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Co HKC, Wu CC, Lee YC, Chen SH. Emergence of large-scale cell death through ferroptotic trigger waves. Nature 2024; 631:654-662. [PMID: 38987590 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07623-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2023] [Accepted: 05/29/2024] [Indexed: 07/12/2024]
Abstract
Large-scale cell death is commonly observed during organismal development and in human pathologies1-5. These cell death events extend over great distances to eliminate large populations of cells, raising the question of how cell death can be coordinated in space and time. One mechanism that enables long-range signal transmission is trigger waves6, but how this mechanism might be used for death events in cell populations remains unclear. Here we demonstrate that ferroptosis, an iron- and lipid-peroxidation-dependent form of cell death, can propagate across human cells over long distances (≥5 mm) at constant speeds (around 5.5 μm min-1) through trigger waves of reactive oxygen species (ROS). Chemical and genetic perturbations indicate a primary role of ROS feedback loops (Fenton reaction, NADPH oxidase signalling and glutathione synthesis) in controlling the progression of ferroptotic trigger waves. We show that introducing ferroptotic stress through suppression of cystine uptake activates these ROS feedback loops, converting cellular redox systems from being monostable to being bistable and thereby priming cell populations to become bistable media over which ROS propagate. Furthermore, we demonstrate that ferroptosis and its propagation accompany the massive, yet spatially restricted, cell death events during muscle remodelling of the embryonic avian limb, substantiating its use as a tissue-sculpting strategy during embryogenesis. Our findings highlight the role of ferroptosis in coordinating global cell death events, providing a paradigm for investigating large-scale cell death in embryonic development and human pathologies.
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- Hannah K C Co
- Molecular and Cell Biology, Taiwan International Graduate Program, Academia Sinica and Graduate Institute of Life Science, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
- Laboratory for Cell Dynamics, Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Laboratory for Cell Dynamics, Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
- National Center for Theoretical Sciences, Physics Division, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Laboratory for Cell Dynamics, Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Molecular and Cell Biology, Taiwan International Graduate Program, Academia Sinica and Graduate Institute of Life Science, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan.
- Laboratory for Cell Dynamics, Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.
- National Center for Theoretical Sciences, Physics Division, Taipei, Taiwan.
- Genome and Systems Biology Degree Program, Academia Sinica and National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
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Moldogazieva NT, Zavadskiy SP, Astakhov DV, Terentiev AA. Lipid peroxidation: Reactive carbonyl species, protein/DNA adducts, and signaling switches in oxidative stress and cancer. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2023; 687:149167. [PMID: 37939506 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2023.149167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2023] [Revised: 10/15/2023] [Accepted: 10/26/2023] [Indexed: 11/10/2023]
Abstract
Under the exposure of lipids to reactive oxygen species (ROS), lipid peroxidation proceeds non-enzymatically and generates an extremely heterogeneous mixture of reactive carbonyl species (RCS). Among them, HNE, HHE, MDA, methylglyoxal, glyoxal, and acrolein are the most studied and/or abundant ones. Over the last decades, significant progress has been achieved in understanding mechanisms of RCS generation, protein/DNA adduct formation, and their identification and quantification in biological samples. In our review, we critically discuss the advancements in understanding the roles of RCS-induced protein/DNA modifications in signaling switches to provide adaptive cell response under physiological and oxidative stress conditions. At non-toxic concentrations, RCS modify susceptible Cys residue in c-Src to activate MAPK signaling and Cys, Lys, and His residues in PTEN to cause its reversible inactivation, thereby stimulating PI3K/PKB(Akt) pathway. RCS toxic concentrations cause irreversible Cys modifications in Keap1 and IKKβ followed by stabilization of Nrf2 and activation of NF-κB, respectively, for their nuclear translocation and antioxidant gene expression. Dysregulation of these mechanisms causes diseases including cancer. Alterations in RCS, RCS detoxifying enzymes, RCS-modified protein/DNA adducts, and signaling pathways have been implicated in various cancer types.
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- Nurbubu T Moldogazieva
- Department of Pharmacology, A.P. Nelyubin Institute of Pharmacy, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, 119991, 8 Trubetskaya Street, Moscow, Russia.
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- Department of Pharmacology, A.P. Nelyubin Institute of Pharmacy, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, 119991, 8 Trubetskaya Street, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Biodesign and Complex Systems Modelling, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, 119991, 8 Trubetskaya Str., Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, N.I. Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, 117997, 1 Ostrovityanov Street, Moscow, Russia
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Jana RD, Ngo AH, Bose S, Do LH. Organoiridium Complexes Enhance Cellular Defense Against Reactive Aldehydes Species. Chemistry 2023; 29:e202300842. [PMID: 37058398 PMCID: PMC10330484 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202300842] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2023] [Revised: 04/11/2023] [Accepted: 04/14/2023] [Indexed: 04/15/2023]
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Although reactive aldehyde species (RASP) are associated with the pathogenesis of many major diseases, there are currently no clinically approved treatments for RASP overload. Conventional aldehyde detox agents are stoichiometric reactants that get consumed upon reacting with their biological targets, which limits their therapeutic efficiency. To achieve longer-lasting detoxification effects, small-molecule intracellular metal catalysts (SIMCats) were used to protect cells by converting RASP into non-toxic alcohols. It was shown that SIMCats were significantly more effective in lowering cell death from the treatment with 4-hydroxynon-2-enal than aldehyde scavengers over a 72 h period. Studies revealed that SIMCats reduced the aldehyde accumulation in cells exposed to the known RASP inducer arsenic trioxide. This work demonstrates that SIMCats offer unique benefits over stochiometric agents, potentially providing new ways to combat diseases with greater selectivity and efficiency than existing approaches.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Houston, 4800 Calhoun Road, Houston, Texas, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Houston, 4800 Calhoun Road, Houston, Texas, United States
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Tossetta G, Fantone S, Marzioni D, Mazzucchelli R. Role of Natural and Synthetic Compounds in Modulating NRF2/KEAP1 Signaling Pathway in Prostate Cancer. Cancers (Basel) 2023; 15:cancers15113037. [PMID: 37296999 DOI: 10.3390/cancers15113037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2023] [Revised: 05/29/2023] [Accepted: 06/01/2023] [Indexed: 06/12/2023] Open
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Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer in men worldwide. Prostate cancer can be treated by surgery or active surveillance when early diagnosed but, when diagnosed at an advanced or metastatic stage, radiation therapy or androgen-deprivation therapy is needed to reduce cancer progression. However, both of these therapies can cause prostate cancer resistance to treatment. Several studies demonstrated that oxidative stress is involved in cancer occurrence, development, progression and treatment resistance. The nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (NRF2)/KEAP1 (Kelch-Like ECH-Associated Protein 1) pathway plays an important role in protecting cells against oxidative damage. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels and NRF2 activation can determine cell fate. In particular, toxic levels of ROS lead physiological cell death and cell tumor suppression, while lower ROS levels are associated with carcinogenesis and cancer progression. On the contrary, a high level of NRF2 promotes cell survival related to cancer progression activating an adaptive antioxidant response. In this review, we analyzed the current literature regarding the role of natural and synthetic compounds in modulating NRF2/KEAP1 signaling pathway in prostate cancer.
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- Giovanni Tossetta
- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Università Politecnica delle Marche, 60126 Ancona, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Università Politecnica delle Marche, 60126 Ancona, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Università Politecnica delle Marche, 60126 Ancona, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences and Public Health, Section of Pathological Anatomy, Università Politecnica delle Marche, 60126 Ancona, Italy
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Lai SWT, Lopez Gonzalez EDJ, Zoukari T, Ki P, Shuck SC. Methylglyoxal and Its Adducts: Induction, Repair, and Association with Disease. Chem Res Toxicol 2022; 35:1720-1746. [PMID: 36197742 PMCID: PMC9580021 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.2c00160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Metabolism is an essential part of life that provides energy for cell growth. During metabolic flux, reactive electrophiles are produced that covalently modify macromolecules, leading to detrimental cellular effects. Methylglyoxal (MG) is an abundant electrophile formed from lipid, protein, and glucose metabolism at intracellular levels of 1-4 μM. MG covalently modifies DNA, RNA, and protein, forming advanced glycation end products (MG-AGEs). MG and MG-AGEs are associated with the onset and progression of many pathologies including diabetes, cancer, and liver and kidney disease. Regulating MG and MG-AGEs is a potential strategy to prevent disease, and they may also have utility as biomarkers to predict disease risk, onset, and progression. Here, we review recent advances and knowledge surrounding MG, including its production and elimination, mechanisms of MG-AGEs formation, the physiological impact of MG and MG-AGEs in disease onset and progression, and the latter in the context of its receptor RAGE. We also discuss methods for measuring MG and MG-AGEs and their clinical application as prognostic biomarkers to allow for early detection and intervention prior to disease onset. Finally, we consider relevant clinical applications and current therapeutic strategies aimed at targeting MG, MG-AGEs, and RAGE to ultimately improve patient outcomes.
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- Seigmund Wai Tsuen Lai
- Department of Diabetes and Cancer Metabolism, Arthur Riggs Diabetes and Metabolism Research Institute, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, Duarte, California 91010, United States
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- Department of Diabetes and Cancer Metabolism, Arthur Riggs Diabetes and Metabolism Research Institute, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, Duarte, California 91010, United States
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- Department of Diabetes and Cancer Metabolism, Arthur Riggs Diabetes and Metabolism Research Institute, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, Duarte, California 91010, United States
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- Department of Diabetes and Cancer Metabolism, Arthur Riggs Diabetes and Metabolism Research Institute, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, Duarte, California 91010, United States
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- Department of Diabetes and Cancer Metabolism, Arthur Riggs Diabetes and Metabolism Research Institute, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, Duarte, California 91010, United States
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Moldogazieva NT, Mokhosoev IM, Mel'nikova TI, Porozov YB, Terentiev AA. Oxidative Stress and Advanced Lipoxidation and Glycation End Products (ALEs and AGEs) in Aging and Age-Related Diseases. OXIDATIVE MEDICINE AND CELLULAR LONGEVITY 2019; 2019:3085756. [PMID: 31485289 PMCID: PMC6710759 DOI: 10.1155/2019/3085756] [Citation(s) in RCA: 253] [Impact Index Per Article: 50.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2019] [Accepted: 06/27/2019] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Oxidative stress is a consequence of the use of oxygen in aerobic respiration by living organisms and is denoted as a persistent condition of an imbalance between the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and the ability of the endogenous antioxidant system (AOS) to detoxify them. The oxidative stress theory has been confirmed in many animal studies, which demonstrated that the maintenance of cellular homeostasis and biomolecular stability and integrity is crucial for cellular longevity and successful aging. Mitochondrial dysfunction, impaired protein homeostasis (proteostasis) network, alteration in the activities of transcription factors such as Nrf2 and NF-κB, and disturbances in the protein quality control machinery that includes molecular chaperones, ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS), and autophagy/lysosome pathway have been observed during aging and age-related chronic diseases. The accumulation of ROS under oxidative stress conditions results in the induction of lipid peroxidation and glycoxidation reactions, which leads to the elevated endogenous production of reactive aldehydes and their derivatives such as glyoxal, methylglyoxal (MG), malonic dialdehyde (MDA), and 4-hydroxy-2-nonenal (HNE) giving rise to advanced lipoxidation and glycation end products (ALEs and AGEs, respectively). Both ALEs and AGEs play key roles in cellular response to oxidative stress stimuli through the regulation of a variety of cell signaling pathways. However, elevated ALE and AGE production leads to protein cross-linking and aggregation resulting in an alteration in cell signaling and functioning which causes cell damage and death. This is implicated in aging and various age-related chronic pathologies such as inflammation, neurodegenerative diseases, atherosclerosis, and vascular complications of diabetes mellitus. In the present review, we discuss experimental data evidencing the impairment in cellular functions caused by AGE/ALE accumulation under oxidative stress conditions. We focused on the implications of ALEs/AGEs in aging and age-related diseases to demonstrate that the identification of cellular dysfunctions involved in disease initiation and progression can serve as a basis for the discovery of relevant therapeutic agents.
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- Nurbubu T. Moldogazieva
- I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University), 8 Trubetskaya Street, Moscow, 119991, Russia
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- I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University), 8 Trubetskaya Street, Moscow, 119991, Russia
- N.I. Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, 1 Ostrovityanov Street, Moscow, 117997, Russia
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- I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University), 8 Trubetskaya Street, Moscow, 119991, Russia
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- I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University), 8 Trubetskaya Street, Moscow, 119991, Russia
- Saint Petersburg National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics, 49 Kronverksky Prospect, St. Petersburg, 197101, Russia
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- N.I. Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, 1 Ostrovityanov Street, Moscow, 117997, Russia
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Shin M, McGowan A, DiNatale GJ, Chiramanewong T, Cai T, Connor RE. Hsp72 Is an Intracellular Target of the α,β-Unsaturated Sesquiterpene Lactone, Parthenolide. ACS OMEGA 2017; 2:7267-7274. [PMID: 30023543 PMCID: PMC6044938 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.7b00954] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2017] [Accepted: 10/03/2017] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The electrophilic natural product parthenolide has generated significant interest as a model for potential chemotherapeutics. Similar to other α,β-unsaturated carbonyl electrophiles, parthenolide induces the heat shock response in leukemia cells, potentially through covalent adduction of heat shock proteins. Other thiol-reactive electrophiles have also been shown to induce the heat shock response as well as to covalently adduct members of the heat shock protein family, such as heat shock protein 72 (Hsp72). To identify sites of modification of Hsp72 by parthenolide, we used high-resolution tandem mass spectrometry to detect 10 lysine, histidine, and cysteine residues of recombinant Hsp72 as modified in vitro by 10 and 100 μM parthenolide. To further ascertain that modification of Hsp72 by parthenolide occurs inside cells and not simply as an in vitro artifact, an alkyne-labeled derivative of parthenolide was synthesized to enable enrichment and detection of protein targets of parthenolide using copper-catalyzed [3 + 2] azide-alkyne cycloaddition. The alkyne-labeled parthenolide derivative displays an half maximal inhibitory concentration (IC50) in undifferentiated acute monocytic leukemia cells (THP-1) of 13.1 ± 1.1 μM, whereas parthenolide has an IC50 of 4.7 ± 1.1 μM. Concentration dependence of protein modification by the alkyne-parthenolide derivative was demonstrated, as well as in vitro adduction of Hsp72. Following treatment of THP-1 cells in culture by the alkyne-parthenolide, adducted proteins were isolated with neutravidin resin and detected by immunoblotting in the enriched protein fraction. Hsp70 proteins were detected in the enriched proteins, indicating that Hsp70 proteins were adducted intracellularly by the alkyne-parthenolide derivative.
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Vengerfeldt V, Mändar R, Saag M, Piir A, Kullisaar T. Oxidative stress in patients with endodontic pathologies. J Pain Res 2017; 10:2031-2040. [PMID: 28894386 PMCID: PMC5584906 DOI: 10.2147/jpr.s141366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Apical periodontitis (AP) is an inflammatory disease affecting periradicular tissues. It is a widespread condition but its etiopathogenetic mechanisms have not been completely elucidated and the current treatment options are not always successful. PURPOSE To compare oxidative stress (OxS) levels in the saliva and the endodontium (root canal [RC] contents) in patients with different endodontic pathologies and in endodontically healthy subjects. PATIENTS AND METHODS The study group of this comparison study included 22 subjects with primary chronic apical periodontitis (pCAP), 26 with posttreatment or secondary chronic apical periodontitis (sCAP), eight with acute periapical abscess, 13 with irreversible pulpitis, and 17 healthy controls. Resting saliva samples were collected before clinical treatment. Pulp samples (remnants of the pulp, tooth tissue, and/or previous root filling material) were collected under strict aseptic conditions using the Hedström file. The samples were frozen to -80°C until analysis. OxS markers (myeloperoxidase [MPO], oxidative stress index [OSI], 8-isoprostanes [8-EPI]) were detected in the saliva and the endodontium. RESULTS The highest MPO and 8-EPI levels were seen in pCAP and pulpitis, while the highest levels of OSI were seen in pCAP and abscess patients, as well as the saliva of sCAP patients. Controls showed the lowest OxS levels in both RC contents and saliva. Significant positive correlations between OxS markers, periapical index, and pain were revealed. Patients with pain had significantly higher OxS levels in both the endodontium (MPO median 27.9 vs 72.6 ng/mg protein, p=0.004; OSI 6.0 vs 10.4, p<0.001; 8-EPI 50.0 vs 75.0 pg/mL, p<0.001) and saliva (MPO 34.2 vs 117.5 ng/mg protein, p<0.001; 8-EPI 50.0 vs 112.8 pg/mL, p<0.001) compared to pain-free subjects. CONCLUSION OxS is an important pathomechanism in endodontic pathologies that is evident at both the local (RC contents) and systemic (saliva) level. OxS is significantly associated with dental pain and bone destruction.
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- Veiko Vengerfeldt
- Institute of Dental Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tartu
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- Institute of Biomedicine and Translational Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tartu
- Competence Centre on Health Technologies, Tartu, Estonia
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- Institute of Dental Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tartu
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- Institute of Biomedicine and Translational Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tartu
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- Institute of Biomedicine and Translational Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tartu
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Beavers WN, Rose KL, Galligan JJ, Mitchener MM, Rouzer CA, Tallman KA, Lamberson CR, Wang X, Hill S, Ivanova PT, Alex Brown H, Zhang B, Porter NA, Marnett LJ. Protein Modification by Endogenously Generated Lipid Electrophiles: Mitochondria as the Source and Target. ACS Chem Biol 2017; 12:2062-2069. [PMID: 28613820 PMCID: PMC6174696 DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.7b00480] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Determining the impact of lipid electrophile-mediated protein damage that occurs during oxidative stress requires a comprehensive analysis of electrophile targets adducted under pathophysiological conditions. Incorporation of ω-alkynyl linoleic acid into the phospholipids of macrophages prior to activation by Kdo2-lipid A, followed by protein extraction, click chemistry, and streptavidin affinity capture, enabled a systems-level survey of proteins adducted by lipid electrophiles generated endogenously during the inflammatory response. Results revealed a dramatic enrichment for membrane and mitochondrial proteins as targets for adduction. A marked decrease in adduction in the presence of MitoTEMPO demonstrated a primary role for mitochondrial superoxide in electrophile generation and indicated an important role for mitochondria as both a source and target of lipid electrophiles, a finding that has not been revealed by prior studies using exogenously provided electrophiles.
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- William N. Beavers
- Departments of Chemistry, AB. Hancock Memorial Laboratory for Cancer Research, Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States
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- Departments of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States
- Departments of Vanderbilt Mass Spectrometry Research Center, Vanderbilt Institute for Chemical Biology, Vanderbilt Center in Molecular Toxicology, Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States
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- Departments of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States
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- Departments of Chemistry, AB. Hancock Memorial Laboratory for Cancer Research, Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States
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- Departments of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States
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- Departments of Chemistry, AB. Hancock Memorial Laboratory for Cancer Research, Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States
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- Departments of Chemistry, AB. Hancock Memorial Laboratory for Cancer Research, Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States
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- Departments of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States
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- Departments of Vanderbilt Mass Spectrometry Research Center, Vanderbilt Institute for Chemical Biology, Vanderbilt Center in Molecular Toxicology, Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States
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- Departments of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States
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- Departments of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States
- Departments of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States
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- Departments of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States
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- Departments of Chemistry, AB. Hancock Memorial Laboratory for Cancer Research, Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States
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- Departments of Chemistry, AB. Hancock Memorial Laboratory for Cancer Research, Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States
- Departments of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States
- Departments of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States
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This Perspective delineates how redox signaling affects the activity of specific enzyme isoforms and how this property may be harnessed for rational drug design. Covalent drugs have resurged in recent years and several reports have extolled the general virtues of developing irreversible inhibitors. Indeed, many modern pharmaceuticals contain electrophilic appendages. Several invoke a warhead that hijacks active-site nucleophiles whereas others take advantage of spectator nucleophilic side chains that do not participate in enzymatic chemistry, but are poised to bind/react with electrophiles. The latest data suggest that innate electrophile sensing-which enables rapid reaction with an endogenous signaling electrophile-is a quintessential resource for the development of covalent drugs. For instance, based on recent work documenting isoform-specific electrophile sensing, isozyme non-specific drugs may be converted to isozyme-specific analogs by hijacking privileged first-responder electrophile-sensing cysteines. Because this approach targets functionally relevant cysteines, we can simultaneously harness previously untapped moonlighting roles of enzymes linked to redox sensing.
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- Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14850, USA; Department of Biochemistry, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY 10065, USA.
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Long MJC, Aye Y. The Die Is Cast: Precision Electrophilic Modifications Contribute to Cellular Decision Making. Chem Res Toxicol 2016; 29:1575-1582. [PMID: 27617777 PMCID: PMC5069682 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.6b00261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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This perspective sets out to critically
evaluate the scope of reactive
electrophilic small molecules as unique chemical signal carriers in
biological information transfer cascades. We consider these electrophilic
cues as a new volatile cellular currency and compare them to canonical
signaling circulation such as phosphate in terms of chemical properties,
biological specificity, sufficiency, and necessity. The fact that
nonenzymatic redox sensing properties are found in proteins undertaking
varied cellular tasks suggests that electrophile signaling is a moonlighting
phenomenon manifested within a privileged set of sensor proteins.
The latest interrogations into these on-target electrophilic responses
set forth a new horizon in the molecular mechanism of redox signal
propagation wherein direct low-occupancy electrophilic modifications
on a single sensor target are biologically sufficient to drive functional
redox responses with precision timing. We detail how the various mechanisms
through which redox signals function could contribute to their interesting
phenotypic responses, including hormesis.
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- Marcus J C Long
- Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Cornell University , 244 Baker Laboratory, Ithaca, New York 14850, United States
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- Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Cornell University , 244 Baker Laboratory, Ithaca, New York 14850, United States.,Department of Biochemistry, Weill Cornell Medicine , 1300 York Avenue, New York, New York 10065, United States
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Kim CS, Suh WS, Subedi L, Kim SY, Choi SU, Lee KR. Neuroprotective Fatty Acids from the Stem Bark of Sorbus commixta. Lipids 2016; 51:989-95. [PMID: 27386872 DOI: 10.1007/s11745-016-4172-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2016] [Accepted: 05/26/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Phytochemical investigation of the bark from the stems of Sorbus commixta led to the isolation and characterization of a new fatty acid, sorcomic acid (1), along with nine known analogues (2-10). The structure of the new compound (1) was determined through NMR ((1)H and (13)C NMR, HSQC, HMBC, and NOESY), MS, and specific optical rotation. The known compounds (2-10) were identified by comparison of their spectroscopic data with those in the literature. The biological activities of all the isolated compounds (1-10) were evaluated: compounds 1, 5, and 7 potently induced NGF secretion from C6 glioma cells (233.40 ± 12.82, 194.40 ± 8.05, and 185.74 ± 10.25 %, respectively) and compound 10 reduced NO levels with an IC50 value of 71.25 μM in murine microglia BV2 cells stimulated by LPS.
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- Chung Sub Kim
- Natural Products Laboratory, School of Pharmacy, Sungkyunkwan University, 2066 Seobu-ro, Jangan-ku, Suwon, 16419, Republic of Korea
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- Natural Products Laboratory, School of Pharmacy, Sungkyunkwan University, 2066 Seobu-ro, Jangan-ku, Suwon, 16419, Republic of Korea
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- Gachon Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, Gachon University, Incheon, 21936, Republic of Korea.,College of Pharmacy, Gachon University, #191, Hambakmoero, Yeonsu-gu, Incheon, 21936, Republic of Korea
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- Gachon Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, Gachon University, Incheon, 21936, Republic of Korea.,College of Pharmacy, Gachon University, #191, Hambakmoero, Yeonsu-gu, Incheon, 21936, Republic of Korea
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- Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology, Daejeon, 34114, Republic of Korea
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- Natural Products Laboratory, School of Pharmacy, Sungkyunkwan University, 2066 Seobu-ro, Jangan-ku, Suwon, 16419, Republic of Korea.
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Long MC, Poganik JR, Aye Y. On-Demand Targeting: Investigating Biology with Proximity-Directed Chemistry. J Am Chem Soc 2016; 138:3610-22. [PMID: 26907082 PMCID: PMC4805449 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b12608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2015] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Proximity enhancement is a central chemical tenet underpinning an exciting suite of small-molecule toolsets that have allowed us to unravel many biological complexities. The leitmotif of this opus is "tethering"-a strategy in which a multifunctional small molecule serves as a template to bring proteins/biomolecules together. Scaffolding approaches have been powerfully applied to control diverse biological outcomes such as protein-protein association, protein stability, activity, and improve imaging capabilities. A new twist on this strategy has recently appeared, in which the small-molecule probe is engineered to unleash controlled amounts of reactive chemical signals within the microenvironment of a target protein. Modification of a specific target elicits a precisely timed and spatially controlled gain-of-function (or dominant loss-of-function) signaling response. Presented herein is a unique personal outlook conceptualizing the powerful proximity-enhanced chemical biology toolsets into two paradigms: "multifunctional scaffolding" versus "on-demand targeting". By addressing the latest advances and challenges in the established yet constantly evolving multifunctional scaffolding strategies as well as in the emerging on-demand precision targeting (and related) systems, this Perspective is aimed at choosing when it is best to employ each of the two strategies, with an emphasis toward further promoting novel applications and discoveries stemming from these innovative chemical biology platforms.
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- Marcus
J. C. Long
- Department
of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell
University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United
States
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- Department
of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell
University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United
States
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- Department
of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell
University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United
States
- Department
of Biochemistry, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York 10065, United States
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Camarillo JM, Rose KL, Galligan JJ, Xu S, Marnett LJ. Covalent Modification of CDK2 by 4-Hydroxynonenal as a Mechanism of Inhibition of Cell Cycle Progression. Chem Res Toxicol 2016; 29:323-32. [PMID: 26910110 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.5b00485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Oxidative stress is a contributing factor in a number of chronic diseases, including cancer, atherosclerosis, and neurodegenerative diseases. Lipid peroxidation that occurs during periods of oxidative stress results in the formation of lipid electrophiles, which can modify a multitude of proteins in the cell. 4-Hydroxy-2-nonenal (HNE) is one of the most well-studied lipid electrophiles and has previously been shown to arrest cells at the G1/S transition. Recently, proteomic data have shown that HNE is capable of covalently modifying CDK2, the kinase responsible for the G1/S transition. Here, we identify the sites adducted by HNE using recombinant CDK2 and show that HNE treatment suppresses the kinase activity of the enzyme. We further identify sites of adduction in HNE-treated intact human colorectal carcinoma cells (RKO) and show that HNE-dependent modification in cells is long-lived, disrupts CDK2 function, and correlates with a delay of progression of the cells into S-phase. We propose that adduction of CDK2 by HNE directly alters its activity, contributing to the cell cycle delay.
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- Jeannie M Camarillo
- A.B. Hancock Jr. Memorial Laboratory for Cancer Research, Departments of Biochemistry, §Chemistry, and #Pharmacology, ‡Mass Spectrometry Research Center, ⊥Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology, Center in Molecular Toxicology, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine , Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0146, United States
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- A.B. Hancock Jr. Memorial Laboratory for Cancer Research, Departments of Biochemistry, §Chemistry, and #Pharmacology, ‡Mass Spectrometry Research Center, ⊥Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology, Center in Molecular Toxicology, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine , Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0146, United States
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- A.B. Hancock Jr. Memorial Laboratory for Cancer Research, Departments of Biochemistry, §Chemistry, and #Pharmacology, ‡Mass Spectrometry Research Center, ⊥Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology, Center in Molecular Toxicology, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine , Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0146, United States
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- A.B. Hancock Jr. Memorial Laboratory for Cancer Research, Departments of Biochemistry, §Chemistry, and #Pharmacology, ‡Mass Spectrometry Research Center, ⊥Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology, Center in Molecular Toxicology, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine , Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0146, United States
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- A.B. Hancock Jr. Memorial Laboratory for Cancer Research, Departments of Biochemistry, §Chemistry, and #Pharmacology, ‡Mass Spectrometry Research Center, ⊥Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology, Center in Molecular Toxicology, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine , Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0146, United States
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Endogenous Generation and Signaling Actions of Omega-3 Fatty Acid Electrophilic Derivatives. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2015; 2015:501792. [PMID: 26339618 PMCID: PMC4538325 DOI: 10.1155/2015/501792] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2014] [Revised: 02/10/2015] [Accepted: 02/10/2015] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Dietary omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) are beneficial for a number of conditions ranging from cardiovascular disease to chronic airways disorders, neurodegeneration, and cancer. Growing evidence has shown that bioactive oxygenated derivatives are responsible for transducing these salutary effects. Electrophilic oxo-derivatives of omega-3 PUFAs represent a class of oxidized derivatives that can be generated via enzymatic and nonenzymatic pathways. Inflammation and oxidative stress favor the formation of these signaling species to promote the resolution of inflammation within a fine autoregulatory loop. Endogenous generation of electrophilic oxo-derivatives of omega-3 PUFAs has been observed in in vitro and ex vivo human models and dietary supplementation of omega-3 PUFAs has been reported to increase their formation. Due to the presence of an α,β-unsaturated ketone moiety, these compounds covalently and reversibly react with nucleophilic residues on target proteins triggering the activation of cytoprotective pathways, including the Nrf2 antioxidant response, the heat shock response, and the peroxisome proliferator activated receptor γ (PPARγ) and suppressing the NF-κB proinflammatory pathway. The endogenous nature of electrophilic oxo-derivatives of omega-3 PUFAs combined with their ability to simultaneously activate multiple cytoprotective pathways has made these compounds attractive for the development of new therapies for the treatment of chronic disorders and acute events characterized by inflammation and oxidative stress.
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Inoue K, Fukuda K, Yoshimura T, Kusano K. Comparison of the Reactivity of Trapping Reagents toward Electrophiles: Cysteine Derivatives Can Be Bifunctional Trapping Reagents. Chem Res Toxicol 2015; 28:1546-55. [PMID: 26172216 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.5b00129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Trapping reagents are powerful tools to detect unstable reactive metabolites. There are a variety of trapping reagents based on chemical reactivity to electrophiles, and we investigated the reactivity of thiol and amine trapping reagents to metabolically generated electrophiles and commercially available electrophilic compounds. Glutathione (GSH) and N-acetylcysteine (Nac) trapped soft electrophiles, and amine derivatives such as semicarbazide (SC) and methoxyamine (MeA) reacted as hard nucleophiles to trap aldehydes as imine derivatives. Cysteine (Cys) and homocysteine (HCys) captured both soft electrophiles and hard electrophilic aldehydes. There were no qualitative differences in trapping soft electrophiles among Cys, HCys, GSH, and Nac, although quantitative reactivity to trap soft electrophiles varied likely depending on the pKa values of their thiol group. In the reactivity with aldehydes, Cys and HCys showed relatively lower reactivity as compared with SC and MeA. Nonetheless, they can trap aldehydes, and the resulting conjugates were stable and detected easily because their amino group formed imines after reaction with aldehydes, which are successively attacked by the intramolecular thiol group to form stable ring structures. This report demonstrated that Cys and HCys are advantageous to evaluate the formations of both soft electrophiles and aldehyde-type derivatives from a lot of drug candidates at early drug discovery by their unique structural characteristics.
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- Kazuko Inoue
- Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics Japan, Eisai Product Creation Systems, Eisai Co., Ltd., Tsukuba, Japan
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- Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics Japan, Eisai Product Creation Systems, Eisai Co., Ltd., Tsukuba, Japan
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- Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics Japan, Eisai Product Creation Systems, Eisai Co., Ltd., Tsukuba, Japan
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- Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics Japan, Eisai Product Creation Systems, Eisai Co., Ltd., Tsukuba, Japan
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Lin HY, Haegele JA, Disare MT, Lin Q, Aye Y. A generalizable platform for interrogating target- and signal-specific consequences of electrophilic modifications in redox-dependent cell signaling. J Am Chem Soc 2015; 137:6232-44. [PMID: 25909755 PMCID: PMC4528680 DOI: 10.1021/ja5132648] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Despite the known propensity of small-molecule electrophiles to react with numerous cysteine-active proteins, biological actions of individual signal inducers have emerged to be chemotype-specific. To pinpoint and quantify the impacts of modifying one target out of the whole proteome, we develop a target-protein-personalized "electrophile toolbox" with which specific intracellular targets can be selectively modified at a precise time by specific reactive signals. This general methodology, T-REX (targetable reactive electrophiles and oxidants), is established by (1) constructing a platform that can deliver a range of electronic and sterically different bioactive lipid-derived signaling electrophiles to specific proteins in cells; (2) probing the kinetics of targeted delivery concept, which revealed that targeting efficiency in cells is largely driven by initial on-rate of alkylation; and (3) evaluating the consequences of protein-target- and small-molecule-signal-specific modifications on the strength of downstream signaling. These data show that T-REX allows quantitative interrogations into the extent to which the Nrf2 transcription factor-dependent antioxidant response element (ARE) signaling is activated by selective electrophilic modifications on Keap1 protein, one of several redox-sensitive regulators of the Nrf2-ARE axis. The results document Keap1 as a promiscuous electrophile-responsive sensor able to respond with similar efficiencies to discrete electrophilic signals, promoting comparable strength of Nrf2-ARE induction. T-REX is also able to elicit cell activation in cases in which whole-cell electrophile flooding fails to stimulate ARE induction prior to causing cytotoxicity. The platform presents a previously unavailable opportunity to elucidate the functional consequences of small-molecule-signal- and protein-target-specific electrophilic modifications in an otherwise unaffected cellular background.
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- Hong-Yu Lin
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 14853, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 14853, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 14853, USA
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- Proteomics/Mass Spectrometry Facility, Center for Functional Genomics, University of Albany, Rensselaer, New York, 12144, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 14853, USA
- Department of Biochemistry, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, 10065, USA
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LoPachin RM, Gavin T. Molecular mechanisms of aldehyde toxicity: a chemical perspective. Chem Res Toxicol 2014; 27:1081-91. [PMID: 24911545 PMCID: PMC4106693 DOI: 10.1021/tx5001046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 280] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2014] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
Abstract
Aldehydes are electrophilic compounds to which humans are pervasively exposed. Despite a significant health risk due to exposure, the mechanisms of aldehyde toxicity are poorly understood. This ambiguity is likely due to the structural diversity of aldehyde derivatives and corresponding differences in chemical reactions and biological targets. To gain mechanistic insight, we have used parameters based on the hard and soft, acids and bases (HSAB) theory to profile the different aldehyde subclasses with respect to electronic character (softness, hardness), electrophilic reactivity (electrophilic index), and biological nucleophilic targets. Our analyses indicate that short chain aldehydes and longer chain saturated alkanals are hard electrophiles that cause toxicity by forming adducts with hard biological nucleophiles, e.g., primary nitrogen groups on lysine residues. In contrast, α,β-unsaturated carbonyl derivatives, alkenals, and the α-oxoaldehydes are soft electrophiles that preferentially react with soft nucleophilic thiolate groups on cysteine residues. The aldehydes can therefore be grouped into subclasses according to common electronic characteristics (softness/hardness) and molecular mechanisms of toxicity. As we will discuss, the toxic potencies of these subgroups are generally related to corresponding electrophilicities. For some aldehydes, however, predictions of toxicity based on electrophilicity are less accurate due to inherent physicochemical variables that limit target accessibility, e.g., steric hindrance and solubility. The unsaturated aldehydes are also members of the conjugated type-2 alkene chemical class that includes α,β-unsaturated amide, ketone, and ester derivatives. Type-2 alkenes are electrophiles of varying softness and electrophilicity that share a common mechanism of toxicity. Therefore, exposure to an environmental mixture of unsaturated carbonyl derivatives could cause "type-2 alkene toxicity" through additive interactions. Finally, we propose that environmentally derived aldehydes can accelerate diseases by interacting with endogenous aldehydes generated during oxidative stress. This review provides a basis for understanding aldehyde mechanisms and environmental toxicity through the context of electronic structure, electrophilicity, and nucleophile target selectivity.
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- Richard M. LoPachin
- Department
of Anesthesiology, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 111 E. 210th Street, Bronx, New York 10467, United
States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Iona College, New Rochelle, New York 10804, United States
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Codreanu SG, Ullery JC, Zhu J, Tallman KA, Beavers WN, Porter NA, Marnett LJ, Zhang B, Liebler DC. Alkylation damage by lipid electrophiles targets functional protein systems. Mol Cell Proteomics 2014; 13:849-59. [PMID: 24429493 PMCID: PMC3945913 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m113.032953] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Protein alkylation by reactive electrophiles contributes to chemical toxicities and oxidative stress, but the functional impact of alkylation damage across proteomes is poorly understood. We used Click chemistry and shotgun proteomics to profile the accumulation of proteome damage in human cells treated with lipid electrophile probes. Protein target profiles revealed three damage susceptibility classes, as well as proteins that were highly resistant to alkylation. Damage occurred selectively across functional protein interaction networks, with the most highly alkylation-susceptible proteins mapping to networks involved in cytoskeletal regulation. Proteins with lower damage susceptibility mapped to networks involved in protein synthesis and turnover and were alkylated only at electrophile concentrations that caused significant toxicity. Hierarchical susceptibility of proteome systems to alkylation may allow cells to survive sublethal damage while protecting critical cell functions.
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- Simona G Codreanu
- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232
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Lipid peroxidation end product 4-hydroxy-trans-2-nonenal triggers unfolded protein response and heme oxygenase-1 expression in PC12 cells: Roles of ROS and MAPK pathways. Toxicology 2013; 315:24-37. [PMID: 24291486 DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2013.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 242] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2013] [Revised: 11/16/2013] [Accepted: 11/20/2013] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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This study investigates the roles of ROS overproduction and MAPK signaling pathways in the induction of unfolded protein response (UPR) and the expression of Phase II enzymes in response to 4-hydroxy-trans-2-nonenal (4-HNE) in a neuronal-like catecholaminergic PC12 cells. Our results showed that 4-HNE triggered three canonical pathways of UPR, namely IRE1-XBP1, PERK-eIF2α-ATF4 and ATF6, and induced the expression of UPR-targeted genes, GRP78, CHOP, TRB3, PUMA, and GADD34, as well as Phase II enzymes, HO-1 and GCLC. 4-HNE also induced apoptosis, intracellular calcium accumulation, caspase-3 activation, and G0/G1 cell cycle arrest, which was correlated with the increased expression of GADD45α. The addition of tiron, a cellular permeable superoxide scavenger, scavenged 4-HNE-mediated ROS formation, but did not alleviate cytotoxicity, or the expression of UPR-targeted genes or Phase II enzymes, indicating that ROS overproduction per se did not play a major role in 4-HNE-caused deleterious effects. HO-1 expression was attenuated by Nrf2 siRNA and chemical chaperone 4-phenylbutyrate (4-PBA), suggesting HO-1 expression was regulated by Nrf2-ARE, which may work downstream of ER stress. 4-HNE treatment promptly induced ERK, JNK and p38 MAPK activation. Addition of p38 MAPK specific inhibitor SB203580 attenuated HO-1 upregulation, but enhanced expression of CHOP, PUMA and TRB3, and cytotoxicity. These results indicate that 4-HNE-induced transient p38 MAPK activation may serve as an upstream negative regulator of ER stress and confer adaptive cytoprotection against 4-HNE-mediated cell injury.
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Liu Q, Ullery J, Zhu J, Liebler DC, Marnett LJ, Zhang B. RNA-seq data analysis at the gene and CDS levels provides a comprehensive view of transcriptome responses induced by 4-hydroxynonenal. MOLECULAR BIOSYSTEMS 2013; 9:3036-46. [PMID: 24056865 DOI: 10.1039/c3mb70114j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Reactive electrophiles produced during oxidative stress, such as 4-hydroxynonenal (HNE), are increasingly recognized as contributing factors in a variety of degenerative and inflammatory diseases. Here we used the RNA-seq technology to characterize transcriptome responses in RKO cells induced by HNE at subcytotoxic and cytotoxic doses. RNA-seq analysis rediscovered most of the differentially expressed genes reported by microarray studies and also identified novel gene responses. Interestingly, differential expression detection at the coding DNA sequence (CDS) level helped to further improve the consistency between the two technologies, suggesting the utility and importance of the CDS level analysis. RNA-seq data analysis combining gene and CDS levels yielded an informative and comprehensive picture of gradually evolving response networks with increasing HNE doses, from cell protection against oxidative injury at low dose, initiation of cell apoptosis and DNA damage at intermediate dose to significant deregulation of cellular functions at high dose. These evolving dose-dependent pathway changes, which cannot be observed by the gene level analysis alone, clearly reveal the HNE cytotoxic effect and are supported by IC50 experiments. Additionally, differential expression at the CDS level provides new insights into isoform regulation mechanisms. Taken together, our data demonstrate the power of RNA-seq to identify subtle transcriptome changes and to characterize effects induced by HNE through the generation of high-resolution data coupled with differential analysis at both gene and CDS levels.
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- Qi Liu
- Department of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232, USA.
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Enhanced 4-hydroxynonenal resistance in KEAP1 silenced human colon cancer cells. OXIDATIVE MEDICINE AND CELLULAR LONGEVITY 2013; 2013:423965. [PMID: 23766854 PMCID: PMC3674683 DOI: 10.1155/2013/423965] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2013] [Accepted: 04/09/2013] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (NRF2) is the transcription factor that regulates an array of antioxidant/detoxifying genes for cellular defense. The conformational changes of Kelch-like ECH-associated protein 1 (KEAP1), a cytosolic repressor protein of NRF2, by various stimuli result in NRF2 liberation and accumulation in the nucleus. In the present study, we aimed to investigate the effect of KEAP1 knockdown on NRF2 target gene expression and its toxicological implication using human colon cancer cells. The stable KEAP1-knockdown HT29 cells exhibit elevated levels of NRF2 and its target gene expressions. In particular, the mRNA levels of aldo-keto reductases (AKR1C1, 1C2, 1C3, 1B1, and 1B10) were substantially increased in KEAP1 silenced HT29 cells. These differential AKRs expressions appear to contribute to protection against oxidative stress. The KEAP1-knockdown cells were relatively more resistant to hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and 4-hydroxynonenal (4HNE) compared to the control cells. Accordantly, we observed accumulation of 4HNE protein adducts in H2O2- or 4HNE-treated control cells, whereas KEAP1-knockdown cells did not increase adduct formation. The treatment of KEAP1-silenced cells with AKR1C inhibitor flufenamic acid increased 4HNE-induced cellular toxicity and protein adduct formation. Taken together, these results indicate that AKRs, which are NRF2-dependent highly inducible gene clusters, play a role in NRF2-mediated cytoprotection against lipid peroxide toxicity.
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Rosenson RS, Stafforini DM. Modulation of oxidative stress, inflammation, and atherosclerosis by lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2. J Lipid Res 2012; 53:1767-82. [PMID: 22665167 DOI: 10.1194/jlr.r024190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A(2) (Lp-PLA(2)), also known as platelet-activating factor acetylhydrolase (PAF-AH), is a unique member of the phospholipase A(2) superfamily. This enzyme is characterized by its ability to specifically hydrolyze PAF as well as glycerophospholipids containing short, truncated, and/or oxidized fatty acyl groups at the sn-2 position of the glycerol backbone. In humans, Lp-PLA(2) circulates in active form as a complex with low- and high-density lipoproteins. Clinical studies have reported that plasma Lp-PLA(2) activity and mass are strongly associated with atherogenic lipids and vascular risk. These observations led to the hypothesis that Lp-PLA(2) activity and/or mass levels could be used as biomarkers of cardiovascular disease and that inhibition of the activity could offer an attractive therapeutic strategy. Darapladib, a compound that inhibits Lp-PLA(2) activity, is anti-atherogenic in mice and other animals, and it decreases atherosclerotic plaque expansion in humans. However, disagreement continues to exist regarding the validity of Lp-PLA(2) as an independent marker of atherosclerosis and a scientifically justified target for intervention. Circulating Lp-PLA(2) mass and activity are associated with vascular risk, but the strength of the association is reduced after adjustment for basal concentrations of the lipoprotein carriers with which the enzyme associates. Genetic studies in humans harboring an inactivating mutation at this locus indicate that loss of Lp-PLA(2) function is a risk factor for inflammatory and vascular conditions in Japanese cohorts. Consistently, overexpression of Lp-PLA(2) has anti-inflammatory and anti-atherogenic properties in animal models. This thematic review critically discusses results from laboratory and animal studies, analyzes genetic evidence, reviews clinical work demonstrating associations between Lp-PLA(2) and vascular disease, and summarizes results from animal and human clinical trials in which administration of darapladib was tested as a strategy for the management of atherosclerosis.
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Ullery JC, Marnett LJ. Protein modification by oxidized phospholipids and hydrolytically released lipid electrophiles: Investigating cellular responses. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2012; 1818:2424-35. [PMID: 22562025 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2012.04.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2012] [Revised: 04/05/2012] [Accepted: 04/17/2012] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Oxygen is essential for the growth and function of mammalian cells. However, imbalances in oxygen or abnormalities in the ability of a cell to respond to oxygen levels can result in oxidative stress. Oxidative stress plays an important role in a number of diseases including atherosclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, cancer, neurodegenerative diseases and asthma. When membrane lipids are exposed to high levels of oxygen or derived oxidants, they undergo lipid peroxidation to generate oxidized phospholipids (oxPL). Continual exposure to oxidants and decomposition of oxPL results in the formation of reactive electrophiles, such as 4-hydroxy-2-nonenal (HNE). Reactive lipid electrophiles have been shown to covalently modify DNA and proteins. Furthermore, exposure of cells to lipid electrophiles results in the activation of cytoprotective signaling pathways in order to promote cell survival and recovery from oxidant stress. However, if not properly managed by cellular detoxification mechanisms, the continual exposure of cells to electrophiles results in cytotoxicity. The following perspective will discuss the biological importance of lipid electrophile protein adducts including current strategies employed to identify and isolate protein adducts of lipid electrophiles as well as approaches to define cellular signaling mechanisms altered upon exposure to electrophiles. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Oxidized phospholipids-their properties and interactions with proteins.
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- Jody C Ullery
- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology, Nashville, TN, USA
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LoPachin RM, Gavin T, DeCaprio A, Barber DS. Application of the Hard and Soft, Acids and Bases (HSAB) theory to toxicant--target interactions. Chem Res Toxicol 2012; 25:239-51. [PMID: 22053936 PMCID: PMC3288258 DOI: 10.1021/tx2003257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 189] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Many chemical toxicants and/or their active metabolites are electrophiles that cause cell injury by forming covalent bonds with nucleophilic targets on biological macromolecules. Covalent reactions between nucleophilic and electrophilic reagents are, however, discriminatory since there is a significant degree of selectivity associated with these interactions. Over the course of the past few decades, the theory of Hard and Soft, Acids and Bases (HSAB) has proven to be a useful tool in predicting the outcome of such reactions. This concept utilizes the inherent electronic characteristic of polarizability to define, for example, reacting electrophiles and nucleophiles as either hard or soft. These HSAB definitions have been successfully applied to chemical-induced toxicity in biological systems. Thus, according to this principle, a toxic electrophile reacts preferentially with biological targets of similar hardness or softness. The soft/hard classification of a xenobiotic electrophile has obvious utility in discerning plausible biological targets and molecular mechanisms of toxicity. The purpose of this perspective is to discuss the HSAB theory of electrophiles and nucleophiles within a toxicological framework. In principle, covalent bond formation can be described by using the properties of their outermost or frontier orbitals. Because these orbital energies for most chemicals can be calculated using quantum mechanical models, it is possible to quantify the relative softness (σ) or hardness (η) of electrophiles or nucleophiles and to subsequently convert this information into useful indices of reactivity. This atomic level information can provide insight into the design of corroborative laboratory research and thereby help investigators discern corresponding molecular sites and mechanisms of toxicant action. The use of HSAB parameters has also been instrumental in the development and identification of potential nucleophilic cytoprotectants that can scavenge toxic electrophiles. Clearly, the difficult task of delineating molecular sites and mechanisms of toxicant action can be facilitated by the application of this quantitative approach.
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- Richard M. LoPachin
- Department of Anesthesiology, Montefiore Medical Center, 111 E.210 St., Bronx, NY 10467
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- Department of Chemistry, Iona College, New Rochelle, NY 10804
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida International University, 11200 S.W. 8 St. Miami, FL 33199
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- Center for Environmental and Human Toxicology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611
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Are prostatitis symptoms associated with an isoprostane-mediated vicious circle? Med Hypotheses 2011; 77:837-40. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2011.07.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2010] [Revised: 07/15/2011] [Accepted: 07/19/2011] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Pettazzoni P, Ciamporcero E, Medana C, Pizzimenti S, Dal Bello F, Minero VG, Toaldo C, Minelli R, Uchida K, Dianzani MU, Pili R, Barrera G. Nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor-2 activity controls 4-hydroxynonenal metabolism and activity in prostate cancer cells. Free Radic Biol Med 2011; 51:1610-8. [PMID: 21816220 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2011.07.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2011] [Revised: 06/30/2011] [Accepted: 07/07/2011] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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4-Hydroxynonenal (HNE) is an end product of lipoperoxidation with antiproliferative and proapoptotic properties in various tumors. Here we report a greater sensitivity to HNE in PC3 and LNCaP cells compared to DU145 cells. In contrast to PC3 and LNCaP cells, HNE-treated DU145 cells showed a smaller reduction in growth and did not undergo apoptosis. In DU145 cells, HNE did not induce ROS production and DNA damage and generated a lower amount of HNE-protein adducts. DU145 cells had a greater GSH and GST A4 content and GSH/GST-mediated HNE detoxification. Nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor-2 (Nrf2) is a regulator of the antioxidant response. Nrf2 protein content and nuclear accumulation were higher in DU145 cells compared to PC3 and LNCaP cells, whereas the expression of KEAP1, the main negative regulator of Nrf2 activity, was lower. Inhibition of Nrf2 expression with specific siRNA resulted in a reduction in GST A4 expression and GS-HNE formation, indicating that Nrf2 controls HNE metabolism. In addition, Nrf2 knockdown sensitized DU145 cells to HNE-mediated antiproliferative and proapoptotic activity. In conclusion, we demonstrated that increased Nrf2 activity resulted in a reduction in HNE sensitivity in prostate cancer cells, suggesting a potential mechanism of resistance to pro-oxidant therapy.
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- Piergiorgio Pettazzoni
- Section of General Pathology, Department of Medicine and Experimental Oncology, University of Turin, 10125 Turin, Italy.
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Borazjani A, Edelmann MJ, Hardin KL, Herring KL, Crow JA, Ross MK. Catabolism of 4-hydroxy-2-trans-nonenal by THP1 monocytes/macrophages and inactivation of carboxylesterases by this lipid electrophile. Chem Biol Interact 2011; 194:1-12. [PMID: 21878322 PMCID: PMC3186858 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2011.08.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2011] [Revised: 08/08/2011] [Accepted: 08/15/2011] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Oxidative stress in cells and tissues leads to the formation of an assortment of lipid electrophiles, such as the quantitatively important 4-hydroxy-2-trans-nonenal (HNE). Although this cytotoxic aldehyde is atherogenic the mechanisms involved are unclear. We hypothesize that elevated HNE levels can directly inactivate esterase and lipase activities in macrophages via protein adduction, thus generating a biochemical lesion that accelerates foam cell formation and subsequent atherosclerosis. In the present study we examined the effects of HNE treatment on esterase and lipase activities in human THP1 monocytes/macrophages at various physiological scales (i.e., pure recombinant enzymes, cell lysate, and intact living cells). The hydrolytic activities of bacterial and human carboxylesterase enzymes (pnbCE and CES1, respectively) were inactivated by HNE in vitro in a time- and concentration-dependent manner. In addition, so were the hydrolytic activities of THP1 cell lysates and intact THP1 monocytes and macrophages. A single lysine residue (Lys105) in recombinant CES1 was modified by HNE via a Michael addition reaction, whereas the lone reduced cysteine residue (Cys389) was found unmodified. The lipolytic activity of cell lysates and intact cells was more sensitive to the inhibitory effects of HNE than the esterolytic activity. Moreover, immunoblotting analysis using HNE antibodies confirmed that several cellular proteins were adducted by HNE following treatment of intact THP1 monocytes, albeit at relatively high HNE concentrations (>50μM). Unexpectedly, in contrast to CES1, the treatment of a recombinant human CES2 with HNE enhanced its enzymatic activity ∼3-fold compared to untreated enzyme. In addition, THP1 monocytes/macrophages can efficiently metabolize HNE, and glutathione conjugation of HNE is responsible for ∼43% of its catabolism. The functional importance of HNE-mediated inactivation of cellular hydrolytic enzymes with respect to atherogenesis remains obscure, although this study has taken a first step toward addressing this important issue by examining the potential of HNE to inhibit this biochemical activity in a human monocyte/macrophage cell line.
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- Abdolsamad Borazjani
- Center for Environmental Health Sciences, Department of Basic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, P.O. Box 6100, Mississippi State, MS 39762
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- Institute for Genomics, Biocomputing and Biotechnology, Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experimental Station, Mississippi State University
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- Center for Environmental Health Sciences, Department of Basic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, P.O. Box 6100, Mississippi State, MS 39762
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- Center for Environmental Health Sciences, Department of Basic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, P.O. Box 6100, Mississippi State, MS 39762
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- Center for Environmental Health Sciences, Department of Basic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, P.O. Box 6100, Mississippi State, MS 39762
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- Center for Environmental Health Sciences, Department of Basic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, P.O. Box 6100, Mississippi State, MS 39762
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