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Niwa T, Nakazawa K, Hoshi K, Tadakuma H, Ito K, Taguchi H. Application of fluorescence correlation spectroscopy to investigate the dynamics of a ribosome-associated trigger factor in Escherichia coli. Front Mol Biosci 2022; 9:891128. [PMID: 36090041 PMCID: PMC9452904 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2022.891128] [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: 03/07/2022] [Accepted: 07/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Co-translational protein folding is one of the central topics in molecular biology. In Escherichia coli, trigger factor (TF) is a primary chaperone that facilitates co-translational folding by directly interacting with nascent polypeptide chains on translating ribosomes. In this study, we applied fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS), which can analyze the diffusion properties of fluorescent molecules by measuring the fluctuations of the fluorescent intensity, to investigate the interaction between TF and a nascent chain on translating ribosomes both in vitro and in vivo. The FCS analysis with a reconstituted cell-free translation system revealed that the interaction of fluorescently labeled TF with a nascent chain depended on the emergence of the nascent chain from the ribosome exit tunnel, and this interaction was not inhibited by excess amounts of other chaperones. Furthermore, the translation-dependent interaction between GFP-fused TFs and nascent chains was also observed in living E. coli cells. The FCS-based approach established here could be an effective method to investigate the dynamics of other ribosome-associated chaperones besides TF.
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- Tatsuya Niwa
- School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan.,Cell Biology Center, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan
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- School of Life Science and Technology and Gene Editing Center, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Computational Biology and Medical Sciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan.,Cell Biology Center, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan
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Naeimi WR, Serio TR. Beyond Amyloid Fibers: Accumulation, Biological Relevance, and Regulation of Higher-Order Prion Architectures. Viruses 2022; 14:v14081635. [PMID: 35893700 PMCID: PMC9332770 DOI: 10.3390/v14081635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2022] [Revised: 07/14/2022] [Accepted: 07/23/2022] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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The formation of amyloid fibers is associated with a diverse range of disease and phenotypic states. These amyloid fibers often assemble into multi-protofibril, high-order architectures in vivo and in vitro. Prion propagation in yeast, an amyloid-based process, represents an attractive model to explore the link between these aggregation states and the biological consequences of amyloid dynamics. Here, we integrate the current state of knowledge, highlight opportunities for further insight, and draw parallels to more complex systems in vitro. Evidence suggests that high-order fibril architectures are present ex vivo from disease relevant environments and under permissive conditions in vivo in yeast, including but not limited to those leading to prion formation or instability. The biological significance of these latter amyloid architectures or how they may be regulated is, however, complicated by inconsistent experimental conditions and analytical methods, although the Hsp70 chaperone Ssa1/2 is likely involved. Transition between assembly states could form a mechanistic basis to explain some confounding observations surrounding prion regulation but is limited by a lack of unified methodology to biophysically compare these assembly states. Future exciting experimental entryways may offer opportunities for further insight.
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Seuma M, Bolognesi B. Understanding and evolving prions by yeast multiplexed assays. Curr Opin Genet Dev 2022; 75:101941. [PMID: 35777350 DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2022.101941] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2022] [Revised: 05/19/2022] [Accepted: 05/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Yeast genetics made it possible to derive the first fundamental insights into prion composition, conformation, and propagation. Fast-forward 30 years and the same model organism is now proving an extremely powerful tool to comprehensively explore the impact of mutations in prion sequences on their function, toxicity, and physical properties. Here, we provide an overview of novel multiplexed strategies where deep mutagenesis is combined to a range of tailored selection assays in yeast, which are particularly amenable for investigating prions and prion-like sequences. By mimicking evolution in a flask, these multiplexed approaches are revealing mechanistic insights on the consequences of prion self-assembly, while also reporting on the structure prion sequences adopt in vivo.
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- Mireia Seuma
- Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Baldiri Reixac 10-12, 08028 Barcelona, Spain. https://twitter.com/@mseumaar
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- Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Baldiri Reixac 10-12, 08028 Barcelona, Spain.
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Sergeeva AV, Belashova TA, Bondarev SA, Velizhanina ME, Barbitoff YA, Matveenko AG, Valina AA, Simanova AL, Zhouravleva GA, Galkin AP. Direct proof of the amyloid nature of yeast prions [PSI+] and [PIN+] by the method of immunoprecipitation of native fibrils. FEMS Yeast Res 2021; 21:6360323. [PMID: 34463335 DOI: 10.1093/femsyr/foab046] [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: 04/09/2021] [Accepted: 08/28/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Prions are proteins that can exist in several structurally and functionally distinct states, one or more of which is transmissible. Yeast proteins Sup35 and Rnq1 in prion state ([PSI+] and [PIN+], respectively) form oligomers and aggregates, which are transmitted from parents to offspring in a series of generations. Several pieces of indirect evidence indicate that these aggregates also possess amyloid properties, but their binding to amyloid-specific dyes has not been shown in vivo. Meanwhile, it is the specific binding to the Congo Red dye and birefringence in polarized light after such staining that is considered the gold standard for proving the amyloid properties of a protein. Here, we used immunoprecipitation to extract native fibrils of the Sup35 and Rnq1 proteins from yeast strains with different prion status. These fibrils are detected by electron microscopy, stained with Congo Red and exhibit yellow-green birefringence after such staining. All these data show that the Sup35 and Rnq1 proteins in prion state form amyloid fibrils in vivo. The technology of fibrils extraction in combination with standard cytological methods can be used to identify new pathological and functional amyloids in any organism and to analyze the structural features of native amyloid fibrils.
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- Aleksandra V Sergeeva
- Department of Genetics and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, St. Petersburg State University, Universitetskaya emb. 7/9, St. Petersburg, 199034, Russian Federation
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- Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, St. Petersburg Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya emb. 7/9, St. Petersburg, 199034, Russian Federation.,Laboratory of Amyloid Biology, St. Petersburg State University, Universitetskaya emb. 7/9, St. Petersburg, 199034, Russian Federation
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- Department of Genetics and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, St. Petersburg State University, Universitetskaya emb. 7/9, St. Petersburg, 199034, Russian Federation
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- Department of Genetics and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, St. Petersburg State University, Universitetskaya emb. 7/9, St. Petersburg, 199034, Russian Federation.,Laboratory of Signal Regulation, All-Russia Research Institute for Agricultural Microbiology, Podbelsky Chaussee, 3 , Pushkin, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
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- Department of Genetics and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, St. Petersburg State University, Universitetskaya emb. 7/9, St. Petersburg, 199034, Russian Federation
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- Department of Genetics and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, St. Petersburg State University, Universitetskaya emb. 7/9, St. Petersburg, 199034, Russian Federation
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- Department of Genetics and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, St. Petersburg State University, Universitetskaya emb. 7/9, St. Petersburg, 199034, Russian Federation
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- Department of Genetics and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, St. Petersburg State University, Universitetskaya emb. 7/9, St. Petersburg, 199034, Russian Federation
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- Department of Genetics and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, St. Petersburg State University, Universitetskaya emb. 7/9, St. Petersburg, 199034, Russian Federation
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- Department of Genetics and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, St. Petersburg State University, Universitetskaya emb. 7/9, St. Petersburg, 199034, Russian Federation.,Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, St. Petersburg Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya emb. 7/9, St. Petersburg, 199034, Russian Federation
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Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy and Fluorescence Correlation Methods for the Evaluation of Molecular Interactions. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2021; 1310:1-30. [PMID: 33834430 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-33-6064-8_1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) and related microscopic techniques allow a unique and versatile approach to image and analyze living cells due to their specificity and high sensitivity. Among confocal related techniques, fluorescence correlation methods, such as fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS) and dual-color fluorescence cross-correlation spectroscopy (FCCS), are highly sensitive biophysical methods for analyzing the complex dynamic events of molecular diffusion and interaction change in live cells as well as in solution by exploiting the characteristics of fluorescence signals. Analytical and quantitative information from FCS and FCCS coupled with fluorescence images obtained from CLSM can now be applied in convergence science such as drug delivery and nanomedicine, as well as in basic cell biology. In this chapter, a brief introduction into the physical parameters that can be obtained from FCS and FCCS is first provided. Secondly, experimental examples of the methods for evaluating the parameters is presented. Finally, two potential FCS and FCCS applications for convergence science are introduced in more detail.
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Wang W, Ventura S. Prion domains as a driving force for the assembly of functional nanomaterials. Prion 2020; 14:170-179. [PMID: 32597308 PMCID: PMC7518758 DOI: 10.1080/19336896.2020.1785659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2020] [Revised: 06/11/2020] [Accepted: 06/12/2020] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Amyloids display a highly ordered fibrillar structure. Many of these assemblies appear associated with human disease. However, the controllable, stable, tunable, and robust nature of amyloid fibrils can be exploited to build up remarkable nanomaterials with a wide range of applications in biomedicine and biotechnology. Functional prions constitute a particular class of amyloids. These transmissible proteins exhibit a modular architecture, with a disordered prion domain responsible for the assembly and one or more globular domains that account for the activity. Importantly, the original globular protein can be replaced with any protein of interest, without compromising the fibrillation potential. These genetic fusions form fibrils in which the globular domain remains folded, rendering functional nanostructures. However, in some cases, steric hindrance restricts the activity of these fibrils. This limitation can be solved by dissecting prion domains into shorter sequences that keep their self-assembling properties while allowing better access to the active protein in the fibrillar state. In this review, we will discuss the properties of prion-like functional nanomaterials and the amazing applications of these biocompatible fibrillar arrangements.
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- Weiqiang Wang
- Institut de Biotecnologia i de Biomedicina and Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra (Barcelona), Spain
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- Institut de Biotecnologia i de Biomedicina and Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra (Barcelona), Spain
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Bucciantini M, Leri M, Stefani M, Melki R, Zecchi-Orlandini S, Nosi D. The Amphipathic GM1 Molecule Stabilizes Amyloid Aggregates, Preventing their Cytotoxicity. Biophys J 2020; 119:326-336. [PMID: 32579964 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2020.06.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2019] [Revised: 05/20/2020] [Accepted: 06/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Amyloid aggregates have been demonstrated to exert cytotoxic effects in several diseases. It is widely accepted that the complex and fascinating aggregation pathway involves a series of steps during which many heterogeneous intermediates are generated. This process may be greatly potentiated by the presence of amphipathic components of plasma membrane because they may serve as interaction, condensation, and nucleation points. However, there are few data regarding structural alterations induced by the binding between the amyloid fibrils and membrane components and its direct effects on cell integrity. In this study, we found, by 1-anilinonaphthalene 8-sulfonic acid and transmission electron microscopy/fast Fourier transform, that yeast prion Sup35 oligomers showed higher structural uniformity and altered surface properties when grown in the presence of monosialotetrahexosylganglioside, a component of the cell membrane. 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide and confocal/sensitized Förster resonance energy transfer analyses revealed that these fibrils showed low cytotoxicity and affinity to plasma membrane. Moreover, time-lapse analysis of Sup35 oligomer fibrillation on cells suggested that the amyloid aggregation process per se exerts cytotoxic effects through the interaction of amyloid intermediates with plasma membrane components. These data provide, to our knowledge, new insights to understand the mechanism of amyloid growth and cytotoxicity in the pathogenesis of amyloid diseases.
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- Monica Bucciantini
- Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences "Mario Serio," University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences "Mario Serio," University of Florence, Florence, Italy; Department of Neuroscience, Psychology, Area of Medicine and Health of the Child of the University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences "Mario Serio," University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Institut Francois Jacob, CEA and Laboratory of Neurodegenerative Diseases, CNRS 92265, Fontenay-Aux-Roses, France
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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Wang W, Navarro S, Azizyan RA, Baño-Polo M, Esperante SA, Kajava AV, Ventura S. Prion soft amyloid core driven self-assembly of globular proteins into bioactive nanofibrils. NANOSCALE 2019; 11:12680-12694. [PMID: 31237592 DOI: 10.1039/c9nr01755k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Amyloids have been exploited to build amazing bioactive materials. In most cases, short synthetic peptides constitute the functional components of such materials. The controlled assembly of globular proteins into active amyloid nanofibrils is still challenging, because the formation of amyloids implies a conformational conversion towards a β-sheet-rich structure, with a concomitant loss of the native fold and the inactivation of the protein. There is, however, a remarkable exception to this rule: yeast prions. They are singular proteins able to switch between a soluble and an amyloid state. In both states, the structure of their globular domains remains essentially intact. The transit between these two conformations is encoded in prion domains (PrDs): long and disordered sequences to which the active globular domains are appended. PrDs are much larger than typical self-assembling peptides. This seriously limits their use for nanotechnological applications. We have recently shown that these domains contain soft amyloid cores (SACs) that suffice to nucleate their self-assembly reaction. Here we genetically fused a model SAC with different globular proteins. We demonstrate that this very short sequence acts as a minimalist PrD, driving the selective and slow assembly of the initially soluble fusion proteins into amyloid fibrils in which the globular proteins retain their native structure and display high activity. Overall, we provide here a novel, modular and straightforward strategy to build active protein-based nanomaterials at a preparative scale.
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- Weiqiang Wang
- Institut de Biotecnologia i de Biomedicina and Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain.
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- Institut de Biotecnologia i de Biomedicina and Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain.
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- Centre de Recherche en Biologie cellulaire de Montpellier, UMR 5237 CNRS, Université Montpellier, 1919 Route de Mende, 34293 Montpellier, Cedex 5, France
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- Institut de Biotecnologia i de Biomedicina and Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain.
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- Institut de Biotecnologia i de Biomedicina and Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain.
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- Centre de Recherche en Biologie cellulaire de Montpellier, UMR 5237 CNRS, Université Montpellier, 1919 Route de Mende, 34293 Montpellier, Cedex 5, France
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- Institut de Biotecnologia i de Biomedicina and Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain.
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Yoo H, Triandafillou C, Drummond DA. Cellular sensing by phase separation: Using the process, not just the products. J Biol Chem 2019; 294:7151-7159. [PMID: 30877200 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.tm118.001191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Phase separation creates two distinct liquid phases from a single mixed liquid phase, like oil droplets separating from water. Considerable attention has focused on how the products of phase separation-the resulting condensates-might act as biological compartments, bioreactors, filters, and membraneless organelles in cells. Here, we expand this perspective, reviewing recent results showing how cells instead use the process of phase separation to sense intracellular and extracellular changes. We review case studies in phase separation-based sensing and discuss key features, such as extraordinary sensitivity, which make the process of phase separation ideally suited to meet a range of sensory challenges cells encounter.
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- Haneul Yoo
- From the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
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- From the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, .,Department of Human Genetics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637
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Cereghetti G, Saad S, Dechant R, Peter M. Reversible, functional amyloids: towards an understanding of their regulation in yeast and humans. Cell Cycle 2018; 17:1545-1558. [PMID: 29963943 DOI: 10.1080/15384101.2018.1480220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Protein aggregates, and in particular amyloids, are generally considered to be inherently irreversible aberrant clumps, and are often associated with pathologies, such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, or systemic amyloidosis. However, recent evidence demonstrates that some aggregates are not only fully reversible, but also perform essential physiological functions. Despite these new findings, very little is known about how these functional protein aggregates are regulated in a physiological context. Here, we take the yeast pyruvate kinase Cdc19 as an example of a protein forming functional, reversible, solid, amyloid-like aggregates in response to stress conditions. Cdc19 aggregation is regulated via an aggregation-prone low complexity region (LCR). In favorable growth conditions, this LCR is prevented from aggregating by phosphorylation or oligomerization, while upon glucose starvation it becomes exposed and allows aggregation. We suggest that LCR phosphorylation, oligomerization or partner-binding may be general and widespread mechanisms regulating LCR-mediated reversible protein aggregation. Moreover, we show that, as predicted by computational tools, Cdc19 forms amyloid-like aggregates in vitro. Interestingly, we also observe striking similarities between Cdc19 and its mammalian counterpart, PKM2. Indeed, also PKM2 harbors a LCR and contains several peptides with high amyloidogenic propensity, which coincide with known phosphorylation sites. Thus, we speculate that the formation of reversible, amyloid-like aggregates may be a general physiological mechanism for cells to adapt to stress conditions, and that the underlying regulatory mechanisms may be conserved from yeast to humans.
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- Gea Cereghetti
- a Institute of Biochemistry, Department of Biology , ETH Zürich , Zürich , Switzerland.,b Life Science Zürich , Molecular Life Sciences , Zürich , Switzerland
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- c Department of Chemical and Systems Biology , Stanford University , Stanford, CA , USA
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- a Institute of Biochemistry, Department of Biology , ETH Zürich , Zürich , Switzerland
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- a Institute of Biochemistry, Department of Biology , ETH Zürich , Zürich , Switzerland
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Rothe S, Prakash A, Tyedmers J. The Insoluble Protein Deposit (IPOD) in Yeast. Front Mol Neurosci 2018; 11:237. [PMID: 30050408 PMCID: PMC6052365 DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2018.00237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2018] [Accepted: 06/18/2018] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The appearance of protein aggregates is a hallmark of several pathologies including many neurodegenerative diseases. Mounting evidence suggests that the accumulation of misfolded proteins into inclusions is a secondary line of defense when the extent of protein misfolding exceeds the capacity of the Protein Quality Control System, which mediates refolding or degradation of misfolded species. Such exhaustion can occur during severe proteotoxic stress, the excessive occurrence of aggregation prone protein species, e.g., amyloids, or during ageing. However, the machinery that mediates recognition, recruitment and deposition of different types of misfolded proteins into specific deposition sites is only poorly understood. Since emerging principles of aggregate deposition appear evolutionarily conserved, yeast represents a powerful model to study basic mechanisms of recognition of different types of misfolded proteins, their recruitment to the respective deposition site and the molecular organization at the corresponding site. Yeast possesses at least three different aggregate deposition sites, one of which is a major deposition site for amyloid aggregates termed Insoluble PrOtein Deposit (IPOD). Due to the link between neurodegenerative disease and accumulation of amyloid aggregates, the IPOD is of particular interest when we aim to identify the molecular mechanisms that cells have evolved to counteract toxicity associated with the occurrence of amyloid aggregates. Here, we will review what is known about IPOD composition and the mechanisms of recognition and recruitment of amyloid aggregates to this site in yeast. Finally, we will briefly discuss the possible physiological role of aggregate deposition at the IPOD.
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- Stephanie Rothe
- Department of Medicine I and Clinical Chemistry, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Medicine I and Clinical Chemistry, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Medicine I and Clinical Chemistry, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
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Pack CG, Inoue Y, Higurashi T, Kawai-Noma S, Hayashi D, Craig E, Taguchi H. Heterogeneous interaction network of yeast prions and remodeling factors detected in live cells. BMB Rep 2018; 50:478-483. [PMID: 28893371 PMCID: PMC5625696 DOI: 10.5483/bmbrep.2017.50.9.084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2017] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Budding yeast has dozens of prions, which are mutually dependent on each other for the de novo prion formation. In addition to the interactions among prions, transmissions of prions are strictly dependent on two chaperone systems: the Hsp104 and the Hsp70/Hsp40 (J-protein) systems, both of which cooperatively remodel the prion aggregates to ensure the multiplication of prion entities. Since it has been postulated that prions and the remodeling factors constitute complex networks in cells, a quantitative approach to describe the interactions in live cells would be required. Here, the researchers applied dual-color fluorescence cross-correlation spectroscopy to investigate the molecular network of interaction in single live cells. The findings demonstrate that yeast prions and remodeling factors constitute a network through heterogeneous protein-protein interactions.
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- Chan-Gi Pack
- Asan Institute for Life Sciences, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul 05505, Korea
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- Department of Biomolecular Engineering, Graduate School of Biosciences and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama 226-8501, Japan
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- Department of Biomolecular Engineering, Graduate School of Biosciences and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama 226-8501, Japan
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- Department of Biomolecular Engineering, Graduate School of Biosciences and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama 226-8501, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, WI 53706, USA
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- Department of Biomolecular Engineering, Graduate School of Biosciences and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama 226-8501, Japan
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A Liquid to Solid Phase Transition Underlying Pathological Huntingtin Exon1 Aggregation. Mol Cell 2018; 70:588-601.e6. [PMID: 29754822 PMCID: PMC5971205 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2018.04.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 193] [Impact Index Per Article: 32.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2017] [Revised: 03/08/2018] [Accepted: 04/05/2018] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Huntington’s disease is caused by an abnormally long polyglutamine tract in the huntingtin protein. This leads to the generation and deposition of N-terminal exon1 fragments of the protein in intracellular aggregates. We combined electron tomography and quantitative fluorescence microscopy to analyze the structural and material properties of huntingtin exon1 assemblies in mammalian cells, in yeast, and in vitro. We found that huntingtin exon1 proteins can form reversible liquid-like assemblies, a process driven by huntingtin’s polyQ tract and proline-rich region. In cells and in vitro, the liquid-like assemblies converted to solid-like assemblies with a fibrillar structure. Intracellular phase transitions of polyglutamine proteins could play a role in initiating irreversible pathological aggregation. Aggregates of huntingtin exon1 exist in distinct liquid-like and solid-like forms Liquid-like assembly formation is driven by polyQ and proline-rich regions of exon1 The liquid-like assemblies convert into solid-like assemblies in vitro and in cells Electron tomography reveals liquid and solid assemblies have distinct structures
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Huntington's disease is caused by the expansion of a polyglutamine (polyQ) tract in the N-terminal exon of huntingtin (HttEx1), but the cellular mechanisms leading to neurodegeneration remain poorly understood. Here we present in situ structural studies by cryo-electron tomography of an established yeast model system of polyQ toxicity. We find that expression of polyQ-expanded HttEx1 results in the formation of unstructured inclusion bodies and in some cases fibrillar aggregates. This contrasts with recent findings in mammalian cells, where polyQ inclusions were exclusively fibrillar. In yeast, polyQ toxicity correlates with alterations in mitochondrial and lipid droplet morphology, which do not arise from physical interactions with inclusions or fibrils. Quantitative proteomic analysis shows that polyQ aggregates sequester numerous cellular proteins and cause a major change in proteome composition, most significantly in proteins related to energy metabolism. Thus, our data point to a multifaceted toxic gain-of-function of polyQ aggregates, driven by sequestration of endogenous proteins and mitochondrial and lipid droplet dysfunction.
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Torres-Barredo GA, Atarashi H, Kajikawa A, Hirata A, Endo A, Nakagawa J. Intracellular localization of sirtuin and cell length analysis of Lactobacillus paracasei suggest possible role of sirtuin in cell division and cell shape regulation. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2018; 82:1-10. [PMID: 29499629 DOI: 10.1080/09168451.2018.1443790] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2017] [Accepted: 02/13/2018] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Sirtuin has been associated in prolonging lifespan of different model organisms. It has been shown to have an enzymatic activity of NAD+-dependent protein deacetylation targeting acetylated proteins. To determine targets and possible roles of sirtuin (LpSirA) in the Lactobacillus paracasei BL23, deletion (ΔsirA), sirtuin overexpressor (highsirA) and GFP fusion (highsirA-Venus) strains were generated, and microscopic localization and cell length analysis were done. Microscopic analysis revealed localization of LpSirA at cell division plates, at cell poles and all throughout the cell length in a spiral manner. Cell length analysis revealed that 46.9% of the ΔsirA cells were observed to be shorter (<2 μm), whereas 12.6% of the highsirA cells were observed to be longer (>4 μm) in comparison with the wild-type with only 17.1% short cells and 5.3% long cells. Our results suggest that sirtuin may have an essential role in cell division and cell shape regulation.
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- a Graduate School of Bioindustry , Tokyo University of Agriculture , Abashiri City , Japan
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- b Department of Applied Biology and Chemistry , Tokyo University of Agriculture , Tokyo , Japan
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- c Graduate School of Frontier Sciences , The University of Tokyo , Kashiwa , Japan
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- a Graduate School of Bioindustry , Tokyo University of Agriculture , Abashiri City , Japan
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- a Graduate School of Bioindustry , Tokyo University of Agriculture , Abashiri City , Japan
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Wickner RB, Kryndushkin D, Shewmaker F, McGlinchey R, Edskes HK. Study of Amyloids Using Yeast. Methods Mol Biol 2018; 1779:313-339. [PMID: 29886541 PMCID: PMC7337124 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-7816-8_19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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We detail some of the genetic, biochemical, and physical methods useful in studying amyloids in yeast, particularly the yeast prions. These methods include cytoduction (cytoplasmic mixing), infection of cells with prion amyloids, use of green fluorescent protein fusions with amyloid-forming proteins for cytology, protein purification and amyloid formation, and electron microscopy of filaments.
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- Reed B. Wickner
- Laboratory of Biochemistry and Genetics, National Institute of Diabetes Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Insititutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-0830
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- Laboratory of Biochemistry and Genetics, National Institute of Diabetes Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Insititutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-0830,Dept. of Pharmacology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD 20814
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- Dept. of Pharmacology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD 20814
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- Laboratory of Biochemistry and Genetics, National Institute of Diabetes Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Insititutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-0830
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- Laboratory of Biochemistry and Genetics, National Institute of Diabetes Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Insititutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-0830
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Bäuerlein FJB, Saha I, Mishra A, Kalemanov M, Martínez-Sánchez A, Klein R, Dudanova I, Hipp MS, Hartl FU, Baumeister W, Fernández-Busnadiego R. In Situ Architecture and Cellular Interactions of PolyQ Inclusions. Cell 2017; 171:179-187.e10. [PMID: 28890085 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2017.08.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 214] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2017] [Revised: 06/30/2017] [Accepted: 08/07/2017] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Expression of many disease-related aggregation-prone proteins results in cytotoxicity and the formation of large intracellular inclusion bodies. To gain insight into the role of inclusions in pathology and the in situ structure of protein aggregates inside cells, we employ advanced cryo-electron tomography methods to analyze the structure of inclusions formed by polyglutamine (polyQ)-expanded huntingtin exon 1 within their intact cellular context. In primary mouse neurons and immortalized human cells, polyQ inclusions consist of amyloid-like fibrils that interact with cellular endomembranes, particularly of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). Interactions with these fibrils lead to membrane deformation, the local impairment of ER organization, and profound alterations in ER membrane dynamics at the inclusion periphery. These results suggest that aberrant interactions between fibrils and endomembranes contribute to the deleterious cellular effects of protein aggregation. VIDEO ABSTRACT.
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- Felix J B Bäuerlein
- Department of Molecular Structural Biology, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, 82152 Martinsried, Germany
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- Department of Cellular Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, 82152 Martinsried, Germany
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- Department of Molecules, Signaling, and Development, Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, 82152 Martinsried, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Structural Biology, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, 82152 Martinsried, Germany; Graduate School of Quantitative Biosciences Munich, 81337 Munich, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Structural Biology, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, 82152 Martinsried, Germany
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- Department of Molecules, Signaling, and Development, Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, 82152 Martinsried, Germany; Munich Cluster for Systems Neurology (SyNergy), 80336 Munich, Germany
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- Department of Molecules, Signaling, and Development, Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, 82152 Martinsried, Germany
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- Department of Cellular Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, 82152 Martinsried, Germany; Munich Cluster for Systems Neurology (SyNergy), 80336 Munich, Germany
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- Department of Cellular Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, 82152 Martinsried, Germany; Munich Cluster for Systems Neurology (SyNergy), 80336 Munich, Germany.
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- Department of Molecular Structural Biology, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, 82152 Martinsried, Germany.
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- Department of Molecular Structural Biology, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, 82152 Martinsried, Germany
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Lamour G, Nassar R, Chan PHW, Bozkurt G, Li J, Bui JM, Yip CK, Mayor T, Li H, Wu H, Gsponer JA. Mapping the Broad Structural and Mechanical Properties of Amyloid Fibrils. Biophys J 2017; 112:584-594. [PMID: 28256219 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2016.12.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2016] [Revised: 12/12/2016] [Accepted: 12/19/2016] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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Amyloids are fibrillar nanostructures of proteins that are assembled in several physiological processes in human cells (e.g., hormone storage) but also during the course of infectious (prion) and noninfectious (nonprion) diseases such as Creutzfeldt-Jakob and Alzheimer's diseases, respectively. How the amyloid state, a state accessible to all proteins and peptides, can be exploited for functional purposes but also have detrimental effects remains to be determined. Here, we measure the nanomechanical properties of different amyloids and link them to features found in their structure models. Specifically, we use shape fluctuation analysis and sonication-induced scission in combination with full-atom molecular dynamics simulations to reveal that the amyloid fibrils of the mammalian prion protein PrP are mechanically unstable, most likely due to a very low hydrogen bond density in the fibril structure. Interestingly, amyloid fibrils formed by HET-s, a fungal protein that can confer functional prion behavior, have a much higher Young's modulus and tensile strength than those of PrP, i.e., they are much stiffer and stronger due to a tighter packing in the fibril structure. By contrast, amyloids of the proteins RIP1/RIP3 that have been shown to be of functional use in human cells are significantly stiffer than PrP fibrils but have comparable tensile strength. Our study demonstrates that amyloids are biomaterials with a broad range of nanomechanical properties, and we provide further support for the strong link between nanomechanics and β-sheet characteristics in the amyloid core.
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- Guillaume Lamour
- Michael Smith Laboratories-Centre for High-Throughput Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Michael Smith Laboratories-Centre for High-Throughput Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Michael Smith Laboratories-Centre for High-Throughput Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, and Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, and Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center of Genetics and Development, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Michael Smith Laboratories-Centre for High-Throughput Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Michael Smith Laboratories-Centre for High-Throughput Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, and Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Michael Smith Laboratories-Centre for High-Throughput Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
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Shape matters: the complex relationship between aggregation and toxicity in protein-misfolding diseases. Essays Biochem 2017; 60:181-190. [PMID: 27744334 DOI: 10.1042/ebc20160008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2016] [Accepted: 04/29/2016] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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A particular subgroup of protein-misfolding diseases, comprising Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease, involves amyloidogenic proteins that can form alternative pathogenic conformations with a high tendency to self-assemble into oligomeric and fibrillar species. Although misfolded proteins have been clearly linked to disease, the exact nature of the toxic species remains highly controversial. Increasing evidence suggests that there is little correlation between the occurrence of macroscopic protein deposits and toxic phenotypes in affected cells and tissues. In this article, we recap amyloid aggregation pathways, describe prion-like propagation, elaborate on detrimental interactions of protein aggregates with the cellular protein quality control system and discuss why some aggregates are toxic, whereas others seem to be beneficial. On the basis of recent studies on prion strains, we reason that the specific aggregate conformation and the resulting individual interaction with the cellular environment might be the major determinant of toxicity.
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Du Z, Goncharoff DK, Cheng X, Li L. Analysis of [SWI + ] formation and propagation events. Mol Microbiol 2017; 104:105-124. [PMID: 28035761 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.13616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/26/2016] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The budding yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, harbors several prions that are transmitted as altered, heritable protein conformations. [SWI+ ] is one such prion whose determinant is Swi1, a subunit of the evolutionarily conserved chromatin-remodeling complex SWI/SNF. Despite the importance of Swi1, the molecular events that lead to [SWI+ ] prionogenesis remain poorly understood. In this study, we have constructed floccullin-promoter-based URA3 reporters for [SWI+ ] identification. Using these reporters, we show that the spontaneous formation frequency of [SWI+ ] is significantly higher than that of [PSI+ ] (prion form of Sup35). We also show that preexisting [PSI+ ] or [PIN+ ] (prion form of Rnq1), or overproduction of Swi1 prion-domain (PrD) can considerably promote Swi1 prionogenesis. Moreover, our data suggest a strain-specific effect of overproduction of Sse1 - a nucleotide exchange factor of the molecular chaperone Hsp70, and its interaction with another molecular chaperone Hsp104 on [SWI+ ] maintenance. Additionally, we show that Swi1 aggregates are initially ring/ribbon-like then become dot-like in mature [SWI+ ] cells. In the presence of [PSI+ ] or [PIN+ ], Swi1 ring/ribbon-like aggregates predominantly colocalize with the Sup35 or Rnq1 aggregates; without a preexisting prion, however, such colocalizations are rarely seen during Swi1-PrD overproduction-promoted Swi1 prionogenesis. We have thus demonstrated a complex interacting mechanism of yeast prionogenesis.
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- Zhiqiang Du
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, the Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 320 E Superior St, Searle 7-650, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, the Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 320 E Superior St, Searle 7-650, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, the Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 320 E Superior St, Searle 7-650, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, the Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 320 E Superior St, Searle 7-650, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA
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Prion Aggregates Are Recruited to the Insoluble Protein Deposit (IPOD) via Myosin 2-Based Vesicular Transport. PLoS Genet 2016; 12:e1006324. [PMID: 27689885 PMCID: PMC5045159 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1006324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2016] [Accepted: 08/25/2016] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Aggregation of amyloidogenic proteins is associated with several neurodegenerative diseases. Sequestration of misfolded and aggregated proteins into specialized deposition sites may reduce their potentially detrimental properties. Yeast exhibits a distinct deposition site for amyloid aggregates termed "Insoluble PrOtein Deposit (IPOD)", but nothing is known about the mechanism of substrate recruitment to this site. The IPOD is located directly adjacent to the Phagophore Assembly Site (PAS) where the cell initiates autophagy and the Cytoplasm-to-Vacuole Targeting (CVT) pathway destined for delivery of precursor peptidases to the vacuole. Recruitment of CVT substrates to the PAS was proposed to occur via vesicular transport on Atg9 vesicles and requires an intact actin cytoskeleton and "SNAP (Soluble NSF Attachment Protein) Receptor Proteins (SNARE)" protein function. It is, however, unknown how this vesicular transport machinery is linked to the actin cytoskeleton. We demonstrate that recruitment of model amyloid PrD-GFP and the CVT substrate precursor-aminopeptidase 1 (preApe1) to the IPOD or PAS, respectively, is disturbed after genetic impairment of Myo2-based actin cable transport and SNARE protein function. Rather than accumulating at the respective deposition sites, both substrates reversibly accumulated often together in the same punctate structures. Components of the CVT vesicular transport machinery including Atg8 and Atg9 as well as Myo2 partially co-localized with the joint accumulations. Thus we propose a model where vesicles, loaded with preApe1 or PrD-GFP, are recruited to tropomyosin coated actin cables via the Myo2 motor protein for delivery to the PAS and IPOD, respectively. We discuss that deposition at the IPOD is not an integrated mandatory part of the degradation pathway for amyloid aggregates, but more likely stores excess aggregates until downstream degradation pathways have the capacity to turn them over after liberation by the Hsp104 disaggregation machinery.
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Kobayashi S, Iwamoto M, Haraguchi T. Live correlative light-electron microscopy to observe molecular dynamics in high resolution. Microscopy (Oxf) 2016; 65:296-308. [DOI: 10.1093/jmicro/dfw024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2016] [Accepted: 06/01/2016] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Serpionov GV, Alexandrov AI, Antonenko YN, Ter-Avanesyan MD. A protein polymerization cascade mediates toxicity of non-pathological human huntingtin in yeast. Sci Rep 2015; 5:18407. [PMID: 26673834 PMCID: PMC4682096 DOI: 10.1038/srep18407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2015] [Accepted: 11/18/2015] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Several neurodegenerative amyloidoses, including Huntington disease, are caused by expansion of polyglutamine (polyQ) stretches in otherwise unrelated proteins. In a yeast model, an N-terminal fragment of mutant huntingtin with a stretch of 103 glutamine residues aggregates and causes toxicity, while its non-toxic wild type variant with a sequence of 25 glutamines (Htt25Q) does not aggregate. Here, we observed that non-toxic polymers of various proteins with glutamine-rich domains could seed polymerization of Htt25Q, which caused toxicity by seeding polymerization of the glutamine/asparagine-rich Sup35 protein thus depleting the soluble pools of this protein and its interacting partner, Sup45. Importantly, only polymers of Htt25Q, but not of the initial benign polymers, induced Sup35 polymerization, indicating an intermediary role of Htt25Q in cross-seeding Sup35 polymerization. These data provide a novel insight into interactions between amyloidogenic proteins and suggest a possible role for these interactions in the pathogenesis of Huntington and other polyQ diseases.
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- Genrikh V Serpionov
- Bach Institute of Biochemistry, Research Center of Biotechnology of the Russian Academy of Sciences. 33, bld. 2 Leninsky Ave., Moscow 119071, Russia
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- Bach Institute of Biochemistry, Research Center of Biotechnology of the Russian Academy of Sciences. 33, bld. 2 Leninsky Ave., Moscow 119071, Russia
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- Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie gori, 1, bldg. 40, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Bach Institute of Biochemistry, Research Center of Biotechnology of the Russian Academy of Sciences. 33, bld. 2 Leninsky Ave., Moscow 119071, Russia
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Frankl A, Mari M, Reggiori F. Electron microscopy for ultrastructural analysis and protein localization in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. MICROBIAL CELL 2015; 2:412-428. [PMID: 28357267 PMCID: PMC5349205 DOI: 10.15698/mic2015.11.237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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The yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae is a key model system for studying of a multitude of cellular processes because of its amenability to genetics, molecular biology and biochemical procedures. Ultrastructural examinations of this organism, though, are traditionally difficult because of the presence of a thick cell wall and the high density of cytoplasmic proteins. A series of recent methodological and technical developments, however, has revived interest in morphological analyses of yeast (e.g. 123). Here we present a review of established and new methods, from sample preparation to imaging, for the ultrastructural analysis of S. cerevisiae. We include information for the use of different fixation methods, embedding procedures, approaches for contrast enhancement, and sample visualization techniques, with references to successful examples. The goal of this review is to guide researchers that want to investigate a particular process at the ultrastructural level in yeast by aiding in the selection of the most appropriate approach to visualize a specific structure or subcellular compartment.
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- Andri Frankl
- Department of Cell Biology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cell Biology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cell Biology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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O'Driscoll J, Clare D, Saibil H. Prion aggregate structure in yeast cells is determined by the Hsp104-Hsp110 disaggregase machinery. J Cell Biol 2015; 211:145-58. [PMID: 26438827 PMCID: PMC4602031 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201505104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2015] [Accepted: 09/08/2015] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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3D structural analysis of a yeast [PSI+] prion model by correlative fluorescence and electron tomography reveals that prion aggregate structure depends on the levels of Hsp70 chaperones, the protein remodeling ATPase Hsp104, and the Hsp70 nucleotide exchange factor/disaggregase Sse1 (yeast Hsp110). Prions consist of misfolded proteins that have adopted an infectious amyloid conformation. In vivo, prion biogenesis is intimately associated with the protein quality control machinery. Using electron tomography, we probed the effects of the heat shock protein Hsp70 chaperone system on the structure of a model yeast [PSI+] prion in situ. Individual Hsp70 deletions shift the balance between fibril assembly and disassembly, resulting in a variable shell of nonfibrillar, but still immobile, aggregates at the surface of the [PSI+] prion deposits. Both Hsp104 (an Hsp100 disaggregase) and Sse1 (the major yeast form of Hsp110) were localized to this surface shell of [PSI+] deposits in the deletion mutants. Elevation of Hsp104 expression promoted the appearance of this novel, nonfibrillar form of the prion aggregate. Moreover, Sse1 was found to regulate prion fibril length. Our studies reveal a key role for Sse1 (Hsp110), in cooperation with Hsp104, in regulating the length and assembly state of [PSI+] prion fibrils in vivo.
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- Jonathan O'Driscoll
- Crystallography, Department of Biological Sciences, Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Birkbeck College, London WC1E 7HX, UK
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- Crystallography, Department of Biological Sciences, Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Birkbeck College, London WC1E 7HX, UK
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- Crystallography, Department of Biological Sciences, Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Birkbeck College, London WC1E 7HX, UK
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Yeast prions: Paramutation at the protein level? Semin Cell Dev Biol 2015; 44:51-61. [DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2015.08.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2015] [Accepted: 08/18/2015] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Doronina VA, Staniforth GL, Speldewinde SH, Tuite MF, Grant CM. Oxidative stress conditions increase the frequency of de novo formation of the yeast [PSI+] prion. Mol Microbiol 2015; 96:163-74. [PMID: 25601439 PMCID: PMC4407919 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12930] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/08/2015] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Prions are self‐perpetuating amyloid protein aggregates which underlie various neurodegenerative diseases in mammals and heritable traits in yeast. The molecular basis of how yeast and mammalian prions form spontaneously into infectious amyloid‐like structures is poorly understood. We have explored the hypothesis that oxidative stress is a general trigger for prion formation using the yeast [PSI+] prion, which is the altered conformation of the Sup35 translation termination factor. We show that the frequency of [PSI+] prion formation is elevated under conditions of oxidative stress and in mutants lacking key antioxidants. We detect increased oxidation of Sup35 methionine residues in antioxidant mutants and show that overexpression of methionine sulphoxide reductase abrogates both the oxidation of Sup35 and its conversion to the [PSI+] prion. [PSI+] prion formation is particularly elevated in a mutant lacking the Sod1 Cu,Zn‐superoxide dismutase. We have used fluorescence microscopy to show that the de novo appearance of [PSI+] is both rapid and increased in frequency in this mutant. Finally, electron microscopy analysis of native Sup35 reveals that similar fibrillar structures are formed in both the wild‐type and antioxidant mutants. Together, our data indicate that oxidative stress is a general trigger of [PSI+] formation, which can be alleviated by antioxidant defenses.
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- Victoria A Doronina
- Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, The Michael Smith Building, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK
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Okuda M, Niwa T, Taguchi H. Single-molecule analyses of the dynamics of heat shock protein 104 (Hsp104) and protein aggregates. J Biol Chem 2015; 290:7833-40. [PMID: 25635051 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.620427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Hsp104 solubilizes protein aggregates in cooperation with Hsp70/40. Although the framework of the disaggregase function has been elucidated, the actual process of aggregate solubilization by Hsp104-Hsp70/40 remains poorly understood. Here we developed several methods to investigate the functions of Hsp104 and Hsp70/40 from Saccharomyces cerevisiae, at single-molecule levels. The single-molecule methods, which provide the size distribution of the aggregates, revealed that Hsp70/40 prevented the formation of large aggregates from small aggregates and that the solubilization of the small aggregates required both Hsp104 and Hsp70/40. We directly visualized the individual association-dissociation dynamics of Hsp104 on immobilized aggregates and found that the lifetimes of the Hsp104-aggregate complex are divided into two groups: short (∼4 s) and long (∼30 s). Hsp70/40 stimulated the association of Hsp104 with aggregates and increased the duration of this association. The single-molecule data provide novel insights into the functional mechanism of the Hsp104 disaggregation machine.
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- Momoko Okuda
- From the Graduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, B-56, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8501, Japan
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- From the Graduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, B-56, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8501, Japan
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- From the Graduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, B-56, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8501, Japan
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Odani W, Urata K, Okuda M, Okuma S, Koyama H, Pack CG, Fujiwara K, Nojima T, Kinjo M, Kawai-Noma S, Taguchi H. Peptide sequences converting polyglutamine into a prion in yeast. FEBS J 2014; 282:477-90. [PMID: 25406629 DOI: 10.1111/febs.13152] [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: 09/14/2014] [Revised: 11/09/2014] [Accepted: 11/17/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Amyloids are ordered protein aggregates composed of cross-β sheet structures. Amyloids include prions, defined as infectious proteins, which are responsible for mammalian transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, and fungal prions. Although the conventional view is that typical amyloids are associated with nontransmissible mammalian neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease, increasing evidence suggests that the boundary between transmissible and nontransmissible amyloids is ambiguous. To clarify the mechanism underlying the difference in transmissibility, we investigated the dynamics and the properties of polyglutamine (polyQ) amyloids in yeast cells, in which the polyQ aggregates are not transmissible but can be converted into transmissible amyloids. We found that polyQ had an increased tendency to form aggregates compared to the yeast prion Sup35. In addition, we screened dozens of peptides that converted the nontransmissible polyQ to transmissible aggregates when they flanked the polyQ stretch, and also investigated their cellular dynamics aiming to understand the mechanism of transmission.
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- Wataru Odani
- Department of Medical Genome Sciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
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Nakayama Y, Hirata A, Iida H. Mechanosensitive channels Msy1 and Msy2 are required for maintaining organelle integrity upon hypoosmotic shock in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. FEMS Yeast Res 2014; 14:992-4. [PMID: 25041276 DOI: 10.1111/1567-1364.12181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2014] [Revised: 06/30/2014] [Accepted: 07/03/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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The mechanosensitive channels, Mys1 and Msy2, in fission yeast are localized in the endoplasmic reticulum membrane and control cytoplasmic Ca(2+) levels in the hypoosmotic response. We here investigated changes in organellar structures with hypoosmotic shock using transmission electron microscopy. While msy1(-) and msy2(-) single mutant cells developed a number of swollen vacuoles following hypoosmotic shock, similar to wild-type cells, msy1(-) msy2(-) double mutant cells only had two abnormally large vacuoles and cracks between the inner and outer nuclear membranes. These results suggest that Msy1 and Msy2 may be involved in maintaining vacuole integrity and protecting the nuclear envelope upon hypoosmotic shock and also that these two channels are functionally complementary.
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- Yoshitaka Nakayama
- Department of Biology, Tokyo Gakugei University, Koganei-shi, Tokyo, Japan
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Multiple prion elements, which are transmitted as heritable protein conformations and often linked to distinct phenotypes, have been identified in the budding yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae. It has been shown that overproduction of a prion protein Swi1 can promote the de novo conversion of another yeast prion [PSI(+)] when Sup35 is co-overproduced. However, the mechanism underlying this Pin(+) ([PSI(+)] inducible) activity is not clear. Moreover, how the Swi1 prion ([SWI(+)]) interacts with other yeast prions is unknown. Here, we demonstrate that the Pin(+) activity associated with Swi1 overproduction is independent of Rnq1 expression or [PIN(+)] conversion. We also show that [SWI(+)] enhances the appearance of [PSI(+)] and [PIN(+)]. However, [SWI(+)] significantly compromises the Pin(+) activity of [PIN(+)] when they coexist. We further demonstrate that a single yeast cell can harbor three prions, [PSI(+)], [PIN(+)], and [SWI(+)], simultaneously. However, under this condition, [SWI(+)] is significantly destabilized. While the propensity to aggregate underlies prionogenesis, Swi1 and Rnq1 aggregates resulting from overproduction are usually nonheritable. Conversely, prion protein aggregates formed in nonoverexpressing conditions or induced by preexisting prion(s) are more prionogenic. For [PSI(+)] and [PIN(+)] de novo formation, heterologous "facilitators," such as preexisting [SWI(+)] aggregates, colocalize only with the newly formed ring-/rod-shaped Sup35 or Rnq1 aggregates, but not with the dot-shaped mature prion aggregates. Their colocalization frequency is coordinated with their prion inducibility, indicating that prion-prion interactions mainly occur at the early initiation stage. Our results provide supportive evidence for the cross-seeding model of prionogenesis and highlight a complex interaction network among prions in yeast.
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Sugiyama S, Tanaka M. Self-propagating amyloid as a critical regulator for diverse cellular functions. J Biochem 2014; 155:345-51. [PMID: 24711463 DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvu026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Amyloids are β-sheet-rich fibrillar protein aggregates characterized by structural properties of self-propagation and strong resistance to detergent and proteinase. Although a number of causative proteins for neurodegenerative disorders are known to undergo amyloid formation, recent studies have revealed that amyloids may also play beneficial roles in cells. Cellular processes that could be regulated by amyloids are diverse and include translational regulation, programmed cell death and protein storage. Yeast prions of Mod5 and Mot3, non-Mendelian extra-chromosomal factors, also show amyloid-like biophysical properties and have recently been shown to confer host cells resistant to environmental stressors. Furthermore, yeast cells actively respond to environmental stress for fitness adaptation to environmental changes by converting soluble yeast prion proteins into their amyloid forms, allowing cells to survive under stress conditions. Therefore, amyloids are not simply the terminal end-products of protein misfolding but a growing body of evidence suggests that they may possess physiological roles by using their self-propagating properties. Here, we present an overview on recent progress of the research on such functional amyloids.
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- Shinju Sugiyama
- Laboratory for Protein Conformation Diseases, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Wako 351-0198, Japan and Department of Biological Information, Graduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama 226-8501, JapanLaboratory for Protein Conformation Diseases, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Wako 351-0198, Japan and Department of Biological Information, Graduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama 226-8501, Japan
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- Laboratory for Protein Conformation Diseases, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Wako 351-0198, Japan and Department of Biological Information, Graduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama 226-8501, JapanLaboratory for Protein Conformation Diseases, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Wako 351-0198, Japan and Department of Biological Information, Graduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama 226-8501, Japan
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Marshall KE, Offerdahl DK, Speare JO, Dorward DW, Hasenkrug A, Carmody AB, Baron GS. Glycosylphosphatidylinositol anchoring directs the assembly of Sup35NM protein into non-fibrillar, membrane-bound aggregates. J Biol Chem 2014; 289:12245-63. [PMID: 24627481 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.556639] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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In prion-infected hosts, PrPSc usually accumulates as non-fibrillar, membrane-bound aggregates. Glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchor-directed membrane association appears to be an important factor controlling the biophysical properties of PrPSc aggregates. To determine whether GPI anchoring can similarly modulate the assembly of other amyloid-forming proteins, neuronal cell lines were generated that expressed a GPI-anchored form of a model amyloidogenic protein, the NM domain of the yeast prion protein Sup35 (Sup35(GPI)). We recently reported that GPI anchoring facilitated the induction of Sup35(GPI) prions in this system. Here, we report the ultrastructural characterization of self-propagating Sup35(GPI) aggregates of either spontaneous or induced origin. Like membrane-bound PrPSc, Sup35(GPI) aggregates resisted release from cells treated with phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C. Sup35(GPI) aggregates of spontaneous origin were detergent-insoluble, protease-resistant, and self-propagating, in a manner similar to that reported for recombinant Sup35NM amyloid fibrils and induced Sup35(GPI) aggregates. However, GPI-anchored Sup35 aggregates were not stained with amyloid-binding dyes, such as Thioflavin T. This was consistent with ultrastructural analyses, which showed that the aggregates corresponded to dense cell surface accumulations of membrane vesicle-like structures and were not fibrillar. Together, these results showed that GPI anchoring directs the assembly of Sup35NM into non-fibrillar, membrane-bound aggregates that resemble PrPSc, raising the possibility that GPI anchor-dependent modulation of protein aggregation might occur with other amyloidogenic proteins. This may contribute to differences in pathogenesis and pathology between prion diseases, which uniquely involve aggregation of a GPI-anchored protein, versus other protein misfolding diseases.
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- Karen E Marshall
- From the Laboratory of Persistent Viral Diseases, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, NIAID, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana 59840
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Pack CG, Yukii H, Toh-e A, Kudo T, Tsuchiya H, Kaiho A, Sakata E, Murata S, Yokosawa H, Sako Y, Baumeister W, Tanaka K, Saeki Y. Quantitative live-cell imaging reveals spatio-temporal dynamics and cytoplasmic assembly of the 26S proteasome. Nat Commun 2014; 5:3396. [PMID: 24598877 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2013] [Accepted: 02/06/2014] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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The 26S proteasome is a 2.5-MDa multisubunit protease complex that degrades polyubiquitylated proteins. Although its functions and structure have been extensively characterized, little is known about its dynamics in living cells. Here, we investigate the absolute concentration, spatio-temporal dynamics and complex formation of the proteasome in living cells using fluorescence correlation spectroscopy. We find that the 26S proteasome complex is highly mobile, and that almost all proteasome subunits throughout the cell are stably incorporated into 26S proteasomes. The interaction between 19S and 20S particles is stable even in an importin-α mutant, suggesting that the 26S proteasome is assembled in the cytoplasm. Furthermore, a genetically stabilized 26S proteasome mutant is able to enter the nucleus. These results suggest that the 26S proteasome completes its assembly process in the cytoplasm and translocates into the nucleus through the nuclear pore complex as a holoenzyme.
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- Chan-Gi Pack
- Cellular Informatics Laboratory, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Laboratory of Protein Metabolism, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 156-8506, Japan
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- Medical Mycology Center, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chiba 260-8673, Japan
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- Laboratory of Protein Metabolism, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 156-8506, Japan
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- Laboratory of Protein Metabolism, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 156-8506, Japan
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- Laboratory of Protein Metabolism, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 156-8506, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Structural Biology, Max-Planck-Institute of Biochemistry, 82152 Martinsried, Germany
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- Laboratory of Protein Metabolism, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, the University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Medicinal Biochemistry, School of Pharmacy, Aichi Gakuin University, 1-100 Kusumoto-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8650, Japan
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- Cellular Informatics Laboratory, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Structural Biology, Max-Planck-Institute of Biochemistry, 82152 Martinsried, Germany
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- Laboratory of Protein Metabolism, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 156-8506, Japan
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- Laboratory of Protein Metabolism, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 156-8506, Japan
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Asakawa H, Hiraoka Y, Haraguchi T. A method of correlative light and electron microscopy for yeast cells. Micron 2014; 61:53-61. [PMID: 24792447 DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2014.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2013] [Revised: 02/11/2014] [Accepted: 02/11/2014] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Correlative light and electron microscopy (CLEM) is a method of imaging in which the same specimen is observed by both light microscopy and electron microscopy. Specifically, CLEM compares images obtained by light and electron microscopy and makes a correlation between them. After the advent of fluorescent proteins, CLEM was extended by combining electron microscopy with fluorescence microscopy to enable molecular-specific imaging of subcellular structures with a resolution at the nanometer level. This method is a powerful tool that is used to determine the localization of specific molecules of interest in the context of subcellular structures. Knowledge of the localization of target proteins coupled with the functions of the structures to which they are localized yields valuable information about the molecular functions of these proteins. However, this method has been mostly applied to adherent cells due to technical difficulties in immobilizing non-adherent target cells, such as yeasts, during sample preparation. We have developed a method of CLEM applicable to yeast cells. In this report, we detail this method and present its extension to Live CLEM. The Live CLEM method enabled us to link the dynamic properties of molecules of interest to cellular ultrastructures in the yeast cell. Since yeasts are premier organisms in molecular genetics, combining CLEM with yeast genetics promises to provide important new findings for understanding the molecular basis of the function of cellular structures.
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- Haruhiko Asakawa
- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Suita 565-0871, Japan
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- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Suita 565-0871, Japan; Advanced ICT Research Institute Kobe, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, 588-2 Iwaoka, Iwaoka-cho, Nishi-ku, Kobe 651-2492, Japan; Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka 560-0043, Japan
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- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Suita 565-0871, Japan; Advanced ICT Research Institute Kobe, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, 588-2 Iwaoka, Iwaoka-cho, Nishi-ku, Kobe 651-2492, Japan; Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka 560-0043, Japan.
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Gasset-Rosa F, Coquel AS, Moreno-Del Álamo M, Chen P, Song X, Serrano AM, Fernández-Tresguerres ME, Moreno-Díaz de la Espina S, Lindner AB, Giraldo R. Direct assessment in bacteria of prionoid propagation and phenotype selection by Hsp70 chaperone. Mol Microbiol 2014; 91:1070-87. [PMID: 24417419 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12518] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/09/2014] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Protein amyloid aggregates epigenetically determine either advantageous or proteinopathic phenotypes. Prions are infectious amyloidogenic proteins, whereas prionoids lack infectivity but spread from mother to daughter cells. While prion amyloidosis has been studied in yeast and mammalian cells models, the dynamics of transmission of an amyloid proteinopathy has not been addressed yet in bacteria. Using time-lapse microscopy and a microfluidic set-up, we have assessed in Escherichia coli the vertical transmission of the amyloidosis caused by the synthetic bacterial model prionoid RepA-WH1 at single cell resolution within their lineage context. We identify in vivo the coexistence of two strain-like types of amyloid aggregates within a genetically identical population and a controlled homogeneous environment. The amyloids are either toxic globular particles or single comet-shaped aggregates that split during cytokinesis and exhibit milder toxicity. Both segregate and propagate in sublineages, yet show interconversion. ClpB (Hsp104) chaperone, key for spreading of yeast prions, has no effect on the dynamics of the two RepA-WH1 aggregates. However, the propagation of the comet-like species is DnaK (Hsp70)-dependent. The bacterial RepA-WH1 prionoid thus provides key qualitative and quantitative clues on the biology of intracellular amyloid proteinopathies.
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- Fátima Gasset-Rosa
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas - CSIC, C/ Ramiro de Maeztu 9, Madrid, E-28040, Spain
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Kinkhabwala A, Khmelinskii A, Knop M. Analytical model for macromolecular partitioning during yeast cell division. BMC BIOPHYSICS 2014; 7:10. [PMID: 25737777 PMCID: PMC4347614 DOI: 10.1186/s13628-014-0010-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2014] [Accepted: 08/29/2014] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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BACKGROUND Asymmetric cell division, whereby a parent cell generates two sibling cells with unequal content and thereby distinct fates, is central to cell differentiation, organism development and ageing. Unequal partitioning of the macromolecular content of the parent cell - which includes proteins, DNA, RNA, large proteinaceous assemblies and organelles - can be achieved by both passive (e.g. diffusion, localized retention sites) and active (e.g. motor-driven transport) processes operating in the presence of external polarity cues, internal asymmetries, spontaneous symmetry breaking, or stochastic effects. However, the quantitative contribution of different processes to the partitioning of macromolecular content is difficult to evaluate. RESULTS Here we developed an analytical model that allows rapid quantitative assessment of partitioning as a function of various parameters in the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. This model exposes quantitative degeneracies among the physical parameters that govern macromolecular partitioning, and reveals regions of the solution space where diffusion is sufficient to drive asymmetric partitioning and regions where asymmetric partitioning can only be achieved through additional processes such as motor-driven transport. Application of the model to different macromolecular assemblies suggests that partitioning of protein aggregates and episomes, but not prions, is diffusion-limited in yeast, consistent with previous reports. CONCLUSIONS In contrast to computationally intensive stochastic simulations of particular scenarios, our analytical model provides an efficient and comprehensive overview of partitioning as a function of global and macromolecule-specific parameters. Identification of quantitative degeneracies among these parameters highlights the importance of their careful measurement for a given macromolecular species in order to understand the dominant processes responsible for its observed partitioning.
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- Ali Kinkhabwala
- Abteilung Systemische Zellbiologie, Max-Planck-Institut für molekulare Physiologie, Otto-Hahn-Str. 11, Dortmund 44227, Germany
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- Zentrum für Molekulare Biologie der Universität Heidelberg (ZMBH) and Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (DKFZ), DKFZ-ZMBH-Allianz, Im Neuenheimer Feld 282, Heidelberg 69120, Germany
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- Zentrum für Molekulare Biologie der Universität Heidelberg (ZMBH) and Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (DKFZ), DKFZ-ZMBH-Allianz, Im Neuenheimer Feld 282, Heidelberg 69120, Germany
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Ohta S, Kawai-Noma S, Kitamura A, Pack CG, Kinjo M, Taguchi H. The interaction of Hsp104 with yeast prion Sup35 as analyzed by fluorescence cross-correlation spectroscopy. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2013; 442:28-32. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2013.10.147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2013] [Accepted: 10/28/2013] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Furukawa Y, Nukina N. Functional diversity of protein fibrillar aggregates from physiology to RNA granules to neurodegenerative diseases. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis 2013; 1832:1271-8. [PMID: 23597596 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2013.04.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2013] [Revised: 04/06/2013] [Accepted: 04/08/2013] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Many proteins exhibit propensities to form fibrillar aggregates called amyloids that are rich in β-sheet structures. Abnormal accumulation of amyloids in the brain and spinal cords is well known as a major pathological change in neurodegenerative diseases; therefore, amyloids have long been considered as disease culprits formed via protein misfolding and should be avoided in healthy cells. Recently, however, increasing numbers of proteins have been identified that require formation of fibrillar states for exertion of their physiological functions, and the critical roles of such functional amyloids include a molecular switch for environmental adaptation, a structural template for catalysis, and a regulator of intracellular signaling. Protein amyloids will, therefore, be more prevailed in our physiologies than we have expected so far. Here, we have reviewed recent studies on such regulatory roles of protein fibrillar aggregates in various physiologies and further discussed possible relations of functional to pathological amyloids.
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- Yoshiaki Furukawa
- Department of Chemistry, Keio University,Yokohama, Kanagawa 223-8522, Japan.
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Oishi K, Kurahashi H, Pack CG, Sako Y, Nakamura Y. A bipolar functionality of Q/N-rich proteins: Lsm4 amyloid causes clearance of yeast prions. Microbiologyopen 2013; 2:415-30. [PMID: 23512891 PMCID: PMC3684756 DOI: 10.1002/mbo3.83] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2013] [Revised: 02/13/2013] [Accepted: 02/19/2013] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Prions are epigenetic modifiers that cause partially loss-of-function phenotypes of the proteins in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The molecular chaperone network that supports prion propagation in the cell has seen a great progress in the last decade. However, the cellular machinery to activate or deactivate the prion states remains an enigma, largely due to insufficient knowledge of prion-regulating factors. Here, we report that overexpression of a [PSI+]-inducible Q/N-rich protein, Lsm4, eliminates the three major prions [PSI+], [URE3], and [RNQ+]. Subcloning analysis revealed that the Q/N-rich region of Lsm4 is responsible for the prion loss. Lsm4 formed an amyloid in vivo, which seemed to play a crucial role in the prion elimination. Fluorescence correlation spectroscopy analysis revealed that in the course of the Lsm4-driven [PSI+] elimination, the [PSI+] aggregates undergo a size increase, which ultimately results in the formation of conspicuous foci in otherwise [psi−]-like mother cells. We also found that the antiprion activity is a general property of [PSI+]-inducible factors. These data provoked a novel “unified” model that explains both prion induction and elimination by a single scheme.
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- Keita Oishi
- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Shirokanedai, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-8639, Japan
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Wickner RB, Edskes HK, Bateman DA, Kelly AC, Gorkovskiy A, Dayani Y, Zhou A. Amyloids and yeast prion biology. Biochemistry 2013; 52:1514-27. [PMID: 23379365 DOI: 10.1021/bi301686a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The prions (infectious proteins) of Saccharomyces cerevisiae are proteins acting as genes, by templating their conformation from one molecule to another in analogy to DNA templating its sequence. Most yeast prions are amyloid forms of normally soluble proteins, and a single protein sequence can have any of several self-propagating forms (called prion strains or variants), analogous to the different possible alleles of a DNA gene. A central issue in prion biology is the structural basis of this conformational templating process. The in-register parallel β sheet structure found for several infectious yeast prion amyloids naturally suggests an explanation for this conformational templating. While most prions are plainly diseases, the [Het-s] prion of Podospora anserina may be a functional amyloid, with important structural implications. Yeast prions are important models for human amyloid diseases in general, particularly because new evidence is showing infectious aspects of several human amyloidoses not previously classified as prions. We also review studies of the roles of chaperones, aggregate-collecting proteins, and other cellular components using yeast that have led the way in improving the understanding of similar processes that must be operating in many human amyloidoses.
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- Reed B Wickner
- Laboratory of Biochemistry and Genetics, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-0830, USA.
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Saibil HR, Seybert A, Habermann A, Winkler J, Eltsov M, Perkovic M, Castaño-Diez D, Scheffer MP, Haselmann U, Chlanda P, Lindquist S, Tyedmers J, Frangakis AS. Heritable yeast prions have a highly organized three-dimensional architecture with interfiber structures. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2012; 109:14906-14911. [PMID: 22927413 PMCID: PMC3443181 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1211976109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2024] Open
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Yeast prions constitute a "protein-only" mechanism of inheritance that is widely deployed by wild yeast to create diverse phenotypes. One of the best-characterized prions, [PSI(+)], is governed by a conformational change in the prion domain of Sup35, a translation-termination factor. When this domain switches from its normal soluble form to an insoluble amyloid, the ensuing change in protein synthesis creates new traits. Two factors make these traits heritable: (i) the amyloid conformation is self-templating; and (ii) the protein-remodeling factor heat-shock protein (Hsp)104 (acting together with Hsp70 chaperones) partitions the template to daughter cells with high fidelity. Prions formed by several other yeast proteins create their own phenotypes but share the same mechanistic basis of inheritance. Except for the amyloid fibril itself, the cellular architecture underlying these protein-based elements of inheritance is unknown. To study the 3D arrangement of prion assemblies in their cellular context, we examined yeast [PSI(+)] prions in the native, hydrated state in situ, taking advantage of recently developed methods for cryosectioning of vitrified cells. Cryo-electron tomography of the vitrified sections revealed the prion assemblies as aligned bundles of regularly spaced fibrils in the cytoplasm with no bounding structures. Although the fibers were widely spaced, other cellular complexes, such as ribosomes, were excluded from the fibril arrays. Subtomogram image averaging, made possible by the organized nature of the assemblies, uncovered the presence of an additional array of densities between the fibers. We suggest these structures constitute a self-organizing mechanism that coordinates fiber deposition and the regulation of prion inheritance.
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- Helen R. Saibil
- Crystallography and Institute for Structural and Molecular Biology, Birkbeck College, London WC1E 7HX, United Kingdom
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- Institut für Biophysik and Frankfurt Institute for Molecular Life Sciences (FMLS), Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universität, D-60438 Frankfurt, Germany
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- Institut für Biophysik and Frankfurt Institute for Molecular Life Sciences (FMLS), Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universität, D-60438 Frankfurt, Germany
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- Center for Molecular Biology of the University of Heidelberg and German Cancer Research Center, DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance, Universität Heidelberg, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institut für Biophysik and Frankfurt Institute for Molecular Life Sciences (FMLS), Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universität, D-60438 Frankfurt, Germany
- European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany; and
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- Institut für Biophysik and Frankfurt Institute for Molecular Life Sciences (FMLS), Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universität, D-60438 Frankfurt, Germany
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany; and
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- Institut für Biophysik and Frankfurt Institute for Molecular Life Sciences (FMLS), Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universität, D-60438 Frankfurt, Germany
- European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany; and
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany; and
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany; and
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- Whitehead Institute and Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02142
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- Center for Molecular Biology of the University of Heidelberg and German Cancer Research Center, DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance, Universität Heidelberg, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institut für Biophysik and Frankfurt Institute for Molecular Life Sciences (FMLS), Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universität, D-60438 Frankfurt, Germany
- European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany; and
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The concept of a prion as an infectious self-propagating protein isoform was initially proposed to explain certain mammalian diseases. It is now clear that yeast also has heritable elements transmitted via protein. Indeed, the "protein only" model of prion transmission was first proven using a yeast prion. Typically, known prions are ordered cross-β aggregates (amyloids). Recently, there has been an explosion in the number of recognized prions in yeast. Yeast continues to lead the way in understanding cellular control of prion propagation, prion structure, mechanisms of de novo prion formation, specificity of prion transmission, and the biological roles of prions. This review summarizes what has been learned from yeast prions.
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- Susan W Liebman
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557, USA.
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Tyedmers J. Patterns of [PSI (+) ] aggregation allow insights into cellular organization of yeast prion aggregates. Prion 2012; 6:191-200. [PMID: 22449721 DOI: 10.4161/pri.18986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The yeast prion phenomenon is very widespread and mounting evidence suggests that it has an impact on cellular regulatory mechanisms related to phenotypic responses to changing environments. Studying the aggregation patterns of prion amyloids during different stages of the prion life cycle is a first key step to understand major principles of how and where cells generate, organize and turn-over prion aggregates. The induction of the [PSI (+) ] state involves the actin cytoskeleton and quality control compartments such as the Insoluble Protein Deposit (IPOD). An initially unstable transitional induction state can be visualized by overexpression of the prion determinant and displays characteristic large ring- and ribbon-shaped aggregates consisting of poorly fragmented bundles of very long prion fibrils. In the mature prion state, the aggregation pattern is characterized by highly fragmented, shorter prion fibrils that form aggregates, which can be visualized through tagging with fluorescent proteins. The number of aggregates formed varies, ranging from a single large aggregate at the IPOD to multiple smaller ones, depending on several parameters discussed. Aggregate units below the resolution of light microscopy that are detectable by fluorescence correlation spectroscopy are in equilibrium with larger aggregates in this stage and can mediate faithful inheritance of the prion state. Loss of the prion state is often characterized by reduced fragmentation of prion fibrils and fewer, larger aggregates.
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- Jens Tyedmers
- Center for Molecular Biology of the University of Heidelberg (ZMBH, Heidelberg, Germany.
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Winkler J, Tyedmers J, Bukau B, Mogk A. Chaperone networks in protein disaggregation and prion propagation. J Struct Biol 2012; 179:152-60. [PMID: 22580344 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2012.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2012] [Revised: 04/27/2012] [Accepted: 05/01/2012] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The oligomeric AAA+ chaperones Escherichia coli ClpB and Saccharomyces cerevisiae Hsp104 cooperate with cognate Hsp70/Hsp40 chaperone machineries in the reactivation of aggregated proteins in E. coli and S. cerevisiae. In addition, Hsp104 and Hsp70/Hsp40 are crucial for the maintenance of prion aggregates in yeast cells. While the bichaperone system efficiently solubilizes stress-generated amorphous aggregates, structurally highly ordered prion fibrils are only partially processed, resulting in the generation of fragmented prion seeds that can be transmitted to daughter cells for stable inheritance. Here, we describe and discuss the most recent mechanistic findings on yeast Hsp104 and Hsp70/Hsp40 cooperation in the remodeling of both types of aggregates, emphasizing similarities in the mechanism but also differences in the sensitivities towards chaperone activities.
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- Juliane Winkler
- Center for Molecular Biology of the University of Heidelberg and German Cancer Research Center, DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance, Im Neuenheimer Feld 282, Heidelberg D-69120, Germany
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The self-interaction of native TDP-43 C terminus inhibits its degradation and contributes to early proteinopathies. Nat Commun 2012; 3:766. [DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2011] [Accepted: 02/29/2012] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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We detail some of the genetic, biochemical, and physical methods useful in studying amyloids in yeast, particularly the yeast prions. These methods include cytoduction (cytoplasmic mixing), infection of cells with prion amyloids, use of green fluorescent protein fusions with amyloid-forming proteins for cytology, protein purification and amyloid formation, and electron microscopy of filaments.
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Staniforth GL, Tuite MF. Fungal prions. PROGRESS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE 2012; 107:417-56. [PMID: 22482457 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-385883-2.00007-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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For both mammalian and fungal prion proteins, conformational templating drives the phenomenon of protein-only infectivity. The conformational conversion of a protein to its transmissible prion state is associated with changes to host cellular physiology. In mammals, this change is synonymous with disease, whereas in fungi no notable detrimental effect on the host is typically observed. Instead, fungal prions can serve as epigenetic regulators of inheritance in the form of partial loss-of-function phenotypes. In the presence of environmental challenges, the prion state [PRION(+)], with its resource for phenotypic plasticity, can be associated with a growth advantage. The growing number of yeast proteins that can switch to a heritable [PRION(+)] form represents diverse and metabolically penetrating cellular functions, suggesting that the [PRION(+)] state in yeast is a functional one, albeit rarely found in nature. In this chapter, we introduce the biochemical and genetic properties of fungal prions, many of which are shared by the mammalian prion protein PrP, and then outline the major contributions that studies on fungal prions have made to prion biology.
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- Gemma L Staniforth
- Kent Fungal Group, School of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
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Bucciantini M, Nosi D, Forzan M, Russo E, Calamai M, Pieri L, Formigli L, Quercioli F, Soria S, Pavone F, Savistchenko J, Melki R, Stefani> M. Toxic effects of amyloid fibrils on cell membranes: the importance of ganglioside GM1. FASEB J 2011; 26:818-31. [DOI: 10.1096/fj.11-189381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Monica Bucciantini
- Department of Biochemical Sciences, and Forensic MedicineUniversity of Florence Florence Italy
- Research Centre on the Molecular Basis of Neurodegeneration, and Forensic MedicineUniversity of Florence Florence Italy
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- Department of Anatomy, Histology, and Forensic MedicineUniversity of Florence Florence Italy
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- Department of Animal Pathology, Food Prophylaxis, and HygieneUniversity of Pisa Pisa Italy
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- Department of Biochemical Sciences, and Forensic MedicineUniversity of Florence Florence Italy
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- European Laboratory for Nonlinear Spectroscopy (LENS)University of Florence Florence Italy
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- Laboratoire d'Enzymologie et Biochimie StructuralesCentre National de la Recherche Scientifique Gif sur Yvette France
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- Department of Anatomy, Histology, and Forensic MedicineUniversity of Florence Florence Italy
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- National Institute of OpticsConsiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Florence Research Area Florence Italy
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- Nello Carrara Institute of Applied PhysicsConsiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Florence Research Area Florence Italy
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- European Laboratory for Nonlinear Spectroscopy (LENS)University of Florence Florence Italy
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- Laboratoire d'Enzymologie et Biochimie StructuralesCentre National de la Recherche Scientifique Gif sur Yvette France
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- Department of Animal Pathology, Food Prophylaxis, and HygieneUniversity of Pisa Pisa Italy
- Laboratoire d'Enzymologie et Biochimie StructuralesCentre National de la Recherche Scientifique Gif sur Yvette France
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- Department of Biochemical Sciences, and Forensic MedicineUniversity of Florence Florence Italy
- Research Centre on the Molecular Basis of Neurodegeneration, and Forensic MedicineUniversity of Florence Florence Italy
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Kabani M, Melki R. Yeast prions assembly and propagation: contributions of the prion and non-prion moieties and the nature of assemblies. Prion 2011; 5:277-84. [PMID: 22052349 DOI: 10.4161/pri.18070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Yeast prions are self-perpetuating protein aggregates that are at the origin of heritable and transmissible non-Mendelian phenotypic traits. Among these, [PSI+], [URE3] and [PIN+] are the most well documented prions and arise from the assembly of Sup35p, Ure2p and Rnq1p, respectively, into insoluble fibrillar assemblies. Fibril assembly depends on the presence of N- or C-terminal prion domains (PrDs) which are not homologous in sequence but share unusual amino-acid compositions, such as enrichment in polar residues (glutamines and asparagines) or the presence of oligopeptide repeats. Purified PrDs form amyloid fibrils that can convert prion-free cells to the prion state upon transformation. Nonetheless, isolated PrDs and full-length prion proteins have different aggregation, structural and infectious properties. In addition, mutations in the "non-prion" domains (non-PrDs) of Sup35p, Ure2p and Rnq1p were shown to affect their prion properties in vitro and in vivo. Despite these evidences, the implication of the functional non-PrDs in fibril assembly and prion propagation has been mostly overlooked. In this review, we discuss the contribution of non-PrDs to prion assemblies, and the structure-function relationship in prion infectivity in the light of recent findings on Sup35p and Ure2p assembly into infectious fibrils from our laboratory and others.
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- Mehdi Kabani
- Laboratoire d'Enzymologie et Biochimie Structurales, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
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