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Varejão N, Reverter D. Using Intrinsic Fluorescence to Measure Protein Stability Upon Thermal and Chemical Denaturation. Methods Mol Biol 2023; 2581:229-241. [PMID: 36413321 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2784-6_16] [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] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
Abstract
Understanding how point mutations affect the performance of protein stability has been the focus of several studies all over the years. Intrinsic fluorescence is commonly used to follow protein unfolding since during denaturation, progressive redshifts on tryptophan fluorescence emission are observed. Since the unfolding process (achieved by chemical or physical denaturants) can be considered as two-state N➔D, it is possible to utilize the midpoint unfolding curves (fU = 50%) as a parameter to evaluate if the mutation destabilizes wild-type protein. The idea is to determine the [D]1/2 or Tm values from both wild type and mutant and calculate the difference between them. Positive values indicate the mutant is less stable than wild type.
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- Nathalia Varejão
- Institut de Biotecnologia i de Biomedicina (IBB) and Dept. de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain.
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- Institut de Biotecnologia i de Biomedicina (IBB) and Dept. de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain.
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Dores-Silva PR, Kiraly VTR, Moritz MNDO, Serrão VHB, Dos Passos PMS, Spagnol V, Teixeira FR, Gava LM, Cauvi DM, Ramos CHI, De Maio A, Borges JC. New insights on human Hsp70-escort protein 1: Chaperone activity, interaction with liposomes, cellular localizations and HSPA's self-assemblies remodeling. Int J Biol Macromol 2021; 182:772-784. [PMID: 33857516 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2021.04.048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2020] [Revised: 04/09/2021] [Accepted: 04/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The 70 kDa heat shock proteins (Hsp70) are prone to self-assembly under thermal stress conditions, forming supramolecular assemblies (SMA), what may have detrimental consequences for cellular viability. In mitochondria, the cochaperone Hsp70-escort protein 1 (Hep1) maintains mitochondrial Hsp70 (mtHsp70) in a soluble and functional state, contributing to preserving proteostasis. Here we investigated the interaction between human Hep1 (hHep1) and HSPA9 (human mtHsp70) or HSPA1A (Hsp70-1A) in monomeric and thermic SMA states to unveil further information about the involved mechanisms. hHep1 was capable of blocking the formation of HSPA SMAs under a thermic treatment and stimulated HSPA ATPase activity in both monomeric and preformed SMA. The interaction of hHep1 with both monomeric and SMA HSPAs displayed a stoichiometric ratio close to 1, suggesting that hHep1 has access to most protomers within the SMA. Interestingly, hHep1 remodeled HSPA9 and HSPA1A SMAs into smaller forms. Furthermore, hHep1 was detected in the mitochondria and nucleus of cells transfected with the respective coding DNA and interacted with liposomes resembling mitochondrial membranes. Altogether, these new features reinforce that hHep1 act as a "chaperone for a chaperone", which may play a critical role in cellular proteostasis.
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- Paulo Roberto Dores-Silva
- Sao Carlos Institute of Chemistry, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Carlos, SP, Brazil; Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, USA
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- Department of Genetics and Evolution, Federal University of Sao Carlos, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, USA
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- Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, USA; Center for Investigations of Health and Education Disparities, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, USA; Department of Neurosciences, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, USA
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- Sao Carlos Institute of Chemistry, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Carlos, SP, Brazil.
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Kiraly VTR, Dores-Silva PR, Serrão VHB, Cauvi DM, De Maio A, Borges JC. Thermal aggregates of human mortalin and Hsp70-1A behave as supramolecular assemblies. Int J Biol Macromol 2020; 146:320-331. [PMID: 31899237 PMCID: PMC7024674 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2019.12.236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2019] [Revised: 12/24/2019] [Accepted: 12/25/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The Hsp70 family of heat shock proteins plays a critical function in maintaining cellular homeostasis within various subcellular compartments. The human mitochondrial Hsp70 (HSPA9) has been associated with cellular death, senescence, cancer and neurodegenerative diseases, which is the rational for the name mortalin. It is well documented that mortalin, such as other Hsp70s, is prone to self-aggregation, which is related to mitochondria biogenesis failure. Here, we investigated the assembly, structure and function of thermic aggregates/oligomers of recombinant human mortalin and Hsp70-1A (HSPA1A). Summarily, both Hsp70 thermic aggregates have characteristics of supramolecular assemblies. They display characteristic organized structures and partial ATPase activity, despite their nanometric size. Indeed, we observed that the interaction of these aggregates/oligomers with liposomes is similar to monomeric Hsp70s and, finally, they were non-toxic over neuroblastoma cells. These findings revealed that high molecular mass oligomers of mortalin and Hsp70-1A preserved some of the fundamental functions of these proteins.
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- Vanessa T R Kiraly
- São Carlos Institute of Chemistry, University of São Paulo, São Carlos, SP, Brazil
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- São Carlos Institute of Chemistry, University of São Paulo, São Carlos, SP, Brazil; Department of Surgery, School of Medicine University of California, La Jolla, USA
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- Department Laboratory of Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Surgery, School of Medicine University of California, La Jolla, USA
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- Department of Surgery, School of Medicine University of California, La Jolla, USA; Center for Investigations of Health and Education Disparities, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, USA; Department of Neurosciences, School of Medicine, University of California, La Jolla, USA
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- São Carlos Institute of Chemistry, University of São Paulo, São Carlos, SP, Brazil.
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Moseng MA, Nix JC, Page RC. Biophysical Consequences of EVEN-PLUS Syndrome Mutations for the Function of Mortalin. J Phys Chem B 2019; 123:3383-3396. [PMID: 30933555 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.9b00071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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HSPA9, the gene coding for the mitochondrial chaperone mortalin, is involved in various cellular roles such as mitochondrial protein import, folding, degradation, Fe-S cluster biogenesis, mitochondrial homeostasis, and regulation of the antiapoptotic protein p53. Mutations in the HSPA9 gene, particularly within the region coding for the nucleotide-binding domain (NBD), cause the autosomal disorder known as EVEN-PLUS syndrome. The resulting mutants R126W and Y128C are located on the surface of the mortalin-NBD near the binding interface with the interdomain linker (IDL). We used differential scanning fluorimetry (DSF), biolayer interferometry, X-ray crystallography, ATP hydrolysis assays, and Rosetta docking simulations to study the structural and functional consequences of the EVEN-PLUS syndrome-associated R126W and Y128C mutations within the mortalin-NBD. These results indicate that the surface mutations R126W and Y128C have far-reaching effects that disrupt ATP hydrolysis, interdomain linker binding, and thermostability and increase the propensity for aggregation. The structural differences observed provide insight into how the conformations of mortalin differ from other heat shock protein 70 (Hsp70) homologues. Combined, our biophysical and structural studies contribute to the understanding of the molecular basis for how disease-associated mortalin mutations affect mortalin functionality and the pathogenesis of EVEN-PLUS syndrome.
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- Mitchell A Moseng
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , Miami University , Oxford , Ohio 45056 , United States
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- Molecular Biology Consortium, Beamline 4.2.2, Advanced Light Source , Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , Berkeley , California 94720 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , Miami University , Oxford , Ohio 45056 , United States
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Tiroli-Cepeda AO, Seraphim TV, Pinheiro GM, Souto DE, Kubota LT, Borges JC, Barbosa LR, Ramos CH. Studies on the effect of the J-domain on the substrate binding domain (SBD) of Hsp70 using a chimeric human J-SBD polypeptide. Int J Biol Macromol 2019; 124:111-120. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2018.11.130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2018] [Revised: 11/13/2018] [Accepted: 11/14/2018] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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In this Opinion article, we aim to address how cells adapt to stress and the repercussions chronic stress has on cellular function. We consider acute and chronic stress-induced changes at the cellular level, with a focus on a regulator of cellular stress, the chaperome, which is a protein assembly that encompasses molecular chaperones, co-chaperones and other co-factors. We discuss how the chaperome takes on distinct functions under conditions of stress that are executed in ways that differ from the one-on-one cyclic, dynamic functions exhibited by distinct molecular chaperones. We argue that through the formation of multimeric stable chaperome complexes, a state of chaperome hyperconnectivity, or networking, is gained. The role of these chaperome networks is to act as multimolecular scaffolds, a particularly important function in cancer, where they increase the efficacy and functional diversity of several cellular processes. We predict that these concepts will change how we develop and implement drugs targeting the chaperome to treat cancer.
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- Suhasini Joshi
- Chemical Biology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Chemical Biology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Chemical Biology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Chemical Biology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Chemical Biology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.
- Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.
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Wang H, Wang K, Xiao G, Ma J, Wang B, Shen S, Fu X, Zou G, Zou B. Molecular Mechanisms for High Hydrostatic Pressure-Induced Wing Mutagenesis in Drosophila melanogaster. Sci Rep 2015; 5:14965. [PMID: 26446369 PMCID: PMC4597337 DOI: 10.1038/srep14965] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2015] [Accepted: 09/14/2015] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Although High hydrostatic pressure (HHP) as an important physical and chemical tool has been increasingly applied to research of organism, the response mechanisms of organism to HHP have not been elucidated clearly thus far. To identify mutagenic mechanisms of HHP on organisms, here, we treated Drosophila melanogaster (D. melanogaster) eggs with HHP. Approximately 75% of the surviving flies showed significant morphological abnormalities from the egg to the adult stages compared with control flies (p < 0.05). Some eggs displayed abnormal chorionic appendages, some larvae were large and red, and some adult flies showed wing abnormalities. Abnormal wing phenotypes of D. melanogaster induced by HHP were used to investigate the mutagenic mechanisms of HHP on organism. Thus 285 differentially expressed genes associated with wing mutations were identified using Affymetrix Drosophila Genome Array 2.0 and verified with RT-PCR. We also compared wing development-related central genes in the mutant flies with control flies using DNA sequencing to show two point mutations in the vestigial (vg) gene. This study revealed the mutagenic mechanisms of HHP-induced mutagenesis in D. melanogaster and provided a new model for the study of evolution on organisms.
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- Hua Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, P. R. China.,College of Life Science, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, P. R. China
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- College of Life Science, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, P. R. China
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- College of Life Science, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, P. R. China
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- College of Life Science, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, P. R. China
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- College of Life Science, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, P. R. China
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Dores-Silva PR, Barbosa LRS, Ramos CHI, Borges JC. Human mitochondrial Hsp70 (mortalin): shedding light on ATPase activity, interaction with adenosine nucleotides, solution structure and domain organization. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0117170. [PMID: 25615450 PMCID: PMC4304843 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0117170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2014] [Accepted: 12/19/2014] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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The human mitochondrial Hsp70, also called mortalin, is of considerable importance for mitochondria biogenesis and the correct functioning of the cell machinery. In the mitochondrial matrix, mortalin acts in the importing and folding process of nucleus-encoded proteins. The in vivo deregulation of mortalin expression and/or function has been correlated with age-related diseases and certain cancers due to its interaction with the p53 protein. In spite of its critical biological roles, structural and functional studies on mortalin are limited by its insoluble recombinant production. This study provides the first report of the production of folded and soluble recombinant mortalin when co-expressed with the human Hsp70-escort protein 1, but it is still likely prone to self-association. The monomeric fraction of mortalin presented a slightly elongated shape and basal ATPase activity that is higher than that of its cytoplasmic counterpart Hsp70-1A, suggesting that it was obtained in the functional state. Through small angle X-ray scattering, we assessed the low-resolution structural model of monomeric mortalin that is characterized by an elongated shape. This model adequately accommodated high resolution structures of Hsp70 domains indicating its quality. We also observed that mortalin interacts with adenosine nucleotides with high affinity. Thermally induced unfolding experiments indicated that mortalin is formed by at least two domains and that the transition is sensitive to the presence of adenosine nucleotides and that this process is dependent on the presence of Mg2+ ions. Interestingly, the thermal-induced unfolding assays of mortalin suggested the presence of an aggregation/association event, which was not observed for human Hsp70-1A, and this finding may explain its natural tendency for in vivo aggregation. Our study may contribute to the structural understanding of mortalin as well as to contribute for its recombinant production for antitumor compound screenings.
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- Paulo R Dores-Silva
- Institute of Chemistry of Sao Carlos, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Carlos, SP, P.O. Box 780, 13560-970, Brazil
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- Institute of Physics, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, 05508-090, Brazil
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- Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas-UNICAMP, P.O. Box 6154, 13083-970, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Institute of Chemistry of Sao Carlos, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Carlos, SP, P.O. Box 780, 13560-970, Brazil
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