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Wang L, Leng L, Ding R, Gong P, Liu C, Wang N, Li H, Du ZQ, Cheng B. Integrated transcriptome and proteome analysis reveals potential mechanisms for differential abdominal fat deposition between divergently selected chicken lines. J Proteomics 2021; 241:104242. [PMID: 33901680 DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2021.104242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2021] [Revised: 04/18/2021] [Accepted: 04/19/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
Abstract
Genetic selection for meat production performance of broilers concomitantly causes excessive abdominal fat deposition, accompanied by several adverse effects, such as the reduction of feed conversion efficiency and reproduction performance. Our previous studies have identified important genes regulating chicken fat deposition, using the Northeast Agricultural University broiler lines divergently selected for abdominal fat content (NEAUHLF) as an animal model. However, the molecular mechanism underlying fat deposition differences between fat and lean broilers remains largely unknown. Here, we integrated the transcriptome (RNA-Seq) and quantitative proteome (isobaric tags for relative and absolute quantitation, iTRAQ) profiling analyses on abdominal fat tissues from NEAUHLF chicken lines. Differentially expressed genes (2167 DEGs, corrected p-value < 0.01) and differentially abundant proteins (199 DAPs, corrected p-value < 0.05) were identified in lean line compared to fat line. Down-regulated DEGs and DAPs mainly enriched in pathways related to fatty acid metabolism, fatty acid biosynthesis, and PPAR signaling, and interestingly, up-regulated DEGs and DAPs enriched both in lysosome pathway. Moreover, numerous key DEGs and DAPs involved in long-chain fatty acid uptake, in situ lipogenesis (fatty acid and cholesterol synthesis), and lipid droplet accumulation were discovered after integrated transcriptome and proteome analysis. SIGNIFICANCE: Excessive abdominal fat deposition critically affects the health of broilers and causes economic loss to broiler producers, but the molecular mechanism of abdominal fat deposition is still unclear in chicken. We identified key DEGs/DAPs and potential pathways through an integration of chicken abdominal fat tissues transcriptome and proteome analyses. Our findings will facilitate a better revealing the mechanism and provide a novel insight into abdominal fat content discrepancy between the fat and lean chicken lines.
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- Lijian Wang
- Key Laboratory of Chicken Genetics and Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Harbin 150030, PR China; Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Education Department of Heilongjiang Province, Harbin 150030, PR China; College of Animal Science and Technology, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Chicken Genetics and Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Harbin 150030, PR China; Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Education Department of Heilongjiang Province, Harbin 150030, PR China; College of Animal Science and Technology, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Chicken Genetics and Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Harbin 150030, PR China; Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Education Department of Heilongjiang Province, Harbin 150030, PR China; College of Animal Science and Technology, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Chicken Genetics and Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Harbin 150030, PR China; Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Education Department of Heilongjiang Province, Harbin 150030, PR China; College of Animal Science and Technology, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Chicken Genetics and Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Harbin 150030, PR China; Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Education Department of Heilongjiang Province, Harbin 150030, PR China; College of Animal Science and Technology, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Chicken Genetics and Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Harbin 150030, PR China; Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Education Department of Heilongjiang Province, Harbin 150030, PR China; College of Animal Science and Technology, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Chicken Genetics and Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Harbin 150030, PR China; Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Education Department of Heilongjiang Province, Harbin 150030, PR China; College of Animal Science and Technology, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Chicken Genetics and Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Harbin 150030, PR China; Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Education Department of Heilongjiang Province, Harbin 150030, PR China; College of Animal Science and Technology, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, PR China.
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- Key Laboratory of Chicken Genetics and Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Harbin 150030, PR China; Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Education Department of Heilongjiang Province, Harbin 150030, PR China; College of Animal Science and Technology, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, PR China.
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Sagatova AA. Strategies to Better Target Fungal Squalene Monooxygenase. J Fungi (Basel) 2021; 7:49. [PMID: 33450973 PMCID: PMC7828399 DOI: 10.3390/jof7010049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2020] [Revised: 01/04/2021] [Accepted: 01/05/2021] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Fungal pathogens present a challenge in medicine and agriculture. They also harm ecosystems and threaten biodiversity. The allylamine class of antimycotics targets the enzyme squalene monooxygenase. This enzyme occupies a key position in the sterol biosynthesis pathway in eukaryotes, catalyzing the rate-limiting reaction by introducing an oxygen atom to the squalene substrate converting it to 2,3-oxidosqualene. Currently, terbinafine-the most widely used allylamine-is mostly used for treating superficial fungal infections. The ability to better target this enzyme will have significant implications for human health in the treatment of fungal infections. The human orthologue can also be targeted for cholesterol-lowering therapeutics and in cancer therapies. This review will focus on the structural basis for improving the current therapeutics for fungal squalene monooxygenase.
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- Alia A Sagatova
- Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
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Insight into the structural and functional analysis of the impact of missense mutation on cytochrome P450 oxidoreductase. J Mol Graph Model 2020; 100:107708. [PMID: 32805558 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmgm.2020.107708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2020] [Revised: 07/15/2020] [Accepted: 07/15/2020] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Cytochrome P450 oxidoreductase (POR) is a steroidogenic and drug-metabolizing enzyme. It helps in the NADPH dependent transfer of electrons to cytochrome P450 (CYP) enzymes for their biological activity. In this study, we employed integrative computational approaches to decipher the impact of proline to leucine missense mutation at position 384 (P384L) in the connecting/hinge domain region which is essential for the catalytic activity of POR. Analysis of protein stability using DUET, MUpro, CUPSAT, I-Mutant2.0, iStable and SAAFEC servers predicted that mutation might alter the structural stability of POR. The significant conformational changes induced by the mutation to the POR structure were analyzed by long-range molecular dynamics simulation. The results revealed that missense mutation decreased the conformational stability of POR as compared to wild type (WT). The PCA based FEL analysis described the mutant-specific conformational alterations and dominant motions essential for the biological activity of POR. The LIGPLOT interaction analysis showed the different binding architecture of FMN, FAD, and NADPH as a result of mutation. The increased number of hydrogen bonds in the FEL conformation of WT proved the strong binding of cofactors in the binding pocket as compared to the mutant. The porcupine plot analysis associated with cross-correlation analysis depicted the high-intensity flexible motion exhibited by functionally important FAD and NADPH binding domain regions. The computational findings unravel the impact of mutation at the structural level, which could be helpful in understanding the molecular mechanism of drug metabolism.
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Clinical and genetic analysis of cytochrome P450 oxidoreductase (POR) deficiency in a female and the analysis of a novel POR intron mutation causing alternative mRNA splicing : Overall analysis of a female with POR deficiency. J Assist Reprod Genet 2020; 37:2503-2511. [PMID: 32725309 DOI: 10.1007/s10815-020-01899-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2020] [Accepted: 07/20/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To characterize the clinical features of a female with P450 oxidoreductase (POR) deficiency and to investigate the underlying mechanisms of POR inactivation. METHODS The proband was a 35-year-old woman with primary infertility and menstrual irregularity. The reproductive endocrine profile was evaluated. DNA sequencing was conducted for the identification of POR gene mutation. RT-PCR was performed to confirm the impact of the mutation on POR mRNA. A molecular model was built for the structural analysis of mutant POR protein. RESULTS The evaluation of reproductive endocrine profile revealed elevation of serum follicle-stimulating hormone (11.48 mIU/ml), progesterone (11.00 ng/ml), 17α-hydroxyprogesterone (24.24 nmol/l), dehydroepiandrosterone (6300 nmol/l), and androstenedione (3.89 nmol/l) and decreased estradiol (36.02 pg/ml). Sequencing of the POR gene showed the female was a compound heterozygote of the paternal P399_E401 deletion and a novel maternal IVS14-1G>C mutation. Functional analysis revealed IVS14-1G>C mutation caused alternative splicing of POR mRNA, with the loss of 12 nucleotides in exon 15 (c.1898_1909delGTCTACGTCCAG). Also, the resulting mutant POR protein had a V603_Q606 deletion, which inactivated the nucleotide-binding domain of NADPH in POR protein (K602_Q606). CONCLUSION The mutation IVS14-1G>C of the POR gene could cause alternative splicing of POR mRNA and dysfunction of the resulting POR protein. Under proper IVF strategy with glucocorticoid therapy and endometrial preparation, females with mild POR deficiency still have the opportunity to have a live birth.
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Chua NK, Coates HW, Brown AJ. Squalene monooxygenase: a journey to the heart of cholesterol synthesis. Prog Lipid Res 2020; 79:101033. [DOI: 10.1016/j.plipres.2020.101033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2020] [Revised: 04/21/2020] [Accepted: 04/24/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Balsamo A, Baronio F, Ortolano R, Menabo S, Baldazzi L, Di Natale V, Vissani S, Cassio A. Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasias Presenting in the Newborn and Young Infant. Front Pediatr 2020; 8:593315. [PMID: 33415088 PMCID: PMC7783414 DOI: 10.3389/fped.2020.593315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2020] [Accepted: 11/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Congenital adrenal hyperplasia includes autosomal recessive conditions that affect the adrenal cortex steroidogenic enzymes (cholesterol side-chain cleavage enzyme; 3β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase; 17α-hydroxylase/17,20 lyase; P450 oxidoreductase; 21-hydroxylase; and 11β-hydroxylase) and proteins (steroidogenic acute regulatory protein). These are located within the three major pathways of the steroidogenic apparatus involved in the production of mineralocorticoids, glucocorticoids, and androgens. Many countries have introduced newborn screening program (NSP) based on 17-OH-progesterone (17-OHP) immunoassays on dried blood spots, which enable faster diagnosis and treatment of the most severe forms of 21-hydroxylase deficiency (21-OHD). However, in several others, the use of this diagnostic tool has not yet been implemented and clinical diagnosis remains challenging, especially for males. Furthermore, less severe classic forms of 21-OHD and other rarer types of CAHs are not identified by NSP. The aim of this mini review is to highlight both the main clinical characteristics and therapeutic options of these conditions, which may be useful for a differential diagnosis in the neonatal period, while contributing to the biochemical evolution taking place in the steroidogenic field. Currently, chromatographic techniques coupled with tandem mass spectrometry are gaining attention due to an increase in the reliability of the test results of NPS for detecting 21-OHD. Furthermore, the possibility of identifying CAH patients that are not affected by 21-OHD but presenting elevated levels of 17-OHP by NSP and the opportunity to include the recently investigated 11-oxygenated androgens in the steroid profiles are promising tools for a more precise diagnosis and monitoring of some of these conditions.
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- Antonio Balsamo
- Pediatric Endocrinology Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Endo-ERN Centre IT11, S.Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital, Bologna, Italy
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- Pediatric Endocrinology Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Endo-ERN Centre IT11, S.Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital, Bologna, Italy
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- Pediatric Endocrinology Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Endo-ERN Centre IT11, S.Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital, Bologna, Italy
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- Genetic Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Endo-ERN Centre IT11, S.Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital, Bologna, Italy
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- Genetic Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Endo-ERN Centre IT11, S.Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital, Bologna, Italy
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- Pediatric Endocrinology Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Endo-ERN Centre IT11, S.Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital, Bologna, Italy
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- Pediatric Endocrinology Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Endo-ERN Centre IT11, S.Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital, Bologna, Italy
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- Pediatric Endocrinology Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Endo-ERN Centre IT11, S.Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital, Bologna, Italy
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Campelo D, Lautier T, Urban P, Esteves F, Bozonnet S, Truan G, Kranendonk M. The Hinge Segment of Human NADPH-Cytochrome P450 Reductase in Conformational Switching: The Critical Role of Ionic Strength. Front Pharmacol 2017; 8:755. [PMID: 29163152 PMCID: PMC5670117 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2017.00755] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2017] [Accepted: 10/04/2017] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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NADPH-cytochrome P450 reductase (CPR) is a redox partner of microsomal cytochromes P450 and is a prototype of the diflavin reductase family. CPR contains 3 distinct functional domains: a FMN-binding domain (acceptor reduction), a linker (hinge), and a connecting/FAD domain (NADPH oxidation). It has been demonstrated that the mechanism of CPR exhibits an important step in which it switches from a compact, closed conformation (locked state) to an ensemble of open conformations (unlocked state), the latter enabling electron transfer to redox partners. The conformational equilibrium between the locked and unlocked states has been shown to be highly dependent on ionic strength, reinforcing the hypothesis of the presence of critical salt interactions at the interface between the FMN and connecting FAD domains. Here we show that specific residues of the hinge segment are important in the control of the conformational equilibrium of CPR. We constructed six single mutants and two double mutants of the human CPR, targeting residues G240, S243, I245 and R246 of the hinge segment, with the aim of modifying the flexibility or the potential ionic interactions of the hinge segment. We measured the reduction of cytochrome c at various salt concentrations of these 8 mutants, either in the soluble or membrane-bound form of human CPR. All mutants were found capable of reducing cytochrome c yet with different efficiency and their maximal rates of cytochrome c reduction were shifted to lower salt concentration. In particular, residue R246 seems to play a key role in a salt bridge network present at the interface of the hinge and the connecting domain. Interestingly, the effects of mutations, although similar, demonstrated specific differences when present in the soluble or membrane-bound context. Our results demonstrate that the electrostatic and flexibility properties of the hinge segment are critical for electron transfer from CPR to its redox partners.
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- Diana Campelo
- Center for Toxicogenomics and Human Health (ToxOmics), Genetics, Oncology and Human Toxicology, NOVA Medical School, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
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- LISBP, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, INRA, INSA, Toulouse, France
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- LISBP, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, INRA, INSA, Toulouse, France
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- Center for Toxicogenomics and Human Health (ToxOmics), Genetics, Oncology and Human Toxicology, NOVA Medical School, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
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- LISBP, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, INRA, INSA, Toulouse, France
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- LISBP, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, INRA, INSA, Toulouse, France
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- Center for Toxicogenomics and Human Health (ToxOmics), Genetics, Oncology and Human Toxicology, NOVA Medical School, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
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Burkhard FZ, Parween S, Udhane SS, Flück CE, Pandey AV. P450 Oxidoreductase deficiency: Analysis of mutations and polymorphisms. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 2017; 165:38-50. [PMID: 27068427 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2016.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2016] [Revised: 04/06/2016] [Accepted: 04/07/2016] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Cytochrome P450 oxidoreductase (POR) is required for metabolic reactions of steroid and drug metabolizing cytochrome P450 proteins located in endoplasmic reticulum. Mutations in POR cause a complex set of disorders resembling combined deficiencies of multiple steroid metabolizing enzymes. The P450 oxidoreductase deficiency (PORD) was first reported in patients with symptoms of defects in steroidogenic cytochrome P450 enzymes and ambiguous genitalia, and bone malformation features resembling Antley-Bixler syndrome. POR is now classified as a separate and rare form of congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH), which may cause disorder of sexual development (DSD). Since the initial description of PORD in 2004, a large number of POR mutations and polymorphisms have been described. In this report we have performed computational analysis of mutations and polymorphisms in POR linked to metabolism of steroids and xenobiotics and pathology of PORD from the reported cases. The mutations in POR that were identified in patients with disruption of steroidogenesis also have severe effects on cytochrome P450 proteins involved in metabolism of drugs. Different variations in POR show a range of diverse effects on different partner proteins that are often linked to the location of the particular variants. The variations in POR that cause defective binding of co-factors always have damaging effects on all partner proteins, while the mutations causing subtle structural changes may lead to altered interaction with partner proteins and the overall effect may be different for each individual partner. Computational analysis of available sequencing data and mutation analysis shows that Japanese (R457H), Caucasian (A287P) and Turkish (399-401) populations can be linked to unique founder mutations. Other mutations identified so far were identified as rare alleles or in single isolated reports. The common polymorphism of POR is the variant A503V which can be found in about 27% of alleles in general population but there are remarkable differences among different sub populations.
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- Fabian Z Burkhard
- Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Department of Pediatrics, University Children's Hospital Bern, and Department of Clinical Research, University of Bern, Switzerland
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- Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Department of Pediatrics, University Children's Hospital Bern, and Department of Clinical Research, University of Bern, Switzerland
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- Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Department of Pediatrics, University Children's Hospital Bern, and Department of Clinical Research, University of Bern, Switzerland
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- Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Department of Pediatrics, University Children's Hospital Bern, and Department of Clinical Research, University of Bern, Switzerland
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- Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Department of Pediatrics, University Children's Hospital Bern, and Department of Clinical Research, University of Bern, Switzerland.
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Cerqueira NMFSA, Oliveira EF, Gesto DS, Santos-Martins D, Moreira C, Moorthy HN, Ramos MJ, Fernandes PA. Cholesterol Biosynthesis: A Mechanistic Overview. Biochemistry 2016; 55:5483-5506. [PMID: 27604037 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.6b00342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 180] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Cholesterol is an essential component of cell membranes and the precursor for the synthesis of steroid hormones and bile acids. The synthesis of this molecule occurs partially in a membranous world (especially the last steps), where the enzymes, substrates, and products involved tend to be extremely hydrophobic. The importance of cholesterol has increased in the past half-century because of its association with cardiovascular diseases, which are considered one of the leading causes of death worldwide. In light of the current need for new drugs capable of controlling the levels of cholesterol in the bloodstream, it is important to understand how cholesterol is synthesized in the organism and identify the main enzymes involved in this process. Taking this into account, this review presents a detailed description of several enzymes involved in the biosynthesis of cholesterol. In this regard, the structure and catalytic mechanism of the enzymes involved in cholesterol biosynthesis, from the initial two-carbon acetyl-CoA building block, will be reviewed and their current pharmacological importance discussed. We believe that this review may contribute to a deeper level of understanding of cholesterol metabolism and that it will serve as a useful resource for future studies of the cholesterol biosynthesis pathway.
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- Nuno M F S A Cerqueira
- UCIBO-REQUIMTE, Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto , 4169-007 Porto, Portugal
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- UCIBO-REQUIMTE, Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto , 4169-007 Porto, Portugal
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- UCIBO-REQUIMTE, Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto , 4169-007 Porto, Portugal
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- UCIBO-REQUIMTE, Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto , 4169-007 Porto, Portugal
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- UCIBO-REQUIMTE, Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto , 4169-007 Porto, Portugal
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- UCIBO-REQUIMTE, Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto , 4169-007 Porto, Portugal
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- UCIBO-REQUIMTE, Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto , 4169-007 Porto, Portugal
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- UCIBO-REQUIMTE, Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto , 4169-007 Porto, Portugal
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McCammon KM, Panda SP, Xia C, Kim JJP, Moutinho D, Kranendonk M, Auchus RJ, Lafer EM, Ghosh D, Martasek P, Kar R, Masters BS, Roman LJ. Instability of the Human Cytochrome P450 Reductase A287P Variant Is the Major Contributor to Its Antley-Bixler Syndrome-like Phenotype. J Biol Chem 2016; 291:20487-502. [PMID: 27496950 PMCID: PMC5034044 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m116.716019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2016] [Revised: 07/18/2016] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
Abstract
Human NADPH-cytochrome P450 oxidoreductase (POR) gene mutations are associated with severe skeletal deformities and disordered steroidogenesis. The human POR mutation A287P presents with disordered sexual development and skeletal malformations. Difficult recombinant expression and purification of this POR mutant suggested that the protein was less stable than WT. The activities of cytochrome P450 17A1, 19A1, and 21A2, critical in steroidogenesis, were similar using our purified, full-length, unmodified A287P or WT POR, as were those of several xenobiotic-metabolizing cytochromes P450, indicating that the A287P protein is functionally competent in vitro, despite its functionally deficient phenotypic behavior in vivo Differential scanning calorimetry and limited trypsinolysis studies revealed a relatively unstable A287P compared with WT protein, leading to the hypothesis that the syndrome observed in vivo results from altered POR protein stability. The crystal structures of the soluble domains of WT and A287P reveal only subtle differences between them, but these differences are consistent with the differential scanning calorimetry results as well as the differential susceptibility of A287P and WT observed with trypsinolysis. The relative in vivo stabilities of WT and A287P proteins were also examined in an osteoblast cell line by treatment with cycloheximide, a protein synthesis inhibitor, showing that the level of A287P protein post-inhibition is lower than WT and suggesting that A287P may be degraded at a higher rate. Current studies demonstrate that, unlike previously described mutations, A287P causes POR deficiency disorder due to conformational instability leading to proteolytic susceptibility in vivo, rather than through an inherent flavin-binding defect.
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- Karen M McCammon
- From the Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas 78229
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- From the Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas 78229
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- the Department of Biochemistry, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53226
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- the Department of Biochemistry, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53226
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- the Centre for Toxicogenomics and Human Health (ToxOmics), Genetics, Oncology and Human Toxicology, NOVA Medical School/FCM, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Campo dos Mártires da Pátria, 130, 1169-056 Lisboa, Portugal
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- the Centre for Toxicogenomics and Human Health (ToxOmics), Genetics, Oncology and Human Toxicology, NOVA Medical School/FCM, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Campo dos Mártires da Pátria, 130, 1169-056 Lisboa, Portugal
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- the Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Diabetes, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
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- From the Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas 78229
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- the Department of Pharmacology, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York 13210, and
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- the Department of Pediatrics, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and General University Hospital, 116 36 Prague 1, Czech Republic
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- From the Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas 78229
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- From the Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas 78229,
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- From the Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas 78229,
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Mothersole RG, Meints CE, Louder A, Wolthers KR. Role of active site loop in coenzyme binding and flavin reduction in cytochrome P450 reductase. Arch Biochem Biophys 2016; 606:111-9. [PMID: 27461959 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2016.07.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2016] [Revised: 07/20/2016] [Accepted: 07/22/2016] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Cytochrome P450 reductase (CPR) contains a loop within the active site (comprising Asp(634), Ala(635), Arg(636) and Asn(637); human CPR numbering) that relocates upon NADPH binding. Repositioning of the loop triggers the reorientation of an FAD-shielding tryptophan (Trp(679)) to a partially stacked conformer, reducing the energy barrier for displacement of the residue by the NADPH nicotinamide ring: an essential step for hydride transfer. We used site-directed mutagenesis and kinetic analysis to investigate if the amino acid composition of the loop influences the catalytic properties of CPR. The D634A and D634N variants elicited a modest increase in coenzyme binding affinity coupled with a 36- and 10-fold reduction in cytochrome c(3+) turnover and a 17- and 3-fold decrease in the pre-steady state rate of flavin reduction. These results, in combination with a reduction in the kinetic isotope effect for hydride transfer, suggest that diminished activity is due to destabilization of the partially stacked conformer of Trp(677) and slower release of NADP(+). In contrast, R636A, R636S and an A635G/R636S double mutant led to a modest increase in cytochrome c(3+) reduction, which is linked to weaker coenzyme binding and faster interflavin electron transfer. A potential mechanism by which Arg(636) influences catalysis is discussed.
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- Robert G Mothersole
- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus, 3247 University Way, Kelowna, BC, V1V 1V7, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus, 3247 University Way, Kelowna, BC, V1V 1V7, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus, 3247 University Way, Kelowna, BC, V1V 1V7, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus, 3247 University Way, Kelowna, BC, V1V 1V7, Canada.
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Electron transfer by human wild-type and A287P mutant P450 oxidoreductase assessed by transient kinetics: functional basis of P450 oxidoreductase deficiency. Biochem J 2015; 468:25-31. [PMID: 25728647 DOI: 10.1042/bj20141410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Cytochrome P450 oxidoreductase (POR) is a 2-flavin protein that transfers electrons from NADPH via its FAD and FMN moieties to all microsomal cytochrome P450 enzymes, including steroidogenic and drug-metabolizing P450s. Defects in the POR gene can cause POR deficiency (PORD), manifested clinically by disordered steroidogenesis, genital anomalies and skeletal malformations. We examined the POR mutant A287P, which is the most frequent cause of PORD in patients of European ancestry and partially disrupts most P450 activities in vitro. Flavin content analysis showed that A287P is deficient in FAD and FMN binding, although the mutation site is distant from the binding sites of both flavins. Externally added flavin partially restored the cytochrome c reductase activity of A287P, suggesting that flavin therapy may be useful for this frequent form of PORD. Transient kinetic dissection of the reaction of POR with NADPH and the reduction in cytochrome c by POR using stopped-flow techniques revealed defects in individual electron transfer steps mediated by A287P. A287P had impaired ability to accept electrons from NADPH, but was capable of a fast FMN → cytochrome c electron donation reaction. Thus the reduced rates of P450 activities with A287P may be due to deficient flavin and impaired electron transfer from NADPH.
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Production of squalene by squalene synthases and their truncated mutants in Escherichia coli. J Biosci Bioeng 2015; 119:165-71. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2014.07.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2014] [Revised: 07/31/2014] [Accepted: 07/31/2014] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Miyamoto M, Yamashita T, Yasuhara Y, Hayasaki A, Hosokawa Y, Tsujino H, Uno T. Membrane Anchor of Cytochrome P450 Reductase Suppresses the Uncoupling of Cytochrome P450. Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo) 2015; 63:286-94. [DOI: 10.1248/cpb.c15-00034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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- School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Mukogawa Women’s University
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University
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Spencer ALM, Bagai I, Becker DF, Zuiderweg ERP, Ragsdale SW. Protein/protein interactions in the mammalian heme degradation pathway: heme oxygenase-2, cytochrome P450 reductase, and biliverdin reductase. J Biol Chem 2014; 289:29836-58. [PMID: 25196843 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.582783] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Heme oxygenase (HO) catalyzes the rate-limiting step in the O2-dependent degradation of heme to biliverdin, CO, and iron with electrons delivered from NADPH via cytochrome P450 reductase (CPR). Biliverdin reductase (BVR) then catalyzes conversion of biliverdin to bilirubin. We describe mutagenesis combined with kinetic, spectroscopic (fluorescence and NMR), surface plasmon resonance, cross-linking, gel filtration, and analytical ultracentrifugation studies aimed at evaluating interactions of HO-2 with CPR and BVR. Based on these results, we propose a model in which HO-2 and CPR form a dynamic ensemble of complex(es) that precede formation of the productive electron transfer complex. The (1)H-(15)N TROSY NMR spectrum of HO-2 reveals specific residues, including Leu-201, near the heme face of HO-2 that are affected by the addition of CPR, implicating these residues at the HO/CPR interface. Alanine substitutions at HO-2 residues Leu-201 and Lys-169 cause a respective 3- and 22-fold increase in K(m) values for CPR, consistent with a role for these residues in CPR binding. Sedimentation velocity experiments confirm the transient nature of the HO-2 · CPR complex (K(d) = 15.1 μM). Our results also indicate that HO-2 and BVR form a very weak complex that is only captured by cross-linking. For example, under conditions where CPR affects the (1)H-(15)N TROSY NMR spectrum of HO-2, BVR has no effect. Fluorescence quenching experiments also suggest that BVR binds HO-2 weakly, if at all, and that the previously reported high affinity of BVR for HO is artifactual, resulting from the effects of free heme (dissociated from HO) on BVR fluorescence.
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48103 and
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- the Department of Biochemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48103 and
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- From the Cellular and Molecular Biology Training Program and Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48103 and
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A cellular stress response (CSR) that interacts with NADPH-P450 reductase (NPR) is a new regulator of hypoxic response. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2014; 445:43-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2014.01.110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2014] [Accepted: 01/22/2014] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Pandey AV, Flück CE. NADPH P450 oxidoreductase: structure, function, and pathology of diseases. Pharmacol Ther 2013; 138:229-54. [PMID: 23353702 DOI: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2013.01.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 176] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2012] [Accepted: 12/26/2012] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Cytochrome P450 oxidoreductase (POR) is an enzyme that is essential for multiple metabolic processes, chiefly among them are reactions catalyzed by cytochrome P450 proteins for metabolism of steroid hormones, drugs and xenobiotics. Mutations in POR cause a complex set of disorders that often resemble defects in steroid metabolizing enzymes 17α-hydroxylase, 21-hydroxylase and aromatase. Since our initial reports of POR mutations in 2004, more than 200 different mutations and polymorphisms in POR gene have been identified. Several missense variations in POR have been tested for their effect on activities of multiple steroid and drug metabolizing P450 proteins. Mutations in POR may have variable effects on different P450 partner proteins depending on the location of the mutation. The POR mutations that disrupt the binding of co-factors have negative impact on all partner proteins, while mutations causing subtle structural changes may lead to altered interaction with specific partner proteins and the overall effect may be different for each partner. This review summarizes the recent discoveries related to mutations and polymorphisms in POR and discusses these mutations in the context of historical developments in the discovery and characterization of POR as an electron transfer protein. The review is focused on the structural, enzymatic and clinical implications of the mutations linked to newly identified disorders in humans, now categorized as POR deficiency.
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- Amit V Pandey
- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology, University Children's Hospital Bern, and Department of Clinical Research, University of Bern, 3004 Bern, Switzerland.
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D'Agostino J, Ding X, Zhang P, Jia K, Fang C, Zhu Y, Spink DC, Zhang QY. Potential biological functions of cytochrome P450 reductase-dependent enzymes in small intestine: novel link to expression of major histocompatibility complex class II genes. J Biol Chem 2012; 287:17777-17788. [PMID: 22453923 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m112.354274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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NADPH-cytochrome P450 reductase (POR) is essential for the functioning of microsomal cytochrome P450 (P450) monooxygenases and heme oxygenases. The biological roles of the POR-dependent enzymes in the intestine have not been defined, despite the wealth of knowledge on the biochemical properties of the various oxygenases. In this study, cDNA microarray analysis revealed significant changes in gene expression in enterocytes isolated from the small intestine of intestinal epithelium-specific Por knock-out (named IE-Cpr-null) mice compared with that observed in wild-type (WT) littermates. Gene ontology analyses revealed significant changes in terms related to P450s, transporters, cholesterol biosynthesis, and, unexpectedly, antigen presentation/processing. The genomic changes were confirmed at either mRNA or protein level for selected genes, including those of the major histocompatibility complex class II (MHC II). Cholesterol biosynthetic activity was greatly reduced in the enterocytes of the IE-Cpr-null mice, as evidenced by the accumulation of the lanosterol metabolite, 24-dihydrolanosterol. However, no differences in either circulating or enterocyte cholesterol levels were observed between IE-Cpr-null and WT mice. Interestingly, the levels of the cholesterol precursor farnesyl pyrophosphate and its derivative geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate were also increased in the enterocytes of the IE-Cpr-null mice. Furthermore, the expression of STAT1 (signal transducer and activator of transcription 1), a downstream target of geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate signaling, was enhanced. STAT1 is an activator of CIITA, the class II transactivator for MHC II expression; CIITA expression was concomitantly increased in IE-Cpr-null mice. Overall, these findings provide a novel and mechanistic link between POR-dependent enzymes and the expression of MHC II genes in the small intestine.
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- Jaime D'Agostino
- Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, and School of Public Health, State University of New York, Albany, New York 12201-0509
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- Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, and School of Public Health, State University of New York, Albany, New York 12201-0509
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- Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, and School of Public Health, State University of New York, Albany, New York 12201-0509
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- Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, and School of Public Health, State University of New York, Albany, New York 12201-0509
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- Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, and School of Public Health, State University of New York, Albany, New York 12201-0509
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- Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, and School of Public Health, State University of New York, Albany, New York 12201-0509
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- Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, and School of Public Health, State University of New York, Albany, New York 12201-0509
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- Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, and School of Public Health, State University of New York, Albany, New York 12201-0509.
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Thibodeaux CJ, Chang WC, Liu HW. Enzymatic chemistry of cyclopropane, epoxide, and aziridine biosynthesis. Chem Rev 2012; 112:1681-709. [PMID: 22017381 PMCID: PMC3288687 DOI: 10.1021/cr200073d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 204] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- College of Pharmacy and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712
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- Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712
- College of Pharmacy and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712
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Spanova M, Daum G. Squalene - biochemistry, molecular biology, process biotechnology, and applications. EUR J LIPID SCI TECH 2011. [DOI: 10.1002/ejlt.201100203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 155] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Mutations of human cytochrome P450 reductase differentially modulate heme oxygenase-1 activity and oligomerization. Arch Biochem Biophys 2011; 513:42-50. [PMID: 21741353 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2011.06.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2011] [Revised: 06/14/2011] [Accepted: 06/16/2011] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Genetic variations in POR, encoding NADPH-cytochrome P450 oxidoreductase (CYPOR), can diminish the function of numerous cytochromes P450, and also have the potential to block degradation of heme by heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1). Purified full-length human CYPOR, HO-1, and biliverdin reductase were reconstituted in lipid vesicles and assayed for NADPH-dependent conversion of heme to bilirubin. Naturally-occurring human CYPOR variants queried were: WT, A115V, Y181D, P228L, M263V, A287P, R457H, Y459H, and V492E. All CYPOR variants exhibited decreased bilirubin production relative to WT, with a lower apparent affinity of the CYPOR-HO-1 complex than WT. Addition of FMN or FAD partially restored the activities of Y181D, Y459H, and V492E. When mixed with WT CYPOR, only the Y181D CYPOR variant inhibited heme degradation by sequestering HO-1, whereas Y459H and V492E were unable to inhibit HO-1 activity suggesting that CYPOR variants might have differential binding affinities with redox partners. Titrating the CYPOR-HO-1 complex revealed that the optimal CYPOR:HO-1 ratio for activity was 1:2, lending evidence in support of productive HO-1 oligomerization, with higher ratios of CYPOR:HO-1 showing decreased activity. In conclusion, human POR mutations, shown to impact P450 activities, also result in varying degrees of diminished HO-1 activity, which may further complicate CYPOR deficiency.
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Kenaan C, Zhang H, Shea EV, Hollenberg PF. Uncovering the role of hydrophobic residues in cytochrome P450-cytochrome P450 reductase interactions. Biochemistry 2011; 50:3957-67. [PMID: 21462923 DOI: 10.1021/bi1020748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Cytochrome P450 (CYP or P450)-mediated drug metabolism requires the interaction of P450s with their redox partner, cytochrome P450 reductase (CPR). In this work, we have investigated the role of P450 hydrophobic residues in complex formation with CPR and uncovered novel roles for the surface-exposed residues V267 and L270 of CYP2B4 in mediating CYP2B4--CPR interactions. Using a combination of fluorescence labeling and stopped-flow spectroscopy, we have investigated the basis for these interactions. Specifically, in order to study P450--CPR interactions, a single reactive cysteine was introduced in to a genetically engineered variant of CYP2B4 (C79SC152S) at each of seven strategically selected surface-exposed positions. Each of these cysteine residues was modified by reaction with fluorescein-5-maleimide (FM), and the CYP2B4-FM variants were then used to determine the K(d) of the complex by monitoring fluorescence enhancement in the presence of CPR. Furthermore, the intrinsic K(m) values of the CYP2B4 variants for CPR were measured, and stopped-flow spectroscopy was used to determine the intrinsic kinetics and the extent of reduction of the ferric P450 mutants to the ferrous P450--CO adduct by CPR. A comparison of the results from these three approaches reveals that the sites on P450 exhibiting the greatest changes in fluorescence intensity upon binding CPR are associated with the greatest increases in the K(m) values of the P450 variants for CPR and with the greatest decreases in the rates and extents of reduced P450--CO formation.
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- Cesar Kenaan
- Chemical Biology Doctoral Program, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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Miller WL, Agrawal V, Sandee D, Tee MK, Huang N, Choi JH, Morrissey K, Giacomini KM. Consequences of POR mutations and polymorphisms. Mol Cell Endocrinol 2011; 336:174-9. [PMID: 21070833 PMCID: PMC4632974 DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2010.10.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2010] [Revised: 10/29/2010] [Accepted: 10/30/2010] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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P450 oxidoreductase (POR) transports electrons from NADPH to all microsomal cytochrome P450 enzymes, including steroidogenic P450c17, P450c21 and P450aro. Severe POR mutations A287P (in Europeans) and R457H (in Japanese) cause the Antley-Bixler skeletal malformation syndrome (ABS) plus impaired steroidogenesis (causing genital anomalies), but the basis of ABS is unclear. We have characterized the activities of ∼40 POR variants, showing that assays based on P450c17 activities, but not cytochrome c assays, correlate with the clinical phenotype. The human POR gene is highly polymorphic: the A503V sequence variant, which decreases P450c17 activities to ∼60%, is found on ∼28% of human alleles. A promoter polymorphism (∼8% of Asians and ∼13% of Caucasians) at -152 reduces transcriptional activity by half. Screening of 35 POR variants showed that most mutants lacking activity with P450c17 or cytochrome c also lacked activity to support CYP1A2 and CYP2C19 metabolism of EOMCC (a fluorogenic non-drug substrate), although there were some remarkable differences: Q153R causes ABS and has ∼30% of wild-type activity with P450c17 but had 144% of WT activity with CYP1A2 and 284% with CYP2C19. The effects of POR variants on CYP3A4, which metabolizes nearly 50% of clinically used drugs, was examined with multiple, clinically relevant drug substrates, showing that A287P and R457H dramatically reduce drug metabolism, and that A503V variably impairs drug metabolism. The degree of activity can vary with the drug substrate assayed, as the drugs can influence the conformation of the P450. POR is probably an important contributor to genetic variation in both steroidogenesis and drug metabolism.
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- Walter L Miller
- Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143-0978, USA.
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Substrate-specific modulation of CYP3A4 activity by genetic variants of cytochrome P450 oxidoreductase. Pharmacogenet Genomics 2011; 20:611-8. [PMID: 20697309 DOI: 10.1097/fpc.0b013e32833e0cb5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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OBJECTIVES CYP3A4 receives electrons from P450 oxidoreductase (POR) to metabolize about 50% of clinically used drugs. There is substantial inter-individual variation in CYP3A4 catalytic activity that is not explained by CYP3A4 genetic variants. CYP3A4 is flexible and distensible, permitting it to accommodate substrates varying in shape and size. To elucidate the mechanisms of variability in CYP3A4 catalysis, we examined the effects of genetic variants of POR, and explored the possibility that substrate-induced conformational changes in CYP3A4 differentially affect the ability of POR variants to support catalysis. METHODS We expressed human CYP3A4 and four POR variants (Q153R, A287P, R457H, A503 V) in bacteria, reconstituted them in vitro and measured the Michaelis constant and maximum velocity with testosterone, midazolam, quinidine and erythromycin as substrates. RESULTS POR A287P and R457H had low activity with all substrates; Q153R had 76-94% of wild-type (WT) activity with midazolam and erythromycin, but 129-150% activity with testosterone and quinidine. The A503 V polymorphism reduced the CYP3A4 activity to 61-77% of WT with testosterone and midazolam, but had nearly WT activity with quinidine and erythromycin. CONCLUSION POR variants affect CYP3A4 activities. The impact of a POR variant on catalysis by CYP3A4 is substrate-specific, probably because of substrate-induced conformational changes in CYP3A4.
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Tee MK, Huang N, Damm I, Miller WL. Transcriptional regulation of the human P450 oxidoreductase gene: hormonal regulation and influence of promoter polymorphisms. Mol Endocrinol 2011; 25:715-31. [PMID: 21393444 DOI: 10.1210/me.2010-0236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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P450 oxidoreductase (POR) is the flavoprotein that acts as the obligatory electron donor to all microsomal P450 enzymes, including those involved in hepatic drug metabolism as well as three steroidogenic P450 enzymes. The untranslated first exon of human POR was located recently, permitting analysis of human POR transcription. Expression of deletional mutants containing up to 3193 bp of the human POR promoter in human adrenal NCI-H295A and liver Hep-G2 cells located the proximal promoter at -325/-1 bp from the untranslated exon. Common human POR polymorphisms at -208 and -173 had little influence on transcription, but the polymorphism at -152 reduced transcription significantly in both cell lines. EMSA and supershift assays identified binding of Smad3/Smad4 between -249 and -261 and binding of thyroid hormone receptor-β (TRβ) at -240/-245. Chromatin immunoprecipitation showed that Smad3, Smad4, TRα, TRβ, and estrogen receptor-α were bound between -374 and -149. Cotransfection of vectors for these transcription factors and POR promoter-reporter constructs into both cell types followed by hormonal treatment showed that T(3) exerts major tropic effects via TRβ, with TRα, estrogen receptor-α, Smad3, and Smad4 exerting lesser, modulatory effects. T(3) also increased POR mRNA in both cell lines. Thyroid hormone also is essential for rat liver POR expression but acts via different transcription factor complexes. These are the first data on human POR gene transcription, establishing roles for TRβ and Smad3/4 in its expression and indicating that the common polymorphism at -152 may play a role in genetic variation in steroid biosynthesis and drug metabolism.
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- Meng Kian Tee
- Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143-0978, USA
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Miller WL, Auchus RJ. The molecular biology, biochemistry, and physiology of human steroidogenesis and its disorders. Endocr Rev 2011; 32:81-151. [PMID: 21051590 PMCID: PMC3365799 DOI: 10.1210/er.2010-0013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1443] [Impact Index Per Article: 111.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2010] [Accepted: 08/20/2010] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Steroidogenesis entails processes by which cholesterol is converted to biologically active steroid hormones. Whereas most endocrine texts discuss adrenal, ovarian, testicular, placental, and other steroidogenic processes in a gland-specific fashion, steroidogenesis is better understood as a single process that is repeated in each gland with cell-type-specific variations on a single theme. Thus, understanding steroidogenesis is rooted in an understanding of the biochemistry of the various steroidogenic enzymes and cofactors and the genes that encode them. The first and rate-limiting step in steroidogenesis is the conversion of cholesterol to pregnenolone by a single enzyme, P450scc (CYP11A1), but this enzymatically complex step is subject to multiple regulatory mechanisms, yielding finely tuned quantitative regulation. Qualitative regulation determining the type of steroid to be produced is mediated by many enzymes and cofactors. Steroidogenic enzymes fall into two groups: cytochrome P450 enzymes and hydroxysteroid dehydrogenases. A cytochrome P450 may be either type 1 (in mitochondria) or type 2 (in endoplasmic reticulum), and a hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase may belong to either the aldo-keto reductase or short-chain dehydrogenase/reductase families. The activities of these enzymes are modulated by posttranslational modifications and by cofactors, especially electron-donating redox partners. The elucidation of the precise roles of these various enzymes and cofactors has been greatly facilitated by identifying the genetic bases of rare disorders of steroidogenesis. Some enzymes not principally involved in steroidogenesis may also catalyze extraglandular steroidogenesis, modulating the phenotype expected to result from some mutations. Understanding steroidogenesis is of fundamental importance to understanding disorders of sexual differentiation, reproduction, fertility, hypertension, obesity, and physiological homeostasis.
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- Walter L Miller
- Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143-0978, USA.
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Nowosielski M, Hoffmann M, Wyrwicz LS, Stepniak P, Plewczynski DM, Lazniewski M, Ginalski K, Rychlewski L. Detailed Mechanism of Squalene Epoxidase Inhibition by Terbinafine. J Chem Inf Model 2011; 51:455-62. [DOI: 10.1021/ci100403b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Quantum Chemistry Group, Department of Chemistry, Adam Mickiewicz University, Grunwaldzka 6, 60-780 Poznań, Poland
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- BioInfoBank Institute, Limanowskiego 24A, 60-744 Poznań, Poland
- Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, M. Sklodowska-Curie Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology, WK Roentgena 5, 02-781 Warsaw, Poland
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- BioInfoBank Institute, Limanowskiego 24A, 60-744 Poznań, Poland
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- Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, Interdisciplinary Centre for Mathematical and Computational Modelling, University of Warsaw, Pawinskiego 5a, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland
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- Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, Interdisciplinary Centre for Mathematical and Computational Modelling, University of Warsaw, Pawinskiego 5a, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland
- Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Warsaw, Banacha 1, 02-097 Warsaw, Poland
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- Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, Interdisciplinary Centre for Mathematical and Computational Modelling, University of Warsaw, Pawinskiego 5a, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland
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Ivanov AS, Gnedenko OV, Molnar AA, Archakov AI, Podust LM. FMN binding site of yeast NADPH-cytochrome P450 reductase exposed at the surface is highly specific. ACS Chem Biol 2010; 5:767-76. [PMID: 20557022 DOI: 10.1021/cb100055v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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NADPH-cytochrome P450 reductase (CPR) transfers two reducing equivalents derived from NADPH via FAD and FMN to microsomal P450 monooxygenases in one-electron transfer steps. The crystal structure of yeast CPR (yCPR) contains a surface-exposed FMN binding site (FMN2 site) at the interface of the FMN binding and connecting domains, in addition to the single buried site that has been observed in rat CPR. This finding provides a testable hypothesis of how intramolecular (between FAD and FMN) and intermolecular (between FMN and P450) electron transfer may occur in CPR. To verify that occupancy of the FMN2 site is not an artifact of crystallization, a surface plasmon resonance (SPR) biosensor technique has been applied to probe the selectivity of this site under functional conditions. A series of kinetic and equilibrium binding experiments involving yCPR immobilized on different sensor chip surfaces was performed using FMN and FAD, as well as FMN-derived compounds, including riboflavin, dimethylalloxazine, and alloxazine, and other molecules that resemble the planar isoalloxazine ring structure. Only FMN and FAD showed stoichiometric binding responses. Binding affinity for FMN was in the submicromolar range, 30 times higher than that for FAD. Association kinetic rates for the yCPR/FMN complex were up to 60-fold higher than for the yCPR/FAD complex. Taken together, these data indicate that (i) the surface-exposed site in yCPR is highly selective toward binding flavins, (ii) binding of FMN in this site is notably favored, and finally, (iii) both the phosphate group and the isoalloxazine ring of FMN are essential for binding.
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- Alexis S. Ivanov
- Institute of Biomedical Chemistry, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow 119121, Russia
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- Institute of Biomedical Chemistry, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow 119121, Russia
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- Institute of Biomedical Chemistry, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow 119121, Russia
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- Institute of Biomedical Chemistry, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow 119121, Russia
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143
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Jang HH, Jamakhandi AP, Sullivan SZ, Yun CH, Hollenberg PF, Miller GP. Beta sheet 2-alpha helix C loop of cytochrome P450 reductase serves as a docking site for redox partners. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2010; 1804:1285-93. [PMID: 20152939 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2010.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2009] [Revised: 01/26/2010] [Accepted: 02/03/2010] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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As a promiscuous redox partner, the biological role of cytochrome P450 reductase (CPR) depends significantly on protein-protein interactions. We tested a hypothesized CPR docking site by mutating D113, E115, and E116 to alanine and assaying activity toward various electron acceptors as a function of ionic strength. Steady-state cytochrome c studies demonstrated the mutations improved catalytic efficiency and decreased the impact of ionic strength on catalytic parameters when compared to wild type. Based on activity toward 7-ethoxy-4-trifluoro-methylcoumarin, CYP2B1 and CPR favored formation of an active CYP2B1*CPR complex and inactive (CYP2B1)(2)*CPR complex until higher ionic strength whereby only the binary complex was observed. The mutations increased dissociation constants only for the binary complex and suppressed the ionic strength effect. Studies with a non-binding substrate, 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) suggest changes in activity toward cytochrome c and CYP2B1 reflect alterations in the route of electron transfer caused by the mutations. Electrostatic modeling of catalytic and binding parameters confirmed the importance of D113 and especially the double mutant E115 and E116 as mediators in forming charge-charge interactions between CPR and complex partners.
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- Hyun-Hee Jang
- School of Biological Sciences and Technology and Hormone Research Center, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 500-757, Republic of Korea
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Sahakitrungruang T, Huang N, Tee MK, Agrawal V, Russell WE, Crock P, Murphy N, Migeon CJ, Miller WL. Clinical, genetic, and enzymatic characterization of P450 oxidoreductase deficiency in four patients. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2009; 94:4992-5000. [PMID: 19837910 PMCID: PMC2795645 DOI: 10.1210/jc.2009-1460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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CONTEXT P450 oxidoreductase (POR) deficiency causes disordered steroidogenesis; severe mutations cause genital ambiguity in both sexes plus the Antley-Bixler skeletal malformation syndrome, whereas mild mutations can cause adult infertility. OBJECTIVE We describe four patients with POR deficiency and identify and characterize the activities of their mutations. A 46,XY male with micropenis and two 46,XX female infants with genital ambiguity presented with skeletal malformations, and a 46,XX adolescent presented with primary amenorrhea, elevated 17alpha-hydroxyprogesterone, and low sex steroids. METHODS The coding regions of the POR gene were sequenced, and the identified mutations were recreated in human POR cDNA expression vectors lacking 27 N-terminal residues. POR and human P450c17 were expressed in bacteria. POR activity was measured by four assays: reduction of cytochrome c, oxidation of reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate, and support of the 17alpha-hydroxylase and 17,20 lyase activities of P450c17. RESULTS All four patients were compound heterozygotes for POR mutations, including five novel mutations: L577R, N185K, delE217, and frameshift mutations 1363delC and 697-698insGAAC. N185K and delE217 lacked measurable activity in the assays based on P450c17 but retained partial activity in the assays based on cytochrome c. As assessed by V(max)/Km, L577R supported 46% of 17alpha-hydroxylase activity but only 27% of 17,20 lyase activity. Computational modeling of these novel mutants revealed the structural basis for their reduced or absent activities. CONCLUSION These patients illustrate the broad clinical spectrum of POR deficiency, including amenorrhea and infertility as the sole manifestation. POR assays based on P450c17 correlate well with hormonal and clinical phenotypes.
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- Taninee Sahakitrungruang
- Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143, USA
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Marohnic CC, Panda SP, McCammon K, Rueff J, Masters BSS, Kranendonk M. Human cytochrome P450 oxidoreductase deficiency caused by the Y181D mutation: molecular consequences and rescue of defect. Drug Metab Dispos 2009; 38:332-40. [PMID: 19884324 DOI: 10.1124/dmd.109.030445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Patients with congenital adrenal hyperplasia, exhibiting combined CYP17 and CYP21 deficiency, were shown by Arlt et al. (2004) to harbor a 541T-->G mutation in exon 5 of POR (encoding NADPH-cytochrome P450 reductase, CYPOR), which resulted in a Y181D substitution that obliterated electron transfer capacity. Using bacterial expression models, we examined catalytic and physical properties of the human CYPOR Y181D variant. As purified, Y181D lacked flavin mononucleotide (FMN) and NADPH-cytochrome c reductase (NCR) activity but retained normal flavin adenine dinucleotide binding and NADPH utilization. Titration of the purified protein with FMN restored 64 of wild-type (WT) NCR activity in Y181D with an activation constant of approximately 2 microM. As determined by FMN fluorescence quenching, Y181D had K(d)(FMN) = 7.3 microM. Biplasmid coexpression of CYPOR and CYP1A2, at the physiological ratio of approximately 1:10 in the engineered MK_1A2_POR Escherichia coli strain, showed the compromised capacity of Y181D to support CYP1A2-catalyzed metabolism of the procarcinogens 2-aminoanthracene, 2-amino-3-methylimidazo(4,5-f)quinoline, and 4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone. Isolated MK1A2_POR membranes confirmed FMN stimulation of Y181D NCR activity with a 1.6 microM activation constant. CYP1A2 ethoxyresorufin-O-dealkylase activity of the MK1A2_POR(Y181D) membranes, undetectable in the absence of added FMN, increased to 37% of MK1A2_POR(WT) membranes with a 1.2 microM FMN activation constant. Therefore, we conclude that compromised FMN binding is the specific molecular defect causing POR deficiency in patients with Y181D mutation and that this defect, in large part, can be overcome in vitro by FMN addition.
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- Christopher C Marohnic
- Department of Biochemistry, 7760, University of Texas Health Science Center, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, TX 78229-3900, USA.
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Hart SN, Zhong XB. P450 oxidoreductase: genetic polymorphisms and implications for drug metabolism and toxicity. Expert Opin Drug Metab Toxicol 2008; 4:439-52. [PMID: 18433346 DOI: 10.1517/17425255.4.4.439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND Cytochrome P450 oxidoreductase (POR) is the only electron donor for all microsomal cytochrome P450 monooxygenases (CYP), some of which are phase I drug-metabolizing enzymes, responsible for oxidation of more than 80% of drugs. OBJECTIVES To provide a more thorough understanding of the genetic factors influencing drug metabolism, we address the role of genetic polymorphisms in the POR gene, and their implications for drug metabolism and cytotoxicity. METHODS The scope of this review is intended to cover polymorphisms currently identified in the POR gene, assess their functional significance on POR activity, and address their impact on CYP-mediated drug metabolism. POR is also responsible for directly metabolizing several anticancer prodrugs via a 1-electron reduction reaction, so the effect of POR polymorphisms on the direct bioactivation of drugs is also considered. RESULTS/CONCLUSION POR is a polymorphic enzyme that can affect CYP-mediated drug metabolism as well as direct bioactivation of prodrugs. Genetic polymorphisms in the POR gene may help to explain altered drug-metabolizing phenotypes.
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- Steven N Hart
- University of Kansas Medical Center, Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Therapeutics, 3901 Rainbow Boulevard, Kansas City, Kansas 66160, USA
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Flück CE, Nicolo C, Pandey AV. Clinical, structural and functional implications of mutations and polymorphisms in human NADPH P450 oxidoreductase. Fundam Clin Pharmacol 2007; 21:399-410. [PMID: 17635179 DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-8206.2007.00520.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Cytochrome P450 proteins are involved in metabolism of drugs and xenobiotics. In the endoplasmic reticulum a single nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) P450 oxidoreductase (POR) supplies electrons to all microsomal P450s for catalytic activity. POR is a flavoprotein that contains both flavin mononucleotide and flavin adenine dinucleotide as cofactors and uses NADPH as the source of electrons. We have recently reported a number of POR mutations in the patients with disordered steroidogenesis. In the first report we had described missense mutations (A287P, R457H, V492E, C569Y, and V608F) identified in four patients with defects in steroid production. Each POR variant was produced as recombinant N-27 form of the enzyme in bacteria and as full-length form in yeast. Membranes from bacteria or yeast expressing normal or variant POR were purified and their activities were characterized in cytochrome c and CYP17A1 assays. Later we have published a larger study that described a whole range of POR mutations and characterized the mutants/polymorphisms A115V, T142A, M263V, Y459H, A503V, G539R, L565P, R616X, V631I, and F646del from the sequencing of patient DNA. We also studied POR variants Y181D, P228L, R316W, G413S, and G504R that were available in public databases or published literature. Three-dimensional structure of rat POR is known and we have used this structure to deduce the structure-function correlation of POR mutations in human. The missense mutations found in patients with disordered steroidogenesis are generally in the co-factor binding and functionally important domains of POR and the apparent polymorphisms are found in regions with lesser structural importance. A variation in POR can alter the activity of all microsomal P450s, and therefore, can affect the metabolism of drugs and xenobiotics even when the P450s involved are otherwise normal. It is important to study the genetic and biochemical basis of POR variants in human population to gain information about possible differences in P450 mediated reactions among the individuals carrying a variant or polymorphic form of POR that could impact their metabolism.
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- Christa E Flück
- Department of Pediatrics Endocrinology, University Children's Hospital, Freiburgstrasse 15, 3010 Bern, Switzerland
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Li L, Porter TD. Hepatic cytochrome P450 reductase-null mice reveal a second microsomal reductase for squalene monooxygenase. Arch Biochem Biophys 2007; 461:76-84. [PMID: 17374357 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2007.02.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2006] [Revised: 01/18/2007] [Accepted: 02/04/2007] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Squalene monooxygenase is a microsomal enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of squalene to 2,3(s)-oxidosqualene, the immediate precursor to lanosterol in the cholesterol biosynthesis pathway. Unlike other flavoprotein monooxygenases that obtain electrons directly from NAD(P)H, squalene monooxygenase requires a redox partner, and for many years it has been assumed that NADPH-cytochrome P450 reductase is this requisite redox partner. However, our studies with hepatic cytochrome P450-reductase-null mice have revealed a second microsomal reductase for squalene monooxygenase. Inhibition studies with antibody to P450 reductase indicate that this second reductase supports up to 40% of the monooxygenase activity that is obtained with microsomes from normal mice. Studies carried out with hepatocytes from CPR-null mice demonstrate that this second reductase is active in whole cells and leads to the accumulation of 24-dihydrolanosterol; this lanosterol metabolite also accumulates in the livers of CPR-null mice, indicating that cholesterol synthesis is blocked at lanosterol demethylase, a cytochrome P450.
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- Li Li
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536, USA
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Fischer WW, Pearson A. Hypotheses for the origin and early evolution of triterpenoid cyclases. GEOBIOLOGY 2007; 5:19-34. [PMID: 36298871 DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4669.2007.00096.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Hopanes and steranes are found almost universally in the sedimentary rock record where they often are used as proxies for aerobic organisms, metabolisms, and environments. In order to interpret ancient lipid signatures confidently we require a complementary understanding of how these modern biochemical pathways evolved since their conception. For example, generally it has been assumed that hopanoid biosynthesis was an evolutionary predecessor to steroid biosynthesis. Here we re-evaluate this assumption. Using a combined phylogenetic and biochemical perspective, we address the evolution of polycyclic triterpenoid biosynthesis and suggest several constraints on using these molecules as aerobic biomarkers. Amino acid sequence data show that the enzymes responsible for polycyclic triterpenoid biosynthesis (i.e. squalene and 2,3-oxidosqualene cyclases) are homologous. Numerous conserved domains correspond to active sites in the enzymes that are required to complete the complex cyclization reaction. From these sites we develop an evolutionary analysis of three independent characters to explain the evolution of the major classes of polycyclic triterpenoids. These characters are: (i) the number of unfavourable anti-Markovnikov ring closures, (ii) all-chair (CCC) or chair-boat-chair (CBC) substrate conformation, and (iii) the choice between squalene and 2,3-oxidosqualene as the substrate. We use these characters to construct four competing phylogenies to describe the evolution of polycyclic triterpenoid biosynthesis. The analysis suggests that malabaricanoids would be the most ancient polycyclic triterpenoids. The two most parsimonious evolutionary trees are the ones in which hopanoid and steroid cyclases diverged from a common ancestor. The transition from a CCC- to CBC-fold marks the major divergence in the evolution of these pathways, and it is diagnosable in the geological record. However, this transition does not require the simultaneous adoption of the aerobic substrate, 2,3-oxidosqualene, because these characters are controlled by independent parts of the enzyme.
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- W W Fischer
- Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
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- Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW P450 oxidoreductase deficiency--a newly described form of congenital adrenal hyperplasia--typically presents a steroid profile suggesting combined deficiencies of steroid 21-hydroxylase and 17alpha-hydroxylase/17,20-lyase activities. These and other enzymes require electron donation from P450 oxidoreductase. The clinical spectrum of P450 oxidoreductase deficiency ranges from severely affected children with ambiguous genitalia, adrenal insufficiency and the Antley-Bixler skeletal malformation syndrome to mildly affected individuals with polycystic ovary syndrome. We review current knowledge of P450 oxidoreductase deficiency and its broader implications. RECENT FINDINGS Since the first report in 2004, at least 21 P450 oxidoreductase mutations have been reported in over 40 patients. The often subtle manifestations of P450 oxidoreductase deficiency suggest it may be relatively common. P450 oxidoreductase deficiency, with or without Antley-Bixler syndrome, is autosomal recessive, whereas Antley-Bixler syndrome without disordered steroidogenesis is caused by autosomal dominant fibroblast growth factor receptor 2 mutations. In-vitro assays of P450 oxidoreductase missense mutations based on P450 oxidoreductase-supported P450c17 activities provide excellent genotype/phenotype correlations. The causal connection between P450 oxidoreductase deficiency and disordered bone formation remains unclear. SUMMARY P450 oxidoreductase mutations cause combined partial deficiency of 17alpha-hydroxylase and 21-hydroxylase. Individuals with an Antley-Bixler syndrome-like phenotype presenting with sexual ambiguity or other abnormalities in steroidogenesis should be analyzed for P450 oxidoreductase deficiency.
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MESH Headings
- Adrenal Hyperplasia, Congenital/complications
- Adrenal Hyperplasia, Congenital/enzymology
- Adrenal Hyperplasia, Congenital/genetics
- Bone Diseases, Developmental/enzymology
- Bone Diseases, Developmental/etiology
- Bone Diseases, Developmental/genetics
- Bone Diseases, Endocrine/enzymology
- Bone Diseases, Endocrine/etiology
- Bone Diseases, Endocrine/genetics
- Bone Diseases, Metabolic/enzymology
- Bone Diseases, Metabolic/etiology
- Bone Diseases, Metabolic/genetics
- Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System/metabolism
- Genotype
- Humans
- Oxidoreductases/deficiency
- Phenotype
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- Christa E Flück
- Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology, University Children's Hospital Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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Lamb DC, Kim Y, Yermalitskaya LV, Yermalitsky VN, Lepesheva GI, Kelly SL, Waterman MR, Podust LM. A second FMN binding site in yeast NADPH-cytochrome P450 reductase suggests a mechanism of electron transfer by diflavin reductases. Structure 2006; 14:51-61. [PMID: 16407065 DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2005.09.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2005] [Revised: 09/19/2005] [Accepted: 09/19/2005] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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NADPH-cytochrome P450 reductase transfers two reducing equivalents derived from a hydride ion of NADPH via FAD and FMN to the large family of microsomal cytochrome P450 monooxygenases in one-electron transfer steps. The mechanism of electron transfer by diflavin reductases remains elusive and controversial. Here, we determined the crystal structure of truncated yeast NADPH-cytochrome P450 reductase, which is functionally active toward its physiological substrate cytochrome P450, and discovered a second FMN binding site at the interface of the connecting and FMN binding domains. The two FMN binding sites have different accessibilities to the bulk solvent and different amino acid environments, suggesting stabilization of different electronic structures of the reduced flavin. Since only one FMN cofactor is required for function, a hypothetical mechanism of electron transfer is discussed that proposes shuttling of a single FMN between these two sites coupled with the transition between two semiquinone forms, neutral (blue) and anionic (red).
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- David C Lamb
- Wolfson Laboratory of P450 Biodiversity, Swansea Medical School University of Wales Swansea, Swansea, Wales SA2 8PP, UK
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Han JF, Wang SL, He XY, Liu CY, Hong JY. Effect of Genetic Variation on Human Cytochrome P450 Reductase-Mediated Paraquat Cytotoxicity. Toxicol Sci 2006; 91:42-8. [PMID: 16495354 DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfj139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Paraquat (1,1'-dimethyl-4,4'-bipyridylium dichloride) is a widely used herbicide and is highly toxic to human and animals. The mechanisms of paraquat toxicity involve the generation of superoxide anion through the process of redox cycling. NADPH-cytochrome P450 oxidoreductase (POR) has been reported to be a major enzyme for one-electron reduction of paraquat that initiates the redox cycling. Recently, a total of six missense variants of human POR have been identified in patients with discorded steroidogenesis. However, the effect of these genetic variations on POR-mediated paraquat toxicity is not known. Using the Flp-In Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells stably expressing either mouse or human POR and the cells with POR knockdown by siRNA, we confirmed that POR is responsible for paraquat-induced cytotoxicity. We further used this validated system to compare paraquat-induced toxicity among the cells that stably expressed wild-type human POR and its natural variants. While there was no difference in paraquat-induced toxicity between the cells expressing wild-type human POR and the Cys569Tyr variant, the toxicity in cells expressing all the other variants (Tyr181Asp, Ala287Pro, Arg457His, Val492Glu, and Val608Phe) was significantly decreased. Our results provide further evidence on the important role of POR in paraquat-induced toxicity and suggest that individuals carrying the functional variant POR alleles may have an altered susceptibility to paraquat exposure.
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- Jing-Fen Han
- School of Public Health/Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA
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Mori T, Yamazaki A, Kinoshita T, Imaoka S. Purification of NADPH-P450 reductase (NPR) from Xenopus laevis and the developmental change in NPR expression. Life Sci 2006; 79:247-51. [PMID: 16483612 DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2005.12.056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2005] [Revised: 12/03/2005] [Accepted: 12/28/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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NADPH-P450 reductase (NPR) was purified from hepatic microsomes of Xenopus laevis. The electron transfer activity of purified NPR was 23.8 units/min/mg with horse cytochrome c. The aminopyrine demethylation activity of rat CYP2B1 with Xenopus NPR was 58.1 nmol/min/nmol. The corresponding cDNA was isolated from Xenopus liver. The homology in amino acid sequence deduced from NPR cDNA isolated from Xenopus liver was 80%, 78%, and 81% with human, rat, and rabbit NPR, respectively. Antibody against Xenopus NPR was prepared. The expression of NPR was investigated in various tissues and in early development by Western blotting. NPR was most abundantly expressed in the kidney, followed by the liver, lung, and heart. The brain had very low levels of NPR. The level of NPR protein was almost the same at all stages, 2-cell stage (st. 2), blastula (st. 8), gastrula (st. 12), tail bud (st. 26) and larva (st.35), examined in this study. We further investigated the distribution of NPR using whole-mount in situ hybridization. NPR mRNA was expressed in cement gland, lens placode, ear vesicle, mesencephalon, rhombencephalon, lymphatic vessel, and heart anlage in the embryo at stage 29. Xenopus NPR has similar properties to mouse and rat NPRs. Localization of NPR in Xenopus embryo was consistent with the abnormal region caused by NPR deficiency in mice.
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- Tomohiro Mori
- Nanobiotechnology Research Center and Department of Bioscience, School of Science and Technology, Kwansei Gakuin University, 2-1 Gakuen, Sanda 669-1337, Japan
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Wang X, Chamberlain M, Vassieva O, Henderson C, Wolf C. Relationship between hepatic phenotype and changes in gene expression in cytochrome P450 reductase (POR) null mice. Biochem J 2005; 388:857-67. [PMID: 15717863 PMCID: PMC1183466 DOI: 10.1042/bj20042087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Cytochrome P450 reductase is the unique electron donor for microsomal cytochrome P450s; these enzymes play a major role in the metabolism of endogenous and xenobiotic compounds. In mice with a liver-specific deletion of cytochrome P450 reductase, hepatic cytochrome P450 activity is ablated, with consequent changes in bile acid and lipid homoeostasis. In order to gain insights into the metabolic changes resulting from this phenotype, we have analysed changes in hepatic mRNA expression using microarray analysis and real-time PCR. In parallel with the perturbations in bile acid levels, changes in the expression of key enzymes involved in cholesterol and lipid homoeostasis were observed in hepatic cytochrome P450 reductase null mice. This was characterized by a reduced expression of Cyp7b1, and elevation of Cyp7a1 and Cyp8b1 expression. The levels of mRNAs for other cytochrome P450 genes, including Cyp2b10, Cyp2c29, Cyp3a11 and Cyp3a16, were increased, demonstrating that endogenous factors play a role in regulating the expression of these proteins and that the increases are due, at least in part, to altered levels of transcripts. In addition, levels of mRNAs encoding genes involved in glycolysis and lipid transport were also increased; the latter may provide an explanation for the increased hepatic lipid content observed in the hepatic null mice. Serum testosterone and oestradiol levels were lowered, accompanied by significantly decreased expression of Hsd3b2 (3beta-hydroxy-Delta5-steroid dehydrogenase-2), Hsd3b5 (3beta-hydroxy-Delta5-steroid dehydrogenase-5) and Hsd11b1 (11beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1), key enzymes in steroid hormone metabolism. These microarray data provide important insights into the control of metabolic pathways by the cytochrome system.
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- Xiu Jun Wang
- *Cancer Research UK Molecular Pharmacology Unit, Biomedical Research Centre, Level 5, Ninewells Hospital & Medical School, Dundee DD1 9SY, U.K
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- *Cancer Research UK Molecular Pharmacology Unit, Biomedical Research Centre, Level 5, Ninewells Hospital & Medical School, Dundee DD1 9SY, U.K
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- †CXR Biosciences Ltd, James Lindsay Place, Dundee Technopole, Dundee DD1 5JJ, U.K
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- *Cancer Research UK Molecular Pharmacology Unit, Biomedical Research Centre, Level 5, Ninewells Hospital & Medical School, Dundee DD1 9SY, U.K
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- *Cancer Research UK Molecular Pharmacology Unit, Biomedical Research Centre, Level 5, Ninewells Hospital & Medical School, Dundee DD1 9SY, U.K
- To whom correspondence should be addressed (email )
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Josic D, Brown MK, Huang F, Callanan H, Rucević M, Nicoletti A, Clifton J, Hixson DC. Use of selective extraction and fast chromatographic separation combined with electrophoretic methods for mapping of membrane proteins. Electrophoresis 2005; 26:2809-22. [PMID: 15966017 DOI: 10.1002/elps.200500060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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A model system for selective solubilization and fast separation of proteins from the rat liver membrane fraction and purified rat liver plasma membranes for their further proteomic analysis is presented. For selective solubilization, high-pH solutions and a concentrated urea solution, combined with different detergents, are used. After extraction, proteins are separated by anion-exchange chromatography or a combination of anion- and cation-exchange chromatography with convective interaction monolithic supports. This separation method enables fast and effective prefractionation of membrane proteins based on their hydrophobicity and charge prior to one-dimensional (1-D) and 2-D electrophoresis and mass spectrometry. By use of this sample preparation method, the less-abundant proteins can be detected and identified.
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- Djuro Josic
- Proteomics Core, COBRE Center for Cancer Research Development, Rhode Island Hospital, The CORO Center, Providence, RI 02903, USA.
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Jáchymová M, Martásek P, Panda S, Roman LJ, Panda M, Shea TM, Ishimura Y, Kim JJP, Masters BSS. Recruitment of governing elements for electron transfer in the nitric oxide synthase family. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2005; 102:15833-8. [PMID: 16249336 PMCID: PMC1276075 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0506522102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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At least three building blocks are responsible for the molecular basis of the modulation of electron transfer in nitric oxide synthase (NOS) isoforms: the calmodulin-binding sequence, the C-terminal extension, and the autoregulatory loop in the reductase domain. We have attempted to impart the control conferred by the C termini of NOS to cytochrome P450 oxidoreductase (CYPOR), which contains none of these regulatory elements. The effect of these C termini on the properties of CYPOR sheds light on the possible evolutionary origin of NOS and addresses the recruitment of new peptides on the development of new functions for CYPOR. The C termini of NOSs modulate flavoprotein-mediated electron transfer to various electron acceptors. The reduction of the artificial electron acceptors cytochrome c, 2,6-dichlorophenolindophenol, and ferricyanide was inhibited by the addition of any of these C termini to CYPOR, whereas the reduction of molecular O(2) was increased. This suggests a shift in the rate-limiting step, indicating that the NOS C termini interrupt electron flux between flavin mononucleotide (FMN) and flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD) and/or the electron acceptors. The modulation of CYPOR by the addition of the NOS C termini is also supported by flavin reoxidation and fluorescence-quenching studies and antibody recognition of the C-terminal extension. These experiments support the origin of the NOS enzymes from modules consisting of a heme domain and CYPOR or ferredoxin-NADP(+) reductase- and flavodoxin-like subdomains that constitute CYPOR, followed by further recruitment of smaller modulating elements into the flavin-binding domains.
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- M Jáchymová
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX 78229-3900, USA
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Weng Y, DiRusso CC, Reilly AA, Black PN, Ding X. Hepatic Gene Expression Changes in Mouse Models with Liver-specific Deletion or Global Suppression of the NADPH-Cytochrome P450 Reductase Gene. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:31686-98. [PMID: 16006652 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m504447200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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NADPH-cytochrome P450 reductase (CPR) is an essential component for the function of many enzymes, including microsomal cytochrome P450 (P450) monooxygenases and heme oxygenases. In liver-Cpr-null (with liver-specific Cpr deletion) and Cpr-low (with reduced CPR expression in all organs examined) mouse models, a reduced serum cholesterol level and an induction of hepatic P450s were observed, whereas hepatomegaly and fatty liver were only observed in the liver-Cpr-null model. Our goal was to identify hepatic gene expression changes related to these phenotypes. Cpr-lox mice (with a floxed Cpr gene and normal CPR expression) were used as the control. Through microarray analysis, we identified many genes that were differentially expressed among the three groups of mice. We also recognized the 12 gene ontology terms that contained the most significantly changed gene expression in at least one of the two mouse models. We further uncovered potential mechanisms, such as an increased activation of constitutive androstane receptor and a decreased activation of peroxisomal proliferator-activated receptor-alpha by precursors of cholesterol biosynthesis, that underlie common changes (e.g. induction of multiple P450s and suppression of genes for fatty acid metabolism) in response to CPR loss in the two mouse models. Additionally, we observed model-specific gene expression changes, such as the induction of a fatty-acid translocase (Cd36 antigen) and the suppression of carnitine O-palmitoyltransferase 1 (Cpt1a) and acyl-CoA synthetase long chain family member 1 (Acsl1), that are potentially responsible for the severe hepatic lipidosis and an altered fatty acid profile observed in liver-Cpr-null mice.
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- Yan Weng
- Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, and School of Public Health, State University of New York, Albany, New York 12201, USA
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Huang N, Pandey AV, Agrawal V, Reardon W, Lapunzina PD, Mowat D, Jabs EW, Vliet GV, Sack J, Flück CE, Miller WL. Diversity and function of mutations in p450 oxidoreductase in patients with Antley-Bixler syndrome and disordered steroidogenesis. Am J Hum Genet 2005; 76:729-49. [PMID: 15793702 PMCID: PMC1199364 DOI: 10.1086/429417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 233] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2004] [Accepted: 02/04/2005] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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P450 oxidoreductase (POR) is the obligatory flavoprotein intermediate that transfers electrons from reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) to all microsomal cytochrome P450 enzymes. Although mouse Por gene ablation causes embryonic lethality, POR missense mutations cause disordered steroidogenesis, ambiguous genitalia, and Antley-Bixler syndrome (ABS), which has also been attributed to fibroblast growth factor receptor 2 (FGFR2) mutations. We sequenced the POR gene and FGFR2 exons 8 and 10 in 32 individuals with ABS and/or hormonal findings that suggested POR deficiency. POR and FGFR2 mutations segregated completely. Fifteen patients carried POR mutations on both alleles, 4 carried mutations on only one allele, 10 carried FGFR2 or FGFR3 mutations, and 3 patients carried no mutations. The 34 affected POR alleles included 10 with A287P (all from whites) and 7 with R457H (four Japanese, one African, two whites); 17 of the 34 alleles carried 16 "private" mutations, including 9 missense and 7 frameshift mutations. These 11 missense mutations, plus 10 others found in databases or reported elsewhere, were recreated by site-directed mutagenesis and were assessed by four assays: reduction of cytochrome c, oxidation of NADPH, support of 17alpha-hydroxylase activity, and support of 17,20 lyase using human P450c17. Assays that were based on cytochrome c, which is not a physiologic substrate for POR, correlated poorly with clinical phenotype, but assays that were based on POR's support of catalysis by P450c17--the enzyme most closely associated with the hormonal phenotype--provided an excellent genotype/phenotype correlation. Our large survey of patients with ABS shows that individuals with an ABS-like phenotype and normal steroidogenesis have FGFR mutations, whereas those with ambiguous genitalia and disordered steroidogenesis should be recognized as having a distinct new disease: POR deficiency.
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- Ningwu Huang
- Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco; Department of Clinical Genetics, Our Lady’s Hospital for Sick Children, Dublin, Ireland; Department of Medical Genetics, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain; Department of Medical Genetics, Sydney Children’s Hospital, Sydney, Australia; Department of Pediatrics, Medicine, and Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore; Department of Pediatrics, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada; Department of Pediatrics, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel; and Pediatric Endocrinology, University Children’s Hospital, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco; Department of Clinical Genetics, Our Lady’s Hospital for Sick Children, Dublin, Ireland; Department of Medical Genetics, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain; Department of Medical Genetics, Sydney Children’s Hospital, Sydney, Australia; Department of Pediatrics, Medicine, and Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore; Department of Pediatrics, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada; Department of Pediatrics, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel; and Pediatric Endocrinology, University Children’s Hospital, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco; Department of Clinical Genetics, Our Lady’s Hospital for Sick Children, Dublin, Ireland; Department of Medical Genetics, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain; Department of Medical Genetics, Sydney Children’s Hospital, Sydney, Australia; Department of Pediatrics, Medicine, and Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore; Department of Pediatrics, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada; Department of Pediatrics, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel; and Pediatric Endocrinology, University Children’s Hospital, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco; Department of Clinical Genetics, Our Lady’s Hospital for Sick Children, Dublin, Ireland; Department of Medical Genetics, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain; Department of Medical Genetics, Sydney Children’s Hospital, Sydney, Australia; Department of Pediatrics, Medicine, and Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore; Department of Pediatrics, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada; Department of Pediatrics, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel; and Pediatric Endocrinology, University Children’s Hospital, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco; Department of Clinical Genetics, Our Lady’s Hospital for Sick Children, Dublin, Ireland; Department of Medical Genetics, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain; Department of Medical Genetics, Sydney Children’s Hospital, Sydney, Australia; Department of Pediatrics, Medicine, and Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore; Department of Pediatrics, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada; Department of Pediatrics, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel; and Pediatric Endocrinology, University Children’s Hospital, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco; Department of Clinical Genetics, Our Lady’s Hospital for Sick Children, Dublin, Ireland; Department of Medical Genetics, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain; Department of Medical Genetics, Sydney Children’s Hospital, Sydney, Australia; Department of Pediatrics, Medicine, and Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore; Department of Pediatrics, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada; Department of Pediatrics, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel; and Pediatric Endocrinology, University Children’s Hospital, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco; Department of Clinical Genetics, Our Lady’s Hospital for Sick Children, Dublin, Ireland; Department of Medical Genetics, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain; Department of Medical Genetics, Sydney Children’s Hospital, Sydney, Australia; Department of Pediatrics, Medicine, and Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore; Department of Pediatrics, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada; Department of Pediatrics, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel; and Pediatric Endocrinology, University Children’s Hospital, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco; Department of Clinical Genetics, Our Lady’s Hospital for Sick Children, Dublin, Ireland; Department of Medical Genetics, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain; Department of Medical Genetics, Sydney Children’s Hospital, Sydney, Australia; Department of Pediatrics, Medicine, and Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore; Department of Pediatrics, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada; Department of Pediatrics, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel; and Pediatric Endocrinology, University Children’s Hospital, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco; Department of Clinical Genetics, Our Lady’s Hospital for Sick Children, Dublin, Ireland; Department of Medical Genetics, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain; Department of Medical Genetics, Sydney Children’s Hospital, Sydney, Australia; Department of Pediatrics, Medicine, and Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore; Department of Pediatrics, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada; Department of Pediatrics, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel; and Pediatric Endocrinology, University Children’s Hospital, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco; Department of Clinical Genetics, Our Lady’s Hospital for Sick Children, Dublin, Ireland; Department of Medical Genetics, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain; Department of Medical Genetics, Sydney Children’s Hospital, Sydney, Australia; Department of Pediatrics, Medicine, and Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore; Department of Pediatrics, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada; Department of Pediatrics, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel; and Pediatric Endocrinology, University Children’s Hospital, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco; Department of Clinical Genetics, Our Lady’s Hospital for Sick Children, Dublin, Ireland; Department of Medical Genetics, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain; Department of Medical Genetics, Sydney Children’s Hospital, Sydney, Australia; Department of Pediatrics, Medicine, and Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore; Department of Pediatrics, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada; Department of Pediatrics, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel; and Pediatric Endocrinology, University Children’s Hospital, Bern, Switzerland
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Fukami M, Horikawa R, Nagai T, Tanaka T, Naiki Y, Sato N, Okuyama T, Nakai H, Soneda S, Tachibana K, Matsuo N, Sato S, Homma K, Nishimura G, Hasegawa T, Ogata T. Cytochrome P450 oxidoreductase gene mutations and Antley-Bixler syndrome with abnormal genitalia and/or impaired steroidogenesis: molecular and clinical studies in 10 patients. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2005; 90:414-26. [PMID: 15483095 DOI: 10.1210/jc.2004-0810] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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We report on molecular and clinical findings in 10 Japanese patients (four males and six females) from eight families (two pairs of siblings and six isolated cases) with Antley-Bixler syndrome accompanied by abnormal genitalia and/or impaired steroidogenesis. Direct sequencing was performed for all the 15 exons of cytochrome P450 oxidoreductase gene (POR), showing two missense mutations (R457H and Y578C), a 24-bp deletion mutation resulting in loss of nine amino acids and creation of one amino acid (L612_W620delinsR), a single bp insertion mutation leading to frameshift (I444fsX449), and a silent mutation (G5G). R457H has previously been shown to be a pathologic mutation, and computerized modeling analyses indicated that the 15A>G for G5G could disturb an exonic splicing enhancer motif, and the remaining three mutations should affect protein conformations. Six patients were compound heterozygotes, and three patients were R457H homozygotes; no mutation was identified on one allele of the remaining one patient. Clinical findings included various degrees of skeletal features, such as brachycephaly, radiohumeral synostosis, and digital joint contractures in patients of both sexes, normal-to-poor masculinization during fetal and pubertal periods in male patients, virilization during fetal life and poor pubertal development without worsening of virilization in female patients, and relatively large height gain and delayed bone age from the pubertal period in patients of both sexes, together with maternal virilization during pregnancy. Blood cholesterol was grossly normal, and endocrine studies revealed defective CYP17A1 and CYP21A2 activities. The results suggest that Antley-Bixler syndrome with abnormal genitalia and/or impaired steroidogenesis is caused by POR mutations, and that clinical features are variable and primarily explained by impaired activities of POR-dependent CYP51A1, CYP17A1, CYP21A2, and CYP19A1.
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- Maki Fukami
- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, 3-35-31 Taishido, Setagaya, Tokyo 154-8567, Japan
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Wu L, Gu J, Cui H, Zhang QY, Behr M, Fang C, Weng Y, Kluetzman K, Swiatek PJ, Yang W, Kaminsky L, Ding X. Transgenic Mice with a Hypomorphic NADPH-Cytochrome P450 Reductase Gene: Effects on Development, Reproduction, and Microsomal Cytochrome P450. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2004; 312:35-43. [PMID: 15328377 DOI: 10.1124/jpet.104.073353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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A mouse model with a hypomorphic NADPH-cytochrome P450 reductase (Cpr) gene (designated Cpr(low) allele) was generated and characterized in this study. The Cpr gene in these mice was disrupted by the insertion of a neo gene in intron 15, which led to 74 to 95% decreases in CPR expression in all tissues examined, including olfactory mucosa, adrenal gland, brain, testis, ovary, lung, kidney, liver, and heart. In the liver, a pattern of pericentral distribution of CPR protein was preserved in the Cpr(low/low) mice, despite an overall reduction in CPR expression. Genotype distribution in F2 pups indicated limited embryonic lethality associated with the Cpr(low) allele, a finding that confirms the role of CPR-dependent enzymes in development. Adult male homozygotes had decreased body weight and decreased heart, lung, and kidney weights, whereas homozygous Cpr(low) females, which had increased serum testosterone and progesterone and decreased copulatory activities, were infertile. Furthermore, adult Cpr(low/low) mice had decreased plasma cholesterol, and some mice developed mild centrilobular hepatic lipidosis. In addition, despite apparently compensatory increases in total microsomal cytochrome P450 content in the liver and kidney, the decreases in CPR expression were accompanied by reductions in systemic clearance of pentobarbital, as well as in hepatic microsomal metabolism of acetaminophen and testosterone. These phenotypes illustrate the potential impact of a globally decreased CPR activity in human adults, and this novel knock-in mouse model provides a unique opportunity for further explorations of the in vivo roles of CPR and CPR-dependent enzymes.
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- Lin Wu
- Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12201-0509, USA
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Murataliev MB, Feyereisen R, Walker FA. Electron transfer by diflavin reductases. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2004; 1698:1-26. [PMID: 15063311 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2003.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 150] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2003] [Revised: 08/20/2003] [Accepted: 10/14/2003] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Diflavin reductases are enzymes which emerged as a gene fusion of ferredoxin (flavodoxin) reductase and flavodoxin. The enzymes of this family tightly bind two flavin cofactors, FAD and FMN, and catalyze transfer of the reducing equivalents from the two-electron donor NADPH to a variety of one-electron acceptors. Cytochrome P450 reductase (P450R), a flavoprotein subunit of sulfite reductase (SiR), and flavoprotein domains of naturally occurring flavocytochrome fusion enzymes like nitric oxide synthases (NOS) and the fatty acid hydroxylase from Bacillus megaterium are some of the enzymes of this family. In this review the results of the last decade of research are summarized, and some earlier results are reevaluated as well. The kinetic mechanism of cytochrome c reduction is analyzed in light of other results on flavoprotein interactions with nucleotides and cytochromes. The roles of the binding sites of the isoalloxazine rings of the flavin cofactors and conformational changes of the protein in electron transfer are discussed. It is proposed that minor conformational changes during catalysis can potentiate properties of the redox centers during the catalytic turnover. A function of the aromatic residue that shields the isoalloxazine ring of the FAD is also proposed.
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- Marat B Murataliev
- Department of Chemistry, University of Arizona, P.O. Box 210041, Tucson, AZ 85721-0041, USA
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Gu J, Weng Y, Zhang QY, Cui H, Behr M, Wu L, Yang W, Zhang L, Ding X. Liver-specific deletion of the NADPH-cytochrome P450 reductase gene: impact on plasma cholesterol homeostasis and the function and regulation of microsomal cytochrome P450 and heme oxygenase. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:25895-901. [PMID: 12697746 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m303125200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 171] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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A mouse model with liver-specific deletion of the NADPH-cytochrome P450 reductase (Cpr) gene (designated Alb-Cre/Cprlox mice) was generated and characterized in this study. Hepatic microsomal CPR expression was significantly reduced at 3 weeks and was barely detectable at 2 months of age in the Alb-Cre+/-/Cprlox+/+ (homozygous) mice, with corresponding decreases in liver microsomal cytochrome P450 (CYP) and heme oxygenase (HO) activities, in pentobarbital clearance, and in total plasma cholesterol level. Nevertheless, the homozygous mice are fertile and are normal in gross appearance and growth rate. However, at 2 months, although not at 3 weeks, the homozygotes had significant increases in liver weight, accompanied by hepatic lipidosis and other pathologic changes. Intriguingly, total microsomal CYP content was increased in the homozygotes about 2-fold at 3 weeks and about 3-fold at 2 months of age; at 2 months, there were varying degrees of induction in protein (1-5-fold) and mRNA expression (0-67-fold) for all CYPs examined. There was also an induction of HO-1 protein (nearly 9-fold) but no induction of HO-2. These data indicate the absence of significant alternative redox partners for liver microsomal CYP and HO, provide in vivo evidence for the significance of hepatic CPR-dependent enzymes in cholesterol homeostasis and systemic drug clearance, and reveal novel regulatory pathways of CYP expression associated with altered cellular homeostasis. The Alb-Cre/Cprlox mouse represents a unique model for studying the in vivo function of hepatic HO and microsomal CYP-dependent pathways in the biotransformation of endogenous and xenobiotic compounds.
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- Jun Gu
- Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, and School of Public Health, State University of New York, Albany, New York 12201, USA
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Singh DK, Mokashi V, Elmore CL, Porter TD. Phosphorylation of supernatant protein factor enhances its ability to stimulate microsomal squalene monooxygenase. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:5646-51. [PMID: 12454003 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m211750200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Supernatant protein factor is a 46-kDa cytosolic protein that stimulates squalene monooxygenase, a downstream enzyme in the cholesterol biosynthetic pathway. The mechanism of stimulation is poorly understood, although supernatant protein factor belongs to a family of lipid-binding proteins that includes Sec14p and alpha-tocopherol transfer protein. Because recombinant human supernatant protein factor purified from Escherichia coli exhibited a relatively weak ability to activate microsomal squalene monooxygenase, we investigated the possibility that cofactors or post-translational modifications were necessary for full activity. Addition of ATP to rat liver cytosol increased supernatant protein factor activity by more than 2-fold and could be prevented by the addition of inhibitors of protein kinases A and C. Incubation of purified recombinant supernatant protein factor with ATP and protein kinases A or C delta similarly increased activity by more than 2-fold. Addition of protein phosphatase 1 gamma, a serine/threonine phosphatase, to rat liver cytosol reduced activity by 50%, suggesting that supernatant protein factor is partially phosphorylated in vivo. To determine whether dietary cholesterol influenced the phosphorylation state, cytosols were prepared from livers of rats fed a high fat diet. Although supernatant protein factor activity was reduced by more than one-half, it could not be restored by the addition of ATP or protein kinase C delta with ATP, suggesting that dietary cholesterol reduced the expression of this protein. Supernatant protein factor thus appears to be regulated both post-translationally through phosphorylation and at the level of expression. Phosphorylation may provide a means for the rapid short term modulation of cholesterol synthesis.
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- Dev K Singh
- Division of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and The Graduate Center for Toxicology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40536-0082, USA
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