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Zhong Y, Feng Y, Huang Y, Wang B, Shi W, Liang B, Li Z, Zhang B, Du J, Xiu J, Yang X, Huang Z. Polystyrene nanoplastics accelerate atherosclerosis: Unraveling the impact on smooth muscle cells through KIF15-mediated migration. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2024; 284:116983. [PMID: 39232293 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2024.116983] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2024] [Revised: 08/22/2024] [Accepted: 08/29/2024] [Indexed: 09/06/2024]
Abstract
Microplastics and nanoplastics (MNPs) originating from plastic pollution pose potential threats to cardiovascular health, with prior studies linking MNPs to atherosclerosis. Our earlier research elucidated how nanoplastics enhance macrophages' phagocytic activity, leading to the formation of foam cells and an elevated risk of atherosclerosis. However, the specific influence of MNPs on smooth muscle cells (SMCs) in the context of MNP-induced atherosclerosis remains poorly understood. In this study, ApoE knockout (ApoE-/-) male mice with a high-fat diet were orally exposed to environmentally realistic concentrations of 2.5-250 mg/kg polystyrene nanoplastics (PS-NPs, 50 nm) for consecutive 19 weeks. Cardiovascular toxicity was comprehensively assessed through histopathological, transcriptomic, and proteomic analyses, while mechanisms underlying this toxicity were explored through in vitro studies. Herein, hematoxylin and eosin staining revealed accelerated atherosclerotic plaque development in ApoE-/- mice exposed to PS-NPs. Multi-omics analysis identified kinesin family member 15 (KIF15) as a pivotal target molecule. Both in vitro and in vivo experiments affirmed the specific upregulation of KIF15 in mouse aortic SMCs exposed to PS-NPs. Furthermore, in vitro experiments demonstrated that PS-NPs can promote the migration ability of MOVAS cells. Knockdown of Kif15 revealed its role in reducing MOVAS cell migration, with subsequent exposure to PS-NPs reversing the increased migration ability. This suggests that PS-NPs promote SMC migration by upregulating KIF15, and the migration of SMCs is closely associated with atherosclerosis outcomes. This study significantly advances our understanding of MNP-induced cardiovascular toxicity, providing valuable insights for risk assessment of human MNP exposure.
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- Yizhou Zhong
- National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) Key Laboratory for Safety Evaluation of Cosmetics, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease Research, Department of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China; Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510280, China
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- National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) Key Laboratory for Safety Evaluation of Cosmetics, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease Research, Department of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) Key Laboratory for Safety Evaluation of Cosmetics, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease Research, Department of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China; Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510280, China
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- National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) Key Laboratory for Safety Evaluation of Cosmetics, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease Research, Department of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) Key Laboratory for Safety Evaluation of Cosmetics, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease Research, Department of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) Key Laboratory for Safety Evaluation of Cosmetics, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease Research, Department of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) Key Laboratory for Safety Evaluation of Cosmetics, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease Research, Department of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) Key Laboratory for Safety Evaluation of Cosmetics, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease Research, Department of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) Key Laboratory for Safety Evaluation of Cosmetics, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease Research, Department of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organ Failure Research Department of Cardiology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) Key Laboratory for Safety Evaluation of Cosmetics, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease Research, Department of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) Key Laboratory for Safety Evaluation of Cosmetics, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease Research, Department of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China; Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510280, China.
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Singh SK, Siegler N, Pandey H, Yanir N, Popov M, Goldstein-Levitin A, Sadan M, Debs G, Zarivach R, Frank GA, Kass I, Sindelar CV, Zalk R, Gheber L. Noncanonical interaction with microtubules via the N-terminal nonmotor domain is critical for the functions of a bidirectional kinesin. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2024; 10:eadi1367. [PMID: 38324691 PMCID: PMC10849588 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adi1367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2023] [Accepted: 01/08/2024] [Indexed: 02/09/2024]
Abstract
Several kinesin-5 motors (kinesin-5s) exhibit bidirectional motility. The mechanism of such motility remains unknown. Bidirectional kinesin-5s share a long N-terminal nonmotor domain (NTnmd), absent in exclusively plus-end-directed kinesins. Here, we combined in vivo, in vitro, and cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) studies to examine the impact of NTnmd mutations on the motor functions of the bidirectional kinesin-5, Cin8. We found that NTnmd deletion mutants exhibited cell viability and spindle localization defects. Using cryo-EM, we examined the structure of a microtubule (MT)-bound motor domain of Cin8, containing part of its NTnmd. Modeling and molecular dynamic simulations based on the cryo-EM map suggested that the NTnmd of Cin8 interacts with the C-terminal tail of β-tubulin. In vitro experiments on subtilisin-treated MTs confirmed this notion. Last, we showed that NTnmd mutants are defective in plus-end-directed motility in single-molecule and antiparallel MT sliding assays. These findings demonstrate that the NTnmd, common to bidirectional kinesin-5s, is critical for their bidirectional motility and intracellular functions.
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- Sudhir K. Singh
- 1Department of Chemistry, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 8410501, Israel
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- 1Department of Chemistry, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 8410501, Israel
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- 1Department of Chemistry, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 8410501, Israel
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- 1Department of Chemistry, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 8410501, Israel
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- 1Department of Chemistry, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 8410501, Israel
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- 1Department of Chemistry, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 8410501, Israel
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- Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
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- Department of Life Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 8410501, Israel
- Ilse Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science & Technology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 8410501, Israel
- National Institute for Biotechnology in the Negev, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 8410501, Israel
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- Department of Life Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 8410501, Israel
- Ilse Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science & Technology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 8410501, Israel
- National Institute for Biotechnology in the Negev, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 8410501, Israel
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- Ilse Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science & Technology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 8410501, Israel
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- Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
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- Ilse Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science & Technology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 8410501, Israel
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- 1Department of Chemistry, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 8410501, Israel
- Ilse Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science & Technology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 8410501, Israel
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Ranaivoson FM, Crozet V, Benoit MPMH, Abdalla Mohammed Khalid A, Kikuti C, Sirkia H, El Marjou A, Miserey-Lenkei S, Asenjo AB, Sosa H, Schmidt CF, Rosenfeld SS, Houdusse A. Nucleotide-free structures of KIF20A illuminate atypical mechanochemistry in this kinesin-6. Open Biol 2023; 13:230122. [PMID: 37726093 PMCID: PMC10508983 DOI: 10.1098/rsob.230122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2023] [Accepted: 08/18/2023] [Indexed: 09/21/2023] Open
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KIF20A is a critical kinesin for cell division and a promising anti-cancer drug target. The mechanisms underlying its cellular roles remain elusive. Interestingly, unusual coupling between the nucleotide- and microtubule-binding sites of this kinesin-6 has been reported, but little is known about how its divergent sequence leads to atypical motility properties. We present here the first high-resolution structure of its motor domain that delineates the highly unusual structural features of this motor, including a long L6 insertion that integrates into the core of the motor domain and that drastically affects allostery and ATPase activity. Together with the high-resolution cryo-electron microscopy microtubule-bound KIF20A structure that reveals the microtubule-binding interface, we dissect the peculiarities of the KIF20A sequence that influence its mechanochemistry, leading to low motility compared to other kinesins. Structural and functional insights from the KIF20A pre-power stroke conformation highlight the role of extended insertions in shaping the motor's mechanochemical cycle. Essential for force production and processivity is the length of the neck linker in kinesins. We highlight here the role of the sequence preceding the neck linker in controlling its backward docking and show that a neck linker four times longer than that in kinesin-1 is required for the activity of this motor.
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- Fanomezana Moutse Ranaivoson
- Structural Motility, CNRS UMR144, Institut Curie, Université Paris Sciences et Lettres, Sorbonne Université, 75248 Paris, France
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- Structural Motility, CNRS UMR144, Institut Curie, Université Paris Sciences et Lettres, Sorbonne Université, 75248 Paris, France
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- Structural Motility, CNRS UMR144, Institut Curie, Université Paris Sciences et Lettres, Sorbonne Université, 75248 Paris, France
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- Structural Motility, CNRS UMR144, Institut Curie, Université Paris Sciences et Lettres, Sorbonne Université, 75248 Paris, France
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- Structural Motility, CNRS UMR144, Institut Curie, Université Paris Sciences et Lettres, Sorbonne Université, 75248 Paris, France
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- Structural Motility, CNRS UMR144, Institut Curie, Université Paris Sciences et Lettres, Sorbonne Université, 75248 Paris, France
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- Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
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- Third Institute of Physics-Biophysics, Georg August University Göttingen, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
- Department of Physics and Soft Matter Center, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
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- Structural Motility, CNRS UMR144, Institut Curie, Université Paris Sciences et Lettres, Sorbonne Université, 75248 Paris, France
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Benoit MP, Hunter B, Allingham JS, Sosa H. New insights into the mechanochemical coupling mechanism of kinesin-microtubule complexes from their high-resolution structures. Biochem Soc Trans 2023; 51:1505-1520. [PMID: 37560910 PMCID: PMC10586761 DOI: 10.1042/bst20221238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2023] [Revised: 07/28/2023] [Accepted: 08/01/2023] [Indexed: 08/11/2023]
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Kinesin motor proteins couple mechanical movements in their motor domain to the binding and hydrolysis of ATP in their nucleotide-binding pocket. Forces produced through this 'mechanochemical' coupling are typically used to mobilize kinesin-mediated transport of cargos along microtubules or microtubule cytoskeleton remodeling. This review discusses the recent high-resolution structures (<4 Å) of kinesins bound to microtubules or tubulin complexes that have resolved outstanding questions about the basis of mechanochemical coupling, and how family-specific modifications of the motor domain can enable its use for motility and/or microtubule depolymerization.
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- Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada
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- Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, U.S.A
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Liu Q, Liu YY, Chen XM, Tao BY, Chen K, Li WM, Xu CT, Shi Y, Li H, Liu HR. KIF5A upregulation in hepatocellular carcinoma: A novel prognostic biomarker associated with unique tumor microenvironment status. Front Oncol 2023; 12:1071722. [PMID: 36686769 PMCID: PMC9853384 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2022.1071722] [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: 10/16/2022] [Accepted: 12/05/2022] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Liver hepatocellular carcinoma (LIHC) is one of the most common liver malignancies with high mortality and morbidity. Thus, it is crucial to identify potential biomarker that is capable of accurately predicting the prognosis and therapeutic response of LIHC. Kinesin family member 5A (KIF5A) is a microtubule-based motor protein involved in the transport of macromolecules such as organelle proteins in cells. Recent studies have illustrated that the high expression of KIF5A was related to poor prognosis of solid tumors, including bladder cancer, prostate cancer, and breast cancer. However, little is currently known concerning the clinical significance of KIF5A expression in LIHC. Herein, by adopting multi-omics bioinformatics analysis, we comprehensively uncovered the potential function and the predictive value of KIF5A in stratifying clinical features among patients with LIHC, for which a high KIF5A level predicted an unfavorable clinical outcome. Results from KIF5A-related network and enrichment analyses illustrated that KIF5A might involve in microtubule-based process, antigen processing and presentation of exogenous peptide antigen via MHC class II. Furthermore, immune infiltration and immune function analyses revealed upregulated KIF5A could predict a unique tumor microenvironment with more CD8+T cells and a higher level of anti-tumor immune response. Evidence provided by immunohistochemistry staining (IHC) further validated our findings at the protein level. Taken together, KIF5A might serve as a novel prognostic biomarker for predicting immunotherapy response and could be a potential target for anti-cancer strategies for LIHC.
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- Qi Liu
- Faculty of Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery, The First Medical Center, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China,Department of Hepatobiliary, The Eighth Medical Center, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Medical School of Chinese PLA, Beijing, China
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- Medical School of Chinese PLA, Beijing, China,Senior Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Faculty of Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery, The First Medical Center, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Faculty of Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery, The First Medical Center, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China,Department of Hepatobiliary, The Eighth Medical Center, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Faculty of Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery, The First Medical Center, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China,Department of Hepatobiliary, The Eighth Medical Center, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
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- School of Medicine, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Neurobiology, Beijing Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Faculty of Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery, The First Medical Center, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China,Department of Hepatobiliary, The Eighth Medical Center, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China,*Correspondence: Hao-run Liu,
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Guo X, Zhou L, Wu Y, Li J. KIF11 As a Potential Pan-Cancer Immunological Biomarker Encompassing the Disease Staging, Prognoses, Tumor Microenvironment, and Therapeutic Responses. OXIDATIVE MEDICINE AND CELLULAR LONGEVITY 2022; 2022:2764940. [PMID: 36742345 PMCID: PMC9893523 DOI: 10.1155/2022/2764940] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2022] [Revised: 11/13/2022] [Accepted: 11/14/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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KIF11 is one of the 45 family members of kinesin superfamily proteins that functions as a motor protein in mitosis. Emerging evidence revealed that KIF11 plays pivotal roles in cancer initiation, development, and progression. However, the prognostic, oncological, and immunological values of KIF11 have not been comprehensively explored in pan-cancer. In present study, we comprehensively interrogated the role of KIF11 in tumor progression, tumor stemness, genomic heterogeneity, tumor immune infiltration, immune evasion, therapy response, and prognosis of cohorts from various cancer types. In general, KIF11 was significantly upregulated in tumors compared with paired normal tissues. KIF11 showed strong relationships with pathological stage, prognosis, tumor stemness, genomic heterogeneity, neoantigens, ESTIMATE, immune checkpoint, and drug sensitivity. The methylation level of KIF11 decreased in most cancers and was correlated with the survival probability in different human cancers. The expression of KIF11 was diverse in different molecular and immune subtypes and remarkably correlated with immune cell infiltration in the tumor microenvironment. Comparative study revealed that KIF11 was a powerful biomarker and associated with immune, targeted, and chemotherapeutic outcomes in various cancers. In addition, KIF11 interaction and coexpression networks mainly participated in the regulation of cell cycle, cell division, p53 signaling pathway, DNA repair and recombination, chromatin organization, antigen processing and presentation, and drug resistance. Our pan-cancer analysis provides a comprehensive understanding of the functions of KIF11 in oncogenesis, progression, and therapy in different cancers. KIF11 may serve as a potential prognostic and immunological pan-cancer biomarker. Moreover, KIF11 could be a novel target for tumor immunotherapy.
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- Xiuhong Guo
- Luzhou Key Laboratory of Oral and Maxillofacial Reconstruction and Regeneration, The Affiliated Stomatological Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou 646000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital of Sichuan University and Collaborative Innovation Center of Biotherapy, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Luzhou Key Laboratory of Oral and Maxillofacial Reconstruction and Regeneration, The Affiliated Stomatological Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou 646000, China
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- Luzhou Key Laboratory of Oral and Maxillofacial Reconstruction and Regeneration, The Affiliated Stomatological Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou 646000, China
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Budaitis BG, Badieyan S, Yue Y, Blasius TL, Reinemann DN, Lang MJ, Cianfrocco MA, Verhey KJ. A kinesin-1 variant reveals motor-induced microtubule damage in cells. Curr Biol 2022; 32:2416-2429.e6. [PMID: 35504282 PMCID: PMC9993403 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.04.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2021] [Revised: 03/11/2022] [Accepted: 04/08/2022] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Kinesins drive the transport of cellular cargoes as they walk along microtubule tracks; however, recent work has suggested that the physical act of kinesins walking along microtubules can stress the microtubule lattice. Here, we describe a kinesin-1 KIF5C mutant with an increased ability to generate damage sites in the microtubule lattice as compared with the wild-type motor. The expression of the mutant motor in cultured cells resulted in microtubule breakage and fragmentation, suggesting that kinesin-1 variants with increased damage activity would have been selected against during evolution. The increased ability to damage microtubules is not due to the enhanced motility properties of the mutant motor, as the expression of the kinesin-3 motor KIF1A, which has similar single-motor motility properties, also caused increased microtubule pausing, bending, and buckling but not breakage. In cells, motor-induced microtubule breakage could not be prevented by increased α-tubulin K40 acetylation, a post-translational modification known to increase microtubule flexibility. In vitro, lattice damage induced by wild-type KIF5C was repaired by soluble tubulin and resulted in increased rescues and overall microtubule growth, whereas lattice damage induced by the KIF5C mutant resulted in larger repair sites that made the microtubule vulnerable to breakage and fragmentation when under mechanical stress. These results demonstrate that kinesin-1 motility causes defects in and damage to the microtubule lattice in cells. While cells have the capacity to repair lattice damage, conditions that exceed this capacity result in microtubule breakage and fragmentation and may contribute to human disease.
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- Breane G Budaitis
- Cellular and Molecular Biology Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA; Department of Cell & Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Department of Cell & Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Department of Cell & Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37240, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37240, USA
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Cellular and Molecular Biology Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA; Department of Cell & Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
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Yuan J, Zhao Y, Bai Y, Gu J, Yuan Y, Liu X, Liu Z, Zou H, Bian J. Cadmium induces endosomal/lysosomal enlargement and blocks autophagy flux in rat hepatocytes by damaging microtubules. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2021; 228:112993. [PMID: 34808507 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2021.112993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2021] [Revised: 10/31/2021] [Accepted: 11/11/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Acute exposure to cadmium (Cd) causes vacuolar degeneration in buffalo rat liver 3 A (BRL 3 A) cells. The present study aimed to determine the relationship between Cd-induced microtubule damage and intracellular vacuolar degeneration. Western blotting results showed that Cd damaged the microtubule network and downregulated the expression of microtubule-associated proteins-kinesin-1 heavy chain (KIF5B), γ-tubulin, and acetylated α-tubulin in BRL 3 A cells. Immunofluorescence staining revealed that Cd inhibited interactions between α-tubulin and microtubule-associated protein 4 (MAP4) as well as KIF5B. Increasing Cd concentrations decreased the levels of the lipid kinase, PIKfyve, which regulates the activity of endosome-lysosome fission. Immunofluorescence and transmission electron microscopy revealed vacuole-like organelles that were late endosomes and lysosomes. The PIKfyve inhibitor, YM201636, and the microtubule depolymerizer, nocodazole, aggravated Cd-induced endosome-lysosome enlargement. Knocking down the kif5b gene that encodes KIF5B intensified the enlargement of endosome-lysosomes and expression of early endosome antigen 1 (EEA1), Ras-related protein Rab-7a (RAB7), and lysosome-associated membrane glycoprotein 2 (LAMP2). Nocodazole, YM201636, and the knockdown of kif5b blocked autophagic flux. We concluded that Cd-induced damage to the microtubule network is the main reason for endosome-lysosome enlargement and autophagic flux blockage in BRL 3 A cells, and kinesin-1 plays a critical role in this process.
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- Junzhao Yuan
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, 12 Wenhui East Road, Yangzhou 225009, Jiangsu, China; Jiangsu Co-innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Yangzhou 225009, Jiangsu, China; Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety of the Ministry of Education of China, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, Jiangsu, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, 12 Wenhui East Road, Yangzhou 225009, Jiangsu, China; Jiangsu Co-innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Yangzhou 225009, Jiangsu, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, 12 Wenhui East Road, Yangzhou 225009, Jiangsu, China; Jiangsu Co-innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Yangzhou 225009, Jiangsu, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, 12 Wenhui East Road, Yangzhou 225009, Jiangsu, China; Jiangsu Co-innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Yangzhou 225009, Jiangsu, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, 12 Wenhui East Road, Yangzhou 225009, Jiangsu, China; Jiangsu Co-innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Yangzhou 225009, Jiangsu, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, 12 Wenhui East Road, Yangzhou 225009, Jiangsu, China; Jiangsu Co-innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Yangzhou 225009, Jiangsu, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, 12 Wenhui East Road, Yangzhou 225009, Jiangsu, China; Jiangsu Co-innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Yangzhou 225009, Jiangsu, China; Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety of the Ministry of Education of China, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, Jiangsu, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, 12 Wenhui East Road, Yangzhou 225009, Jiangsu, China; Jiangsu Co-innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Yangzhou 225009, Jiangsu, China; Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety of the Ministry of Education of China, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, Jiangsu, China.
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, 12 Wenhui East Road, Yangzhou 225009, Jiangsu, China; Jiangsu Co-innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Yangzhou 225009, Jiangsu, China; Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety of the Ministry of Education of China, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, Jiangsu, China.
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Cook AD, Roberts AJ, Atherton J, Tewari R, Topf M, Moores CA. Cryo-EM structure of a microtubule-bound parasite kinesin motor and implications for its mechanism and inhibition. J Biol Chem 2021; 297:101063. [PMID: 34375637 PMCID: PMC8526983 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2021.101063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2021] [Revised: 07/23/2021] [Accepted: 08/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Plasmodium parasites cause malaria and are responsible annually for hundreds of thousands of deaths. Kinesins are a superfamily of microtubule-dependent ATPases that play important roles in the parasite replicative machinery, which is a potential target for antiparasite drugs. Kinesin-5, a molecular motor that cross-links microtubules, is an established antimitotic target in other disease contexts, but its mechanism in Plasmodium falciparum is unclear. Here, we characterized P. falciparum kinesin-5 (PfK5) using cryo-EM to determine the motor's nucleotide-dependent microtubule-bound structure and introduced 3D classification of individual motors into our microtubule image processing pipeline to maximize our structural insights. Despite sequence divergence in PfK5, the motor exhibits classical kinesin mechanochemistry, including ATP-induced subdomain rearrangement and cover neck bundle formation, consistent with its plus-ended directed motility. We also observed that an insertion in loop5 of the PfK5 motor domain creates a different environment in the well-characterized human kinesin-5 drug-binding site. Our data reveal the possibility for selective inhibition of PfK5 and can be used to inform future exploration of Plasmodium kinesins as antiparasite targets.
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- Alexander D Cook
- Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, Birkbeck, University of London, London, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, Birkbeck, University of London, London, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, Birkbeck, University of London, London, United Kingdom
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, Birkbeck, University of London, London, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, Birkbeck, University of London, London, United Kingdom.
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Goldstein-Levitin A, Pandey H, Allhuzaeel K, Kass I, Gheber L. Intracellular functions and motile properties of bi-directional kinesin-5 Cin8 are regulated by neck linker docking. eLife 2021; 10:71036. [PMID: 34387192 PMCID: PMC8456603 DOI: 10.7554/elife.71036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2021] [Accepted: 07/13/2021] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
Abstract
In this study, we analyzed intracellular functions and motile properties of neck-linker (NL) variants of the bi-directional S. cerevisiae kinesin-5 motor, Cin8. We also examined – by modeling – the configuration of H-bonds during NL docking. Decreasing the number of stabilizing H-bonds resulted in partially functional variants, as long as a conserved backbone H-bond at the N-latch position (proposed to stabilize the docked conformation of the NL) remained intact. Elimination of this conserved H-bond resulted in production of a non-functional Cin8 variant. Surprisingly, additional H-bond stabilization of the N-latch position, generated by replacement of the NL of Cin8 by sequences of the plus-end directed kinesin-5 Eg5, also produced a nonfunctional variant. In that variant, a single replacement of N-latch asparagine with glycine, as present in Cin8, eliminated the additional H-bond stabilization and rescued the functional defects. We conclude that exact N-latch stabilization during NL docking is critical for the function of bi-directional kinesin-5 Cin8.
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- Department of Chemistry, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
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- Department of Chemistry, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
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- Department of Chemistry, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.,InterX LTD, Ramat-Gan, Israel
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- Department of Chemistry, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
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Lu X, Li G, Liu S, Wang H, Zhang Z, Chen B. Bioinformatics Analysis of KIF1A Expression and Gene Regulation Network in Ovarian Carcinoma. Int J Gen Med 2021; 14:3707-3717. [PMID: 34321916 PMCID: PMC8312510 DOI: 10.2147/ijgm.s323591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2021] [Accepted: 07/14/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Background The study aims to analyze the expression levels of kinesin family member 1A (KIF1A) in ovarian cancer (OC) and explore its clinical significance in the development of OC and its potential regulatory network. Methods The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) OC data was used to examine the expression differences between OC and normal tissue and explore the correlation with tumor stage. The relationship between KIF1A expression and prognosis was analyzed using Oncomine and Kaplan–Meier plotter tools. The co-expression network of KIF1A in TCGA OC was analyzed based on the application of cBioPortal, GO cluster, and KEGG analyses were performed based on the co-expression network. Immune-infiltration analysis were used to analyze the significant involvement of KIF1A in function. Results KIF1A was highly elevated in OC tissues and KIF1A expression was significantly correlated with the FIGO stage (P=0.015) and age (P=0.020). High KIF1A expression of OC predicted the poor prognosis including overall survival (OS) (HR: 1.27; 95% CI: 1.11–1.45; P=0.00046) and post-progression survival (PFS) (HR: 1.18; 95% CI: 1.03–1.35; P=0.015). GO and KEGG analysis showed KIF1A had a potential role in the biological process of ATP-dependent chromatin remodeling, transcription, DNA-templated cytolysis, positive regulation of T cell proliferation, positive regulation of transcription, DNA-templated via cell adhesion molecules (CAMs), primary immunodeficiency, oxidative phosphorylation, NF-kappa B signaling pathway, pathways in cancer and Wnt signaling pathway, and immune infiltrating cells. Conclusion KIF1A was highly expressed and correlated with poor survival and immune infiltration in OC, and it may be a prognostic biomarker in OC.
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- Xiaoyuan Lu
- Department of Gynecology, The affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, 221000, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Gynecology, Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital affiliated to Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, 221000, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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- Graduate School, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, 221000, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Gynecology, The affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, 221000, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Gynecology, The affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, 221000, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Gynecology, The affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, 221000, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China.,Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, 221000, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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Pandey H, Popov M, Goldstein-Levitin A, Gheber L. Mechanisms by Which Kinesin-5 Motors Perform Their Multiple Intracellular Functions. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:6420. [PMID: 34203964 PMCID: PMC8232732 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22126420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2021] [Accepted: 06/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Bipolar kinesin-5 motor proteins perform multiple intracellular functions, mainly during mitotic cell division. Their specialized structural characteristics enable these motors to perform their essential functions by crosslinking and sliding apart antiparallel microtubules (MTs). In this review, we discuss the specialized structural features of kinesin-5 motors, and the mechanisms by which these features relate to kinesin-5 functions and motile properties. In addition, we discuss the multiple roles of the kinesin-5 motors in dividing as well as in non-dividing cells, and examine their roles in pathogenetic conditions. We describe the recently discovered bidirectional motility in fungi kinesin-5 motors, and discuss its possible physiological relevance. Finally, we also focus on the multiple mechanisms of regulation of these unique motor proteins.
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- Department of Chemistry and Ilse Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, P.O. Box 653, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel; (H.P.); (M.P.); (A.G.-L.)
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Budaitis BG, Jariwala S, Rao L, Yue Y, Sept D, Verhey KJ, Gennerich A. Pathogenic mutations in the kinesin-3 motor KIF1A diminish force generation and movement through allosteric mechanisms. J Cell Biol 2021; 220:211720. [PMID: 33496723 PMCID: PMC7844421 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.202004227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2020] [Revised: 10/27/2020] [Accepted: 12/30/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The kinesin-3 motor KIF1A functions in neurons, where its fast and superprocessive motility facilitates long-distance transport, but little is known about its force-generating properties. Using optical tweezers, we demonstrate that KIF1A stalls at an opposing load of ~3 pN but more frequently detaches at lower forces. KIF1A rapidly reattaches to the microtubule to resume motion due to its class-specific K-loop, resulting in a unique clustering of force generation events. To test the importance of neck linker docking in KIF1A force generation, we introduced mutations linked to human neurodevelopmental disorders. Molecular dynamics simulations predict that V8M and Y89D mutations impair neck linker docking. Indeed, both mutations dramatically reduce the force generation of KIF1A but not the motor’s ability to rapidly reattach to the microtubule. Although both mutations relieve autoinhibition of the full-length motor, the mutant motors display decreased velocities, run lengths, and landing rates and delayed cargo transport in cells. These results advance our understanding of how mutations in KIF1A can manifest in disease.
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- Breane G Budaitis
- Program in Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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- Department of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.,Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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- Department of Anatomy and Structural Biology and Gruss-Lipper Biophotonics Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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- Program in Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.,Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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- Department of Anatomy and Structural Biology and Gruss-Lipper Biophotonics Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY
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VanDelinder V, Sickafoose I, Imam ZI, Ko R, Bachand GD. The effects of osmolytes on in vitro kinesin-microtubule motility assays. RSC Adv 2020; 10:42810-42815. [PMID: 35514903 PMCID: PMC9057942 DOI: 10.1039/d0ra08148e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2020] [Accepted: 11/18/2020] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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The gliding motility of microtubule filaments has been used to study the biophysical properties of kinesin motors, as well as being used in a variety of nanotechnological applications. While microtubules are generally stabilized in vitro with paclitaxel (Taxol®), osmolytes such as polyethylene glycol (PEG) and trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) are also able to inhibit depolymerization over extended periods of time. High concentrations of TMAO have also been reported to reversibly inhibit kinesin motility of paclitaxel-stabilized microtubules. Here, we examined the effects of the osmolytes PEG, TMAO, and glycerol on stabilizing microtubules during gliding motility on kinesin-coated substrates. As previously observed, microtubule depolymerization was inhibited in a concentration dependent manner by the addition of the different osmolytes. Kinesin-driven motility also exhibited concentration dependent effects with the addition of the osmolytes, specifically reducing the velocity, increasing rates of pinning, and altering trajectories of the microtubules. These data suggest that there is a delicate balance between the ability of osmolytes to stabilize microtubules without inhibiting motility. Overall, these findings provide a more comprehensive understanding of how osmolytes affect the dynamics of microtubules and kinesin motors, and their interactions in crowded environments.
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- Virginia VanDelinder
- Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Sandia National Laboratories Albuquerque NM USA
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- Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Sandia National Laboratories Albuquerque NM USA
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- Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Sandia National Laboratories Albuquerque NM USA
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- Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Sandia National Laboratories Albuquerque NM USA
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- Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Sandia National Laboratories Albuquerque NM USA
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KIF15 contributes to cell proliferation and migration in breast cancer. Hum Cell 2020; 33:1218-1228. [PMID: 32578050 DOI: 10.1007/s13577-020-00392-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2020] [Accepted: 06/11/2020] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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A number of kinesin proteins (KIFs) have been implicated in the development of multiple cancers. However, little is known about the expression and function of KIF15 in human breast cancer. Herein, we detected KIF15 expression in breast cancer tissues and paired adjacent normal tissues using immunohistochemistry and quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction analysis, and the correlation of KIF15 expression with clinicopathological parameters was evaluated statistically. The role of KIF15 in cell proliferation, migration, tumor growth and metastasis of breast cancer cells was investigated in vitro and in vivo, and we explored potential molecular mechanisms underlying the effects of KIF15 in breast cancer through western blot analysis. The results revealed that increased KIF15 expression in breast cancer tissues were positively related with tumor size, lymph node metastasis and TNM stage, and higher KIF15 expression predicts a worse prognosis of patients with breast cancer. Furthermore, KIF15 knockdown markedly attenuated breast cancer cell proliferation, migration, tumor growth and metastasis in vitro and in vivo, and silenced KIF15 expression significantly inhibited the expression of phosphorylated AKT, phosphorylated JNK, and cyclin D1, while both p53 and p21 protein expressions were strongly enhanced. These results suggest that KIF15 is a potential oncogene in human breast cancer.
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Peña A, Sweeney A, Cook AD, Locke J, Topf M, Moores CA. Structure of Microtubule-Trapped Human Kinesin-5 and Its Mechanism of Inhibition Revealed Using Cryoelectron Microscopy. Structure 2020; 28:450-457.e5. [PMID: 32084356 PMCID: PMC7139217 DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2020.01.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2019] [Revised: 12/12/2019] [Accepted: 01/28/2020] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Kinesin-5 motors are vital mitotic spindle components, and disruption of their function perturbs cell division. We investigated the molecular mechanism of the human kinesin-5 inhibitor GSK-1, which allosterically promotes tight microtubule binding. GSK-1 inhibits monomeric human kinesin-5 ATPase and microtubule gliding activities, and promotes the motor's microtubule stabilization activity. Using cryoelectron microscopy, we determined the 3D structure of the microtubule-bound motor-GSK-1 at 3.8 Å overall resolution. The structure reveals that GSK-1 stabilizes the microtubule binding surface of the motor in an ATP-like conformation, while destabilizing regions of the motor around the empty nucleotide binding pocket. Density corresponding to GSK-1 is located between helix-α4 and helix-α6 in the motor domain at its interface with the microtubule. Using a combination of difference mapping and protein-ligand docking, we characterized the kinesin-5-GSK-1 interaction and further validated this binding site using mutagenesis. This work opens up new avenues of investigation of kinesin inhibition and spindle perturbation.
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- Alejandro Peña
- Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Birkbeck College, London WC1E 7HX, UK
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- Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Birkbeck College, London WC1E 7HX, UK
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- Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Birkbeck College, London WC1E 7HX, UK
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- Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Birkbeck College, London WC1E 7HX, UK
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- Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Birkbeck College, London WC1E 7HX, UK
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- Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Birkbeck College, London WC1E 7HX, UK.
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Structural basis for power stroke vs. Brownian ratchet mechanisms of motor proteins. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2019; 116:19777-19785. [PMID: 31506355 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1818589116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Two mechanisms have been proposed for the function of motor proteins: The power stroke and the Brownian ratchet. The former refers to generation of a large downhill free energy gradient over which the motor protein moves nearly irreversibly in making a step, whereas the latter refers to biasing or rectifying the diffusive motion of the motor. Both mechanisms require input of free energy, which generally involves the processing of an ATP (adenosine 5'-triphosphate) molecule. Recent advances in experiments that reveal the details of the stepping motion of motor proteins, together with computer simulations of atomistic structures, have provided greater insights into the mechanisms. Here, we compare the various models of the power stroke and the Brownian ratchet that have been proposed. The 2 mechanisms are not mutually exclusive, and various motor proteins employ them to different extents to perform their biological function. As examples, we discuss linear motor proteins Kinesin-1 and myosin-V, and the rotary motor F1-ATPase, all of which involve a power stroke as the essential element of their stepping mechanism.
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KIF5A Promotes Bladder Cancer Proliferation In Vitro and In Vivo. DISEASE MARKERS 2019; 2019:4824902. [PMID: 31354888 PMCID: PMC6636440 DOI: 10.1155/2019/4824902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2018] [Accepted: 05/07/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Background Bladder cancer is a common malignancy with uncontrolled and rapid growth. Although lots of the important regulatory networks in bladder cancer have been found, the cancer-relevant genes remain to be further identified. Methods We examined the KIF5A expression levels in bladder cancer and normal bladder tissue samples via immunohistochemistry and observed the effect of KIF5A on bladder tumor cell proliferation in vitro and in vivo. Additionally, a coexpression between KIF5A and KIF20B in tumor tissues was explored. Results KIF5A expression level was higher in the bladder cancer tissues than in the adjacent nontumor tissues. Patients with higher KIF5A expression displayed advanced clinical features and shorter survival time than those with lower KIF5A expression. Moreover, KIF5A knockdown inhibited bladder cancer cell proliferation, migration, and invasion demonstrated in vivo and in vitro. In addition, coexpression was found between KIF5A and KIF20B in tumor tissues. Conclusion The results demonstrated that KIF5A is a critical regulator in bladder cancer development and progression, as well as a potential target in the treatment of bladder cancer.
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Gicking AM, Qiu W, Hancock WO. Mitotic kinesins in action: diffusive searching, directional switching, and ensemble coordination. Mol Biol Cell 2019; 29:1153-1156. [PMID: 29757705 PMCID: PMC5935065 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e17-10-0612] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Mitotic spindle assembly requires the collective action of multiple microtubule motors that coordinate their activities in ensembles. However, despite significant advances in our understanding of mitotic kinesins at the single-motor level, multi-motor systems are challenging to reconstitute in vitro and thus less well understood. Recent findings highlighted in this perspective demonstrate how various properties of kinesin-5 and -14 motors—diffusive searching, directional switching, and multivalent interactions—allow them to achieve their physiological roles of cross-linking parallel microtubules and sliding antiparallel ones during cell division. Additionally, we highlight new experimental techniques that will help bridge the gap between in vitro biophysical studies and in vivo cell biology investigations and provide new insights into how specific single-molecule mechanisms generate complex cellular behaviors.
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- Allison M Gicking
- Department of Physics and, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331
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- Department of Physics and, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331.,Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Penn State University, University Park, PA 16802.,Intercollege Graduate Degree Program in Bioengineering, Penn State University, University Park, PA 16802
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Shi XX, Fu YB, Guo SK, Wang PY, Chen H, Xie P. Investigating role of conformational changes of microtubule in regulating its binding affinity to kinesin by all-atom molecular dynamics simulation. Proteins 2018; 86:1127-1139. [PMID: 30132979 DOI: 10.1002/prot.25592] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2018] [Revised: 08/05/2018] [Accepted: 08/16/2018] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Changes of affinity of kinesin head to microtubule regulated by changes in the nucleotide state are essential to processive movement of kinesin on microtubule. Here, using all-atom molecular dynamics simulations we show that besides the nucleotide state, large conformational changes of microtubule-tubulin heterodimers induced by strong interaction with the head in strongly binding state are also indispensable to regulate the affinity of the head to the tubulin. In strongly binding state the high affinity of the head to microtubule arises largely from mutual conformational changes of the microtubule and head induced by the specific interaction between them via an induced-fit mechanism. Moreover, the ADP-head has a much weaker affinity to the local microtubule-tubulin, whose conformation is largely altered by the interaction with the head in strongly binding state, than to other unperturbed tubulins. This indicates that upon Pi release the ADP-head temporarily has a much weaker affinity to the local tubulin than to other tubulins.
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- Xiao-Xuan Shi
- Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,School of Material Science and Engineering, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, China
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- Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- School of Materials Science and Energy Engineering, FoShan University, Guangdong, China
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- Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Mertsch S, Schlicht K, Melkonyan H, Schlatt S, Thanos S. snRPN controls the ability of neurons to regenerate axons. Restor Neurol Neurosci 2018; 36:31-43. [PMID: 29439367 DOI: 10.3233/rnn-170780] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND Retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) of mammals lose the ability to regenerate injured axons during postnatal maturation, but little is known about the underlying molecular mechanisms. OBJECTIVE It remains of particular importance to understand the mechanisms of axonal regeneration to develop new therapeutic approaches for nerve injuries. METHODS Retinas from newborn to adult monkeys (Callithrix jacchus)1 were obtained immediately after death and cultured in vitro. Growths of axons were monitored using microscopy and time-lapse video cinematography. Immunohistochemistry, Western blotting, qRT-PCR, and genomics were performed to characterize molecules associated with axonal regeneration and growth. A genomic screen was performed by using retinal explants versus native and non-regenerative explants obtained from eye cadavers on the day of birth, and hybridizing the mRNA with cross-reacting cDNA on conventional human microarrays. Followed the genomic screen, siRNA experiments were conducted to identify the functional involvement of identified candidates. RESULTS Neuron-specific human ribonucleoprotein N (snRPN) was found to be a potential regulator of impaired axonal regeneration during neuronal maturation in these animals. In particular, up-regulation of snRPN was observed during retinal maturation, coinciding with a decline in regenerative ability. Axon regeneration was reactivated in snRPN-knockout retinal ex vivo explants of adult monkey. CONCLUSION These results suggest that coordinated snRPN-driven activities within the neuron-specific ribonucleoprotein complex regulate the regenerative ability of RGCs in primates, thereby highlighting a potential new role for snRPN within neurons and the possibility of novel postinjury therapies.
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- Sonja Mertsch
- Institute of Experimental Ophthalmology and DFG-Excellence Center, Cells in Motion (CiM, area C.4), School of Medicine, University of Münster, Münster, Germany.,Department of Ophthalmology, Laboratory of Experimental Ophthalmology, University Clinic Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany
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- Institute of Experimental Ophthalmology and DFG-Excellence Center, Cells in Motion (CiM, area C.4), School of Medicine, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Experimental Ophthalmology and DFG-Excellence Center, Cells in Motion (CiM, area C.4), School of Medicine, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Regenerative Medicine (CeRA) and DFG-Excellence Center, Cells in Motion (CiM, area A.2), School of Medicine, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Experimental Ophthalmology and DFG-Excellence Center, Cells in Motion (CiM, area C.4), School of Medicine, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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A posttranslational modification of the mitotic kinesin Eg5 that enhances its mechanochemical coupling and alters its mitotic function. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2018; 115:E1779-E1788. [PMID: 29432173 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1718290115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Numerous posttranslational modifications have been described in kinesins, but their consequences on motor mechanics are largely unknown. We investigated one of these-acetylation of lysine 146 in Eg5-by creating an acetylation mimetic lysine to glutamine substitution (K146Q). Lysine 146 is located in the α2 helix of the motor domain, where it makes an ionic bond with aspartate 91 on the neighboring α1 helix. Molecular dynamics simulations predict that disrupting this bond enhances catalytic site-neck linker coupling. We tested this using structural kinetics and single-molecule mechanics and found that the K146Q mutation increases motor performance under load and coupling of the neck linker to catalytic site. These changes convert Eg5 from a motor that dissociates from the microtubule at low load into one that is more tightly coupled and dissociation resistant-features shared by kinesin 1. These features combined with the increased propensity to stall predict that the K146Q Eg5 acetylation mimetic should act in the cell as a "brake" that slows spindle pole separation, and we have confirmed this by expressing this modified motor in mitotically active cells. Thus, our results illustrate how a posttranslational modification of a kinesin can be used to fine tune motor behavior to meet specific physiological needs.
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Zhang R, Roostalu J, Surrey T, Nogales E. Structural insight into TPX2-stimulated microtubule assembly. eLife 2017; 6. [PMID: 29120325 PMCID: PMC5679754 DOI: 10.7554/elife.30959] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2017] [Accepted: 10/29/2017] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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During mitosis and meiosis, microtubule (MT) assembly is locally upregulated by the chromatin-dependent Ran-GTP pathway. One of its key targets is the MT-associated spindle assembly factor TPX2. The molecular mechanism of how TPX2 stimulates MT assembly remains unknown because structural information about the interaction of TPX2 with MTs is lacking. Here, we determine the cryo-electron microscopy structure of a central region of TPX2 bound to the MT surface. TPX2 uses two flexibly linked elements ('ridge' and 'wedge') in a novel interaction mode to simultaneously bind across longitudinal and lateral tubulin interfaces. These MT-interacting elements overlap with the binding site of importins on TPX2. Fluorescence microscopy-based in vitro reconstitution assays reveal that this interaction mode is critical for MT binding and facilitates MT nucleation. Together, our results suggest a molecular mechanism of how the Ran-GTP gradient can regulate TPX2-dependent MT formation.
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- Rui Zhang
- Molecular Biophysics and Integrative Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, United States
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrative Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, United States.,Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States.,Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States
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Hwang W, Lang MJ, Karplus M. Kinesin motility is driven by subdomain dynamics. eLife 2017; 6:28948. [PMID: 29111975 PMCID: PMC5718755 DOI: 10.7554/elife.28948] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2017] [Accepted: 11/03/2017] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The microtubule (MT)-associated motor protein kinesin utilizes its conserved ATPase head to achieve diverse motility characteristics. Despite considerable knowledge about how its ATPase activity and MT binding are coupled to the motility cycle, the atomic mechanism of the core events remain to be found. To obtain insights into the mechanism, we performed 38.5 microseconds of all-atom molecular dynamics simulations of kinesin-MT complexes in different nucleotide states. Local subdomain dynamics were found to be essential for nucleotide processing. Catalytic water molecules are dynamically organized by the switch domains of the nucleotide binding pocket while ATP is torsionally strained. Hydrolysis products are 'pulled' by switch-I, and a new ATP is 'captured' by a concerted motion of the α0/L5/switch-I trio. The dynamic and wet kinesin-MT interface is tuned for rapid interactions while maintaining specificity. The proposed mechanism provides the flexibility necessary for walking in the crowded cellular environment. Motor proteins called kinesins perform a number of different roles inside cells, including transporting cargo and organizing filaments called microtubules to generate the force needed for a cell to divide. Kinesins move along the microtubules, with different kinesins moving in different ways: some ‘walk’, some jump, and some destroy the microtubule as they travel along it. All kinesins power their movements using the same molecule as fuel – adenosine triphosphate, known as ATP for short. Energy stored in ATP is released by a chemical reaction known as hydrolysis, which uses water to break off specific parts of the ATP molecule. The site to which ATP binds in a kinesin has a similar structure to the ATP binding site of many other proteins that use ATP. However, little was known about the way in which kinesin uses ATP as a fuel, including how ATP binds to kinesin and is hydrolyzed, and how the products of hydrolysis are released. These events are used to power the motor protein. Hwang et al. have used powerful computer simulation methods to examine in detail how ATP interacts with kinesin whilst moving across a microtubule. The simulations suggest that regions (or 'domains') of kinesin near the ATP binding site move around to help in processing ATP. These kinesin domains trap a nearby ATP molecule from the environment and help to deliver water molecules to ATP for hydrolysis. Hwang et al. also found that the domain motion subsequently helps in the release of the hydrolysis products by kinesin. The domains around the ATP pocket vary among the kinesins and these differences may enable kinesins to fine-tune how they use ATP to move. Further investigations will help us understand why different kinesin families behave differently. They will also contribute to exploring how kinesin inhibitors might be used as anti-cancer drugs.
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- Wonmuk Hwang
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, United States.,Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, United States.,School of Computational Sciences, Korea Institute for Advanced Study, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, United States.,Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, United States.,Laboratoire de Chimie Biophysique, ISIS, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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Kinesins are a superfamily of ATP-dependent motors important for many microtubule-based functions, including multiple roles in mitosis. Small-molecule inhibitors of mitotic kinesins disrupt cell division and are being developed as antimitotic therapies. We investigated the molecular mechanism of the multitasking human mitotic kinesin Kif18A and its inhibition by the small molecule BTB-1. We used cryo-electron microscopy to visualize nucleotide-dependent conformational changes in microtubule-bound Kif18A, and the conformation of microtubule-bound, BTB-1-bound Kif18A. We calculated a putative BTB-1–binding site and validated this site experimentally to reveal the BTB-1 inhibition mechanism. Our work points to a general mechanism of kinesin inhibition, with wide implications for a targeted blockade of these motors in both dividing and interphase cells. Kinesin motors play diverse roles in mitosis and are targets for antimitotic drugs. The clinical significance of these motors emphasizes the importance of understanding the molecular basis of their function. Equally important, investigations into the modes of inhibition of these motors provide crucial information about their molecular mechanisms. Kif18A regulates spindle microtubules through its dual functionality, with microtubule-based stepping and regulation of microtubule dynamics. We investigated the mechanism of Kif18A and its inhibition by the small molecule BTB-1. The Kif18A motor domain drives ATP-dependent plus-end microtubule gliding, and undergoes conformational changes consistent with canonical mechanisms of plus-end–directed motility. The Kif18A motor domain also depolymerizes microtubule plus and minus ends. BTB-1 inhibits both of these microtubule-based Kif18A activities. A reconstruction of BTB-1–bound, microtubule-bound Kif18A, in combination with computational modeling, identified an allosteric BTB-1–binding site near loop5, where it blocks the ATP-dependent conformational changes that we characterized. Strikingly, BTB-1 binding is close to that of well-characterized Kif11 inhibitors that block tight microtubule binding, whereas BTB-1 traps Kif18A on the microtubule. Our work highlights a general mechanism of kinesin inhibition in which small-molecule binding near loop5 prevents a range of conformational changes, blocking motor function.
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Atherton J, Yu IM, Cook A, Muretta JM, Joseph A, Major J, Sourigues Y, Clause J, Topf M, Rosenfeld SS, Houdusse A, Moores CA. The divergent mitotic kinesin MKLP2 exhibits atypical structure and mechanochemistry. eLife 2017; 6:27793. [PMID: 28826477 PMCID: PMC5602324 DOI: 10.7554/elife.27793] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2017] [Accepted: 08/07/2017] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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MKLP2, a kinesin-6, has critical roles during the metaphase-anaphase transition and cytokinesis. Its motor domain contains conserved nucleotide binding motifs, but is divergent in sequence (~35% identity) and size (~40% larger) compared to other kinesins. Using cryo-electron microscopy and biophysical assays, we have undertaken a mechanochemical dissection of the microtubule-bound MKLP2 motor domain during its ATPase cycle, and show that many facets of its mechanism are distinct from other kinesins. While the MKLP2 neck-linker is directed towards the microtubule plus-end in an ATP-like state, it does not fully dock along the motor domain. Furthermore, the footprint of the MKLP2 motor domain on the MT surface is altered compared to motile kinesins, and enhanced by kinesin-6-specific sequences. The conformation of the highly extended loop6 insertion characteristic of kinesin-6s is nucleotide-independent and does not contact the MT surface. Our results emphasize the role of family-specific insertions in modulating kinesin motor function. Cells constantly replicate to provide new cells for growing tissues, and to replace ageing or defective cells around the body. Each new cell needs a copy of the genetic material, and a cellular structure called the mitotic spindle makes sure that this material is shared correctly when a cell divides in two. The spindle is built from protein filaments called microtubules, and the protein filaments grow and shrink as the mitotic spindle carries out its role. Many of these changes in the spindle are driven by proteins called molecular motors, which break down energy-rich molecules of ATP to power them as they walk along the filaments. Kinesins, for example, are molecular motors that can move along microtubules and there are over 40 different kinesins encoded in the human genome. More than half of the human kinesins are involved in cell division including one called MKLP2. Little is known about MKLP2 but some earlier findings had suggested that it would behave very differently compared to other kinesins. Understanding how a kinesin motor works requires studying it in complex with its microtubule tracks. Atherton, Yu et al. have now used a technique called cryo-electron microscopy – which is uniquely suited to looking at large and complicated samples in three dimensions – to observe how the motor in MKLP2 changes shape as it works. This revealed that, while MKLP2 works in a fundamentally similar way to other kinesins, many aspects of its molecular mechanism are highly unusual. These include how it binds to the microtubule, how it interacts with ATP and how it generates force. These findings show that there is much greater diversity in the molecular mechanisms of the kinesins involved in cell division than was previously thought. Several anticancer drugs target kinesins to stop cells dividing and so this diversity may make it easier to target only certain kinesins with drugs, which in turn would have fewer side effects. First, though, it will be important to find out how the unusual mechanism of MKLP2 coordinates and influences other components of the spindle to reveal a fuller picture of what happens when cells replicate.
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- Joseph Atherton
- Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Birkbeck College, London, United Kingdom
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- Structural Motility, Institut Curie, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Unité Mixte de Recherche, Paris, France
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- Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Birkbeck College, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, United Sates
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- Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Birkbeck College, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Cancer Biology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, United States
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- Structural Motility, Institut Curie, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Unité Mixte de Recherche, Paris, France
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- Structural Motility, Institut Curie, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Unité Mixte de Recherche, Paris, France
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- Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Birkbeck College, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Cancer Biology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, United States
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- Structural Motility, Institut Curie, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Unité Mixte de Recherche, Paris, France
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- Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Birkbeck College, London, United Kingdom
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Bell KM, Cha HK, Sindelar CV, Cochran JC. The yeast kinesin-5 Cin8 interacts with the microtubule in a noncanonical manner. J Biol Chem 2017; 292:14680-14694. [PMID: 28701465 PMCID: PMC5582858 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m117.797662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2017] [Revised: 06/28/2017] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Kinesin motors play central roles in establishing and maintaining the mitotic spindle during cell division. Unlike most other kinesins, Cin8, a kinesin-5 motor in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, can move bidirectionally along microtubules, switching directionality according to biochemical conditions, a behavior that remains largely unexplained. To this end, we used biochemical rate and equilibrium constant measurements as well as cryo-electron microscopy methodologies to investigate the microtubule interactions of the Cin8 motor domain. These experiments unexpectedly revealed that, whereas Cin8 ATPase kinetics fell within measured ranges for kinesins (especially kinesin-5 proteins), approximately four motors can bind each αβ-tubulin dimer within the microtubule lattice. This result contrasted with those observations on other known kinesins, which can bind only a single "canonical" site per tubulin dimer. Competition assays with human kinesin-5 (Eg5) only partially abrogated this behavior, indicating that Cin8 binds microtubules not only at the canonical site, but also one or more separate ("noncanonical") sites. Moreover, we found that deleting the large, class-specific insert in the microtubule-binding loop 8 reverts Cin8 to one motor per αβ-tubulin in the microtubule. The novel microtubule-binding mode of Cin8 identified here provides a potential explanation for Cin8 clustering along microtubules and potentially may contribute to the mechanism for direction reversal.
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- Kayla M Bell
- From the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405
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- the Department of Cell Biology, Yale School of Medicine, and
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- the Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520
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- From the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405,
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Wang J, Guo X, Xie C, Jiang J. KIF15 promotes pancreatic cancer proliferation via the MEK-ERK signalling pathway. Br J Cancer 2017; 117:245-255. [PMID: 28595260 PMCID: PMC5520515 DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2017.165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2017] [Revised: 04/19/2017] [Accepted: 05/16/2017] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Background: Pancreatic cancer is highly malignant and characterised by rapid and uncontrolled growth. While some of the important regulatory networks involved in pancreatic cancer have been determined, the cancer relevant genes have not been fully identified. Methods: We screened genes that may control proliferation in pancreatic cancer in seven pairs of matched pancreatic cancer and normal pancreatic tissue samples. We examined KIF15 expression in pancreatic cancer tissues and the effect of KIF15 on cell proliferation in vitro and in vivo. The mechanisms underlying KIF15 promotion of cell proliferation were investigated. Results: mRNA microarray and functional analysis identified 22 genes that potentially play an important role in the proliferation of pancreatic cancer. High-content siRNA screening evaluated whether silencing these 22 genes affected proliferation of pancreatic cancer. Notably, silencing KIF15 exhibited the most potent inhibition of proliferation compared with the rest of the 22 genes. KIF15 was upregulated in human pancreatic cancer tissues, and higher KIF15 expression levels correlated with shorter patient survival times. Upregulation KIF15 promoted pancreatic cancer growth. KIF15 upregulated cyclin D1, CDK2, and phospho-RB and also promoted G1/S transition in pancreatic cancer cells. KIF15 upregulation activated MEK–ERK signalling by increasing p-MEK and p-ERK levels. MEK–ERK inhibitors successfully inhibited cell cycle progression, and PD98059 blocked KIF15-mediated pancreatic cancer proliferation in vivo and in vitro. Conclusions: This study identified KIF15 as a critical regulator that promotes pancreatic cancer proliferation, broadening our understanding of KIF15 function in tumorigenesis.
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- Jie Wang
- Department of Hepatic-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, China.,Department of Hepatic-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery, The Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550000, China
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- Department of Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery, Affiliated Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China
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- University of South Dakota, Sanford School of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Vermillion, SD 57105, USA
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- Department of Hepatic-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, China.,Hubei Key Laboratory of Digestive System Disease, Wuhan 430060, China
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Joseph AP, Lagerstedt I, Patwardhan A, Topf M, Winn M. Improved metrics for comparing structures of macromolecular assemblies determined by 3D electron-microscopy. J Struct Biol 2017; 199:12-26. [PMID: 28552721 PMCID: PMC5479444 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2017.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2016] [Revised: 05/19/2017] [Accepted: 05/23/2017] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Recent developments in 3-dimensional electron microcopy (3D-EM) techniques and a concomitant drive to look at complex molecular structures, have led to a rapid increase in the amount of volume data available for biomolecules. This creates a demand for better methods to analyse the data, including improved scores for comparison, classification and integration of data at different resolutions. To this end, we developed and evaluated a set of scoring functions that compare 3D-EM volumes. To test our scores we used a benchmark set of volume alignments derived from the Electron Microscopy Data Bank. We find that the performance of different scores vary with the map-type, resolution and the extent of overlap between volumes. Importantly, adding the overlap information to the local scoring functions can significantly improve their precision and accuracy in a range of resolutions. A combined score involving the local mutual information and overlap (LMI_OV) performs best overall, irrespective of the map category, resolution or the extent of overlap, and we recommend this score for general use. The local mutual information score itself is found to be more discriminatory than cross-correlation coefficient for intermediate-to-low resolution maps or when the map size and density distribution differ significantly. For comparing map surfaces, we implemented two filters to detect the surface points, including one based on the 'extent of surface exposure'. We show that scores that compare surfaces are useful at low resolutions and for maps with evident surface features. All the scores discussed are implemented in TEMPy (http://tempy.ismb.lon.ac.uk/).
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- Agnel Praveen Joseph
- Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, Birkbeck College, University of London, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HX, United Kingdom; Scientific Computing Department, Science and Technology Facilities Council, Research Complex at Harwell, Didcot OX11 0FA, United Kingdom
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SD, United Kingdom; Computational Chemistry and Cheminformatics, Lilly UK, Windlesham GU20 6PH, United Kingdom
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SD, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, Birkbeck College, University of London, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HX, United Kingdom.
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- Scientific Computing Department, Science and Technology Facilities Council, Research Complex at Harwell, Didcot OX11 0FA, United Kingdom.
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Chen GY, Kang YJ, Gayek AS, Youyen W, Tüzel E, Ohi R, Hancock WO. Eg5 Inhibitors Have Contrasting Effects on Microtubule Stability and Metaphase Spindle Integrity. ACS Chem Biol 2017; 12:1038-1046. [PMID: 28165699 DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.6b01040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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To uncover their contrasting mechanisms, antimitotic drugs that inhibit Eg5 (kinesin-5) were analyzed in mixed-motor gliding assays of kinesin-1 and Eg5 motors in which Eg5 "braking" dominates motility. Loop-5 inhibitors (monastrol, STLC, ispinesib, and filanesib) increased gliding speeds, consistent with inducing a weak-binding state in Eg5, whereas BRD9876 slowed gliding, consistent with locking Eg5 in a rigor state. Biochemical and single-molecule assays demonstrated that BRD9876 acts as an ATP- and ADP-competitive inhibitor with 4 nM KI. Consistent with its microtubule polymerase activity, Eg5 was shown to stabilize microtubules against depolymerization. This stabilization activity was eliminated in monastrol but was enhanced by BRD9876. Finally, in metaphase-arrested RPE-1 cells, STLC promoted spindle collapse, whereas BRD9876 did not. Thus, different Eg5 inhibitors impact spindle assembly and architecture through contrasting mechanisms, and rigor inhibitors may paradoxically have the capacity to stabilize microtubule arrays in cells.
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- Geng-Yuan Chen
- Department
of Biomedical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
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- Department
of Biomedical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
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- Department
of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37203, United States
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- Department
of Physics, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts 01609, United States
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- Department
of Physics, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts 01609, United States
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- Department
of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37203, United States
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- Department
of Biomedical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
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Cross RA. Review: Mechanochemistry of the kinesin-1 ATPase. Biopolymers 2017; 105:476-82. [PMID: 27120111 PMCID: PMC4924600 DOI: 10.1002/bip.22862] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2016] [Revised: 04/12/2016] [Accepted: 04/17/2016] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Kinesins are P‐loop NTPases that can do mechanical work. Like small G‐proteins, to which they are related, kinesins execute a program of active site conformational changes that cleaves the terminal phosphate from an NTP substrate. But unlike small G‐proteins, kinesins can amplify and harness these conformational changes in order to exert force. In this short review I summarize current ideas about how the kinesin active site works and outline how the active site chemistry is coupled to the larger‐scale structural cycle of the kinesin motor domain. Focusing largely on kinesin‐1, the best‐studied kinesin, I discuss how the active site switch machinery of kinesin cycles between three distinct states, how docking of the neck linker stabilizes two of these states, and how tension‐sensitive and position‐sensitive neck linker docking may modulate both the hydrolysis step of ATP turnover and the trapping of product ADP in the active site. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Biopolymers 105: 476–482, 2016.
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- R A Cross
- Centre for Mechanochemical Cell Biology, Warwick Medical School, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK
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Hancock WO. The Kinesin-1 Chemomechanical Cycle: Stepping Toward a Consensus. Biophys J 2016; 110:1216-25. [PMID: 27028632 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2016.02.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2015] [Revised: 01/23/2016] [Accepted: 02/03/2016] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Kinesin-1 serves as a model for understanding fundamentals of motor protein mechanochemistry and for interpreting functional diversity across the kinesin superfamily. Despite sustained work over the last three decades, disagreements remain regarding the events that trigger the two key transitions in the stepping cycle: detachment of the trailing head from the microtubule and binding of the tethered head to the next tubulin binding site. This review describes the conflicting views of these events and highlights recent work that sheds light on these long-standing controversies. It concludes by presenting a consensus kinesin-1 chemomechanical that incorporates recent work, resolves discrepancies, and highlights key questions for future experimental work. It is hoped that this model provides a framework for understanding how diverse kinesins are tuned for their specific cellular roles.
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- William O Hancock
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania.
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Proteins that associate with microtubules (MTs) are crucial to generate MT arrays and establish different cellular architectures. One example is PRC1 (protein regulator of cytokinesis 1), which cross-links antiparallel MTs and is essential for the completion of mitosis and cytokinesis. Here we describe a 4-Å-resolution cryo-EM structure of monomeric PRC1 bound to MTs. Residues in the spectrin domain of PRC1 contacting the MT are highly conserved and interact with the same pocket recognized by kinesin. We additionally found that PRC1 promotes MT assembly even in the presence of the MT stabilizer taxol. Interestingly, the angle of the spectrin domain on the MT surface corresponds to the previously observed cross-bridge angle between MTs cross-linked by full-length, dimeric PRC1. This finding, together with molecular dynamic simulations describing the intrinsic flexibility of PRC1, suggests that the MT-spectrin domain interface determines the geometry of the MT arrays cross-linked by PRC1.
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Chen GY, Mickolajczyk KJ, Hancock WO. The Kinesin-5 Chemomechanical Cycle Is Dominated by a Two-heads-bound State. J Biol Chem 2016; 291:20283-20294. [PMID: 27402829 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m116.730697] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2016] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Single-molecule microscopy and stopped-flow kinetics assays were carried out to understand the microtubule polymerase activity of kinesin-5 (Eg5). Four lines of evidence argue that the motor primarily resides in a two-heads-bound (2HB) state. First, upon microtubule binding, dimeric Eg5 releases both bound ADPs. Second, microtubule dissociation in saturating ADP is 20-fold slower for the dimer than for the monomer. Third, ATP-triggered mant-ADP release is 5-fold faster than the stepping rate. Fourth, ATP binding is relatively fast when the motor is locked in a 2HB state. Shortening the neck-linker does not facilitate rear-head detachment, suggesting a minimal role for rear-head-gating. This 2HB state may enable Eg5 to stabilize incoming tubulin at the growing microtubule plus-end. The finding that slowly hydrolyzable ATP analogs trigger slower nucleotide release than ATP suggests that ATP hydrolysis in the bound head precedes stepping by the tethered head, leading to a mechanochemical cycle in which processivity is determined by the race between unbinding of the bound head and attachment of the tethered head.
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- Geng-Yuan Chen
- From the Department of Biomedical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802
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- From the Department of Biomedical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802
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- From the Department of Biomedical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802
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Nogales E, Zhang R. Visualizing microtubule structural transitions and interactions with associated proteins. Curr Opin Struct Biol 2016; 37:90-6. [PMID: 26803284 DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2015.12.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2015] [Revised: 12/14/2015] [Accepted: 12/28/2015] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Microtubules (MTs) have been the subject of cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) studies since the birth of this technique. Although MTs pose some unique challenges, having to do with the presence of a MT seam, lattice variability and disorder, MT cryo-EM reconstructions are steadily improving in resolution and providing exciting new insights into MT structure and function. Recent work has lead to the atomic-detail visualization of lateral contacts between tubulin subunits and the conformational changes that give rise to strain in the MT lattice accompanying GTP hydrolysis. Cryo-EM has also been invaluable in describing the interactions between MTs and MT associated proteins (MAPs), which function to regulate MT dynamic instability, move cargoes, or contribute to other MT cellular processes.
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- Eva Nogales
- Molecular and Cell Biology Department and QB3 Institute, UC Berkeley, CA 94720, United States; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, UC Berkeley, CA 94720, United States; Molecular Biophysics and Integrative Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, United States.
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, UC Berkeley, CA 94720, United States; Molecular Biophysics and Integrative Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, United States
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The structural kinetics of switch-1 and the neck linker explain the functions of kinesin-1 and Eg5. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2015; 112:E6606-13. [PMID: 26627252 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1512305112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Kinesins perform mechanical work to power a variety of cellular functions, from mitosis to organelle transport. Distinct functions shape distinct enzymologies, and this is illustrated by comparing kinesin-1, a highly processive transport motor that can work alone, to Eg5, a minimally processive mitotic motor that works in large ensembles. Although crystallographic models for both motors reveal similar structures for the domains involved in mechanochemical transduction--including switch-1 and the neck linker--how movement of these two domains is coordinated through the ATPase cycle remains unknown. We have addressed this issue by using a novel combination of transient kinetics and time-resolved fluorescence, which we refer to as "structural kinetics," to map the timing of structural changes in the switch-1 loop and neck linker. We find that differences between the structural kinetics of Eg5 and kinesin-1 yield insights into how these two motors adapt their enzymologies for their distinct functions.
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Kinesin-5 slides antiparallel microtubules during spindle assembly, and regulates the branching of growing axons. Besides the mechanical activities enabled by its tetrameric configuration, the specific motor properties of kinesin-5 that underlie its cellular function remain unclear. Here by engineering a stable kinesin-5 dimer and reconstituting microtubule dynamics in vitro, we demonstrate that kinesin-5 promotes microtubule polymerization by increasing the growth rate and decreasing the catastrophe frequency. Strikingly, microtubules growing in the presence of kinesin-5 have curved plus ends, suggesting that the motor stabilizes growing protofilaments. Single-molecule fluorescence experiments reveal that kinesin-5 remains bound to the plus ends of static microtubules for 7 s, and tracks growing microtubule plus ends in a manner dependent on its processivity. We propose that kinesin-5 pauses at microtubule plus ends and enhances polymerization by stabilizing longitudinal tubulin-tubulin interactions, and that these activities underlie the ability kinesin-5 to slide and stabilize microtubule bundles in cells.
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Nogales E, Scheres SHW. Cryo-EM: A Unique Tool for the Visualization of Macromolecular Complexity. Mol Cell 2015; 58:677-89. [PMID: 26000851 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2015.02.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 232] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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3D cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) is an expanding structural biology technique that has recently undergone a quantum leap progression in its achievable resolution and its applicability to the study of challenging biological systems. Because crystallization is not required, only small amounts of sample are needed, and because images can be classified in a computer, the technique has the potential to deal with compositional and conformational mixtures. Therefore, cryo-EM can be used to investigate complete and fully functional macromolecular complexes in different functional states, providing a richness of biological insight. In this review, we underlie some of the principles behind the cryo-EM methodology of single particle analysis and discuss some recent results of its application to challenging systems of paramount biological importance. We place special emphasis on new methodological developments that are leading to an explosion of new studies, many of which are reaching resolutions that could only be dreamed of just a couple of years ago.
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- Eva Nogales
- Molecular and Cell Biology Department, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-3220, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-3220, USA; Life Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
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- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge CB2 0QH, UK
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Shojania Feizabadi M, Janakaloti Narayanareddy BR, Vadpey O, Jun Y, Chapman D, Rosenfeld S, Gross SP. Microtubule C-Terminal Tails Can Change Characteristics of Motor Force Production. Traffic 2015; 16:1075-87. [PMID: 26094820 DOI: 10.1111/tra.12307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2015] [Revised: 06/15/2015] [Accepted: 06/16/2015] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Control of intracellular transport is poorly understood, and functional ramifications of tubulin isoform differences between cell types are mostly unexplored. Motors' force production and detachment kinetics are critical for their group function, but how microtubule (MT) details affect these properties--if at all--is unknown. We investigated these questions using both a vesicular transport human kinesin, kinesin-1, and also a mitotic kinesin likely optimized for group function, kinesin-5, moving along either bovine brain or MCF7(breast cancer) MTs. We found that kinesin-1 functioned similarly on the two sets of MTs--in particular, its mean force production was approximately the same, though due to its previously reported decreased processivity, the mean duration of kinesin-1 force production was slightly decreased on MCF7 MTs. In contrast, kinesin-5's function changed dramatically on MCF7 MTs: its average detachment force was reduced and its force-velocity curve was different. In spite of the reduced detachment force, the force-velocity alteration surprisingly improved high-load group function for kinesin-5 on the cancer-cell MTs, potentially contributing to functions such as spindle-mediated chromosome separation. Significant differences were previously reported for C-terminal tubulin tails in MCF7 versus bovine brain tubulin. Consistent with this difference being functionally important, elimination of the tails made transport along the two sets of MTs similar.
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- Mitra Shojania Feizabadi
- Department of Physics, Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ 07079, USA.,Department of Developmental and Cell Biology, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
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- Department of Developmental and Cell Biology, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
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- Department of Developmental and Cell Biology, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
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- Department of Developmental and Cell Biology, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
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- Department of Cancer Biology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Department of Developmental and Cell Biology, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
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Scarabelli G, Grant BJ. Kinesin-5 allosteric inhibitors uncouple the dynamics of nucleotide, microtubule, and neck-linker binding sites. Biophys J 2015; 107:2204-13. [PMID: 25418105 PMCID: PMC4223232 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2014.09.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2014] [Revised: 09/18/2014] [Accepted: 09/19/2014] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Kinesin motor domains couple cycles of ATP hydrolysis to cycles of microtubule binding and conformational changes that result in directional force and movement on microtubules. The general principles of this mechanochemical coupling have been established; however, fundamental atomistic details of the underlying allosteric mechanisms remain unknown. This lack of knowledge hampers the development of new inhibitors and limits our understanding of how disease-associated mutations in distal sites can interfere with the fidelity of motor domain function. Here, we combine unbiased molecular-dynamics simulations, bioinformatics analysis, and mutational studies to elucidate the structural dynamic effects of nucleotide turnover and allosteric inhibition of the kinesin-5 motor. Multiple replica simulations of ATP-, ADP-, and inhibitor-bound states together with network analysis of correlated motions were used to create a dynamic protein structure network depicting the internal dynamic coordination of functional regions in each state. This analysis revealed the intervening residues involved in the dynamic coupling of nucleotide, microtubule, neck-linker, and inhibitor binding sites. The regions identified include the nucleotide binding switch regions, loop 5, loop 7, α4-α5-loop 13, α1, and β4-β6-β7. Also evident were nucleotide- and inhibitor-dependent shifts in the dynamic coupling paths linking functional sites. In particular, inhibitor binding to the loop 5 region affected β-sheet residues and α1, leading to a dynamic decoupling of nucleotide, microtubule, and neck-linker binding sites. Additional analyses of point mutations, including P131 (loop 5), Q78/I79 (α1), E166 (loop 7), and K272/I273 (β7) G325/G326 (loop 13), support their predicted role in mediating the dynamic coupling of distal functional surfaces. Collectively, our results and approach, which we make freely available to the community, provide a framework for explaining how binding events and point mutations can alter dynamic couplings that are critical for kinesin motor domain function.
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- Guido Scarabelli
- Department of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Department of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
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Farabella I, Vasishtan D, Joseph AP, Pandurangan AP, Sahota H, Topf M. TEMPy: a Python library for assessment of three-dimensional electron microscopy density fits. J Appl Crystallogr 2015; 48:1314-1323. [PMID: 26306092 PMCID: PMC4520291 DOI: 10.1107/s1600576715010092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2014] [Accepted: 05/24/2015] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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TEMPy is an object-oriented Python library that provides the means to validate density fits in electron microscopy reconstructions. This article highlights several features of particular interest for this purpose and includes some customized examples. Three-dimensional electron microscopy is currently one of the most promising techniques used to study macromolecular assemblies. Rigid and flexible fitting of atomic models into density maps is often essential to gain further insights into the assemblies they represent. Currently, tools that facilitate the assessment of fitted atomic models and maps are needed. TEMPy (template and electron microscopy comparison using Python) is a toolkit designed for this purpose. The library includes a set of methods to assess density fits in intermediate-to-low resolution maps, both globally and locally. It also provides procedures for single-fit assessment, ensemble generation of fits, clustering, and multiple and consensus scoring, as well as plots and output files for visualization purposes to help the user in analysing rigid and flexible fits. The modular nature of TEMPy helps the integration of scoring and assessment of fits into large pipelines, making it a tool suitable for both novice and expert structural biologists.
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- Irene Farabella
- Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, Birkbeck, University of London , Malet street, London WC1E 7HX, UK
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- Oxford Particle Imaging Centre, Division of Structural Biology, Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford , Oxford OX3 7BN, UK
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- Scientific Computing Department, Science and Technology Facilities Council, Research Complex at Harwell , Didcot, Oxon OX11 0QX, UK
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- Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, Birkbeck, University of London , Malet street, London WC1E 7HX, UK
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- Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, Birkbeck, University of London , Malet street, London WC1E 7HX, UK
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- Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, Birkbeck, University of London , Malet street, London WC1E 7HX, UK
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Laurin Y, Savarin P, Robert CH, Takahashi M, Eyer J, Prevost C, Sacquin-Mora S. Investigating the Structural Variability and Binding Modes of the Glioma Targeting NFL-TBS.40–63 Peptide on Tubulin. Biochemistry 2015; 54:3660-9. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.5b00146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Yoann Laurin
- Laboratoire
de Biochimie Théorique, UPR 9080 CNRS Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique,13 rue Pierre et Marie Curie, 75005 Paris, France
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- Université
Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité, CSPBAT, UMR 7244 CNRS, 74 rue Marcel Cachin, 93017 Bobigny, France
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- Laboratoire
de Biochimie Théorique, UPR 9080 CNRS Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique,13 rue Pierre et Marie Curie, 75005 Paris, France
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- School
of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institue of Technology 2-12-1-M6-14
Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8550 Japan
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- Laboratoire de Neurobiologie & Transgenèse, UPRES EA 3143, INSERM, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Angers, France
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- Laboratoire
de Biochimie Théorique, UPR 9080 CNRS Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique,13 rue Pierre et Marie Curie, 75005 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire
de Biochimie Théorique, UPR 9080 CNRS Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique,13 rue Pierre et Marie Curie, 75005 Paris, France
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Katsetos CD, Reginato MJ, Baas PW, D'Agostino L, Legido A, Tuszyn Ski JA, Dráberová E, Dráber P. Emerging microtubule targets in glioma therapy. Semin Pediatr Neurol 2015; 22:49-72. [PMID: 25976261 DOI: 10.1016/j.spen.2015.03.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Major advances in the genomics and epigenomics of diffuse gliomas and glioblastoma to date have not been translated into effective therapy, necessitating pursuit of alternative treatment approaches for these therapeutically challenging tumors. Current knowledge of microtubules in cancer and the development of new microtubule-based treatment strategies for high-grade gliomas are the topic in this review article. Discussed are cellular, molecular, and pharmacologic aspects of the microtubule cytoskeleton underlying mitosis and interactions with other cellular partners involved in cell cycle progression, directional cell migration, and tumor invasion. Special focus is placed on (1) the aberrant overexpression of βIII-tubulin, a survival factor associated with hypoxic tumor microenvironment and dynamic instability of microtubules; (2) the ectopic overexpression of γ-tubulin, which in addition to its conventional role as a microtubule-nucleating protein has recently emerged as a transcription factor interacting with oncogenes and kinases; (3) the microtubule-severing ATPase spastin and its emerging role in cell motility of glioblastoma cells; and (4) the modulating role of posttranslational modifications of tubulin in the context of interaction of microtubules with motor proteins. Specific antineoplastic strategies discussed include downregulation of targeted molecules aimed at achieving a sensitization effect on currently used mainstay therapies. The potential role of new classes of tubulin-binding agents and ATPase inhibitors is also examined. Understanding the cellular and molecular mechanisms underpinning the distinct behaviors of microtubules in glioma tumorigenesis and drug resistance is key to the discovery of novel molecular targets that will fundamentally change the prognostic outlook of patients with diffuse high-grade gliomas.
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- Christos D Katsetos
- Department of Pediatrics, Drexel University College of Medicine, Section of Neurology and Pediatric Neuro-oncology Program, St Christopher's Hospital for Children, Philadelphia, PA; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
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- Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Drexel University College of Medicine, Section of Neurology and Pediatric Neuro-oncology Program, St Christopher's Hospital for Children, Philadelphia, PA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Drexel University College of Medicine, Section of Neurology and Pediatric Neuro-oncology Program, St Christopher's Hospital for Children, Philadelphia, PA
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- Department of Oncology, University of Alberta, Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; Department of Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Biology of Cytoskeleton, Institute of Molecular Genetics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Biology of Cytoskeleton, Institute of Molecular Genetics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
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Chakraborty S, Zheng W. Decrypting the structural, dynamic, and energetic basis of a monomeric kinesin interacting with a tubulin dimer in three ATPase states by all-atom molecular dynamics simulation. Biochemistry 2015; 54:859-69. [PMID: 25537000 DOI: 10.1021/bi501056h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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We have employed molecular dynamics (MD) simulation to investigate, with atomic details, the structural dynamics and energetics of three major ATPase states (ADP, APO, and ATP state) of a human kinesin-1 monomer in complex with a tubulin dimer. Starting from a recently solved crystal structure of ATP-like kinesin-tubulin complex by the Knossow lab, we have used flexible fitting of cryo-electron-microscopy maps to construct new structural models of the kinesin-tubulin complex in APO and ATP state, and then conducted extensive MD simulations (total 400 ns for each state), followed by flexibility analysis, principal component analysis, hydrogen bond analysis, and binding free energy analysis. Our modeling and simulation have revealed key nucleotide-dependent changes in the structure and flexibility of the nucleotide-binding pocket (featuring a highly flexible and open switch I in APO state) and the tubulin-binding site, and allosterically coupled motions driving the APO to ATP transition. In addition, our binding free energy analysis has identified a set of key residues involved in kinesin-tubulin binding. On the basis of our simulation, we have attempted to address several outstanding issues in kinesin study, including the possible roles of β-sheet twist and neck linker docking in regulating nucleotide release and binding, the structural mechanism of ADP release, and possible extension and shortening of α4 helix during the ATPase cycle. This study has provided a comprehensive structural and dynamic picture of kinesin's major ATPase states, and offered promising targets for future mutational and functional studies to investigate the molecular mechanism of kinesin motors.
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- Srirupa Chakraborty
- Physics Department, University at Buffalo , Buffalo, New York 14260, United States
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Shang Z, Zhou K, Xu C, Csencsits R, Cochran JC, Sindelar CV. High-resolution structures of kinesin on microtubules provide a basis for nucleotide-gated force-generation. eLife 2014; 3:e04686. [PMID: 25415053 PMCID: PMC4383081 DOI: 10.7554/elife.04686] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2014] [Accepted: 11/20/2014] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Microtubule-based transport by the kinesin motors, powered by ATP hydrolysis, is
essential for a wide range of vital processes in eukaryotes. We obtained insight into
this process by developing atomic models for no-nucleotide and ATP states of the
monomeric kinesin motor domain on microtubules from cryo-EM reconstructions at
5–6 Å resolution. By comparing these models with existing X-ray
structures of ADP-bound kinesin, we infer a mechanistic scheme in which microtubule
attachment, mediated by a universally conserved ‘linchpin’ residue in
kinesin (N255), triggers a clamshell opening of the nucleotide cleft and accompanying
release of ADP. Binding of ATP re-closes the cleft in a manner that tightly couples
to translocation of cargo, via kinesin's ‘neck linker’ element. These
structural transitions are reminiscent of the analogous nucleotide-exchange steps in
the myosin and F1-ATPase motors and inform how the two heads of a kinesin dimer
‘gate’ each other to promote coordinated stepping along
microtubules. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.04686.001 The inside of a cell is a dynamic environment. Large molecules such as proteins are
commonly transported within a cell by ‘motor proteins’, which move
along a network of filaments called microtubules. One group of motor proteins, the
kinesins, typically have one end called a motor domain that attaches itself to a
microtubule. The other end links to the cargo being carried, and a flexible
‘neck’ region connects the two ends of the motor protein. Kinesins are bound together in pairs. The flexible neck region allows each motor
domain in a pair to move past that of the other, allowing the kinesin to
‘walk’ along a microtubule in a step-like manner. Each step requires
one motor domain to alternately tightly associate with, and then release from, a
microtubule filament. This alternating cycle is coordinated by kinesin binding to and
breaking down a molecule called ATP to form another molecule called ADP, which
releases the energy needed for its next step. This repeating cycle is possible because a motor domain changes shape when it binds
to a microtubule. This shape change stimulates the release of ADP, freeing up room
for a new ATP molecule to bind to the motor domain. Although relatively small, these
structural changes produce larger changes in the flexible neck region that enable the
individual motor domains within a kinesin pair to co-ordinate their movement and move
efficiently. Many previous studies have investigated these shape changes using a
technique called cryo-electron microscopy, which rapidly freezes samples and allows
their structure to be recorded in high detail. However, the small size of the motor
domains and their changes in shape means that this technique was not able to reveal
the structures in full detail. Shang et al. now exploit recent advances in cryo-electron microscopy to examine the
structural changes of individual kinesin motor domains in greater detail. Images of
motor domains bound to microtubules were made while the motor domain was in one of
two different states: not bound to ATP or ADP, or bound to a chemically modified form
of ATP that cannot be broken down. Shang et al. then used these images to produce
models of the motor domains and compared the models with previously published images.
This revealed a cleft in the kinesin motor domain that opens when it attaches to a
microtubule. This cleft's ‘clamshell-like’ opening allows ADP to be
released; it then closes when a molecule of ATP binds to it. The opening and closing of the cleft causes the changes in the ‘neck
linker’ of the kinesin that enable the motor protein to transport its cargo,
and so links ATP binding to the movement of the motor protein. Shang et al. suggest
that similar processes may also occur in other motor proteins that have not been as
well studied as the kinesins. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.04686.002
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- Zhiguo Shang
- Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, United States
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- Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, United States
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- Department of Biology, Brandeis University, Waltham, United States
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- Life Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, United States
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, United States
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- Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, United States
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Atherton J, Farabella I, Yu IM, Rosenfeld SS, Houdusse A, Topf M, Moores CA. Conserved mechanisms of microtubule-stimulated ADP release, ATP binding, and force generation in transport kinesins. eLife 2014; 3:e03680. [PMID: 25209998 PMCID: PMC4358365 DOI: 10.7554/elife.03680] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2014] [Accepted: 09/08/2014] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Kinesins are a superfamily of microtubule-based ATP-powered motors, important for multiple, essential cellular functions. How microtubule binding stimulates their ATPase and controls force generation is not understood. To address this fundamental question, we visualized microtubule-bound kinesin-1 and kinesin-3 motor domains at multiple steps in their ATPase cycles—including their nucleotide-free states—at ∼7 Å resolution using cryo-electron microscopy. In both motors, microtubule binding promotes ordered conformations of conserved loops that stimulate ADP release, enhance microtubule affinity and prime the catalytic site for ATP binding. ATP binding causes only small shifts of these nucleotide-coordinating loops but induces large conformational changes elsewhere that allow force generation and neck linker docking towards the microtubule plus end. Family-specific differences across the kinesin–microtubule interface account for the distinctive properties of each motor. Our data thus provide evidence for a conserved ATP-driven mechanism for kinesins and reveal the critical mechanistic contribution of the microtubule interface. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.03680.001 The interior of a cell is a hive of activity, filled with proteins and other items moving from one location to another. A network of filaments called microtubules forms tracks along which so-called motor proteins carry these items. Kinesins are one group of motor proteins, and a typical kinesin protein has one end (called the ‘motor domain’) that can attach itself to the microtubules. The other end links to the cargo being carried, and a ‘neck’ connects the two. When two of these proteins work together, flexible regions of the neck allow the two motor domains to move past one another, which enable the kinesin to essentially walk along a microtubule in a stepwise manner. To take these steps along microtubules, each kinesin motor domain in the pair must undergo alternating cycles of tight association and release from their tracks. This cycle is coordinated by binding and breaking down a molecule called ATP, which also provides the energy needed to take the next step. How the cycle of loose and tight microtubule attachment is coordinated with the release of the breakdown products of ATP, and how the energy from the ATP molecule is converted into the force that moves the motor along the microtubule, has been unclear. Atherton et al. use a technique called cryo-electron microscopy to study—in more detail than previously seen—the structure of the motor domains of two types of kinesin called kinesin-1 and kinesin-3. Images were taken at different stages of the cycle used by the motor domains to extract the energy from ATP molecules. Although the two kinesins have been thought to move along the microtubule tracks in different ways, Atherton et al. find that the core mechanism used by their motor domains is the same. When a motor domain binds to the microtubule, its shape changes, first stimulating release of the breakdown products of ATP from the previous cycle. This release makes room for a new ATP molecule to bind. The structural changes caused by ATP binding are relatively small but produce larger changes in the flexible neck region that enable individual motor domains within a kinesin pair to co-ordinate their movement and move in a consistent direction. This mechanism involves tight coupling between track binding and fuel usage and makes kinesins highly efficient motors. The structures uncovered by Atherton et al. reveal a mechanism that links microtubule binding, the energy supplied to the motor domain and the force that moves the kinesin along a microtubule. Future work will clarify whether the key features observed in the motor domains of kinesin-1 and kinesin-3 are also found in other types of kinesin motors. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.03680.002
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- Joseph Atherton
- Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, Birkbeck College, University of London, London, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, Birkbeck College, University of London, London, United Kingdom
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- Structural Motility, Institut Curie, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris, France
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- Department of Cancer Biology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, United States
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- Structural Motility, Institut Curie, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris, France
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- Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, Birkbeck College, University of London, London, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, Birkbeck College, University of London, London, United Kingdom
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Kinesin-1 is a dimeric motor protein, central to intracellular transport, that steps hand-over-hand toward the microtubule (MT) plus-end, hydrolyzing one ATP molecule per step. Its remarkable processivity is critical for ferrying cargo within the cell: over 100 successive steps are taken, on average, before dissociation from the MT. Despite considerable work, it is not understood which features coordinate, or "gate," the mechanochemical cycles of the two motor heads. Here, we show that kinesin dissociation occurs subsequent to, or concomitant with, phosphate (P(i)) release following ATP hydrolysis. In optical trapping experiments, we found that increasing the steady-state population of the posthydrolysis ADP · P(i) state (by adding free P(i)) nearly doubled the kinesin run length, whereas reducing either the ATP binding rate or hydrolysis rate had no effect. The data suggest that, during processive movement, tethered-head binding occurs subsequent to hydrolysis, rather than immediately after ATP binding, as commonly suggested. The structural change driving motility, thought to be neck linker docking, is therefore completed only upon hydrolysis, and not ATP binding. Our results offer additional insights into gating mechanisms and suggest revisions to prevailing models of the kinesin reaction cycle.
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Albracht CD, Rank KC, Obrzut S, Rayment I, Gilbert SP. Kinesin-2 KIF3AB exhibits novel ATPase characteristics. J Biol Chem 2014; 289:27836-48. [PMID: 25122755 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.583914] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
Abstract
KIF3AB is an N-terminal processive kinesin-2 family member best known for its role in intraflagellar transport. There has been significant interest in KIF3AB in defining the key principles that underlie the processivity of KIF3AB in comparison with homodimeric processive kinesins. To define the ATPase mechanism and coordination of KIF3A and KIF3B stepping, a presteady-state kinetic analysis was pursued. For these studies, a truncated murine KIF3AB was generated. The results presented show that microtubule association was fast at 5.7 μm(-1) s(-1), followed by rate-limiting ADP release at 12.8 s(-1). ATP binding at 7.5 μm(-1) s(-1) was followed by an ATP-promoted isomerization at 84 s(-1) to form the intermediate poised for ATP hydrolysis, which then occurred at 33 s(-1). ATP hydrolysis was required for dissociation of the microtubule·KIF3AB complex, which was observed at 22 s(-1). The dissociation step showed an apparent affinity for ATP that was very weak (K½,ATP at 133 μm). Moreover, the linear fit of the initial ATP concentration dependence of the dissociation kinetics revealed an apparent second-order rate constant at 0.09 μm(-1) s(-1), which is inconsistent with fast ATP binding at 7.5 μm(-1) s(-1) and a Kd ,ATP at 6.1 μm. These results suggest that ATP binding per se cannot account for the apparent weak K½,ATP at 133 μm. The steady-state ATPase Km ,ATP, as well as the dissociation kinetics, reveal an unusual property of KIF3AB that is not yet well understood and also suggests that the mechanochemistry of KIF3AB is tuned somewhat differently from homodimeric processive kinesins.
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Affiliation(s)
- Clayton D Albracht
- From the Department of Biological Sciences and the Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York 12180 and
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- the Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706
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- From the Department of Biological Sciences and the Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York 12180 and
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- the Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706
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- From the Department of Biological Sciences and the Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York 12180 and
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