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Anand A, Gautam G, Yadav S, Ramalingam K, Kumar Haldar A, Goyal N. Epsilon subunit of T-complex protein-1 from Leishmania donovani: A tetrameric chaperonin. Gene 2024; 926:148637. [PMID: 38844270 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2024.148637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2024] [Revised: 05/17/2024] [Accepted: 06/03/2024] [Indexed: 06/11/2024]
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The cytosolic T-complex protein-1 ring complex (TRiC), also referred as chaperonin containing TCP-1(CCT), comprising eight different subunits stacked in double toroidal rings, binds to around 10 % of newly synthesized polypeptides and facilitates their folding in ATP dependent manner. In Leishmania, among five subunits of TCP1 complex, identified either by transcriptome or by proteome analysis, only LdTCP1γ has been well characterized. It forms biologically active homo-oligomeric complex and plays role in protein folding and parasite survival. Lack of information regarding rest of the TCP1 subunits and its structural configuration laid down the necessity to study individual subunits and their role in parasite pathogenicity. The present study involves the cloning, expression and biochemical characterization of TCP1ε subunit (LdTCP1ε) of Leishmania donovani, the causative agent of visceral leishmaniasis. LdTCP1ε exhibited significant difference in primary structure as compared to LdTCP1γ and was evolutionary close to LdTCP1 zeta subunit. Recombinant protein (rLdTCP1ε) exhibited two major bands of 132 kDa and 240 kDa on native-PAGE that corresponds to the dimeric and tetrameric assembly of the epsilon subunit, which showed the chaperonin activity (ATPase and luciferase refolding activity). LdTCP1ε also displayed an increased expression upto 2.7- and 1.8-fold in the late log phase and stationary phase promastigotes and exhibited majorly vesicular localization. The study, thus for the first time, provides an insight for the presence of highly diverge but functionally active dimeric/tetrameric TCP1 epsilon subunit in Leishmania parasite.
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- Apeksha Anand
- Division of Biochemistry and Structural Biology, CSIR- Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow 226031, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Gaziabaad 201002, India
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- Division of Biochemistry and Structural Biology, CSIR- Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow 226031, India
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- Division of Biochemistry and Structural Biology, CSIR- Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow 226031, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Gaziabaad 201002, India
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- Division of Biochemistry and Structural Biology, CSIR- Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow 226031, India
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- Division of Biochemistry and Structural Biology, CSIR- Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow 226031, India
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- Division of Biochemistry and Structural Biology, CSIR- Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow 226031, India.
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Zang Y, Xu C, Yu L, Ma L, Xuan L, Yan S, Zhang Y, Cao Y, Li X, Si Z, Deng J, Zhang T, Hu Y. GHCU, a Molecular Chaperone, Regulates Leaf Curling by Modulating the Distribution of KNGH1 in Cotton. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2024; 11:e2402816. [PMID: 38666376 PMCID: PMC11234424 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202402816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2024] [Revised: 04/08/2024] [Indexed: 07/11/2024]
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Leaf shape is considered to be one of the most significant agronomic traits in crop breeding. However, the molecular basis underlying leaf morphogenesis in cotton is still largely unknown. In this study, through genetic mapping and molecular investigation using a natural cotton mutant cu with leaves curling upward, the causal gene GHCU is successfully identified as the key regulator of leaf flattening. Knockout of GHCU or its homolog in cotton and tobacco using CRISPR results in abnormal leaf shape. It is further discovered that GHCU facilitates the transport of the HD protein KNOTTED1-like (KNGH1) from the adaxial to the abaxial domain. Loss of GHCU function restricts KNGH1 to the adaxial epidermal region, leading to lower auxin response levels in the adaxial boundary compared to the abaxial. This spatial asymmetry in auxin distribution produces the upward-curled leaf phenotype of the cu mutant. By analysis of single-cell RNA sequencing and spatiotemporal transcriptomic data, auxin biosynthesis genes are confirmed to be expressed asymmetrically in the adaxial-abaxial epidermal cells. Overall, these findings suggest that GHCU plays a crucial role in the regulation of leaf flattening through facilitating cell-to-cell trafficking of KNGH1 and hence influencing the auxin response level.
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- Yihao Zang
- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Resources, Institute of Crop Science, Plant Precision Breeding Academy, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Zhejiang, 310058, China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Resources, Institute of Crop Science, Plant Precision Breeding Academy, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Zhejiang, 310058, China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Resources, Institute of Crop Science, Plant Precision Breeding Academy, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Zhejiang, 310058, China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Resources, Institute of Crop Science, Plant Precision Breeding Academy, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Zhejiang, 310058, China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Resources, Institute of Crop Science, Plant Precision Breeding Academy, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Zhejiang, 310058, China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Resources, Institute of Crop Science, Plant Precision Breeding Academy, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Zhejiang, 310058, China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Resources, Institute of Crop Science, Plant Precision Breeding Academy, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Zhejiang, 310058, China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Resources, Institute of Crop Science, Plant Precision Breeding Academy, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Zhejiang, 310058, China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Resources, Institute of Crop Science, Plant Precision Breeding Academy, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Zhejiang, 310058, China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Resources, Institute of Crop Science, Plant Precision Breeding Academy, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Zhejiang, 310058, China
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- Industrial Crop Research Institute, Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Sichuan, 610066, China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Resources, Institute of Crop Science, Plant Precision Breeding Academy, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Zhejiang, 310058, China
- Hainan Institute of Zhejiang University, Sanya, 572025, China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Resources, Institute of Crop Science, Plant Precision Breeding Academy, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Zhejiang, 310058, China
- Hainan Institute of Zhejiang University, Sanya, 572025, China
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Lottes EN, Ciger F, Bhattacharjee S, Timmins EA, Tete B, Tran T, Matta J, Patel AA, Cox DN. CCT and Cullin1 Regulate the TORC1 Pathway to Promote Dendritic Arborization in Health and Disease. Cells 2024; 13:1029. [PMID: 38920658 PMCID: PMC11201622 DOI: 10.3390/cells13121029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2024] [Revised: 06/03/2024] [Accepted: 06/09/2024] [Indexed: 06/27/2024] Open
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The development of cell-type-specific dendritic arbors is integral to the proper functioning of neurons within their circuit networks. In this study, we examine the regulatory relationship between the cytosolic chaperonin CCT, key insulin pathway genes, and an E3 ubiquitin ligase (Cullin1) in dendritic development. CCT loss of function (LOF) results in dendritic hypotrophy in Drosophila Class IV (CIV) multi-dendritic larval sensory neurons, and CCT has recently been shown to fold components of the TOR (Target of Rapamycin) complex 1 (TORC1) in vitro. Through targeted genetic manipulations, we confirm that an LOF of CCT and the TORC1 pathway reduces dendritic complexity, while overexpression of key TORC1 pathway genes increases the dendritic complexity in CIV neurons. Furthermore, both CCT and TORC1 LOF significantly reduce microtubule (MT) stability. CCT has been previously implicated in regulating proteinopathic aggregation, thus, we examine CIV dendritic development in disease conditions as well. The expression of mutant Huntingtin leads to dendritic hypotrophy in a repeat-length-dependent manner, which can be rescued by Cullin1 LOF. Together, our data suggest that Cullin1 and CCT influence dendritic arborization through the regulation of TORC1 in both health and disease.
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- Neuroscience Institute, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA
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Zhao F, Yao Z, Li Y, Zhao W, Sun Y, Yang X, Zhao Z, Huang B, Wang J, Li X, Chen A. Targeting the molecular chaperone CCT2 inhibits GBM progression by influencing KRAS stability. Cancer Lett 2024; 590:216844. [PMID: 38582394 DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2024.216844] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2023] [Revised: 03/24/2024] [Accepted: 03/28/2024] [Indexed: 04/08/2024]
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Proper protein folding relies on the assistance of molecular chaperones post-translation. Dysfunctions in chaperones can cause diseases associated with protein misfolding, including cancer. While previous studies have identified CCT2 as a chaperone subunit and an autophagy receptor, its specific involvement in glioblastoma remains unknown. Here, we identified CCT2 promote glioblastoma progression. Using approaches of coimmunoprecipitation, mass spectrometry and surface plasmon resonance, we found CCT2 directly bound to KRAS leading to increased stability and upregulated downstream signaling of KRAS. Interestingly, we found that dihydroartemisinin, a derivative of artemisinin, exhibited therapeutic effects in a glioblastoma animal model. We further demonstrated direct binding between dihydroartemisinin and CCT2. Treatment with dihydroartemisinin resulted in decreased KRAS expression and downstream signaling. Highlighting the significance of CCT2, CCT2 overexpression rescued the inhibitory effect of dihydroartemisinin on glioblastoma. In conclusion, the study demonstrates that CCT2 promotes glioblastoma progression by directly binding to and enhancing the stability of the KRAS protein. Additionally, dihydroartemisinin inhibits glioblastoma by targeting the CCT2 and the following KRAS signaling. Our findings overcome the challenge posed by the undruggable nature of KRAS and offer potential therapeutic strategies for glioblastoma treatment.
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- Feihu Zhao
- Department of Neurosurgery, Qilu Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine and Institute of Brain and Brain-Inspired Science, Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, PR China; Jinan Microecological Biomedicine Shandong Laboratory and Shandong Key Laboratory of Brain Function Remodeling, Jinan, 250017, PR China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Qilu Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine and Institute of Brain and Brain-Inspired Science, Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, PR China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Qilu Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine and Institute of Brain and Brain-Inspired Science, Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, PR China; Jinan Microecological Biomedicine Shandong Laboratory and Shandong Key Laboratory of Brain Function Remodeling, Jinan, 250017, PR China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Qilu Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine and Institute of Brain and Brain-Inspired Science, Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, PR China; Jinan Microecological Biomedicine Shandong Laboratory and Shandong Key Laboratory of Brain Function Remodeling, Jinan, 250017, PR China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Qilu Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine and Institute of Brain and Brain-Inspired Science, Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, PR China; Jinan Microecological Biomedicine Shandong Laboratory and Shandong Key Laboratory of Brain Function Remodeling, Jinan, 250017, PR China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Qilu Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine and Institute of Brain and Brain-Inspired Science, Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, PR China; Jinan Microecological Biomedicine Shandong Laboratory and Shandong Key Laboratory of Brain Function Remodeling, Jinan, 250017, PR China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Qilu Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine and Institute of Brain and Brain-Inspired Science, Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, PR China; Jinan Microecological Biomedicine Shandong Laboratory and Shandong Key Laboratory of Brain Function Remodeling, Jinan, 250017, PR China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Qilu Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine and Institute of Brain and Brain-Inspired Science, Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, PR China; Jinan Microecological Biomedicine Shandong Laboratory and Shandong Key Laboratory of Brain Function Remodeling, Jinan, 250017, PR China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Qilu Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine and Institute of Brain and Brain-Inspired Science, Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, PR China; Jinan Microecological Biomedicine Shandong Laboratory and Shandong Key Laboratory of Brain Function Remodeling, Jinan, 250017, PR China; Department of Biomedicine, University of Bergen, Jonas Lies vei 91, 5009, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Qilu Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine and Institute of Brain and Brain-Inspired Science, Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, PR China; Jinan Microecological Biomedicine Shandong Laboratory and Shandong Key Laboratory of Brain Function Remodeling, Jinan, 250017, PR China.
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Qilu Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine and Institute of Brain and Brain-Inspired Science, Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, PR China; Jinan Microecological Biomedicine Shandong Laboratory and Shandong Key Laboratory of Brain Function Remodeling, Jinan, 250017, PR China.
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Chen Y, Luo M, Tu H, Qi Y, Guo Y, Zhang X, Cui Y, Gao M, Zhou X, Zhu T, Zhu H, Situ C, Li Y, Guo X. STYXL1 regulates CCT complex assembly and flagellar tubulin folding in sperm formation. Nat Commun 2024; 15:44. [PMID: 38168070 PMCID: PMC10761714 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-44337-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2023] [Accepted: 12/08/2023] [Indexed: 01/05/2024] Open
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Tubulin-based microtubule is a core component of flagella axoneme and essential for sperm motility and male fertility. Structural components of the axoneme have been well explored. However, how tubulin folding is regulated in sperm flagella formation is still largely unknown. Here, we report a germ cell-specific co-factor of CCT complex, STYXL1. Deletion of Styxl1 results in male infertility and microtubule defects of sperm flagella. Proteomic analysis of Styxl1-/- sperm reveals abnormal downregulation of flagella-related proteins including tubulins. The N-terminal rhodanese-like domain of STYXL1 is important for its interactions with CCT complex subunits, CCT1, CCT6 and CCT7. Styxl1 deletion leads to defects in CCT complex assembly and tubulin polymerization. Collectively, our findings reveal the vital roles of germ cell-specific STYXL1 in CCT-facilitated tubulin folding and sperm flagella development.
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- Yu Chen
- Department of Histology and Embryology, State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine and Offspring Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 211166, China
- Medical Research Center, Changzhou Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital, Changzhou Medical Center, Nanjing Medical University, Changzhou, 213000, China
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine and Offspring Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 211166, China
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine and Offspring Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 211166, China
- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Sir Run Run Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 211166, China
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine and Offspring Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 211166, China
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine and Offspring Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 211166, China
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine and Offspring Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 211166, China
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine and Offspring Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 211166, China
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine and Offspring Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 211166, China
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine and Offspring Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 211166, China
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine and Offspring Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 211166, China
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine and Offspring Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 211166, China
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine and Offspring Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 211166, China.
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Sir Run Run Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 211166, China.
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine and Offspring Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 211166, China.
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Lottes EN, Ciger FH, Bhattacharjee S, Timmins-Wilde EA, Tete B, Tran T, Matta J, Patel AA, Cox DN. CCT and Cullin1 regulate the TORC1 pathway to promote dendritic arborization in health and disease. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.07.31.551324. [PMID: 37577581 PMCID: PMC10418059 DOI: 10.1101/2023.07.31.551324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/15/2023]
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The development of cell-type-specific dendritic arbors is integral to the proper functioning of neurons within their circuit networks. In this study, we examine the regulatory relationship between the cytosolic chaperonin CCT, key insulin pathway genes, and an E3 ubiquitin ligase (Cullin1) in homeostatic dendritic development. CCT loss of function (LOF) results in dendritic hypotrophy in Drosophila Class IV (CIV) multidendritic larval sensory neurons, and CCT has recently been shown to fold components of the TOR (Target of Rapamycin) complex 1 (TORC1), in vitro. Through targeted genetic manipulations, we have confirmed that LOF of CCT and the TORC1 pathway reduces dendritic complexity, while overexpression of key TORC1 pathway genes increases dendritic complexity in CIV neurons. Both CCT and TORC1 LOF significantly reduce microtubule (MT) stability. CCT has been previously implicated in regulating proteinopathic aggregation, thus we examined CIV dendritic development in disease conditions as well. Expression of mutant Huntingtin leads to dendritic hypotrophy in a repeat-length-dependent manner, which can be rescued by TORC1 disinhibition via Cullin1 LOF. Together, our data suggest that Cullin1 and CCT influence dendritic arborization through regulation of TORC1 in both health and disease.
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- Erin N. Lottes
- Neuroscience Institute, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, United States
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- Neuroscience Institute, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, United States
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- Neuroscience Institute, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, United States
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- Neuroscience Institute, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, United States
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- Neuroscience Institute, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, United States
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- Neuroscience Institute, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, United States
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- Neuroscience Institute, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, United States
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Wilkinson MD, Ferreira JL, Beeby M, Baum J, Willison KR. The malaria parasite chaperonin containing TCP-1 (CCT) complex: Data integration with other CCT proteomes. Front Mol Biosci 2022; 9:1057232. [PMID: 36567946 PMCID: PMC9772883 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2022.1057232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2022] [Accepted: 11/18/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The multi-subunit chaperonin containing TCP-1 (CCT) is an essential molecular chaperone that functions in the folding of key cellular proteins. This paper reviews the interactome of the eukaryotic chaperonin CCT and its primary clients, the ubiquitous cytoskeletal proteins, actin and tubulin. CCT interacts with other nascent proteins, especially the WD40 propeller proteins, and also assists in the assembly of several protein complexes. A new proteomic dataset is presented for CCT purified from the human malarial parasite, P. falciparum (PfCCT). The CCT8 subunit gene was C-terminally FLAG-tagged using Selection Linked Integration (SLI) and CCT complexes were extracted from infected human erythrocyte cultures synchronized for maximum expression levels of CCT at the trophozoite stage of the parasite's asexual life cycle. We analyze the new PfCCT proteome and incorporate it into our existing model of the CCT system, supported by accumulated data from biochemical and cell biological experiments in many eukaryotic species. Together with measurements of CCT mRNA, CCT protein subunit copy number and the post-translational and chemical modifications of the CCT subunits themselves, a cumulative picture is emerging of an essential molecular chaperone system sitting at the heart of eukaryotic cell growth control and cell cycle regulation.
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- Mark D. Wilkinson
- Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom,School of Biomedical Sciences, University of New South Wales, Kensington, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Chemistry, Molecular Sciences Research Hub, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom,*Correspondence: Keith R. Willison,
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Stan G, Lorimer GH, Thirumalai D. Friends in need: How chaperonins recognize and remodel proteins that require folding assistance. Front Mol Biosci 2022; 9:1071168. [PMID: 36479385 PMCID: PMC9720267 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2022.1071168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2022] [Accepted: 11/07/2022] [Indexed: 08/19/2023] Open
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Chaperonins are biological nanomachines that help newly translated proteins to fold by rescuing them from kinetically trapped misfolded states. Protein folding assistance by the chaperonin machinery is obligatory in vivo for a subset of proteins in the bacterial proteome. Chaperonins are large oligomeric complexes, with unusual seven fold symmetry (group I) or eight/nine fold symmetry (group II), that form double-ring constructs, enclosing a central cavity that serves as the folding chamber. Dramatic large-scale conformational changes, that take place during ATP-driven cycles, allow chaperonins to bind misfolded proteins, encapsulate them into the expanded cavity and release them back into the cellular environment, regardless of whether they are folded or not. The theory associated with the iterative annealing mechanism, which incorporated the conformational free energy landscape description of protein folding, quantitatively explains most, if not all, the available data. Misfolded conformations are associated with low energy minima in a rugged energy landscape. Random disruptions of these low energy conformations result in higher free energy, less folded, conformations that can stochastically partition into the native state. Two distinct mechanisms of annealing action have been described. Group I chaperonins (GroEL homologues in eubacteria and endosymbiotic organelles), recognize a large number of misfolded proteins non-specifically and operate through highly coordinated cooperative motions. By contrast, the less well understood group II chaperonins (CCT in Eukarya and thermosome/TF55 in Archaea), assist a selected set of substrate proteins. Sequential conformational changes within a CCT ring are observed, perhaps promoting domain-by-domain substrate folding. Chaperonins are implicated in bacterial infection, autoimmune disease, as well as protein aggregation and degradation diseases. Understanding the chaperonin mechanism and the specific proteins they rescue during the cell cycle is important not only for the fundamental aspect of protein folding in the cellular environment, but also for effective therapeutic strategies.
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- George Stan
- Department of Chemistry, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, United States
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- Center for Biomolecular Structure and Organization, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Texas, Austin, TX, United States
- Department of Physics, University of Texas, Austin, TX, United States
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Liu W, Lu Y, Yan X, Lu Q, Sun Y, Wan X, Li Y, Zhao J, Li Y, Jiang G. Current understanding on the role of CCT3 in cancer research. Front Oncol 2022; 12:961733. [PMID: 36185198 PMCID: PMC9520704 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2022.961733] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2022] [Accepted: 08/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Chaperonin containing TCP1 Subunit 3 (CCT3) is an important member of the chaperone protein family, providing a favorable environment for the correct folding of proteins in cell division, proliferation, and apoptosis pathways, which is involved in a variety of biological processes as well as the development and invasion of many malignant tumors. Many malignancies have been extensively examined with CCT3. It is presently used as a possible target for the treatment of many malignancies since it is not only a novel biomarker for the screening and diagnosis of different tumors, but it is also closely associated with tumor progression, prognosis, and survival. Recent studies have shown that the expression of CCT3 is up-regulated in some tumors, such as liver cancer, breast cancer, colon cancer, acute myeloid leukemia, etc. In this paper, we review the role of CCT3 in various tumors.
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- Wenlou Liu
- Department of Oncology, Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China
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- Department of Dermatology, Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China
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- Department of Dermatology, Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China
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- Department of Dermatology, The People’s Hospital of Jiawang District of Xuzhou, Xuzhou, China
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- Department of Dermatology, Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China
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- Department of Dermatology, Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China
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- Department of Dermatology, Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China
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- Department of Dermatology, Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China
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- Department of Dermatology, Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China
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- Department of Dermatology, Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China
- *Correspondence: Guan Jiang,
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Ghozlan H, Cox A, Nierenberg D, King S, Khaled AR. The TRiCky Business of Protein Folding in Health and Disease. Front Cell Dev Biol 2022; 10:906530. [PMID: 35602608 PMCID: PMC9117761 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2022.906530] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2022] [Accepted: 04/20/2022] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
Abstract
Maintenance of the cellular proteome or proteostasis is an essential process that when deregulated leads to diseases like neurological disorders and cancer. Central to proteostasis are the molecular chaperones that fold proteins into functional 3-dimensional (3D) shapes and prevent protein aggregation. Chaperonins, a family of chaperones found in all lineages of organisms, are efficient machines that fold proteins within central cavities. The eukaryotic Chaperonin Containing TCP1 (CCT), also known as Tailless complex polypeptide 1 (TCP-1) Ring Complex (TRiC), is a multi-subunit molecular complex that folds the obligate substrates, actin, and tubulin. But more than folding cytoskeletal proteins, CCT differs from most chaperones in its ability to fold proteins larger than its central folding chamber and in a sequential manner that enables it to tackle proteins with complex topologies or very large proteins and complexes. Unique features of CCT include an asymmetry of charges and ATP affinities across the eight subunits that form the hetero-oligomeric complex. Variable substrate binding capacities endow CCT with a plasticity that developed as the chaperonin evolved with eukaryotes and acquired functional capacity in the densely packed intracellular environment. Given the decades of discovery on the structure and function of CCT, much remains unknown such as the scope of its interactome. New findings on the role of CCT in disease, and potential for diagnostic and therapeutic uses, heighten the need to better understand the function of this essential molecular chaperone. Clues as to how CCT causes cancer or neurological disorders lie in the early studies of the chaperonin that form a foundational knowledgebase. In this review, we span the decades of CCT discoveries to provide critical context to the continued research on the diverse capacities in health and disease of this essential protein-folding complex.
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- Heba Ghozlan
- Division of Cancer Research, Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, United States
- Department of Physiology and Biochemistry, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan
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- Division of Cancer Research, Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, United States
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- Division of Cancer Research, Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, United States
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- Division of Neuroscience, Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, United States
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- Division of Cancer Research, Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, United States
- *Correspondence: Annette R. Khaled,
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Kelly JJ, Tranter D, Pardon E, Chi G, Kramer H, Happonen L, Knee KM, Janz JM, Steyaert J, Bulawa C, Paavilainen VO, Huiskonen JT, Yue WW. Snapshots of actin and tubulin folding inside the TRiC chaperonin. Nat Struct Mol Biol 2022; 29:420-429. [PMID: 35449234 PMCID: PMC9113939 DOI: 10.1038/s41594-022-00755-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2021] [Accepted: 03/01/2022] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
Abstract
The integrity of a cell's proteome depends on correct folding of polypeptides by chaperonins. The chaperonin TCP-1 ring complex (TRiC) acts as obligate folder for >10% of cytosolic proteins, including he cytoskeletal proteins actin and tubulin. Although its architecture and how it recognizes folding substrates are emerging from structural studies, the subsequent fate of substrates inside the TRiC chamber is not defined. We trapped endogenous human TRiC with substrates (actin, tubulin) and cochaperone (PhLP2A) at different folding stages, for structure determination by cryo-EM. The already-folded regions of client proteins are anchored at the chamber wall, positioning unstructured regions toward the central space to achieve their native fold. Substrates engage with different sections of the chamber during the folding cycle, coupled to TRiC open-and-close transitions. Further, the cochaperone PhLP2A modulates folding, acting as a molecular strut between substrate and TRiC chamber. Our structural snapshots piece together an emerging model of client protein folding within TRiC.
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- John J Kelly
- Centre for Medicines Discovery, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Institute of Biotechnology, Helsinki Institute of Life Science HiLIFE, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Structural Biology Brussels, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels, Belgium
- VIB-VUB Center for Structural Biology, VIB, Brussels, Belgium
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- Centre for Medicines Discovery, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Biological Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics Facility, MRC London Institute of Medical Sciences, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital Campus, London, UK
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- Division of Infection Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Pfizer Rare Disease Research Unit, Worldwide Research and Development, Pfizer Inc., Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Pfizer Rare Disease Research Unit, Worldwide Research and Development, Pfizer Inc., Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Structural Biology Brussels, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels, Belgium
- VIB-VUB Center for Structural Biology, VIB, Brussels, Belgium
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- Pfizer Rare Disease Research Unit, Worldwide Research and Development, Pfizer Inc., Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Institute of Biotechnology, Helsinki Institute of Life Science HiLIFE, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Institute of Biotechnology, Helsinki Institute of Life Science HiLIFE, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
- Molecular and Integrative Biosciences Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
- Division of Structural Biology, Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, Roosevelt Drive, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
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- Centre for Medicines Discovery, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
- Biosciences Institute, Medical School, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
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Schulz L, Sendker FL, Hochberg GKA. Non-adaptive complexity and biochemical function. Curr Opin Struct Biol 2022; 73:102339. [PMID: 35247750 DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2022.102339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2021] [Revised: 12/06/2021] [Accepted: 01/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Intricate biochemical structures are usually thought to be useful, because natural selection preserves them from degradation by a constant hail of destructive mutations. Biochemists therefore often deliberately disrupt them to understand how complexity improves protein function or fitness. However, evolutionary theory suggests that even useless complexity that never improved fitness can become completely essential if a simple set of evolutionary conditions is fulfilled. We review evidence that stable protein complexes, protein-chaperone interactions, and complexes consisting of several paralogs all fulfill these conditions. This makes reverse genetics or destructive mutagenesis unsuitable for assigning functions to these kinds of complexity. Instead, we advocate that incorporating evolutionary approaches into biochemistry overcomes this difficulty and allows us to distinguish useless from useful biochemical complexity.
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- Luca Schulz
- Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Karl-von-Frisch Straße 10, 35043 Marburg, Germany. https://twitter.com/schulluc
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- Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Karl-von-Frisch Straße 10, 35043 Marburg, Germany. https://twitter.com/SendkerFL
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- Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Karl-von-Frisch Straße 10, 35043 Marburg, Germany; Department of Chemistry, University of Marburg, Hans-Meerwein-Straße 4, 35032 Marburg, Germany; Center for Synthetic Microbiology (SYNMIKRO), Hans-Meerwein-Straße 6, 35032 Marburg, Germany.
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Vallin J, Grantham J. Functional assessment of the V390F mutation in the CCTδ subunit of chaperonin containing tailless complex polypeptide 1. Cell Stress Chaperones 2021; 26:955-964. [PMID: 34655026 PMCID: PMC8578507 DOI: 10.1007/s12192-021-01237-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2021] [Revised: 08/19/2021] [Accepted: 09/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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The chaperonin containing tailless complex polypeptide 1 (CCT) is a multi-subunit molecular chaperone. It is found in the cytoplasm of all eukaryotic cells, where the oligomeric form plays an essential role in the folding of predominantly the cytoskeletal proteins actin and tubulin. Both the CCT oligomer and monomeric subunits also display functions that extend beyond folding, which are often associated with microtubules and actin filaments. Here, we assess the functional significance of the CCTδ V390F mutation, reported in several cancer cell lines. Upon transfection into B16F1 mouse melanoma cells, GFP-CCTδV390F incorporates into the CCT oligomer more readily than GFP-CCTδ. Furthermore, unlike GFP-CCTδ, GFP-CCTδV390F does not interact with the dynactin complex component, p150Glued. As CCTδ has previously been implicated in altered migration in wound healing assays, we assessed the behaviour of GFP-CCTδV390F and other mutants of CCTδ, previously used to assess functional interactions with p150Glued, in chemotaxis assays. We developed the assay system to incorporate a layer of the inert hydrogel GrowDex® to provide a 3D matrix for chemotaxis assessment and found subtle differences in the migration of B16F1 cells, depending on the presence of the hydrogel.
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- Josefine Vallin
- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, 40530, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, 40530, Gothenburg, Sweden.
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Collier MP, Moreira KB, Li KH, Chen YC, Itzhak D, Samant R, Leitner A, Burlingame A, Frydman J. Native mass spectrometry analyses of chaperonin complex TRiC/CCT reveal subunit N-terminal processing and re-association patterns. Sci Rep 2021; 11:13084. [PMID: 34158536 PMCID: PMC8219831 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-91086-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2020] [Accepted: 05/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The eukaryotic chaperonin TRiC/CCT is a large ATP-dependent complex essential for cellular protein folding. Its subunit arrangement into two stacked eight-membered hetero-oligomeric rings is conserved from yeast to man. A recent breakthrough enables production of functional human TRiC (hTRiC) from insect cells. Here, we apply a suite of mass spectrometry techniques to characterize recombinant hTRiC. We find all subunits CCT1-8 are N-terminally processed by combinations of methionine excision and acetylation observed in native human TRiC. Dissociation by organic solvents yields primarily monomeric subunits with a small population of CCT dimers. Notably, some dimers feature non-canonical inter-subunit contacts absent in the initial hTRiC. This indicates individual CCT monomers can promiscuously re-assemble into dimers, and lack the information to assume the specific interface pairings in the holocomplex. CCT5 is consistently the most stable subunit and engages in the greatest number of non-canonical dimer pairings. These findings confirm physiologically relevant post-translational processing and function of recombinant hTRiC and offer quantitative insight into the relative stabilities of TRiC subunits and interfaces, a key step toward reconstructing its assembly mechanism. Our results also highlight the importance of assigning contacts identified by native mass spectrometry after solution dissociation as canonical or non-canonical when investigating multimeric assemblies.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Biology, Institute of Molecular Systems Biology, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
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Kumar V, Behl A, Shoaib R, Abid M, Shevtsov M, Singh S. Comparative structural insight into prefoldin subunints of archaea and eukaryotes with special emphasis on unexplored prefoldin of Plasmodium falciparum. J Biomol Struct Dyn 2020; 40:3804-3818. [PMID: 33272134 DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2020.1850527] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Prefoldin (PFD) is a heterohexameric molecular chaperone which bind unfolded proteins and subsequently deliver them to a group II chaperonin for correct folding. Although there is structural and functional information available for humans and archaea PFDs, their existence and functions in malaria parasite remains uncharacterized. In the present review, we have collected the available information on prefoldin family members of archaea and humans and attempted to analyze unexplored PFD subunits of Plasmodium falciparum (Pf). Our review enhances the understanding of probable functions, structure and mechanism of substrate binding of Pf prefoldin by comparing with the available information of its homologs in archaea and H. sapiens. Three PfPFD out of six and a Pf prefoldin-like protein are reported to be essential for parasite survival that signifies their importance in malaria parasite biology. Transcriptome analyses suggest that PfPFD subunits are up-regulated at the mRNA level during asexual and sexual stages of parasite life cycle. Our in silico analysis suggested several pivotal proteins like myosin E, cytoskeletal protein (tubulin), merozoite surface protein and ring exported protein 3 as their interacting partners. Based on structural information of archaeal and H. sapiens PFDs, P. falciparum counterparts have been modelled and key interface residues were identified that are critical for oligomerization of PfPFD subunits. We collated information on PFD-substrate binding and PFD-chaperonin interaction in detail to understand the mechanism of substrate delivery in archaea and humans. Overall, our review enables readers to view the PFD family comprehensively. Communicated by Ramaswamy H. SarmaAbbreviations: HSP: Heat shock proteins; CCT: Chaperonin containing TCP-1; PFD: Prefoldin; PFLP: Prefoldin like protein; PfPFD: Plasmodium falciparum prefoldin; Pf: Plasmodium falciparum; H. sapiens: Homo sapiens; M. thermoautotrophicus: Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicus; P. horikoshii: Pyrococcus horikoshii.
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- Vikash Kumar
- Special Centre for Molecular Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
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- Special Centre for Molecular Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
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- Medicinal Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Biosciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India
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- Medicinal Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Biosciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India
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- Center for Translational Cancer Research Technische, Universität München (TranslaTUM), Radiation Immuno Oncology group, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Munich, Germany.,Institute of Cytology of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), St. Petersburg, Russia.,Department of General Surgery, Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University, Petersburg, Russia.,Almazov National Medical Research Centre, Polenov Russian Scientific Research Institute of Neurosurgery, St. Petersburg, Russia.,National Center for Neurosurgery, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.,Department of Biomedical Cell Technologies, Far Eastern Federal University, Vladivostok, Russia
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- Special Centre for Molecular Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
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Kumar V, Rumaisha, Behl A, Munjal A, Abid M, Singh S. Prefoldin subunit 6 of Plasmodium falciparum binds merozoite surface protein-1 (MSP-1). FEBS Open Bio 2020; 12:1050-1060. [PMID: 33145997 PMCID: PMC9063436 DOI: 10.1002/2211-5463.13022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2020] [Revised: 10/21/2020] [Accepted: 11/02/2020] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Malaria is a human disease caused by eukaryotic protozoan parasites of the Plasmodium genus. Plasmodium falciparum (Pf) causes the most lethal form of human malaria and is responsible for widespread mortality worldwide. Prefoldin is a heterohexameric molecular complex that binds and delivers unfolded proteins to chaperonin for correct folding. The prefoldin PFD6 is predicted to interact with merozoite surface protein‐1 (MSP‐1), a protein well known to play a pivotal role in erythrocyte binding and invasion by Plasmodium merozoites. We previously found that the P. falciparum (Pf) genome contains six prefoldin genes and a prefoldin‐like gene whose molecular functions are unidentified. Here, we analyzed the expression of PfPFD‐6 during the asexual blood stages of the parasite and investigated its interacting partners. PfPFD‐6 was found to be significantly expressed at the trophozoite and schizont stages. Pull‐down assays suggest PfPFD‐6 interacts with MSP‐1. In silico analysis suggested critical residues involved in the PfPFD‐6‐MSP‐1 interaction. Our data suggest PfPFD‐6 may play a role in stabilizing or trafficking MSP‐1.
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- Vikash Kumar
- Special Centre for Molecular Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
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- Medicinal Chemistry laboratory, Department of Biosciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India
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- Special Centre for Molecular Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
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- Special Centre for Molecular Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
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- Medicinal Chemistry laboratory, Department of Biosciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India
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- Special Centre for Molecular Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
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Pavlikova N, Sramek J, Jelinek M, Halada P, Kovar J. Markers of acute toxicity of DDT exposure in pancreatic beta-cells determined by a proteomic approach. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0229430. [PMID: 33104727 PMCID: PMC7588079 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0229430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2020] [Accepted: 10/12/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Many compounds have the potential to harm pancreatic beta-cells; organochlorine pollutants belong to those compounds. In this work, we aimed to find markers of acute toxicity of p,p'-DDT exposure among proteins expressed in NES2Y human pancreatic beta-cells employing 2-D electrophoresis. We exposed NES2Y cells to a high concentration (150 μM, LC96 after 72 hours) of p,p'-DDT for 24 and 30 hours and determined proteins with changed expression using 2-D electrophoresis. We have found 22 proteins that changed their expression. They included proteins involved in ER stress (GRP78, and endoplasmin), mitochondrial proteins (GRP75, ECHM, IDH3A, NDUS1, and NDUS3), proteins involved in the maintenance of the cell morphology (EFHD2, TCPA, NDRG1, and ezrin), and some other proteins (HNRPF, HNRH1, K2C8, vimentin, PBDC1, EF2, PCNA, biliverdin reductase, G3BP1, FRIL, and HSP27). The proteins we have identified may serve as indicators of p,p'-DDT toxicity in beta-cells in future studies, including long-term exposure to environmentally relevant concentrations.
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- Nela Pavlikova
- Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology & Center for Research of Diabetes, Metabolism, and Nutrition, Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology & Center for Research of Diabetes, Metabolism, and Nutrition, Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology & Center for Research of Diabetes, Metabolism, and Nutrition, Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- BioCeV–Institute of Microbiology, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Vestec, Czech Republic
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- Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology & Center for Research of Diabetes, Metabolism, and Nutrition, Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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McClatchy DB, Martínez-Bartolomé S, Gao Y, Lavallée-Adam M, Yates JR. Quantitative analysis of global protein stability rates in tissues. Sci Rep 2020; 10:15983. [PMID: 32994440 PMCID: PMC7524747 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-72410-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2020] [Accepted: 08/28/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Protein degradation is an essential mechanism for maintaining proteostasis in response to internal and external perturbations. Disruption of this process is implicated in many human diseases. We present a new technique, QUAD (Quantification of Azidohomoalanine Degradation), to analyze the global degradation rates in tissues using a non-canonical amino acid and mass spectrometry. QUAD analysis reveals that protein stability varied within tissues, but discernible trends in the data suggest that cellular environment is a major factor dictating stability. Within a tissue, different organelles and protein functions were enriched with different stability patterns. QUAD analysis demonstrated that protein stability is enhanced with age in the brain but not in the liver. Overall, QUAD allows the first global quantitation of protein stability rates in tissues, which will allow new insights and hypotheses in basic and translational research.
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- Daniel B McClatchy
- Department of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA
- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology and Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA.
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Wang L, Zhou W, Li H, Yang H, Shan N. Clinical Significance, Cellular Function, and Potential Molecular Pathways of CCT7 in Endometrial Cancer. Front Oncol 2020; 10:1468. [PMID: 32983981 PMCID: PMC7483479 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2020.01468] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2019] [Accepted: 07/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Objective: Endometrial cancer (EC) is a common gynecologic malignancy; myometrial invasion (MI) is a typical approach of EC spreads and an important index to assess tumor metastasis and outcome in EC patients. CCT7 is a member of the TCP1 chaperone family, involved in cytoskeletal protein folding and unfolding. In this study, the role of CCT7 in EC development was investigated. Methods: Clinical data for 87 EC cases and expression of CCT7 were analyzed. CCT7 was knocked out using siRNA-CCT7 in Ishikawa and RL95-2 cells, and their function about proliferation, apoptosis, and invasion was further tested. Bioinformatics methods were used to predict the potential pathways of CCT7 in EC development. Results: The rates of CCT7-positive cells in EC and adjacent normal endometrium tissues had a significant difference (67.8 vs. 51.4%, p = 0.035), and the expression rate increased from low to high pathological stage (39.7% in the I/II stage, 71.4% in the III/IV stage, p = 0.029). A similar change was found in protein level. CCT7 expression differed significantly between the deep MI group (>1/2) and the superficial MI group (≤1/2) (p = 0.039). However, there were no differences with respect to age, pathological type, and histological grade. CCT7 suppression induced a function loss in both Ishikawa and RL95-2 cells. Bioinformatics analysis demonstrated that EC patients with lower-level CCT7 expression had better overall survival (p = 0.0081). Gene ontology enrichment indicated that "RNA binding," "Mitochondrion," "Translation," and "Spliceosome" were most significantly enriched potential pathways. Five hub genes, PSMA5, PSMD14, SNRPB, SNRPG, and TXNL4A, were all significantly upregulated in EC and had a positive correlation with CCT7. Conclusions: CCT7 may be involved in EC development by excessively activating tumor cell function to promote MI or distant/nodal metastasis, which may contribute to the prognosis of EC patients.
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- Liwen Wang
- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
- Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University, Changsha, China
- Department of Reproductive, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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Giurgiu M, Reinhard J, Brauner B, Dunger-Kaltenbach I, Fobo G, Frishman G, Montrone C, Ruepp A. CORUM: the comprehensive resource of mammalian protein complexes-2019. Nucleic Acids Res 2020; 47:D559-D563. [PMID: 30357367 PMCID: PMC6323970 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gky973] [Citation(s) in RCA: 386] [Impact Index Per Article: 96.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2018] [Accepted: 10/18/2018] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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CORUM is a database that provides a manually curated repository of experimentally characterized protein complexes from mammalian organisms, mainly human (67%), mouse (15%) and rat (10%). Given the vital functions of these macromolecular machines, their identification and functional characterization is foundational to our understanding of normal and disease biology. The new CORUM 3.0 release encompasses 4274 protein complexes offering the largest and most comprehensive publicly available dataset of mammalian protein complexes. The CORUM dataset is built from 4473 different genes, representing 22% of the protein coding genes in humans. Protein complexes are described by a protein complex name, subunit composition, cellular functions as well as the literature references. Information about stoichiometry of subunits depends on availability of experimental data. Recent developments include a graphical tool displaying known interactions between subunits. This allows the prediction of structural interconnections within protein complexes of unknown structure. In addition, we present a set of 58 protein complexes with alternatively spliced subunits. Those were found to affect cellular functions such as regulation of apoptotic activity, protein complex assembly or define cellular localization. CORUM is freely accessible at http://mips.helmholtz-muenchen.de/corum/.
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- Madalina Giurgiu
- Institute for Bioinformatics and Systems Biology (IBIS), Helmholtz Zentrum München-German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), Ingolstädter Landstraße 1, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Institute for Bioinformatics and Systems Biology (IBIS), Helmholtz Zentrum München-German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), Ingolstädter Landstraße 1, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Institute for Bioinformatics and Systems Biology (IBIS), Helmholtz Zentrum München-German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), Ingolstädter Landstraße 1, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Institute for Bioinformatics and Systems Biology (IBIS), Helmholtz Zentrum München-German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), Ingolstädter Landstraße 1, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Institute for Bioinformatics and Systems Biology (IBIS), Helmholtz Zentrum München-German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), Ingolstädter Landstraße 1, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Institute for Bioinformatics and Systems Biology (IBIS), Helmholtz Zentrum München-German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), Ingolstädter Landstraße 1, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Institute for Bioinformatics and Systems Biology (IBIS), Helmholtz Zentrum München-German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), Ingolstädter Landstraße 1, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Institute for Bioinformatics and Systems Biology (IBIS), Helmholtz Zentrum München-German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), Ingolstädter Landstraße 1, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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Sergeeva OA, Haase-Pettingell C, King JA. Co-expression of CCT subunits hints at TRiC assembly. Cell Stress Chaperones 2019; 24:1055-1065. [PMID: 31410727 PMCID: PMC6882961 DOI: 10.1007/s12192-019-01028-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2019] [Revised: 07/05/2019] [Accepted: 07/31/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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The eukaryotic cytosolic chaperonin, t-complex polypeptide 1 (TCP-1) ring complex or TRiC, is responsible for folding a tenth of the proteins in the cell. TRiC is a double-ringed barrel with each ring composed of eight different CCT (chaperonin containing TCP-1) subunits. In order for the subunits to assemble together into mature TRiC, which is believed to contain one and only one of each of these subunits per ring, they must be translated from different chromosomes, correctly folded and assembled. When expressed alone in Escherichia coli, the subunits CCT4 and CCT5, interestingly, form TRiC-like homo-oligomeric rings. To explore potential subunit-subunit interactions, we co-expressed these homo-oligomerizing CCT4 and CCT5 subunits or the archaeal chaperonin Mm-Cpn (Methanococcus maripaludis chaperonin) with CCT1-8, one at a time. We found that CCT5 shifted all of the CCT subunits, with the exception of CCT6, into double-barrel TRiC-like complexes, while CCT4 only interacted with CCT5 and CCT8 to form chaperonin rings. We hypothesize that these specific interactions may be due to the formation of hetero-oligomers in E. coli, although more work is needed for validation. We also observed the interaction of CCT5 and Mm-Cpn with smaller fragments of the CCT subunits, confirming their intrinsic chaperone activity. Based on this hetero-oligomer data, we propose that TRiC assembly relies on subunit exchange with some stable homo-oligomers, possibly CCT5, as base assembly units. Eventually, analysis of CCT arrangement in various tissues and at different developmental times is anticipated to provide additional insight on TRiC assembly and CCT subunit composition.
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- Oksana A. Sergeeva
- Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA USA
- Global Health Institute, School of Life Sciences, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA USA
- Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence (CSAIL), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA USA
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- Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA USA
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Wang XY, Shao ZM, Chen QY, Xu JP, Sun X, Xu ZP, Li MW, Wu YC. Knockdown of BmTCP-1β Delays BmNPV Infection in vitro. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:578. [PMID: 30967853 PMCID: PMC6439466 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.00578] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2019] [Accepted: 03/06/2019] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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The molecular mechanism of silkworm resistance to Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus (BmNPV) infection remains unclear. The chaperonin containing t-complex polypeptide 1 (TCP-1) is essential for the folding of tubulin and actin to produce stable and functional competent protein conformation. However, little is known about this protein in silkworm. In the present study, a gene encoding the TCP-1β protein in silkworm was characterized, which has an open reading fragment of 1,611 bp encoding a predicted 536 amino acid residue-protein with a molecular weight of approximately 57.6 kDa containing a Cpn60_TCP1 functional domain. The sequence conservation is 81.52%. The highest level of BmTCP-1β mRNA expression was found in the midgut, while the lowest was in the hemolymph. To further study the function of BmTCP-1β, expression was knocked down with siRNA in vitro, resulting in significant downregulation of the selected cytoskeletal-related genes, actin and tubulin, which was also confirmed by overexpression of BmTCP-1β in BmN cells using the pIZT/V5-His-mCherry insect vector. Moreover, knockdown of BmTCP-1β significantly prolonged the infection process of BmNPV in BmN cells, which was also verified by overexpression of BmTCP-1β in BmN cells. Based on the results of the present study, we concluded that BmTCP-1β plays a vital role in BmNPV infection by regulating the expression of tubulin and actin. Taken together, our work provides valuable data for the clarification of the molecular mechanism of silkworm resistance to BmNPV infection.
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- Xue-Yang Wang
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Sericultural Biology and Biotechnology, School of Biotechnology, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang, China.,The Key Laboratory of Silkworm and Mulberry Genetic Improvement, Ministry of Agriculture, Sericultural Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhenjiang, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Sericultural Biology and Biotechnology, School of Biotechnology, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Sericultural Biology and Biotechnology, School of Biotechnology, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Sericultural Biology and Biotechnology, School of Biotechnology, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang, China.,The Key Laboratory of Silkworm and Mulberry Genetic Improvement, Ministry of Agriculture, Sericultural Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhenjiang, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Sericultural Biology and Biotechnology, School of Biotechnology, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang, China.,The Key Laboratory of Silkworm and Mulberry Genetic Improvement, Ministry of Agriculture, Sericultural Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhenjiang, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Sericultural Biology and Biotechnology, School of Biotechnology, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang, China.,The Key Laboratory of Silkworm and Mulberry Genetic Improvement, Ministry of Agriculture, Sericultural Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhenjiang, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Sericultural Biology and Biotechnology, School of Biotechnology, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang, China.,The Key Laboratory of Silkworm and Mulberry Genetic Improvement, Ministry of Agriculture, Sericultural Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhenjiang, China
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Vallin J, Grantham J. The role of the molecular chaperone CCT in protein folding and mediation of cytoskeleton-associated processes: implications for cancer cell biology. Cell Stress Chaperones 2019; 24:17-27. [PMID: 30506376 PMCID: PMC6363620 DOI: 10.1007/s12192-018-0949-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2018] [Revised: 11/02/2018] [Accepted: 11/09/2018] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The chaperonin-containing tailless complex polypeptide 1 (CCT) is required in vivo for the folding of newly synthesized tubulin and actin proteins and is thus intrinsically connected to all cellular processes that rely on the microtubule and actin filament components of the cytoskeleton, both of which are highly regulated and dynamic assemblies. In addition to CCT acting as a protein folding oligomer, further modes of CCT action mediated either by the CCT oligomer itself or via CCT subunits in their monomeric forms can influence processes associated with assembled actin filaments and microtubules. Thus, there is an extended functional role for CCT with regard to its major folding substrates with a complex interplay between CCT as folding machine for tubulin/actin and as a modulator of processes involving the assembled cytoskeleton. As cell division, directed cell migration, and invasion are major drivers of cancer development and rely on the microtubule and actin filament components of the cytoskeleton, CCT activity is fundamentally linked to cancer. Furthermore, the CCT oligomer also folds proteins connected to cell cycle progression and interacts with several other proteins that are linked to cancer such as tumor-suppressor proteins and regulators of the cytoskeleton, while CCT monomer function can influence cell migration. Thus, understanding CCT activity is important for many aspects of cancer cell biology and may reveal new ways to target tumor growth and invasion.
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- Josefine Vallin
- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, 40530, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, 40530, Gothenburg, Sweden.
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The eukaryotic group II chaperonin TRiC/CCT assists the folding of 10% of cytosolic proteins including many key structural and regulatory proteins. TRiC plays an essential role in maintaining protein homeostasis, and dysfunction of TRiC is closely related to human diseases including cancer and neurodegenerative diseases. TRiC consists of eight paralogous subunits, each of which plays a specific role in the assembly, allosteric cooperativity, and substrate recognition and folding of this complex macromolecular machine. TRiC-mediated substrate folding is regulated through its ATP-driven conformational changes. In recent years, progresses have been made on the structure, subunit arrangement, conformational cycle, and substrate folding of TRiC. Additionally, accumulating evidences also demonstrate the linkage between TRiC oligomer or monomer and diseases. In this review, we focus on the TRiC structure itself, TRiC assisted substrate folding, TRiC and disease, and the potential therapeutic application of TRiC in various diseases.
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- Mingliang Jin
- National Center for Protein Science Shanghai, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- National Center for Protein Science Shanghai, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- National Center for Protein Science Shanghai, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- National Center for Protein Science Shanghai, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.
- Shanghai Science Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.
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Syed A, Lukacsovich T, Pomeroy M, Bardwell AJ, Decker GT, Waymire KG, Purcell J, Huang W, Gui J, Padilla EM, Park C, Paul A, Pham TBT, Rodriguez Y, Wei S, Worthge S, Zebarjedi R, Zhang B, Bardwell L, Marsh JL, MacGregor GR. Miles to go (mtgo) encodes FNDC3 proteins that interact with the chaperonin subunit CCT3 and are required for NMJ branching and growth in Drosophila. Dev Biol 2018; 445:37-53. [PMID: 30539716 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2018.10.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2018] [Revised: 09/01/2018] [Accepted: 10/17/2018] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Analysis of mutants that affect formation and function of the Drosophila larval neuromuscular junction (NMJ) has provided valuable insight into genes required for neuronal branching and synaptic growth. We report that NMJ development in Drosophila requires both the Drosophila ortholog of FNDC3 genes; CG42389 (herein referred to as miles to go; mtgo), and CCT3, which encodes a chaperonin complex subunit. Loss of mtgo function causes late pupal lethality with most animals unable to escape the pupal case, while rare escapers exhibit an ataxic gait and reduced lifespan. NMJs in mtgo mutant larvae have dramatically reduced branching and growth and fewer synaptic boutons compared with control animals. Mutant larvae show normal locomotion but display an abnormal self-righting response and chemosensory deficits that suggest additional functions of mtgo within the nervous system. The pharate lethality in mtgo mutants can be rescued by both low-level pan- and neuronal-, but not muscle-specific expression of a mtgo transgene, supporting a neuronal-intrinsic requirement for mtgo in NMJ development. Mtgo encodes three similar proteins whose domain structure is most closely related to the vertebrate intracellular cytosolic membrane-anchored fibronectin type-III domain-containing protein 3 (FNDC3) protein family. Mtgo physically and genetically interacts with Drosophila CCT3, which encodes a subunit of the TRiC/CCT chaperonin complex required for maturation of actin, tubulin and other substrates. Drosophila larvae heterozygous for a mutation in CCT3 that reduces binding between CCT3 and MTGO also show abnormal NMJ development similar to that observed in mtgo null mutants. Hence, the intracellular FNDC3-ortholog MTGO and CCT3 can form a macromolecular complex, and are both required for NMJ development in Drosophila.
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- Adeela Syed
- Department of Developmental and Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697-2300, USA
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- Department of Developmental and Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697-2300, USA
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- Department of Developmental and Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697-2300, USA
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- Department of Developmental and Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697-2300, USA
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- Division of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211-7400, USA
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- Department of Developmental and Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697-2300, USA
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- Department of Developmental and Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697-2300, USA
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- Department of Developmental and Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697-2300, USA
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- Department of Developmental and Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697-2300, USA
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- Department of Developmental and Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697-2300, USA
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- Department of Developmental and Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697-2300, USA
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- Department of Developmental and Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697-2300, USA
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- Department of Developmental and Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697-2300, USA
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- Department of Developmental and Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697-2300, USA
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- Department of Developmental and Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697-2300, USA
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- Department of Developmental and Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697-2300, USA
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- Department of Developmental and Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697-2300, USA
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- Division of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211-7400, USA
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- Department of Developmental and Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697-2300, USA
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- Department of Developmental and Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697-2300, USA.
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- Department of Developmental and Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697-2300, USA.
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The structure and evolution of eukaryotic chaperonin-containing TCP-1 and its mechanism that folds actin into a protein spring. Biochem J 2018; 475:3009-3034. [DOI: 10.1042/bcj20170378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2018] [Revised: 08/16/2018] [Accepted: 08/28/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
Abstract
Actin is folded to its native state in eukaryotic cytosol by the sequential allosteric mechanism of the chaperonin-containing TCP-1 (CCT). The CCT machine is a double-ring ATPase built from eight related subunits, CCT1–CCT8. Non-native actin interacts with specific subunits and is annealed slowly through sequential binding and hydrolysis of ATP around and across the ring system. CCT releases a folded but soft ATP-G-actin monomer which is trapped 80 kJ/mol uphill on the folding energy surface by its ATP-Mg2+/Ca2+ clasp. The energy landscape can be re-explored in the actin filament, F-actin, because ATP hydrolysis produces dehydrated and more compact ADP-actin monomers which, upon application of force and strain, are opened and closed like the elements of a spring. Actin-based myosin motor systems underpin a multitude of force generation processes in cells and muscles. We propose that the water surface of F-actin acts as a low-binding energy, directional waveguide which is recognized specifically by the myosin lever-arm domain before the system engages to form the tight-binding actomyosin complex. Such a water-mediated recognition process between actin and myosin would enable symmetry breaking through fast, low energy initial binding events. The origin of chaperonins and the subsequent emergence of the CCT–actin system in LECA (last eukaryotic common ancestor) point to the critical role of CCT in facilitating phagocytosis during early eukaryotic evolution and the transition from the bacterial world. The coupling of CCT-folding fluxes to the cell cycle, cell size control networks and cancer are discussed together with directions for further research.
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Zou XD, An K, Wu YD, Ye ZQ. PPI network analyses of human WD40 protein family systematically reveal their tendency to assemble complexes and facilitate the complex predictions. BMC SYSTEMS BIOLOGY 2018; 12:41. [PMID: 29745845 PMCID: PMC5998875 DOI: 10.1186/s12918-018-0567-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
Abstract
Background WD40 repeat proteins constitute one of the largest families in eukaryotes, and widely participate in various fundamental cellular processes by interacting with other molecules. Based on individual WD40 proteins, previous work has demonstrated that their structural characteristics should confer great potential of interaction and complex formation, and has speculated that they may serve as hubs in the protein-protein interaction (PPI) network. However, what roles the whole family plays in organizing the PPI network, and whether this information can be utilized in complex prediction remain unclear. To address these issues, quantitative and systematic analyses of WD40 proteins from the perspective of PPI networks are highly required. Results In this work, we built two human PPI networks by using data sets with different confidence levels, and studied the network properties of the whole human WD40 protein family systematically. Our analyses have quantitatively confirmed that the human WD40 protein family, as a whole, tends to be hubs with an odds ratio of about 1.8 or greater, and the network decomposition has revealed that they are prone to enrich near the global center of the whole network with a fold change of two in the median k-values. By integrating expression profiles, we have further shown that WD40 hub proteins are inclined to be intramodular, which is indicative of complex assembling. Based on this information, we have further predicted 1674 potential WD40-associated complexes by choosing a clique-based method, which is more sensitive than others, and an indirect evaluation by co-expression scores has demonstrated its reliability. Conclusions At the systems level but not sporadic examples’ level, this work has provided rich knowledge for better understanding WD40 proteins’ roles in organizing the PPI network. These findings and predicted complexes can offer valuable clues for prioritizing candidates for further studies. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12918-018-0567-9) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Xu-Dong Zou
- Lab of Computational Chemistry and Drug Design, Laboratory of Chemical Genomics, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, 518055, People's Republic of China
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- Lab of Computational Chemistry and Drug Design, Laboratory of Chemical Genomics, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, 518055, People's Republic of China
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- Lab of Computational Chemistry and Drug Design, Laboratory of Chemical Genomics, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, 518055, People's Republic of China. .,College of Chemistry, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, People's Republic of China.
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- Lab of Computational Chemistry and Drug Design, Laboratory of Chemical Genomics, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, 518055, People's Republic of China.
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Shi X, Cheng S, Wang W. Suppression of CCT3 inhibits malignant proliferation of human papillary thyroid carcinoma cell. Oncol Lett 2018; 15:9202-9208. [PMID: 29805652 PMCID: PMC5958781 DOI: 10.3892/ol.2018.8496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2017] [Accepted: 02/26/2018] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is the most frequently occurring subtype of thyroid cancer. A certain portion of PTCs can progress to recurrent metastatic cancer. Currently, there remains no effective molecular target therapy for PTCs. As a subunit of the chaperonin containing TCP1 (CCT) complex, CCT3 is involved in various biological processes. CCT3 has been reported to drive the proliferation of hepatocellular carcinoma cells. Nevertheless, it remains unknown whether CCT3 regulates the development of PTC. The present study examined CCT3 protein expression in 30 PTC samples from patients undergoing thyroidectomy. A significant increase was observed in CCT3 expression in the PTC samples compared with the matched adjacent normal thyroid tissues. Lentiviral-mediated small interfering RNAs were used to knock down CCT3 in K1 cells. It was observed that the expression of CCT3 was significantly suppressed in K1 cells infected with lentivirus containing a CCT3-targeting short hairpin RNA. Our results showed that CCT3 knockdown markedly decreased the proliferation and cell cycle progression of K1 cells. In addition, the knockdown of CCT3 induced apoptosis of K1 cell. Taken together, the findings of the present study indicated that CCT3 presents as a potential molecular marker of PTC and regulates the development of PTC in humans.
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- Xiaohui Shi
- Department of General Surgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei 430060, P.R. China
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- Department of Thyroid Tumor Surgery, Tumor Center, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region People's Hospital, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia 010000, P.R. China
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- Department of General Surgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei 430060, P.R. China
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HtrA3 is a cellular partner of cytoskeleton proteins and TCP1α chaperonin. J Proteomics 2018; 177:88-111. [PMID: 29477555 DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2018.02.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2017] [Revised: 02/13/2018] [Accepted: 02/19/2018] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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The human HtrA3 protease is involved in placentation, mitochondrial homeostasis, stimulation of apoptosis and proposed to be a tumor suppressor. Molecular mechanisms of the HtrA3 functions are poorly understood and knowledge concerning its cellular targets is very limited. There are two HtrA3 isoforms, the long (HtrA3L) and short (HtrA3S). Upon stress, their N-terminal domains are removed, resulting in the more active ΔN-HtrA3. By pull down and mass spectrometry techniques, we identified a panel of putative ΔN-HtrA3L/S substrates. We confirmed that ΔN-HtrA3L/S formed complexes with actin, β-tubulin, vimentin and TCP1α in vitro and in a cell and partially co-localized with the actin and vimentin filaments, microtubules and TCP1α in a cell. In vitro, both isoforms cleaved the cytoskeleton proteins, promoted tubulin polymerization and displayed chaperone-like activity, with ΔN-HtrA3S being more efficient in proteolysis and ΔN-HtrA3L - in polymerization. TCP1α, essential for the actin and tubulin folding, was directly bound by the ΔN-HtrA3L/S but not cleaved. These results indicate that actin, β-tubulin, vimentin, and TCP1α are HtrA3 cellular partners and suggest that HtrA3 may influence cytoskeleton dynamics. They also suggest different roles of the HtrA3 isoforms and a possibility that HtrA3 protease may also function as a co-chaperone. SIGNIFICANCE The HtrA3 protease stimulates apoptosis and is proposed to be a tumor suppressor and a therapeutic target, however little is known about its function at the molecular level and very few HtrA3 physiological substrates have been identified so far. Furthermore, HtrA3 is the only member of the HtrA family of proteins which, apart from the long isoform possessing the PD and PDZ domains (HtrA3L), has a short isoform (HtrA3S) lacking the PDZ domain. In this work we identified a large panel (about 150) of the tentative HtrA3L/S cellular partners which provides a good basis for further research concerning the HtrA3 function. We have shown that the cytoskeleton proteins actin, β-tubulin and vimentin, and the TCP1α chaperonin are cellular partners of both HtrA3 isoforms. Our findings indicate that HtrA3 may promote destabilization of the actin and vimentin cytoskeleton and suggest that it may influence the dynamics of the microtubule network, with the HtrA3S being more efficient in cytoskeleton protein cleavage and HtrA3L - in tubulin polymerization. Also, we have shown for the first time that HtrA3 has a chaperone-like, holdase activity in vitro - activity typical for co-chaperone proteins. The proposed HtrA3 influence on the cytoskeleton dynamics may be one of the ways in which HtrA3 promotes cell death and affects cancerogenesis. We believe that the results of this study provide a new insight into the role of HtrA3 in a cell and further confirm the notion that HtrA3 should be considered as a target of new anti-cancer therapies.
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Zang Y, Wang H, Cui Z, Jin M, Liu C, Han W, Wang Y, Cong Y. Development of a yeast internal-subunit eGFP labeling strategy and its application in subunit identification in eukaryotic group II chaperonin TRiC/CCT. Sci Rep 2018; 8:2374. [PMID: 29403048 PMCID: PMC5799240 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-18962-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2017] [Accepted: 12/18/2017] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Unambiguous subunit assignment in a multicomponent complex is critical for thorough understanding of the machinery and its functionality. The eukaryotic group II chaperonin TRiC/CCT folds approximately 10% of cytosolic proteins and is important for the maintenance of cellular homeostasis. TRiC consists of two rings and each ring has eight homologous but distinct subunits. Unambiguous subunit identification of a macromolecular machine such as TRiC through intermediate or low-resolution cryo-EM map remains challenging. Here we present a yeast internal-subunit eGFP labeling strategy termed YISEL, which can quickly introduce an eGFP tag in the internal position of a target subunit by homologous recombination, and the tag labeled protein can be expressed in endogenous level. Through this method, the labeling efficiency and tag-occupancy is ensured, and the inserted tag is usually less mobile compared to that fused to the terminus. It can also be used to bio-engineer other tag in the internal position of a protein in yeast. By applying our YISEL strategy and combined with cryo-EM 3D reconstruction, we unambiguously identified all the subunits in the cryo-EM map of TRiC, demonstrating the potential for broad application of this strategy in accurate and efficient subunit identification in other challenging complexes.
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- Yunxiang Zang
- National Center for Protein Science Shanghai, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- National Center for Protein Science Shanghai, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- National Center for Protein Science Shanghai, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- National Center for Protein Science Shanghai, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- National Center for Protein Science Shanghai, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- National Center for Protein Science Shanghai, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- National Center for Protein Science Shanghai, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.,Shanghai Science Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- National Center for Protein Science Shanghai, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China. .,Shanghai Science Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.
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Tada S, Hamada M, Yura Y. Proteomic Analysis of Secretomes of Oncolytic Herpes Simplex Virus-Infected Squamous Cell Carcinoma Cells. Cancers (Basel) 2018; 10:cancers10020028. [PMID: 29360750 PMCID: PMC5836060 DOI: 10.3390/cancers10020028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2017] [Revised: 01/03/2018] [Accepted: 01/15/2018] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Oncolytic herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) strain RH2 induced immunogenic cell death (ICD) with the release and surface exposure of damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs) in squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) SCCVII cells. The supernatants of RH2-infected SCCVII cells also exhibited antitumor ability by intratumoral administration in SCCVII tumor-bearing mice. The supernatants of RH2-infected cells and mock-infected cells were concentrated to produce Med24 and MedC for proteomic analyses. In Med24, the up- and down-regulated proteins were observed. Proteins including filamin, tubulin, t-complex protein 1 (TCP-1), and heat shock proteins (HSPs), were up-regulated, while extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins were markedly down-regulated. Viral proteins were detected in Med 24. These results indicate that HSV-1 RH2 infection increases the release of danger signal proteins and viral gene products, but decreases the release of ECM components. These changes may alter the tumor microenvironment (TME) and contribute to enhancement of anti-tumor immunity against SCC.
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- Shinya Tada
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
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Disrupting CCT-β : β-tubulin selectively kills CCT-β overexpressed cancer cells through MAPKs activation. Cell Death Dis 2017; 8:e3052. [PMID: 28906489 PMCID: PMC5636972 DOI: 10.1038/cddis.2017.425] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2017] [Revised: 07/12/2017] [Accepted: 07/24/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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We have previously demonstrated the ability of I-Trp to disrupt the protein–protein interaction of β-tubulin with chaperonin-containing TCP-1β (CCT-β). This caused more severe apoptosis in multidrug-resistant MES-SA/Dx5, compared to MES-SA, due to its higher CCT-β overexpression. In this study, we screened a panel of cancer cell lines, finding CCT-β overexpression in the triple-negative breast cancer cell line MDA-MB-231, colorectal cancer cell lines Colo205 and HCT116, and a gastric cancer cell line MKN-45. Thus, I-Trp killed these cancers with sub- to low-μM EC50, whereas it was non-toxic to MCF-10A. We then synthesized analogs of I-Trp and evaluated their cytotoxicity. Furthermore, apoptotic mechanism investigations revealed the activation of both protein ubiquitination/degradation and ER-associated protein degradation pathways. These pathways proceeded through activation of MAPKs at the onset of CCT-β : β-tubulin complex disruption. We thus establish an effective strategy to treat CCT-β overexpressed cancers by disrupting the CCT-β : β-tubulin complex.
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The human chaperonin TRiC consists of eight non-identical subunits, and its protein-folding activity is critical for cellular health. Misfolded proteins are associated with many human diseases, such as amyloid diseases, cancer, and neuropathies, making TRiC a potential therapeutic target. A detailed structural understanding of its ATP-dependent folding mechanism and substrate recognition is therefore of great importance. Of particular health-related interest is the mutation Histidine 147 to Arginine (H147R) in human TRiC subunit 5 (CCT5), which has been associated with hereditary sensory neuropathy. In this paper, we describe the crystal structures of CCT5 and the CCT5-H147R mutant, which provide important structural information for this vital protein-folding machine in humans. This first X-ray crystallographic study of a single human CCT subunit in the context of a hexadecameric complex can be expanded in the future to the other 7 subunits that form the TRiC complex.
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Spillman NJ, Beck JR, Ganesan SM, Niles JC, Goldberg DE. The chaperonin TRiC forms an oligomeric complex in the malaria parasite cytosol. Cell Microbiol 2017; 19. [PMID: 28067475 DOI: 10.1111/cmi.12719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2016] [Revised: 12/21/2016] [Accepted: 01/04/2017] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The malaria parasite exports numerous proteins into its host red blood cell (RBC). The trafficking of these exported effectors is complex. Proteins are first routed through the secretory system, into the parasitophorous vacuole (PV), a membranous compartment enclosing the parasite. Proteins are then translocated across the PV membrane in a process requiring ATP and unfolding. Once in the RBC compartment the exported proteins are then refolded and further trafficked to their final localizations. Chaperones are important in the unfolding and refolding processes. Recently, it was suggested that the parasite TRiC chaperonin complex is exported, and that it is involved in trafficking of exported effectors. Using a parasite-specific antibody and epitope-tagged transgenic parasites we could observe no export of Plasmodium TRiC into the RBC. We tested the importance of the parasite TRiC by creating a regulatable knockdown line of the TRiC-θ subunit. Loss of the parasite TRiC-θ led to a severe growth defect in asexual development, but did not alter protein export into the RBC. These observations indicate that the TRiC proteins play a critical role in parasite biology, though their function, within the parasite, appears unrelated to protein trafficking in the RBC compartment.
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- Natalie J Spillman
- Departments of Medicine and Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri, 63110, USA
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- Departments of Medicine and Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri, 63110, USA
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- Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02139, USA
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- Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02139, USA
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- Departments of Medicine and Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri, 63110, USA
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Zang Y, Jin M, Wang H, Cui Z, Kong L, Liu C, Cong Y. Staggered ATP binding mechanism of eukaryotic chaperonin TRiC (CCT) revealed through high-resolution cryo-EM. Nat Struct Mol Biol 2016; 23:1083-1091. [PMID: 27775711 DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.3309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2016] [Accepted: 09/20/2016] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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The eukaryotic chaperonin TRiC (or CCT) assists in the folding of 10% of cytosolic proteins. Here we present two cryo-EM structures of Saccharomyces cerevisiae TRiC in a newly identified nucleotide partially preloaded (NPP) state and in the ATP-bound state, at 4.7-Å and 4.6-Å resolution, respectively. Through inner-subunit eGFP tagging, we identified the subunit locations in open-state TRiC and found that the CCT2 subunit pair forms an unexpected Z shape. ATP binding induces a dramatic conformational change on the CCT2 side, thereby suggesting that CCT2 plays an essential role in TRiC allosteric cooperativity. Our structural and biochemical data reveal a staggered ATP binding mechanism of TRiC with preloaded nucleotide on the CCT6 side of NPP-TRiC and demonstrate that TRiC has evolved into a complex that is structurally divided into two sides. This work offers insight into how the TRiC nucleotide cycle coordinates with its mechanical cycle in preparing folding intermediates for further productive folding.
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- Yunxiang Zang
- National Center for Protein Science Shanghai, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- National Center for Protein Science Shanghai, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- National Center for Protein Science Shanghai, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- National Center for Protein Science Shanghai, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- National Center for Protein Science Shanghai, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.,Shanghai Science Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- National Center for Protein Science Shanghai, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- National Center for Protein Science Shanghai, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.,Shanghai Science Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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Bassiouni R, Nemec KN, Iketani A, Flores O, Showalter A, Khaled AS, Vishnubhotla P, Sprung RW, Kaittanis C, Perez JM, Khaled AR. Chaperonin Containing TCP-1 Protein Level in Breast Cancer Cells Predicts Therapeutic Application of a Cytotoxic Peptide. Clin Cancer Res 2016; 22:4366-79. [PMID: 27012814 DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-15-2502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2015] [Accepted: 02/21/2016] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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PURPOSE Metastatic disease is a leading cause of death for patients with breast cancer, driving the need for new therapies. CT20p is a peptide previously discovered by our group that displays cancer-specific cytotoxicity. To design the optimal therapeutic use of the peptide, we identified the intracellular target of CT20p in breast cancer cells, correlating expression patterns of the target with susceptibility to CT20p. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN Using polymeric nanoparticles to deliver CT20p, we assessed cytoskeletal changes, cell migration, adhesion, and viability in cells treated with the peptide. Protein pull-down experiments, coupled to mass spectrometry, enabled identification of the peptide's intracellular target. Biochemical and histologic techniques validated target identity in human cell lines and breast cancer tissue microarrays and revealed susceptibility patterns to CT20p. RESULTS Chaperonin containing TCP-1 (CCT) was identified as the intracellular target of CT20p. Cancer cells susceptible to CT20p had increased CCT, and overexpression of CCTβ, a subunit of the CCT complex, enhanced susceptibility to CT20p. Susceptible cells displayed reduced tubulin, a substrate of CCT, and inhibition of migration upon CT20p treatment. CCTβ levels were higher in invasive ductal carcinomas than in cancer adjacent tissues and increased with breast cancer stage. Decreased breast cancer patient survival correlated with genomic alternations in CCTβ and higher levels of the chaperone. CONCLUSIONS Increased CCT protein in breast cancer cells underlies the cytotoxicity of CT20p. CCT is thus a potential target for therapeutic intervention and serves as a companion diagnostic to personalize the therapeutic use of CT20p for breast cancer treatment. Clin Cancer Res; 22(17); 4366-79. ©2016 AACR.
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- Rania Bassiouni
- Burnett School of Biomedical Science, College of Medicine, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida
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- Burnett School of Biomedical Science, College of Medicine, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida
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- Burnett School of Biomedical Science, College of Medicine, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida
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- Nanoscience Technology Center, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida
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- Burnett School of Biomedical Science, College of Medicine, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida
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- Gordon Center for Medical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
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- Burnett School of Biomedical Science, College of Medicine, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.
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Svanström A, Grantham J. The molecular chaperone CCT modulates the activity of the actin filament severing and capping protein gelsolin in vitro. Cell Stress Chaperones 2016; 21:55-62. [PMID: 26364302 PMCID: PMC4679748 DOI: 10.1007/s12192-015-0637-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2015] [Revised: 08/26/2015] [Accepted: 08/31/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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The oligomeric molecular chaperone CCT is essential for the folding of the highly abundant protein actin, which in its native state forms actin filaments that generate the traction forces required for cell motility. In addition to folding proteins, CCT can provide a platform for protein complex assembly and binds actin filaments assembled in vitro. Some individual subunits of CCT, when monomeric, have been shown to be functionally active, and in particular, the CCTepsilon subunit is involved in the serum response factor pathway that controls actin transcription. Thus, there is a complex interplay between CCT and actin that extends beyond actin folding. CCT has recently been shown to bind gelsolin, an actin filament severing protein that increases actin dynamics by generating filament ends for further actin polymerization. However, the biological significance of the CCT:gelsolin interaction is unknown. Here, using a co-immunoprecipitation assay, we show that CCT binds directly to gelsolin in its calcium-activated, actin-severing conformation. Furthermore, using actin filaments retained from fixed and permeabilized cells, we demonstrate that CCT can inhibit the actin filament severing activity of gelsolin. As our work and that of others shows gelsolin is not folded by CCT, the CCT:gelsolin interaction represents a novel mode of binding where CCT may modulate protein activity. The data presented here reveal an additional level of interplay between CCT and actin mediated via gelsolin, suggesting that CCT may influence processes depending on gelsolin activity, such as cell motility.
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- Andreas Svanström
- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, Medicinaregatan 9C, 40530, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, Medicinaregatan 9C, 40530, Gothenburg, Sweden.
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Zhang Y, Wang Y, Wei Y, Wu J, Zhang P, Shen S, Saiyin H, Wumaier R, Yang X, Wang C, Yu L. Molecular chaperone CCT3 supports proper mitotic progression and cell proliferation in hepatocellular carcinoma cells. Cancer Lett 2015; 372:101-9. [PMID: 26739059 DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2015.12.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2015] [Revised: 12/16/2015] [Accepted: 12/19/2015] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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CCT3 was one of the subunits of molecular chaperone CCT/TRiC complex, which plays a central role in maintaining cellular proteostasis. We demonstrated that expressions of CCT3 mRNA and protein are highly up-regulated in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) tissues, and high level of CCT3 is correlated with poor survival in cancer patients. In HCC cell lines, CCT3 depletion suppresses cell proliferation by inducing mitotic arrest at prometaphase and apoptosis eventually. We also identified CCT3 as a novel regulator of spindle integrity and as a requirement for proper kinetochore-microtubule attachment during mitosis. Moreover, we found that CCT3 depletion sensitizes HCC cells to microtubule destabilizing drug Vincristine. Collectively, our study suggests that CCT3 is indispensible for HCC cell proliferation, and provides a potential drug target for treatment of HCC.
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- Yuanyuan Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center for Genetics and Development, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, 2005 Songhu Road, Shanghai 200433, China; State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese academy of Sciences, 555 Zuchongzhi Road, Shanghai 201203, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center for Genetics and Development, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, 2005 Songhu Road, Shanghai 200433, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center for Genetics and Development, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, 2005 Songhu Road, Shanghai 200433, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center for Genetics and Development, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, 2005 Songhu Road, Shanghai 200433, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center for Genetics and Development, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, 2005 Songhu Road, Shanghai 200433, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center for Genetics and Development, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, 2005 Songhu Road, Shanghai 200433, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center for Genetics and Development, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, 2005 Songhu Road, Shanghai 200433, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center for Genetics and Development, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, 2005 Songhu Road, Shanghai 200433, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center for Genetics and Development, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, 2005 Songhu Road, Shanghai 200433, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center for Genetics and Development, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, 2005 Songhu Road, Shanghai 200433, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center for Genetics and Development, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, 2005 Songhu Road, Shanghai 200433, China.
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Elliott KL, Svanström A, Spiess M, Karlsson R, Grantham J. A novel function of the monomeric CCTε subunit connects the serum response factor pathway to chaperone-mediated actin folding. Mol Biol Cell 2015; 26:2801-9. [PMID: 26063733 PMCID: PMC4571339 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e15-01-0048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2015] [Accepted: 06/02/2015] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Correct protein folding is fundamental for maintaining protein homeostasis and avoiding the formation of potentially cytotoxic protein aggregates. Although some proteins appear to fold unaided, actin requires assistance from the oligomeric molecular chaperone CCT. Here we report an additional connection between CCT and actin by identifying one of the CCT subunits, CCTε, as a component of the myocardin-related cotranscription factor-A (MRTF-A)/serum response factor (SRF) pathway. The SRF pathway registers changes in G-actin levels, leading to the transcriptional up-regulation of a large number of genes after actin polymerization. These genes encode numerous actin-binding proteins as well as actin. We show that depletion of the CCTε subunit by siRNA enhances SRF signaling in cultured mammalian cells by an actin assembly-independent mechanism. Overexpression of CCTε in its monomeric form revealed that CCTε binds via its substrate-binding domain to the C-terminal region of MRTF-A and that CCTε is able to alter the nuclear accumulation of MRTF-A after stimulation by serum addition. Given that the levels of monomeric CCTε conversely reflect the levels of CCT oligomer, our results suggest that CCTε provides a connection between the actin-folding capacity of the cell and actin expression.
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- Kerryn L Elliott
- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, 40530 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, 40530 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, Wenner-Gren Institute, Stockholm University, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, Wenner-Gren Institute, Stockholm University, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, 40530 Gothenburg, Sweden
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Zhang J, Ye C, Ruan X, Zan J, Xu Y, Liao M, Zhou J. The chaperonin CCTα is required for efficient transcription and replication of rabies virus. Microbiol Immunol 2015; 58:590-9. [PMID: 25082455 DOI: 10.1111/1348-0421.12186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2014] [Revised: 07/08/2014] [Accepted: 07/24/2014] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Negri bodies (NBs) are formed in the cytoplasm of rabies virus (RABV)-infected cells and are accompanied by a number of host factors to NBs, in which replication and transcription occur. Here, it was found that chaperonin containing TCP-1 subunit alpha (CCTα) relocalizes to NBs in RABV-infected cells, and that cotransfection of nucleo- and phospho-proteins of RABV is sufficient to recruit CCTα to the NBs' structure. Inhibition of CCTα expression by specific short hairpin RNA knockdown inhibited the replication and transcription of RABV. Therefore, this study showed that the host factor CCTα is associated with RABV infection and is very likely required for efficient virus transcription and replication.
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- Jinyang Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Animal Virology of Ministry of Agriculture, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058; State Key Laboratory and Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310003; Research Center of Molecular Medicine of Yunnan Province, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, 650500, China
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Gonçalves J, Tavares A, Carvalhal S, Soares H. Revisiting the tubulin folding pathway: new roles in centrosomes and cilia. Biomol Concepts 2015; 1:423-34. [PMID: 25962015 DOI: 10.1515/bmc.2010.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Centrosomes and cilia are critical eukaryotic organelles which have been in the spotlight in recent years given their implication in a myriad of cellular and developmental processes. Despite their recognized importance and intense study, there are still many open questions about their biogenesis and function. In the present article, we review the existing data concerning members of the tubulin folding pathway and related proteins, which have been identified at centrosomes and cilia and were shown to have unexpected roles in these structures.
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Hanna EM, Zaki N. Detecting protein complexes in protein interaction networks using a ranking algorithm with a refined merging procedure. BMC Bioinformatics 2014; 15:204. [PMID: 24944073 PMCID: PMC4230023 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2105-15-204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2014] [Accepted: 06/10/2014] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Developing suitable methods for the identification of protein complexes remains an active research area. It is important since it allows better understanding of cellular functions as well as malfunctions and it consequently leads to producing more effective cures for diseases. In this context, various computational approaches were introduced to complement high-throughput experimental methods which typically involve large datasets, are expensive in terms of time and cost, and are usually subject to spurious interactions. RESULTS In this paper, we propose ProRank+, a method which detects protein complexes in protein interaction networks. The presented approach is mainly based on a ranking algorithm which sorts proteins according to their importance in the interaction network, and a merging procedure which refines the detected complexes in terms of their protein members. ProRank + was compared to several state-of-the-art approaches in order to show its effectiveness. It was able to detect more protein complexes with higher quality scores. CONCLUSIONS The experimental results achieved by ProRank + show its ability to detect protein complexes in protein interaction networks. Eventually, the method could potentially identify previously-undiscovered protein complexes.The datasets and source codes are freely available for academic purposes at http://faculty.uaeu.ac.ae/nzaki/Research.htm.
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- Eileen Marie Hanna
- College of Information Technology, United Arab Emirates University (UAEU, Al Ain 17551, United Arab Emirates.
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Huang X, Wang X, Cheng C, Cai J, He S, Wang H, Liu F, Zhu C, Ding Z, Huang X, Zhang T, Zhang Y. Chaperonin containing TCP1, subunit 8 (CCT8) is upregulated in hepatocellular carcinoma and promotes HCC proliferation. APMIS 2014; 122:1070-9. [PMID: 24862099 DOI: 10.1111/apm.12258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2013] [Accepted: 01/02/2014] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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The development of molecular pathogenesis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is complex and involves alterations in the expression and conformation of assorted oncoproteins and tumor suppressors. Chaperonin containing TCP1 (CCT) is a cytolic molecular chaperone complex that is required for the correct folding of numerous proteins. In this study, we investigated a possible involvement of CCT subunit 8 (CCT8) in HCC development. Immunohistochemical analysis was performed in 102 human HCC samples. High CCT8 expression was detected in clinical HCC samples compared with adjacent noncancerous tissues. The univariate and multivariate survival analyses were also performed to determine their prognostic significance. Western blot confirmed the high expression of CCT8 in HCC compared with adjacent normal tissue. Moreover, the biological significance of the aberrant expression of CCT8 was investigated in HCC cell lines. Expression of CCT8 was correlated directly with the histologic grades and tumor size of HCC and high expression of CCT8 was associated with a poor prognosis. CCT8 depletion by siRNA inhibited cell proliferation and blocked S-phase entry in HuH7 cells. These results suggested that CCT8 might be an oncogene and participate in HCC cell proliferation. These findings provide a potential therapeutic strategy for the treatment of HCC.
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- Xiaodong Huang
- Department of Pathology, Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong University, Nantong
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Insights into the intra-ring subunit order of TRiC/CCT: a structural and evolutionary analysis. PACIFIC SYMPOSIUM ON BIOCOMPUTING. PACIFIC SYMPOSIUM ON BIOCOMPUTING 2013. [PMID: 19908377 DOI: 10.1142/9789814295291_0027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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TRiC is an important group II chaperonin that facilitates the folding of many eukaryotic proteins. The TRiC complex consists of two stacked rings, each comprised of eight paralogous subunits with a mutual sequence identity of 30-35%. Each subunit has unique functional roles that are manifested by corresponding sequence conservation. It is generally assumed that the subunit order within each ring is fixed, but this order is still uncertain. Here we address the problem of the intra-ring subunit order by combining two sources of information: evolutionary conservation and a structural hypothesis. Specifically, we identify residues in the TRiC subunits that are likely to be part of the intra-unit interface, based on homology modeling to the solved thermosome structure. Within this set of residues, we search for a subset that shows an evolutionary conservation pattern that is indicative of the subunit order key. This pattern shows considerable conservation across species, but large variation across the eight subunits. By this approach we were able to locate two parts of the interface where complementary interactions seem to favor certain pairing of subunits. This knowledge leads to restrictions on the 5,040 (=7!) possible subunits arrangements in the ring, and limits them to just 72. Although our findings give only partial understanding of the inter-subunit interactions that determine their order, we conclude that they are comprised of complementary charged, polar and hydrophobic interactions that occur in both the equatorial and middle domains of each subunit.
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Priya S, Sharma SK, Goloubinoff P. Molecular chaperones as enzymes that catalytically unfold misfolded polypeptides. FEBS Lett 2013; 587:1981-7. [PMID: 23684649 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2013.05.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2013] [Accepted: 05/06/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Stress-denatured or de novo synthesized and translocated unfolded polypeptides can spontaneously reach their native state without assistance of other proteins. Yet, the pathway to native folding is complex, stress-sensitive and prone to errors. Toxic misfolded and aggregated conformers may accumulate in cells and lead to degenerative diseases. Members of the canonical conserved families of molecular chaperones, Hsp100s, Hsp70/110/40s, Hsp60/CCTs, the small Hsps and probably also Hsp90s, can recognize and bind with high affinity, abnormally exposed hydrophobic surfaces on misfolded and aggregated polypeptides. Binding to Hsp100, Hsp70, Hsp110, Hsp40, Hsp60, CCTs and Trigger factor may cause partial unfolding of the misfolded polypeptide substrates, and ATP hydrolysis can induce further unfolding and release from the chaperone, leading to spontaneous refolding into native proteins with low-affinity for the chaperones. Hence, specific chaperones act as catalytic polypeptide unfolding isomerases, rerouting cytotoxic misfolded and aggregated polypeptides back onto their physiological native refolding pathway, thus averting the onset of protein conformational diseases.
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- Smriti Priya
- Department of Plant Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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Sergeeva OA, Chen B, Haase-Pettingell C, Ludtke SJ, Chiu W, King JA. Human CCT4 and CCT5 chaperonin subunits expressed in Escherichia coli form biologically active homo-oligomers. J Biol Chem 2013; 288:17734-44. [PMID: 23612981 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m112.443929] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Chaperonins are a family of chaperones that encapsulate their substrates and assist their folding in an ATP-dependent manner. The ubiquitous eukaryotic chaperonin, TCP-1 ring complex (TRiC), is a hetero-oligomeric complex composed of two rings, each formed from eight different CCT (chaperonin containing TCP-1) subunits. Each CCT subunit may have distinct substrate recognition and ATP hydrolysis properties. We have expressed each human CCT subunit individually in Escherichia coli to investigate whether they form chaperonin-like double ring complexes. CCT4 and CCT5, but not the other six CCT subunits, formed high molecular weight complexes within the E. coli cells that sedimented about 20S in sucrose gradients. When CCT4 and CCT5 were purified, they were both organized as two back-to-back rings of eight subunits each, as seen by negative stain and cryo-electron microscopy. This morphology is consistent with that of the hetero-oligomeric double-ring TRiC purified from bovine testes and HeLa cells. Both CCT4 and CCT5 homo-oligomers hydrolyzed ATP at a rate similar to human TRiC and were active as assayed by luciferase refolding and human γD-crystallin aggregation suppression and refolding. Thus, both CCT4 and CCT5 homo-oligomers have the property of forming 8-fold double rings absent the other subunits, and these complexes carry out chaperonin reactions without other partner subunits.
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- Oksana A Sergeeva
- Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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Walzthoeni T, Leitner A, Stengel F, Aebersold R. Mass spectrometry supported determination of protein complex structure. Curr Opin Struct Biol 2013; 23:252-60. [PMID: 23522702 DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2013.02.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2012] [Revised: 01/17/2013] [Accepted: 02/26/2013] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Virtually all the biological processes are controlled and catalyzed by proteins which are, in many cases, in complexes with other proteins. Therefore, understanding the architecture and structure of protein complexes is critical to understanding their biological role and function. Traditionally, high-resolution data for structural analysis of proteins or protein complexes have been generated by the powerful methods of X-ray crystallography and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. More recently, mass spectrometry (MS)-based methods have been developed that provide low-resolution structural information, which contributes to the determination of the native structure of protein complexes that have remained refractory to the high-resolution methods. Native MS and affinity purification coupled with MS (AP-MS) have been used to characterize the composition, stoichiometry and connectivity of protein complexes. Chemical cross-linking MS (CX-MS) provides protein-protein interaction data supplemented with distance information that indicates residues that are in close spatial proximity in the native protein structure. Hydrogen-deuterium exchange combined with MS has been used to map protein-protein binding sites. Here, we focus on recent developments in CX-MS and native MS and their application to challenging problems in structural biology.
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- Thomas Walzthoeni
- Department of Biology, Institute of Molecular Systems Biology, ETH Zurich, Wolfgang-Pauli-Str. 16, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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Grantham J, Lassing I, Karlsson R. Controlling the cortical actin motor. PROTOPLASMA 2012; 249:1001-1015. [PMID: 22526202 PMCID: PMC3459087 DOI: 10.1007/s00709-012-0403-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2012] [Accepted: 03/21/2012] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Actin is the essential force-generating component of the microfilament system, which powers numerous motile processes in eukaryotic cells and undergoes dynamic remodeling in response to different internal and external signaling. The ability of actin to polymerize into asymmetric filaments is the inherent property behind the site-directed force-generating capacity that operates during various intracellular movements and in surface protrusions. Not surprisingly, a broad variety of signaling pathways and components are involved in controlling and coordinating the activities of the actin microfilament system in a myriad of different interactions. The characterization of these processes has stimulated cell biologists for decades and has, as a consequence, resulted in a huge body of data. The purpose here is to present a cellular perspective on recent advances in our understanding of the microfilament system with respect to actin polymerization, filament structure and specific folding requirements.
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- Julie Grantham
- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Cell Biology, Wenner-Gren Institute, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Cell Biology, Wenner-Gren Institute, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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Pongtepaditep S, Limjindaporn T, Lertrit P, Srisawat C, Limwongse C. Polyglutamined expanded androgen receptor interacts with chaperonin CCT. Eur J Med Genet 2012; 55:599-604. [PMID: 22796525 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmg.2012.06.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2012] [Accepted: 06/21/2012] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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CCT chaperonin is a highly conserved molecular chaperone, which plays an important role in the folding of complex proteins in mammalian cells. CCT chaperonin interacts with huntingtin and results in decrease of aggregate formation followed by increase of cell survival. Using yeast-two-hybrid system, we screen for specific CCT chaperonin subunit, which can recognize and bind to androgen receptor. We show that subunit 6 of CCT chaperonin interacts with androgen receptor. Interestingly, CCT chaperonin shows higher binding affinity to polyglutamine expanded androgen receptor than that of the wild-type. We prove this interaction in mammalian cell models, which show co-localization of androgen receptor and subunit 6 of CCT in cellular cytosol. Therefore, not only huntingtin but also androgen receptor is a polyglutamine expanded protein, which is a substrate of CCT chaperonin. Our results suggest that CCT might play an essential role in modulation of folding of polyglutamine expanded proteins and could be another target for further therapeutic studies.
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- Suttikarn Pongtepaditep
- Division of Molecular Genetics, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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Leitner A, Joachimiak LA, Bracher A, Mönkemeyer L, Walzthoeni T, Chen B, Pechmann S, Holmes S, Cong Y, Ma B, Ludtke S, Chiu W, Hartl FU, Aebersold R, Frydman J. The molecular architecture of the eukaryotic chaperonin TRiC/CCT. Structure 2012; 20:814-25. [PMID: 22503819 PMCID: PMC3350567 DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2012.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 230] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2012] [Revised: 03/22/2012] [Accepted: 03/23/2012] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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TRiC/CCT is a highly conserved and essential chaperonin that uses ATP cycling to facilitate folding of approximately 10% of the eukaryotic proteome. This 1 MDa hetero-oligomeric complex consists of two stacked rings of eight paralogous subunits each. Previously proposed TRiC models differ substantially in their subunit arrangements and ring register. Here, we integrate chemical crosslinking, mass spectrometry, and combinatorial modeling to reveal the definitive subunit arrangement of TRiC. In vivo disulfide mapping provided additional validation for the crosslinking-derived arrangement as the definitive TRiC topology. This subunit arrangement allowed the refinement of a structural model using existing X-ray diffraction data. The structure described here explains all available crosslink experiments, provides a rationale for previously unexplained structural features, and reveals a surprising asymmetry of charges within the chaperonin folding chamber.
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- Alexander Leitner
- Institute of Molecular Systems Biology, Department of Biology, ETH Zurich, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Cellular Biochemistry, 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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- Institute of Molecular Systems Biology, Department of Biology, ETH Zurich, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
- Ph.D. Program in Molecular Life Sciences, University of Zurich/ETH Zurich 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Statistics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- National Center for Macromolecular Imaging; Verna and Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- National Center for Macromolecular Imaging; Verna and Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- National Center for Macromolecular Imaging; Verna and Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- National Center for Macromolecular Imaging; Verna and Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Cellular Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, 82152 Martinsried, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Systems Biology, Department of Biology, ETH Zurich, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
- Faculty of Science, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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