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Leontovyc I, Habart D, Loukotova S, Kosinova L, Kriz J, Saudek F, Koblas T. Synthetic mRNA is a more reliable tool for the delivery of DNA-targeting proteins into the cell nucleus than fusion with a protein transduction domain. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0182497. [PMID: 28806415 PMCID: PMC5555570 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0182497] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2017] [Accepted: 07/19/2017] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Cell reprogramming requires efficient delivery of reprogramming transcription factors into the cell nucleus. Here, we compared the robustness and workload of two protein delivery methods that avoid the risk of genomic integration. The first method is based on fusion of the protein of interest to a protein transduction domain (PTD) for delivery across the membranes of target cells. The second method relies on de novo synthesis of the protein of interest inside the target cells utilizing synthetic mRNA (syn-mRNA) as a template. We established a Cre/lox reporter system in three different cell types derived from human (PANC-1, HEK293) and rat (BRIN-BD11) tissues and used Cre recombinase to model a protein of interest. The system allowed constitutive expression of red fluorescence protein (RFP), while green fluorescence protein (GFP) was expressed only after the genomic action of Cre recombinase. The efficiency of protein delivery into cell nuclei was quantified as the frequency of GFP+ cells in the total cell number. The PTD method showed good efficiency only in BRIN-BD11 cells (68%), whereas it failed in PANC-1 and HEK293 cells. By contrast, the syn-mRNA method was highly effective in all three cell types (29-71%). We conclude that using synthetic mRNA is a more robust and less labor-intensive approach than using the PTD-fusion alternative.
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Affiliation(s)
- Ivan Leontovyc
- Department of Experimental Medicine, Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Diabetes, Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Diabetes, Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Diabetes, Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic
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Miyoshi H, VanDussen KL, Malvin NP, Ryu SH, Wang Y, Sonnek NM, Lai CW, Stappenbeck TS. Prostaglandin E2 promotes intestinal repair through an adaptive cellular response of the epithelium. EMBO J 2016; 36:5-24. [PMID: 27797821 DOI: 10.15252/embj.201694660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 161] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2016] [Revised: 09/21/2016] [Accepted: 09/22/2016] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Adaptive cellular responses are often required during wound repair. Following disruption of the intestinal epithelium, wound-associated epithelial (WAE) cells form the initial barrier over the wound. Our goal was to determine the critical factor that promotes WAE cell differentiation. Using an adaptation of our in vitro primary epithelial cell culture system, we found that prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) signaling through one of its receptors, Ptger4, was sufficient to drive a differentiation state morphologically and transcriptionally similar to in vivo WAE cells. WAE cell differentiation was a permanent state and dominant over enterocyte differentiation in plasticity experiments. WAE cell differentiation was triggered by nuclear β-catenin signaling independent of canonical Wnt signaling. Creation of WAE cells via the PGE2-Ptger4 pathway was required in vivo, as mice with loss of Ptger4 in the intestinal epithelium did not produce WAE cells and exhibited impaired wound repair. Our results demonstrate a mechanism by which WAE cells are formed by PGE2 and suggest a process of adaptive cellular reprogramming of the intestinal epithelium that occurs to ensure proper repair to injury.
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- Hiroyuki Miyoshi
- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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Shen Y, Nagpal P, Hay JG, Sauthoff H. A novel cell-penetrating peptide to facilitate intercellular transport of fused proteins. J Control Release 2014; 188:44-52. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2014.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2014] [Revised: 05/20/2014] [Accepted: 06/03/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Autophagy proteins control goblet cell function by potentiating reactive oxygen species production. EMBO J 2013; 32:3130-44. [PMID: 24185898 DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2013.233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 200] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2013] [Accepted: 09/20/2013] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Delivery of granule contents to epithelial surfaces by secretory cells is a critical physiologic process. In the intestine, goblet cells secrete mucus that is required for homeostasis. Autophagy proteins are required for secretion in some cases, though the mechanism and cell biological basis for this requirement remain unknown. We found that in colonic goblet cells, proteins involved in initiation and elongation of autophagosomes were required for efficient mucus secretion. The autophagy protein LC3 localized to intracellular multi-vesicular vacuoles that were consistent with a fusion of autophagosomes and endosomes. Using cultured intestinal epithelial cells, we found that NADPH oxidases localized to and enhanced the formation of these LC3-positive vacuoles. Both autophagy proteins and endosome formation were required for maximal production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) derived from NADPH oxidases. Importantly, generation of ROS was critical to control mucin granule accumulation in colonic goblet cells. Thus, autophagy proteins can control secretory function through ROS, which is in part generated by LC3-positive vacuole-associated NADPH oxidases. These findings provide a novel mechanism by which autophagy proteins can control secretion.
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Koutsokeras A, Purkayastha N, Purkayashta N, Rigby A, Subang MC, Sclanders M, Vessillier S, Mullen L, Chernajovsky Y, Gould D. Generation of an efficiently secreted, cell penetrating NF-κB inhibitor. FASEB J 2013; 28:373-81. [PMID: 24072781 DOI: 10.1096/fj.13-236570] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Gene therapy is a powerful approach to treat disease locally. However, if the therapeutic target is intracellular, the therapeutic will be effective only in the cells where the therapeutic gene is delivered. We have engineered a fusion protein containing an intracellular inhibitor of the transcription factor NF-κB pathway that can be effectively secreted from producing cells. This fusion protein is cleaved extracellularly by metalloproteinases allowing release of a protein transduction domain (PTD) linked to the NF-κB inhibitor for translocation into neighboring cells. We show that engineered molecules can be efficiently secreted (>80%); are cleaved with matrix metalloprotease-1; inhibit NF-κB driven transcription in a biological assay with a human reporter cell line; and display significant inhibition in mouse paw inflammation models when delivered by lentivirus or secreting cells. No inhibition of NF-κB transcription or therapeutic effect was seen using molecules devoid of the PTD and NF-κB inhibitory domains. By creating a fusion protein with an endogenous secretion partner, we demonstrate a novel approach to efficiently secrete PTD-containing protein domains, overcoming previous limitations, and allowing for potent paracrine effects.
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- Apostolos Koutsokeras
- 2Bone and Joint Research Unit, Queen Mary University of London, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, William Harvey Research Institute, Charterhouse Square, London EC1M 6BQ, UK.
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Marschall ALJ, Frenzel A, Schirrmann T, Schüngel M, Dübel S. Targeting antibodies to the cytoplasm. MAbs 2011; 3:3-16. [PMID: 21099369 DOI: 10.4161/mabs.3.1.14110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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A growing number of research consortia are now focused on generating antibodies and recombinant antibody fragments that target the human proteome. A particularly valuable application for these binding molecules would be their use inside a living cell, e.g., for imaging or functional intervention. Animal-derived antibodies must be brought into the cell through the membrane, whereas the availability of the antibody genes from phage display systems allows intracellular expression. Here, the various technologies to target intracellular proteins with antibodies are reviewed.
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- Andrea L J Marschall
- Technische Universität Braunschweig; Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology; Braunschweig, Germany
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Expressed cell-penetrating peptides can induce a bystander effect, but passage through the secretory pathway reduces protein transduction activity. Mol Ther 2010; 19:903-12. [PMID: 21179011 DOI: 10.1038/mt.2010.283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Despite advances in vector technology, inefficient gene transfer still limits clinical efficacy of cancer gene therapy. Cell-penetrating peptides (CPPs), such as the basic domain of the transactivator of transcription (Tat) protein of HIV-1, are internalized by intact cells and have been used to deliver purified recombinant proteins. A combination of gene therapy with protein transduction technology could induce a strong bystander effect and represent a platform to deliver proteins to target cells. However, whether expressed CPP can facilitate intercellular trafficking, i.e., a bystander effect, is controversial. Our data suggest that expressed fusion proteins that contain the basic domain of Tat do not induce a detectable bystander effect. However, Tat-fusion proteins that also contain a secretory signal peptide (SP) can induce a bystander effect in vitro, although the in vivo effect is small. Surprisingly, despite the presence of a SP, the bystander effect does not seem to be related to secretion of the fusion protein. In fact, Tat-fusion proteins are secreted very inefficiently, and protein transduction seems largely mediated by fusion proteins that are released by cell lysis. Modification of Tat can improve secretion efficacy and prevent cleavage by the endoprotease furin, but passage through the secretory pathway is associated with reduced transduction activity of Tat-fusion proteins.
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Morimoto M, Liu Z, Cheng HT, Winters N, Bader D, Kopan R. Canonical Notch signaling in the developing lung is required for determination of arterial smooth muscle cells and selection of Clara versus ciliated cell fate. J Cell Sci 2010; 123:213-24. [PMID: 20048339 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.058669] [Citation(s) in RCA: 181] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Lung development is the result of complex interactions between four tissues: epithelium, mesenchyme, mesothelium and endothelium. We marked the lineages experiencing Notch1 activation in these four cellular compartments during lung development and complemented this analysis by comparing the cell fate choices made in the absence of RBPjkappa, the essential DNA binding partner of all Notch receptors. In the mesenchyme, RBPjkappa was required for the recruitment and specification of arterial vascular smooth muscle cells (vSMC) and for regulating mesothelial epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT), but no adverse affects were observed in mice lacking mesenchymal RBPjkappa. We provide indirect evidence that this is due to vSMC rescue by endothelial-mesenchymal transition (EnMT). In the epithelium, we show that Notch1 activation was most probably induced by Foxj1-expressing cells, which suggests that Notch1-mediated lateral inhibition regulates the selection of Clara cells at the expense of ciliated cells. Unexpectedly, and in contrast to Pofut1-null epithelium, Hes1 expression was only marginally reduced in RBPjkappa-null epithelium, with a corresponding minimal effect on pulmonary neuroendocrine cell fate selection. Collectively, the primary roles for canonical Notch signaling in lung development are in selection of Clara cell fate and in vSMC recruitment. These analyses suggest that the impact of gamma-secretase inhibitors on branching in vitro reflect a non-cell autonomous contribution from endothelial or vSMC-derived signals.
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- Mitsuru Morimoto
- Department of Developmental Biology and Division of Dermatology, Washington University School of Medicine, Box 8103, Saint Louis, MO 63110-1095, USA
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Endoh T, Ohtsuki T. Cellular siRNA delivery using cell-penetrating peptides modified for endosomal escape. Adv Drug Deliv Rev 2009; 61:704-9. [PMID: 19383521 DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2009.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 190] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2008] [Accepted: 04/06/2009] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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RNAi-mediated silencing of specific genes is a promising strategy for gene therapy. To utilize RNAi for therapy, an efficient and safe method for delivery of RNA into the cell cytosol is necessary. The plasma membrane is the primary, and most difficult, barrier for RNA to cross, because negatively charged RNA is strongly repulsed by the negatively charged membrane. A variety of cationic polymers can be used as RNA carriers by interacting with RNA and covering its negative charges to form a cell-penetrating complex. Among the emerging candidates for RNA carriers are cationic cell-penetrating peptides (CPPs), which can cross the plasma membrane and internalize into cells together with RNA. This review focuses on CPP-based RNA delivery strategies. In using CPP-based RNA delivery, most of the RNA internalized by the cell is entrapped in endosomes. Strategies for endosomal escape of RNAs are also reviewed.
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- Tamaki Endoh
- Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Okayama University, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
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Tan CY, Ban H, Kim YH, Kim YH, Lee SK. The heat shock protein 27 (Hsp27) operates predominantly by blocking the mitochondrial-independent/extrinsic pathway of cellular apoptosis. Mol Cells 2009; 27:533-8. [PMID: 19466601 DOI: 10.1007/s10059-009-0079-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2008] [Revised: 03/11/2009] [Accepted: 03/30/2009] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Heat shock protein 27 (Hsp27) is a molecular chaperone protein which regulates cell apoptosis by interacting directly with the caspase activation components in the apoptotic pathways. With the assistance of the Tat protein transduction domain we directly delivered the Hsp27 into the myocardial cell line, H9c2 and demonstrate that this protein can reverse hypoxia-induced apoptosis of cells. In order to characterize the contribution of Hsp27 in blocking the two major apoptotic pathways operational within cells, we exposed H9c2 cells to staurosporine and cobalt chloride, agents that induce mitochondria-dependent (intrinsic) and -independent (extrinsic) pathways of apoptosis in cells respectively. The Tat-Hsp27 fusion protein showed a greater propensity to inhibit the effect induced by the cobalt chloride treatment. These data suggest that the Hsp27 predominantly exerts its protective effect by interfering with the components of the extrinsic pathway of apoptosis.
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- Cheau Yih Tan
- Department of Bioengineering, Hanyang University, Seoul 133-791, Korea
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Secretion and uptake of TAT-fusion proteins produced by engineered mammalian cells. Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj 2008; 1790:147-53. [PMID: 19100310 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2008.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2008] [Revised: 11/13/2008] [Accepted: 11/16/2008] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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BACKGROUND Intracellular signaling can be regulated by the exogenous addition of physiological protein inhibitors coupled to the TAT protein transduction domain. Thus far experiments have been performed with purified inhibitors added exogenously to cells in vitro or administered in vivo. Production of secretable TAT-fusion proteins by engineered mammalian cells, their uptake, and route of entry has not been thoroughly investigated. Such methodology, if established, could be useful for transplantation purposes. METHODS Secretion of TAT-fusion proteins from transfected mammalian cells was achieved by means of a signal peptide. Cell uptake and subcellular localization of TAT-fusion proteins were determined by immunoblotting and confocal microscopy. RESULTS Engineered TAT-fusion proteins were secreted with variable efficiency depending on the nature of the protein fused to the TAT peptide. Secreted proteins were able to transduce unmanipulated cells. Their mechanism of entry into cells partly involves lipid rafts and a portion of the internalised protein is directed to the Golgi. CONCLUSIONS Generation of secretable TAT-coupled inhibitors of signaling pathways, able to transduce other cells can be achieved. GENERAL SIGNIFICANCE These results provide key information that will assist in the design of TAT-inhibitors and engineered cells in order to regulate cell function within tissues.
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