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Carlson DL, Kowalewski M, Bodoor K, Lietzan AD, Hughes PF, Gooden D, Loiselle DR, Alcorta D, Dingman Z, Mueller EA, Irnov I, Modla S, Chaya T, Caplan J, Embers M, Miller JC, Jacobs-Wagner C, Redinbo MR, Spector N, Haystead TAJ. Targeting Borrelia burgdorferi HtpG with a berserker molecule, a strategy for anti-microbial development. Cell Chem Biol 2024; 31:465-476.e12. [PMID: 37918401 DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2023.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2022] [Revised: 08/14/2023] [Accepted: 10/06/2023] [Indexed: 11/04/2023]
Abstract
Conventional antimicrobial discovery relies on targeting essential enzymes in pathogenic organisms, contributing to a paucity of new antibiotics to address resistant strains. Here, by targeting a non-essential enzyme, Borrelia burgdorferi HtpG, to deliver lethal payloads, we expand what can be considered druggable within any pathogen. We synthesized HS-291, an HtpG inhibitor tethered to the photoactive toxin verteporfin. Reactive oxygen species, generated by light, enables HS-291 to sterilize Borrelia cultures by causing oxidation of HtpG, and a discrete subset of proteins in proximity to the chaperone. This caused irreversible nucleoid collapse and membrane blebbing. Tethering verteporfin to the HtpG inhibitor was essential, since free verteporfin was not retained by Borrelia in contrast to HS-291. For this reason, we liken HS-291 to a berserker, wreaking havoc upon the pathogen's biology once selectively absorbed and activated. This strategy expands the druggable pathogenic genome and offsets antibiotic resistance by targeting non-essential proteins.
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- Dave L Carlson
- Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University, C119 LSRC, Research Drive, Durham NC 27701, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 120 Mason Farm Road, 3(rd) Floor, Genetic Medicine Building, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University, C119 LSRC, Research Drive, Durham NC 27701, USA
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- Division of Oral and Craniofacial Health Sciences, Adams School of Dentistry, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 385 South Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University, C119 LSRC, Research Drive, Durham NC 27701, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University, C119 LSRC, Research Drive, Durham NC 27701, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University, C119 LSRC, Research Drive, Durham NC 27701, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University, C119 LSRC, Research Drive, Durham NC 27701, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University, C119 LSRC, Research Drive, Durham NC 27701, USA
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- Sarafan ChEM-H Institute, Stanford University, 290 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford, CA 94035, USA
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- Sarafan ChEM-H Institute, Stanford University, 290 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford, CA 94035, USA
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- Delaware Biotechnology Institute, University of Delaware, 590 Avenue 1743, Newark, DE 19713, USA
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- Delaware Biotechnology Institute, University of Delaware, 590 Avenue 1743, Newark, DE 19713, USA
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- Delaware Biotechnology Institute, University of Delaware, 590 Avenue 1743, Newark, DE 19713, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, 18703 Three Rivers Road, Covington, LA 70433, USA
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- Galaxy Diagnostics, Inc, P.O. Box 14346 7020 Kit Creek Road, Ste 130, Research Triangle Park, Raliegh, NC 27709, USA
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- Sarafan ChEM-H Institute, Stanford University, 290 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford, CA 94035, USA; Biology Department, Stanford University, 290 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford, CA 94035, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University, 290 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford, CA 94035, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 120 Mason Farm Road, 3(rd) Floor, Genetic Medicine Building, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA; Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 4350 Genome Sciences Building, 250 Bell Tower Drive, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3290, USA.
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- Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University, C119 LSRC, Research Drive, Durham NC 27701, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University, C119 LSRC, Research Drive, Durham NC 27701, USA.
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In vivo diagnostic imaging of bacterial infections is currently reliant on targeting their metabolic pathways, an ineffective method to identify microbial species with low metabolic activity. Here, we establish HS-198 as a small-molecule fluorescent conjugate that selectively targets the highly conserved bacterial protein HtpG (high-temperature protein G), within Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacterium responsible for Lyme disease. We describe the use of HS-198 to target morphologic forms of B. burgdorferi in both the logarithmic growth phase and the metabolically dormant stationary phase as well as in inactivated spirochetes. Furthermore, in a murine infection model, systemically injected HS-198 identified B. burgdorferi as revealed by imaging in postnecropsy tissue sections. These findings demonstrate how small-molecule probes directed at conserved bacterial protein targets can function to identify the microbe using noninvasive imaging and potentially as scaffolds to deliver antimicrobial agents to the pathogen.
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Application of immobilized ATP to the study of NLRP inflammasomes. Arch Biochem Biophys 2019; 670:104-115. [PMID: 30641048 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2018.12.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2018] [Revised: 12/01/2018] [Accepted: 12/17/2018] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
Abstract
The NLRP proteins are a subfamily of the NOD-like receptor (NLR) innate immune sensors that possess an ATP-binding NACHT domain. As the most well studied member, NLRP3 can initiate the assembly process of a multiprotein complex, termed the inflammasome, upon detection of a wide range of microbial products and endogenous danger signals and results in the activation of pro-caspase-1, a cysteine protease that regulates multiple host defense pathways including cytokine maturation. Dysregulated NLRP3 activation contributes to inflammation and the pathogenesis of several chronic diseases, and the ATP-binding properties of NLRPs are thought to be critical for inflammasome activation. In light of this, we examined the utility of immobilized ATP matrices in the study of NLRP inflammasomes. Using NLRP3 as the prototypical member of the family, P-linked ATP Sepharose was determined to be a highly-effective capture agent. In subsequent examinations, P-linked ATP Sepharose was used as an enrichment tool to enable the effective profiling of NLRP3-biomarker signatures with selected reaction monitoring-mass spectrometry (SRM-MS). Finally, ATP Sepharose was used in combination with a fluorescence-linked enzyme chemoproteomic strategy (FLECS) screen to identify potential competitive inhibitors of NLRP3. The identification of a novel benzo[d]imidazol-2-one inhibitor that specifically targets the ATP-binding and hydrolysis properties of the NLRP3 protein implies that ATP Sepharose and FLECS could be applied other NLRPs as well.
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Posfai D, Eubanks AL, Keim AI, Lu KY, Wang GZ, Hughes PF, Kato N, Haystead TA, Derbyshire ER. Identification of Hsp90 Inhibitors with Anti-Plasmodium Activity. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2018; 62:e01799-17. [PMID: 29339390 PMCID: PMC5913967 DOI: 10.1128/aac.01799-17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2017] [Accepted: 01/05/2018] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
Abstract
Malaria remains a global health burden partly due to Plasmodium parasite resistance to first-line therapeutics. The molecular chaperone heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90) has emerged as an essential protein for blood-stage Plasmodium parasites, but details about its function during malaria's elusive liver stage are unclear. We used target-based screens to identify compounds that bind to Plasmodium falciparum and human Hsp90, which revealed insights into chemotypes with species-selective binding. Using cell-based malaria assays, we demonstrate that all identified Hsp90-binding compounds are liver- and blood-stage Plasmodium inhibitors. Additionally, the Hsp90 inhibitor SNX-0723 in combination with the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase inhibitor PIK-75 synergistically reduces the liver-stage parasite load. Time course inhibition studies with the Hsp90 inhibitors and expression analysis support a role for Plasmodium Hsp90 in late-liver-stage parasite development. Our results suggest that Plasmodium Hsp90 is essential to liver- and blood-stage parasite infections and highlight an attractive route for development of species-selective PfHsp90 inhibitors that may act synergistically in combination therapies to prevent and treat malaria.
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- Dora Posfai
- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
- Department of Chemistry, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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Kulkarni MM, Ratcliff AN, Bhat M, Alwarawrah Y, Hughes P, Arcos J, Loiselle D, Torrelles JB, Funderburg NT, Haystead TA, Kwiek JJ. Cellular fatty acid synthase is required for late stages of HIV-1 replication. Retrovirology 2017; 14:45. [PMID: 28962653 PMCID: PMC5622536 DOI: 10.1186/s12977-017-0368-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2017] [Accepted: 09/14/2017] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
Abstract
Background
Like all viruses, HIV-1 relies on host systems to replicate. The human purinome consists of approximately two thousand proteins that bind and use purines such as ATP, NADH, and NADPH. By virtue of their purine binding pockets, purinome proteins are highly druggable, and many existing drugs target purine-using enzymes. Leveraging a protein affinity media that uses the purine-binding pocket to capture the entire purinome, we sought to define purine-binding proteins regulated by HIV-1 infection. Results Using purinome capture media, we observed that HIV-1 infection increases intracellular levels of fatty acid synthase (FASN), a NADPH-using enzyme critical to the synthesis of de novo fatty acids. siRNA mediated knockdown of FASN reduced HIV-1 particle production by 80%, and treatment of tissue culture cells or primary PBMCs with Fasnall, a newly described selective FASN inhibitor, reduced HIV-1 virion production by 90% (EC50 = 213 nM). Despite the requirement of FASN for nascent virion production, FASN activity was not required for intracellular Gag protein production, indicating that FASN dependent de novo fatty acid biosynthesis contributes to a late step of HIV-1 replication. Conclusions Here we show that HIV-1 replication both increases FASN levels and requires host FASN activity. We also report that Fasnall, a novel FASN inhibitor that demonstrates anti-tumor activity in vivo, is a potent and efficacious antiviral, blocking HIV-1 replication in both tissue culture and primary cell models of HIV-1 replication. In adults, most fatty acids are obtained exogenously from the diet, thus making FASN a plausible candidate for pharmacological intervention. In conclusion, we hypothesize that FASN is a novel host dependency factor and that inhibition of FASN activity has the potential to be exploited as an antiretroviral strategy.
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- Manjusha M Kulkarni
- Department of Microbial Infection and Immunity, Center for Microbial Interface Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Center for Retrovirus Research, The Ohio State University, 476 Biological Sciences Building, 484 W. 12th Avenue, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA.,Promega Corporation, 2800 Woods Hollow Rd, Madison, WI, 53711-5399, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Center for Retrovirus Research, The Ohio State University, 476 Biological Sciences Building, 484 W. 12th Avenue, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University School of Medicine, C118 LSRC, Box 3813, Durham, NC, 27710, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University School of Medicine, C118 LSRC, Box 3813, Durham, NC, 27710, USA
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- Department of Microbial Infection and Immunity, Center for Microbial Interface Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University School of Medicine, C118 LSRC, Box 3813, Durham, NC, 27710, USA
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- Department of Microbial Infection and Immunity, Center for Microbial Interface Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.,Texas Biomedical Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas, USA
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- Division of Medical Laboratory Science, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University School of Medicine, C118 LSRC, Box 3813, Durham, NC, 27710, USA.
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- Department of Microbiology, Center for Retrovirus Research, The Ohio State University, 476 Biological Sciences Building, 484 W. 12th Avenue, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA.
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Rabilloud T, Lescuyer P. Proteomics in mechanistic toxicology: History, concepts, achievements, caveats, and potential. Proteomics 2014; 15:1051-74. [DOI: 10.1002/pmic.201400288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2014] [Revised: 07/25/2014] [Accepted: 08/25/2014] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- Thierry Rabilloud
- Laboratory of Chemistry and Biology of Metals; CNRS UMR; 5249 Grenoble France
- Laboratory of Chemistry and Biology of Metals; Université Grenoble Alpes; Grenoble France
- Laboratory of Chemistry and Biology of Metals; CEA Grenoble; iRTSV/CBM; Grenoble France
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- Department of Human Protein Sciences; Clinical Proteomics and Chemistry Group; Geneva University; Geneva Switzerland
- Toxicology and Therapeutic Drug Monitoring Laboratory; Department of Genetic and Laboratory Medicine; Geneva University Hospitals; Geneva Switzerland
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Dersh D, Jones SM, Eletto D, Christianson JC, Argon Y. OS-9 facilitates turnover of nonnative GRP94 marked by hyperglycosylation. Mol Biol Cell 2014; 25:2220-34. [PMID: 24899641 PMCID: PMC4116297 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e14-03-0805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
Abstract
ER quality control factors GRP94 and OS-9 associate not for the disposal of ERAD substrates but
instead because OS-9 sequesters and degrades aberrant forms of GRP94, which are hyperglycosylated at
cryptic acceptor sites and have altered structure and activity. This highlights a novel mechanism of
quality control of an ER-resident chaperone. The tight coupling of protein folding pathways with disposal mechanisms promotes the efficacy of
protein production in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). It has been hypothesized that the ER-resident
molecular chaperone glucose-regulated protein 94 (GRP94) is part of this quality control coupling
because it supports folding of select client proteins yet also robustly associates with the lectin
osteosarcoma amplified 9 (OS-9), a component involved in ER-associated degradation (ERAD). To
explore this possibility, we investigated potential functions for the GRP94/OS-9 complex in ER
quality control. Unexpectedly, GRP94 does not collaborate with OS-9 in ERAD of misfolded substrates,
nor is the chaperone required directly for OS-9 folding. Instead, OS-9 binds preferentially to a
subpopulation of GRP94 that is hyperglycosylated on cryptic N-linked glycan acceptor sites.
Hyperglycosylated GRP94 forms have nonnative conformations and are less active. As a result, these
species are degraded much faster than the major, monoglycosylated form of GRP94 in an
OS-9–mediated, ERAD-independent, lysosomal-like mechanism. This study therefore clarifies
the role of the GRP94/OS-9 complex and describes a novel pathway by which glycosylation of cryptic
acceptor sites influences the function and fate of an ER-resident chaperone.
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- Devin Dersh
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics Graduate Group, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104
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- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7DQ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104
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- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7DQ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics Graduate Group, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104
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Valsasina B, Kalisz HM, Isacchi A. Kinase selectivity profiling by inhibitor affinity chromatography. Expert Rev Proteomics 2014; 1:303-15. [PMID: 15966827 DOI: 10.1586/14789450.1.3.303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
Abstract
As new drugs rapidly advance into clinical trials, comprehensive identification of their intracellular targets becomes fundamental for the full understanding of the molecular basis of their efficacy and toxicity. This is particularly important when the targets belong to a large family and the inhibitors recognize a conserved site among different members of the class. A typical example is the kinase family, where efforts are aimed at the development of inhibitors of distinct kinases for therapeutic applications in oncology, inflammation and other disease areas. In this case, inhibitors targeting the ATP pocket may cross react with different kinases, as well as with other proteins that bind ATP. This review critically discusses the available approaches for kinase selectivity profiling. It also reviews some examples of inhibitor affinity chromatography applied to inhibitors of kinases and other protein families as a tool to identify and characterize their intracellular targets.
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Carlson DA, Franke AS, Weitzel DH, Speer BL, Hughes PF, Hagerty L, Fortner CN, Veal JM, Barta TE, Zieba BJ, Somlyo AV, Sutherland C, Deng JT, Walsh MP, MacDonald JA, Haystead TAJ. Fluorescence linked enzyme chemoproteomic strategy for discovery of a potent and selective DAPK1 and ZIPK inhibitor. ACS Chem Biol 2013; 8:2715-23. [PMID: 24070067 DOI: 10.1021/cb400407c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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DAPK1 and ZIPK (also called DAPK3) are closely related serine/threonine protein kinases that regulate programmed cell death and phosphorylation of non-muscle and smooth muscle myosin. We have developed a fluorescence linked enzyme chemoproteomic strategy (FLECS) for the rapid identification of inhibitors for any element of the purinome and identified a selective pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidinone (HS38) that inhibits DAPK1 and ZIPK in an ATP-competitive manner at nanomolar concentrations. In cellular studies, HS38 decreased RLC20 phosphorylation. In ex vivo studies, HS38 decreased contractile force generated in mouse aorta, rabbit ileum, and calyculin A stimulated arterial muscle by decreasing RLC20 and MYPT1 phosphorylation. The inhibitor also promoted relaxation in Ca(2+)-sensitized vessels. A close structural analogue (HS43) with 5-fold lower affinity for ZIPK produced no effect on cells or tissues. These findings are consistent with a mechanism of action wherein HS38 specifically targets ZIPK in smooth muscle. The discovery of HS38 provides a lead scaffold for the development of therapeutic agents for smooth muscle related disorders and a chemical means to probe the function of DAPK1 and ZIPK across species.
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- David A. Carlson
- Department
of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, United States
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- Department
of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908, United States
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- Department
of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, United States
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- Department
of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, United States
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- Department
of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, United States
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- Department
of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, United States
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- Department
of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, United States
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- Quanticel
Pharmaceuticals, San Francisco, California 94158, United States
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- Department
of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, United States
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- Department
of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908, United States
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- Department
of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908, United States
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- Smooth Muscle Research Group at the Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta. Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Calgary, 3280 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, AB T2N 4Z6, Canada
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- Smooth Muscle Research Group at the Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta. Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Calgary, 3280 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, AB T2N 4Z6, Canada
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- Smooth Muscle Research Group at the Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta. Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Calgary, 3280 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, AB T2N 4Z6, Canada
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- Smooth Muscle Research Group at the Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta. Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Calgary, 3280 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, AB T2N 4Z6, Canada
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- Department
of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, United States
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Recent advances in proteomics have facilitated the analysis of the kinome 'en masse'. What these studies have revealed is a surprisingly dynamic network of kinase responses to highly selective kinase inhibitors, thereby illustrating the complex biological responses to these small molecules. Moreover these studies have identified key transcription factors, such as c-Myc and FOXO (forkhead box O), that play pivotal roles in kinome reprogramming in cancer cells. Since many kinase inhibitors fail despite a high efficacy of blocking their intended targets, elucidating kinome changes at a more global level will be essential to understanding the mechanisms of kinase inhibitor pharmacology. The development of technologies to study the kinome, as well as examples of kinome resilience and reprogramming, will be discussed in the present review.
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The p90 ribosomal S6 kinase (RSK) is a mediator of smooth muscle contractility. PLoS One 2013; 8:e58703. [PMID: 23516539 PMCID: PMC3596281 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0058703] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2012] [Accepted: 02/05/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
Abstract
In the canonical model of smooth muscle (SM) contraction, the contractile force is generated by phosphorylation of the myosin regulatory light chain (RLC20) by the myosin light chain kinase (MLCK). Moreover, phosphorylation of the myosin targeting subunit (MYPT1) of the RLC20 phosphatase (MLCP) by the RhoA-dependent ROCK kinase, inhibits the phosphatase activity and consequently inhibits dephosphorylation of RLC20 with concomitant increase in contractile force, at constant intracellular [Ca2+]. This pathway is referred to as Ca2+-sensitization. There is, however, emerging evidence suggesting that additional Ser/Thr kinases may contribute to the regulatory pathways in SM. Here, we report data implicating the p90 ribosomal S6 kinase (RSK) in SM contractility. During both Ca2+- and agonist (U46619) induced SM contraction, RSK inhibition by the highly selective compound BI-D1870 (which has no effect on MLCK or ROCK) resulted in significant suppression of contractile force. Furthermore, phosphorylation levels of RLC20 and MYPT1 were both significantly decreased. Experiments involving the irreversible MLCP inhibitor microcystin-LR, in the absence of Ca2+, revealed that the decrease in phosphorylation levels of RLC20 upon RSK inhibition are not due solely to the increase in the phosphatase activity, but reflect direct or indirect phosphorylation of RLC20 by RSK. Finally, we show that agonist (U46619) stimulation of SM leads to activation of extracellular signal-regulated kinases ERK1/2 and PDK1, consistent with a canonical activation cascade for RSK. Thus, we demonstrate a novel and important physiological function of the p90 ribosomal S6 kinase, which to date has been typically associated with the regulation of gene expression.
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Gyenis L, Turowec JP, Bretner M, Litchfield DW. Chemical proteomics and functional proteomics strategies for protein kinase inhibitor validation and protein kinase substrate identification: applications to protein kinase CK2. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2013; 1834:1352-8. [PMID: 23416530 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2013.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2013] [Accepted: 02/04/2013] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
Abstract
Since protein kinases have been implicated in numerous human diseases, kinase inhibitors have emerged as promising therapeutic agents. Despite this promise, there has been a relative lag in the development of unbiased strategies to validate both inhibitor specificity and the ability to inhibit target activity within living cells. To overcome these limitations, our efforts have been focused on the development of systematic strategies that employ chemical and functional proteomics. We utilized these strategies to evaluate small molecule inhibitors of protein kinase CK2, a constitutively active kinase that has recently emerged as target for anti-cancer therapy in clinical trials. Our chemical proteomics strategies used ATP or CK2 inhibitors immobilized on sepharose beads together with mass spectrometry to capture and identify binding partners from cell extracts. These studies have verified that interactions between CK2 and its inhibitors occur in complex mixtures. However, in the case of CK2 inhibitors related to 4,5,6,7-tetrabromo-1H-benzotriazole (TBB), our work has also revealed off-targets for the inhibitors. To complement these studies, we devised functional proteomics approaches to identify proteins that exhibit decreases in phosphorylation when cells are treated with CK2 inhibitors. To identify and validate those proteins that are direct substrates for CK2, we have also employed mutants of CK2 with decreased inhibitor sensitivity. Overall, our studies have yielded systematic platforms for studying CK2 inhibitors which we believe will foster efforts to define the biological functions of CK2 and to rigorously investigate its potential as a candidate for molecular-targeted therapy. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Inhibitors of Protein Kinases (2012).
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- Laszlo Gyenis
- Department of Biochemistry, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5C1
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Protein kinase inhibitors have emerged as indispensable tools for the elucidation of the biological functions of specific signal transduction pathways and as promising candidates for molecular-targeted therapy. However, because many protein kinase inhibitors are ATP-competitive inhibitors targeting the catalytic site of specific protein kinases, the large number of protein kinases that are encoded within eukaryotic genomes and the existence of many other cellular proteins that bind ATP result in the prospect of off-target effects for many of these compounds. Many of the potential off-target effects remain unrecognized because protein kinase inhibitors are often developed and tested primarily on the basis of in vitro assays using purified components. To overcome this limitation, we describe a systematic approach to characterize ATP-competitive protein kinase inhibitors employing ATP-sepharose to capture the purine-binding proteome from cell extracts. Protein kinase inhibitors can be used in competition experiments to prevent binding of specific cellular proteins to ATP-sepharose or to elute bound proteins from ATP-sepharose. Collectively, these strategies can enable validation of interactions between a specific protein kinase and an inhibitor in complex mixtures and can yield the identification of inhibitor targets.
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Ghazy MA, Gordon JMB, Lee SD, Singh BN, Bohm A, Hampsey M, Moore C. The interaction of Pcf11 and Clp1 is needed for mRNA 3'-end formation and is modulated by amino acids in the ATP-binding site. Nucleic Acids Res 2011; 40:1214-25. [PMID: 21993299 PMCID: PMC3273803 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkr801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Polyadenylation of eukaryotic mRNAs contributes to stability, transport and translation, and is catalyzed by a large complex of conserved proteins. The Pcf11 subunit of the yeast CF IA factor functions as a scaffold for the processing machinery during the termination and polyadenylation of transcripts. Its partner, Clp1, is needed for mRNA processing, but its precise molecular role has remained enigmatic. We show that Clp1 interacts with the Cleavage–Polyadenylation Factor (CPF) through its N-terminal and central domains, and thus provides cross-factor connections within the processing complex. Clp1 is known to bind ATP, consistent with the reported RNA kinase activity of human Clp1. However, substitution of conserved amino acids in the ATP-binding site did not affect cell growth, suggesting that the essential function of yeast Clp1 does not involve ATP hydrolysis. Surprisingly, non-viable mutations predicted to displace ATP did not affect ATP binding but disturbed the Clp1–Pcf11 interaction. In support of the importance of this interaction, a mutation in Pcf11 that disrupts the Clp1 contact caused defects in growth, 3′-end processing and transcription termination. These results define Clp1 as a bridge between CF IA and CPF and indicate that the Clp1–Pcf11 interaction is modulated by amino acids in the conserved ATP-binding site of Clp1.
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- Mohamed A Ghazy
- Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02111, USA
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Carlson SM, White FM. Using small molecules and chemical genetics to interrogate signaling networks. ACS Chem Biol 2011; 6:75-85. [PMID: 21077690 DOI: 10.1021/cb1002834] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The limited clinical success of therapeutics targeting cellular signaling processes is due to multiple factors, including off-target effects and complex feedback regulation encoded within the signaling network. To understand these effects, chemical proteomics and chemical genetics tools have been developed to map the direct targets of kinase inhibitors, determine the network-level response to inhibitor treatment, and to infer network topology. Here we provide an overview of chemical phosphoproteomic and chemical genetic methods, including specific examples where these methods have been applied to yield biological insight regarding network structure and the system-wide effects of targeted therapeutics. The challenges and caveats associated with each method are described, along with approaches being used to resolve some of these issues. With the broad array of available techniques the next decade should see a rapid improvement in our understanding of signaling networks regulation and response to targeted perturbations, leading to more efficacious therapeutic strategies.
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- Scott M. Carlson
- Department of Biological Engineering and David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Biological Engineering and David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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Xia ZP, Sun L, Chen X, Pineda G, Jiang X, Adhikari A, Zeng W, Chen ZJ. Direct activation of protein kinases by unanchored polyubiquitin chains. Nature 2009; 461:114-9. [PMID: 19675569 PMCID: PMC2747300 DOI: 10.1038/nature08247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 436] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2009] [Accepted: 06/29/2009] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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TRAF6 is a ubiquitin ligase that is essential for the activation of NF-kappaB and MAP kinases in several signalling pathways, including those emanating from the interleukin 1 and Toll-like receptors. TRAF6 functions together with a ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme complex consisting of UBC13 (also known as UBE2N) and UEV1A (UBE2V1) to catalyse Lys 63-linked polyubiquitination, which activates the TAK1 (also known as MAP3K7) kinase complex. TAK1 in turn phosphorylates and activates IkappaB kinase (IKK), leading to the activation of NF-kappaB. Although several proteins are known to be polyubiquitinated in the IL1R and Toll-like receptor pathways, it is not clear whether ubiquitination of any of these proteins is important for TAK1 or IKK activation. By reconstituting TAK1 activation in vitro using purified proteins, here we show that free Lys 63 polyubiquitin chains, which are not conjugated to any target protein, directly activate TAK1 by binding to the ubiquitin receptor TAB2 (also known as MAP3K7IP2). This binding leads to autophosphorylation and activation of TAK1. Furthermore, we found that unanchored polyubiquitin chains synthesized by TRAF6 and UBCH5C (also known as UBE2D3) activate the IKK complex. Disassembly of the polyubiquitin chains by deubiquitination enzymes prevented TAK1 and IKK activation. These results indicate that unanchored polyubiquitin chains directly activate TAK1 and IKK, suggesting a new mechanism of protein kinase regulation.
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- Zong-Ping Xia
- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390-9148
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390-9148
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390-9148
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- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390-9148
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- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390-9148
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- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390-9148
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- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390-9148
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- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390-9148
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390-9148
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Dhillon AS, Yip YY, Grindlay GJ, Pakay JL, Dangers M, Hillmann M, Clark W, Pitt A, Mischak H, Kolch W. The C-terminus of Raf-1 acts as a 14-3-3-dependent activation switch. Cell Signal 2009; 21:1645-51. [PMID: 19595761 DOI: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2009.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2009] [Revised: 07/01/2009] [Accepted: 07/02/2009] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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The Raf-1 protein kinase is a major activator of the ERK MAPK pathway, which links signaling by a variety of cell surface receptors to the regulation of cell proliferation, survival, differentiation and migration. Signaling by Raf-1 is regulated by a complex and poorly understood interplay between phosphorylation events and protein-protein interactions. One important mode of Raf-1 regulation involves the phosphorylation-dependent binding of 14-3-3 proteins. Here, we have examined the mechanism whereby the C-terminal 14-3-3 binding site of Raf-1, S621, controls the activation of MEK-ERK signaling. We show that phosphorylation of S621 turns over rapidly and is enriched in the activated pool of endogenous Raf-1. The phosphorylation on this site can be mediated by Raf-1 itself but also by other kinase(s). Mutations that prevent the binding of 14-3-3 proteins to S621 render Raf-1 inactive by specifically disrupting its capacity to bind to ATP, and not by gross conformational alteration as indicated by intact MEK binding. Phosphorylation of S621 correlates with the inhibition of Raf-1 catalytic activity in vitro, but 14-3-3 proteins can completely reverse this inhibition. Our findings suggest that 14-3-3 proteins function as critical cofactors in Raf-1 activation, which induce and maintain the protein in a state that is competent for both ATP binding and MEK phosphorylation.
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- Amardeep S Dhillon
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Bio21 Institute of Molecular Bioscience and Biotechnology, University of Melbourne, 30 Flemington Road, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia.
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Duncan JS, Gyenis L, Lenehan J, Bretner M, Graves LM, Haystead TA, Litchfield DW. An Unbiased Evaluation of CK2 Inhibitors by Chemoproteomics. Mol Cell Proteomics 2008; 7:1077-88. [DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m700559-mcp200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Yan GR, He QY. Functional proteomics to identify critical proteins in signal transduction pathways. Amino Acids 2007; 35:267-74. [PMID: 17704892 DOI: 10.1007/s00726-007-0594-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2007] [Accepted: 05/25/2007] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Reversible protein phosphorylation plays a crucial role in the regulation of signaling pathways that control various biological responses, such as cell growth, differentiation, invasion, metastasis and apoptosis. Proteomics is a powerful research approach for fully monitoring global molecular responses to the activation of signal transduction pathways. Identification of different phosphoproteins and their phosphorylation sites by functional proteomics provides informational insights into signaling pathways triggered by all kinds of factors. This review summarizes how functional proteomics can be used to answer specific questions related to signal transduction systems of interest. By examining our own example on identifying the novel phosphoproteins in signaling pathways activated by EB virus-encoded latent membrane protein 1 (LMP1), we demonstrated a functional proteomic strategy to elucidate the molecular activity of phosphorylated annexin A2 in LMP1 signaling pathway. Functional profiling of signaling pathways is promising for the identification of novel targets for drug discovery and for the understanding of disease pathogenesis.
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- G-R Yan
- Institutes of Life and Health Engineering, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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Ihara E, MacDonald JA. The regulation of smooth muscle contractility by zipper-interacting protein kinase. Can J Physiol Pharmacol 2007; 85:79-87. [PMID: 17487247 DOI: 10.1139/y06-103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Smooth muscle contractility is mainly regulated by phosphorylation of the 20 kDa myosin light chains (LC20), a process that is controlled by the opposing activities of myosin light chain kinase (MLCK) and myosin light chain phosphatase (MLCP). Recently, intensive research has revealed that various protein kinase networks including Rho-kinase, integrin-linked kinase, zipper-interacting protein kinase (ZIPK), and protein kinase C (PKC) are involved in the regulation of LC20 phosphorylation and have important roles in modulating smooth muscle contractile responses to Ca2+ (i.e., Ca2+ sensitization and Ca2+ desensitization). Here, we review the general background and structure of ZIPK and summarize our current understanding of its involvement in a number of cell processes including cell death (apoptosis), cell motility, and smooth muscle contraction. ZIPK has been found to induce the diphosphorylation of LC20 at Ser-19 and Thr-18 in a Ca2+-independent manner and to regulate MLCP activity directly through its phosphorylation of the myosin-targeting subunit of MLCP or indirectly through its phosphorylation of the PKC-potentiated inhibitory protein of MLCP. Future investigations of ZIPK function in smooth muscle will undoubtably focus on determining the mechanisms that regulate its cellular activity, including the identification of upstream signaling pathways, the characterization of autoinhibitory domains and regulatory phosphorylation sites, and the development of specific inhibitor compounds.
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- Eikichi Ihara
- Smooth Muscle Research Group and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Calgary, Faculty of Medicine, 3330 Hospital Drive N.W, Calgary, AB T2N 4N1, Canada
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Hagerty L, Weitzel DH, Chambers J, Fortner CN, Brush MH, Loiselle D, Hosoya H, Haystead TAJ. ROCK1 phosphorylates and activates zipper-interacting protein kinase. J Biol Chem 2006; 282:4884-4893. [PMID: 17158456 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m609990200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Zipper-interacting protein kinase (ZIPK) regulates Ca(2+)-independent phosphorylation of both smooth muscle (to regulate contraction) and non-muscle myosin (to regulate non-apoptotic cell death) through either phosphorylation and inhibition of myosin phosphatase, the myosin phosphatase inhibitor CPI17, or direct phosphorylation of myosin light chain. ZIPK is regulated by multisite phosphorylation. Phosphorylation at least three sites Thr-180, Thr-225, and Thr-265 has been shown to be essential for full activity, whereas phosphorylation at Thr-299 regulates its intracellular localization. Herein we utilized an unbiased proteomics screen of smooth muscle extracts with synthetic peptides derived from the sequence of the regulatory phosphorylation sites of the enzyme to identify the protein kinases that might regulate ZIPK activity in vivo. Discrete kinase activities toward Thr-265 and Thr-299 were defined and identified by mass spectrometry as Rho kinase 1 (ROCK1). In vitro, ROCK1 showed a high degree of substrate specificity toward native ZIPK, both stoichiometrically phosphorylating the enzyme at Thr-265 and Thr-299 as well as bringing about activation. In HeLa cells, coexpression of ZIPK with ROCK1 altered the ROCK-induced phenotype of focused stress fiber pattern to a Rho-like phenotype of parallel stress fiber pattern. This effect was also dependent upon phosphorylation at Thr-265. Our findings provide a new regulatory pathway in smooth muscle and non-muscle cells whereby ROCK1 phosphorylates and regulates ZIP kinase.
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- Laura Hagerty
- Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710 and
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- Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710 and
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- Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710 and
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- Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710 and
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- Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710 and
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- Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710 and
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima 739 8526, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710 and.
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Ito J, Heazlewood JL, Millar AH. Analysis of the Soluble ATP-Binding Proteome of Plant Mitochondria Identifies New Proteins and Nucleotide Triphosphate Interactions within the Matrix. J Proteome Res 2006; 5:3459-69. [PMID: 17137349 DOI: 10.1021/pr060403j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The interactions of ATP inside plant mitochondria were investigated by identifying the soluble nucleotide binding proteome captured using immobilized ATP. Selected proteins were separated by 1D SDS-PAGE and 2D IEF-SDS-PAGE and identified by ESI-Q-TOF MS/MS. A range of highly enriched proteins were identified from the mitochondrial proteome, including 14-3-3 proteins and RNA binding proteins, as well as proteins known to contain nucleotide binding domains and/or to be inhibited or stimulated by ATP.
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- Jun Ito
- ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology and School of Biomedical, Biomolecular and Chemical Sciences, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, M316, Crawley 6009, WA, Australia
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Jaleel M, Saha S, Shenoy AR, Visweswariah SS. The kinase homology domain of receptor guanylyl cyclase C: ATP binding and identification of an adenine nucleotide sensitive site. Biochemistry 2006; 45:1888-98. [PMID: 16460035 DOI: 10.1021/bi052089x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The role of the kinase homology domain (KHD) in receptor guanylyl cyclases is to regulate the activity of the catalytic guanylyl cyclase domain. The KHD lacks many of the amino acids required for phosphotransfer activity and, therefore, is not expected to possess kinase activity. Guanylyl cyclase activity of the receptor guanylyl cyclase C (GC-C) is modulated by ATP, and computational modeling showed that the KHD can adopt a structure similar to protein kinases, suggesting that the KHD is the site for ATP interaction. A monoclonal antibody, GCC:4D7, raised to the KHD of GC-C, fails to react with GC-C in the presence of ATP and ATP analogues that regulate GC-C catalytic activity, indicating that a conformational change occurs in the KHD on ATP binding. Mapping of the epitope of the antibody through the use of recombinant protein constructs and phage display showed that the epitope for GC-C:4D7 lies immediately C-terminal to a critical lysine residue (Lys516 in GC-C), required for ATP interaction in protein kinases. By employing a novel approach utilizing ATP-agarose affinity chromatography, we demonstrate that the intracellular domain of GC-C and the KHD bind ATP. Mutation of Lys516 to Ala abolishes ATP binding. Thus, this report is the first to show direct ATP binding to the pseudokinase domain of receptor guanylyl cyclase C, as well as to identify dramatic conformational changes that occur in this domain on ATP binding, akin to those seen in catalytically active protein kinases.
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- Mahaboobi Jaleel
- Department of Molecular Reproduction, Development and Genetics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India
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Hagerty L, Haystead TAJ. Delineating signal transduction pathways in smooth muscle through focused proteomics. Expert Rev Proteomics 2006; 3:75-85. [PMID: 16445352 DOI: 10.1586/14789450.3.1.75] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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This review will outline examples of the authors' focused proteomics approaches to studying signal transduction pathways in smooth muscle. By focusing the use of traditional proteomics techniques with hypothesis-driven selection methods, this approach efficiently addresses the identification of novel elements in a signal transduction pathway of interest. However, focused proteomics serves only as a starting point in the investigation of novel signaling proteins. While focused proteomics studies can suggest the involvement and general biochemical function of a protein in a signaling pathway, these findings must be further investigated and validated. Through the integrated use of focused proteomics with complementary approaches such as genetics, biochemistry and cell physiology, a complete and detailed mechanism of signal transduction can be determined.
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- Laura Hagerty
- Department of Pharmacology & Cancer Biology, Duke University, C118 LSRC, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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Kray AE, Carter RS, Pennington KN, Gomez RJ, Sanders LE, Llanes JM, Khan WN, Ballard DW, Wadzinski BE. Positive regulation of IkappaB kinase signaling by protein serine/threonine phosphatase 2A. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:35974-82. [PMID: 16126728 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m506093200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Transcription factor NF-kappaB plays a key regulatory role in the cellular response to pro-inflammatory cytokines such as tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF). In the absence of TNF, NF-kappaB is sequestered in the cytoplasm by inhibitory IkappaB proteins. Phosphorylation of IkappaBby the beta-catalytic subunit of IKK, a multicomponent IkappaB kinase, targets the inhibitor for proteolytic destruction and facilitates nuclear translocation of NF-kappaB. This pathway is initiated by TNF-dependent phosphorylation of T loop serines in IKKbeta, which greatly stimulates IkappaB kinase activity. Prior in vitro mixing experiments indicate that protein serine/threonine phosphatase 2A (PP2A) can dephosphorylate these T loop serines and inactivate IKK, suggesting a negative regulatory role for PP2A in IKK signaling. Here we provided several in vivo lines of evidence indicating that PP2A plays a positive rather than a negative role in the regulation of IKK. First, TNF-induced degradation of IkappaB is attenuated in cells treated with okadaic acid or fostriecin, two potent inhibitors of PP2A. Second, PP2A forms stable complexes with IKK in untransfected mammalian cells. This interaction is critically dependent on amino acid residues 121-179 of the IKKgamma regulatory subunit. Third, deletion of the PP2A-binding site in IKKgamma attenuates T loop phosphorylation and catalytic activation of IKKbeta in cells treated with TNF. Taken together, these data provide strong evidence that the formation of IKK.PP2A complexes is required for the proper induction of IkappaB kinase activity in vivo.
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- Arlene E Kray
- Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-6600, USA
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Cowan-Jacob SW, Fendrich G, Manley PW, Jahnke W, Fabbro D, Liebetanz J, Meyer T. The Crystal Structure of a c-Src Complex in an Active Conformation Suggests Possible Steps in c-Src Activation. Structure 2005; 13:861-71. [PMID: 15939018 DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2005.03.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 249] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2004] [Revised: 03/14/2005] [Accepted: 03/14/2005] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The regulation of the activity of Abl and Src family tyrosine kinases is mediated by intramolecular interactions between the SH3, SH2, and kinase (SH1) domains. We have determined the crystal structure of an unphosphorylated form of c-Src in which the SH2 domain is not bound to the C-terminal tail. This results in an open structure where the kinase domain adopts an active conformation and the C terminus binds within a hydrophobic pocket in the C-terminal lobe. NMR binding studies support the hypothesis that an N-terminal myristate could bind in this pocket, as observed for Abl, suggesting that c-Src may also be regulated by myristate binding. In addition, the structure contains a des-methyl analog of the antileukemia drug imatinib (STI571; Gleevec). This structure reveals why the drug shows a low affinity for active kinase conformations, contributing to its excellent kinase selectivity profile.
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- Sandra W Cowan-Jacob
- Discovery Technologies, Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland.
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MacDonald JA, Borman MA. Analyzing biological function with emerging proteomic technologies. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ics.2004.08.060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Lascola CD, Song AW, Haystead TA, Warner DS, Verleysen K, Freed TA, Provenzale JM. Changes in Magnetization Transfer MRI Correlate with Spreading Depression–Induced Astroglial Reactivity and Increased Protein Expression in Mice. AJR Am J Roentgenol 2004; 183:1791-7. [PMID: 15547231 DOI: 10.2214/ajr.183.6.01831791] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Gliosis refers to a range of glial cell transformations that vary according to specific brain pathologic states. Disease, however, is not a prerequisite for gliosis because glial reactivity may also be seen in regions of increased physiologic activity. Our study tests the hypothesis that high-field-strength magnetization transfer MRI is a sensitive technique for detecting transient glial reactivity after experimental spreading depression, a relatively benign perturbation unaccompanied by cell injury. MATERIALS AND METHODS Unilateral neocortical spreading depression was elicited in mouse cerebral hemispheres and confirmed by transcranial blood flow and extracellular potential measurements. After 3 days, mice were imaged at 4 T using magnetization transfer techniques. Astroglial reactivity was determined immunohistochemically, and protein expression in control and experimental hemispheres was compared using proteomic techniques. RESULTS Sixteen ([mean +/- SD] +/- 3) spreading depressions (n = 10) were recorded in experimental hemispheres. Spreading depression was never observed in control hemispheres. At 3 days, an 8% decrease (p < 0.05, n = 4) in magnetization transfer signal intensity was measured in experimental hemispheres, which was associated with a 37% increase (p < 0.001, n = 4) in the intensity of glial fibrillary acidic protein staining. Proteomic analysis performed 3 days after the induction of spreading depression showed upregulation of at least 56 proteins, including extracellular and intracellular elements. CONCLUSION Magnetization transfer at 4.0-T MRI is a sensitive method for detecting glial reactivity and changes in protein expression not associated with cell injury. These results suggest magnetization transfer MRI techniques may have potential for detecting glial reactivity in physiologic processes such as learning and in early disease states.
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- Christopher D Lascola
- Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Box 3808, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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Daub H, Godl K, Brehmer D, Klebl B, Müller G. Evaluation of kinase inhibitor selectivity by chemical proteomics. Assay Drug Dev Technol 2004; 2:215-24. [PMID: 15165517 DOI: 10.1089/154065804323056558] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Small-molecule inhibitors of protein kinases constitute a novel class of drugs for therapeutic intervention in a variety of human diseases. Most of these agents target the relatively conserved ATP-binding site of protein kinases and have only been tested against a rather small subset of all human protein kinases. Therefore, the selectivity of protein kinase inhibitors has remained a widely underestimated, but highly important issue in drug development programs. In this review, we focus on the recent advancement of chemical proteomic methods to evaluate drug selectivity in an unbiased, comprehensive way. Efficient affinity purification procedures using immobilized kinase inhibitors combined with the sensitivity of mass spectrometry detection permit the mapping of drug targets on a proteome-wide scale. Data from this type of assessment can be used to set up tailor-made selectivity panels, which guide compound development in the context of the most relevant off-targets during lead optimization. In cases in which identified alternative targets are of validated clinical relevance, chemical proteomics provides the opportunity to repeatedly exploit a once established kinase inhibitor principle for additional target kinases and can thereby dramatically shorten the time toward highly selective, preclinical candidates. Moreover, the identification of alternative targets for preclinical or clinical drugs can provide new insights into their cellular modes of action, which might help to define those disease settings in which the most beneficial therapeutic effect is likely to occur.
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- Henrik Daub
- Axxima Pharmaceuticals AG, München, Germany.
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Soti C, Vermes A, Haystead TAJ, Csermely P. Comparative analysis of the ATP-binding sites of Hsp90 by nucleotide affinity cleavage: a distinct nucleotide specificity of the C-terminal ATP-binding site. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 2003; 270:2421-8. [PMID: 12755697 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2003.03610.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The 90-kDa heat shock protein (Hsp90) is a molecular chaperone that assists both in ATP-independent sequestration of damaged proteins, and in ATP-dependent folding of numerous targets, such as nuclear hormone receptors and protein kinases. Recent work from our lab and others has established the existence of a second, C-terminal nucleotide binding site besides the well characterized N-terminal, geldanamycin-sensitive ATP-binding site. The cryptic C-terminal site becomes open only after the occupancy of the N-terminal site. Our present work demonstrates the applicability of the oxidative nucleotide affinity cleavage in the site-specific characterization of nucleotide binding proteins. We performed a systematic analysis of the nucleotide binding specificity of the Hsp90 nucleotide binding sites. N-terminal binding is specific to adenosine nucleotides with an intact adenine ring. Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotides and diadenosine polyphosphate alarmones are specific N-terminal nucleotides. The C-terminal binding site is much more unspecific-it interacts with both purine and pirimidine nucleotides. Efficient binding to the C-terminal site requires both charged residues and a larger hydrophobic moiety. GTP and UTP are specific C-terminal nucleotides. 2',3'-O-(2,4,6-trinitrophenyl)-nucleotides (TNP-ATP, TNP-GTP) and pyrophosphate access the C-terminal binding site without the need for an occupied N-terminal site. Our data provide additional evidence for the dynamic domain-domain interactions of Hsp90, give hints for the design of novel types of specific Hsp90 inhibitors, and raise the possibility that besides ATP, other small molecules might also interact with the C-terminal nucleotide binding site in vivo.
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- Csaba Soti
- Department of Medical Chemistry, Semmelweis University School of Medicine, Budapest, Hungary
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Zhang H, Li XJ, Martin DB, Aebersold R. Identification and quantification of N-linked glycoproteins using hydrazide chemistry, stable isotope labeling and mass spectrometry. Nat Biotechnol 2003; 21:660-6. [PMID: 12754519 DOI: 10.1038/nbt827] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1133] [Impact Index Per Article: 54.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2002] [Accepted: 03/17/2003] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Quantitative proteome profiling using stable isotope protein tagging and automated tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) is an emerging technology with great potential for the functional analysis of biological systems and for the detection of clinical diagnostic or prognostic marker proteins. Owing to the enormous complexity of proteomes, their comprehensive analysis is an as-yet-unresolved technical challenge. However, biologically or clinically important information can be obtained if specific, information-rich protein classes, or sub-proteomes, are isolated and analyzed. Glycosylation is the most common post-translational modification. Here we describe a method for the selective isolation, identification and quantification of peptides that contain N-linked carbohydrates. It is based on the conjugation of glycoproteins to a solid support using hydrazide chemistry, stable isotope labeling of glycopeptides and the specific release of formerly N-linked glycosylated peptides via peptide- N-glycosidase F (PNGase F). The recovered peptides are then identified and quantified by MS/MS. We applied the approach to the analysis of plasma membrane proteins and proteins contained in human blood serum.
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- Hui Zhang
- Institute for Systems Biology, 1441 N 34th Street, Seattle, Washington 98103-8904, USA
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Proteomics is the systematic study of the many and diverse properties of proteins in a parallel manner with the aim of providing detailed descriptions of the structure, function and control of biological systems in health and disease. Advances in methods and technologies have catalyzed an expansion of the scope of biological studies from the reductionist biochemical analysis of single proteins to proteome-wide measurements. Proteomics and other complementary analysis methods are essential components of the emerging 'systems biology' approach that seeks to comprehensively describe biological systems through integration of diverse types of data and, in the future, to ultimately allow computational simulations of complex biological systems.
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- Scott D Patterson
- Celera Genomics Corporation, 45 West Gude Drive, Rockville, Maryland 20850, USA.
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Pandey AV, Mellon SH, Miller WL. Protein phosphatase 2A and phosphoprotein SET regulate androgen production by P450c17. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:2837-44. [PMID: 12444089 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m209527200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Cytochrome P450c17 catalyzes 17 alpha-hydroxylation needed for cortisol synthesis and 17,20 lyase activity needed to produce sex steroids. Serine phosphorylation of P450c17 specifically increases 17,20 lyase activity, but the physiological factors regulating this effect remain unknown. Treating human adrenal NCI-H295A cells with the phosphatase inhibitors okadaic acid, fostriecin, and cantharidin increased 17,20 lyase activity, suggesting involvement of protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) or 4 (PP4). PP2A but not PP4 inhibited 17,20 lyase activity in microsomes from cultured cells, but neither affected 17 alpha-hydroxylation. Inhibition of 17,20 lyase activity by PP2A was concentration-dependent, could be inhibited by okadaic acid, and was restored by endogenous protein kinases. PP2A but not PP4 coimmunoprecipitated with P450c17, and suppression of PP2A by small interfering RNA increased 17,20 lyase activity. Phosphoprotein SET found in adrenals inhibited PP2A, but not PP4, and fostered 17,20 lyase activity. The identification of PP2A and SET as post-translational regulators of androgen biosynthesis suggests potential additional mechanisms contributing to adrenarche and hyperandrogenic disorders such as polycystic ovary syndrome.
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- Amit V Pandey
- Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143-0978, USA
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Graves PR, Kwiek JJ, Fadden P, Ray R, Hardeman K, Coley AM, Foley M, Haystead TAJ. Discovery of novel targets of quinoline drugs in the human purine binding proteome. Mol Pharmacol 2002; 62:1364-72. [PMID: 12435804 DOI: 10.1124/mol.62.6.1364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 194] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The quinolines have been used in the treatment of malaria, arthritis, and lupus for many years, yet the precise mechanism of their action remains unclear. In this study, we used a functional proteomics approach that exploited the structural similarities between the quinoline compounds and the purine ring of ATP to identify quinoline-binding proteins. Several quinoline drugs were screened by displacement affinity chromatography against the purine binding proteome captured with gamma-phosphate-linked ATP-Sepharose. Screening of the human red blood cell purine binding proteome identified two human proteins, aldehyde dehydrogenase 1 (ALDH1) and quinone reductase 2 (QR2). In contrast, no proteins were detected upon screening of the Plasmodium falciparum purine binding proteome with the quinolines. In a complementary approach, we passed cell lysates from mice, red blood cells, or P. falciparum over hydroxychloroquine- or primaquine-Sepharose. Consistent with the displacement affinity chromatography screen, ALDH and QR2 were the only proteins recovered from mice and human red blood cell lysate and no proteins were recovered from P. falciparum. Furthermore, the activity of QR2 was potently inhibited by several of the quinolines in vitro. Our results show that ALDH1 and QR2 are selective targets of the quinolines and may provide new insights into the mechanism of action of these drugs.
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- Paul R Graves
- Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Center for Chemical Biology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
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Parang K, Kohn JA, Saldanha SA, Cole PA. Development of photo-crosslinking reagents for protein kinase-substrate interactions. FEBS Lett 2002; 520:156-60. [PMID: 12044889 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(02)02778-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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The identification of relevant protein kinase-protein substrate partners remains a serious challenge on a genome-wide scale. The design and synthesis of a photo-activatable nucleotide reagent to crosslink protein kinases with their substrates is described in which an azido group is appended to the gamma-phosphoryl and purine moieties of ATP. In the absence of UV, compounds of this class were shown to act as competitive inhibitors versus ATP and non-competitive inhibitors versus peptide substrate for the protein tyrosine kinase Csk, suggesting that they can form a ternary complex with kinase and protein substrate. In vitro experiments with protein kinases indicate the bifunctional reagent can induce covalent protein-protein crosslinking that is dependent on UV irradiation. That significant kinase-substrate crosslinking occurs is suggested by the fact that this crosslinking is competitively inhibited by ATP. The crosslinked adducts can be readily cleaved by phosphodiesterase which supports the model for crosslinking and provides a simple method to deconvolute the linked protein partners.
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- Keykavous Parang
- Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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Marmy-Conus N, Hannan KM, Pearson RB. Ro 31-6045, the inactive analogue of the protein kinase C inhibitor Ro 31-8220, blocks in vivo activation of p70(s6k)/p85(s6k): implications for the analysis of S6K signalling. FEBS Lett 2002; 519:135-40. [PMID: 12023032 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(02)02738-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The mitogen-stimulated protein kinase p70(s6k)/p85(s6k) (S6K) plays an essential role in cell proliferation and growth, with inhibitors of the S6K signalling pathway showing promise as anti-tumour therapeutics. Here, we report that the bisindolylmaleimide derivative Ro 31-6045, previously reported to be inactive as a kinase inhibitor, inhibited S6K activity in vivo with an IC50=8 microM. Structure/function analysis using mutant forms of S6K indicates that Ro 31-6045 inhibition is independent of the upstream activator mTOR. Ro 31-6045 will prove useful in elucidating the complex activation mechanism of S6K and its independence from mTOR will allow confirmation of functional data obtained using the mTOR inhibitor rapamycin.
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- Nelly Marmy-Conus
- Trescowthick Research Laboratories, Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute, Locked Bag #1, A'Beckett Street, Melbourne, Vic., Australia
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MacDonald JA, Borman MA, Murányi A, Somlyo AV, Hartshorne DJ, Haystead TA. Identification of the endogenous smooth muscle myosin phosphatase-associated kinase. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2001; 98:2419-24. [PMID: 11226254 PMCID: PMC30153 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.041331498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 183] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Ca(2+) sensitization of smooth muscle contraction involves inhibition of myosin light chain phosphatase (SMPP-1M) and enhanced myosin light chain phosphorylation. Inhibition of SMPP-1M is modulated through phosphorylation of the myosin targeting subunit (MYPT1) by either Rho-associated kinase (ROK) or an unknown SMPP-1M-associated kinase. Activated ROK is predominantly membrane-associated and its putative substrate, SMPP-1M, is mainly myofibrillar-associated. This raises a conundrum about the mechanism of interaction between these enzymes. We present ZIP-like kinase, identified by "mixed-peptide" Edman sequencing after affinity purification, as the previously unidentified SMPP-1M-associated kinase. ZIP-like kinase was shown to associate with MYPT1 and phosphorylate the inhibitory site in intact smooth muscle. Phosphorylation of ZIP-like kinase was associated with an increase in kinase activity during carbachol stimulation, suggesting that the enzyme may be a terminal member of a Ca(2+) sensitizing kinase cascade.
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- J A MacDonald
- Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Box 3813, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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Vassiliou W, Epp JB, Wang BB, Del Vecchio AM, Widlanski T, Kao CC. Exploiting polymerase promiscuity: A simple colorimetric RNA polymerase assay. Virology 2000; 274:429-37. [PMID: 10964785 DOI: 10.1006/viro.2000.0492] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We developed a convenient colorimetric assay for monitoring RNA synthesis from DNA-dependent RNA polymerases (DdRp) and viral RNA-dependent RNA polymerases (RdRp). ATP and GTP with a p-nitrophenyl moiety attached to the gamma-phosphate were synthesized (PNP-NTPs). These PNP-NTPs can be used for RNA synthesis by several RNA polymerases, including the RdRps from brome mosaic virus and bovine viral diarrhea virus and the DdRps from bacteriophage T7 and SP6. When the polymerase reactions were performed in the presence of alkaline phosphatase, which digests the p-nitrophenylpyrophosphate side-product of phosphoryl transfer to the chromogenic p-nitrophenylate, an increase in absorbence at 405 nm was observed. These nucleotide analogues were used in continuous colorimetric monitoring of polymerase activity. Furthermore, the PNP-NTPs were found to be stable and utilized by RNA polymerases in the presence of human plasma. This simple colorimetric polymerase assay can be performed in a standard laboratory spectrophotometer and will be useful in screens for inhibitors of viral RNA synthesis.
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- W Vassiliou
- Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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Loog M, Uri A, Järv J, Ek P. Bi-substrate analogue ligands for affinity chromatography of protein kinases. FEBS Lett 2000; 480:244-8. [PMID: 11034338 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(00)01948-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Novel affinity ligands, consisting of ATP-resembling part coupled with specificity determining peptide fragment, were proposed for purification of protein kinases. Following this approach affinity sorbents based on two closely similar ligands AdoC-Aoc-Arg4-Lys and AdoC-Aoc-Arg4-NH(CH2)6NH2, where AdoC stands for adenosine-5'-carboxylic acid and Aoc for amino-octanoic acid, were synthesized and tested for purification of recombinant protein kinase A catalytic subunit directly from crude cell extract. Elution of the enzyme with MgATP as well as L-arginine yielded homogeneous protein kinase A preparation in a single purification step. Also protein kinase A from pig heart homogenate was selectively isolated using MgATP as eluting agent. Protein kinase with acidic specificity determinant (CK2) as well as other proteins possessing nucleotide binding site (L-type pyruvate kinase) or sites for wide variety of different ligands (bovine serum albumin) did not bind to the column, pointing to high selectivity of the bi-functional binding mode of the affinity ligand.
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- M Loog
- Institute of Chemical Physics, Tartu University, Estonia.
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Suto RK, Whalen MA, Finke RG. Adenosylcobalamin-dependent ribonucleoside triphosphate reductase from Lactobacillus leichmannii. Rapid, improved purification involving dGTP-based affinity chromatography plus biophysical characterization studies demonstrating enhanced, "crystallographic level" purity. Prep Biochem Biotechnol 1999; 29:273-309. [PMID: 10431931 DOI: 10.1080/10826069908544929] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Ribonucleoside triphosphate reductase (RTPR, EC 1.17.4.2) from Lactobacillus leichmannii is a 5'-deoxyadenosylcobalamin-dependent (AdoCbl; Coenzyme B12) enzyme. RTPR is also a prototypical adenosylcobalamin-dependent ribonucleotide reductase, one that, as its name indicates, converts ribonucleoside triphosphates (NTP) to deoxyribonucleoside triphosphates (dNTP). Upon substrate binding to RTPR, AdoCbl's cobalt-carbon bond is cleaved to generate cob(II)alamin, 5'-deoxyadenosine, and the cysteine (C408) derived thiyl radical. Five key cysteines (Cys 119, 408, 419, 731, and 736), from among the ten total cysteines, are involved in RTPR's catalytic mechanism. A critical examination of the RTPR isolation and purification literature suggested that the purification protocol currently used results in RTPR which contains 2040% microheterogeneity, along with minor contamination by other proteins. In addition, no report of crystalline RTPR has ever appeared. The literature indicates that irreversible cysteine oxidation (e.g., to -SO2H or -SO3H) is one highly plausible reason for the microheterogeneity of RTPR. The literature also indicates that improvement in the level of enzyme purity is the most effective next step in coaxing enzymes to crystallize that have previously failed to do so. A shortened, improved purification of RTPR has been developed, one involving a shorter purification time, a lower pH, a higher concentration of the more effective reductant DTT (all designed to help protect the cysteines from oxidation), and a final step utilizing our recently reported, improved dGTP-based affinity chromatography resin. The resultant RTPR is approximately 20-30% higher in both specific activity and in its ability to undergo single turnovers, and is homogeneous by mass spectrometry and dynamic light scattering. Additionally, the revised purification procedure eliminates > 30 proteins present in 2-3% amounts along with damaged RTPR that does not bind properly (i.e. tightly) to the dGTP-affinity resin. Finally, dGTP-based affinity chromatography purified RTPR has yielded the first reported, albeit small, single crystals of RTPR.
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- R K Suto
- Department of Biochemistry, Colorado State University, Fort Collins 80523, USA
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Grenert JP, Johnson BD, Toft DO. The importance of ATP binding and hydrolysis by hsp90 in formation and function of protein heterocomplexes. J Biol Chem 1999; 274:17525-33. [PMID: 10364185 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.25.17525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 177] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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The chaperone hsp90 is capable of binding and hydrolyzing ATP. Using information on a related ATPase, DNA gyrase B, we selected three conserved residues in hsp90's ATP-binding domain for mutation. Two of these mutations eliminate nucleotide binding, while the third retains nucleotide binding but is apparently deficient in ATP hydrolysis. We first analyzed how these mutations affect hsp90's binding to the co-chaperones p23 and Hop, and to the hydrophobic resin, phenyl-Sepharose. These experiments showed that ATP's effects, specifically, increased affinity for p23 and decreased affinity for Hop and phenyl-Sepharose, are brought on by ATP binding alone. We also tested the ability of hsp90 mutants to assist hsp70, hsp40, and Hop in the refolding of denatured firefly luciferase. While hsp90 is capable of participating in this process in a nucleotide-independent manner, the ability to hydrolyze ATP markedly potentiates hsp90's effect. Finally, we assembled progesterone receptor heterocomplexes with hsp70, hsp40, Hop, p23, and wild type or mutant hsp90. While neither ATP binding nor hydrolysis was necessary to bind hsp90 to the receptor, mature complexes containing p23 and capable of hormone binding were only obtained with wild type hsp90.
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- J P Grenert
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Graduate School, Rochester, Minnesota 55906, USA
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Sugden C, Donaghy PG, Halford NG, Hardie DG. Two SNF1-related protein kinases from spinach leaf phosphorylate and inactivate 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase, nitrate reductase, and sucrose phosphate synthase in vitro. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 1999; 120:257-74. [PMID: 10318703 PMCID: PMC59258 DOI: 10.1104/pp.120.1.257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/1998] [Accepted: 01/28/1999] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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We resolved from spinach (Spinacia oleracea) leaf extracts four Ca2+-independent protein kinase activities that phosphorylate the AMARAASAAALARRR (AMARA) and HMRSAMSGLHLVKRR (SAMS) peptides, originally designed as specific substrates for mammalian AMP-activated protein kinase and its yeast homolog, SNF1. The two major activities, HRK-A and HRK-C (3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase kinase A and C) were extensively purified and shown to be members of the plant SnRK1 (SNF1-related protein kinase 1) family using the following criteria: (a) They contain 58-kD polypeptides that cross-react with an antibody against a peptide sequence characteristic of the SnRK1 family; (b) they have similar native molecular masses and specificity for peptide substrates to mammalian AMP-activated protein kinase and the cauliflower homolog; (c) they are inactivated by homogeneous protein phosphatases and can be reactivated using the mammalian upstream kinase; and (d) they phosphorylate 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase from Arabidopsis at the inactivating site, serine (Ser)-577. We propose that HRK-A and HRK-C represent either distinct SnRK1 isoforms or the same catalytic subunit complexed with different regulatory subunits. Both kinases also rapidly phosphorylate nitrate reductase purified from spinach, which is associated with inactivation of the enzyme that is observed only in the presence of 14-3-3 protein, a characteristic of phosphorylation at Ser-543. Both kinases also inactivate spinach sucrose phosphate synthase via phosphorylation at Ser-158. The SNF1-related kinases therefore potentially regulate several major biosynthetic pathways in plants: isoprenoid synthesis, sucrose synthesis, and nitrogen assimilation for the synthesis of amino acids and nucleotides.
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- C Sugden
- Biochemistry Department, Dundee University, Medical Sciences Institute/Wellcome Trust Building Complex, Dow Street, Dundee DD1 5EH, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Shellman YG, Svee E, Sclafani RA, Langan TA. Identification and characterization of individual cyclin-dependent kinase complexes from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Yeast 1999; 15:295-309. [PMID: 10206189 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0061(19990315)15:4<295::aid-yea377>3.0.co;2-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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In S. cerevisiae, regulation of cell cycle progression is known to be carried out by a single cyclin-dependent kinase homologue, Cdc28p, acting at different stages of the cell cycle in association with various cyclins and other regulatory subunits. However, a still unsolved problem is the identification of the physiologically relevant substrates of the different Cdc28p kinase complexes which participate in this regulation. Purification and characterization of the subunit composition and enzymological properties of these Cdc28p complexes would therefore contribute substantially to our understanding of the molecular mechanisms controlling the cell cycle. We have used a combination of ammonium sulphate fractionation, nickel nitrilotriacetate affinity purification, ATP Sepharose affinity chromatography and Resource Q ion exchange chromatography to purify two different Cdc28p kinase complexes. Using specific clb deletion mutants and plasmid or genomic HA epitope-tagged CLBs, we show that one of these complexes is composed almost exclusively (93% or greater) of Clb2p-Cdc28p, whereas the other is mainly (75% or greater) Clb3p-Cdc28p. These procedures provide the basis for the analysis of regulatory, enzymatic and functional properties of individual Cdc28p kinase complexes.
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- Y G Shellman
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado Health Science Center, Denver 80262, USA
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Komori A, Sueoka E, Fujiki H, Ishii M, Kozu T. Association of MTG8 (ETO/CDR), a leukemia-related protein, with serine/threonine protein kinases and heat shock protein HSP90 in human hematopoietic cell lines. Jpn J Cancer Res 1999; 90:60-8. [PMID: 10076566 PMCID: PMC5925983 DOI: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.1999.tb00666.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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A proto-oncogene, MTG8 (ETO/CDR), is disrupted in the t(8;21) translocation associated with acute myeloid leukemia, and the gene product, MTG8, is a phosphoprotein capable of cell transformation in concert with v-H-ras. To obtain insight into functional regulation of MTG8 by phosphorylation, we studied protein kinases that interact with, and phosphorylate, MTG8 in vitro. Recombinant MTG8 protein was first found to be associated with two serine/threonine protein kinases in cell extracts from both HEL cells and a leukemic cell line carrying t(8;21). A cytoplasmic protein kinase of 61 kDa (MTG8N-kinase) phosphorylated the amino-terminal of MTG8, and another of 52 kDa (MTG8C-kinase) phosphorylated the carboxyl-terminal domain. In addition, we demonstrated that heat shock protein 90 (HSP90) specifically binds to the amino-terminal domain of MTG8 in vitro and in vivo. Thus, our results shed new light on post-translational regulation of MTG8, perturbation of which, in AML1-MTG8 protein, probably contributes to leukemogenesis.
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- A Komori
- Saitama Cancer Center Research Institute
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Damer CK, Partridge J, Pearson WR, Haystead TA. Rapid identification of protein phosphatase 1-binding proteins by mixed peptide sequencing and data base searching. Characterization of a novel holoenzymic form of protein phosphatase 1. J Biol Chem 1998; 273:24396-405. [PMID: 9733729 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.273.38.24396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Microcystin-affinity chromatography was used to purify 15 protein phosphatase 1 (PP1)-binding proteins from the myofibrillar fraction of rabbit skeletal muscle. To reduce the time and amount of material required to identify these proteins, proteome analysis by mixed peptide sequencing was developed. Proteins are resolved by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, electroblotted to polyvinylidene fluoride membrane, and stained. Bands are sliced from the membrane, cleaved briefly with CnBr, and applied without further purification to an automated Edman sequencer. The mixed peptide sequences generated are sorted and matched against the GenBank using two new programs, FASTF and TFASTF. This technology offers a simple alternative to mass spectrometry for the subpicomolar identification of proteins in polyacrylamide gels. Using this technology, all 15 proteins recovered in PP-1C affinity chromatography were sequenced. One of the proteins, PP-1bp55, was homologous to human myosin phosphatase, MYPT2. A second, PP-1bp80, identified in the EST data bases, contained a putative PP-1C binding site and a nucleotide binding motif. Further affinity purification over ATP-Sepharose isolated PP-1bp80 in a quaternary complex with PP-1C and two other proteins, PP-1bp29 and human p20. Recombinant PP-1bp80 also bound PP-1C and suppressed its activity toward a variety of substrates, suggesting that the protein is a novel regulatory subunit of PP-1.
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- C K Damer
- Departments of Pharmacology, Markey Center for Cell Signaling and Biochemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908, USA
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Suto RK, Whalen MA, Bender BR, Finke RG. Synthesis of gamma-phosphate-linked nucleoside affinity chromatography resins for protein purification, including ribonucleoside triphosphate reductase. NUCLEOSIDES & NUCLEOTIDES 1998; 17:1453-71. [PMID: 9672704 DOI: 10.1080/07328319808003480] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Seven nucleotides linked through the gamma-phosphate to diamine hydrocarbons were synthesized and coupled to Sepharose for use in protein purification affinity chromatography. The synthesis involved converting the nucleotides to nucleoside-5'- trimetaphosphates using dicyclohexyl carbodiimide, followed by nucleophilic ring opening of the trimetaphosphate with an alpha, omega-diamino hydrocarbon to generate a gamma-phosphoamide linkage in each nucleotide.
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- R K Suto
- Department of Biochemistry, Colorado State University, Fort Collins 80523, USA
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Smallwood JI, Malawista SE. An apparently novel protein of human leukocytes, reactive with an antibody to protein kinase C-gamma, is rapidly modified upon cell activation: initial characterization in neutrophils and their cytoplasts. Inflammation 1998; 22:1-28. [PMID: 9484647 DOI: 10.1023/a:1022390406225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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On immunoblots of human neutrophil cytoplasts (U-CYT), a previously undescribed 97 kDa protein was revealed by intense and selective reaction with an antibody that was initially raised to recognize PKC-gamma. Denoted "gamma-rp" for gamma-related protein, this acidic cytosolic protein somewhat resembled the classic forms of PKC in several biochemical respects. Appearing as a doublet on low-percentage SDS-PAGE gels, both its mobility and staining pattern were rapidly altered by treatment of U-CYT with either phorbol ester or chemotactic peptide. Whole neutrophil gamma-rp was detectable only after TCA precipitation of intact cells. It was also detectable in human platelets, lymphocytes, and neutrophil-like differentiated HL60 cells, but not in fibroblasts, erythrocytes, monocytes, or monocyte-like differentiated HL60 cells. Our data suggest that gamma-rp merits further study as a potential participant in cellular activation, and as a possible structural or functional relative of PKC.
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- J I Smallwood
- Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8031, USA
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Grenert JP, Sullivan WP, Fadden P, Haystead TA, Clark J, Mimnaugh E, Krutzsch H, Ochel HJ, Schulte TW, Sausville E, Neckers LM, Toft DO. The amino-terminal domain of heat shock protein 90 (hsp90) that binds geldanamycin is an ATP/ADP switch domain that regulates hsp90 conformation. J Biol Chem 1997; 272:23843-50. [PMID: 9295332 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.272.38.23843] [Citation(s) in RCA: 455] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Many functions of the chaperone, heat shock protein 90 (hsp90), are inhibited by the drug geldanamycin that specifically binds hsp90. We have studied an amino-terminal domain of hsp90 whose crystal structure has recently been solved and determined to contain a geldanamycin-binding site. We demonstrate that, in solution, drug binding is exclusive to this domain. This domain also binds ATP linked to Sepharose through the gamma-phosphate. Binding is specific for ATP and ADP and is inhibited by geldanamycin. Mutation of four glycine residues within two proposed ATP binding motifs diminishes both geldanamycin binding and the ATP-dependent conversion of hsp90 to a conformation capable of binding the co-chaperone p23. Since p23 binding requires regions outside the 1-221 domain of hsp90, these results indicate a common site for nucleotides and geldanamycin that regulates the conformation of other hsp90 domains.
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- J P Grenert
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Graduate School, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA
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DiDonato JA, Hayakawa M, Rothwarf DM, Zandi E, Karin M. A cytokine-responsive IkappaB kinase that activates the transcription factor NF-kappaB. Nature 1997; 388:548-54. [PMID: 9252186 DOI: 10.1038/41493] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1720] [Impact Index Per Article: 63.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Nuclear transcription factors of the NF-kappaB/Rel family are inhibited by IkappaB proteins, which inactivate NF-kappaB by trapping it in the cell cytoplasm. Phosphorylation of IkappaBs marks them out for destruction, thereby relieving their inhibitory effect on NF-kappaB. A cytokine-activated protein kinase complex, IKK (for IkappaB kinase), has now been purified that phosphorylates IkappaBs on the sites that trigger their degradation. A component of IKK was molecularly cloned and identified as a serine kinase. IKK turns out to be the long-sought-after protein kinase that mediates the critical regulatory step in NF-kappaB activation.
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- J A DiDonato
- Laboratory of Gene Regulation and Signal Transduction, Department of Pharmacology, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla 92093-0636, USA
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