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Zhuang H, Qin M, Liu B, Li R, Li Z. Combination of transcriptomics, metabolomics and physiological traits reveals the effects of polystyrene microplastics on photosynthesis, carbon and nitrogen metabolism in cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.). PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2023; 205:108201. [PMID: 37995577 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2023.108201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2023] [Revised: 10/20/2023] [Accepted: 11/13/2023] [Indexed: 11/25/2023]
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Although microplastic pollution has been widely studied, the mechanism by which they influence plant photosynthesis and carbon and nitrogen metabolism remains unclear. We aimed to explore the effects of polystyrene microplastics (PS) on photosynthesis and carbon and nitrogen metabolism in cucumber using 5 μm and 0.1 μm PS particles. The PS treatments significantly reduced the stability of cucumber mesophyll cells and photosynthetic parameters and increased the soluble sugar content in cucumber leaves. The 5 μm PS affected the photosynthetic pathway by changing the expression of enzyme genes required for the synthesis of NADPH and ATP, which decreased the photosynthetic capacity in cucumber leaves. However, 0.1 μm PS altered the genes expression of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCK) and phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPC), which affected the intercellular CO2 concentration and attenuated the negative effects on photosynthetic efficiency. Additionally, PS reduced the expression levels of nitrate/nitrite transporter (NRT) and nitrate reductase (NR), reducing the nitrogen use efficiency in cucumber leaves and mesophyll cells damage through increased accumulation of reduced glutathione (GSH), γ-glutamylcysteine (γ-GC), and citrulline. This study provides a new scientific basis for exploring the effects of microplastics on plant photosynthesis and carbon and nitrogen metabolism.
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- Haoran Zhuang
- College of Horticulture and Landscape, Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Xinxiang, Henan, 453003, China
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- College of Horticulture and Landscape, Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Xinxiang, Henan, 453003, China
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- College of Horticulture and Landscape, Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Xinxiang, Henan, 453003, China
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- College of Horticulture and Landscape, Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Xinxiang, Henan, 453003, China
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- College of Horticulture and Landscape, Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Xinxiang, Henan, 453003, China; Henan Province Engineering Research Center of Horticultural Plant Resource Utilization and Germplasm Enhancement, Xinxiang, Henan, 453003, China.
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Mollon JD, Danilova MV, Zhuravlev AV. A possible mechanism of neural read-out from a molecular engram. Neurobiol Learn Mem 2023; 200:107748. [PMID: 36907505 DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2023.107748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2022] [Revised: 03/04/2023] [Accepted: 03/06/2023] [Indexed: 03/12/2023]
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What is the physical basis of declarative memory? The predominant view holds that stored information is embedded in the structure of a neural net, that is, in the signs and weights of its synaptic connections. An alternative possibility is that storage and processing are separated, and that the engram is encoded chemically, most probably in the sequence of a nucleic acid. One deterrent to adoption of the latter hypothesis has been the difficulty of envisaging how neural actively could be converted to and from a molecular code. Our purpose here is limited to suggesting how a molecular sequence could be read out from nucleic acid to neural activity by means of nanopores.
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- J D Mollon
- Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge, Downing St., Cambridge CB2 3EB, United Kingdom.
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- Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge, Downing St., Cambridge CB2 3EB, United Kingdom; I.P. Pavlov Institute of Physiology, nab Makarova 6, 199034 St Petersburg, Russian Federation
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- I.P. Pavlov Institute of Physiology, nab Makarova 6, 199034 St Petersburg, Russian Federation
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Fan JQ, Lu WJ, Tan WQ, Feng WC, Zhuang LX. Acupuncture for Parkinson's disease: From theory to practice. Biomed Pharmacother 2022; 149:112907. [PMID: 35366533 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2022.112907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2022] [Revised: 03/22/2022] [Accepted: 03/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Advances in molecular biology and biochemistry have improved the treatment of Parkinson's disease (PD). There has been extensive evidence on the benefit of standard treatment (e.g., deep brain stimulation, levodopa, and dopamine agonists) and acupuncture for PD. This article aims to distill the similarities and differences in the treatment concepts between Chinese and Western medicine from the perspective of reinforcing the deficiency and purging the excess, summarize the latest evidence on the benefits of acupuncture for PD from theory to practice, and propose prospective treatment options for PD.
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- Jing-Qi Fan
- Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510000, Guangdong, China
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- Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510000, Guangdong, China
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- Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510000, Guangdong, China
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- Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510000, Guangdong, China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510000, Guangdong, China.
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Nassirpour R, Raj D, Townsend R, Argyropoulos C. MicroRNA biomarkers in clinical renal disease: from diabetic nephropathy renal transplantation and beyond. Food Chem Toxicol 2016; 98:73-88. [PMID: 26925770 DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2016.02.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2016] [Accepted: 02/24/2016] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is a common health problem affecting 1 in 12 Americans. It is associated with elevated risks of mortality, cardiovascular disease, and high costs for the treatment of renal failure with dialysis or transplantation. Advances in CKD care are impeded by the lack of biomarkers for early diagnosis, assessment of the extent of tissue injury, estimation of disease progression, and evaluation of response to therapy. Such biomarkers should improve the performance of existing measures of renal functional impairment (estimated glomerular filtration rate, eGFR) or kidney damage (proteinuria). MicroRNAs (miRNAs) a class of small, non-coding RNAs that act as post-transcriptional repressors are gaining momentum as biomarkers in a number of disease areas. In this review, we examine the potential utility of miRNAs as promising biomarkers for renal disease. We explore the performance of miRNAs as biomarkers in two clinically important forms of CKD, diabetes and the nephropathy developing in kidney transplant recipients. Finally, we highlight the pitfalls and opportunities of miRNAs and provide a broad perspective for the future clinical development of miRNAs as biomarkers in CKD beyond the current gold standards of eGFR and albuminuria.
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- Rounak Nassirpour
- Drug Safety, Pfizer Worldwide Research and Development, Andover, MA, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Renal Disease and Hypertension, The George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Nephrology and Hypertension, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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Cellular uptake and intracellular trafficking of oligonucleotides. Adv Drug Deliv Rev 2015; 87:35-45. [PMID: 25881722 DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2015.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2014] [Revised: 02/10/2015] [Accepted: 04/07/2015] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Oligonucleotides manifest much promise as potential therapeutic agents. However, understanding of how oligonucleotides function within living organisms is still rather limited. A major concern in this regard is the mechanisms of cellular uptake and intracellular trafficking of both 'free' oligonucleotides and oligonucleotides associated with various polymeric or nanocarrier delivery systems. Here we review basic aspects of the mechanisms of endocytosis and intracellular trafficking and how insights from these processes can be used to understand oligonucleotide delivery. In particular we discuss opportunities for escape of oligonucleotides from endomembrane compartments and describe recent studies using small molecules to enhance oligonucleotide effects.
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Miller DM, Gulbis JM. Engineering protocells: prospects for self-assembly and nanoscale production-lines. Life (Basel) 2015; 5:1019-53. [PMID: 25815781 PMCID: PMC4500129 DOI: 10.3390/life5021019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/01/2015] [Revised: 03/09/2015] [Accepted: 03/16/2015] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The increasing ease of producing nucleic acids and proteins to specification offers potential for design and fabrication of artificial synthetic "organisms" with a myriad of possible capabilities. The prospects for these synthetic organisms are significant, with potential applications in diverse fields including synthesis of pharmaceuticals, sources of renewable fuel and environmental cleanup. Until now, artificial cell technology has been largely restricted to the modification and metabolic engineering of living unicellular organisms. This review discusses emerging possibilities for developing synthetic protocell "machines" assembled entirely from individual biological components. We describe a host of recent technological advances that could potentially be harnessed in design and construction of synthetic protocells, some of which have already been utilized toward these ends. More elaborate designs include options for building self-assembling machines by incorporating cellular transport and assembly machinery. We also discuss production in miniature, using microfluidic production lines. While there are still many unknowns in the design, engineering and optimization of protocells, current technologies are now tantalizingly close to the capabilities required to build the first prototype protocells with potential real-world applications.
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- David M Miller
- The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville VIC 3052, Australia.
- Department of Medical Biology, The University of Melbourne, Parkville VIC 3052, Australia.
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- The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville VIC 3052, Australia.
- Department of Medical Biology, The University of Melbourne, Parkville VIC 3052, Australia.
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Stekhoven FMAHS, van der Velde G, Lee TH, Bottrill AR. Proteomic study of the brackish water mussel Mytilopsis leucophaeata. Zool Stud 2015; 54:e22. [PMID: 31966109 PMCID: PMC6661436 DOI: 10.1186/s40555-014-0081-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2014] [Accepted: 12/10/2014] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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BACKGROUND We encountered the opportunity to study proteochemically a brackish water invertebrate animal, Mytilopsis leucophaeata, belonging to the bivalves which stem from the second half of the Cambrian Period (about 510 million years ago). This way, we were able to compare it with the vertebrate animal, the frilled shark (Chlamydoselachus anguineus) that stems from a much later period of geologic time (Permian: 245-286 MYA). RESULTS The mussel contains a well-adapted system of protein synthesis on the ER, protein folding on the ER, protein trafficking via COPI or clathrin-coated vesicles from endoplasmic reticulum (ER) to Golgi and plasmalemma, an equally well-developed system of actin filaments that with myosin forms the transport system for vesicular proteins and tubulin, which is also involved in ATP-driven vesicular protein transport via microtubules or transport of chromosomes in mitosis and meiosis. A few of the systems that we could not detect in M. leucophaeata in comparison with C. anguineus are the synaptic vesicle cycle components as synaptobrevin, cellubrevin (v-snare) and synaptosomal associated protein 25-A (t-snare), although one component: Ras-related protein (O-Rab1) could be involved in synaptic vesicle traffic. Another component that we did not find in M. leucophaeata was Rab11 that is involved in the tubulovesicular recycling process of H+/K+-ATPase in C. anguineus. We have not been able to trace the H+/K+-ATPase of M. leucophaeata, but Na+/K+-ATPase was present. Furthermore, we have studied the increase of percent protein expression between 1,070 MYA (the generation of the Amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum) and present (the generation of the mammal Sus scrofa = wild boar). In this time span, three proteomic uprises did occur: 600 to 500 MYA, 47.5 to 4.75 MYA, and 1.4 to 0 MYA. The first uprise covers the generation of bivalves, the second covers gold fish, chicken, brine shrimp, house mouse, rabbit, Japanese medaka and Rattus norvegicus, and the third covers cow, chimpanzee, Homo sapiens, dog, goat, Puccinia graminis and wild boar. We hypothesise that the latter two uprises are related to geological and climate changes and their compensation in protein function expression. CONCLUSIONS The proteomic and evolutionary data demonstrate that M. leucophaeata is a highly educatioanal animal to study.
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- Feico MAH Schuurmans Stekhoven
- Department of Animal Ecology and Ecophysiology, Faculty of Science, Radboud University Nijmegen, Heyendaalseweg 135, 6525 AJ Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Animal Ecology and Ecophysiology, Faculty of Science, Radboud University Nijmegen, Heyendaalseweg 135, 6525 AJ Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- Naturalis Biodiversity Center, P.O. Box 9517,2300RA Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Life Sciences, National Chung-Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan
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- Protein and Nucleic Acid Chemistry Laboratory, Proteomics Facility, University of Leicester, Lancaster Road, Leicester LE1 9HN, UK
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Costa JA, Leal-Pinto E, Henderson SC, Zabel T, Hawkins ME, Hanss B. Use of a Pteridine Moiety to Track DNA Uptake in Cells. Pteridines 2014; 23:81-89. [PMID: 24465092 DOI: 10.1515/pteridines.2012.23.1.81] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Fluorescence labeled oligonucleotides have a long history of being used to monitor nucleic acid transport and uptake. However, it is not known if the fluorescent moiety itself physically limits the number of pathways that can be used by the cell due to steric, hydrophobic, or other chemical characteristics. Here, we report a method for comparing the uptake kinetics of oligonucleotides labeled either with the fluorescent pteridine, 3-methyl-8-(2-deoxy-β-D-ribofuranosyl) isoxanthopterin (3MI), or the common fluorophore 5-carboxyfluorescein (5-FAM). We use a multiphoton microscopic technique to monitor nucleic acid uptake LLC-PK1, a pig renal tubular cell line that is known to have multiple uptake pathways. We find that the two fluorophores enter the cells at different rates, suggesting that choice of fluorescent moiety influences the uptake pathway used by a cell. Finally, we reconstituted an LLC-PK1 membrane channel that is selective for nucleic acids in planar lipid bilayers, and tested the ability of the labeled nucleic acids to permeate the channel. We find that 3MI, and not 5-FAM labeled oligonucleotides can traverse the plasma membrane through the channel. These results have implications for future studies aimed at delivering pteridine moieties to cells and for tracking nucleic acid transport into tissues.
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- Justin A Costa
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond, VA
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond, VA
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- Laboratory of Receptor Biology and Gene Expression, NCI/NIH, Bethesda, MD
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
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Juliano RL, Ming X, Carver K, Laing B. Cellular uptake and intracellular trafficking of oligonucleotides: implications for oligonucleotide pharmacology. Nucleic Acid Ther 2014; 24:101-13. [PMID: 24383421 DOI: 10.1089/nat.2013.0463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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One of the major constraints on the therapeutic use of oligonucleotides is inefficient delivery to their sites of action in the cytosol or nucleus. Recently it has become evident that the pathways of cellular uptake and intracellular trafficking of oligonucleotides can strongly influence their pharmacological actions. Here we provide background information on the basic processes of endocytosis and trafficking and then review recent literature on targeted delivery and subcellular trafficking of oligonucleotides in that context. A variety of approaches including molecular scale ligand-oligonucleotide conjugates, ligand-targeted nanocarriers, and the use of small molecules to enhance oligonucleotide effects are discussed.
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- R L Juliano
- Division of Molecular Pharmaceutics, Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina , Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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Lüthje S, Möller B, Perrineau FC, Wöltje K. Plasma membrane electron pathways and oxidative stress. Antioxid Redox Signal 2013; 18:2163-83. [PMID: 23265437 DOI: 10.1089/ars.2012.5130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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SIGNIFICANCE Several redox compounds, including respiratory burst oxidase homologs (Rboh) and iron chelate reductases have been identified in animal and plant plasma membrane (PM). Studies using molecular biological, biochemical, and proteomic approaches suggest that PM redox systems of plants are involved in signal transduction, nutrient uptake, transport, and cell wall-related processes. Function of PM-bound redox systems in oxidative stress will be discussed. RECENT ADVANCES Present knowledge about the properties, structures, and functions of these systems are summarized. Judging from the currently available data, it is likely that electrons are transferred from cytosolic NAD(P)H to the apoplast via quinone reductases, vitamin K, and a cytochrome b561. In tandem with these electrons, protons might be transported to the apoplastic space. CRITICAL ISSUES Recent studies suggest localization of PM-bound redox systems in microdomains (so-called lipid or membrane rafts), but also organization of these compounds in putative and high molecular mass protein complexes. Although the plant flavocytochrome b family is well characterized with respect to its function, the molecular mechanism of an electron transfer reaction by these compounds has to be verified. Localization of Rboh in other compartments needs elucidation. FUTURE DIRECTIONS Plant members of the flavodoxin and flavodoxin-like protein family and the cytochrome b561 protein family have been characterized on the biochemical level, postulated localization, and functions of these redox compounds need verification. Compositions of single microdomains and interaction partners of PM redox systems have to be elucidated. Finally, the hypothesis of an electron transfer chain in the PM needs further proof.
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- Sabine Lüthje
- Biocenter Klein Flottbek, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.
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Menckhoff L, Mielke-Ehret N, Buck F, Vuletić M, Lüthje S. Plasma membrane-associated malate dehydrogenase of maize (Zea mays L.) roots: native versus recombinant protein. J Proteomics 2013; 80:66-77. [PMID: 23313174 DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2012.12.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2012] [Revised: 12/21/2012] [Accepted: 12/29/2012] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Malate dehydrogenase (MDH, EC 1.1.1.37) is involved in several cellular processes including plant development, nutrient uptake and oxidative stress. Evidence for a plasma membrane-associated MDH has been presented for maize (Zea mays L.) roots. In the present study isoenzymes of MDH were purified from highly enriched plasma membrane preparations of maize and compared with soluble isoenzymes (Km, pH optima, pI and molecular masses). Modified SDS-PAGE analyses revealed monomers of 41 kDa for membrane-associated MDH, whereas monomers (35 kDa) and dimers (70 kDa) were detected for soluble isoenzymes. Membrane-associated MDH of cauliflower (Brassica oleracea L.) inflorescences and spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.) leaves showed molecular masses similar to the membrane-associated MDH of maize. The specific maize MDH involved was identified by mass spectrometry (ESI-QTOF-MS/MS, MALDI-TOF-MS). The corresponding gene was cloned and the protein was characterised after heterologous expression in Escherichia coli. Enzyme kinetics and properties of the recombinant and native proteins were compared. The function of thiol groups and the presence of disulphide bonds were analysed by the effect of N-ethylmaleimide, diagonal electrophoresis and labelling. Semiquantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction of maize root transcripts demonstrated a constitutive expression of the gene encoding plasma membrane-associated MDH.
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- Ljiljana Menckhoff
- University of Hamburg, Biocentre Klein Flottbek and Botanical Garden, Plant Physiology, Ohnhorststraße 18, D-22609 Hamburg, Germany
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- University of Hamburg, Biocentre Klein Flottbek and Botanical Garden, Plant Physiology, Ohnhorststraße 18, D-22609 Hamburg, Germany
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- University Hospital Eppendorf, Institute of Clinical Chemistry, Campus Science, Martinistrasse 52, D-20246 Hamburg, Germany
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- Maize Research Institute, Zemun Polje, Slobodana Bajića 1, 11185 Belgrade, Serbia
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- University of Hamburg, Biocentre Klein Flottbek and Botanical Garden, Plant Physiology, Ohnhorststraße 18, D-22609 Hamburg, Germany.
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Juliano RL, Ming X, Nakagawa O. Cellular uptake and intracellular trafficking of antisense and siRNA oligonucleotides. Bioconjug Chem 2011; 23:147-57. [PMID: 21992697 DOI: 10.1021/bc200377d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 145] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Significant progress is being made concerning the development of oligonucleotides as therapeutic agents. Studies with antisense, siRNA, and other forms of oligonucleotides have shown promise in cellular and animal models and in some clinical studies. Nonetheless, our understanding of how oligonucleotides function in cells and tissues is really quite limited. One major issue concerns the modes of uptake and intracellular trafficking of oligonucleotides, whether as "free" molecules or linked to various delivery moieties such as nanoparticles or targeting ligands. In this review, we examine the recent literature on oligonucleotide internalization and subcellular trafficking in the context of current insights into the basic machinery for endocytosis and intracellular vesicular traffic.
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- Rudolph L Juliano
- Division of Molecular Pharmaceutics, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA.
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Bennett CF, Swayze EE. RNA targeting therapeutics: molecular mechanisms of antisense oligonucleotides as a therapeutic platform. Annu Rev Pharmacol Toxicol 2010; 50:259-93. [PMID: 20055705 DOI: 10.1146/annurev.pharmtox.010909.105654] [Citation(s) in RCA: 995] [Impact Index Per Article: 71.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Dramatic advances in understanding of the roles RNA plays in normal health and disease have greatly expanded over the past 10 years and have made it clear that scientists are only beginning to comprehend the biology of RNAs. It is likely that RNA will become an increasingly important target for therapeutic intervention; therefore, it is important to develop strategies for therapeutically modulating RNA function. Antisense oligonucleotides are perhaps the most direct therapeutic strategy to approach RNA. Antisense oligonucleotides are designed to bind to the target RNA by well-characterized Watson-Crick base pairing, and once bound to the target RNA, modulate its function through a variety of postbinding events. This review focuses on the molecular mechanisms by which antisense oligonucleotides can be designed to modulate RNA function in mammalian cells and how synthetic oligonucleotides behave in the body.
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- C Frank Bennett
- Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Carlsbad, California 92008, USA.
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Kim ST, Moon W, Chae Y, Kim YJ, Lee H, Park HJ. The effect of electroaucpuncture for 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine-induced proteomic changes in the mouse striatum. J Physiol Sci 2010; 60:27-34. [PMID: 19760485 PMCID: PMC10717007 DOI: 10.1007/s12576-009-0061-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2009] [Accepted: 08/23/2009] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Using a 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP) Parkinson's disease mouse model, we investigated protein expression changes associated with the action of electroacupuncture (EA) in the mouse striatum. Twelve-week-old male C57BL/6 mice were injected intraperitoneally with 30 mg/kg of MPTP at 24-h intervals for 5 days, and the 100-Hz EA stimulation was performed at GB34 and GB39 once a day for 12 days consecutively from the first injection. With the EA, the MPTP-induced dopaminergic neuronal destruction was reduced. Of the 13 proteins that were differentially expressed between control and MPTP treated mice, cytosolic malate dehydrogenase, munc18-1, and hydroxyacylglutathione hydrolase, which were increased by MPTP, and cytochrome c oxidase subunit Vb, which was decreased by MPTP, were restored to the level of the saline group after EA treatment. These proteins are likely related to cellular metabolism. Altogether, we propose that the EA may exert neuroprotective effects in mice striatum through reducing MPTP-induced toxicity such as oxidative stress.
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- Seung-Tae Kim
- Division of Meridian and Structural Medicine, School of Korean Medicine, Pusan National University, Beomeo-ri, Mulgeum-eup, Yangsan-si, Gyeongsagnam-do 626-870 Republic of Korea
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- Acupuncture and Meridian Science Research Center (AMSRC), Kyung Hee University, 1 Hoegi-dong, Dongdaemoon-gu, Seoul, 130-701 Republic of Korea
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- Acupuncture and Meridian Science Research Center (AMSRC), Kyung Hee University, 1 Hoegi-dong, Dongdaemoon-gu, Seoul, 130-701 Republic of Korea
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- East-West Nursing Research Institute, Kyung Hee University, 1 Hoegi-dong, Dongdaemoon-gu, Seoul, 130-701 Republic of Korea
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- Acupuncture and Meridian Science Research Center (AMSRC), Kyung Hee University, 1 Hoegi-dong, Dongdaemoon-gu, Seoul, 130-701 Republic of Korea
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- Acupuncture and Meridian Science Research Center (AMSRC), Kyung Hee University, 1 Hoegi-dong, Dongdaemoon-gu, Seoul, 130-701 Republic of Korea
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Effect of dose and plasma concentration on liver uptake and pharmacologic activity of a 2′-methoxyethyl modified chimeric antisense oligonucleotide targeting PTEN. Biochem Pharmacol 2009; 78:284-91. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2009.04.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2009] [Revised: 04/15/2009] [Accepted: 04/15/2009] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Shih JD, Fitzgerald MC, Sutherlin M, Hunter CP. The SID-1 double-stranded RNA transporter is not selective for dsRNA length. RNA (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2009; 15:384-90. [PMID: 19155320 PMCID: PMC2657005 DOI: 10.1261/rna.1286409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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The double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) transport protein SID-1 enables systemic RNA interference (RNAi) in Caenorhabditis elegans, whereby silencing initiated by local exposure to dsRNA spreads throughout the animal and to its progeny. Previously, we showed that providing dsRNA in the growth medium of Drosophila S2 cells that express C. elegans SID-1 efficiently triggers RNAi. In these experiments long dsRNA proved to be significantly more effective than short dsRNA in silencing the target gene. Here, we show that equivalent masses of long or short dsRNA accumulate in these cells, indicating that size-dependent silencing is not due to size-selective transport through SID-1. Furthermore, using pulse-chase dsRNA uptake experiments, we show that short dsRNA accumulates more rapidly than long dsRNA. We found that import rates are dependent on dsRNA concentration, consistent with energy-independent, diffusion-limited transport through the SID-1 channel. Comparison of silencing efficiencies between Drosophila S2 cells heterologously expressing SID-1 and primary-cultured C. elegans cells shows similar dsRNA concentration and size dependencies, suggesting that C. elegans regulatory proteins do not measurably enhance or restrict dsRNA transport through SID-1. Finally, we find that coexpressing mutant SID-1 with wild-type SID-1 in S2 cells interferes with SID-1 function, indicating that SID-1 may function as a multimer.
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- Joseph D Shih
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
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López-Calcagno PE, Moreno J, Cedeño L, Labrador L, Concepción JL, Avilán L. Cloning, expression and biochemical characterization of mitochondrial and cytosolic malate dehydrogenase from Phytophthora infestans. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009; 113:771-81. [PMID: 19249364 DOI: 10.1016/j.mycres.2009.02.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2008] [Revised: 01/26/2009] [Accepted: 02/18/2009] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The genes of the mitochondrial and cytosolic malate dehydrogenase (mMDH and cMDH) of Phytophthora infestans were cloned and overexpressed in Escherichia coli as active enzymes. The catalytic properties of these proteins were determined: both enzymes have a similar specific activity. In addition, the natural mitochondrial isoenzyme was semi-purified from mycelia and its catalytic properties determined: the recombinant mitochondrial isoform behaved as the natural enzyme. A phylogenetic analysis indicated that mMDH, present in all stramenopiles studied, can be useful to study the relationships between these organisms. MDH with the conserved domain MDH_cytoplasmic_cytosolic is absent in some stramenopiles as well as in fungi. This enzyme seems to be less related within the stramenopile group. The Phytophthora cMDHs have an insertion of six amino acids that is also present in the stramenopile cMDHs studied, with the exception of Thalassiosira pseudonana cMDH, and is absent in other known eukaryotic cMDHs.
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Hanss B, Leal-Pinto E, Teixeira A, Tran B, Lee CH, Henderson SC, Klotman PE. Localization of the Nucleic Acid Channel Regulatory Subunit, Cytosolic Malate Dehydrogenase. J Membr Biol 2008; 226:1-8. [DOI: 10.1007/s00232-008-9133-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2008] [Accepted: 09/29/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Yao Y, Hao Y, Li M, Pang M, Liu Z, Zhai H. Gene clone, expression and enzyme activity assay of a cytosolic malate dehydrogenase from apple fruits. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008. [DOI: 10.1007/s11703-008-0060-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Lüthje S. Plasma Membrane Redox Systems: Lipid Rafts and Protein Assemblies. PROGRESS IN BOTANY 2008. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-72954-9_7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Shi F, Gounko NV, Wang X, Ronken E, Hoekstra D. In situ entry of oligonucleotides into brain cells can occur through a nucleic acid channel. Oligonucleotides 2007; 17:122-33. [PMID: 17461769 DOI: 10.1089/oli.2007.0034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Brain tissue has become a challenging therapeutic target, in part because of failure of conventional treatments of brain tumors and a gradually increasing number of neurodegenerative diseases. Because antisense oligonucleotides are readily internalized by neuronal cells in culture, these compounds could possibly serve as novel therapeutic agents to meet such a challenge. In previous in vitro work using cell culture systems, we have demonstrated that intracellular delivery requires a vector such as cationic liposomes since free oligonucleotides remain largely trapped in the endocytic pathway following cellular uptake. Here we studied the cellular uptake properties of oligonucleotides by explants of rat brain (brain slices), and by in vivo brain tissue after administration of oligonucleotides by bolus injection. In contrast to in vitro uptake, we show that in brain slices oligonucleotides were taken up by neuronal and nonneuronal cells, irrespective of their assembly with cationic liposomes. In either case, a diffuse distribution of oligonucleotides was seen in the cytosol and/or nucleus. Uptake of oligonucleotides by brain slices as a result of membrane damage, potentially arising from the isolation procedure, could be excluded. Interestingly, internalization was inhibited following treatment of the tissue with antibody GN-2640, directed against a nucleic acid channel, present in rat kidney cells. Our data support the view that an analogous channel is present in brain tissue, allowing entry of free oligonucleotides but not plasmids. Indeed, for delivery of the latter and accomplishment of effective transfection, cationic lipids were needed for gene translocation into both brain slices and brain tissue in vivo. These data imply that for antisense therapy to become effective in brain, cationic lipid-mediated delivery will only be needed for specific cell targeting but not necessarily for delivery per se to accomplish nuclear deposition of oligonucleotides into brain cells and subsequent down-regulation of disease-related targets.
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- Fuxin Shi
- Department of Membrane Cell Biology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
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Chelobanov BP, Laktionov PP, Vlasov VV. Proteins involved in binding and cellular uptake of nucleic acids. BIOCHEMISTRY (MOSCOW) 2006; 71:583-96. [PMID: 16827649 DOI: 10.1134/s0006297906060010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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The study of mechanisms of nucleic acid transport across the cell membrane is valuable both for understanding the biological function of extracellular nucleic acids and the practical use of nucleic acids in gene therapy. It has been clearly demonstrated that cell surface proteins are necessary for transport of nucleic acids into cells. A large amount of data has now been accumulated about the proteins that participate in nucleic acid transport. The methods for revealing and identification of these proteins, possible mechanisms of protein-mediated transport of nucleic acids, and cellular functions of these proteins are described.
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- B P Chelobanov
- Institute of Biochemistry, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Novosibirsk, 630117, Russia.
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Leal-Pinto E, Teixeira A, Tran B, Hanss B, Klotman PE. Presence of the nucleic acid channel in renal brush-border membranes: allosteric modulation by extracellular calcium. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2005; 289:F97-106. [PMID: 15727991 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00196.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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We have previously described a cell surface channel complex that is highly selective for nucleic acid ( 6 , 7 ). The channel complex was purified to homogeneity by solubilizing renal brush-border membranes (BBM) with CHAPS and separation by liquid chromatography. It was characterized by reconstitution in planar lipid bilayers. The channel consists of a pore-forming subunit that is blocked by heparan sulfate and a regulatory subunit that is blocked by l-malate ( 7 ). The current studies were performed to compare the characteristics of the nucleic acid-conducting channel in native BBM with the characteristics that have been determined for the complex reconstituted from purified proteins. BBM were purified by differential centrifugation and reconstituted in lipid bilayers. Current was not observed until oligodeoxynucleotide (ODN) was added. Conductance was 9.1 ± 0.9 pS; rectification and voltage dependence were not observed. Reversal potential ( Erev) shifted to +14 ± 0.1 mV by a 10-fold gradient for ODN but was not altered when gradients were created for any other ion. Open probability increased significantly with an increase in Ca2+on the trans chamber of the bilayer apparatus. Changes in cis Ca2+were without effect. Addition of l-malate to the cis chamber or heparan sulfate to the trans chamber significantly reduced the open probability of the channel. These data demonstrate that the nucleic acid channel in BBM is electrophysiologically and pharmacologically identical to that previously reported for purified protein and demonstrate that a nucleic acid-conducting channel is a component of renal BBM.
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- Edgar Leal-Pinto
- Division of Nephrology, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
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Shi F, Hoekstra D. Effective intracellular delivery of oligonucleotides in order to make sense of antisense. J Control Release 2005; 97:189-209. [PMID: 15196747 DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2004.03.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2004] [Accepted: 03/12/2004] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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For more than two decades, antisense oligonucleotides (ODNs) have been used to modulate gene expression for the purpose of applications in cell biology and for development of novel sophisticated medical therapeutics. Conceptually, the antisense approach represents an elegant strategy, involving the targeting to and association of an ODN sequence with a specific mRNA via base-pairing, resulting in an impairment of functional and/or harmful protein expression in normal and diseased cells/tissue, respectively. Apart from ODN stability, its efficiency very much depends on intracellular delivery and release/access to the target side, issues that are still relatively poorly understood. Since free ODNs enter cells relatively poorly, appropriate carriers, often composed of polymers and cationic lipids, have been developed. Such carriers allow efficient delivery of ODNs into cells in vitro, and the mechanisms of delivery, both in terms of biophysical requirements for the carrier and cell biological features of uptake, are gradually becoming apparent. To become effective, ODNs require delivery into the nucleus, which necessitates release of internalized ODNs from endosomal compartments, an event that seems to depend on the nature of the delivery vehicle and distinct structural shape changes. Interestingly, evidence is accumulating which suggests that by modulating the surface properties of the carrier, the kinetics of such changes can be controlled, thus providing possibilities for programmable release of the carrier contents. Here, consideration will also be given to antisense design and chemistry, and the challenge of extra- and intracellular barriers to be overcome in the delivery process.
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- Fuxin Shi
- Department of Membrane Cell Biology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Groningen, Antonius Deusinglaan 1, 9713 AV Groningen, The Netherlands
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Bonilha VL, Bhattacharya SK, West KA, Sun J, Crabb JW, Rayborn ME, Hollyfield JG. Proteomic characterization of isolated retinal pigment epithelium microvilli. Mol Cell Proteomics 2004; 3:1119-27. [PMID: 15367653 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m400106-mcp200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Polarized epithelial cells are characterized by displaying compartmentalized functions associated with differential distribution of transporters, structural proteins, and signaling molecules on their apical and basolateral surfaces. Their apical surfaces frequently elaborate microvilli, which vary in structure according to the specific type and function of each epithelium. The molecular basis of this heterogeneity is poorly understood. However, differences in function will undoubtedly be reflected in the specific molecular composition of the apical surface in each epithelial subtype. We have exploited a method for isolating microvilli from the mouse eye using wheat germ agglutinin (WGA)-agarose beads to begin to understand the specific molecular composition of apical microvilli of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) and expand our knowledge of the potential function of this interface. Initially, apical RPE plasma membranes bound to WGA beads were processed for morphological analysis using known apical and basolateral surface markers. The protein composition of the apical microvilli was then established using proteomic analysis. Over 200 proteins were identified, including a number of proteins previously known to be localized to RPE microvilli, as well as others not known to be present at this surface. Localization of novel proteins identified with proteomics was confirmed by immunohistochemistry in both mouse and rat eye tissue. The data generated provides new information on the protein composition of the RPE apical microvilli. The isolation technique used should be amenable for isolating microvilli in other epithelia as well, allowing new insights into additional functions of this important epithelial compartment.
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- Vera L Bonilha
- The Cole Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmic Research, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA.
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Soupene E, Chu T, Corbin RW, Hunt DF, Kustu S. Gas channels for NH(3): proteins from hyperthermophiles complement an Escherichia coli mutant. J Bacteriol 2002; 184:3396-400. [PMID: 12029058 PMCID: PMC135092 DOI: 10.1128/jb.184.12.3396-3400.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Ammonium transport (Amt) proteins appear to be bidirectional channels for NH(3). The amt genes of the hyperthermophiles Aquifex aeolicus and Methanococcus jannaschii complement enteric amtB mutants for growth at 25 nM NH(3) at 37 degrees C. To our knowledge, Amt proteins are the first hyperthermophilic membrane transport proteins shown to be active in a mesophilic bacterium. Despite low expression levels, His-tagged Aquifex Amt could be purified by heating and nickel chelate affinity chromatography. It could be studied genetically in Escherichia coli.
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- Eric Soupene
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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