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El Khoury M, Naim HY. Lipid rafts disruption by statins negatively impacts the interaction between SARS-CoV-2 S1 subunit and ACE2 in intestinal epithelial cells. Front Microbiol 2024; 14:1335458. [PMID: 38260879 PMCID: PMC10800905 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1335458] [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: 11/11/2023] [Accepted: 12/19/2023] [Indexed: 01/24/2024] Open
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The causative agent of the COVID-19 pandemic, SARS-CoV-2, is a virus that targets mainly the upper respiratory tract. However, it can affect other systems such as the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. Therapeutic strategies for this virus are still inconclusive and understanding its entry mechanism is important for finding effective treatments. Cholesterol is an important constituent in the structure of cellular membranes that plays a crucial role in a variety of cellular events. In addition, it is important for the infectivity and pathogenicity of several viruses. ACE2, the main receptor of SARS-CoV-2, is associated with lipid rafts which are microdomains composed of cholesterol and sphingolipids. In this study, we investigate the role of statins, lipid-lowering drugs, on the trafficking of ACE2 and the impact of cholesterol modulation on the interaction of this receptor with S1 in Caco-2 cells. The data show that fluvastatin and simvastatin reduce the expression of ACE2 to variable extents, impair its association with lipid rafts and sorting to the brush border membrane resulting in substantial reduction of its interaction with the S1 subunit of the spike protein. By virtue of the substantial effects of statins demonstrated in our study, these molecules, particularly fluvastatin, represent a promising therapeutic intervention that can be used off-label to treat SARS-CoV-2.
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Hannover, Germany
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Asady B, Sampels V, Romano JD, Levitskaya J, Lige B, Khare P, Le A, Coppens I. Function and regulation of a steroidogenic CYP450 enzyme in the mitochondrion of Toxoplasma gondii. PLoS Pathog 2023; 19:e1011566. [PMID: 37651449 PMCID: PMC10499268 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1011566] [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: 01/05/2023] [Revised: 09/13/2023] [Accepted: 07/19/2023] [Indexed: 09/02/2023] Open
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As an obligate intracellular parasite, Toxoplasma gondii must import essential nutrients from the host cell into the parasitophorous vacuole. We previously reported that the parasite scavenges cholesterol from host endocytic organelles for incorporation into membranes and storage as cholesteryl esters in lipid droplets. In this study, we have investigated whether Toxoplasma utilizes cholesterol as a precursor for the synthesis of metabolites, such as steroids. In mammalian cells, steroidogenesis occurs in mitochondria and involves membrane-bound type I cytochrome P450 oxidases that are activated through interaction with heme-binding proteins containing a cytochrome b5 domain, such as members of the membrane-associated progesterone receptor (MAPR) family. Our LC-MS targeted lipidomics detect selective classes of hormone steroids in Toxoplasma, with a predominance for anti-inflammatory hydroxypregnenolone species, deoxycorticosterone and dehydroepiandrosterone. The genome of Toxoplasma contains homologs encoding a single type I CYP450 enzyme (we named TgCYP450mt) and a single MAPR (we named TgMAPR). We showed that TgMAPR is a hemoprotein with conserved residues in a heme-binding cytochrome b5 domain. Both TgCYP450 and TgMAPR localize to the mitochondrion and show interactions in in situ proximity ligation assays. Genetic ablation of cyp450mt is not tolerated by Toxoplasma; we therefore engineered a conditional knockout strain and showed that iΔTgCYP450mt parasites exhibit growth impairment in cultured cells. Parasite strains deficient for mapr could be generated; however, ΔTgMAPR parasites suffer from poor global fitness, loss of plasma membrane integrity, aberrant mitochondrial cristae, and an abnormally long S-phase in their cell cycle. Compared to wild-type parasites, iΔTgCYP450mt and ΔTgMAPR lost virulence in mice and metabolomics studies reveal that both mutants have reduced levels of steroids. These observations point to a steroidogenic pathway operational in the mitochondrion of a protozoan that involves an evolutionary conserved TgCYP450mt enzyme and its binding partner TgMAPR.
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- Beejan Asady
- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Department of Pathology and Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Wang LX, Zheng GF, Xin XJ, An FL. Development of a High-Titer Culture Medium for the Production of Cholesterol by Engineered Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Its Fed-Batch Cultivation Strategy. J Microbiol Biotechnol 2022; 32:1178-1185. [PMID: 34866126 PMCID: PMC9628975 DOI: 10.4014/jmb.2106.06026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2021] [Revised: 11/24/2021] [Accepted: 11/29/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Steroids are a class of compounds with cyclopentane polyhydrophenanthrene as the parent nucleus, and they usually have unique biological and pharmacological activities. Most of the biosynthesis of steroids is completed by a series of enzymatic reactions starting from cholesterol. Synthetic biology can be used to synthesize cholesterol in engineered microorganisms, but the production of cholesterol is too low to further produce other high-value steroids from cholesterol as the raw material and precursor. In this work, combinational strategies were established to increase the production of cholesterol in engineered Saccharomyces cerevisiae RH6829. The basic medium for high cholesterol production was selected by screening 8 kinds of culture media. Single-factor optimization of the carbon and nitrogen sources of the culture medium, and the addition of calcium ions, zinc ions and citric acid, further increased the cholesterol production to 192.53 mg/l. In the 5-L bioreactor, through the establishment of strategies for glucose and citric acid feeding and dissolved oxygen regulation, the cholesterol production was further increased to 339.87 mg/l, which was 734% higher than that in the original medium. This is the highest titer of cholesterol produced by microorganisms currently reported. The fermentation program has also been conducted in a 50-L bioreactor to prove its stability and feasibility.
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- Ling-Xu Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China,Corresponding author Phone: +86-21-64251185 E-mail:
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Özel Ş, Okumuş Ö, Yurdabakan ZZ. Evaluation of Trabecular Structure Using Fractal Analysis in Patients Taking Proton Pump Inhibitors. MEANDROS MEDICAL AND DENTAL JOURNAL 2022. [DOI: 10.4274/meandros.galenos.2021.69345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Wen H, Jiang X, Wang W, Wu M, Bai H, Wu C, Shen L. Comparative transcriptome analysis of candidate genes involved in chlorogenic acid biosynthesis during fruit development in three pear varieties of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. J Zhejiang Univ Sci B 2022; 23:345-351. [PMID: 35403389 DOI: 10.1631/jzus.b2100673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Pear is one of the main fruits with thousands of years of cultivation history in China. There are more than 2000 varieties of pear cultivars around the world, including more than 1200 varieties or cultivars in China (Legrand et al., 2016). Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region is an important pear production region in China with 30 of varieties or cultivars. Pyrus sinkiangensis is the most popular variety, which is mainly distributed in Xinjiang (Zhou et al., 2018). Chlorogenic acid (CGA), p-coumaric acid, and arbutin are the main polyphenols in pear fruit, and their levels show great differences among different varieties (Li et al., 2014). CGA is a potential chemo-preventive agent, which possesses many important bioactivities including antioxidant, diabetes attenuating, and anti-obesity (Wang et al., 2021). Therefore, the specific CGA content of a variety is considered the embodiment of the functional nutritional value of pears.
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- Hao Wen
- Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Zhejiang Key Laboratory for Agro-Food Processing, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- College of Horticulture and Forestry, Tarim University, Alar 843300, China
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- Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Zhejiang Key Laboratory for Agro-Food Processing, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Zhejiang Key Laboratory for Agro-Food Processing, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- College of Horticulture and Forestry, Tarim University, Alar 843300, China
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- College of Horticulture and Forestry, Tarim University, Alar 843300, China. ,
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- Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Zhejiang Key Laboratory for Agro-Food Processing, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China.
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Gee C, Fleuret C, Wilson A, Levine D, Elhusseiny R, Muls A, Cunningham D, Kohoutova D. Bile Acid Malabsorption as a Consequence of Cancer Treatment: Prevalence and Management in the National Leading Centre. Cancers (Basel) 2021; 13:6213. [PMID: 34944833 PMCID: PMC8699462 DOI: 10.3390/cancers13246213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2021] [Accepted: 12/08/2021] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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The aim was to establish prevalence of bile acid malabsorption (BAM) and management in patients who underwent treatment for malignancy. Retrospective evaluation of data in patients seen within six months (August 2019-January 2020) was carried out. Demographic, nuclear medicine (Selenium Homocholic Acid Taurine (SeHCAT) scan result), clinical (previous malignancy, type of intervention (medication, diet), response to intervention) and laboratory (vitamin D, vitamin B12 serum levels) data were searched. In total, 265 consecutive patients were reviewed. Out of those, 87/265 (33%) patients (57 females, 66%) were diagnosed with BAM. Mean age was 59 +/- 12 years. The largest group were females with gynaecological cancer (35), followed by haematology group (15), colorectal/anal (13), prostate (9), upper gastrointestinal cancer (6), another previous malignancy (9). Severe BAM was most common in haematology (10/15; 67%) and gynaecological group (21/35; 60%). Medication and low-fat diet were commenced in 65/87 (75%), medication in 10/87 (11%), diet in 6/87 (7%). Colesevelam was used in 71/75 (95%). Symptoms improved in 74/87 (85%) patients. Vitamin D insufficiency/deficiency was diagnosed in 62/87 (71%), vitamin B12 deficiency in 39/87 (45%). BAM is a common condition in this cohort however treatments are highly effective.
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- Caroline Gee
- The Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Fulham Road, Chelsea, London SW3 6JJ, UK; (C.G.); (C.F.); (A.W.); (D.L.); (R.E.); (A.M.); (D.C.)
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- The Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Fulham Road, Chelsea, London SW3 6JJ, UK; (C.G.); (C.F.); (A.W.); (D.L.); (R.E.); (A.M.); (D.C.)
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- The Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Fulham Road, Chelsea, London SW3 6JJ, UK; (C.G.); (C.F.); (A.W.); (D.L.); (R.E.); (A.M.); (D.C.)
- St Marks Hospital, Watford Road, Harrow, Middlesex, London HA1 3UJ, UK
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- The Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Fulham Road, Chelsea, London SW3 6JJ, UK; (C.G.); (C.F.); (A.W.); (D.L.); (R.E.); (A.M.); (D.C.)
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- The Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Fulham Road, Chelsea, London SW3 6JJ, UK; (C.G.); (C.F.); (A.W.); (D.L.); (R.E.); (A.M.); (D.C.)
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- The Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Fulham Road, Chelsea, London SW3 6JJ, UK; (C.G.); (C.F.); (A.W.); (D.L.); (R.E.); (A.M.); (D.C.)
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- The Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Fulham Road, Chelsea, London SW3 6JJ, UK; (C.G.); (C.F.); (A.W.); (D.L.); (R.E.); (A.M.); (D.C.)
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- The Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Fulham Road, Chelsea, London SW3 6JJ, UK; (C.G.); (C.F.); (A.W.); (D.L.); (R.E.); (A.M.); (D.C.)
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Martín-Campos JM. Genetic Determinants of Plasma Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Levels: Monogenicity, Polygenicity, and "Missing" Heritability. Biomedicines 2021; 9:biomedicines9111728. [PMID: 34829957 PMCID: PMC8615680 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines9111728] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2021] [Revised: 11/16/2021] [Accepted: 11/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Changes in plasma low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-c) levels relate to a high risk of developing some common and complex diseases. LDL-c, as a quantitative trait, is multifactorial and depends on both genetic and environmental factors. In the pregenomic age, targeted genes were used to detect genetic factors in both hyper- and hypolipidemias, but this approach only explained extreme cases in the population distribution. Subsequently, the genetic basis of the less severe and most common dyslipidemias remained unknown. In the genomic age, performing whole-exome sequencing in families with extreme plasma LDL-c values identified some new candidate genes, but it is unlikely that such genes can explain the majority of inexplicable cases. Genome-wide association studies (GWASs) have identified several single-nucleotide variants (SNVs) associated with plasma LDL-c, introducing the idea of a polygenic origin. Polygenic risk scores (PRSs), including LDL-c-raising alleles, were developed to measure the contribution of the accumulation of small-effect variants to plasma LDL-c. This paper discusses other possibilities for unexplained dyslipidemias associated with LDL-c, such as mosaicism, maternal effect, and induced epigenetic changes. Future studies should consider gene-gene and gene-environment interactions and the development of integrated information about disease-driving networks, including phenotypes, genotypes, transcription, proteins, metabolites, and epigenetics.
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- Jesús Maria Martín-Campos
- Stroke Pharmacogenomics and Genetics Group, Institut de Recerca de l'Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau (IR-HSCSP)-Biomedical Research Institute Sant Pau (IIB-Sant Pau), C/Sant Quintí 77-79, 08041 Barcelona, Spain
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Cai X, Young GM, Xie W. The xenobiotic receptors PXR and CAR in liver physiology, an update. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis 2021; 1867:166101. [PMID: 33600998 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2021.166101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2020] [Revised: 01/25/2021] [Accepted: 02/06/2021] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Pregnane X receptor (PXR) and constitutive androstane receptor (CAR) are two nuclear receptors that are well-known for their roles in xenobiotic detoxification by regulating the expression of drug-metabolizing enzymes and transporters. In addition to metabolizing drugs and other xenobiotics, the same enzymes and transporters are also responsible for the production and elimination of numerous endogenous chemicals, or endobiotics. Moreover, both PXR and CAR are highly expressed in the liver. As such, it is conceivable that PXR and CAR have major potentials to affect the pathophysiology of the liver by regulating the homeostasis of endobiotics. In recent years, the physiological functions of PXR and CAR in the liver have been extensively studied. Emerging evidence has suggested the roles of PXR and CAR in energy metabolism, bile acid homeostasis, cell proliferation, to name a few. This review summarizes the recent progress in our understanding of the roles of PXR and CAR in liver physiology.
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- Xinran Cai
- Center for Pharmacogenetics, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
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- Center for Pharmacogenetics, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
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- Center for Pharmacogenetics, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA; Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA.
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Schade DS, Shey L, Eaton RP. Cholesterol Review: A Metabolically Important Molecule. Endocr Pract 2021; 26:1514-1523. [PMID: 33471744 DOI: 10.4158/ep-2020-0347] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2020] [Accepted: 06/27/2020] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Cholesterol is an important molecule in humans and both its excess and its deficiency cause disease. Most clinicians appreciate its role in stabilizing cellular plasma membranes but are unaware of its myriad other functions. METHODS This review highlights cholesterol's newly recognized important roles in human physiology and pathophysiology. RESULTS The basis for cholesterol's ubiquitous presence in eukaryote organisms is its three part structure involving hydrophilic, hydrophobic, and rigid domains. This structure permits cholesterol to regulate multiple cellular processes ranging from membrane fluidity and permeability to gene transcription. Cholesterol not only serves as a molecule of regulation itself, but also forms the backbone of all steroid hormones and vitamin D analogs. Cholesterol is responsible for growth and development throughout life and may be useful as an anticancer facilitator. Because humans have a limited ability to catabolize cholesterol, it readily accumulates in the body when an excess from the diet or a genetic abnormality occurs. This accumulation results in the foremost cause of death and disease (atherosclerosis) in the Western world. Identification of cholesterol's disease-producing capabilities dates back 5,000 years to the Tyrolean iceman and more recently to ancient mummies from many cultures throughout the world. In contrast, a deficiency of cholesterol in the circulation may result in an inability to distribute vitamins K and E to vital organs with serious consequences. CONCLUSION Understanding the benefits and hazards of cholesterol in the clinical setting will improve the endocrinologist's ability to control diseases associated with this unique molecule. ABBREVIATIONS CVD = cardiovascular disease; HDL = high-density lipoprotein; LDL = low-density lipoprotein; NPC1L1 = Niemann-Pick C-1-like-1 protein; U.S. = United States; USDA = U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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- David S Schade
- From the (1)University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Albuquerque, New Mexico, and the.
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- University of New Mexico Hospital, Diabetes Comprehensive Care Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico
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- From the (1)University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Albuquerque, New Mexico, and the
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Bux K, Moin ST. Solvation of cholesterol in different solvents: a molecular dynamics simulation study. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2020; 22:1154-1167. [PMID: 31848548 DOI: 10.1039/c9cp05303d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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To the best of our knowledge, molecular dynamics simulations of an isolated cholesterol immersed in four different solvents of varying polarity, such as water, methanol, dimethyl sulfoxide and benzene, were reported for the first time to gain insights into the structural and dynamical properties. The study was mainly focused on the evaluation of solvation of cholesterol with respect to its hydrophilic and hydrophobic structural components in the form of respective functional groups interacting with the solvents. Structural evaluations suggested that both hydrophilic and hydrophobic groups of cholesterol were interacting with the solvents, in particular methanol and dimethyl sulfoxide, which presented both types of interactions that are polar and non-polar. On the other hand, the highly polar water and non-polar benzene demonstrated extreme solvation behavior, since water was involved only in hydrogen bonding to the solute hydroxyl group and non-polar benzene formed strong van der Waals interactions only. Furthermore, the hydrophobic effect of cholesterol was also analyzed mainly in polar solvents, as the effect was more pronounced in the polar environment thereby preventing the solvent mobility in the solvation layer(s). The dynamical properties in terms of lateral diffusion and hydrogen bond dynamics as well as free energies of solvation also corroborated the findings based on the structural data and the hydrophobic character of cholesterol was later quantified by the computation of the averaged solvent accessible surface area. The polarity effect of the solvents on the aggregation property of cholesterol was further investigated, which is of big concern from the clinical point of view due to its major role in cardiovascular ailments. It was another major finding of the present study that aggregation was shown to be facilitated by highly polar solvents like water.
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- Khair Bux
- H.E.J. Research Institute of Chemistry, International Center for Chemical and Biological Science, University of Karachi, Karachi-75270, Pakistan.
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- H.E.J. Research Institute of Chemistry, International Center for Chemical and Biological Science, University of Karachi, Karachi-75270, Pakistan.
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Poocza L, Cipriani F, Alonso M, Rodríguez-Cabello JC. Hydrophobic Cholesteryl Moieties Trigger Substrate Cell-Membrane Interaction of Elastin-Mimetic Protein Coatings in Vitro. ACS OMEGA 2019; 4:10818-10827. [PMID: 31460179 PMCID: PMC6648790 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.9b00548] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2019] [Accepted: 05/15/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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A cellular coating based on hydrophobic interactions of an elastin-like recombinamer (ELR) with the cell membrane is presented. It is well-documented that biophysical properties such as net charge, hydrophobicity, and protein-driven cell-ligand (integrin binding) interactions influence the interaction of polymers, proteins or peptides with model membranes and biological cells. Most studies to enhance membrane-substrate interactions have focused on the introduction of positively charged groups to foster electrostatic interactions with the negatively charged membrane. Herein, we present an antagonistic approach based on ELRs with varying amounts of hydrophobic cholesteryl groups (ELRCTAs). The ability of the membranes to stabilize cholesteryl groups is hypothesized to assist the coordination of hydrophobic ELRs with the membrane. The main objective was to generate a defined cellular coating of a recombinant protein that allows for total sequence control and less host, or batch-to-batch, variation as a substitute for the existing coatings like alginate, polyelectrolytes, collagens, and fibronectin. We used an in vitro cell-binding assay to quantify cell-substrate interactions, showing enhanced cellular recognition and matrix distribution with an increasing number of cholesteryl groups incorporated. These novel materials and the versatile nature of their protein sequence have great potential as cellular markers, drug carriers, or hydrophobic cell-binding domains.
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- Leander Poocza
- Bioforge, University of Valladolid CIBER-BNN, Paseo de Belén 19, 47011 Valladolid, Spain
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Proteins Nanobiotechnology S.L., Paseo de Belén 9A, 47011 Valladolid, Spain
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- Bioforge, University of Valladolid CIBER-BNN, Paseo de Belén 19, 47011 Valladolid, Spain
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Transcriptome analysis identifies strong candidate genes for ginsenoside biosynthesis and reveals its underlying molecular mechanism in Panax ginseng C.A. Meyer. Sci Rep 2019; 9:615. [PMID: 30679448 PMCID: PMC6346045 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-36349-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2018] [Accepted: 11/11/2018] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Ginseng, Panax ginseng C.A. Meyer, is one of the most important medicinal herbs for human health and medicine in which ginsenosides are known to play critical roles. The genes from the cytochrome P450 (CYP) gene superfamily have been shown to play important roles in ginsenoside biosynthesis. Here we report genome-wide identification of the candidate PgCYP genes for ginsenoside biosynthesis, development of functional SNP markers for its manipulation and systems analysis of its underlying molecular mechanism. Correlation analysis identified 100 PgCYP genes, including all three published ginsenoside biosynthesis PgCYP genes, whose expressions were significantly correlated with the ginsenoside contents. Mutation association analysis identified that six of these 100 PgCYP genes contained SNPs/InDels that were significantly associated with ginsenosides biosynthesis (P ≤ 1.0e-04). These six PgCYP genes, along with all ten published ginsenoside biosynthesis genes from the PgCYP and other gene families, formed a strong co-expression network, even though they varied greatly in spatio-temporal expressions. Therefore, this study has identified six new ginsenoside biosynthesis candidate genes, provided a genome-wide insight into how they are involved in ginsenoside biosynthesis and developed a set of functional SNP markers useful for enhanced ginsenoside biosynthesis research and breeding in ginseng and related species.
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Del Portillo P, García-Morales L, Menéndez MC, Anzola JM, Rodríguez JG, Helguera-Repetto AC, Ares MA, Prados-Rosales R, Gonzalez-y-Merchand JA, García MJ. Hypoxia Is Not a Main Stress When Mycobacterium tuberculosis Is in a Dormancy-Like Long-Chain Fatty Acid Environment. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2019; 8:449. [PMID: 30687646 PMCID: PMC6333855 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2018.00449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2018] [Accepted: 12/18/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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The capacity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) to sense, respond and adapt to a variable and hostile environment within the host makes it one of the most successful human pathogens. During different stages of infection, Mtb is surrounded by a plethora of lipid molecules and current evidence points out the relevance of fatty acids during the infectious process. In this study, we have compared the transcriptional response of Mtb to hypoxia in cultures supplemented with a mix of even long-chain fatty acids or dextrose as main carbon sources. Using RNA sequencing, we have identified differential expressed genes in early and late hypoxia, defined according to the in vitro Wayne and Hayes model, and compared the results with the exponential phase of growth in both carbon sources. We show that the number of genes over-expressed in the lipid medium was quite low in both, early and late hypoxia, relative to conditions including dextrose, with the exception of transcripts of stable and non-coding RNAs, which were more expressed in the fatty acid medium. We found that sigB and sigE were over-expressed in the early phase of hypoxia, confirming their pivotal role in early adaptation to low oxygen concentration independently of the carbon source. A drastic contrast was found with the transcriptional regulatory factors at early hypoxia. Only 2 transcriptional factors were over-expressed in early hypoxia in the lipid medium compared to 37 that were over-expressed in the dextrose medium. Instead of Rv0081, known to be the central regulator of hypoxia in dextrose, Rv2745c (ClgR), seems to play a main role in hypoxia in the fatty acid medium. The low level of genes associated to the stress-response during their adaptation to hypoxia in fatty acids, suggests that this lipid environment makes hypoxia a less stressful condition for the tubercle bacilli. Taken all together, these results indicate that the presence of lipid molecules shapes the metabolic response of Mtb to an adaptive state for different stresses within the host, including hypoxia. This fact could explain the success of Mtb to establish long-term survival during latent infection.
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- Patricia Del Portillo
- Departamento de Biotecnología Molecular y Biología Computacional y Bioinformática, Corporación CorpoGen, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Departamento de Biomedicina Molecular, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (CINVESTAV), Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Departamento de Medicina Preventiva, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Biotecnología Molecular y Biología Computacional y Bioinformática, Corporación CorpoGen, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Departamento de Biotecnología Molecular y Biología Computacional y Bioinformática, Corporación CorpoGen, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Departamento de Inmunobioquímica, Torre de Investigación, Instituto Nacional de Perinatología Isidro Espinosa de los Reyes, Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Unidad de Investigación Médica en Enfermedades Infecciosas y Parasitarias, Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Departamento de Medicina Preventiva, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Center for Cooperative Research bioGUNE (CICbioGUNE), Bizkaia Technology Park, Derio, Spain
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- Departamento de Microbiología, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Departamento de Medicina Preventiva, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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Wang Y, Li X, Lin Y, Wang Y, Wang K, Sun C, Lu T, Zhang M. Structural Variation, Functional Differentiation, and Activity Correlation of the Cytochrome P450 Gene Superfamily Revealed in Ginseng. THE PLANT GENOME 2018; 11:170106. [PMID: 30512034 DOI: 10.3835/plantgenome2017.11.0106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Ginseng ( C.A. Mey.) is one of the most important medicinal herbs for human health and medicine, for which ginsenosides are the major bioactive components. The cytochrome P450 genes, , form a large gene superfamily; however, only three genes have been identified from ginseng and shown to be involved in ginsenoside biosynthesis, indicating the importance of the gene superfamily in the process. Here we report genome-wide identification and systems analysis of the genes in ginseng, defined as genes. We identified 414 genes, including the three published genes. These genes formed a superfamily consisting of 41 gene families, with a substantial diversity in phylogeny and dramatic variation in spatiotemporal expression. Gene ontology (GO) analysis categorized the gene superfamily into 12 functional subcategories distributing among all three primary functional categories, suggesting its functional differentiation. Nevertheless, the majority of its gene members expressed correlatively and tended to form a coexpression network and some of them were commonly regulated in expression across tissues and developmental stages. These results have led to genome-wide identification of genes useful for genome-wide identification of the genes involved in ginsenoside biosynthesis in ginseng and provided the first insight into how a gene superfamily functionally differentiates and acts correlatively in plants.
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Characterisation of the oxysterol metabolising enzyme pathway in mismatch repair proficient and deficient colorectal cancer. Oncotarget 2018; 7:46509-46527. [PMID: 27341022 PMCID: PMC5216813 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.10224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2016] [Accepted: 05/26/2016] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Oxysterols are oxidised derivatives of cholesterol, formed by the enzymatic activity of several cytochrome P450 enzymes and tumour-derived oxysterols have been implicated in tumour growth and survival. The aim of this study was to profile the expression of oxysterol metabolising enzymes in primary colorectal cancer and assess the association between expression and prognosis. Immunohistochemistry was performed on a colorectal cancer tissue microarray containing 650 primary colorectal cancers using monoclonal antibodies to CYP2R1, CYP7B1, CYP8B1, CYP27A1, CYP39A1, CYP46A1 and CYP51A1, which we have developed. Unsupervised hierarchical cluster analysis was used to examine the overall relationship of oxysterol metabolising enzyme expression with outcome and based on this identify an oxysterol metabolising enzyme signature associated with prognosis. Cluster analysis of the whole patient cohort identified a good prognosis group (mean survival=146 months 95% CI 127-165 months) that had a significantly better survival (δ2=12.984, p<0.001, HR=1.983, 95% CI 1.341-2.799) than the poor prognosis group (mean survival=107 months, 95% CI 98-123 months). For the mismatch repair proficient cohort, the good prognosis group had a significantly better survival (δ2=8.985, p=0.003, HR=1.845, 95% CI 1.227-2.774) than the poor prognosis group. Multi-variate analysis showed that cluster group was independently prognostically significant in both the whole patient cohort (p=0.02, HR=1.554, 95% CI 1.072-2.252) and the mismatch repair proficient group (p=0.04, HR=1.530, 95% CI 1.014-2.310). Individual oxysterol metabolising enzymes are overexpressed in colorectal cancer and an oxysterol metabolising enzyme expression profile associated with prognosis has been identified in the whole patient cohort and in mismatch repair proficient colorectal cancers.
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Olsvik PA, Søfteland L. Metabolic effects of p,p′-DDE on Atlantic salmon hepatocytes. J Appl Toxicol 2017; 38:489-503. [DOI: 10.1002/jat.3556] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2017] [Revised: 09/28/2017] [Accepted: 09/29/2017] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Pål A. Olsvik
- National Institute of Nutrition and Seafood Research (NIFES), Bergen; Norway
- Faculty of Biosciences and Aquaculture; Nord University; Bodø Norway
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- National Institute of Nutrition and Seafood Research (NIFES), Bergen; Norway
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Guevara G, Heras LFDL, Perera J, Llorens JMN. Functional characterization of 3-ketosteroid 9α-hydroxylases in Rhodococcus ruber strain chol-4. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 2017. [PMID: 28642093 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2017.06.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The 3-Ketosteroid-9α-Hydroxylase, also known as KshAB [androsta-1,4-diene-3,17-dione, NADH:oxygen oxidoreductase (9α-hydroxylating); EC 1.14.13.142)], is a key enzyme in the general scheme of the bacterial steroid catabolism in combination with a 3-ketosteroid-Δ1-dehydrogenase activity (KstD), being both responsible of the steroid nucleus (rings A/B) breakage. KshAB initiates the opening of the steroid ring by the 9α-hydroxylation of the C9 carbon of 4-ene-3-oxosteroids (e.g. AD) or 1,4-diene-3-oxosteroids (e.g. ADD), transforming them into 9α-hydroxy-4-androsten-3,17-dione (9OHAD) or 9α-hydroxy-1,4-androstadiene-3,17-dione (9OHADD), respectively. The redundancy of these enzymes in the actinobacterial genomes results in a serious difficulty for metabolic engineering this catabolic pathway to obtain intermediates of industrial interest. In this work, we have identified three homologous kshA genes and one kshB gen in different genomic regions of R. ruber strain Chol-4. We present a set of data that helps to understand their specific roles in this strain, including: i) description of the KshAB enzymes ii) construction and characterization of ΔkshB and single, double and triple ΔkshA mutants in R. ruber iii) growth studies of the above strains on different substrates and iv) genetic complementation and biotransformation assays with those strains. Our results show that KshA2 isoform is needed for the degradation of steroid substrates with short side chain, while KshA3 works on those molecules with longer side chains. KshA1 is a more versatile enzyme related to the cholic acid catabolism, although it also collaborates with KshA2 or KshA3 activities in the catabolism of steroids. Accordingly to what it is described for other Rhodococcus strains, our results also suggest that the side chain degradation is KshAB-independent.
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- Govinda Guevara
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology I, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology I, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology I, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040, Madrid, Spain.
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Hepatitis C virus may have an entero-hepatic cycle which could be blocked with ezetimibe. Med Hypotheses 2017; 102:51-55. [PMID: 28478831 DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2017.03.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2017] [Accepted: 03/08/2017] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Hepatitis C virus can lead to chronic infection, cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. With more than 170 million people infected worldwide, eradication remains a challenge even with the revolutionary current direct antiviral agents (DAAs). The risk of resistance, the safety profile in some populations, the genotype specificity and the high price of current DAAs explain why there is still interest in developing host targeting agents (HTA) that may help overcome some of these difficulties. Specifically, targeting the entry of HCV to the cell seems like a promising strategy. Recently it has been shown that the cholesterol transporter NPC1L1, a protein located in the small bowel epithelium and in the canalicular membrane of the hepatocyte is also an HCV receptor. Just as this protein is key in the entero-hepatic cycle of cholesterol, we hypothesize that there is an entero-hepatic cycle of HCV that could be disrupted by blocking NPC1L1 with ezetimibe, an already approved and readily available safe drug. Ezetimibe, either alone or in combination with DAAs, could decrease relapse rates, reduce resistance and even make treatments cheaper.
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Guevara G, Perera J, Navarro-Llorens JM. Analysis of Intermediates of Steroid Transformations in Resting Cells by Thin-Layer Chromatography (TLC). Methods Mol Biol 2017; 1645:347-360. [PMID: 28710640 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-7183-1_24] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Thin-layer chromatography (TLC) is a useful and convenient method for the analysis of steroids due to: its simple sample preparation, low time-consuming process, high sensitivity, low equipment investment and capacity to work on many samples simultaneously. Here we describe a TLC easy protocol very useful to analyze steroid molecules derived from a biotransformation carried out in wild-type and mutant resting cells of Rhodococcus ruber strain Chol-4. Following this protocol, we were able to detect the presence or the absence of some well-known intermediates of cholesterol catabolism in Rhodococcus, namely AD, ADD, and 9OHAD.
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- Govinda Guevara
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology I, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology I, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040, Madrid, Spain.
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Li CD, Xu Q, Gu RX, Qu J, Wei DQ. The dynamic binding of cholesterol to the multiple sites of C99: as revealed by coarse-grained and all-atom simulations. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2017; 19:3845-3856. [DOI: 10.1039/c6cp07873g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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The multi-site cholesterol binding model of C99.
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- Cheng-Dong Li
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism and College of Life Sciences and Biotechnology
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University
- Shanghai 200240
- China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Bioprocess
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism and College of Life Sciences and Biotechnology
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University
- Shanghai 200240
- China
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- Centre for Molecular Simulation and Department of Biological Sciences
- University of Calgary
- Calgary
- Canada
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Bioprocess
- College of Life Science and Technology
- Beijing University of Chemical Technology
- Beijing
- P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism and College of Life Sciences and Biotechnology
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University
- Shanghai 200240
- China
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Aguilar-Ayala DA, Palomino JC, Vandamme P, Martin A, Gonzalez-Y-Merchand JA. "Genetic regulation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a lipid-rich environment". INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION 2016; 55:392-402. [PMID: 27771519 DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2016.10.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2016] [Revised: 10/15/2016] [Accepted: 10/18/2016] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Tuberculosis (TB) remains as one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality among infectious diseases worldwide. Although lipids (mainly fatty acids and cholesterol) have been reported to play an important role during active and latent infection of M. tuberculosis, there are other molecular aspects of bacterial response to those substrates that are not fully understood, involving gene regulation background. This review highlights recent insights on pathogen gene expression: regulation during its active growth, during survival in presence of lipids and under variable hostile host microenvironments. We also propose several application options of this knowledge that may contribute for improved TB control.
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- Diana A Aguilar-Ayala
- Departamento de Microbiologia, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biologicas, Instituto Politecnico Nacional, Prolongacion de Carpio y Plan de Ayala S/N, Mexico City, Mexico; Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Faculty of Sciences, Ghent University, K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Faculty of Sciences, Ghent University, K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Faculty of Sciences, Ghent University, K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Faculty of Sciences, Ghent University, K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium.
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- Departamento de Microbiologia, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biologicas, Instituto Politecnico Nacional, Prolongacion de Carpio y Plan de Ayala S/N, Mexico City, Mexico; Red Multidisciplinaria de Investigación en Tuberculosis, Mexico.
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Platt FM, Wassif C, Colaco A, Dardis A, Lloyd-Evans E, Bembi B, Porter FD. Disorders of cholesterol metabolism and their unanticipated convergent mechanisms of disease. Annu Rev Genomics Hum Genet 2015; 15:173-94. [PMID: 25184529 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-genom-091212-153412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Cholesterol plays a key role in many cellular processes, and is generated by cells through de novo biosynthesis or acquired from exogenous sources through the uptake of low-density lipoproteins. Cholesterol biosynthesis is a complex, multienzyme-catalyzed pathway involving a series of sequentially acting enzymes. Inherited defects in genes encoding cholesterol biosynthetic enzymes or other regulators of cholesterol homeostasis result in severe metabolic diseases, many of which are rare in the general population and currently without effective therapy. Historically, these diseases have been viewed as discrete disorders, each with its own genetic cause and distinct pathogenic cascades that lead to its specific clinical features. However, studies have recently shown that three of these diseases have an unanticipated mechanistic convergence. This surprising finding is not only shedding light on details of cellular cholesterol homeostasis but also suggesting novel approaches to therapy.
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- Frances M Platt
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QT, United Kingdom;
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Uto Y. Imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines as cholesterol 24-hydroxylase (CYP46A1) inhibitors: a patent evaluation (WO2014061676). Expert Opin Ther Pat 2014; 25:373-7. [DOI: 10.1517/13543776.2014.989214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Chen J, Zhao KN, Chen C. The role of CYP3A4 in the biotransformation of bile acids and therapeutic implication for cholestasis. ANNALS OF TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE 2014; 2:7. [PMID: 25332983 DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2305-5839.2013.03.02] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2013] [Accepted: 03/11/2013] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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CYP3A4 is a major cytochrome P450. It catalyses a broad range of substrates including xenobiotics such as clinically used drugs and endogenous compounds bile acids. Its function to detoxify bile acids could be used for treating cholestasis, which is a condition characterised by accumulation of bile acids. Although bile acids have important physiological functions, they are very toxic when their concentrations are excessively high. The accumulated bile acids in cholestasis can cause liver and other tissue injuries. Thus, control of the concentrations of bile acids is critical for treatment of cholestasis. CYP3A4 is responsively upregulated in cholestasis mediated by the nuclear receptors farnesol X receptor (FXR) and pregnane X receptor (PXR) as a defence mechanism. However, the regulation of CYP3A4 is complicated by estrogen, which is increased in cholestasis and down regulates CYP3A4 expression. The activity of CYP3A4 is also inhibited by accumulated bile acids due to their property of detergent effect. In some cholestasis cases, genetic polymorphisms of the CYP3A4 and PXR genes may interfere with the adaptive response. Further stimulation of CYP3A4 activity in cholestasis could be an effective approach for treatment of the disease. In this review, we summarise recent progress about the roles of CYP3A4 in the metabolism of bile acids, its regulation and possible implication in the treatment of cholestasis.
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- Jiezhong Chen
- 1 School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia ; 2 Centre for Kidney Disease-Venomics Research, School of Medicine, University of Queensland, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Woolloongabba, Brisbane, QLD 4102, Australia
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- 1 School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia ; 2 Centre for Kidney Disease-Venomics Research, School of Medicine, University of Queensland, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Woolloongabba, Brisbane, QLD 4102, Australia
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- 1 School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia ; 2 Centre for Kidney Disease-Venomics Research, School of Medicine, University of Queensland, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Woolloongabba, Brisbane, QLD 4102, Australia
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Martín MG, Pfrieger F, Dotti CG. Cholesterol in brain disease: sometimes determinant and frequently implicated. EMBO Rep 2014; 15:1036-52. [PMID: 25223281 DOI: 10.15252/embr.201439225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 207] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Cholesterol is essential for neuronal physiology, both during development and in the adult life: as a major component of cell membranes and precursor of steroid hormones, it contributes to the regulation of ion permeability, cell shape, cell-cell interaction, and transmembrane signaling. Consistently, hereditary diseases with mutations in cholesterol-related genes result in impaired brain function during early life. In addition, defects in brain cholesterol metabolism may contribute to neurological syndromes, such as Alzheimer's disease (AD), Huntington's disease (HD), and Parkinson's disease (PD), and even to the cognitive deficits typical of the old age. In these cases, brain cholesterol defects may be secondary to disease-causing elements and contribute to the functional deficits by altering synaptic functions. In the first part of this review, we will describe hereditary and non-hereditary causes of cholesterol dyshomeostasis and the relationship to brain diseases. In the second part, we will focus on the mechanisms by which perturbation of cholesterol metabolism can affect synaptic function.
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- Mauricio G Martín
- Instituto de Investigaciones Médicas Mercedes y Martín Ferreyra (INIMEC-CONICET-UNC), Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina
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- Institute of Cellular and Integrative Neurosciences, CNRS UPR 3212, University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Centro Biología Molecular 'Severo Ochoa' CSIC-UAM, Madrid, Spain
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Spincemaille P, Cammue BP, Thevissen K. Sphingolipids and mitochondrial function, lessons learned from yeast. MICROBIAL CELL (GRAZ, AUSTRIA) 2014; 1:210-224. [PMID: 28357246 PMCID: PMC5349154 DOI: 10.15698/mic2014.07.156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2014] [Accepted: 06/10/2014] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Mitochondrial dysfunction is a hallmark of several neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease, but also of cancer, diabetes and rare diseases such as Wilson's disease (WD) and Niemann Pick type C1 (NPC). Mitochondrial dysfunction underlying human pathologies has often been associated with an aberrant cellular sphingolipid metabolism. Sphingolipids (SLs) are important membrane constituents that also act as signaling molecules. The yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae has been pivotal in unraveling mammalian SL metabolism, mainly due to the high degree of conservation of SL metabolic pathways. In this review we will first provide a brief overview of the major differences in SL metabolism between yeast and mammalian cells and the use of SL biosynthetic inhibitors to elucidate the contribution of specific parts of the SL metabolic pathway in response to for instance stress. Next, we will discuss recent findings in yeast SL research concerning a crucial signaling role for SLs in orchestrating mitochondrial function, and translate these findings to relevant disease settings such as WD and NPC. In summary, recent research shows that S. cerevisiae is an invaluable model to investigate SLs as signaling molecules in modulating mitochondrial function, but can also be used as a tool to further enhance our current knowledge on SLs and mitochondria in mammalian cells.
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- Pieter Spincemaille
- Centre of Microbial and Plant Genetics (CMPG), KU Leuven,
Kasteelpark Arenberg 20, 3001 Heverlee, Belgium
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- Centre of Microbial and Plant Genetics (CMPG), KU Leuven,
Kasteelpark Arenberg 20, 3001 Heverlee, Belgium
- Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, Technologiepark 927, 9052,
Ghent, Belgium
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- Centre of Microbial and Plant Genetics (CMPG), KU Leuven,
Kasteelpark Arenberg 20, 3001 Heverlee, Belgium
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Zhang X, Liu Y, Wang Y. The influence of the adjacent hydrogen bond on the hydroxylation processes mediated by cytochrome P450 side-chain cleavage enzyme. Theor Chem Acc 2014. [DOI: 10.1007/s00214-014-1485-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Niki E. Biomarkers of lipid peroxidation in clinical material. Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj 2014; 1840:809-17. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2013.03.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 374] [Impact Index Per Article: 37.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2013] [Revised: 03/14/2013] [Accepted: 03/17/2013] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Song Y, Kenworthy AK, Sanders CR. Cholesterol as a co-solvent and a ligand for membrane proteins. Protein Sci 2013; 23:1-22. [PMID: 24155031 DOI: 10.1002/pro.2385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2013] [Revised: 09/27/2013] [Accepted: 10/01/2013] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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As of mid 2013 a Medline search on "cholesterol" yielded over 200,000 hits, reflecting the prominence of this lipid in numerous aspects of animal cell biology and physiology under conditions of health and disease. Aberrations in cholesterol homeostasis underlie both a number of rare genetic disorders and contribute to common sporadic and complex disorders including heart disease, stroke, type II diabetes, and Alzheimer's disease. The corresponding author of this review and his lab stumbled only recently into the sprawling area of cholesterol research when they discovered that the amyloid precursor protein (APP) binds cholesterol, a topic covered by the Hans Neurath Award lecture at the 2013 Protein Society Meeting. Here, we first provide a brief overview of cholesterol-protein interactions and then offer our perspective on how and why binding of cholesterol to APP and its C99 domain (β-CTF) promotes the amyloidogenic pathway, which is closely related to the etiology of Alzheimer's disease.
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- Yuanli Song
- Department of Biochemistry, Center for Structural Biology and Institute of Chemical Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, 37232
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Tralau T, Luch A. The evolution of our understanding of endo-xenobiotic crosstalk and cytochrome P450 regulation and the therapeutic implications. Expert Opin Drug Metab Toxicol 2013; 9:1541-54. [DOI: 10.1517/17425255.2013.828692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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García-Fernández E, Frank DJ, Galán B, Kells PM, Podust LM, García JL, Ortiz de Montellano PR. A highly conserved mycobacterial cholesterol catabolic pathway. Environ Microbiol 2013; 15:2342-59. [PMID: 23489718 PMCID: PMC3706556 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2012] [Revised: 01/25/2013] [Accepted: 02/04/2013] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Degradation of the cholesterol side-chain in Mycobacterium tuberculosis is initiated by two cytochromes P450, CYP125A1 and CYP142A1, that sequentially oxidize C26 to the alcohol, aldehyde and acid metabolites. Here we report characterization of the homologous enzymes CYP125A3 and CYP142A2 from Mycobacterium smegmatis mc(2) 155. Heterologously expressed, purified CYP125A3 and CYP142A2 bound cholesterol, 4-cholesten-3-one, and antifungal azole drugs. CYP125A3 or CYP142A2 reconstituted with spinach ferredoxin and ferredoxin reductase efficiently hydroxylated 4-cholesten-3-one to the C-26 alcohol and subsequently to the acid. The X-ray structures of both substrate-free CYP125A3 and CYP142A2 and of cholest-4-en-3-one-bound CYP142A2 reveal significant differences in the substrate binding sites compared with the homologous M. tuberculosis proteins. Deletion only of cyp125A3 causes a reduction of both the alcohol and acid metabolites and a strong induction of cyp142 at the mRNA and protein levels, indicating that CYP142A2 serves as a functionally redundant back up enzyme for CYP125A3. In contrast to M. tuberculosis, the M. smegmatis Δcyp125Δcyp142 double mutant retains its ability to grow on cholesterol albeit with a diminished capacity, indicating an additional level of redundancy within its genome.
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- Esther García-Fernández
- Department of Environmental Biology, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, CSIC, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco, CA USA
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- Department of Environmental Biology, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, CSIC, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Pathology and Center for Discovery and Innovation in Parasitic Diseases, University of California, San Francisco, CA USA
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- Department of Pathology and Center for Discovery and Innovation in Parasitic Diseases, University of California, San Francisco, CA USA
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- Department of Environmental Biology, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, CSIC, Madrid, Spain
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Munro AW, Girvan HM, Mason AE, Dunford AJ, McLean KJ. What makes a P450 tick? Trends Biochem Sci 2013; 38:140-50. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2012.11.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 128] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2012] [Revised: 11/15/2012] [Accepted: 11/21/2012] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Li ZZ, Li XF, Yang W, Dong X, Yu J, Zhu SL, Li M, Xie L, Tong WY. Identification and functional analysis of cytochrome P450 complement in Streptomyces virginiae IBL14. BMC Genomics 2013; 14:130. [PMID: 23442312 PMCID: PMC3599690 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-14-130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2012] [Accepted: 02/21/2013] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND As well known, both natural and synthetic steroidal compounds are powerful endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs) which can cause reproductive toxicity and affect cellular development in mammals and thus are generally regarded as serious contributors to water pollution. Streptomyces virginiae IBL14 is an effective degradative strain for many steroidal compounds and can also catalyze the C25 hydroxylation of diosgenin, the first-ever biotransformation found on the F-ring of diosgenin. RESULTS To completely elucidate the hydroxylation function of cytochrome P450 genes (CYPs) found during biotransformation of steroids by S. virginiae IBL14, the whole genome sequencing of this strain was carried out via 454 Sequencing Systems. The analytical results of BLASTP showed that the strain IBL14 contains 33 CYPs, 7 ferredoxins and 3 ferredoxin reductases in its 8.0 Mb linear chromosome. CYPs from S. virginiae IBL14 are phylogenetically closed to those of Streptomyces sp. Mg1 and Streptomyces sp. C. One new subfamily was found as per the fact that the CYP Svu001 in S. virginiae IBL14 shares 66% identity only to that (ZP_05001937, protein identifer) from Streptomyces sp. Mg1. Further analysis showed that among all of the 33 CYPs in S. virginiae IBL14, three CYPs are clustered with ferredoxins, one with ferredoxin and ferredoxin reductase and three CYPs with ATP/GTP binding proteins, four CYPs arranged with transcriptional regulatory genes and one CYP located on the upstream of an ATP-binding protein and transcriptional regulators as well as four CYPs associated with other functional genes involved in secondary metabolism and degradation. CONCLUSIONS These characteristics found in CYPs from S. virginiae IBL14 show that the EXXR motif in the K-helix is not absolutely conserved in CYP157 family and I-helix not absolutely essential for the CYP structure, too. Experimental results showed that both CYP Svh01 and CYP Svu022 are two hydroxylases, capable of bioconverting diosgenone into isonuatigenone and β-estradiol into estriol, respectively.
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- Zhi-Zhen Li
- Integrated Biotechnology Laboratory, Institute of Health Science, School of Life Science, Anhui University, 111 Jiulong Road, Hefei 230601, China
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Proteome-wide mapping of cholesterol-interacting proteins in mammalian cells. Nat Methods 2013; 10:259-64. [PMID: 23396283 PMCID: PMC3601559 DOI: 10.1038/nmeth.2368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 311] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2012] [Accepted: 01/07/2013] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Cholesterol is an essential structural component of cellular membranes and serves as a precursor for several classes of signaling molecules. Cholesterol exerts its effects and is, itself, regulated in large part by engaging in specific interactions with proteins. The full complement of sterol-binding proteins that exist in mammalian cells, however, remains unknown. Here, we describe a chemoproteomic strategy that uses clickable, photoreactive sterol probes in combination with quantitative mass spectrometry to globally map cholesterol-protein interactions directly in living cells. We identified over 250 cholesterol-binding proteins, including many established and previously unreported interactions with receptors, channels, and enzymes. Prominent among the newly identified interactions were enzymes that regulate sugars, glycerolipids, and cholesterol itself, as well as those involved in vesicular transport and protein glycosylation and degradation, pointing to key nodes in biochemical pathways that may couple sterol concentrations to the control of other metabolites and protein localization and modification.
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