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Wu X, Sun Z, Qi F, Liu H, Zhao M, Wang J, Wang M, Zhao R, Wu Y, Dong W, Zheng Z, Zhang X. Cytological and transcriptomic analysis to unveil the mechanism of web blotch resistance in Peanut. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2023; 23:518. [PMID: 37884908 PMCID: PMC10601179 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-023-04545-9] [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: 07/30/2023] [Accepted: 10/19/2023] [Indexed: 10/28/2023]
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BACKGROUND Peanut is an important oil crop worldwide. Peanut web blotch is a fungal disease that often occurs at the same time as other leaf spot diseases, resulting in substantial leaf drop, which seriously affects the peanut yield and quality. However, the molecular mechanism underlying peanut resistance to web blotch is unknown. RESULTS The cytological examination revealed no differences in the conidium germination rate between the web blotch-resistant variety ZH and the web blotch-susceptible variety PI at 12-48 hpi. The appressorium formation rate was significantly higher for PI than for ZH at 24 hpi. The papilla formation rate at 36 hpi and the hypersensitive response rate at 60 and 84 hpi were significantly higher for ZH than for PI. We also compared the transcriptional profiles of web blotch-infected ZH and PI plants at 0, 12, 24, 36, 48, 60, and 84 hpi using an RNA-seq technique. There were more differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in ZH and PI at 12, 36, 60, and 84 hpi than at 24 and 48 hpi. Moreover, there were more DEGs in PI than in ZH at each time-point. The analysis of metabolic pathways indicated that pantothenate and CoA biosynthesis; monobactam biosynthesis; cutin, suberine and wax biosynthesis; and ether lipid metabolism are specific to the active defense of ZH against YY187, whereas porphyrin metabolism as well as taurine and hypotaurine metabolism are pathways specifically involved in the passive defense of ZH against YY187. In the protein-protein interaction (PPI) network, most of the interacting proteins were serine acetyltransferases and cysteine synthases, which are involved in the cysteine synthesis pathway. The qRT-PCR data confirmed the reliability of the transcriptome analysis. CONCLUSION On the basis of the PPI network for the significantly enriched genes in the pathways which were specifically enriched at different time points in ZH, we hypothesize that serine acetyltransferases and cysteine synthases are crucial for the cysteine-related resistance of peanut to web blotch. The study results provide reference material for future research on the mechanism mediating peanut web blotch resistance.
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- Xiaohui Wu
- The Shennong Laboratory, Institute of Crop Molecular Breeding, Key Laboratory of Oil Crops in Huang-Huai-Hai Plains, Ministry of Agriculture/Henan Provincial Key Laboratory for Oil Crop Improvement, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450002, China
- College of Agronomy, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450046, China
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- The Shennong Laboratory, Institute of Crop Molecular Breeding, Key Laboratory of Oil Crops in Huang-Huai-Hai Plains, Ministry of Agriculture/Henan Provincial Key Laboratory for Oil Crop Improvement, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450002, China
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- The Shennong Laboratory, Institute of Crop Molecular Breeding, Key Laboratory of Oil Crops in Huang-Huai-Hai Plains, Ministry of Agriculture/Henan Provincial Key Laboratory for Oil Crop Improvement, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450002, China
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- The Shennong Laboratory, Institute of Crop Molecular Breeding, Key Laboratory of Oil Crops in Huang-Huai-Hai Plains, Ministry of Agriculture/Henan Provincial Key Laboratory for Oil Crop Improvement, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450002, China
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- The Shennong Laboratory, Institute of Crop Molecular Breeding, Key Laboratory of Oil Crops in Huang-Huai-Hai Plains, Ministry of Agriculture/Henan Provincial Key Laboratory for Oil Crop Improvement, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450002, China
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- The Shennong Laboratory, Institute of Crop Molecular Breeding, Key Laboratory of Oil Crops in Huang-Huai-Hai Plains, Ministry of Agriculture/Henan Provincial Key Laboratory for Oil Crop Improvement, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450002, China
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- The Shennong Laboratory, Institute of Crop Molecular Breeding, Key Laboratory of Oil Crops in Huang-Huai-Hai Plains, Ministry of Agriculture/Henan Provincial Key Laboratory for Oil Crop Improvement, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450002, China
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- The Shennong Laboratory, Institute of Crop Molecular Breeding, Key Laboratory of Oil Crops in Huang-Huai-Hai Plains, Ministry of Agriculture/Henan Provincial Key Laboratory for Oil Crop Improvement, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450002, China
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- The Shennong Laboratory, Institute of Crop Molecular Breeding, Key Laboratory of Oil Crops in Huang-Huai-Hai Plains, Ministry of Agriculture/Henan Provincial Key Laboratory for Oil Crop Improvement, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450002, China
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- The Shennong Laboratory, Institute of Crop Molecular Breeding, Key Laboratory of Oil Crops in Huang-Huai-Hai Plains, Ministry of Agriculture/Henan Provincial Key Laboratory for Oil Crop Improvement, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450002, China
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- The Shennong Laboratory, Institute of Crop Molecular Breeding, Key Laboratory of Oil Crops in Huang-Huai-Hai Plains, Ministry of Agriculture/Henan Provincial Key Laboratory for Oil Crop Improvement, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450002, China.
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- The Shennong Laboratory, Institute of Crop Molecular Breeding, Key Laboratory of Oil Crops in Huang-Huai-Hai Plains, Ministry of Agriculture/Henan Provincial Key Laboratory for Oil Crop Improvement, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450002, China.
- College of Agronomy, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450046, China.
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Clearing Steatosis Prior to Liver Surgery for Colorectal Metastasis: A Narrative Review and Case Illustration. Nutrients 2022; 14:nu14245340. [PMID: 36558499 PMCID: PMC9785595 DOI: 10.3390/nu14245340] [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: 10/24/2022] [Revised: 11/26/2022] [Accepted: 12/01/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Over recent years, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has become the most common liver disorder in the developed world, accounting for 20% to 46% of liver abnormalities. Steatosis is the hallmark of NAFLD and is recognized as an important risk factor for complication and death after general surgery, even more so after liver resection. Similarly, liver steatosis also impacts the safety of live liver donation and transplantation. We aim to review surgical outcomes after liver resection for colorectal metastases in patients with steatosis and discuss the most common pre-operative strategies to reduce steatosis. Finally, as illustration, we report the favorable effect of a low-caloric, hyper-protein diet during a two-stage liver resection for colorectal metastases in a patient with severe steatosis.
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Tariq M, Ozbek P, Moin ST. Hydration modulates oxygen channel residues for oxygenation of cysteine dioxygenase: Perspectives from molecular dynamics simulations. J Mol Graph Model 2021; 110:108060. [PMID: 34768230 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmgm.2021.108060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2021] [Revised: 10/25/2021] [Accepted: 10/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Cysteine dioxygenase (CDO) regulates the concentration of l-cysteine substrate by its oxidation in the body to prevent different diseases, including neurodegenerative and autoimmune diseases. CDO catalyzes the oxidation of thiol group of l-cysteine to l-cysteine sulfinic acid using molecular oxygen. In this study, molecular dynamics simulations were applied to ligand-free CDO, cysteine-bound CDO, and oxygen-bound CDO-cysteine complex which were primarily subjected to the evaluation of their structural and dynamical properties. The simulation data provided significant information not only on the conformational changes of the enzyme after its ligation but also on the co-ligation by sequential binding of l-cysteine and molecular oxygen. It was found that the ligation and co-ligation perturbed the active site region as well as the overall protein dynamics which were analyzed in terms of root mean square deviation, root mean square fluctuation and dynamic cross correlation matrices as well as principal component analysis. Furthermore, oxygen transport pathways were successfully explored by taking various tunnel clusters into account and one of those clusters was given preference based on the throughput value. The bottleneck formed by different amino acid residues was examined to figure out their role in the oxygenation process of the enzyme. The residues forming the tunnel's bottleneck and their dynamics mediated by water molecules were further investigated using radial distribution functions which gave insights into the hydration behavior of these residues. The findings based on the hydration behavior in turn served to explore the water-mediated dynamics of these residues in the modulation of the pathway, including tunnel gating for the oxygen entry and diffusion to the active site, which is essential for the CDO's catalytic function.
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- Muhammad Tariq
- Third World Center for Science and Technology, H.E.J. Research Institute of Chemistry, International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences, University of Karachi, Karachi, 75270, Pakistan
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- Department of Bioengineering, Faculty of Engineering, Marmara University, Istanbul, 34722, Turkey.
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- Third World Center for Science and Technology, H.E.J. Research Institute of Chemistry, International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences, University of Karachi, Karachi, 75270, Pakistan.
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Hybridization chain reaction and its applications in biosensing. Talanta 2021; 234:122637. [PMID: 34364446 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2021.122637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2021] [Revised: 06/17/2021] [Accepted: 06/21/2021] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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To pursue the sensitive and efficient detection of informative biomolecules for bioanalysis and disease diagnosis, a series of signal amplification techniques have been put forward. Among them, hybridization chain reaction (HCR) is an isothermal and enzyme-free process where the cascade reaction of hybridization events is initiated by a target analyte, yielding a long nicked dsDNA molecule analogous to alternating copolymers. Compared with conventional polymerase chain reaction (PCR) that can proceed only with the aid of polymerases and complicated thermal cycling, HCR has attracted increasing attention because it can occur under mild conditions without using enzymes. As a powerful signal amplification tool, HCR has been employed to construct various simple, sensitive and economic biosensors for detecting nucleic acids, small molecules, cells, and proteins. Moreover, HCR has also been applied to assemble complex nanostructures, some of which even act as the carriers to execute the targeted delivery of anticancer drugs. Recently, HCR has engendered tremendous progress in RNA imaging applications, which can not only achieve endogenous RNA imaging in living cells or even living animals but also implement imaging-guided photodynamic therapy, paving a promising path to promote the development of theranostics. In this review, we begin with the fundamentals of HCR and then focus on summarizing the recent advances in HCR-based biosensors for biosensing and RNA imaging strategies. Further, the challenges and future perspective of HCR-based signal amplification in biosensing and theranostic application are discussed.
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Significance: In humans, imbalances in the reduction-oxidation (redox) status of cells are associated with many pathological states. In addition, many therapeutics and prophylactics used as interventions for diverse pathologies either directly modulate oxidant levels or otherwise influence endogenous cellular redox systems. Recent Advances: The cellular machineries that maintain redox homeostasis or that function within antioxidant defense systems rely heavily on the regulated reactivities of sulfur atoms either within or derived from the amino acids cysteine and methionine. Recent advances have substantially advanced our understanding of the complex and essential chemistry of biological sulfur-containing molecules. Critical Issues: The redox machineries that maintain cellular homeostasis under diverse stresses can consume large amounts of energy to generate reducing power and/or large amounts of sulfur-containing nutrients to replenish or sustain intracellular stores. By understanding the metabolic pathways underlying these responses, one can better predict how to protect cells from specific stresses. Future Directions: Here, we summarize the current state of knowledge about the impacts of different stresses on cellular metabolism of sulfur-containing molecules. This analysis suggests that there remains more to be learned about how cells use sulfur chemistry to respond to stresses, which could in turn lead to advances in therapeutic interventions for some exposures or conditions.
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- Colin G Miller
- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, USA
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- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, USA
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Luo W, Qu F, Song P, Xiong D, Yin Y, Li J, Liu Z. Molecular characterization and taurine regulation of two novel CDOs (CDO1 and CDO2) from Carassius auratus. Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol 2019; 235:54-61. [PMID: 31176866 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2019.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2019] [Revised: 05/26/2019] [Accepted: 06/03/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Cysteine oxygenase (CDO) is a mononuclear nonhemoglobin enzyme that catalyzes the production of taurine through the cysteine (Cys) pathway and plays a key role in the biosynthesis of taurine in mammals. However, the function of CDOs in bony fish remains poorly understood. In this study, we cloned CDO genes (CaCDO1 and CaCDO2) from Carassius auratus. The cDNA sequences of both CaCDO1 and CaCDO2 encoded putative proteins with 201 amino acids, which included structural features typical of the CDO protein family. Multiple sequence alignment and phylogenetic analysis showed that CaCDO1 and CaCDO2 shared high sequence identities and similarities with C. carpio homologs. Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) results revealed that CaCDO1 and CaCDO2 were both broadly expressed in all selected tissues and developmental stages in C. auratus but had differing mRNA levels. In addition, compared to those of the taurine-free group, the in vivo mRNA expression levels of both CaCDO1 and CaCDO2 significantly decreased with increasing dietary taurine levels from 1.0 to 9.0 g/kg. Furthermore, in vitro taurine treatments showed similar inhibitory effects on the expression of CaCDO1 and CaCDO2 in the intestines of C. auratus. Our results also showed that the mRNA expression of CaCDO2 in the intestines was higher than that of CaCDO1 in response to in vivo and in vitro taurine supplementation. Overall, these data may provide new insights into the regulation of fish CDO expression and provide valuable knowledge for improving dietary formulas in aquaculture.
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- Wenjie Luo
- Hunan International Joint Laboratory of Animal Intestinal Ecology and Health, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Nutrition and Quality Control of Aquatic Animals, Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering, Changsha University, Changsha 410022, China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Nutrition and Quality Control of Aquatic Animals, Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering, Changsha University, Changsha 410022, China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Nutrition and Quality Control of Aquatic Animals, Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering, Changsha University, Changsha 410022, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Developmental Biology of Freshwater Fish, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Developmental Biology of Freshwater Fish, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Developmental Biology of Freshwater Fish, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, China; Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Nutrition and Quality Control of Aquatic Animals, Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering, Changsha University, Changsha 410022, China.
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Kanikarla-Marie P, Micinski D, Jain SK. Hyperglycemia (high-glucose) decreases L-cysteine and glutathione levels in cultured monocytes and blood of Zucker diabetic rats. Mol Cell Biochem 2019; 459:151-156. [PMID: 31172369 DOI: 10.1007/s11010-019-03558-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2018] [Accepted: 05/27/2019] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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L-Cysteine (LC) is an essential precursor of GSH biosynthesis. GSH is a major physiological antioxidant, and its depletion increases oxidative stress. Diabetes is associated with lower blood levels of LC and GSH. The mechanisms leading to a decrease in LC in diabetes are not entirely known. This study reports a significant decrease in LC in human monocytes exposed to high glucose (HG) concentrations as well as in the blood of type 2 diabetic rats. Thus, a significant decrease in the level of LC in response to exposure to HG supports the assertion that uncontrolled hyperglycemia contributes to a reduction of blood levels of LC and GSH seen in diabetic patients. Increased requirement of LC to replace GSH needed to scavenge excess ROS generated by hyperglycemia can result in lower levels of LC and GSH. Animal and human studies report that LC supplementation improves GSH biosynthesis and is beneficial in lowering oxidative stress and insulin resistance. This suggests that hyperglycemia has a direct role in the impairment of LC and GSH homeostasis in diabetes.
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- Preeti Kanikarla-Marie
- Departments of Pediatrics, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, 1501 Kings Highway, Shreveport, LA, 71130, USA
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- Departments of Pediatrics, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, 1501 Kings Highway, Shreveport, LA, 71130, USA
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- Departments of Pediatrics, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, 1501 Kings Highway, Shreveport, LA, 71130, USA.
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Vilar da Silva JH, González-Cerón F, Howerth EW, Rekaya R, Aggrey SE. Alteration of dietary cysteine affects activities of genes of the transsulfuration and glutathione pathways, and development of skin tissues and feather follicles in chickens. Anim Biotechnol 2019; 31:203-208. [PMID: 30950314 DOI: 10.1080/10495398.2019.1577253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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The dietary requirement for cysteine is not determined in poultry since it is not an essential amino acid. The cysteine need is expected to be met through the transsulfuration pathway where homocysteine, a precursor of methionine, is converted to cysteine. Cysteine is a major component of plumage, and the degree to which cysteine is involved in plumage and other keratized proteins are unknown. We randomly assigned chicks to control and treatment (deficient in cysteine) diets for 49 d. The thickness of the skin layers, feather follicle length, and thickness were measured at days 10, 24, 34, and 49. We also measured the hepatic mRNA expressions of cystathionine beta synthase (CBS), cystathionine γ-lyase (CTL), cysteine dioxygenase (CDO), and glutathione synthetase (GSS). Chickens fed the treatment diet had reduced epidermis thickness and shorter feather follicles compared with the controls. The chicken fed the treatment diet also had increased mRNA expression of CBS and CTL indicating a disruption of the transsulfuration pathway. The treatment chickens also had a decreased hepatic CDO and increased GSS mRNA expressions which are in concordance with the homeostatic regulation of cysteine. Compromised cysteine metabolism could affect thermoregulation and subsequently affect feed efficiency and welfare of the birds.
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- NutriGenomics Laboratory, Department of Poultry Science, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
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- Department of Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
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- Department of Animal and Dairy Science, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA.,Institute of Bioinformatics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
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- NutriGenomics Laboratory, Department of Poultry Science, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA.,Institute of Bioinformatics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
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Humberto Vilar Da Silva J, González-Cerón F, Howerth EW, Rekaya R, Aggrey SE. Inhibition of the Transsulfuration Pathway Affects Growth and Feather Follicle Development in Meat-Type Chickens. Anim Biotechnol 2018; 30:175-179. [PMID: 29708051 DOI: 10.1080/10495398.2018.1461634] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Cysteine is a nonessential amino acid in poultry nutrition. Poultry diets are deficient in cysteine, but the bird's cysteine need is met through the transsulfuration pathway (TSP) where homocysteine is converted to cysteine: a process catalyzed by cystathionine β-synthase (CBS) and cystathionine γ-lyase (CTH). Cysteine is also a major component of keratinized protein found in feathers, but the extent to which cysteine is involved in feather and skin development in poultry is unknown. We randomly assigned chicks to control and treatment (control diet plus 100 mg/kg body weight of propargylglycine which is an inhibitor of CTH) diets. The thickness of skin layers, primary feather follicle parameters, growth, and mRNA expression of CBS and CTH were measured. Inhibition of TSP corresponded with the upregulation of liver mRNA of both CBS and CTH and reduction in growth from 35 to 40 days of age. The epidermis thickness, feather follicle length, and diameter were reduced from 10 to 40 days of age. Incorporation of cysteine into keratinized protein may be more sensitive to the level of available cysteine than into nonkeratinized proteins. Thus, disruption of the TSP could affect the thermoregulatory ability of the bird.
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- a NutriGenomics Laboratory, Department of Poultry Science , University of Georgia , Athens , GA , USA
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- b Department of Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine , University of Georgia , Athens , GA , USA
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- c Department of Animal and Dairy Science , University of Georgia , Athens , GA , USA.,d Institute of Bioinformatics , University of Georgia , Athens , GA , USA
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- a NutriGenomics Laboratory, Department of Poultry Science , University of Georgia , Athens , GA , USA.,d Institute of Bioinformatics , University of Georgia , Athens , GA , USA
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Asano A, Roman HB, Hirschberger LL, Ushiyama A, Nelson JL, Hinchman MM, Stipanuk MH, Travis AJ. Cysteine dioxygenase is essential for mouse sperm osmoadaptation and male fertility. FEBS J 2018; 285:1827-1839. [PMID: 29604178 PMCID: PMC5992081 DOI: 10.1111/febs.14449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2017] [Revised: 02/11/2018] [Accepted: 03/26/2018] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Sperm entering the epididymis are immotile and cannot respond to stimuli that will enable them to fertilize. The epididymis is a highly complex organ, with multiple histological zones and cell types that together change the composition and functional abilities of sperm through poorly understood mechanisms. Sperm take up taurine during epididymal transit, which may play antioxidant or osmoregulatory roles. Cysteine dioxygenase (CDO) is a critical enzyme for taurine synthesis. A previous study reported that male CDO-/- mice exhibit idiopathic infertility, prompting us to investigate the functions of CDO in male fertility. Immunoblotting and quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction analysis of epididymal segments showed that androgen-dependent CDO expression was highest in the caput epididymidis. CDO-/- mouse sperm demonstrated a severe lack of in vitro fertilization ability. Acrosome exocytosis and tyrosine phosphorylation profiles in response to stimuli were normal, suggesting normal functioning of pathways associated with capacitation. CDO-/- sperm had a slight increase in head abnormalities. Taurine and hypotaurine concentrations in CDO-/- sperm decreased in the epididymal intraluminal fluid and sperm cytosol. We found no evidence of antioxidant protection against lipid peroxidation. However, CDO-/- sperm exhibited severe defects in volume regulation, swelling in response to the relatively hypo-osmotic conditions found in the female reproductive tract. Our findings suggest that epididymal CDO plays a key role in post-testicular sperm maturation, enabling sperm to osmoregulate as they transition from the male to the female reproductive tract, and provide new understanding of the compartmentalized functions of the epididymis.
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- Atsushi Asano
- Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8577, Japan
- The Baker Institute for Animal Health, Cornell University, Ithaca New York 14853
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- Department of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853
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- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8577, Japan
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- The Baker Institute for Animal Health, Cornell University, Ithaca New York 14853
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- The Baker Institute for Animal Health, Cornell University, Ithaca New York 14853
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- Department of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853
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- The Baker Institute for Animal Health, Cornell University, Ithaca New York 14853
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Ezaki T, Nishiumi S, Azuma T, Yoshida M. Metabolomics for the early detection of cisplatin-induced nephrotoxicity. Toxicol Res (Camb) 2017; 6:843-853. [PMID: 30090547 PMCID: PMC6062266 DOI: 10.1039/c7tx00171a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2017] [Accepted: 08/23/2017] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Cisplatin, which is an inorganic molecule containing a platinum ion, is an antineoplastic agent that has been used to treat various solid tumors. However, its side effects include nephrotoxicity, neurotoxicity, bone marrow toxicity, gastrointestinal toxicity, and ototoxicity, which can limit its use. In this study, nephrotoxicity was caused by the intraperitoneal injection of cisplatin into rats, and then metabolome analysis was performed using gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) and liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry (LC/MS) to find plasma metabolite biomarker candidates that would facilitate the early detection of cisplatin-induced nephrotoxicity. As a result, chronological changes were detected in the plasma levels of cysteine-cystine and 3-hydroxy-butyrate in the GC/MS-based metabolomics study. In the LC/MS-based metabolomics study, 3 acylcarnitines and a phosphatidylethanolamine with C18:2-C18:2 were identified as potential plasma biomarkers of cisplatin-induced nephrotoxicity. The plasma levels of these 6 metabolites altered significantly after the administration of cisplatin, and these alterations occurred quicker than the equivalent changes in the plasma levels of creatinine and blood urea nitrogen, which are usually used as indicators of renal dysfunction. These results indicate that the abovementioned metabolites might be reliable biomarkers that would allow the earlier detection of cisplatin-induced nephrotoxicity and that metabolomics is a useful tool for discovering biomarkers that could be used to predict the side effects of cancer therapy.
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- Takeshi Ezaki
- Division of Gastroenterology , Department of Internal Medicine , Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine , Japan . ; ; Tel: +81-78-382-6305
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- Division of Gastroenterology , Department of Internal Medicine , Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine , Japan . ; ; Tel: +81-78-382-6305
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- Division of Gastroenterology , Department of Internal Medicine , Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine , Japan . ; ; Tel: +81-78-382-6305
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- Division of Gastroenterology , Department of Internal Medicine , Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine , Japan . ; ; Tel: +81-78-382-6305
- Metabolomics Research , Department of Internal Related , Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine , Japan
- AMED-CREST , AMED , Japan
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Achari AE, Jain SK. l -Cysteine supplementation increases insulin sensitivity mediated by upregulation of GSH and adiponectin in high glucose treated 3T3-L1 adipocytes. Arch Biochem Biophys 2017; 630:54-65. [DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2017.07.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2017] [Revised: 07/22/2017] [Accepted: 07/26/2017] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Kumar SM, Haridoss M, Swaminathan K, Gopal RK, Clemens D, Dey A. The effects of changes in glutathione levels through exogenous agents on intracellular cysteine content and protein adduct formation in chronic alcohol-treated VL17A cells. Toxicol Mech Methods 2016; 27:128-135. [DOI: 10.1080/15376516.2016.1268229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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- S. Mathan Kumar
- Life Science Division, AU-KBC Research Centre, MIT Campus of Anna University, Chennai, India
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- Life Science Division, AU-KBC Research Centre, MIT Campus of Anna University, Chennai, India
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- Life Science Division, AU-KBC Research Centre, MIT Campus of Anna University, Chennai, India
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- Life Science Division, AU-KBC Research Centre, MIT Campus of Anna University, Chennai, India
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA
- Nebraska and Western Iowa Veterans Administration Medical Center, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA
- Fred and Pamela Buffet Cancer Center, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA
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- Life Science Division, AU-KBC Research Centre, MIT Campus of Anna University, Chennai, India
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Jurkowska H, Niewiadomski J, Hirschberger LL, Roman HB, Mazor KM, Liu X, Locasale JW, Park E, Stipanuk MH. Downregulation of hepatic betaine:homocysteine methyltransferase (BHMT) expression in taurine-deficient mice is reversed by taurine supplementation in vivo. Amino Acids 2015; 48:665-676. [PMID: 26481005 DOI: 10.1007/s00726-015-2108-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2015] [Accepted: 09/26/2015] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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The cysteine dioxygenase (Cdo1)-null and the cysteine sulfinic acid decarboxylase (Csad)-null mouse are not able to synthesize hypotaurine/taurine by the cysteine/cysteine sulfinate pathway and have very low tissue taurine levels. These mice provide excellent models for studying the effects of taurine on biological processes. Using these mouse models, we identified betaine:homocysteine methyltransferase (BHMT) as a protein whose in vivo expression is robustly regulated by taurine. BHMT levels are low in liver of both Cdo1-null and Csad-null mice, but are restored to wild-type levels by dietary taurine supplementation. A lack of BHMT activity was indicated by an increase in the hepatic betaine level. In contrast to observations in liver of Cdo1-null and Csad-null mice, BHMT was not affected by taurine supplementation of primary hepatocytes from these mice. Likewise, CSAD abundance was not affected by taurine supplementation of primary hepatocytes, although it was robustly upregulated in liver of Cdo1-null and Csad-null mice and lowered to wild-type levels by dietary taurine supplementation. The mechanism by which taurine status affects hepatic CSAD and BHMT expression appears to be complex and to require factors outside of hepatocytes. Within the liver, mRNA abundance for both CSAD and BHMT was upregulated in parallel with protein levels, indicating regulation of BHMT and CSAD mRNA synthesis or degradation.
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- Halina Jurkowska
- Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA.,Chair of Medical Biochemistry, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland
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- Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA
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- Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA
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- Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA
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- Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA
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- Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA
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- New York State Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, Staten Island, NY, USA
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- Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA.
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Yin J, Ren W, Yang G, Duan J, Huang X, Fang R, Li C, Li T, Yin Y, Hou Y, Kim SW, Wu G. L-Cysteine metabolism and its nutritional implications. Mol Nutr Food Res 2015; 60:134-46. [PMID: 25929483 DOI: 10.1002/mnfr.201500031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 201] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2015] [Revised: 04/08/2015] [Accepted: 04/23/2015] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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L-Cysteine is a nutritionally semiessential amino acid and is present mainly in the form of L-cystine in the extracellular space. With the help of a transport system, extracellular L-cystine crosses the plasma membrane and is reduced to L-cysteine within cells by thioredoxin and reduced glutathione (GSH). Intracellular L-cysteine plays an important role in cellular homeostasis as a precursor for protein synthesis, and for production of GSH, hydrogen sulfide (H(2)S), and taurine. L-Cysteine-dependent synthesis of GSH has been investigated in many pathological conditions, while the pathway for L-cysteine metabolism to form H(2)S has received little attention with regard to prevention and treatment of disease in humans. The main objective of this review is to highlight the metabolic pathways of L-cysteine catabolism to GSH, H(2)S, and taurine, with special emphasis on therapeutic and nutritional use of L-cysteine to improve the health and well-being of animals and humans.
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- Jie Yin
- Scientific Observing and Experimental Station of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science in South-Central, Ministry of Agriculture, Hunan Provincial Engineering Research Center of Healthy Livestock, Key Laboratory of Agro-Ecological Processes in Subtropical Region, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changsha, Hunan, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Scientific Observing and Experimental Station of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science in South-Central, Ministry of Agriculture, Hunan Provincial Engineering Research Center of Healthy Livestock, Key Laboratory of Agro-Ecological Processes in Subtropical Region, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changsha, Hunan, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Department of Animal Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Scientific Observing and Experimental Station of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science in South-Central, Ministry of Agriculture, Hunan Provincial Engineering Research Center of Healthy Livestock, Key Laboratory of Agro-Ecological Processes in Subtropical Region, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changsha, Hunan, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Department of Animal Science, Hunan Agriculture University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Animal Science, Hunan Agriculture University, Changsha, China
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- Scientific Observing and Experimental Station of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science in South-Central, Ministry of Agriculture, Hunan Provincial Engineering Research Center of Healthy Livestock, Key Laboratory of Agro-Ecological Processes in Subtropical Region, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Scientific Observing and Experimental Station of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science in South-Central, Ministry of Agriculture, Hunan Provincial Engineering Research Center of Healthy Livestock, Key Laboratory of Agro-Ecological Processes in Subtropical Region, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Scientific Observing and Experimental Station of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science in South-Central, Ministry of Agriculture, Hunan Provincial Engineering Research Center of Healthy Livestock, Key Laboratory of Agro-Ecological Processes in Subtropical Region, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changsha, Hunan, China
- School of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China
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- Hubei Collaborative Innovation Center for Animal Nutrition and Feed Safety, Wuhan Polytechnic University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Animal Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
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- Scientific Observing and Experimental Station of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science in South-Central, Ministry of Agriculture, Hunan Provincial Engineering Research Center of Healthy Livestock, Key Laboratory of Agro-Ecological Processes in Subtropical Region, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changsha, Hunan, China
- Hubei Collaborative Innovation Center for Animal Nutrition and Feed Safety, Wuhan Polytechnic University, Wuhan, China
- Department of Animal Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
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Jurkowska H, Stipanuk MH, Hirschberger LL, Roman HB. Propargylglycine inhibits hypotaurine/taurine synthesis and elevates cystathionine and homocysteine concentrations in primary mouse hepatocytes. Amino Acids 2015; 47:1215-23. [PMID: 25772816 PMCID: PMC4429143 DOI: 10.1007/s00726-015-1948-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2014] [Accepted: 02/18/2015] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Our investigation showed that hepatocytes isolated from cysteine dioxygenase knockout mice (Cdo1−/−) had lower levels of hypotaurine and taurine than Cdo1+/+ hepatocytes. Interestingly, hypotaurine accumulates in cultured wild-type hepatocytes. dl-propargylglycine (PPG, inhibitor of cystathionine γ-lyase and H2S production) dramatically decreased both taurine and hypotaurine levels in wild-type hepatocytes compared to untreated cells. Addition of 2 mM PPG resulted in the decrease of the intracellular taurine levels: from 10.25 ± 5.00 observed in control, to 2.53 ± 0.68 nmol/mg protein (24 h of culture) and from 17.06 ± 9.40 to 2.43 ± 0.26 nmol/mg protein (control vs. PPG; 48 h). Addition of PPG reduced also intracellular hypotaurine levels: from 7.46 ± 3.55 to 0.31 ± 0.12 nmol/mg protein (control vs. PPG; 24 h) and from 4.54 ± 3.20 to 0.42 ± 0.11 nmol/mg protein (control vs. PPG; 48 h). The similar effects of PPG on hypotaurine and taurine levels were observed in culture medium. PPG blocked hypotaurine/taurine synthesis in wild-type hepatocytes, suggesting that it strongly inhibits cysteinesulfinate decarboxylase (pyridoxal 5′-phosphate-dependent enzyme) as well as cystathionine γ-lyase. In the presence of PPG, intracellular and medium cystathionine levels for both wild-type and Cdo1−/− cells were increased. Addition of homocysteine or methionine resulted in higher intracellular concentrations of homocysteine, which is a cosubstrate for cystathionine β-synthase (CBS). It seems that PPG increases CBS-mediated desulfhydration by enhancing homocysteine levels in hepatocytes. There were no overall effects of PPG or genotype on intracellular or medium glutathione levels.
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- Halina Jurkowska
- Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA,
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Amino acids and immune response: a role for cysteine, glutamine, phenylalanine, tryptophan and arginine in T-cell function and cancer? Pathol Oncol Res 2014; 21:9-17. [PMID: 25351939 DOI: 10.1007/s12253-014-9860-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2014] [Accepted: 10/22/2014] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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While proteins are critical for immunity, T-cells constitute a critical component of adaptive immunity by clearing cancerous cells among other abnormal cells. However, cancer cells exhibit a potential to escape T-cell control by employing mechanisms not completely delineated. Interesting work has investigated how certain amino acids affect the proliferation rate of T-cells as well as their effectiveness in clearing tumors. The role of amino acids cysteine, glutamine, phenylalanine, tryptophan and arginine in immunomodulation and particularly regarding T-cell proliferation and activation is discussed. The redox balance is reported to affect T-cell proliferation via modulation of cysteine availability. In addition antigen presenting cells (APCs), similar to myeloid cells determine the availability of amino acids in the extracellular microenvironment affecting T-cell proliferation and activation. A better mechanistic understanding of T-cell function modulation via amino acid signaling or metabolic properties may be helpful towards optimization of adaptive immunity with implications for cancer prognosis and treatment.
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Involvement of the Cys-Tyr cofactor on iron binding in the active site of human cysteine dioxygenase. Amino Acids 2014; 47:55-63. [DOI: 10.1007/s00726-014-1843-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2014] [Accepted: 09/18/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Ueki I, Roman HB, Hirschberger LL, Junior C, Stipanuk MH. Extrahepatic tissues compensate for loss of hepatic taurine synthesis in mice with liver-specific knockout of cysteine dioxygenase. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2012; 302:E1292-9. [PMID: 22414809 PMCID: PMC3361984 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00589.2011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Because hepatic cysteine dioxygenase (CDO) appears to play the major role in controlling cysteine catabolism in the intact rat, we characterized the effect of a lack of hepatic CDO on the regulation of cysteine and its metabolites at the whole body level. In mice with liver-specific deletion of CDO expression, hepatic and plasma cysteine levels increased. In addition, in mice with liver-specific deletion of CDO expression, the abundance of CDO and the proportion of CDO existing as the mature, more active isoform increased in extrahepatic tissues that express CDO (kidney, brown fat, and gonadal fat). CDO abundance was also increased in the pancreas, where most of the enzyme in both control and liver CDO-knockout mice was in the more active isoform. This upregulation of CDO concentration and active-site cofactor formation were not associated with an increase in CDO mRNA and thus presumably were due to a decrease in CDO degradation and an increase in CDO cofactor formation in association with increased exposure of extrahepatic tissues to cysteine in mice lacking hepatic CDO. Extrahepatic tissues of liver CDO-knockout mice also had higher levels of hypotaurine, consistent with increased metabolism of cysteine by the CDO/cysteinesulfinate decarboxylase pathway. The hepatic CDO-knockout mice were able to maintain normal levels of glutathione, taurine, and sulfate. The maintenance of taurine concentrations in liver as well as in extrahepatic tissues is particularly notable, since mice were fed a taurine-free diet and liver is normally considered the major site of taurine biosynthesis. This redundant capacity for regulation of cysteine concentrations and production of hypotaurine/taurine is additional support for the body's robust mechanisms for control of body cysteine levels and indicates that extrahepatic tissues are able to compensate for a lack of hepatic capacity for cysteine catabolism.
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- Iori Ueki
- Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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Imsand EM, Njeri CW, Ellis HR. Addition of an external electron donor to in vitro assays of cysteine dioxygenase precludes the need for exogenous iron. Arch Biochem Biophys 2012; 521:10-7. [PMID: 22433531 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2012.03.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2012] [Revised: 03/03/2012] [Accepted: 03/05/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Cysteine dioxygenase (CDO) utilizes a 3-His facial triad for coordination of its metal center. Recombinant CDO present in cellular lysate exists primarily in the ferrous form and exhibits significant catalytic activity. Removal of CDO from the reducing cellular environment during purification results in the loss of bound iron and oxidation of greater than 99% of the remaining metal centers. The as-isolated recombinant enzyme has comparable activity as the background level of L-cysteine oxidation confirming that CDO is inactive under the aerobic conditions required for catalysis. Including exogenous ferrous iron in assays resulted in non-enzymatic product formation; however, addition of an external reductant in assays of the purified protein resulted in the recovery of CDO activity. EPR spectroscopy of CDO in the presence of a reductant confirms that the recovered activity is consistent with reduction of iron to the ferrous form. The as-isolated enzyme in the presence of L-cysteine was nearly unreactive with the dioxygen analog, but had increased affinity when pre-incubated with an external reductant. These studies shed light on the discrepancies among reported kinetic parameters for CDO and also juxtapose the stability of the 3-His and 2-His/1-carboxylate ferrous enzymes in the presence of dioxygen.
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- Erin M Imsand
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849, USA
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Plasma homocysteine level and hepatic sulfur amino acid metabolism in mice fed a high-fat diet. Eur J Nutr 2012; 52:127-34. [DOI: 10.1007/s00394-011-0294-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2011] [Accepted: 12/15/2011] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Torres LDS, da Silva DGH, Belini Junior E, de Almeida EA, Lobo CLDC, Cançado RD, Ruiz MA, Bonini-Domingos CR. The influence of hydroxyurea on oxidative stress in sickle cell anemia. Rev Bras Hematol Hemoter 2012; 34:421-5. [PMID: 23323065 PMCID: PMC3545428 DOI: 10.5581/1516-8484.20120106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2011] [Accepted: 08/08/2012] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE The oxidative stress in 20 sickle cell anemia patients taking hydroxyurea and 13 sickle cell anemia patients who did not take hydroxyurea was compared with a control group of 96 individuals without any hemoglobinopathy. METHODS Oxidative stress was assessed by thiobarbituric acid reactive species production, the Trolox-equivalent antioxidant capacity and plasma glutathione levels. RESULTS Thiobarbituric acid reactive species values were higher in patients without specific medication, followed by patients taking hydroxyurea and the Control Group (p < 0.0001). The antioxidant capacity was higher in patients taking hydroxyurea and lower in the Control Group (p = 0.0002 for Trolox-equivalent antioxidant capacity and p < 0.0292 for plasma glutathione). Thiobarbituric acid reactive species levels were correlated with higher hemoglobin S levels (r = 0.55; p = 0.0040) and lower hemoglobin F concentrations(r = -0.52; p = 0.0067). On the other hand, plasma glutathione levels were negatively correlated with hemoglobin S levels (r = -0.49; p = 0.0111) and positively associated with hemoglobin F values (r = 0.56; p = 0.0031). CONCLUSION Sickle cell anemia patients have high oxidative stress and, conversely, increased antioxidant activity. The increase in hemoglobin F levels provided by hydroxyurea and its antioxidant action may explain the reduction in lipid peroxidation and increased antioxidant defenses in these individuals.
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- Universidade Estadual Paulista - UNESP, São José do Rio Preto, SP, Brazil
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Stipanuk MH, Ueki I. Dealing with methionine/homocysteine sulfur: cysteine metabolism to taurine and inorganic sulfur. J Inherit Metab Dis 2011; 34:17-32. [PMID: 20162368 PMCID: PMC2901774 DOI: 10.1007/s10545-009-9006-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 303] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2009] [Revised: 09/22/2009] [Accepted: 09/24/2009] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Synthesis of cysteine as a product of the transsulfuration pathway can be viewed as part of methionine or homocysteine degradation, with cysteine being the vehicle for sulfur conversion to end products (sulfate, taurine) that can be excreted in the urine. Transsulfuration is regulated by stimulation of cystathionine β-synthase and inhibition of methylene tetrahydrofolate reductase in response to changes in the level of S-adenosylmethionine, and this promotes homocysteine degradation when methionine availability is high. Cysteine is catabolized by several desulfuration reactions that release sulfur in a reduced oxidation state, generating sulfane sulfur or hydrogen sulfide (H₂S), which can be further oxidized to sulfate. Cysteine desulfuration is accomplished by alternate reactions catalyzed by cystathionine β-synthase and cystathionine γ-lyase. Cysteine is also catabolized by pathways that require the initial oxidation of the cysteine thiol by cysteine dioxygenase to form cysteinesulfinate. The oxidative pathway leads to production of taurine and sulfate in a ratio of approximately 2:1. Relative metabolism of cysteine by desulfuration versus oxidative pathways is influenced by cysteine dioxygenase activity, which is low in animals fed low-protein diets and high in animals fed excess sulfur amino acids. Thus, desulfuration reactions dominate when cysteine is deficient, whereas oxidative catabolism dominates when cysteine is in excess. In rats consuming a diet with an adequate level of sulfur amino acids, about two thirds of cysteine catabolism occurs by oxidative pathways and one third by desulfuration pathways. Cysteine dioxygenase is robustly regulated in response to cysteine availability and may function to provide a pathway to siphon cysteine to less toxic metabolites than those produced by cysteine desulfuration reactions.
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- Martha H. Stipanuk
- Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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Sekhar RV, McKay SV, Patel SG, Guthikonda AP, Reddy VT, Balasubramanyam A, Jahoor F. Glutathione synthesis is diminished in patients with uncontrolled diabetes and restored by dietary supplementation with cysteine and glycine. Diabetes Care 2011; 34:162-7. [PMID: 20929994 PMCID: PMC3005481 DOI: 10.2337/dc10-1006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 265] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Sustained hyperglycemia is associated with low cellular levels of the antioxidant glutathione (GSH), which leads to tissue damage attributed to oxidative stress. We tested the hypothesis that diminished GSH in adult patients with uncontrolled type 2 diabetes is attributed to decreased synthesis and measured the effect of dietary supplementation with its precursors cysteine and glycine on GSH synthesis rate and oxidative stress. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS We infused 12 diabetic patients and 12 nondiabetic control subjects with [²H₂]-glycine to measure GSH synthesis. We also measured intracellular GSH concentrations, reactive oxygen metabolites, and lipid peroxides. Diabetic patients were restudied after 2 weeks of dietary supplementation with the GSH precursors cysteine and glycine. RESULTS Compared with control subjects, diabetic subjects had significantly higher fasting glucose (5.0 ± 0.1 vs. 10.7 ± 0.5 mmol/l; P < 0.001), lower erythrocyte concentrations of glycine (514.7 ± 33.1 vs. 403.2 ± 18.2 μmol/l; P < 0.01), and cysteine (25.2 ± 1.5 vs. 17.8 ± 1.5 μmol/l; P < 0.01); lower concentrations of GSH (6.75 ± 0.47 vs. 1.65 ± 0.16 μmol/g Hb; P < 0.001); diminished fractional (79.21 ± 5.75 vs. 44.86 ± 2.87%/day; P < 0.001) and absolute (5.26 ± 0.61 vs. 0.74 ± 0.10 μmol/g Hb/day; P < 0.001) GSH synthesis rates; and higher reactive oxygen metabolites (286 ± 10 vs. 403 ± 11 Carratelli units [UCarr]; P < 0.001) and lipid peroxides (2.6 ± 0.4 vs. 10.8 ± 1.2 pg/ml; P < 0.001). Following dietary supplementation in diabetic subjects, GSH synthesis and concentrations increased significantly and plasma oxidative stress and lipid peroxides decreased significantly. CONCLUSIONS Patients with uncontrolled type 2 diabetes have severely deficient synthesis of glutathione attributed to limited precursor availability. Dietary supplementation with GSH precursor amino acids can restore GSH synthesis and lower oxidative stress and oxidant damage in the face of persistent hyperglycemia.
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- Rajagopal V Sekhar
- Translational Metabolism Unit, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.
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Giustarini D, Dalle-Donne I, Milzani A, Rossi R. Oxidative stress induces a reversible flux of cysteine from tissues to blood in vivo in the rat. FEBS J 2009; 276:4946-58. [PMID: 19694807 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2009.07197.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Glutathione (GSH) plays a key role in defense against oxidative stress. The availability of GSH is ensured in tissues by systems devoted to its maintenance in the reduced state and by the flux of GSH and cysteine between sites of biosynthesis and sites of utilization. Little is known about the effect of oxidative stress on the distribution of low-molecular-mass thiols and their exchange rate between tissues. In this study, we found that a slow infusion of diamide (a specific thiol-oxidizing compound) evoked a dramatic increase in blood cysteine in rats. Our data suggest that inter-organ exchange of cysteine occurs, that cysteine derives from both glutathione via gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase and methionine via homocysteine and the trans-sulfuration pathway, and that these pathways are considerably influenced by oxidative stress.
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- Daniela Giustarini
- Department of Evolutionary Biology, Laboratory of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Siena, Italy
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Stipanuk MH, Ueki I, Dominy JE, Simmons CR, Hirschberger LL. Cysteine dioxygenase: a robust system for regulation of cellular cysteine levels. Amino Acids 2008; 37:55-63. [PMID: 19011731 DOI: 10.1007/s00726-008-0202-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 162] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2008] [Accepted: 10/07/2008] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Cysteine catabolism in mammals is dependent upon cysteine dioxygenase (CDO), an enzyme that adds molecular oxygen to the sulfur of cysteine, converting the thiol to a sulfinic acid known as cysteinesulfinic acid (3-sulfinoalanine). CDO is one of the most highly regulated metabolic enzymes responding to diet that is known. It undergoes up to 45-fold changes in concentration and up to 10-fold changes in catalytic efficiency. This provides a remarkable responsiveness of the cell to changes in sulfur amino acid availability: the ability to decrease CDO activity and conserve cysteine when cysteine is scarce and to rapidly increase CDO activity and catabolize cysteine to prevent cytotoxicity when cysteine supply is abundant. CDO in both liver and adipose tissues responds to changes in dietary intakes of protein and/or sulfur amino acids over a range that encompasses the requirement level, suggesting that cysteine homeostasis is very important to the living organism.
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- M H Stipanuk
- Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, 227 Savage Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
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Felinine is a branched-chain sulfur amino acid present in the urine of certain Felidae, including domestic cats. The objective of the present study was to determine if additional cystine and/or dietary N would increase felinine and N-acetylfelinine excretion by intact male cats fed a low-protein (LP) diet. Feeding five adult intact male cats an LP diet (18·8 % of metabolisable energy (ME) as protein) v. a high-protein diet (38·6 % of ME as protein) resulted in a trend (P = 0·08) for decreased urinary felinine and no change in N-acetylfelinine excretion. In a 23 d study, when the LP diet was supplemented with l-cystine at 9·3 g/kg DM, urinary felinine:creatinine ratio showed a linear two-fold (121 %) increase (P < 0·01) from 0·24 (sem 0·05) to 0·53 (sem 0·13) after 10 d. Subsequent feeding of the LP diet resulted in a decrease in felinine excretion to base levels. Plasma γ-glutamylfelinylglycine concentrations were consistent with the excretion of felinine. Supplementation of the LP diet with l-cystine (9·3 g/kg DM), dispensable amino acids and arginine to a second group (n 5) also resulted in a significant (P < 0·01) but smaller (+72 %) increase in the daily felinine:creatinine ratio (0·25 (sem 0·04) to 0·43 (sem 0·05)). The degree of felinine N-acetylation within groups was unaffected by dietary addition and withdrawal of amino acids. The results indicate that felinine synthesis is regulated by cystine availability, and that arginine may be physiologically important in decreasing felinine biosynthesis in intact male cats.
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Lee JI, Dominy JE, Sikalidis AK, Hirschberger LL, Wang W, Stipanuk MH. HepG2/C3A cells respond to cysteine deprivation by induction of the amino acid deprivation/integrated stress response pathway. Physiol Genomics 2008; 33:218-29. [PMID: 18285520 DOI: 10.1152/physiolgenomics.00263.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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To further define genes that are differentially expressed during cysteine deprivation and to evaluate the roles of amino acid deprivation vs. oxidative stress in the response to cysteine deprivation, we assessed gene expression in human hepatoma cells cultured in complete or cysteine-deficient medium. Overall, C3A cells responded to cysteine deprivation by activation of the eukaryotic initiation factor (eIF)2alpha kinase-mediated integrated stress response to inhibit global protein synthesis; increased expression of genes containing amino acid response elements (ASNS, ATF3, CEBPB, SLC7A11, and TRIB3); increased expression of genes for amino acid transporters (SLC7A11, SLC1A4, and SLC3A2), aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (CARS), and, to a limited extent, amino acid metabolism (ASNS and CTH); increased expression of genes that act to suppress growth (STC2, FOXO3A, GADD45A, LNK, and INHBE); and increased expression of several enzymes that favor glutathione synthesis and maintenance of protein thiol groups (GCLC, GCLM, SLC7A11, and TXNRD1). Although GCLC, GCLM, SLC7A11, HMOX, and TXNRD1 were upregulated, most genes known to be upregulated via oxidative stress were not affected by cysteine deprivation. Because most genes known to be upregulated in response to eIF2alpha phosphorylation and activating transcription factor 4 (ATF4) synthesis were differentially expressed in response to cysteine deprivation, it is likely that many responses to cysteine deprivation are mediated, at least in part, by the general control nondepressible 2 (GCN2)/ATF4-dependent integrated stress response. This conclusion was supported by the observation of similar differential expression of a subset of genes in response to leucine deprivation. A consequence of sulfur amino acid restriction appears to be the upregulation of the cellular capacity to cope with oxidative and chemical stresses via the integrated stress response.
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- Jeong-In Lee
- Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
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Dominy JE, Hwang J, Stipanuk MH. Overexpression of cysteine dioxygenase reduces intracellular cysteine and glutathione pools in HepG2/C3A cells. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2007; 293:E62-9. [PMID: 17327371 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00053.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Cysteine levels are carefully regulated in mammals to balance metabolic needs against the potential for cytotoxicity. It has been postulated that one of the major regulators of intracellular cysteine levels in mammals is cysteine dioxygenase (CDO). Hepatic expression of this catabolic enzyme increases dramatically in response to increased cysteine availability and may therefore be part of a homeostatic response to shunt excess toxic cysteine to more benign metabolites such as sulfate or taurine. Direct experimental evidence, however, is lacking to support the hypothesis that CDO is capable of altering steady-state intracellular cysteine levels. In this study, we expressed either the wild-type (WT) or a catalytically inactivated mutant (H86A) isoform of CDO in HepG2/C3A cells (which do not express endogenous CDO protein) and cultured them in different concentrations of extracellular cysteine. WT CDO, but not H86A CDO, was capable of reducing intracellular cysteine levels in cells incubated in physiologically relevant concentrations of cysteine. WT CDO also decreased the glutathione pool and potentiated the toxicity of CdCl(2). These results demonstrate that CDO is capable of altering intracellular cysteine levels as well as glutathione levels.
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- John E Dominy
- Department of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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Ye S, Wu X, Wei L, Tang D, Sun P, Bartlam M, Rao Z. An Insight into the Mechanism of Human Cysteine Dioxygenase. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:3391-402. [PMID: 17135237 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m609337200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 137] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Cysteine dioxygenase is a non-heme mononuclear iron metalloenzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of cysteine to cysteine sulfinic acid with addition of molecular dioxygen. This irreversible oxidative catabolism of cysteine initiates several important metabolic pathways related to diverse sulfurate compounds. Cysteine dioxygenase is therefore very important for maintaining the proper hepatic concentration of intracellular free cysteine. Mechanisms for mouse and rat cysteine dioxygenases have recently been reported based on their crystal structures in the absence of substrates, although there is still a lack of direct evidence. Here we report the first crystal structure of human cysteine dioxygenase in complex with its substrate L-cysteine to 2.7A, together with enzymatic activity and metal content assays of several single point mutants. Our results provide an insight into a new mechanism of cysteine thiol dioxygenation catalyzed by cysteine dioxygenase, which is tightly associated with a thioether-bonded tyrosine-cysteine cofactor involving Tyr-157 and Cys-93. This cross-linked protein-derived cofactor plays several key roles different from those in galactose oxidase. This report provides a new potential target for therapy of diseases related to human cysteine dioxygenase, including neurodegenerative and autoimmune diseases.
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- Sheng Ye
- Tsinghua-IBP Joint Research Group for Structural Biology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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Reid M, Badaloo A, Forrester T, Jahoor F. In vivo rates of erythrocyte glutathione synthesis in adults with sickle cell disease. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2006; 291:E73-9. [PMID: 16434557 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00287.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Despite reports of lower GSH concentration in sickle cell disease (SCD), the in vivo kinetic mechanism(s) responsible for GSH deficiency is unknown. To determine whether suppressed synthesis was responsible for the lower erythrocyte GSH concentration, we used a primed intermittent infusion of [(2)H(2)]glycine to measure erythrocyte GSH synthesis in vivo in 23 individuals with homozygous beta(s) SCD and 8 healthy controls. Erythrocyte cysteine concentration, the rate-limiting precursor for GSH synthesis, plasma markers of oxidant damage, and dietary intakes of energy and protein were also measured. Compared with values of controls, SCD subjects had significantly lower erythrocyte GSH (P < 0.04) and cysteine concentrations (P < 0.004) but significantly faster fractional rates of GSH synthesis (P < 0.02). The absolute rates of GSH synthesis in SCD subjects compared with control subjects was greater by approximately 57% (P = 0.062). However, the concentrations of markers of oxidative damage, plasma derivatives of reactive oxygen metabolites, plasma nitrotyrosine, urinary isoprostane-to-creatinine ratio, and GSH-to-GSSG ratio, as well as dietary intakes of energy, protein, and GSH precursor amino acids, were not different between SCD subjects and controls. The findings of this study suggest that the lower erythrocyte GSH of SCD patients is not due to suppressed synthesis or impaired regeneration but rather to increased consumption. In addition, the lower erythrocyte cysteine concentration plus the faster rate of GSH synthesis strongly suggest that the endogenous cysteine supply is not sufficient to meet all anabolic demands; hence, cysteine may be a conditionally essential amino acid in individuals with SCD.
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- Marvin Reid
- Sickle Cell Unit, Tropical Medicine Research Institute, Univ. of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston 7, Jamaica.
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Stipanuk MH, Dominy JE, Lee JI, Coloso RM. Mammalian cysteine metabolism: new insights into regulation of cysteine metabolism. J Nutr 2006; 136:1652S-1659S. [PMID: 16702335 DOI: 10.1093/jn/136.6.1652s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 356] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The mammalian liver tightly regulates its free cysteine pool, and intracellular cysteine in rat liver is maintained between 20 and 100 nmol/g even when sulfur amino acid intakes are deficient or excessive. By keeping cysteine levels within a narrow range and by regulating the synthesis of glutathione, which serves as a reservoir of cysteine, the liver addresses both the need to have adequate cysteine to support normal metabolism and the need to keep cysteine levels below the threshold of toxicity. Cysteine catabolism is tightly regulated via regulation of cysteine dioxygenase (CDO) levels in the liver, with the turnover of CDO protein being dramatically decreased when intracellular cysteine levels increase. This occurs in response to changes in the intracellular cysteine concentration via changes in the rate of CDO ubiquitination and degradation. Glutathione synthesis also increases when intracellular cysteine levels increase as a result of increased saturation of glutamate-cysteine ligase (GCL) with cysteine, and this contributes to removal of excess cysteine. When cysteine levels drop, GCL activity increases, and the increased capacity for glutathione synthesis facilitates conservation of cysteine in the form of glutathione (although the absolute rate of glutathione synthesis still decreases because of the lack of substrate). This increase in GCL activity is dependent on up-regulation of expression of both the catalytic and modifier subunits of GCL, resulting in an increase in total catalytic subunit plus an increase in the catalytic efficiency of the enzyme. An important role of cysteine utilization for coenzyme A synthesis in maintaining cellular cysteine levels in some tissues, and a possible connection between the necessity of controlling cellular cysteine levels to regulate the rate of hydrogen sulfide production, have been suggested by recent literature and are areas that deserve further study.
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- Martha H Stipanuk
- Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.
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Lee JI, Kang J, Stipanuk M. Differential regulation of glutamate-cysteine ligase subunit expression and increased holoenzyme formation in response to cysteine deprivation. Biochem J 2006; 393:181-90. [PMID: 16137247 PMCID: PMC1383676 DOI: 10.1042/bj20051111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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GCL (glutamate-cysteine ligase) is a heterodimer of a GCLC (GCL catalytic subunit) that possesses all of the enzymatic activity and a GCLM (GCL modifier subunit) that alters the K(i) of GCLC for GSH. We hypothesized that the expression of GCLM and the association of GCLM with GCLC were responsible for the apparent increase in GCL activity state observed in the liver of rats fed low-protein diets or in hepatocytes cultured in low-sulphur amino acid-containing medium. Therefore we conducted a series of studies using rats and a human hepatoma (HepG2/C3A) cell line to assess the role of GCLM and holoenzyme formation in the regulation of GCL activity in response to sulphur amino acid intake or availability. Increases in GCL activity in rat liver, as well as in HepG2 cells, were due to the additive effects of changes in the amount of GCLC and the kcat for GCLC. The increase in the kcat for GCLC was associated with increased holoenzyme formation, which was associated with an increase in the molar ratio of GCLM to GCLC. Furthermore, our results indicate that the GCLM level in rat liver is always limiting and that up-regulation of the GCLM level results in increased holoenzyme formation and an increase in the kcat. This is the first report demonstrating that the catalytic efficiency of rat GCL is increased by holoenzyme formation and the first demonstration of differential up-regulation of the GCL subunits in response to cysteine deprivation.
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- Jeong-In Lee
- Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, U.S.A
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- Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, U.S.A
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- Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, U.S.A
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Yang F, Beard DA. Thermodynamically based profiling of drug metabolism and drug–drug metabolic interactions: A case study of acetaminophen and ethanol toxic interaction. Biophys Chem 2006; 120:121-34. [PMID: 16314027 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2005.10.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2005] [Revised: 10/18/2005] [Accepted: 10/21/2005] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Drug-drug metabolic interactions can result in unwanted side effects, including reduced drug efficacy and formation of toxic metabolic intermediates. In this work, thermodynamic constraints on non-equilibrium metabolite concentrations are used to reveal the biochemical interactions between the metabolic pathways of ethanol and acetaminophen (N-acetyl-p-aminophenol), two drugs known to interact unfavorably. It is known that many reactions of these pathways are coupled to the central energy metabolic reactions through a number of metabolites and the cellular redox potential. Based on these observations, a metabolic network model has been constructed and a database of thermodynamic properties for all participating metabolites and reactions has been compiled. Constraint-based computational analysis of the feasible metabolite concentrations reveals that the non-toxic pathways for APAP metabolism and the pathway for detoxifying N-acetyl-p-benzoquinoneimine (NAPQI) are inhibited by network interactions with ethanol metabolism. These results point to the potential utility of thermodynamically based profiling of metabolic network interactions in screening of drug candidates and analysis of potential toxicity.
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- Feng Yang
- Biotechnology and Bioengineering Center, Department of Physiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 Watertown Plank Road, Milwaukee, WI 53226, United States
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Hanlon PR, Cimafranca MA, Liu X, Cho YC, Jefcoate CR. Microarray analysis of early adipogenesis in C3H10T1/2 cells: cooperative inhibitory effects of growth factors and 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2005; 207:39-58. [PMID: 16054899 DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2004.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2004] [Revised: 11/24/2004] [Accepted: 12/09/2004] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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C3H10T1/2 mouse embryo fibroblasts differentiate into adipocytes when stimulated by a standard hormonal mixture (IDMB). 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD), via the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR), inhibits induction of the key adipogenic gene peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARgamma) and subsequent adipogenesis. This TCDD-mediated inhibition requires activation of the extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) pathway, which can be accomplished by serum, epidermal growth factor (EGF), or fibroblast growth factor (FGF). In the absence of serum or growth factors, IDMB induced adipogenesis without mitosis. Microarray analysis identified 200 genes that exhibited expression changes of at least twofold after 24 h of IDMB treatment. This time precedes most PPARgamma stimulation but follows the period of TCDD/ERK cooperation and periods of increased cell contraction and DNA synthesis. Functionally related gene clusters include genes associated with cell structure, triglyceride and cholesterol metabolism, oxidative regulation, and secreted proteins. In the absence of growth factors TCDD inhibited 30% of these IDMB responses without inhibiting the process of differentiation. A combination of EGF and TCDD that blocks differentiation cooperatively blocked a further 44 IDMB-responsive genes, most of which have functional links to differentiation, including PPARgamma. Cell cycle regulators that are stimulated by EGF were substantially inhibited by IDMB but these responses were unaffected by TCDD. By contrast, TCDD and EGF cooperatively reversed IDMB-induced changes in cell adhesion complexes immediately prior to increases in PPARgamma1 expression. Changes in adhesion-linked signaling may play a key role in TCDD affects on differentiation.
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- Paul R Hanlon
- Molecular and Environmental Toxicology Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI 53706, USA
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Ishii I, Akahoshi N, Yu XN, Kobayashi Y, Namekata K, Komaki G, Kimura H. Murine cystathionine gamma-lyase: complete cDNA and genomic sequences, promoter activity, tissue distribution and developmental expression. Biochem J 2004; 381:113-23. [PMID: 15038791 PMCID: PMC1133768 DOI: 10.1042/bj20040243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 227] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2004] [Revised: 03/22/2004] [Accepted: 03/23/2004] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Cystathionine gamma-lyase (CSE) is the last key enzyme in the trans-sulphuration pathway for biosynthesis of cysteine from methionine. Cysteine could be provided through diet; however, CSE has been shown to be important for the adequate supply of cysteine to synthesize glutathione, a major intracellular antioxidant. With a view to determining physiological roles of CSE in mice, we report the sequence of a complete mouse CSE cDNA along with its associated genomic structure, generation of specific polyclonal antibodies, and the tissue distribution and developmental expression patterns of CSE in mice. A 1.8 kb full-length cDNA containing an open reading frame of 1197 bp, which encodes a 43.6 kDa protein, was isolated from adult mouse kidney. A 35 kb mouse genomic fragment was obtained by lambda genomic library screening. It contained promoter regions, 12 exons, ranging in size from 53 to 579 bp, spanning over 30 kb, and exon/intron boundaries that were conserved with rat and human CSE. The GC-rich core promoter contained canonical TATA and CAAT motifs, and several transcription factor-binding consensus sequences. The CSE transcript, protein and enzymic activity were detected in liver, kidney, and, at much lower levels, in small intestine and stomach of both rats and mice. In developing mouse liver and kidney, the expression levels of CSE protein and activity gradually increased with age until reaching their peak value at 3 weeks of age, following which the expression levels in liver remained constant, whereas those in kidney decreased significantly. Immunohistochemical analyses revealed predominant CSE expression in hepatocytes and kidney cortical tubuli. These results suggest important physiological roles for CSE in mice.
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- Isao Ishii
- Department of Molecular Genetics, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Ogawahigashi 4-1-1, Kodaira, Tokyo 187-8502, Japan.
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Stipanuk MH. Sulfur amino acid metabolism: pathways for production and removal of homocysteine and cysteine. Annu Rev Nutr 2004; 24:539-77. [PMID: 15189131 DOI: 10.1146/annurev.nutr.24.012003.132418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 677] [Impact Index Per Article: 33.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Tissue concentrations of both homocysteine (Hcy) and cysteine (Cys) are maintained at low levels by regulated production and efficient removal of these thiols. The regulation of the metabolism of methionine and Cys is discussed from the standpoint of maintaining low levels of Hcy and Cys while, at the same time, ensuring an adequate supply of these thiols for their essential functions. S-Adenosylmethionine coordinately regulates the flux through remethylation and transsulfuration, and glycine N-methyltransferase regulates flux through transmethylation and hence the S-adenosylmethionine/S-adenosylhomocysteine ratio. Cystathionine beta-synthase activity is also regulated in response to the redox environment, and transcription of the gene is hormonally regulated in response to fuel supply (insulin, glucagon, and glucocorticoids). The H2S-producing capacity of cystathionine gamma-lyase may be regulated in response to nitric oxide. Cys is substrate for a variety of anabolic and catabolic enzymes. Its concentration is regulated primarily by hepatic Cys dioxygenase; the level of Cys dioxygenase is upregulated in a Cys-responsive manner via a decrease in the rate of polyubiquitination and, hence, degradation by the 26S proteasome.
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- Martha H Stipanuk
- Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA.
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Stipanuk MH, Hirschberger LL, Londono MP, Cresenzi CL, Yu AF. The ubiquitin-proteasome system is responsible for cysteine-responsive regulation of cysteine dioxygenase concentration in liver. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2004; 286:E439-48. [PMID: 14644768 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00336.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Hepatic cysteine dioxygenase (CDO) activity is a critical regulator of cellular cysteine concentration and availability of cysteine for anabolic processes and is markedly higher in animals fed diets containing excess sulfur amino acids compared with those fed levels at or below the requirement. Rat hepatocytes responded to a deficiency or excess of cysteine in the culture medium with a decrease or increase in CDO level but no change in CDO mRNA level. The cysteine analog, cysteamine, but not cysteine metabolites or thiol reagents, was also effective in increasing CDO. Inhibitors of the 26S proteasome blocked CDO degradation in cysteine-deficient cells but had little or no effect on CDO concentration in hepatocytes cultured with excess cysteine. High-molecular-mass CDO-ubiquitin conjugates were observed in cells cultured in cysteine-deficient medium, whether or not proteasome inhibitor was present, but these CDO-ubiquitin conjugates were not observed in cells cultured in cysteine-supplemented medium with or without proteasome inhibitor. Similar results were observed for degradation of recombinant CDO expressed in human heptocarcinoma cells cultured in cysteine-deficient or cysteine-supplemented medium. CDO is an example of a mammalian enzyme that is robustly regulated via its substrate, with the presence of substrate blocking the ubiquitination of CDO and, hence, the targeting of CDO for proteasomal degradation. This regulation occurs in primary hepatocytes in a manner that corresponds with changes observed in intact animals.
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- Martha H Stipanuk
- Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853-6301, USA.
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