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Lopes AR, Figueiredo C, Sampaio E, Diniz M, Rosa R, Grilo TF. Impaired antioxidant defenses and DNA damage in the European glass eel (Anguilla anguilla) exposed to ocean warming and acidification. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2021; 774:145499. [PMID: 33610990 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.145499] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2020] [Revised: 01/05/2021] [Accepted: 01/25/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
Abstract
The European eel (Anguilla anguilla) has attracted scientific inquiry for centuries due to its singular biological traits. Within the European Union, glass eel fisheries have declined sharply since 1980, from up to 2000 t (t) to 62.2 t in 2018, placing wild populations under higher risk of extinction. Among the major causes of glass eels collapse, climate change has become a growing worldwide issue, specifically ocean warming and acidification, but, to our knowledge, data on physiological and biochemical responses of glass eels to these stressors is limited. Within this context, we selected some representative biomarkers [e.g. glutathione peroxidase (GPx), catalase (CAT), total antioxidant capacity (TAC), heat shock proteins (HSP70), ubiquitin (Ub) and DNA damage] to study physiological responses of the European glass eel under distinct laboratory-climate change scenarios, such as increased water temperature (+ 4 °C) and pH reduction (- 0.4 units), for 12 weeks. Overall, the antioxidant enzymatic machinery was impaired, both in the muscle and viscera, manifested by significant changes in CAT, GPx and TAC. Heat shock response varied differently between tissues, increasing with temperature in the muscle, but not in the viscera, and decreasing in both tissues under acidification. The inability of HSP to maintain functional protein conformation was responsible for boosting the production of Ub, particularly under warming and acidification, as sole stressors. The overproduction of reactive oxygen species (ROS), either elicited by warming - due to increased metabolic demand - or acidification - through H+ interaction with O2-, generating H2O2 - overwhelmed defense mechanisms, causing oxidative stress and consequently leading to protein and DNA damage. Our results emphasize the vulnerability of eels' early life stages to climate change, with potential cascading consequences to adult stocks.
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- Ana Rita Lopes
- MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal; MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, ISPA - Instituto Universitário, Rua Jardim Do Tabaco 34, 1149-041 Lisboa, Portugal
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- MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal; Division of Environmental Oceanography and Bioprospection, IPMA - Portuguese Institute for Sea and Atmosphere, Av. Brasília, 1449-006 Lisboa, Portugal; UCIBIO, REQUIMTE, Departamento de Química, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Quinta da Torre, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
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- MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Laboratório Marítimo da Guia, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Avenida Nossa Senhora do Cabo 939, 2750-374 Cascais, Portugal
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- UCIBIO, REQUIMTE, Departamento de Química, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Quinta da Torre, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
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- MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Laboratório Marítimo da Guia, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Avenida Nossa Senhora do Cabo 939, 2750-374 Cascais, Portugal
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- MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal.
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Lopes AR, Borges FO, Figueiredo C, Sampaio E, Diniz M, Rosa R, Grilo TF. Transgenerational exposure to ocean acidification induces biochemical distress in a keystone amphipod species (Gammarus locusta). ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2019; 170:168-177. [PMID: 30583126 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2018.12.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2018] [Revised: 12/14/2018] [Accepted: 12/18/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) levels are increasing at the fastest rate ever recorded, causing higher CO2 dissolution in the ocean, leading to a process known as ocean acidification (OA). Unless anthropogenic CO2 emissions are reduced, they are expected to reach ~900 ppm by the century's end, resulting in a 0.13-0.42 drop in the seawater pH levels. Since the transgenerational effects of high CO2 in marine organisms are still poorly understood at lower levels of biological organization (namely at the biochemical level), here we reared a key ecological relevant marine amphipod, Gammarus locusta, under control and high CO2 conditions for two generations. We measured several stress-related biochemical endpoints: i) oxidative damage [lipid peroxidation (LPO) and DNA damage]; ii) protein repair and removal mechanisms [heat shock proteins (HSPs) and ubiquitin (Ub)]; as well as iii) antioxidant responses [superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), glutathione peroxidase (GPx) and glutathione s-transferase (GST)] and total antioxidant capacity (TAC). The present results support the premise that exposure to high CO2 is expected to decrease survival rates in this species and cause within- and transgenerational oxidative damage. More specifically, the predicted upsurge of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species seemed to overwhelm the stimulated amphipod antioxidant machinery, which proved insufficient in circumventing protein damage within the parents. Additionally, negative effects of OA are potentially being inherited by the offspring, since the oxidative stress imposed in the parent's proteome appears to be restricting DNA repair mechanisms efficiency within the offspring's. Thus, we argue that a transgenerational exposure of G. locusta could further increase vulnerability to OA and may endanger the fitness and sustainability of natural populations.
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- Ana Rita Lopes
- MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Laboratório Marítimo da Guia, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Avenida Nossa Senhora do Cabo 939, 2750-374 Cascais, Portugal; UCIBIO, REQUIMTE, Departamento de Química, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Quinta da Torre, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal.
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- MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Laboratório Marítimo da Guia, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Avenida Nossa Senhora do Cabo 939, 2750-374 Cascais, Portugal
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- MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Laboratório Marítimo da Guia, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Avenida Nossa Senhora do Cabo 939, 2750-374 Cascais, Portugal
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- MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Laboratório Marítimo da Guia, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Avenida Nossa Senhora do Cabo 939, 2750-374 Cascais, Portugal
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- UCIBIO, REQUIMTE, Departamento de Química, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Quinta da Torre, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
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- MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Laboratório Marítimo da Guia, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Avenida Nossa Senhora do Cabo 939, 2750-374 Cascais, Portugal
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- MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Laboratório Marítimo da Guia, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Avenida Nossa Senhora do Cabo 939, 2750-374 Cascais, Portugal
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Lopes AR, Sampaio E, Santos C, Couto A, Pegado MR, Diniz M, Munday PL, Rummer JL, Rosa R. Absence of cellular damage in tropical newly hatched sharks (Chiloscyllium plagiosum) under ocean acidification conditions. Cell Stress Chaperones 2018; 23:837-846. [PMID: 29582345 PMCID: PMC6111099 DOI: 10.1007/s12192-018-0892-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2018] [Revised: 03/07/2018] [Accepted: 03/08/2018] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Sharks have maintained a key role in marine food webs for 400 million years and across varying physicochemical contexts, suggesting plasticity to environmental change. In this study, we investigated the biochemical effects of ocean acidification (OA) levels predicted for 2100 (pCO2 ~ 900 μatm) on newly hatched tropical whitespotted bamboo sharks (Chiloscyllium plagiosum). Specifically, we measured lipid, protein, and DNA damage levels, as well as changes in the activity of antioxidant enzymes and non-enzymatic ROS scavengers in juvenile sharks exposed to elevated CO2 for 50 days following hatching. Moreover, we also assessed the secondary oxidative stress response, i.e., heat shock response and ubiquitin levels. Newly hatched sharks appear to cope with OA-related stress through a range of tissue-specific biochemical strategies, specifically through the action of antioxidant enzymatic compounds. Our findings suggest that ROS-scavenging molecules, rather than complex enzymatic proteins, provide an effective defense mechanism in dealing with OA-elicited ROS formation. We argue that sharks' ancient antioxidant system, strongly based on non-enzymatic antioxidants (e.g., urea), may provide them with resilience towards OA, potentially beyond the tolerance of more recently evolved species, i.e., teleosts. Nevertheless, previous research has provided evidence of detrimental effects of OA (interacting with other climate-related stressors) on some aspects of shark biology. Moreover, given that long-term acclimation and adaptive potential to rapid environmental changes are yet experimentally unaccounted for, future research is warranted to accurately predict shark physiological performance under future ocean conditions.
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- Ana Rita Lopes
- MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Laboratório Marítimo da Guia, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Avenida Nossa Senhora do Cabo 939, 2750-374, Cascais, Portugal.
- UCIBIO, REQUIMTE, Departamento de Química, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Quinta da Torre, 2829-516, Caparica, Portugal.
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- MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Laboratório Marítimo da Guia, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Avenida Nossa Senhora do Cabo 939, 2750-374, Cascais, Portugal
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- MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Laboratório Marítimo da Guia, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Avenida Nossa Senhora do Cabo 939, 2750-374, Cascais, Portugal
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- MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Laboratório Marítimo da Guia, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Avenida Nossa Senhora do Cabo 939, 2750-374, Cascais, Portugal
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- MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Laboratório Marítimo da Guia, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Avenida Nossa Senhora do Cabo 939, 2750-374, Cascais, Portugal
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- UCIBIO, REQUIMTE, Departamento de Química, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Quinta da Torre, 2829-516, Caparica, Portugal
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- ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, 4811, Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, 4811, Australia
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- MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Laboratório Marítimo da Guia, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Avenida Nossa Senhora do Cabo 939, 2750-374, Cascais, Portugal
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Ren J, Du X, Zeng T, Chen L, Shen J, Lu L, Hu J. Divergently expressed gene identification and interaction prediction of long noncoding RNA and mRNA involved in duck reproduction. Anim Reprod Sci 2017; 185:8-17. [PMID: 28886878 DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2017.07.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2017] [Revised: 07/14/2017] [Accepted: 07/19/2017] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) and divergently expressed genes exist widely in different tissues of mammals and birds, in which they are involved in various biological processes. However, there is limited information on their role in the regulation of normal biological processes during differentiation, development, and reproduction in birds. In this study, whole transcriptome strand-specific RNA sequencing of the ovary from young ducks (60days), first-laying ducks (160days), and old ducks, i.e., ducks that stopped laying eggs (490days) was performed. The lncRNAs and mRNAs from these ducks were systematically analyzed and identified by duck genome sequencing in the three study groups. The transcriptome from the duck ovary comprised 15,011 protein-coding genes and 2905 lncRNAs; all the lncRNAs were identified as novel long noncoding transcripts. The comparison of transcriptome data from different study groups identified 2240 divergent transcription genes and 135 divergently expressed lncRNAs, which differed among the groups; most of them were significantly downregulated with age. Among the divergent genes, 38 genes were related to the reproductive process and 6 genes were upregulated. Further prediction analysis revealed that 52 lncRNAs were closely correlated with divergent reproductive mRNAs. More importantly, 6 remarkable lncRNAs were correlated significantly with the conversion of the ovary in different phases. Our results aid in the understanding of the divergent transcriptome of duck ovary in different phases and the underlying mechanisms that drive the specificity of protein-coding genes and lncRNAs in duck ovary.
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- Jindong Ren
- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A & F University, No. 21 Xinong Road, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, PR China; Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 198 Shiqiao Road, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310021, PR China.
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- Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 198 Shiqiao Road, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310021, PR China.
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- Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 198 Shiqiao Road, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310021, PR China.
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- Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 198 Shiqiao Road, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310021, PR China.
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- Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 198 Shiqiao Road, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310021, PR China.
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- Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 198 Shiqiao Road, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310021, PR China.
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A & F University, No. 21 Xinong Road, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, PR China.
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Mamais A, Chia R, Beilina A, Hauser DN, Hall C, Lewis PA, Cookson MR, Bandopadhyay R. Arsenite stress down-regulates phosphorylation and 14-3-3 binding of leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2), promoting self-association and cellular redistribution. J Biol Chem 2014; 289:21386-400. [PMID: 24942733 PMCID: PMC4118103 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m113.528463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Mutations in the gene encoding leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2) are a common genetic cause of Parkinson disease, but the mechanisms whereby LRRK2 is regulated are unknown. Phosphorylation of LRRK2 at Ser910/Ser935 mediates interaction with 14-3-3. Pharmacological inhibition of its kinase activity abolishes Ser910/Ser935 phosphorylation and 14-3-3 binding, and this effect is also mimicked by pathogenic mutations. However, physiological situations where dephosphorylation occurs have not been defined. Here, we show that arsenite or H2O2-induced stresses promote loss of Ser910/Ser935 phosphorylation, which is reversed by phosphatase inhibition. Arsenite-induced dephosphorylation is accompanied by loss of 14-3-3 binding and is observed in wild type, G2019S, and kinase-dead D2017A LRRK2. Arsenite stress stimulates LRRK2 self-association and association with protein phosphatase 1α, decreases kinase activity and GTP binding in vitro, and induces translocation of LRRK2 to centrosomes. Our data indicate that signaling events induced by arsenite and oxidative stress may regulate LRRK2 function.
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- Adamantios Mamais
- From the Reta Lila Weston Institute of Neurological Studies, University College London Institute of Neurology, London WC1N 1PJ, United Kingdom, the Department of Molecular Neuroscience, University College London Institute of Neurology, London WC1N 3BJ, United Kingdom, the Cell Biology and Gene Expression Section, Laboratory of Neurogenetics, NIA, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892,
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- the Cell Biology and Gene Expression Section, Laboratory of Neurogenetics, NIA, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, the Department of Neuroscience, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, D. C. 20057
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- the Cell Biology and Gene Expression Section, Laboratory of Neurogenetics, NIA, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
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- the Cell Biology and Gene Expression Section, Laboratory of Neurogenetics, NIA, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, the Brown University/National Institutes of Health Graduate Partnership Program, Department of Neuroscience, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, and
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- the Department of Molecular Neuroscience, University College London Institute of Neurology, London WC1N 3BJ, United Kingdom
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- the Department of Molecular Neuroscience, University College London Institute of Neurology, London WC1N 3BJ, United Kingdom, the School of Pharmacy, University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading RG6 6AP, United Kingdom
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- the Cell Biology and Gene Expression Section, Laboratory of Neurogenetics, NIA, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
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- From the Reta Lila Weston Institute of Neurological Studies, University College London Institute of Neurology, London WC1N 1PJ, United Kingdom, the Department of Molecular Neuroscience, University College London Institute of Neurology, London WC1N 3BJ, United Kingdom,
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Wiseman RL, Chin KT, Haynes CM, Stanhill A, Xu CF, Roguev A, Krogan NJ, Neubert TA, Ron D. Thioredoxin-related Protein 32 is an arsenite-regulated Thiol Reductase of the proteasome 19 S particle. J Biol Chem 2009; 284:15233-45. [PMID: 19349280 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109.002121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Perturbation of the cytoplasmic protein folding environment by exposure to oxidative stress-inducing As(III)-containing compounds challenges the ubiquitin-proteasome system. Here we report on mass spectrometric analysis of As(III)-induced changes in the proteasome's composition in samples prepared by stable isotope labeling with amino acids in cell culture, using mammalian cells in which TRP32 (thioredoxin-related protein of 32 kDa; also referred to as TXNL1) was identified as a novel subunit of the 26 S proteasome. Quantitative genetic interaction mapping, using the epistatic miniarray profiling approach, identified a functional connection between TRP32 and the proteasome. Deletion of txl1, the Schizosaccharomyces pombe homolog of TRP32, results in a slow growth phenotype when combined with deletion of cut8, a gene required for normal proteasome localization. Deletion analysis in vivo, chemical cross-linking, and manipulation of the ATP concentration in vitro during proteasome immunopurification revealed that the C-terminal domain of mammalian TRP32 binds the 19 S regulatory particle in proximity to the proteasome substrate binding site. Thiol modification with polyethylene glycol-maleimide showed disulfide bond formation at the active site of TRP32 in cells exposed to As(III). Pulse-chase labeling showed that TRP32 is a stable protein whose half-life of >6 h is surprisingly reduced to 1 h upon exposure of cells to As(III). These findings reveal a previously undescribed thiol reductase at the proteasome's regulatory particle.
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- R Luke Wiseman
- Kimmel Center for Biology and Medicine of the Skirball Institute , New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York 10016, USA
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Ramadan D, Rancy PC, Nagarkar RP, Schneider JP, Thorpe C. Arsenic(III) species inhibit oxidative protein folding in vitro. Biochemistry 2009; 48:424-32. [PMID: 19102631 DOI: 10.1021/bi801988x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The success of arsenic trioxide in the treatment of acute promyelocytic leukemia has renewed interest in the cellular targets of As(III) species. The effects of arsenicals are usually attributed to their ability to bind vicinal thiols or thiol selenols in prefolded proteins thereby compromising cellular function. The present studies suggest an additional, more pleiotropic, contribution to the biological effects of arsenicals. As(III) species, by avid coordination to the cysteine residues of unfolded reduced proteins, can compromise protein folding pathways. Three representative As(III) compounds (arsenite, monomethylarsenous acid (MMA), and an aryl arsenical (PSAO)) have been tested with three reduced secreted proteins (lysozyme, ribonuclease A, and riboflavin binding protein (RfBP)). Using absorbance, fluorescence, and pre-steady-state methods, we show that arsenicals bind tightly to low micromolar concentrations of these unfolded proteins with stoichiometries of 1 As(III) per 2 thiols for MMA and PSAO and 1 As(III) for every 3 thiols with arsenite. Arsenicals, at 10 microM, strongly disrupt the oxidative folding of RfBP even in the presence of 5 mM reduced glutathione, a competing ligand for As(III) species. MMA catalyzes the formation of amyloid-like monodisperse fibrils using reduced RNase. These in vitro data show that As(III) species can slow, or even derail, protein folding pathways. In vivo, the propensity of As(III) species to bind to unfolded cysteine-containing proteins may contribute to oxidative and protein folding stresses that are prominent features of the cellular response to arsenic exposure.
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- Danny Ramadan
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA
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Zheng X, Hong L, Shi L, Guo J, Sun Z, Zhou J. Proteomics analysis of host cells infected with infectious bursal disease virus. Mol Cell Proteomics 2007; 7:612-25. [PMID: 18056921 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m700396-mcp200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The effect of infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV) infection on cellular protein expression is essential for viral pathogenesis. To characterize the cellular response to IBDV infection, the differential proteomes of chicken embryo fibroblasts, with and without IBDV infection, were analyzed at different time points with two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2-DE) followed by MALDI-TOF/TOF identification. Comparative analysis of multiple 2-DE gels revealed that the majority of protein expression changes appeared at 48 and 96 h after IBDV infection. Mass spectrometry identified 51 altered cellular proteins, including 13 up-regulated proteins and 38 down-regulated proteins 12-96 h after infection. Notably 2-DE analysis revealed that IBDV infection induced the increased expression of polyubiquitin, apolipoprotein A-I, heat shock 27-kDa protein 1, actins, tubulins, eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4A isoform 2, acidic ribosomal phosphoprotein, and ribosomal protein SA isoform 2. In addition, IBDV infection considerably suppressed those cellular proteins involved in ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation, energy metabolism, intermediate filaments, host translational apparatus, and signal transduction. Moreover 38 corresponding genes of the differentially expressed proteins were quantitated by real time RT-PCR to examine the transcriptional profiles between infected and uninfected chicken embryo fibroblasts. Western blot further confirmed the inhibition of Rho protein GDP dissociation inhibitor expression and the induction of polyubiquitin during IBDV infection. Subcellular distribution analysis of the cytoskeletal proteins vimentin and beta-tubulin clearly demonstrated that IBDV infection induced the disruption of the vimentin network and microtubules late in IBDV infection. Thus, this work effectively provides useful dynamic protein-related information to facilitate further investigation of the underlying mechanism of IBDV infection and pathogenesis.
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- Xiaojuan Zheng
- Institute of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, China
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Kelly SM, VanSlyke JK, Musil LS. Regulation of ubiquitin-proteasome system mediated degradation by cytosolic stress. Mol Biol Cell 2007; 18:4279-91. [PMID: 17699585 PMCID: PMC2043544 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e07-05-0487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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ER-associated, ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS)-mediated degradation of the wild-type (WT) gap junction protein connexin32 (Cx32) is inhibited by mild forms of cytosolic stress at a step before its dislocation into the cytosol. We show that the same conditions (a 30-min, 42 degrees C heat shock or oxidative stress induced by arsenite) also reduce the endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-associated turnover of disease-causing mutants of Cx32 and the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR), as well as that of WT CFTR and unassembled Ig light chain. Stress-stabilized WT Cx32 and CFTR, but not the mutant/unassembled proteins examined, could traverse the secretory pathway. Heat shock also slowed the otherwise rapid UPS-mediated turnover of the cytosolic proteins myoD and GFPu, but not the degradation of an ubiquitination-independent construct (GFP-ODC) closely related to the latter. Analysis of mutant Cx32 from cells exposed to proteasome inhibitors and/or cytosolic stress indicated that stress reduces degradation at the level of substrate polyubiquitination. These findings reveal a new link between the cytosolic stress-induced heat shock response, ER-associated degradation, and polyubiquitination. Stress-denatured proteins may titer a limiting component of the ubiquitination machinery away from pre-existing UPS substrates, thereby sparing the latter from degradation.
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- Sean M. Kelly
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 97239
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 97239
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 97239
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Stanhill A, Haynes CM, Zhang Y, Min G, Steele MC, Kalinina J, Martinez E, Pickart CM, Kong XP, Ron D. An arsenite-inducible 19S regulatory particle-associated protein adapts proteasomes to proteotoxicity. Mol Cell 2006; 23:875-85. [PMID: 16973439 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2006.07.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2005] [Revised: 05/23/2006] [Accepted: 07/26/2006] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Protein misfolding caused by exposure to arsenite is associated with transcriptional activation of the AIRAP gene. We report here that AIRAP is an arsenite-inducible subunit of the proteasome's 19S cap that binds near PSMD2 at the 19S base. Compared to the wild-type, knockout mouse cells or C. elegans lacking AIRAP accumulate more polyubiquitylated proteins and exhibit higher levels of stress when exposed to arsenite, and proteasomes isolated from arsenite-treated AIRAP knockout cells are relatively impaired in substrate degradation in vitro. AIRAP's association with the 19S cap reverses the stabilizing affect of ATP on the 26S proteasome during particle purification, and AIRAP-containing proteasomes, though constituted of 19S and 20S subunits, acquire features of hybrid proteasomes with both 19S and 11S regulatory caps. These features include enhanced cleavage of peptide substrates and suggest that AIRAP adapts the cell's core protein degradation machinery to counteract proteotoxicity induced by an environmental toxin.
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- Ariel Stanhill
- Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York 10016, USA
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Séguin B, Boutros PC, Li X, Okey AB, Uetrecht JP. Gene Expression Profiling in a Model of d-Penicillamine-Induced Autoimmunity in the Brown Norway Rat: Predictive Value of Early Signs of Danger. Chem Res Toxicol 2005; 18:1193-202. [PMID: 16097792 DOI: 10.1021/tx050040m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Idiosyncratic drug reactions (IDRs) cause significant morbidity and mortality. In an animal model of IDRs, 50-80% of Brown Norway rats exposed to D-penicillamine develop an autoimmune syndrome after several weeks of treatment. The symptoms of the IDR are similar to that observed in humans who take D-penicillamine. The mechanism of this reaction is unknown, and no effective biomarkers have been identified to predict susceptibility. We postulate that cell stress caused by drugs is required to initiate the response. We used a high-throughput approach to identify factors that might represent danger signals by profiling hepatic gene expression 6 h after dosing with D-penicillamine (150 mg/kg). Our results show that the drug-treated animals cluster into two distinct groups. One group exhibits substantial expression changes relative to control animals. The most significantly altered transcripts have a role in stress, energy metabolism, acute phase response, and inflammation. We used quantitative reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction to measure transcript levels in liver biopsies of 33 rats and found that resistant animals cluster together. This "resistant" cluster of animals contains 87.5% (7/8) resistant animals but only 48% (12/25) "sensitive" animals. This separation is statistically significant at the p = 0.01 level.
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- Béatrice Séguin
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Ontario M5S 2S2, Canada
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Kirkpatrick DS, Weldon SF, Tsaprailis G, Liebler DC, Gandolfi AJ. Proteomic identification of ubiquitinated proteins from human cells expressing His-tagged ubiquitin. Proteomics 2005; 5:2104-11. [PMID: 15852347 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.200401089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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A proteomics method has been developed to purify and identify the specific proteins modified by ubiquitin (Ub) from human cells. In purified samples, Ub and 21 other proteins were identified by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) spectra using SEQUEST. These proteins included several of the expected carriers of Ub including Ub-conjugating enzymes and histone proteins. To perform these experiments, a cell line coexpressing epitope tagged His(6X)-Ub and green fluorescent protein (GFP) was generated by stably transfecting HEK293 cells. Ubiquitinated proteins were purified using nickel-affinity chromatography and digested in solution with trypsin. Complex mixtures of peptides were separated by reversed phase chromatography and analyzed by nano LC-MS/MS using the LCQ quadrupole ion-trap mass spectrometer. Proteins identified from His(6X)-Ub-GFP transfected cells were compared to a list of proteins from HEK293 cells, which associate with nickel-nitrilotriacetic acid (Ni-NTA)-agarose in the absence of His-tagged Ub. In a proof of principle experiment, His(6X)-Ub-GFP transfected cells were treated with As (III) (10 microM, 24 h) in an attempt to identify substrates increasingly modified by Ub. In this experiment, proliferating cell nuclear antigen, a DNA repair protein and known ubiquitin substrate, was confidently identified. This proteomics method, developed for the analysis of ubiquitinated proteins, is a step towards large-scale characterization of Ub-protein conjugates in numerous physiological and pathological states.
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Argilés JM, Busquets S, Alvarez B, López-Soriano FJ. Mechanism for the increased skeletal muscle protein degradation in the obese Zucker rat. J Nutr Biochem 2005; 10:244-8. [PMID: 15539297 DOI: 10.1016/s0955-2863(98)00098-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/1998] [Accepted: 11/12/1998] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Obese (fa/fa) Zucker rats showed a decreased protein content in skeletal muscle compared with their lean counterparts. This was associated with both a decrease in the fractional rate of protein synthesis and an enhanced fractional rate of protein degradation in skeletal muscle, as studied by pre-loading body proteins with (14)C-bicarbonate. The increased protein degradation could be the result of the clearly enhanced expression for several transcripts of the ubiquitin genes in skeletal muscle. The results suggest that the increased protein degradation in the skeletal muscle of the obese animals may be due to increased activity of the ubiquitin-dependent proteolytic system.
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- J M Argilés
- Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Harada T, Harada C, Wang YL, Osaka H, Amanai K, Tanaka K, Takizawa S, Setsuie R, Sakurai M, Sato Y, Noda M, Wada K. Role of ubiquitin carboxy terminal hydrolase-L1 in neural cell apoptosis induced by ischemic retinal injury in vivo. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY 2004; 164:59-64. [PMID: 14695319 PMCID: PMC1602242 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9440(10)63096-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Ubiquitin is thought to be a stress protein that plays an important role in protecting cells under stress conditions; however, its precise role is unclear. Ubiquitin expression level is controlled by the balance of ubiquitinating and deubiquitinating enzymes. To investigate the function of deubiquitinating enzymes on ischemia-induced neural cell apoptosis in vivo, we analyzed gracile axonal dystrophy (gad) mice with an exon deletion for ubiquitin carboxy terminal hydrolase-L1 (UCH-L1), a neuron-specific deubiquitinating enzyme. In wild-type mouse retina, light stimuli and ischemic retinal injury induced strong ubiquitin expression in the inner retina, and its expression pattern was similar to that of UCH-L1. On the other hand, gad mice showed reduced ubiquitin induction after light stimuli and ischemia, whereas expression levels of antiapoptotic (Bcl-2 and XIAP) and prosurvival (brain-derived neurotrophic factor) proteins that are normally degraded by an ubiquitin-proteasome pathway were significantly higher. Consistently, ischemia-induced caspase activity and neural cell apoptosis were suppressed approximately 70% in gad mice. These results demonstrate that UCH-L1 is involved in ubiquitin expression after stress stimuli, but excessive ubiquitin induction following ischemic injury may rather lead to neural cell apoptosis in vivo.
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- Takayuki Harada
- Department of Degenerative Neurological Diseases, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira, Tokyo, Japan
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Histone modifications. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-7306(03)39009-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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Gururaja T, Li W, Noble WS, Payan DG, Anderson DC. Multiple functional categories of proteins identified in an in vitro cellular ubiquitin affinity extract using shotgun peptide sequencing. J Proteome Res 2003; 2:394-404. [PMID: 12938929 DOI: 10.1021/pr034019n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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To construct a high information content assay for examination of the function of the cellular ubiquitin system, we added his-tagged ubiquitin, ATP, and an ATP-regenerating system to endogenous human cellular ubiquitin system enzymes, and labeled cellular proteins with hexa-histidine tagged ubiquitin in vitro. Labeling depended on ATP, the ATP recycling system, the proteasome inhibitor MG132, and the ubiquitin protease inhibitor ubiquitin aldehyde, and was inhibited by iodoacetamide. Quadruplicate affinity extracted proteins were digested with trypsin, and the peptides were analyzed by 2D capillary LC-MS/MS, SEQUEST, MEDUSA, and support vector machine calculations. Identified proteins included 22 proteasome subunits or associated proteins, 18 E1, E2, or E3 ubiquitin system enzymes or related proteins, 4 ubiquitin domain proteins and 36 proteins in functional clusters associated with redox processes, endocytosis/vesicle trafficking, the cytoskeleton, DNA damage/repair, calcium binding, and mRNA splicing. This suggests a link between the ubiquitin system and these cellular processes. This map of cellular ubiquitin-associated proteins may be useful for further studies of ubiquitin system function.
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Aono J, Yanagawa T, Itoh K, Li B, Yoshida H, Kumagai Y, Yamamoto M, Ishii T. Activation of Nrf2 and accumulation of ubiquitinated A170 by arsenic in osteoblasts. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2003; 305:271-7. [PMID: 12745069 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-291x(03)00728-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Sub-lethal levels of arsenic induce upregulation of stress proteins. We here report for the first time that inorganic arsenic activates the transcription factor Nrf2, which controls the expression of oxidative stress-induced proteins. Treatment of cultured MC3T3-E1 osteoblasts with arsenite or arsenate induced increase of Nrf2, followed by transcriptional activation of target genes encoding HO-1, Prx I, and A170. We found that arsenate (200-800 micro M) only slightly increased the normal 60kDa A170 protein but markedly increased higher molecular mass forms of A170 (HMM-A170) that appeared as smeared bands. Arsenate also markedly increased ubiquitin-conjugated cellular proteins, suggesting that HMM-A170 was one of the poly-ubiquitinated proteins. Arsenite (50-100 micro M) also induced accumulation of HMM-A170 and ubiquitin-conjugated proteins. These results provide the first direct evidence that toxic arsenics impair the normal function of A170. Our findings provide a potential diagnostic tool for monitoring biotoxicity in cells and tissues in response to arsenic compounds.
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- Junko Aono
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8575, Japan
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Kieffer AE, Goumon Y, Ruh O, Chasserot-Golaz S, Nullans G, Gasnier C, Aunis D, Metz-Boutigue MH. The N- and C-terminal fragments of ubiquitin are important for the antimicrobial activities. FASEB J 2003; 17:776-8. [PMID: 12594174 DOI: 10.1096/fj.02-0699fje] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Secretory granules of chromaffin cells contain catecholamines and several antimicrobial peptides derived from chromogranins and proenkephalin-A. These peptides are secreted in the extracellular medium following exocytosis. Here, we show that ubiquitin is stored in secretory chromaffin granules and released into the circulation upon stimulation of chromaffin cells. We also show that the C-terminal fragment (residues 65-76) of ubiquitin displays, at the micromolar range, a lytic antifungal activity. Using confocal laser scan microscopy and rhodamine-labeled synthetic peptides, we could demonstrate that the C-terminal peptide (residues 65-76) is able to cross the cell wall and the plasma membrane of fungi and to accumulate in fungi, whereas the N-terminal peptide (residues 1-34) is stopped at the fungal wall level. Furthermore, these two peptides act synergistically to kill filamentous fungi. Because of the interaction of the C-terminal sequence of ubiquitin with calmodulin, the synthetic peptide (residues 65-76) was tested in vitro against calmodulin-dependent calcineurin, an enzyme crucial for fungal growth. This peptide was found to inhibit the phosphatase activity of calcineurin. Our data show a new property of ubiquitin C-terminal-derived peptide (65-76) that could be used with N-terminal peptide (1-34) as a new potent antifungal agent.
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- Anne-Estelle Kieffer
- INSERM Unité 575, IFR 37, Physiopathologie du Système Nerveux, Strasbourg, France
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Busquets S, Alvarez B, López-Soriano FJ, Argilés JM. Branched-chain amino acids: a role in skeletal muscle proteolysis in catabolic states? J Cell Physiol 2002; 191:283-9. [PMID: 12012323 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.10097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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A 48-h starvation period resulted in a great increase in muscle proteolysis-as measured following the release of tyrosine into the medium-in incubated isolated rat extensor digitorum longus (EDL) muscles. We have quantified the contribution of the different proteolytic systems to the increased protein degradation and observed a considerable activation in the ATP-dependent proteolytic (60%) and in the calcium-dependent (125%) systems, while no increases were observed in lysosomal proteolysis. The addition of 10 mM leucine to the incubation medium did not result in any changes in either total proteolytic rate or the activity rates of any of the different systems studied. In addition, the presence of the amino acid did not influence the levels of mRNA for the different genes studied-ubiquitin, C8 proteasome subunit, E2 conjugating enzyme, m-calpain, and cathepsin B. In a similar way, as observed during starvation, tumor growth resulted in increased protein degradation in incubated isolated EDL muscles from animals bearing the Yoshida AH-130 ascites hepatoma. The increased rate of protein degradation affected all the proteolytic systems studied: ATP- and calcium-dependent and lysosomal. Finally, leucine addition (10 mM), although not able to revert the increased proteolytic rate, resulted in a decrease in the gene expression for ubiquitin, C8 proteasome subunit and cathepsin B.
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- Sílvia Busquets
- Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Jason LJM, Moore SC, Lewis JD, Lindsey G, Ausió J. Histone ubiquitination: a tagging tail unfolds? Bioessays 2002; 24:166-74. [PMID: 11835281 DOI: 10.1002/bies.10038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Despite the fact that histone H2A ubiquitination affects about 10-15% of this histone in most eukaryotic cells, histone ubiquitination is among one of the less-well-characterized post-translational histone modifications. Nevertheless, some important observations have been made in recent years. Whilst several enzymes had been known to ubiquitinate histones in vitro, recent studies in yeast have led to the unequivocal identification of the enzyme responsible for this post-translational modification in this organism. A strong functional co-relation to meiosis and spermiogenesis has also now been well documented, although its participation in other functional aspects of chromatin metabolism, such as transcription or DNA repair, still remains rather speculative and controversial. Because of its nature, histone ubiquitination represents the most bulky structural change to histones and as such it would be expected to exert an important effect on chromatin structure. Past and recent structural studies, however, indicate a surprising lack of effect of (H2A/H2B) ubiquitination on nucleosome architecture and of uH2A on chromatin folding. These results suggest that this modification may serve as a signal for recognition by functionally relevant trans-acting factors and/or operate synergistically in conjunction with other post-translational modifications such as for instance acetylation.
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- Laure J M Jason
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cape Town, South Africa
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Sok J, Calfon M, Lu J, Lichtlen P, Clark SG, Ron D. Arsenite-inducible RNA-associated protein (AIRAP) protects cells from arsenite toxicity. Cell Stress Chaperones 2001; 6:6-15. [PMID: 11525245 PMCID: PMC434377 DOI: 10.1379/1466-1268(2001)006<0006:airapa>2.0.co;2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Exposure of cells to arsenicals activates multiple stress pathways resulting in the induction of specific genes whose identity and role in the adaptation to arsenical-induced cellular stress are poorly understood. We report here the identification of a novel gene encoding an arsenite-inducible, cysteine- and histidine-rich RNA-associated protein, AIRAP, that is conserved among mammals, Drosophila and C elegans. Immunochemistry and cell fractionation experiments indicate that, when induced, AIRAP is present in both the nucleus and the cytoplasm, and cross-linking experiments indicate that it associates with RNA in vivo. The expression of a C elegans homologue of AIRAP, aip-1, is also induced by exposure to arsenite, and expression of an aip-1::gfp transgene is most pronounced in hypodermal cells. RNA-mediated interference (RNAi) of aip-1 lowers the resistance of nematodes to arsenite yet does not appear to affect viability under standard growth conditions. These experiments suggest a role for AIRAP/AIP-1 in protecting cells from the toxic effects of arsenite.
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- J Sok
- Department of Medicine, Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine, and the Kaplan Cancer Center, New York University School of Medicine, NY 10016, USA
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Fujimuro M, Sawada H, Yokosawa H. Dynamics of ubiquitin conjugation during heat-shock response revealed by using a monoclonal antibody specific to multi-ubiquitin chains. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1997; 249:427-33. [PMID: 9370350 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1997.00427.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Levels of intracellular multi-ubiquitinated proteins in heat-shocked HeLa cells were investigated using a monoclonal antibody specific to multi-ubiquitin chains. After heat-shock treatment at 42-44 degrees C for 30 min, the level of multi-ubiquitinated proteins increased within the first 2 h at 37 degrees C and returned to the initial level within the following 2 h. The accumulation of multi-ubiquitin conjugates was elevated by increasing the temperature, while the opposite was the case for the level of ubiquitinated histone H2A. Immunocytochemical analysis revealed that the amount of ubiquitin conjugates rapidly increased in the cytosol and concomitantly decreased in the nucleus under heat-shock conditions. The heat-shock treatment elicited little apparent change in the activity of the 26S proteasome, but it did induce a gradual increase in activity of the ubiquitinating enzyme system. These results strongly suggest that the level of cytoplasmic multi-ubiquitinated proteins and that of nuclear ubiquitinated histone H2A increases and decreases, respectively, in response to heat shock and that the heat-shock-induced accumulation of multi-ubiquitinated proteins is caused by activation of the ubiquitinating enzyme system rather than inactivation of the 26S proteasome.
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- M Fujimuro
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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Corsi D, Galluzzi L, Lecomte MC, Magnani M. Identification of alpha-spectrin domains susceptible to ubiquitination. J Biol Chem 1997; 272:2977-83. [PMID: 9006945 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.272.5.2977] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Previously, we demonstrated that alpha-spectrin is a substrate for the ubiquitin system and that this conjugation is a dynamic process (Corsi, D., Galluzzi, L., Crinelli, R., and Magnani, M. (1995) J. Biol. Chem. 270, 8928-8935). In this study, we mapped the sites of ubiquitination on erythrocyte alpha-spectrin. A peptide map of digested alpha-spectrin, previously submitted to in vitro 125I-ubiquitin conjugation, revealed the presence of four distinct labeled bands with Mr 40,000, 36,000, 29,000, and 25,500. Western blotting experiments using antibodies against each alpha-spectrin domain revealed that only IgG anti-alphaIII domain recognized the 125I-labeled ubiquitin peptide of 29 kDa, whereas the IgG anti-alphaV domain recognized the Mr 40,000 125I-ubiquitin-labeled peptide. The other two labeled bands of Mr 36,000 and Mr 25,500 were identified as tetra and tri multiubiquitin chains. Ubiquitination of the alphaIII and alphaV domains was further confirmed by anti-alpha-spectrin domain immunoaffinity chromatography. Endoprotease Lys C-digested spectrin conjugated previously to 125I-ubiquitin was incubated with antibodies against each trypsin-resistant domain of alpha-spectrin. Gamma counting of the radiolabeled antigen-antibody complexes purified by protein A chromatography showed labeling in the IgG anti-alphaIII and anti-alphaV complexes alone. Domain alphaIII is not associated with any known function, whereas domain alphaV contains the nucleation site for the association of the alpha and beta chains. Ubiquitination of the latter domain suggests a role for ubiquitin in the modulation of the stability, deformability, and viscoelastic properties of the erythrocyte membrane.
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- D Corsi
- G. Fornaini Institute of Biological Chemistry, University of Urbino, Via Saffi 2, 61029 Urbino, Italy
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Haldeman MT, Finley D, Pickart CM. Dynamics of ubiquitin conjugation during erythroid differentiation in vitro. J Biol Chem 1995; 270:9507-16. [PMID: 7721879 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.270.16.9507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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To gain insight into the role of ubiquitin-mediated proteolysis in erythroid differentiation, levels of ubiquitin conjugating enzymes (E2s) and ubiquitin conjugates were analyzed during in vitro differentiation of murine erythroleukemic (MEL) cells. After 4 days of culture in the presence of the inducer dimethyl sulfoxide, MEL cells expressed high levels of the erythroid-specific proteins, globin, and band 3. During the same interval, cellular contents (mol/cell) of E2-14K, E2-25K, and E2-35K decreased up to approximately 5-fold; as suggested by results obtained with E2-25K, this reflected a lower level of mRNA in differentiating cells. Concentrations of these E2s changed more modestly during in vitro differentiation, since cellular volume also decreased. Comparison of levels of the three E2s in undifferentiated MEL cells and reticulocytes suggests that their concentrations remain fairly constant during in vivo differentiation of proerythroblasts into reticulocytes. Thus, these components of the ubiquitin-mediated proteolytic pathway are likely to function constitutively during this interval. Two-dimensional Western blots showed a broad spectrum of ubiquitin conjugates, including free multiubiquitin chains, in undifferentiated MEL cells. As seen for several E2s, the concentration of ubiquitin conjugates (including free chains) decreased modestly during in vitro differentiation. E2-20K and E2-230K, which are abundant in reticulocytes, were low or absent in undifferentiated and differentiated MEL cells. In erythroid cells these two E2s are reticulocyte-specific; apparently MEL cells do not differentiate far enough to allow induction of their expression.
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- M T Haldeman
- Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York, Buffalo 14214, USA
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Llovera M, Garcia-Martinez C, Agell N, Lopez-Soriano FJ, Argiles JM. Muscle wasting associated with cancer cachexia is linked to an important activation of the ATP-dependent ubiquitin-mediated proteolysis. Int J Cancer 1995; 61:138-41. [PMID: 7705927 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.2910610123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Rats bearing the Yoshida AH-130 ascites hepatoma for 7 days showed an important decrease in muscle mass--over 30% in gastrocnemius and extensor digitorum longus (EDL)--in relation to non-tumour-bearing controls, which is associated with an increased proteolytic rate in in vitro incubation. In order to identify the precise biochemical process which was involved, we measured different proteolytic systems in incubated EDL muscles. The capacity for intralysosomal proteolysis, as measured by sensitivity to methylamine, was not increased in tumour-bearing rats, suggesting that the mechanism involved in the increased proteolytic rate was extralysosomal. Incubations using the Ca2+ ionophore A23187 revealed no change in the activity of calcium-dependent proteases as a consequence of tumour growth. Finally, muscle incubation in an ATP-depleted medium allowed us to conclude that energy-dependent proteases were involved in the activation of muscle proteolysis in tumour-bearing rats. In particular, the ubiquitin-dependent proteolytic system is involved, since there is an important increase in ubiquitin conjugates in the skeletal muscle of tumour-bearing rats. It may thus be suggested that extralysosomal ATP- and ubiquitin-dependent proteases underlie the biochemical mechanism of muscle wastage associated with cancer cachexia.
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- M Llovera
- Departament de Bioquímica i Fisiologia, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain
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The ubiquitin-dependent pathway for protein degradation has been found to play a major role in controlling protein turnover in the cell. Ubiquitin is one of the most conserved proteins yet identified, and up until now it has been thought to be present only in eukaryotes and archaebacteria. This is the first report on the detection and purification of ubiquitin from a eubacterium, the cyanobacterium Anabaena variabilis. The purification procedure included a heat denaturing step, fractionated ammonium sulfate precipitation, two gel filtration runs (Sephadex G-50 and Superose 12), and a final hydroxylapatite chromatography. Comparisons with bovine ubiquitin showed a high similarity with respect to antigenicity to anti-ubiquitin (bovine), molecular mass (M(r) = 6,000), isoelectric point (pI 6.5), and NH2-terminal sequence. The existence of ubiquitin in A. variabilis was confirmed by Southern hybridization. In in vitro experiments both cyanobacterial and bovine ubiquitin were covalently attached to several target proteins from A. variabilis, respectively. Data are presented which suggest ubiquitination of dinitrogenase reductase, the Fe-protein subunit of nitrogenase. Our findings imply that ubiquitination equivalent to the eukaryotic system is instrumental in this organism.
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- J Durner
- Lehrstuhl für Physiologie und Biochemie der Pflanzen, Universität Konstanz, Germany
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Johannessen JN. Biomolecular Approaches to Neurotoxic Hazard Assessment. Neurotoxicology 1995. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-012168055-8/50027-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Wing SS, Banville D. 14-kDa ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme: structure of the rat gene and regulation upon fasting and by insulin. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY 1994; 267:E39-48. [PMID: 8048511 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.1994.267.1.e39] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Upon fasting, an increase in proteolysis occurs in rat skeletal muscle and is associated with increased levels of ubiquitin-protein conjugates. As this suggests that formation of conjugates may be activated upon fasting, we studied the expression of the gene encoding the 14-kDa ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme (E2(14k)). A cDNA encoding rat E2(14k) was isolated and used to probe Northern blots of RNA from extensor digitorum longus muscles of fed, fasted, and refed rats. Two mRNA transcripts of 1.2 and 1.8 kb were observed. Isolation and sequencing of a genomic clone determined that these transcripts arise from differential sites of polyadenylation. The 1.2-kb transcript increased threefold upon fasting at 2 days and returned to normal with refeeding. Northern analysis of RNA from various tissues of fed and fasted rats showed that E2(14k) mRNA was expressed at high levels in testes, moderate levels in muscle, heart, and brain, but low levels in liver and kidney. Upon fasting, increases in mRNA levels were seen in muscle, heart, liver, and kidney. In vitro, in rat L6 myotubes, insulin lowered levels of E2(14k) mRNA. Because E2s catalyze the first irreversible reaction in the pathway and E2(14k) gene expression appears to change in parallel with the changes in levels of ubiquitinated proteins and rates of proteolysis, conjugation mediated by this E2 may be a rate-limiting step in the pathway. This is the first demonstration of direct hormonal regulation of a gene in the ubiquitin system and argues strongly for a role of the ubiquitin system in the metabolic response to fasting in skeletal muscle.
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- S S Wing
- National Research Council of Canada, Biotechnology Research Institute, Montreal, Quebec
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Mifflin L, Cohen R. Characterization of denatured protein inducers of the heat shock (stress) response in Xenopus laevis oocytes. J Biol Chem 1994. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)40739-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Llovera M, García-Martínez C, Agell N, Marzábal M, López-Soriano FJ, Argilés JM. Ubiquitin gene expression is increased in skeletal muscle of tumour-bearing rats. FEBS Lett 1994; 338:311-8. [PMID: 8307200 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(94)80290-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Rats bearing the fast-growing AH-130 Yoshida ascites hepatoma showed a marked cachectic response which has been previously reported [Tessitore et al. (1987) Biochem. J. 241, 153-159]. Thus tumour-bearing animals showed significant decreases in body and muscle weight (soleus and gastrocnemius) as compared to both pair-fed and ad libitum-fed animals. These decreases were related to an enhanced proteolytic rate in the muscles of the tumour-bearing animals as measured by the tyrosine released in in vitro assays. In an attempt to elucidate which proteolytic system is directly responsible for the decrease in muscle mass, we have studied both lysosomal and non-lysosomal (ATP-dependent) proteolytic systems in this animal model. While the enzymatic activities of the main cathepsin (B and B + L) systems were actually decreased in gastrocnemius muscles of tumour-bearing rats, thus indicating that lysosomal proteolysis was not involved, the ubiquitin pools (both free and conjugated) were markedly altered as a result of tumour burden. These were associated with an increased ubiquitin gene expression in muscle of tumour-bearing rats, over 500% in relation to non-tumour bearers, thus suggesting that the ATP-dependent proteolytic system may be responsible for the muscle proteolysis and wastage observed in this animal tumour model. The fact that we have previously shown that TNF enhances the ubiquitinization of muscle proteins [García-Martínez et al. (1993) FEBS Lett. 323, 211-214], together with the high circulating levels of TNF detected in rats bearing the Yoshida hepatoma allows us to suggest that the cytokine may be responsible, most probably indirectly, for the activation of the referred proteolytic system in tumour-bearing rats.
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- M Llovera
- Departament de Bioquímica i Fisologia, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain
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In this review, changes in plant gene expression in response to environmental stresses are discussed using the examples of high and low temperature treatments. While some changes may contribute to acclimatory processes which improve plant survival or performance under stress, others may be 'shock' responses indicative of sensitivity. The heat-shock response, which is almost ubiquitous among eukaryotic organisms, is characterized by repression of normal cellular protein synthesis mediated at both the transcriptional and the translational level, and induction of heat-shock protein (HSP) synthesis. There is a correlation between HSP synthesis and induced thermotolerance in plants, but the evidence for a causal relationship is not conclusive. The possible biochemical functions of some of the HSPs are now becoming apparent; they are believed to play an important role in preventing accumulation of damaged proteins in the cell during heat shock. Although no other environmental stress elicits the full heat-shock response, certain treatments do induce synthesis of subsets of the HSPs, and the reasons for this are considered. Alterations in gene expression in response to low temperatures are more diverse and usually less dramatic than the heat-shock response, with which they share little, if any, homology. Biochemical adjustments during cold treatment are discussed, with particular reference to those which contribute to acclimation. Several genes whose expression is induced by cold have been cloned and characterized, and in some cases it is possible to attribute in vivo functions to them; they include enzymes of lipid, carbohydrate and protein metabolism, structural proteins and putative cryoprotectants. The use of transgenic plants is further facilitating an investigation of the biochemical factors which are important in cold acclimation. Drought, osmotic stress and abscisic acid induce expression of many of the same genes as does cold treatment; it seems likely that some of the products of these genes contribute to increased freezing tolerance by protecting against intracellular dehydration. Contents Summary 1 I. Introduction 1 II. High temperature stress 3 III. Low temperature stress 10 IV. Concluding remarks 20 Acknowledgements 21 References 21.
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- Catherine J Howarth
- Plant Science Division, AFRC Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research, Plas Gogerddan, Aberystwyth SY23 3EB, UK
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- Plant Science Division, AFRC Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research, Plas Gogerddan, Aberystwyth SY23 3EB, UK
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Hayashi T, Tanaka J, Kamikubo T, Takada K, Matsuda M. Increase in ubiquitin conjugates dependent on ischemic damage. Brain Res 1993; 620:171-3. [PMID: 8402194 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(93)90288-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Insoluble ubiquitin conjugates (UC) in the mitochondrial fraction of the gerbil cortex were analyzed following transient forebrain ischemia. At 1 h of reperfusion after 2-10 min of ischemia, UC increased as the duration of ischemia was prolonged. Pre-treatment with pentobarbital, rather than post-treatment immediately after recirculation, reduced the increase of UC at 1 h of reperfusion following 5 min of ischemia. Pentobarbital had no effect on in vitro ubiquitination of heat-denatured lysozyme by the extract of gerbil cortex. These results suggest that increase in UC is dependent on ischemic damage and pentobarbital attenuates the increase of UC by relieving injury during ischemia.
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- T Hayashi
- Department of Biochemistry, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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García-Martínez C, Agell N, Llovera M, López-Soriano FJ, Argilés JM. Tumour necrosis factor-alpha increases the ubiquitinization of rat skeletal muscle proteins. FEBS Lett 1993; 323:211-4. [PMID: 8388807 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(93)81341-v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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An acute intravenous administration of 100 micrograms/kg body weight of recombinant tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF) resulted in a time-dependent increase in the levels of both free and conjugated ubiquitin in rat skeletal muscle. The effects of the cytokine were more pronounced in the red muscle soleus than in the white muscle EDL. In the former muscle type, TNF-treatment also resulted in a time-dependent increase in the percentage of free ubiquitin. The results suggest that the ubiquitin system for non-lysosomal protein degradation could have a very important role in the mechanism triggered by TNF which is responsible for enhanced muscle proteolysis in sepsis and other pathological states.
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- C García-Martínez
- Departament de Biología Cellular, Facultat de Medicina, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain
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Niedzwiecki A, Fleming JE. Heat shock induces changes in the expression and binding of ubiquitin in senescent Drosophila melanogaster. DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS 1993; 14:78-86. [PMID: 7683258 DOI: 10.1002/dvg.1020140110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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We examined the effect of aging on the expression of ubiquitin RNA and the binding of the ubiquitin polypeptide to proteins following heat shock in Drosophila melanogaster. Heat-shocked adult flies transcribe two major RNA species--one of 4.4 kb and one of about 6 kb that hybridize to the polyubiquitin-encoding probe. Several less abundant RNAs were also observed but the 4.4-kb band was present as the major RNA species in both stressed and nonstressed flies of both ages. The 6-kb fragment was more abundant in heat shocked aged flies than in younger flies. The quantitative expression of the polyubiquitin gene increased in proportion to the duration of the heat stress. Moreover, the induction of the polyubiquitin RNA was markedly elevated during aging following heat shock. Hybridization of Northern blots with the monoubiquitin gene probe revealed a band of 0.9 kb that was not significantly affected by heat stress. We also investigated the relationship between the changes in polyubiquitin gene expression and the formation of ubiquitin-protein complexes in aging heat-shocked flies. Heat shock to old flies results in a significant increase in the level of proteins immunoprecipitated by anti-ubiquitin antibodies. In the case of proteins synthesized 2 h before heat shock, most of the ubiquitinated proteins were of high molecular weight. For those proteins synthesized during a 30-min heat shock and the 2 h following heat shock, two major immunoprecipitated bands were observed: an 80-kD and a 70-kD polypeptide. The ubiquitination of a 60 kD protein was also observed in nonstressed flies, but its formation was drastically reduced following heat shock.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- A Niedzwiecki
- Linus Pauling Institute of Science and Medicine, Palo Alto, California
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Magnani M, Crinelli R, Corsi D, Serafini G. Intracellular distribution of protein as a determinant for ubiquitination and proteolytic degradation. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1992; 673:103-9. [PMID: 1336641 DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1992.tb27441.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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- M Magnani
- Istituto di Chimica Biologica G. Fornaini, Università degli Studi Urbino, Italy
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Ubiquitin, an 8.5 kDa polypeptide found almost universally in plants and animals, is a normal component in the lens. The best documented function for ubiquitin involves its conjugation to proteins as a signal to initiate degradation. Conjugates for ubiquitin-dependent degradation tend to be of very high molecular mass and are rapidly degraded. Another role of ubiquitin conjugation may be as a stabilizer during stress for protection of constituent proteins, resulting in ubiquitin conjugates that are long-lived. Examination of clear and cataractous human lenses of < 1 to > 50 years revealed the dramatic accumulation of ubiquitin and ubiquitin conjugates with age, beginning at approximately 10 years. Epithelial tissue contained predominantly conjugates of > 250 kDa, although ubiquitin conjugates were found at 98 and 40-60 kDa in tissues from older donors. The water-soluble, urea-soluble and urea-insoluble fractions of lens cortex and core also contain ubiquitin conjugates that accrue with age. High molecular mass conjugates (> 250 kDa) are particularly prominent in older lens tissue. Cataractous lenses, as compared with normal lenses of the same age, show more of these high molecular mass conjugates in the urea-soluble and urea-insoluble fractions of cortex and core. Heterogeneous conjugates in the 20-85 kDa range accumulate in an age-related fashion in all lens cortex and core fractions. While levels of free ubiquitin are significant in the epithelium and the water-soluble cortex and core for all ages, there is no detectable free ubiquitin in the urea-soluble and urea-insoluble fraction under conditions used in this study.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- J Jahngen-Hodge
- Laboratory for Nutrition and Vision Research, USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University, Boston, MA 02111
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Tuckwell DS, László L, Mayer RJ. 2,5-Hexanedione-induced intermediate filament aggregates contain ubiquitin-protein conjugate immunoreactivity and resemble Rosenthal fibres. Neuropathol Appl Neurobiol 1992; 18:593-609. [PMID: 1336814 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2990.1992.tb00831.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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A number of chronic degenerative disorders including cerebellar astrocytomas and Parkinson's disease are characterized by the presence of cytosolic inclusions which contain intermediate filament (IF) aggregates and ubiquitin-protein conjugate immunoreactivity. In cerebellar astrocytomas these inclusions are known as Rosenthal fibres. 2,5-hexanedione (HD) treatment is known to induce IF aggregates in cells in culture. HD-induced aggregates have therefore been studied as a potential model for the clinical inclusions. Exposure of astrocyte cultures to 2 mM HD for 2 or 4 weeks led to the formation of aggregates of the IFs (glial fibrillary acidic protein and vimentin). The aggregates contained ubiquitin-protein conjugates, which, on electron microscopy appeared to be localized in a peripheral shell. In addition, ubiquitin mRNA levels were found to be elevated approximately threefold by HD treatment. HD-induced inclusions and Rosenthal fibres were found to share a number of features. HD administration, therefore, appears to be a suitable model for the production of pathological inclusions.
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- D S Tuckwell
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Manchester
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Hatayama T, Tsujioka K, Wakatsuki T, Kitamura T, Imahara H. Effects of culture temperature on the expression of heat-shock proteins in murine ts85 cells. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1992; 1135:253-61. [PMID: 1623011 DOI: 10.1016/0167-4889(92)90228-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The murine temperature-sensitive cell-cycle mutant, ts85, shows an abnormal induction of heat-shock proteins which is different from the wild type FM3A cells. This paper explores the effect of culture temperature on the expression of heat shock proteins in ts85 cells. When ts85 cells were maintained at 33 or 37 degrees C, these cells synthesized heat-shock protein (hsp) 70 following continuous heating at 39 degrees C or subsequent incubation after heating at 42 degrees C for 15 min. In contrast, these conditions are not conducive for hsp70 synthesis by FM3A cells. Moreover, ts85 cells which were maintained at 37 degrees C synthesized hsp70 following continuous heating at 42 degrees C or subsequent incubation after heating at 45 degrees C for 15 min. The synthesis of hsp70 in these cells corresponded to an increased level of hsp70 mRNA. Furthermore, the constitutive hsp105 level of cells maintained at 33 degrees C was only half of that of cells which were maintained at 37 degrees C, and cells maintained at 33 degrees C were more sensitive to subsequent heat treatment than those maintained at 37 degrees C. These results indicate that culture temperature not only affects the induction of hsp70 mRNA, but also cellular levels of hsp105 and the resulting thermal sensitivity of ts85 cells. These findings suggest that the other phenotypic characteristic of the mutant ts85 cells is also affected by culture temperature.
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- T Hatayama
- Department of Biochemistry, Kyoto Pharmaceutical University, Japan
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Li JJ, Dewey WC. Relationship between thermal tolerance and protein degradation in temperature-sensitive mouse cells. J Cell Physiol 1992; 151:310-7. [PMID: 1572905 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.1041510212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The induction of thermotolerance was studied in a temperature sensitive mouse cell line, ts85, and results were compared with those for the wild-type FM3A cells. At the nonpermissive temperature of 39 degrees C, ts85 cells are defective in the degradation of short-lived abnormal proteins, apparently because of loss of activity of a ubiquitin-activating enzyme. The failure of the ts85 cells to develop thermotolerance to 41-43 degrees C after incubation at the nonpermissive temperature of 39 degrees C correlated with the failure of the cells to degrade short-lived abnormal proteins at 39 degrees C. However, the failure of the ts85 cells to develop thermotolerance to 43 degrees C during incubation at 33 degrees C after either arsenite treatment or heating at 45.5 degrees C for 6 or 10 min did not correlate with protein degradation rates. Although the rate of degrading abnormal protein was reduced after heating at 45.5 degrees C for 10 min, the rates were normal after arsenite treatment or heating at 45.5 degrees C for 6 min. In addition, when protein synthesis was inhibited with cycloheximide both during incubation at 33 degrees C or 39 degrees C and during heating at 41-43 degrees C, resistance to heating was observed, but protein degradation rates at 39 degrees C or 43 degrees C were not altered by the cycloheximide treatment. Therefore, there is apparently no consistent relationship between rates of degrading abnormal proteins and the ability of cells to develop thermotolerance and resistance to heating in the presence of cycloheximide.
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- J J Li
- Radiation Oncology Research Laboratory, University of California, San Francisco 94143-0806
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- L A Weber
- Department of Biology, University of Nevada, Reno 89507
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Magnani M, Serafini G, Antonelli A, Malatesta M, Gazzanelli G. Evidence for a particulate location of ubiquitin conjugates and ubiquitin-conjugating enzymes in rabbit brain. J Biol Chem 1991. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)54814-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Lee TC, Kao SL, Yih LH. Suppression of sodium arsenite-potentiated cytotoxicity of ultraviolet light by cycloheximide in Chinese hamster ovary cells. Arch Toxicol 1991; 65:640-5. [PMID: 1747062 DOI: 10.1007/bf02098029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Post-treatment with sodium arsenite synergistically increased the cytotoxicity of ultraviolet (UV) light. The potentiation of UV cytotoxicity by sodium arsenite was apparently suppressed by cycloheximide (CHM), a protein synthesis inhibitor. The protective effect of CHM against sodium arsenite-potentiated UV cytotoxicity was well correlated to its activity in inhibiting the synthesis of stress proteins, particularly a small polypeptide with a molecular weight of 8500 dalton. This small stress protein was demonstrated as ubiquitin by immunoprecipitation. Our results also showed that neither ubiquitin induction nor potentiation of UV cytotoxicity by post-treatment with sodium arsenite was observed in the stationary cells. Thus, we suggested that ubiquitin is possibly involved in the action of arsenite in potentiating UV-induced cell killing.
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- T C Lee
- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Haas AL. Ubiquitin-mediated processes in erythroid cell maturation. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 1991; 307:191-205. [PMID: 1666814 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4684-5985-2_18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Response of the ATP, ubiquitin-dependent system during the enhanced degradation of erythrocyte maturation conforms to the general regulatory features common to several similar but unrelated systems. In erythroid cells enhanced degradation follows three phases: (1) Onset of degradation characterized by an increase in the intracellular concentration of free and conjugated ubiquitin, brought about by reduction in mean cell volume; (2) Active enhanced degradation during cellular remodeling; and (3) Loss of activity as a consequence of spontaneous inactivation of components required for ubiquitin conjugation. The extent of degradative remodeling is probably functionally limited by the loss of these critical ligation enzymes.
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- A L Haas
- Department of Biochemistry, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
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Winter J, Sinibaldi R. The expression of heat shock protein and cognate genes during plant development. Results Probl Cell Differ 1991; 17:85-105. [PMID: 1803426 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-46712-0_7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- J Winter
- Sandoz Crop Protection, Palo Alto, California 94304
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Wettern M, Parag HA, Pollmann L, Ohad I, Kulka RG. Ubiquitin in Chlamydomonas reinhardii. Distribution in the cell and effect of heat shock and photoinhibition on its conjugate pattern. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1990; 191:571-6. [PMID: 2167845 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1990.tb19159.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Ubiquitin, a highly conserved 76-amino-acid protein, is involved in the response of many types of eukaryotic cells to stress but little is known about its role in lower plants. In the present study we have investigated the distribution of ubiquitin in the unicellular alga Chlamydomonas reinhardii as well as the effect of heat and light stress on its conjugation to cellular proteins. Immunoelectron microscopy shows that ubiquitin is located in the chloroplast, nucleus, cytoplasm, pyrenoid and on the plasma membrane. The location of ubiquitin within chloroplasts has not been observed previously. In immunoblots of whole cell extracts with an antibody to ubiquitin a prominent conjugate band with an apparent molecular mass of 29 kDa and a broad region of high-molecular-mass conjugates (apparent molecular mass greater than 45 kDa) were observed. Exposure of cells to a 41.5 degrees C heat shock in both the dark and light caused the disappearance of the 29-kDa conjugate and an increase in the high-molecular-mass conjugates. After step down to 25 degrees C the 29-kDa conjugate reappeared while the levels of high-molecular-mass conjugates decreased. In light, the recovery of the 29-kDa band was more rapid than in the dark. Photoinhibition alters the ubiquitin conjugation pattern similarly to heat shock, but to a lesser degree. These observations imply that, in Chlamydomonas, ubiquitin has a role in the chloroplast and in the response to heat and light stress.
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- M Wettern
- Botanisches Institut, Technischen Universität Braunschweig, Federal Republic of Germany
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Niedzwiecki A, Fleming JE. Changes in protein turnover after heat shock are related to accumulation of abnormal proteins in aging Drosophila melanogaster. Mech Ageing Dev 1990; 52:295-304. [PMID: 2109158 DOI: 10.1016/0047-6374(90)90133-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Adult Drosophila melanogaster kept at 24 degrees C show a progressive decline in the synthesis and degradation of proteins with age. After exposure of young, 7-10 days old flies to 20 min of heat shock at 37 degrees C, the incorporation of [35S]-methionine into trichloroacetic acid precipitable proteins decreases to more than 60% of that observed in non-stressed flies. This decrease is also accompanied by a lower protein degradation rate. In contrast, the same stress in old, 49 days old insects results in a 3-fold increase in protein synthesis as compared to either non-heat shocked senescent flies or to young heat-shocked flies. The older flies also have faster protein turnover than unshocked controls. An effect similar to that observed in senescent Drosophila also occurs in young flies that have been fed canavanine, an arginine analogue, before and during heat shock. These results suggest that an age dependent accumulation of abnormal proteins may be responsible for the changes in protein turnover observed in the heat-shocked old flies.
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- A Niedzwiecki
- Ryoichi Sasakawa Center for Aging Research, Linus Pauling Institute of Science and Medicine, Palo Alto, CA 94306
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Mizuno S, Ohkawara A, Suzuki K, Yamakawa Y. Possible involvement of ubiquitin function and ATP requirement in the development of thermotolerance in mammalian cells. Int J Hyperthermia 1990; 6:33-46. [PMID: 2153743 DOI: 10.3109/02656739009140802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Thermotolerance under chronic exposure to moderate hyperthermia at 41 degrees C was hardly induced in the mouse temperature-sensitive mutant ts85 cells, in contrast to the parental wild-type FM3A cells. Thermotolerance was induced at a reduced level in the mutant cells compared with the wild-type cells by incubation at 33 degrees C (permissive temperature), but not at 39 degrees C (non-permissive temperature), after a brief exposure at 44 degrees C. Under conditions where protein synthesis was inhibited by cycloheximide at 41 degrees C, significant amounts of thermotolerance developed in FM3A cells. FM3A cells depleted of cellular ATP by treatment with 2.4-dinitrophenol and 2-deoxyglucose were not sensitized to thermal cell killing at 44 degrees C, when drug-treated cells were washed and exposed to hyperthermia in drug-free growth medium, where cellular ATP rapidly recovered. However, the cells deprived of ATP under the treatment at 41 degrees C failed to develop thermotolerance, indicating a requirement of ATP for thermotolerance development. The decay of thermotolerance was not affected by ATP levels after it was developed. The degradation of abnormal cellular proteins which contained amino acid analogues was promoted at 33 degrees C relative to normal protein degradation in FM3A and ts85 cells. Both normal and abnormal proteins were degraded at a reduced rate at 43 degrees C. Pretreatment of cells at 41 degrees C decreased the rate of degradation of abnormal proteins at 33 degrees C by 20% in FM3A cells and by about 100% in ts85 cells. Pretreatment of cells at 41 degrees C increased significantly the conjugation of 125I-labeled ubiquitin to cellular endogenous proteins in extracts of FM3A cells, but decreased the conjugation in extracts of ts85 cells. The data presented here, in conjunction with the observations by others that the ts85 cell is a mutant defective in the ubiquitination of cellular proteins at nonpermissive temperatures, suggest that the ATP-dependent ubiquitination may be crucial for the development of thermotolerance.
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- S Mizuno
- Department of Antiobiotics, National Institute of Health, Tokyo, Japan
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Christensen AH, Quail PH. Sequence analysis and transcriptional regulation by heat shock of polyubiquitin transcripts from maize. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1989; 12:619-632. [PMID: 24271195 DOI: 10.1007/bf00044153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/1988] [Accepted: 02/07/1989] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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We have isolated a maize ubiquitin cDNA clone which encodes one partial and three full-length, identical 76 amino acid repeats, in a polyprotein conformation. The deduced amino acid sequence of the mature monomeric polypeptide is identical to that determined for three other plants, barley, oat, and Arabidopsis, and differs from yeast and animal ubiquitin by only two and three amino acids, respectively. Hybridization of the cDNA clone to restriction endonuclease-digested genomic DNA revealed that ubiquitin is encoded by a small multigene family in maize. Northern blot analysis of poly(A)(+) RNA indicated that multiple ubiquitin mRNAs of 2.1, 1.6 and 0.8 kb are produced in maize shoots and roots. The abundance of the largest (2.1 kb) of these transcripts increased transiently 3- to 4-fold over the first 1 to 3 h in seedlings that were subjected to heat shock, and then returned dramatically within 1 h almost to the preshocked level. In contrast, the two smaller transcripts showed little or no change following heat shock. Run-on transcription assays in isolated maize nuclei showed a heat shock-induced increase in ubiquitin run-on transcripts that paralleled the increase in mature 2.1 kb mRNA levels over the first 3 h following the heat shock treatment. This result indicates that heat shock regulates ubiquitin gene expression at least in part at the transcriptional level. The subsequent rapid decline in steady-state mRNA levels, on the other hand, was not preceded by decreased ubiquitin gene transcription, raising the possibility of both transcriptional and posttranscriptional regulation. The run-on transcription assays also revealed a transient 5-fold reduction in rRNA gene transcription following heat shock, indicating that the transcriptional machinery for these genes is selectively sensitive to this stress.
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- A H Christensen
- Plant Gene Expression Center, University of California-Berkeley/United States Department of Agriculture, 800 Buchanan St., 94710, Albany, CA, USA
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