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Costabel D, Nabiyan A, Chettri A, Jacobi F, Heiland M, Guthmuller J, Kupfer S, Wächtler M, Dietzek-Ivanšić B, Streb C, Schacher FH, Peneva K. Diiodo-BODIPY Sensitizing of the [Mo 3S 13] 2- Cluster for Noble-Metal-Free Visible-Light-Driven Hydrogen Evolution within a Polyampholytic Matrix. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2023; 15:20833-20842. [PMID: 37026740 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c18529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
Abstract
We report on a photocatalytic setup that utilizes the organic photosensitizer (PS) diiodo-BODIPY and the non-precious-metal-based hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) catalyst (NH4)2[Mo3S13] together with a polyampholytic unimolecular matrix poly(dehydroalanine)-graft-poly(ethylene glycol) (PDha-g-PEG) in aqueous media. The system shows exceptionally high performance with turnover numbers (TON > 7300) and turnover frequencies (TOF > 450 h-1) that are typical for noble-metal-containing systems. Excited-state absorption spectra reveal the formation of a long-lived triplet state of the PS in both aqueous and organic media. The system is a blueprint for developing noble-metal-free HER in water. Component optimization, e.g., by modification of the meso substituent of the PS and the composition of the HER catalyst, is further possible.
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- Daniel Costabel
- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Lessingstraße 8, 07743 Jena, Germany
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Lessingstraße 8, 07743 Jena, Germany
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Helmholtzweg 4, 07743 Jena, Germany
- Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology Jena, Albert-Einstein-Straße 9, 07745 Jena, Germany
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Lessingstraße 8, 07743 Jena, Germany
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry I, Ulm University, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, 89081 Ulm, Germany
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- Institute of Physics and Applied Computer Science, Faculty of Applied Physics and Mathematics, Gdansk University of Technology, 80233 Gdańsk, Poland
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Helmholtzweg 4, 07743 Jena, Germany
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Helmholtzweg 4, 07743 Jena, Germany
- Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology Jena, Albert-Einstein-Straße 9, 07745 Jena, Germany
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Helmholtzweg 4, 07743 Jena, Germany
- Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology Jena, Albert-Einstein-Straße 9, 07745 Jena, Germany
- Center for Energy and Environmental Chemistry and Jena Center of Soft Matter, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Philosophenweg 7a, 07743 Jena, Germany
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry I, Ulm University, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, 89081 Ulm, Germany
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Lessingstraße 8, 07743 Jena, Germany
- Center for Energy and Environmental Chemistry and Jena Center of Soft Matter, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Philosophenweg 7a, 07743 Jena, Germany
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Lessingstraße 8, 07743 Jena, Germany
- Center for Energy and Environmental Chemistry and Jena Center of Soft Matter, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Philosophenweg 7a, 07743 Jena, Germany
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Waly SM, Karlsson JKG, Waddell PG, Benniston AC, Harriman A. Light-Harvesting Crystals Formed from BODIPY-Proline Biohybrid Conjugates: Antenna Effects and Excitonic Coupling. J Phys Chem A 2022; 126:1530-1541. [PMID: 35230124 PMCID: PMC9097531 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.2c00035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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A boron dipyrromethene (BODIPY) derivative
bearing a cis-proline residue at the meso-position crystallizes
in the form of platelets with strong (i.e., ΦF =
0.34) red fluorescence, but the absorption and emission spectra differ
markedly from those for dilute solutions. A key building block for
the crystal is a pseudo-dimer where hydrogen bonding
aligns the proline groups and separates the terminal chromophores
by ca. 25 Å. Comparison with a covalently linked bichromophore
suggests that one-dimensional (1D) excitonic coupling between the
terminals is too small to perturb the optical properties. However,
accretion of the pseudo-dimer forms narrow channels
possessing a high density of chromophores. The resultant absorption
spectrum exhibits strong excitonic splitting, which can be explained
quantitatively using the extended dipole approach and allowing for
coupling between ca. 30 BODIPY units. Fluorescence, which decays with
a lifetime of 2.2 ns, is assigned to a delocalized and (slightly)
super-radiant BODIPY dimer situated at the interface and populated
via electronic energy transfer from the interior.
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The defining characteristic of eukaryotic cells is the segregation of critical cellular functions within various membrane bound cellular organelles, including the nucleus, endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi apparatus, lysosomes, and mitochondria. Cell biologists therefore have extensively utilized organelle specific counterstains to help identify the localization of specific proteins or other targets of interest in order to garner an understanding of either their potential functions or their effects on the cell. There currently is a wide array of fluorescent dyes and reagents that can be utilized in live and fixed cells to identify organelles, thereby creating challenges in both choosing between the plethora of options and optimizing their use. Here we present a discussion of commonly utilized commercially available organelle dyes and summarize the factors that influence selection of the various dyes for: a given organelle; live versus fixed cellular conditions; adaptation to a specific protocol; spectral multiplexing; or matching excitation/emission spectra to available imaging equipment. Also presented are recommended protocols for a typical example reagent that can be reliably utilized to visualize its target cellular organelle.
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- Timothy Paul Foster
- Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Parasitology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, USA.
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Hadrup N, Frederiksen M, Sharma AK. Toxicity of boric acid, borax and other boron containing compounds: A review. Regul Toxicol Pharmacol 2021; 121:104873. [PMID: 33485927 DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2021.104873] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2020] [Revised: 01/06/2021] [Accepted: 01/18/2021] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Boron, often in the form of boric acid, is widely used as a flame retardant in insulation products, and although humans ingest boron through food, high exposure may lead to unwanted health effects. We assessed the toxicity of boric acid, borax and other forms of boron, after inhalation, dermal and oral exposure. After oral exposure, boron is absorbed over the gastrointestinal tract. Intact skin seems to pose a more effective barrier to boron than compromised skin. Boron excretion seems to mainly occur via the urine, although after skin exposure boron has been demonstrated in bile and gastrointestinal contents. Inhalation toxicity data are sparse, but one animal study showed reduced foetal weight after inhalation of cellulose that had a boric acid content of 20%. Skin exposure to boric acid has proven fatal in some cases, and the range of toxicity effects include abdominal as well as local effects on the skin. Fatalities from boric acid also have occurred after oral ingestion, and the endpoints in animals are weight loss and reproductive toxicity. Concerning genotoxicity studies, the overall picture indicates that boron-containing compounds are not genotoxic. There was no evidence of the carcinogenicity of boric acid in a 2-year study in mice.
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- Niels Hadrup
- National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen, DK, 2100, Denmark.
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- National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen, DK, 2100, Denmark
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- Division for Risk Assessment and Nutrition, Group for Chemical Risk Assessment and GMO, National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark.
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Gemen J, Ahrens J, Shimon LJW, Klajn R. Modulating the Optical Properties of BODIPY Dyes by Noncovalent Dimerization within a Flexible Coordination Cage. J Am Chem Soc 2020; 142:17721-17729. [PMID: 33006898 PMCID: PMC7564082 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c08589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
Abstract
Aggregation of organic molecules can drastically affect their physicochemical properties. For instance, the optical properties of BODIPY dyes are inherently related to the degree of aggregation and the mutual orientation of BODIPY units within these aggregates. Whereas the noncovalent aggregation of various BODIPY dyes has been studied in diverse media, the ill-defined nature of these aggregates has made it difficult to elucidate the structure-property relationships. Here, we studied the encapsulation of three structurally simple BODIPY derivatives within the hydrophobic cavity of a water-soluble, flexible PdII6L4 coordination cage. The cavity size allowed for the selective encapsulation of two dye molecules, irrespective of the substitution pattern on the BODIPY core. Working with a model, a pentamethyl-substituted derivative, we found that the mutual orientation of two BODIPY units in the cage's cavity was remarkably similar to that in the crystalline state of the free dye, allowing us to isolate and characterize the smallest possible noncovalent H-type BODIPY aggregate, namely, an H-dimer. Interestingly, a CF3-substituted BODIPY, known for forming J-type aggregates, was also encapsulated as an H-dimer. Taking advantage of the dynamic nature of encapsulation, we developed a system in which reversible switching between H- and J-aggregates can be induced for multiple cycles simply by addition and subsequent destruction of the cage. We expect that the ability to rapidly and reversibly manipulate the optical properties of supramolecular inclusion complexes in aqueous media will open up avenues for developing detection systems that operate within biological environments.
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- Julius Gemen
- Department
of Organic Chemistry, Weizmann Institute
of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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- Department
of Organic Chemistry, Weizmann Institute
of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
- BASF
SE, Carl-Bosch-Straße
38, 67056 Ludwigshafen
am Rhein, Germany
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- Chemical
Research Support, Weizmann Institute of
Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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- Department
of Organic Chemistry, Weizmann Institute
of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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Colaco A, Kaya E, Adriaenssens E, Davis LC, Zampieri S, Fernández‐Suárez ME, Tan CY, Deegan PB, Porter FD, Galione A, Bembi B, Dardis A, Platt FM. Mechanistic convergence and shared therapeutic targets in Niemann-Pick disease. J Inherit Metab Dis 2020; 43:574-585. [PMID: 31707734 PMCID: PMC7317544 DOI: 10.1002/jimd.12191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2019] [Revised: 10/31/2019] [Accepted: 11/08/2019] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Niemann-Pick disease type C (NPC) and Tangier disease are genetically and clinically distinct rare inborn errors of metabolism. NPC is caused by defects in either NPC1 or NPC2; whereas Tangier disease is caused by a defect in ABCA1. Tangier disease is currently without therapy, whereas NPC can be treated with miglustat, a small molecule inhibitor of glycosphingolipid biosynthesis that slows the neurological course of the disease. When a Tangier disease patient was misdiagnosed with NPC and treated with miglustat, her symptoms improved. This prompted us to consider whether there is mechanistic convergence between these two apparently unrelated rare inherited metabolic diseases. In this study, we found that when ABCA1 is defective (Tangier disease) there is secondary inhibition of the NPC disease pathway, linking these two diseases at the level of cellular pathophysiology. In addition, this study further supports the hypothesis that miglustat, as well as other substrate reduction therapies, may be potential therapeutic agents for treating Tangier disease as fibroblasts from multiple Tangier patients were corrected by miglustat treatment.
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- Department of PharmacologyUniversity of OxfordOxfordUK
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- Lysosomal Disorders UnitAddenbrooke's HospitalCambridgeUK
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- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIHBethesdaMaryland
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- University Hospital Santa Maria della MisericordiaUdineItaly
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- University Hospital Santa Maria della MisericordiaUdineItaly
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Single-molecule localization microscopy and tracking with red-shifted states of conventional BODIPY conjugates in living cells. Nat Commun 2019; 10:3400. [PMID: 31363088 PMCID: PMC6667493 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-11384-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2019] [Accepted: 07/11/2019] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Single-molecule localization microscopy (SMLM) is a rapidly evolving technique to resolve subcellular structures and single-molecule dynamics at the nanoscale. Here, we employ conventional BODIPY conjugates for live-cell SMLM via their previously reported red-shifted ground-state dimers (DII), which transiently form through bi-molecular encounters and emit bright single-molecule fluorescence. We employ the versatility of DII-state SMLM to resolve the nanoscopic spatial regulation and dynamics of single fatty acid analogs (FAas) and lipid droplets (LDs) in living yeast and mammalian cells with two colors. In fed cells, FAas localize to the endoplasmic reticulum and LDs of ~125 nm diameter. Upon fasting, however, FAas form dense, non-LD clusters of ~100 nm diameter at the plasma membrane and transition from free diffusion to confined immobilization. Our reported SMLM capability of conventional BODIPY conjugates is further demonstrated by imaging lysosomes in mammalian cells and enables simple and versatile live-cell imaging of sub-cellular structures at the nanoscale. Single-molecule localization microscopy (SMLM) requires the use of fluorophores with specific sets of properties. Here the authors employ conventional BODIPY dyes as SMLM fluorophores by making use of rarely reported red-shifted ground state BODIPY dimers to image fatty acids, lipid droplets and lysosomes at single-molecule resolution.
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Microbubble-based enhancement of radiation effect: Role of cell membrane ceramide metabolism. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0181951. [PMID: 28746357 PMCID: PMC5528834 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0181951] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2016] [Accepted: 07/10/2017] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Ultrasound (US) stimulated microbubbles (MB) is a new treatment approach that sensitizes cancer cells to radiation (XRT). The molecular pathways in this response remain unelucidated, however, previous data has supported a role for cell membrane-metabolism related pathways including an up regulation of UDP glycosyltransferase 8 (UGT8), which catalyzes the transfer of galactose to ceramide, a lipid that is associated with the induction of apoptotic signalling. In this study, the role of UGT8 in responses of prostate tumours to ultrasound-stimulated microbubble radiation enhancement therapy is investigated. Experiments were carried out with cells in vitro and tumours in vivo in which UGT8 levels had been up regulated or down regulated. Genetically modified PC3 cells were treated with XRT, US+MB, or a combination of XRT+US+MB. An increase in the immunolabelling of ceramide was observed in cells where UGT8 was down-regulated as opposed to cells where UGT8 was either not regulated or was up-regulated. Clonogenic assays have revealed a decreased level of cellular survival with the down-regulation of UGT8. Xenograft tumours generated from stably transfected PC3 cells were also treated with US+MB, XRT or US+MB+XRT. Histology demonstrated more cellular damage in tumours with down-regulated UGT8 in comparison with control tumours. In contrast, tumours with up-regulated UGT8 had less damage than control tumours. Power Doppler imaging indicated a reduction in the vascular index with UGT8 down-regulation and photoacoustic imaging revealed a reduction in oxygen saturation. This was contrary to when UGT8 was up regulated. The down regulation of UGT8 led to the accumulation of ceramide resulting in more cell death signalling and therefore, a greater enhancement of radiation effect when vascular disruption takes place through the use of ultrasound-stimulated microbubbles.
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Nevo-Yassaf I, Lovelle M, Nahmias Y, Hirschberg K, Sklan EH. Live cell imaging and analysis of lipid droplets biogenesis in hepatatis C virus infected cells. Methods 2017; 127:30-36. [PMID: 28526563 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymeth.2017.05.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2017] [Revised: 05/11/2017] [Accepted: 05/13/2017] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Lipid droplets (LDs) are regulated neutral lipid storage organelles having a central role in numerous cellular processes as well as in various pathologies such as metabolic disorders, immune responses and during pathogen infection. Due to the growing significance of LDs, extensive efforts are made to study the mechanism and the dynamics of their formation and life history and how are these diverted or modified by pathogens. Real-time visualization of lipid droplet biogenesis can assist in clarifying these and other important issues and may have implications towards understanding the pathogenesis of the associated diseases. Typically, LDs are post-experimentally stained using lipophilic dyes and are visualized under a microscope. Alternatively, overexpression of LD-associated proteins or immunofluorescence analyses are used to identify and follow LDs. These experimental approaches only examine a single end point of the experiment and cannot answer questions regarding LD dynamics. Here, we describe a simple and novel experimental setting that allows real-time fluorescence staining and detection of LDs in cultured living as well as infected cells. This method is quick and simple and is not restricted to a specific dye or cell line. Using this system, the biogenesis of LDs and their growth is demonstrated in cells infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV), confirming the strength of this method and the wide range of its applications.
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- Inbar Nevo-Yassaf
- Department of Pathology, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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- Department of Pathology, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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- School of Engineering, Faculty of Science, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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- Department of Pathology, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel.
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- Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel.
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Bodio E, Le Gendre P, Denat F, Goze C. Development of Trackable Anticancer Agents Based on Metal Complexes. ADVANCES IN INORGANIC CHEMISTRY 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/bs.adioch.2015.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Braun T, Kleusch C, Naumovska E, Merkel R, Csiszár A. A bioanalytical assay to distinguish cellular uptake routes for liposomes. Cytometry A 2015; 89:301-8. [DOI: 10.1002/cyto.a.22792] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2015] [Revised: 09/17/2015] [Accepted: 10/05/2015] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- Tobias Braun
- ICS-7: Biomechanics; Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Institute of Complex Systems; Jülich 52425 Germany
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- ICS-7: Biomechanics; Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Institute of Complex Systems; Jülich 52425 Germany
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- ICS-7: Biomechanics; Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Institute of Complex Systems; Jülich 52425 Germany
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- ICS-7: Biomechanics; Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Institute of Complex Systems; Jülich 52425 Germany
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- ICS-7: Biomechanics; Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Institute of Complex Systems; Jülich 52425 Germany
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Jurášek M, Rimpelová S, Pavlíčková V, Ruml T, Lapčík O, Drašar PB. Synthesis and biological evaluation of nandrolone-bodipy conjugates. Steroids 2015; 97:62-6. [PMID: 25448362 DOI: 10.1016/j.steroids.2014.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2014] [Revised: 09/19/2014] [Accepted: 10/01/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Here, we report synthesis and biological evaluation of fluorescent nandrolone-3-carboxymethyloxime derivatives conjugated with green-emitting bodipy dye via PEG linkers. All the newly-synthesized compounds were evaluated for their effect on cell proliferation in vitro in MCF-7, LNCaP, PC-3 and HEK 293T model cell lines using WST-1 assay. By means of live-cell fluorescence microscopy, the intracellular localization of nandrolone-bodipy conjugates was revealed in endoplasmic reticulum. Moreover, we performed competitive localization study with nonfluorescent nandrolone, metandrolone, boldenone, trenbolone, and testosterone.
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- Michal Jurášek
- Department of Chemistry of Natural Compounds, Institute of Chemical Technology in Prague, 166 28 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Institute of Chemical Technology in Prague, 166 28 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Institute of Chemical Technology in Prague, 166 28 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Institute of Chemical Technology in Prague, 166 28 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Chemistry of Natural Compounds, Institute of Chemical Technology in Prague, 166 28 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Chemistry of Natural Compounds, Institute of Chemical Technology in Prague, 166 28 Prague, Czech Republic.
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For over a century, researchers have observed similar neurodegenerative hallmarks in brains of people affected by rare early-onset lysosomal storage diseases and late-onset neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease. Increasing evidence suggests these apparently disparate diseases share a common underlying feature, namely, a dysfunctional clearance of cellular cargo through the secretory-endosomal-autophagic-lysosomal-exocytic (SEALE) network. By providing examples of rare and common neurodegenerative diseases known to have pathologically altered cargo flux through the SEALE network, we explore the unifying hypothesis that impaired catabolism or exocytosis of SEALE cargo, places a burden of stress on neurons that initiates pathogenesis. We also describe how a growing understanding of genetic, epigenetic and age-related modifications of the SEALE network, has inspired a number of novel disease-modifying therapeutic approaches aimed at alleviating SEALE storage and providing therapeutic benefit to people affected by these devastating diseases across the age spectrum.
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- Barry Boland
- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, School of Medicine, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1 3QT, United Kingdom.
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Bandyopadhyay D, Sanchez JL, Guerrero AM, Chang FM, Granados JC, Short JD, Banik BK. Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of novel pyrenyl derivatives as anticancer agents. Eur J Med Chem 2015; 89:851-62. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2014.09.072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2014] [Revised: 09/19/2014] [Accepted: 09/23/2014] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Danielsen EM. Probing endocytosis from the enterocyte brush border using fluorescent lipophilic dyes: lipid sorting at the apical cell surface. Histochem Cell Biol 2014; 143:545-56. [DOI: 10.1007/s00418-014-1302-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/08/2014] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Jurášek M, Rimpelová S, Kmoníčková E, Drašar P, Ruml T. Tailor-made fluorescent trilobolide to study its biological relevance. J Med Chem 2014; 57:7947-54. [PMID: 25197766 DOI: 10.1021/jm500690j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Trilobolide (Tb) is a potent natural counterpart of thapsigargin, which has shown promising results in cancer clinical trials. Here, we report a rational approach to study intracellular localization and biological activity of this sesquiterpene lactone. We conjugated Tb with a green-emitting Bodipy dye attached by alternative linkers of different lengths. The live-cell imaging of the prepared bioconjugates brought clear evidence that Tb-Bodipy localized in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) of various cancer cell lines. The localization signal was compared with ER-specific dyes. Cytotoxicity of Tb conjugates and impact on the mitochondrial physiology and nitric oxide release were also studied. The nitric oxide production and cytokine secretion in rat peritoneal cells indicate immunobiological potential of these lactone bioconjugates. In summary, our Tb-Bodipy conjugates could help us to reveal the molecular mechanism of trilobolide for its further potential use in biomedical applications.
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- Michal Jurášek
- Institute of Chemical Technology in Prague , 16628 Prague, Czech Republic
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D'Angelo G, Capasso S, Sticco L, Russo D. Glycosphingolipids: synthesis and functions. FEBS J 2013; 280:6338-53. [PMID: 24165035 DOI: 10.1111/febs.12559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 179] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2013] [Revised: 09/27/2013] [Accepted: 09/30/2013] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Glycosphingolipids (GSLs) comprise a heterogeneous group of membrane lipids formed by a ceramide backbone covalently linked to a glycan moiety. Hundreds of different glycans can be linked to tens of different ceramide molecules, giving rise to an astonishing variety of structurally different compounds, each of which has the potential for a specific biological function. GSLs have been suggested to modulate membrane-protein function and to contribute to cell-cell communication. Although GSLs are dispensable for cellular life, they are indeed collectively required for the development of multicellular organisms, and are thus considered to be key molecules in 'cell sociology'. Consequently, the GSL make-up of individual cells is highly dynamic and is strictly linked to the cellular developmental and environmental state. In the present review, we discuss some of the available knowledge, open questions and future perspectives relating to the study of GSL biology.
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- Giovanni D'Angelo
- Institute of Protein Biochemistry, National Research Council, Naples, Italy
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Tasan S, Zava O, Bertrand B, Bernhard C, Goze C, Picquet M, Le Gendre P, Harvey P, Denat F, Casini A, Bodio E. BODIPY–phosphane as a versatile tool for easy access to new metal-based theranostics. Dalton Trans 2013; 42:6102-9. [DOI: 10.1039/c2dt32055j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Duran-Sampedro G, Agarrabeitia AR, Garcia-Moreno I, Costela A, Bañuelos J, Arbeloa T, López Arbeloa I, Chiara JL, Ortiz MJ. Chlorinated BODIPYs: Surprisingly Efficient and Highly Photostable Laser Dyes. European J Org Chem 2012. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201200946] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Garcia PS, Chieppa G, Desideri A, Cannata S, Romano E, Luly P, Rufini S. Sticholysin II: A pore-forming toxin as a probe to recognize sphingomyelin in artificial and cellular membranes. Toxicon 2012; 60:724-33. [DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2012.05.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2011] [Revised: 02/11/2012] [Accepted: 05/24/2012] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Shen D, Wang X, Li X, Zhang X, Yao Z, Dibble S, Dong XP, Yu T, Lieberman AP, Showalter HD, Xu H. Lipid storage disorders block lysosomal trafficking by inhibiting a TRP channel and lysosomal calcium release. Nat Commun 2012; 3:731. [PMID: 22415822 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 341] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2011] [Accepted: 02/07/2012] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Lysosomal lipid accumulation, defects in membrane trafficking and altered Ca(2+) homoeostasis are common features in many lysosomal storage diseases. Mucolipin transient receptor potential channel 1 (TRPML1) is the principle Ca(2+) channel in the lysosome. Here we show that TRPML1-mediated lysosomal Ca(2+) release, measured using a genetically encoded Ca(2+) indicator (GCaMP3) attached directly to TRPML1 and elicited by a potent membrane-permeable synthetic agonist, is dramatically reduced in Niemann-Pick (NP) disease cells. Sphingomyelins (SMs) are plasma membrane lipids that undergo sphingomyelinase (SMase)-mediated hydrolysis in the lysosomes of normal cells, but accumulate distinctively in lysosomes of NP cells. Patch-clamp analyses revealed that TRPML1 channel activity is inhibited by SMs, but potentiated by SMases. In NP-type C cells, increasing TRPML1's expression or activity was sufficient to correct the trafficking defects and reduce lysosome storage and cholesterol accumulation. We propose that abnormal accumulation of luminal lipids causes secondary lysosome storage by blocking TRPML1- and Ca(2+)-dependent lysosomal trafficking.
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- Dongbiao Shen
- Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, 3089 Natural Science Building (Kraus), 830 North University, Ann Arbor 48109, USA
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Endosomes along the degradation pathway exhibit a multivesicular appearance and differ in their lipid compositions. Association of proteins to specific membrane lipids and presumably also lipid-lipid interactions contribute to the formation of functional membrane platforms that regulate endosome biogenesis and function. This chapter provides a brief review of the functions of endosomal lipids in the degradation pathway, a discussion of techniques that allow studying lipid-based mechanisms and a selection of step-by-step protocols for in vivo and in vitro methods commonly used to study lipid roles in endocytosis. The techniques described here have been used to elucidate the function of the late endosomal lipid lysobisphosphatidic acid and allow the monitoring of lipid distribution, levels and dynamics, as well as the characterization of lipid-binding partners.
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Perturbation of lamellar granule secretion by sodium caprate implicates epidermal tight junctions in lamellar granule function. J Dermatol Sci 2010; 59:107-14. [PMID: 20654784 DOI: 10.1016/j.jdermsci.2010.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2009] [Revised: 06/05/2010] [Accepted: 06/09/2010] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND Polarized secretion of lamellar granules (LGs) delivers various lipids, proteases, and protease inhibitors into the stratum corneum (SC) of the epithelium. Disruption of LGs is associated with severe cutaneous diseases, but the mechanism of their polarized secretion is not known. On the other hand, recent study shows epidermal tight junctions (TJs) localize in stratum granulosum (SG), and TJs are involved in polarized molecule secretion. Thus, we hypothesized epidermal TJs relate to polarized LGs secretion. OBJECTIVE To assess the possibility that epidermal TJs are involved in polarized LGs secretion. METHODS In order to examine LGs secretion, we used fluorescent ceramide (BODIPY FL C(5)-ceramide) and a natural LG cargo, lympho-epithelial Kazal-type-related inhibitor (LEKTI), in cultured normal human epidermal keratinocytes and a reconstructed human epidermis. We investigated their alteration using the medium-chain fatty acid sodium caprate (C10), TJs inhibitor. In addition, LG distribution was observed by electron microscopy. RESULTS C10 significantly inhibited secretion of both fluorescent ceramide and LEKTI in cultured normal human epidermal keratinocytes and a reconstructed human epidermis. C10 also disturbed the polarized localization of fluorescent ceramide and LEKTI in the reconstructed epidermis. Electron microscopy revealed that a large number of LGs remained in corneocytes in the C10-treated epidermis, rather than being secreted. CONCLUSION Our data indicate that C10 perturbs the polarized secretion of LGs. Our study therefore suggests that epidermal TJs are possibly involved in polarized LG secretion and provides new insights into potential of treatments for skin diseases caused by abnormal LG secretion.
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Lu H, Xue Z, Mack J, Shen Z, You X, Kobayashi N. Specific Cu(2+)-induced J-aggregation and Hg(2+)-induced fluorescence enhancement based on BODIPY. Chem Commun (Camb) 2010; 46:3565-7. [PMID: 20393661 DOI: 10.1039/b926300d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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A BODIPY derivative with an -NH(2) and -OH substituted meso-phenyl group is reported, which, under biological conditions, exhibits metal-induced J-aggregation in the presence of Cu(2+) and a specific fluorescence enhancement for Hg(2+).
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- Hua Lu
- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, Nanjing National Laboratory of Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, PR China
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A pitfall in using BODIPY dyes to label lipid droplets for fluorescence microscopy. Histochem Cell Biol 2010; 133:477-80. [PMID: 20191286 DOI: 10.1007/s00418-010-0678-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/04/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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The lipid droplet (LD) has become a focus of intense research. Fluorescence labeling is indispensable for the cell biological analysis of the LD, and a lipophilic fluorescence dye, BODIPY 493/503, which emits bright green fluorescence has been used extensively for LD labeling. The dye is convenient for double fluorescence labeling, but we noticed that it emits red fluorescence under certain conditions, which could lead to erroneous interpretations. We propose a protocol to preclude such a possibility.
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Gretskaya NM, Mikhalyov II. Some patterns in dimer II formation in BODIPY-FL-labeled lipids. RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF BIOORGANIC CHEMISTRY 2009. [DOI: 10.1134/s1068162009060132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Gretskaya NM, Mikhalyov II. BODIPY-labeled ganglioside probes for membrane and biological studies. RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF BIOORGANIC CHEMISTRY 2009; 35:701-8. [DOI: 10.1134/s106816200905015x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Borisenko GG, Zaitseva MA, Chuvilin AN, Pozmogova GE. DNA modification of live cell surface. Nucleic Acids Res 2009; 37:e28. [PMID: 19158188 PMCID: PMC2651772 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkn1034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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We report a novel approach for the attachment of DNA fragments to the surface of live cells. By using fluorescence microscopy and flow cytometry we demonstrated that our synthetic conjugates of fatty acid with oligonucleotides can be incorporated in plasma membrane and then hybridized with complementary sequences at the cell surface. Method permits to control amount of immobilized DNA on the cell surface. All procedures can be completed within minutes and do not alter cell viability. Using this approach we tethered floating myeloid HL-60 cells to adherent A431 epitheliocytes in a sequence specific fashion. Thus, this method allows rapid and simple DNA multicoding of the cell surface and, therefore, opens new opportunities in manipulating with cell–cell interactions.
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- Grigory G Borisenko
- Research Institute of Physical-Chemical Medicine, Russian Academy of Science, Moscow 119312, Russia.
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Ventura B, Marconi G, Bröring M, Krüger R, Flamigni L. Bis(BF2)-2,2′-bidipyrrins, a class of BODIPY dyes with new spectroscopic and photophysical properties. NEW J CHEM 2009. [DOI: 10.1039/b813638f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 132] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Cholesterol regulation of rab-mediated sphingolipid endocytosis. Glycoconj J 2008; 26:705-10. [PMID: 18841464 DOI: 10.1007/s10719-008-9191-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: 06/04/2008] [Revised: 09/05/2008] [Accepted: 09/08/2008] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Despite a tight regulation of its intracellular content, cholesterol is found accumulated in pathological conditions such as sphingolipidosis as well as after cell treatment with drugs like hydrophobic amines. Furthermore, cellular cholesterol increases when cultured cells approach confluence. Under these conditions, the endocytic pathways of plasma membrane sphingolipids are differently affected. In this short review, we will summarize recent results from our laboratory as well as those of other groups, indicating that the intracellular accumulation of cholesterol inhibits the dissociation of rab GTPases from the target membranes, causing the alteration of rab-mediated membrane traffic.
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Landoni M, Duschak VG, Erra-Balsells R, Couto AS. UV-MALDI mass spectrometry analysis of NBD-glycosphingolipids without an external matrix. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2008; 19:923-926. [PMID: 18467120 DOI: 10.1016/j.jasms.2008.04.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2007] [Revised: 04/01/2008] [Accepted: 04/02/2008] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Each day, advances in the instrumentation and operating protocols bring new applications and insights into the molecular processes of ultra violet-matrix assisted laser desorption/ionization-mass spectrometry (UV-MALDI MS), increasing its potential use. We report here an approach in which mass spectrometry analysis of sphingolipids has been performed using a fluorescent tag (nitrobenz-2-oxa-1, 3-diazole, NBD) covalently linked to the sphingoid base as matrix. Thus, different labeled-sphingolipids were analyzed: ceramide, dihydroceramide, acetylceramide, glucosylceramide, galactosylceramide, galactosyldihydroceramide. In addition an extract of glycosphingolipids obtained from epimastigote forms of Trypanosoma cruzi metabolically labeled with NBD-ceramide was analyzed. The goal of this work is to show that no matrix needs to be added for the mass spectrometry analysis as the same tag used to label the lipids may generate efficiently analyte ions to obtain high quality signals.
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- Malena Landoni
- CIHIDECAR-Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Loudet A, Burgess K. BODIPY dyes and their derivatives: syntheses and spectroscopic properties. Chem Rev 2007; 107:4891-932. [PMID: 17924696 DOI: 10.1021/cr078381n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3525] [Impact Index Per Article: 207.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Aurore Loudet
- Department of Chemistry, Texas A & M University, PO Box 30012, College Station, Texas 77842, USA
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Thumser AE, Storch J. Characterization of a BODIPY-labeled fluorescent fatty acid analogue. Binding to fatty acid-binding proteins, intracellular localization, and metabolism. Mol Cell Biochem 2007; 299:67-73. [PMID: 16645726 DOI: 10.1007/s11010-005-9041-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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The BODIPY-labeled fatty acid analogues are a useful addition to the tools employed to study the cellular uptake and metabolism of lipids. In this study, we show that BODIPY FL C(16) binds to purified liver and intestinal fatty acid-binding proteins with high affinity at a site similar to that for the physiological fatty acid oleic acid. Further, in human intestinal Caco-2 cells BODIPY FL C(16) co-localizes extensively with mitochondria, endoplasmic reticulum/Golgi, and L-FABP. Virtually no esterification of BODIPY FL C(16) was observed under the experimental conditions employed. We conclude that BODIPY FL C(16) may be a useful tool for studying the distribution and function of FABPs in a cellular environment.
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- Alfred E Thumser
- School of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 7XH, UK.
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Boldyrev IA, Zhai X, Momsen MM, Brockman HL, Brown RE, Molotkovsky JG. New BODIPY lipid probes for fluorescence studies of membranes. J Lipid Res 2007; 48:1518-1532. [PMID: 17416929 PMCID: PMC2001190 DOI: 10.1194/jlr.m600459-jlr200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Many fluorescent lipid probes tend to loop back to the membrane interface when attached to a lipid acyl chain rather than embedding deeply into the bilayer. To achieve maximum embedding of BODIPY (4,4-difluoro-4-bora-3a,4a-diaza-s-indacene) fluorophore into the bilayer apolar region, a series of sn-2 acyl-labeled phosphatidylcholines was synthesized bearing 4,4-difluoro-1,3,5,7-tetramethyl-4-bora-3a,4a-diaza-s-indacene-8-yl (Me(4)-BODIPY-8) at the end of C(3)-, C(5)-, C(7)-, or C(9)-acyl. A strategy was used of symmetrically dispersing the methyl groups at BODIPY ring positions 1, 3, 5, and 7 to decrease fluorophore polarity. Iodide quenching of the phosphatidylcholine probes in bilayer vesicles confirmed that the Me(4)-BODIPY-8 fluorophore was embedded in the bilayer. Parallax analysis of Me(4)-BODIPY-8 fluorescence quenching by phosphatidylcholines containing iodide at different positions along the sn-2 acyl chain indicated that the penetration depth of Me(4)-BODIPY-8 into the bilayer was determined by the length of the linking acyl chain. Evaluation using monolayers showed minimal perturbation of <10 mol% probe in fluid-phase and cholesterol-enriched phosphatidylcholine. Spectral characterization in monolayers and bilayers confirmed the retention of many features of other BODIPY derivatives (i.e., absorption and emission wavelength maxima near 498 nm and approximately 506-515 nm) but also showed the absence of the 620-630 nm peak associated with BODIPY dimer fluorescence and the presence of a 570 nm emission shoulder at high Me(4)-BODIPY-8 surface concentrations. We conclude that the new probes should have versatile utility in membrane studies, especially when precise location of the reporter group is needed.
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- Ivan A Boldyrev
- Shemyakin and Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 117997 Russia
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- Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota, Austin, MN 55912
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- Shemyakin and Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 117997 Russia
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Larsson EA, Olsson U, Whitmore CD, Martins R, Tettamanti G, Schnaar RL, Dovichi NJ, Palcic MM, Hindsgaul O. Synthesis of reference standards to enable single cell metabolomic studies of tetramethylrhodamine-labeled ganglioside GM1. Carbohydr Res 2007; 342:482-9. [PMID: 17069778 PMCID: PMC1933503 DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2006.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2006] [Revised: 10/02/2006] [Accepted: 10/02/2006] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Ganglioside GM1 and its seven potential catabolic products: asialo-GM1, GM2, asialo-GM2, GM3, Lac-Cer, Glc-Cer and Cer, were labeled with tetramethylrhodamine (TMR) to permit ultra-sensitive analysis using laser-induced fluorescence (LIF) detection. The preparation involved acylation of the homogenous C(18)lyso-forms of GM1, Lac-Cer, Glc-Cer and Cer with the N-hydroxysuccinimide ester of a beta-alanine-tethered 6-TMR derivative, followed by conversion of these labeled products using galactosidase, sialidase, and sialyltransferase enzymes. The TMR-glycolipid analogs produced are detectable on TLC down to the 1 ng level by the naked eye. All eight compounds could be separated within 4 min in capillary electrophoresis where they could be detected at the zeptomole (ca. 1000 molecule) level using LIF.
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Pucadyil TJ, Mukherjee S, Chattopadhyay A. Organization and dynamics of NBD-labeled lipids in membranes analyzed by fluorescence recovery after photobleaching. J Phys Chem B 2007; 111:1975-83. [PMID: 17286426 DOI: 10.1021/jp066092h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [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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Lateral diffusion of membrane constituents plays an important role in membrane organization and represents a central theme in current models describing the structure and function of biological membranes. Fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP) is a widely used approach that provides information regarding dynamic properties and spatial distribution of membrane constituents. On the basis of the unique concentration-dependent fluorescence emission properties of a fluorescently labeled cholesterol analogue modified at the tail region, 25-[N-[(7-nitrobenz-2-oxa-1,3-diazol-4-yl)-methyl]amino]-27-norcholesterol (25-NBD-cholesterol), we have previously shown that it exhibits local organization even at very low concentrations in membranes. In this paper, we address aspects regarding the molecular size and dynamics of such an organized assembly of 25-NBD-cholesterol by monitoring its lateral diffusion characteristics using FRAP. To obtain a comprehensive understanding of the organization and dynamics of 25-NBD-cholesterol in the membrane, we compare its diffusion properties to that of a fluorescent phospholipid analogue 1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine-N-(7-nitro-2-(1,3-benzoxadiazol-4-yl)) (NBD-PE). Our results indicate significant differences in the membrane dynamics of these NBD-labeled lipids. Importantly, on the basis of a novel wavelength-selective FRAP approach, our results show that the organization of 25-NBD-cholesterol is heterogeneous, with the presence of fast- and slow-diffusing species which could correspond to predominant populations of monomers and dimers of 25-NBD-cholesterol. The potential application of the wavelength-selective FRAP approach to monitor the organization and dynamics of molecules in membranes therefore represents an exciting possibility.
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- Thomas J Pucadyil
- Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Uppal Road, Hyderabad 500 007, India
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Sillence DJ. New insights into glycosphingolipid functions--storage, lipid rafts, and translocators. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CYTOLOGY 2007; 262:151-89. [PMID: 17631188 DOI: 10.1016/s0074-7696(07)62003-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Glycosphingolipids are key components of eukaryotic cellular membranes. Through their propensity to form lipid rafts, they are important in membrane transport and signaling. At the cell surface, they are required for caveolar-mediated endocytosis, a process required for the action of many glycosphingolipid-binding toxins. Glycosphingolipids also exist intracellularly, on both leaflets of organelle membranes. It is expected that dissecting the mechanisms of cell pathology seen in the glycosphingolipid storage diseases, where lysosomal glycosphingolipid degradation is defective, will reveal their functions. Disrupted cation gradients in Mucolipidosis type IV disease are interlinked with glycosphingolipid storage, defective rab 7 function, and the activation of autophagy. Relationships between drug translocators and glycosphingolipid synthesis are also discussed. Mass spectrometry of cell lines defective in drug transporters reveal clear differences in glycosphingolipid mass and fatty acid composition. The potential roles of glycosphingolipids in lipid raft formation, endocytosis, and cationic gradients are discussed.
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- Dan J Sillence
- Leicester School of Pharmacy, Hawthorne Building, De Montfort University, Leicester, LE1 9BH, United Kingdom
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Sphingolipid Metabolism in Systemic Inflammation. Intensive Care Med 2007. [PMCID: PMC7121826 DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-49518-7_23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The inflammatory response - induced and regulated by a variety of mediators such as cytokines, prostaglandins, and reactive oxygen species (ROS) - is the localized host’s response of the tissue to injury, irritation, or infection. In a very similar and stereotyped sequence, the mediators are thought to induce an acute phase response orchestrated by an array of substances produced locally or near the source or origin of the inflammatory response. Despite its basically protective function, the response can become inappropriate in intensity or duration damaging host tissues or interfering with normal metabolism. Thus, inflammation is the cause and/or consequence of a diversity of diseases and plays a major role in the development of remote organ failure. Better knowledge of the underlying mechanisms of these processes is, therefore, a fundamental pre-requisite fostering the molecular understanding of novel therapeutic targets or diagnostic variables.
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Sphingolipid Metabolism in Systemic Inflammation. YEARBOOK OF INTENSIVE CARE AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE 2007. [PMCID: PMC7123806 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-49433-1_23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The inflammatory response — induced and regulated by a variety of mediators such as cytokines, prostaglandins, and reactive oxygen species (ROS) — is the localized host’s response of the tissue to injury, irritation, or infection. In a very similar and stereotyped sequence, the mediators are thought to induce an acute phase response orchestrated by an array of substances produced locally or near the source or origin of the inflammatory response. Despite its basically protective function, the response can become inappropriate in intensity or duration damaging host tissues or interfering with normal metabolism. Thus, inflammation is the cause and/or consequence of a diversity of diseases and plays a major role in the development of remote organ failure. Better knowledge of the underlying mechanisms of these processes is, therefore, a fundamental pre-requisite fostering the molecular understanding of novel therapeutic targets or diagnostic variables.
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Marushchak D, Kalinin S, Mikhalyov I, Gretskaya N, -A Johansson LB. Pyrromethene dyes (BODIPY) can form ground state homo and hetero dimers: photophysics and spectral properties. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2006; 65:113-22. [PMID: 16455298 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2005.09.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2005] [Revised: 09/19/2005] [Accepted: 09/22/2005] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Homo and hetero dimerisation of two spectroscopically different BODIPY chromophores was studied, namely, 4,4-difluoro-4-bora-3a,4a-diaza-s-indacene and its 5-styryl-derivative. These exhibit very similar absorption and fluorescence spectral shape, but are mutually shifted by ca. 70 nm. For this reason the former and the latter are referred to as the green and red BODIPY, which here are denoted gB and rB, respectively. Various spectroscopic properties of the rB in different common solvents were determined. The calculated and experimental fluorescence quantum yield is found to be close to 100%, the fluorescence relaxation has a single exponential decay with a lifetime of about 4.5 ns, and the Förster radius for donor-donor energy migration is 67+/-1A. The dimerisation in different solvents was examined by using custom synthesised; mono and bis BODIPY-labelled forms of 1,2-cis-diaminocyclohexane. It is shown that gB and rB can form ground state homo- as well as hetero dimers. The dimers are non-fluorescent, compatible with H-dimers and may act as excitation traps or as acceptors to the corresponding excited monomers.
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- Denys Marushchak
- Department of Chemistry, Biophysical Chemistry, University of Umeå, S-901 87 Umeå, Sweden
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Cheng ZJ, Singh RD, Marks DL, Pagano RE. Membrane microdomains, caveolae, and caveolar endocytosis of sphingolipids. Mol Membr Biol 2006; 23:101-10. [PMID: 16611585 DOI: 10.1080/09687860500460041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Caveolae are flask-shape membrane invaginations of the plasma membrane that have been implicated in endocytosis, transcytosis, and cell signaling. Recent years have witnessed the resurgence of studies on caveolae because they have been found to be involved in the uptake of some membrane components such as glycosphingolipids and integrins, as well as viruses, bacteria, and bacterial toxins. Accumulating evidence shows that endocytosis mediated by caveolae requires unique structural and signaling machinery (caveolin-1, src kinase), which indicates that caveolar endocytosis occurs through a mechanism which is distinct from other forms of lipid microdomain-associated, clathrin-independent endocytosis. Furthermore, a balance of glycosphingolipids, cholesterol, and caveolin-1 has been shown to be important in regulating caveolae endocytosis.
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- Zhi-Jie Cheng
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Thoracic Diseases Research Unit, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA
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Perry RJ, Ridgway ND. Molecular mechanisms and regulation of ceramide transport. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Cell Biol Lipids 2005; 1734:220-34. [PMID: 15907394 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2005.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2005] [Revised: 04/06/2005] [Accepted: 04/07/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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De novo biosynthesis of sphingolipids begins in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and continues in the Golgi apparatus and plasma membrane. A crucial step in sphingolipid biosynthesis is the transport of ceramide by vesicular and non-vesicular mechanisms from its site of synthesis in the ER to the Golgi apparatus. The recent discovery of the ceramide transport protein CERT has revealed a novel pathway for the delivery of ceramide to the Golgi apparatus for sphingomyelin (SM) synthesis. In addition to a ceramide-binding START domain, CERT has FFAT (referring to two phenylalanines [FF] in an acidic tract) and pleckstrin homology (PH) domains that recognize the ER integral membrane protein VAMP-associated protein (VAP) and Golgi-associated PtdIns 4-phosphate, respectively. Mechanisms for vectorial transport involving dual-organellar targeting and sites of deposition of ceramide in the Golgi apparatus are proposed. Similar Golgi-ER targeting motifs are also present in the oxysterol-binding protein (OSBP), which regulates ceramide transport and SM synthesis in an oxysterol-dependent manner. Consequently, this emerges as a potential mechanism for integration of sphingolipid and cholesterol metabolism. The identification of organellar targeting motifs in other related lipid-binding/transport proteins indicate that concepts learned from the study of ceramide transport can be applied to other lipid transport processes.
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- Ryan J Perry
- Atlantic Research Centre, Dalhousie University, 5849 University Avenue, Halifax, N.S., Canada B3H 4H7
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Rohrbough J, Rushton E, Palanker L, Woodruff E, Matthies HJG, Acharya U, Acharya JK, Broadie K. Ceramidase regulates synaptic vesicle exocytosis and trafficking. J Neurosci 2005; 24:7789-803. [PMID: 15356190 PMCID: PMC2675194 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.1146-04.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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A screen for Drosophila synaptic dysfunction mutants identified slug-a-bed (slab). The slab gene encodes ceramidase, a central enzyme in sphingolipid metabolism and regulation. Sphingolipids are major constituents of lipid rafts, membrane domains with roles in vesicle trafficking, and signaling pathways. Null slab mutants arrest as fully developed embryos with severely reduced movement. The SLAB protein is widely expressed in different tissues but enriched in neurons at all stages of development. Targeted neuronal expression of slab rescues mutant lethality, demonstrating the essential neuronal function of the protein. C(5)-ceramide applied to living preparations is rapidly accumulated at neuromuscular junction (NMJ) synapses dependent on the SLAB expression level, indicating that synaptic sphingolipid trafficking and distribution is regulated by SLAB function. Evoked synaptic currents at slab mutant NMJs are reduced by 50-70%, whereas postsynaptic glutamate-gated currents are normal, demonstrating a specific presynaptic impairment. Hypertonic saline-evoked synaptic vesicle fusion is similarly impaired by 50-70%, demonstrating a loss of readily releasable vesicles. In addition, FM1-43 dye uptake is reduced in slab mutant presynaptic terminals, indicating a smaller cycling vesicle pool. Ultrastructural analyses of mutants reveal a normal vesicle distribution clustered and docked at active zones, but fewer vesicles in reserve regions, and a twofold to threefold increased incidence of vesicles linked together and tethered at the plasma membrane. These results indicate that SLAB ceramidase function controls presynaptic terminal sphingolipid composition to regulate vesicle fusion and trafficking, and thus the strength and reliability of synaptic transmission.
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- Jeffrey Rohrbough
- Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt Kennedy Center, Vanderbilt Brain Institute, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37235-1634, USA
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Butler A, Henderson SC, Gordon RE, Dagan A, Gatt S, Schuchman EH. Preimplantation diagnosis of a lysosomal storage disorder by in situ enzymatic activity: 'proof of principle' in acid sphingomyelinase-deficient mice. J Inherit Metab Dis 2005; 28:1-12. [PMID: 15702401 DOI: 10.1007/s10545-005-4418-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2004] [Accepted: 08/10/2004] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Genetic diagnosis of preimplantation embryos (PGD) can substantially reduce the chance that at-risk couples have children afflicted with inherited diseases. However, PGD requires DNA,which is usually obtained from single cells following embryo biopsy. In addition, PGD requires that the genetic defect(s) causing the disorder be known. We have therefore developed an alternative to PGD, which we term preimplantation enzymatic diagnosis (PED). PED has several advantages over PGD, including the facts that it does not require embryo biopsy and that the gene defect(s) causing the disorder need not be known. We have demonstrated 'proof of principle' for this approach using embryos obtained from a mouse model (ASMKO mice) of acid sphingomyelinase (ASM)-deficient Niemann-Pick disease, an inherited lysosomal storage disorder. For this technique, fluorescently (BODIPY)-conjugated sphingomyelin was used to detect ASM activity in situ. Wild-type, preimplantation embryos degraded the substrate following a short 'pulse-chase' period, resulting in markedly reduced fluorescence compared to ASMKO embryos, which retained the fluorescent substrate. Thus, the two embryo types could be easily distinguished by fluorescent microscopy. The fluorescent sphingomyelin was not toxic to the embryos, and the entire procedure could be accomplished within 48 h without embryo biopsy. We suggest that PED may be useful for the preimplantation diagnosis of lysosomal storage disorders, and perhaps other enzymatic defects where similar in situ assay methods are available.
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- A Butler
- Department of Human Genetics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, 1425 Madision Avenue, New York, NY 10029, USA
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Stockinger W, Castoreno AB, Wang Y, Pagnon JC, Nohturfft A. Real-time analysis of endosomal lipid transport by live cell scintillation proximity assay. J Lipid Res 2004; 45:2151-8. [PMID: 15314094 PMCID: PMC2041838 DOI: 10.1194/jlr.d400011-jlr200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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A scintillation proximity assay has been developed to study the endosomal trafficking of radiolabeled cholesterol in living cells. Mouse macrophages were cultured in the presence of tritiated cholesterol and scintillant microspheres. Microspheres were taken up by phagocytosis and stored in phagolysosomes. Absorption of tritium beta particles by the scintillant produces light signals that can be measured in standard scintillation counters. Because of the short range of tritium beta particles and for geometric reasons, scintillant microspheres detect only that fraction of tritiated cholesterol localized inside phagolysosomes or within a distance of approximately 600 nm. By incubating cultures in a temperature-controlled microplate reader, the kinetics of phagocytosis and cholesterol transport could be analyzed in near-real time. Scintillation signals were significantly increased in response to inhibitors of lysosomal cholesterol export. This method should prove a useful new tool for the study of endosomal trafficking of lipids and other molecules.
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Fisher JL, Levitan I, Margulies SS. Plasma Membrane Surface Increases with Tonic Stretch of Alveolar Epithelial Cells. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 2004; 31:200-8. [PMID: 15016618 DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2003-0224oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Cyclic stretch stimulates numerous responses in alveolar epithelial cells--some beneficial, some injurious--often through mechanosensitive membrane-associated proteins such as stretch-activated ion channels. Tonic stretch, in contrast, stimulates only some of these responses. In this study, we hypothesized that the plasma membranes of alveolar epithelial cells expand during tonic stretch, not only through cell surface unfolding, but also through recruitment of additional phospholipids. Such plasma membrane expansion would reduce membrane tension and decrease stimulation of mechanosensitive membrane proteins. Primary rat alveolar epithelial cells were isolated, cultured for 48 h, and stretched between 3 and 40% change in basal membrane surface area. Gross changes in total cell surface area were obtained from stacks of thin fluorescent confocal micrographs; fine changes in plasma membrane area were measured via whole cell capacitance. A 1:1 correspondence linked changes in basal and total cell surface area, implying that cell surface area change is dominated by stretch of the attached basal surface. We also found that plasma membrane increased proportionally with surface area within 5 min of tonic stretch, showing that, given time to occur, plasma membrane expansion via lipid recruitment preponderates the changes in cell surface shape and size demanded by stretching the cell. Similarly, in cells tonically stretched 10 min to allow lipid insertion and then returned to an unstretched state, reabsorption of excess lipid occurred within 5 min. Finally, we found that lipid insertion induced by tonic stretch was unaffected by F-actin disassembly, ATP depletion, and calcium deprivation.
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- Jacob L Fisher
- Department of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, 3320 Smith Walk, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6392, USA
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Neufeld EB, Stonik JA, Demosky SJ, Knapper CL, Combs CA, Cooney A, Comly M, Dwyer N, Blanchette-Mackie J, Remaley AT, Santamarina-Fojo S, Brewer HB. The ABCA1 transporter modulates late endocytic trafficking: insights from the correction of the genetic defect in Tangier disease. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:15571-8. [PMID: 14747463 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m314160200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 161] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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We have previously established that the ABCA1 transporter, which plays a critical role in the lipidation of extracellular apolipoprotein acceptors, traffics between late endocytic vesicles and the cell surface (Neufeld, E. B., Remaley, A. T., Demosky, S. J., Jr., Stonik, J. A., Cooney, A. M., Comly, M., Dwyer, N. K., Zhang, M., Blanchette-Mackie, J., Santamarina-Fojo, S., and Brewer, H. B., Jr. (2001) J. Biol. Chem. 276, 27584-27590). The present study provides evidence that ABCA1 in late endocytic vesicles plays a role in cellular lipid efflux. Late endocytic trafficking was defective in Tangier disease fibroblasts that lack functional ABCA1. Consistent with a late endocytic protein trafficking defect, the hydrophobic amine U18666A retained NPC1 in abnormally tubulated, cholesterol-poor, Tangier disease late endosomes, rather than cholesterol-laden lysosomes, as in wild type fibroblasts. Consistent with a lipid trafficking defect, Tangier disease late endocytic vesicles accumulated both cholesterol and sphingomyelin and were immobilized in a perinuclear localization. The excess cholesterol in Tangier disease late endocytic vesicles retained massive amounts of NPC1, which traffics lysosomal cholesterol to other cellular sites. Exogenous apoA-I abrogated the cholesterol-induced retention of NPC1 in wild type but not in Tangier disease late endosomes. Adenovirally mediated ABCA1-GFP expression in Tangier disease fibroblasts corrected the late endocytic trafficking defects and restored apoA-I-mediated cholesterol efflux. ABCA1-GFP expression in wild type fibroblasts also reduced late endosome-associated NPC1, induced a marked uptake of fluorescent apoA-I into ABCA1-GFP-containing endosomes (that shuttled between late endosomes and the cell surface), and enhanced apoA-I-mediated cholesterol efflux. The combined results of this study suggest that ABCA1 converts pools of late endocytic lipids that retain NPC1 to pools that can associate with endocytosed apoA-I, and be released from the cell as nascent high density lipoprotein.
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- Edward B Neufeld
- Molecular Disease Branch, NHLBI, NHLBI Light Microscopy Core Facility, and Laboratory for Cellular Biology and Biochemistry, NIDDK, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.
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Pepeljnjak S, Petrinec Z, Kovacic S, Segvic M. Screening toxicity study in young carp (Cyprinus carpio L.) on feed amended with fumonisin B1. Mycopathologia 2003; 156:139-45. [PMID: 12733635 DOI: 10.1023/a:1022944927493] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Fumonisin B1 (FB1) is one of several mycotoxins produced by Fusarium moniliforme, a major fungal pathogen of corn and widely spread throughout the world. FB1 produces a wide range of biological effects, some of which are specific for particular organs or species and some are common to all investigated animals. In this study we have evaluated subchronic toxicosis features in young carp (Cyprinus carpio L.) exposed to 0.5 and 5.0 mg FB1 kg(-1) body weight for 42 days through nutritionally balanced diet. During the trial we observed loss of body weight in both treated groups, together with higher incidence of infective bacterial dermatological lesions erythrodermatitis cyprini (Aeromonas salmonicida subsp. nova) in the group treated with the higher FB1 dose. Several hematological parameters (erythrocyte count, platelet count) and serum chemical concentrations (creatinin, total bilirubin) and activities (aspartate aminotransferase, AST and alanine aminotransferase, ALT) were greater in the fumonisin treated groups than in the control group. Our results indicate that long-term dietary exposure to 0.5 and 5.0 mg FB1 kg(-1) body weight is not lethal to young carp, but can produce adverse physiological effects. These findings also suggest that primary target organs of FB1 in the carp are kidney and liver, as it has already been observed in other animal species tested. Specifically changed red blood cell- parameters reveal that FB1 probably causes erythrocyte membrane defect or interferes with carp's respiratory process.
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- Stjepan Pepeljnjak
- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Zagreb, Ante Kovacica 1, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
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Studying human diseases can help us to uncover important processes in normal cells. Cell biologists have recently focused on inherited sphingolipid-storage diseases. Eukaryotic life is characterized by internal membranes of various compositions, and sphingolipids are a small but important part of these membranes. Compositional differences between cellular membranes are maintained by sorting and sphingolipids are thought to organize this process by forming ordered domains of increased thickness in the bilayer. Here, we describe the impact of sphingolipid accumulation on the sorting of endocytic membranes and discuss the proposed basis for the pathology of these diseases at the cellular level.
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- Dan J Sillence
- Glycobiology Institute, Dept Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, UK.
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Soulet D, Covassin L, Kaouass M, Charest-Gaudreault R, Audette M, Poulin R. Role of endocytosis in the internalization of spermidine-C(2)-BODIPY, a highly fluorescent probe of polyamine transport. Biochem J 2002; 367:347-57. [PMID: 12097141 PMCID: PMC1222890 DOI: 10.1042/bj20020764] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2002] [Revised: 06/27/2002] [Accepted: 07/03/2002] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The mechanism of transmembrane polyamine internalization in mammalian cells remains unknown. A novel fluorescent spermidine conjugate [Spd-C(2)-BODIPY; N-(4,4-difluoro-5,7-dimethyl-4-bora-3a,4a-diaza-s-indacene-3-propionyl)-N'-(S -[spermidine-(N(4)-ethyl)]thioacetyl)ethylenediamine] was synthesized from N(4)-(mercaptoethyl)spermidine by a simple, one-step coupling procedure. In Chinese-hamster ovary (CHO) cells, Spd-C(2)-BODIPY accumulation was inhibited by exogenous putrescine, spermidine and spermine, was subject to feedback transport inhibition and was up-regulated by prior polyamine depletion achieved with a biosynthetic inhibitor. Probe internalization was decreased by about 85% in a polyamine-transport-deficient CHO mutant cell line. Using confocal laser scanning fluorescence microscopy, internalized Spd-C(2)-BODIPY was concentrated in vesicle-like structures similar to the recycling endosomes observed with fluorescent transferrin, which partly co-localized with the polyamine probe. In yeast, Spd-C(2)-BODIPY uptake was stringently dependent on receptor-mediated endocytosis, as determined with a mutant defective in early- endosome formation. On the other hand, Spd-C(2)-BODIPY did not mimic the substrate behaviour of natural polyamines in yeast, as shown by the lack of correlation of its uptake characteristics with the phenotypes of mutants defective in either polyamine transport or biosynthesis. These data suggest that endocytosis might be an integral part of the mechanism of polyamine transport in mammalian cells, and that the mammalian and yeast transport systems use qualitatively different transport mechanisms. However, the current data do not rule out the possibility that sequestration of the probe into vesicular structures might be secondary to its prior uptake via a "classical" plasma membrane carrier. Spd-C(2)-BODIPY, a highly sensitive probe of polyamine transport with biochemical parameters qualitatively similar to those of natural polyamines in mammalian cells, should be very useful for dissecting the pathway responsible for polyamine internalization.
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- Denis Soulet
- Department of Anatomy and Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Laval University, Quebec, Canada G1K 7P4
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