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Aljammal R, Saravanan T, Guan T, Rhodes S, Robichaux MA, Ramamurthy V. Excessive tubulin glutamylation leads to progressive cone-rod dystrophy and loss of outer segment integrity. Hum Mol Genet 2024; 33:802-817. [PMID: 38297980 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddae013] [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: 10/25/2023] [Revised: 12/29/2023] [Accepted: 01/09/2024] [Indexed: 02/02/2024] Open
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Mutations in Cytosolic Carboxypeptidase-like Protein 5 (CCP5) are associated with vision loss in humans. To decipher the mechanisms behind CCP5-associated blindness, we generated a novel mouse model lacking CCP5. In this model, we found that increased tubulin glutamylation led to progressive cone-rod dystrophy, with cones showing a more pronounced and earlier functional loss than rod photoreceptors. The observed functional reduction was not due to cell death, levels, or the mislocalization of major phototransduction proteins. Instead, the increased tubulin glutamylation caused shortened photoreceptor axonemes and the formation of numerous abnormal membranous whorls that disrupted the integrity of photoreceptor outer segments (OS). Ultimately, excessive tubulin glutamylation led to the progressive loss of photoreceptors, affecting cones more severely than rods. Our results highlight the importance of maintaining tubulin glutamylation for normal photoreceptor function. Furthermore, we demonstrate that murine cone photoreceptors are more sensitive to disrupted tubulin glutamylation levels than rods, suggesting an essential role for axoneme in the structural integrity of the cone outer segment. This study provides valuable insights into the mechanisms of photoreceptor diseases linked to excessive tubulin glutamylation.
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- Rawaa Aljammal
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, West Virginia University, 64 Medical Center Dr., Morgantown, WV 26506, United States
- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, One Stadium Dr, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, West Virginia University, 64 Medical Center Dr., Morgantown, WV 26506, United States
- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, One Stadium Dr, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, West Virginia University, 64 Medical Center Dr., Morgantown, WV 26506, United States
- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, One Stadium Dr, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, West Virginia University, 64 Medical Center Dr., Morgantown, WV 26506, United States
- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, One Stadium Dr, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, West Virginia University, 64 Medical Center Dr., Morgantown, WV 26506, United States
- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, One Stadium Dr, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, West Virginia University, 64 Medical Center Dr., Morgantown, WV 26506, United States
- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, One Stadium Dr, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506, United States
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Bashiri G, Bulloch EMM, Bramley WR, Davidson M, Stuteley SM, Young PG, Harris PWR, Naqvi MSH, Middleditch MJ, Schmitz M, Chang WC, Baker EN, Squire CJ. Poly-γ-glutamylation of biomolecules. Nat Commun 2024; 15:1310. [PMID: 38346985 PMCID: PMC10861534 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-45632-1] [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: 06/15/2023] [Accepted: 01/24/2024] [Indexed: 02/15/2024] Open
Abstract
Poly-γ-glutamate tails are a distinctive feature of archaeal, bacterial, and eukaryotic cofactors, including the folates and F420. Despite decades of research, key mechanistic questions remain as to how enzymes successively add glutamates to poly-γ-glutamate chains while maintaining cofactor specificity. Here, we show how poly-γ-glutamylation of folate and F420 by folylpolyglutamate synthases and γ-glutamyl ligases, non-homologous enzymes, occurs via processive addition of L-glutamate onto growing γ-glutamyl chain termini. We further reveal structural snapshots of the archaeal γ-glutamyl ligase (CofE) in action, crucially including a bulged-chain product that shows how the cofactor is retained while successive glutamates are added to the chain terminus. This bulging substrate model of processive poly-γ-glutamylation by terminal extension is arguably ubiquitous in such biopolymerisation reactions, including addition to folates, and demonstrates convergent evolution in diverse species from archaea to humans.
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- Ghader Bashiri
- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, 1142, New Zealand.
- Maurice Wilkins Center for Molecular Biodiscovery, The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, 1142, New Zealand.
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- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, 1142, New Zealand
- Maurice Wilkins Center for Molecular Biodiscovery, The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, 1142, New Zealand
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- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, 1142, New Zealand
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- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, 1142, New Zealand
- Maurice Wilkins Center for Molecular Biodiscovery, The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, 1142, New Zealand
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- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, 1142, New Zealand
- Maurice Wilkins Center for Molecular Biodiscovery, The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, 1142, New Zealand
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- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, 1142, New Zealand
- Maurice Wilkins Center for Molecular Biodiscovery, The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, 1142, New Zealand
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- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, 1142, New Zealand
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- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, 1142, New Zealand
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- School of Chemical Sciences, The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, 1142, New Zealand
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- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, 1142, New Zealand
- Maurice Wilkins Center for Molecular Biodiscovery, The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, 1142, New Zealand
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- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, 1142, New Zealand.
- Maurice Wilkins Center for Molecular Biodiscovery, The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, 1142, New Zealand.
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Danziger M, Xu F, Noble H, Yang P, Roque DM. Tubulin Complexity in Cancer and Metastasis. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2024; 1452:21-35. [PMID: 38805123 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-58311-7_2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2024]
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Tubulin plays a fundamental role in cellular function and as the subject for microtubule-active agents in the treatment of ovarian cancer. Microtubule-binding proteins (e.g., tau, MAP1/2/4, EB1, CLIP, TOG, survivin, stathmin) and posttranslational modifications (e.g., tyrosination, deglutamylation, acetylation, glycation, phosphorylation, polyamination) further diversify tubulin functionality and may permit additional opportunities to understand microtubule behavior in disease and to develop microtubule-modifying approaches to combat ovarian cancer. Tubulin-based structures that project from suspended ovarian cancer cells known as microtentacles may contribute to metastatic potential of ovarian cancer cells and could represent an exciting novel therapeutic target.
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- Michael Danziger
- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
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Pan J, Fei CJ, Hu Y, Wu XY, Nie L, Chen J. Current understanding of the cGAS-STING signaling pathway: Structure, regulatory mechanisms, and related diseases. Zool Res 2023; 44:183-218. [PMID: 36579404 PMCID: PMC9841179 DOI: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2022.464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2022] [Accepted: 12/27/2022] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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The innate immune system protects the host from external pathogens and internal damage in various ways. The cGAS-STING signaling pathway, comprised of cyclic GMP-AMP synthase (cGAS), stimulator of interferon genes (STING), and downstream signaling adaptors, plays an essential role in protective immune defense against microbial DNA and internal damaged-associated DNA and is responsible for various immune-related diseases. After binding with DNA, cytosolic cGAS undergoes conformational change and DNA-linked liquid-liquid phase separation to produce 2'3'-cGAMP for the activation of endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-localized STING. However, further studies revealed that cGAS is predominantly expressed in the nucleus and strictly tethered to chromatin to prevent binding with nuclear DNA, and functions differently from cytosolic-localized cGAS. Detailed delineation of this pathway, including its structure, signaling, and regulatory mechanisms, is of great significance to fully understand the diversity of cGAS-STING activation and signaling and will be of benefit for the treatment of inflammatory diseases and cancer. Here, we review recent progress on the above-mentioned perspectives of the cGAS-STING signaling pathway and discuss new avenues for further study.
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- Jing Pan
- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-products, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang 315211, China
- Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Marine Sciences, Meishan Campus, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang 315832, China
- Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Marine Bioengineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang 315832, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-products, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang 315211, China
- Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Marine Sciences, Meishan Campus, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang 315832, China
- Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Marine Bioengineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang 315832, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-products, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang 315211, China
- Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Marine Sciences, Meishan Campus, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang 315832, China
- Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Marine Bioengineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang 315832, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-products, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang 315211, China
- Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Marine Sciences, Meishan Campus, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang 315832, China
- Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Marine Bioengineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang 315832, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-products, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang 315211, China
- Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Marine Sciences, Meishan Campus, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang 315832, China
- Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Marine Bioengineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang 315832, China. E-mail:
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-products, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang 315211, China
- Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Marine Sciences, Meishan Campus, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang 315832, China
- Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Marine Bioengineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang 315832, China. E-mail:
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Rodriguez-Calado S, Van Damme P, Avilés FX, Candiota AP, Tanco S, Lorenzo J. Proximity Mapping of CCP6 Reveals Its Association with Centrosome Organization and Cilium Assembly. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24021273. [PMID: 36674791 PMCID: PMC9867282 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24021273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2022] [Revised: 01/02/2023] [Accepted: 01/03/2023] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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The cytosolic carboxypeptidase 6 (CCP6) catalyzes the deglutamylation of polyglutamate side chains, a post-translational modification that affects proteins such as tubulins or nucleosome assembly proteins. CCP6 is involved in several cell processes, such as spermatogenesis, antiviral activity, embryonic development, and pathologies like renal adenocarcinoma. In the present work, the cellular role of CCP6 has been assessed by BioID, a proximity labeling approach for mapping physiologically relevant protein-protein interactions (PPIs) and bait proximal proteins by mass spectrometry. We used HEK 293 cells stably expressing CCP6-BirA* to identify 37 putative interactors of this enzyme. This list of CCP6 proximal proteins displayed enrichment of proteins associated with the centrosome and centriolar satellites, indicating that CCP6 could be present in the pericentriolar material. In addition, we identified cilium assembly-related proteins as putative interactors of CCP6. In addition, the CCP6 proximal partner list included five proteins associated with the Joubert syndrome, a ciliopathy linked to defects in polyglutamylation. Using the proximity ligation assay (PLA), we show that PCM1, PIBF1, and NudC are true CCP6 physical interactors. Therefore, the BioID methodology confirms the location and possible functional role of CCP6 in centrosomes and centrioles, as well as in the formation and maintenance of primary cilia.
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- Sergi Rodriguez-Calado
- Institut de Biotecnologia i Biomedicina, Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain
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- iRIP Unit, Laboratory of Microbiology, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Ghent University, K. L. Ledeganckstraat 35, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Institut de Biotecnologia i Biomedicina, Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institut de Biotecnologia i Biomedicina, Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red en Bioingeniería, Biomateriales y Nanomedicina (CIBER-BBN), 08193 Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institut de Biotecnologia i Biomedicina, Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain
- Correspondence: (S.T.); (J.L.); Tel.: +34-93-586-8938 (S.T.); +34-93-586-8957 (J.L.)
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- Institut de Biotecnologia i Biomedicina, Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain
- Correspondence: (S.T.); (J.L.); Tel.: +34-93-586-8938 (S.T.); +34-93-586-8957 (J.L.)
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Song JX, Villagomes D, Zhao H, Zhu M. cGAS in nucleus: The link between immune response and DNA damage repair. Front Immunol 2022; 13:1076784. [PMID: 36591232 PMCID: PMC9797516 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.1076784] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2022] [Accepted: 11/24/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
Abstract
As the first barrier of host defense, innate immunity sets up the parclose to keep out external microbial or virus attacks. Depending on the type of pathogens, several cytoplasm pattern recognition receptors exist to sense the attacks from either foreign or host origins, triggering the immune response to battle with the infections. Among them, cGAS-STING is the major pathway that mainly responds to microbial DNA, DNA virus infections, or self-DNA, which mainly comes from genome instability by-product or released DNA from the mitochondria. cGAS was initially found functional in the cytoplasm, although intriguing evidence indicates that cGAS exists in the nucleus where it is involved in the DNA damage repair process. Because the close connection between DNA damage response and immune response and cGAS recognizes DNA in length-dependent but DNA sequence-independent manners, it is urgent to clear the function balance of cGAS in the nucleus versus cytoplasm and how it is shielded from recognizing the host origin DNA. Here, we outline the current conception of immune response and the regulation mechanism of cGAS in the nucleus. Furthermore, we will shed light on the potential mechanisms that are restricted to be taken away from self-DNA recognition, especially how post-translational modification regulates cGAS functions.
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- Jia-Xian Song
- Institute for Translation Medicine, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, College of Medicine, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA, United States
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of California Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA, United States
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- Institute for Translation Medicine, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, College of Medicine, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China,*Correspondence: Min Zhu,
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Guo X, Wang R, Ma R, Fan X, Gao Y, Zhang X, Yuchi Z, Wu HY. Facile purification of active recombinant mouse cytosolic carboxypeptidase 6 from Escherichia coli. Protein Expr Purif 2022; 197:106112. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2022.106112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2022] [Revised: 05/10/2022] [Accepted: 05/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Li J, Shami GJ, Cho E, Liu B, Hanssen E, Dixon MWA, Tilley L. Repurposing the mitotic machinery to drive cellular elongation and chromatin reorganisation in Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes. Nat Commun 2022; 13:5054. [PMID: 36030238 PMCID: PMC9419145 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-32579-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2022] [Accepted: 08/04/2022] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
Abstract
The sexual stage gametocytes of the malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, adopt a falciform (crescent) shape driven by the assembly of a network of microtubules anchored to a cisternal inner membrane complex (IMC). Using 3D electron microscopy, we show that a non-mitotic microtubule organizing center (MTOC), embedded in the parasite's nuclear membrane, orients the endoplasmic reticulum and the nascent IMC and seeds cytoplasmic microtubules. A bundle of microtubules extends into the nuclear lumen, elongating the nuclear envelope and capturing the chromatin. Classical mitotic machinery components, including centriolar plaque proteins, Pfcentrin-1 and -4, microtubule-associated protein, End-binding protein-1, kinetochore protein, PfNDC80 and centromere-associated protein, PfCENH3, are involved in the nuclear microtubule assembly/disassembly process. Depolymerisation of the microtubules using trifluralin prevents elongation and disrupts the chromatin, centromere and kinetochore organisation. We show that the unusual non-mitotic hemispindle plays a central role in chromatin organisation, IMC positioning and subpellicular microtubule formation in gametocytes.
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- Jiahong Li
- Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, 3010, Australia
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- Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, 3010, Australia
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- Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, 3010, Australia.,Biological Optical Microscopy Platform, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, 3010, Australia
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- Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, 3010, Australia
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- Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, 3010, Australia.,Ian Holmes Imaging Center, Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, 3010, Australia
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, The Peter Doherty Institute, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, 3010, Australia. .,Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Parkville, VIC, 3010, Australia.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, 3010, Australia.
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Zhong Y, Yan W, Ruan J, Fang M, Yu C, Du S, Rai G, Tao D, Henderson MJ, Fang S. XBP1 variant 1 promotes mitosis of cancer cells involving upregulation of the polyglutamylase TTLL6. Hum Mol Genet 2022; 31:2639-2654. [PMID: 35333353 PMCID: PMC9396943 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddac010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2021] [Revised: 12/19/2021] [Accepted: 01/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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XBP1 variant 1 (Xv1) is the most abundant XBP1 variant and is highly enriched across cancer types but nearly none in normal tissues. Its expression is associated with poor patients' survival and is specifically required for survival of malignant cells, but the underlying mechanism is not known. Here we report that Xv1 upregulates the polyglutamylase tubulin tyrosine ligase-like 6 (TTLL6) and promotes mitosis of cancer cells. Like the canonical XBP1, Xv1 mRNA undergoes unconventional splicing by IRE1α under endoplasmic reticulum stress, but it is also constitutively spliced by IRE1β. The spliced Xv1 mRNA encodes the active form of Xv1 protein (Xv1s). RNA sequencing in HeLa cells revealed that Xv1s overexpression regulates expression of genes that are not involved in the canonical unfolded protein response, including TTLL6 as a highly upregulated gene. Gel shift assay and chromatin immunoprecipitation revealed that Xv1s bind to the TTLL6 promoter region. Knockdown of TTLL6 caused death of cancer cells but not benign and normal cells, similar to the effects of knocking down Xv1. Moreover, overexpression of TTLL6 partially rescued BT474 cells from apoptosis induced by either TTLL6 or Xv1 knockdown, supporting TTLL6 as an essential downstream effector of Xv1 in regulating cancer cell survival. TTLL6 is localized in the mitotic spindle of cancer cells. Xv1 or TTLL6 knockdown resulted in decreased spindle polyglutamylation and interpolar spindle, as well as congression failure, mitotic arrest and cell death. These findings suggest that Xv1 is essential for cancer cell mitosis, which is mediated, at least in part, by increasing TTLL6 expression.
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- Yongwang Zhong
- Center for Biomedical Engineering and Technology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
- Department of Physiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
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- Center for Biomedical Engineering and Technology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
- Department of Physiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
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- Center for Biomedical Engineering and Technology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Anhui Medical University First Affiliated Hospital, Hefei, Anhui 230032, China
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- Population and Quantitative Health Sciences Department, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
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- Department of General surgery, Anhui Medical University First Affiliated Hospital, Hefei, Anhui 230032, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
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- Center for Biomedical Engineering and Technology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
- Department of Physiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
- Program in Oncology, UM Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
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Schavemaker PE, Lynch M. Flagellar energy costs across the tree of life. eLife 2022; 11:77266. [PMID: 35881430 PMCID: PMC9323006 DOI: 10.7554/elife.77266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2022] [Accepted: 06/20/2022] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
Abstract
Flagellar-driven motility grants unicellular organisms the ability to gather more food and avoid predators, but the energetic costs of construction and operation of flagella are considerable. Paths of flagellar evolution depend on the deviations between fitness gains and energy costs. Using structural data available for all three major flagellar types (bacterial, archaeal, and eukaryotic), flagellar construction costs were determined for Escherichia coli, Pyrococcus furiosus, and Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Estimates of cell volumes, flagella numbers, and flagellum lengths from the literature yield flagellar costs for another ~200 species. The benefits of flagellar investment were analysed in terms of swimming speed, nutrient collection, and growth rate; showing, among other things, that the cost-effectiveness of bacterial and eukaryotic flagella follows a common trend. However, a comparison of whole-cell costs and flagellum costs across the Tree of Life reveals that only cells with larger cell volumes than the typical bacterium could evolve the more expensive eukaryotic flagellum. These findings provide insight into the unsolved evolutionary question of why the three domains of life each carry their own type of flagellum. Most creatures on Earth are single cell organisms. The tree of life comprises three domains, two of which – bacteria and archaea – are formed exclusively of creatures that spend their existence as independent cells. Yet even eukaryotes, the domain which include animals and plants, feature single cell species such as yeasts and algae. Regardless of which group they belong to, all single-celled organisms must find food in their environment. For this, many are equipped with flagella, whip-like structures that protrude from the cell and allow it to swim. In fact, archaea, bacteria and eukaryotes have all independently evolved these structures. However, flagella are also expensive for an organism to build, maintain and operate. They are only worth having if the advantages they bring to the cell compensate for their cost; many single-cell species do not carry flagella and obtain their food without having to swim. To explore this trade-off, Schavemaker and Lynch calculated the cost of building and using flagella for about 200 species across the tree of life. The analysis show that the amount of energy spent on flagella varied between 0.1% and 40% of the entire cell budget. This investment is only worthwhile if the cell is above a certain size. Smaller than this, and the organism is better off obtaining its food passively. The results also show that while eukaryotic flagella are much bigger and quite different than their bacterial counterpart, both appendages share the same patterns of cost effectiveness. However only eukaryotic cells, which are on average larger than bacteria, can afford to evolve such sizable and complex structures; making just one would cost more than the entire energy budget of a bacterial cell. Many single-cell species which are critical for the health of the planet are equipped with flagella, such as the microorganisms which recycle matter in the oceans and release carbon dioxide. Understanding the costs and benefits of flagella could explain more about this aspect of the carbon cycle, and therefore global warming.
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- Paul E Schavemaker
- Biodesign Center for Mechanisms of Evolution, Arizona State University, Tempe, United States
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- Biodesign Center for Mechanisms of Evolution, Arizona State University, Tempe, United States
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Oh JK, Vargas Del Valle JG, Lima de Carvalho JR, Sun YJ, Levi SR, Ryu J, Yang J, Nagasaki T, Emanuelli A, Rasool N, Allikmets R, Sparrow JR, Izquierdo NJ, Duncan JL, Mahajan VB, Tsang SH. Expanding the phenotype of TTLL5-associated retinal dystrophy: a case series. Orphanet J Rare Dis 2022; 17:146. [PMID: 35365235 PMCID: PMC8973795 DOI: 10.1186/s13023-022-02295-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2019] [Accepted: 03/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Inherited retinal dystrophies describe a heterogeneous group of retinal diseases that lead to the irreversible degeneration of rod and cone photoreceptors and eventual blindness. Recessive loss-of-function mutations in Tubulin Tyrosine Ligase Like 5 (TTLL5) represent a recently described cause of inherited cone-rod and cone dystrophy. This study describes the unusual phenotypes of three patients with autosomal recessive mutations in TTLL5. Examination of these patients included funduscopic evaluation, spectral-domain optical coherence tomography, short-wavelength autofluorescence, and full-field electroretinography (ffERG). Genetic diagnoses were confirmed using whole exome capture. Protein modeling of the identified variants was performed to explore potential genotype-phenotype correlations. RESULTS Genetic testing revealed five novel variants in TTLL5 in three unrelated patients with retinal dystrophy. Clinical imaging demonstrated features of sectoral cone-rod dystrophy and cone dystrophy, with phenotypic variability seen across all three patients. One patient also developed high-frequency hearing loss during a similar time period as the onset of retinal disease, potentially suggestive of a syndromic disorder. Retinal structure findings were corroborated with functional measures including ffERG findings that supported these diagnoses. Modeling of the five variants suggest that they cause different effects on protein function, providing a potential reason for genotype-phenotype correlation in these patients. CONCLUSIONS The authors report retinal phenotypic findings in three unrelated patients with novel mutations causing autosomal recessive TTLL5-mediated retinal dystrophy. These findings broaden the understanding of the phenotypes associated with TTLL5-mediated retinal disease and suggest that mutations in TTLL5 should be considered as a potential cause of sectoral retinal dystrophy in addition to cone-rod and cone dystrophies.
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- Jin Kyun Oh
- Department of Ophthalmology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
- State University of New York at Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Ophthalmology, Hospital das Clinicas de Pernambuco (HCPE) - Empresa Brasileira de Servicos Hospitalares (EBSERH), Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE), Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
- Department of Ophthalmology, Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP), São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Omics Laboratory, Byers Eye Institute, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Omics Laboratory, Byers Eye Institute, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Medical Sciences Campus, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Pathology & Cell Biology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Pathology & Cell Biology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Medical Sciences Campus, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Omics Laboratory, Byers Eye Institute, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, USA
- Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
- Department of Pathology & Cell Biology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
- Harkness Eye Institute, Columbia University Medical Center, 635 West 165th Street, Box 212, New York, NY, 10032, USA.
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Polyglutamylation is a posttranslational modification (PTM) that adds several glutamates on glutamate residues in the form of conjugated peptide chains by a family of enzymes known as polyglutamylases. Polyglutamylation is well documented in microtubules. Polyglutamylated microtubules consist of different α- and β-tubulin subunits with varied number of added glutamate residues. Kinetic control and catalytic rates of tubulin modification by polyglutamylases influence the polyglutamylation pattern of functional microtubules. The recent studies uncovered catalytic mechanisms of the glutamylation enzymes family, particularly tubulin tyrosine ligase-like (TTLL). Variable length polyglutamylation of primary sequence glutamyl residues have been mapped with a multitude of protein chemistry and proteomics approaches. Although polyglutamylation was initially considered a tubulin-specific modification, the recent studies have uncovered a calmodulin-dependent glutamylase, SidJ. Nano-electrospray ionization (ESI) proteomic approaches have identified quantifiable polyglutamylated sites in specific substrates. Indeed, conjugated glutamylated peptides were used in nano-liquid chromatography gradient delivery due to their relative hydrophobicity for their tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) characterization. The recent polyglutamylation characterization has revealed three major sites: E445 in α-tubulin, E435 in β-tubulin, and E860 in SdeA. In this review, we have summarized the progress made using proteomic approaches for large-scale detection of polyglutamylated peptides, including biology and analysis.
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Tuekprakhon A, Pawestri AR, Suvannaboon R, Thongyou K, Trinavarat A, Atchaneeyasakul LO. Rare Co-Occurrence of Visual Snow in a Female Carrier With RPGR ORF15-Associated Retinal Disorder. Front Genet 2021; 12:728085. [PMID: 34659350 PMCID: PMC8517444 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2021.728085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2021] [Accepted: 09/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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X-linked retinitis pigmentosa (XLRP), a rare form of retinitis pigmentosa (RP), is predominantly caused by mutations in the retinitis pigmentosa GTPase regulator (RPGR) gene. Affected males often present with severe phenotypes and early disease onset. In contrast, female carriers are usually asymptomatic or show stationary phenotypes. Herein, we reported an 8-year-old female carrier, a daughter of a confirmed RP father with RPGR mutation, with an early onset of progressive cone-rod pattern retinal dystrophy. Additionally, the carrier experienced visual snow-like symptom as long as she recalled. Ophthalmological examination showed the reduction of visual acuity and attenuation of photoreceptor functions since the age of 5 years. Further analysis revealed a heterozygous pathogenic variant of the RPGR gene and a random X-inactivation pattern. Although she harboured an identical RPGR variant as the father, there were phenotypic intrafamilial variations. The information on the variety of genotypic and phenotypic presentations in XLRP carriers is essential for further diagnosis, management, and monitoring of these cases, including the design of future gene therapy trials.
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- Aekkachai Tuekprakhon
- Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.,Nuffield Department of Medicine, Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.,Research Division, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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Rahmati N, Normoyle KP, Glykys J, Dzhala VI, Lillis KP, Kahle KT, Raiyyani R, Jacob T, Staley KJ. Unique Actions of GABA Arising from Cytoplasmic Chloride Microdomains. J Neurosci 2021; 41:4957-4975. [PMID: 33903223 PMCID: PMC8197632 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.3175-20.2021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2020] [Revised: 03/10/2021] [Accepted: 04/10/2021] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Developmental, cellular, and subcellular variations in the direction of neuronal Cl- currents elicited by GABAA receptor activation have been frequently reported. We found a corresponding variance in the GABAA receptor reversal potential (EGABA) for synapses originating from individual interneurons onto a single pyramidal cell. These findings suggest a similar heterogeneity in the cytoplasmic intracellular concentration of chloride ([Cl-]i) in individual dendrites. We determined [Cl-]i in the murine hippocampus and cerebral cortex of both sexes by (1) two-photon imaging of the Cl--sensitive, ratiometric fluorescent protein SuperClomeleon; (2) Fluorescence Lifetime IMaging (FLIM) of the Cl--sensitive fluorophore MEQ (6-methoxy-N-ethylquinolinium); and (3) electrophysiological measurements of EGABA by pressure application of GABA and RuBi-GABA uncaging. Fluorometric and electrophysiological estimates of local [Cl-]i were highly correlated. [Cl-]i microdomains persisted after pharmacological inhibition of cation-chloride cotransporters, but were progressively modified after inhibiting the polymerization of the anionic biopolymer actin. These methods collectively demonstrated stable [Cl-]i microdomains in individual neurons in vitro and in vivo and the role of immobile anions in its stability. Our results highlight the existence of functionally significant neuronal Cl- microdomains that modify the impact of GABAergic inputs.SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT Microdomains of varying chloride concentrations in the neuronal cytoplasm are a predictable consequence of the inhomogeneous distribution of anionic polymers such as actin, tubulin, and nucleic acids. Here, we demonstrate the existence and stability of these microdomains, as well as the consequence for GABAergic synaptic signaling: each interneuron produces a postsynaptic GABAA response with a unique reversal potential. In individual hippocampal pyramidal cells, the range of GABAA reversal potentials evoked by stimulating different interneurons was >20 mV. Some interneurons generated postsynaptic responses in pyramidal cells that reversed at potentials beyond what would be considered purely inhibitory. Cytoplasmic chloride microdomains enable each pyramidal cell to maintain a compendium of unique postsynaptic responses to the activity of individual interneurons.
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- Negah Rahmati
- Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114
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- Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114
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- Department of Pediatrics and Neurology, Iowa Neuroscience Institute, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242
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- Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114
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- Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114
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- Departments of Neurosurgery, Pediatrics, and Cellular & Molecular Physiology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06510
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- Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114
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- Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114
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- Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114
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Huttlin EL, Bruckner RJ, Navarrete-Perea J, Cannon JR, Baltier K, Gebreab F, Gygi MP, Thornock A, Zarraga G, Tam S, Szpyt J, Gassaway BM, Panov A, Parzen H, Fu S, Golbazi A, Maenpaa E, Stricker K, Guha Thakurta S, Zhang T, Rad R, Pan J, Nusinow DP, Paulo JA, Schweppe DK, Vaites LP, Harper JW, Gygi SP. Dual proteome-scale networks reveal cell-specific remodeling of the human interactome. Cell 2021; 184:3022-3040.e28. [PMID: 33961781 PMCID: PMC8165030 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2021.04.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 383] [Impact Index Per Article: 127.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2019] [Revised: 01/05/2021] [Accepted: 04/07/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Thousands of interactions assemble proteins into modules that impart spatial and functional organization to the cellular proteome. Through affinity-purification mass spectrometry, we have created two proteome-scale, cell-line-specific interaction networks. The first, BioPlex 3.0, results from affinity purification of 10,128 human proteins-half the proteome-in 293T cells and includes 118,162 interactions among 14,586 proteins. The second results from 5,522 immunoprecipitations in HCT116 cells. These networks model the interactome whose structure encodes protein function, localization, and complex membership. Comparison across cell lines validates thousands of interactions and reveals extensive customization. Whereas shared interactions reside in core complexes and involve essential proteins, cell-specific interactions link these complexes, "rewiring" subnetworks within each cell's interactome. Interactions covary among proteins of shared function as the proteome remodels to produce each cell's phenotype. Viewable interactively online through BioPlexExplorer, these networks define principles of proteome organization and enable unknown protein characterization.
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- Edward L Huttlin
- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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Alteration of Neural Stem Cell Functions in Ataxia and Male Sterility Mice: A Possible Role of β-Tubulin Glutamylation in Neurodegeneration. Cells 2021; 10:cells10010155. [PMID: 33466875 PMCID: PMC7830091 DOI: 10.3390/cells10010155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2020] [Revised: 01/09/2021] [Accepted: 01/11/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Ataxia and Male Sterility (AMS) is a mutant mouse strain that contains a missense mutation in the coding region of Nna1, a gene that encodes a deglutamylase. AMS mice exhibit early cerebellar Purkinje cell degeneration and an ataxic phenotype in an autosomal recessive manner. To understand the underlying mechanism, we generated neuronal stem cell (NSC) lines from wild-type (NMW7), Nna1 mutation heterozygous (NME), and Nna1 mutation homozygous (NMO1) mouse brains. The NNA1 levels were decreased, and the glutamylated tubulin levels were increased in NMO1 cultures as well as in the cerebellum of AMS mice at both 15 and 30 days of age. However, total β-tubulin protein levels were not altered in the AMS cerebellum. In NMO1 neurosphere cultures, β-tubulin protein levels were increased without changes at the transcriptional level. NMO1 grew faster than other NSC lines, and some of the neurospheres were attached to the plate after 3 days. Immunostaining revealed that SOX2 and nestin levels were decreased in NMO1 neurospheres and that the neuronal differentiation potentials were reduced in NMO1 cells compared to NME or NMW7 cells. These results demonstrate that the AMS mutation decreased the NNA1 levels and increased glutamylation in the cerebellum of AMS mice. The observed changes in glutamylation might alter NSC properties and the neuron maturation process, leading to Purkinje cell death in AMS mice.
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Boiarska Z, Passarella D. Microtubule-targeting agents and neurodegeneration. Drug Discov Today 2020; 26:604-615. [PMID: 33279455 DOI: 10.1016/j.drudis.2020.11.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2020] [Revised: 11/17/2020] [Accepted: 11/28/2020] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The association of microtubule (MT) breakdown with neurodegeneration and neurotoxicity has provided an emerging therapeutic approach for neurodegenerative diseases. Tubulin binders are able to modulate MT dynamics and, as a result, are of particular interest both as potential therapeutics and experimental tools used to validate this strategy. Here, we provide a comprehensive overview of current knowledge and recent advancements regarding MT-targeting approaches for neurodegeneration and evaluate the potential application of MT-targeting agents (MTAs) based on available preclinical and clinical data.
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- Zlata Boiarska
- Dipartimento di Chimica, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Golgi 19, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Golgi 19, 20133 Milano, Italy.
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Wu Y, Li S. Role of Post-Translational Modifications of cGAS in Innate Immunity. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21217842. [PMID: 33105828 PMCID: PMC7660100 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21217842] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2020] [Revised: 10/18/2020] [Accepted: 10/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Cyclic GMP–AMP synthase (cGAS) is the synthase that generates the second messenger cyclic GMP–AMP (cGAMP) upon DNA binding. cGAS was first discovered as the cytosolic DNA sensor that detects DNA exposed in the cytoplasm either from pathogens or cellular damage. Activated cGAS instigates the signaling cascades to activate type I interferon (IFN) expression, critical for host defense and autoimmune diseases. In addition, cGAS plays a role in senescence, DNA repair, apoptosis, and tumorigenesis. Recently, various post-translational modifications (PTMs) of cGAS have been reported, such as phosphorylation, ubiquitination, acetylation, glutamylation, and sumoylation. These PTMs profoundly affect cGAS functions. Thus, here we review the recent reported PTMs of cGAS and how these PTMs regulate cGAS enzymatic activity, DNA binding, and protein stability, and discuss the potential future directions.
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- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +1-504-988-2203
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Sukumaran A, Woroszchuk E, Ross T, Geddes-McAlister J. Proteomics of host-bacterial interactions: new insights from dual perspectives. Can J Microbiol 2020; 67:213-225. [PMID: 33027598 DOI: 10.1139/cjm-2020-0324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Mass-spectrometry (MS)-based proteomics is a powerful and robust platform for studying the interactions between biological systems during health and disease. Bacterial infections represent a significant threat to global health and drive the pursuit of novel therapeutic strategies to combat emerging and resistant pathogens. During infection, the interplay between a host and pathogen determines the ability of the microbe to survive in a hostile environment and promotes an immune response by the host as a protective measure. It is the protein-level changes from either biological system that define the outcome of infection, and MS-based proteomics provides a rapid and effective platform to identify such changes. In particular, proteomics detects alterations in protein abundance, quantifies protein secretion and (or) release, measures an array of post-translational modifications that influence signaling cascades, and profiles protein-protein interactions through protein complex and (or) network formation. Such information provides new insight into the role of known and novel bacterial effectors, as well as the outcome of host cell activation. In this Review, we highlight the diverse applications of MS-based proteomics in profiling the relationship between bacterial pathogens and the host. Our work identifies a plethora of strategies for exploring mechanisms of infection from dual perspectives (i.e., host and pathogen), and we suggest opportunities to extrapolate the current knowledgebase to other biological systems for applications in therapeutic discovery.
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- Arjun Sukumaran
- Molecular and Cellular Biology Department, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada.,Molecular and Cellular Biology Department, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada
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- Molecular and Cellular Biology Department, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada.,Molecular and Cellular Biology Department, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada
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- Molecular and Cellular Biology Department, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada.,Molecular and Cellular Biology Department, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada
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- Molecular and Cellular Biology Department, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada.,Molecular and Cellular Biology Department, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada
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The emerging role of tubulin posttranslational modifications in cilia and ciliopathies. BIOPHYSICS REPORTS 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s41048-020-00111-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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McClung C, Chin HG, Hansen U, Noren CJ, Pradhan S, Ruse CI. Mapping of polyglutamylation in tubulins using nanoLC-ESI-MS/MS. Anal Biochem 2020; 612:113761. [PMID: 32502490 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2020.113761] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2019] [Revised: 04/21/2020] [Accepted: 04/22/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Tubulin polyglutamylation is a polymeric modification that extends from the carboxyl-terminus of tubulins. Molecular description of amino acids and their branching polyglutamyls is a hallmark of tubulin in microtubules. There are different chemical approaches for detecting these polymeric structures, mostly reported prior to development of nESI peptide analysis. Here we demonstrate a novel and simple approach to detect shared regions of amino acid ions from tubulin polyglutamylated peptides in nanoLC-MS/MS. This involves two parallel in gel digestions with trypsin and subtilisin followed by mapping of di- and triglutamyl modifications of α- and β-tubulins using a routine proteomics assay. We present three levels of information: i) identification of proteomics MS/MS data, ii) description of internal fragment ion series common across digests, and iii) extracted ion chromatograms mapped relative to retention time standards for confirmation of relative hydrophobicity values. Our nanoLC assay positive ion ESI detects up to 3 conjugated glutamates in tubulins. We implemented an analytical column only bottom up approach that characterizes molecular features of polyglutamylated tubulins.
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- New England Biolabs, Ipswich, MA, 01938, USA; MCBB Graduate Program, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
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- MCBB Graduate Program, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215, USA; Department of Biology, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
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Sulpizio A, Minelli ME, Wan M, Burrowes PD, Wu X, Sanford EJ, Shin JH, Williams BC, Goldberg ML, Smolka MB, Mao Y. Protein polyglutamylation catalyzed by the bacterial calmodulin-dependent pseudokinase SidJ. eLife 2019; 8:51162. [PMID: 31682223 PMCID: PMC6858067 DOI: 10.7554/elife.51162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2019] [Accepted: 11/03/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Pseudokinases are considered to be the inactive counterparts of conventional protein kinases and comprise approximately 10% of the human and mouse kinomes. Here, we report the crystal structure of the Legionella pneumophila effector protein, SidJ, in complex with the eukaryotic Ca2+-binding regulator, calmodulin (CaM). The structure reveals that SidJ contains a protein kinase-like fold domain, which retains a majority of the characteristic kinase catalytic motifs. However, SidJ fails to demonstrate kinase activity. Instead, mass spectrometry and in vitro biochemical analyses demonstrate that SidJ modifies another Legionella effector SdeA, an unconventional phosphoribosyl ubiquitin ligase, by adding glutamate molecules to a specific residue of SdeA in a CaM-dependent manner. Furthermore, we show that SidJ-mediated polyglutamylation suppresses the ADP-ribosylation activity. Our work further implies that some pseudokinases may possess ATP-dependent activities other than conventional phosphorylation.
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- Alan Sulpizio
- Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, United States.,Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, United States
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- Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, United States.,Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, United States
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- Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, United States.,Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, United States
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- Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, United States.,Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, United States
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- Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, United States.,Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, United States
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- Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, United States.,Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, United States
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- Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, United States.,Department of Microbiology, Cornell University, Ithaca, United States
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, United States
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, United States
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- Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, United States.,Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, United States
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- Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, United States.,Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, United States
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Initial Metabolic Step of a Novel Ethanolamine Utilization Pathway and Its Regulation in Streptomyces coelicolor M145. mBio 2019; 10:mBio.00326-19. [PMID: 31113893 PMCID: PMC6529630 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.00326-19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Until now, knowledge of the utilization of ethanolamine in Streptomyces was limited. Our work represents the first attempt to reveal a novel ethanolamine utilization pathway in the actinobacterial model organism S. coelicolor through the characterization of the key enzyme gamma-glutamylethanolamide synthetase GlnA4, which is absolutely required for growth in the presence of ethanolamine. The novel ethanolamine utilization pathway is dissimilar to the currently known ethanolamine utilization pathway, which occurs in metabolome. The novel ethanolamine utilization pathway does not result in the production of toxic by-products (such as acetaldehyde); thus, it is not encapsulated. We believe that this contribution is a milestone in understanding the ecology of Streptomyces and the utilization of alternative nitrogen sources. Our report provides new insight into bacterial primary metabolism, which remains complex and partially unexplored. Streptomyces coelicolor is a Gram-positive soil bacterium with a high metabolic and adaptive potential that is able to utilize a variety of nitrogen sources. However, little is known about the utilization of the alternative nitrogen source ethanolamine. Our study revealed that S. coelicolor can utilize ethanolamine as a sole nitrogen or carbon (N/C) source, although it grows poorly on this nitrogen source due to the absence of a specific ethanolamine permease. Heterologous expression of a putative ethanolamine permease (SPRI_5940) from Streptomycespristinaespiralis positively influenced the biomass accumulation of the overexpression strain grown in defined medium with ethanolamine. In this study, we demonstrated that a glutamine synthetase-like protein, GlnA4 (SCO1613), is involved in the initial metabolic step of a novel ethanolamine utilization pathway in S. coelicolor M145. GlnA4 acts as a gamma-glutamylethanolamide synthetase. Transcriptional analysis revealed that expression of glnA4 was induced by ethanolamine and repressed in the presence of ammonium. Regulation of glnA4 is governed by the transcriptional repressor EpuRI (SCO1614). The ΔglnA4 mutant strain was unable to grow on defined liquid Evans medium supplemented with ethanolamine. High-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) analysis demonstrated that strain ΔglnA4 is unable to utilize ethanolamine. GlnA4-catalyzed glutamylation of ethanolamine was confirmed in an enzymatic in vitro assay, and the GlnA4 reaction product, gamma-glutamylethanolamide, was detected by HPLC/electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry (HPLC/ESI-MS). In this work, the first step of ethanolamine utilization in S. coelicolor M145 was elucidated, and a putative ethanolamine utilization pathway was deduced based on the sequence similarity and genomic localization of homologous genes.
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Basmaciyan L, Robinson DR, Azas N, Casanova M. (De)glutamylation and cell death in Leishmania parasites. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2019; 13:e0007264. [PMID: 31017892 PMCID: PMC6502457 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0007264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2018] [Revised: 05/06/2019] [Accepted: 02/26/2019] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Trypanosomatids are flagellated protozoan parasites that are very unusual in terms of cytoskeleton organization but also in terms of cell death. Most of the Trypanosomatid cytoskeleton consists of microtubules, forming different substructures including a subpellicular corset. Oddly, the actin network appears structurally and functionally different from other eukaryotic actins. And Trypanosomatids have an apoptotic phenotype under cell death conditions, but the pathways involved are devoid of key mammal proteins such as caspases or death receptors, and the triggers involved in apoptotic induction remain unknown. In this article, we have studied the role of the post-translational modifications, deglutamylation and polyglutamylation, in Leishmania. We have shown that Leishmania apoptosis was linked to polyglutamylation and hypothesized that the cell survival process autophagy was linked to deglutamylation. A balance seems to be established between polyglutamylation and deglutamylation, with imbalance inducing microtubule or other protein modifications characterizing either cell death if polyglutamylation was prioritized, or the cell survival process of autophagy if deglutamylation was prioritized. This emphasizes the role of post-translational modifications in cell biology, inducing cell death or cell survival of infectious agents. Leishmania are unique unicellular organisms in terms of cytoskeleton organization and mechanisms of cell death. For example, the major cytoskeletal components of these parasites are microtubules, which form a subpellicular corset. In terms of cell death, an apoptotic phenotype has been characterized in Leishmania but the pathways remain unknown, being devoid of key mammal cell death proteins. In a previous article, we demonstrated that the cytoskeleton of this parasite is extensively glutamylated but, paradoxically, overexpression or inhibition of polyglutamylase expression have limited visible cellular consequences. In this manuscript, we have highlighted the link between polyglutamylation and Leishmania cell death, suggesting the importance of the polyglutamylation/deglutamylation balance in this parasite. Further, we have identified, for the first time in Leishmania, deglutamylases, among which one that, in an original manner, deglutamylates glutamates at branching points but also long glutamate side chains. This work emphasizes the role of post-translational modifications as essential regulators of protein function, not only of mammal cells such as neurons or ciliated/flagellated cells, but also of infectious agents. This work suggests an important and discernible “live or die”—“cell death or autophagy” balance pathway and the conceptual mechanism that is involved in cellular decision making.
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- Louise Basmaciyan
- Aix Marseille Univ, IRD, AP-HM, SSA, VITROME, Marseille, France
- IHU-Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille Univ, IRD, AP-HM, SSA, VITROME, Marseille, France
- IHU-Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille Univ, IRD, AP-HM, SSA, VITROME, Marseille, France
- IHU-Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France
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Lessard DV, Zinder OJ, Hotta T, Verhey KJ, Ohi R, Berger CL. Polyglutamylation of tubulin's C-terminal tail controls pausing and motility of kinesin-3 family member KIF1A. J Biol Chem 2019; 294:6353-6363. [PMID: 30770469 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra118.005765] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2018] [Revised: 02/11/2019] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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The kinesin-3 family member KIF1A plays a critical role in site-specific neuronal cargo delivery during axonal transport. KIF1A cargo is mislocalized in many neurodegenerative diseases, indicating that KIF1A's highly efficient, superprocessive motility along axonal microtubules needs to be tightly regulated. One potential regulatory mechanism may be through posttranslational modifications (PTMs) of axonal microtubules. These PTMs often occur on the C-terminal tails of the microtubule tracks, act as molecular "traffic signals" helping to direct kinesin motor cargo delivery, and include C-terminal tail polyglutamylation important for KIF1A cargo transport. KIF1A initially interacts with microtubule C-terminal tails through its K-loop, a positively charged surface loop of the KIF1A motor domain. However, the role of the K-loop in KIF1A motility and response to perturbations in C-terminal tail polyglutamylation is underexplored. Using single-molecule imaging, we present evidence that KIF1A pauses on different microtubule lattice structures, linking multiple processive segments together and contributing to KIF1A's characteristic superprocessive run length. Furthermore, modifications of the KIF1A K-loop or tubulin C-terminal tail polyglutamylation reduced KIF1A pausing and overall run length. These results suggest a new mechanism to regulate KIF1A motility via pauses mediated by K-loop/polyglutamylated C-terminal tail interactions, providing further insight into KIF1A's role in axonal transport.
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- Dominique V Lessard
- From the Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont 05405 and
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- From the Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont 05405 and
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- the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
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- the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
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- the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
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- From the Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont 05405 and
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Septin filament coalignment with microtubules depends on SEPT9_i1 and tubulin polyglutamylation, and is an early feature of acquired cell resistance to paclitaxel. Cell Death Dis 2019; 10:54. [PMID: 30670682 PMCID: PMC6342940 DOI: 10.1038/s41419-019-1318-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2018] [Revised: 12/14/2018] [Accepted: 12/18/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Cancer cell resistance to taxanes is a complex, multifactorial process, which results from the combination of several molecular and cellular changes. In breast cancer cells adapted to long-term paclitaxel treatment, we previously identified a new adaptive mechanism that contributes to resistance and involves high levels of tubulin tyrosination and long-chain polyglutamylation coupled with high levels of septin expression, especially that of SEPT9_i1. This in turn led to higher CLIP-170 and MCAK recruitment to microtubules to enhance microtubule dynamics and therefore counteract the stabilizing effects of taxanes. Here, we explored to which extent this new mechanism alone could trigger taxane resistance. We show that coupling septins (including SEPT9_i1) overexpression together with long-chain tubulin polyglutamylation induce significant paclitaxel resistance in several naive (taxane-sensitive) cell lines and accordingly stimulate the binding of CLIP-170 and MCAK to microtubules. Strikingly, such resistance was paralleled by a systematic relocalization of septin filaments from actin fibers to microtubules. We further show that this relocalization resulted from the overexpression of septins in a context of enhanced tubulin polyglutamylation and reveal that it could also be promoted by an acute treatment with paclitaxel of sensitve cell displaying a high basal level of SEPT9_i1. These findings point out the functional importance and the complex cellular dynamics of septins in the onset of cell resistance to death caused by microtubule-targeting antimitotic drugs of the taxane family.
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Multiple effects of the herbicide glufosinate-ammonium and its main metabolite on neural stem cells from the subventricular zone of newborn mice. Neurotoxicology 2018; 69:152-163. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2018.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2018] [Revised: 09/13/2018] [Accepted: 10/01/2018] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Zhou L, Hossain MI, Yamazaki M, Abe M, Natsume R, Konno K, Kageyama S, Komatsu M, Watanabe M, Sakimura K, Takebayashi H. Deletion of exons encoding carboxypeptidase domain of Nna1 results in Purkinje cell degeneration (pcd
) phenotype. J Neurochem 2018; 147:557-572. [DOI: 10.1111/jnc.14591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2018] [Revised: 08/31/2018] [Accepted: 09/03/2018] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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- Li Zhou
- Department of Cellular Neurobiology; Brain Research Institute; Niigata University; Niigata Japan
- Division of Neurobiology and Anatomy; Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences; Niigata University; Niigata Japan
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- Division of Neurobiology and Anatomy; Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences; Niigata University; Niigata Japan
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- Department of Cellular Neurobiology; Brain Research Institute; Niigata University; Niigata Japan
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- Department of Cellular Neurobiology; Brain Research Institute; Niigata University; Niigata Japan
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- Department of Cellular Neurobiology; Brain Research Institute; Niigata University; Niigata Japan
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- Department of Anatomy; Faculty of Medicine; Hokkaido University; Sapporo Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry; Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences; Niigata University; Niigata Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry; Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences; Niigata University; Niigata Japan
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- Department of Anatomy; Faculty of Medicine; Hokkaido University; Sapporo Japan
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- Department of Cellular Neurobiology; Brain Research Institute; Niigata University; Niigata Japan
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- Division of Neurobiology and Anatomy; Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences; Niigata University; Niigata Japan
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Luo WW, Shu HB. Delicate regulation of the cGAS-MITA-mediated innate immune response. Cell Mol Immunol 2018; 15:666-675. [PMID: 29456253 PMCID: PMC6123429 DOI: 10.1038/cmi.2016.51] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2016] [Revised: 07/20/2016] [Accepted: 07/20/2016] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Although it has long been demonstrated that cytosolic DNA is a potent immune stimulant, it is only in recent years that the molecular mechanisms of DNA-stimulated innate immune responses have emerged. Studies have established critical roles for the DNA sensor cyclic GMP-AMP synthase (cGAS) and the adapter protein MITA/STING in the innate immune response to cytosolic DNA or DNA viruses. Although the regulation of cGAS-MITA/STING-mediated signaling remains to be fully investigated, understanding the processes involved may help to explain the mechanisms of innate immune signaling events and perhaps autoinflammatory diseases and to provide potential therapeutic targets for drug intervention. In this review, we summarize recent progress on the regulation of the cGAS-MITA/STING-mediated innate immune response to DNA viruses at the organelle-trafficking, post-translational and transcriptional levels.
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- Wei-Wei Luo
- Medical Research Institute, Collaborative Innovation Center for Viral Immunology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430071, China
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- Medical Research Institute, Collaborative Innovation Center for Viral Immunology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430071, China.
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Bedoni N, Haer-Wigman L, Vaclavik V, Tran VH, Farinelli P, Balzano S, Royer-Bertrand B, El-Asrag ME, Bonny O, Ikonomidis C, Litzistorf Y, Nikopoulos K, Yioti GG, Stefaniotou MI, McKibbin M, Booth AP, Ellingford JM, Black GC, Toomes C, Inglehearn CF, Hoyng CB, Bax N, Klaver CCW, Thiadens AA, Murisier F, Schorderet DF, Ali M, Cremers FPM, Andréasson S, Munier FL, Rivolta C. Mutations in the polyglutamylase gene TTLL5, expressed in photoreceptor cells and spermatozoa, are associated with cone-rod degeneration and reduced male fertility. Hum Mol Genet 2018; 25:4546-4555. [PMID: 28173158 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddw282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2016] [Revised: 08/19/2016] [Accepted: 08/20/2016] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Hereditary retinal degenerations encompass a group of genetic diseases characterized by extreme clinical variability. Following next-generation sequencing and autozygome-based screening of patients presenting with a peculiar, recessive form of cone-dominated retinopathy, we identified five homozygous variants [p.(Asp594fs), p.(Gln117*), p.(Met712fs), p.(Ile756Phe), and p.(Glu543Lys)] in the polyglutamylase-encoding gene TTLL5, in eight patients from six families. The two male patients carrying truncating TTLL5 variants also displayed a substantial reduction in sperm motility and infertility, whereas those carrying missense changes were fertile. Defects in this polyglutamylase in humans have recently been associated with cone photoreceptor dystrophy, while mouse models carrying truncating mutations in the same gene also display reduced fertility in male animals. We examined the expression levels of TTLL5 in various human tissues and determined that this gene has multiple viable isoforms, being highly expressed in testis and retina. In addition, antibodies against TTLL5 stained the basal body of photoreceptor cells in rat and the centrosome of the spermatozoon flagellum in humans, suggesting a common mechanism of action in these two cell types. Taken together, our data indicate that mutations in TTLL5 delineate a novel, allele-specific syndrome causing defects in two as yet pathogenically unrelated functions, reproduction and vision.
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- Nicola Bedoni
- Department of Computational Biology, Unit of Medical Genetics, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.,Department of Ophthalmology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Jules Gonin Eye Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland.,Fertas Andrology Laboratory, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Jules Gonin Eye Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Computational Biology, Unit of Medical Genetics, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Computational Biology, Unit of Medical Genetics, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Computational Biology, Unit of Medical Genetics, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.,Institute for Research in Ophtalmology, University of Lausanne and Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Section of Ophthalmology & Neuroscience, Leeds Institute of Biomedical & Clinical Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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- Service of Nephrology, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Computational Biology, Unit of Medical Genetics, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Ioannina School of Medicine, Ioannina, Greece
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Ioannina School of Medicine, Ioannina, Greece
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- The Eye Department, St. James's University Hospital, Leeds, UK
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- Royal Eye Infirmary, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, UK
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- Centre for Genomic Medicine, St. Mary's Hospital, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Centre for Genomic Medicine, St. Mary's Hospital, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Section of Ophthalmology & Neuroscience, Leeds Institute of Biomedical & Clinical Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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- Section of Ophthalmology & Neuroscience, Leeds Institute of Biomedical & Clinical Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.,Department of Ophthalmology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Institute for Research in Ophtalmology, University of Lausanne and Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Section of Ophthalmology & Neuroscience, Leeds Institute of Biomedical & Clinical Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.,Department of Ophthalmology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Computational Biology, Unit of Medical Genetics, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Petyaev IM, Alekseev KP, Tsibezov VV, Kostina LV, Kozlov AY, Kyle NH, Bashmakov YK. Structural Organization of 6B9 Molecule, a Monoclonal Antibody Against Lycopene. Monoclon Antib Immunodiagn Immunother 2017; 36:259-263. [PMID: 29267147 DOI: 10.1089/mab.2017.0041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Full cDNA and corresponding amino acid (AA) sequences of 6B9 monoclonal antibody (mAb) against lycopene was obtained using Step-Out RACE technology. Variable (V) and constant (C) regions were identified. The light chain of 6B9 contained 238 AA IgM with the highest level of identity (0.93) to both the anti-VEGF receptor antibody and anti-collagen type II FAb CIIC1. The heavy chain was composed of 634 AA with a high identity (0.9) to the Ig mu chain C region. Potential posttranslational modification regions in both chains were identified alongside with disulfide bond sites. The obtained information can be used for making chimeric constructs containing 6B9 mAb (or its fragments) and lycopene, a powerful carotenoid with antioxidant as well as antiproliferating properties, which can be implemented in the treatment of an aggressive form of prostate cancer and possibly other malignancies.
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- Ivan M Petyaev
- 1 Lycotec Ltd. , Granta Park Campus, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- 2 Gamaleya Research Center of Epidemiology and Microbiology , Ministry of Health, Moscow, Russia
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- 2 Gamaleya Research Center of Epidemiology and Microbiology , Ministry of Health, Moscow, Russia
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- 2 Gamaleya Research Center of Epidemiology and Microbiology , Ministry of Health, Moscow, Russia
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- 2 Gamaleya Research Center of Epidemiology and Microbiology , Ministry of Health, Moscow, Russia
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- 1 Lycotec Ltd. , Granta Park Campus, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Identification of DmTTLL5 as a Major Tubulin Glutamylase in the Drosophila Nervous System. Sci Rep 2017; 7:16254. [PMID: 29176602 PMCID: PMC5701211 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-16586-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2017] [Accepted: 11/14/2017] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Microtubules (MTs) play crucial roles during neuronal life. They are formed by heterodimers of alpha and beta-tubulins, which are subjected to several post-translational modifications (PTMs). Amongst them, glutamylation consists in the reversible addition of a variable number of glutamate residues to the C-terminal tails of tubulins. Glutamylation is the most abundant MT PTM in the mammalian adult brain, suggesting that it plays an important role in the nervous system (NS). Here, we show that the previously uncharacterized CG31108 gene encodes an alpha-tubulin glutamylase acting in the Drosophila NS. We show that this glutamylase, which we named DmTTLL5, initiates MT glutamylation specifically on alpha-tubulin, which are the only glutamylated tubulin in the Drosophila brain. In DmTTLL5 mutants, MT glutamylation was not detected in the NS, allowing for determining its potential function. DmTTLL5 mutants are viable and we did not find any defect in vesicular axonal transport, synapse morphology and larval locomotion. Moreover, DmTTLL5 mutant flies display normal negative geotaxis behavior and their lifespan is not altered. Thus, our work identifies DmTTLL5 as the major enzyme responsible for initiating neuronal MT glutamylation specifically on alpha-tubulin and we show that the absence of MT glutamylation is not detrimental for Drosophila NS function.
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Jank T, Belyi Y, Wirth C, Rospert S, Hu Z, Dengjel J, Tzivelekidis T, Andersen GR, Hunte C, Schlosser A, Aktories K. Protein glutaminylation is a yeast-specific posttranslational modification of elongation factor 1A. J Biol Chem 2017; 292:16014-16023. [PMID: 28801462 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m117.801035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2017] [Revised: 08/09/2017] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Ribosomal translation factors are fundamental for protein synthesis and highly conserved in all kingdoms of life. The essential eukaryotic elongation factor 1A (eEF1A) delivers aminoacyl tRNAs to the A-site of the translating 80S ribosome. Several studies have revealed that eEF1A is posttranslationally modified. Using MS analysis, site-directed mutagenesis, and X-ray structural data analysis of Saccharomyces cerevisiae eEF1A, we identified a posttranslational modification in which the α amino group of mono-l-glutamine is covalently linked to the side chain of glutamate 45 in eEF1A. The MS analysis suggested that all eEF1A molecules are modified by this glutaminylation and that this posttranslational modification occurs at all stages of yeast growth. The mutational studies revealed that this glutaminylation is not essential for the normal functions of eEF1A in S. cerevisiae However, eEF1A glutaminylation slightly reduced growth under antibiotic-induced translational stress conditions. Moreover, we identified the same posttranslational modification in eEF1A from Schizosaccharomyces pombe but not in various other eukaryotic organisms tested despite strict conservation of the Glu45 residue among these organisms. We therefore conclude that eEF1A glutaminylation is a yeast-specific posttranslational modification that appears to influence protein translation.
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- Thomas Jank
- From the Institute for Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany,
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- the Gamaleya Research Centre, Moscow 123098, Russia.,the Bioclinicum, Moscow 123098, Russia
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- the Institute for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, ZBMZ, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- the Institute for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, ZBMZ, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany.,the BIOSS Centre for Biological Signalling Studies, University of Freiburg, 79106 Freiburg, Germany
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- the Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, 79106 Freiburg, Germany.,the Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS), University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany.,the Department of Biology, University of Fribourg, Chemin du Musée 10, 1700 Fribourg, Switzerland
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- the Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, 79106 Freiburg, Germany.,the Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS), University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany.,the Department of Biology, University of Fribourg, Chemin du Musée 10, 1700 Fribourg, Switzerland
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- From the Institute for Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Center for Structural Biology, Aarhus University, DK8000 Aarhus, Denmark, and
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- the Institute for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, ZBMZ, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany.,the BIOSS Centre for Biological Signalling Studies, University of Freiburg, 79106 Freiburg, Germany
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- the Rudolf Virchow Center for Experimental Biomedicine, University of Würzburg, 97080 Würzburg, Germany
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- From the Institute for Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany, .,the BIOSS Centre for Biological Signalling Studies, University of Freiburg, 79106 Freiburg, Germany.,the Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS), University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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Dias MDS, Hamel CP, Meunier I, Varin J, Blanchard S, Boyard F, Sahel JA, Zeitz C. Novel splice-site mutation in TTLL5 causes cone dystrophy in a consanguineous family. Mol Vis 2017; 23:131-139. [PMID: 28356705 PMCID: PMC5360453] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2016] [Accepted: 03/16/2017] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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PURPOSE To report the clinical and genetic findings of one family with autosomal recessive cone dystrophy (CD) and to identify the causative mutation. METHODS An institutional study of three family members from two generations. The clinical examination included best-corrected Snellen visual acuity measurement, fundoscopy, the Farnsworth D-15 color vision test, a full-field electroretinogram (ERG) that incorporated the International Society for Clinical Electrophysiology of Vision standards and methodology, fundus autofluorescence (FAF) and infrared (IR), and spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT). Genetic findings were achieved with DNA analysis using whole exome sequencing (WES) and Sanger sequencing. RESULTS The proband, a 9-year-old boy, presented with a condition that appeared to be congenital and stationary. The clinical presentation initially reflected incomplete congenital stationary night blindness (icCSNB) because of myopia, a decrease in visual acuity, abnormal oscillatory potentials, and reduced amplitudes on the 30 Hz flicker ERG but was atypical because there were no clear electronegative responses. However, no disease-causing mutations in the genes underlying icCSNB were identified. Following WES analysis of family members, a homozygous splice-site mutation in intron 3 of TTLL5 (c.182-3_182-1delinsAA) was found cosegregating within the phenotype in the family. CONCLUSIONS The distinction between icCSNB and CD phenotypes is not always straightforward in young patients. The patient was quite young, which most likely explains why the progression of the CD was not obvious. WES analysis provided prompt diagnosis for this family; thus, the use of this technique to refine the diagnosis is highlighted in this study.
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- Miguel de Sousa Dias
- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, INSERM U968, CNRS UMR 7210, Institut de la Vision, 17 rue Moreau, Paris, France
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- INSERM U 1051, Institut des Neurosciences de Montpellier, Hôpital Saint-Eloi, Montpellier, France,Affections Sensorielles Génétiques, CHU de Montpellier, 191 Avenue du Doyen Gaston Giraud, Montpellier, France,Université Montpellier, 163 Avenue Auguste Broussonnet, Montpellier, France
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- INSERM U 1051, Institut des Neurosciences de Montpellier, Hôpital Saint-Eloi, Montpellier, France,Affections Sensorielles Génétiques, CHU de Montpellier, 191 Avenue du Doyen Gaston Giraud, Montpellier, France,Université Montpellier, 163 Avenue Auguste Broussonnet, Montpellier, France
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, INSERM U968, CNRS UMR 7210, Institut de la Vision, 17 rue Moreau, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, INSERM U968, CNRS UMR 7210, Institut de la Vision, 17 rue Moreau, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, INSERM U968, CNRS UMR 7210, Institut de la Vision, 17 rue Moreau, Paris, France,CHNO des Quinze-Vingts, DHU Sight Restore, INSERM-DHOS CIC1423, 28 rue de Charenton, Paris, France,Institute of Ophthalmology, University College of London, London EC1V 9EL, UK,Fondation Ophtalmologique Adolphe de Rothschild, Paris, France,Academie des Sciences, Institut de France, Paris, France,Department of Ophthalmology, The University of Pittsburghschool of Medicine, Pittsburg, PA
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, INSERM U968, CNRS UMR 7210, Institut de la Vision, 17 rue Moreau, Paris, France
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Role of Cytosolic Carboxypeptidase 5 in Neuronal Survival and Spermatogenesis. Sci Rep 2017; 7:41428. [PMID: 28128286 PMCID: PMC5269731 DOI: 10.1038/srep41428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2016] [Accepted: 12/20/2016] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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Proteins may undergo a type of posttranslational modification – polyglutamylation, where a glutamate residue is enzymatically linked to the γ-carboxyl group of a glutamate in the primary sequence of proteins and additional glutamates are then sequentially added via α-carboxyl–linkages to the growing glutamate side chain. Nna1 (a.k.a. CCP1) defines the 6-member cytosolic carboxypeptidase (CCP) family that metabolizes polyglutamate side chain and its loss results in neurodegeneration and male infertility. Whereas most CCPs catalyze hydrolysis of α-carboxyl-linked glutamates, CCP5 uniquely metabolizes the γ-carboxyl linked, branch point glutamate. Using purified recombinant mouse CCP5, we confirmed that it metabolized γ-carboxyl-linked glutamate of synthetic substrates and tubulin. Despite this unique feature and its indispensible functions in lower species, we found that unlike Nna1, CCP5 is not essential for neuronal survival in mouse. CCP5 deficiency does cause male infertility. However, the mechanism by which this occurs is distinct from that of Nna1 loss. Instead, it is phenotypically reminiscent of the infertility of olt mice. Our findings suggest that Nna1 and CCP5 do not work coordinately in the same pathway in either the nervous system or spermatogenesis. This is the first study addressing the function of CCP5 in mammals.
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Septin cooperation with tubulin polyglutamylation contributes to cancer cell adaptation to taxanes. Oncotarget 2016; 6:36063-80. [PMID: 26460824 PMCID: PMC4742162 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.5373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2015] [Accepted: 09/25/2015] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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The mechanisms of cancer cell adaptation to the anti-microtubule agents of the taxane family are multifaceted and still poorly understood. Here, in a model of breast cancer cells which display amplified microtubule dynamics to resist Taxol®, we provide evidence that septin filaments containing high levels of SEPT9_i1 bind to microtubules in a way that requires tubulin long chain polyglutamylation. Reciprocally, septin filaments provide a scaffold for elongating and trimming polyglutamylation enzymes to finely tune the glutamate side-chain length on microtubules to an optimal level. We also demonstrate that tubulin retyrosination and/or a high level of tyrosinated tubulin is crucial to allow the interplay between septins and polyglutamylation on microtubules and that together, these modifications result in an enhanced CLIP-170 and MCAK recruitment to microtubules. Finally, the inhibition of tubulin retyrosination, septins, tubulin long chain polyglutamylation or of both CLIP-170 and MCAK allows the restoration of cell sensitivity to taxanes, providing evidence for a new integrated mechanism of resistance.
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Back to the tubule: microtubule dynamics in Parkinson's disease. Cell Mol Life Sci 2016; 74:409-434. [PMID: 27600680 PMCID: PMC5241350 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-016-2351-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2016] [Revised: 08/18/2016] [Accepted: 08/29/2016] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Cytoskeletal homeostasis is essential for the development, survival and maintenance of an efficient nervous system. Microtubules are highly dynamic polymers important for neuronal growth, morphology, migration and polarity. In cooperation with several classes of binding proteins, microtubules regulate long-distance intracellular cargo trafficking along axons and dendrites. The importance of a delicate interplay between cytoskeletal components is reflected in several human neurodegenerative disorders linked to abnormal microtubule dynamics, including Parkinson’s disease (PD). Mounting evidence now suggests PD pathogenesis might be underlined by early cytoskeletal dysfunction. Advances in genetics have identified PD-associated mutations and variants in genes encoding various proteins affecting microtubule function including the microtubule-associated protein tau. In this review, we highlight the role of microtubules, their major posttranslational modifications and microtubule associated proteins in neuronal function. We then present key evidence on the contribution of microtubule dysfunction to PD. Finally, we discuss how regulation of microtubule dynamics with microtubule-targeting agents and deacetylase inhibitors represents a promising strategy for innovative therapeutic development.
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Loss of RPGR glutamylation underlies the pathogenic mechanism of retinal dystrophy caused by TTLL5 mutations. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2016; 113:E2925-34. [PMID: 27162334 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1523201113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Mutations in the X-linked retinitis pigmentosa GTPase regulator (RPGR) gene are a major cause of retinitis pigmentosa, a blinding retinal disease resulting from photoreceptor degeneration. A photoreceptor specific ORF15 variant of RPGR (RPGR(ORF15)), carrying multiple Glu-Gly tandem repeats and a C-terminal basic domain of unknown function, localizes to the connecting cilium where it is thought to regulate cargo trafficking. Here we show that tubulin tyrosine ligase like-5 (TTLL5) glutamylates RPGR(ORF15) in its Glu-Gly-rich repetitive region containing motifs homologous to the α-tubulin C-terminal tail. The RPGR(ORF15) C-terminal basic domain binds to the noncatalytic cofactor interaction domain unique to TTLL5 among TTLL family glutamylases and targets TTLL5 to glutamylate RPGR. Only TTLL5 and not other TTLL family glutamylases interacts with RPGR(ORF15) when expressed transiently in cells. Consistent with this, a Ttll5 mutant mouse displays a complete loss of RPGR glutamylation without marked changes in tubulin glutamylation levels. The Ttll5 mutant mouse develops slow photoreceptor degeneration with early mislocalization of cone opsins, features resembling those of Rpgr-null mice. Moreover TTLL5 disease mutants that cause human retinal dystrophy show impaired glutamylation of RPGR(ORF15) Thus, RPGR(ORF15) is a novel glutamylation substrate, and this posttranslational modification is critical for its function in photoreceptors. Our study uncovers the pathogenic mechanism whereby absence of RPGR(ORF15) glutamylation leads to retinal pathology in patients with TTLL5 gene mutations and connects these two genes into a common disease pathway.
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Rao KN, Anand M, Khanna H. The carboxyl terminal mutational hotspot of the ciliary disease protein RPGRORF15 (retinitis pigmentosa GTPase regulator) is glutamylated in vivo. Biol Open 2016; 5:424-8. [PMID: 26941104 PMCID: PMC4890669 DOI: 10.1242/bio.016816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Mutations in RPGRORF15 (retinitis pigmentosa GTPase regulator) are a major cause of inherited retinal degenerative diseases. RPGRORF15 (1152 residues) is a ciliary protein involved in regulating the composition and function of photoreceptor cilia. The mutational hotspot in RPGRORF15 is an unusual C-terminal domain encoded by exon ORF15, which is rich in polyglutamates and glycine residues (Glu-Gly domain) followed by a short stretch of basic amino acid residues (RPGRC2 domain; residues 1072-1152). However, the properties of the ORF15-encoded domain and its involvement in the pathogenesis of the disease are unclear. Here we show that RPGRORF15 is glutamylated at the C-terminus, as determined by binding to GT335, which recognizes glutamylated substrates. This reactivity is lost in two mouse mutants of Rpgr, which do not express RPGRORF15 due to disease-causing mutations in exon ORF15. Our results indicate that RPGRORF15 is posttranslationally glutamylated in the Glu-Gly domain and that the GT335 antibody predominantly recognizes RPGRORF15 in photoreceptor cilia. Summary: This study shows that the mutational hotspot of ciliary protein RPGRORF15, commonly associated with severe blindness, is posttranslationally glutamylated at its C-terminus and is a target of GT335.
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- Kollu N Rao
- Department of Ophthalmology, Horae Gene Therapy Center, UMASS Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Horae Gene Therapy Center, UMASS Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Horae Gene Therapy Center, UMASS Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA
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Xia P, Ye B, Wang S, Zhu X, Du Y, Xiong Z, Tian Y, Fan Z. Glutamylation of the DNA sensor cGAS regulates its binding and synthase activity in antiviral immunity. Nat Immunol 2016; 17:369-78. [PMID: 26829768 DOI: 10.1038/ni.3356] [Citation(s) in RCA: 141] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2015] [Accepted: 11/23/2015] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Cyclic GMP-AMP synthase (cGAS) senses cytosolic DNA during viral infection and catalyzes synthesis of the dinucleotide cGAMP, which activates the adaptor STING to initiate antiviral responses. Here we found that deficiency in the carboxypeptidase CCP5 or CCP6 led to susceptibility to DNA viruses. CCP5 and CCP6 were required for activation of the transcription factor IRF3 and interferons. Polyglutamylation of cGAS by the enzyme TTLL6 impeded its DNA-binding ability, whereas TTLL4-mediated monoglutamylation of cGAS blocked its synthase activity. Conversely, CCP6 removed the polyglutamylation of cGAS, whereas CCP5 hydrolyzed the monoglutamylation of cGAS, which together led to the activation of cGAS. Therefore, glutamylation and deglutamylation of cGAS tightly modulate immune responses to infection with DNA viruses.
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- Pengyan Xia
- Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Animal Research Center, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of RNA Biology, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,Beijing Key Laboratory of Noncoding RNA, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Lack of Cytosolic Carboxypeptidase 1 Leads to Subfertility due to the Reduced Number of Antral Follicles in pcd3J-/- Females. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0139557. [PMID: 26452267 PMCID: PMC4599934 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0139557] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2015] [Accepted: 09/15/2015] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Females homozygous for the Purkinje cell degeneration mutation (pcd) are fertile, although the success rate is much lower than in the wild type. We performed detailed analysis of reproductive abnormalities of pcd females. The number of oocytes produced following exogenous gonadotropin treatment was much lower in pcd3J-/- females than in pcd3J+/+ females. Furthermore, the estrous cyclicity of pcd3J-/- females according to the appearance of the vagina was almost undetectable comparing to that of the wild type. Histological analyses and follicle counting of 4- and 8-week-old pcd3J-/- ovaries showed an increase in the number of secondary follicles and a decrease in the number of antral follicles, indicating that AGTPBP1/ CCP1 plays an important role in the development of secondary follicles into antral follicles. Consistent with a previous analysis of the pcd cerebellum, pcd3J-/- ovaries also showed a clear increase in the level of polyglutamylation. Gene expression analysis showed that both oocytes and cumulus cells express CCP1. However, Ccp4 and CCP6, which can compensate the function of CCP1, were not expressed in mouse ovaries. Failure of microtubule deglutamylation did not affect the structure and function of the meiotic spindle in properly aligning chromosomes in the center of the nucleus during meiosis in pcd3J-/- females. We also showed that the pituitary-derived growth and reproduction-related endocrine system functions normally in pcd3J-/- mice. The results of this study provide insight into additional functions of CCP1, which cannot be fully explained by the side chain deglutamylation of microtubules alone.
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Mutations in the microtubule-associated protein 1A (Map1a) gene cause Purkinje cell degeneration. J Neurosci 2015; 35:4587-98. [PMID: 25788676 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.2757-14.2015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The structural microtubule-associated proteins (MAPs) are critical for the organization of neuronal microtubules (MTs). Microtubule-associated protein 1A (MAP1A) is one of the most abundantly expressed MAPs in the mammalian brain. However, its in vivo function remains largely unknown. Here we describe a spontaneous mouse mutation, nm2719, which causes tremors, ataxia, and loss of cerebellar Purkinje neurons in aged homozygous mice. The nm2719 mutation disrupts the Map1a gene. We show that targeted deletion of mouse Map1a gene leads to similar neurodegenerative defects. Before neuron death, Map1a mutant Purkinje cells exhibited abnormal focal swellings of dendritic shafts and disruptions in axon initial segment (AIS) morphology. Furthermore, the MT network was reduced in the somatodendritic and AIS compartments, and both the heavy and light chains of MAP1B, another brain-enriched MAP, was aberrantly distributed in the soma and dendrites of mutant Purkinje cells. MAP1A has been reported to bind to the membrane-associated guanylate kinase (MAGUK) scaffolding proteins, as well as to MTs. Indeed, PSD-93, the MAGUK specifically enriched in Purkinje cells, was reduced in Map1a(-/-) Purkinje cells. These results demonstrate that MAP1A functions to maintain both the neuronal MT network and the level of PSD-93 in neurons of the mammalian brain.
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Zhang F, Su B, Wang C, Siedlak SL, Mondragon-Rodriguez S, Lee HG, Wang X, Perry G, Zhu X. Posttranslational modifications of α-tubulin in alzheimer disease. Transl Neurodegener 2015; 4:9. [PMID: 26029362 PMCID: PMC4448339 DOI: 10.1186/s40035-015-0030-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2015] [Accepted: 04/30/2015] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Background In Alzheimer disease (AD), hyperphosphorylation of tau proteins results in microtubule destabilization and cytoskeletal abnormalities. Our prior ultra-morphometric studies documented a clear reduction in microtubules in pyramidal neurons in AD compared to controls, however, this reduction did not coincide with the presence of paired helical filaments. The latter suggests the presence of compensatory mechanism(s) that stabilize microtubule dynamics despite the loss of tau binding and stabilization. Microtubules are composed of tubulin dimers which are subject to posttranslational modifications that affect the stability and function of microtubules. Methods In this study, we performed a detailed analysis on changes in the posttranslational modifications in tubulin in postmortem human brain tissues from AD patients and age-matched controls by immunoblot and immunocytochemistry. Results Consistent with our previous study, we found decreased levels of α-tubulin in AD brain. Levels of tubulin with various posttranslational modifications such as polyglutamylation, tyrosination, and detyrosination were also proportionally reduced in AD brain, but, interestingly, there was an increase in the proportion of the acetylated α-tubulin in the remaining α-tubulin. Tubulin distribution was changed from predominantly in the processes to be more accumulated in the cell body. The number of processes containing polyglutamylated tubulin was well preserved in AD neurons. While there was a cell autonomous detrimental effect of NFTs on tubulin, this is likely a gradual and slow process, and there was no selective loss of acetylated or polyglutamylated tubulin in NFT-bearing neurons. Conclusions Overall, we suggest that the specific changes in tubulin modification in AD brain likely represent a compensatory response.
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- Fan Zhang
- Department of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44121 USA.,Department of Neurosurgery, Shandong Provincial Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, 250012 China
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- Department of Neurobiology, Shandong University, Jinan, 250012 China
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- Department of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44121 USA.,Department of Neurology, the Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410011 China
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- Department of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44121 USA
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- Departamento de Neurobiología del Desarrollo y Neurofisiología, Instituto de Neurobiología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Querétaro, Querétaro México, D. F. Mexico
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- Department of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44121 USA
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- Department of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44121 USA
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- The University of Texas at San Antonio, One UTSA Circle, San Antonio, TX 78249 USA
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- Department of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44121 USA.,2103 Cornell Road, Cleveland, OH 44106 USA
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Developmentally Regulated Post-translational Modification of Nucleoplasmin Controls Histone Sequestration and Deposition. Cell Rep 2015; 10:1735-1748. [PMID: 25772360 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2015.02.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2014] [Revised: 01/09/2015] [Accepted: 02/13/2015] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Nucleoplasmin (Npm) is an abundant histone chaperone in vertebrate oocytes and embryos. During embryogenesis, regulation of Npm histone binding is critical for its function in storing and releasing maternal histones to establish and maintain the zygotic epigenome. Here, we demonstrate that Xenopus laevis Npm post-translational modifications (PTMs) specific to the oocyte and egg promote either histone deposition or sequestration, respectively. Mass spectrometry and Npm phosphomimetic mutations used in chromatin assembly assays identified hyperphosphorylation on the N-terminal tail as a critical regulator for sequestration. C-terminal tail phosphorylation and PRMT5-catalyzed arginine methylation enhance nucleosome assembly by promoting histone interaction with the second acidic tract of Npm. Electron microscopy reconstructions of Npm and TTLL4 activity toward the C-terminal tail demonstrate that oocyte- and egg-specific PTMs cause Npm conformational changes. Our results reveal that PTMs regulate Npm chaperoning activity by modulating Npm conformation and Npm-histone interaction, leading to histone sequestration in the egg.
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Katsetos CD, Reginato MJ, Baas PW, D'Agostino L, Legido A, Tuszyn Ski JA, Dráberová E, Dráber P. Emerging microtubule targets in glioma therapy. Semin Pediatr Neurol 2015; 22:49-72. [PMID: 25976261 DOI: 10.1016/j.spen.2015.03.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Major advances in the genomics and epigenomics of diffuse gliomas and glioblastoma to date have not been translated into effective therapy, necessitating pursuit of alternative treatment approaches for these therapeutically challenging tumors. Current knowledge of microtubules in cancer and the development of new microtubule-based treatment strategies for high-grade gliomas are the topic in this review article. Discussed are cellular, molecular, and pharmacologic aspects of the microtubule cytoskeleton underlying mitosis and interactions with other cellular partners involved in cell cycle progression, directional cell migration, and tumor invasion. Special focus is placed on (1) the aberrant overexpression of βIII-tubulin, a survival factor associated with hypoxic tumor microenvironment and dynamic instability of microtubules; (2) the ectopic overexpression of γ-tubulin, which in addition to its conventional role as a microtubule-nucleating protein has recently emerged as a transcription factor interacting with oncogenes and kinases; (3) the microtubule-severing ATPase spastin and its emerging role in cell motility of glioblastoma cells; and (4) the modulating role of posttranslational modifications of tubulin in the context of interaction of microtubules with motor proteins. Specific antineoplastic strategies discussed include downregulation of targeted molecules aimed at achieving a sensitization effect on currently used mainstay therapies. The potential role of new classes of tubulin-binding agents and ATPase inhibitors is also examined. Understanding the cellular and molecular mechanisms underpinning the distinct behaviors of microtubules in glioma tumorigenesis and drug resistance is key to the discovery of novel molecular targets that will fundamentally change the prognostic outlook of patients with diffuse high-grade gliomas.
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- Christos D Katsetos
- Department of Pediatrics, Drexel University College of Medicine, Section of Neurology and Pediatric Neuro-oncology Program, St Christopher's Hospital for Children, Philadelphia, PA; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
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- Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Drexel University College of Medicine, Section of Neurology and Pediatric Neuro-oncology Program, St Christopher's Hospital for Children, Philadelphia, PA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Drexel University College of Medicine, Section of Neurology and Pediatric Neuro-oncology Program, St Christopher's Hospital for Children, Philadelphia, PA
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- Department of Oncology, University of Alberta, Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; Department of Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Biology of Cytoskeleton, Institute of Molecular Genetics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Biology of Cytoskeleton, Institute of Molecular Genetics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
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Dacheux D, Roger B, Bosc C, Landrein N, Roche E, Chansel L, Trian T, Andrieux A, Papaxanthos-Roche A, Marthan R, Robinson DR, Bonhivers M. Human FAM154A (SAXO1) is a microtubule-stabilizing protein specific to cilia and related structures. J Cell Sci 2015; 128:1294-307. [PMID: 25673876 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.155143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Cilia and flagella are microtubule-based organelles present at the surface of most cells, ranging from protozoa to vertebrates, in which these structures are implicated in processes from morphogenesis to cell motility. In vertebrate neurons, microtubule-associated MAP6 proteins stabilize cold-resistant microtubules through their Mn and Mc modules, and play a role in synaptic plasticity. Although centrioles, cilia and flagella have cold-stable microtubules, MAP6 proteins have not been identified in these organelles, suggesting that additional proteins support this role in these structures. Here, we characterize human FAM154A (hereafter referred to as hSAXO1) as the first human member of a widely conserved family of MAP6-related proteins specific to centrioles and cilium microtubules. Our data demonstrate that hSAXO1 binds specifically to centriole and cilium microtubules. We identify, in vivo and in vitro, hSAXO1 Mn modules as responsible for microtubule binding and stabilization as well as being necessary for ciliary localization. Finally, overexpression and knockdown studies show that hSAXO1 modulates axoneme length. Taken together, our findings suggest a fine regulation of hSAXO1 localization and important roles in cilium biogenesis and function.
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- Denis Dacheux
- University Bordeaux, Microbiologie Fondamentale et Pathogénicité, UMR 5234, F-33000 Bordeaux, France CNRS, Microbiologie Fondamentale et Pathogénicité, UMR 5234, F-33000 Bordeaux, France Institut Polytechnique de Bordeaux, Microbiologie Fondamentale et Pathogénicité, UMR 5234, F-33000 Bordeaux, France
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- University Bordeaux, Microbiologie Fondamentale et Pathogénicité, UMR 5234, F-33000 Bordeaux, France CNRS, Microbiologie Fondamentale et Pathogénicité, UMR 5234, F-33000 Bordeaux, France
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- INSERM, Centre de Recherche U836, F-38000, Grenoble, France University Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble Institut des Neurosciences, F-38000, Grenoble, France
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- University Bordeaux, Microbiologie Fondamentale et Pathogénicité, UMR 5234, F-33000 Bordeaux, France CNRS, Microbiologie Fondamentale et Pathogénicité, UMR 5234, F-33000 Bordeaux, France
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- University Bordeaux, Microbiologie Fondamentale et Pathogénicité, UMR 5234, F-33000 Bordeaux, France CNRS, Microbiologie Fondamentale et Pathogénicité, UMR 5234, F-33000 Bordeaux, France
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- CHU de Bordeaux, Centre Aliénor d'Aquitaine, Laboratoire de Biologie de la Reproduction, F-33000 Bordeaux, France
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- University Bordeaux, Centre de Recherche Cardio-thoracique de Bordeaux, U1045, F-33000 Bordeaux, France INSERM, Centre de Recherche Cardio-thoracique de Bordeaux, U1045, F-33000 Bordeaux, France
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- INSERM, Centre de Recherche U836, F-38000, Grenoble, France University Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble Institut des Neurosciences, F-38000, Grenoble, France CEA, Institut de Recherches en Technologies et Sciences pour le Vivant, GPC, F-38000 Grenoble, France
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- CHU de Bordeaux, Centre Aliénor d'Aquitaine, Laboratoire de Biologie de la Reproduction, F-33000 Bordeaux, France
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- University Bordeaux, Centre de Recherche Cardio-thoracique de Bordeaux, U1045, F-33000 Bordeaux, France INSERM, Centre de Recherche Cardio-thoracique de Bordeaux, U1045, F-33000 Bordeaux, France
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- University Bordeaux, Microbiologie Fondamentale et Pathogénicité, UMR 5234, F-33000 Bordeaux, France CNRS, Microbiologie Fondamentale et Pathogénicité, UMR 5234, F-33000 Bordeaux, France
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- University Bordeaux, Microbiologie Fondamentale et Pathogénicité, UMR 5234, F-33000 Bordeaux, France CNRS, Microbiologie Fondamentale et Pathogénicité, UMR 5234, F-33000 Bordeaux, France
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Wu HY, Rong Y, Correia K, Min J, Morgan JI. Comparison of the enzymatic and functional properties of three cytosolic carboxypeptidase family members. J Biol Chem 2014; 290:1222-32. [PMID: 25416787 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.604850] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Nna1 (CCP1) defines a subfamily of M14 metallocarboxypeptidases (CCP1-6) and is mutated in pcd (Purkinje cell degeneration) mice. Nna1, CCP4, and CCP6 are involved in the post-translational process of polyglutamylation, where they catalyze the removal of polyglutamate side chains. However, it is unknown whether these three cytosolic carboxypeptidases share identical enzymatic properties and redundant biological functions. We show that like Nna1, purified recombinant CCP4 and CCP6 deglutamylate tubulin, but unlike Nna1, neither rescues Purkinje cell degeneration in pcd mice, indicating that they do not have identical functions. Using biotin-based synthetic substrates, we established that the three enzymes are distinguishable based upon individual preferences for glutamate chain length, the amino acid immediately adjacent to the glutamate chain, and whether their activity is enhanced by nearby acidic amino acids. Nna1 and CCP4 remove the C-terminal glutamate from substrates with two or more glutamates, whereas CCP6 requires four or more glutamates. CCP4 behaves as a promiscuous glutamase, with little preference for chain length or neighboring amino acid composition. Besides glutamate chain length dependence, Nna1 and CCP6 exhibit higher k(cat)/K(m) when substrates contain nearby acidic amino acids. All cytosolic carboxypeptidases exhibit a monoglutamase activity when aspartic acid precedes a single glutamate, which, together with their other individual preferences for flanking amino acids, greatly increases the potential substrates for these enzymes and the biological processes in which they act. Additionally, Nna1 metabolized substrates mimicking the C terminus of tubulin in a way suggesting that the tyrosinated form of tubulin will accumulate in pcd mice.
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- Hui-Yuan Wu
- From the Departments of Developmental Neurobiology and
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- From the Departments of Developmental Neurobiology and
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- Chemical Biology and Therapeutics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee 38105
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Casanova M, de Monbrison F, van Dijk J, Janke C, Pagès M, Bastien P. Characterisation of polyglutamylases in trypanosomatids. Int J Parasitol 2014; 45:121-32. [PMID: 25444861 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2014.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2014] [Revised: 09/16/2014] [Accepted: 09/17/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Microtubules are subject to post-translational modifications, which are thought to have crucial roles in the function of complex microtubule-based organelles. Among these, polyglutamylation was relatively recently discovered, and was related to centrosome stability, axonemal maintenance and mobility, and neurite outgrowth. In trypanosomatids, parasitic protozoa where microtubules constitute the essential component of the cytoskeleton, the function of polyglutamylated microtubules is unknown. Here, in order to better understand the role of this conserved but highly divergent post-translational modification, we characterised glutamylation and putative polyglutamylases in these parasites. We showed that microtubules are intensely glutamylated in all stages of the cell cycle, including interphase. Moreover, a cell cycle-dependent gradient of glutamylation was observed along the cell anteroposterior axis, which might be related to active growth of the microtubule 'corset' during the cell cycle. We also identified two putative polyglutamylase proteins (among seven analysed here) which appeared to be clearly and directly involved in microtubule polyglutamylation in in vitro activity assays. Paradoxically, in view of the importance of tubulins and of their extensive glutamylation in these organisms, RNA interference-based knockdown of all these proteins had no effect on cell growth, suggesting either functional redundancy or, more likely, subtle roles such as function modulation or interaction with protein partners.
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- Magali Casanova
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), 5290-IRD 224-University Montpellier 1, Research Unit "MIVEGEC", Montpellier, France
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- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), 5290-IRD 224-University Montpellier 1, Research Unit "MIVEGEC", Montpellier, France
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- CNRS UMR 5237 - University Montpellier 2 and 1, Research Unit "Centre de Recherche de Biochimie Macromoléculaire", Montpellier, France
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- CNRS UMR 5237 - University Montpellier 2 and 1, Research Unit "Centre de Recherche de Biochimie Macromoléculaire", Montpellier, France
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- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), 5290-IRD 224-University Montpellier 1, Research Unit "MIVEGEC", Montpellier, France
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- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), 5290-IRD 224-University Montpellier 1, Research Unit "MIVEGEC", Montpellier, France; CHU (Hospital University Centre) of Montpellier and University Montpellier 1 (Faculty of Medicine), Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Montpellier, France.
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Protein succination is a stable post-translational modification that occurs when fumarate reacts with cysteine residues to generate 2SC [S-(2-succino)cysteine]. We demonstrate that both α- and β-tubulin are increasingly modified by succination in 3T3-L1 adipocytes and in the adipose tissue of db/db mice. Incubation of purified tubulin from porcine brain with fumarate (50 mM) or the pharmacological compound DMF (dimethylfumarate, 500 μM) inhibited polymerization up to 35% and 59% respectively. Using MS we identified Cys347α, Cys376α, Cys12β and Cys303β as sites of succination in porcine brain tubulin and the relative abundance of succination at these cysteine residues increased in association with fumarate concentration. The increase in succination after incubation with fumarate altered tubulin recognition by an anti-α-tubulin antibody. Succinated tubulin in adipocytes cultured in high glucose compared with normal glucose also had reduced reactivity with the anti-α-tubulin antibody; suggesting that succination may interfere with tubulin-protein interactions. DMF reacted rapidly with 11 of the 20 cysteine residues in the αβ-tubulin dimer, decreased the number of free thiols and inhibited the proliferation of 3T3-L1 fibroblasts. Our data suggest that inhibition of tubulin polymerization is an important undocumented mechanism of action of DMF. Taken together, our results demonstrate that succination is a novel post-translational modification of tubulin and suggest that extensive modification by fumarate, either physiologically or pharmacologically, may alter microtubule dynamics.
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Aravind L, Burroughs AM, Zhang D, Iyer LM. Protein and DNA modifications: evolutionary imprints of bacterial biochemical diversification and geochemistry on the provenance of eukaryotic epigenetics. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol 2014; 6:a016063. [PMID: 24984775 DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a016063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Epigenetic information, which plays a major role in eukaryotic biology, is transmitted by covalent modifications of nuclear proteins (e.g., histones) and DNA, along with poorly understood processes involving cytoplasmic/secreted proteins and RNAs. The origin of eukaryotes was accompanied by emergence of a highly developed biochemical apparatus for encoding, resetting, and reading covalent epigenetic marks in proteins such as histones and tubulins. The provenance of this apparatus remained unclear until recently. Developments in comparative genomics show that key components of eukaryotic epigenetics emerged as part of the extensive biochemical innovation of secondary metabolism and intergenomic/interorganismal conflict systems in prokaryotes, particularly bacteria. These supplied not only enzymatic components for encoding and removing epigenetic modifications, but also readers of some of these marks. Diversification of these prokaryotic systems and subsequently eukaryotic epigenetics appear to have been considerably influenced by the great oxygenation event in the Earth's history.
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- L Aravind
- National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20894
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- National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20894
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- National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20894
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- National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20894
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