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Arystarkhova E, Sweadner KJ. Na,K-ATPase Expression Can Be Limited Post-Transcriptionally: A Test of the Role of the Beta Subunit, and a Review of Evidence. Int J Mol Sci 2024; 25:7414. [PMID: 39000521 PMCID: PMC11242325 DOI: 10.3390/ijms25137414] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2024] [Revised: 06/27/2024] [Accepted: 07/03/2024] [Indexed: 07/16/2024] Open
Abstract
The Na,K-ATPase is an α-β heterodimer. It is well known that the Na,K-ATPase β subunit is required for the biosynthesis and trafficking of the α subunit to the plasma membrane. During investigation of properties of human ATP1A3 mutations in 293 cells, we observed a reciprocal loss of endogenous ATP1A1 when expressing ATP1A3. Scattered reports going back as far as 1991 have shown that experimental expression of one subunit can result in reduction in another, suggesting that the total amount is strictly limited. It seems logical that either α or β subunit should be rate-limiting for assembly and functional expression. Here, we present evidence that neither α nor β may be limiting and that there is another level of control that limits the amount of Na,K-ATPase to physiological levels. We propose that α subunits compete for something specific, like a private chaperone, required to finalize their biosynthesis or to prevent their degradation in the endoplasmic reticulum.
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- Elena Arystarkhova
- Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA
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Fasana E, Fregno I, Galli C, Soldà T, Molinari M. ER-to-lysosome-associated degradation acts as failsafe mechanism upon ERAD dysfunction. EMBO Rep 2024; 25:2773-2785. [PMID: 38773321 PMCID: PMC11169228 DOI: 10.1038/s44319-024-00165-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2024] [Revised: 04/25/2024] [Accepted: 04/30/2024] [Indexed: 05/23/2024] Open
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The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) produces proteins destined to organelles of the endocytic and secretory pathways, the plasma membrane, and the extracellular space. While native proteins are transported to their intra- or extracellular site of activity, folding-defective polypeptides are retro-translocated across the ER membrane into the cytoplasm, poly-ubiquitylated and degraded by 26 S proteasomes in a process called ER-associated degradation (ERAD). Large misfolded polypeptides, such as polymers of alpha1 antitrypsin Z (ATZ) or mutant procollagens, fail to be dislocated across the ER membrane and instead enter ER-to-lysosome-associated degradation (ERLAD) pathways. Here, we show that pharmacological or genetic inhibition of ERAD components, such as the α1,2-mannosidase EDEM1 or the OS9 ERAD lectins triggers the delivery of the canonical ERAD clients Null Hong Kong (NHK) and BACE457Δ to degradative endolysosomes under control of the ER-phagy receptor FAM134B and the LC3 lipidation machinery. Our results reveal that ERAD dysfunction is compensated by the activation of FAM134B-driven ERLAD pathways that ensure efficient lysosomal clearance of orphan ERAD clients.
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- Elisa Fasana
- Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Università della Svizzera italiana (USI), 6500, Bellinzona, Switzerland
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- Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Università della Svizzera italiana (USI), 6500, Bellinzona, Switzerland
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- Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Università della Svizzera italiana (USI), 6500, Bellinzona, Switzerland
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- Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Università della Svizzera italiana (USI), 6500, Bellinzona, Switzerland
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- Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Università della Svizzera italiana (USI), 6500, Bellinzona, Switzerland.
- School of Life Sciences, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland.
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Molnarova K, Krizek T, Kozlik P. The potential of polyaniline-coated stationary phase in hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography-based solid-phase extraction for glycopeptide enrichment. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2024; 1237:124099. [PMID: 38547700 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2024.124099] [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: 02/02/2024] [Revised: 03/06/2024] [Accepted: 03/17/2024] [Indexed: 04/13/2024]
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Glycopeptide enrichment is a crucial step in glycoproteomic analysis, often achieved through solid-phase extraction (SPE) on polar stationary phases in hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography (HILIC). This study explores the potential of polyaniline (PANI)-coated silica gel for enriching human immunoglobulin G (IgG). Experimental conditions were varied to assess their impact on glycopeptide enrichment efficiency, comparing PANI-cotton wool SPE with conventional cotton wool as SPE sorbents. Two formic acid concentrations (0.1% and 1%) in elution solvent were tested, revealing that higher concentrations led to earlier elution of studied glycopeptides, especially for sialylated glycopeptides. Substituting formic acid with acetic acid increased the interaction of neutral glycopeptides with the PANI-modified sorbent, while sialylated glycopeptides showed no significant change in enrichment efficiency. Acetonitrile concentration in the elution solvent (5%, 10%, and 20%) affected the enrichment efficiency with most glycopeptides eluting at the lowest acetonitrile concentration. The acetonitrile concentration in conditioning and washing solutions (65%, 75%, and 85%) played a crucial role; at 65% acetonitrile, glycopeptides were least retained on the stationary phase, and neutral glycopeptides were even detected in the flow-through fraction. This study shows the potential of in-house-prepared PANI-modified sorbents for SPE-HILIC glycopeptide enrichment, highlighting the crucial role of tuning experimental conditions in sample preparation to enhance enrichment efficiency and selectivity.
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- Katarina Molnarova
- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.
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Domma AJ, Henderson LA, Nurdin JA, Kamil JP. Uncloaking the viral glycocalyx: How do viruses exploit glycoimmune checkpoints? Adv Virus Res 2024; 119:63-110. [PMID: 38897709 PMCID: PMC11192240 DOI: 10.1016/bs.aivir.2024.03.001] [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] [Indexed: 06/21/2024]
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The surfaces of cells and enveloped viruses alike are coated in carbohydrates that play multifarious roles in infection and immunity. Organisms across all kingdoms of life make use of a diverse set of monosaccharide subunits, glycosidic linkages, and branching patterns to encode information within glycans. Accordingly, sugar-patterning enzymes and glycan binding proteins play integral roles in cell and organismal biology, ranging from glycoprotein quality control within the endoplasmic reticulum to lymphocyte migration, coagulation, inflammation, and tissue homeostasis. Unsurprisingly, genes involved in generating and recognizing oligosaccharide patterns are playgrounds for evolutionary conflicts that abound in cross-species interactions, exemplified by the myriad plant lectins that function as toxins. In vertebrates, glycans bearing acidic nine-carbon sugars called sialic acids are key regulators of immune responses. Various bacterial and fungal pathogens adorn their cells in sialic acids that either mimic their hosts' or are stolen from them. Yet, how viruses commandeer host sugar-patterning enzymes to thwart immune responses remains poorly studied. Here, we review examples of viruses that interact with sialic acid-binding immunoglobulin-like lectins (Siglecs), a family of immune cell receptors that regulate toll-like receptor signaling and govern glycoimmune checkpoints, while highlighting knowledge gaps that merit investigation. Efforts to illuminate how viruses leverage glycan-dependent checkpoints may translate into new clinical treatments that uncloak viral antigens and infected cell surfaces by removing or masking immunosuppressive sialoglycans, or by inhibiting viral gene products that induce their biosynthesis. Such approaches may hold the potential to unleash the immune system to clear long intractable chronic viral infections.
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- Anthony J Domma
- LSU Health Sciences Center at Shreveport, Shreveport, LA, United States
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- LSU Health Sciences Center at Shreveport, Shreveport, LA, United States
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- LSU Health Sciences Center at Shreveport, Shreveport, LA, United States.
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Guleray Lafci N, van Goor M, Cetinkaya S, van der Wijst J, Acun M, Kurt Colak F, Cetinkaya A, Hoenderop J. Decreased calcium permeability caused by biallelic TRPV5 mutation leads to autosomal recessive renal calcium-wasting hypercalciuria. Eur J Hum Genet 2024:10.1038/s41431-024-01589-9. [PMID: 38528055 DOI: 10.1038/s41431-024-01589-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2023] [Revised: 01/10/2024] [Accepted: 03/04/2024] [Indexed: 03/27/2024] Open
Abstract
Hypercalciuria is the most common metabolic risk factor in people with kidney stone disease. Its etiology is mostly multifactorial, although monogenetic causes of hypercalciuria have also been described. Despite the increased availability of genetic diagnostic tests, the vast majority of individuals with familial hypercalciuria remain unsolved. In this study, we investigated a consanguineous pedigree with idiopathic hypercalciuria. The proband additionally exhibited severe skeletal deformities and hyperparathyroidism. Whole-exome sequencing of the proband revealed a homozygous ultra-rare variant in TRPV5 (NM_019841.7:c.1792G>A; p.(Val598Met)), which encodes for a renal Ca2+-selective ion channel. The variant segregates with the three individuals with hypercalciuria. The skeletal phenotype unique to the proband was due to an additional pathogenic somatic mutation in GNAS (NM_000516.7:c.601C>T; p.(Arg201Cys)), which leads to polyostotic fibrous dysplasia. The variant in TRPV5 is located in the TRP helix, a characteristic amphipathic helix that is indispensable for the gating movements of TRP channels. Biochemical characterization of the TRPV5 p.(Val598Met) channel revealed a complete loss of Ca2+ transport capability. This defect is caused by reduced expression of the mutant channel, due to misfolding and preferential targeting to the proteasome for degradation. Based on these findings, we conclude that biallelic loss of TRPV5 function causes a novel form of monogenic autosomal recessive hypercalciuria, which we name renal Ca2+-wasting hypercalciuria (RCWH). The recessive inheritance pattern explains the rarity of RCWH and underscores the potential prevalence of RCWH in highly consanguineous populations, emphasizing the importance of exploration of this disorder within such communities.
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- Naz Guleray Lafci
- Hacettepe University, Medical Faculty, Department of Medical Genetics, Ankara, Turkey
- Health Science University, Dr. Sami Ulus Obstetrics and Gynecology, Children Health and Disease Training and Research Hospital, Department of Medical Genetics, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Medical Biosciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Health Science University, Dr. Sami Ulus Obstetrics and Gynecology, Children Health and Disease Training and Research Hospital, Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Medical Biosciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Hacettepe University, Institute of Health Sciences, Department of Bioinformatics, Ankara, Turkey
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- Health Science University, Dr. Sami Ulus Obstetrics and Gynecology, Children Health and Disease Training and Research Hospital, Department of Medical Genetics, Ankara, Turkey
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- Hacettepe University, Medical Faculty, Department of Medical Genetics, Ankara, Turkey.
- Hacettepe University, Institute of Health Sciences, Department of Bioinformatics, Ankara, Turkey.
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- Department of Medical Biosciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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Chen YH, Cheng WH. Hexosamine biosynthesis and related pathways, protein N-glycosylation and O-GlcNAcylation: their interconnection and role in plants. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2024; 15:1349064. [PMID: 38510444 PMCID: PMC10951099 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2024.1349064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2023] [Accepted: 02/05/2024] [Indexed: 03/22/2024]
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N-Acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc), a fundamental amino sugar moiety, is essential for protein glycosylation, glycolipid, GPI-anchor protein, and cell wall components. Uridine diphosphate-GlcNAc (UDP-GlcNAc), an active form of GlcNAc, is synthesized through the hexosamine biosynthesis pathway (HBP). Although HBP is highly conserved across organisms, the enzymes involved perform subtly distinct functions among microbes, mammals, and plants. A complete block of HBP normally causes lethality in any life form, reflecting the pivotal role of HBP in the normal growth and development of organisms. Although HBP is mainly composed of four biochemical reactions, HBP is exquisitely regulated to maintain the homeostasis of UDP-GlcNAc content. As HBP utilizes substrates including fructose-6-P, glutamine, acetyl-CoA, and UTP, endogenous nutrient/energy metabolites may be integrated to better suit internal growth and development, and external environmental stimuli. Although the genes encoding HBP enzymes are well characterized in microbes and mammals, they were less understood in higher plants in the past. As the HBP-related genes/enzymes have largely been characterized in higher plants in recent years, in this review we update the latest advances in the functions of the HBP-related genes in higher plants. In addition, HBP's salvage pathway and GlcNAc-mediated two major co- or post-translational modifications, N-glycosylation and O-GlcNAcylation, are also included in this review. Further knowledge on the function of HBP and its product conjugates, and the mechanisms underlying their response to deleterious environments might provide an alternative strategy for agricultural biofortification in the future.
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- Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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Phan TN, Nguyen QM, Yang BS. Expression of the Discoidin Domain Receptor Family Depended on Glucose and Their High Expression in Arterial Tissues in the Rat Model of Type 2 Diabetes. Biol Pharm Bull 2024; 47:1288-1295. [PMID: 39010214 DOI: 10.1248/bpb.b24-00245] [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: 07/17/2024]
Abstract
The active form of discoidin domain receptors (DDRs) is expressed in cell surface and regulated post-translationally by glucose. The DDR2 and DDR1 transfected in HEK293 cells were expressed mainly in their active forms with sizes of 130 and 120 kDa, respectively. DDRs were observed predominantly as 100 kDa proteins in glucose-depleted culture conditions. However, transfection of endothelial growth factor receptor (EGFR) in HEK293 cells resulted in the expression of only one form regardless of glucose concentration. Vascular smooth muscle cells, HT1080s, and MDA-MB-231 cancer cells expressed DDRs in their active forms in high glucose concentrations, which did not occur with EGFR. In diabetic rats, DDRs were expressed at high levels in arterial tissue but EGFR was not highly expressed. Taken together, these results suggest that DDRs expression depends on glucose concentration it may cooperate in the development of atherosclerosis and kidney fibroblasts, promoting nephropathy in diabetic rats.
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- Trong-Nhat Phan
- Institute of Applied Science and Technology, School of Technology, Van Lang University
- Faculty of Applied Technology, School of Technology, Van Lang University
- Division of Bio-Medical Science and Technology, KIST School, Korea University of Science and Technology
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- Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education
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- Division of Bio-Medical Science and Technology, KIST School, Korea University of Science and Technology
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Rudinskiy M, Pons-Vizcarra M, Soldà T, Fregno I, Bergmann TJ, Ruano A, Delgado A, Morales S, Barril X, Bellotto M, Cubero E, García-Collazo AM, Pérez-Carmona N, Molinari M. Validation of a highly sensitive HaloTag-based assay to evaluate the potency of a novel class of allosteric β-Galactosidase correctors. PLoS One 2023; 18:e0294437. [PMID: 38019733 PMCID: PMC10686464 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0294437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2023] [Accepted: 10/31/2023] [Indexed: 12/01/2023] Open
Abstract
Site-directed Enzyme Enhancement Therapy (SEE-Tx®) technology is a disease-agnostic drug discovery tool that can be applied to any protein target of interest with a known three-dimensional structure. We used this proprietary technology to identify and characterize the therapeutic potential of structurally targeted allosteric regulators (STARs) of the lysosomal hydrolase β-galactosidase (β-Gal), which is deficient due to gene mutations in galactosidase beta 1 (GLB1)-related lysosomal storage disorders (LSDs). The biochemical HaloTag cleavage assay was used to monitor the delivery of wildtype (WT) β-Gal and four disease-related β-Gal variants (p.Ile51Thr, p.Arg59His, p.Arg201Cys and p.Trp273Leu) in the presence and absence of two identified STAR compounds. In addition, the ability of STARs to reduce toxic substrate was assessed in a canine fibroblast cell model. In contrast to the competitive pharmacological chaperone N-nonyl-deoxygalactonojirimycin (NN-DGJ), the two identified STAR compounds stabilized and substantially enhanced the lysosomal transport of wildtype enzyme and disease-causing β-Gal variants. In addition, the two STAR compounds reduced the intracellular accumulation of exogenous GM1 ganglioside, an effect not observed with the competitive chaperone NN-DGJ. This proof-of-concept study demonstrates that the SEE-Tx® platform is a rapid and cost-effective drug discovery tool for identifying STARs for the treatment of LSDs. In addition, the HaloTag assay developed in our lab has proved valuable in investigating the effect of STARs in promoting enzyme transport and lysosomal delivery. Automatization and upscaling of this assay would be beneficial for screening STARs as part of the drug discovery process.
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- Mikhail Rudinskiy
- Università Della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano, Switzerland
- Department of Biology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland
- Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Bellinzona, Switzerland
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- Gain Therapeutics Sucursal en España, Parc Científic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Università Della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano, Switzerland
- Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Bellinzona, Switzerland
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- Università Della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano, Switzerland
- Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Bellinzona, Switzerland
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- Università Della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano, Switzerland
- Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Bellinzona, Switzerland
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- Gain Therapeutics Sucursal en España, Parc Científic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Gain Therapeutics Sucursal en España, Parc Científic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Gain Therapeutics Sucursal en España, Parc Científic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Gain Therapeutics Sucursal en España, Parc Científic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Facultat de Farmacia, IBUB & IQTC, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA), Barcelona, Spain
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- Gain Therapeutics Sucursal en España, Parc Científic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Università Della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano, Switzerland
- Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Bellinzona, Switzerland
- School of Life Sciences, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Seitz C, Deveci İ, McCammon JA. Glycosylation and Crowded Membrane Effects on Influenza Neuraminidase Stability and Dynamics. J Phys Chem Lett 2023; 14:9926-9934. [PMID: 37903229 PMCID: PMC10641874 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c02524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2023] [Revised: 10/18/2023] [Accepted: 10/24/2023] [Indexed: 11/01/2023]
Abstract
All protein simulations are conducted with varying degrees of simplification, oftentimes with unknown ramifications about how these simplifications affect the interpretability of the results. In this work, we investigated how protein glycosylation and lateral crowding effects modulate an array of properties characterizing the stability and dynamics of influenza neuraminidase. We constructed three systems: (1) glycosylated neuraminidase in a whole virion (i.e., crowded membrane) environment, (2) glycosylated neuraminidase in its own lipid bilayer, and (3) unglycosylated neuraminidase in its own lipid bilayer. We saw that glycans tend to stabilize the protein structure and reduce its conformational flexibility while restricting the solvent movement. Conversely, a crowded membrane environment encouraged exploration of the free energy landscape and a large-scale conformational change, while making the protein structure more compact. Understanding these effects informs what factors one must consider in attempting to recapture the desired level of physical accuracy.
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- Christian Seitz
- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University
of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University
of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University
of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
- Department
of Pharmacology, University of California,
San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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Seitz C, Deveci İ, McCammon JA. Glycosylation and Crowded Membrane Effects on Influenza Neuraminidase Stability and Dynamics. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.09.10.556910. [PMID: 37745347 PMCID: PMC10515755 DOI: 10.1101/2023.09.10.556910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/26/2023]
Abstract
All protein simulations are conducted with varying degrees of simplifications, oftentimes with unknown ramifications on how these simplifications affect the interpretability of the results. In this work we investigated how protein glycosylation and lateral crowding effects modulate an array of properties characterizing the stability and dynamics of influenza neuraminidase. We constructed three systems: 1) Glycosylated neuraminidase in a whole virion (i.e. crowded membrane) environment 2) Glycosylated neuraminidase in its own lipid bilayer 3) Unglycosylated neuraminidase in its own lipid bilayer. We saw that glycans tend to stabilize the protein structure and reduce its conformational flexibility while restricting solvent movement. Conversely, a crowded membrane environment encouraged exploration of the free energy landscape and a large scale conformational change while making the protein structure more compact. Understanding these effects informs what factors one must consider while attempting to recapture the desired level of physical accuracy.
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- Christian Seitz
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
- Department of Pharmacology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
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Al Saoud R, Hamrouni A, Idris A, Mousa WK, Abu Izneid T. Recent advances in the development of sialyltransferase inhibitors to control cancer metastasis: A comprehensive review. Biomed Pharmacother 2023; 165:115091. [PMID: 37421784 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2023.115091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2023] [Revised: 06/23/2023] [Accepted: 06/26/2023] [Indexed: 07/10/2023] Open
Abstract
Metastasis accounts for the majority of cancer-associated mortalities, representing a huge health and economic burden. One of the mechanisms that enables metastasis is hypersialylation, characterized by an overabundance of sialylated glycans on the tumor surface, which leads to repulsion and detachment of cells from the original tumor. Once the tumor cells are mobilized, sialylated glycans hijack the natural killer T-cells through self-molecular mimicry and activatea downstream cascade of molecular events that result in inhibition of cytotoxicity and inflammatory responses against cancer cells, ultimately leading to immune evasion. Sialylation is mediated by a family of enzymes known as sialyltransferases (STs), which catalyse the transfer of sialic acid residue from the donor, CMP-sialic acid, onto the terminal end of an acceptor such as N-acetylgalactosamine on the cell-surface. Upregulation of STs increases tumor hypersialylation by up to 60% which is considered a distinctive hallmark of several types of cancers such as pancreatic, breast, and ovarian cancer. Therefore, inhibiting STs has emerged as a potential strategy to prevent metastasis. In this comprehensive review, we discuss the recent advances in designing novel sialyltransferase inhibitors using ligand-based drug design and high-throughput screening of natural and synthetic entities, emphasizing the most successful approaches. We analyse the limitations and challenges of designing selective, potent, and cell-permeable ST inhibitors that hindered further development of ST inhibitors into clinical trials. We conclude by analysing emerging opportunities, including advanced delivery methods which further increase the potential of these inhibitors to enrich the clinics with novel therapeutics to combat metastasis.
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- Ranim Al Saoud
- Pharmaceutical Sciences Program, College of Pharmacy, Al Ain University, P.O. Box 112612, Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; AAU Health and Biomedical Research Center, Al Ain University, P.O. Box 112612, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- Pharmaceutical Sciences Program, College of Pharmacy, Al Ain University, P.O. Box 112612, Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; AAU Health and Biomedical Research Center, Al Ain University, P.O. Box 112612, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Queensland University of Technology, Gardens Point, QLD, Australia; School of Pharmacy and Medical Science, Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia
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- Pharmaceutical Sciences Program, College of Pharmacy, Al Ain University, P.O. Box 112612, Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; AAU Health and Biomedical Research Center, Al Ain University, P.O. Box 112612, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- Pharmaceutical Sciences Program, College of Pharmacy, Al Ain University, P.O. Box 112612, Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; AAU Health and Biomedical Research Center, Al Ain University, P.O. Box 112612, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
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Rudinskiy M, Molinari M. ER-to-lysosome-associated degradation in a nutshell: mammalian, yeast, and plant ER-phagy as induced by misfolded proteins. FEBS Lett 2023; 597:1928-1945. [PMID: 37259628 DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.14674] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2023] [Revised: 05/10/2023] [Accepted: 05/22/2023] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
Abstract
Conserved catabolic pathways operate to remove aberrant polypeptides from the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), the major biosynthetic organelle of eukaryotic cells. The best known are the ER-associated degradation (ERAD) pathways that control the retrotranslocation of terminally misfolded proteins across the ER membrane for clearance by the cytoplasmic ubiquitin/proteasome system. In this review, we catalog folding-defective mammalian, yeast, and plant proteins that fail to engage ERAD machineries. We describe that they rather segregate in ER subdomains that eventually vesiculate. These ER-derived vesicles are captured by double membrane autophagosomes, engulfed by endolysosomes/vacuoles, or fused with degradative organelles to clear cells from their toxic cargo. These client-specific, mechanistically diverse ER-phagy pathways are grouped under the umbrella term of ER-to-lysosome-associated degradation for description in this essay.
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- Mikhail Rudinskiy
- Università della Svizzera italiana, Lugano, Switzerland
- Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Bellinzona, Switzerland
- Department of Biology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Università della Svizzera italiana, Lugano, Switzerland
- Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Bellinzona, Switzerland
- School of Life Sciences, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
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Yin X, Wang W, Seah SYK, Mine Y, Fan MZ. Deglycosylation Differentially Regulates Weaned Porcine Gut Alkaline Phosphatase Isoform Functionality along the Longitudinal Axis. Pathogens 2023; 12:pathogens12030407. [PMID: 36986329 PMCID: PMC10053101 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens12030407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2023] [Revised: 02/27/2023] [Accepted: 02/28/2023] [Indexed: 03/06/2023] Open
Abstract
Gut alkaline phosphatases (AP) dephosphorylate the lipid moiety of endotoxin and other pathogen-associated-molecular patterns members, thus maintaining gut eubiosis and preventing metabolic endotoxemia. Early weaned pigs experience gut dysbiosis, enteric diseases and growth retardation in association with decreased intestinal AP functionality. However, the role of glycosylation in modulation of the weaned porcine gut AP functionality is unclear. Herein three different research approaches were taken to investigate how deglycosylation affected weaned porcine gut AP activity kinetics. In the first approach, weaned porcine jejunal AP isoform (IAP) was fractionated by the fast protein-liquid chromatography and purified IAP fractions were kinetically characterized to be the higher-affinity and lower-capacity glycosylated mature IAP (p < 0.05) in comparison with the lower-affinity and higher-capacity non-glycosylated pre-mature IAP. The second approach enzyme activity kinetic analyses showed that N-deglycosylation of AP by the peptide N-glycosidase-F enzyme reduced (p < 0.05) the IAP maximal activity in the jejunum and ileum and decreased AP affinity (p < 0.05) in the large intestine. In the third approach, the porcine IAP isoform-X1 (IAPX1) gene was overexpressed in the prokaryotic ClearColiBL21 (DE3) cell and the recombinant porcine IAPX1 was associated with reduced (p < 0.05) enzyme affinity and maximal enzyme activity. Therefore, levels of glycosylation can modulate plasticity of weaned porcine gut AP functionality towards maintaining gut microbiome and the whole-body physiological status.
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- Xindi Yin
- Department of Animal Biosciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada
- Key Laboratory of Precision Nutrition and Food Quality, Department of Nutrition and Health, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China
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- Department of Animal Biosciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada
- Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)-Ontario Operation, Guelph, ON N1G 4S9, Canada
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada
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- Department of Food Science, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada
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- Department of Animal Biosciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada
- One Health Institute, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada
- Correspondence:
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Bergmann AC, Houen G, Trier NH. Determination of crucial epitopes in the sperm protein calsperin employing synthetic peptides and monoclonal antibodies. J Pept Sci 2023; 29:e3450. [PMID: 36082776 PMCID: PMC10078156 DOI: 10.1002/psc.3450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2022] [Revised: 09/05/2022] [Accepted: 09/06/2022] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
Abstract
The chaperone protein calsperin is exclusively expressed in the testes and is essential for sperm migration from the uterus into the oviduct. During spermatogenesis, calsperin interacts with ADAM3, a spermatozoon membrane protein required for fertilization. In this study, we characterized a calsperin epitope by using two monoclonal antibodies and resin-bound calsperin peptides, which were tested for reactivity using a modified enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. An epitope located at the C-terminal end of calsperin corresponding to amino acids 228 WEKHFLDAS237 was identified. Three hot spot amino acids were essential for antibody binding whereas the remaining amino acids in the identified epitope appeared to be essential for bringing the critical contact residues into an α-helix structure. No notable sequence similarity was determined between the identified calsperin epitope and calreticulin, a chaperone homologue with sequence similarity, indicating that the identified epitope was specific for calsperin. Characterization of the calsperin epitope and of the two antibodies tested may be used in assays for further characterization of calsperin, where knowledge about the binding sites is necessary, for example, in sandwich assays. Moreover, studies like these may be used to study the function of calsperin during spermatogenesis and fertilization in detail and to develop new male contraception methods by targeting calsperin and mediating neutralization of its function.
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- Ann Christina Bergmann
- Department of Autoimmunology and Biomarkers, Statens Serum Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Neurology, Rigshospitalet Glostrup, Glostrup, Denmark.,Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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Arystarkhova E, Toustrup-Jensen MS, Holm R, Ko JK, Lee KE, Feschenko P, Ozelius LJ, Brashear A, Vilsen B, Sweadner KJ. Temperature instability of a mutation at a multidomain junction in Na,K-ATPase isoform ATP1A3 (p.Arg756His) produces a fever-induced neurological syndrome. J Biol Chem 2023; 299:102758. [PMID: 36462665 PMCID: PMC9860391 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2022.102758] [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: 07/01/2022] [Revised: 11/18/2022] [Accepted: 11/19/2022] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
Abstract
ATP1A3 encodes the α3 isoform of Na,K-ATPase. In the brain, it is expressed only in neurons. Human ATP1A3 mutations produce a wide spectrum of phenotypes, but particular syndromes are associated with unique substitutions. For arginine 756, at the junction of membrane and cytoplasmic domains, mutations produce encephalopathy during febrile infections. Here we tested the pathogenicity of p.Arg756His (R756H) in isogenic mammalian cells. R756H protein had sufficient transport activity to support cells when endogenous ATP1A1 was inhibited. It had half the turnover rate of wildtype, reduced affinity for Na+, and increased affinity for K+. There was modest endoplasmic reticulum retention during biosynthesis at 37 °C but little benefit from the folding drug phenylbutyrate (4-PBA), suggesting a tolerated level of misfolding. When cells were incubated at just 39 °C, however, α3 protein level dropped without loss of β subunit, paralleled by an increase of endogenous α1. Elevated temperature resulted in internalization of α3 from the surface along with some β subunit, accompanied by cytoplasmic redistribution of a marker of lysosomes and endosomes, lysosomal-associated membrane protein 1. After return to 37 °C, α3 protein levels recovered with cycloheximide-sensitive new protein synthesis. Heating in vitro showed activity loss at a rate 20- to 30-fold faster than wildtype, indicating a temperature-dependent destabilization of protein structure. Arg756 appears to confer thermal resistance as an anchor, forming hydrogen bonds among four linearly distant parts of the Na,K-ATPase structure. Taken together, our observations are consistent with fever-induced symptoms in patients.
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- Elena Arystarkhova
- Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
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- Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Department of Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, New York, USA
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- Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
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A role for endothelial alpha-mannosidase MAN1C1 in radiation-induced immune cell recruitment. iScience 2022; 25:105482. [DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2022.105482] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2022] [Revised: 10/06/2022] [Accepted: 10/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Fusco G, Bemporad F, Chiti F, Dobson CM, De Simone A. The role of structural dynamics in the thermal adaptation of hyperthermophilic enzymes. Front Mol Biosci 2022; 9:981312. [PMID: 36158582 PMCID: PMC9490001 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2022.981312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2022] [Accepted: 08/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Proteins from hyperthermophilic organisms are evolutionary optimised to adopt functional structures and dynamics under conditions in which their mesophilic homologues are generally inactive or unfolded. Understanding the nature of such adaptation is of crucial interest to clarify the underlying mechanisms of biological activity in proteins. Here we measured NMR residual dipolar couplings of a hyperthermophilic acylphosphatase enzyme at 80°C and used these data to generate an accurate structural ensemble representative of its native state. The resulting energy landscape was compared to that obtained for a human homologue at 37°C, and additional NMR experiments were carried out to probe fast (15N relaxation) and slow (H/D exchange) backbone dynamics, collectively sampling fluctuations of the two proteins ranging from the nanosecond to the millisecond timescale. The results identified key differences in the strategies for protein-protein and protein-ligand interactions of the two enzymes at the respective physiological temperatures. These include the dynamical behaviour of a β-strand involved in the protection against aberrant protein aggregation and concerted motions of loops involved in substrate binding and catalysis. Taken together these results elucidate the structure-dynamics-function relationship associated with the strategies of thermal adaptation of protein molecules.
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- Giuliana Fusco
- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Section of Biochemistry, Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences “Mario Serio”, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Section of Biochemistry, Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences “Mario Serio”, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
- Department of Pharmacy, University of Naples “Federico II”, Naples, Italy
- *Correspondence: Alfonso De Simone,
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Rosenau J, Grothaus IL, Yang Y, Kumar ND, Ciacchi LC, Kelm S, Waespy M. N-glycosylation modulates enzymatic activity of Trypanosoma congolense trans-sialidase. J Biol Chem 2022; 298:102403. [PMID: 35995210 PMCID: PMC9493392 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2022.102403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2022] [Revised: 08/15/2022] [Accepted: 08/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
Abstract
Trypanosomes cause the devastating disease trypanosomiasis, in which the action of trans-sialidase (TS) enzymes harbored on their surface is a key virulence factor. TS enzymes are N-glycosylated, but the biological functions of their glycans have remained elusive. In this study, we investigated the influence of N-glycans on the enzymatic activity and structural stability of TconTS1, a recombinant TS from the African parasite Trypanosoma congolense. We expressed the enzyme in Chinese hamster ovary Lec1 cells, which produce high-mannose type N-glycans similar to the TS N-glycosylation pattern in vivo. Our MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry data revealed that up to eight putative N-glycosylation sites were glycosylated. In addition, we determined that N-glycan removal via endoglycosidase Hf treatment of TconTS1 led to a decrease in substrate affinity relative to the untreated enzyme but had no impact on the conversion rate. Furthermore, we observed no changes in secondary structure elements of hypoglycosylated TconTS1 in CD experiments. Finally, our molecular dynamics simulations provided evidence for interactions between monosaccharide units of the highly flexible N-glycans and some conserved amino acids located at the catalytic site. These interactions led to conformational changes, possibly enhancing substrate accessibility and enzyme–substrate complex stability. The here-observed modulation of catalytic activity via N-glycans represents a so-far-unknown structure–function relationship potentially inherent in several members of the TS enzyme family.
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- Jana Rosenau
- University of Bremen, Centre for Biomolecular Interactions Bremen, Faculty for Biology and Chemistry, 28359 Bremen, Germany
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- University of Bremen, Centre for Biomolecular Interactions Bremen, Faculty for Biology and Chemistry, 28359 Bremen, Germany; University of Bremen, Hybrid Materials Interfaces Group, Faculty of Production Engineering, Bremen Center for Computational Materials Science, Center for Environmental Research and Sustainable Technology (UFT), and MAPEX Center for Materials and Processes, 28359 Bremen, Germany
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- University of Bremen, Centre for Biomolecular Interactions Bremen, Faculty for Biology and Chemistry, 28359 Bremen, Germany
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- University of Bremen, Centre for Biomolecular Interactions Bremen, Faculty for Biology and Chemistry, 28359 Bremen, Germany
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- University of Bremen, Hybrid Materials Interfaces Group, Faculty of Production Engineering, Bremen Center for Computational Materials Science, Center for Environmental Research and Sustainable Technology (UFT), and MAPEX Center for Materials and Processes, 28359 Bremen, Germany
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- University of Bremen, Centre for Biomolecular Interactions Bremen, Faculty for Biology and Chemistry, 28359 Bremen, Germany
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- University of Bremen, Centre for Biomolecular Interactions Bremen, Faculty for Biology and Chemistry, 28359 Bremen, Germany.
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Tian C, Mahara G, Zhang H, Tan X. Association of immunoglobulin G N-glycosylation with carotid atherosclerotic plaque phenotypes and actual clinical cardiovascular events: a study protocol for a longitudinal prospective cohort study. BMJ Open 2022; 12:e058922. [PMID: 35868824 PMCID: PMC9316026 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-058922] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2021] [Accepted: 07/01/2022] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
Abstract
INTRODUCTION Immune-inflammatory response plays a key role in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. IgG N-glycosylation is reported to be associated with the 10-year atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risk score and subclinical atherosclerosis. However, the relationship of IgG glycosylation with actual clinical cardiovascular disease (CVD) events and plaque phenotypes has rarely been investigated. Therefore, this study aims to understand whether IgG glycosylation traits are correlated with actual clinical CVD events and plaque phenotypes. METHODS AND ANALYSIS Designed to verify the efficacy of IgG glycosylation as a risk for CVD events and screen potential biomarkers of CVD to prevent atherosclerosis occurrence, this longitudinal prospective cohort study will be conducted at the First Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, China. In total, 2720 participants routinely examined by carotid ultrasound will be divided into different groups according to plaque phenotype characteristics. Ultra-performance liquid chromatography will be performed to separate and detect IgG N-glycans in serum collected at baseline and at the end of the first, second and third years. The primary outcome is the actual clinical CVD composite events, including non-fatal myocardial infarction, death due to coronary heart disease, and fatal or non-fatal stroke. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION The Clinical Ethics Committee of the First Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College approved this study (number: B-2021-127). Findings of this study will be submitted for publication in peer-reviewed journals. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER ChiCTR2100048740.
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- Cuihong Tian
- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, China
- Centre for Precision Health, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- Clinical Research Centre, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, China
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- Health Care Centre, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, China
- Clinical Research Centre, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, China
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Cui C, Yang F, Li Q. Post-Translational Modification of GPX4 is a Promising Target for Treating Ferroptosis-Related Diseases. Front Mol Biosci 2022; 9:901565. [PMID: 35647032 PMCID: PMC9133406 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2022.901565] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2022] [Accepted: 04/28/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
Abstract
Glutathione peroxidase 4 (GPX4) is one of the most important antioxidant enzymes. As the key regulator of ferroptosis, GPX4 has attracted considerable attention in the fields of cancer, cardiovascular, and neuroscience research in the past 10 years. How to regulate GPX4 activity has become a hot topic nowadays. GPX4 protein level is regulated transcriptionally by transcription factor SP2 or Nrf2. GPX4 activity can be upregulated by supplementing intracellular selenium or glutathione, and also be inhibited by ferroptosis inducers such as ML162 and RSL3. These regulatory mechanisms of GPX4 level/activity have already shown a great potential for treating ferroptosis-related diseases in preclinical studies, especially in cancer cells. Until recently, research show that GPX4 can undergo post-translational modifications (PTMs), such as ubiquitination, succination, phosphorylation, and glycosylation. PTMs of GPX4 affect the protein level/activity of GPX4, indicating that modifying these processes can be a potential therapy for treating ferroptosis-related diseases. This article summarizes the protein characteristics, enzyme properties, and PTMs of GPX4. It also provides a hypothetical idea for treating ferroptosis-related diseases by targeting the PTMs of GPX4.
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- Can Cui
- School of Basic Medical Sciences, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Advanced Innovation Center for Human Brain Protection, Beijing Key Laboratory of Neural Regeneration and Repair, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
- Department of Neurobiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Advanced Innovation Center for Human Brain Protection, Beijing Key Laboratory of Neural Regeneration and Repair, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Cancer Invasion and Metastasis Research, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
- *Correspondence: Qian Li,
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Reggiori F, Molinari M. ER-phagy: mechanisms, regulation and diseases connected to the lysosomal clearance of the endoplasmic reticulum. Physiol Rev 2022; 102:1393-1448. [PMID: 35188422 PMCID: PMC9126229 DOI: 10.1152/physrev.00038.2021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
Abstract
ER-phagy (reticulo-phagy) defines the degradation of portions of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) within lysosomes or vacuoles. It is part of the self-digestion (i.e., auto-phagic) programs recycling cytoplasmic material and organelles, which rapidly mobilize metabolites in cells confronted with nutrient shortage. Moreover, selective clearance of ER subdomains participates to the control of ER size and activity during ER stress, the re-establishment of ER homeostasis after ER stress resolution and the removal of ER parts, in which aberrant and potentially cytotoxic material has been segregated. ER-phagy relies on the individual and/or concerted activation of the ER-phagy receptors, ER peripheral or integral membrane proteins that share the presence of LC3/Atg8-binding motifs in their cytosolic domains. ER-phagy involves the physical separation of portions of the ER from the bulk ER network, and their delivery to the endolysosomal/vacuolar catabolic district. This last step is accomplished by a variety of mechanisms including macro-ER-phagy (in which ER fragments are sequestered by double-membrane autophagosomes that eventually fuse with lysosomes/vacuoles), micro-ER-phagy (in which ER fragments are directly engulfed by endosomes/lysosomes/vacuoles), or direct fusion of ER-derived vesicles with lysosomes/vacuoles. ER-phagy is dysfunctional in specific human diseases and its regulators are subverted by pathogens, highlighting its crucial role for cell and organism life.
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- Fulvio Reggiori
- Department of Biomedical Sciences of Cells & Systems, grid.4830.fUniversity of Groningen, Netherlands
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- Protein Folding and Quality Control, grid.7722.0Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Bellinzona, Switzerland
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Ghenea S, Chiritoiu M, Tacutu R, Miranda-Vizuete A, Petrescu SM. Targeting EDEM protects against ER stress and improves development and survival in C. elegans. PLoS Genet 2022; 18:e1010069. [PMID: 35192599 PMCID: PMC8912907 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1010069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2021] [Revised: 03/10/2022] [Accepted: 02/02/2022] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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EDEM-1, EDEM-2 and EDEM-3 are key players for the quality control of newly synthesized proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) by accelerating disposal and degradation of misfolded proteins through ER Associated Degradation (ERAD). Although many previous studies reported the role of individual ERAD components especially in cell-based systems, still little is known about the consequences of ERAD dysfunction under physiological and ER stress conditions in the context of a multicellular organism. Here we report the first individual and combined characterization and functional interplay of EDEM proteins in Caenorhabditis elegans using single, double, and triple mutant combinations. We found that EDEM-2 has a major role in the clearance of misfolded proteins from ER under physiological conditions, whereas EDEM-1 and EDEM-3 roles become prominent under acute ER stress. In contrast to SEL-1 loss, the loss of EDEMs in an intact organism induces only a modest ER stress under physiological conditions. In addition, chronic impairment of EDEM functioning attenuated both XBP-1 activation and up-regulation of the stress chaperone GRP78/BiP, in response to acute ER stress. We also show that pre-conditioning to EDEM loss in acute ER stress restores ER homeostasis and promotes survival by activating ER hormesis. We propose a novel role for EDEM in fine-tuning the ER stress responsiveness that affects ER homeostasis and survival. ER stress and UPRER malfunctions have been implicated in the pathogenesis of neurodegeneration, metabolic and inflammatory diseases as well as tumor progression and diabetes, whereby disturbed ER homeostasis negatively influences the pathology of the disease. Under ER stress conditions, the cells either activate UPRER-dependent cytoprotective mechanisms when ER stress is at subtoxic levels or, in case of an excessive ER stress, the cytotoxic response stimulates cell death. Here, we used Caenorhabditis elegans to study the cellular responses to ER stress at organismal level. We show that EDEMs respond differently to ER stress stimuli, and moreover, EDEMs deficiencies activate an XBP-1 independent adaptive program to promote organism survival under acute ER stress. Corroborated with the fact that loss of EDEM-2 and EDEM-3 induces resistance to acute ER stress in an intact organism, our data implicate EDEM proteins in a broader response to ER stress than previously established, which opens a new avenue for understanding the regulation of ER stress with implications for clinical and therapeutic investigations.
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- Simona Ghenea
- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute of Biochemistry of the Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania
- * E-mail: (SG); (SMP)
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute of Biochemistry of the Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania
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- Department of Bioinformatics and Structural Biochemistry, Institute of Biochemistry, Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania
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- Redox Homeostasis Group, Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBIS), Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocio/CSIC/Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute of Biochemistry of the Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania
- * E-mail: (SG); (SMP)
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Butler KE, Kalmar JG, Muddiman DC, Baker ES. Utilizing liquid chromatography, ion mobility spectrometry, and mass spectrometry to assess INLIGHT™ derivatized N-linked glycans in biological samples. Anal Bioanal Chem 2022; 414:623-637. [PMID: 34347113 PMCID: PMC8336533 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-021-03570-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2021] [Revised: 07/06/2021] [Accepted: 07/20/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
Abstract
Glycosylation is a ubiquitous co- and post-translational modification involved in the sorting, folding, and trafficking of proteins in biological systems; in humans, >50% of gene products are glycosylated with the cellular machinery of glycosylation compromising ~2% of the genome. Perturbations in glycosylation have been implicated in a variety of diseases including neurodegenerative diseases and certain types of cancer. However, understanding the relationship between a glycan and its biological role is often difficult due to the numerous glycan isomers that exist. To address this challenge, nanoflow liquid chromatography, ion mobility spectrometry, and mass spectrometry (nLC-IMS-MS) were combined with the Individuality Normalization when Labeling with the Isotopic Glycan Hydrazide Tags (INLIGHT™) strategy to study a series of glycan standards and those enzymatically released from the glycoproteins horseradish peroxidase, fetuin, and pooled human plasma. The combination of IMS and the natural (NAT) and stable-isotope label (SIL) in the INLIGHT™ strategy provided additional confidence for each glycan identification due to the mobility aligned NAT- and SIL-labeled glycans and further capabilities for isomer examinations. Additionally, molecular trend lines based on the IMS and MS dimensions were investigated for the INLIGHT™ derivatized glycans, facilitating rapid identification of putative glycans in complex biological samples.
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- Karen E Butler
- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA
- Center for Human Health and the Environment, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA
- Molecular Education, Technology, and Research Innovation Center (METRIC), North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA.
- Center for Human Health and the Environment, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA.
- Comparative Medicine Institute, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA.
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Demaretz S, Seaayfan E, Bakhos-Douaihy D, Frachon N, Kömhoff M, Laghmani K. Golgi Alpha1,2-Mannosidase IA Promotes Efficient Endoplasmic Reticulum-Associated Degradation of NKCC2. Cells 2021; 11:cells11010101. [PMID: 35011665 PMCID: PMC8750359 DOI: 10.3390/cells11010101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2021] [Revised: 12/24/2021] [Accepted: 12/27/2021] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Mutations in the apically located kidney Na-K-2Cl cotransporter NKCC2 cause type I Bartter syndrome, a life-threatening kidney disorder. We previously showed that transport from the ER represents the limiting phase in NKCC2 journey to the cell surface. Yet very little is known about the ER quality control components specific to NKCC2 and its disease-causing mutants. Here, we report the identification of Golgi alpha1, 2-mannosidase IA (ManIA) as a novel binding partner of the immature form of NKCC2. ManIA interaction with NKCC2 takes place mainly at the cis-Golgi network. ManIA coexpression decreased total NKCC2 protein abundance whereas ManIA knock-down produced the opposite effect. Importantly, ManIA coexpression had a more profound effect on NKCC2 folding mutants. Cycloheximide chase assay showed that in cells overexpressing ManIA, NKCC2 stability and maturation are heavily hampered. Deleting the cytoplasmic region of ManIA attenuated its interaction with NKCC2 and inhibited its effect on the maturation of the cotransporter. ManIA-induced reductions in NKCC2 expression were offset by the proteasome inhibitor MG132. Likewise, kifunensine treatment greatly reduced ManIA effect, strongly suggesting that mannose trimming is involved in the enhanced ERAD of the cotransporter. Moreover, depriving ManIA of its catalytic domain fully abolished its effect on NKCC2. In summary, our data demonstrate the presence of a ManIA-mediated ERAD pathway in renal cells promoting retention and degradation of misfolded NKCC2 proteins. They suggest a model whereby Golgi ManIA contributes to ERAD of NKCC2, by promoting the retention, recycling, and ERAD of misfolded proteins that initially escape protein quality control surveillance within the ER.
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- Sylvie Demaretz
- Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, Sorbonne Université, Inserm, Université de Paris, F-75006 Paris, France; (S.D.); (E.S.); (D.B.-D.); (N.F.)
- CNRS, ERL8228, F-75006 Paris, France
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- Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, Sorbonne Université, Inserm, Université de Paris, F-75006 Paris, France; (S.D.); (E.S.); (D.B.-D.); (N.F.)
- CNRS, ERL8228, F-75006 Paris, France
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- Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, Sorbonne Université, Inserm, Université de Paris, F-75006 Paris, France; (S.D.); (E.S.); (D.B.-D.); (N.F.)
- CNRS, ERL8228, F-75006 Paris, France
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- Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, Sorbonne Université, Inserm, Université de Paris, F-75006 Paris, France; (S.D.); (E.S.); (D.B.-D.); (N.F.)
- CNRS, ERL8228, F-75006 Paris, France
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- Division of Pediatric Nephrology and Transplantation, University Children’s Hospital, Philipps-University, 35043 Marburg, Germany;
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- Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, Sorbonne Université, Inserm, Université de Paris, F-75006 Paris, France; (S.D.); (E.S.); (D.B.-D.); (N.F.)
- CNRS, ERL8228, F-75006 Paris, France
- Correspondence:
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Glycosylation reduces the glycan-independent immunomodulatory effect of recombinant Orysata lectin in Drosophila S2 cells. Sci Rep 2021; 11:17958. [PMID: 34504130 PMCID: PMC8429549 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-97161-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2021] [Accepted: 08/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Several plant lectins, or carbohydrate-binding proteins, interact with glycan moieties on the surface of immune cells, thereby influencing the immune response of these cells. Orysata, a mannose-binding lectin from rice, has been reported to exert immunomodulatory activities on insect cells. While the natural lectin is non-glycosylated, recombinant Orysata produced in the yeast Pichia pastoris (YOry) is modified with a hyper-mannosylated N-glycan. Since it is unclear whether this glycosylation can affect the YOry activity, non-glycosylated rOrysata was produced in Escherichia coli (BOry). In a comparative analysis, both recombinant Orysata proteins were tested for their carbohydrate specificity on a glycan array, followed by the investigation of the carbohydrate-dependent agglutination of red blood cells (RBCs) and the carbohydrate-independent immune responses in Drosophila melanogaster S2 cells. Although YOry and BOry showed a similar carbohydrate-binding profiles, lower concentration of BOry were sufficient for the agglutination of RBCs and BOry induced stronger immune responses in S2 cells. The data are discussed in relation to different hypotheses explaining the weaker responses of glycosylated YOry. In conclusion, these observations contribute to the understanding how post-translational modification can affect protein function, and provide guidance in the selection of the proper expression system for the recombinant production of lectins.
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Burgoyne C, Smith R. C-SEQer: An Open-Source de Novo Glycan Identification Tool in C+. J Proteome Res 2021; 20:4068-4074. [PMID: 34213337 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.1c00379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Glycans play an important role in many biochemical processes, including protein function and cell signaling. Mass spectrometry (MS) provides the potential for high-throughput, high-sensitivity analysis of glycans but relies heavily on computational interpretation of experimental results. Open-source, stand-alone algorithms for de novo glycan MS analysis are few. One such algorithm, Sweet-SEQer, is available in Python. Glycan analysis of mass spectra can easily involve high volumes of data where Python's performance in time and memory is a noticeable bottleneck. This manuscript describes C-SEQer, a new implementation of the Sweet-SEQer algorithm in C++, which produces the same output as the original algorithm in approximately 15-fold less time with substantially less memory usage. The implementation is freely available with an MIT license.
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- Christopher Burgoyne
- Department of Computer Science, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana 59812, United States
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- Department of Computer Science, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana 59812, United States.,Prime Labs, Inc., Missoula, Montana 59802, United States
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Polla DL, Edmondson AC, Duvet S, March ME, Sousa AB, Lehman A, Niyazov D, van Dijk F, Demirdas S, van Slegtenhorst MA, Kievit AJA, Schulz C, Armstrong L, Bi X, Rader DJ, Izumi K, Zackai EH, de Franco E, Jorge P, Huffels SC, Hommersom M, Ellard S, Lefeber DJ, Santani A, Hand NJ, van Bokhoven H, He M, de Brouwer APM. Bi-allelic variants in the ER quality-control mannosidase gene EDEM3 cause a congenital disorder of glycosylation. Am J Hum Genet 2021; 108:1342-1349. [PMID: 34143952 PMCID: PMC8322938 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2021.05.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2020] [Accepted: 05/19/2021] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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EDEM3 encodes a protein that converts Man8GlcNAc2 isomer B to Man7-5GlcNAc2. It is involved in the endoplasmic reticulum-associated degradation pathway, responsible for the recognition of misfolded proteins that will be targeted and translocated to the cytosol and degraded by the proteasome. In this study, through a combination of exome sequencing and gene matching, we have identified seven independent families with 11 individuals with bi-allelic protein-truncating variants and one individual with a compound heterozygous missense variant in EDEM3. The affected individuals present with an inherited congenital disorder of glycosylation (CDG) consisting of neurodevelopmental delay and variable facial dysmorphisms. Experiments in human fibroblast cell lines, human plasma, and mouse plasma and brain tissue demonstrated decreased trimming of Man8GlcNAc2 isomer B to Man7GlcNAc2, consistent with loss of EDEM3 enzymatic activity. In human cells, Man5GlcNAc2 to Man4GlcNAc2 conversion is also diminished with an increase of Glc1Man5GlcNAc2. Furthermore, analysis of the unfolded protein response showed a reduced increase in EIF2AK3 (PERK) expression upon stimulation with tunicamycin as compared to controls, suggesting an impaired unfolded protein response. The aberrant plasma N-glycan profile provides a quick, clinically available test for validating variants of uncertain significance that may be identified by molecular genetic testing. We propose to call this deficiency EDEM3-CDG.
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- Daniel L Polla
- Department of Human Genetics, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition, and Behavior, Radboud University Medical Center, 6500 HB Nijmegen, the Netherlands; CAPES Foundation, Ministry of Education of Brazil, Brasília, Brazil
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Human Genetics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Université de Lille, CNRS, UMR 8576 - UGSF - Unité de Glycobiologie Structurale et Fonctionnelle, F-59000 Lille, France
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- Center for Applied Genomics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Serviço de Genética Médica, Hospital de Santa Maria, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, 649-035 Lisboa, Portugal; Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa, 1649-028 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6H 3N1, Canada
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- Tulane School of Medicine, University of Queensland, 1315 Jefferson Highway, New Orleans, LA 70121, USA
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- North West Thames Regional Genetics Service, London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust, Watford Road, Harrow, HA1 3UJ London, UK
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Erasmus University Medical Center, 3015 Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Erasmus University Medical Center, 3015 Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Université de Lille, CNRS, UMR 8576 - UGSF - Unité de Glycobiologie Structurale et Fonctionnelle, F-59000 Lille, France
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- Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6H 3N1, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Center for Applied Genomics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; Department of Genetics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Human Genetics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Human Genetics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, Barrack Road, EX2 5DW Exeter, UK
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- Centro de Genética Médica Jacinto de Magalhães, Centro Hospitalar do Porto, CHP, E.P.E., 4099-028 Porto, Portugal; Unit for Multidisciplinary Research in Biomedicine, Abel Salazar Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Porto, 4099-028 Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Human Genetics, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition, and Behavior, Radboud University Medical Center, 6500 HB Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Human Genetics, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition, and Behavior, Radboud University Medical Center, 6500 HB Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, Barrack Road, EX2 5DW Exeter, UK; College of Medicine and Health, University of Exeter, Barrack Road, EX2 5DW Exeter, UK
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- Department of Neurology, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition, and Behavior, Radboud University Medical Center, 6525 GA Nijmegen, the Netherlands; Department of Laboratory Medicine, Translational Metabolic Laboratory, Radboud University Medical Center, 6525 GA Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Department of Human Genetics, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition, and Behavior, Radboud University Medical Center, 6500 HB Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
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- Department of Human Genetics, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition, and Behavior, Radboud University Medical Center, 6500 HB Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
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Fregno I, Fasana E, Soldà T, Galli C, Molinari M. N-glycan processing selects ERAD-resistant misfolded proteins for ER-to-lysosome-associated degradation. EMBO J 2021; 40:e107240. [PMID: 34152647 PMCID: PMC8327951 DOI: 10.15252/embj.2020107240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2020] [Revised: 05/10/2021] [Accepted: 05/13/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Efficient degradation of by‐products of protein biogenesis maintains cellular fitness. Strikingly, the major biosynthetic compartment in eukaryotic cells, the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), lacks degradative machineries. Misfolded proteins in the ER are translocated to the cytosol for proteasomal degradation via ER‐associated degradation (ERAD). Alternatively, they are segregated in ER subdomains that are shed from the biosynthetic compartment and are delivered to endolysosomes under control of ER‐phagy receptors for ER‐to‐lysosome‐associated degradation (ERLAD). Demannosylation of N‐linked oligosaccharides targets terminally misfolded proteins for ERAD. How misfolded proteins are eventually marked for ERLAD is not known. Here, we show for ATZ and mutant Pro‐collagen that cycles of de‐/re‐glucosylation of selected N‐glycans and persistent association with Calnexin (CNX) are required and sufficient to mark ERAD‐resistant misfolded proteins for FAM134B‐driven lysosomal delivery. In summary, we show that mannose and glucose processing of N‐glycans are triggering events that target misfolded proteins in the ER to proteasomal (ERAD) and lysosomal (ERLAD) clearance, respectively, regulating protein quality control in eukaryotic cells.
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- Ilaria Fregno
- Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Università della Svizzera italiana (USI), Bellinzona, Switzerland
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- Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Università della Svizzera italiana (USI), Bellinzona, Switzerland
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- Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Università della Svizzera italiana (USI), Bellinzona, Switzerland
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- Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Università della Svizzera italiana (USI), Bellinzona, Switzerland
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- Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Università della Svizzera italiana (USI), Bellinzona, Switzerland.,School of Life Sciences, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Jiang M, Wang P, Xu L, Ye X, Fan H, Cheng J, Chen J. In silico analysis of glycosyltransferase 2 family genes in duckweed ( Spirodela polyrhiza) and its role in salt stress tolerance. Open Life Sci 2021; 16:583-593. [PMID: 34179502 PMCID: PMC8216227 DOI: 10.1515/biol-2021-0063] [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: 01/11/2021] [Revised: 04/27/2021] [Accepted: 05/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Plant glycosyltransferase 2 (GT2) family genes are involved in plant abiotic stress tolerance. However, the roles of GT2 genes in the abiotic resistance in freshwater plants are largely unknown. We identified seven GT2 genes in duckweed, remarkably more than those in the genomes of Arabidopsis thaliana, Oryza sativa, Amborella trichopoda, Nymphaea tetragona, Persea americana, Zostera marina, and Ginkgo biloba, suggesting a significant expansion of this family in the duckweed genome. Phylogeny resolved the GT2 family into two major clades. Six duckweed genes formed an independent subclade in Clade I, and the other was clustered in Clade II. Gene structure and protein domain analysis showed that the lengths of the seven duckweed GT2 genes were varied, and the majority of GT2 genes harbored two conserved domains, PF04722.12 and PF00535.25. The expression of all Clade I duckweed GT2 genes was elevated at 0 h after salt treatment, suggesting a common role of these genes in rapid response to salt stress. The gene Sp01g00794 was highly expressed at 12 and 24 h after salt treatment, indicating its association with salt stress resilience. Overall, these results are essential for studies on the molecular mechanisms in stress response and resistance in aquatic plants.
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- Mingliang Jiang
- Key Laboratory of Watershed Geographic Sciences, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
- College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Tropical Crops Genetic Resources Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences & Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Resources and Germplasm Enhancement in Southern China, No. 4 Xueyuan Road, Haikou 571100, Hainan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Watershed Geographic Sciences, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
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- Tropical Crops Genetic Resources Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences & Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Resources and Germplasm Enhancement in Southern China, No. 4 Xueyuan Road, Haikou 571100, Hainan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Watershed Geographic Sciences, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
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- Key Laboratory of Watershed Geographic Sciences, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
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- Tropical Crops Genetic Resources Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences & Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Resources and Germplasm Enhancement in Southern China, No. 4 Xueyuan Road, Haikou 571100, Hainan, China
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Düsterhöft S, Kahveci-Türköz S, Wozniak J, Seifert A, Kasparek P, Ohm H, Liu S, Kopkanova J, Lokau J, Garbers C, Preisinger C, Sedlacek R, Freeman M, Ludwig A. The iRhom homology domain is indispensable for ADAM17-mediated TNFα and EGF receptor ligand release. Cell Mol Life Sci 2021; 78:5015-5040. [PMID: 33950315 PMCID: PMC8233286 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-021-03845-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2020] [Revised: 03/29/2021] [Accepted: 04/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Membrane-tethered signalling proteins such as TNFα and many EGF receptor ligands undergo shedding by the metalloproteinase ADAM17 to get released. The pseudoproteases iRhom1 and iRhom2 are important for the transport, maturation and activity of ADAM17. Yet, the structural and functional requirements to promote the transport of the iRhom-ADAM17 complex have not yet been thoroughly investigated. Utilising in silico and in vitro methods, we here map the conserved iRhom homology domain (IRHD) and provide first insights into its structure and function. By focusing on iRhom2, we identified different structural and functional factors within the IRHD. We found that the structural integrity of the IRHD is a key factor for ADAM17 binding. In addition, we identified a highly conserved motif within an unstructured region of the IRHD, that, when mutated, restricts the transport of the iRhom-ADAM17 complex through the secretory pathway in in vitro, ex vivo and in vivo systems and also increases the half-life of iRhom2 and ADAM17. Furthermore, the disruption of this IRHD motif was also reflected by changes in the yet undescribed interaction profile of iRhom2 with proteins involved in intracellular vesicle transport. Overall, we provide the first insights into the forward trafficking of iRhoms which is critical for TNFα and EGF receptor signalling.
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- Stefan Düsterhöft
- Institute of Molecular Pharmacology, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University, Wendlingweg 2, 52074, Aachen, Germany.
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- Institute of Molecular Pharmacology, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University, Wendlingweg 2, 52074, Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Pharmacology, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University, Wendlingweg 2, 52074, Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Pharmacology, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University, Wendlingweg 2, 52074, Aachen, Germany
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- Czech Centre for Phenogenomics, Institute of Molecular Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Molecular Pharmacology, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University, Wendlingweg 2, 52074, Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Pharmacology, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University, Wendlingweg 2, 52074, Aachen, Germany
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- Czech Centre for Phenogenomics, Institute of Molecular Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Pathology, Medical Faculty, Otto Von Guericke University Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Department of Pathology, Medical Faculty, Otto Von Guericke University Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Czech Centre for Phenogenomics, Institute of Molecular Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Institute of Molecular Pharmacology, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University, Wendlingweg 2, 52074, Aachen, Germany
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Conte F, van Buuringen N, Voermans NC, Lefeber DJ. Galactose in human metabolism, glycosylation and congenital metabolic diseases: Time for a closer look. Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj 2021; 1865:129898. [PMID: 33878388 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2021.129898] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2021] [Revised: 03/30/2021] [Accepted: 04/06/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Galactose is an essential carbohydrate for cellular metabolism, as it contributes to energy production and storage in several human tissues while also being a precursor for glycosylation. Galactosylated glycoconjugates, such as glycoproteins, keratan sulfate-containing proteoglycans and glycolipids, exert a plethora of biological functions, including structural support, cellular adhesion, intracellular signaling and many more. The biological relevance of galactose is further entailed by the number of pathogenic conditions consequent to defects in galactosylation and galactose homeostasis. The growing number of rare congenital disorders involving galactose along with its recent therapeutical applications are drawing increasing attention to galactose metabolism. In this review, we aim to draw a comprehensive overview of the biological functions of galactose in human cells, including its metabolism and its role in glycosylation, and to provide a systematic description of all known congenital metabolic disorders resulting from alterations of its homeostasis.
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- Federica Conte
- Department of Neurology, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behavior, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
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- Department of Neurology, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behavior, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behavior, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
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- Department of Neurology, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behavior, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands; Translational Metabolic Laboratory, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
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Bupp CR, Schwartz C, Wei B, Wirth MJ. Protein-induced conformational change in glycans decreases the resolution of glycoproteins in hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography. J Sep Sci 2021; 44:1581-1591. [PMID: 33682335 DOI: 10.1002/jssc.202001242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2020] [Revised: 03/01/2021] [Accepted: 03/02/2021] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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An understanding of why hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography gives a higher resolution for glycans than for glycoproteins would facilitate column improvements. Separations of the glycoforms of ribonuclease B compared to its released glycans were studied using a commercial hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography column. The findings were used to devise a new hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography column. For the commercial column, chromatograms and van Deemter plots showed that selectivity and efficiency are comparable factors in the higher resolution of the released glycans. The higher selectivity for the released glycans was associated with more water molecules displaced per added mannose. To investigate why, three-dimensional structures of the glycoprotein and the glycan were computed under chromatographic conditions. These showed that hydrogen bonding within the free glycan makes its topology more planar, which would increase contact with the bonded phase. The protein sterically blocks the hydrogen bonding. The more globular-shaped glycan of the glycoprotein suggests that a thicker bonded phase might improve selectivity. This was tested by making a column with a copolymer bonded phase. The results confirmed that selectivity is increased. The findings are possibly broadly relevant to glycoprotein analysis since the structural motif involved in internal hydrogen bonding is common to N-linked glycans of human glycoproteins.
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- Charles R Bupp
- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, 560 Oval Drive, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, 560 Oval Drive, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
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- Genentech, Inc. One DNA Way, South San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, 560 Oval Drive, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
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Fang YC, Fu SJ, Hsu PH, Chang PT, Huang JJ, Chiu YC, Liao YF, Jow GM, Tang CY, Jeng CJ. Identification of MKRN1 as a second E3 ligase for Eag1 potassium channels reveals regulation via differential degradation. J Biol Chem 2021; 296:100484. [PMID: 33647316 PMCID: PMC8039722 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2021.100484] [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: 09/07/2020] [Revised: 02/17/2021] [Accepted: 02/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/02/2022] Open
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Mutations in the human gene encoding the neuron-specific Eag1 voltage-gated K+ channel are associated with neurodevelopmental diseases, indicating an important role of Eag1 during brain development. A disease-causing Eag1 mutation is linked to decreased protein stability that involves enhanced protein degradation by the E3 ubiquitin ligase cullin 7 (CUL7). The general mechanisms governing protein homeostasis of plasma membrane- and endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-localized Eag1 K+ channels, however, remain unclear. By using yeast two-hybrid screening, we identified another E3 ubiquitin ligase, makorin ring finger protein 1 (MKRN1), as a novel binding partner primarily interacting with the carboxyl-terminal region of Eag1. MKRN1 mainly interacts with ER-localized immature core-glycosylated, as well as nascent nonglycosylated, Eag1 proteins. MKRN1 promotes polyubiquitination and ER-associated proteasomal degradation of immature Eag1 proteins. Although both CUL7 and MKRN1 contribute to ER quality control of immature core-glycosylated Eag1 proteins, MKRN1, but not CUL7, associates with and promotes degradation of nascent, nonglycosylated Eag1 proteins at the ER. In direct contrast to the role of CUL7 in regulating both ER and peripheral quality controls of Eag1, MKRN1 is exclusively responsible for the early stage of Eag1 maturation at the ER. We further demonstrated that both CUL7 and MKRN1 contribute to protein quality control of additional disease-causing Eag1 mutants associated with defective protein homeostasis. Our data suggest that the presence of this dual ubiquitination system differentially maintains Eag1 protein homeostasis and may ensure efficient removal of disease-associated misfolded Eag1 mutant channels.
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- Ya-Ching Fang
- Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- School of Medicine, Fu-Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City, Taiwan
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- Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
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- Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan; Brain Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.
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Ma L, Jiang H, Li W, Qin H, Lv Z, Huang J, Hou X, Wang W. Biochemical properties of a native β-1,4-mannanase from Aspergillus aculeatus QH1 and partial characterization of its N-glycosylation. Biochem Biophys Rep 2021; 26:100922. [PMID: 33644418 PMCID: PMC7887645 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrep.2021.100922] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2020] [Revised: 12/21/2020] [Accepted: 01/11/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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N-glycosylation plays critical roles in protein secretion, sorting, stability, activity modulation, and interactions to other molecules in the eukaryotic organisms. Fungal β-1,4-mannanases have been widely used in the agri-food industry and contribute to the pathogenesis on plants. However, the information on N-glycosylation of a specific fungal carbohydrate-active enzyme (CAZyme) is currently limited. Herein, a cDNA was cloned from Aspergillus aculeatus QH1, displaying a full length of 1302 bp with an open reading frame of 1134 bp encoding for a GH5 subfamily 7 β-1, 4-mannanase, namely AacMan5_7A. The enzyme was purified and exhibited an optimal activity at pH 4.6 and 60 °C, hydrolyzing glucomannan and galactomannan, but not yeast mannan. AacMan5_7A is an N-glycosylated protein decorated with a high-mannose type glycan. Further through UPLC-ESI-MS/MS analysis, one of the four predicted N-glycosylation sites at N255 position was experimentally verified. The present study expands the information of N-glycosylation in fungal CAZymes, providing scientific bases for enhancing the production of fungal enzymes and their applications in food, feed, and plant biomass conversions. A cDNA was cloned from Aspergillus aculeatus QH1 for a GH5 subfamily 7 β-1, 4-mannanase, namely AacMan5_7A. AacMan5_7A was characterized for its general enzyme properties. AacMan5_7A is an N-glycosylated protein decorated with a high-mannose type glycan. One of the four predicted N-glycosylation sites at N255 position was experimentally verified.
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- Liqing Ma
- College of Life Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China
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- College of Life Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China
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- National Center of Biomedical Analysis, Beijing, 100850, China
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- Department of Restorative Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU), Portland, OR, 97239, USA
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- College of Life Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China
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- College of Life Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China
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- College of Life Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China
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- College of Life Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China.,Department of Animal Biosciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1, Canada
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Bhatwa A, Wang W, Hassan YI, Abraham N, Li XZ, Zhou T. Challenges Associated With the Formation of Recombinant Protein Inclusion Bodies in Escherichia coli and Strategies to Address Them for Industrial Applications. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2021; 9:630551. [PMID: 33644021 PMCID: PMC7902521 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2021.630551] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2020] [Accepted: 01/20/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Recombinant proteins are becoming increasingly important for industrial applications, where Escherichia coli is the most widely used bacterial host for their production. However, the formation of inclusion bodies is a frequently encountered challenge for producing soluble and functional recombinant proteins. To overcome this hurdle, different strategies have been developed through adjusting growth conditions, engineering host strains of E. coli, altering expression vectors, and modifying the proteins of interest. These approaches will be comprehensively highlighted with some of the new developments in this review. Additionally, the unique features of protein inclusion bodies, the mechanism and influencing factors of their formation, and their potential advantages will also be discussed.
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- Arshpreet Bhatwa
- Guelph Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Guelph, ON, Canada
- Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
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- Guelph Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Guelph, ON, Canada
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- Guelph Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Guelph, ON, Canada
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- Guelph Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Guelph, ON, Canada
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada
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- Guelph Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Guelph, ON, Canada
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- Guelph Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Guelph, ON, Canada
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Zhang X, Yuan H, Lyu J, Meng X, Tian Q, Li Y, Zhang J, Xu X, Su J, Hou H, Li D, Sun B, Wang W, Wang Y. Association of dementia with immunoglobulin G N-glycans in a Chinese Han Population. NPJ Aging Mech Dis 2021; 7:3. [PMID: 33542243 PMCID: PMC7862610 DOI: 10.1038/s41514-021-00055-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2020] [Accepted: 01/06/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Immunoglobulin G (IgG) functionality can drastically change from anti- to proinflammatory by alterations in the IgG N-glycan patterns. Our previous studies have demonstrated that IgG N-glycans associated with the risk factors of dementia, such as aging, dyslipidemia, type 2 diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and ischemic stroke. Therefore, the aim is to investigate whether the effects of IgG N-glycan profiles on dementia exists in a Chinese Han population. A case–control study, including 81 patients with dementia, 81 age- and gender-matched controls with normal cognitive functioning (NC) and 108 non-matched controls with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) was performed. Plasma IgG N-glycans were separated by ultra-performance liquid chromatography. Fourteen glycan peaks reflecting decreased of sialylation and core fucosylation, and increased bisecting N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc) N-glycan structures were of statistically significant differences between dementia and NC groups after controlling for confounders (p < 0.05; q < 0.05). Similarly, the differences for these 14 initial glycans were statistically significant between AD and NC groups after adjusting for the effects of confounders (p < 0.05; q < 0.05). The area under the receiver operating curve (AUC) value of the model consisting of GP8, GP9, and GP14 was determined to distinguish dementia from NC group as 0.876 [95% confidence interval (CI): 0.815–0.923] and distinguish AD from NC group as 0.887 (95% CI: 0.819–0.936). Patients with dementia were of an elevated proinflammatory activity via the significant changes of IgG glycome. Therefore, IgG N-glycans might contribute to be potential novel biomarkers for the neurodegenerative process risk assessment of dementia.
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- Xiaoyu Zhang
- Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Beijing Municipal Key Laboratory of Clinical Epidemiology, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100069, China.,Department of Anesthesiology, Sanbo Brain Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100095, China
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- Department of Neurology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University, Tai'an, 271000, China
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- Center for Cognitive Disorders, Beijing Geriatric Hospital, Beijing, 100095, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Beijing Municipal Key Laboratory of Clinical Epidemiology, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100069, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Beijing Municipal Key Laboratory of Clinical Epidemiology, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100069, China
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- School of public health, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Tai'an, 271000, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Beijing Municipal Key Laboratory of Clinical Epidemiology, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100069, China
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- School of public health, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Tai'an, 271000, China
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- Department of Geriatrics, Tai'an City Central Hospital, Tai'an, 271000, China
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- School of public health, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Tai'an, 271000, China
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- School of public health, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Tai'an, 271000, China
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- Key Lab of Cerebral Microcirculation in Universities of Shandong, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Tai'an, 271000, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Beijing Municipal Key Laboratory of Clinical Epidemiology, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100069, China. .,School of public health, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Tai'an, 271000, China. .,School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Perth, WA, 6027, Australia.
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- Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Beijing Municipal Key Laboratory of Clinical Epidemiology, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100069, China. .,School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Perth, WA, 6027, Australia.
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Brown AI, Koslover EF. Design principles for the glycoprotein quality control pathway. PLoS Comput Biol 2021; 17:e1008654. [PMID: 33524026 PMCID: PMC7877790 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1008654] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2020] [Revised: 02/11/2021] [Accepted: 12/21/2020] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Newly-translated glycoproteins in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) often undergo cycles of chaperone binding and release in order to assist in folding. Quality control is required to distinguish between proteins that have completed native folding, those that have yet to fold, and those that have misfolded. Using quantitative modeling, we explore how the design of the quality-control pathway modulates its efficiency. Our results show that an energy-consuming cyclic quality-control process, similar to the observed physiological system, outperforms alternative designs. The kinetic parameters that optimize the performance of this system drastically change with protein production levels, while remaining relatively insensitive to the protein folding rate. Adjusting only the degradation rate, while fixing other parameters, allows the pathway to adapt across a range of protein production levels, aligning with in vivo measurements that implicate the release of degradation-associated enzymes as a rapid-response system for perturbations in protein homeostasis. The quantitative models developed here elucidate design principles for effective glycoprotein quality control in the ER, improving our mechanistic understanding of a system crucial to maintaining cellular health. We explore the architecture and limitations of the quality-control pathway responsible for efficient folding of secretory proteins. Newly-synthesized proteins are tagged by the attachment of a ‘glycan’ sugar chain which facilitates their binding to a chaperone that assists protein folding. Removal of a specific sugar group on the glycan ends the interaction with the chaperone, and not-yet-folded proteins can be re-tagged for another round of chaperone binding. A degradation pathway acts in parallel with the folding cycle, to remove those proteins that have remained unfolded for a sufficiently long time. We develop and solve a mathematical model of this quality-control system, showing that the cyclical design found in living cells is uniquely able to maximize folded protein throughput while avoiding accumulation of unfolded proteins. Although this physiological model provides the best performance, its parameters must be adjusted to perform optimally under different protein production loads, and any single fixed set of parameters leads to poor performance when production rate is altered. We find that a single adjustable parameter, the protein degradation rate, is sufficient to allow optimal performance across a range of conditions. Interestingly, observations of living cells suggest that the degradation speed is indeed rapidly adjusted.
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- Aidan I. Brown
- Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America
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- Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America
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Structure of human endo-α-1,2-mannosidase (MANEA), an antiviral host-glycosylation target. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2020; 117:29595-29601. [PMID: 33154157 PMCID: PMC7703563 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2013620117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Mammalian protein N-linked glycosylation is critical for glycoprotein folding, quality control, trafficking, recognition, and function. N-linked glycans are synthesized from Glc3Man9GlcNAc2 precursors that are trimmed and modified in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and Golgi apparatus by glycoside hydrolases and glycosyltransferases. Endo-α-1,2-mannosidase (MANEA) is the sole endo-acting glycoside hydrolase involved in N-glycan trimming and is located within the Golgi, where it allows ER-escaped glycoproteins to bypass the classical N-glycosylation trimming pathway involving ER glucosidases I and II. There is considerable interest in the use of small molecules that disrupt N-linked glycosylation as therapeutic agents for diseases such as cancer and viral infection. Here we report the structure of the catalytic domain of human MANEA and complexes with substrate-derived inhibitors, which provide insight into dynamic loop movements that occur on substrate binding. We reveal structural features of the human enzyme that explain its substrate preference and the mechanistic basis for catalysis. These structures have inspired the development of new inhibitors that disrupt host protein N-glycan processing of viral glycans and reduce the infectivity of bovine viral diarrhea and dengue viruses in cellular models. These results may contribute to efforts aimed at developing broad-spectrum antiviral agents and help provide a more in-depth understanding of the biology of mammalian glycosylation.
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Zhao C, Liu H, Xiao T, Wang Z, Nie X, Li X, Qian P, Qin L, Han X, Zhang J, Ruan J, Zhu M, Miao YL, Zuo B, Yang K, Xie S, Zhao S. CRISPR screening of porcine sgRNA library identifies host factors associated with Japanese encephalitis virus replication. Nat Commun 2020; 11:5178. [PMID: 33057066 PMCID: PMC7560704 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-18936-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2019] [Accepted: 09/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) is a mosquito-borne zoonotic flavivirus that causes encephalitis and reproductive disorders in mammalian species. However, the host factors critical for its entry, replication, and assembly are poorly understood. Here, we design a porcine genome-scale CRISPR/Cas9 knockout (PigGeCKO) library containing 85,674 single guide RNAs targeting 17,743 protein-coding genes, 11,053 long ncRNAs, and 551 microRNAs. Subsequently, we use the PigGeCKO library to identify key host factors facilitating JEV infection in porcine cells. Several previously unreported genes required for JEV infection are highly enriched post-JEV selection. We conduct follow-up studies to verify the dependency of JEV on these genes, and identify functional contributions for six of the many candidate JEV-related host genes, including EMC3 and CALR. Additionally, we identify that four genes associated with heparan sulfate proteoglycans (HSPGs) metabolism, specifically those responsible for HSPGs sulfurylation, facilitate JEV entry into porcine cells. Thus, beyond our development of the largest CRISPR-based functional genomic screening platform for pig research to date, this study identifies multiple potentially vulnerable targets for the development of medical and breeding technologies to treat and prevent diseases caused by JEV.
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- Changzhi Zhao
- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Ministry of Education & Key Lab of Swine Genetics and Breeding of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Huazhong Agricultural University, 430070, Wuhan, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Ministry of Education & Key Lab of Swine Genetics and Breeding of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Huazhong Agricultural University, 430070, Wuhan, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Ministry of Education & Key Lab of Swine Genetics and Breeding of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Huazhong Agricultural University, 430070, Wuhan, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Ministry of Education & Key Lab of Swine Genetics and Breeding of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Huazhong Agricultural University, 430070, Wuhan, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Ministry of Education & Key Lab of Swine Genetics and Breeding of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Huazhong Agricultural University, 430070, Wuhan, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Ministry of Education & Key Lab of Swine Genetics and Breeding of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Huazhong Agricultural University, 430070, Wuhan, P. R. China
- The Cooperative Innovation Center for Sustainable Pig Production, Huazhong Agricultural University, 430070, Wuhan, P. R. China
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- The Cooperative Innovation Center for Sustainable Pig Production, Huazhong Agricultural University, 430070, Wuhan, P. R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Agriculture Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, 430070, Wuhan, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agriculture Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, 430070, Wuhan, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Ministry of Education & Key Lab of Swine Genetics and Breeding of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Huazhong Agricultural University, 430070, Wuhan, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Ministry of Education & Key Lab of Swine Genetics and Breeding of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Huazhong Agricultural University, 430070, Wuhan, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Ministry of Education & Key Lab of Swine Genetics and Breeding of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Huazhong Agricultural University, 430070, Wuhan, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Ministry of Education & Key Lab of Swine Genetics and Breeding of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Huazhong Agricultural University, 430070, Wuhan, P. R. China
- The Cooperative Innovation Center for Sustainable Pig Production, Huazhong Agricultural University, 430070, Wuhan, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Ministry of Education & Key Lab of Swine Genetics and Breeding of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Huazhong Agricultural University, 430070, Wuhan, P. R. China
- The Cooperative Innovation Center for Sustainable Pig Production, Huazhong Agricultural University, 430070, Wuhan, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Ministry of Education & Key Lab of Swine Genetics and Breeding of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Huazhong Agricultural University, 430070, Wuhan, P. R. China
- The Cooperative Innovation Center for Sustainable Pig Production, Huazhong Agricultural University, 430070, Wuhan, P. R. China
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- Louisiana State University, School of Veterinary Medicine, Baton Rouge, LA, 70803, USA
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Ministry of Education & Key Lab of Swine Genetics and Breeding of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Huazhong Agricultural University, 430070, Wuhan, P. R. China.
- The Cooperative Innovation Center for Sustainable Pig Production, Huazhong Agricultural University, 430070, Wuhan, P. R. China.
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Ministry of Education & Key Lab of Swine Genetics and Breeding of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Huazhong Agricultural University, 430070, Wuhan, P. R. China.
- The Cooperative Innovation Center for Sustainable Pig Production, Huazhong Agricultural University, 430070, Wuhan, P. R. China.
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N-glycosylation in the Pre-Membrane Protein Is Essential for the Zika Virus Life Cycle. Viruses 2020; 12:v12090925. [PMID: 32842538 PMCID: PMC7552079 DOI: 10.3390/v12090925] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2020] [Revised: 08/19/2020] [Accepted: 08/21/2020] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Asparagine (N)-linked protein glycosylation plays an important role in protein synthesis and modification. Two Zika virus (ZIKV) structural proteins, the pre-membrane (prM) and envelope (E) protein are N-glycosylated. The prM protein of all ZIKV strains contains a single N-linked glycosylation site, while not all strains contain an N-linked site in the E protein. Our aim was to examine the impact of prM and E N-linked glycosylation on ZIKV infectivity and cell trafficking. Using a ZIKV infectious clone, we found that when the N-glycan sites were removed, the prM- and the prM/E-double mutants did not produce an infectious virus in the supernatant. Further, by using ZIKV prME constructs, we found that N-glycosylation was necessary for effective secretion of ZIKV virions. The absence of the N-glycan on prM or E caused protein aggregation in the rough endoplasmatic reticulum (ER) compartment. The aggregation was more pronounced for the prM-mutation, and the mutant virus lost the ER-Golgi intermediate compartment (ERGIC) localization. In addition, lack of the N-glycan on prM induced nuclear translocation of CCAAT-enhancer-binding protein homologous protein (CHOP), an ER stress marker. To conclude, we show that the prM N-glycan is essential for the ZIKV infectious cycle, and plays an important role in viral protein trafficking, protein folding, and virion assembly.
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Chen P, Visokay S, Abrams JM. Drosophila GFAT1 and GFAT2 enzymes encode obligate developmental functions. Fly (Austin) 2020; 14:3-9. [PMID: 32615907 DOI: 10.1080/19336934.2020.1784674] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Glutamine: fructose-6-phosphate amidotransferase (GFAT) enzymes catalyse the first committed step of the hexosamine biosynthesis pathway (HBP) using glutamine and fructose-6-phosphate to form glucosamine-6-phosphate (GlcN6P). Numerous species (e.g. mouse, rat, zebrafish, chicken) including humans and Drosophila encode two broadly expressed copies of this enzyme but whether these perform redundant, partially overlapping or distinct functions is not known. To address this question, we produced single gene null mutations in the fly counterparts of gfat1 and gfat2. Deletions for either enzyme were fully lethal and homozygotes lacking either GFAT1 or GFAT2 died at or prior to the first instar larval stage. Therefore, when genetically eliminated, neither isoform was able to compensate for the other. Importantly, dietary supplementation with D-glucosamine-6-phosphate rescued GFAT2 deficiency and restored viability to gfat2-/- mutants. In contrast, glucosamine-6-phosphate did not rescue gfat1-/- animals.
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center , Dallas, TX, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center , Dallas, TX, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center , Dallas, TX, USA
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Achour B, Al-Majdoub ZM, Rostami-Hodjegan A, Barber J. Mass Spectrometry of Human Transporters. ANNUAL REVIEW OF ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY (PALO ALTO, CALIF.) 2020; 13:223-247. [PMID: 32084322 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-anchem-091719-024553] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Transporters are key to understanding how an individual will respond to a particular dose of a drug. Two patients with similar systemic concentrations may have quite different local concentrations of a drug at the required site. The transporter profile of any individual depends upon a variety of genetic and environmental factors, including genotype, age, and diet status. Robust models (virtual patients) are therefore required and these models are data hungry. Necessary data include quantitative transporter profiles at the relevant organ. Liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) is currently the most powerful method available for obtaining this information. Challenges include sourcing the tissue, isolating the hydrophobic membrane-embedded transporter proteins, preparing the samples for MS (including proteolytic digestion), choosing appropriate quantification methodology, and optimizing the LC-MS/MS conditions. Great progress has been made with all of these, especially within the last few years, and is discussed here.
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- Brahim Achour
- Centre for Applied Pharmacokinetic Research, School of Health Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PT, United Kingdom;
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- Centre for Applied Pharmacokinetic Research, School of Health Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PT, United Kingdom;
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- Centre for Applied Pharmacokinetic Research, School of Health Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PT, United Kingdom;
- Certara, Princeton, New Jersey 08540, USA
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- Centre for Applied Pharmacokinetic Research, School of Health Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PT, United Kingdom;
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Xie C, Wu Q, Zhang S, Wang C, Gao W, Yu J, Tang K. Improving glycan isomeric separation via metal ion incorporation for drift tube ion mobility-mass spectrometry. Talanta 2020; 211:120719. [DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2020.120719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2019] [Revised: 12/29/2019] [Accepted: 01/03/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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George G, Ninagawa S, Yagi H, Saito T, Ishikawa T, Sakuma T, Yamamoto T, Imami K, Ishihama Y, Kato K, Okada T, Mori K. EDEM2 stably disulfide-bonded to TXNDC11 catalyzes the first mannose trimming step in mammalian glycoprotein ERAD. eLife 2020; 9:53455. [PMID: 32065582 PMCID: PMC7039678 DOI: 10.7554/elife.53455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2019] [Accepted: 02/07/2020] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Sequential mannose trimming of N-glycan (Man9GlcNAc2 -> Man8GlcNAc2 -> Man7GlcNAc2) facilitates endoplasmic reticulum-associated degradation of misfolded glycoproteins (gpERAD). Our gene knockout experiments in human HCT116 cells have revealed that EDEM2 is required for the first step. However, it was previously shown that purified EDEM2 exhibited no α1,2-mannosidase activity toward Man9GlcNAc2 in vitro. Here, we found that EDEM2 was stably disulfide-bonded to TXNDC11, an endoplasmic reticulum protein containing five thioredoxin (Trx)-like domains. C558 present outside of the mannosidase homology domain of EDEM2 was linked to C692 in Trx5, which solely contains the CXXC motif in TXNDC11. This covalent bonding was essential for mannose trimming and subsequent gpERAD in HCT116 cells. Furthermore, EDEM2-TXNDC11 complex purified from transfected HCT116 cells converted Man9GlcNAc2 to Man8GlcNAc2(isomerB) in vitro. Our results establish the role of EDEM2 as an initiator of gpERAD, and represent the first clear demonstration of in vitro mannosidase activity of EDEM family proteins.
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- Ginto George
- Department of Biophysics, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Biophysics, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Biophysics, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Division of Integrated Sciences for Life, Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Division of Integrated Sciences for Life, Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular BioAnalysis, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular BioAnalysis, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University, Nagoya, Japan.,Exploratory Research Center on Life and Living Systems (ExCELLS) and Institute for Molecular Science, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Okazaki, Japan
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- Department of Biophysics, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Biophysics, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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Telini BDP, Menoncin M, Bonatto D. Does Inter-Organellar Proteostasis Impact Yeast Quality and Performance During Beer Fermentation? Front Genet 2020; 11:2. [PMID: 32076433 PMCID: PMC7006503 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2020.00002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2019] [Accepted: 01/06/2020] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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During beer production, yeast generate ethanol that is exported to the extracellular environment where it accumulates. Depending on the initial carbohydrate concentration in the wort, the amount of yeast biomass inoculated, the fermentation temperature, and the yeast attenuation capacity, a high concentration of ethanol can be achieved in beer. The increase in ethanol concentration as a consequence of the fermentation of high gravity (HG) or very high gravity (VHG) worts promotes deleterious pleiotropic effects on the yeast cells. Moderate concentrations of ethanol (5% v/v) change the enzymatic kinetics of proteins and affect biological processes, such as the cell cycle and metabolism, impacting the reuse of yeast for subsequent fermentation. However, high concentrations of ethanol (> 5% v/v) dramatically alter protein structure, leading to unfolded proteins as well as amorphous protein aggregates. It is noteworthy that the effects of elevated ethanol concentrations generated during beer fermentation resemble those of heat shock stress, with similar responses observed in both situations, such as the activation of proteostasis and protein quality control mechanisms in different cell compartments, including endoplasmic reticulum (ER), mitochondria, and cytosol. Despite the extensive published molecular and biochemical data regarding the roles of proteostasis in different organelles of yeast cells, little is known about how this mechanism impacts beer fermentation and how different proteostasis mechanisms found in ER, mitochondria, and cytosol communicate with each other during ethanol/fermentative stress. Supporting this integrative view, transcriptome data analysis was applied using publicly available information for a lager yeast strain grown under beer production conditions. The transcriptome data indicated upregulation of genes that encode chaperones, co-chaperones, unfolded protein response elements in ER and mitochondria, ubiquitin ligases, proteasome components, N-glycosylation quality control pathway proteins, and components of processing bodies (p-bodies) and stress granules (SGs) during lager beer fermentation. Thus, the main purpose of this hypothesis and theory manuscript is to provide a concise picture of how inter-organellar proteostasis mechanisms are connected with one another and with biological processes that may modulate the viability and/or vitality of yeast populations during HG/VHG beer fermentation and serial repitching.
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- Bianca de Paula Telini
- Brewing Yeast Research Group, Centro de Biotecnologia da UFRGS, Departamento de Biologia Molecular e Biotecnologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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- Brewing Yeast Research Group, Centro de Biotecnologia da UFRGS, Departamento de Biologia Molecular e Biotecnologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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- Brewing Yeast Research Group, Centro de Biotecnologia da UFRGS, Departamento de Biologia Molecular e Biotecnologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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Hou H, Xu X, Sun F, Zhang X, Dong H, Wang L, Ge S, An K, Sun Q, Li Y, Cao W, Song M, Hu S, Xing W, Wang W, Li D, Wang Y. Hyperuricemia is Associated with Immunoglobulin G N-Glycosylation: A Community-Based Study of Glycan Biomarkers. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2019; 23:660-667. [DOI: 10.1089/omi.2019.0004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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- Haifeng Hou
- School of Public Health, Taishan Medical University, Taian, China
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- School of Public Health, Taishan Medical University, Taian, China
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- Taishan Hospital of Shandong Province, Taian, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Clinical Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Taishan Hospital of Shandong Province, Taian, China
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- Department of Bioinformatics, School of Medical Informatics, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of New Drug Research and Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China
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- Beijing Neurosurgical Institute, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- School of Public Health, Taishan Medical University, Taian, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Clinical Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- School of Public Health, Taishan Medical University, Taian, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Clinical Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Clinical Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
- School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia
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- Clinical Laboratory, Lianyungang Municipal Oriental Hospital, Lianyungang, China
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- School of Public Health, Taishan Medical University, Taian, China
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- School of Public Health, Taishan Medical University, Taian, China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Clinical Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
- School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia
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- School of Public Health, Taishan Medical University, Taian, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Clinical Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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Hamorsky KT, Kouokam JC, Dent MW, Grooms TN, Husk AS, Hume SD, Rogers KA, Villinger F, Morris MK, Hanson CV, Matoba N. Engineering of a Lectibody Targeting High-Mannose-Type Glycans of the HIV Envelope. Mol Ther 2019; 27:2038-2052. [PMID: 31471224 PMCID: PMC6839005 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymthe.2019.07.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2019] [Revised: 07/12/2019] [Accepted: 07/17/2019] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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High-mannose-type glycans (HMGs) are aberrantly enriched on HIV envelope glycoproteins. However, there is currently no drug selectively targeting HIV-associated HMGs. Here, we describe a novel HMG-targeting "lectibody," a recombinant Fc-fusion protein comprising human IgG1 Fc and a novel actinohivin lectin variant (Avaren) obtained by structure-guided modifications for improved overall surface charge properties (AvFc). AvFc was engineered and produced using a rapid and scalable plant-based transient overexpression system. The lectibody exhibited potent antiviral activity against HIV-1 groups M and O primary viruses, as well as HIV-2 and simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) strains, without affecting normal human blood cells. Furthermore, the lectibody induced Fc-mediated cell killing activity against HIV-1-infected cells and selectively recognized SIVmac239-infected macaque mesenteric lymph node cells in vitro. AvFc showed an extended serum half-life in rats and rhesus macaques, while no discernible toxicity was observed upon repeated systemic dosing in mice. These results highlight AvFc's potential as a biotherapeutic targeting HIV-associated HMGs of cell-free virions, as well as productively infected cells, providing a foundation for new anti-HIV strategies. Efficient and cost-effective bioproduction in greenhouse facilities may open unique possibilities for further development of AvFc.
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- Krystal Teasley Hamorsky
- James Graham Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY, USA; Center for Predictive Medicine, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY, USA; Department of Medicine, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY, USA
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- James Graham Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY, USA; Center for Predictive Medicine, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY, USA; Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY, USA
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- James Graham Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY, USA
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- James Graham Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY, USA
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- New Iberia Research Center, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, New Iberia, LA, USA
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- New Iberia Research Center, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, New Iberia, LA, USA
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- California Department of Public Health, Richmond, CA, USA
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- James Graham Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY, USA; Center for Predictive Medicine, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY, USA; Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY, USA.
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Kotsias M, Blanas A, van Vliet SJ, Pirro M, Spencer DIR, Kozak RP. Method comparison for N-glycan profiling: Towards the standardization of glycoanalytical technologies for cell line analysis. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0223270. [PMID: 31589631 PMCID: PMC6779296 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0223270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2019] [Accepted: 09/17/2019] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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The study of protein N-glycosylation is essential in biological and biopharmaceutical research as N-glycans have been reported to regulate a wide range of physiological and pathological processes. Monitoring glycosylation in diagnosis, prognosis, as well as biopharmaceutical development and quality control are important research areas. A number of techniques for the analysis of protein N-glycosylation are currently available. Here we examine three methodologies routinely used for the release of N-glycans, in the effort to establish and standardize glycoproteomics technologies for quantitative glycan analysis from cultured cell lines. N-glycans from human gamma immunoglobulins (IgG), plasma and a pool of four cancer cell lines were released following three approaches and the performance of each method was evaluated.
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- Maximilianos Kotsias
- Ludger Ltd., Culham Science Centre, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
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- Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Molecular Cell Biology and Immunology, Cancer Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Molecular Cell Biology and Immunology, Cancer Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Leiden University Medical Centre, Centre for Proteomics and Metabolomics, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Ludger Ltd., Culham Science Centre, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
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- Ludger Ltd., Culham Science Centre, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
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Xiong W, Wang Z, Shen C. An update of the regulatory factors of sperm migration from the uterus into the oviduct by genetically manipulated mice. Mol Reprod Dev 2019; 86:935-955. [PMID: 31131960 DOI: 10.1002/mrd.23180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2019] [Revised: 05/04/2019] [Accepted: 05/09/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Wenfeng Xiong
- State Key Laboratory of Medical Genomics, Research Center for Experimental MedicineShanghai Rui‐Jin Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine Shanghai China
- School of Life Sciences and BiochemistryShanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medical Genomics, Research Center for Experimental MedicineShanghai Rui‐Jin Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine Shanghai China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medical Genomics, Research Center for Experimental MedicineShanghai Rui‐Jin Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine Shanghai China
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Fregno I, Molinari M. Proteasomal and lysosomal clearance of faulty secretory proteins: ER-associated degradation (ERAD) and ER-to-lysosome-associated degradation (ERLAD) pathways. Crit Rev Biochem Mol Biol 2019; 54:153-163. [PMID: 31084437 DOI: 10.1080/10409238.2019.1610351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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About 40% of the eukaryotic cell's proteins are inserted co- or post-translationally in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), where they attain the native structure under the assistance of resident molecular chaperones and folding enzymes. Subsequently, these proteins are secreted from cells or are transported to their sites of function at the plasma membrane or in organelles of the secretory and endocytic compartments. Polypeptides that are not delivered within the ER (mis-localized proteins, MLPs) are rapidly destroyed by cytosolic proteasomes, with intervention of the membrane protease ZMPSTE24 if they remained trapped in the SEC61 translocation machinery. Proteins that enter the ER, but fail to attain the native structure are rapidly degraded to prevent toxic accumulation of aberrant gene products. The ER does not contain degradative devices and the majority of misfolded proteins generated in this biosynthetic compartment are dislocated across the membrane for degradation by cytosolic 26S proteasomes by mechanisms and pathways collectively defined as ER-associated degradation (ERAD). Proteins that do not engage ERAD factors, that enter aggregates or polymers, are too large, display chimico/physical features that prevent dislocation across the ER membrane (ERAD-resistant misfolded proteins) are delivered to endo-lysosome for clearance, by mechanisms and pathways collectively defined as ER-to-lysosomes-associated degradation (ERLAD). Emerging evidences lead us to propose ERLAD as an umbrella term that includes the autophagic and non-autophagic pathways activated and engaged by ERAD-resistant misfolded proteins generated in the ER for delivery to degradative endo-lysosomes.
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- Ilaria Fregno
- a Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Faculty of Biomedical Sciences , Università della Svizzera italiana (USI) , Bellinzona , Switzerland
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- a Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Faculty of Biomedical Sciences , Università della Svizzera italiana (USI) , Bellinzona , Switzerland.,b School of Life Sciences , École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne , Lausanne , Switzerland
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