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Sangani PS, Yazdani S, Khalili-Tanha G, Ghorbani E, Al-Hayawi IS, Fiuji H, Khazaei M, Hassanian SM, Kiani M, Ghayour-Mobarhan M, Ferns GA, Nazari E, Avan A. The therapeutic impact of programmed death - 1 in the treatment of colorectal cancer. Pathol Res Pract 2024; 259:155345. [PMID: 38805760 DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2024.155345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2024] [Revised: 04/27/2024] [Accepted: 05/09/2024] [Indexed: 05/30/2024]
Abstract
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the most common type of newly diagnosed cancer. Metastatic spread and multifactorial chemoresistance have limited the benefits of current therapies. Hence, it is imperative to identify new therapeutic agents to increase treatment efficacy. One of CRC's most promising immunotherapeutic targets is programmed death-1 (PD-1), a cell surface receptor that regulates immune responses. In this paper, we provide an overview of the therapeutic impact of PD-1 in the treatment of CRC. Cancer cells can exploit the PD-1 pathway by upregulating its programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) ligand to evade immune surveillance. The binding of PD-L1 to PD-1 inhibits T cell function, leading to tumor immune escape. PD-1 inhibitors, such as pembrolizumab and nivolumab, block the PD-1/PD-L1 interaction. Clinical trials evaluating PD-1 inhibitors in advanced CRC have shown promising results. In patients with microsatellite instability-high (MSI-H) or mismatch repair-deficient (dMMR) tumors characterized by high mutation rates and increased immunogenicity, PD-1 blockade has demonstrated remarkable efficacy. As a result, pembrolizumab and nivolumab have received accelerated approval by regulatory authorities for the treatment of MSI-H/dMMR metastatic CRC. Additionally, combination approaches, such as combining PD-1 inhibitors with other immunotherapies or targeted agents, are being explored. Despite the success of PD-1 inhibitors in CRC, challenges still exist. Immune-related adverse events can occur and require close monitoring. In conclusion, PD-1 inhibitors have demonstrated significant therapeutic impact, particularly in patients with MSI-H/dMMR tumors.
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- Pooria Salehi Sangani
- Student Research Committee, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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- Student Research Committee, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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- Metabolic Syndrome Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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- Metabolic Syndrome Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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- Metabolic Syndrome Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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- Metabolic Syndrome Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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- Metabolic Syndrome Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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- Basic Sciences Research Institute, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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- Metabolic Syndrome Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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- Brighton & Sussex Medical School, Division of Medical Education, Falmer, Brighton, Sussex BN1 9PH, UK
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- Proteomics Research Center, Faculty of Paramedical Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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- Metabolic Syndrome Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran; College of Medicine, University of Warith Al-Anbiyaa, Karbala, Iraq; School of Mechanical, Medical and Process Engineering, Science and Engineering Faculty, Queensland University of Technology, 2 George St, Brisbane City, QLD 4000, Australia; Faculty of Health, School of Biomedical Sciences, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia.
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Mayer I, Karimian T, Gordiyenko K, Angelin A, Kumar R, Hirtz M, Mikut R, Reischl M, Stegmaier J, Zhou L, Ma R, Nienhaus GU, Rabe KS, Lanzerstorfer P, Domínguez CM, Niemeyer CM. Surface-Patterned DNA Origami Rulers Reveal Nanoscale Distance Dependency of the Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Activation. NANO LETTERS 2024; 24:1611-1619. [PMID: 38267020 PMCID: PMC10853960 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c04272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2023] [Revised: 12/21/2023] [Accepted: 12/22/2023] [Indexed: 01/26/2024]
Abstract
The nanoscale arrangement of ligands can have a major effect on the activation of membrane receptor proteins and thus cellular communication mechanisms. Here we report on the technological development and use of tailored DNA origami-based molecular rulers to fabricate "Multiscale Origami Structures As Interface for Cells" (MOSAIC), to enable the systematic investigation of the effect of the nanoscale spacing of epidermal growth factor (EGF) ligands on the activation of the EGF receptor (EGFR). MOSAIC-based analyses revealed that EGF distances of about 30-40 nm led to the highest response in EGFR activation of adherent MCF7 and Hela cells. Our study emphasizes the significance of DNA-based platforms for the detailed investigation of the molecular mechanisms of cellular signaling cascades.
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- Ivy Mayer
- Institute
for Biological Interfaces (IBG-1), Karlsruhe
Institute of Technology (KIT), 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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- School
of Engineering, University of Applied Sciences
Upper Austria, 4600 Wels, Austria
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- Institute
for Biological Interfaces (IBG-1), Karlsruhe
Institute of Technology (KIT), 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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- Institute
for Biological Interfaces (IBG-1), Karlsruhe
Institute of Technology (KIT), 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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- Institute
of Nanotechnology (INT) & Karlsruhe Nano Micro Facility (KNMF), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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- Institute
of Nanotechnology (INT) & Karlsruhe Nano Micro Facility (KNMF), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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- Institute
for Automation and Applied Informatics (IAI), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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- Institute
for Automation and Applied Informatics (IAI), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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- Institute
for Automation and Applied Informatics (IAI), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
- Institute
of Imaging and Computer Vision, RWTH Aachen
University, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Institute
of Applied Physics (APH), Karlsruhe Institute
of Technology (KIT), 76049 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute
of Applied Physics (APH), Karlsruhe Institute
of Technology (KIT), 76049 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute
of Applied Physics (APH), Karlsruhe Institute
of Technology (KIT), 76049 Karlsruhe, Germany
- Institute
of Biological and Chemical Systems (IBCS) and Institute of Nanotechnology
(INT), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
(KIT), 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
- Department
of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana−Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Institute
for Biological Interfaces (IBG-1), Karlsruhe
Institute of Technology (KIT), 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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- School
of Engineering, University of Applied Sciences
Upper Austria, 4600 Wels, Austria
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- Institute
for Biological Interfaces (IBG-1), Karlsruhe
Institute of Technology (KIT), 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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- Institute
for Biological Interfaces (IBG-1), Karlsruhe
Institute of Technology (KIT), 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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Wang H, Ding Y, Zhang Y, Shi X, Liu H. In situ decrypting plasmonic nanoparticle size-controlled phosphorylation of epidermal growth factor receptor in living cells. Chem Commun (Camb) 2023. [PMID: 37439663 DOI: 10.1039/d3cc02154h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/14/2023]
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Recently, interaction between epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and EGFR-targeted nanoprobes is a hot topic. Here, we use dark field microscope (DFM) observe different aggregations of EGFR-targeted nanoprobes in diverticulum. Different aggregation states are related to phosphorylation of EGFR. EGFR phosphorylation can be adjusted by gold nanoparticles (GNPs) size.
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- Hongyan Wang
- First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230000, China
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- First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230000, China
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- China Light Industry Key Laboratory of Meat Microbial Control and Utilization, School of Food and Biological Engineering, Engineering Research Center of Bio-process, Ministry of Education, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230601, China.
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- First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230000, China
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- China Light Industry Key Laboratory of Meat Microbial Control and Utilization, School of Food and Biological Engineering, Engineering Research Center of Bio-process, Ministry of Education, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230601, China.
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Chen L, Torii KU. Signaling in plant development and immunity through the lens of the stomata. Curr Biol 2023; 33:R733-R742. [PMID: 37433278 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.05.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/13/2023]
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The proper development and function of stomata - turgor-driven valves for efficient gas-exchange and water control - impact plant survival and productivity. It has become apparent that various receptor kinases regulate stomatal development and immunity. Although stomatal development and immunity occur over different cellular time scales, their signaling components and regulatory modules are strikingly similar, and often shared. In this review, we survey the current knowledge of stomatal development and immunity signaling components, and provide a synthesis and perspectives on the key concepts to further understand the conservation and specificity of these two signaling pathways.
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- Liangliang Chen
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Molecular Biosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Molecular Biosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA.
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Xu H, Zhang J, Zhou Y, Zhao G, Cai M, Gao J, Shao L, Shi Y, Li H, Ji H, Zhao Y, Wang H. Mechanistic Insights into Membrane Protein Clustering Revealed by Visualizing EGFR Secretion. Research (Wash D C) 2022; 2022:9835035. [PMID: 36340505 PMCID: PMC9620640 DOI: 10.34133/2022/9835035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2022] [Accepted: 09/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Most plasmalemmal proteins are organized into clusters to modulate various cellular functions. However, the machineries that regulate protein clustering remain largely unclear. Here, with EGFR as an example, we directly and in detail visualized the entire process of EGFR from synthesis to secretion onto the plasma membrane (PM) using a high-speed, high-resolution spinning-disk confocal microscope. First, colocalization imaging revealed that EGFR secretory vesicles underwent transport from the ER to the Golgi to the PM, eventually forming different distribution forms on the apical and basal membranes; that is, most EGFR formed larger clusters on the apical membrane than the basal membrane. A dynamic tracking image and further siRNA interference experiment confirmed that fusion of secretory vesicles with the plasma membrane led to EGFR clusters, and we showed that EGFR PM clustering may be intimately related to EGFR signaling and cell proliferation. Finally, we found that the size and origin of the secretory vesicles themselves may determine the difference in the distribution patterns of EGFR on the PM. More importantly, we showed that actin influenced the EGFR distribution by controlling the fusion of secretory vesicles with the PM. Collectively, a comprehensive understanding of the EGFR secretion process helps us to unravel the EGFR clustering process and elucidate the key factors determining the differences in the spatial distribution of EGFR PM, highlighting the correlation between EGFR secretion and its PM distribution pattern.
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- Haijiao Xu
- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, 130022 Jilin, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, 130022 Jilin, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cell Biology, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China
- School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 200031, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, 130022 Jilin, China
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026 Anhui, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, 130022 Jilin, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, 130022 Jilin, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, 130022 Jilin, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, 130022 Jilin, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, 130022 Jilin, China
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026 Anhui, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cell Biology, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China
- School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 200031, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
- School of Life Science, Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou 130102, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cell Biology, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, 130022 Jilin, China
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026 Anhui, China
- Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266237 Shandong, China
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Zhang S, Ouyang T, Reinhard BM. Multivalent Ligand-Nanoparticle Conjugates Amplify Reactive Oxygen Species Second Messenger Generation and Enhance Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Phosphorylation. Bioconjug Chem 2022; 33:1716-1728. [PMID: 35993676 PMCID: PMC9815836 DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.2c00335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
Abstract
The epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor (EGFR) is heterogeneously distributed on the cellular surface and enriched in clusters with diameters of tens of nanometers. Multivalent presentation of EGF ligand on nanoparticles (NPs) provides an approach for controlling and amplifying the local activation of EGFR in these clusters. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) have been indicated to play a role in the regulation of EGFR activation as second messengers, but the effect of nanoconjugation on EGF-mediated ROS formation and ROS-induced EGFR activation is not well established. The goal of this manuscript is to characterize the multivalent enhancement of EGF-induced ROS formation and to test its effect on EGFR phosphorylation in breast cancer cell models using gold (Au) NPs with a diameter of 81 ± 1 nm functionalized with two different EGF ligand densities (12 ± 7 EGF/NP (NP-EGF12) and 87 ± 6 EGF/NP (NP-EGF87)). In the EGFR overexpressing cell lines MDA-MB-231 and MDA-MB-468, NP-EGF87 achieved a measurable multivalent enhancement of ROS that peaked at concentrations c ROSmax ≤ 25 pM and that were EGFR and nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate oxidase (NOX) dependent. NP-EGF12 failed to generate comparable ROS levels as NP-EGF87 in the investigated NP input concentration range (0-100 pM). In cells with nearly identical numbers of bound NP-EGF87 and NP-EGF12, the ROS levels for NP-EGF87 were systematically higher, indicating that the multivalent enhancement is exclusively related not only to avidity but also to a stronger stimulation per NP. Importantly, the increase in EGF-induced ROS formation associated with EGF nanoconjugation at c ROSmax resulted in a measurable gain in EGFR phosphorylation, confirming that ROS generation contributes to the multivalent enhancement of EGFR activation in response to NP-EGF87.
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- Sandy Zhang
- Department of Chemistry and The Photonics Center, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215
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- Department of Chemistry and The Photonics Center, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215
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- Department of Chemistry and The Photonics Center, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215
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It Takes More than Two to Tango: Complex, Hierarchal, and Membrane-Modulated Interactions in the Regulation of Receptor Tyrosine Kinases. Cancers (Basel) 2022; 14:cancers14040944. [PMID: 35205690 PMCID: PMC8869822 DOI: 10.3390/cancers14040944] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2022] [Revised: 02/09/2022] [Accepted: 02/12/2022] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
Abstract
The search for an understanding of how cell fate and motility are regulated is not a purely scientific undertaking, but it can also lead to rationally designed therapies against cancer. The discovery of tyrosine kinases about half a century ago, the subsequent characterization of certain transmembrane receptors harboring tyrosine kinase activity, and their connection to the development of human cancer ushered in a new age with the hope of finding a treatment for malignant diseases in the foreseeable future. However, painstaking efforts were required to uncover the principles of how these receptors with intrinsic tyrosine kinase activity are regulated. Developments in molecular and structural biology and biophysical approaches paved the way towards better understanding of these pathways. Discoveries in the past twenty years first resulted in the formulation of textbook dogmas, such as dimerization-driven receptor association, which were followed by fine-tuning the model. In this review, the role of molecular interactions taking place during the activation of receptor tyrosine kinases, with special attention to the epidermal growth factor receptor family, will be discussed. The fact that these receptors are anchored in the membrane provides ample opportunities for modulatory lipid-protein interactions that will be considered in detail in the second part of the manuscript. Although qualitative and quantitative alterations in lipids in cancer are not sufficient in their own right to drive the malignant transformation, they both contribute to tumor formation and also provide ways to treat cancer. The review will be concluded with a summary of these medical aspects of lipid-protein interactions.
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Martin-Fernandez ML. Fluorescence Imaging of Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor Resistance in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. Cancers (Basel) 2022; 14:cancers14030686. [PMID: 35158954 PMCID: PMC8833717 DOI: 10.3390/cancers14030686] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2021] [Revised: 01/21/2022] [Accepted: 01/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
Simple Summary Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths, with a low (<21%) 5-year survival rate. Lung cancer is often driven by the misfunction of molecules on the surface of cells of the epithelium, which orchestrate mechanisms by which these cells grow and proliferate. Beyond common non-specific treatments, such as chemotherapy or radiotherapy, among molecular-specific treatments, a number of small-molecule drugs that block cancer-driven molecular activity have been developed. These drugs initially have significant success in a subset of patients, but these patients systematically develop resistance within approximately one year of therapy. Substantial efforts towards understanding the mechanisms of resistance have focused on the genomics of cancer progression, the response of cells to the drugs, and the cellular changes that allow resistance to develop. Fluorescence microscopy of many flavours has significantly contributed to the last two areas, and is the subject of this review. Abstract Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is a complex disease often driven by activating mutations or amplification of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) gene, which expresses a transmembrane receptor tyrosine kinase. Targeted anti-EGFR treatments include small-molecule tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs), among which gefitinib and erlotinib are the best studied, and their function more often imaged. TKIs block EGFR activation, inducing apoptosis in cancer cells addicted to EGFR signals. It is not understood why TKIs do not work in tumours driven by EGFR overexpression but do so in tumours bearing classical activating EGFR mutations, although the latter develop resistance in about one year. Fluorescence imaging played a crucial part in research efforts to understand pro-survival mechanisms, including the dysregulation of autophagy and endocytosis, by which cells overcome the intendedly lethal TKI-induced EGFR signalling block. At their core, pro-survival mechanisms are facilitated by TKI-induced changes in the function and conformation of EGFR and its interactors. This review brings together some of the main advances from fluorescence imaging in investigating TKI function and places them in the broader context of the TKI resistance field, highlighting some paradoxes and suggesting some areas where super-resolution and other emerging methods could make a further contribution.
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- Marisa L Martin-Fernandez
- Central Laser Facility, Science & Technology Facilities Council, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot OX11 0FA, UK
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Kim DH, Triet HM, Ryu SH. Regulation of EGFR activation and signaling by lipids on the plasma membrane. Prog Lipid Res 2021; 83:101115. [PMID: 34242725 DOI: 10.1016/j.plipres.2021.101115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2021] [Revised: 06/02/2021] [Accepted: 07/01/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Abstract
Lipids on the plasma membrane are not only components of the membrane biophysical structures but also regulators of receptor functions. Recently, the critical roles of lipid-protein interactions have been intensively highlighted. Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is one of the most extensively studied receptors exhibiting various lipid interactions, including interactions with phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylserine, phosphatidylinositol phosphate, cholesterol, gangliosides, and palmitate. Here, we review recent findings on how direct interaction with these lipids regulates EGFR activation and signaling, providing unprecedented insight into the comprehensive roles of various lipids in the control of EGFR functions. Finally, the current limitations in investigating lipid-protein interactions and novel technologies to potentially overcome these limitations are discussed.
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- Do-Hyeon Kim
- Department of Life Sciences, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang 37673, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Life Sciences, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang 37673, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Life Sciences, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang 37673, Republic of Korea.
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Sankaran J, Balasubramanian H, Tang WH, Ng XW, Röllin A, Wohland T. Simultaneous spatiotemporal super-resolution and multi-parametric fluorescence microscopy. Nat Commun 2021; 12:1748. [PMID: 33741958 PMCID: PMC7979808 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-22002-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2020] [Accepted: 02/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
Abstract
Super-resolution microscopy and single molecule fluorescence spectroscopy require mutually exclusive experimental strategies optimizing either temporal or spatial resolution. To achieve both, we implement a GPU-supported, camera-based measurement strategy that highly resolves spatial structures (~100 nm), temporal dynamics (~2 ms), and molecular brightness from the exact same data set. Simultaneous super-resolution of spatial and temporal details leads to an improved precision in estimating the diffusion coefficient of the actin binding polypeptide Lifeact and corrects structural artefacts. Multi-parametric analysis of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and Lifeact suggests that the domain partitioning of EGFR is primarily determined by EGFR-membrane interactions, possibly sub-resolution clustering and inter-EGFR interactions but is largely independent of EGFR-actin interactions. These results demonstrate that pixel-wise cross-correlation of parameters obtained from different techniques on the same data set enables robust physicochemical parameter estimation and provides biological knowledge that cannot be obtained from sequential measurements.
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- Jagadish Sankaran
- Department of Biological Sciences and NUS Centre for Bio-Imaging Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Biological Sciences and NUS Centre for Bio-Imaging Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Statistics and Applied Probability, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Biological Sciences and NUS Centre for Bio-Imaging Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Statistics and Applied Probability, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Biological Sciences and NUS Centre for Bio-Imaging Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
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Ferrer‐Tasies L, Santana H, Cabrera‐Puig I, González‐Mira E, Ballell‐Hosa L, Castellar‐Álvarez C, Córdoba A, Merlo‐Mas J, Gerónimo H, Chinea G, Falcón V, Moreno‐Calvo E, Pedersen JS, Romero J, Navarro‐Requena C, Valdés C, Limonta M, Berlanga J, Sala S, Martínez E, Veciana J, Ventosa N. Recombinant Human Epidermal Growth Factor/Quatsome Nanoconjugates: A Robust Topical Delivery System for Complex Wound Healing. ADVANCED THERAPEUTICS 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/adtp.202000260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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- Lidia Ferrer‐Tasies
- Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona ICMAB‐CSIC/CIBER‐BBN Campus Universitari Bellaterra 08193 Spain
- Nanomol Technologies S.L. Campus UAB Bellaterra 08193 Spain
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- Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB) 31st Avenue between 158 and 190 Streets, Cubanacán, Playa Havana 10600 Cuba
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- Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona ICMAB‐CSIC/CIBER‐BBN Campus Universitari Bellaterra 08193 Spain
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- Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona ICMAB‐CSIC/CIBER‐BBN Campus Universitari Bellaterra 08193 Spain
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- Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona ICMAB‐CSIC/CIBER‐BBN Campus Universitari Bellaterra 08193 Spain
- Nanomol Technologies S.L. Campus UAB Bellaterra 08193 Spain
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- Nanomol Technologies S.L. Campus UAB Bellaterra 08193 Spain
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- Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB) 31st Avenue between 158 and 190 Streets, Cubanacán, Playa Havana 10600 Cuba
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- Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB) 31st Avenue between 158 and 190 Streets, Cubanacán, Playa Havana 10600 Cuba
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- Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB) 31st Avenue between 158 and 190 Streets, Cubanacán, Playa Havana 10600 Cuba
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- Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona ICMAB‐CSIC/CIBER‐BBN Campus Universitari Bellaterra 08193 Spain
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- Department of Chemistry and Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO) Aarhus University Gustav Wieds Vej 14 Aarhus C DK‐8000 Denmark
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- Health and Biomedicine Unit LEITAT Technological Center C/ de la Innovació, 2 Terrassa Barcelona 08225 Spain
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- Health and Biomedicine Unit LEITAT Technological Center C/ de la Innovació, 2 Terrassa Barcelona 08225 Spain
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- National Institute for Angiology and Vascular Surgery 1551 Calzada del Cerro, Cerro Havana 12000 Cuba
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- Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB) 31st Avenue between 158 and 190 Streets, Cubanacán, Playa Havana 10600 Cuba
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- Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB) 31st Avenue between 158 and 190 Streets, Cubanacán, Playa Havana 10600 Cuba
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- Nanomol Technologies S.L. Campus UAB Bellaterra 08193 Spain
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- Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB) 31st Avenue between 158 and 190 Streets, Cubanacán, Playa Havana 10600 Cuba
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- Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona ICMAB‐CSIC/CIBER‐BBN Campus Universitari Bellaterra 08193 Spain
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- Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona ICMAB‐CSIC/CIBER‐BBN Campus Universitari Bellaterra 08193 Spain
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A quantitative view on multivalent nanomedicine targeting. Adv Drug Deliv Rev 2021; 169:1-21. [PMID: 33264593 DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2020.11.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2020] [Revised: 11/11/2020] [Accepted: 11/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Although the concept of selective delivery has been postulated over 100 years ago, no targeted nanomedicine has been clinically approved so far. Nanoparticles modified with targeting ligands to promote the selective delivery of therapeutics towards a specific cell population have been extensively reported. However, the rational design of selective particles is still challenging. One of the main reasons for this is the lack of quantitative theoretical and experimental understanding of the interactions involved in cell targeting. In this review, we discuss new theoretical models and experimental methods that provide a quantitative view of targeting. We show the new advancements in multivalency theory enabling the rational design of super-selective nanoparticles. Furthermore, we present the innovative approaches to obtain key targeting parameters at the single-cell and single molecule level and their role in the design of targeting nanoparticles. We believe that the combination of new theoretical multivalent design and experimental methods to quantify receptors and ligands aids in the rational design and clinical translation of targeted nanomedicines.
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Taylor RW, Holler C, Mahmoodabadi RG, Küppers M, Dastjerdi HM, Zaburdaev V, Schambony A, Sandoghdar V. High-Precision Protein-Tracking With Interferometric Scattering Microscopy. Front Cell Dev Biol 2020; 8:590158. [PMID: 33224953 PMCID: PMC7669747 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2020.590158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2020] [Accepted: 10/05/2020] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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The mobility of proteins and lipids within the cell, sculpted oftentimes by the organization of the membrane, reveals a great wealth of information on the function and interaction of these molecules as well as the membrane itself. Single particle tracking has proven to be a vital tool to study the mobility of individual molecules and unravel details of their behavior. Interferometric scattering (iSCAT) microscopy is an emerging technique well-suited for visualizing the diffusion of gold nanoparticle-labeled membrane proteins to a spatial and temporal resolution beyond the means of traditional fluorescent labels. We discuss the applicability of interferometric single particle tracking (iSPT) microscopy to investigate the minutia in the motion of a protein through measurements visualizing the mobility of the epidermal growth factor receptor in various biological scenarios on the live cell.
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- Richard W Taylor
- Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Erlangen, Germany.,Max-Planck-Zentrum für Physik und Medizin, Erlangen, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Erlangen, Germany.,Max-Planck-Zentrum für Physik und Medizin, Erlangen, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Erlangen, Germany.,Max-Planck-Zentrum für Physik und Medizin, Erlangen, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Erlangen, Germany.,Max-Planck-Zentrum für Physik und Medizin, Erlangen, Germany.,Department of Physics, Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Erlangen, Germany.,Max-Planck-Zentrum für Physik und Medizin, Erlangen, Germany.,Department of Computer Science, Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Zentrum für Physik und Medizin, Erlangen, Germany.,Department of Biology, Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Erlangen, Germany.,Max-Planck-Zentrum für Physik und Medizin, Erlangen, Germany.,Department of Biology, Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Erlangen, Germany.,Max-Planck-Zentrum für Physik und Medizin, Erlangen, Germany.,Department of Physics, Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
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Charpentier C, Cifliku V, Goetz J, Nonat A, Cheignon C, Cardoso Dos Santos M, Francés‐Soriano L, Wong K, Charbonnière LJ, Hildebrandt N. Ultrabright Terbium Nanoparticles for FRET Biosensing and in Situ Imaging of Epidermal Growth Factor Receptors**. Chemistry 2020; 26:14602-14611. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.202002007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2020] [Revised: 06/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- Cyrille Charpentier
- Equipe de synthèse pour l'analyse (SynPA), Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (IPHC), UMR 7178, CNRS Université de Strasbourg 67087 Strasbourg Cedex France
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC) Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, CEA 91405 Orsay Cedex France
- nanoFRET.com Laboratoire COBRA (Chimie Organique, Bioorganique, Réactivité et Analyse) Université de Rouen Normandie, CNRS, INSA 76821 Mont-Saint-Aignan Cedex France
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- Equipe de synthèse pour l'analyse (SynPA), Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (IPHC), UMR 7178, CNRS Université de Strasbourg 67087 Strasbourg Cedex France
- Department of Chemistry Hong Kong Baptist University Hong Kong P. R. China
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- Equipe de synthèse pour l'analyse (SynPA), Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (IPHC), UMR 7178, CNRS Université de Strasbourg 67087 Strasbourg Cedex France
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- Equipe de synthèse pour l'analyse (SynPA), Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (IPHC), UMR 7178, CNRS Université de Strasbourg 67087 Strasbourg Cedex France
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC) Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, CEA 91405 Orsay Cedex France
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- nanoFRET.com Laboratoire COBRA (Chimie Organique, Bioorganique, Réactivité et Analyse) Université de Rouen Normandie, CNRS, INSA 76821 Mont-Saint-Aignan Cedex France
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- Department of Chemistry Hong Kong Baptist University Hong Kong P. R. China
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- Equipe de synthèse pour l'analyse (SynPA), Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (IPHC), UMR 7178, CNRS Université de Strasbourg 67087 Strasbourg Cedex France
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC) Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, CEA 91405 Orsay Cedex France
- nanoFRET.com Laboratoire COBRA (Chimie Organique, Bioorganique, Réactivité et Analyse) Université de Rouen Normandie, CNRS, INSA 76821 Mont-Saint-Aignan Cedex France
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Influenza A viruses use multivalent sialic acid clusters for cell binding and receptor activation. PLoS Pathog 2020; 16:e1008656. [PMID: 32639985 PMCID: PMC7371231 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1008656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2020] [Revised: 07/20/2020] [Accepted: 05/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Influenza A virus (IAV) binds its host cell using the major viral surface protein hemagglutinin (HA). HA recognizes sialic acid, a plasma membrane glycan that functions as the specific primary attachment factor (AF). Since sialic acid alone cannot fulfill a signaling function, the virus needs to activate downstream factors to trigger endocytic uptake. Recently, the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), a member of the receptor-tyrosine kinase family, was shown to be activated by IAV and transmit cell entry signals. However, how IAV’s binding to sialic acid leads to engagement and activation of EGFR remains largely unclear. We used multicolor super-resolution microscopy to study the lateral organization of both IAV’s AFs and its functional receptor EGFR at the scale of the IAV particle. Intriguingly, quantitative cluster analysis revealed that AFs and EGFR are organized in partially overlapping submicrometer clusters in the plasma membrane of A549 cells. Within AF domains, the local AF concentration reaches on average 10-fold the background concentration and tends to increase towards the cluster center, thereby representing a multivalent virus-binding platform. Using our experimentally measured cluster characteristics, we simulated virus diffusion on a flat membrane. The results predict that the local AF concentration strongly influences the distinct mobility pattern of IAVs, in a manner consistent with live-cell single-virus tracking data. In contrast to AFs, EGFR resides in smaller clusters. Virus binding activates EGFR, but interestingly, this process occurs without a major lateral EGFR redistribution, indicating the activation of pre-formed clusters, which we show are long-lived. Taken together, our results provide a quantitative understanding of the initial steps of influenza virus infection. Co-clustering of AF and EGFR permit a cooperative effect of binding and signaling at specific platforms, thus linking their spatial organization to their functional role during virus-cell binding and receptor activation. The plasma membrane is the major interface between a cell and its environment. This complex and dynamic organelle needs to protect, as a barrier, but also transmit subtle signals into and out of the cell. For the enveloped virus IAV, the plasma membrane represents both a major obstacle to overcome during infection, and the site for the assembly of progeny virus particles. However, the organisation of the plasma membrane–a key to understanding how viral entry works—at the scale of an infecting particle (length scales < 100 nm) remains largely unknown. Sialylated glycans serve as IAV attachment factors but are not able to transmit signals across the plasma membrane. Receptor tyrosine kinases were identified to be activated upon virus binding and serve as functional receptors. How IAV engages and activates its functional receptors while initially binding glycans still remains speculative. Here, we use super resolution microscopy to study the lateral organization of plasma membrane-bound molecules involved in IAV infection, as well as their functional relationship. We find that molecules are organized in submicrometer nanodomains and, in combination with virus diffusion simulations, present a mechanistic model for how IAV first engages with AFs in the plasma membrane to subsequently engage and trigger entry-associated membrane receptors.
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Liu K, Xu C, Liu J. Regulation of cell binding and entry by DNA origami mediated spatial distribution of aptamers. J Mater Chem B 2020; 8:6802-6809. [PMID: 32373880 DOI: 10.1039/d0tb00663g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
Understanding the effects of surface density and distribution of ligands on their recognition and binding is critical for the regulation of cellular behaviors. However, the correlation of spatial distribution of ligands particularly with cell binding and subsequent entry has been rarely explored. Here, we describe the use of DNA origami mediated spatial distribution of aptamers to regulate receptor ligand binding. Aptamers with tunable yet accurate density and orientation are anchored by virtue of the convenience and precision of DNA origami nanoboxes (DONs) to tailor their attachments. Cell assays demonstrate that the binding of DONs depends on both the density and orientation of aptamers, in which two adjacent aptamers exhibit the highest cellular uptake. The spatial distribution dependent uptake is further validated by utilizing two human cancer cell lines expressed with different levels of membrane receptors. Additionally, anticancer doxorubicin loaded DONs show internalization dependent proliferation inhibition of tumor cells. DNA origami mediated spatial distribution of ligands not only provides a unique method to tune cellular behaviors, but also offers new insights for the optimization of targeted drug delivery for cancer treatment.
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- Ke Liu
- Shanghai Key Laboratory for Nucleic Acid Chemistry and Nanomedicine, Institute of Molecular Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Oncogenes and Related Genes, Shanghai Cancer Institute, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200127, China.
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Bouchnita A, Volpert V, Koury MJ, Hellander A. A multiscale model to design therapeutic strategies that overcome drug resistance to tyrosine kinase inhibitors in multiple myeloma. Math Biosci 2019; 319:108293. [PMID: 31809782 DOI: 10.1016/j.mbs.2019.108293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2019] [Revised: 11/10/2019] [Accepted: 11/26/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Drug resistance (DR) is a phenomenon characterized by the tolerance of a disease to pharmaceutical treatment. In cancer patients, DR is one of the main challenges that limit the therapeutic potential of the existing treatments. Therefore, overcoming DR by restoring the sensitivity of cancer cells would be greatly beneficial. In this context, mathematical modeling can be used to provide novel therapeutic strategies that maximize the efficiency of anti-cancer agents and potentially overcome DR. In this paper, we present a new multiscale model devoted to the interaction of potential treatments with multiple myeloma (MM) development. In this model, MM cells are represented as individual objects that move, divide, and die by apoptosis. The fate of each cell depends on intracellular and extracellular regulation, as well as the administered treatment. The model is used to explore the combined effects of a tyrosine-kinase inhibitor (TKI) with a pentose phosphate pathway (PPP) inhibitor. We use numerical simulations to tailor effective and safe treatment regimens that may eradicate the MM tumors. The model suggests that an interval for the daily dose of the PPP inhibitor can maximize the responsiveness of MM cells to the treatment with TKIs. Then, it demonstrates that the combination of high-dose pulsatile TKI treatment with high-dose daily PPP inhibitor therapy can potentially eradicate the tumor.The predictions of numerical simulations using such a model can be considered as testable hypotheses in future pre-clinical experiments and clinical studies.
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- Anass Bouchnita
- Division of Scientific Computing, Department of Information Technology, Uppsala University, Uppsala 75105, Sweden; Ecole Centrale Casablanca, Ville Verte, Bouskoura, 20000 Casablanca, Morocco.
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- Institut Camille Jordan, Université Lyon 1, Villeurbanne 69622, France; INRIA Team Dracula, INRIA Lyon La Doua, Villeurbanne 69603, France; Peoples Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University), 6 Miklukho-Maklaya St, Moscow 117198, Russian Federation
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- Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232-6307, USA
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- Division of Scientific Computing, Department of Information Technology, Uppsala University, Uppsala 75105, Sweden
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Zhang S, Reinhard BM. Characterizing Large-Scale Receptor Clustering on the Single Cell Level: A Comparative Plasmon Coupling and Fluorescence Superresolution Microscopy Study. J Phys Chem B 2019; 123:5494-5505. [PMID: 31244098 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.9b05176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
Abstract
Spatial clustering of cell membrane receptors has been indicated to play a regulatory role in signal initiation, and the distribution of receptors on the cell surface may represent a potential biomarker. To realize its potential for diagnostic purposes, scalable assays capable of mapping spatial receptor heterogeneity with high throughput are needed. In this work, we use gold nanoparticle (NP) labels with an average diameter of 72.17 ± 2.16 nm as bright markers for large-scale epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) clustering in hyperspectral plasmon coupling microscopy and compare the obtained clustering maps with those obtained through fluorescence superresolution microscopy (direct stochastic optical reconstruction microscopy, dSTORM). Our dSTORM experiments reveal average EGFR cluster sizes of 172 ± 99 and 150 ± 90 nm for MDA-MB-468 and HeLa, respectively. The cluster sizes decrease after EGFR activation. Hyperspectral imaging of the NP labels shows that differences in the EGFR cluster sizes are accompanied by differences in the average separations between electromagnetically coupled NPs. Because of the distance dependence of plasmon coupling, changes in the average interparticle separation result in significant spectral shifts. For the experimental conditions investigated in this work, hyperspectral plasmon coupling microscopy of NP labels identified the same trends in large-scale EGFR clustering as dSTORM, but the NP imaging approach provided the information in a fraction of the time. Both dSTORM and hyperspectral plasmon coupling microscopy confirm the cortical actin network as one structural component that determines the average size of EGFR clusters.
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- Sandy Zhang
- Department of Chemistry and The Photonics Center , Boston University , Boston , Massachusetts 02215 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry and The Photonics Center , Boston University , Boston , Massachusetts 02215 , United States
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Clarke DT, Martin-Fernandez ML. A Brief History of Single-Particle Tracking of the Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor. Methods Protoc 2019; 2:mps2010012. [PMID: 31164594 PMCID: PMC6481046 DOI: 10.3390/mps2010012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2018] [Revised: 01/21/2019] [Accepted: 01/21/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Single-particle tracking (SPT) has been used and developed over the last 25 years as a method to investigate molecular dynamics, structure, interactions, and function in the cellular context. SPT is able to show how fast and how far individual molecules move, identify different dynamic populations, measure the duration and strength of intermolecular interactions, and map out structures on the nanoscale in cells. In combination with other techniques such as macromolecular crystallography and molecular dynamics simulation, it allows us to build models of complex structures, and develop and test hypotheses of how these complexes perform their biological roles in health as well as in disease states. Here, we use the example of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), which has been studied extensively by SPT, demonstrating how the method has been used to increase our understanding of the receptor’s organization and function, including its interaction with the plasma membrane, its activation, clustering, and oligomerization, and the role of other receptors and endocytosis. The examples shown demonstrate how SPT might be employed in the investigation of other biomolecules and systems.
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- David T Clarke
- STFC Central Laser Facility, Research Complex at Harwell, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot OX11 0QX, UK.
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- STFC Central Laser Facility, Research Complex at Harwell, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot OX11 0QX, UK.
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Yan Q, Cai M, Zhou L, Xu H, Shi Y, Sun J, Jiang J, Gao J, Wang H. Using an RNA aptamer probe for super-resolution imaging of native EGFR. NANOSCALE ADVANCES 2019; 1:291-298. [PMID: 36132464 PMCID: PMC9473275 DOI: 10.1039/c8na00143j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2018] [Revised: 01/08/2019] [Accepted: 08/16/2018] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Aptamers, referred to as "chemical antibodies", are short single-stranded oligonucleotides that bind to targets with high affinity and specificity. Compared with antibodies, aptamers can be designed, developed and modified easily. Since their discovery, aptamers have been widely used in in vitro diagnostics and molecular imaging. However, they are relatively less studied and applied in advanced microscopy. Here we used an RNA aptamer in dSTORM imaging and obtained a high-quality image of EGFR nanoscale clusters on live cell membranes. The results showed that the cluster number and size with aptamer labeling were almost the same as those with labeling with the natural ligand EGF, but the morphology of the clusters was smaller and more regular than that with cetuximab labeling. Meanwhile, dual-color imaging demonstrated sufficient fluorophore labeling, highly specific recognition and greatly accurate clustering information provided by aptamers. Furthermore, the aptamer labeling method indicated that active EGFR formed larger clusters containing more molecules than resting EGFR, which was hidden under the antibody labeling. Our work suggested that aptamers can be used as versatile probes in super-resolution imaging with small steric hindrance, opening a new avenue for detailed and precise morphological analysis of membrane proteins.
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- Qiuyan Yan
- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Research Center of Biomembranomics, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences Changchun Jilin 130022 P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Research Center of Biomembranomics, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences Changchun Jilin 130022 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Research Center of Biomembranomics, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences Changchun Jilin 130022 P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Research Center of Biomembranomics, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences Changchun Jilin 130022 P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Research Center of Biomembranomics, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences Changchun Jilin 130022 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Research Center of Biomembranomics, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences Changchun Jilin 130022 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Research Center of Biomembranomics, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences Changchun Jilin 130022 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Research Center of Biomembranomics, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences Changchun Jilin 130022 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Research Center of Biomembranomics, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences Changchun Jilin 130022 P. R. China
- Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology Wenhai Road, Aoshanwei, Jimo, Qingdao Shandong 266237 P. R. China
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Toyama K, Kobayakawa T, Nomura W, Tamamura H. Inhibition of EGFR Activation by Bivalent Ligands Based on a Cyclic Peptide Mimicking the Dimerization Arm Structure of EGFR. Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo) 2018; 66:1083-1089. [PMID: 30381661 DOI: 10.1248/cpb.c18-00539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
Abstract
The epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is a receptor in the ErbB family, and is overexpressed in some cancer cells. Recent research has shown that, since clustering of the EGFR increases the possibility of its dimerization and activation, the dimerization state of the EGFR on the cell surface is important for the recognition of the EGFR. In case a bivalent inhibitor has an optimized linker length, the clusters of the EGFR could be recognized with high affinity and kinase activation, which depends on EGF, could be suppressed. Peptide 1, which is derived from the dimerization arm of the EGFR, has been found previously to inhibit autophosphorylation of the EGFR. In this study, bivalent ligands based on peptide 1 with linkers of poly(L-proline) or poly-[(glycine)4(L-serine)] have been designed and synthesized. Bivalent ligands with polyproline linkers could maintain the distance between the ligand moieties. The inhibitory activity of these bivalent ligands against EGFR autophosphorylation was measured and was found to increase as the linker enlarges up to a 15-mer proline linker. The inhibitory activity of a bivalent ligand 7b is significantly higher compared to the corresponding monomeric peptide 2a. This suggests that bivalent EGFR ligands with optimal and rigid linkers could recognize the clusters of the EGFR with higher affinity and suppress kinase activation involving EGF.
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- Kei Toyama
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Institute of Biomaterials and Bioengineering, Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU)
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Institute of Biomaterials and Bioengineering, Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU)
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Institute of Biomaterials and Bioengineering, Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU)
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Institute of Biomaterials and Bioengineering, Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU)
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Zhang Q, Reinhard BM. Ligand Density and Nanoparticle Clustering Cooperate in the Multivalent Amplification of Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Activation. ACS NANO 2018; 12:10473-10485. [PMID: 30289688 PMCID: PMC6252274 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.8b06141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Multivalent presentation of ligands on nanoparticles (NPs) is considered a general strategy for enhancing receptor binding and activation through amplification of ligand-receptor interactions within the footprint of the individual NPs. The spatial clustering of ligand-functionalized NPs represents an additional, less well understood mechanism for increasing local ligand-receptor interactions, especially for receptors that form higher-order assemblies, such as the epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor (EGFR). To shed light on the interplay between ligand density ( i.e., multivalency) and NP clustering in signal amplification, we apply EGF-functionalized 72 ± 1 nm gold nanoparticles (NP-EGF) with known ligand loading (10-200 EGF/NP) as quantifiable and experimentally tractable units of EGFR activation and characterize the NP-mediated amplification of EGFR phosphorylation as a function of both EGF surface density and NP-EGF clustering for two cancer cell lines (HeLa and MDA-MB-468). The measurements confirm a strong multivalent amplification of EGFR phosphorylation through NP-EGF on the cellular level that results in EGF-loading-dependent maximum EGFR phosphorylation levels. A microscopic analysis of NP-EGF-induced EGFR phosphorylation reveals a heterogeneous spatial distribution of EGFR activation across the cell surface. Clustering of multivalent NP-EGF on sub-diffraction-limited length scales is found to result in a local enhancement of EGFR phosphorylation in signaling "hot spots" from where the signal can spread laterally in an EGF-independent fashion. Increasing EGF loadings of the NP enhances NP-EGF clustering and intensifies EGFR phosphorylation. These observations suggest that NP-EGF clustering and the associated local enhancement of ligand-receptor interactions are intrinsic components of the multivalent amplification of phosphorylation for the heterogeneously distributed EGFR through NP-EGF.
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- Qianyun Zhang
- Department of Chemistry and The Photonics Center , Boston University , Boston , Massachusetts 02215 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry and The Photonics Center , Boston University , Boston , Massachusetts 02215 , United States
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Baumdick M, Gelléri M, Uttamapinant C, Beránek V, Chin JW, Bastiaens PIH. A conformational sensor based on genetic code expansion reveals an autocatalytic component in EGFR activation. Nat Commun 2018; 9:3847. [PMID: 30242154 PMCID: PMC6155120 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-06299-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2018] [Accepted: 08/10/2018] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) activation by growth factors (GFs) relies on dimerization and allosteric activation of its intrinsic kinase activity, resulting in trans-phosphorylation of tyrosines on its C-terminal tail. While structural and biochemical studies identified this EGF-induced allosteric activation, imaging collective EGFR activation in cells and molecular dynamics simulations pointed at additional catalytic EGFR activation mechanisms. To gain more insight into EGFR activation mechanisms in living cells, we develop a Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET)-based conformational EGFR indicator (CONEGI) using genetic code expansion that reports on conformational transitions in the EGFR activation loop. Comparing conformational transitions, self-association and auto-phosphorylation of CONEGI and its Y845F mutant reveals that Y845 phosphorylation induces a catalytically active conformation in EGFR monomers. This conformational transition depends on EGFR kinase activity and auto-phosphorylation on its C-terminal tail, generating a looped causality that leads to autocatalytic amplification of EGFR phosphorylation at low EGF dose. Upon ligand binding epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) dimerizes and activates its intrinsic kinase to auto-phosphorylate EGFR. Here, the authors engineer and image a FRET-based conformational EGFR indicator which reveals that activation loop phosphorylation induces a catalytically active conformation in EGFR monomers.
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- Martin Baumdick
- Department of Systemic Cell Biology, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, Otto-Hahn-Street 11, 44227, Dortmund, Germany
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- Department of Systemic Cell Biology, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, Otto-Hahn-Street 11, 44227, Dortmund, Germany.,Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Technical University Dortmund, Otto-Hahn-Street 6, 44227, Dortmund, Germany
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- Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge, CB2 0QH, UK
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- Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge, CB2 0QH, UK
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- Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge, CB2 0QH, UK.
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- Department of Systemic Cell Biology, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, Otto-Hahn-Street 11, 44227, Dortmund, Germany. .,Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Technical University Dortmund, Otto-Hahn-Street 6, 44227, Dortmund, Germany.
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Transient Acceleration of Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Dynamics Produces Higher-Order Signaling Clusters. J Mol Biol 2018; 430:1386-1401. [PMID: 29505756 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2018.02.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2017] [Revised: 01/25/2018] [Accepted: 02/20/2018] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Cell signaling depends on spatiotemporally regulated molecular interactions. Although the movements of signaling proteins have been analyzed with various technologies, how spatial dynamics influence the molecular interactions that transduce signals is unclear. Here, we developed a single-molecule method to analyze the spatiotemporal coupling between motility, clustering, and signaling. The analysis was performed with the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), which triggers signaling through its dimerization and phosphorylation after association with EGF. Our results show that the few EGFRs isolated in membrane subdomains were released by an EGF-dependent increase in their diffusion area, facilitating molecular associations and producing immobile clusters. Using a two-color single-molecule analysis, we found that the EGF-induced state transition alters the properties of the immobile clusters, allowing them to interact for extended periods with the cytoplasmic protein, GRB2. Our study reveals a novel correlation between this molecular interaction and its mesoscale dynamics, providing the initial signaling node.
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Hortigüela V, Larrañaga E, Cutrale F, Seriola A, García-Díaz M, Lagunas A, Andilla J, Loza-Alvarez P, Samitier J, Ojosnegros S, Martínez E. Nanopatterns of Surface-Bound EphrinB1 Produce Multivalent Ligand-Receptor Interactions That Tune EphB2 Receptor Clustering. NANO LETTERS 2018; 18:629-637. [PMID: 29243484 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b04904] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Here we present a nanostructured surface able to produce multivalent interactions between surface-bound ephrinB1 ligands and membrane EphB2 receptors. We created ephrinB1 nanopatterns of regular size (<30 nm in diameter) by using self-assembled diblock copolymers. Next, we used a statistically enhanced version of the Number and Brightness technique, which can discriminate-with molecular sensitivity-the oligomeric states of diffusive species to quantitatively track the EphB2 receptor oligomerization process in real time. The results indicate that a stimulation using randomly distributed surface-bound ligands was not sufficient to fully induce receptor aggregation. Conversely, when nanopatterned onto our substrates, the ligands effectively induced a strong receptor oligomerization. This presentation of ligands improved the clustering efficiency of conventional ligand delivery systems, as it required a 9-fold lower ligand surface coverage and included faster receptor clustering kinetics compared to traditional cross-linked ligands. In conclusion, nanostructured diblock copolymers constitute a novel strategy to induce multivalent ligand-receptor interactions leading to a stronger, faster, and more efficient receptor activation, thus providing a useful strategy to precisely tune and potentiate receptor responses. The efficiency of these materials at inducing cell responses can benefit applications such as the design of new bioactive materials and drug-delivery systems.
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- Verónica Hortigüela
- Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST) , Barcelona 08028, Spain
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- Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST) , Barcelona 08028, Spain
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- Translational Imaging Center, Molecular and Computational Biology, University of Southern California , Los Angeles, California 90089, United States
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- Center of Regenerative Medicine in Barcelona (CMRB) , Hospital Duran i Reynals, Hospitalet de Llobregat 08908, Spain
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- Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST) , Barcelona 08028, Spain
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- Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST) , Barcelona 08028, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red (CIBER) , Madrid 28029, Spain
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- ICFO-Institut de Ciències Fotòniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology , Castelldefels, Barcelona 08860, Spain
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- ICFO-Institut de Ciències Fotòniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology , Castelldefels, Barcelona 08860, Spain
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- Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST) , Barcelona 08028, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red (CIBER) , Madrid 28029, Spain
- Department of Engineering: Electronics, University of Barcelona (UB) , Barcelona 08028, Spain
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- Center of Regenerative Medicine in Barcelona (CMRB) , Hospital Duran i Reynals, Hospitalet de Llobregat 08908, Spain
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- Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST) , Barcelona 08028, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red (CIBER) , Madrid 28029, Spain
- Department of Engineering: Electronics, University of Barcelona (UB) , Barcelona 08028, Spain
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Paviolo C, Chon JWM, Clayton AHA. The Effect of Nanoparticles on the Cluster Size Distributions of Activated EGFR Measured with Photobleaching Image Correlation Spectroscopy. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2018; 1112:41-52. [PMID: 30637689 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-3065-0_4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is an important cell surface receptor in normal physiology and disease. Recent work has shown that EGF-gold nanoparticle conjugates can influence cell behaviour, but the underlying mechanism at the receptor quaternary structural level remains poorly understood.In the present work, the cluster density and cluster size of activated (phosphorylated) EGFR clusters in HeLa cells were determined with photobleaching image correlation spectroscopy. EGFR activation was probed via immunofluorescence-detected phosphorylation of tyrosines (pY-mAb) located in the kinase domain of EGFR (Y845) and at the EGFR cytoplasmic tail (Y1173). Cell activation was probed via nuclear extracellular-regulated kinase (ERK) phosphorylation. The cluster size of activated EGFR was 1.3-2.4 pY-mAb/cluster in unstimulated HeLa cells. EGF or nanorod treatment led to an increase in EGFR oligomers containing multiple phosphotyrosines (>2 phosphotyrosines per EGFR oligomer, average cluster size range = 3-5 pY-mAb/cluster) which paralleled increases in nuclear p-ERK. In contrast, EGF-nanorods decreased the contribution from higher-order phospho-clusters and decreased nuclear p-ERK relative to the nanorod control. These studies provide direct evidence that targeted nanotechnology can manipulate receptor organization and lead to changes in receptor activation and subsequent signalling processes.
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- Chiara Paviolo
- Centre for Micro-Photonics, Faculty of Science, Engineering and Technology, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, VIC, Australia
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- Centre for Micro-Photonics, Faculty of Science, Engineering and Technology, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, VIC, Australia.
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- Centre for Micro-Photonics, Faculty of Science, Engineering and Technology, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, VIC, Australia.
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Xiao L, Parchur AK, Gilbertson TA, Zhou A. SERS-fluorescence bimodal nanoprobes for in vitro imaging of fatty acid responsive receptor GPR120. ANALYTICAL METHODS : ADVANCING METHODS AND APPLICATIONS 2017; 10:22-29. [PMID: 29449902 PMCID: PMC5808993 DOI: 10.1039/c7ay02039b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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G-protein-coupled receptor 120 (GPR120), as a member of the rhodopsin family of G-protein-coupled receptors, has been shown to function as a sensor for dietary fat in the gustatory and digestive systems. Its specific role in the chemoreception of fatty acids, which is thought to be crucial in understanding the mechanism surrounding the control of fat intake and, accordingly, in the treatment of obesity, remains unclear. Here we report a novel surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS)-fluorescence bimodal microscopic technique for detection and imaging of GPR120 in single living cells. CaMoO4:Eu3+@AuNR hybrid nanoparticles are synthesized and characterized as imaging probes. Biocompatibility and imaging capability of the probes are investigated using a model HEK293 cell line with an inducible GPR120 gene transfection. Cellular distribution of GPR120 is visualized by single-cell SERS and fluorescence imaging. A dose-dependent GPR120 response to linoleic acid treatment is revealed by SERS.
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- Lifu Xiao
- Department of Biological Engineering, Utah State University, Logan, Utah 84322-4105, U.S.A
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, 46556, USA
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- Department of Biological Engineering, Utah State University, Logan, Utah 84322-4105, U.S.A
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- Department of Biological Engineering, Utah State University, Logan, Utah 84322-4105, U.S.A
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Sezgin E. Super-resolution optical microscopy for studying membrane structure and dynamics. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2017; 29:273001. [PMID: 28481213 PMCID: PMC5952331 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/aa7185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Investigation of cell membrane structure and dynamics requires high spatial and temporal resolution. The spatial resolution of conventional light microscopy is limited due to the diffraction of light. However, recent developments in microscopy enabled us to access the nano-scale regime spatially, thus to elucidate the nanoscopic structures in the cellular membranes. In this review, we will explain the resolution limit, address the working principles of the most commonly used super-resolution microscopy techniques and summarise their recent applications in the biomembrane field.
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- Erdinc Sezgin
- MRC Human Immunology Unit, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, OX39DS, United Kingdom
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Yavas S, Macháň R, Wohland T. The Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Forms Location-Dependent Complexes in Resting Cells. Biophys J 2017; 111:2241-2254. [PMID: 27851946 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2016.09.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2016] [Revised: 07/25/2016] [Accepted: 09/26/2016] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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The epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is a prototypical receptor tyrosine kinase involved in cell growth and proliferation and associated with various cancers. It is commonly assumed that after activation by binding of epidermal growth factor to the extracellular domain it dimerizes, followed by autophosphorylation of tyrosine residues at the intracellular domain. However, its oligomerization state before activation is controversial. In the absence of ligands, EGFR has been found in various, inconsistent amounts of monomeric, inactive dimeric, and oligomeric forms. In addition, evidence suggests that the active conformation is not a simple dimer but contains higher oligomers. As experiments in the past have been conducted at different conditions, we investigate here the influence of cell lines (HEK293, COS-7, and CHO-K1), temperature (room temperature and 37°C), and membrane localization on the quantitation of preformed dimers using SW-FCCS, DC-FCCS, quasi PIE-FCCS, and imaging FCCS. While measurement modality, temperature, and localization on upper or lower membranes have only a limited influence on the dimerization amount observed, the cell line and location to periphery versus center of the cell can change dimerization results significantly. The observed dimerization amount is strongly dependent on the expression level of endogenous EGFR in a cell line and shows a strong cell-to-cell variability even within the same cell line. In addition, using imaging FCCS, we find that dimers have a tendency to be found at the periphery of cells compared to central positions.
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- Sibel Yavas
- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Biological Sciences and Centre for BioImaging Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore; Department of Biological Sciences and Centre for BioImaging Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
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EGF and NRG induce phosphorylation of HER3/ERBB3 by EGFR using distinct oligomeric mechanisms. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2017; 114:E2836-E2845. [PMID: 28320942 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1617994114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Heteromeric interactions between the catalytically impaired human epidermal growth factor receptor (HER3/ERBB3) and its catalytically active homologs EGFR and HER2 are essential for their signaling. Different ligands can activate these receptor pairs but lead to divergent signaling outcomes through mechanisms that remain largely unknown. We used stochastic optical reconstruction microscopy (STORM) with pair-correlation analysis to show that EGF and neuregulin (NRG) can induce different extents of HER3 clustering that are dependent on the nature of the coexpressed HER receptor. We found that the presence of these clusters correlated with distinct patterns and mechanisms of receptor phosphorylation. NRG induction of HER3 phosphorylation depended on the formation of the asymmetric kinase dimer with EGFR in the absence of detectable higher-order oligomers. Upon EGF stimulation, HER3 paralleled previously observed EGFR behavior and formed large clusters within which HER3 was phosphorylated via a noncanonical mechanism. HER3 phosphorylation by HER2 in the presence of NRG proceeded through still another mechanism and involved the formation of clusters within which receptor phosphorylation depended on asymmetric kinase dimerization. Our results demonstrate that the higher-order organization of HER receptors is an essential feature of their ligand-induced behavior and plays an essential role in lateral cross-activation of the receptors. We also show that HER receptor ligands exert unique effects on signaling by modulating this behavior.
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Bücherl CA, Jarsch IK, Schudoma C, Segonzac C, Mbengue M, Robatzek S, MacLean D, Ott T, Zipfel C. Plant immune and growth receptors share common signalling components but localise to distinct plasma membrane nanodomains. eLife 2017. [PMID: 28262094 DOI: 10.7554/elife.25114.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2023] Open
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Cell surface receptors govern a multitude of signalling pathways in multicellular organisms. In plants, prominent examples are the receptor kinases FLS2 and BRI1, which activate immunity and steroid-mediated growth, respectively. Intriguingly, despite inducing distinct signalling outputs, both receptors employ common downstream signalling components, which exist in plasma membrane (PM)-localised protein complexes. An important question is thus how these receptor complexes maintain signalling specificity. Live-cell imaging revealed that FLS2 and BRI1 form PM nanoclusters. Using single-particle tracking we could discriminate both cluster populations and we observed spatiotemporal separation between immune and growth signalling platforms. This finding was confirmed by visualising FLS2 and BRI1 within distinct PM nanodomains marked by specific remorin proteins and differential co-localisation with the cytoskeleton. Our results thus suggest that signalling specificity between these pathways may be explained by the spatial separation of FLS2 and BRI1 with their associated signalling components within dedicated PM nanodomains.
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- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Institute of Genetics, Martinsried, Germany
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- The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, United Kingdom
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- The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, United Kingdom
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- The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, United Kingdom
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- The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, United Kingdom
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- The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, United Kingdom
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- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Institute of Genetics, Martinsried, Germany
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- The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, United Kingdom
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Bücherl CA, Jarsch IK, Schudoma C, Segonzac C, Mbengue M, Robatzek S, MacLean D, Ott T, Zipfel C. Plant immune and growth receptors share common signalling components but localise to distinct plasma membrane nanodomains. eLife 2017; 6. [PMID: 28262094 PMCID: PMC5383397 DOI: 10.7554/elife.25114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 141] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2017] [Accepted: 03/04/2017] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Cell surface receptors govern a multitude of signalling pathways in multicellular organisms. In plants, prominent examples are the receptor kinases FLS2 and BRI1, which activate immunity and steroid-mediated growth, respectively. Intriguingly, despite inducing distinct signalling outputs, both receptors employ common downstream signalling components, which exist in plasma membrane (PM)-localised protein complexes. An important question is thus how these receptor complexes maintain signalling specificity. Live-cell imaging revealed that FLS2 and BRI1 form PM nanoclusters. Using single-particle tracking we could discriminate both cluster populations and we observed spatiotemporal separation between immune and growth signalling platforms. This finding was confirmed by visualising FLS2 and BRI1 within distinct PM nanodomains marked by specific remorin proteins and differential co-localisation with the cytoskeleton. Our results thus suggest that signalling specificity between these pathways may be explained by the spatial separation of FLS2 and BRI1 with their associated signalling components within dedicated PM nanodomains. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.25114.001 Unlike most animals, plants cannot move away if their environment changes for the worse. Instead, a plant must sense these changes and respond appropriately, for example by changing how much it grows. Disease-causing microbes in the immediate environment represent another potential threat to plants. To detect these microbes, plant cells have proteins called “pattern recognition receptors” in their surface membranes that sense certain molecules from the microbes (similar receptors are found in animals too). When a receptor protein recognises one such microbial molecule, it becomes activated and forms a complex with other proteins referred to as co-receptors. The protein complex then sends a signal into the cell to trigger an immune response. Plants also use similar receptor proteins to sense their own signalling molecules and regulate their growth and development. These growth-related receptors rely on many of the same co-receptors and signalling components as the immunity-related receptors. This posed the question: how can plant cells use the same proteins to trigger different responses to different signals? Bücherl et al. have now used high-resolution microscopy and the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana to show that the plant’s immune receptors and growth receptors are found in separate clusters at the plant cell’s surface membrane. These clusters are only a few hundred nanometres wide, and they also contained other signalling components that are needed to quickly relay the signals into the plant cell. Bücherl et al. suggest that, by organizing their receptors into these physically distinct clusters, plant cells can use similar proteins to sense different signals and respond in then different ways. This idea will need to be tested in future studies. Further work is also needed to understand how these clusters of signalling proteins are assembled and inserted at specific locations within the surface membrane of a plant cell. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.25114.002
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- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Institute of Genetics, Martinsried, Germany
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- The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, United Kingdom
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- The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, United Kingdom
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- The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, United Kingdom
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- The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, United Kingdom
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- The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, United Kingdom
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- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Institute of Genetics, Martinsried, Germany
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- The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, United Kingdom
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Zhang R, Fruhwirth GO, Coban O, Barrett JE, Burgoyne T, Lee SH, Simonson PD, Baday M, Kholodenko BN, Futter C, Ng T, Selvin PR. Probing the Heterogeneity of Protein Kinase Activation in Cells by Super-resolution Microscopy. ACS NANO 2017; 11:249-257. [PMID: 27768850 PMCID: PMC5269639 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.6b05356] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2016] [Accepted: 10/21/2016] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Heterogeneity of mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) activation in genetically identical cells, which occurs in response to epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) signaling, remains poorly understood. MAPK cascades integrate signals emanating from different EGFR spatial locations, including the plasma membrane and endocytic compartment. We previously hypothesized that in EGF-stimulated cells the MAPK phosphorylation (pMAPK) level and activity are largely determined by the spatial organization of the EGFR clusters within the cell. For experimental testing of this hypothesis, we used super-resolution microscopy to define EGFR clusters by receptor numbers (N) and average intracluster distances (d). From these data, we predicted the extent of pMAPK with 85% accuracy on a cell-to-cell basis with control data returning 54% accuracy (P < 0.001). For comparison, the prediction accuracy was only 61% (P = 0.382) when the diffraction-limited averaged fluorescence intensity/cluster was used. Large clusters (N ≥ 3) with d > 50 nm were most predictive for pMAPK level in cells. Electron microscopy revealed that these large clusters were primarily localized to the limiting membrane of multivesicular bodies (MVB). Many tighter packed dimers/multimers (d < 50 nm) were found on intraluminal vesicles within MVBs, where they were unlikely to activate MAPK because of the physical separation. Our results suggest that cell-to-cell differences in N and d contain crucial information to predict EGFR-activated cellular pMAPK levels and explain pMAPK heterogeneity in isogenic cells.
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- Ruobing Zhang
- Department of Physics, Center for the Physics of Living
Cells, and Center for Biophysics
and Computational Biology, University of
Illinois, 1110 West Green
Street, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- R. Dimbleby
Department of Cancer Research, Randall Division of Cell and Molecular
Biophysics, Division of Cancer Studies, King’s College London, Guy’s Campus New Hunt’s House, London SE1 1UL, U.K.
- Department
of Imaging Chemistry and Biology, Division of Imaging Sciences and
Biomedical Engineering, St. Thomas’
Hospital, King’s College London, London SE1 7EH, U.K.
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- R. Dimbleby
Department of Cancer Research, Randall Division of Cell and Molecular
Biophysics, Division of Cancer Studies, King’s College London, Guy’s Campus New Hunt’s House, London SE1 1UL, U.K.
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- Department
of Mathematics, King’s College London, 25 Gordon Street, London WC2R 2LS, U.K.
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- UCL Institute
of Ophthalmology, 11-43
Bath Street, London EC1
V 9EL, U.K.
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- Department of Physics, Center for the Physics of Living
Cells, and Center for Biophysics
and Computational Biology, University of
Illinois, 1110 West Green
Street, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Physics, Center for the Physics of Living
Cells, and Center for Biophysics
and Computational Biology, University of
Illinois, 1110 West Green
Street, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Physics, Center for the Physics of Living
Cells, and Center for Biophysics
and Computational Biology, University of
Illinois, 1110 West Green
Street, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Systems
Biology Ireland, Conway Institute of Biomolecular & Biomedical
Research, School of Medicine and Medical Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
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E. Futter
- UCL Institute
of Ophthalmology, 11-43
Bath Street, London EC1
V 9EL, U.K.
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- R. Dimbleby
Department of Cancer Research, Randall Division of Cell and Molecular
Biophysics, Division of Cancer Studies, King’s College London, Guy’s Campus New Hunt’s House, London SE1 1UL, U.K.
- UCL
Cancer Institute, Paul O’Gorman Building, University College London, London WC1E 6DD, U.K.
- Breakthrough
Breast Cancer Research Unit, Department of Research Oncology, Guy’s Hospital King’s College London
School of Medicine, London SE1 9RT, U.K.
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- Department of Physics, Center for the Physics of Living
Cells, and Center for Biophysics
and Computational Biology, University of
Illinois, 1110 West Green
Street, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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Boyd PS, Struve N, Bach M, Eberle JP, Gote M, Schock F, Cremer C, Kriegs M, Hausmann M. Clustered localization of EGFRvIII in glioblastoma cells as detected by high precision localization microscopy. NANOSCALE 2016; 8:20037-20047. [PMID: 27883139 DOI: 10.1039/c6nr05880a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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For receptor tyrosine kinases supramolecular organization on the cell membrane is critical for their function. Super-resolution fluorescence microscopy techniques have offered new opportunities for the analysis of single receptor localization. Here, we analysed the cluster formation of the epidermal growth factor receptor variant III (EGFRvIII), a deletion variant which is expressed in glioblastoma. The constitutively activated variant EGFRvIII is expressed in cells with an egfr gene amplification and is thought to enhance the tumorigenic potential especially of glioblastoma cells. Due to the lack of an adequate model system, it is still unclear how endogenous EGFRvIII expression alters cellular signalling and if it is organized in clusters like the wild type receptor. We have recently described the establishment of two pairs of iso-genetic cell lines (BS153 and DKMG), displaying endogenous EGFRvIII expression or not. Using these cell lines we investigated single receptor localization of EGFRvIII by high precision localization microscopy. Cluster analysis revealed that EGFRvIII is present in clusters on the surface of the cells, with about 60% or even more receptor molecules being assembled in clusters of approximately 100 nm in diameter whereby the cluster definition was iteratively determined. The signal to signal distance may indicate dimer formation while signal quantification indicates 1 × 106-5 × 106 EGFRvIII molecules per cell. Altogether, these data give unique insights into the membrane surface localization of EGFRvIII in glioblastoma cells. These insights will help to unveil the function of this tumour associated receptor variant which might lead to a better understanding of glioblastoma and therefore could lead to improved therapy approaches.
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- Philip S Boyd
- Kirchhoff-Institute for Physics, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 227, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
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Plasma Membrane Organization of Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor in Resting and Ligand-Bound States. Biophys J 2016; 109:1925-36. [PMID: 26536269 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2015.09.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2015] [Revised: 08/24/2015] [Accepted: 09/08/2015] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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The spatial arrangement of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) on the cellular plasma membrane is one of the prime factors that control its downstream signaling pathways and related functions. However, the molecular organization, which spans the scale from nanometers to micrometer-size clusters, has not been resolved in detail, mainly due to a lack of techniques with the required spatiotemporal resolution. Therefore, we used imaging total internal reflection-fluorescence correlation spectroscopy to investigate EGFR dynamics on live CHO-K1 plasma membranes in resting and ligand-bound states. In combination with the fluorescence correlation spectroscopy diffusion law, this provides information on the subresolution organization of EGFR on cell membranes. We found that overall EGFR organization is sensitive to both cholesterol and the actin cytoskeleton. EGFR in the resting state is partly trapped in cholesterol-containing domains, whereas another fraction exhibits cholesterol independent trapping on the membrane. Disruption of the cytoskeleton leads to a broader range of EGFR diffusion coefficients and a reduction of hop diffusion. In the ligand-bound state we found a dose-dependent behavior. At 10 ng/mL EGF the EGFR is endocytosed and recycled to the membrane, whereas diffusion and organization do not change significantly. At 100 ng/mL EGF the EGFR forms clusters, which are subsequently internalized, whereas outside the clusters diffusivity increases and the organization of the receptor remains unchanged. After disruption of cholesterol-containing domains or actin cytoskeleton, EGF induces microscopic EGFR clusters on the membrane and endocytosis is inhibited.
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Becker B, Shaebani MR, Rammo D, Bubel T, Santen L, Schmitt MJ. Cargo binding promotes KDEL receptor clustering at the mammalian cell surface. Sci Rep 2016; 6:28940. [PMID: 27353000 PMCID: PMC4926219 DOI: 10.1038/srep28940] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2016] [Accepted: 05/24/2016] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Transmembrane receptor clustering is a ubiquitous phenomenon in pro- and eukaryotic cells to physically sense receptor/ligand interactions and subsequently translate an exogenous signal into a cellular response. Despite that receptor cluster formation has been described for a wide variety of receptors, ranging from chemotactic receptors in bacteria to growth factor and neurotransmitter receptors in mammalian cells, a mechanistic understanding of the underlying molecular processes is still puzzling. In an attempt to fill this gap we followed a combined experimental and theoretical approach by dissecting and modulating cargo binding, internalization and cellular response mediated by KDEL receptors (KDELRs) at the mammalian cell surface after interaction with a model cargo/ligand. Using a fluorescent variant of ricin toxin A chain as KDELR-ligand (eGFP-RTAH/KDEL), we demonstrate that cargo binding induces dose-dependent receptor cluster formation at and subsequent internalization from the membrane which is associated and counteracted by anterograde and microtubule-assisted receptor transport to preferred docking sites at the plasma membrane. By means of analytical arguments and extensive numerical simulations we show that cargo-synchronized receptor transport from and to the membrane is causative for KDELR/cargo cluster formation at the mammalian cell surface.
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- Björn Becker
- Molecular and Cell Biology, Department of Biosciences and Center of Human and Molecular Biology (ZHMB), Saarland University, D-66041 Saarbrücken, Germany
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- Department of Theoretical Physics, Saarland University, D-66041 Saarbrücken, Germany
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- Molecular and Cell Biology, Department of Biosciences and Center of Human and Molecular Biology (ZHMB), Saarland University, D-66041 Saarbrücken, Germany
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- Molecular and Cell Biology, Department of Biosciences and Center of Human and Molecular Biology (ZHMB), Saarland University, D-66041 Saarbrücken, Germany
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- Department of Theoretical Physics, Saarland University, D-66041 Saarbrücken, Germany
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- Molecular and Cell Biology, Department of Biosciences and Center of Human and Molecular Biology (ZHMB), Saarland University, D-66041 Saarbrücken, Germany
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Jadwin JA, Oh D, Curran TG, Ogiue-Ikeda M, Jia L, White FM, Machida K, Yu J, Mayer BJ. Time-resolved multimodal analysis of Src Homology 2 (SH2) domain binding in signaling by receptor tyrosine kinases. eLife 2016; 5:e11835. [PMID: 27071344 PMCID: PMC4841779 DOI: 10.7554/elife.11835] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2015] [Accepted: 03/14/2016] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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While the affinities and specificities of SH2 domain-phosphotyrosine interactions have been well characterized, spatio-temporal changes in phosphosite availability in response to signals, and their impact on recruitment of SH2-containing proteins in vivo, are not well understood. To address this issue, we used three complementary experimental approaches to monitor phosphorylation and SH2 binding in human A431 cells stimulated with epidermal growth factor (EGF): 1) phospho-specific mass spectrometry; 2) far-Western blotting; and 3) live cell single-molecule imaging of SH2 membrane recruitment. Far-Western and MS analyses identified both well-established and previously undocumented EGF-dependent tyrosine phosphorylation and binding events, as well as dynamic changes in binding patterns over time. In comparing SH2 binding site phosphorylation with SH2 domain membrane recruitment in living cells, we found in vivo binding to be much slower. Delayed SH2 domain recruitment correlated with clustering of SH2 domain binding sites on the membrane, consistent with membrane retention via SH2 rebinding. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.11835.001 Individual cells in a multicellular organism must receive signals from the environment and from other cells, and adjust their behavior accordingly. Such signals may cause a cell to grow and multiply, move, or even die. Often these signals are received by receptor proteins, which span the cell membrane and thus provide a way for signals from outside the cell to cause changes inside the cell. The tyrosine kinases are one such group of membrane receptors. When a signal binds to a tyrosine kinase, the receptor is activated and it can add chemical tags called phosphates to the part of itself, or a neighboring protein, that is inside the cell. These phosphates provide binding sites for other types of proteins, many of which contain a section called a SH2 domain. This transmits the signal and leads to further changes in the cell. However, there are over a hundred different SH2 domain-containing proteins in human cells and we do not have a clear picture of what exactly happens when receptor tyrosine kinases are activated. Jadwin, Oh et al. have now looked at how the number of SH2 domain binding sites changes over time after a signal is received. The experiments used three different experimental approaches to study a tyrosine kinase called the Epidermal Growth Factor (EGF) receptor, which is often over-active in human cancers. Jadwin, Oh et al. found that the timing of the changes in the number of SH2 domain binding sites on EGF varied widely. The different methods provided different perspectives on exactly when the changes happen, for example, directly observing the binding of SH2 domains to the membrane of living cells under the microscope showed that binding was much slower than expected from other methods that used purified proteins in solutions. This might be due to the receptors taking a relatively long time to form clusters at the membrane after they receive a signal. Further experiments suggested that what happens when EGF is activated may depend not only on the number of SH2 domain binding sites made, but also the timing and the physical arrangement of those sites. A long-term goal for further studies is to understand how various types of signals can lead to different outcomes in the cell. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.11835.002
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- Joshua A Jadwin
- Raymond and Beverly Sackler Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, United States
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- Richard D. Berlin Center for Cell Analysis and Modeling, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, United States
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- Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, United States.,Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, United States
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- Raymond and Beverly Sackler Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, United States
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- Raymond and Beverly Sackler Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, United States
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- Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, United States.,Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, United States
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- Raymond and Beverly Sackler Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, United States
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- Richard D. Berlin Center for Cell Analysis and Modeling, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, United States
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- Raymond and Beverly Sackler Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, United States.,Richard D. Berlin Center for Cell Analysis and Modeling, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, United States
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Determining the geometry of oligomers of the human epidermal growth factor family on cells with <10 nm resolution. Biochem Soc Trans 2016; 43:309-14. [PMID: 26009168 DOI: 10.1042/bst20140318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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There is a limited range of methods available to characterize macromolecular organization in cells on length scales from 5-50 nm. We review methods currently available and show the latest results from a new single-molecule localization-based method, fluorophore localization imaging with photobleaching (FLImP), using the epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor (EGFR) as an example system. Our measurements show that FLImP is capable of achieving spatial resolution in the order of 6 nm.
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Andrews AM, Rizzo V. Microparticle-Induced Activation of the Vascular Endothelium Requires Caveolin-1/Caveolae. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0149272. [PMID: 26891050 PMCID: PMC4758735 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0149272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2014] [Accepted: 01/30/2016] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Microparticles (MPs) are small membrane fragments shed from normal as well as activated, apoptotic or injured cells. Emerging evidence implicates MPs as a causal and/or contributing factor in altering normal vascular cell phenotype through initiation of proinflammatory signal transduction events and paracrine delivery of proteins, mRNA and miRNA. However, little is known regarding the mechanism by which MPs influence these events. Caveolae are important membrane microdomains that function as centers of signal transduction and endocytosis. Here, we tested the concept that the MP-induced pro-inflammatory phenotype shift in endothelial cells (ECs) depends on caveolae. Consistent with previous reports, MP challenge activated ECs as evidenced by upregulation of intracellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) expression. ICAM-1 upregulation was mediated by activation of NF-κB, Poly [ADP-ribose] polymerase 1 (PARP-1) and the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR). This response was absent in ECs lacking caveolin-1/caveolae. To test whether caveolae-mediated endocytosis, a dynamin-2 dependent process, is a feature of the proinflammatory response, EC’s were pretreated with the dynamin-2 inhibitor dynasore. Similar to observations in cells lacking caveolin-1, inhibition of endocytosis significantly attenuated MPs effects including, EGFR phosphorylation, activation of NF-κB and upregulation of ICAM-1 expression. Thus, our results indicate that caveolae play a role in mediating the pro-inflammatory signaling pathways which lead to EC activation in response to MPs.
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- Allison M. Andrews
- Independence Blue Cross Cardiovascular Research Center, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Independence Blue Cross Cardiovascular Research Center, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Lee H, Dam DHM, Ha JW, Yue J, Odom TW. Enhanced Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2 Degradation in Breast Cancer Cells by Lysosome-Targeting Gold Nanoconstructs. ACS NANO 2015; 9:9859-67. [PMID: 26335372 PMCID: PMC5279887 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b05138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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This paper describes how gold nanoparticle nanoconstructs can enhance anticancer effects of lysosomal targeting aptamers in breast cancer cells. Nanoconstructs consisting of anti-HER2 aptamer (human epidermal growth factor receptor 2, HApt) densely grafted on gold nanostars (AuNS) first targeted HER2 and then were internalized via HER2-mediated endocytosis. As incubation time increased, the nanoconstruct complexes were found in vesicular structures, starting from early endosomes to lysosomes as visualized by confocal fluorescence and differential interference contrast microscopy. Within the target organelle, lysosomes, HER2 was degraded by enzymes at low pH, which resulted in apoptosis. At specific time points related to the doubling time of the cancer cells, we found that accumulation of HER2-HApt-AuNS complexes in lysosomes, lysosomal activity, and lysosomal degradation of HER2 were positively correlated. Increased HER2 degradation by HApt-AuNS triggered cell death and cell cycle arrest in the G0/G1 phase inhibition of cell proliferation. This work shows how a perceived disadvantage of nanoparticle-based therapeutics-the inability of nanoconstructs to escape from vesicles and thus induce a biological response-can be overcome by both targeting lysosomes and exploiting lysosomal degradation of the biomarkers.
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- Department of Dermatology, Northwestern University , 676 N. St. Clair Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611, United States
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Tynan CJ, Lo Schiavo V, Zanetti-Domingues L, Needham SR, Roberts SK, Hirsch M, Rolfe DJ, Korovesis D, Clarke DT, Martin-Fernandez ML. A tale of the epidermal growth factor receptor: The quest for structural resolution on cells. Methods 2015; 95:86-93. [PMID: 26484734 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymeth.2015.10.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2015] [Revised: 10/14/2015] [Accepted: 10/15/2015] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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The challenge of determining the architecture and geometry of oligomers of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) on the cell surface has been approached using a variety of biochemical and biophysical methods. This review is intended to provide a narrative of how key concepts in the field of EGFR research have evolved over the years, from the origins of the prevalent EGFR signalling dimer hypothesis through to the development and implementation of methods that are now challenging the conventional view. The synergy between X-ray crystallography and cellular fluorescence microscopy has become particularly important, precisely because the results from these two methods diverged and highlighted the complexity of the challenge. We illustrate how developments in super-resolution microscopy are now bridging this gap. Exciting times lie ahead where knowledge of the nature of the complexes can assist with the development of a new generation of anti-cancer drugs.
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- Christopher J Tynan
- Central Laser Facility, Research Complex at Harwell, Science and Technology Facilities Council Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0FA, United Kingdom
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- Central Laser Facility, Research Complex at Harwell, Science and Technology Facilities Council Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0FA, United Kingdom
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- Central Laser Facility, Research Complex at Harwell, Science and Technology Facilities Council Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0FA, United Kingdom
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- Central Laser Facility, Research Complex at Harwell, Science and Technology Facilities Council Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0FA, United Kingdom
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- Central Laser Facility, Research Complex at Harwell, Science and Technology Facilities Council Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0FA, United Kingdom
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- Central Laser Facility, Research Complex at Harwell, Science and Technology Facilities Council Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0FA, United Kingdom
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- Central Laser Facility, Research Complex at Harwell, Science and Technology Facilities Council Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0FA, United Kingdom
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- Central Laser Facility, Research Complex at Harwell, Science and Technology Facilities Council Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0FA, United Kingdom
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- Central Laser Facility, Research Complex at Harwell, Science and Technology Facilities Council Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0FA, United Kingdom
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- Central Laser Facility, Research Complex at Harwell, Science and Technology Facilities Council Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0FA, United Kingdom.
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Valley CC, Arndt-Jovin DJ, Karedla N, Steinkamp MP, Chizhik AI, Hlavacek WS, Wilson BS, Lidke KA, Lidke DS. Enhanced dimerization drives ligand-independent activity of mutant epidermal growth factor receptor in lung cancer. Mol Biol Cell 2015; 26:4087-99. [PMID: 26337388 PMCID: PMC4710239 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e15-05-0269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2015] [Accepted: 08/27/2015] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Epidermal growth factor receptor kinase mutations drive oncogenesis, but the molecular mechanism of pathological signal initiation is poorly understood. Using high-resolution microscopy methods, the authors reveal that these kinase mutations induce structural changes in the receptor ectodomain that lead to enhanced, ligand-independent dimerization. Mutations within the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR/erbB1/Her1) are often associated with tumorigenesis. In particular, a number of EGFR mutants that demonstrate ligand-independent signaling are common in non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), including kinase domain mutations L858R (also called L834R) and exon 19 deletions (e.g., ΔL747-P753insS), which collectively make up nearly 90% of mutations in NSCLC. The molecular mechanisms by which these mutations confer constitutive activity remain unresolved. Using multiple subdiffraction-limit imaging modalities, we reveal the altered receptor structure and interaction kinetics of NSCLC-associated EGFR mutants. We applied two-color single quantum dot tracking to quantify receptor dimerization kinetics on living cells and show that, in contrast to wild-type EGFR, mutants are capable of forming stable, ligand-independent dimers. Two-color superresolution localization microscopy confirmed ligand-independent aggregation of EGFR mutants. Live-cell Förster resonance energy transfer measurements revealed that the L858R kinase mutation alters ectodomain structure such that unliganded mutant EGFR adopts an extended, dimerization-competent conformation. Finally, mutation of the putative dimerization arm confirmed a critical role for ectodomain engagement in ligand-independent signaling. These data support a model in which dysregulated activity of NSCLC-associated kinase mutants is driven by coordinated interactions involving both the kinase and extracellular domains that lead to enhanced dimerization.
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- Christopher C Valley
- Department of Pathology and Cancer Research and Treatment Center, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131
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- Laboratory of Cellular Dynamics, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- III. Institute of Physics, Georg-August University of Göttingen, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Pathology and Cancer Research and Treatment Center, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131
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- III. Institute of Physics, Georg-August University of Göttingen, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Theoretical Biology and Biophysics Group, Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545
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- Department of Pathology and Cancer Research and Treatment Center, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131
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- Department of Pathology and Cancer Research and Treatment Center, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131
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Webb SED, Hirsch M, Needham SR, Coles BC, Scherer KM, Roberts SK, Zanetti-Domingues LC, Tynan CJ, Martin-Fernandez ML, Rolfe DJ. Nanometric molecular separation measurements by single molecule photobleaching. Methods 2015; 88:76-80. [PMID: 25980369 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymeth.2015.05.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2015] [Revised: 04/08/2015] [Accepted: 05/06/2015] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Although considerable progress has been made in imaging distances in cells below the diffraction limit using FRET and super-resolution microscopy, methods for determining the separation of macromolecules in the 10-50 nm range have been elusive. We have developed fluorophore localisation imaging with photobleaching (FLImP), based on the quantised bleaching of individual protein-bound dye molecules, to quantitate the molecular separations in oligomers and nanoscale clusters. We demonstrate the benefits of using our method in studying the nanometric organisation of the epidermal growth factor receptor in cells.
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- Stephen E D Webb
- Central Laser Facility, Research Complex at Harwell, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Didcot OX11 0FA, UK
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- Central Laser Facility, Research Complex at Harwell, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Didcot OX11 0FA, UK
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- Central Laser Facility, Research Complex at Harwell, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Didcot OX11 0FA, UK
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- Central Laser Facility, Research Complex at Harwell, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Didcot OX11 0FA, UK
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- Central Laser Facility, Research Complex at Harwell, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Didcot OX11 0FA, UK
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- Central Laser Facility, Research Complex at Harwell, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Didcot OX11 0FA, UK
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- Central Laser Facility, Research Complex at Harwell, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Didcot OX11 0FA, UK
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- Central Laser Facility, Research Complex at Harwell, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Didcot OX11 0FA, UK
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- Central Laser Facility, Research Complex at Harwell, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Didcot OX11 0FA, UK
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- Central Laser Facility, Research Complex at Harwell, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Didcot OX11 0FA, UK.
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Zanetti-Domingues LC, Hirsch M, Tynan CJ, Rolfe DJ, Boyadzhiev TV, Scherer KM, Clarke DT, Martin-Fernandez ML, Needham SR. Determining the geometry of oligomers of the human epidermal growth factor family on cells with 7 nm resolution. PROGRESS IN BIOPHYSICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2015; 118:139-52. [PMID: 25900721 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2015.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2015] [Accepted: 04/08/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Dimerisation, oligomerisation, and clustering of receptor molecules are important for control of the signalling process. There has been a lack of suitable methods for the study and quantification of these processes in cells. Here we describe a protocol for a method that we have named "fluorophore localisation imaging with photobleaching" (FLImP), which uses single molecule localisation and single-step photobleaching to determine the separation of two fluorophores with a resolution of 7 nm or better. We describe the procedures required for the collection of FLImP data, and point out some of the pitfalls that must be avoided for the collection of high resolution data. We also present recent data obtained using FLImP, showing that the intracellular domain of the Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor is not required in the basal state for the receptor to form ordered inactive oligomers in the plasma membrane.
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- Laura C Zanetti-Domingues
- Central Laser Facility, Research Complex at Harwell, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Oxford, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0FA, United Kingdom
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- Central Laser Facility, Research Complex at Harwell, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Oxford, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0FA, United Kingdom
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- Central Laser Facility, Research Complex at Harwell, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Oxford, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0FA, United Kingdom
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- Central Laser Facility, Research Complex at Harwell, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Oxford, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0FA, United Kingdom
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- Central Laser Facility, Research Complex at Harwell, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Oxford, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0FA, United Kingdom
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- Central Laser Facility, Research Complex at Harwell, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Oxford, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0FA, United Kingdom
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- Central Laser Facility, Research Complex at Harwell, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Oxford, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0FA, United Kingdom
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- Central Laser Facility, Research Complex at Harwell, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Oxford, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0FA, United Kingdom
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- Central Laser Facility, Research Complex at Harwell, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Oxford, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0FA, United Kingdom.
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Ramji R, Cheong CF, Hirata H, Rahman ARA, Lim CT. Rapid quantification of live cell receptors using bioluminescence in a flow-based microfluidic device. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2015; 11:943-951. [PMID: 25336403 DOI: 10.1002/smll.201401674] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2014] [Revised: 09/08/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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The number of receptors expressed by cells plays an important role in controlling cell signaling events, thus determining its behaviour, state and fate. Current methods of quantifying receptors on cells are either laborious or do not maintain the cells in their native form. Here, a method integrating highly sensitive bioluminescence, high precision microfluidics and small footprint of lensfree optics is developed to quantify cell surface receptors. This method is safe to use, less laborious, and faster than the conventional radiolabelling and near field scanning methods. It is also more sensitive than fluorescence based assays and is ideal for high throughput screening. In quantifying β(1) adrenergic receptors expressed on the surface of H9c2 cardiomyocytes, this method yields receptor numbers from 3.12 × 10(5) to 9.36 × 10(5) receptors/cell which are comparable with current methods. This can serve as a very good platform for rapid quantification of receptor numbers in ligand/drug binding and receptor characterization studies, which is an important part of pharmaceutical and biological research.
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- Ramesh Ramji
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, 9 Engineering Drive 1, Block EA, #03-12, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117575
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Gao J, Wang Y, Cai M, Pan Y, Xu H, Jiang J, Ji H, Wang H. Mechanistic insights into EGFR membrane clustering revealed by super-resolution imaging. NANOSCALE 2015; 7:2511-9. [PMID: 25569174 DOI: 10.1039/c4nr04962d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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The clustering of membrane receptors such as EGFR is critical for various biological processes, for example cell signaling and tumorigenesis. However, the mechanism involved remains poorly understood. Here, we used a super resolution imaging technique, which has shattered the longstanding resolution barrier of light diffraction, to investigate the distribution of membrane EGFR on apical or basal surfaces of COS-7 cells and on the surface of suspended COS-7 cells. Our data show that more and larger EGFR clusters are detected on the apical surface in comparison with those on the basal surface and this difference is not affected by the EGFR activation state, whereas suspended COS-7 cells exhibit a moderate clustering state and a homogeneous distribution pattern, indicating that the external environment surrounding the cell membrane is the decisive factor in the EGFR clustering pattern. A dual-color dSTORM image reveals the significant colocalization of EGFR and lipid rafts; interestingly MβCD treatment leads to a dramatic decrease of the amount and size of EGFR clusters on both apical and basal surfaces, highlighting a key role of lipid rafts in EGFR cluster formation. Altogether, our results illustrate the distribution pattern of EGFR in polarized cells and uncover the essential role of lipid rafts in EGFR cluster maintenance.
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- Jing Gao
- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, Jilin 130022, P.R. China.
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Mullick Chowdhury S, Manepalli P, Sitharaman B. Graphene nanoribbons elicit cell specific uptake and delivery via activation of epidermal growth factor receptor enhanced by human papillomavirus E5 protein. Acta Biomater 2014; 10:4494-504. [PMID: 24980059 DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2014.06.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2014] [Revised: 06/18/2014] [Accepted: 06/20/2014] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Ligands such as peptides, antibodies or other epitopes bind and activate specific cell receptors, and are employed for targeted cellular delivery of pharmaceuticals such as drugs, genes and imaging agents. Herein, we show that oxidized graphene nanoribbons, non-covalently functionalized with PEG-DSPE (1,2-distearoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine-N[amino(polyethyleneglycol)]) (O-GNR-PEG-DSPE) activate epidermal growth factor receptors (EGFRs). This activation generates a predominantly dynamin-dependent macropinocytosis-like response, and results in significant O-GNR-PEG-DSPE uptake into cells with high EGFR expression. Cells with an integrated human papillomavirus (HPV) genome also show increased uptake due to the modulation of the activated EGFR by the viral protein E5. We demonstrate that this cell specific uptake of O-GNR-PEG-DSPE can be exploited to achieve significantly enhanced drug efficacies even in drug resistant cells. These results have implications for the development of active targeting and delivery agents without ligand functionalization for use in the diagnosis and treatment of pathologies that overexpress EGFR or mediated by HPV.
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- Sayan Mullick Chowdhury
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Bioengineering Building, Room 115, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-5281, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Bioengineering Building, Room 115, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-5281, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Bioengineering Building, Room 115, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-5281, USA.
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Chung E, Lee J, Yu J, Lee S, Kang JH, Chung IY, Choo J. Use of surface-enhanced Raman scattering to quantify EGFR markers uninhibited by cetuximab antibodies. Biosens Bioelectron 2014; 60:358-65. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2014.04.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2014] [Revised: 04/15/2014] [Accepted: 04/22/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Structure-function relationships and supramolecular organization of the EGFR (epidermal growth factor receptor) on the cell surface. Biochem Soc Trans 2014; 42:114-9. [PMID: 24450637 DOI: 10.1042/bst20130236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Dimerization and higher-order oligomerization are believed to play an important role in the activation of the EGFR (epidermal growth factor receptor). Understanding of the process has been limited by the lack of availability of suitable methods for the measurement in cells of distances in the range 10-100 nm, too short for imaging methods and too long for spectroscopic methods such as FRET. In the present article, we review the current state of our knowledge of EGFR oligomerization, and describe results from a new single-molecule localization method that has allowed the quantitative characterization of the distribution of EGFR-EGFR distances in cells. Recent data suggest the involvement of cortical actin in regulating the formation of EGFR complexes.
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Wang Y, Gao J, Guo X, Tong T, Shi X, Li L, Qi M, Wang Y, Cai M, Jiang J, Xu C, Ji H, Wang H. Regulation of EGFR nanocluster formation by ionic protein-lipid interaction. Cell Res 2014; 24:959-76. [PMID: 25001389 PMCID: PMC4123299 DOI: 10.1038/cr.2014.89] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2014] [Revised: 05/06/2014] [Accepted: 06/03/2014] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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The abnormal activation of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is strongly associated with a variety of human cancers but the underlying molecular mechanism is not fully understood. By using direct stochastic optical reconstruction microscopy (dSTORM), we find that EGFR proteins form nanoclusters in the cell membrane of both normal lung epithelial cells and lung cancer cells, but the number and size of clusters significantly increase in lung cancer cells. The formation of EGFR clusters is mediated by the ionic interaction between the anionic lipid phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate (PIP2) in the plasma membrane and the juxtamembrane (JM) region of EGFR. Disruption of EGFR clustering by PIP2 depletion or JM region mutation impairs EGFR activation and downstream signaling. Furthermore, JM region mutation in constitutively active EGFR mutant attenuates its capability of cell transformation. Collectively, our findings highlight the key roles of anionic phospholipids in EGFR signaling and function, and reveal a novel mechanism to explain the aberrant activation of EGFR in cancers.
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- Ye Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Cell Biology, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 320 Yueyang Road, Shanghai 200031, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, Jilin 130022, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- National Center for Protein Science Shanghai, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 320 Yueyang Road, Shanghai 200031, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, The Second Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130041, China
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- National Center for Protein Science Shanghai, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 320 Yueyang Road, Shanghai 200031, China
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- National Center for Protein Science Shanghai, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 320 Yueyang Road, Shanghai 200031, China
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- School of Computer Science and Information Technology, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin 130117, China
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- Department of Oncology, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, Jilin 130022, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, Jilin 130022, China
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- National Center for Protein Science Shanghai, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 320 Yueyang Road, Shanghai 200031, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cell Biology, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 320 Yueyang Road, Shanghai 200031, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, Jilin 130022, China
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