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Eggbauer B, Schrittwieser JH, Kerschbaumer B, Macheroux P, Kroutil W. Regioselective Biocatalytic C4-Prenylation of Unprotected Tryptophan Derivatives. Chembiochem 2022; 23:e202200311. [PMID: 35770709 PMCID: PMC9540666 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.202200311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2022] [Revised: 06/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Regioselective carbon−carbon bond formation belongs to the challenging tasks in organic synthesis. In this context, C−C bond formation catalyzed by 4‐dimethylallyltryptophan synthases (4‐DMATSs) represents a possible tool to regioselectively synthesize C4‐prenylated indole derivatives without site‐specific preactivation and circumventing the need of protection groups as used in chemical synthetic approaches. In this study, a toolbox of 4‐DMATSs to produce a set of 4‐dimethylallyl tryptophan and indole derivatives was identified. Using three wild‐type enzymes as well as variants, various C5‐substituted tryptophan derivatives as well as N‐methyl tryptophan were successfully prenylated with conversions up to 90 %. Even truncated tryptophan derivatives like tryptamine and 3‐indole propanoic acid were regioselectively prenylated in position C4. The acceptance of C5‐substituted tryptophan derivatives was improved up to 5‐fold by generating variants (e. g. T108S). The feasibility of semi‐preparative prenylation of selected tryptophan derivatives was successfully demonstrated on 100 mg scale at 15 mM substrate concentration, allowing to reduce the previously published multistep chemical synthetic sequence to just a single step.
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- Bettina Eggbauer
- University of Graz: Karl-Franzens-Universitat Graz, Chemistry, AUSTRIA
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- University of Graz: Karl-Franzens-Universitat Graz, Institute of Chemistry, Heinrichstrasse 28, 8010, Graz, AUSTRIA
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Denby KJ, Iwig J, Bisson C, Westwood J, Rolfe MD, Sedelnikova SE, Higgins K, Maroney MJ, Baker PJ, Chivers PT, Green J. The mechanism of a formaldehyde-sensing transcriptional regulator. Sci Rep 2016; 6:38879. [PMID: 27934966 PMCID: PMC5146963 DOI: 10.1038/srep38879] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2016] [Accepted: 11/15/2016] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Most organisms are exposed to the genotoxic chemical formaldehyde, either from endogenous or environmental sources. Therefore, biology has evolved systems to perceive and detoxify formaldehyde. The frmRA(B) operon that is present in many bacteria represents one such system. The FrmR protein is a transcriptional repressor that is specifically inactivated in the presence of formaldehyde, permitting expression of the formaldehyde detoxification machinery (FrmA and FrmB, when the latter is present). The X-ray structure of the formaldehyde-treated Escherichia coli FrmR (EcFrmR) protein reveals the formation of methylene bridges that link adjacent Pro2 and Cys35 residues in the EcFrmR tetramer. Methylene bridge formation has profound effects on the pattern of surface charge of EcFrmR and combined with biochemical/biophysical data suggests a mechanistic model for formaldehyde-sensing and derepression of frmRA(B) expression in numerous bacterial species.
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- Katie J Denby
- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA.,Departments of Biosciences and Chemistry, Durham University, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK
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Karasulu B, Thiel W. Amine Oxidation Mediated by N-Methyltryptophan Oxidase: Computational Insights into the Mechanism, Role of Active-Site Residues, and Covalent Flavin Binding. ACS Catal 2015. [DOI: 10.1021/cs501694q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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- Bora Karasulu
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz
1, 45470 Mülheim, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz
1, 45470 Mülheim, Germany
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Rapid method using two microbial enzymes for detection of L-abrine in food as a marker for the toxic protein abrin. Appl Environ Microbiol 2014; 81:1610-5. [PMID: 25527549 DOI: 10.1128/aem.03492-14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Abrin is a toxic protein produced by the ornamental plant Abrus precatorius, and it is of concern as a biothreat agent. The small coextracting molecule N-methyl-l-tryptophan (l-abrine) is specific to members of the genus Abrus and thus can be used as a marker for the presence or ingestion of abrin. Current methods for the detection of abrin or l-abrine in foods and other matrices require complex sample preparation and expensive instrumentation. To develop a fast and portable method for the detection of l-abrine in beverages and foods, the Escherichia coli proteins N-methyltryptophan oxidase (MTOX) and tryptophanase were expressed and purified. The two enzymes jointly degraded l-abrine to products that included ammonia and indole, and colorimetric assays for the detection of those analytes in beverage and food samples were evaluated. An indole assay using a modified version of Ehrlich's/Kovac's reagent was more sensitive and less subject to negative interferences from components in the samples than the Berthelot ammonia assay. The two enzymes were added into food and beverage samples spiked with l-abrine, and indole was detected as a degradation product, with the visual lower detection limit being 2.5 to 10.0 μM (∼0.6 to 2.2 ppm) l-abrine in the samples tested. Results could be obtained in as little as 15 min. Sample preparation was limited to pH adjustment of some samples. Visual detection was found to be about as sensitive as detection with a spectrophotometer, especially in milk-based matrices.
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Ilari A, Bonamore A, Franceschini S, Fiorillo A, Boffi A, Colotti G. The X-ray structure of N-methyltryptophan oxidase reveals the structural determinants of substrate specificity. Proteins 2008; 71:2065-75. [PMID: 18186483 DOI: 10.1002/prot.21898] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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The X-ray structure of monomeric N-methyltryptophan oxidase from Escherichia coli (MTOX) has been solved at 3.2 A resolution by molecular replacement methods using Bacillus sp. sarcosine oxidase structure (MSOX, 43% sequence identity) as search model. The analysis of the substrate binding site highlights the structural determinants that favour the accommodation of the bulky N-methyltryptophan residue in MTOX. In fact, although the nature and geometry of the catalytic residues within the first contact shell of the FAD moiety appear to be virtually superposable in MTOX and MSOX, the presence of a Thr residue in position 239 in MTOX (Met245 in MSOX) located at the entrance of the active site appears to play a key role for the recognition of the amino acid substrate side chain. Accordingly, a 15 fold increase in k(cat) and 100 fold decrease in K(m) for sarcosine as substrate has been achieved in MTOX upon T239M mutation, with a concomitant three-fold decrease in activity towards N-methyltryptophan. These data provide clear evidence for the presence of a catalytic core, common to the members of the methylaminoacid oxidase subfamily, and of a side chain recognition pocket, located at the entrance of the active site, that can be adjusted to host diverse aminoacids in the different enzyme species. The site involved in the covalent attachment of flavin has also been addressed by screening degenerate mutants in the relevant positions around Cys308-FAD linkage. Lys341 appears to be the key residue involved in flavin incorporation and covalent linkage.
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- Andrea Ilari
- Institute of Molecular Biology and Pathology, C.N.R., Rome, Italy
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The higher affinity of Cd(2+) for sulfur compounds than for nitrogen and oxygen led to the theoretical consideration that cadmium toxicity should result mainly from the binding of Cd(2+) to sulfide, thiol groups, and sulfur-rich complex compounds rather than from Cd(2+) replacement of transition-metal cations from nitrogen- or oxygen-rich biological compounds. This hypothesis was tested by using Escherichia coli for a global transcriptome analysis of cells synthesizing glutathione (GSH; wild type), gamma-glutamylcysteine (DeltagshB mutant), or neither of the two cellular thiols (DeltagshA mutant). The resulting data, some of which were validated by quantitative reverse transcription-PCR, were sorted using the KEGG (Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes) orthology system, which groups genes hierarchically with respect to the cellular functions of their respective products. The main difference among the three strains concerned tryptophan biosynthesis, which was up-regulated in wild-type cells upon cadmium shock and strongly up-regulated in DeltagshA cells but repressed in DeltagshB cells containing gamma-glutamylcysteine instead of GSH. Overall, however, all three E. coli strains responded to cadmium shock similarly, with the up-regulation of genes involved in protein, disulfide bond, and oxidative damage repair; cysteine and iron-sulfur cluster biosynthesis; the production of proteins containing sensitive iron-sulfur clusters; the storage of iron; and the detoxification of Cd(2+) by efflux. General energy conservation pathways and iron uptake were down-regulated. These findings indicated that the toxic action of Cd(2+) indeed results from the binding of the metal cation to sulfur, lending support to the hypothesis tested.
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Ralph EC, Hirschi JS, Anderson MA, Cleland WW, Singleton DA, Fitzpatrick PF. Insights into the mechanism of flavoprotein-catalyzed amine oxidation from nitrogen isotope effects on the reaction of N-methyltryptophan oxidase. Biochemistry 2007; 46:7655-64. [PMID: 17542620 PMCID: PMC2041825 DOI: 10.1021/bi700482h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The mechanism of N-methyltryptophan oxidase, a flavin-dependent amine oxidase from Escherichia coli, was studied using a combination of kinetic isotope effects and theoretical calculations. The 15(kcat/Km) kinetic isotope effect for sarcosine oxidation is pH-dependent with a limiting value of 0.994-0.995 at high pH. Density functional theory calculations on model systems were used to interpret these isotope effects. The isotope effects are inconsistent with proposed mechanisms involving covalent amine-flavin adducts but cannot by themselves conclusively distinguish between some discrete electron-transfer mechanisms and a direct hydride-transfer mechanism, although the latter mechanism is more consistent with the energetics of the reaction.
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- Erik C. Ralph
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station TX 77843-2128
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- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station TX 77843-2128
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- Institute for Enzyme Research and Department of Biochemistry University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
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- Institute for Enzyme Research and Department of Biochemistry University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
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- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station TX 77843-2128
- *Corresponding authors. D.A.S.: phone, 979-845-9166; fax 979-845-0653; e-mail, . P.F.F.: phone, 979-845-5487; fax 979-845-4946; e-mail,
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station TX 77843-2128
- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station TX 77843-2128
- *Corresponding authors. D.A.S.: phone, 979-845-9166; fax 979-845-0653; e-mail, . P.F.F.: phone, 979-845-5487; fax 979-845-4946; e-mail,
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Hynson RMG, Mathews FS, Jorns MS. Identification of a stable flavin-thiolate adduct in heterotetrameric sarcosine oxidase. J Mol Biol 2006; 362:656-63. [PMID: 16934831 PMCID: PMC1635972 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2006.07.053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2006] [Revised: 07/17/2006] [Accepted: 07/24/2006] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Heterotetrameric sarcosine oxidase (TSOX) is a complex bifunctional flavoenzyme that contains two flavins. Most of the FMN in recombinant TSOX is present as a covalent adduct with an endogenous ligand. Enzyme denaturation disrupts the adduct, accompanied by release of a stoichiometric amount of sulfide. Enzyme containing>or=90% unmodified FMN is prepared by displacement of the endogenous ligand with sulfite, a less tightly bound competing ligand. Reaction of adduct-depleted TSOX with sodium sulfide produces a stable complex that resembles the endogenous TSOX adduct and known 4a-S-cysteinyl flavin adducts. The results provide definitive evidence for sulfide as the endogenous TSOX ligand and strongly suggest that the modified FMN is a 4a-sulfide adduct. A comparable reaction with sodium sulfide is not detected with other flavoprotein oxidases. A model of the postulated TSOX adduct suggests that it is stabilized by nearby residues that may be important in the electron transferase/oxidase function of the coenzyme.
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- Robert M. G. Hynson
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19102
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19102
- Address correspondence to: Marilyn S. Jorns, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19102 USA. Phone: (215) 762-7495 FAX: (215) 762-4452. E-mail:
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Ralph EC, Fitzpatrick PF. pH and kinetic isotope effects on sarcosine oxidation by N-methyltryptophan oxidase. Biochemistry 2005; 44:3074-81. [PMID: 15723552 PMCID: PMC1752209 DOI: 10.1021/bi047716h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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N-Methyltryptophan oxidase (MTOX), a flavoenzyme from Escherichia coli, catalyzes the oxidative demethylation of secondary amino acids such as N-methyltryptophan or N-methylglycine (sarcosine). MTOX is one of several flavin-dependent amine oxidases whose chemical mechanism is still debated. The kinetic properties of MTOX with the slow substrate sarcosine were determined. Initial rate data are well-described by the equation for a ping-pong kinetic mechanism, in that the V/K(O)()2 value is independent of the sarcosine concentration at all accessible concentrations of oxygen. The k(cat)/K(sarc) pH profile is bell-shaped, with pK(a) values of 8.8 and about 10; the latter value matches the pK(a) value of the substrate nitrogen. The k(cat) pH profile exhibits a single pK(a) value of 9.1 for a group that must be unprotonated for catalysis. There is no significant solvent isotope effect on the k(cat)/K(sarc) value. With N-methyl-(2)H(3)-glycine as the substrate, there is a pH-independent kinetic isotope effect on k(cat), k(cat)/K(sarc), and the rate constant for flavin reduction, with an average value of 7.2. Stopped-flow spectroscopy with both the protiated and deuterated substrate failed to detect any intermediates between the enzyme-substrate complex and the fully reduced enzyme. These results are used to evaluate proposed chemical mechanisms.
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- Erik C Ralph
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-2128, USA
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Hassan-Abdallah A, Zhao G, Eschenbrenner M, Chen ZW, Mathews FS, Jorns MS. Cloning, expression and crystallization of heterotetrameric sarcosine oxidase from Pseudomonas maltophilia. Protein Expr Purif 2005; 43:33-43. [PMID: 15922624 PMCID: PMC1993822 DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2005.03.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2005] [Revised: 03/07/2005] [Accepted: 03/09/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Heterotetrameric sarcosine oxidase (TSOX) is a complex bifunctional enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of the methyl group in sarcosine (N-methylglycine) and transfer of the oxidized methyl group into the one-carbon metabolic pool. In addition to four different subunits, TSOX contains three coenzymes (FAD, FMN, and NAD) and a binding site for tetrahydrofolate, the coenzyme acceptor of the oxidized methyl group from sarcosine. Based on preliminary success in crystallization of the natural enzyme, the genes encoding the subunits for TSOX from Pseudomonas maltophilia (pTSOX) were cloned by functional screening of a genomic library. Recombinant enzyme exhibiting the same specific activity as natural pTSOX could not be isolated using a similar or identical purification procedure. This difficulty was overcome by affinity purification of recombinant pTSOX containing a C-terminal (His)(6) tag on the subunit (gamma) encoded by soxG, the gene located at the 3' end of the pTSOX operon. Affinity-purified pTSOX could not be crystallized, a problem traced to microheterogeneity in the recombinant enzyme where about half of the FMN is present in a modified form that is not found in the natural enzyme and may be a biosynthetic intermediate. The modified flavin was eliminated by expression of the recombinant enzyme in the presence of sarcosine, the same reagent used to induce expression of the natural enzyme. Homogenous recombinant pTSOX was isolated from cells grown in the presence of sarcosine by chromatography on affinity and hydrophobic interaction matrices. High quality crystals that diffract to 1.85 A resolution have been obtained.
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- Drexel University College of Medicine
- *To whom requests for reprints should be addressed. Phone: (215) 762-7495 FAX: (215), 762-4452, E-mail:
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Rizos D, Gutiérrez-Adán A, Pérez-Garnelo S, De La Fuente J, Boland MP, Lonergan P. Bovine embryo culture in the presence or absence of serum: implications for blastocyst development, cryotolerance, and messenger RNA expression. Biol Reprod 2003; 68:236-43. [PMID: 12493719 DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.102.007799] [Citation(s) in RCA: 359] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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We have previously shown that, while the intrinsic quality of the oocyte is the main factor affecting blastocyst yield during bovine embryo development in vitro, the main factor affecting the quality of the blastocyst is the postfertilization culture conditions. Therefore, any improvement in the quality of blastocysts produced in vitro is likely to derive from the modification of the postfertilization culture conditions. The objective of this study was to examine the effect of the presence or absence of serum and the concentration of BSA during the period of embryo culture in vitro on 1) cleavage rate, 2) the kinetics of embryo development, 3) blastocyst yield, and 4) blastocyst quality, as assessed by cryotolerance and gene expression patterns. The quantification of all gene transcripts was carried out by real-time quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction. Bovine blastocysts from four sources were used: 1) in vitro culture in synthetic oviduct fluid (SOF) supplemented with 3 mg/ml BSA and 10% fetal calf serum (FCS), 2) in vitro culture in SOF + 3 mg/ml BSA in the absence of serum, 3) in vitro culture in SOF + 16 mg/ml BSA in the absence of serum, and 4) in vivo blastocysts. There was no difference in overall blastocyst yield at Day 9 between the groups. However, significantly more blastocysts were present by Day 6 in the presence of 10% serum (20.0%) compared with 3 mg/ml BSA (4.6%, P < 0.001) or 16 mg/ml BSA (11.6%, P < 0.01). By Day 7, however, this difference had disappeared. Following vitrification, there was no difference in survival between blastocysts produced in the presence of 16 mg/ml BSA or those produced in the presence of 10% FCS; the survival of both groups was significantly lower than the in vivo controls at all time points and in terms of hatching rate. In contrast, survival of blastocysts produced in SOF + 3 mg/ml BSA in the absence of serum was intermediate, with no difference remaining at 72 h when compared with in vivo embryos. Differences in relative mRNA abundance among the two groups of blastocysts analyzed were found for genes related to apoptosis (Bax), oxidative stress (MnSOD, CuZnSOD, and SOX), communication through gap junctions (Cx31 and Cx43), maternal recognition of pregnancy (IFN-tau), and differentiation and implantation (LIF and LR-beta). The presence of serum during the culture period resulted in a significant increase in the level of expression of MnSOD, SOX, Bax, LIF, and LR-beta. The level of expression of Cx31 and Cu/ZnSOD also tended to be increased, although the difference was not significant. In contrast, the level of expression of Cx43 and IFN-tau was decreased in the presence of serum. In conclusion, using a combination of measures of developmental competence (cleavage and blastocyst rates) and qualitative measures such as cryotolerance and relative mRNA abundance to give a more complete picture of the consequences of modifying medium composition on the embryo, we have shown that conditions of postfertilization culture, in particular, the presence of serum in the medium, can affect the speed of embryo development and the quality of the resulting blastocysts. The reduced cryotolerance of blastocysts generated in the presence of serum is accompanied by deviations in the relative abundance of developmentally important gene transcripts. Omission of serum during the postfertilization culture period can significantly improve the cryotolerance of the blastocysts to a level intermediate between serum-generated blastocysts and those derived in vivo. The challenge now is to try and bridge this gap.
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- D Rizos
- Department of Animal Science and Production, University College Dublin, Lyons Research Farm, Newcastle, County Dublin, Ireland
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Rizos D, Lonergan P, Boland MP, Arroyo-García R, Pintado B, de la Fuente J, Gutiérrez-Adán A. Analysis of differential messenger RNA expression between bovine blastocysts produced in different culture systems: implications for blastocyst quality. Biol Reprod 2002; 66:589-95. [PMID: 11870062 DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod66.3.589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 260] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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Using reverse transcriptase-amplified fragment length polymorphism (RT-AFLP) analysis of differential mRNA expression and semiquantitative reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction, we compared mRNA expression in bovine blastocysts from 4 sources, known to differ in quality in terms of their ability to withstand cryopreservation: 1) in vitro culture in synthetic oviduct fluid of in vitro-matured (IVM)/in vitro fertilized (IVF) zygotes; 2) in vitro culture in TCM-199 supplemented with granulosa cells (coculture) of IVM/IVF zygotes; 3) in vivo culture in the ewe oviduct of IVM/IVF zygotes; or 4) superovulation, artificial insemination, and nonsurgical embryo recovery. Total mRNA was isolated from pools of blastocysts and reverse transcription was performed. Triplicate reactions from each sample were displayed, and only consistent banding variations were recorded. Using AFLP-differential display assay, we found that cDNA banding patterns are highly conserved between the 4 groups of blastocysts studied; however, there was a difference of 7% in bands either missing or expressed across the groups. Fifty bands were reamplified, and a sequence comparison search revealed similarity of 14 isolated fragments to ribosomal and mitochondrial genes, 16 matched to described cDNA, and 20 corresponded to unknown sequences that may represent novel genes. The study of 7 differentially expressed mRNAs known to be involved in developmental process in the embryo suggests roles for apoptosis, oxidative stress, gap junctions, and differentiation in the determination of embryo quality. The aberrant transcription patterns detected in in vitro-produced bovine embryos compared with those produced in vivo may explain their reduced quality in terms of viability after cryopreservation.
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- D Rizos
- Department of Animal Science and Production, University College Dublin, Lyons Research Farm, Newcastle, County Dublin, Ireland
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Trickey P, Wagner MA, Jorns MS, Mathews FS. Monomeric sarcosine oxidase: structure of a covalently flavinylated amine oxidizing enzyme. Structure 1999; 7:331-45. [PMID: 10368302 DOI: 10.1016/s0969-2126(99)80043-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND Monomeric sarcosine oxidases (MSOXs) are among the simplest members of a recently recognized family of eukaryotic and prokaryotic enzymes that catalyze similar oxidative reactions with various secondary or tertiary amino acids and contain covalently bound flavins. Other members of this family include heterotetrameric sarcosine oxidase, N-methyltryptophan oxidase and pipecolate oxidase. Mammalian sarcosine dehydrogenase and dimethylglycine dehydrogenase may be more distantly related family members. RESULTS The X-ray crystal structure of MSOX from Bacillus sp. B-0618, expressed in Escherichia coli, has been solved at 2.0 A resolution by multiwavelength anomalous dispersion (MAD) from crystals of the selenomethionine-substituted enzyme. Fourteen selenium sites, belonging to two MSOX molecules in the asymmetric unit, were used for MAD phasing and to define the local twofold symmetry axis for electron-density averaging. The structures of the native enzyme and of two enzyme-inhibitor complexes were also determined. CONCLUSIONS MSOX is a two-domain protein with an overall topology most similar to that of D-amino acid oxidase, with which it shares 14% sequence identity. The flavin ring is located in a very basic environment, making contact with sidechains of arginine, lysine, histidine and the N-terminal end of a helix dipole. The flavin is covalently attached through an 8alpha-S-cysteinyl linkage to Cys315 of the catalytic domain. Covalent attachment is probably self-catalyzed through interactions with the positive sidechains and the helix dipole. Substrate binding is probably stabilized by hydrogen bonds between the substrate carboxylate and two basic sidechains, Arg52 and Lys348, located above the re face of the flavin ring.
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- P Trickey
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 S. Euclid Ave, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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This map is an update of the edition 9 map by Berlyn et al. (M. K. B. Berlyn, K. B. Low, and K. E. Rudd, p. 1715-1902, in F. C. Neidhardt et al., ed., Escherichia coli and Salmonella: cellular and molecular biology, 2nd ed., vol. 2, 1996). It uses coordinates established by the completed sequence, expressed as 100 minutes for the entire circular map, and adds new genes discovered and established since 1996 and eliminates those shown to correspond to other known genes. The latter are included as synonyms. An alphabetical list of genes showing map location, synonyms, the protein or RNA product of the gene, phenotypes of mutants, and reference citations is provided. In addition to genes known to correspond to gene sequences, other genes, often older, that are described by phenotype and older mapping techniques and that have not been correlated with sequences are included.
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- M K Berlyn
- Department of Biology and School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8104, USA.
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Ichikawa T, Sasaki H, Koike H, Nishiyama M, Koyama Y, Tanokura M. Crystallization and preliminary crystallographic analysis of the sarcosine oxidase from Bacillus sp. NS-129. J Struct Biol 1997; 120:109-11. [PMID: 9356299 DOI: 10.1006/jsbi.1997.3906] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
Abstract
The sarcosine oxidase from Bacillus sp. NS-129 has been crystallized by vapor diffusion using ammonium sulfate as precipitant. The tetragonal crystals have P4(1)2(1)2 (or P4(3)2(1)2) symmetry with a = b = 177.0 and c = 72.6 A. The crystals probably contain two sarcosine oxidase molecules per asymmetric unit and diffract to at least 2.7 A resolution.
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Affiliation(s)
- T Ichikawa
- Biotechnology Research Center, University of Tokyo, Japan
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