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Wang Y, Zou Z, Yang Z, Zhang Z, Xu J, Hao F, Shen J, Han C, Liu W, Duan L. Whole exome sequencing and functional validation identify CAPN1 variants as a cause of Chinese moyamoya disease. Genes Dis 2024; 11:101090. [PMID: 38450100 PMCID: PMC10915517 DOI: 10.1016/j.gendis.2023.101090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2022] [Revised: 07/11/2023] [Accepted: 08/04/2023] [Indexed: 03/08/2024] Open
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- Yue Wang
- Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110122, China
- Division of Pneumoconiosis, School of Public Health, China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110122, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, The Fifth Medical Centre, Chinese PLA General Hospital (Former 307th Hospital of the PLA), Beijing 100071, China
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- Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110122, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, The Fifth Medical Centre, Chinese PLA General Hospital (Former 307th Hospital of the PLA), Beijing 100071, China
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- Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110122, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, The Fifth Medical Centre, Chinese PLA General Hospital (Former 307th Hospital of the PLA), Beijing 100071, China
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- Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110122, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, The Fifth Medical Centre, Chinese PLA General Hospital (Former 307th Hospital of the PLA), Beijing 100071, China
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- Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110122, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, The Fifth Medical Centre, Chinese PLA General Hospital (Former 307th Hospital of the PLA), Beijing 100071, China
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Ye Q, Henrickson A, Demeler B, Serrão VHB, Davies PL. Human calpain-3 and its structural plasticity: dissociation of a homohexamer into dimers on binding titin. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2024.02.28.582628. [PMID: 38464089 PMCID: PMC10925265 DOI: 10.1101/2024.02.28.582628] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/12/2024]
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Calpain-3 is an intracellular Ca2+-dependent cysteine protease abundant in skeletal muscle. Its physiological role in the sarcomere is thought to include removing damaged muscle proteins after exercise. Loss-of-function mutations in its single-copy gene cause a dystrophy of the limb-girdle muscles. These mutations, of which there are over 500 in humans, are spread all along this 94-kDa multi-domain protein that includes three 40+-residue sequences (NS, IS1, and IS2). The latter sequences are unique to this calpain isoform and are hypersensitive to proteolysis. To investigate the whole enzyme structure and how mutations might affect its activity, we produce the proteolytically more stable 85-kDa calpain-3 ΔNS ΔIS1 form with a C129A inactivating mutation as a recombinant protein in E. coli. During size-exclusion chromatography, this calpain-3 was consistently eluted as a much larger 0.5-MDa complex rather than the expected 170-kDa dimer. Its size, which was confirmed by SEC-MALS, Blue Native PAGE, and AUC, made the complex amenable to single-particle cryo-EM analysis. From two data sets, we obtained a 3.85-Å reconstruction map that shows the complex is a trimer of calpain-3 dimers with six penta-EF-hand domains at its core. Calpain-3 has been reported to bind the N2A region of the giant muscle protein titin. When this 37-kDa region of titin was co-expressed with calpain-3 the multimer was reduced to a 320-kDa particle, which appears to be the calpain dimer bound to several copies of the titin fragment. We suggest that newly synthesized calpain-3 is kept as an inactive hexamer until it binds the N2A region of titin in the sarcomere, whereupon it dissociates into functional dimers.
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- Qilu Ye
- Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, K7L 3N6, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB, T1K 3M4, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB, T1K 3M4, Canada
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- Biomolecular Cryo-Electron Microscopy Facility, University of California - Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, 95064, United States
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California - Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, 95064, United States
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- Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, K7L 3N6, Canada
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Saravanan V, Ahammed I, Bhattacharya A, Bhattacharya S. Uncovering allostery and regulation in SORCIN through molecular dynamics simulations. J Biomol Struct Dyn 2024; 42:1812-1825. [PMID: 37098805 DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2023.2202772] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2023] [Accepted: 04/08/2023] [Indexed: 04/27/2023]
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Soluble resistance-related calcium-binding protein or Sorcin is an allosteric, calcium-binding Penta-EF hand (PEF) family protein implicated in multi-drug resistant cancers. Sorcin is known to bind chemotherapeutic molecules such as Doxorubicin. This study uses in-silico molecular dynamics simulations to explore the dynamics and allosteric behavior of Sorcin in the context of Ca2+ uptake and Doxorubicin binding. The results show that Ca2+ binding induces large, but reversible conformational changes in the Sorcin structure which manifest as rigid body reorientations that preserve the local secondary structure. A reciprocal allosteric handshake centered around the EF5 hand is found to be key in Sorcin dimer formation and stabilization. Binding of Doxorubicin results in rearrangement of allosteric communities which disrupts long-range allosteric information transfer from the N-terminal domain to the middle lobe. However, this binding does not result in secondary structure destabilization. Sorcin does not appear to have a distinct Ca2+ activated mode of Doxorubicin binding.Communicated by Ramaswamy H. Sarma.
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- Vinnarasi Saravanan
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India
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- Visiting Assistant Professor of Physics, St. Mary's University, San Antonio, Texas, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India
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Metwally E, Al-Abbadi HA, Hussain T, Murtaza G, Abdellatif AM, Ahmed MF. Calpain signaling: from biology to therapeutic opportunities in neurodegenerative disorders. Front Vet Sci 2023; 10:1235163. [PMID: 37732142 PMCID: PMC10507866 DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2023.1235163] [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: 06/05/2023] [Accepted: 08/24/2023] [Indexed: 09/22/2023] Open
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Neurodegenerative disorders represent a major and growing healthcare challenge globally. Among the numerous molecular pathways implicated in their pathogenesis, calpain signaling has emerged as a crucial player in neuronal dysfunction and cell death. Calpain is a family of calcium-dependent cysteine proteases that is involved in many biological processes, such as signal transduction, cytoskeleton remodeling, and protein turnover. Dysregulation of calpain activation and activity has been associated with several neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and Huntington's diseases. Understanding the intricate structure of calpains is crucial for unraveling their roles in cellular physiology and their implications in pathology. In addition, the identification of diverse abnormalities in both humans and other animal models with deficiencies in calpain highlights the significant progress made in understanding calpain biology. In this comprehensive review, we delve into the recent roles attributed to calpains and provide an overview of the mechanisms that govern their activity during the progression of neurodegenerative diseases. The possibility of utilizing calpain inhibition as a potential therapeutic approach for treating neuronal dysfunctions in neurodegenerative disorders would be an area of interest in future calpain research.
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- Elsayed Metwally
- Department of Cytology and Histology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt
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- Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- Animal Sciences Division, Nuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology College (NIAB-C), Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS), Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Animal Reproduction, Faculty of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Sciences, Sindh Agriculture University, Sindh, Pakistan
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- Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt
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- Department of Surgery, Anesthesiology and Radiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt
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Ravnik V, Jukič M, Bren U. Identifying Metal Binding Sites in Proteins Using Homologous Structures, the MADE Approach. J Chem Inf Model 2023; 63:5204-5219. [PMID: 37557084 PMCID: PMC10466382 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jcim.3c00558] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2023] [Indexed: 08/11/2023]
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In order to identify the locations of metal ions in the binding sites of proteins, we have developed a method named the MADE (MAcromolecular DEnsity and Structure Analysis) approach. The MADE approach represents an evolution of our previous toolset, the ProBiS H2O (MD) methodology, for the identification of conserved water molecules. Our method uses experimental structures of proteins homologous to a query, which are subsequently superimposed upon it. Areas with a particular species present in a similar location among many homologous protein structures are identified using a clustering algorithm. Dense clusters likely represent positions containing species important to the query protein structure or function. We analyze well-characterized apo protein structures and show that the MADE approach can identify clusters corresponding to the expected positions of metal ions in their binding sites. The greatest advantage of our method lies in its generality. It can in principle be applied to any species found in protein records; it is not only limited to metal ions. We additionally demonstrate that the MADE approach can be successfully applied to predict the location of cofactors in computer-modeled structures, e.g., via AlphaFold. We also conduct a careful protein superposition method comparison and find our methodology robust and the results largely independent of the selected protein superposition algorithm. We postulate that with increasing structural data availability, additional applications of the MADE approach will be possible such as non-protein systems, water network identification, protein binding site elaboration, and analysis of binding events, all in a dynamic manner. We have implemented the MADE approach as a plugin for the PyMOL molecular visualization tool. The MADE plugin is available free of charge at https://gitlab.com/Jukic/made_software.
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- Vid Ravnik
- Faculty
of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University
of Maribor, Smetanova
ulica 17, Maribor SI-2000, Slovenia
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- Faculty
of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University
of Maribor, Smetanova
ulica 17, Maribor SI-2000, Slovenia
- The
Faculty of Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Information Technologies, University of Primorska, Glagoljaška 8, Koper SI-6000, Slovenia
- Institute
for Environmental Protection and Sensors, Beloruska ulica 7, Maribor SI-2000, Slovenia
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- Faculty
of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University
of Maribor, Smetanova
ulica 17, Maribor SI-2000, Slovenia
- The
Faculty of Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Information Technologies, University of Primorska, Glagoljaška 8, Koper SI-6000, Slovenia
- Institute
for Environmental Protection and Sensors, Beloruska ulica 7, Maribor SI-2000, Slovenia
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Incebacak Eltemur RD, Nguyen HP, Weber JJ. Calpain-mediated proteolysis as driver and modulator of polyglutamine toxicity. Front Mol Neurosci 2022; 15:1020104. [PMID: 36385755 PMCID: PMC9648470 DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2022.1020104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2022] [Accepted: 09/26/2022] [Indexed: 09/22/2023] Open
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Among posttranslational modifications, directed proteolytic processes have the strongest impact on protein integrity. They are executed by a variety of cellular machineries and lead to a wide range of molecular consequences. Compared to other forms of proteolytic enzymes, the class of calcium-activated calpains is considered as modulator proteases due to their limited proteolytic activity, which changes the structure and function of their target substrates. In the context of neurodegeneration and - in particular - polyglutamine disorders, proteolytic events have been linked to modulatory effects on the molecular pathogenesis by generating harmful breakdown products of disease proteins. These findings led to the formulation of the toxic fragment hypothesis, and calpains appeared to be one of the key players and auspicious therapeutic targets in Huntington disease and Machado Joseph disease. This review provides a current survey of the role of calpains in proteolytic processes found in polyglutamine disorders. Together with insights into general concepts behind toxic fragments and findings in polyglutamine disorders, this work aims to inspire researchers to broaden and deepen the knowledge in this field, which will help to evaluate calpain-mediated proteolysis as a unifying and therapeutically targetable posttranslational mechanism in neurodegeneration.
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- Rana Dilara Incebacak Eltemur
- Department of Human Genetics, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
- Institute of Medical Genetics and Applied Genomics, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Human Genetics, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Human Genetics, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
- Institute of Medical Genetics and Applied Genomics, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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Spinozzi S, Albini S, Best H, Richard I. Calpains for dummies: What you need to know about the calpain family. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2021; 1869:140616. [PMID: 33545367 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2021.140616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2020] [Revised: 01/29/2021] [Accepted: 01/30/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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This review was written in memory of our late friend, Dr. Hiroyuki Sorimachi, who, following the steps of his mentor Koichi Suzuki, a pioneer in calpain research, has made tremendous contributions to the field. During his career, Hiro also wrote several reviews on calpain, the last of which, published in 2016, was comprehensive. In this manuscript, we decided to put together a review with the basic information a novice may need to know about calpains. We also tried to avoid similarities with previous reviews and reported the most significant new findings, at the same time highlighting Hiro's contributions to the field. The review will cover a short history of calpain discovery, the presentation of the family, the life of calpain from transcription to activity, human diseases caused by calpain mutations and therapeutic perspectives.
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- Simone Spinozzi
- Genethon, 1 bis, Rue de l'Internationale - 91000 Evry, France; Université Paris-Saclay, Univ Evry, Inserm, Genethon, Integrare Research Unit UMR_S951, 91000, Evry, France
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- Genethon, 1 bis, Rue de l'Internationale - 91000 Evry, France; Université Paris-Saclay, Univ Evry, Inserm, Genethon, Integrare Research Unit UMR_S951, 91000, Evry, France
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- Genethon, 1 bis, Rue de l'Internationale - 91000 Evry, France; Université Paris-Saclay, Univ Evry, Inserm, Genethon, Integrare Research Unit UMR_S951, 91000, Evry, France
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- Genethon, 1 bis, Rue de l'Internationale - 91000 Evry, France; Université Paris-Saclay, Univ Evry, Inserm, Genethon, Integrare Research Unit UMR_S951, 91000, Evry, France.
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Nian H, Ma B. Calpain-calpastatin system and cancer progression. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 2021; 96:961-975. [PMID: 33470511 DOI: 10.1111/brv.12686] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2020] [Revised: 12/26/2020] [Accepted: 01/06/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
Abstract
The calpain system is required by many important physiological processes, including the cell cycle, cytoskeleton remodelling, cellular proliferation, migration, cancer cell invasion, metastasis, survival, autophagy, apoptosis and signalling, as well as the pathogenesis of a wide range of disorders, in which it may function to promote tumorigenesis. Calpains are intracellular conserved calcium-activated neutral cysteine proteinases that are involved in mediating cancer progression via catalysing and regulating the proteolysis of their specific substrates, which are important signalling molecules during cancer progression. μ-calpain, m-calpain, and their specific inhibitor calpastatin are the three molecules originally identified as comprising the calpain system and they contain several crucial domains, specific motifs, and functional sites. A large amount of data supports the roles of the calpain-calpastatin system in cancer progression via regulation of cellular adhesion, proliferation, invasion, metastasis, and cellular survival and death, as well as inflammation and angiogenesis during tumorigenesis, implying that the inhibition of calpain activity may be a potential anti-cancer intervention strategy targeting cancer cell survival, invasion and chemotherapy resistance.
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- Hong Nian
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Retinal Functions and Diseases, Tianjin International Joint Research and Development Centre of Ophthalmology and Vision Science, Eye Institute and School of Optometry, Tianjin Medical University Eye Hospital, Tianjin, 300384, China
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- Department of Medicine/Hematology, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90033, U.S.A
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Tian X, Inoue K, Zhang Y, Wang Y, Sperati CJ, Pedigo CE, Zhao T, Yan M, Groener M, Moledina DG, Ebenezer K, Li W, Zhang Z, Liebermann DA, Greene L, Greer P, Parikh CR, Ishibe S. Inhibiting calpain 1 and 2 in cyclin G associated kinase-knockout mice mitigates podocyte injury. JCI Insight 2020; 5:142740. [PMID: 33208557 PMCID: PMC7710277 DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.142740] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2020] [Accepted: 10/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
Abstract
Evidence for reduced expression of cyclin G associated kinase (GAK) in glomeruli of patients with chronic kidney disease was observed in the Nephroseq human database, and GAK was found to be associated with the decline in kidney function. To examine the role of GAK, a protein that functions to uncoat clathrin during endocytosis, we generated podocyte-specific Gak-knockout mice (Gak-KO), which developed progressive proteinuria and kidney failure with global glomerulosclerosis. We isolated glomeruli from the mice carrying the mutation to perform messenger RNA profiling and unearthed evidence for dysregulated podocyte calpain protease activity as an important contributor to progressive podocyte damage. Treatment with calpain inhibitor III specifically inhibited calpain-1/-2 activities, mitigated the degree of proteinuria and glomerulosclerosis, and led to a striking increase in survival in the Gak-KO mice. Podocyte-specific deletion of Capns1, essential for calpain-1 and calpain-2 activities, also improved proteinuria and glomerulosclerosis in Gak-KO mice. Increased podocyte calpain activity-mediated proteolysis of IκBα resulted in increased NF-κB p65-induced expression of growth arrest and DNA-damage-inducible 45 beta in the Gak-KO mice. Our results suggest that loss of podocyte-associated Gak induces glomerular injury secondary to calcium dysregulation and aberrant calpain activation, which when inhibited, can provide a protective role.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Calpain/antagonists & inhibitors
- Diabetic Nephropathies/etiology
- Diabetic Nephropathies/metabolism
- Diabetic Nephropathies/pathology
- Diabetic Nephropathies/therapy
- Female
- Glomerulosclerosis, Focal Segmental/etiology
- Glomerulosclerosis, Focal Segmental/metabolism
- Glomerulosclerosis, Focal Segmental/pathology
- Glomerulosclerosis, Focal Segmental/therapy
- Humans
- Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins/genetics
- Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins/metabolism
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Knockout
- Podocytes/metabolism
- Podocytes/pathology
- Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases/genetics
- Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases/metabolism
- Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases/physiology
- Renal Insufficiency, Chronic/etiology
- Renal Insufficiency, Chronic/metabolism
- Renal Insufficiency, Chronic/pathology
- Renal Insufficiency, Chronic/therapy
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- Xuefei Tian
- Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Organ Failure Research, Southern Medical University, Nanfang Hospital, Guangzhou, China
- Center for Bioinformatics, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Division of Nephrology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Organ Failure Research, Southern Medical University, Nanfang Hospital, Guangzhou, China
- Center for Bioinformatics, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Fels Institute of Cancer Research and Molecular Biology and Department of Medical Genetics and Molecular Biochemistry, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA
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- Laboratory of Cell Biology, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Queen’s Cancer Research Institute, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Nephrology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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Calpain Activation by Ca2+ and Its Role in Phagocytosis. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2020; 1246:129-151. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-40406-2_8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Maki M. Structures and functions of penta-EF-hand calcium-binding proteins and their interacting partners: enigmatic relationships between ALG-2 and calpain-7. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2019; 84:651-660. [PMID: 31814542 DOI: 10.1080/09168451.2019.1700099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
Abstract
The penta-EF-hand (PEF) protein family includes ALG-2 (gene name, PDCD6) and its paralogs as well as classical calpain family members. ALG-2 is a prototypic PEF protein that is widely distributed in eukaryotes and interacts with a variety of proteins in a Ca2+-dependent manner. Mammalian ALG-2 and its interacting partners have various modulatory roles including roles in cell death, signal transduction, membrane repair, ER-to-Golgi vesicular transport, and RNA processing. Some ALG-2-interacting proteins are key factors that function in the endosomal sorting complex required for transport (ESCRT) system. On the other hand, mammalian calpain-7 (CAPN7) lacks the PEF domain but contains two microtubule-interacting and trafficking (MIT) domains in tandem. CAPN7 interacts with a subset of ESCRT-III proteins through the MIT domains and regulates EGF receptor downregulation. Structures and functions of ALG-2 and those of its interacting partners as well as relationships with the calpain family are reviewed in this article.
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- Masatoshi Maki
- Department of Applied Biosciences, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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Wei CC, Fabry E, Hay E, Lloyd L, Kaufman N, Yang YP, Stuehr DJ. Metal binding and conformational studies of the calcium binding domain of NADPH oxidase 5 reveal its similarity and difference to calmodulin. J Biomol Struct Dyn 2019; 38:2352-2368. [DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2019.1633409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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- Chin-Chuan Wei
- Department of Chemistry, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Pathobiology, the Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Pathobiology, the Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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Neutrophil Cell Shape Change: Mechanism and Signalling during Cell Spreading and Phagocytosis. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 20:ijms20061383. [PMID: 30893856 PMCID: PMC6471475 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20061383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2019] [Revised: 03/12/2019] [Accepted: 03/14/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Perhaps the most important feature of neutrophils is their ability to rapidly change shape. In the bloodstream, the neutrophils circulate as almost spherical cells, with the ability to deform in order to pass along narrower capillaries. Upon receiving the signal to extravasate, they are able to transform their morphology and flatten onto the endothelium surface. This transition, from a spherical to a flattened morphology, is the first key step which neutrophils undergo before moving out of the blood and into the extravascular tissue space. Once they have migrated through tissues towards sites of infection, neutrophils carry out their primary role-killing infecting microbes by performing phagocytosis and producing toxic reactive oxygen species within the microbe-containing phagosome. Phagocytosis involves the second key morphology change that neutrophils undergo, with the formation of pseudopodia which capture the microbe within an internal vesicle. Both the spherical to flattened stage and the phagocytic capture stage are rapid, each being completed within 100 s. Knowing how these rapid cell shape changes occur in neutrophils is thus fundamental to understanding neutrophil behaviour. This article will discuss advances in our current knowledge of this process, and also identify an important regulated molecular event which may represent an important target for anti-inflammatory therapy.
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Protein Engineering Allows for Mild Affinity-based Elution of Therapeutic Antibodies. J Mol Biol 2018; 430:3427-3438. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2018.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2018] [Revised: 05/25/2018] [Accepted: 06/04/2018] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Bano D, Ankarcrona M. Beyond the critical point: An overview of excitotoxicity, calcium overload and the downstream consequences. Neurosci Lett 2018; 663:79-85. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2017.08.048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2017] [Revised: 08/16/2017] [Accepted: 08/18/2017] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Nagayoshi T, Isoda K, Mamiya N, Kida S. Hippocampal calpain is required for the consolidation and reconsolidation but not extinction of contextual fear memory. Mol Brain 2017; 10:61. [PMID: 29258546 PMCID: PMC5735908 DOI: 10.1186/s13041-017-0341-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2017] [Accepted: 12/04/2017] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Memory consolidation, reconsolidation, and extinction have been shown to share similar molecular signatures, including new gene expression. Calpain is a Ca2+-dependent protease that exerts its effects through the proteolytic cleavage of target proteins. Neuron-specific conditional deletions of calpain 1 and 2 impair long-term potentiation in the hippocampus and spatial learning. Moreover, recent studies have suggested distinct roles of calpain 1 and 2 in synaptic plasticity. However, the role of hippocampal calpain in memory processes, especially memory consolidation, reconsolidation, and extinction, is still unclear. In the current study, we demonstrated the critical roles of hippocampal calpain in the consolidation, reconsolidation, and extinction of contextual fear memory in mice. We examined the effects of pharmacological inhibition of calpain in the hippocampus on these memory processes, using the N-Acetyl-Leu-Leu-norleucinal (ALLN; calpain 1 and 2 inhibitor). Microinfusion of ALLN into the dorsal hippocampus impaired long-term memory (24 h memory) without affecting short-term memory (2 h memory). Similarly, this pharmacological blockade of calpain in the dorsal hippocampus also disrupted reactivated memory but did not affect memory extinction. Importantly, the systemic administration of ALLN inhibited the induction of c-fos in the hippocampus, which is observed when memory is consolidated. Our observations showed that hippocampal calpain is required for the consolidation and reconsolidation of contextual fear memory. Further, the results suggested that calpain contributes to the regulation of new gene expression that is necessary for these memory processes as a regulator of Ca2+-signal transduction pathway.
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- Taikai Nagayoshi
- Department of Bioscience, Faculty of Applied Bioscience, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Bioscience, Faculty of Applied Bioscience, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Bioscience, Faculty of Applied Bioscience, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Bioscience, Faculty of Applied Bioscience, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Tokyo, Japan
- Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Saitama, Japan
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Novel calpain families and novel mechanisms for calpain regulation in Aplysia. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0186646. [PMID: 29053733 PMCID: PMC5650170 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0186646] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2017] [Accepted: 10/04/2017] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Calpains are a family of intracellular proteases defined by a conserved protease domain. In the marine mollusk Aplysia californica, calpains are important for the induction of long-term synaptic plasticity and memory, at least in part by cleaving protein kinase Cs (PKCs) into constitutively active kinases, termed protein kinase Ms (PKMs). We identify 14 genes encoding calpains in Aplysia using bioinformatics, including at least one member of each of the four major calpain families into which metazoan calpains are generally classified, as well as additional truncated and atypical calpains. Six classical calpains containing a penta-EF-hand (PEF) domain are present in Aplysia. Phylogenetic analysis determined that these six calpains come from three separate classical calpain families. One of the classical calpains in Aplysia, AplCCal1, has been implicated in plasticity. We identify three splice cassettes and an alternative transcriptional start site in AplCCal1. We characterize several of the possible isoforms of AplCCal1 in vitro, and demonstrate that AplCCal1 can cleave PKCs into PKMs in a calcium-dependent manner in vitro. We also find that AplCCal1 has a novel mechanism of auto-inactivation through N-terminal cleavage that is modulated through its alternative transcriptional start site.
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Kawasaki H, Kretsinger RH. Structural and functional diversity of EF-hand proteins: Evolutionary perspectives. Protein Sci 2017; 26:1898-1920. [PMID: 28707401 PMCID: PMC5606533 DOI: 10.1002/pro.3233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2017] [Revised: 07/07/2017] [Accepted: 07/07/2017] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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We have classified 865 sequences of EF-hand proteins from five proteomes into 156 subfamilies. These subfamilies were put into six groups. Evolutionary relationships among subfamilies and groups were analyzed from the inferred ancestral sequence for each subfamily. CTER, CPV, and PEF groups arose from a common EF-lobe (pair of adjacent EF-hands). They have two or more EF-lobes; the relative positions of their EF-lobes differ from each other. Comparisons of the ancestral sequences and the inferred structures of the EF-lobes of these groups indicate that the mutual positions of EF-lobes were established soon after divergence of an EF-lobe for each group and before the duplication and fusion of EF-lobe gene(s). These ancestral sequences reveal that some subfamilies in low similarity and isolated groups did not evolve from the EF-lobe precursor, even if their conformations are similar to the canonical EF-hand. This is an example of convergent evolution.
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- Hiroshi Kawasaki
- Department of Medical Life ScienceGraduate School of Medical Life Science, Yokohama City UniversityYokohamaKanagawa230‐0045Japan
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Kusch S, Pesch L, Panstruga R. Comprehensive Phylogenetic Analysis Sheds Light on the Diversity and Origin of the MLO Family of Integral Membrane Proteins. Genome Biol Evol 2016; 8:878-95. [PMID: 26893454 PMCID: PMC4824068 DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evw036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/13/2016] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Mildew resistanceLocusO(MLO) proteins are polytopic integral membrane proteins that have long been considered as plant-specific and being primarily involved in plant-powdery mildew interactions. However, research in the past decade has revealed that MLO proteins diverged into a family with several clades whose members are associated with different physiological processes. We provide a largely increased dataset of MLO amino acid sequences, comprising nearly all major land plant lineages. Based on this comprehensive dataset, we defined seven phylogenetic clades and reconstructed the likely evolution of the MLO family in embryophytes. We further identified several MLO peptide motifs that are either conserved in all MLO proteins or confined to one or several clades, supporting the notion that clade-specific diversification of MLO functions is associated with particular sequence motifs. In baker's yeast, some of these motifs are functionally linked to transmembrane (TM) transport of organic molecules and ions. In addition, we attempted to define the evolutionary origin of the MLO family and found that MLO-like proteins with highly diverse membrane topologies are present in green algae, but also in the distinctly related red algae (Rhodophyta), Amoebozoa, and Chromalveolata. Finally, we discovered several instances of putative fusion events between MLO proteins and different kinds of proteins. Such Rosetta stone-type hybrid proteins might be instructive for future analysis of potential MLO functions. Our findings suggest that MLO is an ancient protein that possibly evolved in unicellular photosynthetic eukaryotes, and consolidated in land plants with a conserved topology, comprising seven TM domains and an intrinsically unstructured C-terminus.
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- Stefan Kusch
- Unit of Plant Molecular Cell Biology, Institute for Biology I, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Unit of Plant Molecular Cell Biology, Institute for Biology I, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Unit of Plant Molecular Cell Biology, Institute for Biology I, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
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An eccentric calpain, CAPN3/p94/calpain-3. Biochimie 2016; 122:169-87. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2015.09.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2015] [Accepted: 09/07/2015] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Kim TW, Hong S, Talukder AH, Pascual V, Liu YJ. Grancalcin (GCA) modulates Toll-like receptor 9 (TLR9) mediated signaling through its direct interaction with TLR9. Eur J Immunol 2016; 46:712-24. [PMID: 26648480 DOI: 10.1002/eji.201545567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2015] [Revised: 10/29/2015] [Accepted: 12/03/2015] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are playing important roles in stimulating the innate immune response and intensifying adaptive immune response against invading pathogens. Appropriate regulation of TLR activation is important to maintain a balance between preventing tumor activation and inhibiting autoimmunity. Toll-like receptor 9 (TLR9) senses microbial DNA in the endosomes of plasmacytoid dendritic cells and triggers myeloid differentiation primary response gene 88 (MyD88) dependent nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB) pathways and type I interferon (IFN) responses. However, mechanisms of how TLR9 signals are mediated and which molecules are involved in controlling TLR9 functions remain poorly understood. Here, we report that penta EF-hand protein grancalcin (GCA) interacts and binds with TLR9 in a yeast two-hybrid system and an overexpression system. Using siRNA-mediated knockdown experiments, we also revealed that GCA positively regulates type I IFN production, cytokine/chemokine production through nuclear localization of interferon regulatory factor 7 (IRF7), NF-κB activation, and mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) activation in plasmacytoid dendritic cells. Our results indicate that heterodimerization of GCA and TLR9 is important for TLR9-mediated downstream signaling and might serve to fine tune processes against viral infection.
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- Tae Whan Kim
- Baylor Institute for Immunology Research, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Baylor Institute for Immunology Research, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Department of Melanoma Medical Oncology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Baylor Institute for Immunology Research, Dallas, TX, USA.,MedImmune, Inc, Gaithersburg, MD, USA
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Structural basis of Sorcin-mediated calcium-dependent signal transduction. Sci Rep 2015; 5:16828. [PMID: 26577048 PMCID: PMC4649501 DOI: 10.1038/srep16828] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2015] [Accepted: 10/20/2015] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Sorcin is an essential penta-EF hand calcium binding protein, able to confer the multi-drug resistance phenotype to drug-sensitive cancer cells and to reduce Endoplasmic Reticulum stress and cell death. Sorcin silencing blocks cell cycle progression in mitosis and induces cell death by triggering apoptosis. Sorcin participates in the modulation of calcium homeostasis and in calcium-dependent cell signalling in normal and cancer cells. The molecular basis of Sorcin action is yet unknown. The X-ray structures of Sorcin in the apo (apoSor) and in calcium bound form (CaSor) reveal the structural basis of Sorcin action: calcium binding to the EF1-3 hands promotes a large conformational change, involving a movement of the long D-helix joining the EF1-EF2 sub-domain to EF3 and the opening of EF1. This movement promotes the exposure of a hydrophobic pocket, which can accommodate in CaSor the portion of its N-terminal domain displaying the consensus binding motif identified by phage display experiments. This domain inhibits the interaction of sorcin with PDCD6, a protein that carries the Sorcin consensus motif, co-localizes with Sorcin in the perinuclear region of the cell and in the midbody and is involved in the onset of apoptosis.
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Eukaryotic cells have been confronted throughout their evolution with potentially lethal plasma membrane injuries, including those caused by osmotic stress, by infection from bacterial toxins and parasites, and by mechanical and ischemic stress. The wounded cell can survive if a rapid repair response is mounted that restores boundary integrity. Calcium has been identified as the key trigger to activate an effective membrane repair response that utilizes exocytosis and endocytosis to repair a membrane tear, or remove a membrane pore. We here review what is known about the cellular and molecular mechanisms of membrane repair, with particular emphasis on the relevance of repair as it relates to disease pathologies. Collective evidence reveals membrane repair employs primitive yet robust molecular machinery, such as vesicle fusion and contractile rings, processes evolutionarily honed for simplicity and success. Yet to be fully understood is whether core membrane repair machinery exists in all cells, or whether evolutionary adaptation has resulted in multiple compensatory repair pathways that specialize in different tissues and cells within our body.
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- Sandra T Cooper
- Institute for Neuroscience and Muscle Research, Kids Research Institute, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; and Department of Cellular Biology and Anatomy, Institute of Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, Georgia
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- Institute for Neuroscience and Muscle Research, Kids Research Institute, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; and Department of Cellular Biology and Anatomy, Institute of Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, Georgia
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Moretti D, Del Bello B, Allavena G, Maellaro E. Calpains and cancer: Friends or enemies? Arch Biochem Biophys 2014; 564:26-36. [DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2014.09.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2014] [Revised: 09/23/2014] [Accepted: 09/30/2014] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Denessiouk K, Permyakov S, Denesyuk A, Permyakov E, Johnson MS. Two structural motifs within canonical EF-hand calcium-binding domains identify five different classes of calcium buffers and sensors. PLoS One 2014; 9:e109287. [PMID: 25313560 PMCID: PMC4196763 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0109287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2014] [Accepted: 08/29/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Proteins with EF-hand calcium-binding motifs are essential for many cellular processes, but are also associated with cancer, autism, cardiac arrhythmias, and Alzheimer's, skeletal muscle and neuronal diseases. Functionally, all EF-hand proteins are divided into two groups: (1) calcium sensors, which function to translate the signal to various responses; and (2) calcium buffers, which control the level of free Ca2+ ions in the cytoplasm. The borderline between the two groups is not clear, and many proteins cannot be described as definitive buffers or sensors. Here, we describe two highly-conserved structural motifs found in all known different families of the EF-hand proteins. The two motifs provide a supporting scaffold for the DxDxDG calcium binding loop and contribute to the hydrophobic core of the EF hand domain. The motifs allow more precise identification of calcium buffers and calcium sensors. Based on the characteristics of the two motifs, we could classify individual EF-hand domains into five groups: (1) Open static; (2) Closed static; (3) Local dynamic; (4) Dynamic; and (5) Local static EF-hand domains.
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- Konstantin Denessiouk
- Biochemistry, Department of Biosciences, Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland
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- Institute for Biological Instrumentation, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Russia
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- Biochemistry, Department of Biosciences, Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland
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- Institute for Biological Instrumentation, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Russia
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- Biochemistry, Department of Biosciences, Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland
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Understanding the interaction determinants of CAPN1 inhibition by CAST4 from bovines using molecular modeling techniques. Molecules 2014; 19:14316-51. [PMID: 25215589 PMCID: PMC6271145 DOI: 10.3390/molecules190914316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2014] [Revised: 08/21/2014] [Accepted: 09/01/2014] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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HCV-induced CAPN activation and its effects on virus-infected cells in a host-immune system have been studied recently. It has been shown that the HCV-nonstructural 5A protein acts as both an inducer and a substrate for host CAPN protease; it participates in suppressing the TNF-α-induced apoptosis response and downstream IFN-induced antiviral processes. However, little is known regarding the disturbance of antiviral responses generated by bovine CAPN activation by BVDV, which is a surrogate model of HCV and is one of the most destructive diseases leading to great economic losses in cattle herds worldwide. This is also thought to be associated with the effects of either small CAPN inhibitors or the natural inhibitor CAST. They mainly bind to the binding site of CAPN substrate proteins and competitively inhibit the binding of the enzyme substrates to possibly defend against the two viruses (HCV and BVDV) for anti-viral immunity. To devise a new stratagem to discover lead candidates for an anti-BVDV drug, we first attempted to understand the bovine CAPN-CAST interaction sites and the interaction constraints of local binding architectures, were well reflected in the geometry between the pharmacophore features and its shape constraints identified using our modeled bovine CAPN1/CAST4 complex structures. We propose a computer-aided molecular design of an anti-BVDV drug as a mimetic CAST inhibitor to develop a rule-based screening function for adjusting the puzzle of relationship between bovine CAPN1 and the BVDV nonstructural proteins from all of the data obtained in the study.
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Low KE, Karunan Partha S, Davies PL, Campbell RL. Allosteric inhibitors of calpains: Reevaluating inhibition by PD150606 and LSEAL. Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj 2014; 1840:3367-73. [PMID: 25196359 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2014.08.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2014] [Revised: 08/26/2014] [Accepted: 08/28/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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BACKGROUND The mercaptoacrylate calpain inhibitor, PD150606, has been shown by X-ray crystallography to bind to a hydrophobic groove in the enzyme's penta-EF-hand domains far away from the catalytic cleft and has been previously described as an uncompetitive inhibitor of calpains. The penta-peptide LSEAL has been reported to be an inhibitor of calpain and was predicted to bind in the same hydrophobic groove. The X-ray crystal structure of calpain-2 bound to its endogenous calpain inhibitor, calpastatin, shows that calpastatin also binds to the hydrophobic grooves in the two penta-EF-hand domains, but its inhibitory domain binds to the protease core domains and blocks the active site cleft directly. METHODS The mechanisms of inhibition by PD150606 and LSEAL were investigated using steady-state kinetics of cleavage of a fluorogenic substrate by calpain-2 and the protease core of calpain1, as well as by examining the inhibition of casein hydrolysis by calpain and the autoproteolysis of calpain. RESULTS PD150606 inhibits both full-length calpain-2 and the protease core of calpain-1 with an apparent noncompetitive kinetic model. The penta-peptide LSEAL failed to inhibit either whole calpain or its protease core in vitro. CONCLUSIONS PD150606 cannot inhibit cleavage by calpain-2 of small substrates via binding to the penta-EF-hand domain. GENERAL SIGNIFICANCE PD150606 is often described as a calpain-specific inhibitor due to its ability to target the penta-EF-hand domains of calpain, but we show that it must be acting at a site on the protease core domain instead.
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- Kristin E Low
- Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada.
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- Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada.
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- Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada.
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- Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada.
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Adams SE, Rizkallah PJ, Miller DJ, Robinson EJ, Hallett MB, Allemann RK. The structural basis of differential inhibition of human calpain by indole and phenyl α-mercaptoacrylic acids. J Struct Biol 2014; 187:236-241. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2014.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2014] [Revised: 07/21/2014] [Accepted: 07/24/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Lian T, Wang L, Liu Y. A New Insight into the Role of Calpains in Post-mortem Meat Tenderization in Domestic Animals: A review. ASIAN-AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCES 2014; 26:443-54. [PMID: 25049808 PMCID: PMC4093471 DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2012.12365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2012] [Revised: 11/22/2012] [Accepted: 09/15/2012] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Tenderness is the most important meat quality trait, which is determined by intracellular environment and extracellular matrix. Particularly, specific protein degradation and protein modification can disrupt the architecture and integrity of muscle cells so that improves the meat tenderness. Endogenous proteolytic systems are responsible for modifying proteinases as well as the meat tenderization. Abundant evidence has testified that calpains (CAPNs) including calpain I (CAPN1) and calpastatin (CAST) have the closest relationship with tenderness in livestock. They are involved in a wide range of physiological processes including muscle growth and differentiation, pathological conditions and post-mortem meat aging. Whereas, Calpain3 (CAPN3) has been established as an important activating enzyme specifically expressed in livestock's skeletal muscle, but its role in domestic animals meat tenderization remains controversial. In this review, we summarize the role of CAPN1, calpain II (CAPN2) and CAST in post-mortem meat tenderization, and analyse the relationship between CAPN3 and tenderness in domestic animals. Besides, the possible mechanism affecting post-mortem meat aging and improving meat tenderization, and current possible causes responsible for divergence (whether CAPN3 contributes to animal meat tenderization or not) are inferred. Only the possible mechanism of CAPN3 in meat tenderization has been confirmed, while its exact role still needs to be studied further.
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- Ting Lian
- College of Animal Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya'an, Sichuan 625014, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya'an, Sichuan 625014, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya'an, Sichuan 625014, China
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Partha SK, Ravulapalli R, Allingham JS, Campbell RL, Davies PL. Crystal structure of calpain-3 penta-EF-hand (PEF) domain - a homodimerized PEF family member with calcium bound at the fifth EF-hand. FEBS J 2014; 281:3138-49. [DOI: 10.1111/febs.12849] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2014] [Revised: 04/07/2014] [Accepted: 05/15/2014] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- Sarathy K. Partha
- Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences; Queen's University; Kingston Ontario Canada
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- Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences; Queen's University; Kingston Ontario Canada
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- Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences; Queen's University; Kingston Ontario Canada
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- Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences; Queen's University; Kingston Ontario Canada
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- Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences; Queen's University; Kingston Ontario Canada
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Chai HH, Lim D, Lee SH, Chai HY, Jung E. Homology modeling study of bovine μ-calpain inhibitor-binding domains. Int J Mol Sci 2014; 15:7897-938. [PMID: 24806345 PMCID: PMC4057710 DOI: 10.3390/ijms15057897] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2014] [Revised: 04/15/2014] [Accepted: 04/16/2014] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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The activated mammalian CAPN-structures, the CAPN/CAST complex in particular, have become an invaluable target model using the structure-based virtual screening of drug candidates from the discovery phase to development for over-activated CAPN linked to several diseases, such as post-ischemic injury and cataract formation. The effect of Ca2+-binding to the enzyme is thought to include activation, as well as the dissociation, aggregation, and autolysis of small regular subunits. Unfortunately, the Ca2+-activated enzyme tends to aggregate when provided as a divalent ion at the high-concentration required for the protease crystallization. This is also makes it very difficult to crystallize the whole-length enzyme itself, as well as the enzyme-inhibitor complex. Several parameters that influence CAPN activity have been investigated to determine its roles in Ca2+-modulation, autoproteolysis, phosphorylation, and intracellular distribution and inhibition by its endogenous inhibitor CAST. CAST binds and inhibits CAPN via its CAPN-inhibitor domains (four repeating domains 1–4; CAST1–4) when CAPN is activated by Ca2+-binding. An important key to understanding CAPN1 inhibition by CAST is to determine how CAST interacts at the molecular level with CAPN1 to inhibit its protease activity. In this study, a 3D structure model of a CAPN1 bound bovine CAST4 complex was built by comparative modeling based on the only known template structure of a rat CAPN2/CAST4 complex. The complex model suggests certain residues of bovine CAST4, notably, the TIPPKYQ motif sequence, and the structural elements of these residues, which are important for CAPN1 inhibition. In particular, as CAST4 docks near the flexible active site of CAPN1, conformational changes at the interaction site after binding could be directly related to CAST4 inhibitory activity. These functional interfaces can serve as a guide to the site-mutagenesis in research on bovine CAPN1 structure-function relationships for the design of small molecules inhibitors to prevent uncontrolled and unspecific degradation in the proteolysis of key protease substrates.
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- Han-Ha Chai
- Animal Genome & Bioinformatics Division, National Institute of Animal Science, RDA, Suwon 441-706, Korea.
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- Animal Genome & Bioinformatics Division, National Institute of Animal Science, RDA, Suwon 441-706, Korea.
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- Hanwoo Experiment Station, National Institute of Animal Science, RDA, PyeongChang 232-950, Korea.
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- Division of Biosafety Evaluation and Control, Korea National Institute of Helth 187 Osongsaengmyeong2-ro, Gango-myeon, Cheongwon-gun, Chungcheongbuk-do 363-951, Korea.
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- Insilicotech Co., Ltd., C-602 Korea Bio Park, 694-1 Sampyeong-Dong, Bundang-Gu, Seongnam-Shi, Gyeonggi-do 463-400, Korea.
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The calpain system and diabetes. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014; 21:161-7. [PMID: 24630865 DOI: 10.1016/j.pathophys.2014.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2013] [Revised: 11/18/2013] [Accepted: 01/31/2014] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Diabetes mellitus is recognized as a clinical syndrome that is characterized by hyperglycemia due to deficiency of insulin. The global prevalence of diabetes has been estimated to increase from 4% (1995) to 5.4% by the year 2025. Insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM/Type-1) in human, generating hyperglycemia due to insulin deficiency as a consequence of destructing beta cells in the pancreatic islets. Non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM/Type-II), is a multifactorial, exact biochemical and genetic defect which has not yet been elucidated completely. Calpains seem to play a role in NIDDM and IDDM. Positional cloning experiments revealed that there is a NIDDM susceptibility to calpain 10 (CAPN10). Increased calpain activity and leukocyte trafficking were noticed in the microcirculation in ZDF (Zuker diabetic fatty) rats. Exercise and low body weight play a significant role in reducing calpains expression or elevating the calpains degradation in the skeletal muscle of NIDDM rats. Numerous investigations have been reported that non-coding polymorphisms in CAPN10 proteins might be involved in the NIDDM. Calpain and its mRNA presence had been reported in tissues from many mammalian species. CAPN10 and other calpains seem to be linked to glucose metabolism, insulin secretion and action pathways. This review will give an overview of the role of calpain in NIDDM and IDDM.
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Nosaka M, Hirata K, Tsuji R, Sunaba S. Planes formed with four intron-positions in tertiary structures of retinol binding protein and calpain domain VI. J Theor Biol 2014; 340:139-45. [PMID: 24029156 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2013.08.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2012] [Revised: 08/28/2013] [Accepted: 08/30/2013] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Eukaryotic genes have intervening sequences, introns, in their coding regions. Since introns are spliced out from m-RNA before translation, they are considered to have no effect on the protein structure. Here, we report a novel relationship between introns and the tertiary structures of retinol binding protein and calpain domain VI. We identified "intron-positions" as amino acid residues on which or just after which introns are found in their corresponding nucleotide sequences, and then found that four intron-positions form a plane. We also found that the four intron-positions of retinol-binding protein encloses its ligand retinol. The tertiary structure of calpain domain VI changes after Ca(2+) binding, and the four intron-positions form a plane that includes its ligand calpastatin. To evaluate the statistical significance of the planarity, we calculated the mean distance of each intron-position from the plane defined by the other three intron-positions, and showed that it is significantly smaller than the one calculated for randomly generated locations based on exon size distribution. On the basis of this finding, we discuss the evolution of retinol binding protein and the origin of introns.
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- Michiko Nosaka
- Material and Biological Engineering, Sasebo National College of Technology, Japan.
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Calpain is a conserved family of calcium-dependent, cytosolic, neutral cysteine proteases. The best characterized members of the family are the ubiquitously expressed calpain 1 and calpain 2. They perform controlled proteolysis of their target proteins. The regulation of these enzymes includes autolysis, calcium, phosphorylation as a posttranslational modification, and binding of calpastatin, phospholipids or activator proteins, respectively. Calpain are implicated in many physiological and pathological processes. They have significant role in the cell proliferation, differentiation and migration in a variety of mammalian cell types, contributing to the development of angiogenesis, vascular remodeling, and cancer. Therefore the knowledge of the precise mechanism of calpain signaling could provide therapeutic approaches in these processes.
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- Laszlo Kovacs
- Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, Medical College of Georgia, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, GA 30912, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, Medical College of Georgia, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, GA 30912, USA
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Calpain-1 inhibitors for selective treatment of rheumatoid arthritis: what is the future? Future Med Chem 2013; 5:2057-74. [DOI: 10.4155/fmc.13.172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Effective small-molecule treatment of inflammatory diseases remains an unmet need in medicine. Current treatments are either limited in effectiveness or invasive. The latest biologics prevent influx of inflammatory cells to damaged tissue. Calpain-1 is a calcium-activated cysteine protease that plays an important role in neutrophil motility. It is, therefore, a potential target for intervention in inflammatory disease. Many inhibitors of calpains have been developed but most are unselective and so unsuitable for drug use. However, recent series of α-mercaptoacrylate inhibitors target regulatory domains of calpain-1 and are much more specific. These compounds are effective in impairing the cell spreading mechanism of neutrophils in vitro and raise the possibility of treating rheumatoid arthritis with a pill; however, challenges still remain. Improved bioavailability is needed and solution of their precise mode of action should prompt the development of specific calpain-1 screens for novel classes of inhibitors.
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Hussain A, Li YF, Cheng Y, Liu Y, Chen CC, Wen SY. Immune-related transcriptome of Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki workers: the defense mechanism. PLoS One 2013; 8:e69543. [PMID: 23874972 PMCID: PMC3712931 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0069543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2012] [Accepted: 06/14/2013] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Formosan subterranean termites, Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki, live socially in microbial-rich habitats. To understand the molecular mechanism by which termites combat pathogenic microbes, a full-length normalized cDNA library and four Suppression Subtractive Hybridization (SSH) libraries were constructed from termite workers infected with entomopathogenic fungi (Metarhizium anisopliae and Beauveria bassiana), Gram-positive Bacillus thuringiensis and Gram-negative Escherichia coli, and the libraries were analyzed. From the high quality normalized cDNA library, 439 immune-related sequences were identified. These sequences were categorized as pattern recognition receptors (47 sequences), signal modulators (52 sequences), signal transducers (137 sequences), effectors (39 sequences) and others (164 sequences). From the SSH libraries, 27, 17, 22 and 15 immune-related genes were identified from each SSH library treated with M. anisopliae, B. bassiana, B. thuringiensis and E. coli, respectively. When the normalized cDNA library was compared with the SSH libraries, 37 immune-related clusters were found in common; 56 clusters were identified in the SSH libraries, and 259 were identified in the normalized cDNA library. The immune-related gene expression pattern was further investigated using quantitative real time PCR (qPCR). Important immune-related genes were characterized, and their potential functions were discussed based on the integrated analysis of the results. We suggest that normalized cDNA and SSH libraries enable us to discover functional genes transcriptome. The results remarkably expand our knowledge about immune-inducible genes in C. formosanus Shiraki and enable the future development of novel control strategies for the management of Formosan subterranean termites.
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- Abid Hussain
- Department of Entomology, College of Natural Resources and Environment, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, P. R. China
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- Department of Entomology, College of Natural Resources and Environment, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, P. R. China
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- Department of Entomology, College of Natural Resources and Environment, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, P. R. China
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- Department of Entomology, College of Natural Resources and Environment, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, P. R. China
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- Department of Entomology, College of Natural Resources and Environment, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, P. R. China
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- Department of Entomology, College of Natural Resources and Environment, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, P. R. China
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Islam MK, Alim MA, Tsuji N. Longistatin, an EF-hand Ca2+-binding protein from vector tick: identification, purification, and characterization. Methods Mol Biol 2013; 963:127-146. [PMID: 23296609 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-230-8_9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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EF-hand Ca(2+)-binding motif, a structural component of the EF-hand protein, functions as a calcium sensor and/or buffer in the cytosol of the cell. However, in a few exceptional cases, the EF-hand proteins are secreted from cells and play crucial roles extracellularly. We have identified longistatin, an EF-hand Ca(2+)-binding protein, from the salivary glands of the tick, Haemaphysalis longicornis. Longistatin possesses an N-terminal sequence of unknown structure and two EF-hand motifs in the C-terminus, which conserve a calmodulin-like canonical structure. Longistatin shows distinct changes in its migration during electrophoresis through SDS-PAGE gel containing calcium or ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA). Both recombinant and endogenous forms of longistatin can be stained with rutheninum red, demonstrating that longistatin is a Ca(2+)-binding protein.
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Calpains are a family of complex multi-domain intracellular enzymes that share a calcium-dependent cysteine protease core. These are not degradative enzymes, but instead carry out limited cleavage of target proteins in response to calcium signalling. Selective cutting of cytoskeletal proteins to facilitate cell migration is one such function. The two most abundant and extensively studied members of this family in mammals, calpains 1 and 2, are heterodimers of an isoform-specific 80 kDa large subunit and a common 28 kDa small subunit. Structures of calpain-2, both Ca2+-free and bound to calpastatin in the activated Ca2+-bound state, have provided a wealth of information about the enzyme's structure-function relationships and activation. The main association between the subunits is the pairing of their C-terminal penta-EF-hand domains through extensive intimate hydrophobic contacts. A lesser contact is made between the N-terminal anchor helix of the large subunit and the penta-EF-hand domain of the small subunit. Up to ten Ca2+ ions are co-operatively bound during activation. The anchor helix is released and individual domains change their positions relative to each other to properly align the active site. Because calpains 1 and 2 require ~30 and ~350 μM Ca2+ ions for half-maximal activation respectively, it has long been argued that autoproteolysis, subunit dissociation, post-translational modifications or auxiliary proteins are needed to activate the enzymes in the cell, where Ca2+ levels are in the nanomolar range. In the absence of robust support for these mechanisms, it is possible that under normal conditions calpains are transiently activated by high Ca2+ concentrations in the microenvironment of a Ca2+ influx, and then return to an inactive state ready for reactivation.
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Characterization of the 1st and 2nd EF-hands of NADPH oxidase 5 by fluorescence, isothermal titration calorimetry, and circular dichroism. Chem Cent J 2012; 6:29. [PMID: 22490336 PMCID: PMC3386892 DOI: 10.1186/1752-153x-6-29] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2012] [Accepted: 04/10/2012] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Background Superoxide generated by non-phagocytic NADPH oxidases (NOXs) is of growing importance for physiology and pathobiology. The calcium binding domain (CaBD) of NOX5 contains four EF-hands, each binding one calcium ion. To better understand the metal binding properties of the 1st and 2nd EF-hands, we characterized the N-terminal half of CaBD (NCaBD) and its calcium-binding knockout mutants. Results The isothermal titration calorimetry measurement for NCaBD reveals that the calcium binding of two EF-hands are loosely associated with each other and can be treated as independent binding events. However, the Ca2+ binding studies on NCaBD(E31Q) and NCaBD(E63Q) showed their binding constants to be 6.5 × 105 and 5.0 × 102 M-1 with ΔHs of -14 and -4 kJ/mol, respectively, suggesting that intrinsic calcium binding for the 1st non-canonical EF-hand is largely enhanced by the binding of Ca2+ to the 2nd canonical EF-hand. The fluorescence quenching and CD spectra support a conformational change upon Ca2+ binding, which changes Trp residues toward a more non-polar and exposed environment and also increases its α-helix secondary structure content. All measurements exclude Mg2+-binding in NCaBD. Conclusions We demonstrated that the 1st non-canonical EF-hand of NOX5 has very weak Ca2+ binding affinity compared with the 2nd canonical EF-hand. Both EF-hands interact with each other in a cooperative manner to enhance their Ca2+ binding affinity. Our characterization reveals that the two EF-hands in the N-terminal NOX5 are Ca2+ specific. Graphical abstract
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The atypical calpains: evolutionary analyses and roles in Caenorhabditis elegans cellular degeneration. PLoS Genet 2012; 8:e1002602. [PMID: 22479198 PMCID: PMC3315469 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2011] [Accepted: 02/04/2012] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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The calpains are physiologically important Ca2+-activated regulatory proteases, which are divided into typical or atypical sub-families based on constituent domains. Both sub-families are present in mammals, but our understanding of calpain function is based primarily on typical sub-family members. Here, we take advantage of the model organism Caenorhabditis elegans, which expresses only atypical calpains, to extend our knowledge of the phylogenetic evolution and function of calpains. We provide evidence that a typical human calpain protein with a penta EF hand, detected using custom profile hidden Markov models, is conserved in ancient metazoans and a divergent clade. These analyses also provide evidence for the lineage-specific loss of typical calpain genes in C. elegans and Ciona, and they reveal that many calpain-like genes lack an intact catalytic triad. Given the association between the dysregulation of typical calpains and human degenerative pathologies, we explored the phenotypes, expression profiles, and consequences of inappropriate reduction or activation of C. elegans atypical calpains. These studies show that the atypical calpain gene, clp-1, contributes to muscle degeneration and reveal that clp-1 activity is sensitive to genetic manipulation of [Ca2+]i. We show that CLP-1 localizes to sarcomeric sub-structures, but is excluded from dense bodies (Z-disks). We find that the muscle degeneration observed in a C. elegans model of dystrophin-based muscular dystrophy can be suppressed by clp-1 inactivation and that nemadipine-A inhibition of the EGL-19 calcium channel reveals that Ca2+ dysfunction underlies the C. elegans MyoD model of myopathy. Taken together, our analyses highlight the roles of calcium dysregulation and CLP-1 in muscle myopathies and suggest that the atypical calpains could retain conserved roles in myofilament turnover. Calpains are calcium activated non-lysosomal proteases that cleave proteins with exquisite selectivity. Proteins can be activated by calpain cleavage, because they are released from inhibitory constraints, or they can be targeted for further degradation to facilitate their normal physiological turnover or to promote cellular remodelling. Inappropriate calpain activity can lead to degenerative pathologies and cancers. Our understanding of calpain function is based primarily on typical calpains, which carry EF hand motifs that bind Ca2+ or mediate dimerization; however, typical and atypical calpains, which lack EF hand motifs, are both present in mammals. Hence, any therapeutic intervention designed to suppress degenerative conditions, particularly those caused by elevated Ca2+ levels, should also consider the potential involvement of atypical calpains. We have taken advantage of the model organism C. elegans, which only encodes atypical calpain proteins, to gain an understanding of the evolution and activities of these proteins. We show that the CLP-1 atypical calpain is normally expressed in muscle and localizes to sarcomeric sub-structures. We find that CLP-1 contributes to the muscle degeneration observed in a model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Our studies also highlight the importance of calcium dysregulation in promoting CLP-1 activity and muscle degeneration.
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Maki M, Maemoto Y, Osako Y, Shibata H. Evolutionary and physical linkage between calpains and penta-EF-hand Ca2+-binding proteins. FEBS J 2012; 279:1414-21. [PMID: 22404899 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2012.08560.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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The name calpain was historically given to a protease that is activated by Ca(2+) and whose primary structure contains a Ca(2+)-binding penta-EF-hand (PEF) as well as a calpain cysteine protease (CysPc) domain and a C2-domain-like (C2L) domain. In the human genome, CysPc domains are found in 15 genes, but only nine of them encode PEF domains. Fungi and budding yeasts have calpain-like sequences that lack the PEF domain, and each protein (designated PalB and Rim13, respectively) is orthologous to human calpain-7, indicating that the calpain-7 orthologs are evolutionarily more conserved than classical calpains possessing PEF domains. An N-terminal region of calpain-7 has a tandem repeat of microtubule-interacting and transport domains that interact with a subset of endosomal sorting complex required for transport (ESCRT) III proteins. In addition to calpains, PEF domains are found in other Ca(2+)-binding proteins including ALG-2 that associates with ALIX (an ESCRT-III accessory protein) and TSG101 (an ESCRT-I subunit). Phylogenetic comparison of dissected domain structures of calpains and experimentally confirmed protein-protein interaction networks imply that there is an evolutionary and physical linkage between mammalian calpains and PEF proteins involving the ESCRT system.
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- Masatoshi Maki
- Department of Applied Molecular Biosciences, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Japan.
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Adams SE, Parr C, Miller DJ, Allemann RK, Hallett MB. Potent inhibition of Ca2+-dependent activation of calpain-1 by novel mercaptoacrylates. MEDCHEMCOMM 2012. [DOI: 10.1039/c2md00280a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Stuart BG, Coxon JM, Morton JD, Abell AD, McDonald DQ, Aitken SG, Jones MA, Bickerstaffe R. Molecular Modeling: A Search for a Calpain Inhibitor as a New Treatment for Cataractogenesis. J Med Chem 2011; 54:7503-22. [DOI: 10.1021/jm200471r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Ono Y, Sorimachi H. Calpains: an elaborate proteolytic system. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2011; 1824:224-36. [PMID: 21864727 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2011.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 246] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2011] [Revised: 08/03/2011] [Accepted: 08/05/2011] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Calpain is an intracellular Ca(2+)-dependent cysteine protease (EC 3.4.22.17; Clan CA, family C02). Recent expansion of sequence data across the species definitively shows that calpain has been present throughout evolution; calpains are found in almost all eukaryotes and some bacteria, but not in archaebacteria. Fifteen genes within the human genome encode a calpain-like protease domain. Interestingly, some human calpains, particularly those with non-classical domain structures, are very similar to calpain homologs identified in evolutionarily distant organisms. Three-dimensional structural analyses have helped to identify calpain's unique mechanism of activation; the calpain protease domain comprises two core domains that fuse to form a functional protease only when bound to Ca(2+)via well-conserved amino acids. This finding highlights the mechanistic characteristics shared by the numerous calpain homologs, despite the fact that they have divergent domain structures. In other words, calpains function through the same mechanism but are regulated independently. This article reviews the recent progress in calpain research, focusing on those studies that have helped to elucidate its mechanism of action. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Proteolysis 50 years after the discovery of lysosome.
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- Yasuko Ono
- Calpain Project, Department of Advanced Science for Biomolecules, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of medical Science, Tokyo, Japan.
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Maki M, Suzuki H, Shibata H. Structure and function of ALG-2, a penta-EF-hand calcium-dependent adaptor protein. SCIENCE CHINA-LIFE SCIENCES 2011; 54:770-9. [PMID: 21786200 DOI: 10.1007/s11427-011-4204-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2011] [Accepted: 06/05/2011] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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ALG-2 (a gene product of PDCD6) is a 22-kD protein containing five serially repetitive EF-hand structures and belongs to the penta-EF-hand (PEF) family, including the subunits of typical calpains. ALG-2 is the most conserved protein among the PEF family members and its homologs are widely found in eukaryotes. X-ray crystal structures of various PEF proteins including ALG-2 have common features: presence of eight α-helices and dimer formation via paired EF5s that are positioned in anti-parallel orientation. ALG-2 forms a homodimer and a heterodimer with its closest paralog peflin. Like calmodulin, a well-known four-EF-hand protein, ALG-2 interacts with various proteins in a Ca(2+)-dependent fashion, but the binding motifs are completely different. With some exceptions, ALG-2-interacting proteins commonly contain Pro-rich regions, and ALG-2 recognizes at least two distinct Pro-containing motifs: PPYP(X)nYP (X, variable; n=4 in ALIX and PLSCR3) and PXPGF (represented by Sec31A). A shorter alternatively spliced isoform, lacking two residues and designated ALG-2(ΔGF122), does not bind ALIX but maintains binding capacity to Sec31A. X-ray crystal structural analyses have revealed that binding of calcium ions induces the configuration of the side chain of R125 so that it opens Pocket 1, which accepts PPYP, but Pocket 1 remains closed in the case of ALG-2(ΔGF122). ALG-2 dimer has two ligand-binding sites, each in a monomer molecule, and appears to function as a Ca(2+)-dependent adaptor protein to either stabilize a preformed complex or to bridge two proteins on scaffolds in systems of the endosomal sorting complex required for transport (ESCRT) and ER-to-Golgi transport.
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- Masatoshi Maki
- Department of Applied Molecular Biosciences, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan.
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Park S, Li C, Ames JB. Nuclear magnetic resonance structure of calcium-binding protein 1 in a Ca(2+) -bound closed state: implications for target recognition. Protein Sci 2011; 20:1356-66. [PMID: 21608059 DOI: 10.1002/pro.662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2011] [Accepted: 05/10/2011] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Calcium-binding protein 1 (CaBP1), a neuron-specific member of the calmodulin (CaM) superfamily, regulates the Ca(2+) -dependent activity of inositol 1,4,5-triphosphate receptors (InsP3Rs) and various voltage-gated Ca(2+) channels. Here, we present the NMR structure of full-length CaBP1 with Ca(2+) bound at the first, third, and fourth EF-hands. A total of 1250 nuclear Overhauser effect distance measurements and 70 residual dipolar coupling restraints define the overall main chain structure with a root-mean-squared deviation of 0.54 Å (N-domain) and 0.48 Å (C-domain). The first 18 residues from the N-terminus in CaBP1 (located upstream of the first EF-hand) are structurally disordered and solvent exposed. The Ca(2+) -saturated CaBP1 structure contains two independent domains separated by a flexible central linker similar to that in calmodulin and troponin C. The N-domain structure of CaBP1 contains two EF-hands (EF1 and EF2), both in a closed conformation [interhelical angles = 129° (EF1) and 142° (EF2)]. The C-domain contains EF3 and EF4 in the familiar Ca(2+) -bound open conformation [interhelical angles = 105° (EF3) and 91° (EF4)]. Surprisingly, the N-domain adopts the same closed conformation in the presence or absence of Ca(2+) bound at EF1. The Ca(2+) -bound closed conformation of EF1 is reminiscent of Ca(2+) -bound EF-hands in a closed conformation found in cardiac troponin C and calpain. We propose that the Ca(2+) -bound closed conformation of EF1 in CaBP1 might undergo an induced-fit opening only in the presence of a specific target protein, and thus may help explain the highly specialized target binding by CaBP1.
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- Saebomi Park
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
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Ermolova N, Kudryashova E, DiFranco M, Vergara J, Kramerova I, Spencer MJ. Pathogenity of some limb girdle muscular dystrophy mutations can result from reduced anchorage to myofibrils and altered stability of calpain 3. Hum Mol Genet 2011; 20:3331-45. [PMID: 21624972 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddr239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Calpain 3 (CAPN3) is a muscle-specific, calcium-dependent proteinase that is mutated in Limb Girdle Muscle Dystrophy type 2A. Most pathogenic missense mutations in LGMD2A affect CAPN3's proteolytic activity; however, two mutations, D705G and R448H, retain activity but nevertheless cause muscular dystrophy. Previously, we showed that D705G and R448H mutations reduce CAPN3s ability to bind to titin in vitro. In this investigation, we tested the consequence of loss of titin binding in vivo and examined whether this loss can be an underlying pathogenic mechanism in LGMD2A. To address this question, we created transgenic mice that express R448H or D705G in muscles, on wild-type (WT) CAPN3 or knock-out background. Both mutants were readily expressed in insect cells, but when D705G was expressed in skeletal muscle, it was not stable enough to study. Moreover, the D705G mutation had a dominant negative effect on endogenous CAPN3 when expressed on a WT background. The R448H protein was stably expressed in muscles; however, it was more rapidly degraded in muscle extracts compared with WT CAPN3. Increased degradation of R448H was due to non-cysteine, cellular proteases acting on the autolytic sites of CAPN3, rather than autolysis. Fractionation experiments revealed a significant decrease of R448H from the myofibrillar fraction, likely due to the mutant's inability to bind titin. Our data suggest that R448H and D705G mutations affect both CAPN3s anchorage to titin and its stability. These studies reveal a novel mechanism by which mutations that spare enzymatic activity can still lead to calpainopathy.
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- Natalia Ermolova
- Department of Neurology, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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The calpains are a conserved family of cysteine proteinases that catalyse the controlled proteolysis of many specific substrates. Calpain activity is implicated in several fundamental physiological processes, including cytoskeletal remodelling, cellular signalling, apoptosis and cell survival. Calpain expression is altered during tumorigenesis, and the proteolysis of numerous substrates, such as inhibitors of nuclear factor-κB (IκB), focal adhesion proteins (including, focal adhesion kinase and talin) and proto-oncogenes (for example, MYC), has been implicated in tumour pathogenesis. Recent evidence indicates that the increased expression of certain family members might influence the response to cancer therapies, providing justification for the development of novel calpain inhibitors.
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- Sarah J Storr
- University of Nottingham, School of Molecular Medical Sciences, Nottingham NG5 1PB, UK
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Kawahara T, Jackson HM, Smith SME, Simpson PD, Lambeth JD. Nox5 forms a functional oligomer mediated by self-association of its dehydrogenase domain. Biochemistry 2011; 50:2013-25. [PMID: 21319793 DOI: 10.1021/bi1020088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Nox5 belongs to the calcium-regulated subfamily of NADPH oxidases (Nox). Like other calcium-regulated Noxes, Nox5 has an EF-hand-containing calcium-binding domain at its N-terminus, a transmembrane heme-containing region, and a C-terminal dehydrogenase (DH) domain that binds FAD and NADPH. While Nox1-4 require regulatory subunits, including p22phox, Nox5 activity does not depend on any subunits. We found that inactive point mutants and truncated forms of Nox5 (including the naturally expressed splice form, Nox5S) inhibit full-length Nox5, consistent with formation of a dominant negative complex. Oligomerization of full-length Nox5 was demonstrated using co-immunoprecipitation of coexpressed, differentially tagged forms of Nox5 and occurred in a manner independent of calcium ion. Several approaches were used to show that the DH domain mediates oligomerization: Nox5 could be isolated as a multimer when the calcium-binding domain and/or the N-terminal polybasic region (PBR-N) was deleted, but deletion of the DH domain eliminated oligomerization. Further, a chimera containing the transmembrane domain of Ciona intestinalis voltage sensor-containing phosphatase (CiVSP) fused to the Nox5 DH domain formed a co-immunoprecipitating complex with, and functioned as a dominant inhibitor of, full-length Nox5. Radiation inactivation of Nox5 overexpressed in HEK293 cells and endogenously expressed in human aortic smooth muscle cells indicated molecular masses of ∼350 and ∼300 kDa, respectively, consistent with a tetramer being the functionally active unit. Thus, Nox5 forms a catalytically active oligomer in the membrane that is mediated by its dehydrogenase domain. As a result of oligomerization, the short, calcium-independent splice form, Nox5S, may function as an endogenous inhibitor of calcium-stimulated ROS generation by full-length Nox5.
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- Tsukasa Kawahara
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, United States.
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Sorimachi H, Hata S, Ono Y. Calpain chronicle--an enzyme family under multidisciplinary characterization. PROCEEDINGS OF THE JAPAN ACADEMY. SERIES B, PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES 2011; 87:287-327. [PMID: 21670566 PMCID: PMC3153876 DOI: 10.2183/pjab.87.287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2011] [Accepted: 03/04/2011] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
Abstract
Calpain is an intracellular Ca2+-dependent cysteine protease (EC 3.4.22.17; Clan CA, family C02) discovered in 1964. It was also called CANP (Ca2+-activated neutral protease) as well as CASF, CDP, KAF, etc. until 1990. Calpains are found in almost all eukaryotes and a few bacteria, but not in archaebacteria. Calpains have a limited proteolytic activity, and function to transform or modulate their substrates' structures and activities; they are therefore called, "modulator proteases." In the human genome, 15 genes--CAPN1, CAPN2, etc.--encode a calpain-like protease domain. Their products are calpain homologs with divergent structures and various combinations of functional domains, including Ca2+-binding and microtubule-interaction domains. Genetic studies have linked calpain deficiencies to a variety of defects in many different organisms, including lethality, muscular dystrophies, gastropathy, and diabetes. This review of the study of calpains focuses especially on recent findings about their structure-function relationships. These discoveries have been greatly aided by the development of 3D structural studies and genetic models.
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- Hiroyuki Sorimachi
- Calpain Project, Department of Advanced Science for Biomolecules, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo, Japan.
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