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Giri RP, Mukhopadhyay MK, Sanyal MK, Bose D, Chakrabarti A, Quan P, Bu W, Lin B. Structural Flexibility of Proteins Dramatically Alters Membrane Stability─A Novel Aspect of Lipid-Protein Interaction. J Phys Chem Lett 2022; 13:11430-11437. [PMID: 36468973 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c02971] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Protein isoforms are structural variants with changes in the overall flexibility predominantly at the tertiary level. For membrane associated proteins, such structural flexibility or rigidity affects membrane stability by playing modulatory roles in lipid-protein interaction. Herein, we investigate the protein chain flexibility mediated changes in the mechanistic behavior of phospholipid model membranes in the presence of two well-known isoforms, erythroid (ER) and nonerythroid (NER) spectrin. We show dramatic alterations of membrane elasticity and stability induced by spectrin in the Langmuir monolayers of phosphatidylocholine (PC) and phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) by a combination of isobaric relaxation, surface pressure-area isotherm, X-ray scattering, and microscopy measurements. The NER spectrin drives all monolayers to possess an approximately equal stability, and that required 25-fold increase and 5-fold decrease of stability in PC and PE monolayers, respectively. The untilting transition of the PC membrane in the presence of NER spectrin observed in X-ray measurements can explain better membrane packing and stability.
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- Rajendra P Giri
- Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, A CI of Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, 700064, West Bengal, India
- Institute for Experimental and Applied Physics, Kiel University, 24118Kiel, Germany
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- Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, A CI of Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, 700064, West Bengal, India
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- Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, A CI of Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, 700064, West Bengal, India
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- Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, A CI of Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, 700064, West Bengal, India
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- Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, A CI of Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, 700064, West Bengal, India
- School of Biological Sciences, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational & Research Institute, Narendrapur, Kolkata700103, India
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- NSF's ChemMatCARS, Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois60637, United States
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- NSF's ChemMatCARS, Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois60637, United States
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- NSF's ChemMatCARS, Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois60637, United States
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Li S, Liu T, Li K, Bai X, Xi K, Chai X, Mi L, Li J. Spectrins and human diseases. Transl Res 2022; 243:78-88. [PMID: 34979321 DOI: 10.1016/j.trsl.2021.12.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2021] [Revised: 12/27/2021] [Accepted: 12/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Spectrin, as one of the major components of a plasma membrane-associated cytoskeleton, is a cytoskeletal protein composed of the modular structure of α and β subunits. The spectrin-based skeleton is essential for preserving the integrity and mechanical characteristics of the cell membrane. Moreover, spectrin regulates a variety of cell processes including cell apoptosis, cell adhesion, cell spreading, and cell cycle. Dysfunction of spectrins is implicated in various human diseases including hemolytic anemia, neurodegenerative diseases, ataxia, heart diseases, and cancers. Here, we briefly discuss spectrins function as well as the clinical manifestations and currently known molecular mechanisms of human diseases related to spectrins, highlighting that strategies for targeting regulation of spectrins function may provide new avenues for therapeutic intervention for these diseases.
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- Shan Li
- The First School of Clinical Medicine, Lanzhou University, Gansu, China
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- The First School of Clinical Medicine, Lanzhou University, Gansu, China
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- The First School of Clinical Medicine, Lanzhou University, Gansu, China
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- The First School of Clinical Medicine, Lanzhou University, Gansu, China
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- The First School of Clinical Medicine, Lanzhou University, Gansu, China
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- Central Laboratory, The First Hospital of Lanzhou University, Gansu, China
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- The First School of Clinical Medicine, Lanzhou University, Gansu, China; Clinical Laboratory Center, Gansu Provincial Maternity and Child Care Hospital, Gansu, China
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- Gansu Key Laboratory of Genetic Study of Hematopathy, The First Hospital of Lanzhou University, Gansu, China; Central Laboratory, The First Hospital of Lanzhou University, Gansu, China.
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Bose D, Chakrabarti A. Multiple Functions of Spectrin: Convergent Effects. J Membr Biol 2020; 253:499-508. [PMID: 32990795 DOI: 10.1007/s00232-020-00142-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2020] [Accepted: 09/19/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Spectrin is a multifunctional, multi-domain protein most well known in the membrane skeleton of mature human erythrocytes. Here we review the literature on the crosstalk of the chaperone activity of spectrin with its other functionalities. We hypothesize that the chaperone activity is derived from the surface exposed hydrophobic patches present in individual "spectrin-repeat" domains and show a competition between the membrane phospholipid binding functionality and chaperone activity of spectrin. Moreover, we show that post-translational modifications such as glycation which shield these surface exposed hydrophobic patches, reduce the chaperone function. On the other hand, oligomerization which is linked to increase of hydrophobicity is seen to increase it. We note that spectrin seems to prefer haemoglobin as its chaperone client, binding with it preferentially over other denatured proteins. Spectrin is also known to interact with unstable haemoglobin variants with a higher affinity than in the case of normal haemoglobin. We propose that chaperone activity of spectrin could be important in the cellular biochemistry of haemoglobin, particularly in the context of diseases.
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- Dipayan Bose
- Crystallography & Molecular Biology Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, 1/AF Bidhannagar, Kolkata, 700064, India.,Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, 400094, India
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- Crystallography & Molecular Biology Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, 1/AF Bidhannagar, Kolkata, 700064, India. .,Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, 400094, India.
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Cattani J, Braun T, Drescher M. Probing Alpha-Synuclein Conformations by Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) Spectroscopy. Methods Mol Biol 2019; 1948:247-260. [PMID: 30771183 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-9124-2_19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy in combination with site-directed spin labeling is ideally suited to study structure, dynamics, and interactions of intrinsically disordered proteins as alpha-synuclein.Here we describe all steps required for a corresponding study: the spin labeling procedure, sample preparation, spectroscopic experimental procedure, and data analysis.
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- Julia Cattani
- Department of Chemistry and Konstanz Research School Chemical Biology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Konstanz Research School Chemical Biology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Konstanz Research School Chemical Biology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany.
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Sarkar S, Bose D, Giri RP, Mukhopadhyay MK, Chakrabarti A. Effects of GM1 on brain spectrin-aminophospholipid interactions. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2018; 1861:298-305. [PMID: 29920238 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2018.06.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2018] [Revised: 06/13/2018] [Accepted: 06/14/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Spectrin, a major component of the membrane skeletal meshwork of metazoan cells, is implicated to associate with membrane domains and is known to act as a scaffold for stabilization and activation of different signalling modules. We have studied the effect of GM1 (monosialotetrahexosyl ganglioside), a well-known model ganglioside and a signalling moiety, on the interaction of non-erythroid brain spectrin with both saturated and unsaturated aminophospholipids by spectroscopic methods. We observe that GM1 modulates brain spectrin-aminophospholipid interaction to the greatest degree whereas its effect on erythroid spectrin is not as pronounced. Fluorescence quenching studies show that brain spectrin interacts with DMPC/DMPE-based vesicles with a 10-fold increased affinity in presence of very low amounts of 2% and 5% GM1, and the extent of quenching decreases progressively in presence of increasing amounts of GM1. Interaction of brain spectrin with unsaturated membrane systems of DOPC/DOPE weakens in presence GM1. Increase in the mean lifetime of the Trp residues of brain spectrin in presence of GM1 indicates change in the microenvironment of spectrin, without affecting the secondary structure of the protein significantly. Studies on pressure - area isotherm of Langmuir-Blodgett monolayer and Brewster's angle microscopy show that GM1 has an expanding effect on the aminophospholipid monolayers, and ordered regions in DMPC/DMPE mixed monolayers are formed and are stabilized at higher pressure. GM1-induced fluidization of the phospholipid membranes and probable physical contact between bulky sugar head group of GM1 and spectrin, may explain the modulatory role of GM1 on aminophospholipid interactions with nonerythroid brain spectrin.
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- Sauvik Sarkar
- Crystallography & Molecular Biology Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, 1/AF, Bidhannagar, Kolkata 700064, India; Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai 400094, India.
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- Crystallography & Molecular Biology Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, 1/AF, Bidhannagar, Kolkata 700064, India; Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai 400094, India.
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- Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai 400094, India; Surface Physics and Material Sciences Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, 1/AF, Bidhannagar, Kolkata 700064, India
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- Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai 400094, India; Surface Physics and Material Sciences Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, 1/AF, Bidhannagar, Kolkata 700064, India.
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- Crystallography & Molecular Biology Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, 1/AF, Bidhannagar, Kolkata 700064, India; Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai 400094, India.
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Bose D, Patra M, Chakrabarti A. Effect of pH on stability, conformation, and chaperone activity of erythroid & non-erythroid spectrin. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2017; 1865:694-702. [PMID: 28373029 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2017.03.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2016] [Revised: 03/28/2017] [Accepted: 03/30/2017] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Spectrin, a major component of the eukaryotic membrane skeleton, has been shown to have chaperone like activity. Here we investigate the pH induced changes in the structure and stability of erythroid and brain spectrin by spectroscopic methods. We also correlate these changes with modulations of chaperone potential at different pH. We have followed the pH induced structural changes by circular dichroism spectroscopy and intrinsic tryptophan fluorescence. It is seen that lowering the pH from 9 has little effect on structure of the proteins till about pH6. At pH4, there is significant change of the secondary structure of the proteins, along with a 5nm hypsochromic shift of the emission maxima. Below pH4 the proteins undergo acid denaturation. Probing exposed hydrophobic patches on the proteins using protein-bound 8-anilinonaphthalene-1-sulfonate fluorescence demonstrates that there is higher solvent accessibility of hydrophobic surfaces in both forms of spectrin at around pH4. Dynamic light scattering and 90° light scattering studies show that the both forms of spectrin forms oligomers at pH~4. Chemical unfolding data shows that these oligomers are less stable than the tetrameric form. Aggregation studies with BSA show that at pH4, both spectrins exhibit better chaperone activity. This enhancement of chaperone like activity appears to result from an increase in regions of solvent-exposed hydrophobicity and oligomeric state of the spectrins which in turn are induced by moderately acid pH. This may have in-vivo implications in cells facing stress conditions where cytoplasmic pH is lowered.
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- Dipayan Bose
- Crystallography and Molecular Biology Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, HBNI, Kolkata, India
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- Crystallography and Molecular Biology Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, HBNI, Kolkata, India
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- Crystallography and Molecular Biology Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, HBNI, Kolkata, India.
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Mitra M, Chaudhuri A, Patra M, Mukhopadhyay C, Chakrabarti A, Chattopadhyay A. Organization and Dynamics of Tryptophan Residues in Brain Spectrin: Novel Insight into Conformational Flexibility. J Fluoresc 2015; 25:707-17. [DOI: 10.1007/s10895-015-1556-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2015] [Accepted: 03/05/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Patra M, Mukhopadhyay C, Chakrabarti A. Probing conformational stability and dynamics of erythroid and nonerythroid spectrin: effects of urea and guanidine hydrochloride. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0116991. [PMID: 25617632 PMCID: PMC4305312 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0116991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2014] [Accepted: 12/18/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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We have studied the conformational stability of the two homologous membrane skeletal proteins, the erythroid and non-erythroid spectrins, in their dimeric and tetrameric forms respectively during unfolding in the presence of urea and guanidine hydrochloride (GuHCl). Fluorescence and circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy have been used to study the changes of intrinsic tryptophan fluorescence, anisotropy, far UV-CD and extrinsic fluorescence of bound 1-anilinonapthalene-8-sulfonic acid (ANS). Chemical unfolding of both proteins were reversible and could be described as a two state transition. The folded erythroid spectrin and non-erythroid spectrin were directly converted to unfolded monomer without formation of any intermediate. Fluorescence quenching, anisotropy, ANS binding and dynamic light scattering data suggest that in presence of low concentrations of the denaturants (up-to 1M) hydrogen bonding network and van der Waals interaction play a role inducing changes in quaternary as well as tertiary structures without complete dissociation of the subunits. This is the first report of two large worm like, multi-domain proteins obeying twofold rule which is commonly found in small globular proteins. The free energy of stabilization (ΔGuH20) for the dimeric spectrin has been 20 kcal/mol lesser than the tetrameric from.
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- Malay Patra
- Chemistry Department, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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- Crystallography & Molecular Biology Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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Patra M, Mukhopadhyay C, Chakrabarti A. Malachite green interacts with the membrane skeletal protein, spectrin. RSC Adv 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c5ra15488j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Energy minimized complex of MG with the self association domain of spectrin.
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- Malay Patra
- Chemistry Department
- University of Calcutta
- Kolkata 700009
- India
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- Crystallography & Molecular Biology Division
- Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics
- Kolkata 700064
- India
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Witek MA, Fung LWM. Quantitative studies of caspase-3 catalyzed αII-spectrin breakdown. Brain Res 2013; 1533:1-15. [PMID: 23948103 PMCID: PMC3786445 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2013.08.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2013] [Revised: 07/27/2013] [Accepted: 08/02/2013] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Under various physiological and patho-physiological conditions, spectrin breakdown reactions generate several spectrin breakdown products (SBDPs)-in particular SBDPs of 150 kDa (SBDP150) and 120 kDa (SBDP120). Recently, numerous studies have shown that reactions leading to SBDPs are physiologically relevant, well regulated, and complex. Yet molecular studies on the mechanism of the SBDP formation are comparatively scarce. We have designed basic systems to allow us to follow the breakdown of αII-spectrin model proteins by caspase-3 in detail with gel electrophoresis, fluorescence and mass spectrometry methods. Amongst the predicted and reported sites, our results show that caspase-3 cleaves after residues D1185 and D1478, but not after residues D888, D1340 and D1475. We also found that the cleavage at these two sites is independent of each other. It may be possible to inhibit one site without affecting the other site. Cleavage after residue D1185 in intact αII-spectrin leads to SBDP150, and cleavage after D1478 site leads to SBDP120. Our results also show that the cleavage after the D1185 residue is unusually efficient, with a kcat/KM value of 40,000 M(-1) s(-1), and the cleavage after the D1478 site is more similar to most of the other reported caspase-3 substrates, with a kcat/KM value of 3000 M(-1) s(-1). We believe that this study lays out a methodology and foundation to study caspase-3 catalyzed spectrin breakdown to provide quantitative information. Molecular understanding may lead to better understanding of brain injuries and more precise and specific biomarker development.
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- Marta A. Witek
- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 W. Taylor Street, MC 111, Chicago, IL 60607
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 W. Taylor Street, MC 111, Chicago, IL 60607
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Patra M, Mitra M, Chakrabarti A, Mukhopadhyay C. Binding of polarity-sensitive hydrophobic ligands to erythroid and nonerythroid spectrin: fluorescence and molecular modeling studies. J Biomol Struct Dyn 2013; 32:852-65. [PMID: 24404769 DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2013.793212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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We have used three polarity-sensitive fluorescence probes, 6-propionyl 2-(N,N-dimethyl-amino) naphthalene (Prodan), pyrene and 8-anilino 1-naphthalene sulphonic acid, to study their binding with erythroid and nonerythroid spectrin, using fluorescence spectroscopy. We have found that both bind to prodan and pyrene with high affinities with apparent dissociation constants (Kd) of .50 and .17 μM, for prodan, and .04 and .02 μM, for pyrene, respectively. The most striking aspect of these bindings have been that the binding stoichiometry have been equal to 1 in erythroid spectrin, both in dimeric and tetrameric form, and in tetrameric nonerythroid spectrin. From an estimate of apparent dielectric constants, the polarity of the binding site in both erythroid and nonerythroid forms have been found to be extremely hydrophobic. Thermodynamic parameters associated with such binding revealed that the binding is favored by positive change in entropy. Molecular docking studies alone indicate that both prodan and pyrene bind to the four major structural domains, following the order in the strength of binding to the Ankyrin binding domain > SH3 domain > Self-association domain > N-terminal domain of α-spectrin of both forms of spectrin. The binding experiments, particularly with the tetrameric nonerythroid spectrin, however, indicate more toward the self association domain in offering the unique binding site, since the binding stoichiometry have been 1 in all forms of dimeric and tetrameric spectrin, so far studied by us. Further studies are needed to characterize the hydrophobic binding sites in both forms of spectrin.
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- Malay Patra
- a Chemistry Department , University of Calcutta , Kolkata , 700009 , India
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Li Q, Jogini V, Wanderling S, Cortes DM, Perozo E. Expression, purification, and reconstitution of the voltage-sensing domain from Ci-VSP. Biochemistry 2012; 51:8132-42. [PMID: 22989304 DOI: 10.1021/bi300980q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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The voltage-sensing domain (VSD) is the common scaffold responsible for the functional behavior of voltage-gated ion channels, voltage sensitive enzymes, and proton channels. Because of the position of the voltage dependence of the available VSD structures, at present, they all represent the activated state of the sensor. Yet in the absence of a consensus resting state structure, the mechanistic details of voltage sensing remain controversial. The voltage dependence of the VSD from Ci-VSP (Ci-VSD) is dramatically right shifted, so that at 0 mV it presumably populates the putative resting state. Appropriate biochemical methods are an essential prerequisite for generating sufficient amounts of Ci-VSD protein for high-resolution structural studies. Here, we present a simple and robust protocol for the expression of eukaryotic Ci-VSD in Escherichia coli at milligram levels. The protein is pure, homogeneous, monodisperse, and well-folded after solubilization in Anzergent 3-14 at the analyzed concentration (~0.3 mg/mL). Ci-VSD can be reconstituted into liposomes of various compositions, and initial site-directed spin labeling and electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopic measurements indicate its first transmembrane segment folds into an α-helix, in agreement with the homologous region of other VSDs. On the basis of our results and enhanced relaxation EPR spectroscopy measurement, Ci-VSD reconstitutes essentially randomly in proteoliposomes, precluding straightforward application of transmembrane voltages in combination with spectroscopic methods. Nevertheless, these results represent an initial step that makes the resting state of a VSD accessible to a variety of biophysical and structural approaches, including X-ray crystallography, spectroscopic methods, and electrophysiology in lipid bilayers.
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- Qufei Li
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Center for Integrative Science, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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Han S, Kim D, Han SH, Kim NH, Kim SH, Lim YB. Structural and Conformational Dynamics of Self-Assembling Bioactive β-Sheet Peptide Nanostructures Decorated with Multivalent RNA-Binding Peptides. J Am Chem Soc 2012; 134:16047-53. [DOI: 10.1021/ja307493t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Sanghun Han
- Translational Research Center for Protein Function Control and Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul 120-749, Korea
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- Division of Materials
Science, Korea Basic Science Institute (KBSI), Daejeon 305-333,
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- Translational Research Center for Protein Function Control and Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul 120-749, Korea
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- Division of Materials
Science, Korea Basic Science Institute (KBSI), Daejeon 305-333,
Korea
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- Division of Materials
Science, Korea Basic Science Institute (KBSI), Daejeon 305-333,
Korea
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- Translational Research Center for Protein Function Control and Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul 120-749, Korea
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Yeast two-hybrid and itc studies of alpha and beta spectrin interaction at the tetramerization site. Cell Mol Biol Lett 2011; 16:452-61. [PMID: 21786033 PMCID: PMC3169182 DOI: 10.2478/s11658-011-0017-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2011] [Accepted: 07/12/2011] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Yeast two-hybrid (Y2H) and isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC) methods were used to further study the mutational effect of non-erythroid alpha spectrin (αII) at position 22 in tetramer formation with beta spectrin (βII). Four mutants, αII-V22D, V22F, V22M and V22W, were studied. For the Y2H system, we used plasmids pGBKT7, consisting of the cDNA of the first 359 residues at the N-terminal region of αII, and pGADT7, consisting of the cDNA of residues 1697–2145 at the C-terminal region of βII. Strain AH109 yeast cells were used for colony growth assays and strain Y187 was used for β-galactosidase activity assays. Y2H results showed that the C-terminal region of βII interacts with the N-terminal region of αII, either the wild type, or those with V22F, V22M or V22W mutations. The V22D mutant did not interact with βII. For ITC studies, we used recombinant proteins of the αII N-terminal fragment and of the erythroid beta spectrin (βI) C-terminal fragment; results showed that the Kd values for V22F were similar to those for the wild-type (about 7 nM), whereas the Kd values were about 35 nM for V22M and about 90 nM for V22W. We were not able to detect any binding for V22D with ITC methods. This study clearly demonstrates that the single mutation at position 22 of αII, a region critical to the function of nonerythroid α spectrin, may lead to a reduced level of spectrin tetramers and abnormal spectrin-based membrane skeleton. These abnormalities could cause abnormal neural activities in cells.
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Song Y, Antoniou C, Memic A, Kay BK, Fung LWM. Apparent structural differences at the tetramerization region of erythroid and nonerythroid beta spectrin as discriminated by phage displayed scFvs. Protein Sci 2011; 20:867-79. [PMID: 21412925 DOI: 10.1002/pro.617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2010] [Revised: 01/25/2011] [Accepted: 02/28/2011] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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We have screened a human immunoglobulin single-chain variable fragment (scFv) phage library against the C-terminal tetramerization regions of erythroid and nonerythroid beta spectrin (βI-C1 and βII-C1, respectively) to explore the structural uniqueness of erythroid and nonerythroid β-spectrin isoforms. We have identified interacting scFvs, with clones "G5" and "A2" binding only to βI-C1, and clone "F11" binding only to βII-C1. The K(d) values, estimated by competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, of these scFvs with their target spectrin proteins were 0.1-0.3 μM. A more quantitative K(d) value from isothermal titration calorimetry experiments with the recombinant G5 and βI-C1 was 0.15 μM. The α-spectrin fragments (model proteins), αI-N1 and αII-N1, competed with the βI-C1, or βII-C1, binding scFvs, with inhibitory concentration (IC(50) ) values of ∼50 μM for αI-N1, and ∼0.5 μM for αII-N1. Our predicted structures of βI-C1 and βII-C1 suggest that the Helix B' of the C-terminal partial domain of βI differs from that of βII. Consequently, an unstructured region downstream of Helix B' in βI may interact specifically with the unstructured, complementarity determining region H1 of G5 or A2 scFv. The corresponding region in βII was helical, and βII did not bind G5 scFv. Our results suggest that it is possible for cellular proteins to differentially associate with the C-termini of different β-spectrin isoforms to regulate α- and β-spectrin association to form functional spectrin tetramers, and may sort β-spectrin isoforms to their specific cellular localizations.
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- Yuanli Song
- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60607, USA
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Falconer RJ, Collins BM. Survey of the year 2009: applications of isothermal titration calorimetry. J Mol Recognit 2010; 24:1-16. [DOI: 10.1002/jmr.1073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Inhibition of calpain but not caspase activity by spectrin fragments. Cell Mol Biol Lett 2010; 15:395-405. [PMID: 20467904 PMCID: PMC3074365 DOI: 10.2478/s11658-010-0015-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2010] [Accepted: 04/25/2010] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Calpains and caspases are ubiquitous cysteine proteases that are associated with a variety of cellular pathways. Calpains are involved in processes such as long term potentiation, cell motility and apoptosis, and have been shown to cleave non-erythroid (brain) α- and β-spectrin and erythroid β-spectrin. The cleavage of erythroid α-spectrin by calpain has not been reported. Caspases play an important role in the initiation and execution of apoptosis, and have been shown to cleave non-erythroid but not erythroid spectrin. We have studied the effect of spectrin fragments on calpain and caspase activities. The erythroid and non-erythroid spectrin fragments used were from the N-terminal region of α-spectrin, and C-terminal region of β-spectrin, both consisting of regions involved in spectrin tetramer formation. We observed that the all spectrin fragments exhibited a concentration-dependent inhibitory effect on calpain, but not caspase activity. It is clear that additional studies are warranted to determine the physiological significance of calpain inhibition by spectrin fragments. Our findings suggest that calpain activity is modulated by the presence of spectrin partial domains at the tetramerization site. It is not clear whether the inhibitory effect is substrate specific or is a general effect. Further studies of this inhibitory effect may lead to the identification and development of new therapeutic agents specifically for calpains, but not for caspases. Proteins/peptides with a coiled coil helical conformation should be studied for potential inhibitory effects on calpain activity.
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Mehboob S, Song Y, Witek M, Long F, Santarsiero BD, Johnson ME, Fung LWM. Crystal structure of the nonerythroid alpha-spectrin tetramerization site reveals differences between erythroid and nonerythroid spectrin tetramer formation. J Biol Chem 2010; 285:14572-84. [PMID: 20228407 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109.080028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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We have solved the crystal structure of a segment of nonerythroid alpha-spectrin (alphaII) consisting of the first 147 residues to a resolution of 2.3 A. We find that the structure of this segment is generally similar to a corresponding segment from erythroid alpha-spectrin (alphaI) but exhibits unique differences with functional significance. Specific features include the following: (i) an irregular and frayed first helix (Helix C'); (ii) a helical conformation in the junction region connecting Helix C' with the first structural domain (D1); (iii) a long A(1)B(1) loop in D1; and (iv) specific inter-helix hydrogen bonds/salt bridges that stabilize D1. Our findings suggest that the hydrogen bond networks contribute to structural domain stability, and thus rigidity, in alphaII, and the lack of such hydrogen bond networks in alphaI leads to flexibility in alphaI. We have previously shown the junction region connecting Helix C' to D1 to be unstructured in alphaI (Park, S., Caffrey, M. S., Johnson, M. E., and Fung, L. W. (2003) J. Biol. Chem. 278, 21837-21844) and now find it to be helical in alphaII, an important difference for alpha-spectrin association with beta-spectrin in forming tetramers. Homology modeling and molecular dynamics simulation studies of the structure of the tetramerization site, a triple helical bundle of partial domain helices, show that mutations in alpha-spectrin will affect Helix C' structural flexibility and/or the junction region conformation and may alter the equilibrium between spectrin dimers and tetramers in cells. Mutations leading to reduced levels of functional tetramers in cells may potentially lead to abnormal neuronal functions.
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- Shahila Mehboob
- Center for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60607, USA.
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Song Y, Pipalia NH, Fung LWM. The L49F mutation in alpha erythroid spectrin induces local disorder in the tetramer association region: Fluorescence and molecular dynamics studies of free and bound alpha spectrin. Protein Sci 2009; 18:1916-25. [PMID: 19593814 DOI: 10.1002/pro.202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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The bundling of the N-terminal, partial domain helix (Helix C') of human erythroid alpha-spectrin (alphaI) with the C-terminal, partial domain helices (Helices A' and B') of erythroid beta-spectrin (betaI) to give a spectrin pseudo structural domain (triple helical bundle A'B'C') has long been recognized as a crucial step in forming functional spectrin tetramers in erythrocytes. We have used apparent polarity and Stern-Volmer quenching constants of Helix C' of alphaI bound to Helices A' and B' of betaI, along with previous NMR and EPR results, to propose a model for the triple helical bundle. This model was used as the input structure for molecular dynamics simulations for both wild type (WT) and alphaI mutant L49F. The simulation output structures show a stable helical bundle for WT, but not for L49F. In WT, four critical interactions were identified: two hydrophobic clusters and two salt bridges. However, in L49F, the region downstream of Helix C' was unable to assume a helical conformation and one critical hydrophobic cluster was disrupted. Other molecular interactions critical to the WT helical bundle were also weakened in L49F, possibly leading to the lower tetramer levels observed in patients with this mutation-induced blood disorder.
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- Yuanli Song
- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60607, USA
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Important residue (G46) in erythroid spectrin tetramer formation. Cell Mol Biol Lett 2009; 15:46-54. [PMID: 19756397 PMCID: PMC3166252 DOI: 10.2478/s11658-009-0031-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2009] [Accepted: 08/21/2009] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Spectrin tetramerization is important for the erythrocyte to maintain its unique shape, elasticity and deformability. We used recombinant model proteins to show the importance of one residue (G46) in the erythroid α-spectrin junction region that affects spectrin tetramer formation. The G46 residue in the erythroid spectrin N-terminal junction region is the only residue that differs from that in non-erythroid spectrin. The corresponding residue is R37. We believe that this difference may be, at least in part, responsible for the 15-fold difference in the equilibrium constants of erythroid and non-erythroid tetramer formation. In this study, we replaced the Gly residue with Ala, Arg or Glu residues in an erythroid α-spectrin model protein to give G46A, G46R or G46E, respectively. We found that their association affinities with a β-spectrin model protein were quite different from each other. G46R exhibited a 10-fold increase and G46E exhibited a 16-fold decrease, whereas G46A showed little difference, when compared with the wild type. The thermal and urea denaturation experiments showed insignificant structural change in G46R. Thus, the differences in affinity were due to differences in local, specific interactions, rather than conformational differences in these variants. An intra-helical salt bridge in G46R may stabilize the partial domain single helix in α-spectrin, Helix C’, to allow a more stable helical bundling in the αβ complex in spectrin tetramers. These results not only showed the importance of residue G46 in erythroid α-spectrin, but also provided insights toward the differences in association affinity between erythroid and non-erythroid spectrin to form spectrin tetramers.
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Lam VQ, Antoniou C, Rolius R, Fung LWM. Association studies of erythroid alpha-spectrin at the tetramerization site. Br J Haematol 2009; 147:392-5. [PMID: 19747366 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2009.07876.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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The functional roles of residues 21-43 and 55-59 in the alpha-spectrin N-terminal region in forming tetramers were determined by the introduction of mutations at each of these positions. We measured association affinities for tetramer formation (K(d)), which can be used to predict clinical severity, of these mutants. A total of nine residues critical for association with beta-spectrin were found. The mutations of six of these residues have already been known to cause hereditary elliptocytosis or hereditary pyropoikilocytosis. Clinical symptoms associated with three mutations of residues 23, 57 and 58 have not yet been reported. We suggest that these mutations may also introduce abnormalities to erythrocytes.
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- Vinh Q Lam
- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607, USA
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Štrancar J, Kavalenka A, Urbančič I, Ljubetič A, Hemminga MA. SDSL-ESR-based protein structure characterization. EUROPEAN BIOPHYSICS JOURNAL: EBJ 2009; 39:499-511. [DOI: 10.1007/s00249-009-0510-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2009] [Accepted: 06/23/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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