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Kandouz M. Cell Death, by Any Other Name…. Cells 2024; 13:325. [PMID: 38391938 PMCID: PMC10886887 DOI: 10.3390/cells13040325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2023] [Revised: 02/04/2024] [Accepted: 02/06/2024] [Indexed: 02/24/2024] Open
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Studies trying to understand cell death, this ultimate biological process, can be traced back to a century ago. Yet, unlike many other fashionable research interests, research on cell death is more alive than ever. New modes of cell death are discovered in specific contexts, as are new molecular pathways. But what is "cell death", really? This question has not found a definitive answer yet. Nevertheless, part of the answer is irreversibility, whereby cells can no longer recover from stress or injury. Here, we identify the most distinctive features of different modes of cell death, focusing on the executive final stages. In addition to the final stages, these modes can differ in their triggering stimulus, thus referring to the initial stages. Within this framework, we use a few illustrative examples to examine how intercellular communication factors in the demise of cells. First, we discuss the interplay between cell-cell communication and cell death during a few steps in the early development of multicellular organisms. Next, we will discuss this interplay in a fully developed and functional tissue, the gut, which is among the most rapidly renewing tissues in the body and, therefore, makes extensive use of cell death. Furthermore, we will discuss how the balance between cell death and communication is modified during a pathological condition, i.e., colon tumorigenesis, and how it could shed light on resistance to cancer therapy. Finally, we briefly review data on the role of cell-cell communication modes in the propagation of cell death signals and how this has been considered as a potential therapeutic approach. Far from vainly trying to provide a comprehensive review, we launch an invitation to ponder over the significance of cell death diversity and how it provides multiple opportunities for the contribution of various modes of intercellular communication.
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- Mustapha Kandouz
- Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Wayne State University, 540 East Canfield Avenue, Detroit, MI 48201, USA;
- Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
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Inhibition of nuclease activity by a splice-switching oligonucleotide targeting deoxyribonuclease 1 mRNA prevents apoptosis progression and prolong viability of normal human CD4 + T-lymphocytes. Biochimie 2020; 174:34-43. [PMID: 32315661 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2020.04.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2019] [Revised: 02/27/2020] [Accepted: 04/10/2020] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The nuclease activity of deoxyribonuclease 1 (DNase I) is regulated by alternative splicing (AS) of its mRNA. The aim of this study was to define the ability of a splice-switching oligonucleotide (SSO) that base-paired with DNase I pre-mRNA to induce AS and inhibit nuclease activity in human T, B and NK lymphocytes. The SSO for DNase I could significantly downregulate the expression of full-length active DNase I and upregulate a truncated splice variant with a deleted exon 4. Such an induction of AS resulted in inhibition of nuclease activity and slowed apoptosis progression in anti-CD95/FAS stimulated lymphocytes. These results should facilitate further investigations of apoptosis regulation in lymphocytes and demonstrate that SSOs for DNase I are promising cytoprotective agents.
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Borvinskaya EV, Sukhovskaya IV, Smirnov LP, Kochneva AA, Parshukov AN, Krupnova MY, Buoy EA, Vysotskaya RU, Churova MV. The effect of Triaenophorus nodulosus (Cestoda: Bothriocephalidea) infection on some biochemical parameters of the liver of Perca fluviatilis. J Parasit Dis 2019; 43:566-574. [PMID: 31749526 PMCID: PMC6841884 DOI: 10.1007/s12639-019-01128-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2019] [Accepted: 05/29/2019] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Natural infection of 2 to 6-year-old perch with the cestode parasites Triaenophorus nodulosus was shown to have minor effects on the studied components of the antioxidant defense system, nucleic acids degradation, and carbohydrate metabolism enzymes in the liver of the fish. The level of infection of 1-4 parasite larvae per fish observed in wild population of perch was shown to be moderate in terms of its effect on the health of the host fish. The activity of hepatic enzymes β-galactosidase, β-glucosidase, cathepsin D, and glutathione S-transferase showed different responses in infected males and females, which indicates different potential resistance of fish to the stress exposure between genders.
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- Ekaterina V. Borvinskaya
- Institute of Biology at Karelian Research Centre of Russian Academy of Sciences, 11 Pushkinskaya Street, Petrozavodsk, Russia 185910
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- Institute of Biology at Karelian Research Centre of Russian Academy of Sciences, 11 Pushkinskaya Street, Petrozavodsk, Russia 185910
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- Institute of Biology at Karelian Research Centre of Russian Academy of Sciences, 11 Pushkinskaya Street, Petrozavodsk, Russia 185910
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- Institute of Biology at Karelian Research Centre of Russian Academy of Sciences, 11 Pushkinskaya Street, Petrozavodsk, Russia 185910
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- Institute of Biology at Karelian Research Centre of Russian Academy of Sciences, 11 Pushkinskaya Street, Petrozavodsk, Russia 185910
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- Institute of Biology at Karelian Research Centre of Russian Academy of Sciences, 11 Pushkinskaya Street, Petrozavodsk, Russia 185910
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- Institute of Biology at Karelian Research Centre of Russian Academy of Sciences, 11 Pushkinskaya Street, Petrozavodsk, Russia 185910
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- Institute of Biology at Karelian Research Centre of Russian Academy of Sciences, 11 Pushkinskaya Street, Petrozavodsk, Russia 185910
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- Institute of Biology at Karelian Research Centre of Russian Academy of Sciences, 11 Pushkinskaya Street, Petrozavodsk, Russia 185910
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Ueki M, Kimura-Kataoka K, Fujihara J, Iida R, Kawai Y, Kusaka A, Sasaki T, Takeshita H, Yasuda T. Evaluation of the functional effects of genetic variants‒missense and nonsense SNPs, indels and copy number variations‒in the gene encoding human deoxyribonuclease I potentially implicated in autoimmunity. Sci Rep 2019; 9:13660. [PMID: 31541133 PMCID: PMC6754452 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-49935-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2019] [Accepted: 08/29/2019] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Genetic variants, such as single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), in the deoxyribonuclease I (DNase I) gene which remarkably reduce or abolish the activity are assumed to be substantially responsible for the genetic backgrounds determining susceptibility to autoimmune dysfunction. Here, we evaluated many genetic variants, including missense and nonsense SNPs, and indel (inframe) variants in the gene, potentially implicated in autoimmune diseases as functional variants resulting in altered activity levels. Eighteen missense and 7 nonsense SNPs, and 9 indel (inframe) variants were found to result in loss of function and disappearance of DNase I activity. Furthermore, considering the positions in the DNase I protein corresponding to the various nonsense SNPs, all of the other nonsense SNPs and frameshift variants registered in the Ensembl database (https://asia.ensembl.org) appear likely to exert a pathogenetic effect through loss of the activity. Accordingly, a total of 60 genetic variants in the DNase 1 gene (DNASE1) inducing abolishment or marked reduction of the DNase I activity could be identified as genetic risk factors for autoimmunity, irrespective of how sparsely they were distributed in the population. It was noteworthy that SNP p.Gln244Arg, reportedly associated with autoimmunity and reducing the activity to about half of that of the wild type, and SNP p.Arg107Gly, abolishing the activity completely, were distributed worldwide and in African populations at the polymorphic level, respectively. On the other hand, with regard to copy number variations in DNASE1 where loss of copy leads to a reduction of the in vivo enzyme activity, only 2 diploid copy numbers were distributed in Japanese and German populations, demonstrating no loss of copy. These exhaustive data for genetic variants in DNASE1 resulting in loss or marked reduction of the DNase I activity are highly informative when considering genetic predisposition leading to autoimmune dysfunction.
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- Misuzu Ueki
- Department of Medical Genetics and Biochemistry, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, Eiheiji, Fukui, Japan
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- Department of Legal Medicine, Shimane University School of Medicine, Enya, Izumo, Japan
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- Department of Legal Medicine, Shimane University School of Medicine, Enya, Izumo, Japan
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- Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, Eiheiji, Fukui, Japan
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- Department of Cardiology, Kanazawa Medical University, Uchinada, Ishikawa, Japan
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- Department of Legal Medicine, Shimane University School of Medicine, Enya, Izumo, Japan
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- Department of Legal Medicine, Shimane University School of Medicine, Enya, Izumo, Japan
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- Department of Legal Medicine, Shimane University School of Medicine, Enya, Izumo, Japan.
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- Department of Medical Genetics and Biochemistry, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, Eiheiji, Fukui, Japan
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Ueki M, Fujihara J, Kimura-Kataoka K, Yamada K, Takinami Y, Takeshita H, Iida R, Yasuda T. Low genetic heterogeneity of copy number variations (CNVs) in the genes encoding the human deoxyribonucleases 1-like 3 and II potentially relevant to autoimmunity. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0215479. [PMID: 31022206 PMCID: PMC6483174 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0215479] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2018] [Accepted: 04/02/2019] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Deoxyribonucleases (DNases) might play a role in prevention of autoimmune conditions such as systemic lupus erythematosus through clearance of cell debris resulting from apoptosis and/or necrosis. Previous studies have suggested that variations in the in vivo activities of DNases I-like 3(1L3) and II have an impact on autoimmune-related conditions. The genes for these DNases are known to show copy number variations (CNVs) whereby copy loss leads to a reduction of the in vivo activities of the enzymes, thereby possibly affecting the pathophysiological background of autoimmune diseases. Using a simple newly developed quantitative real-time PCR method, we investigated the distributions of the CNVs for DNASE1L3 and DNASE2 in Japanese and German populations. It was found that only 2 diploid copy numbers for all of these DNASE CNVs was distributed in both of the study populations; no copy loss or gain was evident for any of the autoimmune-related DNase genes. Therefore, it was demonstrated that these human autoimmune-related DNase genes show low genetic diversity of CNVs resulting in alterations of the in vivo levels of DNase activity.
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- Misuzu Ueki
- Division of Medical Genetics and Biochemistry, School of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, Eiheiji, Fukui, Japan
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- Department of Legal Medicine, Shimane University School of Medicine, Izumo, Shimane, Japan
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- Department of Legal Medicine, Shimane University School of Medicine, Izumo, Shimane, Japan
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- Department of Legal Medicine, Shimane University School of Medicine, Izumo, Shimane, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Shimane University School of Medicine, Izumo, Shimane, Japan
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- Department of Legal Medicine, Shimane University School of Medicine, Izumo, Shimane, Japan
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- Division of Life Science, School of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, Eiheiji, Fukui, Japan
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- Division of Medical Genetics and Biochemistry, School of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, Eiheiji, Fukui, Japan
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Choi M, Jeon S. Antiapoptotic effects of scutellarin on ultraviolet A-irradiated HaCaT human keratinocytes. BIOMEDICAL DERMATOLOGY 2018. [DOI: 10.1186/s41702-018-0022-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Junghänel S, Karczewski S, Bäcker S, Knauer SK, Schmuck C. A Systematic Structure-Activity Study of a New Type of Small Peptidic Transfection Vector Reveals the Importance of a Special Oxo-Anion-Binding Motif for Gene Delivery. Chembiochem 2017; 18:2268-2279. [PMID: 28914486 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201700433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2017] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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We discovered a new class of artificial peptidic transfection vectors based on an artificial anion-binding motif, the guanidiniocarbonylpyrrole (GCP) cation. This new type of vector is surprisingly smaller than traditional systems, and our previous work suggested that the GCP group was important for promoting critical endosomal escape. We now present here a systematic comparison of similar DNA ligands featuring our GCP oxo-anion-binding motif with DNA ligands only consisting of naturally occurring amino acids. Structure-activity studies showed that the artificial binding motif clearly outperformed natural amino acids such as histidine, lysine, and arginine. It improved the ability to shuttle foreign genetic material into cells, yet successfully mediated endosomal escape. Also, plasmids that were complexed by our artificial ligands were stabilized against cytosolic degradation to some extent. This resulted in the successful expression of plasmid information (comparable to gold standards such as polyethyleneimine). Hence, our study clearly demonstrates the importance of the tailor-made GCP anion-binding site for efficient gene transfection.
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- Sandra Junghänel
- Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Duisburg-Essen, Universitätsstrasse 7, 45117, Essen, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Biology, University of Duisburg-Essen, Universitätsstrasse 7, 45117, Essen, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Biology, University of Duisburg-Essen, Universitätsstrasse 7, 45117, Essen, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Biology, University of Duisburg-Essen, Universitätsstrasse 7, 45117, Essen, Germany
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Duisburg-Essen, Universitätsstrasse 7, 45117, Essen, Germany
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The hidden side of SERPINB1/Leukocyte Elastase Inhibitor. Semin Cell Dev Biol 2016; 62:178-186. [PMID: 27422329 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2016.07.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2016] [Revised: 06/13/2016] [Accepted: 07/08/2016] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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SERPINB1, also called Leukocyte Elastase Inhibitor (LEI) is a member of the clade B of SERPINS. It is an intracellular protein and acts primarily to protect the cell from proteases released into the cytoplasm during stress. Its role in inflammation is clear due to its involvement in the resolution of chronic inflammatory lung and bowel diseases. LEI/SERPINB1 intrinsically possesses two enzymatic activities: an antiprotease activity dependent on its reactive site loop, which is analogous to the other proteins of the family and an endonuclease activity which is unveiled by the cleavage of the reactive site loop. The conformational change induced by this cleavage also unveils a bipartite nuclear localization signal allowing the protein to translocate to the nucleus. Recent data indicate that it has also a role in cell migration suggesting that it could be involved in diverse processes like wound healing and malignant metastases.
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Fujihara J, Ueki M, Kimura-Kataoka K, Iida R, Takeshita H, Yasuda T. Functional Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) in the Genes Encoding the Human Deoxyribonuclease (DNase) Family Potentially Relevant to Autoimmunity. Immunol Invest 2016; 45:406-19. [PMID: 27116004 DOI: 10.3109/08820139.2016.1157813] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To continue our previous investigations, we have extensively investigated the function of the 61, 41, and 35 non-synonymous single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the human genes encoding DNASE1, DNASE1L3, and DNASE2, respectively, potentially relevant to autoimmune diseases. METHODS The site-directed mutagenesis was employed to amino acid-substituted constructs corresponding to each SNP. The COS-7 cells were transfected with each vector and DNase activity was assayed by the single radial enzyme diffusion method. By using PolyPhen-2, changes in the DNase function of each non-synonymous SNP were predicted. Genotyping of all the non-synonymous SNPs was performed in 14 different populations including 3 ethnic groups using the polymerase chain reaction followed by the restriction fragment length polymorphism method. RESULTS Expression analysis demonstrated these SNPs to be classified into four categories with regard to the effect on DNase activity: SNPs not affecting the activity level, ones reducing it, ones abolishing it, and ones elevating it. In particular, 9, 5, and 4 SNPs producing a loss-of-function variant of the enzymes in DNASE1, DNASE1L3, and DNASE2, respectively, were confirmed. SNPs producing DNase loss of function can be estimated by PolyPhen-2 to be "probably damaging" with a high accuracy of prediction. Almost all of these functional SNPs producing a loss of function or substantially low activity-harboring forms exhibited a mono-allelic distribution in all of the populations. CONCLUSION A minor allele of functional SNPs, despite the remarkably low genetic heterogeneity of the SNPs, might be a genetic risk factor for autoimmune diseases.
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- Junko Fujihara
- a Department of Legal Medicine , Shimane University School of Medicine , Shimane , Japan
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- b Division of Medical Genetics and Biochemistry , University of Fukui , Fukui , Japan
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- a Department of Legal Medicine , Shimane University School of Medicine , Shimane , Japan
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- c Division of Life Sciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences , University of Fukui , Fukui , Japan
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- a Department of Legal Medicine , Shimane University School of Medicine , Shimane , Japan
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- b Division of Medical Genetics and Biochemistry , University of Fukui , Fukui , Japan
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Berchtold LA, Prause M, Størling J, Mandrup-Poulsen T. Cytokines and Pancreatic β-Cell Apoptosis. Adv Clin Chem 2016; 75:99-158. [PMID: 27346618 DOI: 10.1016/bs.acc.2016.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The discovery 30 years ago that inflammatory cytokines cause a concentration, activity, and time-dependent bimodal response in pancreatic β-cell function and viability has been a game-changer in the fields of research directed at understanding inflammatory regulation of β-cell function and survival and the causes of β-cell failure and destruction in diabetes. Having until then been confined to the use of pathophysiologically irrelevant β-cell toxic chemicals as a model of β-cell death, researchers could now mimic endocrine and paracrine effects of the cytokine response in vitro by titrating concentrations in the low to the high picomolar-femtomolar range and vary exposure time for up to 14-16h to reproduce the acute regulatory effects of systemic inflammation on β-cell secretory responses, with a shift to inhibition at high picomolar concentrations or more than 16h of exposure to illustrate adverse effects of local, chronic islet inflammation. Since then, numerous studies have clarified how these bimodal responses depend on discrete signaling pathways. Most interest has been devoted to the proapoptotic response dependent upon mainly nuclear factor κ B and mitogen-activated protein kinase activation, leading to gene expressional changes, endoplasmic reticulum stress, and triggering of mitochondrial dysfunction. Preclinical studies have shown preventive effects of cytokine antagonism in animal models of diabetes, and clinical trials demonstrating proof of concept are emerging. The full clinical potential of anticytokine therapies has yet to be shown by testing the incremental effects of appropriate dosing, timing, and combinations of treatments. Due to the considerable translational importance of enhancing the precision, specificity, and safety of antiinflammatory treatments of diabetes, we review here the cellular, preclinical, and clinical evidence of which of the death pathways recently proposed in the Nomenclature Committee on Cell Death 2012 Recommendations are activated by inflammatory cytokines in the pancreatic β-cell to guide the identification of antidiabetic targets. Although there are still scarce human data, the cellular and preclinical studies point to the caspase-dependent intrinsic apoptosis pathway as the prime effector of inflammatory β-cell apoptosis.
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- University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Copenhagen Diabetes Research Center, Beta Cell Biology Group, Copenhagen University Hospital Herlev, Herlev, Denmark
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Almzaiel AJ, Billington R, Smerdon G, Moody AJ. Hyperbaric oxygen enhances neutrophil apoptosis and their clearance by monocyte-derived macrophages. Biochem Cell Biol 2015; 93:405-16. [PMID: 26194051 DOI: 10.1139/bcb-2014-0157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Neutrophil apoptosis and clearance by macrophages are essential for wound healing. Evidence suggests that hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) exposure may enhance neutrophil apoptosis, but HBO effects leading to neutrophil clearance by macrophages are still unclear. In the current study, bovine neutrophils and monocyte-derived macrophages (MDMΦ) were co-cultured under HBO (97.9% O2, 2.1% CO2 at 2.4 atm absolute (ATA)) (1 atm = 101.325 kPa), hyperbaric normoxia (8.8% O2 at 2.4 ATA), normobaric hyperoxia (95% O2, 5% CO2), normoxia (air), and normobaric hypoxia (5% O2, 5% CO2). Phagocytosis of fresh and 22 h aged neutrophils by MDMΦ was increased after HBO pre-treatment, assessed using flow cytometry and light microscopy. Enhanced clearance of neutrophils was accompanied by an increase in H2O2 levels following HBO pre-treatment with upregulation of IL-10 (anti-inflammatory cytokine) mRNA expression in LPS-stimulated MDMΦ that had ingested aged neutrophils. TNF-α (pro-inflammatory cytokine) gene expression did not change in LPS-stimulated MDMΦ that had ingested fresh or aged neutrophils after HBO, pressure, and hyperoxia. These findings suggest that HBO-activated MDMΦ participate in the clearance of apoptotic cells. Uptake of neutrophils by MDMΦ exposed to HBO may contribute to resolution of inflammation, because HBO induced up-regulation of IL-10 mRNA expression.
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- Anwar J Almzaiel
- a Centre for Research in Translational Biomedicine, School of Biological Sciences, Plymouth University, Drake Circus, Plymouth PL4 8AA, UK
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- a Centre for Research in Translational Biomedicine, School of Biological Sciences, Plymouth University, Drake Circus, Plymouth PL4 8AA, UK
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- b DDRC Healthcare, Plymouth Science Park, Plymouth PL6 8BU, UK
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- a Centre for Research in Translational Biomedicine, School of Biological Sciences, Plymouth University, Drake Circus, Plymouth PL4 8AA, UK
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Lebon C, Rodriguez GV, Zaoui IE, Jaadane I, Behar-Cohen F, Torriglia A. On the use of an appropriate TdT-mediated dUTP-biotin nick end labeling assay to identify apoptotic cells. Anal Biochem 2015; 480:37-41. [PMID: 25862087 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2015.04.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2014] [Revised: 04/01/2015] [Accepted: 04/03/2015] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Apoptosis is an essential cellular mechanism involved in many processes such as embryogenesis, metamorphosis, and tissue homeostasis. DNA fragmentation is one of the key markers of this form of cell death. DNA fragmentation is executed by endogenous endonucleases such as caspase-activated DNase (CAD) in caspase-dependent apoptosis. The TUNEL (TdT-mediated dUTP-biotin nick end labeling) technique is the most widely used method to identify apoptotic cells in a tissue or culture and to assess drug toxicity. It is based on the detection of 3'-OH termini that are labeled with dUTP by the terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase. Although the test is very reliable and sensitive in caspase-dependent apoptosis, it is completely useless when cell death is mediated by pathways involving DNA degradation that generates 3'-P ends as in the LEI/L-DNase II pathway. Here, we propose a modification in the TUNEL protocol consisting of a dephosphorylation step prior to the TUNEL labeling. This allows the detection of both types of DNA breaks induced during apoptosis caspase-dependent and independent pathways, avoiding underestimating the cell death induced by the treatment of interest.
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- Cecile Lebon
- Centre de Recherches des Cordeliers, INSERM U1138, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Université Paris Descartes, 75006 Paris, France
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- Centre de Recherches des Cordeliers, INSERM U1138, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Université Paris Descartes, 75006 Paris, France
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- Centre de Recherches des Cordeliers, INSERM U1138, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Université Paris Descartes, 75006 Paris, France
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- Centre de Recherches des Cordeliers, INSERM U1138, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Université Paris Descartes, 75006 Paris, France
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- Centre de Recherches des Cordeliers, INSERM U1138, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Université Paris Descartes, 75006 Paris, France
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- Centre de Recherches des Cordeliers, INSERM U1138, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Université Paris Descartes, 75006 Paris, France.
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Identification of neutral and acidic deoxyribonuclease activities in Tetrahymena thermophila life stages. Eur J Protistol 2015; 51:173-85. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejop.2015.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2014] [Revised: 02/09/2015] [Accepted: 02/13/2015] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Whelan NV, Kocot KM, Santos SR, Halanych KM. Nemertean toxin genes revealed through transcriptome sequencing. Genome Biol Evol 2014; 6:3314-25. [PMID: 25432940 PMCID: PMC4986456 DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evu258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Nemerteans are one of few animal groups that have evolved the ability to utilize toxins for both defense and subduing prey, but little is known about specific nemertean toxins. In particular, no study has identified specific toxin genes even though peptide toxins are known from some nemertean species. Information about toxin genes is needed to better understand evolution of toxins across animals and possibly provide novel targets for pharmaceutical and industrial applications. We sequenced and annotated transcriptomes of two free-living and one commensal nemertean and annotated an additional six publicly available nemertean transcriptomes to identify putative toxin genes. Approximately 63–74% of predicted open reading frames in each transcriptome were annotated with gene names, and all species had similar percentages of transcripts annotated with each higher-level GO term. Every nemertean analyzed possessed genes with high sequence similarities to known animal toxins including those from stonefish, cephalopods, and sea anemones. One toxin-like gene found in all nemerteans analyzed had high sequence similarity to Plancitoxin-1, a DNase II hepatotoxin that may function well at low pH, which suggests that the acidic body walls of some nemerteans could work to enhance the efficacy of protein toxins. The highest number of toxin-like genes found in any one species was seven and the lowest was three. The diversity of toxin-like nemertean genes found here is greater than previously documented, and these animals are likely an ideal system for exploring toxin evolution and industrial applications of toxins.
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- Nathan V Whelan
- Department of Biological Sciences, Molette Biology Laboratory for Environmental and Climate Change Studies, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Molette Biology Laboratory for Environmental and Climate Change Studies, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama Present address: School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Molette Biology Laboratory for Environmental and Climate Change Studies, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Molette Biology Laboratory for Environmental and Climate Change Studies, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama
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Liao C, Liu M, Bai X, Liu P, Wang X, Li T, Tang B, Gao H, Sun Q, Liu X, Zhao Y, Wang F, Wu X, Boireau P, Liu X. Characterisation of a plancitoxin-1-like DNase II gene in Trichinella spiralis. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2014; 8:e3097. [PMID: 25165857 PMCID: PMC4148230 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2014] [Accepted: 07/01/2014] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Background Deoxyribonuclease II (DNase II) is a well-known acidic endonuclease that catalyses the degradation of DNA into oligonucleotides. Only one or a few genes encoding DNase II have been observed in the genomes of many species. 125 DNase II-like protein family genes were predicted in the Trichinella spiralis (T. spiralis) genome; however, none have been confirmed. DNase II is a monomeric nuclease that contains two copies of a variant HKD motif in the N- and C-termini. Of these 125 genes, only plancitoxin-1 (1095 bp, GenBank accession no. XM_003370715.1) contains the HKD motif in its C-terminus domain. Methodology/Principal Findings In this study, we cloned and characterised the plancitoxin-1 gene. However, the sequences of plancitoxin-1 cloned from T. spiralis were shorter than the predicted sequences in GenBank. Intriguingly, there were two HKD motifs in the N- and C-termini in the cloned sequences. Therefore, the gene with shorter sequences was named after plancitoxin-1-like (Ts-Pt, 885 bp) and has been deposited in GenBank under accession number KF984291. The recombinant protein (rTs-Pt) was expressed in a prokaryotic expression system and purified by nickel affinity chromatography. Western blot analysis showed that rTs-Pt was recognised by serum from T. spiralis-infected mice; the anti-rTs-Pt serum recognised crude antigens but not ES antigens. The Ts-Pt gene was examined at all T. spiralis developmental stages by real-time quantitative PCR. Immunolocalisation analysis showed that Ts-Pt was distributed throughout newborn larvae (NBL), the tegument of adults (Ad) and muscle larvae (ML). As demonstrated by DNase zymography, the expressed proteins displayed cation-independent DNase activity. rTs-Pt had a narrow optimum pH range in slightly acidic conditions (pH 4 and pH 5), and its optimum temperature was 25°C, 30°C, and 37°C. Conclusions This study indicated that Ts-Pt was classified as a somatic protein in different T. spiralis developmental stages, and demonstrated for the first time that an expressed DNase II protein from T. spiralis had nuclease activity. Deoxyribonuclease II (DNase II) is classified into a unique family of nucleases and mediates the degradation of DNA associated with apoptosis. Although DNase II activity was first observed in 1947, and has been studied biochemically and enzymatically since the 1960s, only recently has genetic information on the enzyme been reported. Compared with enzymes from other species, including C. elegans, the DNase II-like protein family of the parasitic nematode T. spiralis has expanded remarkably, with an estimated 125 genes found in the draft genome of T. spiralis. However, none of these proteins have been confirmed by biochemical studies. This study describes Ts-Pt, a DNase II protein that is expressed in different T. spiralis developmental stages. The recombinant protein purified via a prokaryotic expression system displayed in vitro nuclease activity, as determined by DNase zymography. The exact function and mechanisms of Ts-Pt should be further explored in vivo.
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- Chengshui Liao
- Key Laboratory for Zoonosis Research, Ministry of Education, Institute of Zoonosis, Jilin University, Changchun, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for Zoonosis Research, Ministry of Education, Institute of Zoonosis, Jilin University, Changchun, People's Republic of China
- Jiangsu Co-innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Yangzhou, People's Republic of China
- * E-mail: (ML); (XW); (PB); (XL)
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- Key Laboratory for Zoonosis Research, Ministry of Education, Institute of Zoonosis, Jilin University, Changchun, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for Zoonosis Research, Ministry of Education, Institute of Zoonosis, Jilin University, Changchun, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for Zoonosis Research, Ministry of Education, Institute of Zoonosis, Jilin University, Changchun, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for Zoonosis Research, Ministry of Education, Institute of Zoonosis, Jilin University, Changchun, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for Zoonosis Research, Ministry of Education, Institute of Zoonosis, Jilin University, Changchun, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for Zoonosis Research, Ministry of Education, Institute of Zoonosis, Jilin University, Changchun, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for Zoonosis Research, Ministry of Education, Institute of Zoonosis, Jilin University, Changchun, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for Zoonosis Research, Ministry of Education, Institute of Zoonosis, Jilin University, Changchun, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for Zoonosis Research, Ministry of Education, Institute of Zoonosis, Jilin University, Changchun, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for Zoonosis Research, Ministry of Education, Institute of Zoonosis, Jilin University, Changchun, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for Zoonosis Research, Ministry of Education, Institute of Zoonosis, Jilin University, Changchun, People's Republic of China
- National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
- * E-mail: (ML); (XW); (PB); (XL)
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- Key Laboratory for Zoonosis Research, Ministry of Education, Institute of Zoonosis, Jilin University, Changchun, People's Republic of China
- * E-mail: (ML); (XW); (PB); (XL)
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- Key Laboratory for Zoonosis Research, Ministry of Education, Institute of Zoonosis, Jilin University, Changchun, People's Republic of China
- * E-mail: (ML); (XW); (PB); (XL)
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Kimura-Kataoka K, Ueki M, Takeshita H, Fujihara J, Iida R, Kawai Y, Yasuda T. Identification of the functional alleles of the nonsynonymous single-nucleotide polymorphisms potentially implicated in systemic lupus erythematosus in the human deoxyribonuclease I gene. DNA Cell Biol 2014; 33:492-502. [PMID: 24819173 DOI: 10.1089/dna.2014.2368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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In the present study, we have extensively continued our previous investigations of the nonsynonymous single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the human DNase I (DNASE1) gene potentially relevant to systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE); therefore, all of the 58 nonsynonymous SNPs registered in the NCBI dbSNP database could be evaluated and it could be checked as to whether these SNPs might serve as a functional SNP. From a compiled expression analysis of the amino-acid-substituted DNase I corresponding to each of the SNPs, it was possible to sort them into 23 SNPs while not affecting the activity: 12 abolishing it, 14 reducing it, and 9 increasing it. Among a total of 58 nonsynonymous SNPs, only 4 SNPs exhibited genetic polymorphisms in some of the populations examined; a minor allele producing a loss-of-function variant of each SNP was not distributed in 14 different populations derived from three ethnic groups. It could be assumed that a minor allele of these functional SNPs, despite their remarkably low genetic heterogeneity, could directly serve as a genetic risk factor for SLE. Furthermore, among the human DNase family genes, it seems that DNASE1 is able to tolerate the generation of nonsynonymous SNPs, and that the amino-acid substitutions resulting from the SNPs in DNASE1 easily alter the activity.
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- Kaori Kimura-Kataoka
- 1 Department of Legal Medicine, Shimane University School of Medicine , Shimane, Japan
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Leprêtre C, Tchakarska G, Blibech H, Lebon C, Torriglia A. Apoptosis-inducing factor (AIF) and leukocyte elastase inhibitor/L-DNase II (LEI/LDNaseII), can interact to conduct caspase-independent cell death. Apoptosis 2014; 18:1048-59. [PMID: 23673989 DOI: 10.1007/s10495-013-0862-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Programmed cell death is an important factor in tissue homeostasis. Lot of work has been performed to characterize the caspase-dependent cell death. Caspase-independent cell death, although important in many physiological situations, is less investigated. In this work we show that two caspase-independent effectors of cell death, namely apoptosis-inducing factor and leukocyte elastase inhibitor derived DNase II interact and can cooperate to induce cell death. These results contribute to the knowledge of molecular pathways of cell death, an important issue in the development of new therapeutic strategies for the treatment of cancer or neurodegenerative diseases.
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- Chloé Leprêtre
- Centre de Recherches des Cordeliers, INSERM, UMR S 872, 15, rue de L'école de médecine, 75006, Paris, France
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Qin C, Yap S, Woodman OL. Antioxidants in the prevention of myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury. Expert Rev Clin Pharmacol 2014; 2:673-95. [DOI: 10.1586/ecp.09.41] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Ueki M, Kimura-Kataoka K, Fujihara J, Takeshita H, Iida R, Yasuda T. Evaluation of all nonsynonymous single-nucleotide polymorphisms in the gene encoding human deoxyribonuclease I-like 1, possibly implicated in the blocking of endocytosis-mediated foreign gene transfer. DNA Cell Biol 2013; 33:79-87. [PMID: 24329527 DOI: 10.1089/dna.2013.2248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Many nonsynonymous single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the human deoxyribonuclease I-like 1 (DNase 1L1) gene, possibly implicated in the blocking of endocytosis-mediated foreign gene transfer, have been identified, but only limited population data are available and no studies have evaluated whether such SNPs are functional. Genotyping of all 21 nonsynonymous human DNase 1L1 SNPs was performed in 16 different populations representing three ethnic groups using the PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism technique. All of the nonsynonymous SNPs, except for SNP p.Val122Ile in Caucasian populations, exhibited a monoallelic distribution in all of the populations. On the basis of alterations in the activity levels resulting from the corresponding amino acid substitutions, two activity-abolishing and four activity-reducing SNPs were confirmed to be functional. Although all of the nonsynonymous SNPs that affected the catalytic activity showed extremely low genetic heterogeneity, it seems plausible that a minor allele of six SNPs producing a loss-of-function or extremely low-activity variant could serve directly as a genetic risk factor for diseases. Especially, the amino acid residues in activity-abolishing SNPs were conserved in animal DNases 1L1. Furthermore, results of phylogenetic analysis suggest that DNase 1L1 might have appeared latest among the DNase I family during the course of molecular evolution.
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- Misuzu Ueki
- 1 Division of Medical Genetics and Biochemistry, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui , Fukui, Japan
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Ueki M, Kimura-Kataoka K, Takeshita H, Fujihara J, Iida R, Sano R, Nakajima T, Kominato Y, Kawai Y, Yasuda T. Evaluation of all non-synonymous single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the genes encoding human deoxyribonuclease I and I-like 3 as a functional SNP potentially implicated in autoimmunity. FEBS J 2013; 281:376-90. [DOI: 10.1111/febs.12608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2013] [Revised: 09/26/2013] [Accepted: 11/04/2013] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Misuzu Ueki
- Division of Medical Genetics and Biochemistry; Faculty of Medical Sciences; University of Fukui; Japan
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- Department of Legal Medicine; Shimane University School of Medicine; Japan
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- Department of Legal Medicine; Shimane University School of Medicine; Japan
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- Division of Life Sciences; Faculty of Medical Sciences; University of Fukui; Japan
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- Department of Legal Medicine; Gunma University School of Medicine; Japan
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- Department of Legal Medicine; Gunma University School of Medicine; Japan
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- Department of Legal Medicine; Gunma University School of Medicine; Japan
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- Department of Cardiology; Kanazawa Medical University; Ishikawa Japan
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- Department of Legal Medicine; Shimane University School of Medicine; Japan
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Sethman CR, Hawiger J. The innate immunity adaptor SARM translocates to the nucleus to stabilize lamins and prevent DNA fragmentation in response to pro-apoptotic signaling. PLoS One 2013; 8:e70994. [PMID: 23923041 PMCID: PMC3726548 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0070994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2013] [Accepted: 07/02/2013] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Sterile alpha and armadillo-motif containing protein (SARM), a highly conserved and structurally unique member of the MyD88 family of Toll-like receptor adaptors, plays an important role in innate immunity signaling and apoptosis. Its exact mechanism of intracellular action remains unclear. Apoptosis is an ancient and ubiquitous process of programmed cell death that results in disruption of the nuclear lamina and, ultimately, dismantling of the nucleus. In addition to supporting the nuclear membrane, lamins serve important roles in chromatin organization, epigenetic regulation, transcription, nuclear transport, and mitosis. Mutations and other damage that destabilize nuclear lamins (laminopathies) underlie a number of intractable human diseases. Here, we report that SARM translocates to the nucleus of human embryonic kidney cells by using its amino-terminal Armadillo repeat region. Within the nucleus, SARM forms a previously unreported lattice akin to the nuclear lamina scaffold. Moreover, we show that SARM protects lamins from apoptotic degradation and reduces internucleosomal DNA fragmentation in response to signaling induced by the proinflammatory cytokine Tumor Necrosis Factor alpha. These findings indicate an important link between the innate immunity adaptor SARM and stabilization of nuclear lamins during inflammation-driven apoptosis in human cells.
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- Chad R. Sethman
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
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Hauptstein S, Bernkop-Schnürch A. Thiomers and thiomer-based nanoparticles in protein and DNA drug delivery. Expert Opin Drug Deliv 2012; 9:1069-81. [PMID: 22703388 DOI: 10.1517/17425247.2012.697893] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Thanks to advances in biotechnology, more and more highly efficient protein- and DNA-based drugs have been developed. Unfortunately, these kinds of drugs underlie poor non-parental bioavailability. To overcome hindrances like low mucosal permeability and enzymatic degradation polymeric excipients are utilized as drug carrier whereat thiolated excipients showed several promising qualities in comparison to the analogical unmodified polymer. AREAS COVERED The article deals with the comparatively easy modification of well-established polymers like chitosan or poly(acrylates) to synthesize thiomers. Further, the recently developed "next generation" thiomers e.g. preactivated or S-protected thiomers are introduced. Designative properties like mucoadhesion, uptake and permeation enhancement, efflux pump inhibition and protection against enzymatic degradation will be discussed and differences between first and next generation thiomers will be pointed out. Additionally, nanoparticles prepared with thiomers will be dealt with regarding to protein and DNA drug delivery as thiomers seem to be a promising approach to avoid parenteral application. EXPERT OPINION Properties of thiomers per se and results of in vivo studies carried out so far for peptide and DNA drugs demonstrate their potential as multifunctional excipients. However, further investigations and optimizations have to be done before establishing a carrier system ready for clinical approval.
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- Sabine Hauptstein
- University of Innsbruck, Institute of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Innrain 80/82, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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Martien R, Hoyer H, Perera G, Schnürch AB. An oral oligonucleotide delivery system based on a thiolated polymer: Development and in vitro evaluation. Eur J Pharm Biopharm 2011; 78:355-60. [PMID: 21295141 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpb.2011.01.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2010] [Revised: 01/14/2011] [Accepted: 01/27/2011] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The purpose of this study was to develop and evaluate an oral oligonucleotide delivery system based on a thiolated polymer/reduced glutathione (GSH) system providing a protective effect toward nucleases and permeation enhancement. A polycarbophil-cysteine conjugate (PCP-Cys) was synthesized. Enzymatic degradation of a model oligonucleotide by DNase I and within freshly collected intestinal fluid was investigated in the absence and presence of PCP-Cys. Permeation studies with PCP-Cys/GSH versus control were performed in vitro on Caco-2 cell monolayers and ex vivo on rat intestinal mucosa. PCP-Cys displayed 223 ± 13.8 μmol thiol groups per gram polymer. After 4h, 61% of the free oligonucleotides were degraded by DNase I and 80% within intestinal fluid. In contrast, less than 41% (DNase I) and 60% (intestinal fluid) were degraded in the presence of 0.02% (m/v) PCP-Cys. Permeation studies revealed an 8-fold (Caco-2) and 10-fold (intestinal mucosa) increase in apparent permeability compared to buffer control. Hence, this PCP-Cys/GSH system might be a promising tool for the oral administration of oligonucleotides as it allows a significant protection toward degrading enzymes and facilitates their transport across intestinal membranes.
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- Ronny Martien
- Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
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Guéroult M, Picot D, Abi-Ghanem J, Hartmann B, Baaden M. How cations can assist DNase I in DNA binding and hydrolysis. PLoS Comput Biol 2010; 6:e1001000. [PMID: 21124947 PMCID: PMC2987838 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1001000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2010] [Accepted: 10/15/2010] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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DNase I requires Ca2+ and Mg2+ for hydrolyzing double-stranded DNA. However, the number and the location of DNase I ion-binding sites remain unclear, as well as the role of these counter-ions. Using molecular dynamics simulations, we show that bovine pancreatic (bp) DNase I contains four ion-binding pockets. Two of them strongly bind Ca2+ while the other two sites coordinate Mg2+. These theoretical results are strongly supported by revisiting crystallographic structures that contain bpDNase I. One Ca2+ stabilizes the functional DNase I structure. The presence of Mg2+ in close vicinity to the catalytic pocket of bpDNase I reinforces the idea of a cation-assisted hydrolytic mechanism. Importantly, Poisson-Boltzmann-type electrostatic potential calculations demonstrate that the divalent cations collectively control the electrostatic fit between bpDNase I and DNA. These results improve our understanding of the essential role of cations in the biological function of bpDNase I. The high degree of conservation of the amino acids involved in the identified cation-binding sites across DNase I and DNase I-like proteins from various species suggests that our findings generally apply to all DNase I-DNA interactions. DNase I requires Ca2+ and Mg2+ for hydrolyzing double-stranded DNA. Here, we show that bovine pancreatic (bp) DNase I contains four ion-binding pockets. Two of them, previously observed in the crystallographic structure of free bpDNase I, strongly bind Ca2+. The other two sites bind Mg2+ and are described in detail for the first time. One Ca2+ stabilizes the functional DNase I structure. The presence of Mg2+ in close vicinity to the catalytic pocket of bpDNase I reinforces the idea of a cation-assisted hydrolytic mechanism. Poisson-Boltzmann-type electrostatic potential calculations demonstrate that the divalent cations collectively control the electrostatic fit between bpDNase I and DNA. Thus, this work reveals the link between cation binding and the biological function of bpDNase I. The high degree of conservation of the amino acids involved in the identified cation-binding sites across DNase I and DNase I-like proteins from various species suggests that our findings generally apply to all DNase I-DNA interactions.
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- Marc Guéroult
- CNRS UPR 9080, Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, Paris, France
- INTS, INSERM UMR S665, Paris, France
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- CNRS UMR 7099, Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, Paris, France
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- CNRS UPR 9080, Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, Paris, France
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Leśniewicz K, Pieńkowska J, Poreba E. Characterization of nucleases involved in seedling development of cauliflower. JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2010; 167:1093-1100. [PMID: 20447722 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2010.03.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2009] [Revised: 02/26/2010] [Accepted: 03/02/2010] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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The ability of cells to control the degradation of their own DNA is a common feature of most living organisms. In plants, extensive hydrolysis of nuclear DNA occurs during different forms of programmed cell death (PCD). In addition to the removal of unwanted cells, the PCD process allows for the remobilization of cellular constituents, including the products of DNA hydrolysis. Although programmed cell death occurs widely during normal development and plant defense responses to pathogens, only one class of deoxyribonucleases, the S1 type, involved in these processes, has been well characterized. Using DNA-SDS-PAGE, we identified the activities of 14 deoxyribonucleases expressed in different organs of cauliflower seeds, seedlings and the flower head. These enzymes represent several classes based on their substrate specificity and ion dependency. In addition to four Zn(2+)-dependent enzymes, we identified five Ca(2+)-dependent, two Mg(2+)-dependent, three Ca(2+)/Mg(2+)-dependent and one nuclease whose activities seem to be independent of any divalent cations. We also identified a set of DNases whose expression seems to be common for different organs and different stages of development, as well as a few highly tissue-specific nucleases. Expression of three nucleases was inducible by drought stress and hydrogen peroxide.
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- Krzysztof Leśniewicz
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Adam Mickiewicz University, 89 Umultowska St., 61-614 Poznań, Poland.
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Burattini S, Ferri P, Battistelli M, D'Emilio A, Biagiotti L, Sestili P, Rocchi MBL, Falcieri E. Apoptotic DNA fragmentation can be revealed in situ: an ultrastructural approach. Microsc Res Tech 2010; 72:913-23. [PMID: 19484747 DOI: 10.1002/jemt.20735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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A common pattern of apoptotic death is DNA cleavage, initially producing large fragments (50 kbp), followed by the production of nucleosomic/oligonucleosomic fragments. Nevertheless, apoptosis without DNA fragmentation, at least of the nucleosomic type, has been reported. To investigate the spatial relationship between DNA cleavage and chromatin condensation, we applied the TUNEL technique to the ultrastructural analysis of apoptotic cells. A modified method, utilizing a gold-conjugated antidigoxigenin antibody, was carried out on U937 versus Molt-4 cells, both exposed to UVB radiation or staurosporine treatment. Gold particle density in the different domains of apoptotic cells was evaluated by a four-way ANOVA test. Gold labelling was more strongly localised in condensed chromatin than in the diffuse chromatin. U937 cells, which evidenced in vitro oligonucleosomic fragmentation after both UVB and staurosporine treatments, revealed a significantly higher gold particle density, when compared with Molt-4, which did not show, on the other hand, oligonucleosomic cleavage even in the presence of < or = 50 kbp cleavage. Thus, a correlation between DNA fragment sizes and gold particle density appears. TUNEL applied to electron microscopy is an effective approach to study the relationship between apoptotic chromatin condensation and DNA cleavage. Both these events indeed appear in the apoptotic nucleus, but their reciprocal correlation is still greatly unknown. Microsc. Res. Tech. 2009. (c) 2009 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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- Sabrina Burattini
- Di.SUAN, Università degli Studi di Urbino Carlo Bo, I-61029 Urbino, Italy
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The early apoptotic DNA fragmentation targets a small number of specific open chromatin regions. PLoS One 2009; 4:e5010. [PMID: 19347039 PMCID: PMC2661134 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0005010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2009] [Accepted: 03/02/2009] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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We report here that early apoptotic DNA fragmentation, as obtained by using an entirely new approach, is the result of an attack at a small number of specific open chromatin regions of interphase nuclei. This was demonstrated as follows: (i) chicken liver was excised and kept in sterile tubes for 1 to 3 hours at 37 degrees C; (ii) this induced apoptosis (possibly because of oxygen deprivation), as shown by the electrophoretic nucleosomal ladder produced by DNA preparations; (iii) low molecular-weight DNA fragments (approximately 200 bp) were cloned, sequenced, and shown to derive predominantly from genes and surrounding 100 kb regions; (iv) a few hundred cuts were produced, very often involving the same chromosomal sites; (v) at comparable DNA degradation levels, micrococcal nuclease (MNase) also showed a general preference for genes and surrounding regions, but MNase cuts were located at sites that were quite distinct from, and less specific than, those cut by apoptosis. In conclusion, the approach presented here, which is the mildest and least intrusive approach, identifies a preferred accessibility landscape in interphase chromatin.
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Torriglia A, Leprêtre C, Padrón-Barthe L, Chahory S, Martin E. Molecular mechanism of L-DNase II activation and function as a molecular switch in apoptosis. Biochem Pharmacol 2008; 76:1490-502. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2008.07.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2008] [Revised: 07/14/2008] [Accepted: 07/15/2008] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Park K, Kang HJ, Ahn J, Yi SY, Han SH, Park HJ, Chung SJ, Chung BH, Kim M. A potent reporter applicable to the monitoring of caspase-3-dependent proteolytic cleavage. J Biotechnol 2008; 138:17-23. [PMID: 18775457 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2008.07.1999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2008] [Revised: 06/26/2008] [Accepted: 07/30/2008] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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In this study, we developed a chimeric caspase-3 substrate (GST:DEVD:EGFP) comprised of glutathione-S transferase (GST) and enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) with a specialized linker peptide harboring the caspase-3 cleavage sequence, DEVD. Using this reporter, we assessed the proteolytic cleavage of the artificial caspase-3 substrate for caspase-3. The common feature of this approach is that the presence of the DEVD sequence between GST and EGFP allows for caspase-3-dependent cleavage after the Asp (D) residue, resulting in the elimination of EGFP from the GST:DEVD:EGFP reporter. To the best of our knowledge, this study reports the first application employing a chimeric protein substrate, with the similar accuracy level compared to the conventional methods such as fluorometric assays. As a result, using this GST:DEVD:EGFP reporter, caspase-3 activation based on proteolytic properties could be monitored via a variety of bioanalytical techniques such as immunoblot analysis, glutathione-agarose bead assay, and on-chip visualization, providing both technical and economical advantages over the extensively utilized fluorogenic peptide assay. Our results convincingly showed that this versatile reporter (GST:DEVD:EGFP) constitutes a useful system for the monitoring of caspase-3 activation, potentially enabling the monitoring of the proteolytic activities of different intra-cellular proteases via the substitution of the cleavage sequence within the same schematic construct.
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- Kyoungsook Park
- BioNanotechnology Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Eoeun-Dong, Yuseong-Gu, Daejeon 305-333, Republic of Korea
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Park K, Ahn J, Yi SY, Kim M, Chung BH. SPR imaging-based monitoring of caspase-3 activation. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2008; 368:684-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2008.01.137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2008] [Accepted: 01/26/2008] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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An endogenous calcium-dependent, caspase-independent intranuclear degradation pathway in thymocyte nuclei: antagonism by physiological concentrations of K(+) ions. Exp Cell Res 2008; 314:1237-49. [PMID: 18294629 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2007.12.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2007] [Revised: 12/10/2007] [Accepted: 12/27/2007] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Calcium ions have been implicated in apoptosis for many years, however the precise role of this ion in the cell death process remains incomplete. We have extensively examined the role of Ca(2+) on nuclear degradation in vitro using highly purified nuclei isolated from non-apoptotic rat thymocytes. We show that these nuclei are devoid of CAD (caspase-activated DNase), and DNA degradation occurs independent of caspase activity. Serine proteases rather than caspase-3 appear necessary for this Ca(2+) -dependent DNA degradation in nuclei. We analyzed nuclei treated with various concentrations of Ca(2+) in the presence of both a physiological (140 mM) and apoptotic (40 mM) concentration of KCl. Our results show that a 5-fold increase in Ca(2+) is required to induce DNA degradation at the physiological KCl concentration compared to the lower, apoptotic concentration of the cation. Ca(2+) -induced internucleosomal DNA degradation was also accompanied by the release of histones, however the apoptotic-specific phosphorylation of histone H2B does not occur in these isolated nuclei. Interestingly, physiological concentrations of K(+) inhibit both Ca(2+) -dependent DNA degradation and histone release suggesting that a reduction of intracellular K(+) is necessary for this apoptosis-associated nuclear degradation in cells. Together, these data define an inherent caspase-independent catabolic pathway in thymocyte nuclei that is sensitive to physiological concentrations of intracellular cations.
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Schmidt JA, Browning GF, Markham PF. Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae mhp379 is a Ca2+-dependent, sugar-nonspecific exonuclease exposed on the cell surface. J Bacteriol 2007; 189:3414-24. [PMID: 17307846 PMCID: PMC1855908 DOI: 10.1128/jb.01835-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2006] [Accepted: 02/09/2007] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae mhp379 is a putative lipoprotein that shares significant amino acid sequence similarity with a family of bacterial thermostable nucleases. To examine the nuclease activity of mhp379, the gene was cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli following the deletion of the amino-terminal signal sequence and prokaryotic lipoprotein cleavage site and mutagenesis of the mycoplasma TGA tryptophan codons to TGG. The recombinant fusion protein yielded a 33-kDa thrombin cleavage product, corresponding in size to the mature mhp379 protein. Exonuclease activity was indicated by agarose gel electrophoresis analysis of the reaction products that were released when different nucleic acid substrates were used. Endonuclease activity was also indicated by the digestion of closed circular plasmid DNA. The recombinant mhp379 fusion protein completely digested single-stranded DNA, double-stranded DNA (dsDNA), and RNA. The optimal reaction conditions were determined with a novel nuclease assay based on the enhancement of fluorescence of SYBR green I bound to dsDNA. Optimal activity was observed in the presence of calcium ions at a concentration of 15 mM and a pH of 9.5. No nuclease activity was observed in the absence of calcium ions. Mycoplasmas do not have the ability to synthesize nucleic acid precursors, and thus, nucleases are likely to be important in the acquisition of precursors for the synthesis of nucleic acids. Homologs of an ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transport system were identified immediately downstream of the gene encoding mhp379, and two homologs of M. pneumoniae lipoprotein multigene family 2 were also identified immediately upstream. Homologs of mhp379 were identified in the sequenced genomes of a number of mycoplasma species, and in most cases the homologous ABC transport system was identified immediately downstream of the homologous gene; in several cases a homolog of M. pneumoniae lipoprotein multigene family 2 was also identified immediately upstream. These observations suggest that mhp379 comprises part of a conserved ABC transport operon in mycoplasmas and that the exonuclease activity of mhp379 may be associated with the conserved function of the ABC transport system in the import of nucleic acid precursors. This is the first study to identify the gene and characterize the activity of a mycoplasma exonuclease.
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- Jonathan A Schmidt
- Veterinary Preclinical Centre, Department of Veterinary Science, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
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Martien R, Loretz B, Thaler M, Majzoob S, Bernkop-Schnürch A. Chitosan–thioglycolic acid conjugate: An alternative carrier for oral nonviral gene delivery? J Biomed Mater Res A 2007; 82:1-9. [PMID: 17265441 DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.31135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Regarding safety concerns, nonviral gene delivery vehicles that have the required efficiency and safety for use in human gene therapy are being widely investigated. The aim of this study was to synthesize and evaluate a thiolated chitosan to improve the efficacy of oral gene delivery systems. Thiolated chitosan was synthesized by introducing thioglycolic acid (TGA) to chitosan via amide bond formation mediated by a carbodiimide. Based on this conjugate, nanoparticles with pDNA were generated at pH 4.0 and 5.0. Cytotoxicity of the thiolated chitosan/pDNA nanoparticles on Caco-2 cells was evaluated. The diameter of thiolated chitosan/pDNA nanoparticles was in the range of 100-200 nm. The zeta potential was determined to be 5-6 mV. Due to stability toward nucleases, the transfection rate of thiolated chitosan/pDNA nanoparticles was fivefold higher than that of unmodified chitosan/pDNA nanoparticles. Lactate dehydrogenase tests for thiolated chitosan/pDNA (pH 4.0 and 5.0) showed that (3.79 +/- 0.23)% and (2.9 +/- 0.13)% cell damage. According to these results, thiolated chitosan represents promising excipients for preparation DNA nanoparticles in nonviral gene delivery system.
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- Ronny Martien
- Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Institute of Pharmacy, Leopold-Franzens-University of Innsbruck, Innrain 52, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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Kim MJ, Oh SJ, Park SH, Kang HJ, Won MH, Kang TC, Hwang IK, Park JB, Kim JI, Kim J, Lee JY. Hypoxia-induced cell death of HepG2 cells involves a necrotic cell death mediated by calpain. Apoptosis 2006; 12:707-18. [PMID: 17195093 DOI: 10.1007/s10495-006-0002-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2006] [Accepted: 10/26/2006] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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To elucidate mechanism of cell death in response to hypoxia, we attempted to compare hypoxia-induced cell death of HepG2 cells with cisplatin-induced cell death, which has been well characterized as a typical apoptosis. Cell death induced by hypoxia turned out to be different from cisplatin-mediated apoptosis in cell viability and cleavage patterns of caspases. Hypoxia-induced cell death was not associated with the activation of p53 while cisplatin-induced apoptosis is p53 dependent. In order to explain these differences, we tested involvement of micro-calpain and m-calpain in hypoxia-induced cell death. Calpains, especially micro-calpain, were initially cleaved by hypoxia, but not by cisplatin. Interestingly, the treatment of a calpain inhibitor restored PARP cleavage that was absent during hypoxia, indicating the recovery of activated caspase-3. The inhibition of calpains prevented proteolysis induced by hypoxia. In addition, hypoxia resulted in a necrosis-like morphology while cisplatin induced an apoptotic morphology. The calpain inhibitor prevented necrotic morphology induced by hypoxia and converted partially to apoptotic morphology with nuclear segmentation. Our result suggests that calpains are involved in hypoxia-induced cell death that is likely to be necrotic in nature and the inhibition of calpain switches hypoxia-induced cell death to apoptotic cell death without affecting cell viability.
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- Min-Ju Kim
- Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine, Hallym University, 1 Okchon-dong, Chuncheon, Gangwon-do 200-702, Korea
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Martien R, Loretz B, Schnürch AB. Oral gene delivery: design of polymeric carrier systems shielding toward intestinal enzymatic attack. Biopolymers 2006; 83:327-36. [PMID: 16609969 DOI: 10.1002/bip.20521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The gastrointestinal tract poses a variety of morphological and physiological barriers to the expression of target genes. The aim of this study was to evaluate the stability of cationic polymer/pDNA nanoparticles toward salts and enzymes of the intestinal fluid. Within this study, a chitosan-enzyme inhibitor conjugate has been generated and characterized. Based on this conjugate, nanoparticles with pDNA were generated to enhance transfection rate in oral gene delivery. The enzyme inhibitor aurintricarboxylic acid (ATA) was covalently bound to chitosan to improve the enzymatic stability of nanoparticles formed with this polymer and pDNA. Chitosan-ATA/pDNA nanoparticles showed a size of 98.5 +/- 26 nm and a zeta potential of -13.26 +/- 0.24 mV (n = 3-4). Stability studies with salt solution, lysozyme, DNase, and freshly collected porcine intestinal fluid showed that chitosan-ATA/pDNA nanoparticles are significantly (p < 0.05) more stable than unmodified chitosan/pDNA nanoparticles. Apart from improved stability, chitosan-ATA/pDNA nanoparticles showed a 2.6-fold higher transfection rate than chitosan/pDNA nanoparticles in the Caco-2 cell line, thus creating a promising carrier for orally administered therapeutic genes.
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- Ronny Martien
- Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Institute of Pharmacy, Leopold-Franzens-University of Innsbruck, Innrain 52, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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Loretz B, Föger F, Werle M, Bernkop-Schnürch A. Oral gene delivery: Strategies to improve stability of pDNA towards intestinal digestion. J Drug Target 2006; 14:311-9. [PMID: 16882551 DOI: 10.1080/10611860600823766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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PURPOSE Gastrointestinal (GI) nucleases are responsible for a rapid presystemic degradation of orally administered transgenes. Within the current study, the activity of these degrading enzymes as well as the effect of various nuclease inhibitors on the degradation process were evaluated in order to assess their potential as auxiliary agents in oral gene delivery. METHODS Digestion assays of pDNA with DNaseI and in GI juices were performed in absence and presence of inhibitors. Consequently, a chitosan conjugate with covalently bound ethylendiaminetetraacetic acid disodium salt dihydrat (EDTA) was synthesized and its nuclease inhibitory properties were evaluated. RESULTS Small intestinal juice was shown to possess a nuclease activity per millilitre corresponding to 0.02 Kunitz units of DNaseI. Inhibition studies revealed that inhibitory activity followed the ranking: EDTA > sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) > aurintricarboxylic acid (ATA) > poly (acrylic acid) > cysteine. The chitosan-EDTA conjugate offered good nuclease inhibiting properties. CONCLUSION This study determined the nuclease activity of native porcine small intestinal juice as well as enterocytes homogenate. Moreover, several promising strategies to overcome this enzymatic barrier were identified.
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- Brigitta Loretz
- Institute of Pharmacy, Leopold-Franzens-University Innsbruck, Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Innrain 52, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria.
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Counis MF, Torriglia A. Acid DNases and their interest among apoptotic endonucleases. Biochimie 2006; 88:1851-8. [PMID: 16989934 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2006.07.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2006] [Accepted: 07/05/2006] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Apoptosis is characterized by cell shrinkage, nuclear condensation and internucleosomal DNA cleavage. Besides the central role of caspases and other proteases, cell death triggers DNA degradation so that DNases have an active role in apoptotic cell death. The best-characterized apoptotic DNase is CAD, a neutral Mg-dependent endonuclease. Its activity is regulated by its inhibitor, ICAD, which is cleaved by caspases. Other neutral DNases have been shown to cleave nuclear DNA in apoptotic conditions: endonuclease G, GADD. In cells, the cytosolic pH is maintained to 7.2, mostly due to the activity of the Na(+)/H(+) exchanger. In many apoptotic conditions, a decrease of the intracellular pH has been shown. This decrease may activate different acid DNases, mostly when pH decreases below 6.5. Three acidic DNases II are so far known: DNase II alpha, DNase II beta and L-DNase II, a DNase II, derived from the serpin LEI (Leukocyte Elastase Inhibitor). Their activation during cell death is discussed in this review.
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- Marie-France Counis
- INSERM U 598, Centre de Recherches Biomédicales des Cordeliers, Paris, France.
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Ota E, Nagai H, Nagashima Y, Shiomi K. Molecular cloning of two toxic phospholipases A2 from the crown-of-thorns starfish Acanthaster planci venom. Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol 2006; 143:54-60. [PMID: 16275035 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2005.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2005] [Revised: 10/02/2005] [Accepted: 10/03/2005] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The full-length cDNAs encoding two toxic phospholipases A2 (AP-PLA2-I and -II) from the crown-of-thorns starfish Acanthaster planci venom were individually cloned by RT-PCR, 3'RACE and 5'RACE. In common with both AP-PLA2s, the precursor protein is composed of a signal peptide, a propeptide and a mature protein (136 and 135 residues for AP-PLA2-I and -II, respectively). The four motifs (Ca2+-binding loop, Ca2+-binding site, active site and catalytic network) characteristic of groups I and II PLA2s are well conserved in both AP-PLA2s. In addition to this, the presence of the elapid and pancreatic loops and the involvement of a propeptide in the precursors suggested that AP-PLA2s are highly analogous to the group IB PLA2s. However, when compared to the amino acid sequence of bovine pancreatic PLA2, the representative group IB PLA2, AP-PLA2s require some amino acid insertions and deletions in the region 76-100, as previously observed for the starfish Asterina pectinifera PLA2s. Furthermore, the phylogenetic tree made clearly demonstrated that AP-PLA2s and A. pectinifera PLA2s are distinguishable from the group IB PLA2s as well as other PLA2s, being classified into a new group.
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- Eiji Ota
- Department of Food Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Konan-4, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8477, Japan
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Korn C, Scholz SR, Gimadutdinow O, Lurz R, Pingoud A, Meiss G. Interaction of DNA Fragmentation Factor (DFF) with DNA Reveals an Unprecedented Mechanism for Nuclease Inhibition and Suggests That DFF Can Be Activated in a DNA-bound State. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:6005-15. [PMID: 15572351 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m413035200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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DNA fragmentation factor (DFF) is a complex of the DNase DFF40 (CAD) and its chaperone/inhibitor DFF45 (ICAD-L) that can be activated during apoptosis to induce DNA fragmentation. Here, we demonstrate that DFF directly binds to DNA in vitro without promoting DNA cleavage. DNA binding by DFF is mediated by the nuclease subunit, which can also form stable DNA complexes after release from DFF. Recombinant and reconstituted DFF is catalytically inactive yet proficient in DNA binding, demonstrating that the nuclease subunit in DFF is inhibited in DNA cleavage but not in DNA binding, revealing an unprecedented mode of nuclease inhibition. Activation of DFF in the presence of naked DNA or isolated nuclei stimulates DNA degradation by released DFF40 (CAD). In transfected HeLa cells transiently expressed DFF associates with chromatin, suggesting that DFF could be activated during apoptosis in a DNA-bound state.
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- Christian Korn
- Institute of Biochemistry, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, 35392 Giessen, Germany
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Grujic M, Zavasnik-Bergant T, Pejler G, Renko M. Actinonin induces apoptosis in U937 leukemia cells. Cancer Lett 2004; 223:211-8. [PMID: 15896455 DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2004.10.048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2004] [Revised: 10/22/2004] [Accepted: 10/24/2004] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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We have previously shown that actinonin causes inhibition of cellular proliferation in U937 leukemia cells. In this report we demonstrate that the inhibition of cell growth by actinonin occurs through the induction of apoptosis. Signs of apoptosis at high actinonin concentration included DNA fragmentation, exposure of phosphatidylserine and condensation of cell nuclei. Apoptosis caused by actinonin was inhibited by Z-VAD-FMK, a broad specificity inhibitor of caspases, implicating the caspase pathway of apoptosis. Further, apoptosis was associated with a large increase in intracellular caspase-3 and -7 activities.
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- Mirjana Grujic
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Jozef Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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Didenko VV, Minchew CL, Shuman S, Baskin DS. Semi-artificial Fluorescent Molecular Machine for DNA Damage Detection. NANO LETTERS 2004; 4:2461-6. [PMID: 17330146 PMCID: PMC1805678 DOI: 10.1021/nl048357e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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The design of artificial molecular machines is complicated because the mechanics used in macromachines is not readily adaptable for nano environments. We constructed a semi-artificial molecular device, which contains a naturally occurring molecular machine-a vaccinia virus encoded protein-linked with an artificial part. The self-assembled construct makes two fluorescently labeled detector units. It is the first sensor capable of selectively detecting different types of DNA breaks, exemplifying a practical approach to the design of molecular devices.
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- Vladimir V. Didenko
- * Corresponding author. Address: Vladimir V. Didenko, M.D., PhD, 2002 Holcombe Blvd., Bldg 109, Rm 204, Houston, TX 77030. E-mail: . Phone: (713) 794-7572. Fax (713) 794-7095
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Shiomi K, Midorikawa S, Ishida M, Nagashima Y, Nagai H. Plancitoxins, lethal factors from the crown-of-thorns starfish Acanthaster planci, are deoxyribonucleases II. Toxicon 2004; 44:499-506. [PMID: 15450924 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2004.06.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2004] [Accepted: 06/14/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Two lethal factors (named plancitoxins I and II for major and minor toxins, respectively) with the same LD50 (i.v. injection into mice) of 140 microg/kg were purified from spines of the crown-of-thorns starfish Acanthaster planci. Injection of a sublethal dose of plancitoxin I or II into mice remarkably elevated serum levels of glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase and glutamic pyruvic transaminase, demonstrating that both toxins are potently hepatotoxic. Analysis by SDS-PAGE revealed that both plancitoxins are composed of two subunits (alpha-subunit of 10 kDa and beta-subunit of 27 kDa) bridged by a disulfide bond. Based on the determined N-terminal amino acid sequences of alpha- and beta-subunits, the full-length cDNA (1820 bp) encoding plancitoxin I was cloned by RT-PCR, 3'-RACE and 5'-RACE. alpha-Subunit (92 amino acid residues) and beta-subunit (240 residues) are coded in this order by the same cDNA. Interestingly, the deduced amino acid sequence of plancitoxin I showed 40-42% homologies with mammalian deoxyribonucleases II (DNases II). In addition, plancitoxin I exhibited DNA degrading activity with an optimum pH of 7.2. Plancitoxin I is the first example of toxic DNases II whose structures have been elucidated.
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- Kazuo Shiomi
- Department of Food Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Konan-4, Minato-ku, 108-8477, Japan.
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Sreedhar AS, Csermely P. Heat shock proteins in the regulation of apoptosis: new strategies in tumor therapy: a comprehensive review. Pharmacol Ther 2004; 101:227-57. [PMID: 15031001 DOI: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2003.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 309] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Heat shock proteins (Hsp) form the most ancient defense system in all living organisms on earth. These proteins act as molecular chaperones by helping in the refolding of misfolded proteins and assisting in their elimination if they become irreversibly damaged. Hsp interact with a number of cellular systems and form efficient cytoprotective mechanisms. However, in some cases, wherein it is better if the cell dies, there is no reason for any further defense. Programmed cell death is a widely conserved general phenomenon helping in many processes involving the reconstruction of multicellular organisms, as well as in the elimination of old or damaged cells. Here, we review some novel elements of the apoptotic process, such as its interrelationship with cellular senescence and necrosis, as well as bacterial apoptosis. We also give a survey of the most important elements of the apoptotic machinery and show the various modes of how Hsp interact with the apoptotic events in detail. We review caspase-independent apoptotic pathways and anoikis as well. Finally, we show the emerging variety of pharmacological interventions inhibiting or, just conversely, inducing Hsp and review the emergence of Hsp as novel therapeutic targets in anticancer protocols.
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- Amere Subbarao Sreedhar
- Department of Medical Chemistry, Semmelweis University, P.O. Box 260, H-1444 Budapest, Hungary
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Kugawa F, Matsumoto K, Aoki M. Apoptosis-like cell death of human breast cancer cell line MCF-7 induced by buprenorphine hydrochloride. Life Sci 2004; 75:287-99. [PMID: 15135650 DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2003.11.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2003] [Accepted: 11/26/2003] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The analgesic buprenorphine hydrochloride (Bph) induced apoptosis-like cell death in the caspase-3-deficient human breast cancer cell line, MCF-7. This apoptosis-like cell death activated key molecules in the mitochondrial apoptotic pathway: cytochrome c, caspase-9, caspase-7, and caspase-6. Bph caused the release of fluorescent protein from the mitochondria of MCF-7 cells transfected with the pDsRed2-Mito-vector in a time-dependent manner, suggesting disruption of the mitochondrial membrane. Zn(2+) as high as 2 mM did not inhibit the DNase that took part in this apoptosis. Thus, this unidentified DNase might resemble other DNases involved in apoptosis-like cell death whose activity is not inhibited by zinc ion.
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- Fumihiko Kugawa
- Department of Biological Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Nihon University, 7-7-1 Narashino-dai, Funabashi, Chiba 274-8555, Japan.
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Tzankov A, Stifter G, Tschörner I, Gastl G, Mikuz G. Detection of apoptoses in gastro-intestinal graft-versus-host disease and cytomegalovirus colitis by a commercially available antibody against caspase-3. Pathol Res Pract 2004; 199:337-40. [PMID: 12908524 DOI: 10.1078/0344-0338-00426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The common pathway of any apoptotic cascade leads to the activation of the so-called execution caspases, particularly caspase-3 (CSP3). The question of whether immunohistochemical (IHC) detection of activated CSP3 might be useful for routine purposes still needs to be clarified. We analyzed apoptoses in gastrointestinal graft-versus-host disease (GvHD) and cytomegalovirus (CMV) colitis using a commercially available polyclonal antibody against activated human CSP3. In GvHD samples obtained from the colon, apoptoses detected by CSP3 varied between 11 and 43/40 crypts, and in esophageal specimens between 21 and 40/1.5 mm squamous epithelium basal length. This count was correlated with the apoptotic count assessed on hematoxylin- and eosin (H&E)-stained slides. A perfect concordance for those counting between 30 and 40 apoptoses/40 crypts or 1.5 mm squamous epithelium basal length was detected, whereas cases with low apoptotic counts on the H&E stained slides showed a 2 to 3 fold greater number of stained nuclei as assessed by CSP3 staining. In CMV-colitis, although the number of exploding crypt cells was 8-13/40 crypts, only 1-2 nuclei/40 crypts and almost all cells with typical nuclear inclusions stained positively. The presence of CMV can be easily detected on H&E- or IHC-stained slides, while masked GvHD by an overlying CMV-colitis might remain unrecognized. Staining for CSP3 may be helpful in distinguishing these two conditions, as apoptotic count would be excessive in GvHD.
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Domínguez F, Moreno J, Cejudo FJ. A Gibberellin-induced Nuclease Is Localized in the Nucleus of Wheat Aleurone Cells Undergoing Programmed Cell Death. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:11530-6. [PMID: 14699134 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m308082200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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The aleurone layer of cereal grains undergoes a gibberellin-regulated process of programmed cell death (PCD) following germination. We have applied a combination of ultrastructural and biochemical approaches to analyze aleurone PCD in intact wheat grains. The terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP nick end labeling assay revealed that PCD was initiated in aleurone cells proximal to the embryo and then extended to distal cells. DNA fragmentation and terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP nick end labeling analysis revealed PCD of aleurone cells in maize grains, although the process was delayed as compared with wheat. Aleurone cells undergoing PCD showed a rapid vacuolation with high lytic activity in the cytoplasm, whereas the nucleus, which adopted an irregular shape, appeared essentially intact and showed symptoms of degradation at the end of the process. A nuclease activity was identified localized in the nucleus of aleurone cells undergoing PCD, just prior to the appearance of DNA laddering. This nuclease was induced by gibberellic acid treatment and was not detected when gibberellin synthesis was inhibited or in gibberellic acid-insensitive mutants. This nuclease was activated by Ca(2+) and Mg(2+), strongly inhibited by Zn(2+), and showed optimum activity at neutral pH, resembling nucleases involved in apoptosis of animal cells.
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- Fernando Domínguez
- Instituto de Bioquímica Vegetal y Fotosíntesis, Centro de Investigaciones Científicas Isla de la Cartuja, Avda Américo Vespucio s/n, 41092 Sevilla, Spain
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Liu QY, Lei JX, LeBlanc J, Sodja C, Ly D, Charlebois C, Walker PR, Yamada T, Hirohashi S, Sikorska M. Regulation of DNaseY activity by actinin-α4 during apoptosis. Cell Death Differ 2004; 11:645-54. [PMID: 15002038 DOI: 10.1038/sj.cdd.4401401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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DNaseY, a Ca(2+)- and Mg(2+)-dependent endonuclease, has been implicated in apoptotic DNA degradation; however, the molecular mechanisms controlling its involvement in this process have not been fully elucidated. We have obtained evidence from yeast two-hybrid screening and coimmunoprecipitation experiments that DNaseY interacted physically with actinin-alpha4 and this interaction significantly enhanced its endonuclease activity. Accordingly, simultaneous overexpression of both proteins in PC12 cells dramatically increased the rate of apoptosis in response to teniposide' VM26. However, overexpression of DNaseY alone neither triggered apoptosis nor facilitated cell death in response to VM26 or serum deprivation. Instead, the overexpression of DNaseY increased the production of single-strand DNA breaks and evoked a profound upregulation of DNA repair pathways. Taken together, our results point to a novel regulatory mechanism of DNaseY activity and offer an explanation for why cells must first cleave key DNA repair and replication proteins before the successful execution of apoptosis.
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- Q Y Liu
- Apoptosis Research Group, Institute for Biological Sciences, National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0R6.
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Napirei M, Wulf S, Mannherz HG. Chromatin breakdown during necrosis by serum Dnase1 and the plasminogen system. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004; 50:1873-83. [PMID: 15188364 DOI: 10.1002/art.20267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Dnase1-deficient mice with the 129 x C57BL/6 genetic background develop symptoms of systemic lupus erythematosus, such as high titers of antinuclear autoantibodies directed against nucleosomes. In this study we analyzed a potential molecular pathomechanism leading to this autoimmunity, by exploring the influence of extracellular Dnase1 present in serum on the breakdown of chromatin in necrotic cells in vitro. METHODS Human breast adenocarcinoma cells (MCF-7) and other cell lines were subjected to necrosis induced by hydrogen peroxide, streptolysin O, or freeze-thawing. Subsequently, the influence of sera from Dnase1-deficient and wild-type mice as well as the influence of purified enzymes present in the culture medium on the process of necrotic chromatin breakdown was investigated. RESULTS Necrotic chromatin breakdown resembled apoptotic DNA laddering and was catalyzed by serum Dnase1 in conjunction with plasmin. During necrosis, Dnase1 and plasminogen penetrated the cell and accumulated in the cytoplasm and nucleus. Plasminogen bound to the cytoskeleton and nuclear structures, was activated to plasmin by either tissue-type or urokinase-type plasminogen activator, and degraded histone H1, thereby facilitating internucleosomal DNA cleavage by Dnase1. CONCLUSION Our results suggest that serum Dnase1 in cooperation with the plasminogen system guarantees a fast and effective breakdown of chromatin during necrosis by the combined cleavage of DNA as well as of DNA binding proteins. The failure of such a clearance mechanism might lead to antinuclear autoimmunity similar to that observed in the Dnase1-deficient mouse.
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- Markus Napirei
- Abteilung für Anatomie und Embryologie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany.
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Hui H, Nourparvar A, Zhao X, Perfetti R. Glucagon-like peptide-1 inhibits apoptosis of insulin-secreting cells via a cyclic 5'-adenosine monophosphate-dependent protein kinase A- and a phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase-dependent pathway. Endocrinology 2003; 144:1444-55. [PMID: 12639928 DOI: 10.1210/en.2002-220897] [Citation(s) in RCA: 226] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The activation of the glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor has been shown to have an important role in the functional activity of islet beta-cells and in the expansion of the islet cell mass. Constant remodeling of islet cell mass is mediated in vivo by proliferative and apoptotic stimuli to ensure a dynamic response to a changing demand for insulin. The present study was undertaken to investigate the biological activity of GLP-1 when cells were challenged by a proapoptotic stimulus. We have shown that activation of the GLP-1 receptor inhibits H(2)O(2)-induced apoptosis in a cultured mouse insulinoma cell line, termed MIN6. GLP-1 reduced DNA fragmentation and improved cell survival. This was mediated by an increased expression of the antiapoptotic proteins Bcl-2 and Bcl-xL. GLP-1 also prevented the H(2)O(2)-dependent cleavage of poly-(ADP-ribose)-polymerase. Inhibition of the GLP-1-dependent increase of cAMP by Rp-cAMP blocked the antiapoptotic action of GLP-1, as determined by DNA fragmentation and poly-(ADP-ribose)-polymerase assays and by detection of Bcl-2 and Bcl-xL protein levels. Investigation of the role of the protein kinases, PI-3 kinase (PI3K) and MAPK, by use of the inhibitors PD098059 and LY294002 demonstrated that the activation of PI3K, but not MAPK, was required to prevent proapoptotic events in cells exposed to H(2)O(2). The present study provides evidence that GLP-1 has an antiapoptotic action mediated by a cAMP- and PI3K-dependent signaling pathway.
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- Hongxiang Hui
- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90048, USA
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Inada N, Sakai A, Kuroiwa H, Kuroiwa T. Three-dimensional progression of programmed death in the rice coleoptile. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CYTOLOGY 2003; 218:221-58. [PMID: 12199518 DOI: 10.1016/s0074-7696(02)18014-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Plant death during development is a highly orchestrated process at the cellular, tissue, organ, and whole-plant levels. The process toward death is endogenously programmed in plants. With our original approach called "three-dimensional analysis" using the rice coleoptile, we revealed detailed morphological alterations in the progression of senescence and programmed cell death involved in the air space (aerenchyma) formation at both tissue and cellular levels. Although these two types of cell death exhibited a distinct pattern of progression at the tissue level, the set of intracellular events was highly conserved. From those comprehensive investigations, we hypothesized that the identical program of death functions in each process of cell death, and that the initiation and progression of cell death is highly regulated by the environmental input.
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- Noriko Inada
- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Japan
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