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Zhang X, Yang W, Blair D, Hu W, Yin M. RNA-seq analysis reveals changes in mRNA expression during development in Daphnia mitsukuri. BMC Genomics 2024; 25:302. [PMID: 38515024 PMCID: PMC10958850 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-024-10210-8] [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] [Received: 07/13/2023] [Accepted: 03/11/2024] [Indexed: 03/23/2024] Open
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Temporal transcriptional variation is a major contributor to functional evolution and the developmental process. Parthenogenetic water fleas of the genus Daphnia (Cladocera) provide an ideal model to characterize gene expression patterns across distinct developmental stages. Herein, we report RNA-seq data for female Daphnia mitsukuri at three developmental stages: the embryo, juvenile (three timepoints) and adult. Comparisons of gene expression patterns among these three developmental stages and weighted gene co-expression network analysis based on expression data across developmental stages identified sets of genes underpinning each of the developmental stages of D. mitsukuri. Specifically, highly expressed genes (HEGs) at the embryonic developmental stage were associated with cell proliferation, ensuring the necessary foundation for subsequent development; HEGs at the juvenile stages were associated with chemosensory perception, visual perception and neurotransmission, allowing individuals to enhance detection of potential environmental risks; HEGs at the adult stage were associated with antioxidative defensive systems, enabling adults to mount an efficient response to perceived environmental risks. Additionally, we found a significant overlap between expanded gene families of Daphnia species and HEGs at the juvenile stages, and these genes were associated with visual perception and neurotransmission. Our work provides a resource of developmental transcriptomes, and comparative analyses that characterize gene expression dynamics throughout development of Daphnia.
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- Xiuping Zhang
- MOE Key Laboratory for Biodiversity Science and Ecological Engineering, School of Life Science, Fudan University, Songhu Road 2005, Shanghai, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory for Biodiversity Science and Ecological Engineering, School of Life Science, Fudan University, Songhu Road 2005, Shanghai, China
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- College of Marine and Environmental Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville Qld, 4811, Australia
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- MOE Key Laboratory for Biodiversity Science and Ecological Engineering, School of Life Science, Fudan University, Songhu Road 2005, Shanghai, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory for Biodiversity Science and Ecological Engineering, School of Life Science, Fudan University, Songhu Road 2005, Shanghai, China.
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Roh KH, Lee Y, Yoon JH, Lee D, Kim E, Park E, Lee IY, Kim TS, Song HK, Shin J, Lim DS, Choi EJ. TRAF6-mediated ubiquitination of MST1/STK4 attenuates the TLR4-NF-κB signaling pathway in macrophages. Cell Mol Life Sci 2021; 78:2315-2328. [PMID: 32975614 PMCID: PMC11071754 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-020-03650-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2020] [Revised: 08/24/2020] [Accepted: 09/15/2020] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Pattern-recognition receptors including Toll-like receptors (TLRs) recognize invading pathogens and trigger an immune response in mammals. Here we show that mammalian ste20-like kinase 1/serine/threonine kinase 4 (MST1/STK4) functions as a negative regulator of lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced activation of the TLR4-NF-κB signaling pathway associated with inflammation. Myeloid-specific genetic ablation of MST1/STK4 increased the susceptibility of mice to LPS-induced septic shock. Ablation of MST1/STK4 also enhanced NF-κB activation triggered by LPS in bone marrow-derived macrophages (BMDMs), leading to increased production of proinflammatory cytokines by these cells. Furthermore, MST1/STK4 inhibited TRAF6 autoubiquitination as well as TRAF6-mediated downstream signaling induced by LPS. In addition, we found that TRAF6 mediates the LPS-induced activation of MST1/STK4 by catalyzing its ubiquitination, resulting in negative feedback regulation by MST1/STK4 of the LPS-induced pathway leading to cytokine production in macrophages. Together, our findings suggest that MST1/STK4 functions as a negative modulator of the LPS-induced NF-κB signaling pathway during macrophage activation.
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- Kyung-Hye Roh
- Department of Life Sciences, Korea University, Seoul, 02841, Korea
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- Department of Life Sciences, Korea University, Seoul, 02841, Korea
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, 29425, USA
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- Department of Life Sciences, Korea University, Seoul, 02841, Korea
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- Department of Life Sciences, Korea University, Seoul, 02841, Korea
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- Department of Life Sciences, Korea University, Seoul, 02841, Korea
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- Department of Life Sciences, Korea University, Seoul, 02841, Korea
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- Department of Life Sciences, Korea University, Seoul, 02841, Korea
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- Department of Life Sciences, Korea University, Seoul, 02841, Korea
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Samsung Biomedical Research Institute, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Suwon, 16419, Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences, National Creative Research Initiatives Center, Biomedical Research Center, Graduate School of Medical Science and Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, 305-701, Korea
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- Department of Life Sciences, Korea University, Seoul, 02841, Korea.
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Saisawang C, Wongsantichon J, Robinson RC, Ketterman AJ. Glutathione transferase Omega 1‐1 (GSTO1‐1) modulates Akt and MEK1/2 signaling in human neuroblastoma cell SH‐SY5Y. Proteins 2019; 87:588-595. [DOI: 10.1002/prot.25683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2018] [Revised: 01/21/2019] [Accepted: 03/13/2019] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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- Chonticha Saisawang
- Institute of Molecular BiosciencesMahidol University Salaya Nakhon Pathom Thailand
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- Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) Singapore Singapore
- Mahidol‐Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MORU) Bangkok Thailand
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- Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) Singapore Singapore
- Research Institute for Interdisciplinary ScienceOkayama University Okayama Japan
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- Institute of Molecular BiosciencesMahidol University Salaya Nakhon Pathom Thailand
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Lee IY, Lim JM, Cho H, Kim E, Kim Y, Oh HK, Yang WS, Roh KH, Park HW, Mo JS, Yoon JH, Song HK, Choi EJ. MST1 Negatively Regulates TNFα-Induced NF-κB Signaling through Modulating LUBAC Activity. Mol Cell 2019; 73:1138-1149.e6. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2019.01.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2018] [Revised: 11/20/2018] [Accepted: 01/14/2019] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Cabezas M, Camós M, Rives S, Garcia-Orad A, Lopez-Lopez E, Dapena JL, Caballín MR, Armengol G. Impact of polymorphisms in apoptosis-related genes on the outcome of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. Br J Haematol 2018; 185:159-162. [PMID: 29808934 DOI: 10.1111/bjh.15415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Maria Cabezas
- Unit of Biological Anthropology, Department of Animal Biology, Plant Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Biosciences, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain
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- Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu, Esplugues de Llobregat, Catalonia, Spain.,Haematology Laboratory, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu Barcelona, Esplugues de Llobregat, Catalonia, Spain.,National Biomedical Research Institute on Rare Diseases (CIBER ER), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu, Esplugues de Llobregat, Catalonia, Spain.,National Biomedical Research Institute on Rare Diseases (CIBER ER), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.,Paediatric Haematology and Oncology Department, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu Barcelona, Esplugues de Llobregat, Catalonia, Spain
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- Department of Genetics, Physic Anthropology and Animal Physiology, University of the Basque Country, UPV/EHU, Leioa, Bizkaia, Spain.,BioCruces Health Research Institute, Barakaldo, Bizkaia, Spain
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- Department of Genetics, Physic Anthropology and Animal Physiology, University of the Basque Country, UPV/EHU, Leioa, Bizkaia, Spain
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- Service of Paediatric Haematology and Oncology, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Unit of Biological Anthropology, Department of Animal Biology, Plant Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Biosciences, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain
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- Unit of Biological Anthropology, Department of Animal Biology, Plant Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Biosciences, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain
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CIB1 protects against MPTP-induced neurotoxicity through inhibiting ASK1. Sci Rep 2017; 7:12178. [PMID: 28939911 PMCID: PMC5610320 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-12379-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2016] [Accepted: 09/08/2017] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Calcium and integrin binding protein 1 (CIB1) is a calcium-binding protein that was initially identified as a binding partner of platelet integrin αIIb. Although CIB1 has been shown to interact with multiple proteins, its biological function in the brain remains unclear. Here, we show that CIB1 negatively regulates degeneration of dopaminergic neurons in a mouse model of Parkinson's disease using 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP). Genetic deficiency of the CIB1 gene enhances MPTP-induced neurotoxicity in dopaminergic neurons in CIB1-/- mice. Furthermore, RNAi-mediated depletion of CIB1 in primary dopaminergic neurons potentiated 1-methyl-4-phenyl pyrinidium (MPP+)-induced neuronal death. CIB1 physically associated with apoptosis signal-regulating kinase 1 (ASK1) and thereby inhibited the MPP+-induced stimulation of the ASK1-mediated signaling cascade. These findings suggest that CIB1 plays a protective role in MPTP/MPP+-induced neurotoxicity by blocking ASK1-mediated signaling.
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Wang W, Xu ZZ, Costanzo M, Boone C, Lange CA, Myers CL. Pathway-based discovery of genetic interactions in breast cancer. PLoS Genet 2017; 13:e1006973. [PMID: 28957314 PMCID: PMC5619706 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1006973] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2016] [Accepted: 08/10/2017] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Breast cancer is the second largest cause of cancer death among U.S. women and the leading cause of cancer death among women worldwide. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified several genetic variants associated with susceptibility to breast cancer, but these still explain less than half of the estimated genetic contribution to the disease. Combinations of variants (i.e. genetic interactions) may play an important role in breast cancer susceptibility. However, due to a lack of statistical power, the current tests for genetic interactions from GWAS data mainly leverage prior knowledge to focus on small sets of genes or SNPs that are known to have an association with breast cancer. Thus, many genetic interactions, particularly among novel variants, remain understudied. Reverse-genetic interaction screens in model organisms have shown that genetic interactions frequently cluster into highly structured motifs, where members of the same pathway share similar patterns of genetic interactions. Based on this key observation, we recently developed a method called BridGE to search for such structured motifs in genetic networks derived from GWAS studies and identify pathway-level genetic interactions in human populations. We applied BridGE to six independent breast cancer cohorts and identified significant pathway-level interactions in five cohorts. Joint analysis across all five cohorts revealed a high confidence consensus set of genetic interactions with support in multiple cohorts. The discovered interactions implicated the glutathione conjugation, vitamin D receptor, purine metabolism, mitotic prometaphase, and steroid hormone biosynthesis pathways as major modifiers of breast cancer risk. Notably, while many of the pathways identified by BridGE show clear relevance to breast cancer, variants in these pathways had not been previously discovered by traditional single variant association tests, or single pathway enrichment analysis that does not consider SNP-SNP interactions.
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- Wen Wang
- Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States of America
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- Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States of America
- HealthPartners Institute, Minneapolis, MN, United States of America
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- Donnelly Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Departments of Medicine and Pharmacology, Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States of America
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- Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States of America
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Raza MH, Siraj S, Arshad A, Waheed U, Aldakheel F, Alduraywish S, Arshad M. ROS-modulated therapeutic approaches in cancer treatment. J Cancer Res Clin Oncol 2017. [PMID: 28647857 DOI: 10.1007/s00432-017-2464-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 176] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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PURPOSE Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are produced in cancer cells as a result of increased metabolic rate, dysfunction of mitochondria, elevated cell signaling, expression of oncogenes and increased peroxisome activities. Certain level of ROS is required by cancer cells, above or below which lead to cytotoxicity in cancer cells. This biochemical aspect can be exploited to develop novel therapeutic agents to preferentially and selectively target cancer cells. METHODS We searched various electronic databases including PubMed, Web of Science, and Google Scholar for peer-reviewed english-language articles. Selected articles ranging from research papers, clinical studies, and review articles on the ROS production in living systems, its role in cancer development and cancer treatment, and the role of microbiota in ROS-dependent cancer therapy were analyzed. RESULTS This review highlights oxidative stress in tumors, underlying mechanisms of different relationships of ROS and cancer cells, different ROS-mediated therapeutic strategies and the emerging role of microbiota in cancer therapy. CONCLUSION Cancer cells exhibit increased ROS stress and disturbed redox homeostasis which lead to ROS adaptations. ROS-dependent anticancer therapies including ROS scavenging anticancer therapy and ROS boosting anticancer therapy have shown promising results in vitro as well as in vivo. In addition, response to cancer therapy is modulated by the human microbiota which plays a critical role in systemic body functions.
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- Muhammad Hassan Raza
- Department of Bioinformatics and Biotechnology, International Islamic University, Sector H-10, Islamabad, 44000, Pakistan.
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- Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Khyber Medical University (KMU), Peshawar, 25000, Pakistan
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- Department of Biology, PMAS-Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi, 46000, Pakistan
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- Department of Pathology and Blood Bank, Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Medical University, Islamabad, 44000, Pakistan
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11564, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11564, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Bioinformatics and Biotechnology, International Islamic University, Sector H-10, Islamabad, 44000, Pakistan
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Zhu R, Yang T, Kobeissy F, Mouhieddine TH, Raad M, Nokkari A, Gold MS, Wang KK, Mechref Y. The Effect of Chronic Methamphetamine Exposure on the Hippocampal and Olfactory Bulb Neuroproteomes of Rats. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0151034. [PMID: 27082425 PMCID: PMC4833297 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0151034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2015] [Accepted: 02/23/2016] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
Abstract
Nowadays, drug abuse and addiction are serious public health problems in the USA. Methamphetamine (METH) is one of the most abused drugs and is known to cause brain damage after repeated exposure. In this paper, we conducted a neuroproteomic study to evaluate METH-induced brain protein dynamics, following a two-week chronic regimen of an escalating dose of METH exposure. Proteins were extracted from rat brain hippocampal and olfactory bulb tissues and subjected to liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) analysis. Both shotgun and targeted proteomic analysis were performed. Protein quantification was initially based on comparing the spectral counts between METH exposed animals and their control counterparts. Quantitative differences were further confirmed through multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) LC-MS/MS experiments. According to the quantitative results, the expression of 18 proteins (11 in the hippocampus and 7 in the olfactory bulb) underwent a significant alteration as a result of exposing rats to METH. 13 of these proteins were up-regulated after METH exposure while 5 were down-regulated. The altered proteins belonging to different structural and functional families were involved in processes such as cell death, inflammation, oxidation, and apoptosis.
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- Rui Zhu
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, United States of America
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, United States of America
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- Department of Psychiatry, Center for Neuroproteomics and Biomarkers Research, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States of America
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- Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Faculty of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Department of Psychiatry, Center for Neuroproteomics and Biomarkers Research, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States of America
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- Department of Psychiatry, Center for Neuroproteomics and Biomarkers Research, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States of America
- * E-mail: (YM); (KKW)
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, United States of America
- * E-mail: (YM); (KKW)
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Roh KH, Choi EJ. TRAF2 functions as an activator switch in the reactive oxygen species-induced stimulation of MST1. Free Radic Biol Med 2016; 91:105-13. [PMID: 26698664 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2015.12.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2015] [Revised: 12/08/2015] [Accepted: 12/10/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Reactive oxygen species (ROS) have many physiological and pathological effects on diverse cellular events. In particular, excessive ROS causes oxidative stress that leads to cell death. The mammalian STE20-like kinase-1 (MST1), a multifunctional serine-threonine kinase, plays a pivotal role in oxidative stress-induced cellular signaling events. Tumor necrosis factor receptor (TNFR)-associated factor 2 (TRAF2) is also known to be essential for oxidative stress-induced cell death. Here, we showed that H2O2 induced the physical interaction between TRAF2 and MST1, and that this interaction promoted the homodimerization as well as the activation of MST1. Furthermore, TRAF2 was required for MST1 to mediate the H2O2-induced stimulation of c-Jun N-terminal kinase and p38 kinase as well as apoptosis. Taken together, our results suggest that TRAF2 functions as a key activator of MST1 in oxidative stress-induced intracellular signaling processes.
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- Kyung-Hye Roh
- Laboratory of Cell Death and Human Diseases, Department of Life Sciences, Korea University, Seoul 02841, South Korea
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- Laboratory of Cell Death and Human Diseases, Department of Life Sciences, Korea University, Seoul 02841, South Korea.
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Chen XY, Liu J, Zhang CD, Li YF, Liu TH, Wang L, Yu QY, Zhang YH, Lu C, Pan MH. The silkworm GSTe4 is sensitive to phoxim and protects HEK293 cells against UV-induced cell apoptosis. BULLETIN OF ENTOMOLOGICAL RESEARCH 2015; 105:399-407. [PMID: 25850432 DOI: 10.1017/s0007485315000279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Glutathione S-transferases (GSTs, EC 2.5.1.18) are a family of super enzymes with multiple functions that play a major role in the detoxification of endogenous and xenobiotic compounds. In our previous study, we have predicted 23 putative cytosolic GSTs in the silkworm genome using bioinformatic methods. In this study, we cloned and studied the insect-specific epsilon-class GST gene GSTe4 from the silkworm, Bombyx mori. The recombinant BmGSTe4 (Bac-BmGSTe4) was overexpressed in SF-9 cell lines, and it was found to have effective GST activity. We also found that the expression of BmGSTe4 was especially down-regulated after the silkworms were fumigated with or ingested phoxim. Moreover, BmGSTe4 protected HEK293 cells against UV-induced cell apoptosis. These results demonstrated that BmGSTe4 has GST activity, is sensitive to phoxim, and plays a role in inhibition of UV-induced cell apoptosis.
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- X Y Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology,Southwest University,Chongqing 400716,China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology,Southwest University,Chongqing 400716,China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology,Southwest University,Chongqing 400716,China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology,Southwest University,Chongqing 400716,China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology,Southwest University,Chongqing 400716,China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology,Southwest University,Chongqing 400716,China
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- The Institute of Agricultural and Life Sciences,Chongqing University,Chongqing 400044,China
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- The Sericultural Research Institute,Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Science,Sichuan 637000,China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology,Southwest University,Chongqing 400716,China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology,Southwest University,Chongqing 400716,China
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Polosukhin VV, Polosukhin IV, Hoskins A, Han W, Abdolrasulnia R, Blackwell TS, Dworski R. Glutathione S-transferase M1 modulates allergen-induced NF-κB activation in asthmatic airway epithelium. Allergy 2014; 69:1666-72. [PMID: 25118837 DOI: 10.1111/all.12506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/08/2014] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Glutathione S-transferase M1 (GSTM1) is a phase II enzyme and regulator of inflammatory signaling in airway epithelial cells. We have found upregulation of neutrophilic airway inflammation in atopic asthmatics expressing GSTM1 gene (GSTM1+) compared to GSTM1null asthmatics. We hypothesized that GSTM1 modulates NF-κB activation in bronchial epithelium in atopic asthmatics. We determined regulation of allergen-induced NF-κB activation in bronchial epithelium by GSTM1 in human atopic asthmatics in vivo. METHODS Endobronchial biopsies and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid samples were collected from 13 GSTM1+ and 12 GSTM1null human atopic asthmatics at baseline and 24 h after segmental allergen challenge. A quantitative analysis of NF-κB activation in airway epithelium was accomplished using a polyclonal antibody against the phosphorylated p65 component of NF-κB. Elastase-positive neutrophils in the bronchial wall were quantified. RESULTS Postallergen neutrophilia in airway subepithelium and epithelial lining fluid was greater in GSTM1+ compared to GSTM1null asthmatics. Airway eosinophilia was similar in GSTM1+ and GSTM1null asthmatics. Allergen-provoked NF-κB induction in bronchial epithelium was significantly greater in GSTM1+ compared to GSTM1null asthmatics. Activation of NF-κB activation in airway epithelial cells correlated with interleukin-8 concentrations and absolute neutrophil numbers in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid in GSTM1+ but not GSTM1null asthmatics. CONCLUSIONS Allergen-induced neutrophilic airway inflammation in GSTM1+ asthmatics is associated with NF-κB activation in airway epithelial cells in vivo. These novel data provide a potential mechanism of the genomic link between GSTM1 polymorphism and airway neutrophilia in atopic asthma.
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- V. V. Polosukhin
- Division of Allergy; Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine; Department of Medicine; Vanderbilt University School of Medicine; Nashville TN USA
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- The Vanderbilt Center for Science Outreach; Research Experience for High School Students; Nashville TN USA
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- Division of Allergy; Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine; Department of Medicine; Vanderbilt University School of Medicine; Nashville TN USA
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- Division of Allergy; Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine; Department of Medicine; Vanderbilt University School of Medicine; Nashville TN USA
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- Division of Allergy; Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine; Department of Medicine; Vanderbilt University School of Medicine; Nashville TN USA
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- Division of Allergy; Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine; Department of Medicine; Vanderbilt University School of Medicine; Nashville TN USA
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- Division of Allergy; Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine; Department of Medicine; Vanderbilt University School of Medicine; Nashville TN USA
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Micro-plasticity of genomes as illustrated by the evolution of glutathione transferases in 12 Drosophila species. PLoS One 2014; 9:e109518. [PMID: 25310450 PMCID: PMC4195677 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0109518] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2014] [Accepted: 09/03/2014] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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Glutathione transferases (GST) are an ancient superfamily comprising a large number of paralogous proteins in a single organism. This multiplicity of GSTs has allowed the copies to diverge for neofunctionalization with proposed roles ranging from detoxication and oxidative stress response to involvement in signal transduction cascades. We performed a comparative genomic analysis using FlyBase annotations and Drosophila melanogaster GST sequences as templates to further annotate the GST orthologs in the 12 Drosophila sequenced genomes. We found that GST genes in the Drosophila subgenera have undergone repeated local duplications followed by transposition, inversion, and micro-rearrangements of these copies. The colinearity and orientations of the orthologous GST genes appear to be unique in many of the species which suggests that genomic rearrangement events have occurred multiple times during speciation. The high micro-plasticity of the genomes appears to have a functional contribution utilized for evolution of this gene family.
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Sun Y, Wang Y, Yin Y, Chen X, Sun Z. GSTM3 reverses the resistance of hepatoma cells to radiation by regulating the expression of cell cycle/apoptosis-related molecules. Oncol Lett 2014; 8:1435-1440. [PMID: 25202346 PMCID: PMC4156186 DOI: 10.3892/ol.2014.2358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2013] [Accepted: 06/05/2014] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Radiotherapy (RT) is a major modality of hepatoma treatment. However, liver tumors often acquire radioresistance, which contributes to RT failure. The exact mechanisms of the radioresistance in hepatoma cells are largely unknown. Glutathione S-transferase M3 (GSTM3) is a phase II transferase, however, recent studies have suggested that GSTM3 is a potential tumor suppressor. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the role of GSTM3 in reversing radioresistance, and to explore the molecular mechanism of this in the human radiation-resistant PRF/PLC/5R hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cell line. The radioresistant PLC/PRF/5R cells were used as cell model, and were derived from PLC/PRF/5 parental cells using fractionated irradiation. The radiosensitivity of the cells was tested by clonogenic assay and flow cytometry analyses. The expression of B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia/lymphoma 2 (Bcl-2), Bax, p21, p27 and p53 was analyzed by quantitative polymerase chain reaction and immunoblotting with or without radiation. The results showed that the expression levels of GSTM3 were significantly lower in the PLC/PRF/5R cells than in the PLC/PRF/5 parental cells. GSTM3 overexpression sensitized the PLC/PRF/5R cells to radiation mainly though induction of apoptosis. According to the evidence from Annexin-V/PI staining, it markedly increased the percentage of apoptotic PRF/PLC/5R cells. The clonogenic assay indicated that GSTM3 significantly decreased the RT survival fraction in PRF/PLC/5R cells. Furthermore, GSTM3 increased the expression of cell cycle- and apoptosis-related genes (Bcl-2, Bax, p21, p27 and p53) in PRF/PLC/5R cells with irradiation. These findings suggest that GSTM3 plays an pivotal role in reversing the radioresistance of HCC and may be a potential target for sensitizing HCC cells to RT. The underlying mechanisms may be linked to the cell cycle arrest and apoptosis facilitation.
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- Ying Sun
- Department of Internal Medicine, Shandong Medical College, Jinan, Shandong 250002, P.R. China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, People's Hospital of Rizhao, Rizhao, Shandong 276825, P.R. China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, People's Hospital of Rizhao, Rizhao, Shandong 276825, P.R. China
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- The Health Education and Training Center of Shandong Province, Jinan, Shandong 250014, P.R. China
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Shandong Medical College, Jinan, Shandong 250002, P.R. China
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Koen YM, Sarma D, Hajovsky H, Galeva NA, Williams TD, Staudinger JL, Hanzlik RP. Protein targets of thioacetamide metabolites in rat hepatocytes. Chem Res Toxicol 2013; 26:564-74. [PMID: 23465048 PMCID: PMC3710294 DOI: 10.1021/tx400001x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Thioacetamide (TA) has long been known as a hepatotoxicant whose bioactivation requires S-oxidation to thioacetamide S-oxide (TASO) and then to the very reactive S,S-dioxide (TASO2). The latter can tautomerize to form acylating species capable of covalently modifying cellular nucleophiles including phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) lipids and protein lysine side chains. Isolated hepatocytes efficiently oxidize TA to TASO but experience little covalent binding or cytotoxicity because TA is a very potent inhibitor of the oxidation of TASO to TASO2. However, hepatocytes treated with TASO show extensive covalent binding to both lipids and proteins accompanied by extensive cytotoxicity. In this work, we treated rat hepatocytes with [(14)C]-TASO and submitted the mitochondrial, microsomal, and cytosolic fractions to 2DGE, which revealed a total of 321 radioactive protein spots. To facilitate the identification of target proteins and adducted peptides, we also treated cells with a mixture of TASO/[(13)C2D3]-TASO. Using a combination of 1DGE- and 2DGE-based proteomic approaches, we identified 187 modified peptides (174 acetylated, 50 acetimidoylated, and 37 in both forms) from a total of 88 nonredundant target proteins. Among the latter, 57 are also known targets of at least one other hepatotoxin. The formation of both amide- and amidine-type adducts to protein lysine side chains is in contrast to the exclusive formation of amidine-type adducts with PE phospholipids. Thiobenzamide (TB) undergoes the same two-step oxidative bioactivation as TA, and it also gives rise to both amide and amidine adducts on protein lysine side chains but only amidine adducts to PE lipids. Despite their similarity in functional group chemical reactivity, only 38 of 62 known TB target proteins are found among the 88 known targets of TASO. The potential roles of protein modification by TASO in triggering cytotoxicity are discussed in terms of enzyme inhibition, protein folding, and chaperone function, and the emerging role of protein acetylation in intracellular signaling and the regulation of biochemical pathways.
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- Yakov M. Koen
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045
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- Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045
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- Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045
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- Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045
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Hoskins A, Reiss S, Wu P, Chen N, Han W, Do RH, Abdolrasulnia R, Dworski R. Asthmatic airway neutrophilia after allergen challenge is associated with the glutathione S-transferase M1 genotype. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2013; 187:34-41. [PMID: 23204253 PMCID: PMC3570644 DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201204-0786oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2012] [Accepted: 11/12/2012] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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RATIONALE Asthma is a heterogeneous lung disorder characterized by airway inflammation and airway dysfunction, manifesting as hyperresponsiveness and obstruction. Glutathione S-transferase M1 (GSTM1) is a multifunctional phase II enzyme and regulator of stress-activated cellular signaling relevant to asthma pathobiology. A common homozygous deletion polymorphism of the GSTM1 gene eliminates enzyme activity. OBJECTIVES To determine the effect of GSTM1 on airway inflammation and reactivity in adults with established atopic asthma in vivo. METHODS Nineteen GSTM1 wild-type and eighteen GSTM1-null individuals with mild atopic asthma underwent methacholine and inhaled allergen challenges, and endobronchial allergen provocations through a bronchoscope. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS The influx of inflammatory cells, panels of cytokines and chemokines linked to asthmatic inflammation, F(2)-isoprostanes (markers of oxidative stress), and IgE were measured in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid at baseline and 24 hours after allergen instillation. Individuals with asthma with the GSTM1 wild-type genotype had greater baseline and allergen-provoked airway neutrophilia and concentrations of myeloperoxidase than GSTM1-null patients. In contrast, the eosinophilic inflammation was unaffected by GSTM1. The allergen-stimulated generation of acute-stress and proneutrophilic mediators, tumor necrosis factor-α, CXCL-8, IL-1β, and IL-6, was also greater in the GSTM1 wild-type patients. Moreover, post-allergen airway concentrations of IgE and neutrophil-generated mediators, matrix metalloproteinase-9, B-cell activating factor, transforming growth factor-β1, and elastase were higher in GSTM1 wild-type individuals with asthma. Total airway IgE correlated with B-cell activating factor concentrations. In contrast, levels of F(2)-isoprostane were comparable in both groups. Finally, GSTM1 wild-type individuals with asthma required lower threshold concentrations of allergen to produce bronchoconstriction. CONCLUSIONS The functional GSTM1 genotype promotes neutrophilic airway inflammation in humans with atopic asthma in vivo.
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- Aimee Hoskins
- Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee
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McElhanon KE, Bose C, Sharma R, Wu L, Awasthi YC, Singh SP. Gsta4 Null Mouse Embryonic Fibroblasts Exhibit Enhanced Sensitivity to Oxidants: Role of 4-Hydroxynonenal in Oxidant Toxicity. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013; 2. [PMID: 24353929 DOI: 10.4236/ojapo.2013.21001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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The alpha class glutathione s-transferase (GST) isozyme GSTA4-4 (EC2.5.1.18) exhibits high catalytic efficiency to-wards 4-hydroxynon-2-enal (4-HNE), a major end product of oxidative stress induced lipid peroxidation. Exposure of cells and tissues to heat, radiation, and chemicals has been shown to induce oxidative stress resulting in elevated concentrations of 4-HNE that can be detrimental to cell survival. Alternatively, at physiological levels 4-HNE acts as a signaling molecule conveying the occurrence of oxidative events initiating the activation of adaptive pathways. To examine the impact of oxidative/electrophilic stress in a model with impaired 4-HNE metabolizing capability, we disrupted the Gsta4 gene that encodes GSTA4-4 in mice. The effect of electrophile and oxidants on embryonic fibroblasts (MEF) isolated from wild type (WT) and Gsta4 null mice were examined. Results indicate that in the absence of GSTA4-4, oxidant-induced toxicity is potentiated and correlates with elevated accumulation of 4-HNE adducts and DNA damage. Treatment of Gsta4 null MEF with 1,1,4-tris(acetyloxy)-2(E)-nonene [4-HNE(Ac)3], a pro-drug form of 4-HNE, resulted in the activation and phosphorylation of the c-jun-N-terminal kinase (JNK), extracellular-signal-regulated kinases (ERK 1/2) and p38 mitogen activated protein kinases (p38 MAPK) accompanied by enhanced cleavage of caspase-3. Interestingly, when recombinant mammalian or invertebrate GSTs were delivered to Gsta4 null MEF, activation of stress-related kinases in 4-HNE(Ac)3 treated Gsta4 null MEF were inversely correlated with the catalytic efficiency of delivered GSTs towards 4-HNE. Our data suggest that GSTA4-4 plays a major role in protecting cells from the toxic effects of oxidant chemicals by attenuating the accumulation of 4-HNE.
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- Kevin E McElhanon
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, USA ; Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, Little Rock, USA
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- Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, Little Rock, USA ; Department of Internal Medicine, Nephrology Division, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, USA ; Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, Little Rock, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, USA ; Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, Little Rock, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Immunology, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, USA ; Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, Little Rock, USA
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Boušová I, Skálová L. Inhibition and induction of glutathione S-transferases by flavonoids: possible pharmacological and toxicological consequences. Drug Metab Rev 2012; 44:267-86. [PMID: 22998389 DOI: 10.3109/03602532.2012.713969] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Many studies reviewed herein demonstrated the potency of some flavonoids to modulate the activity and/or expression of glutathione S-transferases (GSTs). Because GSTs play a crucial role in the detoxification of xenobiotics, their inhibition or induction may significantly affect metabolism and biological effects of many drugs, industrials, and environmental contaminants. The effect of flavonoids on GSTs strongly depends on flavonoid structure, concentration, period of administration, as well as on GST isoform and origin. Moreover, the results obtained in vitro are often contrary to the vivo results. Based on these facts, the revelation of important flavonoid-drug or flavonoid-pollutant interaction has been complicated. However, it should be borne in mind that ingestion of certain flavonoids in combination with drugs or pollutants (e.g., acetaminophen, simvastatin, cyclophosphamide, cisplatine, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, chlorpyrifos, acrylamide, and isocyanates), which are GST substrates, could have significant pharmacological and toxicological consequences. Although reasonable consumptions of a flavonoids-rich diet (that may lead to GST induction) are mostly beneficial, the uncontrolled intake of high concentrations of certain flavonoids (e.g., quercetin and catechins) in dietary supplements (that may cause GST inhibition) may threaten human health.
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- Iva Boušová
- Department of Biochemical Sciences, Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Pharmacy, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic, European Union
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Wu W, Peden D, Diaz-Sanchez D. Role of GSTM1 in resistance to lung inflammation. Free Radic Biol Med 2012; 53:721-9. [PMID: 22683820 PMCID: PMC3418458 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2012.05.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2012] [Revised: 05/18/2012] [Accepted: 05/23/2012] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Lung inflammation resulting from oxidant/antioxidant imbalance is a common feature of many lung diseases. In particular, the role of enzymes regulated by the NF-E2-related factor 2 transcription factor has recently received increased attention. Among these antioxidant genes, glutathione S-transferase Mu 1 (GSTM1) has been most extensively characterized because it has a null polymorphism that is highly prevalent in the population and associated with increased risk of inflammatory lung diseases. Present evidence suggests that GSTM1 acts through interactions with other genes and environmental factors, especially air pollutants. Here, we review GSTM1 gene expression and regulation and summarize the findings from epidemiological, clinical, animal, and in vitro studies on the role played by GSTM1 in lung inflammation. We discuss limitations in the existing knowledge base and future perspectives and evaluate the potential of pharmacologic and genetic manipulation of the GSTM1 gene to modulate pulmonary inflammatory responses.
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- Weidong Wu
- Department of Pediatrics, Center for Environmental Medicine, Asthma, and Lung Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 7599, USA.
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Clipson AJ, Bhat VT, McNae I, Caniard AM, Campopiano DJ, Greaney MF. Bivalent enzyme inhibitors discovered using dynamic covalent chemistry. Chemistry 2012; 18:10562-70. [PMID: 22782854 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201201507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2012] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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A bivalent dynamic covalent chemistry (DCC) system has been designed to selectively target members of the homodimeric glutathione-S-transferase (GST) enzyme family. The dynamic covalent libraries (DCLs) use aniline-catalysed acylhydrazone exchange between bivalent hydrazides and glutathione-conjugated aldehydes and the bis-hydrazides act as linkers to bridge between each glutathione binding site. The resultant DCLs were found to be compatible and highly responsive to templating with different GST isozymes, with the best results coming from the M and Schistosoma japonicum (Sj) class of GSTs, targets in cancer and tropical disease, respectively. The approach yielded compounds with selective, nanomolar affinity (K(i) =61 nM for mGSTM1-1) and demonstrates that DCC can be used to simultaneously interrogate binding sites on different subunits of a dimeric protein.
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- Alexandra J Clipson
- School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, King's Buildings, West Mains Rd., Edinburgh, UK
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Are glutathione S transferases involved in DNA damage signalling? Interactions with DNA damage and repair revealed from molecular epidemiology studies. Mutat Res 2012; 736:130-7. [PMID: 22450146 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2012.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2012] [Accepted: 03/08/2012] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Glutathione S-transferases (GSTs) are members of a multigene family of isoenzymes that are important in the control of oxidative stress and in phase II metabolism. Acting non-enzymically, GSTs can modulate signalling pathways of cell proliferation, cell differentiation and apoptosis. Using a molecular epidemiology approach, we have investigated a potential involvement of GSTs in DNA damage processing, specifically the modulation of DNA repair in a group of 388 healthy adult volunteers; 239 with at least 5 years of occupational exposure to asbestos, stone wool or glass fibre, and 149 reference subjects. We measured DNA damage in lymphocytes using the comet assay (alkaline single cell gel electrophoresis): strand breaks (SBs) and alkali-labile sites, oxidised pyrimidines with endonuclease III, and oxidised purines with formamidopyrimidine DNA glycosylase. We also measured GST activity in erythrocytes, and the capacity for base excision repair (BER) in a lymphocyte extract. Polymorphisms in genes encoding three GST isoenzymes were determined, namely deletion of GSTM1 and GSTT1 and single nucleotide polymorphism Ile105Val in GSTP1. Consumption of vegetables and wine correlated negatively with DNA damage and modulated BER. GST activity correlated with oxidised bases and with BER capacity, and differed depending on polymorphisms in GSTP1, GSTT1 and GSTM1. A significantly lower BER rate was associated with the homozygous GSTT1 deletion in all asbestos site subjects and in the corresponding reference group. Multifactorial analysis revealed effects of sex and exposure in GSTP1 Ile/Val heterozygotes but not in Ile/Ile homozygotes. These variants affected also SBs levels, mainly by interactions of GSTP1 genotype with exposure, with sex, and with smoking habit; and by an interaction between sex and smoking. Our results show that GST polymorphisms and GST activity can apparently influence DNA stability and repair of oxidised bases, suggesting a potential new role for these proteins in DNA damage processing via DNA damage signalling.
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Protein arginine methylation, catalyzed by protein arginine methyltransferases (PRMTs), is implicated in modulation of cellular processes including gene transcription. The role of PRMTs in the regulation of intracellular signaling pathways has remained obscure, however. We now show that PRMT1 methylates apoptosis signal-regulating kinase 1 (ASK1) at arginine residues 78 and 80 and thereby negatively regulates ASK1 signaling. PRMT1-mediated ASK1 methylation attenuated the H(2)O(2)-induced stimulation of ASK1, with this inhibitory effect of PRMT1 being abolished by replacement of arginines 78 and 80 of ASK1 with lysine. Furthermore, depletion of PRMT1 expression by RNA interference potentiated H(2)O(2)-induced stimulation of ASK1. PRMT1-mediated ASK1 methylation promoted the interaction between ASK1 and its negative regulator thioredoxin, whereas it abrogated the association of ASK1 with its positive regulator TRAF2. Moreover, PRMT1 depletion potentiated paclitaxel-induced ASK1 activation and apoptosis in human breast cancer cells. Together, our results indicate that arginine methylation of ASK1 by PRMT1 contributes to the regulation of stress-induced signaling that controls a variety of cellular events including apoptosis.
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Yun HJ, Yoon JH, Lee JK, Noh KT, Yoon KW, Oh SP, Oh HJ, Chae JS, Hwang SG, Kim EH, Maul GG, Lim DS, Choi EJ. Daxx mediates activation-induced cell death in microglia by triggering MST1 signalling. EMBO J 2011; 30:2465-76. [PMID: 21572393 DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2011.152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2010] [Revised: 04/18/2011] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Microglia, the resident macrophages of the mammalian central nervous system, migrate to sites of tissue damage or infection and become activated. Although the persistent secretion of inflammatory mediators by the activated cells contributes to the pathogenesis of various neurological disorders, most activated microglia eventually undergo apoptosis through the process of activation-induced cell death (AICD). The molecular mechanism of AICD, however, has remained unclear. Here, we show that Daxx and mammalian Ste20-like kinase-1 (MST1) mediate apoptosis elicited by interferon-γ (IFN-γ) in microglia. IFN-γ upregulated the expression of Daxx, which in turn mediated the homodimerization, activation, and nuclear translocation of MST1 and apoptosis in microglial cells. Depletion of Daxx or MST1 by RNA interference also attenuated IFN-γ-induced cell death in primary rat microglia. Furthermore, the extent of IFN-γ-induced death of microglia in the brain of MST1-null mice was significantly reduced compared with that apparent in wild-type mice. Our results thus highlight new functions of Daxx and MST1 that they are the key mediators of microglial cell death initiated by the proinflammatory cytokine IFN-γ.
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- Hee Jae Yun
- School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Korea University, Seoul, Korea
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Yoon JH, Choi EJ, Parker R. Dcp2 phosphorylation by Ste20 modulates stress granule assembly and mRNA decay in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010; 189:813-27. [PMID: 20513766 PMCID: PMC2878948 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200912019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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The Ste20 kinase targets the decapping enzyme Dcp2 during stress responses, allowing accumulation of Dcp2 in P-bodies and the formation of stress granules. Translation and messenger RNA (mRNA) degradation are important sites of gene regulation, particularly during stress where translation and mRNA degradation are reprogrammed to stabilize bulk mRNAs and to preferentially translate mRNAs required for the stress response. During stress, untranslating mRNAs accumulate both in processing bodies (P-bodies), which contain some translation repressors and the mRNA degradation machinery, and in stress granules, which contain mRNAs stalled in translation initiation. How signal transduction pathways impinge on proteins modulating P-body and stress granule formation and function is unknown. We show that during stress in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Dcp2 is phosphorylated on serine 137 by the Ste20 kinase. Phosphorylation of Dcp2 affects the decay of some mRNAs and is required for Dcp2 accumulation in P-bodies and specific protein interactions of Dcp2 and for efficient formation of stress granules. These results demonstrate that Ste20 has an unexpected role in the modulation of mRNA decay and translation and that phosphorylation of Dcp2 is an important control point for mRNA decapping.
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- Je-Hyun Yoon
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
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Laborde E. Glutathione transferases as mediators of signaling pathways involved in cell proliferation and cell death. Cell Death Differ 2010; 17:1373-80. [DOI: 10.1038/cdd.2010.80] [Citation(s) in RCA: 265] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Hosono N, Kishi S, Iho S, Urasaki Y, Yoshida A, Kurooka H, Yokota Y, Ueda T. Glutathione S-transferase M1 inhibits dexamethasone-induced apoptosis in association with the suppression of Bim through dual mechanisms in a lymphoblastic leukemia cell line. Cancer Sci 2010; 101:767-73. [PMID: 20067466 PMCID: PMC11159052 DOI: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.2009.01432.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Glutathione S-transferase mu (GSTM1) is mainly known as a detoxification enzyme but it has also been shown to be a negative regulator of apoptosis-related signaling cascades. Recently GSTM1 has been reported to be a significant risk factor for hematological relapse in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia, although the underlying mechanism remains largely unknown. Glucocorticoids play a crucial role in the treatment of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia, therefore we hypothesized that GSTM1 plays important roles in glucocorticoid-induced apoptotic pathways. To clarify the relationship between GSTM1 and drug resistance, GSTM1 was transfected into a T-acute lymphoblastic leukemia cell line, CCRF-CEM (CEM), and we established the GSTM1-expressing cell lines CEM/M1-4 and CEM/M1-9. Transduction of GSTM1 into CEM selectively decreased cellular sensitivity to dexamethasone in a manner that was independent of glutathione conjugation, but was due to apoptosis inhibition. Dexamethasone-induced p38-MAPK and Bim activation were concomitantly suppressed. Interestingly, nuclear factor kappa b (NF-kappaB) p50 activity was upregulated in GSTM1-expressing CEM. Inhibition of NF-kappaB by the pharmacological agent BAY11-7082 greatly enhanced the sensitivity of the GSTM1-expressing CEM to dexamethasone and was accompanied by an increase in Bim expression. Thus, we propose that GSTM1, a novel regulator of dexamethasone-induced apoptosis, causes dexamethasone resistance by suppression of Bim through dual mechanisms of both downregulation of p38-MAPK and upregulation of NF-kappaB p50.
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- Naoko Hosono
- First Department of Internal Medicine, University of Fukui, Matsuoka, Eiheiji, Fukui, Japan
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CIB1 functions as a Ca(2+)-sensitive modulator of stress-induced signaling by targeting ASK1. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2009; 106:17389-94. [PMID: 19805025 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0812259106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Calcium and integrin binding protein 1 (CIB1) is a Ca(2+)-binding protein of 22 kDa that was initially identified as a protein that interacts with integrin alpha(IIb). Although it interacts with various proteins and has been implicated in diverse cellular functions, the molecular mechanism by which CIB1 regulates intracellular signaling networks has remained unclear. We now show that, by targeting apoptosis signal-regulating kinase 1 (ASK1), CIB1 negatively regulates stress-activated MAPK signaling pathways. CIB1 was thus shown to bind to ASK1, to interfere with the recruitment of TRAF2 to ASK1, and to inhibit the autophosphorylation of ASK1 on threonine-838, thereby blocking ASK1 activation. Furthermore, CIB1 mitigated apoptotic cell death initiated either by TNF-alpha in breast cancer MCF7 cells or by 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA) in dopaminergic cells. Ca(2+) influx induced by membrane depolarization reversed the inhibitory effect of CIB1 on 6-OHDA-induced ASK1 activation and cell death in dopaminergic neurons. These observations thus suggest that CIB1 functions as a Ca(2+)-sensitive negative regulator of ASK1-mediated signaling events.
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Lee ER, Kang YJ, Choi HY, Kang GH, Kim JH, Kim BW, Han YS, Nah SY, Paik HD, Park YS, Cho SG. Induction of apoptotic cell death by synthetic naringenin derivatives in human lung epithelial carcinoma A549 cells. Biol Pharm Bull 2008; 30:2394-8. [PMID: 18057732 DOI: 10.1248/bpb.30.2394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Although flavonoids, which are both qualitatively and quantitatively one of the largest groups of natural products, exhibit a variety of beneficial health effects, the exact molecular mechanism of the cellular activities is still not fully explained and there currently exists a lack of evidence for any relationship between the structure-activity relationship and apoptosis-inducing activity. In order to determine the importance of the OH group or substitution of the 5 or carbon-7 in the diphenylpropane skeleton of flavonoids, we originally synthesized several modified naringenin derivatives, including 7-O-benzyl naringenin (KUF-1) and 7-O-(MeO-L-Leu-D-Pro-carbonylmethyl) naringenin (KUF-7). Treatment with KUF-1 or KUF-7 resulted in significant apoptosis-inducing effects concomitant with chromatin condensation, caspase activation, and intracellular ROS production. Our data indicate that originally synthesized naringenin derivatives, KUF-1 and KUF-7 differentially regulate the apoptosis of A549 cells via intracellular ROS production coupled with the concomitant activation of the caspase cascade signaling pathway, thereby implying that hydroxylation or substitution at Carbon-7 is critical for the apoptosis-inducing activity of flavonoids.
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- Eung-Ryoung Lee
- Department of Animal Biotechnology, RCTCP, Konkuk University, Seoul 143- 701, Korea
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Lee ER, Kang YJ, Kim HJ, Choi HY, Kang GH, Kim JH, Kim BW, Jeong HS, Park YS, Cho SG. Regulation of apoptosis by modified naringenin derivatives in human colorectal carcinoma RKO cells. J Cell Biochem 2008; 104:259-73. [DOI: 10.1002/jcb.21622] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Enomoto A, Kido N, Ito M, Morita A, Matsumoto Y, Takamatsu N, Hosoi Y, Miyagawa K. Negative regulation of MEKK1/2 signaling by serine-threonine kinase 38 (STK38). Oncogene 2007; 27:1930-8. [PMID: 17906693 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1210828] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) are activated through the kinase cascades of MAPK, MAPK kinase (MAPKK) and MAPKK kinase (MAPKKK). MAPKKKs phosphorylate and activate their downstream MAPKKs, which in turn phosphorylate and activate their downstream MAPKs. MAPKKK proteins relay upstream signals through the MAPK cascades to induce cellular responses. However, the molecular mechanisms by which given MAPKKKs are regulated remain largely unknown. Here, we found that serine-threonine protein kinase 38, STK38, physically interacts with the MAPKKKs MEKK1 and MEKK2 (MEKK1/2). The carboxy terminus, including the catalytic domain, but not the amino terminus of MEKK1/2 was necessary for the interaction with STK38. STK38 inhibited MEKK1/2 activation without preventing MEKK1/2 binding to its substrate, SEK1. Importantly, STK38 suppressed the autophosphorylation of MEKK2 without interfering with MEKK2 dimer formation, and converted MEKK2 from its phosphorylated to its nonphosphorylated form. The negative regulation of MEKK1/2 was not due to its phosphorylation by STK38. On the other hand, stk38 short hairpin RNA enhanced sorbitol-induced activation of MEKK2 and phosphorylation of the downstream MAPKKs, MKK3/6. Taken together, our results indicate that STK38 negatively regulates the activation of MEKK1/2 by direct interaction with the catalytic domain of MEKK1/2, suggesting a novel mechanism of MEKK1/2 regulation.
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- A Enomoto
- Section of Radiation Biology, Center for Disease Biology and Integrative Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
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Druckova A, Mernaugh RL, Ham AJL, Marnett LJ. Identification of the Protein Targets of the Reactive Metabolite of Teucrin A in Vivo in the Rat. Chem Res Toxicol 2007; 20:1393-408. [PMID: 17892266 DOI: 10.1021/tx7001405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Covalent modification of proteins is associated with the toxicity of many electrophiles, and the identification of relevant in vivo protein targets is a desirable but challenging goal. Here, we describe a strategy for the enrichment of adducted proteins utilizing single-chain fragment variable (ScFv) antibodies selected using phage-display technology. Teucrin A is a furan-containing diterpenoid found in the herb germander that is primarily responsible for the herb's hepatotoxicity in rodents and humans following metabolic activation by cytochrome P450 enzymes. Conjugates of the 1,4-enedial derivative of teucrin A, its presumed toxic metabolite, with lysine- and cysteine-containing peptides were synthesized and used to select ScFvs from a rodent phage-displayed library, which recognized the terpenoid moiety of the teucrin-derived adducts. Immunoaffinity isolation of adducted proteins from rat liver homogenates following administration of a toxic dose of teucrin A afforded a family of proteins that were identified by liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry. Of the 46 proteins identified in this study, most were of mitochondrial and endoplasmic reticulum origin. Several cytosolic proteins were found, as well as four peroxisomal and two secreted proteins. Using Ingenuity Pathway Analysis software, two significant networks involving the target genes were identified that had major functions in gene expression, small molecule biochemistry, and cellular function and maintenance. These included proteins involved in lipid, amino acid, and drug metabolism. This study illustrates the utility of chemically synthesized biological conjugates of reactive intermediates and the potential of the phage display technology for the generation of affinity reagents for the isolation of adducted proteins.
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- Alexandra Druckova
- Department of Biochemistry, A. B. Hancock Jr. Memorial Laboratory for Cancer Research, Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology, Center in Molecular Toxicology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232-0146, USA
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Elchuri S, Naeemuddin M, Sharpe O, Robinson WH, Huang TT. Identification of biomarkers associated with the development of hepatocellular carcinoma in CuZn superoxide dismutase deficient mice. Proteomics 2007; 7:2121-9. [PMID: 17514684 PMCID: PMC2729784 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.200601011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2006] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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To identify biomarkers associated with the development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in CuZn superoxide dismutase (CuZnSOD, Sod1) deficient mice, 2-DE followed by MS analysis was carried out with liver samples obtained from 18-month-old Sod1-/- and +/+ mice. The intracellular Ca binding protein, regucalcin (RGN), showed a divergent alteration in Sod1-/- samples. Whereas elevated RGN levels were observed in -/- samples with no obvious neoplastic changes, marked reduction in RGN was observed in -/- samples with fully developed HCC. GST mu1 (GSTM1), on the other hand, showed a significant increase only in the neoplastic regions obtained from Sod1-/- livers. No change in GSTM1 was observed in the surrounding normal tissues. Marked reduction was observed in two intracellular lipid transporters, fatty acid binding protein 1 (FABP1) and major urinary protein 11 and 8 (MUP 11&8), in Sod1-/- samples. Analysis of additional samples at 18-22 months of age showed a three-fold increase in enolase activities in Sod1-/- livers. Consistent with previous findings, carbonic anhydrase 3 (CAIII) levels were significantly reduced in Sod1-/- samples, and immunohistochemical analysis revealed that the reduction was not homogenous throughout the lobular structure in the liver.
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- Sailaja Elchuri
- Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Immunology and Rheumatology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Immunology and Rheumatology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
- GRECC, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
- GRECC, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA, USA
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Kim EK, Noh KT, Yoon JH, Cho JH, Yoon KW, Dreyfuss G, Choi EJ. Positive regulation of ASK1-mediated c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase signaling pathway by the WD-repeat protein Gemin5. Cell Death Differ 2007; 14:1518-28. [PMID: 17541429 DOI: 10.1038/sj.cdd.4402157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Gemin5 is a 170-kDa WD-repeat-containing protein that was initially identified as a component of the survival of motor neurons (SMN) complex. We now show that Gemin5 facilitates the activation of apoptosis signal-regulating kinase 1 (ASK1) and downstream signaling. Gemin5 physically interacted with ASK1 as well as with the downstream kinases SEK1 and c-Jun NH(2)-terminal kinase (JNK1), and it potentiated the H(2)O(2)-induced activation of each of these kinases in intact cells. Moreover, Gemin5 promoted the binding of ASK1 to SEK1 and to JNK1, as well as the ASK1-induced activation of JNK1. In comparison, Gemin5 did not physically associate with MKK7, MKK3, MKK6, or p38. Furthermore, depletion of endogenous Gemin5 by RNA interference (RNAi) revealed that Gemin5 contributes to the activation of ASK1 and JNK1, and to apoptosis induced by H(2)O(2) and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNFalpha) in HeLa cells. Together, our results suggest that Gemin5 functions as a scaffold protein for the ASK1-JNK1 signaling module and thereby potentiates ASK1-mediated signaling events.
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- E K Kim
- School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Korea University, Seoul, South Korea
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Lee ER, Kim JH, Kang YJ, Cho SG. The anti-apoptotic and anti-oxidant effect of eriodictyol on UV-induced apoptosis in keratinocytes. Biol Pharm Bull 2007; 30:32-7. [PMID: 17202655 DOI: 10.1248/bpb.30.32] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Recently, considerable scientific and therapeutic interest has focused on the structure and functions of the flavonoids. In a previous study, we suggested that hydroxyl (OH) substitutions on specific carbons in the skeleton of the flavonoids might significantly affect their apoptosis-modulating properties. Here, to investigate the effect of various OH substitutions on their diphenylpropane (C6C3C6) skeleton carbons, we selected 10 different flavonoids and assessed their role on UV-induced apoptosis of human keratinocytes, the principal cell type of epidermis. The results showed that 5,7,3',4'-tetrahydroxylflavanone (eriodictyol) and 3,4'-dihydroxy flavone (3,4'-DHF) had a positive effect on cell proliferation of human HaCaT keratinocytes. Treatment with eriodictyol in particular resulted in significant suppression of cell death induced by ultraviolet (UV) light, a major skin-damaging agent. We found that eriodictyol treatment apparently reduced the percentage of apoptotic cells and the cleavage of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase, concomitant with the repression of caspase-3 activation and reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation. The anti-apoptotic and anti-oxidant effects of eriodictyol were also confirmed in UV-induced cell death of normal human epidermal keratinocyte (NHEK) cells. Taken together, these findings suggest that eriodictyol can be used to protect keratinocytes from UV-induced damage, implying the presence of a complex structure-activity relationship (SAR) in the differential apoptosis-modulating activities of various flavonoids.
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- Eung-Ryoung Lee
- Department of Animal Biotechnology and Bio/Molecular Informatics Center, Konkuk University, Seoul, Korea
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Lee ER, Kim JY, Kang YJ, Ahn JY, Kim JH, Kim BW, Choi HY, Jeong MY, Cho SG. Interplay between PI3K/Akt and MAPK signaling pathways in DNA-damaging drug-induced apoptosis. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2006; 1763:958-68. [PMID: 16905201 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2006.06.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 141] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2006] [Revised: 06/09/2006] [Accepted: 06/20/2006] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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In order to elucidate the role of the mitogen-activated protein kinases, including JNK, p38 MAPK and ERK, as well as the survival-associated PI3K/Akt signaling pathway, in the response to chemotherapy, we have conducted a comparative study regarding the effects of doxorubicin on these pathways. Doxorubicin was determined to elicit the apoptosis of NIH3T3 cells in a dose-dependent manner. Prior to cell death, both Akt and p38 MAPK were transiently activated, and subsequently inactivated almost wholly, whereas ERK and JNK evidenced sustained activations in response to the drug treatment. The inhibition of PI3K/Akt and p38 MAPK both accelerated and enhanced doxorubicin-induced apoptosis and ERK inhibition apparently exerted negative effect on apoptosis. The modulation of PI3K/Akt activation by treatment of LY294002 or expression of Akt mutants such as Akt-DN or Myr-Akt exerted a significant effect on the activation of ERK1/2. We also observed that PI3K/Akt and sustained ERK activation were associated intimately with the etoposide-induced apoptosis. Taken together, our results clearly suggest that the differential regulation of the PI3K/Akt, ERK1/2, and p38 MAPK signaling pathways are crucial in the context of DNA-damaging drug-induced apoptosis, and this has compelled us to propose that the sustained activation of ERK1/2 pathway may be generally involved in the apoptosis induced by anticancer DNA-damaging drugs, including doxorubicin and etoposide.
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- Eung-Ryoung Lee
- Department of Animal Biotechnology and Bio/Molecular Informatics Center, BORC/IBST, and RCTCP, Konkuk University, Seoul, 143-701, South Korea
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NICHOLAS AH, HYSON RL. Afferent regulation of oxidative stress in the chick cochlear nucleus. Neuroscience 2006; 140:1359-68. [PMID: 16650604 PMCID: PMC1847353 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2006.03.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2005] [Revised: 02/28/2006] [Accepted: 03/12/2006] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The chick auditory brain stem has been a useful model system for examining the afferent-dependent signals that regulate postsynaptic neurons. Like other sensory systems, compromised afferent input results in rapid death and atrophy of postsynaptic neurons. The present paper explores the possible contributions of an oxidative stress pathway in determining neuronal fate following deafferentation. Levels of reactive oxygen species, lipid damage measured by 4-hydroxynonenal formation, and a compensatory reactive oxygen species-induced response regulated by glutathione s transferase M1 and the reactive oxygen species-sensitive transcriptional factor, nuclear respiratory factor 1 were examined. Unilateral cochlea removal surgery was performed on young posthatch chicks. Labeling in the cochlear nucleus, nucleus magnocellularis, on opposite sides of the same tissue sections were compared by densitometry. The results showed a dramatic increase in reactive oxygen species in the deafferented nucleus magnocellularis by 6 h following cochlea removal. This increase in reactive oxygen species was accompanied by lipid damage and a compensatory upregulation of both glutathione s transferase M1 and nuclear respiratory factor 1. Double-labeling revealed that glutathione s transferase M1 expression was highest in neurons that were likely to survive deafferentation, as assessed immunocytochemically with Y10b, a marker for ribosomal integrity. Together, these data suggest reactive oxygen species are generated and a compensatory detoxifying pathway is upregulated in the first few hours following deafferentation. This is consistent with the hypothesis that oxidative stress plays a role in determining whether a given neuron survives following deafferentation.
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- *Corresponding author. Tel: +1-850-644-5824; fax: +1-850-644-7739. E-mail address: (R. L. Hyson)
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Wu Y, Fan Y, Xue B, Luo L, Shen J, Zhang S, Jiang Y, Yin Z. Human glutathione S-transferase P1-1 interacts with TRAF2 and regulates TRAF2-ASK1 signals. Oncogene 2006; 25:5787-800. [PMID: 16636664 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1209576] [Citation(s) in RCA: 172] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Human glutathione S-transferase P1-1 (GSTP1-1) is an ubiquitously expressed protein that plays an important role in the detoxification and xenobiotics metabolism. It has been shown that GSTP1-1 interacts with c-Jun NH(2)-terminal kinase (JNK) and suppresses its activity. Here, we report a novel function of GSTP1-1 in regulating tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha)-triggered signaling. The present experiments showed that GSTP1-1 physically associated with tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated factor 2 (TRAF2) in vivo and in vitro. Overexpression of GSTP1-1 inhibited TRAF2-induced activation of both JNK and p38 but not of nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB). Glutathione S-transferase P1-1 also attenuated TRAF2-enhanced apoptosis signal-regulating kinase 1 (ASK1) autophosphorylation and inhibited TRAF2-ASK1-induced cell apoptosis by suppressing the interaction of TRAF2 and ASK1. Conversely, silencing of GSTP1-1 expression through RNA interference (RNAi) resulted in increase of TNF-alpha-dependent TRAF2-ASK1 association followed by hyper-activation of ASK1 and JNK. A mutant GSTP1-1 lacking TRAF domain-binding motif exhibited a significant decline of capacity to bind TRAF2 and block TRAF2-ASK1 signaling compared with the wild type of GSTP1-1. Moreover, the glutathione-conjugating activity of GSTP1-1 was not involved in the regulation of TRAF2 signaling. These findings indicate that GSTP1-1 plays an important regulatory role in TNF-alpha-induced signaling by forming ligand-binding interactions with TRAF2, which provides a new insight for analysing the protective effects of GSTP1-1 in tumor cells.
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- Y Wu
- Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory for Molecular and Medical Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, JiangSu, People's Republic of China
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Bekris LM, Shephard C, Peterson M, Hoehna J, Van Yserloo B, Rutledge E, Farin F, Kavanagh TJ, Lernmark A. Glutathione-s-transferase M1 and T1 polymorphisms and associations with type 1 diabetes age-at-onset. Autoimmunity 2006; 38:567-75. [PMID: 16390810 DOI: 10.1080/08916930500407238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is an autoimmune disease characterized by pancreatic beta cell destruction involving auto-reactive T-cells, pro-inflammatory cytokines, reactive oxygen species (ROS) and loss of insulin. Monozygotic twin studies show a 20-60% concordance with T1D indicating there may be an environmental component to the disease. Glutathione (GSH) is the major endogenous antioxidant produced by the cell. GSH participates directly in the neutralization of free radicals and plays a role in the immune response. Glutathione-s-transferases (GSTs) conjugate GSH to free-radicals or xenobiotics. GST activity depletes GSH levels and may either detoxify or enhance the toxicity of a compound. Glutathione-s-transferase mu 1 (GSTM1) and glutathione-s-transferase theta 1 (GSTT1) have polymorphic homozygous deletion (null) genotypes resulting in complete absence of enzyme activity. GSTM1 and GSTT1 null genotypes in Caucasian populations have frequencies of approximately 40-60% and 15-20%, respectively. GST null genotypes have been associated with susceptibility to cancer and protection against chronic pancreatitis. The aim of this study was to investigate associations with GSTM1 and GSTT1 polymorphisms in a group T1D patients and control subjects 0-35 years old who participated in the Combined Swedish Childhood Diabetes Registry and Diabetes Incidence Study (1986-1988). Results show that the presence of the GSTM1 and not the null genotype (OR, 2.13 95% CI, 1.23-3.70, p-value, 0.007, Bonferroni corrected p-value, 0.035) may be a susceptibility factor in T1D 14-20 years old. These results suggest that the GSTM1 null genotype is associated with T1D protection and T1D age-at-onset and that susceptibility to T1D may involve GST conjugation.
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- Lynn M Bekris
- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington, Box 357710, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
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Burg D, Riepsaame J, Pont C, Mulder G, van de Water B. Peptide-bond modified glutathione conjugate analogs modulate GSTπ function in GSH-conjugation, drug sensitivity and JNK signaling. Biochem Pharmacol 2006; 71:268-77. [PMID: 16337611 DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2005.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2005] [Revised: 10/30/2005] [Accepted: 11/02/2005] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Glutathione S-transferase pi (GST, E.C.2.5.1.18) overexpression contributes to resistance of cancer cells towards cytostatic drugs. Furthermore, GSTpi is involved in the cellular stress response through inhibition of Jun N-terminal-kinase (JNK), a process that can be modulated by GST inhibitors. GSH conjugates are potent GST inhibitors, but are sensitive towards gamma-glutamyltranspeptidase (gammaGT)-mediated breakdown. In search for new peptidase stable GST inhibitors we employed the following strategy: (1) selection of a suitable (GST inhibiting) peptide-bond isostere from a series of previously synthesized gammaGT stabilized GSH-analogs. (2) The use of this peptidomimetic strategy to prepare a GSTpi selective inhibitor. Two gammaGT stable GSH conjugate analogs inhibited human GSTs, although non-selectively. One of these, a urethane-type peptide-bond is well accepted by GSTs and we selected this modification for the development of a gammaGT stable, GSTpi selective inhibitor, UrPhg-Et(2). This compound displayed selectivity for GSTpi compared to alpha and mu class enzymes. Furthermore, the inhibitor reversed GSTpi-mediated drug resistance (MDR) in breast tumor cells. In addition, short-term exposure of cells to UrPhg-Et(2) led to GSTpi oligomerization and JNK activation, suggesting that it activates the JNK-cJun signaling module through GSTpi dissociation. Altogether, we show the successful use of peptidomimetic glutathione conjugate analogs as GST inhibitors and MDR-modifiers. As many MDR related enzymes, such as MRP1, glyoxalase 1 and DNA-pk are also inhibited by GSH conjugates, these peptidomimetic compounds can be used as scaffolds for the development of multi-target MDR drugs.
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- Danny Burg
- Division of Toxicology, Leiden/Amsterdam Center for Drug Research, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9502, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
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Ayyadevara S, Engle MR, Singh SP, Dandapat A, Lichti CF, Benes H, Shmookler Reis RJ, Liebau E, Zimniak P. Lifespan and stress resistance of Caenorhabditis elegans are increased by expression of glutathione transferases capable of metabolizing the lipid peroxidation product 4-hydroxynonenal. Aging Cell 2005; 4:257-71. [PMID: 16164425 DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-9726.2005.00168.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Caenorhabditis elegans expresses a glutathione transferase (GST) belonging to the Pi class, for which we propose the name CeGSTP2-2. CeGSTP2-2 (the product of the gst-10 gene) has the ability to conjugate the lipid peroxidation product 4-hydroxynonenal (4-HNE). Transgenic C. elegans strains were generated in which the 5'-flanking region and promoter of gst-10 were placed upstream of gst-10 and mGsta4 cDNAs, respectively. mGsta4 encodes the murine mGSTA4-4, an enzyme with particularly high catalytic efficiency for 4-HNE. The localization of both transgenes was similar to that of native CeGSTP2-2. The 4-HNE-conjugating activity in worm lysates increased in the order: control<mGsta4 transgenic<gst-10 transgenic; and the amount of 4-HNE-protein adducts decreased in the same order, indicating that the transgenic enzymes were active and effective in limiting electrophilic damage by 4-HNE. Stress resistance and lifespan were measured in transgenic animals (five independent lines each) and were compared with two independent control lines. Resistance to paraquat, heat shock, ultraviolet irradiation and hydrogen peroxide was greater in transgenic strains. Median lifespan of mGsta4 and gst-10 transgenic strains vs. control strains was increased by 13% and 22%, respectively. In addition to the cause-effect relationship between GST expression and lifespan observed in the transgenic lines, correlative evidence was also obtained in a series of congenic lines of C. elegans in which lifespan paralleled the 4-HNE-conjugating activity in whole-animal lysates. We conclude that electrophilic damage by 4-HNE may contribute to organismal aging.
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- Srinivas Ayyadevara
- Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, and Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, Little Rock, AR 72205, USA
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Lee ER, Kang YJ, Kim JH, Lee HT, Cho SG. Modulation of Apoptosis in HaCaT Keratinocytes via Differential Regulation of ERK Signaling Pathway by Flavonoids. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:31498-507. [PMID: 16014620 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m505537200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The exact molecular mechanisms underlying the cellular effects associated with various flavonoids have yet to be fully explained. In the present study, we have administered several flavonoids to human HaCaT keratinocytes and determined that 3,4'-dihydroxy flavone (3,4'-DHF) exerts a slight stimulatory effect on cell growth, although other flavonoids, including kaempferol, quercetin, and isorhamnetin, exhibited growth inhibitory properties. 3,4'-DHF was found to exert an anti-apoptotic effect on etoposide-induced cell death of HaCaT keratinocytes. We were also able to determine that sustained ERK activation was intimately associated with the etoposide-induced apoptosis of HaCaT cells, and treatment with 3,4'-DHF induced a significant suppression of etoposide-induced ERK activation, concomitant with the repression of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase or the cleavage of pro-caspase 3. ERK overexpression significantly overrode the anti-apoptotic function of 3,4'-DHF, but this was not true of ERK-DN. Moreover, treatment with 3,4'-DHF resulted in the protection of cells from H2O2-induced cell death and exerted an apparent suppressive effect on the stress-induced generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS). Finally, we showed that 3,4'-DHF almost completely abolished kaempferol-induced apoptosis, coupled with a concomitant suppression of both intracellular ROS generation and the activation of ERK. Taken together, our data clearly indicate that a host of phytochemicals, including etoposide and a variety of flavonoids, differentially regulate the apoptosis of human HaCaT keratinocytes via the differential modulation of intracellular ROS production, coupled with the concomitant activation of the ERK signaling pathway. According to these results, we are able to conclude the distinct structure-activity relationship between several flavonoids.
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- Eung-Ryoung Lee
- Department of Animal Biotechnology, Bio/Molecular Informatics Center, Konkuk University, Seoul 143-701, South Korea
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Coles BF, Kadlubar FF. Human Alpha Class Glutathione S‐Transferases: Genetic Polymorphism, Expression, and Susceptibility to Disease. Methods Enzymol 2005; 401:9-42. [PMID: 16399377 DOI: 10.1016/s0076-6879(05)01002-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Abstract
The human alpha class glutathione S-transferases (GSTs) consist of 5 genes, hGSTA1-hGSTA5, and 7 pseudogenes on chromosome 6p12.1-6p12.2. hGSTA1-hGSTA4 have been well characterized as proteins, but hGSTA5 has not been detected as a gene product. hGSTA1-1 (and to a lesser extent hGSTA2-2) catalyzes the GSH-dependent detoxification of carcinogenic metabolites of environmental pollutants and tobacco smoke (e.g., polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon diolepoxides) and several alkylating chemotherapeutic agents and has peroxidase activity toward fatty acid hydroperoxides (FA-OOH) and phosphatidyl FA-OOH. hGSTA3-3 has high activity for the GSH-dependent Delta(5)-Delta(4) isomerization of steroids, and hGSTA4-4 has high activity for the GSH conjugation of 4-hydroxynonenal. hGSTA4 is expressed in many tissues; hGSTA1-1 and hGSTA2-2 are expressed at high levels in liver, intestine, kidney, adrenal gland, and testis; and hGSTA3 is expressed in steroidogenic tissues. Functional, allelic, single nucleotide polymorphisms occur in an SP1-binding element of hGSTA1 and in the coding regions of hGSTA2 and hGSTA3. The main effects of these polymorphisms are the low hepatic expression of hGSTA1 in individuals homozygous for hGSTA1*B and the low specific activity of the hGSTA2E-2E variant toward FA-OOH. These properties suggest that alpha class GSTs will be involved in susceptibility to diseases with an environmental component (such as cancer, asthma, and cardiovascular disease) and in response to chemotherapy. Although hGSTM1, hGSTT1, and hGSTP1 have been associated with such diseases (on the basis of genetic polymorphisms as indicators of expression), alpha class GSTs have been little studied in this respect. Nevertheless, hGSTA1*B has been associated with increased susceptibility to colorectal cancer and with increased efficacy of chemotherapy for breast cancer. Methods for identification and quantitation of human alpha class GST protein, mRNA, and genotype are reviewed, and the potential for GST-alpha in plasma to be used as a marker for hepatic expression and induction is discussed.
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Affiliation(s)
- Brian F Coles
- Division of Pharmacogenomics and Molecular Epidemiology, National Center for Toxicological Research, Jefferson, Arkansas, USA
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