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Anghel N, Müller J, Serricchio M, Jelk J, Bütikofer P, Boubaker G, Imhof D, Ramseier J, Desiatkina O, Păunescu E, Braga-Lagache S, Heller M, Furrer J, Hemphill A. Cellular and Molecular Targets of Nucleotide-Tagged Trithiolato-Bridged Arene Ruthenium Complexes in the Protozoan Parasites Toxoplasma gondii and Trypanosoma brucei. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms221910787. [PMID: 34639127 PMCID: PMC8509533 DOI: 10.3390/ijms221910787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2021] [Revised: 09/29/2021] [Accepted: 10/02/2021] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
Abstract
Toxoplasma gondii is an apicomplexan parasite that infects and proliferates within many different types of host cells and infects virtually all warm-blooded animals and humans. Trypanosoma brucei is an extracellular kinetoplastid that causes human African trypanosomiasis and Nagana disease in cattle, primarily in rural sub-Saharan Africa. Current treatments against both parasites have limitations, e.g., suboptimal efficacy and adverse side effects. Here, we investigate the potential cellular and molecular targets of a trithiolato-bridged arene ruthenium complex conjugated to 9-(2-hydroxyethyl)-adenine (1), which inhibits both parasites with IC50s below 10−7 M. Proteins that bind to 1 were identified using differential affinity chromatography (DAC) followed by shotgun-mass spectrometry. A trithiolato-bridged ruthenium complex decorated with hypoxanthine (2) and 2-hydroxyethyl-adenine (3) were included as controls. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) revealed distinct ultrastructural modifications in the mitochondrion induced by (1) but not by (2) and (3) in both species. DAC revealed 128 proteins in T. gondii and 46 proteins in T. brucei specifically binding to 1 but not 2 or 3. In T. gondii, the most abundant was a protein with unknown function annotated as YOU2. This protein is a homolog to the human mitochondrial inner membrane translocase subunit Tim10. In T. brucei, the most abundant proteins binding specifically to 1 were mitochondrial ATP-synthase subunits. Exposure of T. brucei bloodstream forms to 1 resulted in rapid breakdown of the ATP-synthase complex. Moreover, both datasets contained proteins involved in key steps of metabolism and nucleic acid binding proteins.
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- Nicoleta Anghel
- Institute of Parasitology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland; (N.A.); (G.B.); (D.I.); (J.R.)
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- Institute of Parasitology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland; (N.A.); (G.B.); (D.I.); (J.R.)
- Correspondence: (J.M.); (A.H.)
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland; (M.S.); (J.J.); (P.B.)
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland; (M.S.); (J.J.); (P.B.)
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland; (M.S.); (J.J.); (P.B.)
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- Institute of Parasitology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland; (N.A.); (G.B.); (D.I.); (J.R.)
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- Institute of Parasitology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland; (N.A.); (G.B.); (D.I.); (J.R.)
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- Institute of Parasitology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland; (N.A.); (G.B.); (D.I.); (J.R.)
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- Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland; (O.D.); (E.P.); (J.F.)
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- Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland; (O.D.); (E.P.); (J.F.)
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- Proteomics and Mass Spectrometry Core Facility, Department for BioMedical Research (DBMR), University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland; (S.B.-L.); (M.H.)
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- Proteomics and Mass Spectrometry Core Facility, Department for BioMedical Research (DBMR), University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland; (S.B.-L.); (M.H.)
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- Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland; (O.D.); (E.P.); (J.F.)
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- Institute of Parasitology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland; (N.A.); (G.B.); (D.I.); (J.R.)
- Correspondence: (J.M.); (A.H.)
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Li M, Zhang CS, Feng JW, Wei X, Zhang C, Xie C, Wu Y, Hawley SA, Atrih A, Lamont DJ, Wang Z, Piao HL, Hardie DG, Lin SC. Aldolase is a sensor for both low and high glucose, linking to AMPK and mTORC1. Cell Res 2020; 31:478-481. [PMID: 33349646 PMCID: PMC8115481 DOI: 10.1038/s41422-020-00456-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2020] [Accepted: 11/25/2020] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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- Mengqi Li
- State Key Laboratory for Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, 361102, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, 361102, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, 361102, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, 361102, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, 361102, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, 361102, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, 361102, China
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- Division of Cell Signalling and Immunology, College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, DD1 5EH, Dundee, Scotland, UK
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- Fingerprints Proteomics Facility, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, DD1 5EH, Dundee, Scotland, UK
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- Fingerprints Proteomics Facility, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, DD1 5EH, Dundee, Scotland, UK
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- Department of Molecular & Cellular Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Research Institute, City of Hope Medical Center, Duarte, CA, 91010, USA
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, Liaoning, 116023, China
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- Division of Cell Signalling and Immunology, College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, DD1 5EH, Dundee, Scotland, UK
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- State Key Laboratory for Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, 361102, China.
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Huddleston JP, Thoden JB, Dopkins BJ, Narindoshvili T, Fose BJ, Holden HM, Raushel FM. Structural and Functional Characterization of YdjI, an Aldolase of Unknown Specificity in Escherichia coli K12. Biochemistry 2019; 58:3340-3353. [PMID: 31322866 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.9b00326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
Abstract
The ydj gene cluster is found in 80% of sequenced Escherichia coli genomes and other closely related species in the human microbiome. On the basis of the annotations of the enzymes located in this cluster, it is expected that together they catalyze the catabolism of an unknown carbohydrate. The focus of this investigation is on YdjI, which is in the ydj gene cluster of E. coli K-12. It is predicted to be a class II aldolase of unknown function. Here we describe a structural and functional characterization of this enzyme. YdjI catalyzes the hydrogen/deuterium exchange of the pro-S hydrogen at C3 of dihydroxyacetone phosphate (DHAP). In the presence of DHAP, YdjI catalyzes an aldol condensation with a variety of aldo sugars. YdjI shows a strong preference for higher-order (seven-, eight-, and nine-carbon) monosaccharides with specific hydroxyl stereochemistries and a negatively charged terminus (carboxylate or phosphate). The best substrate is l-arabinuronic acid with an apparent kcat of 3.0 s-1. The product, l-glycero-l-galacto-octuluronate-1-phosphate, has a kcat/Km value of 2.1 × 103 M-1 s-1 in the retro-aldol reaction with YdjI. This is the first recorded synthesis of l-glycero-l-galacto-octuluronate-1-phosphate and six similar carbohydrates. The crystal structure of YdjI, determined to a nominal resolution of 1.75 Å (Protein Data Bank entry 6OFU ), reveals unusual positions for two arginine residues located near the active site. Computational docking was utilized to distinguish preferable binding orientations for l-glycero-l-galacto-octuluronate-1-phosphate. These results indicate a possible alternative binding orientation for l-glycero-l-galacto-octuluronate-1-phosphate compared to that observed in other class II aldolases, which utilize shorter carbohydrate molecules.
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- Jamison P Huddleston
- Department of Chemistry , Texas A&M University , College Station , Texas 77843 , United States
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- Department of Biochemistry , University of Wisconsin-Madison , Madison , Wisconsin 53706 , United States
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- Department of Biochemistry , University of Wisconsin-Madison , Madison , Wisconsin 53706 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , Texas A&M University , College Station , Texas 77843 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , Texas A&M University , College Station , Texas 77843 , United States
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- Department of Biochemistry , University of Wisconsin-Madison , Madison , Wisconsin 53706 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , Texas A&M University , College Station , Texas 77843 , United States
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