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Kono Y, Sugaya T, Yasudome H, Ogiso H, Ogawara KI. Preparation of stable and monodisperse paclitaxel-loaded bovine serum albumin nanoparticles via intermolecular disulfide crosslinking. Biochem Biophys Rep 2024; 38:101713. [PMID: 38681670 PMCID: PMC11047288 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrep.2024.101713] [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: 03/12/2024] [Revised: 04/11/2024] [Accepted: 04/13/2024] [Indexed: 05/01/2024] Open
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Paclitaxel (PTX) is one of the most used anti-cancer drugs worldwide. Due to its insolubility in water, the clinically available liquid formulation of PTX contains Cremophor EL that is responsible for severe hypersensitivity. Albumin-based nanoparticles have emerged as a promising carrier for anti-cancer drugs because albumin nanoparticles have high capacity to not only load lipophilic drugs without solubilizer but also accumulate in tumor by both passive and active mechanisms. In this study, we attempted to prepare solvent-free formulation of PTX-loaded bovine serum albumin (BSA) nanoparticles with high stability, and the in vitro stability in serum were comparatively assessed between our PTX-loaded BSA nanoparticles and clinically used nanoparticulate albumin-bound PTX (Abraxane®). PTX-loaded BSA nanoparticles were prepared by intermolecular disulfide crosslinking. When BSA molecules were used without denaturation by guanidinium, the obtained BSA nanoparticles showed broad size distribution. On the other hand, the nanoparticles composed of denatured BSA by guanidinium had a uniform size around 100 nm. The PTX encapsulation efficiency of BSA nanoparticles were approximately 30-40 %. In addition, in vitro gel filtration analysis and dialysis study demonstrated that PTX-loaded BSA nanoparticles had higher colloidal stability and sustained PTX release property than Abraxane® in serum. These results suggest that BSA nanoparticles is a promising drug carrier for improving therapeutic efficacy of PTX and reducing its adverse effects.
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- Yusuke Kono
- Laboratory of Pharmaceutics, Kobe Pharmaceutical University, 4-19-1 Motoyamakita-machi, Higashinada-ku, Kobe, 658-8558, Japan
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- Laboratory of Pharmaceutics, Kobe Pharmaceutical University, 4-19-1 Motoyamakita-machi, Higashinada-ku, Kobe, 658-8558, Japan
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- Laboratory of Pharmaceutics, Kobe Pharmaceutical University, 4-19-1 Motoyamakita-machi, Higashinada-ku, Kobe, 658-8558, Japan
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- Toyama Prefectural Institute for Pharmaceutical Research, 17-1 Nakataikoyama, Imizu, 939-0363, Japan
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- Laboratory of Pharmaceutics, Kobe Pharmaceutical University, 4-19-1 Motoyamakita-machi, Higashinada-ku, Kobe, 658-8558, Japan
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Li X, Eyles SJ, Thompson LK. Hydrogen exchange of chemoreceptors in functional complexes suggests protein stabilization mediates long-range allosteric coupling. J Biol Chem 2019; 294:16062-16079. [PMID: 31506298 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra119.009865] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2019] [Revised: 09/08/2019] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Bacterial chemotaxis receptors form extended hexagonal arrays that integrate and amplify signals to control swimming behavior. Transmembrane signaling begins with a 2-Å ligand-induced displacement of an α helix in the periplasmic and transmembrane domains, but it is unknown how the cytoplasmic domain propagates the signal an additional 200 Å to control the kinase CheA bound to the membrane-distal tip of the receptor. The receptor cytoplasmic domain has previously been shown to be highly dynamic as both a cytoplasmic fragment (CF) and within the intact chemoreceptor; modulation of its dynamics is thought to play a key role in signal propagation. This hydrogen deuterium exchange-MS (HDX-MS) study of functional complexes of CF, CheA, and CheW bound to vesicles in native-like arrays reveals that the CF is well-ordered only in its protein interaction region where it binds CheA and CheW. We observe rapid exchange throughout the rest of the CF, with both uncorrelated (EX2) and correlated (EX1) exchange patterns, suggesting the receptor cytoplasmic domain retains disorder even within functional complexes. HDX rates are increased by inputs that favor the kinase-off state. We propose that chemoreceptors achieve long-range allosteric control of the kinase through a coupled equilibrium: CheA binding in a kinase-on conformation stabilizes the cytoplasmic domain, and signaling inputs that destabilize this domain (ligand binding and demethylation) disfavor CheA binding such that it loses key contacts and reverts to a kinase-off state. This study reveals the mechanistic role of an intrinsically disordered region of a transmembrane receptor in long-range allostery.
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- Xuni Li
- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003 .,Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003
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Ma G, He L, Jing J, Tan P, Huang Y, Zhou Y. Engineered Cross-Linking to Study the Pore Architecture of the CRAC Channel. Methods Mol Biol 2018; 1843:147-166. [PMID: 30203285 PMCID: PMC8935632 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-8704-7_13] [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] [Indexed: 05/13/2024]
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ORAI1 constitutes the pore-forming subunit of the calcium release-activated calcium (CRAC) channel, a prototypical store-operated channel that is essential for the activation of cells of the immune system. Here we describe a convenient yet powerful cross-linking approach to examine the pore architecture of CRAC channels using ORAI1 proteins engineered to contain one or two cysteine residues. The generalizable cross-linking in situ approach can also be readily extended to study other integral membrane proteins expressed in various types of cells.
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- Guolin Ma
- Center for Translational Cancer Research, Institute of Biosciences and Technology, College of Medicine, Texas A&M University, 2121 W. Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX, USA
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- Center for Translational Cancer Research, Institute of Biosciences and Technology, College of Medicine, Texas A&M University, 2121 W. Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX, USA
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- Center for Translational Cancer Research, Institute of Biosciences and Technology, College of Medicine, Texas A&M University, 2121 W. Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX, USA
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- Center for Translational Cancer Research, Institute of Biosciences and Technology, College of Medicine, Texas A&M University, 2121 W. Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX, USA
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- Center for Translational Cancer Research, Institute of Biosciences and Technology, College of Medicine, Texas A&M University, 2121 W. Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX, USA
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- Center for Translational Cancer Research, Institute of Biosciences and Technology, College of Medicine, Texas A&M University, 2121 W. Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX, USA.
- Department of Medical Physiology, College of Medicine, Texas A&M University, Temple, TX, USA.
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Hidaka K, Hojo K, Fujioka S, Nukuzuma S, Tsuda Y. Oligomerization of neutral peptides derived from the JC virus agnoprotein through a cysteine residue. Amino Acids 2015; 47:2205-13. [PMID: 25981823 DOI: 10.1007/s00726-015-2004-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2015] [Accepted: 05/05/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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The JC virus is the causative agent of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy. The viral genome encodes a multifunctional protein known as agnoprotein which is essential for viral proliferation and reported to possess the oligomerization sequence. However, the structural relationship with the oligomerization is unclear. We synthesized 23 amino acid residue neutral peptides derived from the JC virus agnoprotein, Lys22 to Asp44. The secondary structures of these peptides were β-sheet in aqueous buffer that converted to a helical structure in a hydrophobic environment. These peptides interestingly formed dimers and oligomers under oxidizing conditions. The oligomerization was facilitated by addition of bismaleimides and the derivative without thiol group did not form such oligomers. These results suggest that Agno(22-44) could be transmembrane and one disulfide bond between Cys40 triggers the oligomerization.
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- Koushi Hidaka
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kobe Gakuin University, 1-1-3 Minatojima, Chuo-ku, Kobe, 650-8586, Japan. .,Cooperative Research Center for Life Sciences, Kobe Gakuin University, Kobe, 650-8586, Japan.
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kobe Gakuin University, 1-1-3 Minatojima, Chuo-ku, Kobe, 650-8586, Japan.,Cooperative Research Center for Life Sciences, Kobe Gakuin University, Kobe, 650-8586, Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kobe Gakuin University, 1-1-3 Minatojima, Chuo-ku, Kobe, 650-8586, Japan
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Kobe Institute of Health, Kobe, 650-0046, Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kobe Gakuin University, 1-1-3 Minatojima, Chuo-ku, Kobe, 650-8586, Japan.,Cooperative Research Center for Life Sciences, Kobe Gakuin University, Kobe, 650-8586, Japan
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Briegel A, Ladinsky MS, Oikonomou C, Jones CW, Harris MJ, Fowler DJ, Chang YW, Thompson LK, Armitage JP, Jensen GJ. Structure of bacterial cytoplasmic chemoreceptor arrays and implications for chemotactic signaling. eLife 2014; 3:e02151. [PMID: 24668172 PMCID: PMC3964821 DOI: 10.7554/elife.02151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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Most motile bacteria sense and respond to their environment through a transmembrane chemoreceptor array whose structure and function have been well-studied, but many species also contain an additional cluster of chemoreceptors in their cytoplasm. Although the cytoplasmic cluster is essential for normal chemotaxis in some organisms, its structure and function remain unknown. Here we use electron cryotomography to image the cytoplasmic chemoreceptor cluster in Rhodobacter sphaeroides and Vibrio cholerae. We show that just like transmembrane arrays, cytoplasmic clusters contain trimers-of-receptor-dimers organized in 12-nm hexagonal arrays. In contrast to transmembrane arrays, however, cytoplasmic clusters comprise two CheA/CheW baseplates sandwiching two opposed receptor arrays. We further show that cytoplasmic fragments of normally transmembrane E. coli chemoreceptors form similar sandwiched structures in the presence of molecular crowding agents. Together these results suggest that the 12-nm hexagonal architecture is fundamentally important and that sandwiching and crowding can replace the stabilizing effect of the membrane. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.02151.001 Many bacteria swim through water by rotating tiny hair-like structures called flagella. In E. coli, if all the flagella on the surface of a bacterium rotate in a counterclockwise fashion, then it will swim in a particular direction, but if the flagella all rotate in an clockwise fashion, then the bacterium will stop swimming and start to tumble. Bacteria use a combination of swimming and tumbling in order to move towards or away from certain chemicals. For example, a bacterium is able to move towards a source of nutrients because it is constantly evaluating its environment and will swim forward for longer periods of time when it recognizes the concentration of the nutrient is increasing. And if it senses that the nutrient concentration is decreasing, it will tumble in an effort to move in a different direction. Many bacteria, such as E. coli, rely on proteins in their cell membrane called chemoreceptors to sense specific chemicals and then send signals that tell the flagella how to rotate. These transmembrane receptors and their role in chemotaxis—that is, movement towards or away from specific chemicals in the environment—have been widely studied. However, other bacteria also have chemoreceptors in the cytoplasm inside the bacterial cell, and much less is known about these. Now, Briegel et al. have examined the cytoplasmic chemoreceptors of two unrelated bacteria, R. sphaeroides and V. cholera, and found that the cytoplasmic chemoreceptors arrange themselves in hexagonal arrays, similar to the way that transmembrane chemoreceptors are arranged. However, the cytoplasmic chemoreceptors arrange themselves in a two-layer sandwich-like structure, whereas the transmembrane chemoreceptors are arranged in just one layer. The next step is to understand how chemical binding causes these arrays to send their signals to the motor. A complete understanding of this signaling system may ultimately allow scientists to re-engineer it to draw bacteria to targets of medical or environmental interest, such as cancer cells or contaminated soils. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.02151.002
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- Ariane Briegel
- Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States
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Cysteine residues impact the stability and micelle interaction dynamics of the human mitochondrial β-barrel anion channel hVDAC-2. PLoS One 2014; 9:e92183. [PMID: 24642864 PMCID: PMC3967697 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0092183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2013] [Accepted: 02/20/2014] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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The anti-apoptotic 19-stranded transmembrane human voltage dependent anion channel isoform 2 (hVDAC-2) β-barrel stability is crucial for anion transport in mitochondria. The role of the unusually high number of cysteine residues in this isoform is poorly understood. Using a Cys-less construct of hVDAC-2, we haveinvestigated the contribution of cysteines to channel function, barrel stability and its influence on the strength of protein-micelle interactions. We observe that despite the overall preservation in barrel structure upon cysteine mutation, subtle local variations in the mode of interaction of the barrel with its refolded micellar environment arise, which may manifest itself in the channel activity of both the proteins.Fluorescence measurements of the Trp residues in hVDAC-2 point to possible differences in the association of the barrel with lauryldimethylamine oxide (LDAO) micelles. Upon replacement of cysteines in hVDAC-2, our data suggests greater barrel rigidity by way of intra-protein interactions. This, in turn, lowers the equilibrium barrel thermodynamic parameters in LDAOby perturbingthe stability of the protein-micelle complex. In addition to this, we also find a difference in the cooperativity of unfolding upon increasing the LDAO concentration, implying the importance of micelle concentration and micelle-protein ratios on the stability of this barrel. Our results indicate that the nine cysteine residues of hVDAC-2 are the key in establishing strong(er) barrel interactions with its environment and also impart additional malleability to the barrel scaffold.
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Briegel A, Wong ML, Hodges HL, Oikonomou CM, Piasta KN, Harris MJ, Fowler DJ, Thompson LK, Falke JJ, Kiessling LL, Jensen GJ. New insights into bacterial chemoreceptor array structure and assembly from electron cryotomography. Biochemistry 2014; 53:1575-85. [PMID: 24580139 PMCID: PMC3985956 DOI: 10.1021/bi5000614] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Bacterial chemoreceptors cluster in highly ordered, cooperative, extended arrays with a conserved architecture, but the principles that govern array assembly remain unclear. Here we show images of cellular arrays as well as selected chemoreceptor complexes reconstituted in vitro that reveal new principles of array structure and assembly. First, in every case, receptors clustered in a trimers-of-dimers configuration, suggesting this is a highly favored fundamental building block. Second, these trimers-of-receptor dimers exhibited great versatility in the kinds of contacts they formed with each other and with other components of the signaling pathway, although only one architectural type occurred in native arrays. Third, the membrane, while it likely accelerates the formation of arrays, was neither necessary nor sufficient for lattice formation. Molecular crowding substituted for the stabilizing effect of the membrane and allowed cytoplasmic receptor fragments to form sandwiched lattices that strongly resemble the cytoplasmic chemoreceptor arrays found in some bacterial species. Finally, the effective determinant of array structure seemed to be CheA and CheW, which formed a "superlattice" of alternating CheA-filled and CheA-empty rings that linked receptor trimers-of-dimer units into their native hexagonal lattice. While concomitant overexpression of receptors, CheA, and CheW yielded arrays with native spacing, the CheA occupancy was lower and less ordered, suggesting that temporal and spatial coordination of gene expression driven by a single transcription factor may be vital for full order, or that array overgrowth may trigger a disassembly process. The results described here provide new insights into the assembly intermediates and assembly mechanism of this massive macromolecular complex.
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- Ariane Briegel
- Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology , 1200 East California Boulevard, Pasadena, California 91125, United States
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