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Kreitzer MA, Vredeveld M, Tinner K, Powell AM, Schantz AW, Leininger R, Merillat R, Gongwer MW, Tchernookova BK, Malchow RP. ATP-mediated increase in H + efflux from retinal Müller cells of the axolotl. J Neurophysiol 2024; 131:124-136. [PMID: 38116604 PMCID: PMC11286307 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00321.2023] [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: 08/25/2023] [Revised: 11/17/2023] [Accepted: 12/13/2023] [Indexed: 12/21/2023] Open
Abstract
Previous work has shown that activation of tiger salamander retinal radial glial cells by extracellular ATP induces a pronounced extracellular acidification, which has been proposed to be a potent modulator of neurotransmitter release. This study demonstrates that low micromolar concentrations of extracellular ATP similarly induce significant H+ effluxes from Müller cells isolated from the axolotl retina. Müller cells were enzymatically isolated from axolotl retina and H+ fluxes were measured from individual cells using self-referencing H+-selective microelectrodes. The increased H+ efflux from axolotl Müller cells induced by extracellular ATP required activation of metabotropic purinergic receptors and was dependent upon calcium released from internal stores. We further found that the ATP-evoked increase in H+ efflux from Müller cells of both tiger salamander and axolotl were sensitive to pharmacological agents known to interrupt calmodulin and protein kinase C (PKC) activity: chlorpromazine (CLP), trifluoperazine (TFP), and W-7 (all calmodulin inhibitors) and chelerythrine, a PKC inhibitor, all attenuated ATP-elicited increases in H+ efflux. ATP-initiated H+ fluxes of axolotl Müller cells were also significantly reduced by amiloride, suggesting a significant contribution by sodium-hydrogen exchangers (NHEs). In addition, α-cyano-4-hydroxycinnamate (4-cin), a monocarboxylate transport (MCT) inhibitor, also reduced the ATP-induced increase in H+ efflux in both axolotl and tiger salamander Müller cells, and when combined with amiloride, abolished ATP-evoked increase in H+ efflux. These data suggest that axolotl Müller cells are likely to be an excellent model system to understand the cell-signaling pathways regulating H+ release from glia and the role this may play in modulating neuronal signaling.NEW & NOTEWORTHY Glial cells are a key structural part of the tripartite synapse and have been suggested to regulate synaptic transmission, but the regulatory mechanisms remain unclear. We show that extracellular ATP, a potent glial cell activator, induces H+ efflux from axolotl retinal Müller (glial) cells through a calcium-dependent pathway that is likely to involve calmodulin, PKC, Na+/H+ exchange, and monocarboxylate transport, and suggest that such H+ release may play a key role in modulating neuronal transmission.
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- Matthew A Kreitzer
- Department of Biology, Indiana Wesleyan University, Marion, Indiana, United States
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- Department of Biology, Indiana Wesleyan University, Marion, Indiana, United States
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- Department of Biology, Indiana Wesleyan University, Marion, Indiana, United States
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- Department of Biology, Indiana Wesleyan University, Marion, Indiana, United States
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- Department of Biology, Indiana Wesleyan University, Marion, Indiana, United States
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- Department of Biology, Indiana Wesleyan University, Marion, Indiana, United States
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- Department of Biology, Indiana Wesleyan University, Marion, Indiana, United States
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- Department of Biology, Indiana Wesleyan University, Marion, Indiana, United States
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Department of Psychology, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
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Léger C, Pitard I, Sadi M, Carvalho N, Brier S, Mechaly A, Raoux-Barbot D, Davi M, Hoos S, Weber P, Vachette P, Durand D, Haouz A, Guijarro JI, Ladant D, Chenal A. Dynamics and structural changes of calmodulin upon interaction with the antagonist calmidazolium. BMC Biol 2022; 20:176. [PMID: 35945584 PMCID: PMC9361521 DOI: 10.1186/s12915-022-01381-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2022] [Accepted: 07/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Calmodulin (CaM) is an evolutionarily conserved eukaryotic multifunctional protein that functions as the major sensor of intracellular calcium signaling. Its calcium-modulated function regulates the activity of numerous effector proteins involved in a variety of physiological processes in diverse organs, from proliferation and apoptosis, to memory and immune responses. Due to the pleiotropic roles of CaM in normal and pathological cell functions, CaM antagonists are needed for fundamental studies as well as for potential therapeutic applications. Calmidazolium (CDZ) is a potent small molecule antagonist of CaM and one the most widely used inhibitors of CaM in cell biology. Yet, CDZ, as all other CaM antagonists described thus far, also affects additional cellular targets and its lack of selectivity hinders its application for dissecting calcium/CaM signaling. A better understanding of CaM:CDZ interaction is key to design analogs with improved selectivity. Here, we report a molecular characterization of CaM:CDZ complexes using an integrative structural biology approach combining SEC-SAXS, X-ray crystallography, HDX-MS, and NMR. RESULTS We provide evidence that binding of a single molecule of CDZ induces an open-to-closed conformational reorientation of the two domains of CaM and results in a strong stabilization of its structural elements associated with a reduction of protein dynamics over a large time range. These CDZ-triggered CaM changes mimic those induced by CaM-binding peptides derived from physiological protein targets, despite their distinct chemical natures. CaM residues in close contact with CDZ and involved in the stabilization of the CaM:CDZ complex have been identified. CONCLUSION Our results provide molecular insights into CDZ-induced dynamics and structural changes of CaM leading to its inhibition and open the way to the rational design of more selective CaM antagonists. Calmidazolium is a potent and widely used inhibitor of calmodulin, a major mediator of calcium-signaling in eukaryotic cells. Structural characterization of calmidazolium-binding to calmodulin reveals that it triggers open-to-closed conformational changes similar to those induced by calmodulin-binding peptides derived from enzyme targets. These results provide molecular insights into CDZ-induced dynamics and structural changes of CaM leading to its inhibition and open the way to the rational design of more selective CaM antagonists.
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- Corentin Léger
- Biochemistry of Macromolecular Interactions Unit, Department of Structural Biology and Chemistry, CNRS UMR3528, Institut Pasteur, Paris, 75015, France
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- Biological NMR and HDX-MS Technological Platform, CNRS UMR3528, Université Paris Cité, Institut Pasteur, Paris, 75015, France
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- Biochemistry of Macromolecular Interactions Unit, Department of Structural Biology and Chemistry, CNRS UMR3528, Institut Pasteur, Paris, 75015, France
- Université Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- Biochemistry of Macromolecular Interactions Unit, Department of Structural Biology and Chemistry, CNRS UMR3528, Institut Pasteur, Paris, 75015, France
- Université Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- Biological NMR and HDX-MS Technological Platform, CNRS UMR3528, Université Paris Cité, Institut Pasteur, Paris, 75015, France
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- Plate-forme de Cristallographie-C2RT, Université Paris Cité, CNRS UMR3528, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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- Biochemistry of Macromolecular Interactions Unit, Department of Structural Biology and Chemistry, CNRS UMR3528, Institut Pasteur, Paris, 75015, France
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- Biochemistry of Macromolecular Interactions Unit, Department of Structural Biology and Chemistry, CNRS UMR3528, Institut Pasteur, Paris, 75015, France
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- Plateforme de Biophysique Moléculaire, Université Paris Cité, CNRS UMR3528, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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- Plate-forme de Cristallographie-C2RT, Université Paris Cité, CNRS UMR3528, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), 91198, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), 91198, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Plate-forme de Cristallographie-C2RT, Université Paris Cité, CNRS UMR3528, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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- Biological NMR and HDX-MS Technological Platform, CNRS UMR3528, Université Paris Cité, Institut Pasteur, Paris, 75015, France
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- Biochemistry of Macromolecular Interactions Unit, Department of Structural Biology and Chemistry, CNRS UMR3528, Institut Pasteur, Paris, 75015, France.
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- Biochemistry of Macromolecular Interactions Unit, Department of Structural Biology and Chemistry, CNRS UMR3528, Institut Pasteur, Paris, 75015, France.
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Disalvo A, Frias MA. Surface Characterization of Lipid Biomimetic Systems. MEMBRANES 2021; 11:membranes11110821. [PMID: 34832050 PMCID: PMC8621788 DOI: 10.3390/membranes11110821] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2021] [Revised: 10/21/2021] [Accepted: 10/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
Zeta potential and dipole potential measures are direct operational methodologies to determine the adsorption, insertion and penetration of ions, amphipathic and neutral compounds into the membranes of cells and model systems. From these results, the contribution of charged and dipole groups can be deduced. However, although each method may give apparent affinity or binding constants, care should be taken to interpret them in terms of physical meaning because they are not independent properties. On the base of a recent model in which the lipid bilayer is considered as composed by two interphase regions at each side of the hydrocarbon core, this review describes how dipole potential and zeta potential are correlated due to water reorganization. From this analysis, considering that in a cell the interphase region the membrane extends to the cell interior or overlaps with the interphase region of another supramolecular structure, the correlation of dipole and electrostatic forces can be taken as responsible of the propagation of perturbations between membrane and cytoplasm and vice versa. Thus, this picture gives the membrane a responsive character in addition to that of a selective permeability barrier when integrated to a complex system.
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Liao CL, Hu N, Sun XY, Zhou Q, Tian M, Cao Y, Lyu HB. Identification and validation of tumor microenvironment-related lncRNA prognostic signature for uveal melanoma. Int J Ophthalmol 2021; 14:1151-1159. [PMID: 34414077 DOI: 10.18240/ijo.2021.08.03] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2020] [Accepted: 03/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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AIM To investigate the role of tumor microenvironment (TME)-related long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) in uveal melanoma (UM), probable prognostic signature and potential small molecule drugs using bioinformatics analysis. METHODS UM expression profile data were downloaded from the Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) and bioinformatics methods were used to find prognostic lncRNAs related to UM immune cell infiltration. The gene expression profile data of 80 TCGA specimens were analyzed using the single sample Gene Set Enrichment Analysis (ssGSEA) method, and the immune cell infiltration of a single specimen was evaluated. Finally, the specimens were divided into high and low infiltration groups. The differential expression between the two groups was analyzed using the R package 'edgeR'. Univariate, multivariate and Least Absolute Shrinkage and Selection Operator (LASSO) Cox regression analyses were performed to explore the prognostic value of TME-related lncRNAs. Gene Ontology and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) functional analyses were also performed. The Connectivity Map (CMap) data set was used to screen molecular drugs that may treat UM. RESULTS A total of 2393 differentially expressed genes were identified and met the criteria for the low and high immune cell infiltration groups. Univariate Cox analysis of lncRNA genes with differential expression identified 186 genes associated with prognosis. Eight prognostic markers of TME-included lncRNA genes were established as potentially independent prognostic elements. Among 269 differentially expressed lncRNAs, 69 were up-regulated and 200 were down-regulated. Univariate Cox regression analysis of the risk indicators and clinical characteristics of the 8 lncRNA gene constructs showed that age, TNM stage, tumor base diameter, and low and high risk indices had significant prognostic value. We screened the potential small-molecule drugs for UM, including W-13, AH-6809 and Imatinib. CONCLUSION The prognostic markers identified in this study are reliable biomarkers of UM. This study expands our current understanding of the role of TME-related lncRNAs in UM genesis, which may lay the foundations for future treatment of this disease.
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- Chen-Lu Liao
- Department of Ophthalmology, Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou 646000, Sichuan Province, China
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- Southwest Medical University, Luzhou 646000, Sichuan Province, China
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- Department of Gynecology, Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou 646000, Sichuan Province, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou 646000, Sichuan Province, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou 646000, Sichuan Province, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou 646000, Sichuan Province, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou 646000, Sichuan Province, China
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Bowley KA, Sandle GI. Calmodulin Antagonist W-7 Enhances Intermediate Conductance Ca 2+- Sensitive Basolateral Potassium Channel (IK Ca) Activity in Human Colonic Crypts. J Membr Biol 2021; 254:423-428. [PMID: 34313792 PMCID: PMC8328907 DOI: 10.1007/s00232-021-00193-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2021] [Accepted: 07/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
Abstract
Intermediate conductance potassium (IKCa) channels are exquisitively Ca2+ sensitive, intracellular Ca2+ regulating channel activity by complexing with calmodulin (CaM), which is bound to the cytosolic carboxyl tail. Although CaM antagonists might be expected to decrease IKCa channel activity, the effect of W-7 in human T lymphocytes are conflicting. We therefore evaluated the effect of W-7 on basolateral IKCa channels in human colonic crypt cells. Intact crypts obtained from normal human colonic biopsies by Ca2+ chelation were used for patch clamp studies of basolateral IKCa channels in the cell-attached configuration. IKCa channel activity was studied when the bath Ca2+ concentration was changed from 1.2 mmol/L to 100 μmol/L and back to 1.2 mmol/L, as well as from 100 μmol/L to 1.2 mmol/L and back to 100 μmol/L, both in the absence and presence of 25 μmol/L W-7. Decreasing bath Ca2+ from 1.2 mmol/L to 100 μmol/L decreased IKCa channel activity reversibly in the absence of W-7, whereas there was a uniformly high level of channel activity at both bath Ca2+ concentrations in the presence of W-7. In separate experiments, increasing bath Ca2+ from 100 μmol/L to 1.2 mmol/L increased IKCa channel activity reversibly in the absence of W-7, whereas there was again a uniformly high level of channel activity at both bath Ca2+ concentrations in the presence of W-7. We, therefore, propose that W-7 has a specific stimulatory effect on basolateral IKCa channel activity, despite its ability to inhibit Ca2+/CaM-mediated, IKCa channel-dependent Cl− secretion in human colonic epithelial cells. ![]()
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- Kate A Bowley
- Leeds Institute of Medical Research at St James, St James University Hospital, Beckett Street, Leeds, LS9 7TF, UK
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- Leeds Institute of Medical Research at St James, St James University Hospital, Beckett Street, Leeds, LS9 7TF, UK.
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Okutachi S, Manoharan GB, Kiriazis A, Laurini C, Catillon M, McCormick F, Yli-Kauhaluoma J, Abankwa D. A Covalent Calmodulin Inhibitor as a Tool to Study Cellular Mechanisms of K-Ras-Driven Stemness. Front Cell Dev Biol 2021; 9:665673. [PMID: 34307350 PMCID: PMC8296985 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2021.665673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2021] [Accepted: 06/04/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
Abstract
Recently, the highly mutated oncoprotein K-Ras4B (hereafter K-Ras) was shown to drive cancer cell stemness in conjunction with calmodulin (CaM). We previously showed that the covalent CaM inhibitor ophiobolin A (OphA) can potently inhibit K-Ras stemness activity. However, OphA, a fungus-derived natural product, exhibits an unspecific, broad toxicity across all phyla. Here we identified a less toxic, functional analog of OphA that can efficiently inactivate CaM by covalent inhibition. We analyzed a small series of benzazulenones, which bear some structural similarity to OphA and can be synthesized in only six steps. We identified the formyl aminobenzazulenone 1, here named Calmirasone1, as a novel and potent covalent CaM inhibitor. Calmirasone1 has a 4-fold increased affinity for CaM as compared to OphA and was active against K-Ras in cells within minutes, as compared to hours required by OphA. Calmirasone1 displayed a 2.5–4.5-fold higher selectivity for KRAS over BRAF mutant 3D spheroid growth than OphA, suggesting improved relative on-target activity. Importantly, Calmirasone1 has a 40–260-fold lower unspecific toxic effect on HRAS mutant cells, while it reaches almost 50% of the activity of novel K-RasG12C specific inhibitors in 3D spheroid assays. Our results suggest that Calmirasone1 can serve as a new tool compound to further investigate the cancer cell biology of the K-Ras and CaM associated stemness activities.
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- Sunday Okutachi
- Cancer Cell Biology and Drug Discovery Group, Department of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Luxembourg, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
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- Cancer Cell Biology and Drug Discovery Group, Department of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Luxembourg, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
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- Drug Research Program, Division of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Cancer Cell Biology and Drug Discovery Group, Department of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Luxembourg, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
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- Cancer Cell Biology and Drug Discovery Group, Department of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Luxembourg, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
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- Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States.,Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Cancer Research Technology Program, Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc., National Cancer Institute RAS Initiative, Frederick, MD, United States
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- Drug Research Program, Division of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Cancer Cell Biology and Drug Discovery Group, Department of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Luxembourg, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
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Abdelli F, Jellali K, Anguita E, González-Muñoz M, Villalobo E, Madroñal I, Alcalde J, Ben Ali M, Elloumi-Mseddi J, Jemel I, Tebar F, Enrich C, Aifa S, Villalobo A. The role of the calmodulin-binding and calmodulin-like domains of the epidermal growth factor receptor in tyrosine kinase activation. J Cell Physiol 2020; 236:4997-5011. [PMID: 33305427 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.30205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2020] [Revised: 11/20/2020] [Accepted: 11/26/2020] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
Abstract
The epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) harbors a calmodulin (CaM)-binding domain (CaM-BD) and a CaM-like domain (CaM-LD) upstream and downstream, respectively, of the tyrosine kinase (TK) domain. We demonstrate in this paper that deletion of the positively charged CaM-BD (EGFR/CaM-BD∆) inactivated the TK activity of the receptor. Moreover, deletion of the negatively charged CaM-LD (EGFR/CaM-LD∆), leaving a single negative residue (glutamate), reduced the activity of the receptor. In contrast, substituting the CaM-LD with a histidine/valine-rich peptide (EGFR/InvCaM-LD) caused full inactivation. We also demonstrated using confocal microscopy and flow cytometry that the chimera EGFR-green fluorescent protein (GFP)/CaM-BD∆, the EGFR/CaM-LD∆, and EGFR/InvCaM-LD mutants all bind tetramethylrhodamine-labelled EGF. These EGFR mutants were localized at the plasma membrane as the wild-type receptor does. However, only the EGFR/CaM-LD∆ and EGFR/InvCaM-LD mutants appear to undergo ligand-dependent internalization, while the EGFR-GFP/CaM-BD∆ mutant seems to be deficient in this regard. The obtained results and in silico modelling studies of the asymmetric structure of the EGFR kinase dimer support a role of a CaM-BD/CaM-LD electrostatic interaction in the allosteric activation of the EGFR TK.
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- Faten Abdelli
- Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia.,Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas and Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia.,Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas and Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas and Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.,Molecular Biology and Biochemistry Research Center, CIBBIM-Nanomedicine, Vall d'Hebron Hospital Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas and Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Microbiología, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas and Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas and Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia.,Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas and Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia.,Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas and Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Unitat de Biologia Cel·lular, Departament de Biomedicina, Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut, Centre de Recerca Biomèdica CELLEX, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Unitat de Biologia Cel·lular, Departament de Biomedicina, Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut, Centre de Recerca Biomèdica CELLEX, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas and Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.,Cancer and Human Molecular Genetics Area-Oto-Neurosurgery Research Group, University Hospital La Paz Research Institute (IdiPAZ), Madrid, Spain
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The Glycoprotein Ib-IX-V Complex. Platelets 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-813456-6.00010-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/17/2023]
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González-Fernández L, Macías-García B, Calle-Guisado V, García-Marín LJ, Bragado MJ. Calmodulin inhibitors increase the affinity of Merocyanine 540 for boar sperm membrane under non-capacitating conditions. J Reprod Dev 2018; 64:445-449. [PMID: 29887540 PMCID: PMC6189568 DOI: 10.1262/jrd.2018-021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
Abstract
We aimed to test whether the calmodulin (CaM) inhibitors, calmidazolium (CZ) and N-(6-aminohexyl)-5-chloro-1-naphthalenesulfonamide (W-7), can be used to assess lipid disorder by flow
cytometry using Merocyanine 540 (M540). Boar spermatozoa were incubated in non-capacitating conditions for 10 min at room temperature with 1 μM CZ, 200 μM W-7, or 1 mM 8-bromoadenosine
3′,5′-cyclic monophosphate (8-Br-cAMP). Then, sperm were 1) directly evaluated, 2) centrifuged and washed prior to evaluation, or 3) diluted with PBS prior to evaluation. Direct evaluation
showed an increase in high M540 fluorescence in spermatozoa treated with the inhibitors (4.7 ± 1.8 [control] vs. 70.4 ± 4.0 [CZ] and 71.4 ± 4.2 [W-7], mean % ± SD, P <
0.001); washing decreased the percentage of sperm showing high M540 fluorescence for W-7 (4.8 ± 2.2, mean % ± SD) but not for CZ (69.4 ± 3.9, mean % ± SD, P < 0.001), and dilution showed
an increase in high M540 fluorescence for both CZ and W-7; 8-Br-cAMP did not induce a rise in sperm showing high M540 fluorescence. Therefore, special care must be taken when M540 is used in
spermatozoa with CaM inhibitors.
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- Lauro González-Fernández
- Research Group of Intracellular Signalling and Technology of Reproduction (SINTREP), Institute of Biotechnology in Agriculture and Livestock (INBIO G+C), University of Extremadura, 10003 Cáceres, Spain
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- Jesús Usón Minimally Invasive Surgery Centre (CCMIJU), Assisted Reproduction Unit, 10071 Cáceres, Spain
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- Research Group of Intracellular Signalling and Technology of Reproduction (SINTREP), Institute of Biotechnology in Agriculture and Livestock (INBIO G+C), University of Extremadura, 10003 Cáceres, Spain
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- Research Group of Intracellular Signalling and Technology of Reproduction (SINTREP), Institute of Biotechnology in Agriculture and Livestock (INBIO G+C), University of Extremadura, 10003 Cáceres, Spain
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- Research Group of Intracellular Signalling and Technology of Reproduction (SINTREP), Institute of Biotechnology in Agriculture and Livestock (INBIO G+C), University of Extremadura, 10003 Cáceres, Spain
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Corpas FJ, Barroso JB. Calmodulin antagonist affects peroxisomal functionality by disrupting both peroxisomal Ca 2+ and protein import. J Cell Sci 2018; 131:jcs.201467. [PMID: 28183730 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.201467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2017] [Accepted: 02/03/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Ca2+ is a second messenger in many physiological and phytopathological processes. Peroxisomes are subcellular compartments with an active oxidative and nitrosative metabolism. Previous studies have demonstrated that peroxisomal nitric oxide (NO) generation is dependent on Ca2+ and calmodulin (CaM). Here, we used Arabidopsis thaliana transgenic seedlings expressing cyan fluorescent protein (CFP) containing a type 1 peroxisomal-targeting signal motif (PTS1; CFP-PTS1), which enables peroxisomes to be visualized in vivo, and also used a cell-permeable fluorescent probe for Ca2+ Analysis by confocal laser-scanning microscopy (CLSM) enabled us to visualize the presence of endogenous Ca2+ in the peroxisomes of both roots and guard cells. The presence of Ca2+ in peroxisomes and the import of CFP-PTS1 are drastically disrupted by both CaM antagonist and glutathione (GSH). Furthermore, the activity of three peroxisomal enzymes (catalase, glycolate oxidase and hydroxypyruvate reductase) containing PTS1 was clearly affected in these conditions, with a decrease of between 41 and 51%. In summary, data show that Ca2+ and CaM are strictly necessary for protein import and normal functionality of peroxisomal enzymes, including antioxidant and photorespiratory enzymes, as well as for NO production.
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- Francisco J Corpas
- Group of Antioxidants, Free Radicals and Nitric Oxide in Biotechnology, Food and Agriculture, Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology of Plants, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, CSIC, C/Profesor Albareda 1, Granada E-18008, Spain
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- Group of Biochemistry and Cell Signaling in Nitric Oxide, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Campus 'Las Lagunillas', University of Jaén, Jaén E-23071, Spain
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Mukunda L, Miazzi F, Sargsyan V, Hansson BS, Wicher D. Calmodulin Affects Sensitization of Drosophila melanogaster Odorant Receptors. Front Cell Neurosci 2016; 10:28. [PMID: 26903813 PMCID: PMC4751262 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2016.00028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2015] [Accepted: 01/28/2016] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Flying insects have developed a remarkably sensitive olfactory system to detect faint and turbulent odor traces. This ability is linked to the olfactory receptors class of odorant receptors (ORs), occurring exclusively in winged insects. ORs form heteromeric complexes of an odorant specific receptor protein (OrX) and a highly conserved co-receptor protein (Orco). The ORs form ligand gated ion channels that are tuned by intracellular signaling systems. Repetitive subthreshold odor stimulation of olfactory sensory neurons sensitizes insect ORs. This OR sensitization process requires Orco activity. In the present study we first asked whether OR sensitization can be monitored with heterologously expressed OR proteins. Using electrophysiological and calcium imaging methods we demonstrate that D. melanogaster OR proteins expressed in CHO cells show sensitization upon repeated weak stimulation. This was found for OR channels formed by Orco as well as by Or22a or Or56a and Orco. Moreover, we show that inhibition of calmodulin (CaM) action on OR proteins, expressed in CHO cells, abolishes any sensitization. Finally, we investigated the sensitization phenomenon using an ex vivo preparation of olfactory sensory neurons (OSNs) expressing Or22a inside the fly's antenna. Using calcium imaging, we observed sensitization in the dendrites as well as in the soma. Inhibition of calmodulin with W7 disrupted the sensitization within the outer dendritic shaft, whereas the sensitization remained in the other OSN compartments. Taken together, our results suggest that CaM action is involved in sensitizing the OR complex and that this mechanisms accounts for the sensitization in the outer dendrites, whereas further mechanisms contribute to the sensitization observed in the other OSN compartments. The use of heterologously expressed OR proteins appears to be suitable for further investigations on the mechanistic basis of OR sensitization, while investigations on native neurons are required to study the presently unknown additional mechanisms involved in OSN sensitization.
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- Latha Mukunda
- Department of Evolutionary Neuroethology, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology Jena, Germany
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- Department of Evolutionary Neuroethology, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology Jena, Germany
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- Department of Evolutionary Neuroethology, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology Jena, Germany
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- Department of Evolutionary Neuroethology, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology Jena, Germany
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- Department of Evolutionary Neuroethology, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology Jena, Germany
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Liddle-Mutation of the β-Subunit, but not the γ-Subunit, Attenuates Protein Kinase C-Mediated Inhibition of Human Epithelial Sodium Channels (hENaC). J Membr Biol 2016; 249:271-9. [PMID: 26759146 PMCID: PMC4875061 DOI: 10.1007/s00232-015-9866-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2015] [Accepted: 12/18/2015] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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Mammalian distal nephron and distal colon, prime sites for Na+ homeostasis, contain amiloride-sensitive epithelial sodium channels (ENaC). Protein kinase C (PKC) inhibits ENaC by phosphorylating serine and threonine residues within COOH termini of the β- and/or γ-subunits. Although some of these phosphorylation sites are close to the PY motifs, it is unclear whether they remain susceptible to PKC in Liddle-mutated ENaC β- and/or γ-subunits, where PY motifs are truncated, resulting in increased apical ENaC expression. We therefore studied the effects of PKC in wild-type and Liddle-mutated human epithelial Na+ channels (hENaC) expressed in Xenopus oocytes, using the dual-electrode voltage clamp technique. PKC activation using 500 nmol/l phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) decreased amiloride-sensitive Na+ currents by 80 % in oocytes expressing wild-type hENaC, an effect largely prevented by co-exposure to 50 µmol/l calphostin C (a specific inhibitor of PKC), whereas 500 nmol/l phorbol didecanoate (PDD), an inactive phorbol ester which does not stimulate PKC, had no effect. In oocytes expressing hENaC containing the Liddle-mutated β-subunit, PMA elicited a 54 % decrease in amiloride-sensitive Na+ currents, significantly (P < 0.0025) less than that in oocytes expressing wild-type hENaC. By contrast, in oocytes expressing hENaC containing the Liddle-mutated γ-subunit, PMA elicited a 68 % decrease in amiloride-sensitive Na+ current, similar (P = 0.10) to that in oocytes expressing wild-type hENaC. We conclude that hENaC incorporating the Liddle-mutated β-subunit lacks one or more PKC phosphorylation sites, thereby significantly reducing the inhibitory effect of PKC on Na+ channel activity, whereas hENaC incorporating Liddle-mutated γ-subunits remains as susceptible to PKC as wild-type hENaC.
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The activating role of phospho-(Tyr)-calmodulin on the epidermal growth factor receptor. Biochem J 2015; 472:195-204. [DOI: 10.1042/bj20150851] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2015] [Accepted: 09/22/2015] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The existence of a calmodulin (CaM)/phospho-(Tyr)-CaM cycle involved in the regulation of the epidermal growth factor receptor could have important consequences for the control of cell proliferation, as its alteration could potentially result in uncontrolled tumour growth.
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Stateva SR, Salas V, Anguita E, Benaim G, Villalobo A. Ca2+/Calmodulin and Apo-Calmodulin Both Bind to and Enhance the Tyrosine Kinase Activity of c-Src. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0128783. [PMID: 26058065 PMCID: PMC4461253 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0128783] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2015] [Accepted: 04/30/2015] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Src family non-receptor tyrosine kinases play a prominent role in multiple cellular processes, including: cell proliferation, differentiation, cell survival, stress response, and cell adhesion and migration, among others. And when deregulated by mutations, overexpression, and/or the arrival of faulty incoming signals, its hyperactivity contributes to the development of hematological and solid tumors. c-Src is a prototypical member of this family of kinases, which is highly regulated by a set of phosphorylation events. Other factor contributing to the regulation of Src activity appears to be mediated by the Ca2+ signal generated in cells by different effectors, where the Ca2+-receptor protein calmodulin (CaM) plays a key role. In this report we demonstrate that CaM directly interacts with Src in both Ca2+-dependent and Ca2+-independent manners in vitro and in living cells, and that the CaM antagonist N-(6-aminohexyl)-5-chloro-1-naphthalenesulfonamide (W-7) inhibits the activation of this kinase induced by the upstream activation of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), in human carcinoma epidermoide A431 cells, and by hydrogen peroxide-induced oxidative stress, in both A431 cells and human breast adenocarcinoma SK-BR-3 cells. Furthermore, we show that the Ca2+/CaM complex strongly activates the auto-phosphorylation and tyrosine kinase activity of c-Src toward exogenous substrates, but most relevantly and for the first time, we demonstrate that Ca2+-free CaM (apo-CaM) exerts a far higher activatory action on Src auto-phosphorylation and kinase activity toward exogenous substrates than the one exerted by the Ca2+/CaM complex. This suggests that a transient increase in the cytosolic concentration of free Ca2+ is not an absolute requirement for CaM-mediated activation of Src in living cells, and that a direct regulation of Src by apo-CaM could be inferred.
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- Silviya R. Stateva
- Department of Cancer Biology, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas and Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, c/ Arturo Duperier 4, E-28029, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Cancer Biology, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas and Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, c/ Arturo Duperier 4, E-28029, Madrid, Spain
- Instituto de Biología Experimental, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela
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- Department of Cancer Biology, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas and Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, c/ Arturo Duperier 4, E-28029, Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Biología Experimental, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela
- Instituto de Estudios Avanzados (IDEA), Caracas, Venezuela
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- Department of Cancer Biology, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas and Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, c/ Arturo Duperier 4, E-28029, Madrid, Spain
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Daniel JA, Chau N, Abdel-Hamid MK, Hu L, von Kleist L, Whiting A, Krishnan S, Maamary P, Joseph SR, Simpson F, Haucke V, McCluskey A, Robinson PJ. Phenothiazine-derived antipsychotic drugs inhibit dynamin and clathrin-mediated endocytosis. Traffic 2015; 16:635-54. [PMID: 25693808 DOI: 10.1111/tra.12272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2014] [Revised: 01/13/2015] [Accepted: 02/10/2015] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Chlorpromazine is a phenothiazine-derived antipsychotic drug (APD) that inhibits clathrin-mediated endocytosis (CME) in cells by an unknown mechanism. We examined whether its action and that of other APDs might be mediated by the GTPase activity of dynamin. Eight of eight phenothiazine-derived APDs inhibited dynamin I (dynI) in the 2-12 µm range, the most potent being trifluoperazine (IC50 2.6 ± 0.7 µm). They also inhibited dynamin II (dynII) at similar concentrations. Typical and atypical APDs not based on the phenothiazine scaffold were 8- to 10-fold less potent (haloperidol and clozapine) or were inactive (droperidol, olanzapine and risperidone). Kinetic analysis showed that phenothiazine-derived APDs were lipid competitive, while haloperidol was uncompetitive with lipid. Accordingly, phenothiazine-derived APDs inhibited dynI GTPase activity stimulated by lipids but not by various SH3 domains. All dynamin-active APDs also inhibited transferrin (Tfn) CME in cells at related potencies. Structure-activity relationships (SAR) revealed dynamin inhibition to be conferred by a substituent group containing a terminal tertiary amino group at the N2 position. Chlorpromazine was previously proposed to target AP-2 recruitment in the formation of clathrin-coated vesicles (CCV). However, neither chlorpromazine nor thioridazine affected AP-2 interaction with amphiphysin or clathrin. Super-resolution microscopy revealed that chlorpromazine blocks neither clathrin recruitment by AP-2, nor AP-2 recruitment, showing that CME inhibition occurs downstream of CCV formation. Overall, potent dynamin inhibition is a shared characteristic of phenothiazine-derived APDs, but not other typical or atypical APDs, and the data indicate that dynamin is their likely in-cell target in endocytosis.
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- James A Daniel
- Cell Signalling Unit, Children's Medical Research Institute, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2145, Australia.,Present address: Department of Molecular Neurobiology, Max Planck Institute of Experimental Medicine, Hermann-Rein-Str. 3, 37075 Göttingen, Germany
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- Cell Signalling Unit, Children's Medical Research Institute, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2145, Australia
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- Centre for Chemical Biology, Chemistry, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, 2308, Australia
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- Epithelial Cancer Group, The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Translational Research Institute, University of Queensland, Woolloongabba, QLD, 4102, Australia
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- Leibniz Institut für Molekulare Pharmakologie & Freie Universität Berlin, 13125, Berlin, Germany
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- Cell Signalling Unit, Children's Medical Research Institute, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2145, Australia
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- Cell Signalling Unit, Children's Medical Research Institute, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2145, Australia
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- Cell Signalling Unit, Children's Medical Research Institute, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2145, Australia
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- Epithelial Cancer Group, The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Translational Research Institute, University of Queensland, Woolloongabba, QLD, 4102, Australia
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- Epithelial Cancer Group, The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Translational Research Institute, University of Queensland, Woolloongabba, QLD, 4102, Australia
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- Leibniz Institut für Molekulare Pharmakologie & Freie Universität Berlin, 13125, Berlin, Germany
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- Centre for Chemical Biology, Chemistry, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, 2308, Australia
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- Cell Signalling Unit, Children's Medical Research Institute, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2145, Australia
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Mihalikova A, Baliova M, Jursky F. Calcium dependent interaction of calmodulin with the GlyT1 C-terminus. Neurochem Res 2014; 39:2225-33. [PMID: 25168305 DOI: 10.1007/s11064-014-1424-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2014] [Revised: 08/19/2014] [Accepted: 08/21/2014] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The cytoplasmic regions of neurotransmitter transporters play an important role in their trafficking. This process is, to a high extent, tuned by calcium and calcium binding proteins, but the exact molecular connection are still not fully understood. In this work we found that the C-terminal region of the mouse glycine transporter GlyT1b is able to specifically interact with calmodulin in the presence of calcium. We found that several GlyT1 C-terminal mutations, including those in the ER retention signal, either eliminate or increase calmodulin interaction in vitro. In tissue-culture-expressed GlyT1 at least two of these mutations altered the sensitivity of GlyT1 surface expression and glycine uptake to calmodulin antagonists. These results suggest the possible involvement of calmodulin or calmodulin-like interactions in the regulation of GlyT1C-mediated transporter trafficking.
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- Andrea Mihalikova
- Laboratory of Neurobiology, Institute of Molecular Biology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dubravska cesta 21, 845 51, Bratislava, Slovakia
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Robins GG, Sandle GI. Calcium rapidly down-regulates human renal epithelial sodium channels via a W-7-sensitive mechanism. J Membr Biol 2014; 247:729-37. [PMID: 24980981 DOI: 10.1007/s00232-014-9698-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2014] [Accepted: 06/07/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Increases in intracellular calcium (Ca(2+)) inhibit renal sodium (Na(+)) absorption in cortical collecting ducts, but the precise mechanism is unclear. We, therefore, studied the effects of raising intracellular Ca(2+) (using 10 µmol/L A23187, a Ca(2+) ionophore) on wild-type and Liddle-mutated human epithelial Na(+) channels (hENaC) expressed in Xenopus oocytes, using the dual-electrode voltage clamp technique. A23187 decreased amiloride-sensitive Na(+) current by 55% in oocytes expressing wild-type hENaC, an effect prevented by co-exposure to 50 μmol/L W-7 (to inhibit the Ca(2+)/calmodulin complex). By contrast, co-exposure to 50 μmol/L calphostin (to inhibit protein kinase C) or 5 μmol/L KN-62 (to inhibit Ca(2+)/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II) had no effect on the decrease in amiloride-sensitive Na(+) current elicited by A23187 alone. Whereas A23187 reduced amiloride-sensitive Na(+) current in oocytes expressing wild-type hENaC, it had no similar effect in those expressing Liddle-mutated hENaCs, suggesting that the activity of individual Na(+) channels in situ was unchanged by the rise in intracellular Ca(2+). These data suggest that the A23187-induced rise in intracellular Ca(2+) inhibited wild-type hENaC through a W-7-sensitive mechanism, which likely reflected enhanced removal of Na(+) channels from the cell membrane by endocytosis. We, therefore, propose that Na(+) absorption in cortical collecting duct cells is inhibited by Ca(2+), possibly when complexed with calmodulin.
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- Gerard G Robins
- Leeds Institute of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, St James's University Teaching Hospital, Level 7, Clinical Sciences Building, Beckett Street, Leeds, LS9 7TF, UK
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Utilizing zeta potential measurements to study the effective charge, membrane partitioning, and membrane permeation of the lipopeptide surfactin. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2014; 1838:2306-12. [PMID: 24631665 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2014.02.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2014] [Accepted: 02/21/2014] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The effective charge of membrane-active molecules such as the fungicidal lipopeptide surfactin (SF) is a crucial property governing solubility, membrane partitioning, and membrane permeability. We present zeta potential measurements of liposomes to measure the effective charge as well as membrane partitioning of SF by utilizing what we call an equi-activity analysis of several series of samples with different lipid concentrations. We observe an effective charge of -1.0 for SF at pH8.5 and insignificantly lower at pH7.4, illustrating that the effective charge may deviate strongly from the nominal value (-2 for 1 Asp, 1 Glu). The apparent partition coefficient decreases from roughly 100 to 20/mM with increasing membrane content of SF in agreement with the literature. Finally, by comparing zeta potentials measured soon after the addition of peptide to liposomes with those measured after a heat treatment to induce transmembrane equilibration of SF, we quantified the asymmetry of partitioning between the outer and inner leaflets. At very low concentration, SF binds exclusively to the outer leaflet. The onset of partial translocation to the inner leaflet occurs at about 5mol-% SF in the membrane. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Interfacially Active Peptides and Proteins. Guest Editors: William C. Wimley and Kalina Hristova.
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Roy A, Sahoo D, Tripathy BC. Involvement of phytochrome A in suppression of photomorphogenesis in rice seedling grown in red light. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2013; 36:2120-2134. [PMID: 23495675 DOI: 10.1111/pce.12099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2010] [Revised: 03/05/2013] [Accepted: 03/06/2013] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Plants have evolved a remarkable capacity to track and respond to fluctuations of light quality and intensity that influence photomorphogenesis facilitated through several photoreceptors, which include a small family of phytochromes. Rice seedlings grown on germination paper in red light for 48 h having their shoot bottom exposed had suppressed photomorphogenesis and were deficient in chlorophyll. Seedlings grown under identical light regime having their shoot bottom covered were green and accumulated chlorophyll. Further, etiolated seedlings with their shoot bottom exposed, when grown in 4 min red/far-red cycles for 48 h, accumulated chlorophyll demonstrating the reversal of suppression of photomorphogenesis by far-red light. It implicates the involvement of phytochrome. Immunoblot analysis showed the persistence of photolabile phytochrome A protein for 48 h in seedlings grown in red light with their shoot bottom exposed, suggesting its involvement in suppression of photomorphogenesis. This was further corroborated in phyA seedlings that turned green when grown in red light having their shoot bottom exposed. Calmodulin (CaM) antagonist N-(6-aminohexyl)-5-chloro-1-napthalene sulphonamide or trifluoperazine substantially restored photomorphogenesis both in the wild type (WT) and phyA demonstrating the involvement of CaM-dependent kinases in the down-regulation of the greening process. Results demonstrate that red light-induced suppression of photomorphogenesis, perceived in the shoot bottom, is a red high irradiance response of PhyA.
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- Ansuman Roy
- School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 110067, Delhi, India
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Kozhevnikova LM, Zharkikh IL, Avdonin PV. Calmodulin inhibitors suppress calcium signaling from serotonin receptors in smooth muscle cells and abolish vasoconstrictive response on intravenous introduction of serotonin. BIOL BULL+ 2013. [DOI: 10.1134/s1062359013040080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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van Doorn WG, Çelikel FG, Pak C, Harkema H. Delay of iris flower senescence by cytokinins and jasmonates. PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 2013; 148:105-20. [PMID: 22974423 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3054.2012.01690.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2012] [Accepted: 07/10/2012] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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It is not known whether tepal senescence in Iris flowers is regulated by hormones. We applied hormones and hormone inhibitors to cut flowers and isolated tepals of Iris × hollandica cv. Blue Magic. Treatments with ethylene or ethylene antagonists indicated lack of ethylene involvement. Auxins or auxin inhibitors also did not change the time to senescence. Abscisic acid (ABA) hastened senescence, but an inhibitor of ABA synthesis (norflurazon) had no effect. Gibberellic acid (GA3 ) slightly delayed senescence in some experiments, but in other experiments it was without effect, and gibberellin inhibitors [ancymidol or 4-hydroxy-5-isopropyl-2-methylphenyltrimethyl ammonium chloride-1-piperidine carboxylate (AMO-1618)] were ineffective as well. Salicylic acid (SA) also had no effect. Ethylene, auxins, GA3 and SA affected flower opening, therefore did reach the flower cells. Jasmonates delayed senescence by about 2.0 days. Similarly, cytokinins delayed senescence by about 1.5-2.0 days. Antagonists of the phosphatidylinositol signal transduction pathway (lithium), calcium channels (niguldipine and verapamil), calmodulin action [fluphenazine, trifluoroperazine, phenoxybenzamide and N-(6-aminohexyl)-5-chloro-1-naphtalenesulfonamide hydrochloride (W-7)] or protein kinase activity [1-(5-isoquinolinesulfonyl)-2-methylpiperazine hydrochloride (H-7), N-[2-(methylamino)ethyl]-5-isoquinolinesulfonamide hydrochloride (H-8) and N-(2-aminoethyl)-5-isoquinolinesulfonamide dihydrochloride (H-9)] had no effect on senescence, indicating no role of a few common signal transduction pathways relating to hormone effects on senescence. The results indicate that tepal senescence in Iris cv. Blue Magic is not regulated by endogenous ethylene, auxin, gibberellins or SA. A role of ABA can at present not be excluded. The data suggest the hypothesis that cytokinins and jasmonates are among the natural regulators.
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- Wouter G van Doorn
- Agrotechnology and Food Sciences Group (AFSG), Wageningen University Research Centre, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
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Regulation of NKG2D-ligand cell surface expression by intracellular calcium after HDAC-inhibitor treatment. Mol Immunol 2013; 53:255-64. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2012.08.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2012] [Revised: 08/07/2012] [Accepted: 08/13/2012] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Wolf-Goldberg T, Barbul A, Ben-Dov N, Korenstein R. Low electric fields induce ligand-independent activation of EGF receptor and ERK via electrochemical elevation of H(+) and ROS concentrations. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2013; 1833:1396-408. [PMID: 23481041 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2013.02.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2012] [Revised: 02/11/2013] [Accepted: 02/13/2013] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Physiological electric fields are involved in many biological processes and known to elicit their effects during long exposures ranging from a few hours to days. Following exposure to electric fields of physiological amplitude, epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) was demonstrated to be redistributed and upregulated with further intracellular signaling such as the MAPK signaling cascade. In our study we demonstrated EGFR activation and signaling induced by short train of pulsed low electric field (LEF) (10V/cm, pulse-width 180μs, 500Hz, 2min) in serum-free medium, following 24-hour starvation, and in the absence of exogenous EGF ligand, suggesting a ligand-independent pathway for EGFR activation. This ligandless activation was further confirmed by using neutralizing antibodies (LA1) that block the EGFR ligand-binding site. EGFR activation was found to be EGFR kinase dependent, yet with no dimerization following exposure to LEF. ERK activation was found to be mainly a result of EGFR downstream signaling though it partially occurred via EGFR-independent way. We demonstrate that reactive oxygen species and especially decrease in pH generated during exposure to LEF are involved in EGFR ligandless activation. We propose a possible mechanism for the LEF-induced EGFR ligand-independent activation and show activation of other receptor tyrosine kinases following exposure to LEF.
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- Tami Wolf-Goldberg
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
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Kozhevnikova LM, Avdonin PV. Involvement of calmodulin in realization of vasoconstrictive effects of serotonin and norepinephrine. BIOL BULL+ 2012. [DOI: 10.1134/s1062359012030065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Rigo A, Gottardi M, Damiani E, Bonifacio M, Ferrarini I, Mauri P, Vinante F. CXCL12 and [N33A]CXCL12 in 5637 and HeLa cells: regulating HER1 phosphorylation via calmodulin/calcineurin. PLoS One 2012; 7:e34432. [PMID: 22529914 PMCID: PMC3329496 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2011] [Accepted: 02/28/2012] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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In the human neoplastic cell lines 5637 and HeLa, recombinant CXCL12 elicited, as expected, downstream signals via both G-protein-dependent and β-arrestin-dependent pathways responsible for inducing a rapid and a late wave, respectively, of ERK1/2 phosphorylation. In contrast, the structural variant [N33A]CXCL12 triggered no β-arrestin-dependent phosphorylation of ERK1/2, and signaled via G protein-dependent pathways alone. Both CXCL12 and [N33A]CXCL12, however, generated signals that transinhibited HER1 phosphorylation via intracellular pathways. 1) Prestimulation of CXCR4/HER1-positive 5637 or HeLa cells with CXCL12 modified the HB-EGF-dependent activation of HER1 by delaying the peak phosphorylation of tyrosine 1068 or 1173. 2) Prestimulation with the synthetic variant [N33A]CXCL12, while preserving CXCR4-related chemotaxis and CXCR4 internalization, abolished HER1 phosphorylation. 3) In cells knockdown of β-arrestin 2, CXCL12 induced a full inhibition of HER1 like [N33A]CXCL12 in non-silenced cells. 4) HER1 phosphorylation was restored as usual by inhibiting PCK, calmodulin or calcineurin, whereas the inhibition of CaMKII had no discernable effect. We conclude that both recombinant CXCL12 and its structural variant [N33A]CXCL12 may transinhibit HER1 via G-proteins/calmodulin/calcineurin, but [N33A]CXCL12 does not activate β-arrestin-dependent ERK1/2 phosphorylation and retains a stronger inhibitory effect. Therefore, we demonstrated that CXCL12 may influence the magnitude and the persistence of signaling downstream of HER1 in turn involved in the proliferative potential of numerous epithelial cancer. In addition, we recognized that [N33A]CXCL12 activates preferentially G-protein-dependent pathways and is an inhibitor of HER1.
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- Antonella Rigo
- Department of Medicine, Section of Hematology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, Section of Hematology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Department of Experimental Biomedical Sciences, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, Section of Hematology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Proteomics and Metabolomics Unit, Institute for Biomedical Technologies, CNR, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, Section of Hematology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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Kiselev VY, Leda M, Lobanov AI, Marenduzzo D, Goryachev AB. Lateral dynamics of charged lipids and peripheral proteins in spatially heterogeneous membranes: comparison of continuous and Monte Carlo approaches. J Chem Phys 2012; 135:155103. [PMID: 22029337 DOI: 10.1063/1.3652958] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Biological membranes are complex environments whose physico-chemical properties are of utmost importance for the understanding of many crucial biological processes. Much attention has been given in the literature to the description of membranes along the z-axis perpendicular to the membrane. Here, we instead consider the lateral dynamics of lipids and peripheral proteins due to their electrostatic interaction. Previously, we constructed a Monte Carlo automaton capable of simulating mutual diffusive dynamics of charged lipids and associated positively charged peptides. Here, we derive and numerically analyze a system of Poisson-Boltzmann-Nernst-Planck (PBNP) equations that provide a mean-field approximation compatible with our Monte Carlo model. The thorough comparison between the mean-field PBNP equations and Monte Carlo simulations demonstrates that both the approaches are in a good qualitative agreement in all tested scenarios. We find that the two methods quantitatively deviate when the local charge density is high, presumably because the Poisson-Boltzmann formalism is applicable in the so-called weak coupling limit, whose validity is restricted to low charge densities. Nevertheless, we conclude that the mean-field PBNP approach provides a good approximation for the considerably more detailed Monte Carlo model at only a fraction of the associated computational cost and allows simulation of the membrane lateral dynamics on the space and time scales relevant for the realistic biological problems.
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- Vladimir Yu Kiselev
- Centre for Systems Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JR, United Kingdom
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Li H, Panina S, Kaur A, Ruano MJ, Sánchez-González P, la Cour JM, Stephan A, Olesen UH, Berchtold MW, Villalobo A. Regulation of the ligand-dependent activation of the epidermal growth factor receptor by calmodulin. J Biol Chem 2011; 287:3273-81. [PMID: 22157759 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111.317529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Calmodulin (CaM) is the major component of calcium signaling pathways mediating the action of various effectors. Transient increases in the intracellular calcium level triggered by a variety of stimuli lead to the formation of Ca(2+)/CaM complexes, which interact with and activate target proteins. In the present study the role of Ca(2+)/CaM in the regulation of the ligand-dependent activation of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) has been examined in living cells. We show that addition of different cell permeable CaM antagonists to cultured cells or loading cells with a Ca(2+) chelator inhibited ligand-dependent EGFR auto(trans)phosphorylation. This occurred also in the presence of inhibitors of protein kinase C, CaM-dependent protein kinase II and calcineurin, which are known Ca(2+)- and/or Ca(2+)/CaM-dependent EGFR regulators, pointing to a direct effect of Ca(2+)/CaM on the receptor. Furthermore, we demonstrate that down-regulation of CaM in conditional CaM knock out cells stably transfected with the human EGFR decreased its ligand-dependent phosphorylation. Substitution of six basic amino acid residues within the CaM-binding domain (CaM-BD) of the EGFR by alanine resulted in a decreased phosphorylation of the receptor and of its downstream substrate phospholipase Cγ1. These results support the hypothesis that Ca(2+)/CaM regulates the EGFR activity by directly interacting with the CaM-BD of the receptor located at its cytosolic juxtamembrane region.
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- Hongbing Li
- Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas and Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Arturo Duperier 4, E-28029 Madrid, Spain
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Melo AM, Prieto M, Coutinho A. The effect of variable liposome brightness on quantifying lipid–protein interactions using fluorescence correlation spectroscopy. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2011; 1808:2559-68. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2011.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2011] [Revised: 06/01/2011] [Accepted: 06/01/2011] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Vidal-Quadras M, Gelabert-Baldrich M, Soriano-Castell D, Lladó A, Rentero C, Calvo M, Pol A, Enrich C, Tebar F. Rac1 and Calmodulin Interactions Modulate Dynamics of ARF6-Dependent Endocytosis. Traffic 2011; 12:1879-96. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0854.2011.01274.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Deng W, Srinivasan S, Zheng X, Putkey JA, Li R. Interaction of calmodulin with L-selectin at the membrane interface: implication on the regulation of L-selectin shedding. J Mol Biol 2011; 411:220-33. [PMID: 21664913 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2011.05.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2011] [Revised: 05/21/2011] [Accepted: 05/26/2011] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The calmodulin (CaM) hypothesis of ectodomain shedding stipulates that CaM, an intracellular Ca²⁺-dependent regulatory protein, associates with the cytoplasmic domain of L-selectin to regulate ectodomain shedding of L-selectin on the other side of the plasma membrane. To understand the underlying molecular mechanism, we have characterized the interactions of CaM with two peptides derived from human L-selectin. The peptide ARR18 corresponds to the entire cytoplasmic domain of L-selectin (residues Ala317-Tyr334 in the mature protein), and CLS corresponds to residues Lys280-Tyr334, which contains the entire transmembrane and cytoplasmic domains of l-selectin. Monitoring the interaction by fluorescence spectroscopy and other biophysical techniques, we found that CaM can bind to ARR18 in aqueous solutions or the L-selectin cytoplasmic domain of CLS reconstituted in the phosphatidylcholine bilayer, both with an affinity of approximately 2 μM. The association is calcium independent and dynamic and involves both lobes of CaM. In a phospholipid bilayer, the positively charged L-selectin cytoplasmic domain of CLS is associated with anionic phosphatidylserine (PS) lipids at the membrane interface through electrostatic interactions. Under conditions where the PS content mimics that in the inner leaflet of the cell plasma membrane, the interaction between CaM and CLS becomes undetectable. These results suggest that the association of CaM with L-selectin in the cell can be influenced by the membrane bilayer and that anionic lipids may modulate ectodomain shedding of transmembrane receptors.
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- Wei Deng
- Center for Membrane Biology, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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Bhagatji P, Leventis R, Rich R, Lin CJ, Silvius JR. Multiple cellular proteins modulate the dynamics of K-ras association with the plasma membrane. Biophys J 2011; 99:3327-35. [PMID: 21081081 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2010.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2010] [Revised: 09/21/2010] [Accepted: 10/04/2010] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
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Although specific proteins have been identified that regulate the membrane association and facilitate intracellular transport of prenylated Rho- and Rab-family proteins, it is not known whether cellular proteins fulfill similar roles for other prenylated species, such as Ras-family proteins. We used a previously described method to evaluate how several cellular proteins, previously identified as potential binding partners (but not effectors) of K-ras4B, influence the dynamics of K-ras association with the plasma membrane. Overexpression of either PDEδ or PRA1 enhances, whereas knockdown of either protein reduces, the rate of dissociation of K-ras from the plasma membrane. Inhibition of calmodulin likewise reduces the rate of K-ras dissociation from the plasma membrane, in this case in a manner specific for the activated form of K-ras. By contrast, galectin-3 specifically reduces the rate of plasma membrane dissociation of activated K-ras, an effect that is blocked by the K-ras antagonist farnesylthiosalicylic acid (salirasib). Multiple cellular proteins thus control the dynamics of membrane association and intercompartmental movement of K-ras to an important degree even under basal cellular conditions.
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- Pinkesh Bhagatji
- Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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Gupta V, Roy A, Tripathy BC. Signaling events leading to red-light-induced suppression of photomorphogenesis in wheat (Triticum aestivum). PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2010; 51:1788-1799. [PMID: 20823341 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcq139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Perception of red light (400 μmol photon m²/s) by the shoot bottom turned off the greening process in wheat. To understand the signaling cascade leading to this photomorphogenic response, certain signaling components were probed in seedlings grown in different light regimes. Upon analysis the gene expression of heterotrimeric Gα and Gβ were severely down-regulated in seedlings grown without vermiculite and having their shoot bottom exposed to red light (R/V-) and was similar to that of dark-grown seedlings. Supplementing the red-light-grown V- seedlings with blue light resulted in up-regulation of both Gα and Gβ expression, suggesting that blue light is able to modulate G protein expression. Treatment of cytokinin analog benzyladenine to cytokinin-deficient red-light-grown R/V- seedlings resulted in up-regulation of gene expression of both Gα and Gβ. To probe further, modulators of signal transduction pathway--AlF₃ (G protein activator), LaCl₃ (Ca(2+) channel blocker), NaF (nonspecific phosphatase inhibitor), or calmodulin (CaM) antagonists trifluoperazine (TFP) and N-(6-aminohexyl)-5-chloro-1-nafthalene-sulfonamide (W-7)--were added along with Hoagland solution to the roots of 4-day-old etiolated seedlings, grown on germination paper and transferred to red light. AlF₃, LaCl₃, NaF failed to elicit any photomorphogenic response. However, CaM antagonists TFP and W-7 significantly reversed the red-light-induced suppression of photomorphogenesis. Phosphorylation of proteins assayed in the absence or presence of CaM antagonist TFP revealed respective up-regulation or down-regulation of phosphorylation of several plastidic proteins in R/V- seedlings. These suggest that signal transduction of red light perceived by the shoot bottom to suppress photomorphogenesis is mediated by CaM-dependent protein kinases.
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- Varsha Gupta
- School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 110 067, India
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Mo X, Nguyen NX, Mu FT, Yang W, Luo SZ, Fan H, Andrews RK, Berndt MC, Li R. Transmembrane and trans-subunit regulation of ectodomain shedding of platelet glycoprotein Ibalpha. J Biol Chem 2010; 285:32096-104. [PMID: 20716526 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.111864] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Ectodomain shedding of transmembrane proteins may be regulated by their cytoplasmic domains. To date, the effecting cytoplasmic domain and the shed extracellular domain have been in the same polypeptide. In this study, shedding of GPIbα, the ligand-binding subunit of the platelet GPIb-IX complex and a marker for platelet senescence and storage lesion, was assessed in Chinese hamster ovary cells with/without functional GPIbα sheddase ADAM17. Mutagenesis of the GPIb-IX complex, which contains GPIbα, GPIbβ, and GPIX subunits, revealed that the intracellular membrane-proximal calmodulin-binding region of GPIbβ is critical for ADAM17-dependent shedding of GPIbα induced by the calmodulin inhibitor, W7. Perturbing the interaction between GPIbα and GPIbβ subunits further lessened the restraint of GPIbβ on GPIbα shedding. However, contrary to the widely accepted model of calmodulin regulation of ectodomain shedding, the R152E/L153E mutation in the GPIbβ cytoplasmic domain disrupted calmodulin binding to GPIbβ but had little effect on GPIbα shedding. Analysis of induction of GPIbα shedding by membrane-permeable GPIbβ-derived peptides implicated the association of GPIbβ with an unidentified intracellular protein in mediating regulation of GPIbα shedding. Overall, these results provide evidence for a novel trans-subunit mechanism for regulating ectodomain shedding.
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- Xi Mo
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Center for Membrane Biology, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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Sánchez-González P, Jellali K, Villalobo A. Calmodulin-mediated regulation of the epidermal growth factor receptor. FEBS J 2009; 277:327-42. [PMID: 19951361 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2009.07469.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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In this review, we first describe the mechanisms by which the epidermal growth factor receptor generates a Ca(2+) signal and, subsequently, we compile the available experimental evidence regarding the role that the Ca(2+)/calmodulin complex, formed after the rise in cytosolic free Ca(2+) concentration, exerts on the receptor. We focus not only on the indirect action that Ca(2+)/calmodulin exerts on the epidermal growth factor receptor, as a result of the activation of distinct calmodulin-dependent kinases, but also, and more extensively, on the direct interaction of Ca(2+)/calmodulin with the receptor. We also describe several mechanistic models that could account for the Ca(2+)/calmodulin-mediated regulation of epidermal growth factor receptor activity. The control exerted by calmodulin on distinct epidermal growth factor receptor-mediated cellular functions is also discussed. Finally, the phosphorylation of this Ca(2+) sensor by the epidermal growth factor receptor is highlighted.
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- Pablo Sánchez-González
- Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid, Spain
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A cell motility screen reveals role for MARCKS-related protein in adherens junction formation and tumorigenesis. PLoS One 2009; 4:e7833. [PMID: 19924305 PMCID: PMC2774968 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007833] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2009] [Accepted: 10/13/2009] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Invasion through the extracellular matrix (ECM) is important for wound healing, immunological responses and metastasis. We established an invasion-based cell motility screen using Boyden chambers overlaid with Matrigel to select for pro-invasive genes. By this method we identified antisense to MARCKS related protein (MRP), whose family member MARCKS is a target of miR-21, a microRNA involved in tumor growth, invasion and metastasis in multiple human cancers. We confirmed that targeted knockdown of MRP, in both EpRas mammary epithelial cells and PC3 prostate cancer cells, promoted in vitro cell migration that was blocked by trifluoperazine. Additionally, we observed increased immunofluoresence of E-cadherin, β-catenin and APC at sites of cell-cell contact in EpRas cells with MRP knockdown suggesting formation of adherens junctions. By wound healing assay we observed that reduced MRP supported collective cell migration, a type of cell movement where adherens junctions are maintained. However, destabilized adherens junctions, like those seen in EpRas cells, are frequently important for oncogenic signaling. Consequently, knockdown of MRP in EpRas caused loss of tumorigenesis in vivo, and reduced Wnt3a induced TCF reporter signaling in vitro. Together our data suggest that reducing MRP expression promotes formation of adherens junctions in EpRas cells, allowing collective cell migration, but interferes with oncogenic β-catenin signaling and tumorigenesis.
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Williams D, Vicôgne J, Zaitseva I, McLaughlin S, Pessin JE. Evidence that electrostatic interactions between vesicle-associated membrane protein 2 and acidic phospholipids may modulate the fusion of transport vesicles with the plasma membrane. Mol Biol Cell 2009; 20:4910-9. [PMID: 19812247 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e09-04-0284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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The juxtamembrane domain of vesicle-associated membrane protein (VAMP) 2 (also known as synaptobrevin2) contains a conserved cluster of basic/hydrophobic residues that may play an important role in membrane fusion. Our measurements on peptides corresponding to this domain determine the electrostatic and hydrophobic energies by which this domain of VAMP2 could bind to the adjacent lipid bilayer in an insulin granule or other transport vesicle. Mutation of residues within the juxtamembrane domain that reduce the VAMP2 net positive charge, and thus its interaction with membranes, inhibits secretion of insulin granules in beta cells. Increasing salt concentration in permeabilized cells, which reduces electrostatic interactions, also results in an inhibition of insulin secretion. Similarly, amphipathic weak bases (e.g., sphingosine) that reverse the negative electrostatic surface potential of a bilayer reverse membrane binding of the positively charged juxtamembrane domain of a reconstituted VAMP2 protein and inhibit membrane fusion. We propose a model in which the positively charged VAMP and syntaxin juxtamembrane regions facilitate fusion by bridging the negatively charged vesicle and plasma membrane leaflets.
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- Dumaine Williams
- Department of Medicine and Molecular Pharmacology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
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Garrido I, Espinosa F, Alvarez-Tinaut MC. Oxidative defence reactions in sunflower roots induced by methyl-jasmonate and methyl-salicylate and their relation with calcium signalling. PROTOPLASMA 2009; 237:27-39. [PMID: 19763783 DOI: 10.1007/s00709-009-0069-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2009] [Accepted: 08/18/2009] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Ca(2+) plays a critical role as second messenger in the signal-response coupling of plant defence responses, and methyl-jasmonate and methyl-salicylate are important components of signal transduction cascades activating plant defences. When intact axenic non-induced seedling roots of sunflower were treated with different Ca(2+) concentrations up to 1 mM, there was no significant increase in O(2)(*-) generation or DMAB-MBTH peroxidase (extracellular, ECPOX) activities in the apoplast, probably because these roots had enough Ca(2+) in their exo- and endocellular reservoirs. Both activities were strongly inhibited by the RBOH-NADPH oxidase inhibitor DPI and by the Ca(2+) surrogate antagonist La(3+), but the voltage-dependent Ca(2+) channel blocker verapamil was only inhibitory at concentrations higher than those active on animal L-type Ca(2+) channels. Concentrations >5 mM EGTA (chelating Ca(2+) in the apoplast) and Li(+) (inhibiting PI cycle dependent endogenous Ca(2+) fluxes) also inhibited both activities. W7, inhibitor of binding of Ca-CaM to its target protein, enhanced both activities, but the inactive analogue W5 showed a similar effect. Our data suggest that Ca(2+) from exocellular and, to a lesser extent, from endocellular stores is involved in oxidative activities, and that RBOH-NADPH oxidase is the main system supporting them. Ca(2+) activation of the PM cytosolic side of RBOH-NADPH oxidase is probably the key to Ca(2+) involvement in these processes. Roots induced by MeJA or MeSA showed significant enhancement of both oxidative activities, as corresponding to the oxidative burst evoked by the two phytohormones in the root apoplast. But while ECPOX activity showed a response to the effectors similar to that described above for non-induced roots, O(2)(*-) generation activity in the apoplast of induced roots was insensitive to EGTA, verapamil and Li(+), the inhibitors of exogenous and endogenous Ca(2+) fluxes; only DPI and La(3+) were inhibitory. As exogenously added 0.1 mM Ca(2+) also increased O (2) (.-) generation, we propose that, in these roots, activation of RBOH-NADPH oxidase by Ca(2+) could be regulated by Ca(2+) sensors in the apoplast.
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- Inmaculada Garrido
- Area de Fisiología Vegetal, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Extremadura, Badajoz, Spain.
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Coburn RF. Polyamine effects on cell function: Possible central role of plasma membrane PI(4,5)P2. J Cell Physiol 2009; 221:544-51. [DOI: 10.1002/jcp.21899] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Sengupta P, Bosis E, Nachliel E, Gutman M, Smith SO, Mihályné G, Zaitseva I, McLaughlin S. EGFR juxtamembrane domain, membranes, and calmodulin: kinetics of their interaction. Biophys J 2009; 96:4887-95. [PMID: 19527647 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2009.03.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2008] [Revised: 03/13/2009] [Accepted: 03/20/2009] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Calcium/calmodulin (Ca/CaM) binds to the intracellular juxtamembrane domain (JMD) of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR). The basic JMD also binds to acidic lipids in the inner leaflet of the plasma membrane, and this interaction may contribute an extra level of autoinhibition to the receptor. Binding of a ligand to the EGFR produces a rapid increase in intracellular calcium, [Ca2+]i, and thus Ca/CaM. How does Ca/CaM compete with the plasma membrane for the JMD? Does Ca/CaM directly pull the JMD off the membrane or does Ca/CaM only bind to the JMD after it has dissociated spontaneously from the bilayer? To answer this question, we studied the effect of Ca/CaM on the rate of dissociation of fluorescent JMD peptides from phospholipid vesicles by making kinetic stop-flow measurements. Ca/CaM increases the rate of dissociation: an analysis of the differential equations that describe the dissociation shows that Ca/CaM must directly pull the basic JMD peptide off the membrane surface. These measurements lead to a detailed atomic-level mechanism for EGFR activation that reconciles the existence of preformed EGFR dimers/oligomers with the Kuriyan allosteric model for activation of the EGFR kinase domains.
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- Parijat Sengupta
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Health Sciences Center, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, USA
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At the cell surface, activation of the epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor triggers a complex network of signalling events that regulate a variety of cellular processes. For signal termination, the activated EGF receptor is internalised and targeted to lysosomes for degradation. Microdomain localization at the plasma membrane and endocytic transport of the EGFR is important for the formation of compartment-specific signalling complexes and is regulated by scaffolding and targeting proteins. This includes Ca2+-effector proteins, such as calmodulin and annexins (Anx), in particular AnxA1, AnxA2, AnxA6 and as shown recently,AnxA8. Given that these annexins show differences in their expression patterns, subcellular localization and mode of action, they are likely to differentially contribute and cooperate in the fine-tuning of EGFR activity. In support of this hypothesis, current literature suggests these annexins to be involved in different steps that control the endocytic transport and signalling of the EGF receptor. This review summarizes how the coordinated activity of AnxA1, AnxA2, AnxA6 and AnxA8 can contribute to regulate EGF receptor localization and activity.
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- Thomas Grewal
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
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Falktoft B, Georg B, Fahrenkrug J. Calmodulin interacts with PAC1 and VPAC2 receptors and regulates PACAP-induced FOS expression in human neuroblastoma cells. Neuropeptides 2009; 43:53-61. [PMID: 19269029 DOI: 10.1016/j.npep.2009.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2009] [Revised: 02/05/2009] [Accepted: 02/05/2009] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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The neuropeptide pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) mediates its physiological functions through activation of PAC1, VPAC1 and VPAC2 receptors, and the ubiquitous Ca(2+)-sensor calmodulin has been implicated in PACAP-induced signaling. The immediate early response gene FOS is a well-known marker of neuronal activation, so we used a human neuroblastoma cell line NB-1 to explore the role of calmodulin in PACAP-induced FOS gene expression. We observed both short-term and prolonged altered PACAP-mediated activation of the FOS gene in the presence of the calmodulin-antagonist W-7. NB-1 cells were shown to express PAC1 and VPAC2 receptors, and immunoprecipitation of both receptors displayed a co-association with calmodulin in the absence of Ca(2+). Our findings indicate a novel mechanism of calmodulin in regulating PACAP signaling by possible interaction with the inactive state of PAC1 and VPAC2 receptors.
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- Birgitte Falktoft
- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Bispebjerg Hospital, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Carvalho K, Ramos L, Roy C, Picart C. Giant unilamellar vesicles containing phosphatidylinositol(4,5)bisphosphate: characterization and functionality. Biophys J 2008; 95:4348-60. [PMID: 18502807 PMCID: PMC2567945 DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.107.126912] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2007] [Accepted: 05/01/2008] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Biomimetic systems such as giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs) are increasingly used for studying protein/lipid interactions due to their size (similar to that of cells) and to their ease of observation by light microscopy techniques. Biophysicists have begun to complexify GUVs to investigate lipid/protein interactions. In particular, composite GUVs have been designed that incorporate lipids that play important physiological roles in cellulo, such as phosphoinositides and among those the most abundant one, phosphatidylinositol(4,5)bisphosphate (PIP2). Fluorescent lipids are often used as tracers to observe GUV membranes by microscopy but they can not bring quantitative information about the insertion of unlabeled lipids. In this study, we carried out zeta-potential measurements to prove the effective incorporation of PIP2 as well as that of phosphatidylserine in the membrane of GUVs prepared by electroformation and to follow the stability of PIP2-containing GUVs. Using confocal microscopy, we found that long-chain (C16) fluorescent PIP2 analogs used as tracers (0.1% of total lipids) show a uniform distribution in the membrane whereas PIP2 antibodies show PIP2 clustering. However, the clustering effect, which is emphasized when tertiary antibodies are used in addition to secondary ones to enhance the size of the detection complex, is artifactual. We showed that divalent ions (Ca2+ and Mg2+) can induce aggregation of PIP2 in the membrane depending on their concentration. Finally, the interaction of ezrin with PIP2-containing GUVs was investigated. Using either labeled ezrin and unlabeled GUVs or both labeled ezrin and GUVs, we showed that clusters of PIP2 and proteins are formed.
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- Kévin Carvalho
- DIMNP, Dynamique des Interactions Membranaires Normales et Pathologiques, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UMR 5235, Université Montpellier II et I, Montpellier, France
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Labasque M, Reiter E, Becamel C, Bockaert J, Marin P. Physical interaction of calmodulin with the 5-hydroxytryptamine2C receptor C-terminus is essential for G protein-independent, arrestin-dependent receptor signaling. Mol Biol Cell 2008; 19:4640-50. [PMID: 18768750 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e08-04-0422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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The serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine; 5-HT)(2C) receptor is a G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) exclusively expressed in CNS that has been implicated in numerous brain disorders, including anxio-depressive states. Like many GPCRs, 5-HT(2C) receptors physically interact with a variety of intracellular proteins in addition to G proteins. Here, we show that calmodulin (CaM) binds to a prototypic Ca(2+)-dependent "1-10" CaM-binding motif located in the proximal region of the 5-HT(2C) receptor C-terminus upon receptor activation by 5-HT. Mutation of this motif inhibited both beta-arrestin recruitment by 5-HT(2C) receptor and receptor-operated extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) 1,2 signaling in human embryonic kidney-293 cells, which was independent of G proteins and dependent on beta-arrestins. A similar inhibition was observed in cells expressing a dominant-negative CaM or depleted of CaM by RNA interference. Expression of the CaM mutant also prevented receptor-mediated ERK1,2 phosphorylation in cultured cortical neurons and choroid plexus epithelial cells that endogenously express 5-HT(2C) receptors. Collectively, these findings demonstrate that physical interaction of CaM with recombinant and native 5-HT(2C) receptors is critical for G protein-independent, arrestin-dependent receptor signaling. This signaling pathway might be involved in neurogenesis induced by chronic treatment with 5-HT(2C) receptor agonists and their antidepressant-like activity.
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- Marilyne Labasque
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5203, Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle, Montpellier F-34094, France
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Eisenberg S, Giehl K, Henis YI, Ehrlich M. Differential interference of chlorpromazine with the membrane interactions of oncogenic K-Ras and its effects on cell growth. J Biol Chem 2008; 283:27279-88. [PMID: 18693247 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m804589200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Membrane anchorage of Ras proteins is important for their signaling and oncogenic potential. K-Ras4B (K-Ras), the Ras isoform most often mutated in human cancers, is the only Ras isoform where a polybasic motif contributes essential electrostatic interactions with the negatively charged cytoplasmic leaflet. Here we studied the effects of the cationic amphiphilic drug chlorpromazine (CPZ) on the membrane association of oncogenic K-Ras(G12V), cell proliferation, and apoptosis. Combining live cell microscopy, FRAP beam size analysis, and cell fractionation studies, we show that CPZ reduces the association of GFP-K-Ras(G12V) with the plasma membrane and increases its exchange between plasma membrane and cytoplasmic pools. These effects appear to depend on electrostatic interactions because the membrane association of another related protein that has a membrane-interacting polybasic cluster (Rac1(G12V)) was also affected, whereas that of H-Ras was not. The weakened association with the plasma membrane led to a higher fraction of GFP-K-Ras(G12V) in the cytoplasm and in internal membranes, accompanied by either cell cycle arrest (PANC-1 cells) or apoptosis (Rat-1 fibroblasts), the latter being in correlation with the targeting of K-Ras(G12V) to mitochondria. In accord with these results, CPZ compromised the transformed phenotype of PANC-1 cells, as indicated by inhibition of cell migration and growth in soft agar.
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- Sharon Eisenberg
- Department of Neurobiology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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Liao WC, Huang CC, Cheng HH, Wang JL, Lin KL, Cheng JS, Chai KL, Hsu PT, Tsai JY, Fang YC, Lu YC, Chang HT, Huang JK, Chou CT, Jan CR. Effect of calmidazolium on [Ca2+]i and viability in human hepatoma cells. Arch Toxicol 2008; 83:61-8. [DOI: 10.1007/s00204-008-0328-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2008] [Accepted: 06/03/2008] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Surface plasmon resonance characterization of calspermin–calmodulin binding kinetics. Anal Biochem 2008; 376:61-72. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2008.01.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2007] [Revised: 01/15/2008] [Accepted: 01/16/2008] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Landau M, Ben-Tal N. Dynamic equilibrium between multiple active and inactive conformations explains regulation and oncogenic mutations in ErbB receptors. Biochim Biophys Acta Rev Cancer 2008; 1785:12-31. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbcan.2007.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2007] [Revised: 08/08/2007] [Accepted: 08/08/2007] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Stewart AK, Kurschat CE, Vaughan-Jones RD, Shmukler BE, Alper SL. Acute regulation of mouse AE2 anion exchanger requires isoform-specific amino acid residues from most of the transmembrane domain. J Physiol 2007; 584:59-73. [PMID: 17690150 PMCID: PMC2277056 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2007.136119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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The widely expressed anion exchanger polypeptide AE2/SLC4A2 is acutely inhibited by acidic intracellular (pH(i)), by acidic extracellular pH (pH(o)), and by the calmodulin inhibitor, calmidazolium, whereas it is acutely activated by NH(4)(+). The homologous erythroid/kidney AE1/SLC4A1 polypeptide is insensitive to these regulators. Each of these AE2 regulatory responses requires the presence of AE2's C-terminal transmembrane domain (TMD). We have now measured (36)Cl(-) efflux from Xenopus oocytes expressing bi- or tripartite AE2-AE1 chimeras to define TMD subregions in which AE2-specific sequences contribute to acute regulation. The chimeric AE polypeptides were all functional at pH(o) 7.4, with the sole exception of AE2((1-920))/AE1((613-811))/AE2((1120-1237)). Reciprocal exchanges of the large third extracellular loops were without effect. AE2 regulation by pH(i), pH(o) and NH(4)(+) was retained after substitution of C-terminal AE2 amino acids 1120-1237 (including the putative second re-entrant loop, two TM spans and the cytoplasmic tail) with the corresponding AE1 sequence. In contrast, the presence of this AE2 C-terminal sequence was both necessary and sufficient for inhibition by calmidazolium. All other tested TMD substitutions abolished AE2 pH(i) sensitivity, abolished or severely attenuated sensitivity to pH(o) and removed sensitivity to NH(4)(+). Loss of AE2 pH(i) sensitivity was not rescued by co-expression of a complementary AE2 sequence within separate full-length chimeras or AE2 subdomains. Thus, normal regulation of AE2 by pH and other ligands requires AE2-specific sequence from most regions of the AE2 TMD, with the exceptions of the third extracellular loop and a short C-terminal sequence. We conclude that the individual TMD amino acid residues previously identified as influencing acute regulation of AE2 exert that influence within a regulatory structure requiring essential contributions from multiple regions of the AE2 TMD.
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- A K Stewart
- Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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Zhang H, Bialkowska A, Rusovici R, Chanchevalap S, Shim H, Katz JP, Yang VW, Chris Yun C. Lysophosphatidic acid facilitates proliferation of colon cancer cells via induction of Krüppel-like factor 5. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:15541-9. [PMID: 17430902 PMCID: PMC2000347 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m700702200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Among the multiple cellular effects mediated by lysophosphatidic acid (LPA), the effect on cell proliferation has extensively been investigated. A recent study showed that LPA-mediated proliferation of colon cancer cells requires activation of beta-catenin. However, the majority of colon cancer cells have deregulation of the Wnt/beta-catenin pathway. This prompted us to hypothesize the presence of additional pathway(s) activated by LPA resulting in an increase in the proliferation of colon cancer cells. Krüppel-like factor 5 (KLF5) is a transcriptional factor highly expressed in the crypt compartment of the intestinal epithelium. In this work, we investigated a role of KLF5 in LPA-mediated proliferation. We show that LPA stimulated the expression levels of KLF5 mRNA and protein in colon cancer cells and this stimulation was mediated by LPA(2) and LPA(3). Silencing of KLF5 expression by small interfering RNA significantly attenuated LPA-mediated proliferation of SW480 and HCT116 cells. LPA-mediated KLF5 induction was partially blocked by inhibition of the mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase and protein kinase C-delta. Moreover, we observed that LPA regulates KLF5 expression via eukaryotic elongation factor 2 kinase (eEF2k). Inhibition of calmodulin or silencing of eEF2k blocked the stimulation in KLF5 expression. Knockdown of eEF2k specifically inhibited KLF5 induction by LPA but not by fetal bovine serum or phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate. These results identify KLF5 as a target of LPA-mediated signaling and suggest a role of KLF5 in promoting proliferation of intestinal epithelia in response to LPA.
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- Huanchun Zhang
- Division of Digestive Diseases, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322
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- Division of Digestive Diseases, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322
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- Division of Digestive Diseases, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322
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- Division of Digestive Diseases, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322
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- Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322
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- Division of Gastroenterology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104
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- Division of Digestive Diseases, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322
- Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322
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- Division of Digestive Diseases, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322
- To whom correspondence should be addressed: Whitehead Bldg., Rm. 201, 615 Michael St., Atlanta, GA 30322. Tel.: 404-712-2865; Fax: 404-727-5767; E-mail:
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