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Laurie K, Holcomb D, Kames J, Komar AA, DiCuccio M, Ibla JC, Kimchi-Sarfaty C. In Silico Evaluation of Cyclophilin Inhibitors as Potential Treatment for SARS-CoV-2. Open Forum Infect Dis 2021; 8:ofab189. [PMID: 34109257 PMCID: PMC8083350 DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofab189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2021] [Accepted: 04/10/2021] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The advent of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) provoked researchers to propose multiple antiviral strategies to improve patients' outcomes. Studies provide evidence that cyclosporine A (CsA) decreases SARS-CoV-2 replication in vitro and decreases mortality rates of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients. CsA binds cyclophilins, which isomerize prolines, affecting viral protein activity. METHODS We investigated the proline composition from various coronavirus proteomes to identify proteins that may critically rely on cyclophilin's peptidyl-proline isomerase activity and found that the nucleocapsid (N) protein significantly depends on cyclophilin A (CyPA). We modeled CyPA and N protein interactions to demonstrate the N protein as a potential indirect therapeutic target of CsA, which we propose may impede coronavirus replication by obstructing nucleocapsid folding. RESULTS Finally, we analyzed the literature and protein-protein interactions, finding evidence that, by inhibiting CyPA, CsA may impact coagulation proteins and hemostasis. CONCLUSIONS Despite CsA's promising antiviral characteristics, the interactions between cyclophilins and coagulation factors emphasize risk stratification for COVID patients with thrombosis dispositions.
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- Kyle Laurie
- Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Office of Tissues and Advanced Therapies, Division of Plasma Protein Therapeutics, Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
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- Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Office of Tissues and Advanced Therapies, Division of Plasma Protein Therapeutics, Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
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- Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Office of Tissues and Advanced Therapies, Division of Plasma Protein Therapeutics, Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
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- Center for Gene Regulation in Health and Disease, Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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- National Center of Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Division of Cardiac Anesthesia, Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Office of Tissues and Advanced Therapies, Division of Plasma Protein Therapeutics, Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
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Rein T. Peptidylprolylisomerases, Protein Folders, or Scaffolders? The Example of FKBP51 and FKBP52. Bioessays 2020; 42:e1900250. [DOI: 10.1002/bies.201900250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2019] [Revised: 03/12/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Theo Rein
- Department of Translational Science in Psychiatry, MunichMax Planck Institute of Psychiatry Munich 80804 Germany
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Rahamimoff H, Elbaz B, Valitsky M, Khatib M, Eskin-Schwartz M, Elmaz D. Immunosuppressive Drugs, Immunophilins, and Functional Expression of NCX Isoforms. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2013; 961:275-87. [DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-4756-6_23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Hershko K, Simhadri VL, Blaisdell A, Hunt RC, Newell J, Tseng SC, Hershko AY, Choi JW, Sauna ZE, Wu A, Bram RJ, Komar AA, Kimchi-Sarfaty C. Cyclosporin A impairs the secretion and activity of ADAMTS13 (a disintegrin and metalloprotease with thrombospondin type 1 repeat). J Biol Chem 2012; 287:44361-71. [PMID: 23144461 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m112.383968] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The protease ADAMTS13 (a disintegrin and metalloprotease with thrombospondin type 1 repeat) cleaves multimers of von Willebrand factor, thus regulating platelet aggregation. ADAMTS13 deficiency leads to the fatal disorder thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP). It has been observed that cyclosporin A (CsA) treatment, particularly in transplant patients, may sometimes be linked to the development of TTP. Until now, the reason for such a link was unclear. Here we provide evidence demonstrating that cyclophilin B (CypB) activity plays an important role in the secretion of active ADAMTS13. We found that CsA, an inhibitor of CypB, reduces the secretion of ADAMTS13 and leads to conformational changes in the protein resulting in diminished ADAMTS13 proteolytic activity. A direct, functional interaction between CypB (which possesses peptidyl-prolyl cis-trans isomerase (PPIase) and chaperone functions) and ADAMTS13 is demonstrated using immunoprecipitation and siRNA knockdown of CypB. Finally, CypB knock-out mice were found to have reduced ADAMTS13 levels. Taken together, our findings indicate that cyclophilin-mediated activity is an important factor affecting secretion and activity of ADAMTS13. The large number of proline residues in ADAMTS13 is consistent with the important role of cis-trans isomerization in the proper folding of this protein. These results altogether provide a novel mechanistic explanation for CsA-induced TTP in transplant patients.
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- Klilah Hershko
- Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Bethesda, Maryland 20982, USA
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Bergeron MJ, Bürzle M, Kovacs G, Simonin A, Hediger MA. Synthesis, maturation, and trafficking of human Na+-dicarboxylate cotransporter NaDC1 requires the chaperone activity of cyclophilin B. J Biol Chem 2011; 286:11242-53. [PMID: 21257749 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.171728] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Renal excretion of citrate, an inhibitor of calcium stone formation, is controlled mainly by reabsorption via the apical Na(+)-dicarboxylate cotransporter NaDC1 (SLC13A2) in the proximal tubule. Recently, it has been shown that the protein phosphatase calcineurin inhibitors cyclosporin A (CsA) and FK-506 induce hypocitraturia, a risk factor for nephrolithiasis in kidney transplant patients, but apparently through urine acidification. This suggests that these agents up-regulate NaDC1 activity. Using the Xenopus lævis oocyte and HEK293 cell expression systems, we examined first the effect of both anti-calcineurins on NaDC1 activity and expression. While FK-506 had no effect, CsA reduced NaDC1-mediated citrate transport by lowering heterologous carrier expression (as well as endogenous carrier expression in HEK293 cells), indicating that calcineurin is not involved. Given that CsA also binds specifically to cyclophilins, we determined next whether such proteins could account for the observed changes by examining the effect of selected cyclophilin wild types and mutants on NaDC1 activity and cyclophilin-specific siRNA. Interestingly, our data show that the cyclophilin isoform B is likely responsible for down-regulation of carrier expression by CsA and that it does so via its chaperone activity on NaDC1 (by direct interaction) rather than its rotamase activity. We have thus identified for the first time a regulatory partner for NaDC1, and have gained novel mechanistic insight into the effect of CsA on renal citrate transport and kidney stone disease, as well as into the regulation of membrane transporters in general.
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- Marc J Bergeron
- Unité de Neurobiologie Cellulaire, Centre de Recherche Université Laval Robert-Giffard, Québec, Canada.
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Elbaz B, Valitsky M, Davidov G, Rahamimoff H. Cyclophilin A Is Involved in Functional Expression of the Na+−Ca2+ Exchanger NCX1. Biochemistry 2010; 49:7634-42. [DOI: 10.1021/bi1008722] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Benayahu Elbaz
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, P.O. Box 12272, Jerusalem 91120, Israel
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, P.O. Box 12272, Jerusalem 91120, Israel
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, P.O. Box 12272, Jerusalem 91120, Israel
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, P.O. Box 12272, Jerusalem 91120, Israel
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Chen KG, Leapman RD, Zhang G, Lai B, Valencia JC, Cardarelli CO, Vieira WD, Hearing VJ, Gottesman MM. Influence of melanosome dynamics on melanoma drug sensitivity. J Natl Cancer Inst 2009; 101:1259-71. [PMID: 19704071 DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djp259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Malignant melanomas are intrinsically resistant to many conventional treatments, such as radiation and chemotherapy, for reasons that are poorly understood. Here we propose and test a model that explains drug resistance or sensitivity in terms of melanosome dynamics. METHODS The growth and sensitivity to cisplatin of MNT-1 cells, which are melanotic and enriched with mature stage III and IV melanosomes, and SK-MEL-28 cells, which have only immature stage I and II melanosomes, were compared using clonogenic assays. Differences in pigmentation, melanosome stages, melanosome number, and cellular structures in different cell lines in response to various treatments were examined by electron microscopy. The relative numbers of melanosomes of different stages were compared after treatment with 1-phenyl-2-thiourea. The relationship between drug transporter function and endogenous melanogenic toxicity was assessed by treating cells with the cyclosporin analog PSC-833 and by assessing vacuole formation and cell growth inhibition. All statistical tests were two-sided. RESULTS Endogenous melanogenic cytotoxicity, produced by damaged melanosomes, resulted in pronounced cell growth inhibition in MNT-1 cells compared with amelanotic SK-MEL-28 cells. The sensitivity to CDDP of MNT-1 cells was 3.8-fold higher than that of SK-MEL-28 cells (mean IC(50) for SK-MEL-28 and MNT-1 = 2.13 microM and 0.56 microM, respectively; difference = 1.57 microM, 95% confidence interval = 1.45 to 1.69; P = .0017). After treatment with 6.7 microM CDDP for 72 hours, the number of stage II-III melanosomes in surviving MNT-1 cells was 6.8-fold that of untreated cells. Modulation of MNT-1 cells to earlier-stage (II, II-III, III) melanosomes by treatment with the tyrosinase inhibitor 1-phenyl-2-thiourea dramatically increased CDDP resistance. Furthermore, PSC-833 principally suppressed MNT-1 melanotic cell growth via an elevation of autophagosome-like vacuolar structures, possibly by inhibiting melanosome membrane transporters. CONCLUSIONS Melanosome dynamics (including their biogenesis, density, status, and structural integrity) regulate the drug resistance of melanoma cells. Manipulation of melanosome functions may be an effective way to enhance the therapeutic activity of anticancer drugs against melanoma.
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- Kevin G Chen
- Laboratory of Cell Biology, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bldg 37, Rm 2108, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Elbaz B, Alperovitch A, Gottesman MM, Kimchi-Sarfaty C, Rahamimoff H. Modulation of Na+-Ca2+Exchanger Expression by Immunosuppressive Drugs Is Isoform-Specific. Mol Pharmacol 2008; 73:1254-63. [DOI: 10.1124/mol.107.041582] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Sabella C, Faszewski E, Himic L, Colpitts KM, Kaltenbach J, Burger MM, Fernàndez-Busquets X. Cyclosporin A Suspends Transplantation Reactions in the Marine SpongeMicrociona prolifera. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2007; 179:5927-35. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.179.9.5927] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Rahamimoff H, Elbaz B, Alperovich A, Kimchi-Sarfaty C, Gottesman MM, Lichtenstein Y, Eskin-Shwartz M, Kasir J. Cyclosporin A-dependent downregulation of the Na+/Ca2+ exchanger expression. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2007; 1099:204-14. [PMID: 17446460 DOI: 10.1196/annals.1387.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Cyclosporin A (CsA) is an immunosuppressive drug commonly given to transplant patients. Its application is accompanied by severe side effects related to calcium, among them hypertension and nephrotoxicity. The Na+/Ca2+ exchanger (NCX) is a major calcium regulator expressed in the surface membrane of all excitable and many nonexcitable tissues. Three genes, NCX1, NCX2, and NCX3 code for Na+/Ca2+ exchange activity. NCX1 gene products are the most abundant. We have shown previously that exposure of NCX1-transfected HEK 293 cells to CsA, leads to concentration-dependent reduction of Na+/Ca2+ exchange activity and surface expression, without a reduction in total cell-expressed NCX1 protein. We show now that the effect of CsA on NCX1 protein expression is not restricted to transfected cells overexpressing the NCX1 protein but exhibited also in cells expressing endogenously the NCX1 protein (L6, H9c2, and primary smooth muscle cells). Exposure of NCX2- and NCX3-transfected cells to CsA results also in reduction of Na+/Ca2+ exchange activity and surface expression, though the sensitivity to the drug was lower than in NCX1-transfected cells. Studying the molecular mechanism of CsA-NCX interaction suggests that cyclophilin (Cyp) is involved in NCX1 protein expression and its modulation by CsA. Deletion of 426 amino acids from the large cytoplasmic loop of the protein retains the CsA-dependent downregulation of the truncated NCX1 suggesting that CsA-Cyp-NCX interaction involves the remaining protein domains.
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- H Rahamimoff
- Department of Biochemistry, Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, 91120 Israel.
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RAHAMIMOFF HANNAH, REN XIAOYAN, KIMCHI-SARFATY CHAVA, AMBUDKAR SURESH, KASIR JUDITH. NCX1 Surface Expression. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2006. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2002.tb04739.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Romero JR, Rivera A, Lança V, Bicho MDP, Conlin PR, Ricupero DA. Na+/Ca2+ exchanger activity modulates connective tissue growth factor mRNA expression in transforming growth factor beta1- and Des-Arg10-kallidin-stimulated myofibroblasts. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:14378-84. [PMID: 15703175 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m410052200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta and des-Arg(10)-kallidin stimulate the expression of connective tissue growth factor (CTGF), a matrix signaling molecule that is frequently overexpressed in fibrotic disorders. Because the early signal transduction events regulating CTGF expression are unclear, we investigated the role of Ca(2+) homeostasis in CTGF mRNA expression in TGF-beta1- and des-Arg(10)-kallidin-stimulated human lung myofibroblasts. Activation of the kinin B1 receptor with des-Arg(10)-kallidin stimulated a rise in cytosolic Ca(2+) that was extracellular Na(+)-dependent and extracellular Ca(2+)-dependent. The des-Arg(10)-kallidin-stimulated increase of cytosolic Ca(2+) was blocked by KB-R7943, a specific inhibitor of Ca(2+) entry mode operation of the plasma membrane Na(+)/Ca(2+) exchanger. TGF-beta1 similarly stimulated a KB-R7943-sensitive increase of cytosolic Ca(2+) with kinetics distinct from the des-Arg(10)-kallidin-stimulated Ca(2+) response. We also found that KB-R7943 or 2',4'-dichlorobenzamil, an amiloride analog that inhibits the Na(+)/Ca(2+) exchanger activity, blocked the TGF-beta1- and des-Arg(10)-kallidin-stimulated increases of CTGF mRNA. Pretreatment with KB-R7943 also reduced the basal and TGF-beta1-stimulated levels of alpha1(I) collagen and alpha smooth muscle actin mRNAs. These data suggest that, in addition to regulating ion homeostasis, Na(+)/Ca(2+) exchanger acts as a signal transducer regulating CTGF, alpha1(I) collagen, and alpha smooth muscle actin expression. Consistent with a more widespread role for Na(+)/Ca(2+) exchanger in fibrogenesis, we also observed that KB-R7943 likewise blocked TGF-beta1-stimulated levels of CTGF mRNA in human microvascular endothelial and human osteoblast-like cells. We conclude that Ca(2+) entry mode operation of the Na(+)/Ca(2+) exchanger is required for des-Arg(10)-kallidin- and TGF-beta1-stimulated fibrogenesis and participates in the maintenance of the myofibroblast phenotype.
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- José R Romero
- Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Hypertension, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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Kahlert S, Reiser G. Swelling of mitochondria in cultured rat hippocampal astrocytes is induced by high cytosolic Ca(2+) load, but not by mitochondrial depolarization. FEBS Lett 2002; 529:351-5. [PMID: 12372627 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(02)03394-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The influence of cytosolic Ca(2+) load and of mitochondrial membrane potential change on mitochondrial morphology was investigated in cultured rat hippocampal astrocytes. The uncoupler FCCP, applied together with oligomycin, depolarized mitochondria rapidly but did not change their morphology. Depolarization was associated with a moderate cytosolic [Ca(2+)](i) rise of up to 0.3 microM. Only high cytosolic Ca(2+) load (above a threshold of 50 microM), which was evoked by application of the ionophore 4-Br-A23187 in Ca(2+)-containing medium, caused drastic change of mitochondrial morphology. The shape change from the typical rod-like to a spherical shape, indicating mitochondrial swelling, was associated with depolarization. Cyclosporin A sensitivity suggests involvement of permeability transition. Thus, a dramatic cytosolic [Ca(2+)](i) rise is required to induce mitochondrial swelling and depolarization. A large but still moderate [Ca(2+)](i) rise evoked by physiological stimulation, however, has no comparable effect.
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- Stefan Kahlert
- Medizinische Fakultät der Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg, Institut für Neurobiochemie, Leipziger Str. 44, 39120 Magdeburg, Germany
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