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Zhang H, Vandesompele J, Braeckmans K, De Smedt SC, Remaut K. Nucleic acid degradation as barrier to gene delivery: a guide to understand and overcome nuclease activity. Chem Soc Rev 2024; 53:317-360. [PMID: 38073448 DOI: 10.1039/d3cs00194f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2024]
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Gene therapy is on its way to revolutionize the treatment of both inherited and acquired diseases, by transferring nucleic acids to correct a disease-causing gene in the target cells of patients. In the fight against infectious diseases, mRNA-based therapeutics have proven to be a viable strategy in the recent Covid-19 pandemic. Although a growing number of gene therapies have been approved, the success rate is limited when compared to the large number of preclinical and clinical trials that have been/are being performed. In this review, we highlight some of the hurdles which gene therapies encounter after administration into the human body, with a focus on nucleic acid degradation by nucleases that are extremely abundant in mammalian organs, biological fluids as well as in subcellular compartments. We overview the available strategies to reduce the biodegradation of gene therapeutics after administration, including chemical modifications of the nucleic acids, encapsulation into vectors and co-administration with nuclease inhibitors and discuss which strategies are applied for clinically approved nucleic acid therapeutics. In the final part, we discuss the currently available methods and techniques to qualify and quantify the integrity of nucleic acids, with their own strengths and limitations.
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- Heyang Zhang
- Laboratory for General Biochemistry and Physical Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.
- Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research, Leiden University, 2333 CC Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biomolecular Medicine, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
- Cancer Research Institute Ghent (CRIG), Ghent, Belgium
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- Laboratory for General Biochemistry and Physical Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.
- Centre for Nano- and Biophotonics, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Laboratory for General Biochemistry and Physical Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.
- Cancer Research Institute Ghent (CRIG), Ghent, Belgium
- Centre for Nano- and Biophotonics, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Laboratory for General Biochemistry and Physical Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.
- Cancer Research Institute Ghent (CRIG), Ghent, Belgium
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Luo X, Chen Z, Li H, Li W, Cui L, Huang J. Exploiting the application of l-aptamer with excellent stability: an efficient sensing platform for malachite green in fish samples. Analyst 2019; 144:4204-4209. [PMID: 31187804 DOI: 10.1039/c9an00332k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Effective monitoring of the content of malachite green (MG) in aquaculture is of great importance for food safety. Traditional methods for MG assay, such as chromatography and spectroscopy, have been criticized for expensive instrumentation and complicated pretreatments. An MG RNA aptamer (MGA) is a powerful tool for immediate and rapid detection of MG. However, RNA is easily degraded by nucleases and is unstable in the environment, making accurate and reliable detection of MG difficult. In order to address the problems, an innovative levo (l)-MGA with excellent stability is designed to perform the specific recognition function. Interestingly, the gel electrophoresis and fluorescence measurement results indicate that this unnaturally occurring l-aptamer is resistant to nuclease degradation and it can be kept intact in the standard buffer solution under room temperature for quite a long time. A label-free, simple, and efficient method has been developed for sensitive detection of MG in fish tissue, which holds promising potential in food analysis and environmental monitoring.
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- Xiaowei Luo
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Construction and Detection in Tissue Engineering, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Medical Image Processing, Biomaterials Research Center, School of Biomedical Engineering, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China. and Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Washington 98195, USA
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Construction and Detection in Tissue Engineering, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Medical Image Processing, Biomaterials Research Center, School of Biomedical Engineering, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China.
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Construction and Detection in Tissue Engineering, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Medical Image Processing, Biomaterials Research Center, School of Biomedical Engineering, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China.
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Construction and Detection in Tissue Engineering, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Medical Image Processing, Biomaterials Research Center, School of Biomedical Engineering, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China.
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- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310008, China.
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Construction and Detection in Tissue Engineering, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Medical Image Processing, Biomaterials Research Center, School of Biomedical Engineering, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China.
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Jin C, Fu T, Wang R, Liu H, Zou J, Zhao Z, Ye M, Zhang X, Tan W. Fluorinated molecular beacons as functional DNA nanomolecules for cellular imaging. Chem Sci 2017; 8:7082-7086. [PMID: 29147537 PMCID: PMC5637457 DOI: 10.1039/c7sc02819a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2017] [Accepted: 08/21/2017] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
Abstract
Molecular beacons (MBs) are simple, but practical, fluorescent nanoprobes widely used to detect small molecules, nucleic acids and proteins. However, some challenges still remain when MBs are employed in complex biological environments, such as instability and non-target interference. To meet such challenges, we have designed and synthesized fluorinated molecular beacons (FMBs) as functional DNA nanomolecules for cellular imaging, in which the stem sequence is simply composed of artificial nucleotides with 3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)benzene (F) as the surrogate base of natural A, T, C and G bases. The introduction of F base into MBs significantly increases their hydrophobicity, and the stem is formed by the assembly of self-complementary base F nucleotides through hydrophobic interactions. Fluorescence studies revealed that FMBs confer improved stability over conventional MBs. To demonstrate the application of FMBs for cellular imaging, we constructed an FMB to detect mRNA in MCF-7 cells, and the FMB was proven to be a practical nanoprobe for cellular imaging of mRNA.
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- Cheng Jin
- Molecular Science and Biomedicine Laboratory , State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics , College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering , College of Life Sciences , Aptamer Engineering Center of Hunan Province , Hunan University , Changsha , Hunan 410082 , China . ;
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- Molecular Science and Biomedicine Laboratory , State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics , College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering , College of Life Sciences , Aptamer Engineering Center of Hunan Province , Hunan University , Changsha , Hunan 410082 , China . ;
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- Molecular Science and Biomedicine Laboratory , State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics , College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering , College of Life Sciences , Aptamer Engineering Center of Hunan Province , Hunan University , Changsha , Hunan 410082 , China . ;
- Department of Chemistry , Department of Physiology and Functional Genomics , Center for Research at the Bio/Nano Interface , Health Cancer Center , UF Genetics Institute , McKnight Brain Institute , University of Florida , Gainesville , Florida 32611-7200 , USA
- Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine , Yangtze Delta Region Institute of Tsinghua University , Zhejiang 314006 , China
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- Molecular Science and Biomedicine Laboratory , State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics , College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering , College of Life Sciences , Aptamer Engineering Center of Hunan Province , Hunan University , Changsha , Hunan 410082 , China . ;
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- Molecular Science and Biomedicine Laboratory , State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics , College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering , College of Life Sciences , Aptamer Engineering Center of Hunan Province , Hunan University , Changsha , Hunan 410082 , China . ;
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- Molecular Science and Biomedicine Laboratory , State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics , College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering , College of Life Sciences , Aptamer Engineering Center of Hunan Province , Hunan University , Changsha , Hunan 410082 , China . ;
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- Molecular Science and Biomedicine Laboratory , State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics , College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering , College of Life Sciences , Aptamer Engineering Center of Hunan Province , Hunan University , Changsha , Hunan 410082 , China . ;
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- Molecular Science and Biomedicine Laboratory , State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics , College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering , College of Life Sciences , Aptamer Engineering Center of Hunan Province , Hunan University , Changsha , Hunan 410082 , China . ;
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- Molecular Science and Biomedicine Laboratory , State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics , College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering , College of Life Sciences , Aptamer Engineering Center of Hunan Province , Hunan University , Changsha , Hunan 410082 , China . ;
- Department of Chemistry , Department of Physiology and Functional Genomics , Center for Research at the Bio/Nano Interface , Health Cancer Center , UF Genetics Institute , McKnight Brain Institute , University of Florida , Gainesville , Florida 32611-7200 , USA
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Hu Z, Chen J, Li Y, Wang Y, Zhang Q, Hussain E, Yang M, Shahzad SA, Yu D, Yu C. Nucleic acid-controlled quantum dots aggregation: A label-free fluorescence turn-on strategy for alkaline phosphatase detection. Talanta 2017; 169:64-69. [DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2017.03.063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2016] [Revised: 03/16/2017] [Accepted: 03/20/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Chen H, Xie S, Liang H, Wu C, Cui L, Huan SY, Zhang X. Generation of Biostable L-aptamers against Achiral Targets by Chiral Inversion of Existing D-aptamers. Talanta 2016; 164:662-667. [PMID: 28107987 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2016.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2016] [Revised: 10/22/2016] [Accepted: 11/01/2016] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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In this paper, based on reciprocal chiral substrate specificity, taking achiral molecules, ethanolamine (EA) and malachite green (MG) as two model targets, biostable L- DNA aptamers and L-RNA aptamers were generated respectively by chiral inversion of existing D-aptamers. In the detection of EA with L-DNA aptamer-based sensors, the feasibility of our strategy was confirmed, while in the detection of MG with L-RNA aptamers, linear calibration curves were obtained in the range from 0.1 to 5µm with the detection limit of 0.065µm under optimized experimental conditions. The results demonstrated that the mirror-image L-aptamers have identical recognition capability as D-aptamers. Meanwhile, L-aptamers have superior biostability to resist nuclease digestion, protein binding interference and off-target effects, enabling their applications in complex practical samples, such as lake water and fish tissue extractions. Our work provides a simple, yet universal and efficient way to develop biostable aptamers.
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- Huapei Chen
- Molecular Science and Biomedicine Laboratory, State Key Laboratory for Chemo/Bio Sensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, College of Biology, and Collaborative Research Center of Molecular Engineering for Theranostics, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
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- Molecular Science and Biomedicine Laboratory, State Key Laboratory for Chemo/Bio Sensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, College of Biology, and Collaborative Research Center of Molecular Engineering for Theranostics, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
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- Molecular Science and Biomedicine Laboratory, State Key Laboratory for Chemo/Bio Sensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, College of Biology, and Collaborative Research Center of Molecular Engineering for Theranostics, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
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- Attribute Sciences, Amgen, One Amgen Center Drive, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320, United States
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- Molecular Science and Biomedicine Laboratory, State Key Laboratory for Chemo/Bio Sensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, College of Biology, and Collaborative Research Center of Molecular Engineering for Theranostics, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China.
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- Molecular Science and Biomedicine Laboratory, State Key Laboratory for Chemo/Bio Sensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, College of Biology, and Collaborative Research Center of Molecular Engineering for Theranostics, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
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- Molecular Science and Biomedicine Laboratory, State Key Laboratory for Chemo/Bio Sensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, College of Biology, and Collaborative Research Center of Molecular Engineering for Theranostics, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China.
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Liang H, Xie S, Cui L, Wu C, Zhang X. Designing a Biostable L-DNAzyme for Lead(II) Ion Detection in Practical Samples. ANALYTICAL METHODS : ADVANCING METHODS AND APPLICATIONS 2016; 8:7260-7264. [PMID: 29062390 PMCID: PMC5650247 DOI: 10.1039/c6ay01791f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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A promising biosensor for effectively lead (II) ion detection in practical applications was developed by constructing a Pb2+-specific L-DNAzyme, the enantiomer of the natural nucleic acid-constructed D-DNAzyme. This fluorescent sensor contains the L-enzyme strand with a quencher at the 3' end, and the L-substrate strand with a fluorophore at the 5' and a quencher at the 3' ends that formed a complex. In the presence of Pb2+, the L-substrate is cut into two fragments, leading to the recovery of fluorescence. The sensor shows high sensitivity and selectivity for Pb2+ detection with a linear response in the range of 5-100 nM and a detection limit of 3 nM in aqueous solution. Importantly, based on that L-DNAzyme consists of non-natural nucleic acids, which is insensitive to nuclease digestion, protein adsorption and D-DNA hybridization, our sensor shows specific response to Pb2+ in practical water and serum samples. Therefore, it is expected that our L-DNAzyme-based strategy may offer a new method for developing simple, rapid and sensitive sensors in complex systems.
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- Hao Liang
- Molecular Science and Biomedicine Laboratory, State Key Laboratory for Chemo/Bio Sensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, College of Biology, and Collaborative Research Center of Molecular Engineering for Theranostics, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
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- Molecular Science and Biomedicine Laboratory, State Key Laboratory for Chemo/Bio Sensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, College of Biology, and Collaborative Research Center of Molecular Engineering for Theranostics, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
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- Molecular Science and Biomedicine Laboratory, State Key Laboratory for Chemo/Bio Sensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, College of Biology, and Collaborative Research Center of Molecular Engineering for Theranostics, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
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- Attribute Sciences, Amgen, One Amgen Center Drive, Thousand Oaks, California 91320, United States
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- Molecular Science and Biomedicine Laboratory, State Key Laboratory for Chemo/Bio Sensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, College of Biology, and Collaborative Research Center of Molecular Engineering for Theranostics, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
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Cui L, Peng R, Fu T, Zhang X, Wu C, Chen H, Liang H, Yang C, Tan W. Biostable L-DNAzyme for Sensing of Metal Ions in Biological Systems. Anal Chem 2016; 88:1850-5. [PMID: 26691677 PMCID: PMC4892185 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.5b04170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2015] [Accepted: 12/22/2015] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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DNAzymes, an important type of metal ion-dependent functional nucleic acid, are widely applied in bioanalysis and biomedicine. However, the use of DNAzymes in practical applications has been impeded by the intrinsic drawbacks of natural nucleic acids, such as interferences from nuclease digestion and protein binding, as well as undesired intermolecular interactions with other nucleic acids. On the basis of reciprocal chiral substrate specificity, the enantiomer of D-DNAzyme, L-DNAzyme, could initiate catalytic cleavage activity with the same achiral metal ion as a cofactor. Meanwhile, by using the advantage of nonbiological L-DNAzyme, which is not subject to the interferences of biological matrixes, as recognition units, a facile and stable L-DNAzyme sensor was proposed for sensing metal ions in complex biological samples and live cells.
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- Liang Cui
- Molecular
Science and Biomedicine Laboratory, State Key Laboratory for Chemo/Bio
Sensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,
College of Biology, and Collaborative Research Center of Molecular
Engineering for Theranostics, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
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- Molecular
Science and Biomedicine Laboratory, State Key Laboratory for Chemo/Bio
Sensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,
College of Biology, and Collaborative Research Center of Molecular
Engineering for Theranostics, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
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- Molecular
Science and Biomedicine Laboratory, State Key Laboratory for Chemo/Bio
Sensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,
College of Biology, and Collaborative Research Center of Molecular
Engineering for Theranostics, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
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- Molecular
Science and Biomedicine Laboratory, State Key Laboratory for Chemo/Bio
Sensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,
College of Biology, and Collaborative Research Center of Molecular
Engineering for Theranostics, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
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- Molecular
Science and Biomedicine Laboratory, State Key Laboratory for Chemo/Bio
Sensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,
College of Biology, and Collaborative Research Center of Molecular
Engineering for Theranostics, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
- Department
of Chemistry and Department of Physiology and Functional Genomics,
Center for Research at the Bio/Nano Interface, Health Cancer Center, University
of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611-7200, United States
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- Molecular
Science and Biomedicine Laboratory, State Key Laboratory for Chemo/Bio
Sensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,
College of Biology, and Collaborative Research Center of Molecular
Engineering for Theranostics, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
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- Molecular
Science and Biomedicine Laboratory, State Key Laboratory for Chemo/Bio
Sensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,
College of Biology, and Collaborative Research Center of Molecular
Engineering for Theranostics, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
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James Yang
- State
Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Key Laboratory
for Chemical Biology of Fujian Province, The MOE Key Laboratory of
Spectrochemical Analysis & Instrumentation, Department of Chemical
Biology, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, P. R. China
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- Molecular
Science and Biomedicine Laboratory, State Key Laboratory for Chemo/Bio
Sensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,
College of Biology, and Collaborative Research Center of Molecular
Engineering for Theranostics, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
- Department
of Chemistry and Department of Physiology and Functional Genomics,
Center for Research at the Bio/Nano Interface, Health Cancer Center, University
of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611-7200, United States
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Cytidine (C) to Uridine (U) RNA editing is a post-trancriptional modification that until recently was known to only affect Apolipoprotein b (Apob) RNA and minimally require 2 components of the C to U editosome, the deaminase APOBEC1 and the RNA-binding protein A1CF. Our latest work has identified a novel RNA-binding protein, RBM47, as a core component of the editosome, which can substitute A1CF for the editing of ApoB mRNA. In addition, new RNA species that are subjected to C to U editing have been identified. Here, we highlight these recent discoveries and discuss how they change our view of the composition of the C to U editing machinery and expand our knowledge of the functional attributes of C to U RNA editing.
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- Nicolas Fossat
- a Embryology Unit; Children's Medical Research Institute ; Westmead , Australia
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New Techniques to Assess In Vitro Release of siRNA from Nanoscale Polyplexes. Pharm Res 2014; 32:1957-74. [DOI: 10.1007/s11095-014-1589-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2014] [Accepted: 11/24/2014] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Yuan L, Tian T, Chen Y, Zhang Z, Zhou X. An L-DNA G-quadruplex: application for peroxidase DNAzyme. NUCLEOSIDES NUCLEOTIDES & NUCLEIC ACIDS 2014; 32:589-98. [PMID: 24138498 DOI: 10.1080/15257770.2013.838260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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L-DNA is the mirror-image form of natural D-DNA. We demonstrate that one left-handed G-rich sequence can form an L-DNA intramolecular G-quadruplex. Further investigation revealed that a DNAzyme formed by an L-nucleotide G-quadruplex exhibited peroxidase catalytic efficiency. The enhancement of the color change of the oxygenation product ABTS(•-) caused by L-nucleotide G-quadruplex formation could be clearly observed with naked eyes. This research provides a new concept for the application of the L-DNA peroxidase DNAzyme complex in nuclease-containing biological systems.
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- Libo Yuan
- a College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Biomedical Polymers of Ministry of Education , Wuhan University , Wuhan , Hubei , P. R. China
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Bamford RA, Zhao ZY, Hotchin NA, Styles IB, Nash GB, Tucker JHR, Bicknell R. Electroporation and microinjection successfully deliver single-stranded and duplex DNA into live cells as detected by FRET measurements. PLoS One 2014; 9:e95097. [PMID: 24755680 PMCID: PMC3995676 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0095097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2014] [Accepted: 03/22/2014] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
Abstract
Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) technology relies on the close proximity of two compatible fluorophores for energy transfer. Tagged (Cy3 and Cy5) complementary DNA strands forming a stable duplex and a doubly-tagged single strand were shown to demonstrate FRET outside of a cellular environment. FRET was also observed after transfecting these DNA strands into fixed and live cells using methods such as microinjection and electroporation, but not when using lipid based transfection reagents, unless in the presence of the endosomal acidification inhibitor bafilomycin. Avoiding the endocytosis pathway is essential for efficient delivery of intact DNA probes into cells.
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- Rosemary A. Bamford
- PSIBS Doctoral Training Centre, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- School of Computer Science, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Cardiovascular Sciences, School of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
- * E-mail: (JHRT); (RB)
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- Institute of Biomedical Research, School of Immunity and Infection, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
- * E-mail: (JHRT); (RB)
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Cui L, Song Y, Ke G, Guan Z, Zhang H, Lin Y, Huang Y, Zhu Z, Yang CJ. Graphene oxide protected nucleic acid probes for bioanalysis and biomedicine. Chemistry 2013; 19:10442-51. [PMID: 23839798 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201301292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Recently, the binding ability of DNA on GO and resulting nuclease resistance have attracted increasing attention, leading to new applications both in vivo and in vitro. In vivo, nucleic acids absorbed on GO can be effectively protected from enzymatic degradation and biological interference in complicated samples, making it useful for targeted delivery, gene regulation, intracellular detection and imaging with high uptake efficiencies, high intracellular stability, and very low toxicity. In vitro, the adsorption of ssDNA on GO surface and desorption of dsDNA or well-folded ssDNA from GO surface result in the protection and deprotection of DNA from nucleic digestion, respectively, which has led to target-triggered cyclic enzymatic amplification methods (CEAM) for amplified detection of analytes with sensitivity 2-3 orders of magnitude higher than that of 1:1 binding strategies. This Concept article explores some of the latest developments in this field.
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- Liang Cui
- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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Kassim SH, Li H, Bell P, Somanathan S, Lagor W, Jacobs F, Billheimer J, Wilson JM, Rader DJ. Adeno-associated virus serotype 8 gene therapy leads to significant lowering of plasma cholesterol levels in humanized mouse models of homozygous and heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia. Hum Gene Ther 2012; 24:19-26. [PMID: 22985273 DOI: 10.1089/hum.2012.108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is a life-threatening genetic disease caused by mutations in the gene encoding low-density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR). As a bridge to clinical trials, we generated a "humanized" mouse model lacking LDLR and apolipoprotein B (ApoB) mRNA editing catalytic polypeptide-1 (APOBEC-1) expression and expressing a human ApoB100 transgene in order to permit more authentic simulation of in vivo interactions between the clinical transgene product, human LDLR (hLDLR), and its endogenous ligand, human ApoB100. On a chow diet, the humanized LDLR-deficient mice have substantial hypercholesterolemia and a lipoprotein phenotype more closely resembling human homozygous FH (hoFH) than in previous mouse models of FH. On injection of an adeno-associated virus serotype 8 (AAV8) vector encoding the human LDLR cDNA, significant correction of hypercholesterolemia was realized at doses as low as 1.5 × 10(11) genome copies (GC)/kg. Given that some patients with heterozygous FH (heFH) cannot be adequately treated with current therapy, we then extended our studies to similarly "humanized" mice that were heterozygous for LDLR deficiency, and that have a lipoprotein phenotype resembling heterozygous FH. Injection of AAV8-hLDLR brought about significant reduction in total and LDL cholesterol at doses as low as 5 × 10(11) GC/kg. Collectively, these data demonstrate the safety and efficacy of the liver-specific AAV8-hLDLR vector in the treatment of humanized mice modeling both hoFH and heFH.
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- Sadik H Kassim
- Gene Therapy Program, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-3403, USA
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Ke G, Wang C, Ge Y, Zheng N, Zhu Z, Yang CJ. L-DNA molecular beacon: a safe, stable, and accurate intracellular nano-thermometer for temperature sensing in living cells. J Am Chem Soc 2012; 134:18908-11. [PMID: 23126671 DOI: 10.1021/ja3082439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 132] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Noninvasive and accurate measurement of intracellular temperature is of great significance in biology and medicine. This paper describes a safe, stable, and accurate intracellular nano-thermometer based on an L-DNA molecular beacon (L-MB), a dual-labeled hairpin oligonucleotide built from the optical isomer of naturally occurring d-DNA. Relying on the temperature-responsive hairpin structure and the FRET signaling mechanism of MBs, the fluorescence of L-MBs is quenched below the melting temperature and enhanced with increasing temperature. Because of the excellent reversibility and tunable response range, L-MBs are very suitable for temperature sensing. More importantly, the non-natural L-DNA backbone prevents the L-MBs from binding to cellular nucleic acids and proteins as well as from being digested by nucleases inside the cells, thus ensuring excellent stability and accuracy of the nano-thermometer in a complex cellular environment. The L-MB nano-thermometer was used for the photothermal study of Pd nanosheets in living cells, establishing the nano-thermometer as a useful tool for intracellular temperature measurement.
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- Guoliang Ke
- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Department of Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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Fessl T, Adamec F, Polívka T, Foldynová-Trantírková S, Vácha F, Trantírek L. Towards characterization of DNA structure under physiological conditions in vivo at the single-molecule level using single-pair FRET. Nucleic Acids Res 2012; 40:e121. [PMID: 22544706 PMCID: PMC3439876 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gks333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) under in vivo conditions is a well-established technique for the evaluation of populations of protein bound/unbound nucleic acid (NA) molecules or NA hybridization kinetics. However, in vivo FRET has not been applied to in vivo quantitative conformational analysis of NA thus far. Here we explored parameters critical for characterization of NA structure using single-pair (sp)FRET in the complex cellular environment of a living Escherichia coli cell. Our measurements showed that the fluorophore properties in the cellular environment differed from those acquired under in vitro conditions. The precision for the interprobe distance determination from FRET efficiency values acquired in vivo was found lower (∼31%) compared to that acquired in diluted buffers (13%). Our numerical simulations suggest that despite its low precision, the in-cell FRET measurements can be successfully applied to discriminate among various structural models. The main advantage of the in-cell spFRET setup presented here over other established techniques allowing conformational analysis in vivo is that it allows investigation of NA structure in various cell types and in a native cellular environment, which is not disturbed by either introduced bulk NA or by the use of chemical transfectants.
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- Tomás Fessl
- Faculty of Sciences, University of South Bohemia, Czech Republic
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Rosenberg BR, Dewell S, Papavasiliou FN. Identifying mRNA editing deaminase targets by RNA-Seq. Methods Mol Biol 2011; 718:103-19. [PMID: 21370044 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-018-8_6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/12/2023]
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RNA editing deaminases act on a variety of targets in different organisms. A number of such enzymes have been shown to act on mRNA, with the resultant nucleotide changes modifying a transcript's information content. Though the deaminase activity of mRNA editing enzymes is readily demonstrated in vitro, identifying their physiological targets has proved challenging. Recent advances in ultra high-throughput sequencing technologies have allowed for whole transcriptome sequencing and expression profiling (RNA-Seq). We have developed a system to identify novel mRNA editing deamination targets based on comparative analysis of RNA-Seq data. The efficacy and utility of this approach is demonstrated for APOBEC1, a cytidine deaminase with a known and well-characterized mRNA editing target in the mammalian small intestine.
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- Brad R Rosenberg
- Laboratory of Lymphocyte Biology, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA
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Substitutional RNA editing represents an important posttranscriptional enzymatic pathway for increasing genetic plasticity by permitting production of different translation products from a single genomically encoded template. One of the best-characterized examples in mammals is C to U deamination of the nuclear apolipoprotein B (apoB) mRNA. ApoB mRNA undergoes a single, site-specific cytidine deamination event yielding an edited transcript that results in tissue-specific translation of two distinct isoforms, referred to as apoB100 and apoB48. Tissue- and site-specific cytidine deamination of apoB mRNA is mediated by an incompletely characterized holoenzyme containing a minimal core complex consisting of an RNA-specific cytidine deaminase, Apobec-1 and a requisite cofactor, apobec-1 complementation factor (ACF). The underlying biochemical and genetic mechanisms regulating tissue-specific apoB mRNA editing have been accelerated through development and characterization of physiological rodent models as well as knockout and transgenic animal strains.
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Zheng J, Li J, Gao X, Jin J, Wang K, Tan W, Yang R. Modulating Molecular Level Space Proximity: A Simple and Efficient Strategy to Design Structured DNA Probes. Anal Chem 2010; 82:3914-21. [DOI: 10.1021/ac1004713] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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- Jing Zheng
- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, China, and Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, China, and Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, China, and Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, China, and Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, China, and Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, China, and Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, China, and Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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Zhang L, Xing D, Gao X, Wu S. Low-power laser irradiation promotes cell proliferation by activating PI3K/Akt pathway. J Cell Physiol 2009; 219:553-62. [PMID: 19142866 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.21697] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Low-power laser irradiation (LPLI) can stimulate cell proliferation through a wide network of signals. Akt is an important protein kinase in modulating cell proliferation. In this study, using real-time single-cell analysis, we investigated the activity of Akt and its effects on cell proliferation induced by LPLI in African green monkey SV40-transformed kidney fibroblast cells (COS-7). We utilized a recombinant fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) Akt probe (BKAR) to dynamically detect the activation of Akt after LPLI treatment. Our results show that LPLI induced a gradual and continuous activation of Akt. Moreover, the activation of Akt can be completely abolished by wortmannin, a specific inhibitor of PI3K, suggesting that the activation of Akt caused by LPLI is a PI3K-dependent event. Src family is involved in Akt activation as demonstrated by the part inhibition of Akt activity in samples treated with PP1 (an inhibitor of Src family). In contrast, loading Gö 6983, a PKC inhibitor, did not affect this response. Further experiments performed using GFP-Akt fluorescence imaging and Western blot analysis demonstrate that, the activation of Akt is a multi-step process in response to LPLI, involving membrane recruitment, phosphorylation, and membrane detachment. LPLI promotes cell proliferation through PI3K/Akt activation since the cell viability was significantly inhibited by PI3K inhibitor. All these studies create a concernful conclusion that PI3K/Akt signaling pathway is well involved in LPLI triggered cell proliferation that acts as a time- and dose-dependent manner. J. Cell. Physiol. 219: 553-562, 2009. (c) 2009 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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- Lingling Zhang
- MOE Key Laboratory of Laser Life Science & Institute of Laser Life Science, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
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Wu Y, Phillips JA, Liu H, Yang R, Tan W. Carbon nanotubes protect DNA strands during cellular delivery. ACS NANO 2008; 2:2023-8. [PMID: 19206447 PMCID: PMC2658617 DOI: 10.1021/nn800325a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 169] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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To protect against nuclease digestion, or single-strand binding protein interactions, oligonucleotides for targeted delivery into intracellular systems must be stable. To accomplish this, we have developed single-walled carbon nanotubes as a carrier for single-stranded DNA probe delivery. This has resulted in superior biostability for intracellular application and, hence, has achieved the desired protective attributes, which are particularly important when DNA probes are used for intracellular measurements. Specifically, when bound to single-walled carbon nanotubes, DNA probes are protected from enzymatic cleavage and interference from nucleic acid binding proteins. Moreover, and equally important, our study shows that a single-walled carbon nanotube-modified DNA probe, which targets a specific mRNA inside living cells, has increased self-delivery capability and intracellular biostability when compared to free DNA probes. Therefore, this new conjugate provides significant advantages for basic genomic studies in which DNA probes are used to monitor intracellular levels of molecules.
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- Corresponding Author Footnote: Phone and fax: 352-846-2410, E-mail:
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Lin YW, Ho HT, Huang CC, Chang HT. Fluorescence detection of single nucleotide polymorphisms using a universal molecular beacon. Nucleic Acids Res 2008; 36:e123. [PMID: 18753149 PMCID: PMC2577337 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkn537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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We present a simple and novel assay—employing a universal molecular beacon (MB) in the presence of Hg2+—for the detection of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) based on Hg2+–DNA complexes inducing a conformational change in the MB. The MB (T7-MB) contains a 19-mer loop and a stem of a pair of seven thymidine (T) bases, a carboxyfluorescein (FAM) unit at the 5′-end, and a 4-([4-(dimethylamino)phenyl]azo)benzoic acid (DABCYL) unit at the 3′-end. Upon formation of Hg2+–T7-MB complexes through T–Hg2+–T bonding, the conformation of T7-MB changes from a random coil to a folded structure, leading to a decreased distance between the FAM and DABCYL units and, hence, increased efficiency of fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) between the FAM and DABCYL units, resulting in decreased fluorescence intensity of the MB. In the presence of complementary DNA, double-stranded DNA complexes form (instead of the Hg2+–T7-MB complexes), with FRET between the FAM and DABCYL units occurring to a lesser extent than in the folded structure. Under the optimal conditions (20 nM T7-MB, 20 mM NaCl, 1.0 μM Hg2+, 5.0 mM phosphate buffer solution, pH 7.4), the linear plot of the fluorescence intensity against the concentration of perfectly matched DNA was linear over the range 2–30 nM (R2 = 0.991), with a limit of detection of 0.5 nM at a signal-to-noise ratio of 3. This new probe provides higher selectivity toward DNA than that exhibited by conventional MBs.
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- Yang-Wei Lin
- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University 1, Taipei, Taiwan
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Wang M, Adikane HV, Duhamel J, Chen P. Protection of oligodeoxynucleotides against nuclease degradation through association with self-assembling peptides. Biomaterials 2007; 29:1099-108. [PMID: 18022687 DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2007.10.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2007] [Accepted: 10/30/2007] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Aggregates of the self-assembling peptide EAK16II or EAK16IV and oligodeoxynucleotides (ODNs) were prepared, and their stability upon diluting the solution was investigated by UV-vis spectroscopy. The aggregates prepared at pH 4 and pH 7 did not dissociate after the solution was diluted 5- and 10-fold. The resistance against Escherichia coli exonuclease I of the ODN located in the EAK-ODN aggregates was studied by fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) after the ODN had aggregated with EAK16II or EAK16IV at pH 4 or pH 7. The effect that the peptide sequence, peptide concentration, pH, and centrifugation had on protecting the aggregated ODN against nuclease degradation was investigated. Significant nuclease resistance was obtained after the EAK-ODN aggregates had been prepared at pH 4, with an EAK16IV concentration greater than a threshold value, and ensuring that the solution was not centrifuged immediately after sample preparation. Centrifuging the EAK16IV-ODN solution immediately after sample preparation resulted in the loss of this nuclease protection. However, if the solution of EAK-ODN aggregates was centrifuged 24 h after sample preparation, the nuclease protection afforded by the EAK16IV-ODN aggregates to the ODN was maintained even after being subject to a 10-fold dilution and up to 4 rounds of centrifugation over 4 days.
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- M Wang
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1
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Yang CJ, Wang L, Wu Y, Kim Y, Medley CD, Lin H, Tan W. Synthesis and investigation of deoxyribonucleic acid/locked nucleic acid chimeric molecular beacons. Nucleic Acids Res 2007; 35:4030-41. [PMID: 17557813 PMCID: PMC1919502 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkm358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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To take full advantage of locked nucleic acid (LNA) based molecular beacons (LNA-MBs) for a variety of applications including analysis of complex samples and intracellular monitoring, we have systematically synthesized a series of DNA/LNA chimeric MBs and studied the effect of DNA/LNA ratio in MBs on their thermodynamics, hybridization kinetics, protein binding affinity and enzymatic resistance. It was found that the LNA bases in a MB stem sequence had a significant effect on the stability of the hair-pin structure. The hybridization rates of LNA-MBs were significantly improved by lowering the DNA/LNA ratio in the probe, and most significantly, by having a shared-stem design for the LNA-MB to prevent sticky-end pairing. It was found that only MB sequences with DNA/LNA alternating bases or all LNA bases were able to resist nonspecific protein binding and DNase I digestion. Additional results showed that a sequence consisting of a DNA stretch less than three bases between LNA bases was able to block RNase H function. This study suggested that a shared-stem MB with a 4 base-pair stem and alternating DNA/LNA bases is desirable for intracellular applications as it ensures reasonable hybridization rates, reduces protein binding and resists nuclease degradation for both target and probes. These findings have implications on the design of LNA molecular probes for intracellular monitoring application, disease diagnosis and basic biological studies.
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- *To whom correspondence should be addressed. +1 352 846 2410+1 352 846 2410
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Apoptosis signal-regulating kinase 1 (ASK1), a serine/threonine protein kinase, is a reactive oxygen species-sensitive mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase and activates both p38 and c-Jun N-terminal kinase pathways. Two isoforms of thioredoxin (Trx), cytosolic and mitochondrial Trx (Trx1 and Trx2, respectively), have been identified in mammalian cells. Trx1 was initially identified as an ASK1-binding protein. Trx1 and Trx2 bind directly to the N-terminal regulatory domain of ASK1 and inhibit ASK1-dependent apoptosis. Numerous other proteins interact with ASK1 and regulate its activity. In cardiomyocytes, ASK1 is involved not only in cardiac apoptosis, leading to cardiac remodeling, but also in cardiac hypertrophy as well as nonapoptotic cardiomyocyte death.
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- Kazuhiko Nishida
- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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A novel LNA-MB (molecular beacon based on locked nucleic acid bases) has been designed and investigated. It exhibits very high melting temperature and is thermally stable, shows superior single base mismatch discrimination capability, and is stable against digestion by nuclease and has no binding with single-stranded DNA binding proteins. The LNA-MB will be widely useful in a variety of areas, especially for in vivo hybridization studies.
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- Lin Wang
- Center for Research at Bio/nano Interface, Department of Chemistry, UF Genetics Institute, Gainesville, Florida 32611-7200, USA
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The biosynthesis and functional roles of methylated nucleosides in eukaryotic mRNA. FINE-TUNING OF RNA FUNCTIONS BY MODIFICATION AND EDITING 2005. [DOI: 10.1007/b106365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Increased serum concentrations of low density lipoproteins represent a major cardiovascular risk factor. Low-density lipoproteins are derived from very low density lipoproteins secreted by the liver. Apolipoprotein (apo)B that constitutes the essential structural protein of these lipoproteins exists in two forms, the full length form apoB-100 and the carboxy-terminal truncated apoB-48. The generation of apoB-48 is due to editing of the apoB mRNA which generates a premature stop translation codon. The editing of apoB mRNA is an important regulatory event because apoB-48-containing lipoproteins cannot be converted into the atherogenic low density lipoproteins. The apoB gene is constitutively expressed in liver and intestine, and the rate of apoB secretion is regulated post-transcriptionally. The translocation of apoB into the endoplasmic reticulum is complicated by the hydrophobicity of the nascent polypeptide. The assembly and secretion of apoB-containing lipoproteins within the endoplasmic reticulum is strictly dependent on the microsomal tricylceride transfer protein which shuttles triglycerides onto the nascent lipoprotein particle. The overall synthesis of apoB lipoproteins is regulated by proteosomal and nonproteosomal degradation and is dependent on triglyceride availability. Noninsulin dependent diabetes mellitus, obesity and the metabolic syndrome are characterized by an increased hepatic synthesis of apoB-containing lipoproteins. Interventions aimed to reduce the hepatic secretion of apoB-containing lipoproteins are therefore of great clinical importance. Lead targets in these pathways are discussed.
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- J Greeve
- Klinik für Allgemeine Innere Medizin, Inselspital-Universitätsspital Bern, Switzerland.
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Remaut K, Lucas B, Braeckmans K, Sanders NN, De Smedt SC, Demeester J. FRET-FCS as a tool to evaluate the stability of oligonucleotide drugs after intracellular delivery. J Control Release 2004; 103:259-71. [PMID: 15710516 DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2004.11.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2004] [Revised: 11/03/2004] [Accepted: 11/15/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The intracellular degradation of single-stranded, double-labeled oligonucleotides (ONs) was studied by following the disappearance of Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET) between the rhodamine green and Cy5 fluorophores attached to respectively the 3' and 5' end of the ONs. The green and red fluorescence intensities upon rhodamine green excitation were monitored using the ultra-sensitive detectors of a dual-color Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy (FCS) instrument. The ratio of the red to green fluorescence (R/G ratio) as obtained from such FRET-FCS measurements showed to give accurate information on the integrity of the ONs, without the need for additional auto- or cross-correlation analysis of the registered fluorescence intensity fluctuations. Intracellular measurements revealed that most of the 40mer phosphodiester ONs were degraded before they entered the nucleus. For the 20mer phosphodiester ONs, this degradation occurred more slowly, and both intact and degraded ONs entered the nucleus. For the 20mer phosphorothioate ONs, no intracellular degradation was observed during the measured time period. The sensitive detection of the intracellular fluorescence by the FCS setup will be particularly useful in situations where the expected fluorescence is too low to be detected by FRET-imaging as may occur after intracellular delivery of ONs by cationic carriers.
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- K Remaut
- Laboratory of General Biochemistry and Physical Pharmacy, Ghent University, Harelbekestraat 72, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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Kellum JA, Song M, Venkataraman R. Hemoadsorption removes tumor necrosis factor, interleukin-6, and interleukin-10, reduces nuclear factor-kappaB DNA binding, and improves short-term survival in lethal endotoxemia. Crit Care Med 2004; 32:801-5. [PMID: 15090965 DOI: 10.1097/01.ccm.0000114997.39857.69] [Citation(s) in RCA: 143] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Previous studies have shown that inflammatory mediators can be removed from the circulation with hemofiltration and that adsorption plays an important role. Because adsorptive capacity of hollow-fiber dialyzers is limited, we sought to determine whether hemoadsorption using high surface area beads would result in greater mediator removal and improved survival in experimental sepsis. DESIGN Randomized controlled laboratory experiment. SETTING University laboratory. SUBJECTS Sixty-six adult Sprague-Dawley rats. INTERVENTIONS We conducted two ex vivo and two in vivo experiments. For in vivo experiments, we administered Escherichia coli endotoxin (20 mg/kg) by intravenous infusion and then randomized each animal to receive either hemoadsorption or a sham circuit for 4 hrs. Hemoadsorption was performed for 4 hrs using an arterial-venous circuit and a CytoSorb cartridge containing 10 g of polystyrene divinyl benzene copolymer beads with a biocompatible polyvinylpyrrolidone coating. Survival time was measured to a maximum of 12 hrs. In a separate set of experiments, we studied 12 animals using the same protocol except that we killed all animals at 4 hrs and removed standardized sections of liver for analysis of nuclear factor-kappaB DNA binding. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS Mean survival time among hemoadsorption-treated animals was 629+/-114 vs. 518+/-120 mins for sham-treated animals (p <.01). Overall survival (defined at 12 hrs) was also significantly better in the hemoadsorption group, seven of 20 vs. one of 20 (p <.05). Plasma interleukin-6 and interleukin-10 concentrations and liver nuclear factor-kappaB DNA binding were significantly reduced by hemoadsorption. Ex vivo experiments showed no endotoxin adsorption but strengthened our in vivo observations by showing rapid adsorption of tumor necrosis factor, interleukin-6, and interleukin-10. CONCLUSIONS Hemoadsorption was associated with reduced inflammation and improved survival in this murine model of septic shock.
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- John A Kellum
- Mechanisms and Novel Therapies for Resuscitation and Acute Illness (MANTRA) Laboratory, Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
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Wu D, Edelman ER. Resonance energy transfer for assessing the molecular integrity of proteins for local delivery. Biotechnol Bioeng 2004; 85:406-12. [PMID: 14755558 DOI: 10.1002/bit.10902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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It remains unclear whether the limitations to the therapeutic potential of angiogenic growth factors stem from pharmacokinetic concerns related to inadequate delivery or from a reduced sensitivity of target tissues. Here, we report a novel method using resonance energy transfer to assess the molecular integrity of proteins after local delivery. As an example, we labeled fibroblast growth factor-2 with a fluorescent donor and nonfluorescent acceptor pair, tetramethylrhodamine and QSY-7, and demonstrate in an ex vivo bovine carotid artery model that this growth factor is not limited by proteolytic constraints imposed by the tissue. Our data indicate that FGF-2 is unlikely to be degraded within the arterial wall and suggest that pharmacokinetic limitations alone cannot fully explain the muted response seen thus far in therapeutic angiogenesis. In general, resonance energy transfer may serve as a novel approach to assess the molecular integrity of protein-based therapies in local delivery.
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- David Wu
- Harvard-Massachusetts Institute of Technology Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 USA.
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Adachi M, Gazel A, Pintucci G, Shuck A, Shifteh S, Ginsburg D, Rao LS, Kaneko T, Freedberg IM, Tamaki K, Blumenberg M. Specificity in Stress Response: Epidermal Keratinocytes Exhibit Specialized UV-Responsive Signal Transduction Pathways. DNA Cell Biol 2003; 22:665-77. [PMID: 14611688 DOI: 10.1089/104454903770238148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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UV light, a paradigmatic initiator of cell stress, invokes responses that include signal transduction, activation of transcription factors, and changes in gene expression. Consequently, in epidermal keratinocytes, its principal and frequent natural target, UV regulates transcription of a distinctive set of genes. Hypothesizing that UV activates distinctive epidermal signal transduction pathways, we compared the UV-responsive activation of the JNK and NFkappaB pathways in keratinocytes, with the activation of the same pathways by other agents and in other cell types. Using of inhibitors and antisense oligonucleotides, we found that in keratinocytes only UVB/UVC activate JNK, while in other cell types UVA, heat shock, and oxidative stress do as well. Keratinocytes express JNK-1 and JNK-3, which is unexpected because JNK-3 expression is considered brain-specific. In keratinocytes, ERK1, ERK2, and p38 are activated by growth factors, but not by UV. UVB/UVC in keratinocytes activates Elk1 and AP1 exclusively through the JNK pathway. JNKK1 is essential for UVB/UVC activation of JNK in keratinocytes in vitro and in human skin in vivo. In contrast, in HeLa cells, used as a control, crosstalk among signal transduction pathways allows considerable laxity. In parallel, UVB/UVC and TNFalpha activate the NFkappaB pathway via distinct mechanisms, as shown using antisense oligonucleotides targeted against IKKbeta, the active subunit of IKK. This implies a specific UVB/UVC responsive signal transduction pathway independent from other pathways. Our results suggest that in epidermal keratinocytes specific signal transduction pathways respond to UV light. Based on these findings, we propose that the UV light is not a genetic stress response inducer in these cells, but a specific agent to which epidermis developed highly specialized responses.
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- Makoto Adachi
- Department of Dermatology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York 10016, USA
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Onuki R, Nagasaki A, Kawasaki H, Baba T, Uyeda TQP, Taira K. Confirmation by FRET in individual living cells of the absence of significant amyloid beta -mediated caspase 8 activation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2002; 99:14716-21. [PMID: 12409609 PMCID: PMC137485 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.232177599] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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When cells are exposed to death-inducing molecules such as tumor necrosis factor-alpha or Fas, caspase 8 is activated and cleaves an apoptotic facilitator, Bid, that is a member of the Bcl-2 family. After additional modification, the C-terminal moiety of Bid is translocated to the mitochondria and induces the release of cytochrome c into the cytoplasm. In an attempt to directly observe the cleavage of Bid and the following events in living cells, we constructed a vector that encoded Bid fused with yellow fluorescent protein (YFP) and cyan fluorescent protein (CFP) (YFP-Bid-CFP). On expression of YFP-Bid-CFP in mammalian cells, we were able to observe the efficient transfer of energy from excited CFP to YFP within the YFP-Bid-CFP molecule and, importantly, the fusion protein YFP-Bid-CFP was fully functional in cells. When YFP-Bid-CFP was cleaved by caspase 8, on activation by anti-Fas Abs but not by Abeta or tunicamycin, no such transfer of energy was detected. To our knowledge, this is the first report of (i) visualization of the activation of Bid by proteolytic cleavage, with direct observation of the cleavage of YFP-Bid-CFP in the cytoplasm and subsequent translocation of the cleaved Bid to mitochondria and (ii) the absence of Abeta- or tunicamycin-mediated significant activation of caspase 8 in individual living cells.
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- Reiko Onuki
- Gene Function Research Laboratory, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Central 4, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba Science City 305-8562, Japan
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MEK kinases (MEKKs) comprise a family of related serine-threonine protein kinases that regulate mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signalling pathways leading to c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase (JNK) and p38 activation, induced by cellular stress (e.g., UV and gamma irradiation, osmotic stress, heat shock, protein synthesis inhibitors), inflammatory cytokines (e.g., tumour necrosis factor alpha, TNFalpha, and interleukin-1, IL1) and G protein-coupled receptor agonists (e.g., thrombin). These stress-activated kinases have been implicated in apoptosis, oncogenic transformation, and inflammatory responses in various cell types. At present, the signalling events involving MEKKs are not well understood. This review summarises our current knowledge concerning the regulation and function of MEKK family members, with particular emphasis on those factors capable of directly interacting with distinct MEKK isoforms.
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- C Hagemann
- Department of Cell Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Leicester, Medical Sciences Building, University Road, LE1 9HN, Leicester, UK
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Henderson JO, Blanc V, Davidson NO. Isolation, characterization and developmental regulation of the human apobec-1 complementation factor (ACF) gene. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2001; 1522:22-30. [PMID: 11718896 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-4781(01)00295-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Mammalian apolipoprotein B (apo B) mRNA undergoes site-specific C to U deamination which is mediated by a multicomponent enzyme complex containing a minimal core composed of apobec-1 and a complementation factor, ACF. We have isolated and characterized the human ACF gene and examined its tissue-specific and developmental expression. The ACF gene spans approximately 80 kb and contains 15 exons, three of which are non-coding. Multiple alternative splice acceptor sites were found, generating at least nine different transcripts. Of these, the majority (approximately 75-89%) encode functional protein. In order to examine the role of ACF mRNA expression in the regulation of apo B mRNA editing, we examined a panel of fetal intestinal and hepatic mRNAs as well as RNA from an intestinal cell line. A developmental increase in C to U RNA editing has been previously noted in the human intestine. In both instances, the pattern of alternative splicing and overall abundance of ACF mRNA was relatively constant during development in both liver and small intestine. Taken together, the data demonstrate a complex pattern of differential, tissue-specific splicing of ACF mRNA, but suggest that other mechanisms are responsible for the developmental increase noted in intestinal apo B mRNA editing in humans.
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- J O Henderson
- Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 S. Euclid Ave, Box 8124, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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Didenko VV. DNA probes using fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET): designs and applications. Biotechniques 2001; 31:1106-16, 1118, 1120-1. [PMID: 11730017 PMCID: PMC1941713 DOI: 10.2144/01315rv02] [Citation(s) in RCA: 239] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) is widely used in biomedical research as a reporter method. Oligonucleotides with a DNA backbone and one or several chromophore tags have found multiple applications as FRET probes. They are especially advantageous for the real-time monitoring of biochemical reactions and in vivo studies. This paper reviews the design and applications of various DNA-based probes that use FRET The approaches used in the design of new DNA FRET probes are discussed.
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- V V Didenko
- Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
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Li Q, Sanlioglu S, Li S, Ritchie T, Oberley L, Engelhardt JF. GPx-1 gene delivery modulates NFkappaB activation following diverse environmental injuries through a specific subunit of the IKK complex. Antioxid Redox Signal 2001; 3:415-32. [PMID: 11491654 DOI: 10.1089/15230860152409068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Numerous environmental stimuli alter cell functions by the induction of intracellular reactive oxygen species, such as superoxide and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2). These redox alterations can change the activity of kinases and phosphatases responsible for controlling intracellular signal transduction cascades important in determining how cells react to their environment. One such well known pathway includes nuclear factor-kappaB (NFkappaB); however, the exact redox-sensitive factors important in controlling H2O2-mediated activation of NFkappaB remain unclear. In the present study, we have investigated how intracellular clearance of H2O2, using a recombinant adenovirus expressing glutathione peroxidase-1 (GPx-1), modulates NFkappaB activation following UV irradiation, tumor necrosis factor-alpha, or H2O2 treatment of MCF-7 cells. Findings from these studies demonstrate that GPx-1 overexpression can down-regulate NFkappaB DNA binding, and transcriptional activation of an NFkappaB-dependent luciferase reporter, to varying extents following these environmental stimuli. Studies using dominant negative adenoviral vectors expressing IKKalpha(KM) and IKKbeta(KA) suggest that GPx-1-mediated H2O2 clearance appears to preferentially inhibit the activity of IKKalpha, but not IKKbeta. These studies demonstrate for the first time that redox regulation of NFkappaB activation by intracellular H2O2 may be specific for a unique subunit in the IKK complex. Such findings suggest that IKK kinases or IKK phosphatases may have unique redox-regulated components. These studies have shed mechanistic insight into the potential application of redox-modulating gene therapies aimed at altering NFkappaB activation following environmental injury.
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- Q Li
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City 52242, USA
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Lau PP, Chang BH, Chan L. Two-Hybrid Cloning Identifies an RNA-Binding Protein, GRY-RBP, as a Component of apobec-1 Editosome. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2001; 282:977-83. [PMID: 11352648 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2001.4679] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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ApoB mRNA editing is mediated by an editosome complex with apobec-1 as its catalytic component. By yeast two-hybrid cloning using apobec-1 as bait we identified a 69.6-kDa RNA binding protein, GRY-RBP, that contains 3 RNA-recognition motifs (RRMs) as a novel apobec-1 associating protein. GRY-RBP may be an alternatively spliced species of NASP1, a protein of known function. GRY-RBP was shown to bind to apobec-1, the catalytic component of apoB mRNA editosome, in vivo and in vitro. Immunodepletion using a monospecific rabbit antibody abolished editing in apobec-1 expressing HepG2 S-100 extracts. GRY-RBD interacted with apobec-1 through its C-terminus. It contains three RRM (RNA recognition motifs) domains that are homologous to those found in human ACF (apobec-1 complementation factor). Phylogeny analysis of the RRM domain-containing proteins indicates that GRY-RBP clusters with hnRNP-R, ACF, and ABBP-1 (another apobec-1 binding protein). In addition to its involvement with apobec-1 editosome, the suggested cellular functions of GRY-RBD and its structural homologues include RNA transport and RNA secondary structure stabilization.
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- P P Lau
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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Matsuo H, Okamura T, Chen J, Takanaga H, Ohtani H, Kaneda Y, Naito M, Tsuruo T, Sawada Y. Efficient introduction of macromolecules and oligonucleotides into brain capillary endothelial cells using HVJ-liposomes. J Drug Target 2001; 8:207-16. [PMID: 11144231 DOI: 10.3109/10611860008997899] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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In this study, we examined the feasibility of introducing macromolecules into cultured mouse brain capillary endothelial cells (MBEC4 cells) by utilizing the hemagglutating virus of Japan (HVJ)-liposomes with fusogenic activity. We used fluorescein isothiocyanate dextran (FITC-Dextran) and FITC-labeled oligodeoxynucleotide (FITC-ODN) as models of a macromolecule and an ODN, respectively. Intracellular fluorescence appeared rapidly after the exposure of MBEC4 cells to FITC-Dextran-containing HVJ-liposomes, and remained detectable for at least 3 days. Only a control level of intracellular fluorescence was seen after treatment with FITC-Dextran alone, FITC-Dextran with empty HVJ-liposomes or FITC-Dextran-containing liposomes without fusogenic activity. In the early phase after administration (0-30 min), the introduction of FITC-Dextran into MBEC4 cells by the HVJ-liposome method resulted in a rapid and time-dependent increase of intracellular fluorescence intensity. Moreover, FITC-ODN was also introduced into MBEC4 cells by the HVJ-liposome method, although FITC-ODN alone was not introduced. These results indicate that the HVJ-liposome method is useful for the efficient introduction of macromolecules, including ODN, into brain capillary endothelial cells.
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- H Matsuo
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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Davidson NO, Shelness GS. APOLIPOPROTEIN B: mRNA editing, lipoprotein assembly, and presecretory degradation. Annu Rev Nutr 2001; 20:169-93. [PMID: 10940331 DOI: 10.1146/annurev.nutr.20.1.169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 214] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Apolipoprotein (apo)B circulates in two distinct forms, apoB100 and apoB48. Human liver secretes apoB100, the product of a large mRNA encoding 4536 residues. The small intestine of all mammals secretes apoB48, which arises following C-to-U deamination of a single cytidine base in the nuclear apoB transcript, introducing a translational stop codon. This process, referred to as apoB RNA editing, operates through a multicomponent enzyme complex that contains a single catalytic subunit, apobec-1, in addition to other protein factors that have yet to be cloned. ApoB RNA editing also exhibits stringent cis-acting requirements that include both structural and sequence-specific elements-specifically efficiency elements that flank the minimal cassette, an AU-rich RNA context, and an 11-nucleotide mooring sequence-located in proximity to a suitably positioned (usually upstream) cytidine. C-to-U RNA editing may become unconstrained under circumstances where apobec-1 is overexpressed, in which case multiple cytidines in apoB RNA, as well as in other transcripts, undergo C-to-U editing. ApoB RNA editing is eliminated following targeting of apobec-1, establishing that there is no genetic redundancy in this function. Under physiological circumstances, apoB RNA editing exhibits developmental, hormonal, and nutritional regulation, in some cases related to transcriptional regulation of apobec-1 mRNA. ApoB and the microsomal triglyceride transfer protein (MTP) are essential for the assembly and secretion of apoB-containing lipoproteins. MTP functions by transferring lipid to apoB during its translation and by transporting triglycerides into the endoplasmic reticulum to form apoB-free lipid droplets. These droplets fuse with nascent apoB-containing particles to form mature, very low-density lipoproteins or chylomicrons. In cultured hepatic cells, lipid availability dictates the rate of apoB production. Unlipidated or underlipidated forms of apoB are subjected to presecretory degradation, a process mediated by retrograde transport from the lumen of the endoplasmic reticulum to the cytosol, coupled with multiubquitination and proteasomal degradation. Although control of lipid secretion in vivo is primarily achieved at the level of lipoprotein particle size, regulation of apoB production by presecretory degradation may be relevant in some dyslipidemic states.
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- N O Davidson
- Departments of Medicine and Molecular Biology and Pharmacology, Washington University Medical School, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA.
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Niidome T, Wakamatsu M, Wada A, Hirayama T, Aoyagi H. Required structure of cationic peptide for oligonucleotide-binding and -delivering into cells. J Pept Sci 2000. [DOI: 10.1002/1099-1387(200006)6:6<271::aid-psc249>3.0.co;2-f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Fernandez PC, Machado J, Heussler VT, Botteron C, Palmer GH, Dobbelaere DA. The inhibition of NF-kappaB activation pathways and the induction of apoptosis by dithiocarbamates in T cells are blocked by the glutathione precursor N-acetyl-L-cysteine. Biol Chem 1999; 380:1383-94. [PMID: 10661865 DOI: 10.1515/bc.1999.178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Nuclear factor-kappaB regulates genes that control immune and inflammatory responses and are involved in the pathogenesis of several diseases, including AIDS and cancer. It has been proposed that reactive oxygen intermediates participate in NF-kappaB activation pathways, and compounds with putative antioxidant activity such as N-acetyl-L-cysteine (NAC) and pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate (PDTC) have been used interchangeably to demonstrate this point. We examined their effects, separately and combined, on different stages of the NF-kappaB activation pathway, in primary and in transformed T cells. We show that NAC, contrary to its reported role as an NF-kappaB inhibitor, can actually enhance rather than inhibit IkappaB degradation and, most importantly, show that in all cases NAC exerts a dominant antagonistic effect on PDTC-mediated NF-kappaB inhibition. This was observed at the level of IkappaB degradation, NF-kappaB DNA binding, and HIV-LTR-driven reporter gene expression. NAC also counteracted growth arrest and apoptosis induced by dithiocarbamates. Antagonistic effects were further observed at the level of jun-NH2-terminal kinase, p38 and ATF-2 activation. Our findings argue against the widely accepted assumption that NAC inhibits all NF-kappaB activation pathways and shows that two compounds, previously thought to function through a common inhibitory mechanism, can also have antagonistic effects.
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- P C Fernandez
- Laboratory of Molecular Pathology, Institute of Animal Pathology, University of Berne, Switzerland
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Liao W, Hong SH, Chan BH, Rudolph FB, Clark SC, Chan L. APOBEC-2, a cardiac- and skeletal muscle-specific member of the cytidine deaminase supergene family. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1999; 260:398-404. [PMID: 10403781 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1999.0925] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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APOBEC-1, which mediates the editing of apolipoprotein (apo) B mRNA, is the only known member of the C (cytidine)-->U (uridine) editing enzyme subfamily of the cytidine deaminase supergene family. Here we report the cloning of APOBEC-2, another member of the subfamily. Human and mouse APOBEC-2 both contain 224 amino acid residues, and their genes are mapped to syntenic regions of human chromosome 6 (6p21) and mouse chromosome 17. By phylogenetic analysis, APOBEC-2 is shown to be evolutionarily related to APOBEC-1, and analysis of substitution rates indicates that APOBEC-2 is a much better conserved gene than APOBEC-1. APOBEC-2 mRNA and protein are expressed exclusively in heart and skeletal muscle. APOBEC-2 does not display detectable apoB mRNA editing activity. Like other editing enzymes of the cytidine deaminase superfamily, APOBEC-2 has low, but definite, intrinsic cytidine deaminase activity. The identification of APOBEC-2 indicates that APOBEC-1 is not the only member of the C-->U editing enzyme subfamily, which, like the A (adenosine)-->I (inosine) subfamily of editing enzymes, must encompass at least two and possibly more different deaminase enzymes. It suggests that the C-->U editing affecting apoB mRNA and other RNAs is not an isolated event mediated by a single enzyme but involves multiple related proteins that have evolved from a primordial gene closely related to the housekeeping enzyme cytidine deaminase.
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- W Liao
- Departments of Cell Biology and Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, 77030-3498, USA
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Yamana K, Mitsui T, Nakano H. Synthesis and properties of oligonucleotide duplexes containing donor and acceptor fluorophores at 2′-positions. Tetrahedron 1999. [DOI: 10.1016/s0040-4020(99)00484-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Warashina M, Kuwabara T, Nakamatsu Y, Taira K. Extremely high and specific activity of DNA enzymes in cells with a Philadelphia chromosome. CHEMISTRY & BIOLOGY 1999; 6:237-50. [PMID: 10099134 DOI: 10.1016/s1074-5521(99)80039-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND Chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) results from chromosome 22 translocations (the Philadelphia chromosome) that creates BCR-ABL fusion genes, which encode two abnormal mRNAs (b3a2 and b2a2). Various attempts to design antisense oligonucleotides that specifically cleave abnormal L6 BCR-ABL fusion mRNA have not been successful. Because b2a2 mRNA cannot be effectively cleaved by hammerhead ribozymes near the BCR-ABL junction, it has proved very difficult to engineer specific cleavage of this chimeric mRNA. Nonspecific effects associated with using antisense molecules make the use of such antisense molecules questionable. RESULTS The usefulness of DNA enzymes in specifically suppressing expression of L6 BCR-ABL mRNA in mammalian cells is demonstrated. Although the efficacy of DNA enzymes with natural linkages decreased 12 hours after transfection, partially modified DNA enzymes, with either phosphorothioate or 2'-O-methyl groups at both their 5' and 3' ends, remained active for much longer times in mammalian cells. Moreover, the DNA enzyme with only 2'-O-methyl modifications was also highly specific for abnormal mRNA. CONCLUSIONS DNA enzymes with 2'-O-methyl modifications are potentially useful as gene-inactivating agents in the treatment of diseases such as CML. In contrast to conventional antisense DNAs, some of the DNA enzymes used in this study were highly specific and cleaved only abnormal BCR-ABL mRNA.
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MESH Headings
- Cells, Cultured
- Enzyme Stability
- Fusion Proteins, bcr-abl/genetics
- Fusion Proteins, bcr-abl/metabolism
- Genes, Reporter
- HeLa Cells
- Humans
- Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive/genetics
- Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive/metabolism
- Oligodeoxyribonucleotides/chemical synthesis
- Oligodeoxyribonucleotides/metabolism
- Philadelphia Chromosome
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Substrate Specificity
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- M Warashina
- National Institute for Advanced Interdisciplinary Research, AIST, Tsukuba Science City 305-8562, Japan
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Chan ED, Riches DW. Potential role of the JNK/SAPK signal transduction pathway in the induction of iNOS by TNF-alpha. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1998; 253:790-6. [PMID: 9918806 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1998.9857] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Nitric oxide production by macrophages is principally regulated by the calcium-independent enzyme, inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS). Both lipopolysaccharide and TNF-alpha synergize with IFN-gamma in the expression of iNOS with subsequent production of nitric oxide. Previous work has shown that IL-4 downregulates iNOS and nitric oxide expression by macrophages stimulated with LPS and IFN-gamma. In this study, we found that IL-4 also downregulated iNOS and nitric oxide expression induced by IFN-gamma and TNF-alpha and in mouse macrophages. Because various members of the mitogen-activated protein kinases and their upstream kinases have been shown to directly or indirectly activate a number of transcription factors including AP-1 and NFkappaB, we examined the effects of IL-4 on TNF-alpha activation of the MAPKs. Our results show that IL-4 modestly inhibited JNK/SAPK and ERK activation by TNF-alpha. Previously, we showed that selective pharmacologic inhibition of the ERK and/or p38mapk pathway did not affect NO2- expression. Treatment of cells with the chloride channel blocker 5-nitro-2-(3-phenylpropylamino) benzoic acid (NPPB) showed a dose-response inhibition of NO2- expression. NPPB was also found to inhibit ERK and JNK/SAPK activation but not p38mapk with TNF-alpha stimulation. The discordance between the marked degree of inhibition of iNOS transcript by IL-4 and the modest inhibition of JNK/SAPK and ERK suggests that the mechanism by which IL-4 inhibits iNOS transcription appears more complex than a mere inhibition of these MAPKs.
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- E D Chan
- Department of Pediatrics, National Jewish Medical and Research Center, Denver, Colorado 80206, USA.
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Massa PT, Wu C. Increased inducible activation of NF-kappaB and responsive genes in astrocytes deficient in the protein tyrosine phosphatase SHP-1. J Interferon Cytokine Res 1998; 18:499-507. [PMID: 9712366 DOI: 10.1089/jir.1998.18.499] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The protein tyrosine phosphatase SHP-1 is critical for controlling cytokine signaling through the Jak-Stat pathway and, consequently, for controlling inflammatory cellular immune responses dependent on these cytokines. However, the role of SHP-1 in regulating proinflammatory signaling may be incompletely understood, and it may control other distinct inflammatory agents. The present study analyzed the ability of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), double-stranded RNA, and interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) to induce the transcription factor NF-kappaB in astrocytes expressing or lacking SHP-1. On exposure to the inducers, NF-kappaB was markedly increased in astrocytes obtained from motheaten mice lacking SHP-1 compared with normal littermate cells expressing SHP-1, consisted of p50 and p65 subunits, and was induced in a protein synthesis-independent manner. The increased nuclear NF-kappaB expression coincided with elevated loss of the cytoplasmic inhibitor IkappaB alpha in motheaten mouse cells. Enhanced NF-kappaB expression in motheaten mouse cells correlated with increased expression of genes with functional kappaB sites, including IFN regulatory factor-1 (IRF-1) and inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) genes. MHC class I molecules were also increased in motheaten cells, consistent with the increased expression of IRF-1. Together, the data indicate an increased sensitivity of cells lacking SHP-1 to various inducers of NF-kappaB. Therefore, the regulation of not only Stats but also of NF-kappaB by SHP-1 may be important in controlling events promoted by proinflammatory agents in vivo that are especially apparent in multiple tissues of motheaten mice. This study suggests an additional role for SHP-1 in controlling specific and nonspecific immune responses where induction of NF-kappaB is involved.
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- P T Massa
- The State University of New York, Health Science Center, Department of Neurology, Syracuse 13210, USA.
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Schesser K, Spiik AK, Dukuzumuremyi JM, Neurath MF, Pettersson S, Wolf-Watz H. The yopJ locus is required for Yersinia-mediated inhibition of NF-kappaB activation and cytokine expression: YopJ contains a eukaryotic SH2-like domain that is essential for its repressive activity. Mol Microbiol 1998; 28:1067-79. [PMID: 9680199 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.00851.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 226] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Upon exposure to bacteria, eukaryotic cells activate signalling pathways that result in the increased expression of several defence-related genes. Here, we report that the yopJ locus of the enteropathogen Yersinia pseudotuberculosis encodes a protein that inhibits the activation of NF-kappaB transcription factors by a mechanism(s), which prevents the phosphorylation and subsequent degradation of the inhibitor protein IkappaB. Consequently, eukaryotic cells infected with YopJ-expressing Yersinia become impaired in NF-kappaB-dependent cytokine expression. In addition, the blockage of inducible cytokine production coincides with yopJ-dependent induction of apoptosis. Interestingly, the YopJ protein contains a region that resembles a src homology domain 2 (SH2), and we show that a wild-type version of this motif is required for YopJ activity in suppressing cytokine expression and inducing apoptosis. As SH2 domains are found in several eukaryotic signalling proteins, we propose that YopJ, which we show is delivered into the cytoplasm of infected cells, interacts directly with signalling proteins involved in inductive cytokine expression. The repressive activity of YopJ on the expression of inflammatory mediators may account for the lack of an inflammatory host response observed in experimental yersiniosis. YopJ-like activity may also be a common feature of commensal bacteria that, like Yersinia, do not provoke a host inflammatory response.
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- K Schesser
- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Umeå University, Sweden.
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Ghosh S, May MJ, Kopp EB. NF-kappa B and Rel proteins: evolutionarily conserved mediators of immune responses. Annu Rev Immunol 1998; 16:225-60. [PMID: 9597130 DOI: 10.1146/annurev.immunol.16.1.225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4097] [Impact Index Per Article: 157.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The transcription factor NF-kappa B, more than a decade after its discovery, remains an exciting and active area of study. The involvement of NF-kappa B in the expression of numerous cytokines and adhesion molecules has supported its role as an evolutionarily conserved coordinating element in the organism's response to situations of infection, stress, and injury. Recently, significant advances have been made in elucidating the details of the pathways through which signals are transmitted to the NF-kappa B:I kappa B complex in the cytosol. The field now awaits the discovery and characterization of the kinase responsible for the inducible phosphorylation of I kappa B proteins. Another exciting development has been the demonstration that in certain situations NF-kappa B acts as an anti-apoptotic protein; therefore, elucidation of the mechanism by which NF-kappa B protects against cell death is an important goal. Finally, the generation of knockouts of members of the NF-kappa B/I kappa B family has allowed the study of the roles of these proteins in normal development and physiology. In this review, we discuss some of these recent findings and their implications for the study of NF-kappa B.
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- S Ghosh
- Section of Immunobiology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA.
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Natarajan K, Manna SK, Chaturvedi MM, Aggarwal BB. Protein tyrosine kinase inhibitors block tumor necrosis factor-induced activation of nuclear factor-kappaB, degradation of IkappaBalpha, nuclear translocation of p65, and subsequent gene expression. Arch Biochem Biophys 1998; 352:59-70. [PMID: 9521814 DOI: 10.1006/abbi.1998.0576] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Several inflammatory effects of tumor necrosis factor (TNF) are known to be mediated through activation of a nuclear transcription factor NF-kappaB, but how TNF activates NF-kappaB is incompletely understood. In the present report, we examined the role of protein tyrosine kinases (PTK) in TNF-mediated NF-kappaB activation by using genistein and erbstatin, two potent inhibitors of PTK. The treatment of human myeloid U-937 cells with either inhibitor completely suppressed the TNF-induced NF-kappaB activation in a dose- and time-dependent manner. Suppression correlated with PTK activity, since among the structural analogues of genistein, only an active inhibitor of PTK, quercetin blocked TNF-induced NF-kappaB activation and not daidzein, an inactive inhibitor. Inhibition of NF-kappaB activation was not limited to myeloid cells, as it was observed with T cells and epithelial cells. Both the PTK inhibitors blocked the degradation of IkappaBalpha, the inhibitory subunit of NF-kappaB, and the consequent translocation of the p65 subunit without any significant effect on p50 or on c-Rel. The PTK inhibitors did not interfere with NF-kappaB binding to DNA. The NF-kappaB-dependent CAT reporter gene expression in transient transfection assays was also suppressed by the PTK inhibitors. Both PTK inhibitors abolished TNF-induced activation of N-terminal c-Jun kinase and mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase. Overall, our results suggest that a genistein- and erbstatin-sensitive PTK is involved in the pathway leading to NF-kappaB activation and gene expression by TNF and thus could be used as a target for development of antiinflammatory drugs.
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- K Natarajan
- Department of Molecular Oncology, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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Sakurai H, Shigemori N, Hasegawa K, Sugita T. TGF-beta-activated kinase 1 stimulates NF-kappa B activation by an NF-kappa B-inducing kinase-independent mechanism. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1998; 243:545-9. [PMID: 9480845 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1998.8124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Several mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinases (MAPKKKs), including NF-kappa B-inducing kinase (NIK), play critical roles in NF-kappa B activation. We isolated cDNA for human TGF-beta activated kinase 1 (TAK1), a member of the MAPKKK family, and evaluated its ability to stimulate NF-kappa B activation. Overexpression of TAK1 together with its activator protein, TAK1 binding protein 1 (TAB1), induced the nuclear translocation of NF-kappa B p50/p65 heterodimer accompanied by the degradation of I kappa B alpha and I kappa B beta, and the expression of kappa B-dependent reporter gene. A dominant negative mutant of NIK did not inhibit TAK1-induced NF-kappa B activation. These results suggest that TAK1 induces NF-kappa B activation through a novel NIK-independent signaling pathway.
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- H Sakurai
- Lead Generation Research Laboratory, Tanabe Seiyaku Co., Ltd., Osaka, Japan
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