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He R, Wang J, Yu ZH, Moyers JS, Michael MD, Durham TB, Cramer JW, Qian Y, Lin A, Wu L, Noinaj N, Barrett DG, Zhang ZY. Structure-Based Design of Active-Site-Directed, Highly Potent, Selective, and Orally Bioavailable Low-Molecular-Weight Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase Inhibitors. J Med Chem 2022; 65:13892-13909. [PMID: 36197449 PMCID: PMC10128051 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.2c01143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Abstract
Protein tyrosine phosphatases constitute an important class of drug targets whose potential has been limited by the paucity of drug-like small-molecule inhibitors. We recently described a class of active-site-directed, moderately selective, and potent inhibitors of the low-molecular-weight protein tyrosine phosphatase (LMW-PTP). Here, we report our extensive structure-based design and optimization effort that afforded inhibitors with vastly improved potency and specificity. The leading compound inhibits LMW-PTP potently and selectively (Ki = 1.2 nM, >8000-fold selectivity). Many compounds exhibit favorable drug-like properties, such as low molecular weight, weak cytochrome P450 inhibition, high metabolic stability, moderate to high cell permeability (Papp > 0.2 nm/s), and moderate to good oral bioavailability (% F from 23 to 50% in mice), and therefore can be used as in vivo chemical probes to further dissect the complex biological as well as pathophysiological roles of LMW-PTP and for the development of therapeutics targeting LMW-PTP.
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- Rongjun He
- Lilly Research Laboratories, Eli Lilly and Company, 307 E Merrill Street, Indianapolis, Indiana 46225, United States.,Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, 635 Barnhill Drive, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, 635 Barnhill Drive, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, United States
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology and Institute for Drug Discovery, Purdue University, 720 Clinic Drive, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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- Lilly Research Laboratories, Eli Lilly and Company, 307 E Merrill Street, Indianapolis, Indiana 46225, United States
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- Lilly Research Laboratories, Eli Lilly and Company, 307 E Merrill Street, Indianapolis, Indiana 46225, United States
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- Lilly Research Laboratories, Eli Lilly and Company, 307 E Merrill Street, Indianapolis, Indiana 46225, United States
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- Lilly Research Laboratories, Eli Lilly and Company, 307 E Merrill Street, Indianapolis, Indiana 46225, United States
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- Lilly Research Laboratories, Eli Lilly and Company, 307 E Merrill Street, Indianapolis, Indiana 46225, United States
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- Lilly Research Laboratories, Eli Lilly and Company, 307 E Merrill Street, Indianapolis, Indiana 46225, United States
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology and Institute for Drug Discovery, Purdue University, 720 Clinic Drive, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, 240 S. Martin Jischke Drive, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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- Lilly Research Laboratories, Eli Lilly and Company, 307 E Merrill Street, Indianapolis, Indiana 46225, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, 635 Barnhill Drive, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, United States.,Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology and Institute for Drug Discovery, Purdue University, 720 Clinic Drive, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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Sierra-López F, Baylón-Pacheco L, Vanegas-Villa SC, Rosales-Encina JL. Characterization of low molecular weight protein tyrosine phosphatases of Entamoeba histolytica. Biochimie 2021; 180:43-53. [PMID: 33122104 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2020.10.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2020] [Revised: 10/20/2020] [Accepted: 10/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Abstract
Entamoeba histolytica is an intestinal protozoan parasite of humans and is endemic in developing countries. E. histolytica has two low molecular weight protein tyrosine phosphatase (LMW-PTP) genes, EhLMW-PTP1 and EhLMW-PTP2, which are expressed in cultured trophozoites, clinical isolates, and cysts. The amino acid sequences of proteins EhLMW-PTP1 and EhLMW-PTP2 showed only one amino acid difference between them at position A85V, respectively. Both genes are expressed in cultured trophozoites, mainly EhLMW-PTP2, and in trophozoites recovered from amoebic liver abscess, the expression of EhLMW-PTP1 is downregulated. We cloned the two genes and purified the corresponding recombinant (rEhLMW-PTPs) proteins. Antibodies anti-rEhLMW-PTP2 showed that during red blood cells uptake by E. histolytica, the EhLMW-PTPs were found in the phagocytic cups based on analysis of fluorescence signals. On the other hand, rEhLMW-PTPs showed an optimum phosphatase activity at pH 6.0 with p-nitrophenyl phosphate as the substrate. They dephosphorylate phosphotyrosine and 3-O-methylfluorescein phosphate, but not phosphoserine or phosphothreonine, and the enzymatic activity is inhibited by orthovanadate. rEhLMW-PTP1 and rEhLMW-PTP2 exhibited optimum temperatures of activities at 60 °C and 58 °C, respectively, with high thermal stability at 50 °C. Also, the rEhLMW-PTPs showed high specific activities and specific km value with pNPP or OMFP as the substrates at the physiological temperature (37 °C).
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- Francisco Sierra-López
- Departamento de Infectómica y Patogénesis Molecular, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del I.P.N., Ciudad de México, Mexico.
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- Departamento de Infectómica y Patogénesis Molecular, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del I.P.N., Ciudad de México, Mexico.
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- Programa de Doctorado en Ciencias Biomédicas, Facultad de Estudios Superiores Iztacala, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de, Mexico.
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- Departamento de Infectómica y Patogénesis Molecular, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del I.P.N., Ciudad de México, Mexico.
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Rosen MR, Leuthaeuser JB, Parish CA, Fetrow JS. Isofunctional Clustering and Conformational Analysis of the Arsenate Reductase Superfamily Reveals Nine Distinct Clusters. Biochemistry 2020; 59:4262-4284. [PMID: 33135415 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.0c00651] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Arsenate reductase (ArsC) is a superfamily of enzymes that reduce arsenate. Due to active site similarities, some ArsC can function as low-molecular weight protein tyrosine phosphatases (LMW-PTPs). Broad superfamily classifications align with redox partners (Trx- or Grx-linked). To understand this superfamily's mechanistic diversity, the ArsC superfamily is classified on the basis of active site features utilizing the tools TuLIP (two-level iterative clustering process) and autoMISST (automated multilevel iterative sequence searching technique). This approach identified nine functionally relevant (perhaps isofunctional) protein groups. Five groups exhibit distinct ArsC mechanisms. Three are Grx-linked: group 4AA (classical ArsC), group 3AAA (YffB-like), and group 5BAA. Two are Trx-linked: groups 6AAAAA and 7AAAAAAAA. One is an Spx-like transcriptional regulatory group, group 5AAA. Three are potential LMW-PTP groups: groups 7BAAAA, and 7AAAABAA, which have not been previously identified, and the well-studied LMW-PTP family group 8AAA. Molecular dynamics simulations were utilized to explore functional site details. In several families, we confirm and add detail to literature-based mechanistic information. Mechanistic roles are hypothesized for conserved active site residues in several families. In three families, simulations of the unliganded structure sample specific conformational ensembles, which are proposed to represent either a more ligand-binding-competent conformation or a pathway toward a more binding-competent state; these active sites may be designed to traverse high-energy barriers to the lower-energy conformations necessary to more readily bind ligands. This more detailed biochemical understanding of ArsC and ArsC-like PTP mechanisms opens possibilities for further understanding of arsenate bioremediation and the LMW-PTP mechanism.
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- Mikaela R Rosen
- Department of Chemistry, Gottwald Center for the Sciences, University of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia 23713, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Gottwald Center for the Sciences, University of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia 23713, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Gottwald Center for the Sciences, University of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia 23713, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Gottwald Center for the Sciences, University of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia 23713, United States
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DeSouza SR, Olson MC, Tinucci SL, Sinner EK, Flynn RS, Marshall QF, Jakubowski HV, McIntee EJ. SAR of non-hydrolysable analogs of pyridoxal 5'-phosphate against low molecular weight protein tyrosine phosphatase isoforms. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2020; 30:127342. [PMID: 32631543 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2020.127342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2020] [Revised: 06/04/2020] [Accepted: 06/06/2020] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Kinases and phosphatases are key enzymes in cell signal transduction pathways. Imbalances in these enzymes have been linked to numerous disease states ranging from cancer to diabetes to autoimmune disorders. The two isoforms (IFA and IFB) of Low Molecular Weight Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase (LMW-PTP) appear to play a role in these diseases. Pyridoxal 5'-phosphate (PLP) has been shown to act as a potent but, impractical micromolar inhibitor for both isoforms. In this study, a series of non-hydrolysable phosphonate analogs of PLP were designed, synthesized and tested against the two isoforms of LMW-PTP. Assay results demonstrated that the best inhibitor for both isoforms was compound 5 with a Kis of 1.84 μM (IFA) and 15.6 μM (IFB). The most selective inhibitor was compound 16, with a selectivity of roughly 370-fold for IFA over IFB.
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- Shirin R DeSouza
- Department of Chemistry, College of Saint Benedict, Saint John's University, St. Joseph, MN 56374, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Saint Benedict, Saint John's University, St. Joseph, MN 56374, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Saint Benedict, Saint John's University, St. Joseph, MN 56374, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Saint Benedict, Saint John's University, St. Joseph, MN 56374, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Saint Benedict, Saint John's University, St. Joseph, MN 56374, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Saint Benedict, Saint John's University, St. Joseph, MN 56374, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Saint Benedict, Saint John's University, St. Joseph, MN 56374, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Saint Benedict, Saint John's University, St. Joseph, MN 56374, United States.
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Sánchez-Rodríguez R, González GM, Becerril-García MA, Treviño-Rangel RDJ, Marcos-Vilchis A, González-Pedrajo B, Valvano MA, Andrade A. The BPtpA protein from Burkholderia cenocepacia belongs to a new subclass of low molecular weight protein tyrosine phosphatases. Arch Biochem Biophys 2020; 681:108277. [PMID: 31978399 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2020.108277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2019] [Revised: 01/15/2020] [Accepted: 01/17/2020] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Low molecular weight protein tyrosine phosphatases (LMW-PTP) are ubiquitous enzymes found across a spectrum of genera from prokaryotes to higher eukaryotes. LMW-PTP belong to the Cys-based PTP class II protein family. Here, we show that LMW-PTP can be categorized into two different groups, referred as class II subdivision I (class II.I) and subdivision II (class II.II). Using BPtpA from the opportunistic pathogen Burkholderia cenocepacia, as a representative member of the LMW-PTP class II.I, we demonstrated that four conserved residues (W47, H48, D80, and F81) are required for enzyme function. Guided by an in silico model of BPtpA, we show that the conserved residues at α3-helix (D80 and F81) contribute to protein stability, while the other conserved residues in the W-loop (W47 and H48) likely play a role in substrate recognition. Overall, our results provide new information on LMW-PTP protein family and establish B. cenocepacia as a suitable model to investigate how substrates are recognized and sorted by these proteins.
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- Rebeca Sánchez-Rodríguez
- Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Facultad de Medicina, Departamento de Microbiología. Monterrey, Nuevo León, 64460, Mexico
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- Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Facultad de Medicina, Departamento de Microbiología. Monterrey, Nuevo León, 64460, Mexico
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- Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Facultad de Medicina, Departamento de Microbiología. Monterrey, Nuevo León, 64460, Mexico
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- Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Facultad de Medicina, Departamento de Microbiología. Monterrey, Nuevo León, 64460, Mexico
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- Departamento de Genética Molecular, Instituto de Fisiología Celular, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, 70-243, Mexico
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- Departamento de Genética Molecular, Instituto de Fisiología Celular, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, 70-243, Mexico
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- Wellcome-Wolfson Institute for Experimental Medicine, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, BT9 7BL, United Kingdom
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- Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Facultad de Medicina, Departamento de Microbiología. Monterrey, Nuevo León, 64460, Mexico.
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More than any other organ, the heart is particularly sensitive to gene expression deregulation, often leading in the long run to impaired contractile performances and excessive fibrosis deposition progressing to heart failure. Recent investigations provide evidences that the protein phosphatases (PPs), as their counterpart protein kinases, are important regulators of cardiac physiology and development. Two main groups, the protein serine/threonine phosphatases and the protein tyrosine phosphatases (PTPs), constitute the PPs family. Here, we provide an overview of the role of PTP subfamily in the development of the heart and in cardiac pathophysiology. Based on recent in silico studies, we highlight the importance of PTPs as therapeutic targets for the development of new drugs to restore PTPs signaling in the early and late events of heart failure.
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- Fallou Wade
- Cardiovascular Research Program, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, PO Box 3354, Riyadh, 11211, Saudi Arabia
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- College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Al-Faisal University, Riyadh, 11211, Saudi Arabia
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- Cardiovascular Research Program, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, PO Box 3354, Riyadh, 11211, Saudi Arabia. .,Biology Department, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, 92182, USA.
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Caselli A, Paoli P, Santi A, Mugnaioni C, Toti A, Camici G, Cirri P. Low molecular weight protein tyrosine phosphatase: Multifaceted functions of an evolutionarily conserved enzyme. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2016; 1864:1339-55. [PMID: 27421795 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2016.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2016] [Revised: 07/05/2016] [Accepted: 07/11/2016] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
Abstract
Originally identified as a low molecular weight acid phosphatase, LMW-PTP is actually a protein tyrosine phosphatase that acts on many phosphotyrosine-containing cellular proteins that are primarily involved in signal transduction. Differences in sequence, structure, and substrate recognition as well as in subcellular localization in different organisms enable LMW-PTP to exert many different functions. In fact, during evolution, the LMW-PTP structure adapted to perform different catalytic actions depending on the organism type. In bacteria, this enzyme is involved in the biosynthesis of group 1 and 4 capsules, but it is also a virulence factor in pathogenic strains. In yeast, LMW-PTPs dephosphorylate immunophilin Fpr3, a peptidyl-prolyl-cis-trans isomerase member of the protein chaperone family. In humans, LMW-PTP is encoded by the ACP1 gene, which is composed of three different alleles, each encoding two active enzymes produced by alternative RNA splicing. In animals, LMW-PTP dephosphorylates a number of growth factor receptors and modulates their signalling processes. The involvement of LMW-PTP in cancer progression and in insulin receptor regulation as well as its actions as a virulence factor in a number of pathogenic bacterial strains may promote the search for potent, selective and bioavailable LMW-PTP inhibitors.
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- Anna Caselli
- Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences "Mario Serio", University of Firenze, Viale Morgagni 50, 50134 Florence, Italy.
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences "Mario Serio", University of Firenze, Viale Morgagni 50, 50134 Florence, Italy.
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- Vascular Proteomics, Cancer Research UK Beatson Institute, Switchback Road, Glasgow G61 1BD, UK.
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences "Mario Serio", University of Firenze, Viale Morgagni 50, 50134 Florence, Italy.
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences "Mario Serio", University of Firenze, Viale Morgagni 50, 50134 Florence, Italy.
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences "Mario Serio", University of Firenze, Viale Morgagni 50, 50134 Florence, Italy.
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences "Mario Serio", University of Firenze, Viale Morgagni 50, 50134 Florence, Italy.
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Wade F, Quijada P, Al-Haffar KMA, Awad SM, Kunhi M, Toko H, Marashly Q, Belhaj K, Zahid I, Al-Mohanna F, Stanford SM, Alvarez R, Liu Y, Colak D, Jordan MC, Roos KP, Assiri A, Al-Habeeb W, Sussman M, Bottini N, Poizat C. Deletion of low molecular weight protein tyrosine phosphatase (Acp1) protects against stress-induced cardiomyopathy. J Pathol 2015. [PMID: 26213100 PMCID: PMC5049627 DOI: 10.1002/path.4594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The low molecular weight protein tyrosine phosphatase (LMPTP), encoded by the ACP1 gene, is a ubiquitously expressed phosphatase whose in vivo function in the heart and in cardiac diseases remains unknown. To investigate the in vivo role of LMPTP in cardiac function, we generated mice with genetic inactivation of the Acp1 locus and studied their response to long‐term pressure overload. Acp1−/− mice develop normally and ageing mice do not show pathology in major tissues under basal conditions. However, Acp1−/− mice are strikingly resistant to pressure overload hypertrophy and heart failure. Lmptp expression is high in the embryonic mouse heart, decreased in the postnatal stage, and increased in the adult mouse failing heart. We also show that LMPTP expression increases in end‐stage heart failure in humans. Consistent with their protected phenotype, Acp1−/− mice subjected to pressure overload hypertrophy have attenuated fibrosis and decreased expression of fibrotic genes. Transcriptional profiling and analysis of molecular signalling show that the resistance of Acp1−/− mice to pathological cardiac stress correlates with marginal re‐expression of fetal cardiac genes, increased insulin receptor beta phosphorylation, as well as PKA and ephrin receptor expression, and inactivation of the CaMKIIδ pathway. Our data show that ablation of Lmptp inhibits pathological cardiac remodelling and suggest that inhibition of LMPTP may be of therapeutic relevance for the treatment of human heart failure. © 2015 The Authors. The Journal of Pathology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland.
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- Fallou Wade
- Cardiovascular Research Program, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- San Diego State University, Department of Biology, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA, USA
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- Cardiovascular Research Program, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Cardiovascular Research Program, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- San Diego State University, Department of Biology, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA, USA
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- College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Al-Faisal University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Al-Faisal University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Cardiovascular Research Program, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Comparative Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Division of Cellular Biology, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, 9420 Athena Circle, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- San Diego State University, Department of Biology, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA, USA
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- USC Institute for Genetic Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics and Scientific Computing, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Physiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 10833 LeConte Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Physiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 10833 LeConte Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Comparative Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- San Diego State University, Department of Biology, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA, USA
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- Division of Cellular Biology, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, 9420 Athena Circle, La Jolla, CA, USA.,USC Institute for Genetic Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Cardiovascular Research Program, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.,San Diego State University, Department of Biology, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA, USA
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Fonseca EMB, Trivella DBB, Scorsato V, Dias MP, Bazzo NL, Mandapati KR, de Oliveira FL, Ferreira-Halder CV, Pilli RA, Miranda PCML, Aparicio R. Crystal structures of the apo form and a complex of human LMW-PTP with a phosphonic acid provide new evidence of a secondary site potentially related to the anchorage of natural substrates. Bioorg Med Chem 2015; 23:4462-4471. [PMID: 26117648 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2015.06.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2015] [Revised: 05/29/2015] [Accepted: 06/05/2015] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
Abstract
Low molecular weight protein tyrosine phosphatases (LMW-PTP, EC 3.1.3.48) are a family of single-domain enzymes with molecular weight up to 18 kDa, expressed in different tissues and considered attractive pharmacological targets for cancer chemotherapy. Despite this, few LMW-PTP inhibitors have been described to date, and the structural information on LMW-PTP druggable binding sites is scarce. In this study, a small series of phosphonic acids were designed based on a new crystallographic structure of LMW-PTP complexed with benzylsulfonic acid, determined at 2.1Å. In silico docking was used as a tool to interpret the structural and enzyme kinetics data, as well as to design new analogs. From the synthesized series, two compounds were found to act as competitive inhibitors, with inhibition constants of 0.124 and 0.047 mM. We also report the 2.4Å structure of another complex in which LMW-PTP is bound to benzylphosphonic acid, and a structure of apo LMW-PTP determined at 2.3Å resolution. Although no appreciable conformation changes were observed, in the latter structures, amino acid residues from an expression tag were found bound to a hydrophobic region at the protein surface. This regions is neighbored by positively charged residues, adjacent to the active site pocket, suggesting that this region might be not a mere artefact of crystal contacts but an indication of a possible anchoring region for the natural substrate-which is a phosphorylated protein.
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- Emanuella M B Fonseca
- Laboratory of Structural Biology and Crystallography, Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas, CP 6154, 13083-970, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Structural Biology and Crystallography, Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas, CP 6154, 13083-970, Campinas, SP, Brazil; Department of Organic Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas, CP 6154, CEP 13083-970, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Structural Biology and Crystallography, Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas, CP 6154, 13083-970, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Structural Biology and Crystallography, Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas, CP 6154, 13083-970, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Structural Biology and Crystallography, Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas, CP 6154, 13083-970, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Structural Biology and Crystallography, Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas, CP 6154, 13083-970, Campinas, SP, Brazil; Department of Organic Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas, CP 6154, CEP 13083-970, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Structural Biology and Crystallography, Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas, CP 6154, 13083-970, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas, CEP 13083-862, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas, CP 6154, CEP 13083-970, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas, CP 6154, CEP 13083-970, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Structural Biology and Crystallography, Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas, CP 6154, 13083-970, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
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Hobiger K, Friedrich T. Voltage sensitive phosphatases: emerging kinship to protein tyrosine phosphatases from structure-function research. Front Pharmacol 2015; 6:20. [PMID: 25713537 PMCID: PMC4322731 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2015.00020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2014] [Accepted: 01/21/2015] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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The transmembrane protein Ci-VSP from the ascidian Ciona intestinalis was described as first member of a fascinating family of enzymes, the voltage sensitive phosphatases (VSPs). Ci-VSP and its voltage-activated homologs from other species are stimulated by positive membrane potentials and dephosphorylate the head groups of negatively charged phosphoinositide phosphates (PIPs). In doing so, VSPs act as control centers at the cytosolic membrane surface, because they intervene in signaling cascades that are mediated by PIP lipids. The characteristic motif CX5RT/S in the active site classifies VSPs as members of the huge family of cysteine-based protein tyrosine phosphatases (PTPs). Although PTPs have already been well-characterized regarding both, structure and function, their relationship to VSPs has drawn only limited attention so far. Therefore, the intention of this review is to give a short overview about the extensive knowledge about PTPs in relation to the facts known about VSPs. Here, we concentrate on the structural features of the catalytic domain which are similar between both classes of phosphatases and their consequences for the enzymatic function. By discussing results obtained from crystal structures, molecular dynamics simulations, and mutagenesis studies, a possible mechanism for the catalytic cycle of VSPs is presented based on that one proposed for PTPs. In this way, we want to link the knowledge about the catalytic activity of VSPs and PTPs.
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- Kirstin Hobiger
- Department of Neurophysiology, Institute of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Philipps-Universität Marburg Marburg, Germany
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- Max-Volmer-Laboratory of Biophysical Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Technische Universität Berlin Berlin, Germany
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Ottanà R, Maccari R, Amuso S, Wolber G, Schuster D, Herdlinger S, Manao G, Camici G, Paoli P. New 4-[(5-arylidene-2-arylimino-4-oxo-3-thiazolidinyl)methyl]benzoic acids active as protein tyrosine phosphatase inhibitors endowed with insulinomimetic effect on mouse C2C12 skeletal muscle cells. Eur J Med Chem 2012; 50:332-43. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2012.02.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2011] [Revised: 02/05/2012] [Accepted: 02/06/2012] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Maccari R, Ottanà R. Low molecular weight phosphotyrosine protein phosphatases as emerging targets for the design of novel therapeutic agents. J Med Chem 2011; 55:2-22. [PMID: 21988196 DOI: 10.1021/jm200607g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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- Rosanna Maccari
- Dipartimento Farmaco-Chimico, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Messina, Polo Universitario dell'Annunziata, 98168 Messina, Italy.
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Balasubramaniam D, Paul LN, Homan KT, Hall MC, Stauffacher CV. Specificity of HCPTP variants toward EphA2 tyrosines by quantitative selected reaction monitoring. Protein Sci 2011; 20:1172-81. [PMID: 21538645 DOI: 10.1002/pro.646] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2011] [Revised: 04/09/2011] [Accepted: 04/20/2011] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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EphA2 receptor tyrosine kinase and the human cytoplasmic protein tyrosine phosphatase (HCPTP) are overexpressed in a number of epithelial cancers. Overexpressed EphA2 in these cancers shows a significant decrease in phosphotyrosine content which results in suppression of receptor signaling and endocytosis and an increase in metastatic potential. The decreased phosphotyrosine content of EphA2 has been associated with decreased contact with its ligand, ephrin A1 and dephosphorylation by HCPTP. Potential specificity of the two HCPTP variants for tyrosines on EphA2 has not been investigated. We have used a mass spectrometry assay to measure relative rates of dephosphorylation for the two HCPTP variants at phosphotyrosine sites associated with control of the EphA2 kinase activity or interaction with downstream targets. Our results suggest that although both variants dephosphorylate the EphA2 receptor, the rate and specificity of dephosphorylation for specific tyrosines are different for HCPTP-A and HCPTP-B. The SAM domain tyrosine Y960 which has been implicated in downstream PI3K signaling is dephosphorylated exclusively by HCPTP-B. The activation loop tyrosine (Y772) which directly controls kinase activity is dephosphorylated about six times faster by HCPTP-A. In contrast, the juxtamembrane tyrosines (Y575, Y588 and Y594) which are implicated in both control of kinase activity and downstream signaling are dephosphorylated by both variants with similar rates. This difference in preference for dephosphorylation sites on EphA2 not only illuminates the different roles of the two variants of the phosphatase in EphA2 signaling, but also explains why both HCPTP variants are highly conserved in most mammals.
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- Deepa Balasubramaniam
- Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA
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Hassan MI, Aijaz A, Ahmad F. Structural and functional analysis of human prostatic acid phosphatase. Expert Rev Anticancer Ther 2010; 10:1055-68. [PMID: 20645695 DOI: 10.1586/era.10.46] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Prostatic acid phosphatase (PAP) is the most abundant phosphatase in human prostate tissue/secretions. It is a clinically important protein for its relevance as a biomarker of prostate carcinoma. Furthermore, it has a potential role in fertilization. We describe here most of the features of PAP including gene regulation, gene/protein structure, functions, its role in tumor progression and evolutionary features. PAP has phosphatase activity and is an extensively studied biomarker of prostate cancer. The major action of PAP is to dephosphorylate macromolecules with the help of catalytic residues (His(12) and Asp(258)) that are located in the cleft between two domains. This article will be of great interest to all those scientists who are working in the area of prostate pathophysiology.
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- Md Imtaiyaz Hassan
- Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Basic Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia, Jamia Nagar, New Delhi 110025, India
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Maccari R, Ottanà R, Ciurleo R, Paoli P, Manao G, Camici G, Laggner C, Langer T. Structure-based optimization of benzoic acids as inhibitors of protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B and low molecular weight protein tyrosine phosphatase. ChemMedChem 2009; 4:957-62. [PMID: 19288492 DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.200800427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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We have optimized previously discovered benzoic acids 1, which are active as inhibitors of PTP1B and LMW-PTP, two protein tyrosine phosphatases that have emerged as attractive targets for the development of novel therapeutic agents for the treatment of diabetes, obesity, and cancer. Our efforts led to the identification of new and more potent analogues with appreciable selectivity toward human PTP1B and the IF1 isoform of human LMW-PTP.
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- Rosanna Maccari
- Dipartimento Farmaco-chimico, Università di Messina, Polo Universitario Annunziata, 98168 Messina, Italy.
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Ammendola ML, Pietropolli A, Lista F, Saccucci P, Piccione E, Bottini E, Gloria-Bottini F. Is there an association between uterine leiomyomas and acid phosphatase locus 1 polymorphism? Am J Obstet Gynecol 2009; 200:110.e1-5. [PMID: 18992867 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2008.07.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2007] [Revised: 04/29/2008] [Accepted: 07/15/2008] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Platelet derived growth factor (PDGF) is involved in the development of leiomyomas. The low-molecular-weight phosphoprotein-tyrosine-phosphatase (LMWPTP), controlled by the highly polymorphic acid phosphatase locus 1 (ACP1), is able to dephosphorylate the PDGF receptor. Therefore, we searched for a possible association between ACP1 and leiomyomas. STUDY DESIGN We studied 172 women hospitalized for symptomatic leiomyomas requiring surgical intervention and 164 healthy women without clinical evidence of leiomyomas from the same white population. The chi(2) test of independence, Pearson correlation, analysis of variance, and post hoc test for difference between means were performed. RESULTS The distribution of ACP1 genotypes among patients does not differ significantly from that of healthy women. However, leiomyoma size was negatively correlated with ACP1 F isoform concentrations. Leiomyoma size was smaller among carriers of the *B/*B genotype, which has the highest concentration of the F isoform, than among carriers of *A/*A, *C/*B, and *C/*C genotypes, which have the lowest concentration of the F isoform. CONCLUSION High ACP1 F isoform concentration, through dephosphorylation of the PDGF receptor, may negatively regulate cell proliferation and growth of leiomyomas.
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- Maria Laura Ammendola
- Department of Surgery, University of Rome Tor Vergata School of Medicine, Rome, Italy
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Tabernero L, Aricescu AR, Jones EY, Szedlacsek SE. Protein tyrosine phosphatases: structure-function relationships. FEBS J 2008; 275:867-82. [PMID: 18298793 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2008.06251.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Structural analysis of protein tyrosine phosphatases (PTPs) has expanded considerably in the last several years, producing more than 200 structures in this class of enzymes (from 35 different proteins and their complexes with ligands). The small-medium size of the catalytic domain of approximately 280 residues plus a very compact fold makes it amenable to cloning and overexpression in bacterial systems thus facilitating crystallographic analysis. The low molecular weight PTPs being even smaller, approximately 150 residues, are also perfect targets for NMR analysis. The availability of different structures and complexes of PTPs with substrates and inhibitors has provided a wealth of information with profound effects in the way we understand their biological functions. Developments in mammalian expression technology recently led to the first crystal structure of a receptor-like PTP extracellular region. Altogether, the PTP structural work significantly advanced our knowledge regarding the architecture, regulation and substrate specificity of these enzymes. In this review, we compile the most prominent structural traits that characterize PTPs and their complexes with ligands. We discuss how the data can be used to design further functional experiments and as a basis for drug design given that many PTPs are now considered strategic therapeutic targets for human diseases such as diabetes and cancer.
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Madhurantakam C, Chavali VRM, Das AK. Analyzing the catalytic mechanism of MPtpA: A low molecular weight protein tyrosine phosphatase fromMycobacterium tuberculosis through site-directed mutagenesis. Proteins 2008; 71:706-14. [DOI: 10.1002/prot.21816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Gloria-Bottini F, Meloni GF, Grassi S, Bottini N, Saccucci P, Giarrizzo GF, Magrini A, Bergamaschi A, Bottini E. ACP1 and offspring sex ratio in smoking puerperae: a study at population level. Early Hum Dev 2007; 83:349-54. [PMID: 16973312 DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2006.07.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2006] [Revised: 07/15/2006] [Accepted: 07/21/2006] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND Data from previous study by our group suggest that in smoking women sex ratio of offspring is higher in newborns carrying ACP1C allele than in other ACP1 genotypes, suggesting that differences observed among human population concerning the effect of smoking may depend in part on this genetic factor. OBJECTIVES In order to further explore this issue we have studied another population and have analysed the relationship between sex ratio and ACP1C gene frequency at population level. METHODS The analysis includes 719 consecutive births from Central Italy considered in a previous paper and 5510 consecutive births from Sardinia. Data from English and Japanese populations have also been considered in the analysis. RESULTS Among newborns not carrying ACP1C there is a decrease of SR among the offspring of smoking mothers, while among newborns carrying the ACP1C allele there is an increase of SR among the offspring of smoking mothers relative to non-smoking mothers. Considering Sardinian, Italian, English and Japanese population there is a linear positive relationship between C allele frequency and SR in smoking mothers. CONCLUSIONS The present observation suggests an interaction between smoking and ACP1 regarding their effects on sex ratio, by which the presence of the ACP1C allele appears to counteract the effect of smoking. This suggests that genetic background may modify the effects of toxic environmental factors on gamete production and functionality and/or on intrauterine survival.
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- F Gloria-Bottini
- Department of Biopathology and Imaging Diagnostics, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy.
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Tolkatchev D, Shaykhutdinov R, Xu P, Plamondon J, Watson DC, Young NM, Ni F. Three-dimensional structure and ligand interactions of the low molecular weight protein tyrosine phosphatase from Campylobacter jejuni. Protein Sci 2007; 15:2381-94. [PMID: 17008719 PMCID: PMC2242389 DOI: 10.1110/ps.062279806] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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A putative low molecular weight protein tyrosine phosphatase (LMW-PTP) was identified in the genome sequence of the bacterial pathogen, Campylobacter jejuni. This novel gene, cj1258, has sequence homology with a distinctive class of phosphatases widely distributed among prokaryotes and eukaryotes. We report here the solution structure of Cj1258 established by high-resolution NMR spectroscopy using NOE-derived distance restraints, hydrogen bond data, and torsion angle restraints. The three-dimensional structure consists of a central four-stranded parallel beta-sheet flanked by five alpha-helices, revealing an overall structural topology similar to those of the eukaryotic LMW-PTPs, such as human HCPTP-A, bovine BPTP, and Saccharomyces cerevisiae LTP1, and to those of the bacterial LMW-PTPs MPtpA from Mycobacterium tuberculosis and YwlE from Bacillus subtilis. The active site of the enzyme is flexible in solution and readily adapts to the binding of ligands, such as the phosphate ion. An NMR-based screen was carried out against a number of potential inhibitors and activators, including phosphonomethylphenylalanine, derivatives of the cinnamic acid, 2-hydroxy-5-nitrobenzaldehyde, cinnamaldehyde, adenine, and hypoxanthine. Despite its bacterial origin, both the three-dimensional structure and ligand-binding properties of Cj1258 suggest that this novel phosphatase may have functional roles close to those of eukaryotic and mammalian tyrosine phosphatases. The three-dimensional structure along with mapping of small-molecule binding will be discussed in the context of developing high-affinity inhibitors of this novel LMW-PTP.
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- Dmitri Tolkatchev
- Biomolecular NMR and Protein Research Group, Biotechnology Research Institute, National Research Council of Canada, Montreal, Quebec H4P 2R2, Canada
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Xu H, Xia B, Jin C. Solution structure of a low-molecular-weight protein tyrosine phosphatase from Bacillus subtilis. J Bacteriol 2006; 188:1509-17. [PMID: 16452434 PMCID: PMC1367216 DOI: 10.1128/jb.188.4.1509-1517.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The low-molecular-weight (LMW) protein tyrosine phosphatases (PTPs) exist ubiquitously in prokaryotes and eukaryotes and play important roles in cellular processes. We report here the solution structure of YwlE, an LMW PTP identified from the gram-positive bacteria Bacillus subtilis. YwlE consists of a twisted central four-stranded parallel beta-sheet with seven alpha-helices packing on both sides. Similar to LMW PTPs from other organisms, the conformation of the YwlE active site is favorable for phosphotyrosine binding, indicating that it may share a common catalytic mechanism in the hydrolysis of phosphate on tyrosine residue in proteins. Though the overall structure resembles that of the eukaryotic LMW PTPs, significant differences were observed around the active site. Residue Asp115 is likely interacting with residue Arg13 through electrostatic interaction or hydrogen bond interaction to stabilize the conformation of the active cavity, which may be a unique character of bacterial LMW PTPs. Residues in the loop region from Phe40 to Thr48 forming a wall of the active cavity are more flexible than those in other regions. Ala41 and Gly45 are located near the active cavity and form a noncharged surface around it. These unique properties demonstrate that this loop may be involved in interaction with specific substrates. In addition, the results from spin relaxation experiments elucidate further insights into the mobility of the active site. The solution structure in combination with the backbone dynamics provides insights into the mechanism of substrate specificity of bacterial LMW PTPs.
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- Huimin Xu
- Beijing Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Center, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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Musumeci L, Bongiorni C, Tautz L, Edwards RA, Osterman A, Perego M, Mustelin T, Bottini N. Low-molecular-weight protein tyrosine phosphatases of Bacillus subtilis. J Bacteriol 2005; 187:4945-56. [PMID: 15995210 PMCID: PMC1169535 DOI: 10.1128/jb.187.14.4945-4956.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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In gram-negative organisms, enzymes belonging to the low-molecular-weight protein tyrosine phosphatase (LMPTP) family are involved in the regulation of important physiological functions, including stress resistance and synthesis of the polysaccharide capsule. LMPTPs have been identified also in gram-positive bacteria, but their functions in these organisms are presently unknown. We cloned two putative LMPTPs from Bacillus subtilis, YfkJ and YwlE, which are highly similar to each other in primary structure as well as to LMPTPs from gram-negative bacteria. When purified from overexpressing Escherichia coli strains, both enzymes were able to dephosphorylate p-nitrophenyl-phosphate and phosphotyrosine-containing substrates in vitro but showed significant differences in kinetic parameters and sensitivity to inhibitors. Transcriptional analyses showed that yfkJ was transcribed at a low level throughout the growth cycle and underwent a sigma(B)-dependent transcriptional upregulation in response to ethanol stress. The transcription of ywlE was growth dependent but stress insensitive. Genomic deletion of each phosphatase-encoding gene led to a phenotype of reduced bacterial resistance to ethanol stress, which was more marked in the ywlE deletion strain. Our study suggests that YfkJ and YwlE play roles in B. subtilis stress resistance.
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- Lucia Musumeci
- The Institute for Genetic Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 90033, USA
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Mijakovic I, Musumeci L, Tautz L, Petranovic D, Edwards RA, Jensen PR, Mustelin T, Deutscher J, Bottini N. In vitro characterization of the Bacillus subtilis protein tyrosine phosphatase YwqE. J Bacteriol 2005; 187:3384-90. [PMID: 15866923 PMCID: PMC1112022 DOI: 10.1128/jb.187.10.3384-3390.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Both gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria possess protein tyrosine phosphatases (PTPs) with a catalytic Cys residue. In addition, many gram-positive bacteria have acquired a new family of PTPs, whose first characterized member was CpsB from Streptococcus pneumoniae. Bacillus subtilis contains one such CpsB-like PTP, YwqE, in addition to two class II Cys-based PTPs, YwlE and YfkJ. The substrates for both YwlE and YfkJ are presently unknown, while YwqE was shown to dephosphorylate two phosphotyrosine-containing proteins implicated in UDP-glucuronate biosynthesis, YwqD and YwqF. In this study, we characterize YwqE, compare the activities of the three B. subtilis PTPs (YwqE, YwlE, and YfkJ), and demonstrate that the two B. subtilis class II PTPs do not dephosphorylate the physiological substrates of YwqE.
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- Ivan Mijakovic
- Microbial Physiology and Genetics Group, BioCentrum, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
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Madhurantakam C, Rajakumara E, Mazumdar PA, Saha B, Mitra D, Wiker HG, Sankaranarayanan R, Das AK. Crystal structure of low-molecular-weight protein tyrosine phosphatase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis at 1.9-A resolution. J Bacteriol 2005; 187:2175-81. [PMID: 15743966 PMCID: PMC1064030 DOI: 10.1128/jb.187.6.2175-2181.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The low-molecular-weight protein tyrosine phosphatase (LMWPTPase) belongs to a distinctive class of phosphotyrosine phosphatases widely distributed among prokaryotes and eukaryotes. We report here the crystal structure of LMWPTPase of microbial origin, the first of its kind from Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The structure was determined to be two crystal forms at 1.9- and 2.5-A resolutions. These structural forms are compared with those of the LMWPTPases of eukaryotes. Though the overall structure resembles that of the eukaryotic LMWPTPases, there are significant changes around the active site and the protein tyrosine phosphatase (PTP) loop. The variable loop forming the wall of the crevice leading to the active site is conformationally unchanged from that of mammalian LMWPTPase; however, differences are observed in the residues involved, suggesting that they have a role in influencing different substrate specificities. The single amino acid substitution (Leu12Thr [underlined below]) in the consensus sequence of the PTP loop, CTGNICRS, has a major role in the stabilization of the PTP loop, unlike what occurs in mammalian LMWPTPases. A chloride ion and a glycerol molecule were modeled in the active site where the chloride ion interacts in a manner similar to that of phosphate with the main chain nitrogens of the PTP loop. This structural study, in addition to identifying specific mycobacterial features, may also form the basis for exploring the mechanism of the substrate specificities of bacterial LMWPTPases.
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Lucentini L, Fulle S, Ricciolini C, Lancioni H, Panara F. Low molecular weight phosphotyrosine protein phosphatase from PC12 cells. Purification, some properties and expression during neurogenesis in vitro and in vivo. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 2003; 35:1378-87. [PMID: 12798350 DOI: 10.1016/s1357-2725(03)00099-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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The purification and partial characterization of low molecular weight phosphotyrosine phosphatase (LMW-PTP) was reported for the first time in PC12 cells. In addition, the expression levels during neuronal phenotype induction by nerve growth factor (NGF) and during neurogenesis in chick embryos were investigated. LMW-PTP was purified to homogeneity and showed a single band of about 18 kDa with sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. A native molecular mass of 20.1 kDa was determined by gel filtration on Sephadex G-75 column. The LMW-PTP from PC12 cells displays structural and biochemical characteristics similar to the enzyme isolated for normal tissues. It was specifically immunoprecipitated by an affinity purified antibody directed against the bovine liver enzyme. The enzyme is present in the cytosolic and cytoskeletal cell compartment where is tyrosine phosphorylated. Time course expression of LMW-PTP in PC12 cells was investigated after NGF treatment and showed an increase of about 30% in the basal level of LMW-PTP from 0 to 72 h. These changes were related to the appearance in PC12 cells of neuronal processes and to a decrease in cell proliferation. An increase of the LMW-PTP expression was also observed in vivo during chick embryo neurogenesis from 8-day-old embryos to adult chicks. The protein level, assayed by immunoblotting, increases from 14-day-old embryos to the hatched chicks reaching the adult levels within the first week after birth. These data indicate that the neurogenesis process is accompanied by a physiological increment of LMW-PTP expression in vitro and in vivo.
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- Livia Lucentini
- Dipartimento di Biologia Cellulare e Molecolare, Università di Perugia, Via Pascoli, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
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Bottini N, Otsu A, Borgiani P, Saccucci P, Stefanini L, Greco E, Fontana L, Hopkins JM, Mao XQ. Genetic control of serum IgE levels: a study of low molecular weight protein tyrosine phosphatase. Clin Genet 2003; 63:228-31. [PMID: 12694235 DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0004.2003.00002.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Protein tyrosine phosphatases (PTPases) have recently been recognized as important modulators of various signal transduction pathways in immune cells. Genetic polymorphisms have been described in genes codifying for members of this family of enzymes, and the genetics of PTPases is predicted to play an important role in the etiology of immune diseases and of their clinical variability. The low molecular weight protein tyrosine phosphatase (ACP1 or LMPTP) is one of the few PTPases with a known genetic polymorphism, and has been proposed to be associated with atopic dermatitis in a small sample from an Italian population. In this paper we describe the association of the ACP1 polymorphism with total IgE levels in two independent samples from English and Italian populations. In both the samples the mean value of serum IgE is lower among subjects carrying the BC genotype than in other ACP1 genotypes. The BC genotype is associated with the highest total ACP1 enzymatic activity. Our data suggest that one or both of the ACP1 isoforms exert an inhibitory role on some signal transduction pathway relevant for IgE hyperproduction.
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- N Bottini
- Experimental Medicine Unit, University of Wales, Swansea, Wales, UK
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Bottini N, Mao XQ, Borgiani P, Saccucci P, Stefanini L, Greco E, Fontana L, Shirakawa T, Hopkin JM. Low molecular weight PTP-IL-4RA interaction in atopy predisposition. Allergy 2002; 57 Suppl 72:10-2. [PMID: 12144546 DOI: 10.1034/j.1398-9995.57.s72.4.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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We recently described a protective effect of the low molecular weight protein tyrosine phosphatase (LMPTP) BC genotype, associated with the highest total enzymatic activity, against high serum IgE levels both in the English and the Italian populations. Here we test the hypothesis of a role of LMPTP in the negative modulation of IL-4 signal transduction checking for genetic interaction between interleukin-4 receptor alpha chain (IL-4RA) genetic polymorphisms and LMPTP polymorphism in the predisposition to high total IgE levels in the English population. We find a significant interaction between LMPTP polymorphism and the intracellular Gln/Arg polymorphism in position 551 of IL-4RA. Our data support the hypothesis of a direct or indirect biochemical interaction between LMPTP and IL-4RA resulting in different modulation of IL-4 signal transduction among joint genotypes.
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- Nunzio Bottini
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, 135 via di Tor Vergata, I-00133 Rome, Italy
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Akerud T, Thulin E, Van Etten RL, Akke M. Intramolecular dynamics of low molecular weight protein tyrosine phosphatase in monomer-dimer equilibrium studied by NMR: a model for changes in dynamics upon target binding. J Mol Biol 2002; 322:137-52. [PMID: 12215420 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2836(02)00714-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Low molecular weight protein tyrosine phosphatase (LMW-PTP) dimerizes in the phosphate-bound state in solution with a dissociation constant of K(d)=1.5(+/-0.1)mM and an off-rate on the order of 10(4)s(-1). 1H and 15N NMR chemical shifts identify the dimer interface, which is in excellent agreement with that observed in the crystal structure of the dimeric S19A mutant. Two tyrosine residues of each molecule interact with the active site of the other molecule, implying that the dimer may be taken as a model for a complex between LMW-PTP and a target protein. 15N relaxation rates for the monomeric and dimeric states were extrapolated from relaxation data acquired at four different protein concentrations. Relaxation data of satisfactory precision were extracted for the monomer, enabling model-free analyses of backbone fluctuations on pico- to nanosecond time scales. The dimer relaxation data are of lower quality due to extrapolation errors and the possible presence of higher-order oligomers at higher concentrations. A qualitative comparison of order parameters in the monomeric and apparent dimeric states shows that loops forming the dimer interface become rigidified upon dimerization. Qualitative information on monomer-dimer exchange and intramolecular conformational exchange was obtained from the concentration dependence of auto- and cross-correlated relaxation rates. The loop containing the catalytically important Asp129 fluctuates between different conformations in both the monomeric and dimeric (target bound) states. The exchange rate compares rather well with that of the catalyzed reaction step, supporting existing hypotheses that catalysis and enzyme dynamics may be coupled. The side-chain of Trp49, which is important for substrate specificity, exhibits conformational dynamics in the monomer that are largely quenched upon formation of the dimer, suggesting that binding is associated with the selection of a single side-chain conformer.
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- Tomas Akerud
- Department of Biophysical Chemistry, Lund University, Box 124, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
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Nicolas G, Fournier CM, Galand C, Malbert-Colas L, Bournier O, Kroviarski Y, Bourgeois M, Camonis JH, Dhermy D, Grandchamp B, Lecomte MC. Tyrosine phosphorylation regulates alpha II spectrin cleavage by calpain. Mol Cell Biol 2002; 22:3527-36. [PMID: 11971983 PMCID: PMC133798 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.22.10.3527-3536.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Spectrins, components of the membrane skeleton, are implicated in various cellular functions. Understanding the diversity of these functions requires better characterization of the interacting domains of spectrins, such as the SH3 domain. Yeast two-hybrid screening of a kidney cDNA library revealed that the SH3 domain of alpha II-spectrin binds specifically isoform A of low-molecular-weight phosphotyrosine phosphatase (LMW-PTP). The alpha II-spectrin SH3 domain does not interact with LMW-PTP B or C nor does LMW-PTP A interact with the alpha I-spectrin SH3 domain. The interaction of spectrin with LMW-PTP A led us to look for a tyrosine-phosphorylated residue in alpha II-spectrin. Western blotting showed that alpha II-spectrin is tyrosine phosphorylated in vivo. Using mutagenesis on recombinant peptides, we identified the residue Y1176 located in the calpain cleavage site of alpha II-spectrin, near the SH3 domain, as an in vitro substrate for Src kinase and LMW-PTP A. This Y1176 residue is also an in vivo target for kinases and phosphatases in COS cells. Phosphorylation of this residue decreases spectrin sensitivity to calpain in vitro. Similarly, the presence of phosphatase inhibitors in cell culture is associated with the absence of spectrin cleavage products. This suggests that the Y1176 phosphorylation state could modulate spectrin cleavage by calpain and may play an important role during membrane skeleton remodeling.
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- Gaël Nicolas
- INSERM U409, Faculté de Médecine Xavier Bichat-Association Claude Bernard, Paris, France
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Park EK, Warner N, Mood K, Pawson T, Daar IO. Low-molecular-weight protein tyrosine phosphatase is a positive component of the fibroblast growth factor receptor signaling pathway. Mol Cell Biol 2002; 22:3404-14. [PMID: 11971972 PMCID: PMC133800 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.22.10.3404-3414.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Low-molecular-weight protein tyrosine phosphatase (LMW-PTP) has been implicated in the regulation of cell growth and actin rearrangement mediated by several receptor tyrosine kinases, including platelet-derived growth factor and epidermal growth factor. Here we identify the Xenopus laevis homolog of LMW-PTP1 (XLPTP1) as an additional positive regulator in the fibroblast growth factor (FGF) signaling pathway during Xenopus development. XLPTP1 has an expression pattern that displays substantial overlap with FGF receptor 1 (FGFR1) during Xenopus development. Using morpholino antisense technology, we show that inhibition of endogenous XLPTP1 expression dramatically restricts anterior and posterior structure development and inhibits mesoderm formation. In ectodermal explants, loss of XLPTP1 expression dramatically blocks the induction of the early mesoderm gene, Xbrachyury (Xbra), by FGF and partially blocks Xbra induction by Activin. Moreover, FGF-induced activation of mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase is also inhibited by XLPTP1 morpholino antisense oligonucleotides; however, introduction of RNA encoding XLPTP1 is able to rescue morphological and biochemical effects of antisense inhibition. Inhibition of FGF-induced MAP kinase activity due to loss of XLPTP1 is also rescued by an active Ras, implying that XLPTP1 may act upstream of or parallel to Ras. Finally, XLPTP1 physically associates only with an activated FGFR1, and this interaction requires the presence of SNT1/FRS-2 (FGFR substrate 2). Although LMW-PTP1 has been shown to participate in other receptor systems, the data presented here also reveal XLPTP1 as a new and important component of the FGF signaling pathway.
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- Eui Kyun Park
- Regulation of Cell Growth Laboratory, National Cancer Institute-Frederick, National Institutes of Health, Frederick, Maryland 21702, USA
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Chiarugi P, Fiaschi T, Taddei ML, Talini D, Giannoni E, Raugei G, Ramponi G. Two vicinal cysteines confer a peculiar redox regulation to low molecular weight protein tyrosine phosphatase in response to platelet-derived growth factor receptor stimulation. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:33478-87. [PMID: 11429404 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m102302200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 152] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Low molecular weight protein tyrosine phosphatase (LMW-PTP) is an enzyme involved in platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF)-induced mitogenesis and cytoskeleton rearrangement because it is able to bind and dephosphorylate the activated receptor. LMW-PTP presents two cysteines in positions 12 and 17, both belonging to the catalytic pocket; this is a unique feature of LMW-PTP among all protein tyrosine phosphatases. Our previous results demonstrated that in vitro LMW-PTP is oxidized by either H(2)O(2) or nitric oxide with the formation of a disulfide bond between Cys-12 and Cys-17. This oxidation leads to reversible enzyme inactivation because treatment with reductants permits catalytic activity rescue. In the present study we investigated the in vivo inactivation of LMW-PTP by either extracellularly or intracellularly generated H(2)O(2), evaluating its action directly on its natural substrate, PDGF receptor. LMW-PTP is oxidized and inactivated by exogenous oxidative stress and recovers its activity after oxidant removal. LMW-PTP is oxidized also during PDGF signaling, very likely upon PDGF-induced H(2)O(2) production, and recovers its activity within 40 min. Our results strongly suggest that reversibility of in vivo LMW-PTP oxidation is glutathione-dependent. In addition, we propose an intriguing and peculiar role of Cys-17 in the formation of a S-S intramolecular bond, which protects the catalytic Cys-12 from further and irreversible oxidation. On the basis of our results we propose that the presence of an additional cysteine near the catalytic cysteine could confer to LMW-PTP the ability to rapidly recover its activity and finely regulate PDGF receptor activation during both extracellularly and intracellularly generated oxidative stress.
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- P Chiarugi
- Dipartimento di Scienze Biochimiche, Universitá degli Studi di Firenze, 50134 Firenze, Italy
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Greene LS, Bottini N, Borgiani P, Gloria-Bottini F. Acid phosphatase locus 1 (ACP1): Possible relationship of allelic variation to body size and human population adaptation to thermal stress-A theoretical perspective. Am J Hum Biol 2000; 12:688-701. [PMID: 11534062 DOI: 10.1002/1520-6300(200009/10)12:5<688::aid-ajhb14>3.0.co;2-c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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The acid phosphatase locus 1 (ACP1) codes for a low molecular weight phosphotyrosine protein phosphatase that has the important action of dephosphorylating tyrosine phosphorylated proteins and peptides and a second important role in modulating flavin cofactor levels and the activity of flavo-enzymes. These functions significantly influence cell division, differentiation, and growth. Two alleles (ACP1*A and ACP1*B) reach polymorphic frequencies at the ACP1 locus in all human populations, while the ACP1*C and ACP1*R alleles reach polymorphic frequencies in restricted geographical regions. The worldwide distribution of these alleles, and data from several clinical studies, strongly suggest that the ACP1 locus functions to modulate growth and that selection at this locus is a component of the selective processes influencing body mass and human population adaptation to thermal stress. The ACP1*A allele reaches highest frequencies at extreme latitudes and appears to be associated with maximizing body mass and adaptation to cold stress, whereas the ACP1*B allele reaches highest frequencies in tropical and subtropical environments and appears to be associated with minimizing body mass and adaptation to heat stress. The high frequency of the ACP1*C allele at northern latitudes, where ACP1*A allele frequencies are elevated, may be a mechanism for limiting fetal and maternal complications associated with fetal macrosomia and adult obesity in populations where protein and calorie intake are relatively high. Am. J. Hum. Biol. 12:688-701, 2000. Copyright 2000 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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- Lawrence S. Greene
- Department of Anthropology, University of Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts
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Tabernero L, Evans BN, Tishmack PA, Van Etten RL, Stauffacher CV. The structure of the bovine protein tyrosine phosphatase dimer reveals a potential self-regulation mechanism. Biochemistry 1999; 38:11651-8. [PMID: 10512620 DOI: 10.1021/bi990381x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The bovine protein tyrosine phosphatase (BPTP) is a member of the class of low-molecular weight protein tyrosine phosphatases (PTPases) found to be ubiquitous in mammalian cells. The catalytic site of BPTP contains a CX(5)R(S/T) phosphate-binding motif or P-loop (residues 12-19) which is the signature sequence for all PTPases. Ser19, the final residue of the P-loop motif, interacts with the catalytic Cys12 and participates in stabilizing the conformation of the active site through interactions with Asn15, also in the P-loop. Mutations at Ser19 result in an enzyme with altered kinetic properties with changes in the pK(a) of the neighboring His72. The X-ray structure of the S19A mutant enzyme shows that the general conformation of the P-loop is preserved. However, changes in the loop containing His72 result in a displacement of the His72 side chain that may explain the shift in the pK(a). In addition, it was found that in the crystal, the protein forms a dimer in which Tyr131 and Tyr132 from one monomer insert into the active site of the other monomer, suggesting a dual-tyrosine motif on target sites for this enzyme. Since the activity of this PTPase is reportedly regulated by phosphorylation at Tyr131 and Tyr132, the structure of this dimer may provide a model of a self-regulation mechanism for the low-molecular weight PTPases.
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- L Tabernero
- Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA
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Magherini F, Giannoni E, Raugei G, Cirri P, Paoli P, Modesti A, Camici G, Ramponi G. Cloning of murine low molecular weight phosphotyrosine protein phosphatase cDNA: identification of a new isoform. FEBS Lett 1998; 437:263-6. [PMID: 9824304 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(98)01241-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The low molecular weight phosphotyrosine protein phosphatase (LMW-PTP) is a 18 kDa cytosolic enzyme, involved in the negative regulation of cell proliferation. In different mammalian species LMW-PTPs are expressed in two molecular forms produced from a single primary transcript through an alternative splicing mechanism. In this paper we report the cloning, expression and characterization of mouse isoforms of LMW-PTPs (called m-IF1 and m-IF2), very similar to the corresponding rat and human isoenzymes. Moreover we have identified a third cDNA encoding a protein (m-IF2P) that presents three substitutions compared to m-IF2. This new isoform is still active on pNPP, although to a lower extent: this reduction is mainly due to the leucine to proline substitution in position 13, within the catalytic loop. The mRNA expression level of this isoform is comparable to those of m-IF1 and m-IF2. It is likely that a gene duplication process followed by mutations has generated this new gene.
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- F Magherini
- Dipartimento di Scienze Biochimiche, Università di Firenze, Florence, Italy
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Zhang M, Stauffacher CV, Lin D, Van Etten RL. Crystal structure of a human low molecular weight phosphotyrosyl phosphatase. Implications for substrate specificity. J Biol Chem 1998; 273:21714-20. [PMID: 9705307 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.273.34.21714] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The low molecular weight phosphotyrosine phosphatases (PTPases) constitute a distinctive class of phosphotyrosine phosphatases that is widely distributed among vertebrate and invertebrate organisms. In vertebrates, two isoenzymes of these low molecular weight PTPases are commonly expressed. The two human isoenzymes, HCPTPA and HCPTPB, differ in an alternatively spliced sequence (residues 40-73) referred to as the variable loop, resulting in isoenzymes that have different substrate specificities and inhibitor/activator responses. We present here the x-ray crystallographic structure of a human low molecular weight PTPase solved by molecular replacement to 2.2 A. The structure of human low molecular weight PTPase is compared with a structure representing the other isoenzyme in this PTPase class, in each case with a sulfonate inhibitor bound to the active site. Possible aromatic residue interactions with the phosphotyrosine substrate are proposed from an examination of the binding site of the inhibitors. Differences are observed in the variable loop region, which forms one wall and the floor of a long crevice leading from the active-site loop. A set of residues lying along this crevice (amino acids 49, 50, and 53) is suggested to be responsible for differences in substrate specificity in these two enzymes.
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- M Zhang
- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-1393, USA
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Marzocchini R, Bucciantini M, Stefani M, Taddei N, Thunnissen MG, Nordlund P, Ramponi G. Expression, purification and preliminary crystal analysis of the human low Mr phosphotyrosine protein phosphatase isoform 1. FEBS Lett 1998; 426:52-6. [PMID: 9598977 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(98)00308-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The genes of the human low Mr phosphotyrosine protein phosphatase (PTPase) isoforms 1 (IF1) and 2 (IF2) were isolated by screening a human placenta cDNA library, cloned in pGEX and expressed in E. coli as fusion proteins with glutathione S-transferase. The recombinant proteins were purified by a rapid one-step procedure allowing each enzyme to purify with high final yield and specific activity. This result is important for IF1, whose purification from natural sources is difficult, due to precipitation propensity, thus hindering structural studies. The enzymes obtained showed kinetic parameters very similar to those previously determined for the enzymes purified by classical procedures from both human erythrocytes and rat liver. These recombinant enzymes can therefore be used in place of those purified from natural sources for every purpose. IF1 and IF2 crystals were also grown. IF1 crystals were X-ray-grade, diffracted to better than 2.4 A and were suitable for high resolution X-ray structure determination.
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- R Marzocchini
- Department of Biochemical Sciences, University of Florence, Italy
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Brunati AM, Pinna LA, Bergantino E, Ruzzene M, Cirri P, Ramponi G, Donella-Deana A. Src homology-2 domains protect phosphotyrosyl residues against enzymatic dephosphorylation. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1998; 243:700-5. [PMID: 9500984 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1998.8153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The SH2 domain of c-Fgr (class 1A) has been expressed in E. coli as GST fusion protein and tested for its ability to prevent the dephosphorylation of a variety of phosphotyrosyl (poly)peptides by three distinct protein tyrosine phosphatases (TC-PTPase, YOP, and Low Mr PTPase). Dephosphorylation of HS1 protein and of a derived phosphopeptide, HS1 (388-402), exhibiting the motif selected by class 1A SH2 domains is inhibited in a dose dependent manner with full inhibition promoted by a 2- to 3-molar excess of GST/SH2 domain irrespective of either the nature or the amount of phosphatase used. The IC50 values for inhibition of these and other phosphotyrosyl substrates roughly correlates with their expected affinity for class 1A SH2 domain. Inhibition is partially reversed by the addition of D-myo-inositol 1,4,5-triphosphate, which competes for the binding to the SH2 domains. Our data on one side show that additional mechanism(s) besides mere competition must assist PTPases to dissociate SH2-PTyr complexes and on the other suggest a role for SH2 domains in protecting phosphotyrosyl residues from premature dephosphorylation.
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- A M Brunati
- Dipartimento di Chimica Biologica, Universita' di Padova, Italy
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Bucciantini M, Stefani M, Taddei N, Chiti F, Rigacci S, Ramponi G. Sequence-specific recognition of peptide substrates by the low Mr phosphotyrosine protein phosphatase isoforms. FEBS Lett 1998; 422:213-7. [PMID: 9490009 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(98)00009-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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A number of phosphotyrosine-containing peptides derived from the PDGF receptor phosphorylation sites have been synthesised. The peptides were assayed as substrates of the two isoforms (IF1 and IF2) of the low Mr PTPase. The calculated k(cat), Km, and k(cat)/Km values indicate that only one peptide is best hydrolysed by IF2 (but not IF1), whose catalytic efficiency averages those previously reported for most PTPases (except the Yersinia enzyme). This peptide is the only one containing a couple of no bulky hydrophobic residues at the phosphotyrosine N-side. The determination of the same catalytic parameters in the presence of analogues of the best hydrolysed peptide in which one or both hydrophobic residues were replaced by Asp or Lys residues confirmed the importance of the hydrophobic cluster at the phosphotyrosine N-side for optimal enzymatic hydrolysis. These findings are discussed in the light of the known IF2 X-ray structure.
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- M Bucciantini
- Department of Biochemical Sciences, University of Florence, Italy
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Ramponi G, Stefani M. Structure and function of the low Mr phosphotyrosine protein phosphatases. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1997; 1341:137-56. [PMID: 9357953 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-4838(97)00087-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Phosphotyrosine protein phosphatases (PTPases) catalyse the hydrolysis of phosphotyrosine residues in proteins and are hence implicated in the complex mechanism of the control of cell proliferation and differentiation. The low Mr PTPases are a group of soluble PTPases displaying a reduced molecular mass; in addition, a group of low molecular mass dual specificity (ds)PTPases which hydrolyse phosphotyrosine and phosphoserine/threonine residues in proteins are known. The enzymes belonging to the two groups are unrelated to each other and to other PTPase classes except for the presence of a CXXXXXRS/T sequence motif containing some of the catalytic residues (active site signature) and for the common catalytic mechanism, clearly indicating convergent evolution. The low Mr PTPases have a long evolutionary history since microbial (prokaryotic and eukaryotic) counterparts of both tyrosine-specific and dsPTPases have been described. Despite the relevant number of data reported on the structural and catalytic features of a number of low Mr PTPases, only limited information is presently available on the substrate specificity and the true biological roles of these enzymes, in prokaryotic, yeast and eukaryotic cells.
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- G Ramponi
- Department of Biochemical Sciences, University of Florence, Italy
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Ramponi G, Stefani M. Structural, catalytic, and functional properties of low M(r), phosphotyrosine protein phosphatases. Evidence of a long evolutionary history. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 1997; 29:279-92. [PMID: 9147129 DOI: 10.1016/s1357-2725(96)00109-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The PTPase family comprises a number of classes of functionally and structurally unrelated enzymes; it represents an important component of the protein-tyrosine phosphorylation/dephosphorylation machinery, which regulates the level of tyrosine phosphorylation of a number of intracellular proteins. A wealth of recently reported data indicates growing interest in a group of PTPases characterized by low (near 20 kDa) molecular weight and high sequence homology (low M(r), PTPases). These enzymes are present in organisms spanning the philogenetic scale, from prokaryotes to yeast and mammals. The sequence homology of the low M(r), PTPases with other classes of PTPases is limited to the active site sequence CXXXXXRS/T, containing the Cys and Arg residues involved in enzyme catalysis found in all PTPases. The X-ray structural data of three enzymes belonging to different classes of PTPases, a bovine liver low M(r), PTPase isoenzyme, PTP1B, and Yersinia PTPase, show that all these enzymes maintain the same active site and overall catalytic mechanism, though displaying different chain foldings and topologies, supporting convergent evolution. Limited findings on the in vivo function of the low M(r), PTPases are presently available; however, an involvement of the mammalian enzymes in the membrane growth factor receptor signal transduction is emerging. The distribution of these enzymes in philogenetically distant unicellular and multicellular organisms supports their participation in important cell functions.
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- G Ramponi
- Department of Biochemical Sciences, University of Florence, Italy
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