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Fu J, Ling J, Li CF, Tsai CL, Yin W, Hou J, Chen P, Cao Y, Kang Y, Sun Y, Xia X, Jiang Z, Furukawa K, Lu Y, Wu M, Huang Q, Yao J, Hawke DH, Pan BF, Zhao J, Huang J, Wang H, Bahassi EIM, Stambrook PJ, Huang P, Fleming JB, Maitra A, Tainer JA, Hung MC, Lin C, Chiao PJ. Nardilysin-regulated scission mechanism activates polo-like kinase 3 to suppress the development of pancreatic cancer. Nat Commun 2024; 15:3149. [PMID: 38605037 PMCID: PMC11009390 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-47242-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2022] [Accepted: 03/25/2024] [Indexed: 04/13/2024] Open
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Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) develops through step-wise genetic and molecular alterations including Kras mutation and inactivation of various apoptotic pathways. Here, we find that development of apoptotic resistance and metastasis of KrasG12D-driven PDAC in mice is accelerated by deleting Plk3, explaining the often-reduced Plk3 expression in human PDAC. Importantly, a 41-kDa Plk3 (p41Plk3) that contains the entire kinase domain at the N-terminus (1-353 aa) is activated by scission of the precursor p72Plk3 at Arg354 by metalloendopeptidase nardilysin (NRDC), and the resulting p32Plk3 C-terminal Polo-box domain (PBD) is removed by proteasome degradation, preventing the inhibition of p41Plk3 by PBD. We find that p41Plk3 is the activated form of Plk3 that regulates a feed-forward mechanism to promote apoptosis and suppress PDAC and metastasis. p41Plk3 phosphorylates c-Fos on Thr164, which in turn induces expression of Plk3 and pro-apoptotic genes. These findings uncover an NRDC-regulated post-translational mechanism that activates Plk3, establishing a prototypic regulation by scission mechanism.
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- Jie Fu
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Systems Biology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Systems Biology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
- Cancer Biology Program, The University of Texas MD Anderson UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Cincinnati Cancer Institute, Cincinnati, OH, 45267, USA
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Cincinnati Cancer Institute, Cincinnati, OH, 45267, USA
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- Department of Systems Biology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
- State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510060, China
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
- Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, 33612, USA
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- Department of Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
- Cancer Biology Program, The University of Texas MD Anderson UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
- Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Research Center for Cancer Biology, Cancer Biology and Precision Therapeutics Center, and Center for Molecular Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, 406, Taiwan
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
- Cancer Biology Program, The University of Texas MD Anderson UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
- Cancer Biology Program, The University of Texas MD Anderson UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
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Yu QJ, Liang YZ, Mei XP, Fang TY. Tumor mutation burden associated with miRNA-gene interaction outcome mediates the survival of patients with liver hepatocellular carcinoma. EXCLI JOURNAL 2020; 19:861-871. [PMID: 32665773 PMCID: PMC7355149 DOI: 10.17179/excli2020-1224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2020] [Accepted: 06/15/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Tumor mutation burden (TMB) is associated with immunogenic responses and the survival of cancer patients. This study demonstrates how TMB levels impact the immune-related cells, genes, and miRNAs, and how miRNA/gene interactions respond to variations in the survival rate of patients with liver hepatocellular carcinoma (LIHC). LIHC patients were divided into two groups, either a low TMB (< median) or a high TMB (≥ median) group. We found that high TMB plays a positive role in immune-mediated infiltration, generating more CD4 T-cells and memory B cells. Among the 21 immune genes that altered significantly, only C9orf24 and CYP1A1 were expected to up-regulate in LIHC patients with high TMB. A total of 19 miRNAs, which regulate various functional pathways, were significantly altered in patients with LIHC. One of the miRNA/gene pair, hsa-miR-33a/ALDH1A3 was significantly associated with the survival rate of LIHC patients. Our results suggest that LIHC patients with high TMB can be treated more effectively with immunotherapy.
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- Qing-Jiang Yu
- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Jiaxing University, Jiaxing 314000, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Second Affiliated Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Quanzhou 362000, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Jiaxing University, Jiaxing 314000, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Second Affiliated Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Quanzhou 362000, China
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Sekar MC, Shahiwala K, Leloup L, Wells A. Modulation of Epidermal Growth Factor Stimulated ERK Phosphorylation and Cell Motility by Inositol Trisphosphate Kinase. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014. [PMID: 26213696 DOI: 10.1166/jpsp.2014.1010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Epidermal growth factor [EGF] mediated stimulation of its receptor in endothelial cell [EC] is accompanied by phosphorylation of the EGF-receptor [EGFR] and activation of phospholipase C-γ, resulting in the breakdown of phosphatidylinositol(4,5)-bisphosphate and generating inositol (1,4,5)-trisphosphate [IP3] and diacylglycerol. IP3 thus formed can be further converted to inositol (1,3,4,5)-tetrakisphosphate [IP4] by an enzyme called IP3-kinase [IP3K]. In this study we have investigated the effect of modulation of intracellular IP3K activity by the use of an inhibitor, 2-trifluoromethyl [6-(4-nitrobenzyl)-purine] [IP3KI] and siRNA against IP3KB on EGF-induced ERK-phosphorylation and cell motility. EGF stimulated ERK-phosphorylation that has been implicated in EGF-stimulated cell migration was inhibited by both IP3KI and siRNA against IP3KB. Inhibition of ERK-phosphorylation was accompanied by decreased cell migration in the presence of IP3KI.
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- M C Sekar
- College of Pharmacy, University of Findlay, Findlay, 45840, OH, USA
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- College of Pharmacy, University of Findlay, Findlay, 45840, OH, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, 15261, PA, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, 15261, PA, USA
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Bernstein HG, Stricker R, Dobrowolny H, Steiner J, Bogerts B, Trübner K, Reiser G. Nardilysin in human brain diseases: both friend and foe. Amino Acids 2013; 45:269-78. [PMID: 23604405 DOI: 10.1007/s00726-013-1499-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2013] [Accepted: 04/06/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Nardilysin is a metalloprotease that cleaves peptides, such as dynorphin-A, α-neoendorphin, and glucagon, at the N-terminus of arginine and lysine residues in dibasic moieties. It has various functionally important molecular interaction partners (heparin-binding epidermal growth factor-like growth factor, tumour necrosis factor-α-converting enzyme, neuregulin 1, beta-secretase 1, malate dehydrogenase, P42(IP4)/centaurin-α1, the histone H3 dimethyl Lys4, and others) and is involved in a plethora of normal brain functions. Less is known about possible implications of nardilysin for brain diseases. This review, which includes some of our own recent findings, attempts to summarize the current knowledge on possible roles of nardilysin in Alzheimer disease, Down syndrome, schizophrenia, mood disorders, alcohol abuse, heroin addiction, and cancer. We herein show that nardilysin is a Janus-faced enzyme with regard to brain pathology, being probably neuropathogenic in some diseases, but neuroprotective in others.
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- H-G Bernstein
- Department of Psychiatry, Otto-v.-Guericke University Magdeburg, Germany.
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Decreased expression of nardilysin in SH-SY5Y cells under ethanol stress and reduced density of nardilysin-expressing neurons in brains of alcoholics. J Psychiatr Res 2013; 47:343-9. [PMID: 23219461 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2012.11.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2012] [Revised: 10/05/2012] [Accepted: 11/09/2012] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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There is evidence for a genetic link between the metalloendopeptidase nardilysin and alcohol dependence, but the functional implication of the enzyme in alcoholism is unknown. Interestingly, some of the enzyme's substrates and interaction partners are altered in neural and non-neural tissues under the influence of ethanol consumption. To learn more about putative roles of nardilysin in alcohol dependence we studied the expression of the enzyme protein in human neuroblastoma cells under chronic ethanol exposure as well as in four brain regions of alcoholics and matched controls. Cultured SH-SY5Y cells were exposed for 96 h to two different concentrations of ethanol (50 and 200 mM). Nardilysin expression was determined using Western blotting with densitometric analysis. Furthermore, we morphometrically studied the cellular expression of nardilysin in postmortem brains of eight chronic alcoholics and nine controls by counting the number of nardilysin-immunopositive neurons in left frontal limbic area, Nuc. basalis of Meynert, paraventricular and supraoptic hypothalamic nuclei and calculating numerical cell densities. Nardilysin expression was significantly reduced after 96 h of SH-SY5Y cells exposure to 200 mM ethanol. In human brains nardilysin protein was localized to multiple neurons. In heavy drinkers there was a significantly reduced density of nardilysin immunoreactive neurons in Nuc. basalis of Meynert, paraventricular, and supraoptic nuclei. The alcohol-dependent reduction of nardilysin in cell culture and nervous tissue points to an implication of the enzyme in the pathophysiology of alcoholism.
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Zuccotti P, Cartelli D, Stroppi M, Pandini V, Venturin M, Aliverti A, Battaglioli E, Cappelletti G, Riva P. Centaurin-α₂ interacts with β-tubulin and stabilizes microtubules. PLoS One 2012; 7:e52867. [PMID: 23285209 PMCID: PMC3527619 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0052867] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2012] [Accepted: 11/23/2012] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Centaurin-α₂ is a GTPase-activating protein for ARF (ARFGAP) showing a diffuse cytoplasmic localization capable to translocate to membrane, where it binds phosphatidylinositols. Taking into account that Centaurin-α₂ can localize in cytoplasm and that its cytoplasmatic function is not well defined, we searched for further interactors by yeast two-hybrid assay to investigate its biological function. We identified a further Centaurin-α₂ interacting protein, β-Tubulin, by yeast two-hybrid assay. The interaction, involving the C-terminal region of β-Tubulin, has been confirmed by coimmunoprecipitation experiments. After Centaurin-α₂ overexpression in HeLa cells and extraction of soluble (αβ dimers) and insoluble (microtubules) fractions of Tubulin, we observed that Centaurin-α₂ mainly interacts with the polymerized Tubulin fraction, besides colocalizing with microtubules (MTs) in cytoplasm accordingly. Even following the depolimerizing Tubulin treatments Centaurin-α₂ remains mainly associated to nocodazole- and cold-resistant MTs. We found an increase of MT stability in transfected HeLa cells, evaluating as marker of stability the level of MT acetylation. In vitro assays using purified Centaurin-α₂ and tubulin confirmed that Centaurin-α₂ promotes tubulin assembly and increases microtubule stability. The biological effect of Centaurin-α₂ overexpression, assessed through the detection of an increased number of mitotic HeLa cells with bipolar spindles and with the correct number of centrosomes in both dividing and not dividing cells, is consistent with the Centaurin-α₂ role on MT stabilization. Centaurin-α₂ interacts with β-Tubulin and it mainly associates to MTs, resistant to destabilizing agents, in vitro and in cell. We propose Centaurin-α₂ as a new microtubule-associated protein (MAP) increasing MT stability.
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- Paola Zuccotti
- Dipartimento di Biotecnologie Mediche e Medicina Traslazionale, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Bioscienze, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Biotecnologie Mediche e Medicina Traslazionale, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Bioscienze, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Biotecnologie Mediche e Medicina Traslazionale, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Biotecnologie Mediche e Medicina Traslazionale, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Biotecnologie Mediche e Medicina Traslazionale, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy
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Borrmann C, Stricker R, Reiser G. Tubulin potentiates the interaction of the metalloendopeptidase nardilysin with the neuronal scaffold protein p42IP4/centaurin-α1 (ADAP1). Cell Tissue Res 2011; 346:89-98. [PMID: 21972134 DOI: 10.1007/s00441-011-1245-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2011] [Accepted: 09/12/2011] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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We found colocalization of the neuronal protein p42(IP4) (centaurin-α1; ArfGAP with dual pleckstrin homology domain [ADAP1]), the metalloendopeptidase nardilysin (NRD; involved in axonal maturation and myelination) and tubulin in the cytosol and at the plasma membrane of SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cells. To examine the importance of tubulin for the interaction of NRD with p42(IP4), we treated cells with nocodazole, which interferes with tubulin polymerization. Nocodazole did not affect the colocalization of p42(IP4) and tubulin but caused a clear redistribution of the proteins in cells, so that the colocalization of p42(IP4), tubulin and NRD was visible exclusively in multiple foci. To reveal the mechanism of the interaction between NRD, p42(IP4) and tubulin observed in neuronal cells, we performed Far-Western blotting, a technique that directly detects protein-protein interactions on Western blots. This technique demonstrated that tubulin enhanced the binding of NRD to functionally renatured p42(IP4). The mutation of a highly conserved cysteine residue in NRD to alanine abolished the potentiation by tubulin. NRD lacking the characteristic acidic domain was able to bind p42(IP4) but addition of tubulin did not significantly potentiate the binding of this deletion mutant to p42(IP4). A function-abolishing mutation of the Zn(2+)-binding motif of NRD did not affect the potentiation by tubulin. Thus, the capacity of tubulin to enhance the interaction between p42(IP4) and NRD together with the known interaction of p42(IP4) with F-actin support the novel notion that p42(IP4) plays a possible role as a linker between the two networks, actin and tubulin, in neural cells.
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- Claudia Borrmann
- Institut für Neurobiochemie, Medizinische Fakultät der Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
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Borrmann C, Stricker R, Reiser G. Retinoic acid-induced upregulation of the metalloendopeptidase nardilysin is accelerated by co-expression of the brain-specific protein p42(IP4) (centaurin α 1; ADAP1) in neuroblastoma cells. Neurochem Int 2011; 59:936-44. [PMID: 21801775 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2011.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2011] [Revised: 07/02/2011] [Accepted: 07/05/2011] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The mainly neuronally expressed protein p42(IP4) (centaurin α1; ADAP1), which interacts with the metalloendopeptidase nardilysin (NRD) was found to be localized in neuritic plaques in Alzheimer disease (AD) brains. NRD was shown to enhance the cleavage of the amyloid precursor protein (APP) by α-secretases, thereby increasing the release of neuroprotective sAPPα. We here investigated in vitro the biochemical interaction of p42(IP4) and NRD and studied the physiological interaction in SH-SY5Y cells. NRD is a member of the M16 family of metalloendopeptidases. Some members of this M16 family act bi-functionally, as protease and as non-enzymatic scaffold protein. Here, we show that p42(IP4) enhances the enzymatic activity of NRD 3-4 times. However, p42(IP4) is not a substrate for NRD. Furthermore, we report that differentiation of SH-SY5Y cells by stimulation with 10μM retinoic acid (RA) results in upregulation of NRD protein levels, with a 6-fold rise after 15 days. NRD is expressed in the neurites of RA-stimulated SH-SY5Y cells, and localized in vesicular structures. Since p42(IP4) is not expressed in untreated SH-SY5Y cells, we could use this cell system as a model to find out, whether there is a functional interaction. Interestingly, SH-SY5Y cells, which we stably transfected with GFP-tagged-p42(IP4) showed an enhanced NRD protein expression already at an earlier time point after RA stimulation.
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- Claudia Borrmann
- Institut für Neurobiochemie, Medizinische Fakultät der Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg, Leipziger Str. 44, 39120 Magdeburg, Germany
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Sauer K, Cooke MP. Regulation of immune cell development through soluble inositol-1,3,4,5-tetrakisphosphate. Nat Rev Immunol 2010; 10:257-71. [PMID: 20336153 PMCID: PMC2922113 DOI: 10.1038/nri2745] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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The membrane lipid phosphatidylinositol-3,4,5-trisphosphate (PtdInsP(3)) regulates membrane receptor signalling in many cells, including immunoreceptor signalling. Here, we review recent data that have indicated essential roles for the soluble PtdInsP(3) analogue inositol-1,3,4,5-tetrakisphosphate (InsP(4)) in T cell, B cell and neutrophil development and function. Decreased InsP(4) production in leukocytes causes immunodeficiency in mice and might contribute to inflammatory vasculitis in Kawasaki disease in humans. InsP(4)-producing kinases could therefore provide attractive drug targets for inflammatory and infectious diseases.
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- Karsten Sauer
- Department of Immunology and Microbial Science, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, USA.
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Chow KM, Gakh O, Payne IC, Juliano MA, Juliano L, Isaya G, Hersh LB. Mammalian pitrilysin: substrate specificity and mitochondrial targeting. Biochemistry 2009; 48:2868-77. [PMID: 19196155 DOI: 10.1021/bi8016125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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The substrate specificity of the mitochondrial metallopeptidase proteinase 1 (MP1) was investigated and its mitochondrial targeting signal identified. The substrate specificity of MP1 was examined with physiological peptides as substrates. Although the enzyme exhibits broad substrate specificity, there is a trend for peptides containing 13 or more residues to exhibit K(m) values of 2 muM or less. Three of four peptides containing 11 or fewer residues exhibited K(m) values above 10 muM. Similarly, peptides containing 13 or more residues exhibited k(cat) values below 10 min(-1), while three of four peptides containing 11 or fewer residues exhibited k(cat) values above 30 min(-1). Many of the peptide cleavage sites of MP1 resemble that of the mitochondrial processing protease (MPP); however, MP1 does not process the precursor form of citrate synthase. The enzyme, however, does cleave the released prepeptide from precitrate synthase. A mitochondria localization was shown in MP1 transfected NT2 and HepG2 cells. Deletion of the N-terminal 15 amino acids caused MP1 to be mislocalized to the cytoplasm and nucleus. Furthermore, when fused to green flourescent protein, this 15-amino acid N-terminal sequence directed the fusion protein to the mitochondria.
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- K Martin Chow
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, University of Kentucky, B283 BBSRB, 741 South Limestone Street, Lexington, Kentucky 40536-0509, USA
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Galvita A, Grachev D, Azarashvili T, Baburina Y, Krestinina O, Stricker R, Reiser G. The brain-specific protein, p42(IP4) (ADAP 1) is localized in mitochondria and involved in regulation of mitochondrial Ca2+. J Neurochem 2009; 109:1701-13. [PMID: 19383085 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2009.06089.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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In brain, p42(IP4) (centaurin-alpha1; recently named ADAP 1, which signifies ADP ribosylation factor GTPase activating protein with dual PH domains 1, within the large family of Arf-GTPase activating proteins) is mainly expressed in neurons. p42(IP4) operates as a dual receptor recognising two second messengers, the soluble inositol(1,3,4,5)tetrakisphosphate and the lipid phosphatidylinositol(3,4,5)trisphosphate. We show here for the first time that p42(IP4) is localized in mitochondria, isolated from rat brain and from cells transfected with p42(IP4). In rat brain mitochondria we additionally found interaction of p42(IP4) with 2', 3'-cyclic nucleotide 3'-phosphodiesterase and alpha-tubulin by pull-down binding assay and by immunoprecipitation. In mitochondria from Chinese hamster ovary cells, p42(IP4) is predominantly associated with the intermembrane space and the inner membrane. This localization of p42(IP4) indicates that p42(IP4) might have a still unknown mitochondrial function. We studied whether p42(IP4) is involved in Ca(2+)-induced permeability transition pore opening, which is important in mitochondrial events leading to programmed cell death. We used mouse neuroblastoma cells as a model for the functional studies of p42(IP4) in mitochondria. In mitochondria isolated from p42(IP4)-transfected mouse neuroblastoma cells, over-expression of p42(IP4) significantly decreased Ca(2+) capacity and lag time for Ca(2+) retention. Thus, we suggest that p42(IP4) is involved in the regulation of Ca(2+) transport in mitochondria. We propose that p42(IP4) promotes Ca(2+)-induced permeability transition pore opening and thus destabilizes mitochondria.
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- Anastasia Galvita
- Institut für Neurobiochemie, Medizinische Fakultät, Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
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Bernstein HG, Stricker R, Lendeckel U, Bertram I, Dobrowolny H, Steiner J, Bogerts B, Reiser G. Reduced neuronal co-localisation of nardilysin and the putative alpha-secretases ADAM10 and ADAM17 in Alzheimer's disease and Down syndrome brains. AGE (DORDRECHT, NETHERLANDS) 2009; 31:11-25. [PMID: 19234765 PMCID: PMC2645990 DOI: 10.1007/s11357-008-9076-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2008] [Accepted: 07/29/2008] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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The peptidase nardilysin is involved in degradation of neuropeptides and limited intracellular proteolysis. Recent reports point to an involvement of nardilysin in the pathophysiology of Alzheimer's disease. Nardilysin enhances the alpha-secretase activity of the disintegrin and metalloproteases (ADAMs) 10 and 17, thereby possibly contributing to reduced generation of amyloidogenic fragments from the amyloid precursor protein. A prerequisite for the alpha-secretase-stimulating effect of nardilysin on the activity of ADAMs in vivo is cellular co-expression of nardilysin with ADAM10 and/or ADAM17. We immunolocalised nardilysin, ADAM10, and ADAM17 in cortical regions of normal aged brain, in Alzheimer's disease, and in Down syndrome brains and counted the number of protease-expressing neurons. A considerable portion of neurons co-express nardilysin together with either ADAM10 or ADAM17. Compared to controls, in Alzheimer's disease and in Down syndrome brains there is a decreased cellular expression of all three antigens, and a reduction in the number of those neurons that co-express nardilysin with ADAM10 or with ADAM17. Our data are consistent with the notion that the proposed alpha-secretase-enhancing activity of nardilysin might play a role in human brain pathology.
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Affiliation(s)
- Hans-Gert Bernstein
- Department of Psychiatry, Medical Faculty, University of Magdeburg, Leipziger Str. 44, 39120, Magdeburg, Germany.
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Haase A, Nordmann C, Sedehizade F, Borrmann C, Reiser G. RanBPM, a novel interaction partner of the brain-specific protein p42IP4/centaurin α-1. J Neurochem 2008; 105:2237-48. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2008.05308.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Moore CD, Thacker EE, Larimore J, Gaston D, Underwood A, Kearns B, Patterson SI, Jackson T, Chapleau C, Pozzo-Miller L, Theibert A. The neuronal Arf GAP centaurin alpha1 modulates dendritic differentiation. J Cell Sci 2007; 120:2683-93. [PMID: 17635995 PMCID: PMC2810648 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.006346] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Centaurin alpha1 is an Arf GTPase-activating protein (GAP) that is highly expressed in the nervous system. In the current study, we show that endogenous centaurin alpha1 protein is localized in the synaptosome fraction, with peak expression in early postnatal development. In cultured dissociated hippocampal neurons, centaurin alpha1 localizes to dendrites, dendritic spines and the postsynaptic region. siRNA-mediated knockdown of centaurin alpha1 levels or overexpression of a GAP-inactive mutant of centaurin alpha1 leads to inhibition of dendritic branching, dendritic filopodia and spine-like protrusions in dissociated hippocampal neurons. Overexpression of wild-type centaurin alpha1 in cultured hippocampal neurons in early development enhances dendritic branching, and increases dendritic filopodia and lamellipodia. Both filopodia and lamellipodia have been implicated in dendritic branching and spine formation. Following synaptogenesis in cultured neurons, wild-type centaurin alpha1 expression increases dendritic filopodia and spine-like protrusions. Expression of a GAP-inactive mutant diminishes spine density in CA1 pyramidal neurons within cultured organotypic hippocampal slice cultures. These data support the conclusion that centaurin alpha1 functions through GAP-dependent Arf regulation of dendritic branching and spines that underlie normal dendritic differentiation and development.
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- Carlene D. Moore
- Department of Neurobiology and Civitan International Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology and Civitan International Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology and Civitan International Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology and Civitan International Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology and Civitan International Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology and Civitan International Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
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- IHEM-CONICET, Departmento de Morfo-Fisiología, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Mendoza, Argentina
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- Departments of Physiology and Dermatology, School of Clinical and Laboratory Sciences, Medical School, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4HH, UK
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- Department of Neurobiology and Civitan International Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology and Civitan International Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology and Civitan International Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
- Author for correspondence ()
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Bernstein HG, Stricker R, Dobrowolny H, Trübner K, Bogerts B, Reiser G. Histochemical evidence for wide expression of the metalloendopeptidase nardilysin in human brain neurons. Neuroscience 2007; 146:1513-23. [PMID: 17442499 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2007.02.057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2007] [Revised: 02/22/2007] [Accepted: 02/22/2007] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Nardilysin is a metalloendopeptidase that in vitro cleaves peptides such as dynorphin-A, somatostatin-28, alpha-neoendorphin and glucagon at the N-terminus of arginine and lysine residues in dibasic moieties. The enzyme is highly expressed in many endocrine tissues. Nardilysin has also been found in the brain. Previously, we have detected that nardilysin interacts with brain-specific proteins, i.e. p42(IP4)/centaurin-alpha1 [Stricker R, Chow KM, Walther D, Hanck T, Hersh LB, Reiser G (2006) Interaction of the brain specific protein p42(IP4)/centaurin-alpha1 with the peptidase nardilysin is regulated by the cognate ligands of p42(IP4), PtdIns(3,4,5)P(3) and Ins(1,3,4,5)P(4), with stereospecificity. J Neurochem 98:343-354]. However, very little is known about the distribution of nardilysin in the brain. The aim of the present study was to reveal its regional distribution and cellular localization in developing and adult human brain. Using immunohistochemistry and Western blot analysis we demonstrate that the enzyme is widely, but unevenly, expressed in the human brain. We found high staining intensity in the hypothalamus, neocortex and brain stem nuclei. The cellular localization is almost exclusively confined to neurons. In pre- and perinatal human brain cortex, most neurons express the enzyme. In cortical neurons nardilysin protein was found to be partially co-localized with parvalbumin but not calretinin. No co-expression was seen with somatostatin-28 immunoreactivity. A considerable overlap was revealed between p42(IP4) and nardilysin. Our data support the hypothesis that nardilysin might possibly play a role in brain development, whereas its putative function in brain peptide metabolism remains to be clarified further.
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- H-G Bernstein
- Department of Psychiatry, Medical Faculty of University of Magdeburg, Leipziger Str. 44, D-39120 Magdeburg, Germany.
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