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Bhattacharyya A, Sadhasivam S, Sinha M, Gupta S, Saini S, Singh H, Khurana A, Sachdeva S, Sardana K, Ghosh S. Treatment of recalcitrant cases of tinea corporis/cruris caused by T. mentagrophytes - interdigitale complex with mutations in ERG11 ERG 3, ERG4, MDR1 MFS genes & SQLE and their potential implications. Int J Dermatol 2023; 62:637-648. [PMID: 36929499 DOI: 10.1111/ijd.16622] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2022] [Revised: 01/10/2023] [Accepted: 02/07/2023] [Indexed: 03/18/2023]
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BACKGROUND Recalcitrant dermatophyte infections are being reported from various parts of the world due to varied causes including strain variation, steroid misuse, SQLE mutations, and variable quality of itraconazole pellet formulations. The oral drug preferred in endemic areas is itraconazole, to which MIC levels remain low, and clinical failures to itraconazole reported defy a sound scientific explanation. OBJECTIVES The objective of the study was to conduct a proteomic and genomic analysis on isolates from therapeutically recalcitrant case with isolation of gene mutations and enzymatic abnormalities to explain azole failures. METHODS Trichophyton mentagrophyte interdigitale complex strains were isolated from seven clinically non-responding tinea corporis/cruris patients, who had failed a sequential course of 6 weeks of terbinafine 250 mg QD and itraconazole 100 mg BID. After AFST 1 strain, KA01 with high MIC to most drugs was characterized using whole genome sequencing, comparative proteomic profiling, and total sterol quantification. RESULTS Sterol quantification showed that the standard strain of Trichophyton mentagrophytes (MTCC-7687) had half the ergosterol content than the resistant KA01 strain. Genomic analysis revealed mutations in SQLE, ERG4, ERG11, MDR1, MFS genes, and a novel ERG3 mutation. Proteomic analysis established the aberrant expression of acetyl Co-A transferase in the resistant strain and upregulation of thioredoxin reductase and peroxiredoxin. CONCLUSION Our findings demonstrate possible reasons for multidrug resistance in the prevalent strain with mutations in genes that predict terbinafine (SQLE) and azole actions (ERG4, ERG11, ERG3) apart from efflux pumps (MDR1, MFS) that can explain multidrug clinical failures.
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- Vyome Therapeutics Limited, New Delhi, India
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- Vyome Therapeutics Limited, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprosy, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- Saraswathi Institute of Medical Sciences, Anwarpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprosy, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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Yu B, Liu L, Wang T. Deficiency of very long chain alkanes biosynthesis causes humidity-sensitive male sterility via affecting pollen adhesion and hydration in rice. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2019; 42:3340-3354. [PMID: 31380565 DOI: 10.1111/pce.13637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2019] [Revised: 07/25/2019] [Accepted: 07/25/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Pollen adhesion and hydration are the earliest events of the pollen-stigma interactions, which allow compatible pollen to fertilize egg cells, but the underlying mechanisms are still poorly understood. Rice pollen are wind dispersed, and its pollen coat contains less abundant lipids than that of insect-pollinated plants. Here, we characterized the role of OsGL1-4, a rice member of the Glossy family, in pollen adhesion and hydration. OsGL1-4 is preferentially expressed in pollen and tapetal cells and is required for the synthesis of very long chain alkanes. osgl1-4 mutant generated apparently normal pollen but displayed excessively fast dehydration at anthesis and defective adhesion and hydration under normal condition, but the defective adhesion and hydration were rescued by high humidity. Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry analysis suggested that the humidity-sensitive male sterility of osgl1-4 was probably due to a significant reduction in C25 and C27 alkanes. These results indicate that very long chain alkanes are components of rice pollen coat and control male fertility via affecting pollen adhesion and hydration in response to environmental humidity. Moreover, we proposed that a critical point of water content in mature pollen is required for the initiation of pollen adhesion.
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- Bo Yu
- Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Physiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- College of Life Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Physiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Physiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- College of Life Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- Innovative Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Pountain AW, Weidt SK, Regnault C, Bates PA, Donachie AM, Dickens NJ, Barrett MP. Genomic instability at the locus of sterol C24-methyltransferase promotes amphotericin B resistance in Leishmania parasites. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2019; 13:e0007052. [PMID: 30716073 PMCID: PMC6375703 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0007052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2018] [Revised: 02/14/2019] [Accepted: 12/04/2018] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Amphotericin B is an increasingly important tool in efforts to reduce the global disease burden posed by Leishmania parasites. With few other chemotherapeutic options available for the treatment of leishmaniasis, the potential for emergent resistance to this drug is a considerable threat. Here we characterised four novel amphotericin B-resistant Leishmania mexicana lines. All lines exhibited altered sterol biosynthesis, and hypersensitivity to pentamidine. Whole genome sequencing demonstrated resistance-associated mutation of the sterol biosynthesis gene sterol C5-desaturase in one line. However, in three out of four lines, RNA-seq revealed loss of expression of sterol C24-methyltransferase (SMT) responsible for drug resistance and altered sterol biosynthesis. Additional loss of the miltefosine transporter was associated with one of those lines. SMT is encoded by two tandem gene copies, which we found to have very different expression levels. In all cases, reduced overall expression was associated with loss of the 3' untranslated region of the dominant gene copy, resulting from structural variations at this locus. Local regions of sequence homology, between the gene copies themselves, and also due to the presence of SIDER1 retrotransposon elements that promote multi-gene amplification, correlate to these structural variations. Moreover, in at least one case loss of SMT expression was not associated with loss of virulence in primary macrophages or in vivo. Whilst such repeat sequence-mediated instability is known in Leishmania genomes, its presence associated with resistance to a major antileishmanial drug, with no evidence of associated fitness costs, is a significant concern.
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- Andrew W. Pountain
- Wellcome Centre for Molecular Parasitology, Institute of Infection, Immunity & Inflammation, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Glasgow Polyomics, College of Medical, Veterinary & Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Garscube Estate, Bearsden, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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- Wellcome Centre for Molecular Parasitology, Institute of Infection, Immunity & Inflammation, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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- Division of Biomedical and Life Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medicine, Lancaster University, United Kingdom
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- Wellcome Centre for Molecular Parasitology, Institute of Infection, Immunity & Inflammation, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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- Marine Biomedical & Biotechnology Research Program, Florida Atlantic University Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, Fort Pierce, Florida, United States of America
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- Wellcome Centre for Molecular Parasitology, Institute of Infection, Immunity & Inflammation, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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REM1.3's phospho-status defines its plasma membrane nanodomain organization and activity in restricting PVX cell-to-cell movement. PLoS Pathog 2018; 14:e1007378. [PMID: 30419072 PMCID: PMC6258466 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1007378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2018] [Revised: 11/26/2018] [Accepted: 10/03/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Plants respond to pathogens through dynamic regulation of plasma membrane-bound signaling pathways. To date, how the plant plasma membrane is involved in responses to viruses is mostly unknown. Here, we show that plant cells sense the Potato virus X (PVX) COAT PROTEIN and TRIPLE GENE BLOCK 1 proteins and subsequently trigger the activation of a membrane-bound calcium-dependent kinase. We show that the Arabidopsis thaliana CALCIUM-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE 3-interacts with group 1 REMORINs in vivo, phosphorylates the intrinsically disordered N-terminal domain of the Group 1 REMORIN REM1.3, and restricts PVX cell-to-cell movement. REM1.3's phospho-status defines its plasma membrane nanodomain organization and is crucial for REM1.3-dependent restriction of PVX cell-to-cell movement by regulation of callose deposition at plasmodesmata. This study unveils plasma membrane nanodomain-associated molecular events underlying the plant immune response to viruses. Viruses propagate in plants through membranous channels, called plasmodesmata, linking each cell to its neighboring cell. In this work, we challenge the role of the plasma membrane in the regulation of virus propagation. By studying the dynamics and the activation of a plant-specific protein called REMORIN, we found that the way this protein is organized inside the membrane is crucial to fulfill its function in the immunity of plants against viruses.
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Gronnier J, Crowet JM, Habenstein B, Nasir MN, Bayle V, Hosy E, Platre MP, Gouguet P, Raffaele S, Martinez D, Grelard A, Loquet A, Simon-Plas F, Gerbeau-Pissot P, Der C, Bayer EM, Jaillais Y, Deleu M, Germain V, Lins L, Mongrand S. Structural basis for plant plasma membrane protein dynamics and organization into functional nanodomains. eLife 2017; 6:e26404. [PMID: 28758890 PMCID: PMC5536944 DOI: 10.7554/elife.26404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2017] [Accepted: 07/13/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Plasma Membrane is the primary structure for adjusting to ever changing conditions. PM sub-compartmentalization in domains is thought to orchestrate signaling. Yet, mechanisms governing membrane organization are mostly uncharacterized. The plant-specific REMORINs are proteins regulating hormonal crosstalk and host invasion. REMs are the best-characterized nanodomain markers via an uncharacterized moiety called REMORIN C-terminal Anchor. By coupling biophysical methods, super-resolution microscopy and physiology, we decipher an original mechanism regulating the dynamic and organization of nanodomains. We showed that targeting of REMORIN is independent of the COP-II-dependent secretory pathway and mediated by PI4P and sterol. REM-CA is an unconventional lipid-binding motif that confers nanodomain organization. Analyses of REM-CA mutants by single particle tracking demonstrate that mobility and supramolecular organization are critical for immunity. This study provides a unique mechanistic insight into how the tight control of spatial segregation is critical in the definition of PM domain necessary to support biological function.
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- Julien Gronnier
- Laboratoire de Biogenèse Membranaire (LBM), Unité Mixte de Recherche UMR 5200, CNRS, Université de BordeauxBordeauxFrance
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- Laboratoire de Biophysique Moléculaire aux InterfacesGX ABT, Université de LiègeGemblouxBelgium
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- Institute of Chemistry and Biology of Membranes and Nanoobjects (UMR5248 CBMN), CNRS, Université de Bordeaux, Institut Polytechnique BordeauxPessacFrance
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- Laboratoire de Biophysique Moléculaire aux InterfacesGX ABT, Université de LiègeGemblouxBelgium
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- Laboratoire Reproduction et Développement des PlantesUniversité de Lyon, ENS de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1LyonFrance
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- Interdisciplinary Institute for Neuroscience, CNRS, University of BordeauxBordeauxFrance
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- Laboratoire Reproduction et Développement des PlantesUniversité de Lyon, ENS de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1LyonFrance
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- Laboratoire de Biogenèse Membranaire (LBM), Unité Mixte de Recherche UMR 5200, CNRS, Université de BordeauxBordeauxFrance
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- Institute of Chemistry and Biology of Membranes and Nanoobjects (UMR5248 CBMN), CNRS, Université de Bordeaux, Institut Polytechnique BordeauxPessacFrance
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- Institute of Chemistry and Biology of Membranes and Nanoobjects (UMR5248 CBMN), CNRS, Université de Bordeaux, Institut Polytechnique BordeauxPessacFrance
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- Institute of Chemistry and Biology of Membranes and Nanoobjects (UMR5248 CBMN), CNRS, Université de Bordeaux, Institut Polytechnique BordeauxPessacFrance
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- Agroécologie, AgroSup Dijon, INRA, Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté, F-21000 Dijon, ERL 6003 CNRSDijonFrance
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- Agroécologie, AgroSup Dijon, INRA, Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté, F-21000 Dijon, ERL 6003 CNRSDijonFrance
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- Agroécologie, AgroSup Dijon, INRA, Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté, F-21000 Dijon, ERL 6003 CNRSDijonFrance
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- Laboratoire de Biogenèse Membranaire (LBM), Unité Mixte de Recherche UMR 5200, CNRS, Université de BordeauxBordeauxFrance
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- Laboratoire Reproduction et Développement des PlantesUniversité de Lyon, ENS de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1LyonFrance
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- Laboratoire de Biophysique Moléculaire aux InterfacesGX ABT, Université de LiègeGemblouxBelgium
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- Laboratoire de Biogenèse Membranaire (LBM), Unité Mixte de Recherche UMR 5200, CNRS, Université de BordeauxBordeauxFrance
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- Laboratoire de Biophysique Moléculaire aux InterfacesGX ABT, Université de LiègeGemblouxBelgium
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- Laboratoire de Biogenèse Membranaire (LBM), Unité Mixte de Recherche UMR 5200, CNRS, Université de BordeauxBordeauxFrance
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Sonawane PD, Pollier J, Panda S, Szymanski J, Massalha H, Yona M, Unger T, Malitsky S, Arendt P, Pauwels L, Almekias-Siegl E, Rogachev I, Meir S, Cárdenas PD, Masri A, Petrikov M, Schaller H, Schaffer AA, Kamble A, Giri AP, Goossens A, Aharoni A. Plant cholesterol biosynthetic pathway overlaps with phytosterol metabolism. NATURE PLANTS 2016; 3:16205. [PMID: 28005066 DOI: 10.1038/nplants.2016.205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 165] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2016] [Accepted: 11/23/2016] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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The amount of cholesterol made by many plants is not negligible. Whereas cholesterogenesis in animals was elucidated decades ago, the plant pathway has remained enigmatic. Among other roles, cholesterol is a key precursor for thousands of bioactive plant metabolites, including the well-known Solanum steroidal glycoalkaloids. Integrating tomato transcript and protein co-expression data revealed candidate genes putatively associated with cholesterol biosynthesis. A combination of functional assays including gene silencing, examination of recombinant enzyme activity and yeast mutant complementation suggests the cholesterol pathway comprises 12 enzymes acting in 10 steps. It appears that half of the cholesterogenesis-specific enzymes evolved through gene duplication and divergence from phytosterol biosynthetic enzymes, whereas others act reciprocally in both cholesterol and phytosterol metabolism. Our findings provide a unique example of nature's capacity to exploit existing protein folds and catalytic machineries from primary metabolism to assemble a new, multi-step metabolic pathway. Finally, the engineering of a 'high-cholesterol' model plant underscores the future value of our gene toolbox to produce high-value steroidal compounds via synthetic biology.
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- Prashant D Sonawane
- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, B-9052 Gent, Belgium
- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, B-9052 Gent, Belgium
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
- Department of Botany, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Ganeshkhind, Pune 411007, India
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
- School of Computer Sciences and Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel-Aviv 69978, Israel
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Israel Structural Proteomics Centre, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Israel Structural Proteomics Centre, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, B-9052 Gent, Belgium
- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, B-9052 Gent, Belgium
- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Ghent University, B-9000 Gent, Belgium
- VIB Medical Biotechnology Center, B-9000 Gent, Belgium
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- Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, B-9052 Gent, Belgium
- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, B-9052 Gent, Belgium
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Department of Vegetable Research, ARO-Volcani Center, Bet Dagan 50250, Israel
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- Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes du CNRS &Université de Strasbourg, Institut de Botanique, Strasbourg, France
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- Department of Vegetable Research, ARO-Volcani Center, Bet Dagan 50250, Israel
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- Department of Botany, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Ganeshkhind, Pune 411007, India
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- Plant Molecular Biology Unit, Division of Biochemical Sciences, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune 411008, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, B-9052 Gent, Belgium
- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, B-9052 Gent, Belgium
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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Wang W, Zhang Y, Xu C, Ren J, Liu X, Black K, Gai X, Wang Q, Ren H. Cucumber ECERIFERUM1 (CsCER1), which influences the cuticle properties and drought tolerance of cucumber, plays a key role in VLC alkanes biosynthesis. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2015; 87:219-33. [PMID: 25539982 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-014-0271-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2014] [Accepted: 12/02/2014] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Most land plants have a wax layer which covers their aerial parts to protect them from environmental stresses, such as drought, UV radiation, and pathogenic invasion. The wax biosynthesis has been well studied previously in Arabidopsis, but it still remains elusive in cucumber. Here, we isolated a CER1 homolog CsCER1 in cucumber, and we found that the expression of CsCER1 in the cucumber line 3401 which shows waxy fruit phenotype is much higher than that in the cucumber line 3413 which displays glossy fruit phenotype. Spatial and temporal expression analyses revealed that CsCER1 is specifically expressed in the epidermis where waxes are synthesized, and sub-cellular location showed that CsCER1 protein is localized to the endoplasmic reticulum. The expression of CsCER1 can be induced by low temperature, drought, salt stress and abscisic acid. In addition, abnormal expressions of CsCER1 in transgenic cucumber plants have dramatic effects on very-long-chain (VLC) alkanes biosynthesis, cuticle permeability, and drought resistance. Our data suggested that CsCER1 plays an important role in VLC alkanes biosynthesis in cucumber.
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- Wenjiao Wang
- Department of Vegetable Science, College of Agronomy and Bio-technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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Yun Y, Yin D, Dawood DH, Liu X, Chen Y, Ma Z. Functional characterization of FgERG3 and FgERG5 associated with ergosterol biosynthesis, vegetative differentiation and virulence of Fusarium graminearum. Fungal Genet Biol 2014; 68:60-70. [PMID: 24785759 DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2014.04.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2013] [Revised: 04/11/2014] [Accepted: 04/15/2014] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The ergosterol biosynthesis pathway is well characterized in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, while little is known about the pathway in filamentous fungi. In this study, we isolated and genetically documented biological functions of FgErg3 and FgErg5, which are located upstream of FgErg4, the enzyme catalyzing the final step of ergosterol synthesis in Fusarium graminearum. Our results demonstrated that F. graminearum contains two paralogous FgERG3 and two FgERG5 genes. FgErg3, but not FgErg5, is involved in ergosterol biosynthesis. Double deletion mutants of FgERG3 alleles or the double deletion mutants of FgERG5 alleles showed decreased conidiation and produced abnormal conidia. Fungicide susceptibility tests revealed that FgERG3 and FgERG5 mutants have increased resistance towards triadimefon. However, FgERG3 mutants exhibited increased susceptibility to tebuconazole as well as increased susceptibility to oxidative stress, paraquat and to Mg(2+). Pathogenicity tests showed that the FgERG3 and FgERG5 double deletion mutant displayed dramatically attenuated virulence although they were able to successfully colonize flowering wheat head. In addition, complementation of FgERG3 and FgERG5 genes into S. cerevisiae partially rescued the susceptibility of S. cerevisiae ERG3 and ERG5 deletion mutants towards hydroxyurea and caffeine. Taken together, our results indicate that FgERG3 and FgERG5 play a crucial role in vegetative differentiation, resistance to fungicides and virulence in F. graminearum. FgErg3 alleles, but not FgErg5 alleles, are required for ergosterol biosynthesis in the filamentous fungus F. graminearum.
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- Yingzi Yun
- Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, 866 Yuhangtang Road, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, 866 Yuhangtang Road, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310028, China; Department of Agriculture Chemistry, Faculty of agriculture, Mansoura University, Mansoura 35516, Egypt
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- Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, 866 Yuhangtang Road, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, 866 Yuhangtang Road, Hangzhou 310058, China.
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- Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, 866 Yuhangtang Road, Hangzhou 310058, China
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Kristan K, Rižner TL. Steroid-transforming enzymes in fungi. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 2012; 129:79-91. [PMID: 21946531 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2011.08.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2011] [Revised: 07/27/2011] [Accepted: 08/19/2011] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Fungal species are a very important source of many different enzymes, and the ability of fungi to transform steroids has been used for several decades in the production of compounds with a sterane skeleton. Here, we review the characterised and/or purified enzymes for steroid transformations, dividing them into two groups: (i) enzymes of the ergosterol biosynthetic pathway, including data for, e.g. ERG11 (14α-demethylase), ERG6 (C-24 methyltransferase), ERG5 (C-22 desaturase) and ERG4 (C-24 reductase); and (ii) the other steroid-transforming enzymes, including different hydroxylases (7α-, 11α-, 11β-, 14α-hydroxylase), oxidoreductases (5α-reductase, 3β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase/isomerase, 17β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase, C-1/C-2 dehydrogenase) and C-17-C-20 lyase. The substrate specificities of these enzymes, their cellular localisation, their association with protein super-families, and their potential applications are discussed. Article from a special issue on steroids and microorganisms.
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- Katja Kristan
- Institute of Biochemistry, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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Qin BX, Tang D, Huang J, Li M, Wu XR, Lu LL, Wang KJ, Yu HX, Chen JM, Gu MH, Cheng ZK. Rice OsGL1-1 is involved in leaf cuticular wax and cuticle membrane. MOLECULAR PLANT 2011; 4:985-95. [PMID: 21511810 DOI: 10.1093/mp/ssr028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Cuticular wax forms a hydrophobic barrier on aerial plant organs; it plays an important role in protecting a plant from damage caused by many forms of environmental stress. In the present study, we characterized a rice leaf wax-deficient mutant osgl1-1 derived from a spontaneous mutation, which exhibited a wax-deficient and highly hydrophilic leaf phenotype. We cloned the OsGL1-1 gene by the map-based cloning method and performed a complementation test to confirm the function of the candidate gene. Molecular studies revealed that OsGL1-1 was a member of the OsGL1 family, and contained regions that were homologous to some regions in sterol desaturases and short-chain dehydrogenases/reductases. Compared to the wild-type, the osgl1-1 mutant showed decreased cuticular wax deposition, thinner cuticular membrane, decreased chlorophyll leaching, increased rate of water loss, and enhanced sensitivity to drought. OsGL1-1 is expressed ubiquitously in rice. The transient expression of OsGL1-1-green fluorescent protein fusion protein indicated that OsGL1-1 is localized in the cytoplasm, plasma membrane, and nucleus.
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- Bao-Xiang Qin
- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics and Center for Plant Gene Research, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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Tomazic ML, Najle SR, Nusblat AD, Uttaro AD, Nudel CB. A novel sterol desaturase-like protein promoting dealkylation of phytosterols in Tetrahymena thermophila. EUKARYOTIC CELL 2011; 10:423-34. [PMID: 21257793 PMCID: PMC3067464 DOI: 10.1128/ec.00259-10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2010] [Accepted: 01/07/2011] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The gene TTHERM_00438800 (DES24) from the ciliate Tetrahymena thermophila encodes a protein with three conserved histidine clusters, typical of the fatty acid hydroxylase superfamily. Despite its high similarity to sterol desaturase-like enzymes, the phylogenetic analysis groups Des24p in a separate cluster more related to bacterial than to eukaryotic proteins, suggesting a possible horizontal gene transfer event. A somatic knockout of DES24 revealed that the gene encodes a protein, Des24p, which is involved in the dealkylation of phytosterols. Knocked-out mutants were unable to eliminate the C-24 ethyl group from C(29) sterols, whereas the ability to introduce other modifications, such as desaturations at positions C-5(6), C-7(8), and C-22(23), were not altered. Although C-24 dealkylations have been described in other organisms, such as insects, neither the enzymes nor the corresponding genes have been identified to date. Therefore, this is the first identification of a gene involved in sterol dealkylation. Moreover, the knockout mutant and wild-type strain differed significantly in growth and morphology only when cultivated with C(29) sterols; under this culture condition, a change from the typical pear-like shape to a round shape and an alteration in the regulation of tetrahymanol biosynthesis were observed. Sterol analysis upon culture with various substrates and inhibitors indicate that the removal of the C-24 ethyl group in Tetrahymena may proceed by a mechanism different from the one currently known.
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- Mariela L. Tomazic
- Cátedra de Biotecnología y Microbiología Industrial, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Junín 956, 1113 Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario (IBR), CONICET, Departamento de Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina
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- Cátedra de Biotecnología y Microbiología Industrial, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Junín 956, 1113 Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario (IBR), CONICET, Departamento de Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina
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- Cátedra de Biotecnología y Microbiología Industrial, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Junín 956, 1113 Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Oxidative stress has been implicated previously in the regulation of ceramide metabolism. In the present study, its effects on dihydroceramide desaturase were investigated. To stimulate oxidative stress, HEK (human embyronic kidney)-293, MCF7, A549 and SMS-KCNR cells were treated with H2O2, menadione or tert-butylhydroperoxide. In all cell lines, an increase in dihydroceramide was observed upon oxidative stress as measured by LC (liquid chromatography)/MS. In contrast, total ceramide levels were relatively unchanged. Mechanistically, dihydroceramide desaturase activity was measured by an in situ assay and decreased in a time- and dose-dependent fashion. Interestingly, no detectable changes in the protein levels were observed, suggesting that oxidative stress does not induce degradation of dihydroceramide desaturase. In summary, oxidative stress leads to potent inhibition of dihydroceramide desaturase resulting in significant elevation in dihydroceramide levels in vivo.
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Wang F, Yang J, Wang H, Xia G. Gonadotropin-regulated expressions of lanosterol 14alpha-demethylase, sterol Delta14-reductase and C-4 sterol methyl oxidase contribute to the accumulation of meiosis-activating sterol in rabbit gonads. Prostaglandins Other Lipid Mediat 2010; 92:25-32. [PMID: 20193772 DOI: 10.1016/j.prostaglandins.2010.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2010] [Revised: 02/19/2010] [Accepted: 02/19/2010] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Meiosis-activating sterol (MAS), the intermediate of cholesterol biosynthesis, is an important lipophilic molecule mediating gonadotropins' action in inducing oocyte meiotic resumptions in various mammalian species. With respect to MAS's physiological relevance during oocyte maturation in the rabbit, early study has demonstrated that luteinizing hormone (LH), but not follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) can induce FF-MAS accumulation facilitating oocyte maturation in rabbits. However, the potential underlying mechanism for the MAS accumulation in the rabbit gonad remained unclear. We hypothesized that differential expression of MAS synthetic and metabolic enzymes would contribute to the timely MAS accumulation in the rabbit gonad. To address this issue, in the present investigation, we first cloned the cDNAs encoding there pre- and post-MAS enzymes, lanosterol 14alpha-demethylase (CYP51), sterol Delta14-reductase (14-SR) and C-4 sterol methyl oxidase (C4MO), respectively, using rapid amplification of cDNA ends (RACE) cloning, and then performed northern hybridization experiments to explore their expression profiles in the rabbit ovary, testis, and various other tissues. We observed that CYP51 expression was significantly upregulated only by LH/hCG in the antral follicle exhibiting its peak levels in preovulatory follicles; whereas both FSH and LH significantly downregulated 14-SR expression with the progression of antral follicular development. These findings provided here novel evidence that an inverse upregulation of CYP51 and downregulation of 14-SR expression under FSH/LH stimulation functions as the machinery for FF-MAS accumulation in preovulatory follicles prior to ovulation in the rabbit.
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- Fengchao Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
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Brumfield KM, Moroney JV, Moore TS, Simms TA, Donze D. Functional characterization of the Chlamydomonas reinhardtii ERG3 ortholog, a gene involved in the biosynthesis of ergosterol. PLoS One 2010; 5:e8659. [PMID: 20084111 PMCID: PMC2799552 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2009] [Accepted: 12/14/2009] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The predominant sterol in the membranes of the alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii is ergosterol, which is commonly found in the membranes of fungi, but is rarely found in higher plants. Higher plants and fungi synthesize sterols by different pathways, with plants producing cycloartenol as a precursor to end-product sterols, while non-photosynthesizing organisms like yeast and humans produce lanosterol as a precursor. Analysis of the C. reinhardtii genome sequence reveals that this algae is also likely to synthesize sterols using a pathway resembling the higher plant pathway, indicating that its sterols are synthesized somewhat differently than in fungi. The work presented here seeks to establish experimental evidence to support the annotated molecular function of one of the sterol biosynthetic genes in the Chlamydomonas genome. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS A gene with homology to the yeast sterol C-5 desaturase, ERG3, is present in the Chlamydomonas genome. To test whether the ERG3 ortholog of C. reinhardtii encodes a sterol C-5 desaturase, Saccharomyces cerevisiae ERG3 knockout strains were created and complemented with a plasmid expressing the Chlamydomonas ERG3. Expression of C. reinhardtii ERG3 cDNA in erg3 null yeast was able to restore ergosterol biosynthesis and reverse phenotypes associated with lack of ERG3 function. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE Complementation of the yeast erg3 null phenotypes strongly suggests that the gene annotated as ERG3 in C. reinhardtii functions as a sterol C-5 desaturase.
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- Kristy M. Brumfield
- Department of Biology, Xavier University of Louisiana, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America
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Identification of essential amino acid residues in a sterol 8,7-isomerase from Zea mays reveals functional homology and diversity with the isomerases of animal and fungal origin. Biochem J 2008; 414:247-59. [PMID: 18459942 DOI: 10.1042/bj20080292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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A putative 8,7SI (sterol 8,7-isomerase) from Zea mays, termed Zm8,7SI, has been isolated from an EST (expressed sequence tag) library and subcloned into the yeast erg2 mutant lacking 8,7SI activity. Zm8,7SI restored endogenous ergosterol synthesis. An in vitro enzymatic assay in the corresponding yeast microsomal extract indicated that the preferred Delta(8)-sterol substrate possesses a single C4alpha methyl group, in contrast with 8,7SIs from animals and fungi, thus reflecting the diversity in the structure of their active site in relation to the distinct sterol biosynthetic pathways. In accordance with the proposed catalytic mechanism, a series of lipophilic ammonium-ion-containing derivatives possessing a variety of structures and biological properties, potently inhibited the Zm8,7SI in vitro. To evaluate the importance of a series of conserved acidic and tryptophan residues which could be involved in the Zm8,7SI catalytic mechanism, 20 mutants of Zm8,7SI were constructed as well as a number of corresponding mutants of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae 8,7SI. The mutated isomerases were assayed in vivo by sterol analysis and quantification of Delta(5,7)-sterols and directly in vitro by examination of the activities of the recombinant Zm8,7SI mutants. These studies have identified His(74), Glu(78), Asp(107), Glu(121), Trp(66) and Trp(193) that are required for Zm8,7SI activity and show that binding of the enzyme-substrate complex is impaired in the mutant T124I. They underline the functional homology between the plant and animal 8,7SIs on one hand, in contrast with the yeast 8,7SI on the other hand, in accordance with their molecular diversity and distinct mechanisms.
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Yu F, Zaleta-Rivera K, Zhu X, Huffman J, Millet JC, Harris SD, Yuen G, Li XC, Du L. Structure and biosynthesis of heat-stable antifungal factor (HSAF), a broad-spectrum antimycotic with a novel mode of action. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2006; 51:64-72. [PMID: 17074795 PMCID: PMC1797680 DOI: 10.1128/aac.00931-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 199] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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A screen for antifungal compounds from Lysobacter enzymogenes strain C3, a bacterial biological control agent of fungal diseases, has previously led to the isolation of heat-stable antifungal factor (HSAF). HSAF exhibits inhibitory activities against a wide range of fungal species and shows a novel mode of antifungal action by disrupting the biosynthesis of a distinct group of sphingolipids. We have now determined the chemical structure of HSAF, which is identical to that of dihydromaltophilin, an antifungal metabolite with a unique macrocyclic lactam system containing a tetramic acid moiety and a 5,5,6-tricyclic skeleton. We have also identified the genetic locus responsible for the biosynthesis of HSAF in strain C3. DNA sequencing of this locus revealed genes for a hybrid polyketide synthase-nonribosomal peptide synthetase (PKS-NRPS), a sterol desaturase, a ferredoxin reductase, and an arginase. The disruption of the PKS-NRPS gene generated C3 mutants that lost the ability to produce HSAF and to inhibit fungal growth, demonstrating a hybrid PKS-NRPS that catalyzed the biosynthesis of the unique macrolactam system that is found in many biologically active natural products isolated from marine organisms. In addition, we have generated mutants with disrupted sterol desaturase, ferredoxin reductase, and arginase and examined the metabolites produced in these mutants. The work represents the first study of the genetic basis for the biosynthesis of the tetramic acid-containing macrolactams. The elucidation of the chemical structure of HSAF and the identification of the genetic locus for its biosynthesis establish the foundation for future exploitation of this group of compounds as new fungicides or antifungal drugs.
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- Fengan Yu
- Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska--Lincoln, 729 Hamilton Hall, Lincoln, NE 68588-0304, USA
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Rahier A, Darnet S, Bouvier F, Camara B, Bard M. Molecular and enzymatic characterizations of novel bifunctional 3beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenases/C-4 decarboxylases from Arabidopsis thaliana. J Biol Chem 2006; 281:27264-77. [PMID: 16835224 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m604431200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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We have isolated two cDNAs from Arabidopsis thaliana encoding bifunctional 3beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase/C-4 decarboxylases (3betaHSD/D) involved in sterol synthesis, termed At3betaHSD/D1 and At3betaHSD/D2. Transformation of the yeast ergosterol auxotroph erg26 mutant, which lacks 3betaHSD/D activity, with the At3betaHSD/D1 isoform or with At3betaHSD/D2 isoform containing a C-terminal At3betaHSD/D1 endoplasmic reticulum-retrieval sequence restored growth and ergosterol synthesis in erg26. An in vitro enzymatic assay revealed high 3betaHSD/D activity for both isoenzymes in the corresponding microsomal extracts. The two At3betaHSD/D isoenzymes showed similar substrate specificities that required free 3beta-hydroxyl and C-4-carboxyl groups but were quite tolerant in terms of variations of the sterol nucleus and side chain structures. Data obtained with 4alpha-carboxy-cholest-7-en-3beta-ol and its 3alpha-deuterated analog revealed that 3alpha-hydrogen-carbon bond cleavage is not the rate-limiting step of the reaction. In planta reduction on the expression of the 3betaHSD/D gene as a consequence of VIGS-mediated gene silencing in Nicotiana benthamiana led to a substantial accumulation of 3beta-hydroxy-4beta,14-dimethyl-5alpha-ergosta-9beta,19-cyclo-24(24(1))-en-4alpha-carboxylic acid, consistent with a decrease in 3betaHSD/D activity. These two novel oxidative decarboxylases constitute the first molecularly and functionally characterized HSDs from a short chain dehydrogenase/reductase family in plants.
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- Alain Rahier
- Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes, CNRS UPR2357, 28 Rue Goethe, 67083 Strasbourg Cedex, France.
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Martin CE, Oh CS, Jiang Y. Regulation of long chain unsaturated fatty acid synthesis in yeast. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Cell Biol Lipids 2006; 1771:271-85. [PMID: 16920014 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2006.06.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 163] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2006] [Revised: 06/13/2006] [Accepted: 06/14/2006] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Saccharomyces cerevisiae forms monounsaturated fatty acids using the ER membrane-bound Delta-9 fatty acid desaturase, Ole1p, an enzyme system that forms a double bond in saturated fatty acyl CoA substrates. Ole1p is a chimeric protein consisting of an amino terminal desaturase domain fused to cytochrome b5. It catalyzes the formation of the double bond through an oxygen-dependent mechanism that requires reducing equivalents from NADH. These are transferred to the enzyme via NADH cytochrome b5 reductase to the Ole1p cytochrome b5 domain and then to the diiron-oxo catalytic center of the enzyme. The control of OLE1 gene expression appears to mediated through the ER membrane proteins Spt23p and Mga2p. N-terminal fragments of these proteins are released by an ubiquitin/proteasome mediated proteolysis system and translocated to the nucleus where they appear to act as transcription coactivators of OLE1. OLE1 is regulated through Spt23p and Mga2p by multiple systems that control its transcription and mRNA stability in response to diverse stimuli that include nutrient fatty acids, carbon source, metal ions and the availability of oxygen.
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- Charles E Martin
- Rutgers University, Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Nelson Laboratories, 604 Allison Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8082, USA.
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Alcazar-Fuoli L, Mellado E, Garcia-Effron G, Buitrago MJ, Lopez JF, Grimalt JO, Cuenca-Estrella JM, Rodriguez-Tudela JL. Aspergillus fumigatus C-5 sterol desaturases Erg3A and Erg3B: role in sterol biosynthesis and antifungal drug susceptibility. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2006; 50:453-60. [PMID: 16436696 PMCID: PMC1366924 DOI: 10.1128/aac.50.2.453-460.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Two erg3 genes encoding C-5 sterol desaturase enzymes (Erg3A and Erg3B) in Aspergillus fumigatus were characterized with respect to their nucleotide sequences and null mutant phenotypes. Targeted disruption of the erg3A and erg3B genes and a double gene knockout, erg3A- erg3B-, showed that they are not essential for A. fumigatus viability. Mutant phenotypes clearly showed that Erg3B is a C-5 sterol desaturase, but no apparent role for Erg3A in A. fumigatus ergosterol biosynthesis was found. Susceptibility to amphotericin B, itraconazole, fluconazole, voriconazole, and ketoconazole was not altered in isolates in which erg3A and erg3B were knocked out alone and in combination.
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- Laura Alcazar-Fuoli
- Servicio de Micologia, Centro Nacional de Microbiologia, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain
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Na-Ranong S, Laoteng K, Kittakoop P, Tanticharoen M, Cheevadhanarak S. Targeted mutagenesis of a fatty acid Delta6-desaturase from Mucor rouxii: role of amino acid residues adjacent to histidine-rich motif II. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2005; 339:1029-34. [PMID: 16337147 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.11.115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2005] [Accepted: 11/17/2005] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The amino acid residues serine at position 213 (S213) and lysine at position 218 (K218), which are present in close proximity to the histidine-rich motif II of Mucor rouxii fatty acid Delta(6)-desaturase isoform II, were targeted for studying structure-function relationships using site-directed mutagenesis. The mutants were functionally characterized in a heterologous host, Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Substrate specificity and preference studies revealed that S213 and K218 are involved in substrate recognition. K218 plays a role in substrate preference by involvement in the binding of substrates, particularly C15-C18 monoene fatty acids. Modification of the M. rouxii Delta(6)-desaturase therefore has potential in specifically altering substrate utilization for production of desired fatty acids.
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- Sutthicha Na-Ranong
- School of Bioresources and Technology, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, Bangkuntien, Bangkok 10150, Thailand
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Isoprenoids represent the oldest class of known low molecular-mass natural products synthesized by plants. Their biogenesis in plastids, mitochondria and the endoplasmic reticulum-cytosol proceed invariably from the C5 building blocks, isopentenyl diphosphate and/or dimethylallyl diphosphate according to complex and reiterated mechanisms. Compounds derived from the pathway exhibit a diverse spectrum of biological functions. This review centers on advances obtained in the field based on combined use of biochemical, molecular biology and genetic approaches. The function and evolutionary implications of this metabolism are discussed in relation with seminal informations gathered from distantly but related organisms.
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- Florence Bouvier
- Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes du CNRS (UPR2357) et Université Louis Pasteur, 12 rue du Général Zimmer, 67084 Strasbourg Cedex, France
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Omae F, Miyazaki M, Enomoto A, Suzuki A. Identification of an essential sequence for dihydroceramide C-4 hydroxylase activity of mouse DES2. FEBS Lett 2004; 576:63-7. [PMID: 15474011 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2004.08.060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2004] [Accepted: 08/04/2004] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Although the amino acid sequences of mouse DES1 (MDES1) and DES2 (MDES2) have 63% sequence identity, their enzymatic characteristics are quite different. MDES1 exhibits high dihydroceramide delta4-desaturase activity and very low C-4 hydroxylase activity, while MDES2 is similarly active as both a dihydroceramide delta4-desaturase and a C-4 hydroxylase. We constructed several chimeras of MDES1 and MDES2 and identified a region important for C-4 hydroxylase activity in MDES2. This region contains the sequence XAFGY (X=T or A or V; Y=T or N) and occurs on the C-terminal side of the first His-box of MDES2. We confirmed the conservation of this region in DES2 family members sequenced from humans, pigs, rats, chickens, zebrafish, and Xenopus.
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- Fumio Omae
- Sphingolipid Expression Laboratory, Frontier Research System, RIKEN, 2-1, Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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Darnet S, Rahier A. Plant sterol biosynthesis: identification of two distinct families of sterol 4alpha-methyl oxidases. Biochem J 2004; 378:889-98. [PMID: 14653780 PMCID: PMC1224014 DOI: 10.1042/bj20031572] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2003] [Revised: 11/17/2003] [Accepted: 12/04/2003] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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In plants, the conversion of cycloartenol into functional phytosterols requires the removal of the two methyl groups at C-4 by an enzymic complex including a sterol 4alpha-methyl oxidase (SMO). We report the cloning of candidate genes for SMOs in Arabidopsis thaliana, belonging to two distinct families termed SMO1 and SMO2 and containing three and two isoforms respectively. SMO1 and SMO2 shared low sequence identity with each other and were orthologous to the ERG25 gene from Saccharomyces cerevisiae which encodes the SMO. The plant SMO amino acid sequences possess all the three histidine-rich motifs (HX3H, HX2HH and HX2HH), characteristic of the small family of membrane-bound non-haem iron oxygenases that are involved in lipid oxidation. To elucidate the precise functions of SMO1 and SMO2 gene families, we have reduced their expression by using a VIGS (virus-induced gene silencing) approach in Nicotiana benthamiana. SMO1 and SMO2 cDNA fragments were inserted into a viral vector and N. benthamiana inoculated with the viral transcripts. After silencing with SMO1, a substantial accumulation of 4,4-dimethyl-9beta,19-cyclopropylsterols (i.e. 24-methylenecycloartanol) was obtained, whereas qualitative and quantitative levels of 4alpha-methylsterols were not affected. In the case of silencing with SMO2, a large accumulation of 4alpha-methyl-Delta7-sterols (i.e. 24-ethylidenelophenol and 24-ethyllophenol) was found, with no change in the levels of 4,4-dimethylsterols. These clear and distinct biochemical phenotypes demonstrate that, in contrast with animals and fungi, in photosynthetic eukaryotes, these two novel families of cDNAs are coding two distinct types of C-4-methylsterol oxidases controlling the level of 4,4-dimethylsterol and 4alpha-methylsterol precursors respectively.
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- Sylvain Darnet
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes, UPR (Unité Propre de Recherche)-2357, 28 rue Goethe, Strasbourg Cedex 67083, France
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Idkowiak-Baldys J, Takemoto JY, Grilley MM. Structure-function studies of yeast C-4 sphingolipid long chain base hydroxylase. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2004; 1618:17-24. [PMID: 14643929 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2003.09.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The roles of putative active site residues of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae sphingolipid C-4 long chain base hydroxylase (Sur2p) were investigated by site-directed mutagenesis. The replacement of any one of conserved His residues of three histidine-rich motifs with an alanine eliminated hydroxylase activity in vivo and in vitro, indicating that they are all essential elements of the active site. An additional conserved His residue (His 249) outside of the histidine-rich cluster region was also found to be crucial for activity. Additional mutants altered in residues in close proximity to the histidine-rich cluster were generated. In order to determine their roles in hydroxylase vs. desaturase activities, residues were replaced with conserved residues from the yeast Delta7-sterol-C5(6)-desaturase, Erg3p. Residues Phe 174, Asn 182, Ser 191, Leu 196, Pro 199, Asn 266, Tyr 269, Asp 271 and Gln 275 appear to be additionally important elements of the active site but their conversion into corresponding Erg3p residues did not lead to a gain in desaturase activity. It is concluded that Sur2p is a membrane-bound hydroxylase that belongs to the diiron family of eight-histidine motif enzymes.
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In recent years, the impressive development of molecular genetics tools, the sequencing of the Arabidopsis thaliana genome, the availability of DNA or transposon tagged mutants, and the multiple possibilities offered by stable transformation with DNA in sense and antisense orientation have enabled the application of a strategy of gain or loss of function to study the sterol biosynthesis pathway. Here we describe the results obtained with these techniques. The results essentially confirm data obtained previously with sterol biosynthesis inhibitors (SBIs) and enable the precise dissection of biosynthetic pathways. We discuss the advantages and disadvantages of molecular genetics techniques as applied to sterol metabolism. The greater selectivity of these techniques constitutes an invaluable advantage and has led to the discovery of a role for sterols in plant development.
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- Pierre Benveniste
- Institut de Biologie Moleculaire des Plantes, Departement Biogenese et Fonctions des Isoprenoides, UPR-CNRS 2357, 28 rue Goethe, 67083 Strasbourg, France.
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Jackson CJ, Lamb DC, Manning NJ, Kelly DE, Kelly SL. Mutations in Saccharomyces cerevisiae sterol C5-desaturase conferring resistance to the CYP51 inhibitor fluconazole. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2003; 309:999-1004. [PMID: 13679073 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2003.08.098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Understanding fluconazole resistance is important as it emerged as a serious clinical problem for this CYP51, sterol 14alpha-demethylase, inhibitor. One mechanism, observed first in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, was through defective sterol C5-desaturase (Erg3p) required to form the fungistatic sterol end-product resulting from CYP51 inhibition, 14alpha-methylergosta-8,24(28)-dien-3beta,6alpha-diol. Here, we report molecular changes resulting in both blocked mutants and also leaky mutants in which reduced ergosterol levels were detected. Blocked mutants exhibited nonsense and frameshift mutations, while leaky mutants contained missense mutations that were generally in conserved positions based on the alignment of sterol C5-desaturases and located mainly between residues 250 and 282.
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- Colin J Jackson
- Wolfson Laboratory of P450 Biodiversity, Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Wales Aberystwyth, Aberystwyth, Wales SY23 3DA, UK
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Shanklin J, Whittle E. Evidence linking the Pseudomonas oleovorans alkane omega-hydroxylase, an integral membrane diiron enzyme, and the fatty acid desaturase family. FEBS Lett 2003; 545:188-92. [PMID: 12804773 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(03)00529-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Pseudomonas oleovorans alkane omega-hydroxylase (AlkB) is an integral membrane diiron enzyme that shares a requirement for iron and oxygen for activity in a manner similar to that of the non-heme integral membrane desaturases, epoxidases, acetylenases, conjugases, ketolases, decarbonylase and methyl oxidases. No overall sequence similarity is detected between AlkB and these desaturase-like enzymes by computer algorithms; however, they do contain a series of histidine residues in a similar relative positioning with respect to hydrophobic regions thought to be transmembrane domains. To test whether these conserved histidine residues are functionally equivalent to those of the desaturase-like enzymes we used scanning alanine mutagenesis to test if they are essential for activity of AlkB. These experiments show that alanine substitution of any of the eight conserved histidines results in complete inactivation, whereas replacement of three non-conserved histidines in close proximity to the conserved residues, results in only partial inactivation. These data provide the first experimental support for the hypotheses: (i) that the histidine motif in AlkB is equivalent to that in the desaturase-like enzymes and (ii) that the conserved histidine residues play a vital role such as coordinating the Fe ions comprising the diiron active site.
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- John Shanklin
- Department of Biology, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Building 463, 50 Bell Ave., Upton, NY 11973, USA.
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Sterols found in all eukaryotic organisms are membrane components which regulate the fluidity and the permeability of phospholipid bilayers. Certain sterols in minute amounts, such as campesterol in Arabidopsis thaliana, are precursors of oxidized steroids acting as growth hormones collectively named brassinosteroids. The crucial importance of brassinosteroids upon growth and development has been established through the study of a set of dwarf mutants affected in brassinosteroid synthesis or perception. Some of these dwarfs are, in fact, deficient in the final steps of sterol biosynthesis and their developmental phenotypes are primarily caused by a depletion in the sterol precursor for brassinosteroids. Recently, the characterization of genes encoding sterol biosynthetic enzymes and the isolation of novel plant lines affected in the expression of those genes, either by insertional or classical mutagenesis, overexpression or cosuppression, have shed new light on the involvement of sterols in biological processes such as embryonic development, cell and plant growth, and fertility, which will be presented and discussed in this review article.
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- Hubert Schaller
- Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes du CNRS, Département Isoprénoïdes, Institut de Botanique, 28 rue Goethe, F-67083, Strasbourg, France.
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Griffiths KM, Howlett BJ. Transcription of sterol Delta(5,6)-desaturase and sterol 14alpha-demethylase is induced in the plant pathogenic ascomycete, Leptosphaeria maculans, during treatment with a triazole fungicide. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2002; 217:81-7. [PMID: 12445649 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2002.tb11459.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Two genes whose derived amino acid sequences closely resemble the ergosterol biosynthetic enzymes, sterol Delta(5,6)-desaturase (erg3) and sterol 14alpha-demethylase (erg11), were cloned from the plant pathogenic fungus Leptosphaeria maculans. Transcript levels of both these genes increased following exposure of L. maculans to the triazole fungicide, flutriafol, which specifically inhibits the ergosterol biosynthetic pathway. This induction may be due to a decrease in ergosterol content or to abnormal levels of the ergosterol precursor, 24-methylene dihydrolanosterol.
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Brunetti-Pierri N, Corso G, Rossi M, Ferrari P, Balli F, Rivasi F, Annunziata I, Ballabio A, Russo AD, Andria G, Parenti G. Lathosterolosis, a novel multiple-malformation/mental retardation syndrome due to deficiency of 3beta-hydroxysteroid-delta5-desaturase. Am J Hum Genet 2002; 71:952-8. [PMID: 12189593 PMCID: PMC378549 DOI: 10.1086/342668] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2002] [Accepted: 06/26/2002] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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We report the clinical, biochemical, and molecular characterization of a patient with a novel defect of cholesterol biosynthesis. This patient presented with a complex phenotype, including multiple congenital anomalies, mental retardation, and liver disease. In the patient's plasma and cells, we found increased levels of lathosterol. The biosynthesis of cholesterol in the patient's fibroblasts was defective, showing a block in the conversion of lathosterol into 7-dehydrocholesterol. The activity of 3beta-hydroxysteroid-Delta(5)-desaturase (SC5D), the enzyme involved in this reaction, was deficient in the patient's fibroblasts. Sequence analysis of the SC5D gene in the patient's DNA, showing the presence of two missense mutations (R29Q and G211D), confirmed that the patient is affected by a novel defect of cholesterol biosynthesis.
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- Nicola Brunetti-Pierri
- Departments of Pediatrics and Biochemistry and Medical Biotechnology, Federico II University, Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine, and Medical Genetics, Second University of Naples, Naples; and Departments of Pediatrics and Pathology, University of Modena, Modena, Italy
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- Departments of Pediatrics and Biochemistry and Medical Biotechnology, Federico II University, Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine, and Medical Genetics, Second University of Naples, Naples; and Departments of Pediatrics and Pathology, University of Modena, Modena, Italy
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- Departments of Pediatrics and Biochemistry and Medical Biotechnology, Federico II University, Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine, and Medical Genetics, Second University of Naples, Naples; and Departments of Pediatrics and Pathology, University of Modena, Modena, Italy
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- Departments of Pediatrics and Biochemistry and Medical Biotechnology, Federico II University, Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine, and Medical Genetics, Second University of Naples, Naples; and Departments of Pediatrics and Pathology, University of Modena, Modena, Italy
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- Departments of Pediatrics and Biochemistry and Medical Biotechnology, Federico II University, Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine, and Medical Genetics, Second University of Naples, Naples; and Departments of Pediatrics and Pathology, University of Modena, Modena, Italy
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- Departments of Pediatrics and Biochemistry and Medical Biotechnology, Federico II University, Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine, and Medical Genetics, Second University of Naples, Naples; and Departments of Pediatrics and Pathology, University of Modena, Modena, Italy
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- Departments of Pediatrics and Biochemistry and Medical Biotechnology, Federico II University, Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine, and Medical Genetics, Second University of Naples, Naples; and Departments of Pediatrics and Pathology, University of Modena, Modena, Italy
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- Departments of Pediatrics and Biochemistry and Medical Biotechnology, Federico II University, Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine, and Medical Genetics, Second University of Naples, Naples; and Departments of Pediatrics and Pathology, University of Modena, Modena, Italy
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- Departments of Pediatrics and Biochemistry and Medical Biotechnology, Federico II University, Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine, and Medical Genetics, Second University of Naples, Naples; and Departments of Pediatrics and Pathology, University of Modena, Modena, Italy
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- Departments of Pediatrics and Biochemistry and Medical Biotechnology, Federico II University, Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine, and Medical Genetics, Second University of Naples, Naples; and Departments of Pediatrics and Pathology, University of Modena, Modena, Italy
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- Departments of Pediatrics and Biochemistry and Medical Biotechnology, Federico II University, Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine, and Medical Genetics, Second University of Naples, Naples; and Departments of Pediatrics and Pathology, University of Modena, Modena, Italy
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- Pierre Benveniste
- Institut de Biologie Moleculaire des Plantes, Departement Biogénèse et Fonctions des Isoprénoides, UPR-CNRS 2357, 28 rue Goethe, 67083-Strasbourg, France
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Darnet S, Bard M, Rahier A. Functional identification of sterol-4alpha-methyl oxidase cDNAs from Arabidopsis thaliana by complementation of a yeast erg25 mutant lacking sterol-4alpha-methyl oxidation. FEBS Lett 2001; 508:39-43. [PMID: 11707264 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(01)03002-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Specific primers derived from both genomic sequence data and EST cDNA sequences were used to polymerase chain reaction amplify two full-length cDNA sequences (AtSMO1 and AtSMO2), 801 and 783 bp, respectively, from an Arabidopsis thaliana cDNA library. The predicted proteins show 32 and 29% identity to the ERG25 gene from Saccharomyces cerevisiae which encodes the sterol-4alpha-methyl oxidase (SMO), a membrane-bound non-heme di-iron oxygenase involved in lipid metabolism. Heterologous expression of AtSMO1 and AtSMO2 in a yeast erg25 ergosterol auxotroph, lacking SMO activity, restored growth and endogenous ergosterol synthesis. These results represent the first functional identification of SMO genes from plants.
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- S Darnet
- Département Isoprénoïdes, Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes, UPR-CNRS 2357, 28 rue Goethe, 67083 Strasbourg Cedex, France
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Metzler DE, Metzler CM, Sauke DJ. Polyprenyl (Isoprenoid) Compounds. Biochemistry 2001. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-012492543-4/50025-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Callow MJ, Dudoit S, Gong EL, Speed TP, Rubin EM. Microarray expression profiling identifies genes with altered expression in HDL-deficient mice. Genome Res 2000; 10:2022-9. [PMID: 11116096 PMCID: PMC313086 DOI: 10.1101/gr.10.12.2022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 161] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Based on the assumption that severe alterations in the expression of genes known to be involved in high-density lipoprotein (HDL) metabolism may affect the expression of other genes, we screened an array of >5000 mouse expressed sequence tags for altered gene expression in the livers of two lines of mice with dramatic decreases in HDL plasma concentrations. Labeled cDNA from livers of apolipoprotein AI (apoAI)-knockout mice, scavenger receptor BI (SR-BI) transgenic mice, and control mice were cohybridized to microarrays. Two-sample t statistics were used to identify genes with altered expression levels in the knockout or transgenic mice compared with control mice. In the SR-BI group we found nine array elements representing at least five genes that were significantly altered on the basis of an adjusted P value < 0.05. In the apoAI-knockout group, eight array elements representing four genes were altered compared with the control group (adjusted P < 0.05). Several of the genes identified in the SR-BI transgenic suggest altered sterol metabolism and oxidative processes. These studies illustrate the use of multiple-testing methods for the identification of genes with altered expression in replicated microarray experiments.
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- M J Callow
- Genome Sciences Department, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA.
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Callow MJ, Dudoit S, Gong EL, Speed TP, Rubin EM. Microarray Expression Profiling Identifies Genes with Altered Expression in HDL-Deficient Mice. Genome Res 2000. [DOI: 10.1101/gr.147200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Based on the assumption that severe alterations in the expression of genes known to be involved in high-density lipoprotein (HDL) metabolism may affect the expression of other genes, we screened an array of >5000 mouse expressed sequence tags for altered gene expression in the livers of two lines of mice with dramatic decreases in HDL plasma concentrations. Labeled cDNA from livers of apolipoprotein AI (apoAI)-knockout mice, scavenger receptor BI (SR-BI) transgenic mice, and control mice were cohybridized to microarrays. Two-samplet statistics were used to identify genes with altered expression levels in the knockout or transgenic mice compared with control mice. In the SR-BI group we found nine array elements representing at least five genes that were significantly altered on the basis of an adjusted P value < 0.05. In the apoAI-knockout group, eight array elements representing four genes were altered compared with the control group (adjustedP < 0.05). Several of the genes identified in the SR-BI transgenic suggest altered sterol metabolism and oxidative processes. These studies illustrate the use of multiple-testing methods for the identification of genes with altered expression in replicated microarray experiments.
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