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Marie A, Georgescauld F, Johnson KR, Ray S, Engen JR, Ivanov AR. Native Capillary Electrophoresis-Mass Spectrometry of Near 1 MDa Non-Covalent GroEL/GroES/Substrate Protein Complexes. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2024; 11:e2306824. [PMID: 38191978 PMCID: PMC10953559 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202306824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2023] [Revised: 12/21/2023] [Indexed: 01/10/2024]
Abstract
Protein complexes are essential for proteins' folding and biological function. Currently, native analysis of large multimeric protein complexes remains challenging. Structural biology techniques are time-consuming and often cannot monitor the proteins' dynamics in solution. Here, a capillary electrophoresis-mass spectrometry (CE-MS) method is reported to characterize, under near-physiological conditions, the conformational rearrangements of ∽1 MDa GroEL upon complexation with binding partners involved in a protein folding cycle. The developed CE-MS method is fast (30 min per run), highly sensitive (low-amol level), and requires ∽10 000-fold fewer samples compared to biochemical/biophysical techniques. The method successfully separates GroEL14 (∽800 kDa), GroEL7 (∽400 kDa), GroES7 (∽73 kDa), and NanA4 (∽130 kDa) oligomers. The non-covalent binding of natural substrate proteins with GroEL14 can be detected and quantified. The technique allows monitoring of GroEL14 conformational changes upon complexation with (ATPγS)4-14 and GroES7 (∽876 kDa). Native CE-pseudo-MS3 analyses of wild-type (WT) GroEL and two GroEL mutants result in up to 60% sequence coverage and highlight subtle structural differences between WT and mutated GroEL. The presented results demonstrate the superior CE-MS performance for multimeric complexes' characterization versus direct infusion ESI-MS. This study shows the CE-MS potential to provide information on binding stoichiometry and kinetics for various protein complexes.
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- Anne‐Lise Marie
- Barnett Institute of Chemical and Biological AnalysisDepartment of Chemistry and Chemical BiologyNortheastern University360 Huntington AvenueBostonMA02115USA
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- Barnett Institute of Chemical and Biological AnalysisDepartment of Chemistry and Chemical BiologyNortheastern University360 Huntington AvenueBostonMA02115USA
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- Barnett Institute of Chemical and Biological AnalysisDepartment of Chemistry and Chemical BiologyNortheastern University360 Huntington AvenueBostonMA02115USA
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- Barnett Institute of Chemical and Biological AnalysisDepartment of Chemistry and Chemical BiologyNortheastern University360 Huntington AvenueBostonMA02115USA
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- Barnett Institute of Chemical and Biological AnalysisDepartment of Chemistry and Chemical BiologyNortheastern University360 Huntington AvenueBostonMA02115USA
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- Barnett Institute of Chemical and Biological AnalysisDepartment of Chemistry and Chemical BiologyNortheastern University360 Huntington AvenueBostonMA02115USA
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Bhimwal R, Rustandi RR, Payne A, Dawod M. Recent advances in capillary gel electrophoresis for the analysis of proteins. J Chromatogr A 2022; 1682:463453. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2022.463453] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2022] [Revised: 08/23/2022] [Accepted: 08/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Štěpánová S, Kašička V. Applications of capillary electromigration methods for separation and analysis of proteins (2017–mid 2021) – A review. Anal Chim Acta 2022; 1209:339447. [DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2022.339447] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2021] [Revised: 01/04/2022] [Accepted: 01/04/2022] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Vlassakis J, Hansen LL, Higuchi-Sanabria R, Zhou Y, Tsui CK, Dillin A, Huang H, Herr AE. Measuring expression heterogeneity of single-cell cytoskeletal protein complexes. Nat Commun 2021; 12:4969. [PMID: 34404787 PMCID: PMC8371148 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-25212-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2021] [Accepted: 07/23/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Multimeric cytoskeletal protein complexes orchestrate normal cellular function. However, protein-complex distributions in stressed, heterogeneous cell populations remain unknown. Cell staining and proximity-based methods have limited selectivity and/or sensitivity for endogenous multimeric protein-complex quantification from single cells. We introduce micro-arrayed, differential detergent fractionation to simultaneously detect protein complexes in hundreds of individual cells. Fractionation occurs by 60 s size-exclusion electrophoresis with protein complex-stabilizing buffer that minimizes depolymerization. Proteins are measured with a ~5-hour immunoassay. Co-detection of cytoskeletal protein complexes in U2OS cells treated with filamentous actin (F-actin) destabilizing Latrunculin A detects a unique subpopulation (~2%) exhibiting downregulated F-actin, but upregulated microtubules. Thus, some cells may upregulate other cytoskeletal complexes to counteract the stress of Latrunculin A treatment. We also sought to understand the effect of non-chemical stress on cellular heterogeneity of F-actin. We find heat shock may dysregulate filamentous and globular actin correlation. In this work, our assay overcomes selectivity limitations to biochemically quantify single-cell protein complexes perturbed with diverse stimuli.
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- Julea Vlassakis
- Department of Bioengineering, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Division of Biostatistics, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Statistics, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
- Center for Computational Biology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.
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Soltermann F, Struwe WB, Kukura P. Label-free methods for optical in vitro characterization of protein-protein interactions. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:16488-16500. [PMID: 34342317 PMCID: PMC8359934 DOI: 10.1039/d1cp01072g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2021] [Accepted: 07/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Protein-protein interactions are involved in the regulation and function of the majority of cellular processes. As a result, much effort has been aimed at the development of methodologies capable of quantifying protein-protein interactions, with label-free methods being of particular interest due to the associated simplified workflows and minimisation of label-induced perturbations. Here, we review recent advances in optical technologies providing label-free in vitro measurements of affinities and kinetics. We provide an overview and comparison of existing techniques and their principles, discussing advantages, limitations, and recent applications.
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- Fabian Soltermann
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of OxfordUK
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- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of OxfordUK
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- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of OxfordUK
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Yuan Z, Xu P, Yu F, Zhang D, Zhao Q, Yu W, Wang H. An electroosmotic flow-free two-direction migration strategy enables fast affinity capillary electrophoresis to study the weak interactions between basic peptides and RNA. ANALYTICAL METHODS : ADVANCING METHODS AND APPLICATIONS 2020; 12:5833-5838. [PMID: 33227112 DOI: 10.1039/d0ay01515f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Affinity Capillary Electrophoresis (ACE) is a useful analytical tool to study noncovalent interactions. However, it remains challenging for ACE to measure weak and unstable interactions due to the fast dissociation of the binding complex and the possible destruction of the complex by a high electric field. In this study, we proposed a two-direction migration strategy that enables ACE to detect weak and unstable but important interactions by decreasing the migration distance of the binding complex and controlling the opposite migration direction of the free probe. By synthesizing a polyacrylamide-coated neutral capillary, free of electroosmotic flow, two-direction CE migration of basic peptides (positively charged) and peptide-RNA complexes (negatively charged) was achieved. Furthermore, the weak interactions between small nuclear U2 RNA and histone peptides were detected by this two-direction migration CE approach. The effects of the methylation states of histone peptides on the weak peptide-RNA interactions were also explored by this new approach. Collectively, the suggested modification of the ACE method is able to qualitatively characterize weak interactions.
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- Zheng Yuan
- The State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China.
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Wang Y, Adeoye DI, Ogunkunle EO, Wei IA, Filla RT, Roper MG. Affinity Capillary Electrophoresis: A Critical Review of the Literature from 2018 to 2020. Anal Chem 2020; 93:295-310. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.0c04526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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- Yao Wang
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, 95 Chieftain Way, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, 95 Chieftain Way, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, 95 Chieftain Way, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, 95 Chieftain Way, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, 95 Chieftain Way, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, 95 Chieftain Way, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, United States
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Arvin NE, Dawod M, Lamb DT, Anderson JP, Furtaw MD, Kennedy RT. Fast Immunoassay for Microfluidic Western Blotting by Direct Deposition of Reagents onto Capture Membrane. ANALYTICAL METHODS : ADVANCING METHODS AND APPLICATIONS 2020; 12:1606-1616. [PMID: 32661464 PMCID: PMC7357712 DOI: 10.1039/d0ay00207k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Western blotting is a widely used protein assay platform, but the technique requires long analysis times and multiple manual steps. Microfluidic systems are currently being explored for increased automation and reduction of analysis times, sample volumes, and reagent consumption for western blots. Previous work has demonstrated that proteins separated by microchip electrophoresis can be captured on membranes by dragging the microchip outlet across the membrane. This process reduces the separation and transfer time of a western blot to a few minutes. To further improve the speed and miniaturization of a complete western blot, a microscale immunoassay with direct deposition of immunoassay reagents has been developed. Flow deposition of antibodies is used to overcome diffusion limited binding kinetics so that the entire immunoassay can be completed in 1 h with detection sensitivity comparable to incubation steps requiring 20 h. The use of low microliter/min flow rates with antibody reagents applied directly and locally to the membrane where the target proteins have been captured, reduced antibody consumption ~30-fold. The complete western blot was applied to the detection of GAPDH and β-Tubulin from A431 cell lysate.
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- Natalie E. Arvin
- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, 930 N. University Ave., Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, 930 N. University Ave., Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
- Vaccine Analytical R&D, Merck Research Laboratories, 770 Sumneytown Pike, West Point, Pennsylvania 19486, United States
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- LI-COR Biosciences, 4647 Superior St., Lincoln, Nebraska 68504, United States
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- LI-COR Biosciences, 4647 Superior St., Lincoln, Nebraska 68504, United States
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- LI-COR Biosciences, 4647 Superior St., Lincoln, Nebraska 68504, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, 930 N. University Ave., Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Michigan, 1150 W. Medical Center Dr., Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
- Corresponding author: Robert T. Kennedy, , Tel: 734-615-4363, Fax: 745-615-6462
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Ouimet CM, D'Amico CI, Kennedy RT. Droplet sample introduction to microchip gel and zone electrophoresis for rapid analysis of protein-protein complexes and enzymatic reactions. Anal Bioanal Chem 2019; 411:6155-6163. [PMID: 31300857 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-019-02006-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2019] [Revised: 06/19/2019] [Accepted: 06/28/2019] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Electrophoresis has demonstrated utility as tool for screening of small molecule modulators of protein-protein interactions and enzyme targets. Screening of large chemical libraries requires high-throughput separations. Such fast separation can be accessed by microchip electrophoresis. Here, microchip gel electrophoresis separations of proteins are achieved in 2.6 s with 1200 V/cm and 3-mm separation lengths. However, such fast separations can still suffer from limited overall throughput from sample introduction constraints. Automated introduction of microfluidic droplets has been demonstrated to overcome this limitation. Most devices for coupling microfluidic droplets to microchip electrophoresis are only compatible with free-solution separations. Here, we present a device that is compatible with coupling droplets to gel and free-solution electrophoresis. In this device, automated sample introduction is based on a novel mechanism of carrier phase separation using the difference in density of the carrier phase and the running buffer. This device is demonstrated for microchip gel electrophoresis and free-solution electrophoresis separations of protein-protein interaction and enzyme samples, respectively. Throughputs of about 10 s per sample are achieved and over 1000 separations are demonstrated without reconditioning of the device. Graphical abstract.
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- Claire M Ouimet
- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, 930 N. University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-1055, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Michigan, 1150 W. Medical Center Dr, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-5632, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, 930 N. University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-1055, USA. .,Department of Pharmacology, University of Michigan, 1150 W. Medical Center Dr, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-5632, USA.
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Yu F, Zhao Q, Zhang D, Yuan Z, Wang H. Affinity Interactions by Capillary Electrophoresis: Binding, Separation, and Detection. Anal Chem 2018; 91:372-387. [PMID: 30392351 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.8b04741] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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- Fangzhi Yu
- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology , Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing , 100085 , China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing , 100049 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology , Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing , 100085 , China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing , 100049 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology , Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing , 100085 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology , Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing , 100085 , China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing , 100049 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology , Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing , 100085 , China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing , 100049 , China
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Gestwicki JE, Shao H. Inhibitors and chemical probes for molecular chaperone networks. J Biol Chem 2018; 294:2151-2161. [PMID: 30213856 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.tm118.002813] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
The molecular chaperones are central mediators of protein homeostasis. In that role, they engage in widespread protein-protein interactions (PPIs) with each other and with their "client" proteins. Together, these PPIs form the backbone of a network that ensures proper vigilance over the processes of protein folding, trafficking, quality control, and degradation. The core chaperones, such as the heat shock proteins Hsp60, Hsp70, and Hsp90, are widely expressed in most tissues, yet there is growing evidence that the PPIs among them may be re-wired in disease conditions. This possibility suggests that these PPIs, and perhaps not the individual chaperones themselves, could be compelling drug targets. Indeed, recent efforts have yielded small molecules that inhibit (or promote) a subset of inter-chaperone PPIs. These chemical probes are being used to study chaperone networks in a range of models, and the successes with these approaches have inspired a community-wide objective to produce inhibitors for a broader set of targets. In this Review, we discuss progress toward that goal and point out some of the challenges ahead.
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- Jason E Gestwicki
- From the Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and the Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94158
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- From the Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and the Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94158
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Freilich R, Arhar T, Abrams JL, Gestwicki JE. Protein-Protein Interactions in the Molecular Chaperone Network. Acc Chem Res 2018; 51:940-949. [PMID: 29613769 DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.8b00036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Molecular chaperones play a central role in protein homeostasis (a.k.a. proteostasis) by balancing protein folding, quality control, and turnover. To perform these diverse tasks, chaperones need the malleability to bind nearly any "client" protein and the fidelity to detect when it is misfolded. Remarkably, these activities are carried out by only ∼180 dedicated chaperones in humans. How do a relatively small number of chaperones maintain cellular and organismal proteostasis for an entire proteome? Furthermore, once a chaperone binds a client, how does it "decide" what to do with it? One clue comes from observations that individual chaperones engage in protein-protein interactions (PPIs)-both with each other and with their clients. These physical links coordinate multiple chaperones into organized, functional complexes and facilitate the "handoff" of clients between them. PPIs also link chaperones and their clients to other cellular pathways, such as those that mediate trafficking (e.g., cytoskeleton) and degradation (e.g., proteasome). The PPIs of the chaperone network have a wide range of affinity values (nanomolar to micromolar) and involve many distinct types of domain modules, such as J domains, zinc fingers, and tetratricopeptide repeats. Many of these motifs have the same binding surfaces on shared partners, such that members of one chaperone class often compete for the same interactions. Somehow, this collection of PPIs draws together chaperone families and creates multiprotein subnetworks that are able to make the "decisions" of protein quality control. The key to understanding chaperone-mediated proteostasis might be to understand how PPIs are regulated. This Account will discuss the efforts of our group and others to map, measure, and chemically perturb the PPIs within the molecular chaperone network. Structural biology methods, including X-ray crystallography, NMR spectroscopy, and electron microscopy, have all played important roles in visualizing the chaperone PPIs. Guided by these efforts and -omics approaches to measure PPIs, new advances in high-throughput chemical screening that are specially designed to account for the challenges of this system have emerged. Indeed, chemical biology has played a particularly important role in this effort, as molecules that either promote or inhibit specific PPIs have proven to be invaluable research probes in cells and animals. In addition, these molecules have provided leads for the potential treatment of protein misfolding diseases. One of the major products of this research field has been the identification of putative PPI drug targets within the chaperone network, which might be used to change chaperone "decisions" and rebalance proteostasis.
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- Rebecca Freilich
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and The Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease, University of California—San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94158, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and The Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease, University of California—San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94158, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and The Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease, University of California—San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94158, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and The Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease, University of California—San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94158, United States
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