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Rashid MH, Sen P. Recent Advancements in Biosensors for the Detection and Characterization of Amyloids: A Review. Protein J 2024; 43:656-674. [PMID: 38824466 DOI: 10.1007/s10930-024-10205-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/06/2024] [Indexed: 06/03/2024]
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Modern medicine has increased the human lifespan. However, with an increase in average lifespan risk of amyloidosis increases. Amyloidosis is a condition characterized by protein misfolding and aggregation. Early detection of amyloidosis is crucial, yet conventional diagnostic methods are costly and lack precision, necessitating innovative tools. This review explores recent advancements in diverse amyloid detection methodologies, highlighting the need for interdisciplinary research to develop a miniaturized electrochemical biosensor leveraging nanotechnology. However, the diagnostics industry faces obstacles such as skilled labor shortages, standardized selection processes, and concurrent multi-analyte identification challenges. Research efforts are focused on integrating electrochemical techniques into clinical applications and diagnostics, with the successful transition of miniaturized technologies from development to testing posing a significant hurdle. Label-free transduction techniques like voltammetry and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) have gained traction due to their rapid, cost-effective, and user-friendly nature.
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- Md Harun Rashid
- Centre for Bio Separation Technology (CBST), Technology Tower, Vellore Institute of Technology, VIT University, Vellore, 632014, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Centre for Bio Separation Technology (CBST), Technology Tower, Vellore Institute of Technology, VIT University, Vellore, 632014, Tamil Nadu, India.
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Teixeira M, Sheta R, Idi W, Oueslati A. Optogenetic-mediated induction and monitoring of α-synuclein aggregation in cellular models of Parkinson's disease. STAR Protoc 2023; 4:102738. [PMID: 37991922 PMCID: PMC10700619 DOI: 10.1016/j.xpro.2023.102738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2023] [Revised: 10/09/2023] [Accepted: 11/06/2023] [Indexed: 11/24/2023] Open
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Studying Parkinson's disease (PD) is complex due to a lack of cellular models mimicking key aspects of protein pathology. Here, we present a protocol for inducing and monitoring α-synuclein aggregation in living cells using optogenetics. We describe steps for plasmid transduction, biochemical validation, immunocytochemistry, and live-cell confocal imaging. These induced aggregates fulfill the cardinal features of authentic protein inclusions observed in PD-diseased brains and offer a tool to study the role of protein aggregation in neurodegeneration. For complete details on the use and execution of this protocol, please refer to Bérard et al.1.
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- Maxime Teixeira
- CHU de Québec Research Center, Axe Neurosciences, Quebec City, Canada; Department of Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Université Laval, Quebec City, Canada.
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- CHU de Québec Research Center, Axe Neurosciences, Quebec City, Canada; Department of Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Université Laval, Quebec City, Canada
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- CHU de Québec Research Center, Axe Neurosciences, Quebec City, Canada; Department of Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Université Laval, Quebec City, Canada
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- CHU de Québec Research Center, Axe Neurosciences, Quebec City, Canada; Department of Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Université Laval, Quebec City, Canada.
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Ottoz DSM, Tang LC, Dyatel AE, Jovanovic M, Berchowitz LE. Assembly and function of the amyloid-like translational repressor Rim4 is coupled with nutrient conditions. EMBO J 2023; 42:e113332. [PMID: 37921330 PMCID: PMC10690475 DOI: 10.15252/embj.2022113332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2022] [Revised: 09/20/2023] [Accepted: 09/25/2023] [Indexed: 11/04/2023] Open
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Amyloid-like protein assemblies have been associated with toxic phenotypes because of their repetitive and stable structure. However, evidence that cells exploit these structures to control function and activity of some proteins in response to stimuli has questioned this paradigm. How amyloid-like assembly can confer emergent functions and how cells couple assembly with environmental conditions remains unclear. Here, we study Rim4, an RNA-binding protein that forms translation-repressing assemblies during yeast meiosis. We demonstrate that in its assembled and repressive state, Rim4 binds RNA more efficiently than in its monomeric and idle state, revealing a causal connection between assembly and function. The Rim4-binding site location within the transcript dictates whether the assemblies can repress translation, underscoring the importance of the architecture of this RNA-protein structure for function. Rim4 assembly depends exclusively on its intrinsically disordered region and is prevented by the Ras/protein kinase A signaling pathway, which promotes growth and suppresses meiotic entry in yeast. Our results suggest a mechanism whereby cells couple a functional protein assembly with a stimulus to enforce a cell fate decision.
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- Diana SM Ottoz
- Department of Genetics and Development, Hammer Health Sciences CenterColumbia University Irving Medical CenterNew YorkNYUSA
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- Department of Biological SciencesColumbia UniversityNew YorkNYUSA
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- Department of Genetics and Development, Hammer Health Sciences CenterColumbia University Irving Medical CenterNew YorkNYUSA
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- Department of Biological SciencesColumbia UniversityNew YorkNYUSA
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- Department of Genetics and Development, Hammer Health Sciences CenterColumbia University Irving Medical CenterNew YorkNYUSA
- Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's and the Aging BrainNew YorkNYUSA
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Kachkin DV, Lashkul VV, Gorsheneva NA, Fedotov SA, Rubel MS, Chernoff YO, Rubel AA. The Aβ42 Peptide and IAPP Physically Interact in a Yeast-Based Assay. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:14122. [PMID: 37762425 PMCID: PMC10531723 DOI: 10.3390/ijms241814122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2023] [Revised: 08/31/2023] [Accepted: 09/11/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023] Open
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Numerous studies have demonstrated that people with type 2 diabetes mellitus (associated with IAPP peptide aggregation) show an increased incidence of Alzheimer's disease (associated with Aβ aggregation), but the mechanism responsible for this correlation is presently unknown. Here, we applied a yeast-based model to study the interactions of IAPP with PrP (associated with TSEs) and with the Aβ42 peptide. We demonstrated that fluorescently tagged IAPP forms detergent-resistant aggregates in yeast cells. Using the FRET approach, we showed that IAPP and Aβ aggregates co-localize and physically interact in yeast cells. We also showed that this interaction is specific and that there is no interaction between IAPP and PrP in the yeast system. Our data confirmed a direct physical interaction between IAPP and Aβ42 aggregates in a living cell. Based on these findings, we hypothesize that this interaction may play a crucial role in seeding Aβ42 aggregation in T2DM patients, thereby promoting the development of AD.
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- Daniel V. Kachkin
- Laboratory of Amyloid Biology, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg 199034, Russia; (D.V.K.); (S.A.F.)
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- Laboratory of Amyloid Biology, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg 199034, Russia; (D.V.K.); (S.A.F.)
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- Laboratory of Amyloid Biology, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg 199034, Russia; (D.V.K.); (S.A.F.)
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- Laboratory of Amyloid Biology, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg 199034, Russia; (D.V.K.); (S.A.F.)
- Pavlov Institute of Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg 199034, Russia
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- Laboratory of DNA-Nanosensor Diagnostics, SCAMT Institute, ITMO University, St. Petersburg 191002, Russia;
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- School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA;
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- Laboratory of Amyloid Biology, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg 199034, Russia; (D.V.K.); (S.A.F.)
- Pediatric Research and Clinical Center for Infectious Diseases, Department of Medical Microbiology and Molecular Epidemiology, St. Petersburg 197022, Russia
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Jay-Garcia LM, Cornell JL, Howie RL, Faber QL, Salas A, Chernova TA, Chernoff YO. Yeast Chaperone Hsp70-Ssb Modulates a Variety of Protein-Based Heritable Elements. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24108660. [PMID: 37240005 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24108660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2023] [Revised: 05/03/2023] [Accepted: 05/04/2023] [Indexed: 05/28/2023] Open
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Prions are transmissible self-perpetuating protein isoforms associated with diseases and heritable traits. Yeast prions and non-transmissible protein aggregates (mnemons) are frequently based on cross-β ordered fibrous aggregates (amyloids). The formation and propagation of yeast prions are controlled by chaperone machinery. Ribosome-associated chaperone Hsp70-Ssb is known (and confirmed here) to modulate formation and propagation of the prion form of the Sup35 protein [PSI+]. Our new data show that both formation and mitotic transmission of the stress-inducible prion form of the Lsb2 protein ([LSB+]) are also significantly increased in the absence of Ssb. Notably, heat stress leads to a massive accumulation of [LSB+] cells in the absence of Ssb, implicating Ssb as a major downregulator of the [LSB+]-dependent memory of stress. Moreover, the aggregated form of Gγ subunit Ste18, [STE+], behaving as a non-heritable mnemon in the wild-type strain, is generated more efficiently and becomes heritable in the absence of Ssb. Lack of Ssb also facilitates mitotic transmission, while lack of the Ssb cochaperone Hsp40-Zuo1 facilitates both spontaneous formation and mitotic transmission of the Ure2 prion, [URE3]. These results demonstrate that Ssb is a general modulator of cytosolic amyloid aggregation, whose effect is not restricted only to [PSI+].
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- Lina M Jay-Garcia
- School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA
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Chang L, Wang D, Peng C, Wang Q, Xu B, Tong Z. A method for high-concentration agarose gel preparation and its application in high-resolution separation of low-molecular-weight nucleic acids and proteins. Int J Biol Macromol 2023; 231:123358. [PMID: 36693602 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2023.123358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2022] [Revised: 01/10/2023] [Accepted: 01/17/2023] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Separation of nucleic acids and proteins using gels has always been a crucial part of molecular biology research. For low-molecular-weight nucleic acids and proteins, low- and medium-concentration agarose gels cannot achieve the high resolution as polyacrylamide gels. We found that 6 %-14 % high-concentration agarose gels (HAGs) could be easily dissolved in an autoclave and the vertical gel cast can be effortlessly filled using an easy-made plastic box. Coupled with the improved buffer condition, HAG electrophoresis resulted in a good resolution of DNA and protein bands. With conventional TBE buffer plus 0.2 % NaCl, DNA fragments that differ by 2-5-bp within the 50-200-bp size range can be resolved on 6 %-8 % HAGs. By using TBE without NaCl, DNA fragments that differ by 2-bp or 2-nt within the 10-100-bp size range can be well resolved on >8 % HAGs. Using a buffer system comprising 1 M Tris-Cl for gel preparation, 0.2 M Tris-Cl/0.2 % SDS as upper tank buffer, and 0.2 M Tris-Cl as the lower tank buffer, HAGs achieved good molecular weight separation of total bacterial and plant proteins in the 10-200 kDa range. In conclusion, we developed a method for HAG preparation and electrophoresis of low-molecular-weight nucleic acids and proteins.
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- Lili Chang
- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Resources of Tropical Crops, Institute of Tropical Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences & Key Laboratory for Biology and Genetic Resources of Tropical Crops of Hainan Province, Hainan Institute for Tropical Agricultural Resources, Haikou 571101, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Resources of Tropical Crops, Institute of Tropical Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences & Key Laboratory for Biology and Genetic Resources of Tropical Crops of Hainan Province, Hainan Institute for Tropical Agricultural Resources, Haikou 571101, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Resources of Tropical Crops, Institute of Tropical Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences & Key Laboratory for Biology and Genetic Resources of Tropical Crops of Hainan Province, Hainan Institute for Tropical Agricultural Resources, Haikou 571101, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Resources of Tropical Crops, Institute of Tropical Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences & Key Laboratory for Biology and Genetic Resources of Tropical Crops of Hainan Province, Hainan Institute for Tropical Agricultural Resources, Haikou 571101, China
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- Haikou Experimental Station, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou, Hainan 571101, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Resources of Tropical Crops, Institute of Tropical Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences & Key Laboratory for Biology and Genetic Resources of Tropical Crops of Hainan Province, Hainan Institute for Tropical Agricultural Resources, Haikou 571101, China.
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Nagata K, Ashikaga R, Mori W, Zako T, Shimazaki Y. Analysis of the enzymatic degradation of lysozyme fibrils using a combination method of non-denaturing gel electrophoresis and double staining with Coomassie Brilliant Blue G-250 and R-250 dyes. ANAL SCI 2023; 39:267-274. [PMID: 36451064 DOI: 10.1007/s44211-022-00229-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2022] [Accepted: 11/22/2022] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
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The Amyloid fibrils of proteins are involved in various diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease. To suppress such amyloid fibrils, it is essential to develop methods to elucidate their enzymatic degradation process. Lysozyme in egg white has been well studied as a model protein of amyloid fibrils. Here, we establish a method for separating and evaluating both lysozyme fibrils and their enzymatic degradation products by combining non-denaturing gel electrophoresis and anionic dye staining with Congo red and two Coomassie brilliant blue (CBB) dyes. By combining non-denaturing gel electrophoresis and amyloid-specific Congo red staining, the separation site of lysozyme fibril was stained explicitly by Congo red and identified on the gel, and the amount of lysozyme fibrils decreased following the enzymatic degradation of lysozyme fibrils. Both lysozyme fibrils and their enzymatic degradation products were separated and examined by combining non-denaturing gel electrophoresis and double staining with CBB G-250 and R-250 dyes. Protein stained with negatively charged colloidal CBB G-250 could migrate to the anode side of electrophoresis. Following gel electrophoresis, noncolloidal CBB R-250 was used to detect lysozyme fibrils and the enzymatic degradation products. This method can be applied to investigate the enzymatic degradation process of amyloid fibrils.
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- Faculty of Science, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biology, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Ehime University, Matsuyama, 790-8577, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biology, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Ehime University, Matsuyama, 790-8577, Japan
- Faculty of Science, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biology, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Ehime University, Matsuyama, 790-8577, Japan.
- Faculty of Science, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Japan.
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Knier AS, Davis EE, Buchholz HE, Dorweiler JE, Flannagan LE, Manogaran AL. The yeast molecular chaperone, Hsp104, influences transthyretin aggregate formation. Front Mol Neurosci 2022; 15:1050472. [PMID: 36590917 PMCID: PMC9802906 DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2022.1050472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2022] [Accepted: 10/19/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
Abstract
Patients with the fatal disorder Transthyretin Amyloidosis (ATTR) experience polyneuropathy through the progressive destruction of peripheral nervous tissue. In these patients, the transthyretin (TTR) protein dissociates from its functional tetrameric structure, misfolds, and aggregates into extracellular amyloid deposits that are associated with disease progression. These aggregates form large fibrillar structures as well as shorter oligomeric aggregates that are suspected to be cytotoxic. Several studies have shown that these extracellular TTR aggregates enter the cell and accumulate intracellularly, which is associated with increased proteostasis response. However, there are limited experimental models to study how proteostasis influences internalized TTR aggregates. Here, we use a humanized yeast system to recapitulate intracellular TTR aggregating protein in vivo. The yeast molecular chaperone Hsp104 is a disaggregase that has been shown to fragment amyloidogenic aggregates associated with certain yeast prions and reduce protein aggregation associated with human neurogenerative diseases. In yeast, we found that TTR forms both SDS-resistant oligomers and SDS-sensitive large molecular weight complexes. In actively dividing cultures, Hsp104 has no impact on oligomeric or large aggregate populations, yet overexpression of Hsp104 is loosely associated with an increase in overall aggregate size. Interestingly, a potentiating mutation in the middle domain of Hsp104 consistently results in an increase in overall TTR aggregate size. These data suggest a novel approach to aggregate management, where the Hsp104 variant shifts aggregate populations away from toxic oligomeric species to more inert larger aggregates. In aged cultures Hsp104 overexpression has no impact on TTR aggregation profiles suggesting that these chaperone approaches to shift aggregate populations are not effective with age, possibly due to proteostasis decline.
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Chalapathi D, Kumar A, Behera P, Sathi SN, Swaminathan R, Narayana C. Insights on Aggregation of Hen Egg-White Lysozyme from Raman Spectroscopy and MD Simulations. Molecules 2022; 27:molecules27207122. [PMID: 36296716 PMCID: PMC9609503 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27207122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2022] [Revised: 10/14/2022] [Accepted: 10/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Protein misfolding and aggregation play a significant role in several neurodegenerative diseases. In the present work, the spontaneous aggregation of hen egg-white lysozyme (HEWL) in an alkaline pH 12.2 at an ambient temperature was studied to obtain molecular insights. The time-dependent changes in spectral peaks indicated the formation of β sheets and their effects on the backbone and amino acids during the aggregation process. Introducing iodoacetamide revealed the crucial role of intermolecular disulphide bonds amidst monomers in the aggregation process. These findings were corroborated by Molecular Dynamics (MD) simulations and protein-docking studies. MD simulations helped establish and visualize the unfolding of the proteins when exposed to an alkaline pH. Protein docking revealed a preferential dimer formation between the HEWL monomers at pH 12.2 compared with the neutral pH. The combination of Raman spectroscopy and MD simulations is a powerful tool to study protein aggregation mechanisms.
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- Divya Chalapathi
- Chemistry and Physics of Materials Unit, School of Advanced Materials, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bengaluru 560064, India
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- Department of Bioscience and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology-Guwahati, North Amingaon, Guwahati 781039, India
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- Transdisciplinary Biology Program, Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Thycaud Post, Poojapura, Thiruvananthapuram 695014, India
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- Transdisciplinary Biology Program, Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Thycaud Post, Poojapura, Thiruvananthapuram 695014, India
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- Department of Bioscience and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology-Guwahati, North Amingaon, Guwahati 781039, India
- Correspondence: (R.S.); or (C.N.); Tel.: +91-471-2347-973 (R.S. & C.N.)
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- Chemistry and Physics of Materials Unit, School of Advanced Materials, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bengaluru 560064, India
- Correspondence: (R.S.); or (C.N.); Tel.: +91-471-2347-973 (R.S. & C.N.)
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Kachkin DV, Volkov KV, Sopova JV, Bobylev AG, Fedotov SA, Inge-Vechtomov SG, Galzitskaya OV, Chernoff YO, Rubel AA, Aksenova AY. Human RAD51 Protein Forms Amyloid-like Aggregates In Vitro. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms231911657. [PMID: 36232958 PMCID: PMC9570251 DOI: 10.3390/ijms231911657] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2022] [Revised: 09/21/2022] [Accepted: 09/26/2022] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
Abstract
RAD51 is a central protein of homologous recombination and DNA repair processes that maintains genome stability and ensures the accurate repair of double-stranded breaks (DSBs). In this work, we assessed amyloid properties of RAD51 in vitro and in the bacterial curli-dependent amyloid generator (C-DAG) system. Resistance to ionic detergents, staining with amyloid-specific dyes, polarized microscopy, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray diffraction and other methods were used to evaluate the properties and structure of RAD51 aggregates. The purified human RAD51 protein formed detergent-resistant aggregates in vitro that had an unbranched cross-β fibrillar structure, which is typical for amyloids, and were stained with amyloid-specific dyes. Congo-red-stained RAD51 aggregates demonstrated birefringence under polarized light. RAD51 fibrils produced sharp circular X-ray reflections at 4.7 Å and 10 Å, demonstrating that they had a cross-β structure. Cytoplasmic aggregates of RAD51 were observed in cell cultures overexpressing RAD51. We demonstrated that a key protein that maintains genome stability, RAD51, has amyloid properties in vitro and in the C-DAG system and discussed the possible biological relevance of this observation.
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- Daniel V. Kachkin
- Laboratory of Amyloid Biology, St. Petersburg State University, 199034 St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Research Resource Center “Molecular and Cell Technologies”, Research Park, St. Petersburg State University (SPbSU), 199034 St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Laboratory of Amyloid Biology, St. Petersburg State University, 199034 St. Petersburg, Russia
- Center of Transgenesis and Genome Editing, St. Petersburg State University, 199034 St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Biophysics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 3 Institutskaya St., 142290 Moscow, Russia
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- Laboratory of Amyloid Biology, St. Petersburg State University, 199034 St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Department of Genetics and Biotechnology, St. Petersburg State University, 199034 St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Biophysics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 3 Institutskaya St., 142290 Moscow, Russia
- Institute of Protein Research, Russian Academy of Sciences, 142290 Pushchino, Russia
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- School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332-2000, USA
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- Laboratory of Amyloid Biology, St. Petersburg State University, 199034 St. Petersburg, Russia
- Department of Genetics and Biotechnology, St. Petersburg State University, 199034 St. Petersburg, Russia
- Correspondence: (A.A.R.); (A.Y.A.)
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- Laboratory of Amyloid Biology, St. Petersburg State University, 199034 St. Petersburg, Russia
- Correspondence: (A.A.R.); (A.Y.A.)
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Gutknecht MF, Kaku H, Rothstein TL. Microparticle immunocapture assay for quantitation of protein multimer amount and size. CELL REPORTS METHODS 2022; 2:100214. [PMID: 35637905 PMCID: PMC9142677 DOI: 10.1016/j.crmeth.2022.100214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2021] [Revised: 12/13/2021] [Accepted: 04/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
Abstract
Cellular stress and toxicity are often associated with the formation of protein multimers, or aggregates. Numerous degenerative disorders, including Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and Huntington's disease, prion-propagated disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, cardiac amyloidosis, and diabetes, are characterized by aggregated protein deposits. Current methods are limited in the ability to assess multimer size along with multimer quantitation and to incorporate one or more ancillary traits, including target specificity, operative simplicity, and process speed. Here, we report development of a microparticle immunocapture assay that combines the advantages inherent to a monoclonal antibody:protein interaction with highly quantitative flow cytometry analysis. Using established reagents to build our platform, and aggregation-prone amyloid beta 1-42 peptide (Aβ42) and alpha-synuclein to demonstrate proof of principle, our results indicate that this assay is a highly adaptable method to measure multimer size and quantity at the same time in a technically streamlined workflow applicable to laboratory and clinical samples.
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- Michael F. Gutknecht
- Department of Investigative Medicine and Center for Immunobiology, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine, Kalamazoo, MI, USA
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- Department of Investigative Medicine and Center for Immunobiology, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine, Kalamazoo, MI, USA
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- Department of Investigative Medicine and Center for Immunobiology, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine, Kalamazoo, MI, USA
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Su Y, Guo X, Zang M, Xie Z, Zhao T, Xu EY. RNA binding protein BOULE forms aggregates in mammalian testis. J Biomed Res 2022; 36:255-268. [PMID: 35965435 PMCID: PMC9376728 DOI: 10.7555/jbr.36.20220072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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- Yujuan Su
- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 211166, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 211166, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 211166, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 211166, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 211166, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 211166, China
- Department of Neurology, and Center for Reproductive Sciences, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
- Eugene Yujun Xu, State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Nanjing Medical University, 101 Longmian Avenue, Nanjing, Jiangsu 211166, China. Tel: +86-25-86869505, E-mail:
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Nirwal S, Bharathi V, Patel BK. Amyloid-like aggregation of bovine serum albumin at physiological temperature induced by cross-seeding effect of HEWL amyloid aggregates. Biophys Chem 2021; 278:106678. [PMID: 34492451 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2021.106678] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2021] [Revised: 08/28/2021] [Accepted: 08/29/2021] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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BSA can form amyloid-like aggregates in vitro at 65 °C. Heterologous amyloid can proposedly cross-seed other protein's aggregation, however, general mechanisms and driving conditions remain to be vividly elucidated. Here, we examined if pre-formed HEWL amyloid can cross-seed the aggregation of BSA at physiological temperature, 37 °C, and whether the efficacy depends on the BSA conformation. We find that at pH 3.0, 37 °C where BSA manifests exposure of abundant hydrophobic patches, HEWL amyloid efficiently drives BSA into ThT-positive, sarkosyl-resistant, β-sheet rich amyloid-like aggregates exhibiting fibrils in TEM. On the contrary, HEWL amyloid fails to cross-seed the BSA aggregation at pH 7.0, 37 °C where BSA has largely internalized hydrophobic patches. Strikingly, human lysozyme amyloid could also cross-seed human serum albumin aggregation at pH 3.0, 37 °C. Thus, heterologous amyloid cross-seeding can help overcome the energy-barrier for aggregation of other proteins that, for any reason, may have perturbed and promiscuous structural conformation at physiological temperatures.
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- Sadhana Nirwal
- Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, Kandi, Sangareddy, Telangana 502285, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, Kandi, Sangareddy, Telangana 502285, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, Kandi, Sangareddy, Telangana 502285, India.
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Cascarina SM, Kaplan JP, Elder MR, Brookbank L, Ross ED. Generalizable Compositional Features Influencing the Proteostatic Fates of Polar Low-Complexity Domains. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22168944. [PMID: 34445649 PMCID: PMC8396281 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22168944] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2021] [Revised: 08/11/2021] [Accepted: 08/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Protein aggregation is associated with a growing list of human diseases. A substantial fraction of proteins in eukaryotic proteomes constitutes a proteostasis network—a collection of proteins that work together to maintain properly folded proteins. One of the overarching functions of the proteostasis network is the prevention or reversal of protein aggregation. How proteins aggregate in spite of the anti-aggregation activity of the proteostasis machinery is incompletely understood. Exposed hydrophobic patches can trigger degradation by the ubiquitin-proteasome system, a key branch of the proteostasis network. However, in a recent study, we found that model glycine (G)-rich or glutamine/asparagine (Q/N)-rich prion-like domains differ in their susceptibility to detection and degradation by this system. Here, we expand upon this work by examining whether the features controlling the degradation of our model prion-like domains generalize broadly to G-rich and Q/N-rich domains. Experimentally, native yeast G-rich domains in isolation are sensitive to the degradation-promoting effects of hydrophobic residues, whereas native Q/N-rich domains completely resist these effects and tend to aggregate instead. Bioinformatic analyses indicate that native G-rich domains from yeast and humans tend to avoid degradation-promoting features, suggesting that the proteostasis network may act as a form of selection at the molecular level that constrains the sequence space accessible to G-rich domains. However, the sensitivity or resistance of G-rich and Q/N-rich domains, respectively, was not always preserved in their native protein contexts, highlighting that proteins can evolve other sequence features to overcome the intrinsic sensitivity of some LCDs to degradation.
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Threshold concentration and random collision determine the growth of the huntingtin inclusion from a stable core. Commun Biol 2021; 4:971. [PMID: 34400761 PMCID: PMC8368079 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-021-02460-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2021] [Accepted: 07/14/2021] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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The processes underlying formation and growth of unfolded protein inclusions are relevant to neurodegenerative diseases but poorly characterized in living cells. In S. cerevisiae, inclusions formed by mutant huntingtin (mHtt) have some characteristics of biomolecular condensates but the physical nature and growth mechanisms of inclusion bodies remain unclear. We have probed the relationship between concentration and inclusion growth in vivo and find that growth of mHtt inclusions in living cells is triggered at a cytoplasmic threshold concentration, while reduction in cytoplasmic mHtt causes inclusions to shrink. The growth rate is consistent with incorporation of new material through collision and coalescence. A small remnant of the inclusion is relatively long-lasting, suggesting that it contains a core that is structurally distinct, and which may serve to nucleate it. These observations support a model in which aggregative particles are incorporated by random collision into a phase-separated condensate composed of a particle-rich mixture. Pei et al. explore the mechanism underlying growth of mutant huntingtin inclusions in yeast cells and show that growth occurs through random collision and incorporation of mutant huntingtin aggregates into a phase-separated condensate. They show that there is a small inner core which is structurally distinct, and may serve to nucleate the inclusion.
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Chirinskaite AV, Siniukova VA, Velizhanina ME, Sopova JV, Belashova TA, Zadorsky SP. STXBP1 forms amyloid-like aggregates in rat brain and demonstrates amyloid properties in bacterial expression system. Prion 2021; 15:29-36. [PMID: 33590815 PMCID: PMC7894455 DOI: 10.1080/19336896.2021.1883980] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Amyloids are the fibrillar protein aggregates with cross-β structure. Traditionally amyloids were associated with pathology, however, nowadays more data is emerging about functional amyloids playing essential roles in cellular processes. We conducted screening for functional amyloids in rat brain. One of the identified proteins was STXBP1 taking part in vesicular transport and neurotransmitter secretion. Using SDD-AGE and protein fractionation we found out that STXBP1 forms small detergent-insoluble aggregates in rat brain. With immunoprecipitation analysis and C-DAG system, we showed that STXBP1 forms amyloid-like fibrils. Thus, STXBP1 demonstrates amyloid properties in rat brain and in bacterial expression system.
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- A V Chirinskaite
- Department of Genetics and Biotechnology, St. Petersburg State University , St. Petersburg, Russian Federation.,Institute of Translational Biomedicine, St. Petersburg State University , St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
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- Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, St. Petersburg Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences , St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
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- Department of Genetics and Biotechnology, St. Petersburg State University , St. Petersburg, Russian Federation.,Laboratory of Signal Regulation, All-Russia Research Institute for Agricultural Microbiology , Pushkin, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
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- Institute of Translational Biomedicine, St. Petersburg State University , St. Petersburg, Russian Federation.,Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, St. Petersburg Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences , St. Petersburg, Russian Federation.,Laboratory of Amyloid Biology, St. Petersburg State University , St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
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- Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, St. Petersburg Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences , St. Petersburg, Russian Federation.,Laboratory of Amyloid Biology, St. Petersburg State University , St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
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- Department of Genetics and Biotechnology, St. Petersburg State University , St. Petersburg, Russian Federation.,Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, St. Petersburg Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences , St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
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Acute targeting of pre-amyloid seeds in transgenic mice reduces Alzheimer-like pathology later in life. Nat Neurosci 2020; 23:1580-1588. [PMID: 33199898 DOI: 10.1038/s41593-020-00737-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2020] [Accepted: 10/08/2020] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Amyloid-β (Aβ) deposits are a relatively late consequence of Aβ aggregation in Alzheimer's disease. When pathogenic Aβ seeds begin to form, propagate and spread is not known, nor are they biochemically defined. We tested various antibodies for their ability to neutralize Aβ seeds before Aβ deposition becomes detectable in Aβ precursor protein-transgenic mice. We also characterized the different antibody recognition profiles using immunoprecipitation of size-fractionated, native, mouse and human brain-derived Aβ assemblies. At least one antibody, aducanumab, after acute administration at the pre-amyloid stage, led to a significant reduction of Aβ deposition and downstream pathologies 6 months later. This demonstrates that therapeutically targetable pathogenic Aβ seeds already exist during the lag phase of protein aggregation in the brain. Thus, the preclinical phase of Alzheimer's disease-currently defined as Aβ deposition without clinical symptoms-may be a relatively late manifestation of a much earlier pathogenic seed formation and propagation that currently escapes detection in vivo.
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Aggregation and Prion-Inducing Properties of the G-Protein Gamma Subunit Ste18 are Regulated by Membrane Association. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21145038. [PMID: 32708832 PMCID: PMC7403958 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21145038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2020] [Revised: 07/03/2020] [Accepted: 07/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Yeast prions and mnemons are respectively transmissible and non-transmissible self-perpetuating protein assemblies, frequently based on cross-β ordered detergent-resistant aggregates (amyloids). Prions cause devastating diseases in mammals and control heritable traits in yeast. It was shown that the de novo formation of the prion form [PSI+] of yeast release factor Sup35 is facilitated by aggregates of other proteins. Here we explore the mechanism of the promotion of [PSI+] formation by Ste18, an evolutionarily conserved gamma subunit of a G-protein coupled receptor, a key player in responses to extracellular stimuli. Ste18 forms detergent-resistant aggregates, some of which are colocalized with de novo generated Sup35 aggregates. Membrane association of Ste18 is required for both Ste18 aggregation and [PSI+] induction, while functional interactions involved in signal transduction are not essential for these processes. This emphasizes the significance of a specific location for the nucleation of protein aggregation. In contrast to typical prions, Ste18 aggregates do not show a pattern of heritability. Our finding that Ste18 levels are regulated by the ubiquitin-proteasome system, in conjunction with the previously reported increase in Ste18 levels upon the exposure to mating pheromone, suggests that the concentration-dependent Ste18 aggregation may mediate a mnemon-like response to physiological stimuli.
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Nil Z, Hervás R, Gerbich T, Leal P, Yu Z, Saraf A, Sardiu M, Lange JJ, Yi K, Unruh J, Slaughter B, Si K. Amyloid-like Assembly Activates a Phosphatase in the Developing Drosophila Embryo. Cell 2020; 178:1403-1420.e21. [PMID: 31491385 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2019.08.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2019] [Revised: 05/07/2019] [Accepted: 08/08/2019] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Prion-like proteins can assume distinct conformational and physical states in the same cell. Sequence analysis suggests that prion-like proteins are prevalent in various species; however, it remains unclear what functional space they occupy in multicellular organisms. Here, we report the identification of a prion-like protein, Herzog (CG5830), through a multimodal screen in Drosophila melanogaster. Herzog functions as a membrane-associated phosphatase and controls embryonic patterning, likely being involved in TGF-β/BMP and FGF/EGF signaling pathways. Remarkably, monomeric Herzog is enzymatically inactive and becomes active upon amyloid-like assembly. The prion-like domain of Herzog is necessary for both its assembly and membrane targeting. Removal of the prion-like domain impairs activity, while restoring assembly on the membrane using a heterologous prion-like domain and membrane-targeting motif can restore phosphatase activity. This study provides an example of a prion-like domain that allows an enzyme to gain essential functionality via amyloid-like assembly to control animal development.
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- Zelha Nil
- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, 1000E 50(th) Street, Kansas City, MO 64110, USA; Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Kansas Medical Center, 3901 Rainbow Boulevard, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA
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- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, 1000E 50(th) Street, Kansas City, MO 64110, USA
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- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, 1000E 50(th) Street, Kansas City, MO 64110, USA
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- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, 1000E 50(th) Street, Kansas City, MO 64110, USA
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- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, 1000E 50(th) Street, Kansas City, MO 64110, USA
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- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, 1000E 50(th) Street, Kansas City, MO 64110, USA
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- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, 1000E 50(th) Street, Kansas City, MO 64110, USA
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- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, 1000E 50(th) Street, Kansas City, MO 64110, USA
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- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, 1000E 50(th) Street, Kansas City, MO 64110, USA
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- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, 1000E 50(th) Street, Kansas City, MO 64110, USA
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- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, 1000E 50(th) Street, Kansas City, MO 64110, USA
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- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, 1000E 50(th) Street, Kansas City, MO 64110, USA; Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Kansas Medical Center, 3901 Rainbow Boulevard, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA.
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Functional amyloids of eukaryotes: criteria, classification, and biological significance. Curr Genet 2020; 66:849-866. [DOI: 10.1007/s00294-020-01079-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2020] [Revised: 04/16/2020] [Accepted: 04/20/2020] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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RNA-binding protein FXR1 is presented in rat brain in amyloid form. Sci Rep 2019; 9:18983. [PMID: 31831836 PMCID: PMC6908614 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-55528-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2019] [Accepted: 11/28/2019] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Amyloids are β-sheets-rich protein fibrils that cause neurodegenerative and other incurable human diseases affecting millions of people worldwide. However, a number of proteins is functional in the amyloid state in various organisms from bacteria to humans. Using an original proteomic approach, we identified a set of proteins forming amyloid-like aggregates in the brain of young healthy rats. One of them is the FXR1 protein, which is known to regulate memory and emotions. We showed that FXR1 clearly colocalizes in cortical neurons with amyloid-specific dyes Congo-Red, Thioflavines S and T. FXR1 extracted from brain by immunoprecipitation shows yellow-green birefringence after staining with Congo red. This protein forms in brain detergent-resistant amyloid oligomers and insoluble aggregates. RNA molecules that are colocalized with FXR1 in cortical neurons are insensitive to treatment with RNase A. All these data suggest that FXR1 functions in rat brain in amyloid form. The N-terminal amyloid-forming fragment of FXR1 is highly conserved across mammals. We assume that the FXR1 protein may be presented in amyloid form in brain of different species of mammals, including humans.
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Moreno DF, Jenkins K, Morlot S, Charvin G, Csikasz-Nagy A, Aldea M. Proteostasis collapse, a hallmark of aging, hinders the chaperone-Start network and arrests cells in G1. eLife 2019; 8:48240. [PMID: 31518229 PMCID: PMC6744273 DOI: 10.7554/elife.48240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2019] [Accepted: 09/05/2019] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Loss of proteostasis and cellular senescence are key hallmarks of aging, but direct cause-effect relationships are not well understood. We show that most yeast cells arrest in G1 before death with low nuclear levels of Cln3, a key G1 cyclin extremely sensitive to chaperone status. Chaperone availability is seriously compromised in aged cells, and the G1 arrest coincides with massive aggregation of a metastable chaperone-activity reporter. Moreover, G1-cyclin overexpression increases lifespan in a chaperone-dependent manner. As a key prediction of a model integrating autocatalytic protein aggregation and a minimal Start network, enforced protein aggregation causes a severe reduction in lifespan, an effect that is greatly alleviated by increased expression of specific chaperones or cyclin Cln3. Overall, our data show that proteostasis breakdown, by compromising chaperone activity and G1-cyclin function, causes an irreversible arrest in G1, configuring a molecular pathway postulating proteostasis decay as a key contributing effector of cell senescence.
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- David F Moreno
- Molecular Biology Institute of Barcelona (IBMB), CSIC, Barcelona, Spain
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- Randall Division of Cell and Molecular Biophysics, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.,Institute of Mathematical and Molecular Biomedicine, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Strasbourg, France.,Université de Strasbourg, Illkirch, France
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- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Strasbourg, France.,Université de Strasbourg, Illkirch, France
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- Randall Division of Cell and Molecular Biophysics, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.,Institute of Mathematical and Molecular Biomedicine, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.,Faculty of Information Technology and Bionics, Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Molecular Biology Institute of Barcelona (IBMB), CSIC, Barcelona, Spain.,Department of Basic Sciences, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Sant Cugat del Vallès, Spain
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Kawano R, Nakanishi A, Zako T, Shimazaki Y. Analysis of the degradation of amyloid beta fibrils after separation via the combination of non‐denaturing agarose electrophoresis and Congo red dye staining. SEPARATION SCIENCE PLUS 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/sscp.201900049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Risa Kawano
- Faculty of ScienceEhime University Matsuyama Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and biologyGraduate School of Science and EngineeringEhime University Matsuyama Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and biologyGraduate School of Science and EngineeringEhime University Matsuyama Japan
- Faculty of ScienceEhime University Matsuyama Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and biologyGraduate School of Science and EngineeringEhime University Matsuyama Japan
- Faculty of ScienceEhime University Matsuyama Japan
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Manjrekar J, Shah H. Protein-based inheritance. Semin Cell Dev Biol 2019; 97:138-155. [PMID: 31344459 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2019.07.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2019] [Accepted: 07/08/2019] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Epigenetic mechanisms of inheritance have come to occupy a prominent place in our understanding of living systems, primarily eukaryotes. There has been considerable and lively discussion of the possible evolutionary significance of transgenerational epigenetic inheritance. One particular type of epigenetic inheritance that has not figured much in general discussions is that based on conformational changes in proteins, where proteins with altered conformations can act as templates to propagate their own structure. An increasing number of such proteins - prions and prion-like - are being discovered. Phenotypes due to the structurally altered proteins are transmitted along with their structures. This review discusses the properties and implications of "classical" amyloid-forming prions, as well as the broader class of proteins with intrinsically disordered domains, which are proving to have fascinating properties that appear to play important roles in cell organisation and function, especially during stress responses.
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- Johannes Manjrekar
- Microbiology Department and Biotechnology Centre, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, 390002, India.
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- Microbiology Department and Biotechnology Centre, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, 390002, India
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Siddiqi MK, Malik S, Majid N, Alam P, Khan RH. Cytotoxic species in amyloid-associated diseases: Oligomers or mature fibrils. ADVANCES IN PROTEIN CHEMISTRY AND STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY 2019; 118:333-369. [PMID: 31928731 DOI: 10.1016/bs.apcsb.2019.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Amyloid diseases especially, Alzheimer's disease (AD), is characterized by an imbalance between the production and clearance of amyloid-β (Aβ) species. Amyloidogenic proteins or peptides can transform structurally from monomers into β-stranded fibrils via multiple oligomeric states. Among various amyloid species, structured oligomers are proposed to be more toxic than fibrils; however, the identification of amyloid oligomers has been challenging due to their heterogeneous and metastable nature. Multiple techniques have recently helped in better understanding of oligomer's assembly details and structural properties. Moreover, some progress on elucidating the mechanisms of oligomer-triggered toxicity has been made. Based on the collection of current findings, there is growing consensus that control of toxic amyloid oligomers could be a valid approach to regulate amyloid-associated toxicity, which could advance development of new diagnostics and therapeutics for amyloid-related diseases. In this review, we have described the recent scenario of amyloid diseases with a great deal of information about the recent understanding of oligomers' assembly, structural properties, and toxicity. Also comprehensive details have been provided to differentiate the degree of toxicity associated with prefibrillar aggregates.
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- Interdisciplinary Biotechnology Unit, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India
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- Interdisciplinary Biotechnology Unit, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India
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- Interdisciplinary Biotechnology Unit, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India
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- Interdisciplinary Biotechnology Unit, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India
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French RL, Grese ZR, Aligireddy H, Dhavale DD, Reeb AN, Kedia N, Kotzbauer PT, Bieschke J, Ayala YM. Detection of TAR DNA-binding protein 43 (TDP-43) oligomers as initial intermediate species during aggregate formation. J Biol Chem 2019; 294:6696-6709. [PMID: 30824544 PMCID: PMC6497947 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra118.005889] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2018] [Revised: 02/27/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Aggregates of the RNA-binding protein TDP-43 (TAR DNA-binding protein) are a hallmark of the overlapping neurodegenerative disorders amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia. The process of TDP-43 aggregation remains poorly understood, and whether it includes formation of intermediate complexes is unknown. Here, we analyzed aggregates derived from purified TDP-43 under semidenaturing conditions, identifying distinct oligomeric complexes at the initial time points before the formation of large aggregates. We found that this early oligomerization stage is primarily driven by TDP-43's RNA-binding region. Specific binding to GU-rich RNA strongly inhibited both TDP-43 oligomerization and aggregation, suggesting that RNA interactions are critical for maintaining TDP-43 solubility. Moreover, we analyzed TDP-43 liquid-liquid phase separation and detected similar detergent-resistant oligomers upon maturation of liquid droplets into solid-like fibrils. These results strongly suggest that the oligomers form during the early steps of TDP-43 misfolding. Importantly, the ALS-linked TDP-43 mutations A315T and M337V significantly accelerate aggregation, rapidly decreasing the monomeric population and shortening the oligomeric phase. We also show that aggregates generated from purified TDP-43 seed intracellular aggregation detected by established TDP-43 pathology markers. Remarkably, cytoplasmic aggregate seeding was detected earlier for the A315T and M337V variants and was 50% more widespread than for WT TDP-43 aggregates. We provide evidence for an initial step of TDP-43 self-assembly into intermediate oligomeric complexes, whereby these complexes may provide a scaffold for aggregation. This process is altered by ALS-linked mutations, underscoring the role of perturbations in TDP-43 homeostasis in protein aggregation and ALS-FTD pathogenesis.
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- Rachel L French
- From the Edward A. Doisy Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri 63103
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- From the Edward A. Doisy Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri 63103
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- From the Edward A. Doisy Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri 63103
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- the Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, and
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- From the Edward A. Doisy Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri 63103
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- the MRC Prion Unit, University College London, London W1W 7FF, United Kingdom
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- the Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, and
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- the MRC Prion Unit, University College London, London W1W 7FF, United Kingdom
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- From the Edward A. Doisy Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri 63103,
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Kalhor HR, Yahyazadeh A. Investigating the effects of amino acid-based surface modification of carbon nanoparticles on the kinetics of insulin amyloid formation. Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces 2019; 176:471-479. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2019.01.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2018] [Revised: 01/04/2019] [Accepted: 01/16/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Fleming E, Yuan AH, Heller DM, Hochschild A. A bacteria-based genetic assay detects prion formation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2019; 116:4605-4610. [PMID: 30782808 PMCID: PMC6410773 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1817711116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Prions are infectious, self-propagating protein aggregates that are notorious for causing devastating neurodegenerative diseases in mammals. Recent evidence supports the existence of prions in bacteria. However, the evaluation of candidate bacterial prion-forming proteins has been hampered by the lack of genetic assays for detecting their conversion to an aggregated prion conformation. Here we describe a bacteria-based genetic assay that distinguishes cells carrying a model yeast prion protein in its nonprion and prion forms. We then use this assay to investigate the prion-forming potential of single-stranded DNA-binding protein (SSB) of Campylobacter hominis Our findings indicate that SSB possesses a prion-forming domain that can transition between nonprion and prion conformations. Furthermore, we show that bacterial cells can propagate the prion form over 100 generations in a manner that depends on the disaggregase ClpB. The bacteria-based genetic tool we present may facilitate the investigation of prion-like phenomena in all domains of life.
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- Eleanor Fleming
- Department of Microbiology, Blavatnik Institue, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115
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- Department of Microbiology, Blavatnik Institue, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115
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- Department of Microbiology, Blavatnik Institue, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115
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- Department of Microbiology, Blavatnik Institue, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115
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Amyloid diseases are of major concern all over the world due to a number of factors including: (i) aging population, (ii) increasing life span and (iii) lack of effective pharmacotherapy options. The past decade has seen intense research in discovering disease-modifying multi-targeting small molecules as therapeutic options. In recent years, targeting the amyloid cascade has emerged as an attractive strategy to discover novel neurotherapeutics. Formation of amyloid species, with different degrees of solubility and neurotoxicity is associated with the gradual decline in cognition leading to dementia/cell dysfunction. Here, in this chapter, we have described the recent scenario of amyloid diseases with a great deal of information about the structural features of oligomers, protofibrils and fibrils. Also, comprehensive details have been provided to differentiate the degree of toxicity associated with prefibrillar aggregates. Moreover, a review of the technologies that aid characterisation of oligomer, protofibrils and fibrils as well as various inhibition strategies to overcome protein fibrillation are also discussed.
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- Interdisciplinary Biotechnology Unit, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, 202002, U.P., India
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- Interdisciplinary Biotechnology Unit, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, 202002, U.P., India
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- Interdisciplinary Biotechnology Unit, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, 202002, U.P., India
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- Interdisciplinary Biotechnology Unit, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, 202002, U.P., India.
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Sergeeva AV, Sopova JV, Belashova TA, Siniukova VA, Chirinskaite AV, Galkin AP, Zadorsky SP. Amyloid properties of the yeast cell wall protein Toh1 and its interaction with prion proteins Rnq1 and Sup35. Prion 2018; 13:21-32. [PMID: 30558459 PMCID: PMC6422396 DOI: 10.1080/19336896.2018.1558763] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Amyloids are non-branching fibrils that are composed of stacked monomers stabilized by intermolecular β-sheets. Some amyloids are associated with incurable diseases, whereas others, functional amyloids, regulate different vital processes. The prevalence and significance of functional amyloids in wildlife are still poorly understood. In recent years, by applying new approach of large-scale proteome screening, a number of novel candidate amyloids were identified in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, many of which are localized in the yeast cell wall. In this work, we showed that one of these proteins, Toh1, possess amyloid properties. The Toh1-YFP hybrid protein forms detergent-resistant aggregates in the yeast cells while being expressed under its own PTOH1 or inducible PCUP1 promoter. Using bacterial system for generation of extracellular amyloid aggregates C-DAG, we demonstrated that the N-terminal Toh1 fragment, containing amyloidogenic regions predicted in silico, binds Congo Red dye, manifests ‘apple-green’ birefringence when examined between crossed polarizers, and forms amyloid-like fibrillar aggregates visualized by TEM. We have established that the Toh1(20–365)-YFP hybrid protein fluorescent aggregates are co-localized with a high frequency with Rnq1C-CFP and Sup35NM-CFP aggregates in the yeast cells containing [PIN+] and [PSI+] prions, and physical interaction of these aggregated proteins was confirmed by FRET. This is one of a few known cases of physical interaction of non-Q/N-rich amyloid-like protein and Q/N-rich amyloids, suggesting that interaction of different amyloid proteins may be determined not only by similarity of their primary structures but also by similarity of their secondary structures and of conformational folds.
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- A V Sergeeva
- a Department of Genetics and Biotechnology , St. Petersburg State University , St. Petersburg , Russian Federation
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- a Department of Genetics and Biotechnology , St. Petersburg State University , St. Petersburg , Russian Federation.,b Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, St. Petersburg Branch , Russian Academy of Sciences , St. Petersburg , Russian Federation
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- a Department of Genetics and Biotechnology , St. Petersburg State University , St. Petersburg , Russian Federation.,b Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, St. Petersburg Branch , Russian Academy of Sciences , St. Petersburg , Russian Federation
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- b Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, St. Petersburg Branch , Russian Academy of Sciences , St. Petersburg , Russian Federation
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- a Department of Genetics and Biotechnology , St. Petersburg State University , St. Petersburg , Russian Federation
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- a Department of Genetics and Biotechnology , St. Petersburg State University , St. Petersburg , Russian Federation.,b Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, St. Petersburg Branch , Russian Academy of Sciences , St. Petersburg , Russian Federation
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- a Department of Genetics and Biotechnology , St. Petersburg State University , St. Petersburg , Russian Federation.,b Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, St. Petersburg Branch , Russian Academy of Sciences , St. Petersburg , Russian Federation
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Cascarina SM, Paul KR, Machihara S, Ross ED. Sequence features governing aggregation or degradation of prion-like proteins. PLoS Genet 2018; 14:e1007517. [PMID: 30005071 PMCID: PMC6059496 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1007517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2018] [Revised: 07/25/2018] [Accepted: 06/26/2018] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Enhanced protein aggregation and/or impaired clearance of aggregates can lead to neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's Disease, Huntington's Disease, and prion diseases. Therefore, many protein quality control factors specialize in recognizing and degrading aggregation-prone proteins. Prions, which generally result from self-propagating protein aggregates, must therefore evade or outcompete these quality control systems in order to form and propagate in a cellular context. We developed a genetic screen in yeast that allowed us to explore the sequence features that promote degradation versus aggregation of a model glutamine/asparagine (Q/N)-rich prion domain from the yeast prion protein, Sup35, and two model glycine (G)-rich prion-like domains from the human proteins hnRNPA1 and hnRNPA2. Unexpectedly, we found that aggregation propensity and degradation propensity could be uncoupled in multiple ways. First, only a subset of classically aggregation-promoting amino acids elicited a strong degradation response in the G-rich prion-like domains. Specifically, large aliphatic residues enhanced degradation of the prion-like domains, whereas aromatic residues promoted prion aggregation without enhancing degradation. Second, the degradation-promoting effect of aliphatic residues was suppressed in the context of the Q/N-rich prion domain, and instead led to a dose-dependent increase in the frequency of spontaneous prion formation. Degradation suppression correlated with Q/N content of the surrounding prion domain, potentially indicating an underappreciated activity for these residues in yeast prion domains. Collectively, these results provide key insights into how certain aggregation-prone proteins may evade protein quality control degradation systems.
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- Sean M. Cascarina
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
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Hanna-Addams S, Wang Z. Use of Two Dimensional Semi-denaturing Detergent Agarose Gel Electrophoresis to Confirm Size Heterogeneity of Amyloid or Amyloid-like Fibers. J Vis Exp 2018. [PMID: 29757289 DOI: 10.3791/57498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022] Open
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Amyloid or amyloid-like fibers have been associated with many human diseases, and are now being discovered to be important for many signaling pathways. The ability to readily detect the formation of these fibers under various experimental conditions is essential for understanding their potential function. Many methods have been used to detect the fibers, but not without some drawbacks. For example, electron microscopy (EM), or staining with Congo Red or Thioflavin T often requires purification of the fibers. On the other hand, semi-denaturing detergent agarose gel electrophoresis (SDD-AGE) allows detection of the SDS-resistant amyloid-like fibers in the cell extracts without purification. In addition, it allows the comparison of the size difference of the fibers. More importantly, it can be used to identify specific proteins within the fibers by Western blotting. It is less time consuming and more easily accessible to a wider number of labs. SDD-AGE results often show variable degree of heterogeneity. It raises the question whether part of the heterogeneity results from the dissociation of the protein complex during the electrophoresis in the presence of SDS. For this reason, we have employed a second dimension of SDD-AGE to determine if the size heterogeneity seen in SDD-AGE is truly a result of fiber heterogeneity in vivo and not a result of either degradation or dissociation of some of the proteins during electrophoresis. This method allows fast, qualitative confirmation that the amyloid or amyloid-like fibers are not partially dissociating during the SDD-AGE process.
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- Department of Molecular Biology, UT Southwestern Medical Center;
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Astor MT, Kamiya E, Sporn ZA, Berger SE, Hines JK. Variant-specific and reciprocal Hsp40 functions in Hsp104-mediated prion elimination. Mol Microbiol 2018; 109:41-62. [PMID: 29633387 PMCID: PMC6099457 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.13966] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/04/2018] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The amyloid-based prions of Saccharomyces cerevisiae are heritable aggregates of misfolded proteins, passed to daughter cells following fragmentation by molecular chaperones including the J-protein Sis1, Hsp70 and Hsp104. Overexpression of Hsp104 efficiently cures cell populations of the prion [PSI+ ] by an alternative Sis1-dependent mechanism that is currently the subject of significant debate. Here, we broadly investigate the role of J-proteins in this process by determining the impact of amyloid polymorphisms (prion variants) on the ability of well-studied Sis1 constructs to compensate for Sis1 and ask whether any other S. cerevisiae cytosolic J-proteins are also required for this process. Our comprehensive screen, examining all 13 members of the yeast cytosolic/nuclear J-protein complement, uncovered significant variant-dependent genetic evidence for a role of Apj1 (antiprion DnaJ) in this process. For strong, but not weak [PSI+ ] variants, depletion of Apj1 inhibits Hsp104-mediated curing. Overexpression of either Apj1 or Sis1 enhances curing, while overexpression of Ydj1 completely blocks it. We also demonstrated that Sis1 was the only J-protein necessary for the propagation of at least two weak [PSI+ ] variants and no J-protein alteration, or even combination of alterations, affected the curing of weak [PSI+ ] variants, suggesting the possibility of biochemically distinct, variant-specific Hsp104-mediated curing mechanisms.
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- Department of ChemistryLafayette CollegeEastonPAUSA
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- Department of ChemistryLafayette CollegeEastonPAUSA
- Present address:
Geisinger Commonwealth School of MedicineScrantonPAUSA
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Willis WL, Wang L, Wada TT, Gardner M, Abdouni O, Hampton J, Valiente G, Young N, Ardoin S, Agarwal S, Freitas MA, Wu LC, Jarjour WN. The proinflammatory protein HMGB1 is a substrate of transglutaminase-2 and forms high-molecular weight complexes with autoantigens. J Biol Chem 2018; 293:8394-8409. [PMID: 29618516 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra117.001078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2017] [Revised: 03/27/2018] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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High-mobility group box 1 (HMGB1) is a chromatin-associated protein that, in response to stress or injury, translocates from the nucleus to the extracellular milieu, where it functions as an alarmin. HMGB1's function is in part determined by the complexes (HMGB1c) it forms with other molecules. However, structural modifications in the HMGB1 polypeptide that may regulate HMGB1c formation have not been previously described. In this report, we observed high-molecular weight, denaturing-resistant HMGB1c in the plasma and peripheral blood mononuclear cells of individuals with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and, to a much lesser extent, in healthy subjects. Differential HMGB1c levels were also detected in mouse tissues and cultured cells, in which these complexes were induced by endotoxin or the immunological adjuvant alum. Of note, we found that HMGB1c formation is catalyzed by the protein-cross-linking enzyme transglutaminase-2 (TG2). Cross-link site mapping and MS analysis revealed that HMGB1 can be cross-linked to TG2 as well as a number of additional proteins, including human autoantigens. These findings have significant functional implications for studies of cellular stress responses and innate immunity in SLE and other autoimmune disease.
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- William L Willis
- From the Departments of Internal Medicine, .,The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio 43210
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- The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio 43210.,Cancer Biology and Genetics, and
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- From the Departments of Internal Medicine.,The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio 43210
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- From the Departments of Internal Medicine.,The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio 43210
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- From the Departments of Internal Medicine.,The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio 43210
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- From the Departments of Internal Medicine.,The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio 43210
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- From the Departments of Internal Medicine.,The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio 43210
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- From the Departments of Internal Medicine.,The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio 43210
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- From the Departments of Internal Medicine.,The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio 43210
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- Division of Biosciences, The Ohio State University College of Dentistry, Columbus, Ohio 43210.,the Department of Orthopedics, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio 43210, and
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- The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio 43210.,Cancer Biology and Genetics, and
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- From the Departments of Internal Medicine.,Biological Chemistry and Pharmacology and
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- From the Departments of Internal Medicine, .,The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio 43210
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Olsson TT, Klementieva O, Gouras GK. Prion-like seeding and nucleation of intracellular amyloid-β. Neurobiol Dis 2018; 113:1-10. [PMID: 29414379 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2018.01.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2017] [Revised: 12/22/2017] [Accepted: 01/21/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Alzheimer's disease (AD) brain tissue can act as a seed to accelerate aggregation of amyloid-β (Aβ) into plaques in AD transgenic mice. Aβ seeds have been hypothesized to accelerate plaque formation in a prion-like manner of templated seeding and intercellular propagation. However, the structure(s) and location(s) of the Aβ seeds remain unknown. Moreover, in contrast to tau and α-synuclein, an in vitro system with prion-like Aβ has not been reported. Here we treat human APP expressing N2a cells with AD transgenic mouse brain extracts to induce inclusions of Aβ in a subset of cells. We isolate cells with induced Aβ inclusions and using immunocytochemistry, western blot and infrared spectroscopy show that these cells produce oligomeric Aβ over multiple replicative generations. Further, we demonstrate that cell lysates of clones with induced oligomeric Aβ can induce aggregation in previously untreated N2a APP cells. These data strengthen the case that Aβ acts as a prion-like protein, demonstrate that Aβ seeds can be intracellular oligomers and for the first time provide a cellular model of nucleated seeding of Aβ.
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- Tomas T Olsson
- Experimental Dementia Research Unit, Dept. of Experimental Medical Science, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
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- Experimental Dementia Research Unit, Dept. of Experimental Medical Science, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Experimental Dementia Research Unit, Dept. of Experimental Medical Science, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
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Molina-García L, Gasset-Rosa F, Álamo MMD, de la Espina SMD, Giraldo R. Addressing Intracellular Amyloidosis in Bacteria with RepA-WH1, a Prion-Like Protein. Methods Mol Biol 2018; 1779:289-312. [PMID: 29886540 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-7816-8_18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Bacteria are the simplest cellular model in which amyloidosis has been addressed. It is well documented that bacterial consortia (biofilms) assemble their extracellular matrix on an amyloid scaffold, yet very few intracellular amyloids are known in bacteria. Here, we describe the methods we have resorted to characterize in Escherichia coli cells the amyloidogenesis, propagation, and dynamics of the RepA-WH1 prionoid. This prion-like protein, a manifold domain from the plasmid replication protein RepA, itself capable of assembling a functional amyloid, causes when expressed in E. coli a synthetic amyloid proteinopathy, the first model for an amyloid disease with a purely bacterial origin. These protocols are useful to study other intracellular amyloids in bacteria.
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- Laura Molina-García
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas (CSIC), Madrid, Spain
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas (CSIC), Madrid, Spain
- Department of Neurosciences, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, University of California in San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas (CSIC), Madrid, Spain
- Department of Microbial Biotechnology, National Centre for Biotechnology (CSIC), Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas (CSIC), Madrid, Spain.
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Wickner RB, Kryndushkin D, Shewmaker F, McGlinchey R, Edskes HK. Study of Amyloids Using Yeast. Methods Mol Biol 2018; 1779:313-339. [PMID: 29886541 PMCID: PMC7337124 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-7816-8_19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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We detail some of the genetic, biochemical, and physical methods useful in studying amyloids in yeast, particularly the yeast prions. These methods include cytoduction (cytoplasmic mixing), infection of cells with prion amyloids, use of green fluorescent protein fusions with amyloid-forming proteins for cytology, protein purification and amyloid formation, and electron microscopy of filaments.
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- Reed B. Wickner
- Laboratory of Biochemistry and Genetics, National Institute of Diabetes Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Insititutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-0830
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- Laboratory of Biochemistry and Genetics, National Institute of Diabetes Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Insititutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-0830,Dept. of Pharmacology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD 20814
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- Dept. of Pharmacology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD 20814
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- Laboratory of Biochemistry and Genetics, National Institute of Diabetes Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Insititutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-0830
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- Laboratory of Biochemistry and Genetics, National Institute of Diabetes Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Insititutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-0830
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Chernova TA, Kiktev DA, Romanyuk AV, Shanks JR, Laur O, Ali M, Ghosh A, Kim D, Yang Z, Mang M, Chernoff YO, Wilkinson KD. Yeast Short-Lived Actin-Associated Protein Forms a Metastable Prion in Response to Thermal Stress. Cell Rep 2017; 18:751-761. [PMID: 28099852 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2016.12.082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2016] [Revised: 10/18/2016] [Accepted: 12/23/2016] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Self-perpetuating ordered protein aggregates (amyloids and prions) are associated with a variety of neurodegenerative disorders. Although environmental agents have been linked to certain amyloid diseases, the molecular basis of their action remains unclear. We have employed endogenous yeast prions as a model system to study environmental control of amyloid formation. A short-lived actin-associated yeast protein Lsb2 can trigger prion formation by other proteins in a mode regulated by the cytoskeleton and ubiquitin-dependent processes. Here, we show that such a heterologous prion induction is due to the ability of Lsb2 to form a transient prion state, generated in response to thermal stress. Evolutionary acquisition of prion-inducing activity by Lsb2 is traced to a single amino acid change, coinciding with the acquisition of thermotolerance in the Saccharomyces yeast lineage. This raises the intriguing possibility that the transient prion formation could aid in functioning of Lsb2 at higher temperatures.
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- Tatiana A Chernova
- Department of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
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- School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332-2000, USA; Laboratory of Amyloid Biology and Institute of Translational Biomedicine, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg 199034, Russia
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- School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332-2000, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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- Division of Microbiology, Yerkes Research Center, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332-2000, USA; Laboratory of Amyloid Biology and Institute of Translational Biomedicine, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg 199034, Russia.
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- Department of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
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Ryzhova TA, Sopova JV, Zadorsky SP, Siniukova VA, Sergeeva AV, Galkina SA, Nizhnikov AA, Shenfeld AA, Volkov KV, Galkin AP. Screening for amyloid proteins in the yeast proteome. Curr Genet 2017; 64:469-478. [PMID: 29027580 DOI: 10.1007/s00294-017-0759-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2017] [Revised: 09/18/2017] [Accepted: 09/25/2017] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The search for novel pathological and functional amyloids represents one of the most important tasks of contemporary biomedicine. Formation of pathological amyloid fibrils in the aging brain causes incurable neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's Huntington's diseases. At the same time, a set of amyloids regulates vital processes in archaea, prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Our knowledge of the prevalence and biological significance of amyloids is limited due to the lack of universal methods for their identification. Here, using our original method of proteomic screening PSIA-LC-MALDI, we identified a number of proteins that form amyloid-like detergent-resistant aggregates in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. We revealed in yeast strains of different origin known yeast prions, prion-associated proteins, and a set of proteins whose amyloid properties were not shown before. A substantial number of the identified proteins are cell wall components, suggesting that amyloids may play important roles in the formation of this extracellular protective sheath. Two proteins identified in our screen, Gas1 and Ygp1, involved in biogenesis of the yeast cell wall, were selected for detailed analysis of amyloid properties. We show that Gas1 and Ygp1 demonstrate amyloid properties both in vivo in yeast cells and using the bacteria-based system C-DAG. Taken together, our data show that this proteomic approach is very useful for identification of novel amyloids.
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- Tatyana A Ryzhova
- Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, St. Petersburg Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 199034, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation.,Department of Genetics and Biotechnology, St. Petersburg State University, 199034, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
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- Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, St. Petersburg Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 199034, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation.,Department of Genetics and Biotechnology, St. Petersburg State University, 199034, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
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- Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, St. Petersburg Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 199034, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation.,Department of Genetics and Biotechnology, St. Petersburg State University, 199034, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
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- Department of Genetics and Biotechnology, St. Petersburg State University, 199034, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
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- Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, St. Petersburg Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 199034, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
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- Department of Genetics and Biotechnology, St. Petersburg State University, 199034, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
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- Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, St. Petersburg Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 199034, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation.,Department of Genetics and Biotechnology, St. Petersburg State University, 199034, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation.,All-Russia Research Institute for Agricultural Microbiology, Podbelskogo sh., 3, Pushkin, St. Petersburg, 196608, Russian Federation
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- Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, St. Petersburg Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 199034, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation.,Department of Genetics and Biotechnology, St. Petersburg State University, 199034, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
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- Research Park, Research Resource Center "Molecular and Cell Technologies", St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
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- Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, St. Petersburg Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 199034, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation. .,Department of Genetics and Biotechnology, St. Petersburg State University, 199034, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation.
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Enabling stop codon read-through translation in bacteria as a probe for amyloid aggregation. Sci Rep 2017; 7:11908. [PMID: 28928456 PMCID: PMC5605706 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-12174-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2017] [Accepted: 09/05/2017] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Amyloid aggregation of the eukaryotic translation terminator eRF3/Sup35p, the [PSI+] prion, empowers yeast ribosomes to read-through UGA stop codons. No similar functional prion, skipping a stop codon, has been found in Escherichia coli, a fact possibly due to the efficient back-up systems found in bacteria to rescue non-stop complexes. Here we report that engineering hydrophobic amyloidogenic repeats from a synthetic bacterial prion-like protein (RepA-WH1) into the E. coli releasing factor RF1 promotes its aggregation and enables ribosomes to continue with translation through a premature UAG stop codon located in a β-galactosidase reporter. To our knowledge, intended aggregation of a termination factor is a way to overcome the bacterial translation quality checkpoint that had not been reported so far. We also show the feasibility of using the amyloidogenic RF1 chimeras as a reliable, rapid and cost-effective system to screen for molecules inhibiting intracellular protein amyloidogenesis in vivo, by testing the effect on the chimeras of natural polyphenols with known anti-amyloidogenic properties. Resveratrol exhibits a clear amyloid-solubilizing effect in this assay, showing no toxicity to bacteria or interference with the enzymatic activity of β-galactosidase.
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Chan PHW, Lee L, Kim E, Hui T, Stoynov N, Nassar R, Moksa M, Cameron DM, Hirst M, Gsponer J, Mayor T. The [PSI +] yeast prion does not wildly affect proteome composition whereas selective pressure exerted on [PSI +] cells can promote aneuploidy. Sci Rep 2017; 7:8442. [PMID: 28814753 PMCID: PMC5559586 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-07999-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2016] [Accepted: 07/07/2017] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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The yeast Sup35 protein is a subunit of the translation termination factor, and its conversion to the [PSI +] prion state leads to more translational read-through. Although extensive studies have been done on [PSI +], changes at the proteomic level have not been performed exhaustively. We therefore used a SILAC-based quantitative mass spectrometry approach and identified 4187 proteins from both [psi -] and [PSI +] strains. Surprisingly, there was very little difference between the two proteomes under standard growth conditions. We found however that several [PSI +] strains harbored an additional chromosome, such as chromosome I. Albeit, we found no evidence to support that [PSI +] induces chromosomal instability (CIN). Instead we hypothesized that the selective pressure applied during the establishment of [PSI +]-containing strains could lead to a supernumerary chromosome due to the presence of the ade1-14 selective marker for translational read-through. We therefore verified that there was no prevalence of disomy among newly generated [PSI +] strains in absence of strong selection pressure. We also noticed that low amounts of adenine in media could lead to higher levels of mitochondrial DNA in [PSI +] in ade1-14 cells. Our study has important significance for the establishment and manipulation of yeast strains with the Sup35 prion.
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- Patrick H W Chan
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.,Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.,Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.,Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Biology, Ursinus College, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.,Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada. .,Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
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Wang M, Huang M, Zhang J, Ma Y, Li S, Wang J. A novel secretion and online-cleavage strategy for production of cecropin A in Escherichia coli. Sci Rep 2017; 7:7368. [PMID: 28779147 PMCID: PMC5544755 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-07411-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2017] [Accepted: 06/23/2017] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Antimicrobial peptides, promising antibiotic candidates, are attracting increasing research attention. Current methods for production of antimicrobial peptides are chemical synthesis, intracellular fusion expression, or direct separation and purification from natural sources. However, all these methods are costly, operation-complicated and low efficiency. Here, we report a new strategy for extracellular secretion and online-cleavage of antimicrobial peptides on the surface of Escherichia coli, which is cost-effective, simple and does not require complex procedures like cell disruption and protein purification. Analysis by transmission electron microscopy and semi-denaturing detergent agarose gel electrophoresis indicated that fusion proteins contain cecropin A peptides can successfully be secreted and form extracellular amyloid aggregates at the surface of Escherichia coli on the basis of E. coli curli secretion system and amyloid characteristics of sup35NM. These amyloid aggregates can be easily collected by simple centrifugation and high-purity cecropin A peptide with the same antimicrobial activity as commercial peptide by chemical synthesis was released by efficient self-cleavage of Mxe GyrA intein. Here, we established a novel expression strategy for the production of antimicrobial peptides, which dramatically reduces the cost and simplifies purification procedures and gives new insights into producing antimicrobial and other commercially-viable peptides.
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- Meng Wang
- School of Bioscience and Bioengineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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- School of Bioscience and Bioengineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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- School of Bioscience and Bioengineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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- School of Bioscience and Bioengineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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- School of Bioscience and Bioengineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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- School of Bioscience and Bioengineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, China.
- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Fermentation and Enzyme Engineering, School of Bioscience and Bioengineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, China.
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Shattuck JE, Waechter AC, Ross ED. The effects of glutamine/asparagine content on aggregation and heterologous prion induction by yeast prion-like domains. Prion 2017; 11:249-264. [PMID: 28665753 DOI: 10.1080/19336896.2017.1344806] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Prion-like domains are low complexity, intrinsically disordered domains that compositionally resemble yeast prion domains. Many prion-like domains are involved in the formation of either functional or pathogenic protein aggregates. These aggregates range from highly dynamic liquid droplets to highly ordered detergent-insoluble amyloid-like aggregates. To better understand the amino acid sequence features that promote conversion to stable, detergent-insoluble aggregates, we used the prediction algorithm PAPA to identify predicted aggregation-prone prion-like domains with a range of compositions. While almost all of the predicted aggregation-prone domains formed foci when expressed in cells, the ability to form the detergent-insoluble aggregates was highly correlated with glutamine/asparagine (Q/N) content, suggesting that high Q/N content may specifically promote conversion to the amyloid state in vivo. We then used this data set to examine cross-seeding between prion-like proteins. The prion protein Sup35 requires the presence of a second prion, [PIN+], to efficiently form prions, but this requirement can be circumvented by the expression of various Q/N-rich protein fragments. Interestingly, almost all of the Q/N-rich domains that formed SDS-insoluble aggregates were able to promote prion formation by Sup35, highlighting the highly promiscuous nature of these interactions.
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- Jenifer E Shattuck
- a Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology , Colorado State University , Fort Collins , CO , USA
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- a Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology , Colorado State University , Fort Collins , CO , USA
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- a Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology , Colorado State University , Fort Collins , CO , USA
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Song JG, Lee SH, Han HK. The stabilization of biopharmaceuticals: current understanding and future perspectives. JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICAL INVESTIGATION 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/s40005-017-0341-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Overexpression of the essential Sis1 chaperone reduces TDP-43 effects on toxicity and proteolysis. PLoS Genet 2017; 13:e1006805. [PMID: 28531192 PMCID: PMC5460882 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1006805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2016] [Revised: 06/06/2017] [Accepted: 05/05/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a devastating neurodegenerative disease characterized by selective loss of motor neurons with inclusions frequently containing the RNA/DNA binding protein TDP-43. Using a yeast model of ALS exhibiting TDP-43 dependent toxicity, we now show that TDP-43 overexpression dramatically alters cell shape and reduces ubiquitin dependent proteolysis of a reporter construct. Furthermore, we show that an excess of the Hsp40 chaperone, Sis1, reduced TDP-43’s effect on toxicity, cell shape and proteolysis. The strength of these effects was influenced by the presence of the endogenous yeast prion, [PIN+]. Although overexpression of Sis1 altered the TDP-43 aggregation pattern, we did not detect physical association of Sis1 with TDP-43, suggesting the possibility of indirect effects on TDP-43 aggregation. Furthermore, overexpression of the mammalian Sis1 homologue, DNAJB1, relieves TDP-43 mediated toxicity in primary rodent cortical neurons, suggesting that Sis1 and its homologues may have neuroprotective effects in ALS. Many neurodegenerative diseases are associated with aggregation of specific proteins. Thus we are interested in factors that influence the aggregation and how the aggregated proteins are associated with pathology. Here, we study a protein called TDP-43 that is frequently aggregated in the neurons of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). TDP-43 aggregates and is toxic when expressed in yeast, providing a useful model for ALS. Remarkably, a protein that modified TDP-43 toxicity in yeast successfully predicted a new ALS susceptibility gene in humans. We now report a new modifier of TDP-43 toxicity, Sis1. We show that expression of TDP-43 in yeast inhibits degradation of damaged protein, while overexpression of Sis1 restores degradation. Thus suggests a link between protein degradation and TDP-43 toxicity. Furthermore we show that a mammalian protein similar to Sis1 reduces TDP-43 toxicity in primary rodent neurons. This identifies the mammalian Sis1-like gene as a new ALS therapeutic target and possible susceptibility gene.
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Amyloids and amyloid-based prions are self-perpetuating protein aggregates which can spread by converting a normal protein of the same sequence into a prion form. They are associated with diseases in humans and mammals, and control heritable traits in yeast and other fungi. Some amyloids are implicated in biologically beneficial processes. As prion formation generates reproducible memory of a conformational change, prions can be considered as molecular memory devices. We have demonstrated that in yeast, stress-inducible cytoskeleton-associated protein Lsb2 forms a metastable prion in response to high temperature. This prion promotes conversion of other proteins into prions and can persist in a fraction of cells for a significant number of cell generations after stress, thus maintaining the memory of stress in a population of surviving cells. Acquisition of an amino acid substitution required for Lsb2 to form a prion coincides with acquisition of increased thermotolerance in the evolution of Saccharomyces yeast. Thus the ability to form an Lsb2 prion in response to stress coincides with yeast adaptation to growth at higher temperatures. These findings intimately connect prion formation to the cellular response to environmental stresses.
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- Tatiana A Chernova
- a Department of Biochemistry , Emory University School of Medicine , Atlanta , GA , USA
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- b School of Biological Sciences , Georgia Institute of Technology , Atlanta , GA , USA.,c Laboratory of Amyloid Biology and Institute of Translational Biomedicine , St. Petersburg State University , St. Petersburg , Russia
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- a Department of Biochemistry , Emory University School of Medicine , Atlanta , GA , USA
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Hsp104 disaggregase at normal levels cures many [ PSI+] prion variants in a process promoted by Sti1p, Hsp90, and Sis1p. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2017; 114:E4193-E4202. [PMID: 28484020 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1704016114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Overproduction or deficiency of many chaperones and other cellular components cure the yeast prions [PSI+] (formed by Sup35p) or [URE3] (based on Ure2p). However, at normal expression levels, Btn2p and Cur1p eliminate most newly arising [URE3] variants but do not cure [PSI+], even after overexpression. Deficiency or overproduction of Hsp104 cures the [PSI+] prion. Hsp104 deficiency curing is a result of failure to cleave the Sup35p amyloid filaments to make new seeds, whereas Hsp104 overproduction curing occurs by a different mechanism. Hsp104(T160M) can propagate [PSI+], but cannot cure it by overproduction, thus separating filament cleavage from curing activities. Here we show that most [PSI+] variants arising spontaneously in an hsp104(T160M) strain are cured by restoration of just normal levels of the WT Hsp104. Both strong and weak [PSI+] variants are among those cured by this process. This normal-level Hsp104 curing is promoted by Sti1p, Hsp90, and Sis1p, proteins previously implicated in the Hsp104 overproduction curing of [PSI+]. The [PSI+] prion arises in hsp104(T160M) cells at more than 10-fold the frequency in WT cells. The curing activity of Hsp104 thus constitutes an antiprion system, culling many variants of the [PSI+] prion at normal Hsp104 levels.
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Effects of Mutations on the Aggregation Propensity of the Human Prion-Like Protein hnRNPA2B1. Mol Cell Biol 2017; 37:MCB.00652-16. [PMID: 28137911 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.00652-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2016] [Accepted: 01/19/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Hundreds of human proteins contain prion-like domains, which are a subset of low-complexity domains with high amino acid compositional similarity to yeast prion domains. A recently characterized mutation in the prion-like domain of the human heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein hnRNPA2B1 increases the aggregation propensity of the protein and causes multisystem proteinopathy. The mutant protein forms cytoplasmic inclusions when expressed in Drosophila, the mutation accelerates aggregation in vitro, and the mutant prion-like domain can substitute for a portion of a yeast prion domain in supporting prion activity. To examine the relationship between amino acid sequence and aggregation propensity, we made a diverse set of point mutations in the hnRNPA2B1 prion-like domain. We found that the effects on prion formation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and aggregation in vitro could be predicted entirely based on amino acid composition. However, composition was an imperfect predictor of inclusion formation in Drosophila; while most mutations showed similar behaviors in yeast, in vitro, and in Drosophila, a few showed anomalous behavior. Collectively, these results demonstrate the significant progress that has been made in predicting the effects of mutations on intrinsic aggregation propensity while also highlighting the challenges of predicting the effects of mutations in more complex organisms.
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Sharma J, Wisniewski BT, Paulson E, Obaoye JO, Merrill SJ, Manogaran AL. De novo [PSI +] prion formation involves multiple pathways to form infectious oligomers. Sci Rep 2017; 7:76. [PMID: 28250435 PMCID: PMC5427932 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-00135-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2016] [Accepted: 02/09/2017] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Prion and other neurodegenerative diseases are associated with misfolded protein assemblies called amyloid. Research has begun to uncover common mechanisms underlying transmission of amyloids, yet how amyloids form in vivo is still unclear. Here, we take advantage of the yeast prion, [PSI +], to uncover the early steps of amyloid formation in vivo. [PSI +] is the prion form of the Sup35 protein. While [PSI +] formation is quite rare, the prion can be greatly induced by overexpression of the prion domain of the Sup35 protein. This de novo induction of [PSI +] shows the appearance of fluorescent cytoplasmic rings when the prion domain is fused with GFP. Our current work shows that de novo induction is more complex than previously thought. Using 4D live cell imaging, we observed that fluorescent structures are formed by four different pathways to yield [PSI +] cells. Biochemical analysis of de novo induced cultures indicates that newly formed SDS resistant oligomers change in size over time and lysates made from de novo induced cultures are able to convert [psi -] cells to [PSI +] cells. Taken together, our findings suggest that newly formed prion oligomers are infectious.
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- Jaya Sharma
- Department of Biological Sciences, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, 53201, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, 53201, USA
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- Department of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, 53201, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, 53201, USA
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- Department of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, 53201, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, 53201, USA.
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Antonets KS, Sargsyan HM, Nizhnikov AA. A Glutamine/Asparagine-Rich Fragment of Gln3, but not the Full-Length Protein, Aggregates in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. BIOCHEMISTRY (MOSCOW) 2017; 81:407-13. [PMID: 27293098 DOI: 10.1134/s0006297916040118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The amino acid sequence of protein Gln3 in yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae has a region enriched with Gln (Q) and Asn (N) residues. In this study, we analyzed the effects of overexpression of Gln3 and its Q/N-rich fragment fused with yellow fluorescent protein (YFP). Being overexpressed, full-length Gln3-YFP does not form aggregates, inhibits vegetative growth, and demonstrates nuclear localization, while the Q/N-rich fragment (Gln3QN) fused with YFP forms aggregates that do not colocalize with the nucleus and do not affect growth of the cells. Although detergent-resistant aggregates of Gln3QN are formed in the absence of yeast prions, the aggregation of Gln3QN significantly increases in the presence of [PIN(+)] prion, while in the presence of two prions, [PSI(+)] and [PIN(+)], the percentage of cells with Gln3QN aggregates is significantly lower than in the strain bearing only [PIN(+)]. Data on colocalization demonstrate that this effect is mediated by interaction between Gln3QN aggregates and [PSI(+)] and [PIN(+)] prions.
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- K S Antonets
- St. Petersburg State University, Department of Genetics and Biotechnology, St. Petersburg, 199034, Russia.
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