administration of antiparasitic drugs and after infection in the host. PdVP1 and PdVP2 are encoded by two genes of 2485 and 3069 bp, which respectively contain 3 and 11 exons and express proteins of 746 and 810 aa of molecular mass 78.9 and 87.6 kDa. Topological predictions from isoenzyme sequences indicate the formation of thirteen transmembrane regions (TMRs) for PdVP1 and seventeen TMRs for PdVP2. Protein structure modelling indicated that both isoenzymes are homodimeric, with three Mg2+ binding sites and an additional K+ binding site in PdVP2. The levels of identity and similarity between the isoenzyme sequences are respectively 33.5 and 51.2%. The molecular weights of the native proteins are 158 kDa (PdVP1) and 178 kDa (PdVP2). The isoenzyme sequences are derived from paralogous genes that form a monophyletic grouping with other ciliate species. Genetic expression of the isoenzymes is closely related to the acidification of alveolar sacs (PdVP1) and intracellular vacuoles (PdVP2): antiparasitic drugs inhibit transcription, while infection increases transcription of both isoenzymes. The study findings show that P. dicentrarchi possesses two isoenzymes with H+-PPase activity which are located in acidophilic cell compartment membranes and which are activated during infection in the host and are sensitive to antiparasitic drugs. The findings open the way to using molecular modelling to design drugs for the treatment of scuticociliatosis.
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Sanz-Luque E, Bhaya D, Grossman AR. Polyphosphate: A Multifunctional Metabolite in Cyanobacteria and Algae. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2020; 11:938. [PMID: 32670331 PMCID: PMC7332688 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.00938] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2020] [Accepted: 06/09/2020] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Polyphosphate (polyP), a polymer of orthophosphate (PO4 3-) of varying lengths, has been identified in all kingdoms of life. It can serve as a source of chemical bond energy (phosphoanhydride bond) that may have been used by biological systems prior to the evolution of ATP. Intracellular polyP is mainly stored as granules in specific vacuoles called acidocalcisomes, and its synthesis and accumulation appear to impact a myriad of cellular functions. It serves as a reservoir for inorganic PO4 3- and an energy source for fueling cellular metabolism, participates in maintaining adenylate and metal cation homeostasis, functions as a scaffold for sequestering cations, exhibits chaperone function, covalently binds to proteins to modify their activity, and enables normal acclimation of cells to stress conditions. PolyP also appears to have a role in symbiotic and parasitic associations, and in higher eukaryotes, low polyP levels seem to impact cancerous proliferation, apoptosis, procoagulant and proinflammatory responses and cause defects in TOR signaling. In this review, we discuss the metabolism, storage, and function of polyP in photosynthetic microbes, which mostly includes research on green algae and cyanobacteria. We focus on factors that impact polyP synthesis, specific enzymes required for its synthesis and degradation, sequestration of polyP in acidocalcisomes, its role in cellular energetics, acclimation processes, and metal homeostasis, and then transition to its potential applications for bioremediation and medical purposes.
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- Emanuel Sanz-Luque
- Department of Plant Biology, The Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford, CA, United States
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain
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- Department of Plant Biology, The Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford, CA, United States
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- Department of Plant Biology, The Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford, CA, United States
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Johansson NG, Turku A, Vidilaseris K, Dreano L, Khattab A, Ayuso Pérez D, Wilkinson A, Zhang Y, Tamminen M, Grazhdankin E, Kiriazis A, Fishwick CWG, Meri S, Yli-Kauhaluoma J, Goldman A, Boije af Gennäs G, Xhaard H. Discovery of Membrane-Bound Pyrophosphatase Inhibitors Derived from an Isoxazole Fragment. ACS Med Chem Lett 2020; 11:605-610. [PMID: 32292570 PMCID: PMC7153278 DOI: 10.1021/acsmedchemlett.9b00537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2019] [Accepted: 02/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Membrane-bound
pyrophosphatases (mPPases) regulate energy homeostasis
in pathogenic protozoan parasites and lack human homologues, which
makes them promising targets in e.g. malaria. Yet
only few nonphosphorus inhibitors have been reported so far. Here,
we explore an isoxazole fragment hit, leading to the discovery of
small mPPase inhibitors with 6–10 μM IC50 values
in the Thermotoga maritima test system. Promisingly,
the compounds retained activity against Plasmodium falciparum mPPase in membranes and inhibited parasite growth.
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- Niklas G. Johansson
- Drug Research Program, Division of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 56 (Viikinkaari 5 E), FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Drug Research Program, Division of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 56 (Viikinkaari 5 E), FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Biosciences, Division of Biochemistry, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 56
(Viikinkaari 9), FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Drug Research Program, Division of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 56 (Viikinkaari 5 E), FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Malaria Research Laboratory, Translational Immunology Research Program, Department of Bacteriology and Immunology, Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 21
(Haartmaninkatu 3), FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Drug Research Program, Division of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 56 (Viikinkaari 5 E), FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
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- Drug Research Program, Division of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 56 (Viikinkaari 5 E), FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Drug Research Program, Division of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 56 (Viikinkaari 5 E), FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Drug Research Program, Division of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 56 (Viikinkaari 5 E), FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Drug Research Program, Division of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 56 (Viikinkaari 5 E), FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
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- Malaria Research Laboratory, Translational Immunology Research Program, Department of Bacteriology and Immunology, Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 21
(Haartmaninkatu 3), FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Drug Research Program, Division of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 56 (Viikinkaari 5 E), FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Biosciences, Division of Biochemistry, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 56
(Viikinkaari 9), FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
- School of Biomedical Sciences and Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, University of Leeds, Clarendon Way, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
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- Drug Research Program, Division of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 56 (Viikinkaari 5 E), FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Drug Research Program, Division of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 56 (Viikinkaari 5 E), FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
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Goodenough U, Heiss AA, Roth R, Rusch J, Lee JH. Acidocalcisomes: Ultrastructure, Biogenesis, and Distribution in Microbial Eukaryotes. Protist 2019; 170:287-313. [DOI: 10.1016/j.protis.2019.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2019] [Revised: 04/26/2019] [Accepted: 05/01/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Roles of the Hydrophobic Gate and Exit Channel in Vigna radiata Pyrophosphatase Ion Translocation. J Mol Biol 2019; 431:1619-1632. [PMID: 30878480 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2019.03.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2019] [Revised: 02/26/2019] [Accepted: 03/03/2019] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Membrane-embedded pyrophosphatase (M-PPase) hydrolyzes pyrophosphate to drive ion (H+ and/or Na+) translocation. We determined crystal structures and functions of Vigna radiata M-PPase (VrH+-PPase), the VrH+-PPase-2Pi complex and mutants at hydrophobic gate (residue L555) and exit channel (residues T228 and E225). Ion pore diameters along the translocation pathway of three VrH+-PPases complexes (Pi-, 2Pi- and imidodiphosphate-bound states) present a unique wave-like profile, with different pore diameters at the hydrophobic gate and exit channel, indicating that the ligands induced pore size alterations. The 2Pi-bound state with the largest pore diameter might mimic the hydrophobic gate open. In mutant structures, ordered waters detected at the hydrophobic gate among VrH+-PPase imply the possibility of solvation, and numerous waters at the exit channel might signify an open channel. A salt-bridge, E225-R562 is at the way out of the exit channel of VrH+-PPase; E225A mutant makes the interaction eliminated and reveals a decreased pumping ability. E225-R562 might act as a latch to regulate proton release. A water wire from the ion gate (R-D-K-E) through the hydrophobic gate and into the exit channel may reflect the path of proton transfer.
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Daouda MP, Bouchra EK, Roman PCJ, Aurelio SD, Abdelaziz S. Inorganic Pyrophosphatases: Study of Interest. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2017. [DOI: 10.4236/abb.2017.810028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Identification and characterization of an ecto-pyrophosphatase activity in intact epimastigotes of Trypanosoma rangeli. PLoS One 2014; 9:e106852. [PMID: 25203926 PMCID: PMC4159237 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0106852] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2014] [Accepted: 08/09/2014] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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In this study, we performed the molecular and biochemical characterization of an ecto-enzyme present in Trypanosoma rangeli that is involved with the hydrolysis of extracellular inorganic pyrophosphate. PCR analysis identified a putative proton-pyrophosphatase (H+-PPase) in the epimastigote forms of T. rangeli. This protein was recognized with Western blot and flow cytometry analysis using an antibody against the H+-PPase of Arabidopsis thaliana. Immunofluorescence microscopy confirmed that this protein is located in the plasma membrane of T. rangeli. Biochemical assays revealed that the optimum pH for the ecto-PPase activity was 7.5, as previously demonstrated for other organisms. Sodium fluoride (NaF) and aminomethylenediphosphonate (AMDP) were able to inhibit approximately 75% and 90% of the ecto-PPase activity, respectively. This ecto-PPase activity was stimulated in a dose-dependent manner by MgCl2. In the presence of MgCl2, this activity was inhibited by millimolar concentrations of CaCl2. The ecto-PPase activity of T. rangeli decreased with increasing cell proliferation in vitro, thereby suggesting a role for this enzyme in the acquisition of inorganic phosphate (Pi). Moreover, this activity was modulated by the extracellular concentration of Pi and increased approximately two-fold when the cells were maintained in culture medium depleted of Pi. All of these results confirmed the occurrence of an ecto-PPase located in the plasma membrane of T. rangeli that possibly plays an important role in phosphate metabolism of this protozoan.
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Presence of a plant-like proton-translocating pyrophosphatase in a scuticociliate parasite and its role as a possible drug target. Parasitology 2014; 142:449-62. [DOI: 10.1017/s0031182014001267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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SUMMARYThe proton-translocating inorganic pyrophosphatases (H+-PPases) are primary electrogenic H+ pumps that derive energy from the hydrolysis of inorganic pyrophosphate (PPi). They are widely distributed among most land plants and have also been found in several species of protozoan parasites. Here we describe, for the first time, the molecular cloning and functional characterization of a gene encoding an H+-pyrophosphatase in the protozoan scuticociliate parasite Philasterides dicentrarchi, which infects turbot. The predicted P. dicentrarchi PPase (PdPPase) consists of 587 amino acids of molecular mass 61·7 kDa and an isoelectric point of 5·0. Several motifs characteristic of plant vacuolar H+-PPases (V–H+-PPases) were also found in the PdPPase, which contains all the sequence motifs of the prototypical type I V–H+-PPase from Arabidopsis thaliana vacuolar pyrophosphatase type I (AVP1) plant. The PdPPase has a characteristic residue that determines strict K+-dependence, but unlike AVP1, PdPPase contains an N-terminal signal peptide (SP) sequence. Antibodies generated by vaccination of mice with a genetic or recombinant protein containing a partial sequence of the PdPPase and a common motif with the polyclonal antibody PABHK specific to AVP1 recognized a single band of about 62 kDa in western blots. These antibodies specifically stained both vacuole and the alveolar membranes of trophozoites of P. dicentrarchi. H+ transport was partially inhibited by the bisphosphonate pamidronate (PAM) and completely inhibited by NaF. The bisphosphonate PAM inhibited both H+-translocation and gene expression. PdPPase and PAM also inhibited in vitro growth of the ciliates. The apparent lack of V–H+-PPases in vertebrates and the parasite sensitivity to PPI analogues may provide a molecular target for developing new drugs to control scuticociliatosis.
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Proton/sodium pumping pyrophosphatases: the last of the primary ion pumps. Curr Opin Struct Biol 2014; 27:38-47. [DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2014.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2014] [Revised: 03/18/2014] [Accepted: 03/25/2014] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Jovel IT, Ferreira PE, Veiga MI, Malmberg M, Mårtensson A, Kaneko A, Zakeri S, Murillo C, Nosten F, Björkman A, Ursing J. Single nucleotide polymorphisms in Plasmodium falciparum V type H(+) pyrophosphatase gene (pfvp2) and their associations with pfcrt and pfmdr1 polymorphisms. INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION 2014; 24:111-5. [PMID: 24657918 DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2014.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2013] [Revised: 03/02/2014] [Accepted: 03/04/2014] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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BACKGROUND Chloroquine resistance in Plasmodium falciparum malaria has been associated with pfcrt 76T (chloroquine resistance transporter gene) and pfmdr1 86Y (multidrug resistance gene 1) alleles. Pfcrt 76T enables transport of protonated chloroquine out of the parasites digestive vacuole resulting in a loss of hydrogen ions (H(+)). V type H(+) pyrophosphatase (PfVP2) is thought to pump H(+) into the digestive vacuole. This study aimed to describe the geographic distribution of single nucleotide polymorphisms in pfvp2 and their possible associations with pfcrt and pfmdr1 polymorphisms. METHODS Blood samples from 384 patients collected (1981-2009) in Honduras (n=35), Colombia (n=50), Liberia (n=50), Guinea Bissau (n=50), Tanzania (n=50), Iran (n=50), Thailand (n=49) and Vanuatu (n=50) were analysed. The pfcrt 72-76 haplotype, pfmdr1 copy numbers, pfmdr1 N86Y and pfvp2 V405I, K582R and P711S alleles were identified using PCR based methods. RESULTS Pfvp2 was amplified in 344 samples. The pfvp2 allele proportions were V405 (97%), 405I (3%), K582 (99%), 582R (1%), P711 (97%) and 711S (3%). The number of patients with any of pfvp2 405I, 582R and/or 711S were as follows: Honduras (2/30), Colombia (0/46), Liberia (7/48), Guinea-Bissau (4/50), Tanzania (3/48), Iran (3/50), Thailand (1/49) and Vanuatu (0/31). The alleles were most common in Liberia (P=0.01) and Liberia+Guinea-Bissau (P=0.01). The VKP haplotype was found in 189/194 (97%) and 131/145 (90%) samples harbouring pfcrt 76T and pfcrt K76 respectively (P=0.007). CONCLUSIONS The VKP haplotype was dominant. Most pfvp2 405I, 582R and 711S SNPs were seen where CQ resistance was not highly prevalent at the time of blood sampling possibly due to greater genetic variation prior to the bottle neck event of spreading CQ resistance. The association between the pfvp2 VKP haplotype and pfcrt 76T, which may indicate that pfvp2 is involved in CQ resistance, should therefore be interpreted with caution.
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- Irina Tatiana Jovel
- Malaria Research, Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska University Hospital/Karolinska Institutet, Retzius väg 10, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden; Departamento de Parasitología, Escuela de Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras (UNAH), Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
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- Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology (MTC), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
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- Malaria Research, Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska University Hospital/Karolinska Institutet, Retzius väg 10, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden; Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal; ICVS/3B's - PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal.
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- Malaria Research, Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska University Hospital/Karolinska Institutet, Retzius väg 10, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health, Section of Virology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden.
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- Malaria Research, Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska University Hospital/Karolinska Institutet, Retzius väg 10, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden; Global Health, Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
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- Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology (MTC), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
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- Malaria and Vector Research Group, Biotechnology Research Center, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Iran.
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- Centro Internacional de Entrenamiento e Investigaciones Médicas, Cali, Colombia.
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- Shoklo Malaria Research Unit, Mae Sot Tak, Thailand; Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand; Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, Centre for Clinical Vaccinology and Tropical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
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- Malaria Research, Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska University Hospital/Karolinska Institutet, Retzius väg 10, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden.
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- Malaria Research, Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska University Hospital/Karolinska Institutet, Retzius väg 10, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden.
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Kajander T, Kellosalo J, Goldman A. Inorganic pyrophosphatases: one substrate, three mechanisms. FEBS Lett 2013; 587:1863-9. [PMID: 23684653 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2013.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2013] [Accepted: 05/06/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Soluble inorganic pyrophosphatases (PPases) catalyse an essential reaction, the hydrolysis of pyrophosphate to inorganic phosphate. In addition, an evolutionarily ancient family of membrane-integral pyrophosphatases couple this hydrolysis to Na(+) and/or H(+) pumping, and so recycle some of the free energy from the pyrophosphate. The structures of the H(+)-pumping mung bean PPase and the Na(+)-pumping Thermotoga maritima PPase solved last year revealed an entirely novel membrane protein containing 16 transmembrane helices. The hydrolytic centre, well above the membrane, is linked by a charged "coupling funnel" to the ionic gate about 20Å away. By comparing the active sites, fluoride inhibition data and the various models for ion transport, we conclude that membrane-integral PPases probably use binding of pyrophosphate to drive pumping.
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- Tommi Kajander
- Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
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Kellosalo J, Kajander T, Honkanen R, Goldman A. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of membrane-bound pyrophosphatases. Mol Membr Biol 2012; 30:64-74. [DOI: 10.3109/09687688.2012.712162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Mwai L, Diriye A, Masseno V, Muriithi S, Feltwell T, Musyoki J, Lemieux J, Feller A, Mair GR, Marsh K, Newbold C, Nzila A, Carret CK. Genome wide adaptations of Plasmodium falciparum in response to lumefantrine selective drug pressure. PLoS One 2012; 7:e31623. [PMID: 22384044 PMCID: PMC3288012 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2011] [Accepted: 01/16/2012] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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The combination therapy of the Artemisinin-derivative Artemether (ART) with Lumefantrine (LM) (Coartem®) is an important malaria treatment regimen in many endemic countries. Resistance to Artemisinin has already been reported, and it is feared that LM resistance (LMR) could also evolve quickly. Therefore molecular markers which can be used to track Coartem® efficacy are urgently needed. Often, stable resistance arises from initial, unstable phenotypes that can be identified in vitro. Here we have used the Plasmodium falciparum multidrug resistant reference strain V1S to induce LMR in vitro by culturing the parasite under continuous drug pressure for 16 months. The initial IC50 (inhibitory concentration that kills 50% of the parasite population) was 24 nM. The resulting resistant strain V1SLM, obtained after culture for an estimated 166 cycles under LM pressure, grew steadily in 378 nM of LM, corresponding to 15 times the IC50 of the parental strain. However, after two weeks of culturing V1SLM in drug-free medium, the IC50 returned to that of the initial, parental strain V1S. This transient drug tolerance was associated with major changes in gene expression profiles: using the PFSANGER Affymetrix custom array, we identified 184 differentially expressed genes in V1SLM. Among those are 18 known and putative transporters including the multidrug resistance gene 1 (pfmdr1), the multidrug resistance associated protein and the V-type H+ pumping pyrophosphatase 2 (pfvp2) as well as genes associated with fatty acid metabolism. In addition we detected a clear selective advantage provided by two genomic loci in parasites grown under LM drug pressure, suggesting that all, or some of those genes contribute to development of LM tolerance – they may prove useful as molecular markers to monitor P. falciparum LM susceptibility.
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- Leah Mwai
- Kenya Medical Research Institute, Welcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi, Kenya
- Nuffield Department of Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Kenya Medical Research Institute, Welcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi, Kenya
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- Kenya Medical Research Institute, Welcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi, Kenya
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- Kenya Medical Research Institute, Welcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi, Kenya
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- Pathogen Microarrays group, The Welcome Trust Sanger Institute, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Kenya Medical Research Institute, Welcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi, Kenya
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- Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Department of Statistics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Molecular Parasitology Unit, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Kenya Medical Research Institute, Welcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi, Kenya
- Nuffield Department of Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Kenya Medical Research Institute, Welcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi, Kenya
- Nuffield Department of Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Molecular Parasitology Unit, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Lisboa, Portugal
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Heterologous expression and purification of membrane-bound pyrophosphatases. Protein Expr Purif 2011; 79:25-34. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2011.05.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2011] [Revised: 05/20/2011] [Accepted: 05/26/2011] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Yeast dihydroorotate dehydrogenase as a new selectable marker for Plasmodium falciparum transfection. Mol Biochem Parasitol 2011; 177:29-34. [PMID: 21251930 DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2011.01.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2010] [Revised: 12/29/2010] [Accepted: 01/06/2011] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Genetic manipulation of Plasmodium falciparum in culture through transfection has provided numerous insights into the molecular and cell biology of this parasite. The procedure is rather cumbersome, and is limited by the number of drug-resistant markers that can be used for selecting transfected parasites. Here we report a new selectable marker that could allow multiple transfections. We have taken advantage of our finding that a critical function of the mitochondrial electron transport chain (mtETC) in the erythrocytic stages of P. falciparum is the regeneration of ubiquinone as co-substrate of dihydroorotate dehydrogenase (DHODH), and that transgenic P. falciparum expressing ubiquinone-independent DHODH from yeast (yDHODH) are resistant to all mtETC inhibitors. We assessed the possibility of using yDHODH as a positive selectable marker for transfections of P. falciparum, including its use in gene disruption strategies. We constructed a transfection vector designed for gene disruption, termed pUF-1, containing the yDHODH gene as the positive selection marker in combination with a previously described fused yeast cytosine deaminase-uracil phosphoribosyl transferase gene as a negative selection marker. Transfection of the D10 strain followed by selection with atovaquone yielded positively selected parasites containing the plasmid, demonstrating that yDHODH can be used as a selective marker. Atovaquone, however, could not be used for such selection with the Dd2 strain of P. falciparum. On the other hand, we demonstrated that yDHODH transgenic parasites could be selected in both strains by Plasmodium DHODH-specific triazolopyrimidine-based inhibitors. Thus, selection with DHODH inhibitors was superior in that it successfully selected transgenic Dd2 parasites, as well as yielded transgenic parasites after a shorter period of selection. As a proof of concept, we have successfully disrupted the type II vacuolar proton-pumping pyrophosphatase gene (PfVP2) in P. falciparum by double crossover recombination, showing that this gene is not essential for the survival of blood stage parasites.
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Bielen AAM, Willquist K, Engman J, van der Oost J, van Niel EWJ, Kengen SWM. Pyrophosphate as a central energy carrier in the hydrogen-producing extremely thermophilic Caldicellulosiruptor saccharolyticus. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2010; 307:48-54. [PMID: 20557574 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2010.01957.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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The role of inorganic pyrophosphate (PPi) as an energy carrier in the central metabolism of the extremely thermophilic bacterium Caldicellulosiruptor saccharolyticus was investigated. In agreement with its annotated genome sequence, cell extracts were shown to exhibit PPi-dependent phosphofructokinase and pyruvate phosphate dikinase activity. In addition, membrane-bound pyrophosphatase activity was demonstrated, while no significant cytosolic pyrophosphatase activity was detected. During the exponential growth phase, high PPi levels (approximately 4 +/- 2 mM) and relatively low ATP levels (0.43 +/- 0.07 mM) were found, and the PPi/ATP ratio decreased 13-fold when the cells entered the stationary phase. Pyruvate kinase activity appeared to be allosterically affected by PPi. Altogether, these findings suggest an important role for PPi in the central energy metabolism of C. saccharolyticus.
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Wang Y, Xu H, Zhang G, Zhu H, Zhang L, Zhang Z, Zhang C, Ma Z. Expression and responses to dehydration and salinity stresses of V-PPase gene members in wheat. J Genet Genomics 2010; 36:711-20. [PMID: 20129398 DOI: 10.1016/s1673-8527(08)60164-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2009] [Revised: 05/07/2009] [Accepted: 05/17/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Vacuolar H(+)-translocating pyrophosphatase (V-PPase) is a key enzyme related to plant growth as well as abiotic stress tolerance. In this work, wheat V-PPase genes TaVP1, TaVP2 and TaVP3 were identified. TaVP1 and TaVP2 are more similar to each other than to TaVP3. Their deduced polypeptide sequences preserve the topological structure and essential residues of V-PPases. Phylogenetic studies suggested that monocot plants, at least monocot grasses, have three VP paralogs. TaVP3 transcripts were only detected in developing seeds, and no TaVP2 transcripts were found in germinating seeds. TaVP2 was mainly expressed in shoot tissues and down-regulated in leaves under dehydration. Its expression was up-regulated in roots under high salinity. TaVP1 was relatively more ubiquitously and evenly expressed than TaVP2. Its expression level in roots was highest among the tissues examined, and was inducible by salinity stress. These results indicated that the V-PPase gene paralogs in wheat are differentially regulated spatially and in response to dehydration and salinity stresses.
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- Yuezhi Wang
- Crop Genomics and Bioinformatics Center & National Key Lab of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, China
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Genome-wide compensatory changes accompany drug- selected mutations in the Plasmodium falciparum crt gene. PLoS One 2008; 3:e2484. [PMID: 18575593 PMCID: PMC2424241 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0002484] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2008] [Accepted: 05/14/2008] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Mutations in PfCRT (Plasmodium falciparum chloroquine-resistant transporter), particularly the substitution at amino acid position 76, confer chloroquine (CQ) resistance in P. falciparum. Point mutations in the homolog of the mammalian multidrug resistance gene (pfmdr1) can also modulate the levels of CQ response. Moreover, parasites with the same pfcrt and pfmdr1 alleles exhibit a wide range of drug sensitivity, suggesting that additional genes contribute to levels of CQ resistance (CQR). Reemergence of CQ sensitive parasites after cessation of CQ use indicates that changes in PfCRT are deleterious to the parasite. Some CQR parasites, however, persist in the field and grow well in culture, which may reflect adaptive changes in the parasite genome to compensate for the mutations in PfCRT. Using three isogenic clones that have different drug resistance profiles corresponding to unique mutations in the pfcrt gene (106/1K76, 106/176I, and 106/76I-352K), we investigated changes in gene expression in these parasites grown with and without CQ. We also conducted hybridizations of genomic DNA to identify copy number (CN) changes in parasite genes. RNA transcript levels from 45 genes were significantly altered in one or both mutants relative to the parent line, 106/1K76. Most of the up-regulated genes are involved in invasion, cell growth and development, signal transduction, and transport activities. Of particular interest are genes encoding proteins involved in transport and/or regulation of cytoplasmic or compartmental pH such as the V-type H+ pumping pyrophosphatase 2 (PfVP2), Ca2+/H+ antiporter VCX1, a putative drug transporter and CN changes in pfmdr1. These changes may represent adaptations to altered functionality of PfCRT, a predicted member of drug/metabolite transporter superfamily found on the parasite food vacuole (FV) membrane. Further investigation of these genes may shed light on how the parasite compensates for functional changes accompanying drug resistance mutations in a gene coding for a membrane/drug transporter.
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Gazarini ML, Sigolo CAO, Markus RP, Thomas AP, Garcia CRS. Antimalarial drugs disrupt ion homeostasis in malarial parasites. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz 2007; 102:329-34. [PMID: 17568938 DOI: 10.1590/s0074-02762007000300012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2007] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Plasmodium chabaudi malaria parasite organelles are major elements for ion homeostasis and cellular signaling and also target for antimalarial drugs. By using confocal imaging of intraerythrocytic parasites we demonstrated that the dye acridine orange (AO) is accumulated into P. chabaudi subcellular compartments. The AO could be released from the parasite organelles by collapsing the pH gradient with the K+/H+ ionophore nigericin (20 microM), or by inhibiting the H+-pump with bafilomycin (4 microM). Similarly, in isolated parasites loaded with calcium indicator Fluo 3-AM, bafilomycin caused calcium mobilization of the acidic calcium pool that could also be release with nigericin. Interestingly after complete release of the acidic compartments, addition of thapsigargin at 10 microM was still effective in releasing parasite intracellular calcium stores in parasites at trophozoite stage. The addition of antimalarial drugs chloroquine and artemisinin resulted in AO release from acidic compartments and also affected maintenance of calcium in ER store by using different drug concentrations.
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- Marcos L Gazarini
- Departamento de Fisiologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, Súo Paulo, Brasil.
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Venter M, Groenewald JH, Botha FC. Sequence analysis and transcriptional profiling of two vacuolar H+ -pyrophosphatase isoforms in Vitis vinifera. JOURNAL OF PLANT RESEARCH 2006; 119:469-78. [PMID: 16924561 DOI: 10.1007/s10265-006-0009-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2006] [Accepted: 05/11/2006] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Gene expression of grapevine vacuolar H(+)-pyrophosphatase (V-PPase EC 3.6.1.1.) during fruit ripening has previously been reported. Here we report on putative multiple V-PPase isoforms in grapevine. In this study a full-length cDNA sequence with an open reading frame of 2,295 nucleotides encoding a V-PPase gene (vpp2: acc. nr. AJ557256) was cloned. Sequence analyses of the deduced amino acid residues and RT-PCR experiments indicated that Vitis vinifera L. has at least two distinct isoforms of the V-PPase gene. Bioinformatic analyses of 13 V-PPase protein sequences revealed two highly conserved motifs associated with pyrophosphate (PPi) binding and response to stress, respectively. Both V-PPase isoforms were expressed at higher levels in the late post-véraison stage of grape berry ripening. Results also showed that the expression of grapevine V-PPase was induced by cold stress.
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- Mauritz Venter
- Institute for Plant Biotechnology, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, Matieland, South Africa.
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Van RC, Pan YJ, Hsu SH, Huang YT, Hsiao YY, Pan RL. Role of transmembrane segment 5 of the plant vacuolar H+-pyrophosphatase. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2005; 1709:84-94. [PMID: 16018964 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2005.05.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2005] [Revised: 05/26/2005] [Accepted: 05/31/2005] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Vacuolar H+-translocating inorganic pyrophosphatase (V-PPase; EC 3.6.1.1) is a homodimeric proton translocase consisting of a single type of polypeptide with a molecular mass of approximately 81 kDa. Topological analysis tentatively predicts that mung bean V-PPase contains 14 transmembrane domains. Alignment analysis of V-PPase demonstrated that the transmembrane domain 5 (TM5) of the enzyme is highly conserved in plants and located at the N-terminal side of the putative substrate-binding loop. The hydropathic analysis of V-PPase showed a relatively lower degree of hydrophobicity in the TM5 region as compared to other domains. Accordingly, it appears that TM5 is probably involved in the proton translocation of V-PPase. In this study, we used site-directed mutagenesis to examine the functional role of amino acid residues in TM5 of V-PPase. A series of mutants singly replaced by alanine residues along TM5 were constructed and over-expressed in Saccharomyces cerevisiae; they were then used to determine their enzymatic activities and proton translocations. Our results indicate that several mutants displayed minor variations in enzymatic properties, while others including those mutated at E225, a GYG motif (residues from 229 to 231), A238, and R242, showed a serious decline in enzymatic activity, proton translocation, and coupling efficiency of V-PPase. Moreover, the mutation at Y230 relieved several cation effects on the V-PPase. The GYG motif presumably plays a significant role in maintaining structure and function of V-PPase.
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- Ru C Van
- Department of Life Sciences and Institute of Bioinformatics and Structural Biology, College of Life Sciences, National Tsing Hua University, Hsin Chu 30043, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Kuhn D, Wiese M. LmxPK4, a mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase homologue of Leishmania mexicana with a potential role in parasite differentiation. Mol Microbiol 2005; 56:1169-82. [PMID: 15882412 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2005.04614.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Members of the mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase cascade are important for the establishment of a Leishmania mexicana infection and are involved in flagellar length control, although the underlying molecular mechanisms remain to be elucidated. This study reports the cloning and characterization of LmxPK4, a MAP kinase kinase homologue of L. mexicana displaying putative plant-like regulatory phosphorylation sites. The recombinant protein has autophosphorylating activity and phosphorylates myelin basic protein. An LmxPK4 gene deletion mutant showed a proliferation defect after infection of macrophages and no or delayed lesion development in mice. Irrespective of the onset of lesion development parasites showed an early and homogeneous lesion development in re-infection experiments. This is indicative for a compensation of the null mutant phenotype. Additionally, this phenotype could be reverted by reintroduction of the wild-type gene into the deletion background. Mutants expressing loss-of-function or N-terminally truncated versions of LmxPK4 retained the null mutant phenotype. LmxPK4 is stage-specifically expressed in promastigotes and during differentiation to amastigotes, but is not detectable in amastigotes isolated from the mammalian host. Moreover, its in vitro kinase activity increases with temperature rise up to 40 degrees C. Our results suggest that LmxPK4 is involved in the differentiation process and affects virulence of Leishmania mexicana.
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- Daniela Kuhn
- Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Parasitology Section, Bernhard-Nocht-Strasse 74, D-20359 Hamburg, Germany
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Moraes Moreira BL, Soares Medeiros LCA, Miranda K, de Souza W, Hentschel J, Plattner H, Barrabin H. Kinetics of pyrophosphate-driven proton uptake by acidocalcisomes of Leptomonas wallacei. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2005; 334:1206-13. [PMID: 16039991 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.06.205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2005] [Accepted: 06/27/2005] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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In this work, we show the kinetics of pyrophosphate-driven H+ uptake by acidocalcisomes in digitonin-permeabilized promastigotes of Leptomonas wallacei. The vacuolar proton pyrophosphatase activity was optimal in the pH range of 7.5-8.0, was inhibited by imidiodiphosphate, and was completely dependent on K+ and PPi. H+ was released with the addition of Ca2+, suggesting the presence of a Ca2+/H+ antiport. In addition, X-ray elemental mapping associated with energy-filtering transmission electron microscopy showed that most of the Ca, Na, Mg, P, K, Fe, and Zn were located in acidocalcisomes. L. wallacei immunolabeled with antibodies against Trypanosoma cruzi pyrophosphatase show intense fluorescence in cytoplasmatic organelles of size and distribution similar to the acidocalcisomes. Altogether, the results show that L. wallacei acidocalcisomes possess a H+-pyrophosphatase with characteristics of type I V-H+-PPase. However, we did not find any evidence, either for the presence of H+-ATPases or for Na+/H+ exchangers in these acidocalcisomes.
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Mimura H, Nakanishi Y, Maeshima M. Oligomerization of H(+)-pyrophosphatase and its structural and functional consequences. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2005; 1708:393-403. [PMID: 15953583 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2005.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2005] [Revised: 04/18/2005] [Accepted: 05/10/2005] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The H(+)-pyrophosphatase (H(+)-PPase) consists of a single polypeptide, containing 16 or 17 transmembrane domains. To determine the higher order oligomeric state of Streptomyces coelicolor H(+)-PPase, we constructed a series of cysteine substitution mutants and expressed them in Escherichia coli. Firstly, we analyzed the formation of disulfide bonds, promoted by copper, in mutants with single cysteine substitutions. 28 of 39 mutants formed disulfide bonds, including S545C, a substitution at the periplasmic side. The formation of intermolecular disulfide bonds suppressed the enzyme activity of several, where the substituted residues were located in the cytosol. Creating disulfide links in the cytosol may interfere with the enzyme's catalytic function. Secondly, we prepared double mutants by introducing second cysteine substitutions into the S545C mutant. These double-cysteine mutants produced cross-linked complexes, estimated to be at least tetramers and possibly hexamers. Thirdly, we co-expressed epitope-tagged, wild type, and inactive mutant H(+)-PPases in E. coli and confirmed the formation of oligomers by co-purifying one subunit using the epitope tag used to label the other. The enzyme activity of these oligomers was markedly suppressed. We propose that H(+)-PPase is present as an oligomer made up of at least two or three sets of dimers.
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- Hisatoshi Mimura
- Laboratory of Cell Dynamics, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan
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Soares Medeiros LCA, Moreira BLM, Miranda K, de Souza W, Plattner H, Hentschel J, Barrabin H. A proton pumping pyrophosphatase in acidocalcisomes of Herpetomonas sp. Mol Biochem Parasitol 2005; 140:175-82. [PMID: 15760657 DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2004.12.012] [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] [Received: 02/11/2004] [Revised: 12/27/2004] [Accepted: 12/27/2004] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Acidocalcisomes are acidic calcium storage organelles found in several microorganisms. They are characterized by their acidic nature, high electron density, high content of polyphosphates and several cations. Electron microscopy contrast tuned images of Herpetomonas sp. showed the presence of several electron dense organelles ranging from 100 to 300 nm in size. In addition, X-ray element mapping associated with energy-filtering transmission electron microscopy showed that most of the cations, namely Na, Mg, P, K, Fe and Zn, are located in their matrix. Using acridine orange as an indicator dye, a pyrophosphate-driven H+ uptake was measured in cells permeabilized by digitonin. This uptake has an optimal pH of 6.5-6.7 and was inhibited by sodium fluoride (NaF) and imidodiphosphate (IDP), two H+-pyrophosphatase inhibitors. H+ uptake was not promoted by ATP. Addition of 50 microM Ca2+ induced the release of H+, suggesting the presence of a Ca2+/H+ countertransport system in the membranes of the acidic compartments. Na+ was unable to release protons from the organelles. The pyrophosphate-dependent H+ uptake was dependent of ion K+ and inhibited by Na+ Herpetomonas sp. immunolabeled with monoclonal antibodies raised against a Trypanosoma cruzi V-H+-pyrophosphatase shows intense fluorescence in cytoplasmatic organelles of size and distribution similar to the electron-dense vacuoles. Together, these results suggest that the electron dense organelles found in Herpetomonas sp. are homologous to the acidocalcisomes described in other trypanosomatids. They possess a vacuolar H+-pyrophosphatase and a Ca2+/H+ antiport. However, in contrast to the other trypanosomatids so far studied, we were not able to measure any ATP promoted H+ transport in the acidocalcisomes of this parasite.
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- Lia Carolina A Soares Medeiros
- Departmento de Bioquímica Médica, ICB-CCS Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, UFRJ Ilha do Fundão, 21941-590 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Gubbels MJ, Wieffer M, Striepen B. Fluorescent protein tagging in Toxoplasma gondii: identification of a novel inner membrane complex component conserved among Apicomplexa. Mol Biochem Parasitol 2005; 137:99-110. [PMID: 15279956 DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2004.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2004] [Revised: 05/05/2004] [Accepted: 05/06/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Toxoplasma gondii is an obligate intracellular parasite, and its sub-cellular organization shows clear adaptations to this life-style. In addition to organelles shared among all eukaryotes, the organism possesses a number of specialized compartments with important roles in host cell invasion and intra-cellular survival. These unique aspects of the parasite's biology are also reflected in its genome. The ongoing genome sequencing efforts for T. gondii and related apicomplexans predict a high proportion of genes unique to the phylum, which lack homologs in other model organisms. Knowing the sub-cellular localization of these gene products will be an important first step towards their functional characterization. We used a library approach wherein parasite genomic DNA was fused to the yellow fluorescent protein (YFP) gene. Parasites transformed with this library were screened by flow cytometry and fluorescence microscopy. Clones tagged in a wide variety of sub-cellular compartments (nucleus, mitochondria, ER, dense granules (secreted), spliceosome, plasma membrane, apicoplast, inner membrane complex) were isolated and confirmed using compartment specific markers. Clones with tags in parasite-specific localizations were subjected to insert rescue and phenotypic verification using an in vitro recombination system. Among the genes identified is a novel inner membrane complex gene (IMC3) conserved among Apicomplexa.
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- Marc-Jan Gubbels
- Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases, University of Georgia, 724 Biological Sciences Building, Athens 30602, USA
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Naula C, Burchmore R. A plethora of targets, a paucity of drugs: progress towards the development of novel chemotherapies for human African trypanosomiasis. Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther 2004; 1:157-65. [PMID: 15482108 DOI: 10.1586/14787210.1.1.157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Human African trypanosomiasis is a major health problem in large regions of Africa. Current chemotherapeutic options are limited and far from ideal. A diverse range of drug targets has been identified and validated in trypanosomes. These include several organelles (glycosomes, acidocalcisomes, kinetoplast) that are not represented in the mammalian host and biochemical pathways that differ significantly from host counterparts (carbohydrate metabolism, protein and lipid modification, response to oxidative stress, cell cycle). However, there has been little progress in developing novel drugs. Pharmaceutical companies are unwilling to invest in the development of drugs for a market that comprises some of the worlds poorest people. This review highlights some of the most attractive drug targets in trypanosomes.
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- Christina Naula
- Wellcome Centre for Molecular Parasitology, The Anderson College, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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López-Marqués RL, Pérez-Castiñeira JR, Losada M, Serrano A. Differential regulation of soluble and membrane-bound inorganic pyrophosphatases in the photosynthetic bacterium Rhodospirillum rubrum provides insights into pyrophosphate-based stress bioenergetics. J Bacteriol 2004; 186:5418-26. [PMID: 15292143 PMCID: PMC490873 DOI: 10.1128/jb.186.16.5418-5426.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Soluble and membrane-bound inorganic pyrophosphatases (sPPase and H(+)-PPase, respectively) of the purple nonsulfur bacterium Rhodospirillum rubrum are differentially regulated by environmental growth conditions. Both proteins and their transcripts were found in cells of anaerobic phototrophic batch cultures along all growth phases, although they displayed different time patterns. However, in aerobic cells that grow in the dark, which exhibited the highest growth rates, Northern and Western blot analyses as well as activity assays demonstrated high sPPase levels but no H(+)-PPase. It is noteworthy that H(+)-PPase is highly expressed in aerobic cells under acute salt stress (1 M NaCl). H(+)-PPase was also present in anaerobic cells growing at reduced rates in the dark under either fermentative or anaerobic respiratory conditions. Since H(+)-PPase was detected not only under all anaerobic growth conditions but also under salt stress in aerobiosis, the corresponding gene is not invariably repressed by oxygen. Primer extension analyses showed that, under all anaerobic conditions tested, the R. rubrum H(+)-PPase gene utilizes two activator-dependent tandem promoters, one with an FNR-like sequence motif and the other with a RegA motif, whereas in aerobiosis under salt stress, the H(+)-PPase gene is transcribed from two further tandem promoters involving other transcription factors. These results demonstrate a tight transcriptional regulation of the H(+)-PPase gene, which appears to be induced in response to a variety of environmental conditions, all of which constrain cell energetics.
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MESH Headings
- Adaptation, Physiological
- Aerobiosis
- Anaerobiosis
- Bacterial Proteins/biosynthesis
- Bacterial Proteins/metabolism
- Base Sequence
- Blotting, Northern
- Blotting, Western
- DNA, Bacterial/chemistry
- DNA, Bacterial/isolation & purification
- Diphosphates/metabolism
- Energy Metabolism
- Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial
- Inorganic Pyrophosphatase/biosynthesis
- Inorganic Pyrophosphatase/genetics
- Inorganic Pyrophosphatase/metabolism
- Light
- Membrane Proteins/biosynthesis
- Membrane Proteins/metabolism
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Osmotic Pressure
- Promoter Regions, Genetic
- RNA, Bacterial/analysis
- RNA, Bacterial/biosynthesis
- RNA, Messenger/analysis
- RNA, Messenger/biosynthesis
- Rhodospirillum rubrum/genetics
- Rhodospirillum rubrum/growth & development
- Rhodospirillum rubrum/metabolism
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Transcription Initiation Site
- Transcription, Genetic
- Transcriptional Activation
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- Rosa L López-Marqués
- Instituto de Bioquímica Vegetal y Fotosíntesis, Universidad de Sevilla-CSIC, 41092 Seville, Spain
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Moriyama Y, Hayashi M, Yatsushiro S, Yamamoto A. Vacuolar proton pumps in malaria parasite cells. J Bioenerg Biomembr 2004; 35:367-75. [PMID: 14635782 DOI: 10.1023/a:1025785000544] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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The malaria parasite is a unicellular protozoan parasite of the genus Plasmodium that causes one of the most serious infectious diseases for human beings. Like other protozoa, the malaria parasite possesses acidic organelles, which may play an essential role(s) in energy acquisition, resistance to antimalarial agents, and vesicular trafficking. Recent evidence has indicated that two types of vacuolar proton pumps, vacuolar H+-ATPase and vacuolar H+-pyrophosphatase, are responsible for their acidification. In this mini-review, we discuss the recent progress on vacuolar proton pumps in the malaria parasite.
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- Yoshinori Moriyama
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Okayama 700-8530, Japan.
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Mimura H, Nakanishi Y, Hirono M, Maeshima M. Membrane Topology of the H+-pyrophosphatase of Streptomyces coelicolor Determined by Cysteine-scanning Mutagenesis. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:35106-12. [PMID: 15187077 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m406264200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The H+-translocating pyrophosphatase (H+-PPase) is a proton pump that is found in a wide variety of organisms. It consists of a single polypeptide chain that is thought to possess between 14 and 17 transmembrane domains. To determine the topological arrangement of its conserved motifs and transmembrane domains, we carried out a cysteine-scanning analysis by determining the membrane topology of cysteine substitution mutants of Streptomyces coelicolor H+-PPase expressed in Escherichia coli using chemical reagents. First, we prepared a synthetic DNA that encoded the enzyme and constructed a functional cysteine-less mutant by substituting the four cysteine residues. We then introduced cysteine residues individually into 42 sites in its hydrophilic regions and N- and C-terminal segments. Thirty-six of the mutant enzymes retained both pyrophosphatase and H+-translocating activities. Analysis of 29 of these mutant forms using membrane-permeable and -impermeable sulfhydryl reagents revealed that S. coelicolor H+-PPase contains 17 transmembrane domains and that several conserved segments, such as the substrate-binding domains, are exposed to the cytoplasm. Four essential serine residues that were located on the cytoplasmic side were also identified. A marked characteristic of the S. coelicolor enzyme is a long additional sequence that includes a transmembrane domain at the C terminus. We propose that the basic structure of H+-PPases has 16 transmembrane domains with several large cytoplasmic loops containing functional motifs.
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- Hisatoshi Mimura
- Laboratory of Cell Dynamics, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan
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Schultz A, Baltscheffsky M. Inhibition studies on Rhodospirillum rubrum H+-pyrophosphatase expressed in Escherichia coli. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2004; 1656:156-65. [PMID: 15178477 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2004.03.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2003] [Revised: 03/03/2004] [Accepted: 03/12/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The membrane-bound proton-pumping inorganic pyrophosphatase from Rhodospirillum rubrum was heterologously expressed in Escherichia coli C43(DE3) cells and was inhibited by 4-bromophenacyl bromide (BPB), N,N'-dicyclohexylcarbodiimid (DCCD), diethyl pyrocarbonate (DEPC) and fluorescein 5'-isothiocyanate (FITC). In each case, the enzyme activity was rather well protected against inhibitory action by the substrate Mg(2)PPi. Site-directed mutagenesis was employed in attempts to identify target residues for these inhibitors. D217 and K469 appear to be the prime targets for DCCD and FITC, respectively, and may thus be involved in substrate binding. No major effect on enzyme activities was seen when any one of the four histidine residues present in the enzyme were substituted. Nevertheless, a mutant with all of the four charged histidine residues replaced retained only less than 10% of the hydrolysis and proton-pumping activities. Substitution of D217 with A or H yielded an enzyme with at least an order of magnitude lower hydrolysis activity. In contrast with the wild-type, these variants showed higher hydrolysis rates at lower concentrations of Mg(2+), possibly reflecting a change in substrate preference from Mg(2)PPi to MgPPi. BPB is a H(+)-pyrophosphatase inhibitor that apparently has not been used previously as an inhibitor of these enzymes.
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- Anders Schultz
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Arrhenius Laboratories, Stockholm University, Svante Arrhenius vag 10-12, S-10691, Stockholm, Sweden
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Throughout the intraerythrocytic phase of its lifecycle the malaria parasite is separated from the extracellular medium by the plasma membrane of its host erythrocyte and by the parasitophorous vacuole in which the parasite is enclosed. The intracellular parasite itself has, at its surface, a plasma membrane, and has a variety of membrane-bound organelles which carry out a range of biochemical functions. Each of the various membranes of the infected cell have in them proteins that facilitate the movement of molecules and ions from one side of the membrane to the other. These 'channels' and 'transporters' play a central role in the physiology of the parasitised cell. From a clinical viewpoint they are of interest both as potential targets in their own right, and as potential drug targeting routes capable of mediating the entry of cytotoxic drugs into the appropriate compartment of the infected cell. In this review both of these aspects are considered.
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- Kiaran Kirk
- School of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Australian National University, Faculty of Science, 0200 ACT, Canberra, Australia.
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Motta LS, da Silva WS, Oliveira DMP, de Souza W, Machado EA. A new model for proton pumping in animal cells: the role of pyrophosphate. INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2004; 34:19-27. [PMID: 14723894 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2003.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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The H+-PPase activity was characterized in membrane fractions of ovary and eggs of Rhodnius prolixus. This activity is totally dependent on Mg2+, independent of K+ and strongly inhibited by NaF, IDP and Ca2+. The membrane proteins of eggs were analyzed by western blot using antibodies to the H+-PPase from Arabidopsis thaliana. The immunostain was associated with a single 65-kDa polypeptide. This polypeptide was immunolocalized in yolk granule membranes by optical and transmission electron microscopy. We describe the acidification of yolk granules in the presence of PPi and ATP. This acidification is inhibited in the presence of NAF, Ca2+ and antibodies against H+-PPase. These data show for the first time in animal cells that acidification of yolk granules involves an H+-PPase as well as H+-ATPase.
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- L S Motta
- Instituto de Biofisica Carlos Chagas Filho, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Cidade Universitária-Ilha do Fundão, 21.941-590 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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Ghosh S, Chan JMW, Lea CR, Meints GA, Lewis JC, Tovian ZS, Flessner RM, Loftus TC, Bruchhaus I, Kendrick H, Croft SL, Kemp RG, Kobayashi S, Nozaki T, Oldfield E. Effects of Bisphosphonates on the Growth of Entamoeba histolytica and Plasmodium Species in Vitro and in Vivo. J Med Chem 2003; 47:175-87. [PMID: 14695831 DOI: 10.1021/jm030084x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The effects of a series of 102 bisphosphonates on the inhibition of growth of Entamoeba histolytica and Plasmodium falciparum in vitro have been determined, and selected compounds were further investigated for their in vivo activity. Forty-seven compounds tested were active (IC(50) < 200 microM) versus E. histolytica growth in vitro. The most active compounds (IC(50) approximately 4-9 microM) were nitrogen-containing bisphosphonates with relatively large aromatic side chains. Simple n-alkyl-1-hydroxy-1,1-bisphosphonates, known inhibitors of the enzyme farnesylpyrophosphate (FPP) synthase, were also active, with optimal activity being found with C9-C10 side chains. However, numerous other nitrogen-containing bisphosphonates known to be potent FPP synthase inhibitors, such as risedronate or pamidronate, had little or no activity. Several pyridine-derived bisphosphonates were quite active (IC(50) approximately 10-20 microM), and this activity was shown to correlate with the basicity of the aromatic group, with activity decreasing with increasing pK(a) values. The activities of all compounds were tested versus a human nasopharyngeal carcinoma (KB) cell line to enable an estimate of the therapeutic index (TI). Five bisphosphonates were selected and then screened for their ability to delay the development of amebic liver abscess formation in an E. histolytica infected hamster model. Two compounds were found to decrease liver abscess formation at 10 mg/kg ip with little or no effect on normal liver mass. With P. falciparum, 35 compounds had IC(50) values <200 microM in an in vitro assay. The most active compounds were also simple n-alkyl-1-hydroxy-1,1-bisphosphonates, having IC(50) values around 1 microM. Five compounds were again selected for in vivo investigation in a Plasmodium berghei ANKA BALB/c mouse suppressive test. The most active compound, a C9 n-alkyl side chain containing bisphosphonate, caused an 80% reduction in parasitemia with no overt toxicity. Taken together, these results show that bisphosphonates appear to be useful lead compounds for the development of novel antiamebic and antimalarial drugs.
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- Subhash Ghosh
- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 600 South Mathews Avenue, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
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Schultz A, Baltscheffsky M. Properties of mutated Rhodospirillum rubrum H+-pyrophosphatase expressed in Escherichia coli. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2003; 1607:141-51. [PMID: 14670604 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2003.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The membrane-bound proton pumping inorganic pyrophosphate synthase/pyrophosphatase (H(+)-PPi synthase/H(+)-PPase) from the photosynthetic bacterium Rhodospirillum rubrum was functionally expressed in Escherichia coli C43(DE3) cells. Based on a new topology model of the enzyme, charged residues predicted to be located near or within the membrane were selected for site-directed mutagenesis. Several of these mutations resulted in an almost complete inactivation of the enzyme. Four mutated residues appear to show a selective impairment of proton translocation and are thus likely to be involved in coupling pyrophosphate hydrolysis with electrogenic proton pumping. Two of these mutations, R176K and E584D, caused increased tolerance to salt. In addition, the former mutation caused an increased K(m) of one order of magnitude for the hydrolysis reaction. These results and their possible implications for the enzyme function are discussed.
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- Anders Schultz
- Arrhenius Laboratories, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm University, Svante Arrhenius vag 10-12, S-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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Allen RJW, Kirk K. The membrane potential of the intraerythrocytic malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. J Biol Chem 2003; 279:11264-72. [PMID: 14630911 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m311110200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The membrane potential (Deltapsi) of the mature asexual form of the human malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, isolated from its host erythrocyte using a saponin permeabilization technique, was investigated using both the radiolabeled Deltapsi indicator tetraphenylphosphonium ([(3)H]TPP(+)) and the fluorescent Deltapsi indicator DiBAC(4)(3) (bis-oxonol). For isolated parasites suspended in a high Na(+), low K(+) solution, Deltapsi was estimated from the measured distribution of [(3)H]TPP(+) to be -95 +/- 2 mV. Deltapsi was reduced by the specific V-type H(+) pump inhibitor bafilomycin A(1), by the H(+) ionophore CCCP, and by glucose deprivation. Acidification of the parasite cytosol (induced by the addition of lactate) resulted in a transient hyperpolarization, whereas a cytosolic alkalinization (induced by the addition of NH(4)(+)) resulted in a transient depolarization. A decrease in the extracellular pH resulted in a membrane depolarization, whereas an increase in the extracellular pH resulted in a membrane hyperpolarization. The parasite plasma membrane depolarized in response to an increase in the extracellular K(+) concentration and hyperpolarized in response to a decrease in the extracellular K(+) concentration and to the addition of the K(+) channel blockers Ba(2+) or Cs(+) to the suspending medium. The data are consistent with Deltapsi of the intraerythrocytic P. falciparum trophozoite being due to the electrogenic extrusion of H(+) via the V-type H(+) pump at the parasite surface. The current associated with the efflux of H(+) is countered, in part, by the influx of K(+) via Ba(2+)- and Cs(+)-sensitive K(+) channels in the parasite plasma membrane.
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- Richard J W Allen
- School of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia
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Ganesan K, Jiang L, Rathod PK. Stochastic versus stable transcriptional differences on Plasmodium falciparum DNA microarrays. Int J Parasitol 2002; 32:1543-50. [PMID: 12435438 DOI: 10.1016/s0020-7519(02)00182-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The recent availability of the Plasmodium falciparum genome sequence has opened up convenient, large-scale analysis of transcriptional products in malaria. Protocols for cDNA labelling, cDNA hybridisation, and fluorescent signal detection developed for other organisms can be applied directly to malaria. However, P. falciparum offers unique challenges in data analysis due to stochastic variability in expression of some gene products, such as variable erythrocyte surface proteins. Careful comparison of global transcriptional patterns in two well-studied clones of P. falciparum (Dd2 and HB3) indicates that reliable, stable transcriptional alterations in malaria can be readily distinguished from stochastic processes. To do this, we utilised a complex experimental design which involves a combination of self-hybridisations and cross-hybridisations between two independently grown parasite populations for each clone being examined (for short, we call this a '2x2 CombiScan'). While even a simple 2x2 CombiScan required 12 microarray hybridisations, the effort generated output that was highly interpretable. Reliable RNA transcriptional differences between Dd2 and HB3 could be readily visualised using public algorithms for data normalisation and clustering.
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