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Neitthoffer B, Alvarez F, Larrous F, Caillet-Saguy C, Etienne-Manneville S, Boëda B. A short sequence in the tail of SARS-CoV-2 envelope protein controls accessibility of its PDZ-binding motif to the cytoplasm. J Biol Chem 2024; 300:105575. [PMID: 38110034 PMCID: PMC10821599 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2023.105575] [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: 08/30/2023] [Revised: 11/28/2023] [Accepted: 12/08/2023] [Indexed: 12/20/2023] Open
Abstract
The carboxy-terminal tail of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) envelope protein (E) contains a PDZ-binding motif (PBM) which is crucial for coronavirus pathogenicity. During SARS-CoV-2 infection, the viral E protein is expressed within the Golgi apparatus membrane of host cells with its PBM facing the cytoplasm. In this work, we study the molecular mechanisms controlling the presentation of the PBM to host PDZ (PSD-95/Dlg/ZO-1) domain-containing proteins. We show that at the level of the Golgi apparatus, the PDZ-binding motif of the E protein is not detected by E C-terminal specific antibodies nor by the PDZ domain-containing protein-binding partner. Four alanine substitutions upstream of the PBM in the central region of the E protein tail is sufficient to generate immunodetection by anti-E antibodies and trigger robust recruitment of the PDZ domain-containing protein into the Golgi organelle. Overall, this work suggests that the presentation of the PBM to the cytoplasm is under conformational regulation mediated by the central region of the E protein tail and that PBM presentation probably does not occur at the surface of Golgi cisternae but likely at post-Golgi stages of the viral cycle.
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- Benoit Neitthoffer
- Cell Polarity, Migration and Cancer Unit, Institut Pasteur, UMR3691 CNRS, Université Paris Cité, Equipe Labellisée Ligue Contre le Cancer, Paris, France
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- Laboratory Channel Receptors, UMR CNRS 3571, Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- Lyssavirus Epidemiology and Neuropathology Unit, Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- Laboratory Channel Receptors, UMR CNRS 3571, Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- Cell Polarity, Migration and Cancer Unit, Institut Pasteur, UMR3691 CNRS, Université Paris Cité, Equipe Labellisée Ligue Contre le Cancer, Paris, France
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- Cell Polarity, Migration and Cancer Unit, Institut Pasteur, UMR3691 CNRS, Université Paris Cité, Equipe Labellisée Ligue Contre le Cancer, Paris, France.
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Ebstein F, Küry S, Most V, Rosenfelt C, Scott-Boyer MP, van Woerden GM, Besnard T, Papendorf JJ, Studencka-Turski M, Wang T, Hsieh TC, Golnik R, Baldridge D, Forster C, de Konink C, Teurlings SM, Vignard V, van Jaarsveld RH, Ades L, Cogné B, Mignot C, Deb W, Jongmans MC, Sessions Cole F, van den Boogaard MJH, Wambach JA, Wegner DJ, Yang S, Hannig V, Brault JA, Zadeh N, Bennetts B, Keren B, Gélineau AC, Powis Z, Towne M, Bachman K, Seeley A, Beck AE, Morrison J, Westman R, Averill K, Brunet T, Haasters J, Carter MT, Osmond M, Wheeler PG, Forzano F, Mohammed S, Trakadis Y, Accogli A, Harrison R, Guo Y, Hakonarson H, Rondeau S, Baujat G, Barcia G, Feichtinger RG, Mayr JA, Preisel M, Laumonnier F, Kallinich T, Knaus A, Isidor B, Krawitz P, Völker U, Hammer E, Droit A, Eichler EE, Elgersma Y, Hildebrand PW, Bolduc F, Krüger E, Bézieau S. PSMC3 proteasome subunit variants are associated with neurodevelopmental delay and type I interferon production. Sci Transl Med 2023; 15:eabo3189. [PMID: 37256937 PMCID: PMC10506367 DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.abo3189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2022] [Accepted: 05/10/2023] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
Abstract
A critical step in preserving protein homeostasis is the recognition, binding, unfolding, and translocation of protein substrates by six AAA-ATPase proteasome subunits (ATPase-associated with various cellular activities) termed PSMC1-6, which are required for degradation of proteins by 26S proteasomes. Here, we identified 15 de novo missense variants in the PSMC3 gene encoding the AAA-ATPase proteasome subunit PSMC3/Rpt5 in 23 unrelated heterozygous patients with an autosomal dominant form of neurodevelopmental delay and intellectual disability. Expression of PSMC3 variants in mouse neuronal cultures led to altered dendrite development, and deletion of the PSMC3 fly ortholog Rpt5 impaired reversal learning capabilities in fruit flies. Structural modeling as well as proteomic and transcriptomic analyses of T cells derived from patients with PSMC3 variants implicated the PSMC3 variants in proteasome dysfunction through disruption of substrate translocation, induction of proteotoxic stress, and alterations in proteins controlling developmental and innate immune programs. The proteostatic perturbations in T cells from patients with PSMC3 variants correlated with a dysregulation in type I interferon (IFN) signaling in these T cells, which could be blocked by inhibition of the intracellular stress sensor protein kinase R (PKR). These results suggest that proteotoxic stress activated PKR in patient-derived T cells, resulting in a type I IFN response. The potential relationship among proteosome dysfunction, type I IFN production, and neurodevelopment suggests new directions in our understanding of pathogenesis in some neurodevelopmental disorders.
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- Frédéric Ebstein
- Institut für Medizinische Biochemie und Molekularbiologie (IMBM), Universitätsmedizin Greifswald, Ferdinand-Sauerbruch-Straße, 17475 Greifswald, Germany
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- Nantes Université, CHU Nantes, Service de Génétique Médicale, 44000 Nantes, France
- Nantes Université, CHU Nantes, CNRS, INSERM, l’institut du thorax, 44000 Nantes, France
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- Institut für Medizinische Physik und Biophysik, Universität Leipzig, Medizinische Fakultät, Härtelstr. 16-18, 04107 Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB CT6G 1C9, Canada
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- Department of Neuroscience, Erasmus University Medical Center, 3015 CN, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- ENCORE Expertise Center for Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Erasmus University Medical Center, 3015 CN, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Department of Clinical Genetics, Erasmus University Medical Center, 3015 CN, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Nantes Université, CHU Nantes, Service de Génétique Médicale, 44000 Nantes, France
- Nantes Université, CHU Nantes, CNRS, INSERM, l’institut du thorax, 44000 Nantes, France
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- Institut für Medizinische Biochemie und Molekularbiologie (IMBM), Universitätsmedizin Greifswald, Ferdinand-Sauerbruch-Straße, 17475 Greifswald, Germany
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- Institut für Medizinische Biochemie und Molekularbiologie (IMBM), Universitätsmedizin Greifswald, Ferdinand-Sauerbruch-Straße, 17475 Greifswald, Germany
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- Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
- Department of Medical Genetics, Center for Medical Genetics, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191, China
- Neuroscience Research Institute, Peking University; Key Laboratory for Neuroscience, Ministry of Education of China & National Health Commission of China, Beijing 100191, China
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- Institute for Genomic Statistics and Bioinformatics, University Hospital Bonn, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, 53127 Bonn, Germany
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- Klinik für Pädiatrie I, Universitätsklinikum Halle (Saale), 06120 Halle (Saale)
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- The Edward Mallinckrodt Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63130-4899, USA
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- GeneDx, 207 Perry Parkway, Gaithersburg, MD 20877, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, Erasmus University Medical Center, 3015 CN, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- ENCORE Expertise Center for Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Erasmus University Medical Center, 3015 CN, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neuroscience, Erasmus University Medical Center, 3015 CN, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- ENCORE Expertise Center for Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Erasmus University Medical Center, 3015 CN, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Nantes Université, CHU Nantes, Service de Génétique Médicale, 44000 Nantes, France
- Nantes Université, CHU Nantes, CNRS, INSERM, l’institut du thorax, 44000 Nantes, France
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Locked Bag 4001, Westmead, NSW, 2145, Australia
- Disciplines of Genomic Medicine & Child and Adolescent Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2145, Australia
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- Nantes Université, CHU Nantes, Service de Génétique Médicale, 44000 Nantes, France
- Nantes Université, CHU Nantes, CNRS, INSERM, l’institut du thorax, 44000 Nantes, France
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- APHP, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Département de Génétique, Centre de Reference Déficience Intellectuelle de Causes Rares, GRC UPMC «Déficience Intellectuelle et Autisme», 75013 Paris, France
- Sorbonne Universités, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, Inserm U1127, CNRS UMR 7225, 75013, Paris, France
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- Nantes Université, CHU Nantes, Service de Génétique Médicale, 44000 Nantes, France
- Nantes Université, CHU Nantes, CNRS, INSERM, l’institut du thorax, 44000 Nantes, France
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- Department of Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, 3508 AB, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, 3584 CS, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- The Edward Mallinckrodt Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63130-4899, USA
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- The Edward Mallinckrodt Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63130-4899, USA
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- The Edward Mallinckrodt Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63130-4899, USA
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- GeneDx, 207 Perry Parkway, Gaithersburg, MD 20877, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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- Genetics Center, Orange, CA 92868, USA; Division of Medical Genetics, Children’s Hospital of Orange County, Orange, CA 92868, USA
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- Disciplines of Genomic Medicine & Child and Adolescent Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2145, Australia
- Sydney Genome Diagnostics, Western Sydney Genetics Program, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, NSW, 2145, Australia
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- Département de Génétique, Centre de Référence des Déficiences Intellectuelles de Causes Rares, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, 75013 Paris
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- Département de Génétique, Centre de Référence des Déficiences Intellectuelles de Causes Rares, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, 75013 Paris
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- Department of Clinical Research, Ambry Genetics, Aliso Viejo, CA 92656, USA
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- Department of Clinical Research, Ambry Genetics, Aliso Viejo, CA 92656, USA
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- Genomic Medicine Institute, Geisinger, Danville, PA 17822, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Genetic Medicine, University of Washington & Seattle Children’s Hospital, Seattle, WA 98195-6320, USA
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- Division of Genetics, Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children, Orlando Health, Orlando, FL 32806, USA
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- Division of Genetics, St. Luke’s Clinic, Boise, ID 83712, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Neurology, UT Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA
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- Institute of Human Genetics, Technical University of Munich, School of Medicine, 81675 Munich, Germany
- Institute of Neurogenomics (ING), Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Klinikum der Universität München, Integriertes Sozial- pädiatrisches Zentrum, 80337 Munich, Germany
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- Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, University of Ottawa, ON K1H 8L1, Canada
- Department of Genetics, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, ON K1H 8L1, Canada
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- Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, University of Ottawa, ON K1H 8L1, Canada
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- Division of Genetics, Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children, Orlando Health, Orlando, FL 32806, USA
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- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SA, UK
- Clinical Genetics Department, Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London SE1 9RT, UK
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- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SA, UK
- Clinical Genetics Department, Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London SE1 9RT, UK
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- Division of Medical Genetics, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC H4A 3J1, Canada
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- Division of Medical Genetics, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC H4A 3J1, Canada
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- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SA, UK
- Department of Clinical Genetics, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, City Hospital Campus, The Gables, Gate 3, Hucknall Road, Nottingham NG5 1PB, UK
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- Center for Applied Genomics, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
- Center for Data Driven Discovery in Biomedicine, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19146, USA
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- Center for Applied Genomics, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Service de Médecine Génomique des Maladies Rares, Hôpital Universitaire Necker-Enfants Malades, 75743 Paris, France
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- Service de Médecine Génomique des Maladies Rares, Hôpital Universitaire Necker-Enfants Malades, 75743 Paris, France
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- Service de Médecine Génomique des Maladies Rares, Hôpital Universitaire Necker-Enfants Malades, 75743 Paris, France
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- University Children’s Hospital, Salzburger Landeskliniken (SALK) and Paracelsus Medical University (PMU), 5020 Salzburg, Austria
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- University Children’s Hospital, Salzburger Landeskliniken (SALK) and Paracelsus Medical University (PMU), 5020 Salzburg, Austria
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- University Children’s Hospital, Salzburger Landeskliniken (SALK) and Paracelsus Medical University (PMU), 5020 Salzburg, Austria
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- UMR 1253, iBrain, Université de Tours, Inserm, 37032 Tours, France
- Service de Génétique, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire, 37032 Tours, France
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- Department of Pediatric Respiratory Medicine, Immunology and Critical Care Medicine, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin; 13353 Berlin, Germany
- Deutsches Rheumaforschungszentrum, An Institute of the Leibniz Association, Berlin and Berlin Institute of Health, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute for Genomic Statistics and Bioinformatics, University Hospital Bonn, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, 53127 Bonn, Germany
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- Nantes Université, CHU Nantes, Service de Génétique Médicale, 44000 Nantes, France
- Nantes Université, CHU Nantes, CNRS, INSERM, l’institut du thorax, 44000 Nantes, France
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- Institute for Genomic Statistics and Bioinformatics, University Hospital Bonn, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, 53127 Bonn, Germany
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- Universitätsmedizin Greifswald, Interfakultäres Institut für Genetik und Funktionelle Genomforschung, Abteilung für Funktionelle Genomforschung, 17487 Greifswald, Germany
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- Universitätsmedizin Greifswald, Interfakultäres Institut für Genetik und Funktionelle Genomforschung, Abteilung für Funktionelle Genomforschung, 17487 Greifswald, Germany
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- Research Center of Quebec CHU-Université Laval, Québec, QC PQ G1E6W2, Canada
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- Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA
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- ENCORE Expertise Center for Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Erasmus University Medical Center, 3015 CN, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Department of Clinical Genetics, Erasmus University Medical Center, 3015 CN, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Institut für Medizinische Physik und Biophysik, Universität Leipzig, Medizinische Fakultät, Härtelstr. 16-18, 04107 Leipzig, Germany
- Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institute of Medical Physics and Biophysics, Berlin, Germany
- Berlin Institute of Health, 10178 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB CT6G 1C9, Canada
- Neuroscience and Mental Health Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E1, Canada
- Department of Medical Genetics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2H7, Canada
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- Institut für Medizinische Biochemie und Molekularbiologie (IMBM), Universitätsmedizin Greifswald, Ferdinand-Sauerbruch-Straße, 17475 Greifswald, Germany
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- Nantes Université, CHU Nantes, Service de Génétique Médicale, 44000 Nantes, France
- Nantes Université, CHU Nantes, CNRS, INSERM, l’institut du thorax, 44000 Nantes, France
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Interneuronal In Vivo Transfer of Synaptic Proteins. Cells 2023; 12:cells12040569. [PMID: 36831238 PMCID: PMC9954582 DOI: 10.3390/cells12040569] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2022] [Revised: 02/06/2023] [Accepted: 02/08/2023] [Indexed: 02/12/2023] Open
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Neuron-to-neuron transfer of pathogenic α-synuclein species is a mechanism of likely relevance to Parkinson's disease development. Experimentally, interneuronal α-synuclein spreading from the low brainstem toward higher brain regions can be reproduced by the administration of AAV vectors encoding for α-synuclein into the mouse vagus nerve. The aim of this study was to determine whether α-synuclein's spreading ability is shared by other proteins. Given α-synuclein synaptic localization, experiments involved intravagal injections of AAVs encoding for other synaptic proteins, β-synuclein, VAMP2, or SNAP25. Administration of AAV-VAMP2 or AAV-SNAP25 caused robust transduction of either of the proteins in the dorsal medulla oblongata but was not followed by interneuronal VAMP2 or SNAP25 transfer and caudo-rostral spreading. In contrast, AAV-mediated β-synuclein overexpression triggered its spreading to more frontal brain regions. The aggregate formation was investigated as a potential mechanism involved in protein spreading, and consistent with this hypothesis, results showed that overexpression of β-synuclein, but not VAMP2 or SNAP25, in the dorsal medulla oblongata was associated with pronounced protein aggregation. Data indicate that interneuronal protein transfer is not a mere consequence of increased expression or synaptic localization. It is rather promoted by structural/functional characteristics of synuclein proteins that likely include their tendency to form aggregate species.
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DuPont M, Visca H, Moshnikova A, Engelman DM, Reshetnyak YK, Andreev OA. Tumor treatment by pHLIP-targeted antigen delivery. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2023; 10:1082290. [PMID: 36686229 PMCID: PMC9853002 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2022.1082290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2022] [Accepted: 12/12/2022] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Targeted antigen delivery allows activation of the immune system to kill cancer cells. Here we report the targeted delivery of various epitopes, including a peptide, a small molecule, and a sugar, to tumors by pH Low Insertion Peptides (pHLIPs), which respond to surface acidity and insert to span the membranes of metabolically activated cancer and immune cells within tumors. Epitopes linked to the extracellular ends of pH Low Insertion Peptide peptides were positioned at the surfaces of tumor cells and were recognized by corresponding anti-epitope antibodies. Special attention was devoted to the targeted delivery of the nine residue HA peptide epitope from the Flu virus hemagglutinin. The HA sequence is not present in the human genome, and immunity is readily developed during viral infection or immunization with KLH-HA supplemented with adjuvants. We tested and refined a series of double-headed HA-pHLIP agents, where two HA epitopes were linked to a single pH Low Insertion Peptide peptide via two Peg12 or Peg24 polymers, which enable HA epitopes to engage both antibody binding sites. HA-epitopes positioned at the surfaces of tumor cells remain exposed to the extracellular space for 24-48 h and are then internalized. Different vaccination schemes and various adjuvants, including analogs of FDA approved adjuvants, were tested in mice and resulted in a high titer of anti-HA antibodies. Anti-HA antibody binds HA-pHLIP in blood and travels as a complex leading to significant tumor targeting with no accumulation in organs and to hepatic clearance. HA-pHLIP agents induced regression of 4T1 triple negative breast tumor and B16F10 MHC-I negative melanoma tumors in immunized mice. The therapeutic efficacy potentially is limited by the drop of the level of anti-HA antibodies in the blood to background level after three injections of HA-pHLIP. We hypothesize that additional boosts would be required to keep a high titer of anti-HA antibodies to enhance efficacy. pH Low Insertion Peptide-targeted antigen therapy may provide an opportunity to treat tumors unresponsive to T cell based therapies, having a small number of neo-antigens, or deficient in MHC-I presentation at the surfaces of cancer cells either alone or in combination with other approaches.
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- Michael DuPont
- Physics Department, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, United States
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- Physics Department, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, United States
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- Physics Department, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, United States
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- Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale, New Haven, CT, United States
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- Physics Department, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, United States
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- Physics Department, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, United States
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Akhuli D, Dhar A, Viji AS, Bhojappa B, Palani S. ALIBY: ALFA Nanobody-Based Toolkit for Imaging and Biochemistry in Yeast. mSphere 2022; 7:e0033322. [PMID: 36190134 PMCID: PMC9599267 DOI: 10.1128/msphere.00333-22] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2022] [Accepted: 09/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Specialized epitope tags continue to be integral components of various biochemical and cell biological applications such as fluorescence microscopy, immunoblotting, immunoprecipitation, and protein purification. However, until recently, no single tag could offer this complete set of functionalities on its own. Here, we present a plasmid-based toolkit named ALIBY (ALFA toolkit for imaging and biochemistry in yeast) that provides a universal workflow to adopt the versatile ALFA tag/NbALFA system within the well-established model organism Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The kit comprises tagging plasmids for labeling a protein of interest with the ALFA tag and detection plasmids encoding fluorescent-protein-tagged NbALFA for live-cell imaging purposes. We demonstrate the suitability of ALIBY for visualizing the spatiotemporal localization of yeast proteins (i.e., the cytoskeleton, nucleus, centrosome, mitochondria, vacuole, endoplasmic reticulum, exocyst, and divisome) in live cells. Our approach has yielded an excellent signal-to-noise ratio without off-target effects or any effect on cell growth. In summary, our yeast-specific toolkit aims to simplify and further advance the live-cell imaging of differentially abundant yeast proteins while also being suitable for biochemical applications. IMPORTANCE In yeast research, conventional fluorescent protein tags and small epitope tags are widely used to study the spatiotemporal dynamics and activity of proteins. Although proven to be efficient, these tags lack the versatility for use across different cell biological and biochemical studies of a given protein of interest. Therefore, there is an urgent need for a unified platform for visualization and biochemical and functional analyses of proteins of interest in yeast. Here, we have engineered ALIBY, a plasmid-based toolkit that expands the benefits of the recently developed ALFA tag/NbALFA system to studies in the well-established model organism Saccharomyces cerevisiae. We demonstrate that ALIBY provides a simple and versatile strain construction workflow for long-duration live-cell imaging and biochemical applications in yeast.
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- Dipayan Akhuli
- Department of Biochemistry, Division of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, Division of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, Division of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, Division of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, Division of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
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Osterbaan LJ, Hoyle V, Curtis M, DeBlasio S, Rivera KD, Heck M, Fuchs M. Identification of protein interactions of grapevine fanleaf virus RNA-dependent RNA polymerase during infection of Nicotiana benthamiana by affinity purification and tandem mass spectrometry. J Gen Virol 2021; 102:001607. [PMID: 34043500 PMCID: PMC8295916 DOI: 10.1099/jgv.0.001607] [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: 01/27/2021] [Accepted: 05/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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The RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (1EPol) is involved in replication of grapevine fanleaf virus (GFLV, Nepovirus, Secoviridae) and causes vein clearing symptoms in Nicotiana benthamiana. Information on protein 1EPol interaction with other viral and host proteins is scarce. To study protein 1EPol biology, three GFLV infectious clones, i.e. GHu (a symptomatic wild-type strain), GHu-1EK802G (an asymptomatic GHu mutant) and F13 (an asymptomatic wild-type strain), were engineered with protein 1EPol fused to a V5 epitope tag at the C-terminus. Following Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated delivery of GFLV clones in N. benthamiana and protein extraction at seven dpi, when optimal 1EPol:V5 accumulation was detected, two viral and six plant putative interaction partners of V5-tagged protein 1EPol were identified for the three GFLV clones by affinity purification and tandem mass spectrometry. This study provides insights into the protein interactome of 1EPol during GFLV systemic infection in N. benthamiana and lays the foundation for validation work.
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- Larissa J. Osterbaan
- Cornell University, Plant Pathology and Plant Microbe-Biology Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell AgriTech at the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, NY 14456, USA
- Present address: Department of Biology, Utica College, Utica, NY 13502, USA
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- Cornell University, Plant Pathology and Plant Microbe-Biology Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell AgriTech at the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, NY 14456, USA
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- Cornell University, Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- Emerging Pests and Pathogens Research Unit, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Robert W. Holley Center for Agriculture and Health, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724, USA
- Present address: The Broad Institute of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA
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- Cornell University, Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
- Emerging Pests and Pathogens Research Unit, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Robert W. Holley Center for Agriculture and Health, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- Cornell University, Plant Pathology and Plant Microbe-Biology Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell AgriTech at the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, NY 14456, USA
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Kim HJ, Lee JH, Lee KB, Shin JW, Kwon MA, Lee S, Jeong EM, Cho SY, Kim IG. Transglutaminase 2 crosslinks the glutathione S-transferase tag, impeding protein-protein interactions of the fused protein. Exp Mol Med 2021; 53:115-124. [PMID: 33441971 PMCID: PMC8080825 DOI: 10.1038/s12276-020-00549-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2020] [Revised: 11/02/2020] [Accepted: 11/05/2020] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Glutathione S-transferase (GST) from Schistosoma japonicum has been widely used as a tag for affinity purification and pulldown of fusion proteins to detect protein-protein interactions. However, the reliability of this technique is undermined by the formation of GST-fused protein aggregates after incubation with cell lysates. It remains unknown why this aggregation occurs. Here, we demonstrate that the GST tag is a substrate of transglutaminase 2 (TG2), which is a calcium-dependent enzyme that polyaminates or crosslinks substrate proteins. Mutation analysis identified four glutamine residues in the GST tag as polyamination sites. TG2-mediated modification of the GST tag caused aggregate formation but did not affect its glutathione binding affinity. When incubated with cell lysates, GST tag aggregation was dependent on cellular TG2 expression levels. A GST mutant in which four glutamine residues were replaced with asparagine (GST4QN) exhibited a glutathione binding affinity similar to that of wild-type GST and could be purified by glutathione affinity chromatography. Moreover, the use of GST4QN as a tag reduced fused p53 aggregation and enhanced the induction of p21 transcription and apoptosis in cells treated with 5-fluorouracil (5-FU). These results indicated that TG2 interferes with the protein-protein interactions of GST-fused proteins by crosslinking the GST tag; therefore, a GST4QN tag could improve the reproducibility and reliability of GST pulldown experiments.
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- Hyo-Jun Kim
- grid.31501.360000 0004 0470 5905Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- grid.31501.360000 0004 0470 5905Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- grid.31501.360000 0004 0470 5905Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- grid.31501.360000 0004 0470 5905Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- grid.31501.360000 0004 0470 5905Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- grid.31501.360000 0004 0470 5905Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- grid.411277.60000 0001 0725 5207Department of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Jeju National University, Jeju Special Self-Governing Province, Korea
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- grid.31501.360000 0004 0470 5905Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea ,grid.31501.360000 0004 0470 5905Department of Biomedical Sciences, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- grid.31501.360000 0004 0470 5905Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea ,grid.31501.360000 0004 0470 5905Department of Biomedical Sciences, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea ,grid.31501.360000 0004 0470 5905Institute of Human-Environment Interface Biology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Shin JH, Lanz M, Smolka MB, Dörr T. Characterization of an anti-FLAG antibody binding protein in V. cholerae. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2020; 528:493-498. [PMID: 32505345 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2020.05.169] [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] [Received: 04/27/2020] [Accepted: 05/24/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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FLAG-tags are commonly used for protein abundance measurements and for identification of protein-protein interactions in living cells. We have observed that the cholera pathogen Vibrio cholerae encodes a FLAG-antibody-reactive protein and identified this protein as an outer membrane porin, Porin4, which contains a sequence very similar to the 3xFLAG epitope tag. We have demonstrated the binding affinity of the conserved peptide sequence (called Porin 4 tag) in Porin4 against monoclonal anti-FLAG M2 antibody. In addition, we created a porin4 deletion mutant, which can be used for background-less FLAG antibody detection experiments.
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- Jung-Ho Shin
- Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Cornell, University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA; Department of Microbiology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA
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- Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Cornell, University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA; Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA
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- Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Cornell, University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA; Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA
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- Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Cornell, University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA; Department of Microbiology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA; Cornell Institute of Host-Microbe Interactions and Disease, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA.
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The ALFA-tag is a highly versatile tool for nanobody-based bioscience applications. Nat Commun 2019; 10:4403. [PMID: 31562305 PMCID: PMC6764986 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-12301-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 201] [Impact Index Per Article: 40.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2019] [Accepted: 08/28/2019] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Specialized epitope tags are widely used for detecting, manipulating or purifying proteins, but often their versatility is limited. Here, we introduce the ALFA-tag, a rationally designed epitope tag that serves a remarkably broad spectrum of applications in life sciences while outperforming established tags like the HA-, FLAG®- or myc-tag. The ALFA-tag forms a small and stable α-helix that is functional irrespective of its position on the target protein in prokaryotic and eukaryotic hosts. We characterize a nanobody (NbALFA) binding ALFA-tagged proteins from native or fixed specimen with low picomolar affinity. It is ideally suited for super-resolution microscopy, immunoprecipitations and Western blotting, and also allows in vivo detection of proteins. We show the crystal structure of the complex that enabled us to design a nanobody mutant (NbALFAPE) that permits efficient one-step purifications of native ALFA-tagged proteins, complexes and even entire living cells using peptide elution under physiological conditions. Epitope tags are widely used in various applications, but often lack versatility. Here, the authors introduce a small, alpha helical tag, which is recognized by a high affinity nanobody and can be used in a range of different applications, from protein purification to super-resolution imaging and in vivo detection of proteins.
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Li Y, Stern D, Lock LL, Mills J, Ou SH, Morrow M, Xu X, Ghose S, Li ZJ, Cui H. Emerging biomaterials for downstream manufacturing of therapeutic proteins. Acta Biomater 2019; 95:73-90. [PMID: 30862553 DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2019.03.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2018] [Revised: 02/26/2019] [Accepted: 03/06/2019] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Downstream processing is considered one of the most challenging phases of industrial manufacturing of therapeutic proteins, accounting for a large portion of the total production costs. The growing demand for therapeutic proteins in the biopharmaceutical market in addition to a significant rise in upstream titers have placed an increasing burden on the downstream purification process, which is often limited by high cost and insufficient capacities. To achieve efficient production and reduced costs, a variety of biomaterials have been exploited to improve the current techniques and also to develop superior alternatives. In this work, we discuss the significance of utilizing traditional biomaterials in downstream processing and review the recent progress in the development of new biomaterials for use in protein separation and purification. Several representative methods will be highlighted and discussed in detail, including affinity chromatography, non-affinity chromatography, membrane separations, magnetic separations, and precipitation/phase separations. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE: Nowadays, downstream processing of therapeutic proteins is facing great challenges created by the rapid increase of the market size and upstream titers, starving for significant improvements or innovations in current downstream unit operations. Biomaterials have been widely used in downstream manufacturing of proteins and efforts have been continuously devoted to developing more advanced biomaterials for the implementation of more efficient and economical purification methods. This review covers recent advances in the development and application of biomaterials specifically exploited for various chromatographic and non-chromatographic techniques, highlighting several promising alternative strategies.
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- Yi Li
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, and Institute for NanoBioTechnology, The Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, and Institute for NanoBioTechnology, The Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218, United States
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- Biologics Process Development, Global Product Development and Supply, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Devens, MA 01434, United States
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- Biologics Process Development, Global Product Development and Supply, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Devens, MA 01434, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, and Institute for NanoBioTechnology, The Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, and Institute for NanoBioTechnology, The Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218, United States
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- Biologics Process Development, Global Product Development and Supply, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Devens, MA 01434, United States.
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- Biologics Process Development, Global Product Development and Supply, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Devens, MA 01434, United States
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- Biologics Process Development, Global Product Development and Supply, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Devens, MA 01434, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, and Institute for NanoBioTechnology, The Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218, United States; Department of Oncology and Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, United States.
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Rigogliuso G, Biniossek ML, Goodier JL, Mayer B, Pereira GC, Schilling O, Meese E, Mayer J. A human endogenous retrovirus encoded protease potentially cleaves numerous cellular proteins. Mob DNA 2019; 10:36. [PMID: 31462935 PMCID: PMC6707001 DOI: 10.1186/s13100-019-0178-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2019] [Accepted: 08/13/2019] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Background A considerable portion of the human genome derives from retroviruses inherited over millions of years. Human endogenous retroviruses (HERVs) are usually severely mutated, yet some coding-competent HERVs exist. The HERV-K(HML-2) group includes evolutionarily young proviruses that encode typical retroviral proteins. HERV-K(HML-2) has been implicated in various human diseases because transcription is often upregulated and some of its encoded proteins are known to affect cell biology. HERV-K(HML-2) Protease (Pro) has received little attention so far, although it is expressed in some disease contexts and other retroviral proteases are known to process cellular proteins. Results We set out to identify human cellular proteins that are substrates of HERV-K(HML-2) Pro employing a modified Terminal Amine Isotopic Labeling of Substrates (TAILS) procedure. Thousands of human proteins were identified by this assay as significantly processed by HERV-K(HML-2) Pro at both acidic and neutral pH. We confirmed cleavage of a majority of selected human proteins in vitro and in co-expression experiments in vivo. Sizes of processing products observed for some of the tested proteins coincided with product sizes predicted by TAILS. Processed proteins locate to various cellular compartments and participate in diverse, often disease-relevant cellular processes. A limited number of HERV-K(HML-2) reference and non-reference loci appears capable of encoding active Pro. Conclusions Our findings from an approach combining TAILS with experimental verification of candidate proteins in vitro and in cultured cells suggest that hundreds of cellular proteins are potential substrates of HERV-K(HML-2) Pro. It is therefore conceivable that even low-level expression of HERV-K(HML-2) Pro affects levels of a diverse array of proteins and thus has a functional impact on cell biology and possible relevance for human diseases. Further studies are indicated to elucidate effects of HERV-K(HML-2) Pro expression regarding human substrate proteins, cell biology, and disease. The latter also calls for studies on expression of specific HERV-K(HML-2) loci capable of encoding active Pro. Endogenous retrovirus-encoded Pro activity may also be relevant for disease development in species other than human. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s13100-019-0178-z) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Giuseppe Rigogliuso
- 1Department of Human Genetics, Medical Faculty, University of Saarland, Homburg, Germany
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- 2Institute of Molecular Medicine and Cell Research, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- 3McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD USA
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- 2Institute of Molecular Medicine and Cell Research, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- 3McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD USA
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- 4Institute of Surgical Pathology, Medical Center, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.,5German Cancer Consortium (DKTK) and German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- 1Department of Human Genetics, Medical Faculty, University of Saarland, Homburg, Germany
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- 1Department of Human Genetics, Medical Faculty, University of Saarland, Homburg, Germany
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Pick a Tag and Explore the Functions of Your Pet Protein. Trends Biotechnol 2019; 37:1078-1090. [PMID: 31036349 DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2019.03.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2018] [Revised: 03/26/2019] [Accepted: 03/28/2019] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Protein tags have been essential for advancing our knowledge of the function of proteins, their localization, and the mapping of their interaction partners. Expressing epitope-tagged proteins has become a standard practice in every life science laboratory and, thus, continues to enable new studies. In recent years, several new tagging moieties have entered the limelight, many of them bringing new functionalities, such as targeted protein degradation, accurate quantification, and proximity labeling. Other novel tags aim at tackling research questions in challenging niches. In this review, we elaborate on recently introduced tags and the opportunities they provide for future research endeavors. In addition, we highlight how the genome-engineering revolution may boost the field of protein tags.
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Sanchez-Garrido J, Sancho-Shimizu V, Shenoy AR. Regulated proteolysis of p62/SQSTM1 enables differential control of autophagy and nutrient sensing. Sci Signal 2018; 11:11/559/eaat6903. [PMID: 30514811 DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.aat6903] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The multidomain scaffold protein p62 (also called sequestosome-1) is involved in autophagy, antimicrobial immunity, and oncogenesis. Mutations in SQSTM1, which encodes p62, are linked to hereditary inflammatory conditions such as Paget's disease of the bone, frontotemporal dementia (FTD), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and distal myopathy with rimmed vacuoles. Here, we report that p62 was proteolytically trimmed by the protease caspase-8 into a stable protein, which we called p62TRM We found that p62TRM, but not full-length p62, was involved in nutrient sensing and homeostasis through the mechanistic target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1). The kinase RIPK1 and caspase-8 controlled p62TRM production and thus promoted mTORC1 signaling. An FTD-linked p62 D329G polymorphism and a rare D329H variant could not be proteolyzed by caspase-8, and these noncleavable variants failed to activate mTORC1, thereby revealing the detrimental effect of these mutations. These findings on the role of p62TRM provide new insights into SQSTM1-linked diseases and mTORC1 signaling.
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- Julia Sanchez-Garrido
- Section of Microbiology, Medical Research Council Centre for Molecular Bacteriology and Infection, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Section of Paediatrics, Imperial College London, London W21 PG, UK.,Section of Virology, Imperial College London, London W21 PG, UK
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- Section of Microbiology, Medical Research Council Centre for Molecular Bacteriology and Infection, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK.
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Nishi K, Iwaihara Y, Tsunoda T, Doi K, Sakata T, Shirasawa S, Ishikura S. ROS-induced cleavage of NHLRC2 by caspase-8 leads to apoptotic cell death in the HCT116 human colon cancer cell line. Cell Death Dis 2017; 8:3218. [PMID: 29242562 PMCID: PMC5870588 DOI: 10.1038/s41419-017-0006-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2017] [Revised: 09/25/2017] [Accepted: 09/26/2017] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Excess production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) is known to cause apoptotic cell death. However, the molecular mechanisms whereby ROS induce apoptosis remain elusive. Here we show that the NHL-repeat-containing protein 2 (NHLRC2) thioredoxin-like domain protein is cleaved by caspase-8 in ROS-induced apoptosis in the HCT116 human colon cancer cell line. Treatment of HCT116 cells with the oxidant tert-butyl hydroperoxide (tBHP) induced apoptosis and reduced NHLRC2 protein levels, whereas pretreatment with the antioxidant N-acetyl-l-cysteine prevented apoptosis and the decrease in NHLRC2 protein levels seen in tBHP-treated cells. Furthermore, the ROS-induced decrease in NHLRC2 protein levels was relieved by the caspase inhibitor z-VAD-fmk. We found that the thioredoxin-like domain of NHLRC2 interacted with a proenzyme form of caspase-8, and that caspase-8 cleaved NHLRC2 protein at Asp580 in vitro. Furthermore, siRNA-mediated knockdown of caspase-8 blocked the ROS-induced decrease in NHLRC2 protein levels. Both shRNA and CRISPR-Cas9-mediated loss of NHLRC2 resulted in an increased susceptibility of HCT116 cells to ROS-induced apoptosis. These results suggest that excess ROS production causes a caspase-8-mediated decrease in NHLRC2 protein levels, leading to apoptotic cell death in colon cancer cells, and indicate an important role of NHLRC2 in the regulation of ROS-induced apoptosis.
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- Kensuke Nishi
- Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, 814-0180, Japan.,Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, 814-0180, Japan
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- Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, 814-0180, Japan
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- Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, 814-0180, Japan.,Center for Advanced Molecular Medicine, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, 814-0180, Japan
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- Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, 814-0180, Japan.,Center for Advanced Molecular Medicine, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, 814-0180, Japan
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, 814-0180, Japan
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- Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, 814-0180, Japan.,Center for Advanced Molecular Medicine, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, 814-0180, Japan
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- Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, 814-0180, Japan. .,Center for Advanced Molecular Medicine, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, 814-0180, Japan.
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Verdurmen WPR, Mazlami M, Plückthun A. A quantitative comparison of cytosolic delivery via different protein uptake systems. Sci Rep 2017; 7:13194. [PMID: 29038564 PMCID: PMC5643320 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-13469-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2017] [Accepted: 09/25/2017] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Over many years, a variety of delivery systems have been investigated that have the capacity to shuttle macromolecular cargoes, especially proteins, into the cytosol. Due to the lack of an objective way to quantify cytosolic delivery, relative delivery efficiencies of the various transport systems have remained unclear. Here, we demonstrate the use of the biotin ligase assay for a quantitative comparison of protein transport to the cytosol via cell-penetrating peptides, supercharged proteins and bacterial toxins in four different cell lines. The data illustrate large differences in both the total cellular internalization, which denotes any intracellular location including endosomes, and in the cytosolic uptake of the transport systems, with little correlation between the two. Also, we found significant differences between the cell lines. In general, protein transport systems based on cell-penetrating peptides show a modest total uptake, and mostly do not deliver cargo to the cytosol. Systems based on bacterial toxins show a modest receptor-mediated internalization but an efficient delivery to the cytosol. Supercharged proteins, on the contrary, are not receptor-specific and lead to massive total internalization into endosomes, but only low amounts end up in the cytosol.
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- Wouter P R Verdurmen
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstr. 190, 8057, Zurich, Switzerland.,Department of Biochemistry, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences (RIMLS), Radboud university medical center, Geert Grooteplein 28, 6525 GA, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstr. 190, 8057, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstr. 190, 8057, Zurich, Switzerland.
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Saiz-Baggetto S, Méndez E, Quilis I, Igual JC, Bañó MC. Chimeric proteins tagged with specific 3xHA cassettes may present instability and functional problems. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0183067. [PMID: 28800621 PMCID: PMC5553802 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0183067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2017] [Accepted: 07/28/2017] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Epitope-tagging of proteins has become a widespread technique for the analysis of protein function, protein interactions and protein localization among others. Tagging of genes by chromosomal integration of PCR amplified cassettes is a widely used and fast method to label proteins in vivo. Different systems have been developed during years in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. In the present study, we analysed systematically a set of yeast proteins that were fused to different tags. Analysis of the tagged proteins revealed an unexpected general effect on protein level when some specific tagging module was used. This was due in all cases to a destabilization of the proteins and caused a reduced protein activity in the cell that was only apparent in particular conditions. Therefore, an extremely cautious approach is required when using this strategy.
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- Sara Saiz-Baggetto
- Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular and Estructura de Recerca Interdisciplinar en Biotecnologia i Biomedicina, Universitat de València, Burjassot (Valencia), Spain
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- Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular and Estructura de Recerca Interdisciplinar en Biotecnologia i Biomedicina, Universitat de València, Burjassot (Valencia), Spain
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- Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular and Estructura de Recerca Interdisciplinar en Biotecnologia i Biomedicina, Universitat de València, Burjassot (Valencia), Spain
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- Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular and Estructura de Recerca Interdisciplinar en Biotecnologia i Biomedicina, Universitat de València, Burjassot (Valencia), Spain
- * E-mail: (JCI); (MCB)
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- Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular and Estructura de Recerca Interdisciplinar en Biotecnologia i Biomedicina, Universitat de València, Burjassot (Valencia), Spain
- * E-mail: (JCI); (MCB)
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Parenti N, Del Grosso A, Antoni C, Cecchini M, Corradetti R, Pavone FS, Calamai M. Direct imaging of APP proteolysis in living cells. PeerJ 2017; 5:e3086. [PMID: 28413720 PMCID: PMC5391788 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.3086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2016] [Accepted: 02/13/2017] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Alzheimer’s disease is a multifactorial disorder caused by the interaction of genetic, epigenetic and environmental factors. The formation of cytotoxic oligomers consisting of Aβ peptide is widely accepted as being one of the main key events triggering the development of Alzheimer’s disease. Aβ peptide production results from the specific proteolytic processing of the amyloid precursor protein (APP). Deciphering the factors governing the activity of the secretases responsible for the cleavage of APP is still a critical issue. Kits available commercially measure the enzymatic activity of the secretases from cells lysates, in vitro. By contrast, we have developed a prototypal rapid bioassay that provides visible information on the proteolytic processing of APP directly in living cells. APP was fused to a monomeric variant of the green fluorescent protein and a monomeric variant of the red fluorescent protein at the C-terminal and N-terminal (mChAPPmGFP), respectively. Changes in the proteolytic processing rate in transfected human neuroblastoma and rat neuronal cells were imaged with confocal microscopy as changes in the red/green fluorescence intensity ratio. The significant decrease in the mean red/green ratio observed in cells over-expressing the β-secretase BACE1, or the α-secretase ADAM10, fused to a monomeric blue fluorescent protein confirms that the proteolytic site is still accessible. Specific siRNA was used to evaluate the contribution of endogenous BACE1. Interestingly, we found that the degree of proteolytic processing of APP is not completely homogeneous within the same single cell, and that there is a high degree of variability between cells of the same type. We were also able to follow with a fluorescence spectrometer the changes in the red emission intensity of the extracellular medium when BACE1 was overexpressed. This represents a complementary approach to fluorescence microscopy for rapidly detecting changes in the proteolytic processing of APP in real time. In order to allow the discrimination between the α- and the β-secretase activity, we have created a variant of mChAPPmGFP with a mutation that inhibits the α-secretase cleavage without perturbing the β-secretase processing. Moreover, we obtained a quantitatively robust estimate of the changes in the red/green ratio for the above conditions by using a flow cytometer able to simultaneously excite and measure the red and green fluorescence. Our novel approach lay the foundation for a bioassay suitable to study the effect of drugs or particular conditions, to investigate in an unbiased way the the proteolytic processing of APP in single living cells in order, and to elucidate the causes of the variability and the factors driving the processing of APP.
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- Niccoló Parenti
- European Laboratory for Non-linear Spectroscopy (LENS), University of Florence, Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy.,Department of Neuroscience, Psychology, Drug Research and Child Health, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- NEST, Istituto Nanoscienze-CNR and Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, Italy
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- European Laboratory for Non-linear Spectroscopy (LENS), University of Florence, Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy
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- NEST, Istituto Nanoscienze-CNR and Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Psychology, Drug Research and Child Health, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- European Laboratory for Non-linear Spectroscopy (LENS), University of Florence, Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy.,National Institute of Optics, National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Florence, Italy
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- European Laboratory for Non-linear Spectroscopy (LENS), University of Florence, Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy.,National Institute of Optics, National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Florence, Italy
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Willett R, Blackburn JB, Climer L, Pokrovskaya I, Kudlyk T, Wang W, Lupashin V. COG lobe B sub-complex engages v-SNARE GS15 and functions via regulated interaction with lobe A sub-complex. Sci Rep 2016; 6:29139. [PMID: 27385402 PMCID: PMC4935880 DOI: 10.1038/srep29139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2016] [Accepted: 06/14/2016] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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The conserved oligomeric Golgi (COG) complex is a peripheral membrane protein complex which orchestrates tethering of intra-Golgi vesicles. We found that COG1-4 (lobe A) and 5-8 (lobe B) protein assemblies are present as independent sub-complexes on cell membranes. Super-resolution microscopy demonstrates that COG sub-complexes are spatially separated on the Golgi with lobe A preferential localization on Golgi stacks and the presence of lobe B on vesicle-like structures, where it physically interacts with v-SNARE GS15. The localization and specific interaction of the COG sub-complexes with the components of vesicle tethering/fusion machinery suggests their different roles in the vesicle tethering cycle. We propose and test a novel model that employs association/disassociation of COG sub-complexes as a mechanism that directs vesicle tethering at Golgi membranes. We demonstrate that defective COG assembly or restriction of tethering complex disassembly by a covalent COG1-COG8 linkage is inhibitory to COG complex activity, supporting the model.
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- Rose Willett
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, UAMS, Little Rock, AR, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, UAMS, Little Rock, AR, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, UAMS, Little Rock, AR, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, UAMS, Little Rock, AR, USA
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Caspase-mediated cleavage of raptor participates in the inactivation of mTORC1 during cell death. Cell Death Discov 2016; 2:16024. [PMID: 27551516 PMCID: PMC4979510 DOI: 10.1038/cddiscovery.2016.24] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2016] [Accepted: 03/16/2016] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The mammalian target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1) is a highly conserved protein complex regulating key pathways in cell growth. Hyperactivation of mTORC1 is implicated in numerous cancers, thus making it a potential broad-spectrum chemotherapeutic target. Here, we characterized how mTORC1 responds to cell death induced by various anticancer drugs such rapamycin, etoposide, cisplatin, curcumin, staurosporine and Fas ligand. All treatments induced cleavage in the mTORC1 component, raptor, resulting in decreased raptor–mTOR interaction and subsequent inhibition of the mTORC1-mediated phosphorylation of downstream substrates (S6K and 4E-BP1). The cleavage was primarily mediated by caspase-6 and occurred at two sites. Mutagenesis at one of these sites, conferred resistance to cell death, indicating that raptor cleavage is important in chemotherapeutic apoptosis.
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Peptides in headlock--a novel high-affinity and versatile peptide-binding nanobody for proteomics and microscopy. Sci Rep 2016; 6:19211. [PMID: 26791954 PMCID: PMC4726124 DOI: 10.1038/srep19211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2015] [Accepted: 12/07/2015] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Nanobodies are highly valuable tools for numerous bioanalytical and biotechnical applications. Here, we report the characterization of a nanobody that binds a short peptide epitope with extraordinary affinity. Structural analysis reveals an unusual binding mode where the extended peptide becomes part of a β-sheet structure in the nanobody. This interaction relies on sequence-independent backbone interactions augmented by a small number of specificity-determining side chain contacts. Once bound, the peptide is fastened by two nanobody side chains that clamp it in a headlock fashion. Exploiting this unusual binding mode, we generated a novel nanobody-derived capture and detection system. Matrix-coupled nanobody enables the fast and efficient isolation of epitope-tagged proteins from prokaryotic and eukaryotic expression systems. Additionally, the fluorescently labeled nanobody visualizes subcellular structures in different cellular compartments. The high-affinity-binding and modifiable peptide tag of this system renders it a versatile and robust tool to combine biochemical analysis with microscopic studies.
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Georgieva MV, Yahya G, Codó L, Ortiz R, Teixidó L, Claros J, Jara R, Jara M, Iborra A, Gelpí JL, Gallego C, Orozco M, Aldea M. Inntags: small self-structured epitopes for innocuous protein tagging. Nat Methods 2015; 12:955-8. [PMID: 26322837 DOI: 10.1038/nmeth.3556] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2014] [Accepted: 07/06/2015] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Protein tagging is widely used in approaches ranging from affinity purification to fluorescence-based detection in live cells. However, an intrinsic limitation of tagging is that the native function of the protein may be compromised or even abolished by the presence of the tag. Here we describe and characterize a set of small, innocuous protein tags (inntags) that we anticipate will find application in a variety of biological techniques.
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- Maya V Georgieva
- Molecular Biology Institute of Barcelona (IBMB), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Barcelona, Spain
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- Molecular Biology Institute of Barcelona (IBMB), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Barcelona, Spain.,Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Pharmacy, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt
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- Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC), Barcelona, Spain.,Joint BSC-CRG-IRB Programme in Computational Biology, Barcelona, Spain
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- Molecular Biology Institute of Barcelona (IBMB), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Barcelona, Spain
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- Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC), Barcelona, Spain.,Joint BSC-CRG-IRB Programme in Computational Biology, Barcelona, Spain.,Departament de Bioquimica, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Molecular Biology Institute of Barcelona (IBMB), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Barcelona, Spain
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- Joint BSC-CRG-IRB Programme in Computational Biology, Barcelona, Spain.,Departament de Bioquimica, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.,Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), Barcelona, Spain
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- Molecular Biology Institute of Barcelona (IBMB), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Barcelona, Spain
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Verdurmen WPR, Luginbühl M, Honegger A, Plückthun A. Efficient cell-specific uptake of binding proteins into the cytoplasm through engineered modular transport systems. J Control Release 2015; 200:13-22. [PMID: 25526701 DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2014.12.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2014] [Revised: 12/13/2014] [Accepted: 12/16/2014] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Through advances in protein scaffold engineering and selection technologies, highly specific binding proteins, which fold under reducing conditions, can be generated against virtually all targets. Despite tremendous therapeutic opportunities, intracellular applications are hindered by difficulties associated with achieving cytosolic delivery, compounded by even correctly measuring it. Here, we addressed cytosolic delivery systematically through the development of a biotin ligase-based assay that objectively quantifies cytosolic delivery in a generic fashion. We developed modular transport systems that consist of a designed ankyrin repeat protein (DARPin) for receptor targeting and a different DARPin for intracellular recognition and a bacterial toxin-derived component for cytosolic translocation. We show that both anthrax pores and the translocation domain of Pseudomonas exotoxin A (ETA) efficiently deliver DARPins into the cytosol. We found that the cargo must not exceed a threshold thermodynamic stability for anthrax pores, which can be addressed by engineering, while the ETA pathway does not appear to have this restriction.
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- Wouter P R Verdurmen
- Dept of Biochemistry, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstr. 190, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland.
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- Dept of Biochemistry, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstr. 190, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland.
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- Dept of Biochemistry, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstr. 190, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland.
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- Dept of Biochemistry, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstr. 190, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland.
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Several affinity tags commonly used in chromatographic purification. JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL METHODS IN CHEMISTRY 2013; 2013:581093. [PMID: 24490106 PMCID: PMC3893739 DOI: 10.1155/2013/581093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2013] [Revised: 11/11/2013] [Accepted: 12/02/2013] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Affinity tags have become powerful tools from basic biological research to structural and functional proteomics. They were widely used to facilitate the purification and detection of proteins of interest, as well as the separation of protein complexes. Here, we mainly discuss the benefits and drawbacks of several affinity or epitope tags frequently used, including hexahistidine tag, FLAG tag, Strep II tag, streptavidin-binding peptide (SBP) tag, calmodulin-binding peptide (CBP), glutathione S-transferase (GST), maltose-binding protein (MBP), S-tag, HA tag, and c-Myc tag. In some cases, a large-size affinity tag, such as GST or MBP, can significantly impact on the structure and biological activity of the fusion partner protein. So it is usually necessary to excise the tag by protease. The most commonly used endopeptidases are enterokinase, factor Xa, thrombin, tobacco etch virus, and human rhinovirus 3C protease. The proteolysis features of these proteases are described in order to provide a general guidance on the proteolytic removal of the affinity tags.
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Tomasello MF, Guarino F, Reina S, Messina A, De Pinto V. The voltage-dependent anion selective channel 1 (VDAC1) topography in the mitochondrial outer membrane as detected in intact cell. PLoS One 2013; 8:e81522. [PMID: 24324700 PMCID: PMC3855671 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0081522] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2013] [Accepted: 10/14/2013] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Voltage-Dependent Anion selective Channel maintains the permeability of the outer mitochondrial membrane and is relevant in bioenergetic metabolism and apoptosis. The structure of the protein was shown to be a β-barrel formed by 19 strands. The topology or sideness of the pore has been predicted with various approaches but a general consensus was never reached. This is an important issue since VDAC is considered receptor of Hexokinase and Bcl-2. We fused at VDAC1 C-terminus two tags separated by a caspase cleavage site. Activation in cellulo of caspases was used to eventually separate the two reporters. This experiment did not require the isolation of mitochondria and limited the possibility of outer membrane rupture due to similar procedures. Our results show that the C-terminus end of VDAC faces the mitochondrial inter-membrane space.
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- Marianna F. Tomasello
- Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, Section of Molecular Biology, University of Catania, and National Institute for Biomembranes and Biosystems, Section of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, Section of Molecular Biology, University of Catania, and National Institute for Biomembranes and Biosystems, Section of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, Section of Molecular Biology, University of Catania, and National Institute for Biomembranes and Biosystems, Section of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, Section of Molecular Biology, University of Catania, and National Institute for Biomembranes and Biosystems, Section of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, Section of Molecular Biology, University of Catania, and National Institute for Biomembranes and Biosystems, Section of Catania, Catania, Italy
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Lartigue L, Medina C, Schembri L, Chabert P, Zanese M, Tomasello F, Dalibart R, Thoraval D, Crouzet M, Ichas F, De Giorgi F. An intracellular wave of cytochrome c propagates and precedes Bax redistribution during apoptosis. J Cell Sci 2008; 121:3515-23. [PMID: 18840646 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.029587] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Bax is considered to be pivotal in inducing cytochrome c release (CCR) from mitochondria during apoptosis. Indeed, Bax redistributes to the mitochondrial outer membrane (MOM) upon activation and forms homo-multimers that are capable of permeabilizing the MOM. Our attempts to image this sequence of events in single live cells resulted in unexpected observations. Bax redistribution exhibited two distinct components: an early minor redistribution that was silent in terms of homo-multimerization and a major late redistribution that was synchronous with the formation of Bax multimers, but that proceeded belatedly, i.e. only after caspase 3/7 (C3/7) had already been activated. Intriguingly, neither of these two components of redistribution correlated with CCR, which turned out to be spatially organized, propagating as a traveling wave at constant velocity. Strikingly, propagation of the CCR wave (1) preceded signs of in situ Bax conformational activation; (2) appeared to be independent of autocatalytic loops involving a positive feedback of either C3/7, Ca(2+) mobilization or mitochondrial permeability transition; and (3) was triggered by diffuse stimulation with the synthetic Bak activator BH3I-1 but then proceeded independently of Bak activation. Thus, the CCR wave not only questions the exact role of Bax redistribution in cell death, but also indicates the existence of yet unidentified positive-feedback loops that ensure a spatiotemporal control of apoptosis at the subcellular scale.
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- Lydia Lartigue
- INSERM U916, Université Bordeaux 2, Institut Bergonié, 229 cours de l'Argonne, 33000 Bordeaux, France
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Brown-Bryan TA, Leoh LS, Ganapathy V, Pacheco FJ, Mediavilla-Varela M, Filippova M, Linkhart TA, Gijsbers R, Debyser Z, Casiano CA. Alternative splicing and caspase-mediated cleavage generate antagonistic variants of the stress oncoprotein LEDGF/p75. Mol Cancer Res 2008; 6:1293-307. [PMID: 18708362 DOI: 10.1158/1541-7786.mcr-08-0125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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There is increasing evidence that an augmented state of cellular oxidative stress modulates the expression of stress genes implicated in diseases associated with health disparities such as certain cancers and diabetes. Lens epithelium-derived growth factor p75 (LEDGF/p75), also known as DFS70 autoantigen, is emerging as a survival oncoprotein that promotes resistance to oxidative stress-induced cell death and chemotherapy. We previously showed that LEDGF/p75 is targeted by autoantibodies in prostate cancer patients and is overexpressed in prostate tumors, and that its stress survival activity is abrogated during apoptosis. LEDGF/p75 has a COOH-terminally truncated splice variant, p52, whose role in stress survival and apoptosis has not been thoroughly investigated. We observed unbalanced expression of these proteins in a panel of tumor cell lines, with LEDGF/p75 generally expressed at higher levels. During apoptosis, caspase-3 cleaved p52 to generate a p38 fragment that lacked the NH(2)-terminal PWWP domain and failed to transactivate the Hsp27 promoter in reporter assays. However, p38 retained chromatin association properties and repressed the transactivation potential of LEDGF/p75. Overexpression of p52 or its variants with truncated PWWP domains in several tumor cell lines induced apoptosis, an activity that was linked to the presence of an intron-derived COOH-terminal sequence. These results implicate the PWWP domain of p52 in transcription function but not in chromatin association and proapoptotic activities. Consistent with their unbalanced expression in tumor cells, LEDGF/p75 and p52 seem to play antagonistic roles in the cellular stress response and could serve as targets for novel antitumor therapies.
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- Terry A Brown-Bryan
- Center for Health Disparities and Molecular Medicine, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, CA 92350, USA
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Sayan AE, Sayan BS, Gogvadze V, Dinsdale D, Nyman U, Hansen TM, Zhivotovsky B, Cohen GM, Knight RA, Melino G. P73 and caspase-cleaved p73 fragments localize to mitochondria and augment TRAIL-induced apoptosis. Oncogene 2008; 27:4363-72. [PMID: 18362891 DOI: 10.1038/onc.2008.64] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The p73 protein, a member of the p53 family, has both developmental and tumorigenic functions. Here we show that p73 is cleaved by caspase-3 and -8 both in vitro and in vivo during apoptosis elicited by DNA-damaging drugs and tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) receptor ligation. TAp73 and some of its cleavage products are localized to mitochondria. siRNA-mediated downregulation of p73 expression induced a small but significant change in the susceptibility of HCT116 cells to TRAIL-induced apoptosis. A transcription-deficient mutant of TAp73 enhanced TRAIL-induced apoptosis suggesting that p73 protein has transcription-independent functions during death receptor-mediated apoptosis. Additionally, recombinant p73 protein induced cytochrome c release from isolated mitochondria providing evidence that nonnuclear p73 may have additional functions in the progression of apoptosis.
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- A E Sayan
- MRC Toxicology Unit, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
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Zhang L, Levi E, Majumder P, Yu Y, Aboukameel A, Du J, Xu H, Mohammad R, Hatfield JS, Wali A, Adsay V, Majumdar APN, Rishi AK. Transactivator of transcription-tagged cell cycle and apoptosis regulatory protein-1 peptides suppress the growth of human breast cancer cells in vitro and in vivo. Mol Cancer Ther 2007; 6:1661-72. [PMID: 17513614 DOI: 10.1158/1535-7163.mct-06-0653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Deregulated signaling by the epidermal growth factor receptor family of proteins is encountered in human malignancies including breast cancer. Cell cycle and apoptosis-regulatory protein-1 (CARP-1), a novel, perinuclear phosphoprotein, is a regulator of apoptosis signaling by epidermal growth factor receptors. CARP-1 expression is diminished in human breast cancers, and correlates inversely with human breast cancer grades which could be attributed to increased methylation. The expression of CARP-1, on the other hand, interferes with the ability of human breast cancer cells to invade through the matrigel-coated membranes, to form colonies in the soft agar, and to grow as s.c. tumors in severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) mice. To test whether CARP-1 is a suppressor of human breast cancer growth, we generated transactivator of transcription (TAT)-tagged CARP-1 peptides. Treatment of human breast cancer cells with affinity purified, TAT-CARP-1 1-198, 197-454, and 896-1150 peptides caused inhibition of human breast cancer cell proliferation and elevated apoptosis. In contrast, TAT-tagged enhanced green fluorescent protein or CARP-1 (1-198(Y192/F)) peptide failed to inhibit cell proliferation or induce apoptosis. Apoptosis by CARP-1 peptides, with the exception of CARP-1 (1-198(Y192/F)), involves the activation of p38 stress-activated protein kinase and caspase-9. Moreover, administration of TAT-CARP-1 (1-198), but not TAT-tagged enhanced green fluorescent protein or TAT-CARP-1 (1-198(Y192/F)), inhibits growth of human breast cancer cell-derived tumor xenografts in SCID mice. We conclude that CARP-1 is a suppressor of human breast cancer growth, and its expression is diminished in tumors, in part, by methylation-dependent silencing.
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- Liyue Zhang
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48201, USA
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