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Abouelkheir M, Roy T, Krzyscik MA, Özdemir E, Hristova K. Investigations of membrane protein interactions in cells using fluorescence microscopy. Curr Opin Struct Biol 2024; 86:102816. [PMID: 38648680 PMCID: PMC11141325 DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2024.102816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2023] [Revised: 03/06/2024] [Accepted: 03/26/2024] [Indexed: 04/25/2024]
Abstract
The interactions between proteins in membranes govern many cellular functions. Our ability to probe for such interactions has greatly evolved in recent years due to the introduction of new fluorescence techniques. As a result, we currently have a choice of methods that can be used to assess the spatial distribution of a membrane protein, its association state, and the thermodynamic stability of the oligomers in the native milieu. These biophysical measurements have revealed new insights into important biological processes in cellular membranes.
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Affiliation(s)
- Mahmoud Abouelkheir
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Institute for NanoBioTechnology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD 21218, USA; Chemistry-Biology Interface Program, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD 21218, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Institute for NanoBioTechnology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD 21218, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Institute for NanoBioTechnology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD 21218, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Institute for NanoBioTechnology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD 21218, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Institute for NanoBioTechnology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD 21218, USA; Chemistry-Biology Interface Program, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD 21218, USA.
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Rani K, Pal A, Gurnani B, Agarwala P, Sasmal DK, Jain N. An Innate Host Defense Protein β 2-Microglobulin Keeps a Check on α-Synuclein amyloid Assembly: Implications in Parkinson's Disease. J Mol Biol 2023; 435:168285. [PMID: 37741548 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2023.168285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2023] [Revised: 09/14/2023] [Accepted: 09/15/2023] [Indexed: 09/25/2023]
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Amyloid formation due to protein misfolding has gained significant attention due to its association with neurodegenerative diseases. α-Synuclein (α-syn) is one such protein that undergoes a profound conformational switch to form higher order cross-β-sheet structures, resulting in amyloid formation, which is linked to the pathophysiology of Parkinson's disease (PD). The present status of research on α-syn aggregation and PD reveals that the disease progression may be linked with many other diseases, such as kidney-related disorders. Unraveling the link between PD and non-neurological diseases may help in early detection and a better understanding of PD progression. Herein, we investigated the modulation of α-syn in the presence of β2-microglobulin (β2m), a structural protein associated with dialysis-related amyloidosis. We took a multi-disciplinary approach to establish that β2m mitigates amyloid formation by α-syn. Our fluorescence, microscopy and toxicity data demonstrated that sub-stoichiometric ratio of β2m drives α-syn into off-pathway non-toxic aggregates incompetent of transforming into amyloids. Using AlphaFold2 and all-atom MD simulation, we showed that the β-strand segments (β1 and β2) of α-synuclein, which frequently engage in interactions within amyloid fibrils, interact with the last β-strand at the C-terminal of β2m. The outcome of this study will unravel the yet unknown potential linkage of PD with kidney-related disorders. Insights from the cross-talk between two amyloidogenic proteins will lead to early diagnosis and new therapeutic approaches for treating Parkinson's disease. Finally, disruption of the nucleation process of α-syn amyloids by targeting the β1-β2 region will constitute a potential therapeutic approach for inhibiting amyloid formation.
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- Khushboo Rani
- Department of Bioscience and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur, NH 62, Nagaur Road, Karwar 342030, Rajasthan, India. https://twitter.com/khushboo251995
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- School of Bioengineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, Bhopal, India. https://twitter.com/Arumay_Pal
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- Department of Bioscience and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur, NH 62, Nagaur Road, Karwar 342030, Rajasthan, India. https://twitter.com/bgurnani05
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur, NH 62, Nagaur Road, Karwar 342030, Rajasthan, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur, NH 62, Nagaur Road, Karwar 342030, Rajasthan, India
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- Department of Bioscience and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur, NH 62, Nagaur Road, Karwar 342030, Rajasthan, India; Centre for Emerging Technologies for Sustainable Development (CETSD), Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur, Nagaur Road, Karwar 342030, Rajasthan, India.
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Del Piano F, Lama A, Piccolo G, Addeo NF, Iaccarino D, Fusco G, Riccio L, De Biase D, Mattace Raso G, Meli R, Ferrante MC. Impact of polystyrene microplastic exposure on gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata Linnaeus, 1758): Differential inflammatory and immune response between anterior and posterior intestine. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2023; 879:163201. [PMID: 37011684 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.163201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2022] [Revised: 03/20/2023] [Accepted: 03/28/2023] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
Abstract
Plastics are the most widely discharged waste into the aquatic ecosystems, where they break down into microplastics (MPs) and nanoplastics (NPs). MPs are ingested by several marine organisms, including benthic and pelagic fish species, contributing to organ damage and bioaccumulation. This study aimed to assess the effects of MPs ingestion on gut innate immunity and barrier integrity in gilthead seabreams (Sparus aurataLinnaeus, 1758) fed for 21 days with a diet enriched with polystyrene (PS-MPs; 1-20 μm; 0, 25 or 250 mg /kg b.w./die). Physiological fish growth and health status were not impacted by PS-MPs treatments at the end of experimental period. Inflammation and immune alterations were revealed by molecular analyses in both anterior (AI) and posterior intestine (PI) and were confirmed by histological evaluation. PS-MPs triggered TLR-Myd88 signaling pathway with following impairment of cytokines release. Specifically, PS-MPs increased pro-inflammatory cytokines gene expression (i.e., IL-1β, IL-6 and COX-2) and decreased anti-inflammatory ones (i.e., IL-10). Moreover, PS-MPs also induced an increase in other immune-associated genes, such as Lys, CSF1R and ALP. TLR-Myd88 signaling pathway may also lead to the mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPK) signaling pathway activation. Here, MAPK (i.e., p38 and ERK) were activated by PS-MPs in PI, following the disruption of intestinal epithelial integrity, as evidenced by reduced gene expression of tight junctions (i.e. ZO-1, Cldn15, Occludin, and Tricellulin), integrins (i.e., Itgb6) and mucins (i.e., Muc2-like and Muc13-like). Thus, all the obtained results suggest that the subchronic oral exposure to PS-MPs induces inflammatory and immune alterations as well as an impact on intestinal functional integrity in gilthead seabream, with a more evident effect in PI.
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- Filomena Del Piano
- Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Productions, University of Naples Federico II, via Federico Delpino 1, 80137 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy, University of Naples Federico II, via Domenico Montesano 49, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Productions, University of Naples Federico II, via Federico Delpino 1, 80137 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Productions, University of Naples Federico II, via Federico Delpino 1, 80137 Naples, Italy
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- Zooprophylactic Institute of Southern Italy, via Salute 2, 80055 Portici, Italy
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- Zooprophylactic Institute of Southern Italy, via Salute 2, 80055 Portici, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Productions, University of Naples Federico II, via Federico Delpino 1, 80137 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy, University of Salerno, via Giovanni Paolo II 132, 84084 Fisciano, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy, University of Naples Federico II, via Domenico Montesano 49, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy, University of Naples Federico II, via Domenico Montesano 49, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Productions, University of Naples Federico II, via Federico Delpino 1, 80137 Naples, Italy.
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Wang L, Ma Y, Shi J, Zhang Y, Tong J, Han Q. Corynebacterium pyruviciproducens-peptidoglycan: A novel bacterial peptidoglycan inhibiting overexpression of MyD88 in macrophages. EUR J INFLAMM 2022. [DOI: 10.1177/1721727x221095378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Objectives: Bacterial peptidoglycan (PGN) is an essential ligand of TLR2 inducing inflammatory damage by boosting MyD88 overexpression in pathogen invasion, such as Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection. CP-PGN is a novel PGN from an adjuvant bacterium, displaying anti-infection immune regulation. This study aimed to clarify the unique moderation of MyD88 expression by CP-PGN. Methods: Compared with other ligands of TLR2, high expression of MyD88 in macrophages was established by MRSA and virus to investigate the immunomodulation of CP-PGN. Results: Compared with PGN derived from MRSA (M-PGN) and chemosynthetic Pam3CSK4 of model agonists of TLR2, CP-PGN could inhibit overexpression of MyD88 in a time- and dose-dependent way in infected macrophages by MRSA or Abelson leukemia virus. CP-PGN also promoted more anti-inflammatory IL-10 and less pro-inflammatory TNF-α in immature primary macrophages. Furthermore, IL-10 secretion induced by CP-PGN was reduced most significantly by blocking the dimer formation of MyD88 with ST2825 and lowering down expression by si-MyD88. Conclusion: CP-PGN could inhibit MyD88 overexpression by infection to moderate inflammatory cytokines. Therefore, CP-PGN is a novel potential ligand of TLR2 to induce inflammatory balance in the process of host defense against invading pathogens.
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- Lin Wang
- Center of Clinical Laboratory, Dushu Lake Hospital Affiliated to Soochow University, Suzhou, People’s Republic of China
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- Center of Clinical Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, People’s Republic of China
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- Center of Clinical Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Immunology, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, People’s Republic of China
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- Center of Clinical Laboratory, Dushu Lake Hospital Affiliated to Soochow University, Suzhou, People’s Republic of China
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Han F, Zhang Y, Xu A, Wang X, He Y, Song N, Gao T. Genome-wide identification and characterization of Toll-like receptor genes in black rockfish (Sebastes schlegelii) and their response mechanisms following poly (I:C) injection. Comp Biochem Physiol C Toxicol Pharmacol 2022; 254:109277. [PMID: 35085815 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2022.109277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2021] [Revised: 01/10/2022] [Accepted: 01/19/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are canonical transmembrane receptors that play an important role in defending against invading pathogens. In this study, we identified a total of 12 TLR genes in black rockfish (Sebastes schlegelii) with an analysis of their sequence characterizations. The phylogenetic analysis suggested that 12 distinct TLRs were grouped into five subfamilies (i.e., TLR1, TLR3, TLR5, TLR7, and TLR11 subfamilies), and each SsTLR gene respectively corresponded to the orthologs genes of other species. The protein domain analysis indicated that TLRs are type I transmembrane proteins, including an extracellular leucine-rich repeat (LRR), a transmembrane region (TM) domain and an intracellular Toll/IL-1 receptor (TIR) domain. The evolutionary ratios indicted that 12 SsTLRs were under purifying selection. qRT-PCR assays exhibited diverse TLRs molecular expression patterns in the heart, brain, head kidney, kidney, liver, intestine, and spleen of 3 black rockfish, and the expression levels were high in some immune tissues (e.g., head kidney, kidney, and spleen). Subsequently, 30 fish were equally divided into 2 groups i.e., poly (I:C)-treated and PBS-Control groups. After poly (I:C) injection, eight SsTLRs, i.e., SsTLR2, SsTLR2-1, SsTLR2-2, SsTLR3, SsTLR5S, SsTLR7, SsTLR8 and SsTLR22, were dramatically increased. Altogether these results contribute to understanding how SsTLRs respond to immune defense after poly (I:C) injection and provide researchers with comprehensive TLR gene family data of black rockfish.
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- Fei Han
- Fisheries College, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, Shandong 266003, China
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- Fisheries College, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, Shandong 266003, China
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- Fishery College, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan, Zhejiang 316022, China
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- Fishery College, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan, Zhejiang 316022, China
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- College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, Shandong 266003, China
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- Fisheries College, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, Shandong 266003, China
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- Fishery College, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan, Zhejiang 316022, China.
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Simulation of gas chromatographic separation based on random diffusion. Se Pu 2022; 40:281-288. [PMID: 35243838 PMCID: PMC9421567 DOI: 10.3724/sp.j.1123.2021.10011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
Abstract
色谱分离过程中的粒子扩散问题是色谱动力学研究的基础,深入理解粒子的扩散行为对优化分离操作条件、提升色谱性能和开发新型色谱柱尤为关键。现有的模拟方法多集中于局部过程的热力学研究,而整体的扩散分离过程报道并不多见。为此,该文基于微尺度受限空间内随机扩散的方法,通过动态追踪粒子的运动轨迹,实现粒子在气相色谱开管柱内的扩散全过程模拟。基于前期烷烃同系物的分离模拟研究,结合Kovats保留指数,分别建立了吸附步数与温度、吸附步数与碳数的函数关系,由此获得不同类型的同系物在不同温度条件下的分离参数系统。以醇类同系物的分离验证模拟的可靠性,结果表明保留时间的相对误差基本控制在5%以内,而峰宽相对误差在0.75%~60%之间。峰宽误差较大的原因在于:(1)参数化计算过程中未能充分迭代以及使用外推法;(2)模型中忽略了醇分子之间的氢键作用。该文提出的模拟方法虽然可以准确地预测色谱保留时间以及合理描述色谱峰的基本形貌特征,但尚有进一步发展空间,特别是增加对分子间相互作用的细节处理,例如可参考分子力学的方法建立分子间势函数和吸附步数的关系,利用分子力学计算的能量来取代参数化的吸附步数,从而实现更为精确的分离过程模拟。总体而言,该文所提出的模拟方法为优化色谱分离操作条件和开发新型色谱分离技术提供了有价值的参考。
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Makaremi S, Moran-Mirabal J. Measuring the Lateral Diffusion of Plasma Membrane Receptors Using Raster Image Correlation Spectroscopy. Methods Mol Biol 2022; 2440:289-303. [PMID: 35218546 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2051-9_17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
Abstract
Raster image correlation spectroscopy (RICS) enables detecting and quantifying diffusion in live cells using standard commercial laser scanning confocal microscopes. Here, we describe a protocol based on RICS for measuring the lateral diffusion of two immunoreceptors within the plasma membrane of the macrophage cell line RAW 264.7. The sample images and measurements presented in this chapter were obtained from RICS analysis of Toll-like receptor 2 (TLR2) and cluster of differentiation 14 (CD14), which are transmembrane and membrane-anchored receptors, respectively. A step-by-step guideline is provided to acquire raster-scanned images and to extract the diffusion coefficients using RICS analysis.
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- Sara Makaremi
- School of Biomedical Engineering, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- School of Biomedical Engineering, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
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