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Ke XL, Shi JG, Fan LZ. Serum miR-26a level is decreased in cataract patients with glaucoma and related to visual quality. Clin Exp Optom 2024:1-10. [PMID: 38806402 DOI: 10.1080/08164622.2024.2350596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2023] [Accepted: 04/18/2024] [Indexed: 05/30/2024] Open
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CLINICAL RELEVANCE microRNAs have been found to be involved in the progression of a variety of ocular diseases. BACKGROUND Cataract and glaucoma often coexist, and combined surgery is a common treatment. The aim of this study is to analyse the correlation between miR-26a and visual quality in cataract patients with glaucoma. METHODS Seventy patients with cataract and glaucoma and 70 healthy volunteers were enrolled and received phacoemulsification and trabeculectomy. The patients were divided into low and high miR-26a expression groups according to miR-26a mean expression. The objective scattering index, strehl ratio, and modulated transfer function cut-off were analysed by optical quality analysis system II. The changes of miR-26a, objective scattering index, strehl ratio, modulated transfer function cut-off, and the correlation between the indicators were analysed. The downstream genes of miR-26a were analysed by Gene Ontology and Kyoto Encyclopaedia of Genes and Genomes functional enrichment. RESULTS There were significant differences between patients and controls in lipid biomarker levels and visual indicators. miR-26a was decreased in the patient group. Strehl ratio and modulated transfer function cut-off in the miR-26a low-expression group were lower than in high-expression group, while mean defect of the visual field and objective scattering index were higher than in high-expression group. The miR-26a expression was negatively correlated with the severity of disease and objective scattering index, and positively correlated with strehl ratio and modulated transfer function cut-off. After surgery, miR-26a, strehl ratio, and modulated transfer function cut-off were increased, and objective scattering index was decreased. The downstream genes of miR-26a were related to several biological processes and signalling pathways. CONCLUSION In cataract patients with glaucoma, miR-26a expression was lower than matched controls and increased following combined cataract removal and trabeculectomy.
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- Xian-Lin Ke
- Specialized Department of Glaucoma and Cataract, Enshi Huiyi Ophthalmology Hospital, Enshi, China
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- Ophthalmology Department, Enshi Huiyi Ophthalmology Hospital, Enshi, China
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- Specialized Department of Glaucoma and Cataract, Enshi Huiyi Ophthalmology Hospital, Enshi, China
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Dziedzic A, Michlewska S, Jóźwiak P, Dębski J, Karbownik MS, Łaczmański Ł, Kujawa D, Glińska S, Miller E, Niwald M, Kloc M, Balcerzak Ł, Saluk J. Quantitative and structural changes of blood platelet cytoskeleton proteins in multiple sclerosis (MS). J Autoimmun 2024; 145:103204. [PMID: 38520895 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaut.2024.103204] [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: 01/09/2024] [Revised: 02/22/2024] [Accepted: 03/11/2024] [Indexed: 03/25/2024]
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Epidemiological studies show that cardiovascular events related to platelet hyperactivity remain the leading causes of death among multiple sclerosis (MS) patients. Quantitative or structural changes of platelet cytoskeleton alter their morphology and function. Here, we demonstrated, for the first time, the structural changes in MS platelets that may be related to their hyperactivity. MS platelets were found to form large aggregates compared to control platelets. In contrast to the control, the images of overactivated, irregularly shaped MS platelets show changes in the cytoskeleton architecture, fragmented microtubule rings. Furthermore, MS platelets have long and numerous pseudopodia rich in actin filaments. We showed that MS platelets and megakaryocytes, overexpress β1-tubulin and β-actin mRNAs and proteins and have altered post-translational modification patterns. Moreover, we identified two previously undisclosed mutations in the gene encoding β1-tubulin in MS. We propose that the demonstrated structural changes of platelet cytoskeleton enhance their ability to adhere, aggregate, and degranulate fueling the risk of adverse cardiovascular events in MS.
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- Angela Dziedzic
- University of Lodz, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, Department of General Biochemistry, Pomorska 141/143, 90-236 Lodz, Poland.
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- University of Lodz, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, Laboratory of Microscopic Imaging and Specialized Biological Techniques, Banacha 12/16, 90-237, Lodz, Poland
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- University of Lodz, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Hydrobiology, Banacha 12/16, 90-236 Lodz, Poland
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Pawinskiego 5a 02-106, Warsaw, Poland
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- Laboratory of Genomics & Bioinformatics, Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, Weigla 12, 53-114 Wroclaw, Poland
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- Laboratory of Genomics & Bioinformatics, Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, Weigla 12, 53-114 Wroclaw, Poland
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- University of Lodz, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, Laboratory of Microscopic Imaging and Specialized Biological Techniques, Banacha 12/16, 90-237, Lodz, Poland
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- Department of Neurological Rehabilitation, Medical University of Lodz, Milionowa 14, 93-113 Lodz, Poland
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- Department of Neurological Rehabilitation, Medical University of Lodz, Milionowa 14, 93-113 Lodz, Poland
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- The Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Department of Surgery, The Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA; M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Department of Genetics, The University of Texas, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- University of Lodz, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, Laboratory of Microscopic Imaging and Specialized Biological Techniques, Banacha 12/16, 90-237, Lodz, Poland
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- University of Lodz, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, Department of General Biochemistry, Pomorska 141/143, 90-236 Lodz, Poland
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Jiang F, Yang Y, Ni Y, Qin Y, Yuan F, Ju R, Wu M. Smurf1 Modulates Smad Signaling Pathway in Fibrotic Cataract Formation. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2024; 65:18. [PMID: 38324299 PMCID: PMC10854413 DOI: 10.1167/iovs.65.2.18] [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: 09/11/2023] [Accepted: 01/25/2024] [Indexed: 02/08/2024] Open
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Purpose TGF-β/BMP signaling pathway plays a significant role in fibrotic cataract. Smurf1, a ubiquitin protein ligase, regulates the TGF-β/BMP signaling pathway through the ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS). This study aims to investigate the role of Smurf1 in the progression of fibrotic cataract and its underlying mechanism. Methods We used a mouse model of injury-induced anterior subcapsular cataract (ASC) and administered the Smurf1 inhibitor A01 for in vivo investigations. RNA sequencing was performed to examine global gene expression changes. Protein levels were assessed by Simple Western analysis. The volume of subcapsular opacity was determined using whole-mount immunofluorescence of lens anterior capsules. Lentivirus was utilized to establish cell lines with Smurf1 knockdown or overexpression in SRA01/04. Lens epithelial cell (LEC) proliferation was evaluated by CCK8 and EdU assays. Cell cycle profile was determined by flow cytometry. LEC migration was measured using Transwell and wound healing assays. Results The mRNA levels of genes associated with cell proliferation, migration, epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT), TGF-β/BMP pathway, and UPS were upregulated in mouse ASC model. Smurf1 mRNA and protein levels were upregulated in lens capsules of patients and mice with ASC. Anterior chamber injection of A01 inhibited ASC formation and EMT. In vitro, Smurf1 knockdown reduced proliferation, migration and TGF-β2-induced EMT of LECs, concomitant with the upregulation of Smad1, Smad5, and pSmad1/5. Conversely, overexpression of Smurf1 showed opposite phenotypes. Conclusions Smurf1 regulates fibrotic cataract progression by influencing LEC proliferation, migration, and EMT through the modulation of the Smad signaling pathway, offering a novel target for the fibrotic cataract treatment.
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- Fanying Jiang
- State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Guangzhou, China
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Long CC, Antevska A, Mast DH, Okyem S, Sweedler JV, Do TD. Nonenzymatic Posttranslational Modifications and Peptide Cleavages Observed in Peptide Epimers. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2023; 34:1898-1907. [PMID: 37102735 PMCID: PMC10524105 DOI: 10.1021/jasms.3c00092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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Posttranslational modifications (PTMs) play vital roles in cellular homeostasis and are implicated in various pathological conditions. This work uses two ion mobility spectrometry-mass spectrometry (IMS-MS) modalities, drift-tube IMS (DT-IMS) and trapped IMS (TIMS), to characterize three important nonenzymatic PTMs that induce no mass loss: l/d isomerization, aspartate/isoaspartate isomerization, and cis/trans proline isomerization. These PTMs are assessed in a single peptide system, the recently discovered pleurin peptides, Plrn2, from Aplysia californica. We determine that the DT-IMS-MS/MS can capture and locate asparagine deamidation into aspartate and its subsequent isomerization to isoaspartate, a key biomarker for age-related diseases. Additionally, nonenzymatic peptide cleavage via in-source fragmentation is evaluated for differences in the intensities and patterns of fragment peaks between these PTMs. Peptide fragments resulting from in-source fragmentation, preceded by peptide denaturation by liquid chromatography (LC) mobile phase, exhibited cis/trans proline isomerization. Finally, the effects of differing the fragmentation voltage at the source and solution-based denaturation conditions on in-source fragmentation profiles are evaluated, confirming that LC denaturation and in-source fragmentation profoundly impact N-terminal peptide bond cleavages of Plrn2 and the structures of their fragment ions. With that, LC-IMS-MS/MS coupled with in-source fragmentation could be a robust method to identify three important posttranslational modifications: l/d isomerization, Asn-deamidation leading to Asp/IsoAsp isomerization, and cis/trans proline isomerization.
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- Connor C. Long
- Department of Biochemistry, Cellular, and Molecular Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and the Beckman Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801
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- Department of Chemistry and the Beckman Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801
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- Department of Chemistry and the Beckman Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA
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Zhou Y, Wang Y. Direct deamidation analysis of intact adeno-associated virus serotype 9 capsid proteins using reversed-phase liquid chromatography. Anal Biochem 2023; 668:115099. [PMID: 36871622 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2023.115099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2023] [Revised: 02/24/2023] [Accepted: 03/01/2023] [Indexed: 03/07/2023]
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Recombinant adeno-associated viral (AAV) vectors have taken center stage as gene delivery vehicles for gene therapy. Asparagine deamidation of AAV capsid proteins has been reported to reduce vector stability and potency of AAV gene therapy products. Deamidation of asparagine residue is a common post-translational modification of proteins that is detected and quantified by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS)-based peptide mapping. However, artificial deamidation can be spontaneously induced during sample preparation for peptide mapping prior to LC-MS analysis. We have developed an optimized sample preparation method to reduce and minimize deamidation artifacts induced during sample preparation for peptide mapping, which typically takes several hours to complete. To shorten turnaround time of deamidation results and to avoid artificial deamidation, we developed orthogonal RPLC-MS and RPLC-fluorescence detection methods for direct deamidation analysis at the intact AAV9 capsid protein level to routinely support downstream purification, formulation development, and stability testing. Similar trends of increasing deamidation of AAV9 capsid proteins in stability samples were observed at the intact protein level and peptide level, indicating that the developed direct deamidation analysis of intact AAV9 capsid proteins is comparable to the peptide mapping-based deamidation analysis and both methods are suitable for deamidation monitoring of AAV9 capsid proteins.
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- Yu Zhou
- Analytical Development & Operation, Novartis Pharmaceuticals, 10210 Campus Point Drive, SanDiego, CA92121, USA.
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- Analytical Development & Operation, Novartis Pharmaceuticals, 10210 Campus Point Drive, SanDiego, CA92121, USA
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Wu A, Zhang W, Zhang G, Ding X, Kang L, Zhou T, Ji M, Guan H. Age-related cataract: GSTP1 ubiquitination and degradation by Parkin inhibits its anti-apoptosis in lens epithelial cells. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA. MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2023; 1870:119450. [PMID: 36871745 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2023.119450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2022] [Revised: 02/14/2023] [Accepted: 02/23/2023] [Indexed: 03/07/2023]
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PURPOSE Oxidative stress-induced apoptosis of lens epithelial cells (LECs) contributes to the pathogenesis of age-related cataract (ARC). The purpose of this research is to underlie the potential mechanism of E3 ligase Parkin and its oxidative stress-associated substrate in cataractogenesis. METHODS The central anterior capsules were obtained from patients with ARC, Emory mice, and corresponding controls. SRA01/04 cells were exposed to H2O2 combined with cycloheximide (a translational inhibitor), MG-132 (a proteasome inhibitor), chloroquine (an autophagy inhibitor), Mdivi-1 (a mitochondrial division inhibitor), respectively. Co-immunoprecipitation was employed to detect protein-protein interactions and ubiquitin-tagged protein products. Levels of proteins and mRNA were evaluated by western blotting and quantitative RT-PCR assays. RESULTS Glutathione-S-transferase P1 (GSTP1) was identified as a novel Parkin substrate. Compared with corresponding controls, GSTP1 was significantly decreased in the anterior lens capsules obtained from human cataracts and Emory mice. Similarly, GSTP1 was declined in H2O2-stimulated SRA01/04 cells. Ectopic expression of GSTP1 mitigated H2O2-induced apoptosis, whereas silencing GSTP1 aggregated apoptosis. In addition, H2O2 stimulation and Parkin overexpression could promote the degradation of GSTP1 through the ubiquitin-proteasome system, autophagy-lysosome pathway, and mitophagy. After co-transfection with Parkin, the non-ubiquitinatable GSTP1 mutant maintained its anti-apoptotic function, while wildtype GSTP1 failed. Mechanistically, GSTP1 might promote mitochondrial fusion through upregulating Mitofusins 1/2 (MFN1/2). CONCLUSION Oxidative stress induces LECs apoptosis via Parkin-regulated degradation of GSTP1, which may provide potential targets for ARC therapy.
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- Anran Wu
- Eye Institute, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Medical School of Nantong University, Nantong 226001, Jiangsu, China
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- Eye Institute, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Medical School of Nantong University, Nantong 226001, Jiangsu, China
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- Eye Institute, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Medical School of Nantong University, Nantong 226001, Jiangsu, China
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- Eye Institute, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Medical School of Nantong University, Nantong 226001, Jiangsu, China
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- Eye Institute, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Medical School of Nantong University, Nantong 226001, Jiangsu, China
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- Eye Institute, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Medical School of Nantong University, Nantong 226001, Jiangsu, China
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- Eye Institute, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Medical School of Nantong University, Nantong 226001, Jiangsu, China.
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- Eye Institute, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Medical School of Nantong University, Nantong 226001, Jiangsu, China.
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Weinberg J, Gaur M, Swaroop A, Taylor A. Proteostasis in aging-associated ocular disease. Mol Aspects Med 2022; 88:101157. [PMID: 36459837 PMCID: PMC9742340 DOI: 10.1016/j.mam.2022.101157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2022] [Accepted: 11/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Vision impairment has devastating consequences for the quality of human life. The cells and tissues associated with the visual process must function throughout one's life span and maintain homeostasis despite exposure to a variety of insults. Maintenance of the proteome is termed proteostasis, and is vital for normal cellular functions, especially at an advanced age. Here we describe basic aspects of proteostasis, from protein synthesis and folding to degradation, and discuss the current status of the field with a particular focus on major age-related eye diseases: age-related macular degeneration, cataract, and glaucoma. Our intent is to allow vision scientists to determine where and how to harness the proteostatic machinery for extending functional homeostasis in the aging retina, lens, and trabecular meshwork. Several common themes have emerged despite these tissues having vastly different metabolisms. Continued exposure to insults, including chronic stress with advancing age, increases proteostatic burden and reduces the fidelity of the degradation machineries including the ubiquitin-proteasome and the autophagy-lysosome systems that recognize and remove damaged proteins. This "double jeopardy" results in an exponential accumulation of cytotoxic proteins with advancing age. We conclude with a discussion of the challenges in maintaining an appropriate balance of protein synthesis and degradation pathways, and suggest that harnessing proteostatic capacities should provide new opportunities to design interventions for attenuating age-related eye diseases before they limit sight.
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- Jasper Weinberg
- Laboratory for Nutrition and Vision Research, USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University, Boston, MA, 02111, USA
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- Neurobiology, Neurodegeneration & Repair Laboratory, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Neurobiology, Neurodegeneration & Repair Laboratory, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Laboratory for Nutrition and Vision Research, USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University, Boston, MA, 02111, USA.
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Zhou Y, Wang Y. Sample Preparation Matters for Peptide Mapping to Evaluate Deamidation of Adeno-Associated Virus (AAV) Capsid Proteins using LC-MS/MS. Hum Gene Ther 2022; 33:821-828. [PMID: 35570652 DOI: 10.1089/hum.2021.207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Adeno-associated viral capsid proteins (AAV VP) are the major components that determine the tissue specificity and immunogenicity, and in vivo transduction performance of the vector. It was reported that asparagine deamidation of AAV capsid proteins leads to charge variants/heterogeneity and altered vector function, reduction of stability and potency of AAV gene therapy products. Deamidation of asparagine residue is a common post-translational modification of proteins and is mostly detected and quantified by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) based peptide mapping. However, deamidation can be spontaneously introduced during sample preparation prior to LC-MS/MS analysis. So far, no optimal sample preparations, instead, traditional sample preparation has been used for AAV VP peptide mapping, resulting in exaggerating the original deamidation levels. It is important to accurately monitor and provide true value of asparagine deamidation for development of AAV gene therapy products. In this study, we evaluated denaturation temperatures, digestion durations, and digestion temperatures using three different sample preparation formats for LC-MS/MS based assessment of deamidation of AAV9 capsid proteins. The results demonstrated that the optimal sample preparation method for AAV9 VP peptide mapping minimized asparagine deamidation artifacts. Although AAV9 was used for method optimization, this study may also provide a guidance on how to control deamidation artifacts for other AAV serotypes.
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- Yu Zhou
- Novartis Gene Therapies, Analytical Development, 10210 Campus Point Drive, 250 Suite, San Diego, California, United States, 92121;
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- Novartis Gene Therapies, Analytical Development, San Diego, California, United States;
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XRCC5 downregulated by TRIM25 is susceptible for lens epithelial cell apoptosis. Cell Signal 2022; 94:110314. [PMID: 35331835 DOI: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2022.110314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2021] [Revised: 03/16/2022] [Accepted: 03/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Exposure of the lens to UVB can lead to oxidative stress, which would result in age-related cataract (ARC) formation. In this study, we investigate the regulatory mechanism of tripartite motif containing 25 (TRIM25) in ARC. The protein level of TRIM25 was elevated in ARC specimens and UVB-exposed SRA01/04 cells. Bioinformatic analysis indicated that X-ray repair cross complementing 5 (XRCC5) might interact with TRIM25, and the interaction was validated via immunoprecipitation. TRIM25 interacted with XRCC5 and ubiquitinated it for degradation. Further studies showed that XRCC5 overexpression notably repressed UVB-induced apoptosis, while XRCC5 knockdown promoted apoptosis. Of note, ubiquitination of XRCC5 mediated by TRIM25 overexpression facilitated apoptosis. Attenuation of XRCC5 ubiquitination by mutant with substitution of lysine residues with arginine residues rescued its anti-apoptosis effect. Moreover, we observed that TRIM25-mediated XRCC5 degradation was reversed by proteasome inhibitor MG-132 or lysosome inhibitor 3-MA. In conclusion, TRIM25 mediates ubiquitination of XRCC5 to regulate the function and degradation of XRCC5, suggesting that interventions targeting TRIM25 might be a promising therapeutic strategy for ARC.
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Boudier-Lemosquet A, Mahler A, Bobo C, Dufossée M, Priault M. Introducing protein deamidation: Landmark discoveries, societal outreach, and tentative priming workflow to address deamidation. Methods 2021; 200:3-14. [PMID: 34843979 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymeth.2021.11.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2021] [Revised: 11/15/2021] [Accepted: 11/18/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Our current knowledge on protein deamidation results from a journey that started almost 100 years ago, when a handful of researchers first described the non-enzymatic "desamidation" of glutamine, and the effect of different anions on the catalytic rate of the reaction. Since then, the field has tremendously expended and now finds outreach in very diverse areas. In light of all the recent articles published in these areas, it seemed timely to propose an integrated review on the subject, including a short historical overview of the landmark discoveries in the field, highlighting the current global positioning of protein deamidation in biology and non-biology fields, and concluding with a workflow for those asking if a protein can deamidate, and identify the residues involved. This review is essentially intended to provide newcomers in the field with an overview of how deamidation has penetrated our society and what tools are currently at hand to identify and quantify protein deamidation.
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- Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, IBGC, UMR 5095, F-33000 Bordeaux, France
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- Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, IBGC, UMR 5095, F-33000 Bordeaux, France
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- Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, IBGC, UMR 5095, F-33000 Bordeaux, France
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- Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, IBGC, UMR 5095, F-33000 Bordeaux, France.
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Kato K, Nakayoshi T, Kurimoto E, Oda A. Mechanisms of Deamidation of Asparagine Residues and Effects of Main-Chain Conformation on Activation Energy. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21197035. [PMID: 32987875 PMCID: PMC7582646 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21197035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2020] [Revised: 09/19/2020] [Accepted: 09/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Deamidation of asparagine (Asn) residues is a nonenzymatic post-translational modification of proteins. Asn deamidation is associated with pathogenesis of age-related diseases and hypofunction of monoclonal antibodies. Deamidation rate is known to be affected by the residue following Asn on the carboxyl side and by secondary structure. Information about main-chain conformation of Asn residues is necessary to accurately predict deamidation rate. In this study, the effect of main-chain conformation of Asn residues on deamidation rate was computationally investigated using molecular dynamics (MD) simulations and quantum chemical calculations. The results of MD simulations for γS-crystallin suggested that frequently deamidated Asn residues have common main-chain conformations on the N-terminal side. Based on the simulated structure, initial structures for the quantum chemical calculations were constructed and optimized geometries were obtained using the B3LYP density functional method. Structures that were frequently deamidated had a lower activation energy barrier than that of the little deamidated structure. We also showed that dihydrogen phosphate and bicarbonate ions are important catalysts for deamidation of Asn residues.
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- Koichi Kato
- College of Pharmacy, Kinjo Gakuin University, 2-1723 Omori, Moriyama-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 463-8521, Japan
- Faculty of Pharmacy, Meijo University, 150 Yagotoyama, Tempaku-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 468-8503, Japan; (T.N.); (E.K.); (A.O.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +81-527-980-180
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Meijo University, 150 Yagotoyama, Tempaku-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 468-8503, Japan; (T.N.); (E.K.); (A.O.)
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Meijo University, 150 Yagotoyama, Tempaku-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 468-8503, Japan; (T.N.); (E.K.); (A.O.)
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Meijo University, 150 Yagotoyama, Tempaku-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 468-8503, Japan; (T.N.); (E.K.); (A.O.)
- Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University, 3-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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Manohar S, Jacob S, Wang J, Wiechecki KA, Koh HW, Simões V, Choi H, Vogel C, Silva GM. Polyubiquitin Chains Linked by Lysine Residue 48 (K48) Selectively Target Oxidized Proteins In Vivo. Antioxid Redox Signal 2019; 31:1133-1149. [PMID: 31482721 PMCID: PMC6798811 DOI: 10.1089/ars.2019.7826] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2019] [Revised: 08/11/2019] [Accepted: 08/30/2019] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Aims: Ubiquitin is a highly conserved protein modifier that heavily accumulates during the oxidative stress response. Here, we investigated the role of the ubiquitination system, particularly at the linkage level, in the degradation of oxidized proteins. The function of ubiquitin in the removal of oxidized proteins remains elusive because of the wide range of potential targets and different roles that polyubiquitin chains play. Therefore, we describe in detail the dynamics of the K48 ubiquitin response as the canonical signal for protein degradation. We identified ubiquitin targets and defined the relationship between protein ubiquitination and oxidation during the stress response. Results: Combining oxidized protein isolation, linkage-specific ubiquitination screens, and quantitative proteomics, we found that K48 ubiquitin accumulated at both the early and late phases of the stress response. We further showed that a fraction of oxidized proteins are conjugated with K48 ubiquitin. We identified ∼750 ubiquitinated proteins and ∼400 oxidized proteins that were modified during oxidative stress, and around half of which contain both modifications. These proteins were highly abundant and function in translation and energy metabolism. Innovation and Conclusion: Our work showed for the first time that K48 ubiquitin modifies a large fraction of oxidized proteins, demonstrating that oxidized proteins can be targeted by the ubiquitin/proteasome system. We suggest that oxidized proteins that rapidly accumulate during stress are subsequently ubiquitinated and degraded during the late phase of the response. This delay between oxidation and ubiquitination may be necessary for reprogramming protein dynamics, restoring proteostasis, and resuming cell growth.
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- Sandhya Manohar
- Department of Biology, Center for Genomics and Systems Biology, New York University, New York, New York
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- Department of Biology, Center for Genomics and Systems Biology, New York University, New York, New York
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- Department of Biology, Center for Genomics and Systems Biology, New York University, New York, New York
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- Department of Biology, Center for Genomics and Systems Biology, New York University, New York, New York
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- Department of Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
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- Department of Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Biology, Center for Genomics and Systems Biology, New York University, New York, New York
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Kato K, Nakayoshi T, Kurimoto E, Oda A. Computational Studies on the Nonenzymatic Deamidation Mechanisms of Glutamine Residues. ACS OMEGA 2019; 4:3508-3513. [PMID: 31459565 PMCID: PMC6648516 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.8b03199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2018] [Accepted: 01/22/2019] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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The nonenzymatic deamidation reactions of asparagine (Asn) and glutamine (Gln) residues in proteins are associated with protein turnover and age-related diseases. The reactions are also believed to provide a molecular clock for biological processes. Although Gln deamidation is assumed to occur through the glutarimide intermediate, the mechanisms for this are unclear because under normal physiological conditions, Gln deamidation occurs relatively less frequently and at a lower rate than Asn deamidation. We investigate the mechanisms underlying glutarimide formation from Gln residues, which proceeds in two steps (cyclization and deammoniation) catalyzed by phosphate and carbonate. We also compare these reactions with noncatalytic mechanisms and water-catalyzed mechanisms. The calculations were performed on the model compound Ace-Gln-Nme (Ace = acetyl, Nme = methylamino) using the density functional theory with the B3LYP/6-31+G(d,p) level of theory. Our results suggest that all the catalysts used in our study can mediate the proton relays required for glutarimide formation. We further determined that the calculated activation barriers of the reactions catalyzed by phosphate ions (115 kJ mol-1) and carbonate ions (112 kJ mol-1) are sufficiently low for the reactions to occur under normal physiological conditions. We also show that nucleophilic enhancement of Nme nitrogen is essential for the cyclization of Gln residues.
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- Koichi Kato
- College
of Pharmacy, Kinjo Gakuin University, 2-1723 Omori, Moriyama-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 463-8521, Japan
- Faculty
of Pharmacy, Meijo University, 150 Yagotoyama,
Tempaku-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 468-8503, Japan
- E-mail: . Phone: +81-52-798-7474 (K.K.)
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- Faculty
of Pharmacy, Meijo University, 150 Yagotoyama,
Tempaku-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 468-8503, Japan
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- Faculty
of Pharmacy, Meijo University, 150 Yagotoyama,
Tempaku-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 468-8503, Japan
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- Faculty
of Pharmacy, Meijo University, 150 Yagotoyama,
Tempaku-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 468-8503, Japan
- Institute
for Protein Research, Osaka University, 3-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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Lee K, Haddad A, Osme A, Kim C, Borzou A, Ilchenko S, Allende D, Dasarathy S, McCullough A, Sadygov RG, Kasumov T. Hepatic Mitochondrial Defects in a Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Mouse Model Are Associated with Increased Degradation of Oxidative Phosphorylation Subunits. Mol Cell Proteomics 2018; 17:2371-2386. [PMID: 30171159 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.ra118.000961] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2018] [Revised: 08/21/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is associated with hepatic mitochondrial dysfunction characterized by reduced ATP synthesis. We applied the 2H2O-metabolic labeling approach to test the hypothesis that the reduced stability of oxidative phosphorylation proteins contributes to mitochondrial dysfunction in a diet-induced mouse model of NAFLD. A high fat diet containing cholesterol (a so-called Western diet (WD)) led to hepatic oxidative stress, steatosis, inflammation and mild fibrosis, all markers of NAFLD, in low density cholesterol (LDL) receptor deficient (LDLR-/-) mice. In addition, compared with controls (LDLR-/- mice on normal diet), livers from NAFLD mice had reduced citrate synthase activity and ATP content, suggesting mitochondrial impairment. Proteome dynamics study revealed that mitochondrial defects are associated with reduced average half-lives of mitochondrial proteins in NAFLD mice (5.41 ± 0.46 versus 5.15 ± 0.49 day, p < 0.05). In particular, the WD reduced stability of oxidative phosphorylation subunits, including cytochrome b-c1 complex subunit 1 (5.9 ± 0.1 versus 3.4 ± 0.8 day), ATP synthase subunit α (6.3 ± 0.4 versus 5.5 ± 0.4 day) and ATP synthase F(0) complex subunit B1 of complex V (8.5 ± 0.6 versus 6.5 ± 0.2 day) (p < 0.05). These changes were associated with impaired complex III and F0F1-ATP synthase activities. Markers of mitophagy were increased, but proteasomal degradation activity were reduced in NAFLD mice liver, suggesting that ATP deficiency because of reduced stability of oxidative phosphorylation complex subunits contributed to inhibition of ubiquitin-proteasome and activation of mitophagy. In conclusion, the 2H2O-metabolic labeling approach shows that increased degradation of hepatic oxidative phosphorylation subunits contributed to mitochondrial impairment in NAFLD mice.
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- Kwangwon Lee
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Northeast Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, Ohio 44272
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Northeast Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, Ohio 44272
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Northeast Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, Ohio 44272
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Northeast Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, Ohio 44272
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas 77555
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Northeast Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, Ohio 44272
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- Department of Pathology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio 44195
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- Department of Hepatology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio 44195
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas 77555
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Northeast Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, Ohio 44272; Department of Hepatology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio 44195.
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Jacquier M, Kuriakose S, Bhardwaj A, Zhang Y, Shrivastav A, Portet S, Varma Shrivastav S. Investigation of Novel Regulation of N-myristoyltransferase by Mammalian Target of Rapamycin in Breast Cancer Cells. Sci Rep 2018; 8:12969. [PMID: 30154572 PMCID: PMC6113272 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-30447-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2018] [Accepted: 07/16/2018] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women worldwide. Hormone receptor breast cancers are the most common ones and, about 2 out of every 3 cases of breast cancer are estrogen receptor (ER) positive. Selective ER modulators, such as tamoxifen, are the first line of endocrine treatment of breast cancer. Despite the expression of hormone receptors some patients develop tamoxifen resistance and 50% present de novo tamoxifen resistance. Recently, we have demonstrated that activated mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) is positively associated with overall survival and recurrence free survival in ER positive breast cancer patients who were later treated with tamoxifen. Since altered expression of protein kinase B (PKB)/Akt in breast cancer cells affect N-myristoyltransferase 1 (NMT1) expression and activity, we investigated whether mTOR, a downstream target of PKB/Akt, regulates NMT1 in ER positive breast cancer cells (MCF7 cells). We inhibited mTOR by treating MCF7 cells with rapamycin and observed that the expression of NMT1 increased with rapamycin treatment over the period of time with a concomitant decrease in mTOR phosphorylation. We further employed mathematical modelling to investigate hitherto not known relationship of mTOR with NMT1. We report here for the first time a collection of models and data validating regulation of NMT1 by mTOR.
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- Marine Jacquier
- Department of Mathematics, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
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- Department of Biology, University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Department of Biology, University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Department of Mathematics, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
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- Department of Biology, University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.,Department of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.,Research Institute of Hematology and Oncology, CancerCare Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Department of Mathematics, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
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Robinson MM, Dasari S, Karakelides H, Bergen HR, Nair KS. Release of skeletal muscle peptide fragments identifies individual proteins degraded during insulin deprivation in type 1 diabetic humans and mice. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2016; 311:E628-37. [PMID: 27436610 PMCID: PMC5142007 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00175.2016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2016] [Accepted: 07/13/2016] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Insulin regulates skeletal muscle protein degradation, but the types of proteins being degraded in vivo remain to be determined due to methodological limitations. We present a method to assess the types of skeletal muscle proteins that are degraded by extracting their degradation products as low-molecular weight (LMW) peptides from muscle samples. High-resolution mass spectrometry was used to identify the original intact proteins that generated the LMW peptides, which we validated in rodents and then applied to humans. We deprived insulin from insulin-treated streptozotocin (STZ) diabetic mice for 6 and 96 h and for 8 h in type 1 diabetic humans (T1D) for comparison with insulin-treated conditions. Protein degradation was measured using activation of autophagy and proteasome pathways, stable isotope tracers, and LMW approaches. In mice, insulin deprivation activated proteasome pathways and autophagy in muscle homogenates and isolated mitochondria. Reproducibility analysis of LMW extracts revealed that ∼80% of proteins were detected consistently. As expected, insulin deprivation increased whole body protein turnover in T1D. Individual protein degradation increased with insulin deprivation, including those involved in mitochondrial function, proteome homeostasis, nDNA support, and contractile/cytoskeleton. Individual mitochondrial proteins that generated more LMW fragment with insulin deprivation included ATP synthase subunit-γ (+0.5-fold, P = 0.007) and cytochrome c oxidase subunit 6 (+0.305-fold, P = 0.03). In conclusion, identifying LMW peptide fragments offers an approach to determine the degradation of individual proteins. Insulin deprivation increases degradation of select proteins and provides insight into the regulatory role of insulin in maintaining proteome homeostasis, especially of mitochondria.
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- Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota; and
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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Wang Y, Zhang G, Kang L, Guan H. Expression Profiling of DNA Methylation and Transcriptional Repression Associated Genes in Lens Epithelium Cells of Age-Related Cataract. Cell Mol Neurobiol 2016; 37:537-543. [DOI: 10.1007/s10571-016-0393-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2016] [Accepted: 06/09/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Gallart-Palau X, Lee BST, Adav SS, Qian J, Serra A, Park JE, Lai MKP, Chen CP, Kalaria RN, Sze SK. Gender differences in white matter pathology and mitochondrial dysfunction in Alzheimer's disease with cerebrovascular disease. Mol Brain 2016; 9:27. [PMID: 26983404 PMCID: PMC4794845 DOI: 10.1186/s13041-016-0205-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2015] [Accepted: 02/22/2016] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Dementia risk in women is higher than in men, but the molecular neuropathology of this gender difference remains poorly defined. In this study, we used unbiased, discovery-driven quantitative proteomics to assess the molecular basis of gender influences on risk of Alzheimer's disease with cerebrovascular disease (AD + CVD). RESULTS We detected modulation of several redox proteins in the temporal lobe of AD + CVD subjects, and we observed sex-specific alterations in the white matter (WM) and mitochondria proteomes of female patients. Functional proteomic analysis of AD + CVD brain tissues revealed increased citrullination of arginine and deamidation of glutamine residues of myelin basic protein (MBP) in female which impaired degradation of degenerated MBP and resulted in accumulation of non-functional MBP in WM. Female patients also displayed down-regulation of ATP sub-units and cytochromes, suggesting increased severity of mitochondria impairment in women. CONCLUSIONS Our study demonstrates that gender-linked modulation of white matter and mitochondria proteomes influences neuropathology of the temporal lobe in AD + CVD.
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- Xavier Gallart-Palau
- />Division of Chemical Biology & BioTechnology, School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 60 Nanyang Drive, Singapore, 637551 Singapore
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- />Division of Chemical Biology & BioTechnology, School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 60 Nanyang Drive, Singapore, 637551 Singapore
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- />Division of Chemical Biology & BioTechnology, School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 60 Nanyang Drive, Singapore, 637551 Singapore
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- />Division of Chemical Biology & BioTechnology, School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 60 Nanyang Drive, Singapore, 637551 Singapore
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- />Division of Chemical Biology & BioTechnology, School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 60 Nanyang Drive, Singapore, 637551 Singapore
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- />Division of Chemical Biology & BioTechnology, School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 60 Nanyang Drive, Singapore, 637551 Singapore
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- />Department of Pharmacology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- />Department of Pharmacology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
- />Memory, Aging and Cognition Centre, National University Health System, Singapore, Singapore
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- />Institute for Ageing and Health, NIHR Biomedical Research Building, Newcastle University, Campus for Ageing and Vitality, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE4 5PL UK
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- />Division of Chemical Biology & BioTechnology, School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 60 Nanyang Drive, Singapore, 637551 Singapore
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Zhou C, Dobrinsky J, Tsoi S, Foxcroft GR, Dixon WT, Stothard P, Verstegen J, Dyck MK. Characterization of the altered gene expression profile in early porcine embryos generated from parthenogenesis and somatic cell chromatin transfer. PLoS One 2014; 9:e91728. [PMID: 24633136 PMCID: PMC3954727 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0091728] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2013] [Accepted: 02/13/2014] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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The in vitro production of early porcine embryos is of particular scientific and economic interest. In general, embryos produced from in vitro Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART) manipulations, such as somatic cell chromatin transfer (CT) and parthenogenetic activation (PA), are less developmentally competent than in vivo–derived embryos. The mechanisms underlying the deficiencies of embryos generated from PA and CT have not been completely understood. To characterize the altered genes and gene networks in embryos generated from CT and PA, comparative transcriptomic analyses of in vivo (IVV) expanded blastocysts (XB), IVV hatched blastocyst (HB), PA XB, PA HB, and CT HB were performed using a custom microarray platform enriched for genes expressed during early embryonic development. Differential expressions of 1492 and 103 genes were identified in PA and CT HB, respectively, in comparison with IVV HB. The “eIF2 signalling”, “mitochondrial dysfunction”, “regulation of eIF4 and p70S6K signalling”, “protein ubiquitination”, and “mTOR signalling” pathways were down-regulated in PA HB. Dysregulation of notch signalling–associated genes were observed in both PA and CT HB. TP53 was predicted to be activated in both PA and CT HB, as 136 and 23 regulation targets of TP53 showed significant differential expression in PA and CT HB, respectively, in comparison with IVV HB. In addition, dysregulations of several critical pluripotency, trophoblast development, and implantation-associated genes (NANOG, GATA2, KRT8, LGMN, and DPP4) were observed in PA HB during the blastocyst hatching process. The critical genes that were observed to be dysregulated in CT and PA embryos could be indicative of underlying developmental deficiencies of embryos produced from these technologies.
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- Chi Zhou
- Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- International Center for Biotechnology, Minitube of America, Mount Horeb, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- International Center for Biotechnology, Minitube of America, Mount Horeb, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Whitcomb EA, Shang F, Taylor A. Common cell biologic and biochemical changes in aging and age-related diseases of the eye: toward new therapeutic approaches to age-related ocular diseases. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2013; 54:ORSF31-6. [PMID: 24335065 DOI: 10.1167/iovs.13-12808] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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- Elizabeth A Whitcomb
- Laboratory for Nutrition and Vision Research, USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts
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Wignes JA, Goldman JW, Weihl CC, Bartley MG, Andley UP. p62 expression and autophagy in αB-crystallin R120G mutant knock-in mouse model of hereditary cataract. Exp Eye Res 2013; 115:263-73. [PMID: 23872361 DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2013.06.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2013] [Revised: 06/21/2013] [Accepted: 06/25/2013] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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The formation of cataracts is associated with the accumulation of protein aggregates in the ocular lens, suggesting that defective protein degradation plays a role in cataract pathogenesis. Accumulation of the p62 protein has recently been identified as a marker for impaired autophagy in a variety of tissues; however, little information exists on its expression in the ocular lens and in cataracts. In the present study we examined the expression of p62 in the mouse lens and compared its expression in wild-type lenses with that in lenses from knock-in mice with an arginine to glycine mutation in αB-crystallin (αB-R120G) that is known to cause human hereditary cataract. Immunohistochemical, immunoblotting, and transmission electron microscopic analyses of wild type and αB-R120G mutant mice were performed. To assess the effect of increased protein aggregation on autophagy, immunohistochemical staining was performed with an anti-p62 antibody, revealing the presence of p62-positive punctate staining in a band of denucleated cortical fiber cells. The number and size of p62 puncta were significantly greater in αB-R120G homozygous mutant lenses than in wild type and heterozygous mutant lenses. p62 staining was also abundant in lens epithelial cells and was concentrated around the nuclear membrane. Double-membraned structures similar to autophagosomes containing cellular cytoplasmic content were detected in lens epithelial cells by transmission electron microscopy. The autophagosomes in lens epithelial cells from αB-R120G homozygous mutant mice were larger than those in wild type mice. Double-membraned structures that are probably autophagosomes were also detected in cortical fiber cells and were more abundant in the αB-R120G homozygous mutant lens than the wild type lens. This study demonstrates p62 distribution as speckles in the lens fiber cells, altered levels of p62 expression, and the presence of autophagosomes in the ocular lens of αB-R120G mutant mice. We propose that autophagy is inhibited in the αB-R120G mutant lenses because of a defect in protein degradation after autophagosome formation. Further work is necessary to determine the relationship between αB-crystallin function, autophagy, and cataract formation.
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- Jonathan A Wignes
- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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Schafheimer N, King J. Tryptophan cluster protects human γD-crystallin from ultraviolet radiation-induced photoaggregation in vitro. Photochem Photobiol 2013; 89:1106-15. [PMID: 23683003 PMCID: PMC3823069 DOI: 10.1111/php.12096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2013] [Accepted: 05/12/2013] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Exposure to ultraviolet radiation (UVR) is a significant risk factor for age-related cataract, a disease of the human lens and the most prevalent cause of blindness in the world. Cataract pathology involves protein misfolding and aggregation of the primary proteins of the lens, the crystallins. Human γD-crystallin (HγD-Crys) is a major γ-crystallin in the nucleus of the human lens. We report here analysis of UVR-induced damage to HγD-Crys in vitro. Irradiation of solutions of recombinant HγD-Crys with UVA/UVB light produced a rise in solution turbidity due to polymerization of the monomeric crystallins into higher molecular weight aggregates. A significant fraction of this polymerized protein was covalently linked. Photoaggregation of HγD-Crys required oxygen and its rate was protein concentration and UVR dose dependent. To investigate the potential roles of individual tryptophan residues in photoaggregation, triple W:F mutants of HγD-Crys were irradiated. Surprisingly, despite reducing UVR absorbing capacity, multiple W:F HγD-Crys mutant proteins photoaggregated more quickly and extensively than wild type. The results reported here are consistent with previous studies that postulated that an energy transfer mechanism between the highly conserved pairs of tryptophan residues in HγD-Crys could be protective against UVR-induced photodamage.
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Clark AR, Lubsen NH, Slingsby C. sHSP in the eye lens: Crystallin mutations, cataract and proteostasis. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 2012; 44:1687-97. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2012.02.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2011] [Accepted: 02/23/2012] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Liu Z, Taylor A, Liu Y, Wu M, Gong X, Shang F. Enhancement of ubiquitin conjugation activity reduces intracellular aggregation of V76D mutant γD-crystallin. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2012; 53:6655-65. [PMID: 22915036 PMCID: PMC3460391 DOI: 10.1167/iovs.12-9744] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2012] [Revised: 07/19/2012] [Accepted: 08/16/2012] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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PURPOSE The ubiquitin-proteasome pathway (UPP) is an important protein quality control mechanism for selective degradation of abnormal proteins. The objective of this study was to test the hypothesis that enhancement of the UPP capacity could attenuate the accumulation and aggregation of misfolded proteins using V76D-γD-crystallin as a model substrate. METHODS Wild type (wt) and V76D mutant γD-crystallin were fused to red fluorescence protein (RFP) and expressed in human lens epithelial cells. The cellular distribution of the expressed proteins was compared by fluorescence microscopy. The solubility of wt- and V76D-γD-crystallin was determined by cellular fractionation and Western blotting. Wt-γD-RFP and V76D-γD-RFP were also cotransfected along with a ubiquitin ligase (CHIP) or a ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme (Ubc5) into cells. Levels of wt- and V76D-γD-crystallin, the percentage of transfected cells with aggregates, and aggregate size were quantified and compared among different groups. RESULTS Wt-γD-crystallin was evenly distributed in cells, whereas V76D-γD-crystallin formed intracellular aggregates. Eighty percent of wt-γD-crystallin was detected in the soluble fraction, whereas only 7% of V76D-γD-crystallin was soluble. CHIP or Ubc5 coexpression reduced the protein level of V76D-γD and concomitantly its aggregation in transfected cells; these effects could be attenuated by proteasome inhibitor. Mutant CHIP with defect TPR (tetratricopeptide repeat) or U-box domain failed to reduce levels of V76D-γD-crystallin. CONCLUSIONS Enhancing ubiquitin conjugation activity reduces accumulation and aggregation of V76D-γD-crystallin by promoting its degradation. Upregulation of ubiquitin-conjugating activity could be an effective strategy to maintain lens transparency by eliminating other forms of misfolded proteins.
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- Zhenzhen Liu
- From the State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China; the
- Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts; and the
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- Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts; and the
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- From the State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China; the
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- From the State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China; the
- Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts; and the
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- School of Optometry and Vision Science Program, University of California, Berkeley, California
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- From the State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China; the
- Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts; and the
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Shang F, Taylor A. Roles for the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway in protein quality control and signaling in the retina: implications in the pathogenesis of age-related macular degeneration. Mol Aspects Med 2012; 33:446-66. [PMID: 22521794 PMCID: PMC3417153 DOI: 10.1016/j.mam.2012.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2012] [Accepted: 04/05/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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The accumulation of damaged or postsynthetically modified proteins and dysregulation of inflammatory responses and angiogenesis in the retina/RPE are thought be etiologically related to formation of drusen and choroidal neovascularization (CNV), hallmarks of age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The ubiquitin-proteasome pathway (UPP) plays crucial roles in protein quality control, cell cycle control and signal transduction. Selective degradation of aberrant proteins by the UPP is essential for timely removal of potentially cytotoxic damaged or otherwise abnormal proteins. Proper function of the UPP is thought to be required for cellular function. In contrast, age--or stress induced--impairment the UPP or insufficient UPP capacity may contribute to the accumulation of abnormal proteins, cytotoxicity in the retina, and AMD. Crucial roles for the UPP in eye development, regulation of signal transduction, and antioxidant responses are also established. Insufficient UPP capacity in retina and RPE can result in dysregulation of signal transduction, abnormal inflammatory responses and CNV. There are also interactions between the UPP and lysosomal proteolytic pathways (LPPs). Means that modulate the proteolytic capacity are making their way into new generation of pharmacotherapies for delaying age-related diseases and may augment the benefits of adequate nutrition, with regard to diminishing the burden of AMD.
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- Fu Shang
- Laboratory for Nutrition and Vision Research, USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Boston, MA 02111, USA.
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Wu M, Zhang X, Bian Q, Taylor A, Liang JJ, Ding L, Horwitz J, Shang F. Oligomerization with wt αA- and αB-crystallins reduces proteasome-mediated degradation of C-terminally truncated αA-crystallin. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2012; 53:2541-50. [PMID: 22427585 DOI: 10.1167/iovs.11-9147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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PURPOSE We previously demonstrated that the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway (UPP) is a general protein quality control system that selectively degrades damaged or abnormal lens proteins, including C-terminally truncated αA-crystallin. The objective of this work was to determine the effects of wt αA- and αB-crystallins on the degradation of C-terminally truncated αA-crystallin (αA(1-162)) and vice versa. METHODS Recombinant wt αA, αB, and αA(1-162) were expressed in Escherichia coli and purified to homogeneity by chromatography. Subunit exchange and oligomerization were detected by fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET), multiangle-light scattering and coprecipitation assays. Protein substrates were labeled with (125)I and lens epithelial cell lysates were used as the source of the UPP for degradation assays. RESULTS FRET, multiangle light scattering, and coprecipitation assays showed that αA(1-162) exchanged subunits with wt αA- or wt αB- crystallin to form hetero-oligomers. αA(1-162) was more susceptible than wt αA-crystallin to degradation by the UPP. When mixed with wt αA-crystallin at 1:1 or 1:4 (αA(1-162) : wt) ratios to form hetero-oligomers, the degradation of αA(1-162) was significantly decreased. Conversely, formation of hetero-oligomers with αA(1-162) enhanced the degradation of wt αA-crystallin. The presence of αA(1-162), but not wt αA-crystallin, decreased the degradation of wt αB-crystallin. CONCLUSIONS αA(1-162) forms hetero-oligomers with wt αA- and αB-crystallins. Oligomerization with wt αA- or αB-crystallins reduces the susceptibility of αA(1-162) to degradation by the UPP. In addition, the presence of αA(1-162) in the hetero-oligomers also affects the degradation of wt αA- and αB-crystallins.
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- Mingxing Wu
- Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University, 711 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02111, USA.
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Shang F, Taylor A. Role of the ubiquitin-proteasome in protein quality control and signaling: implication in the pathogenesis of eye diseases. PROGRESS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE 2012; 109:347-96. [PMID: 22727427 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-397863-9.00010-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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The ubiquitin-proteasome pathway (UPP) plays important roles in many cellular functions, such as protein quality control, cell cycle control, and signal transduction. The selective degradation of aberrant proteins by the UPP is essential for the timely removal of potential cytotoxic damaged or otherwise abnormal proteins. Conversely, accumulation of the cytotoxic abnormal proteins in eye tissues is etiologically associated with many age-related eye diseases such as retina degeneration, cataract, and certain types of glaucoma. Age- or stress-induced impairment or overburdening of the UPP appears to contribute to the accumulation of abnormal proteins in eye tissues. Cell cycle and signal transduction are regulated by the conditional UPP-dependent degradation of the regulators of these processes. Impairment or overburdening of the UPP could also result in dysregulation of cell cycle control and signal transduction. The consequences of the improper cell cycle and signal transduction include defects in ocular development, wound healing, angiogenesis, or inflammatory responses. Methods that enhance or preserve UPP function or reduce its burden may be useful strategies for preventing age-related eye diseases.
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- Fu Shang
- Laboratory for Nutrition and Vision Research, USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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The serine protease HtrA2 cleaves UCH-L1 and inhibits its hydrolase activity: implication in the UCH-L1-mediated cell death. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2011; 415:24-9. [PMID: 22001920 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2011.09.148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2011] [Accepted: 09/28/2011] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Ubiquitin (Ub) carboxyl-terminal hydrolase L1 (UCH-L1) has dual functions, such as hydrolase activity on the chemical bonds formed by the C-terminal Gly of Ub and dimerization-dependent ubiquitin ligase activity. Accumulating evidence suggests that dual activities of UCH-L1 were intimately associated with Parkinson's diseases (PD) and cancer. However, the molecular mechanism that regulates UCH-L1 enzymatic activity has not yet been fully elucidated. The serine protease high temperature requirement A2 (HtrA2), a PD-associated gene, is important in regulating cell survival as well as apoptosis. Using in vitro and in vivo cleavage assays, we have demonstrated that UCH-L1 is a natural substrate for the serine protease HtrA2 in the apoptotic pathway. Notably, we show that released, cytosolic HtrA2 decreases UCH-L1 protein level and its hydrolase activity through HtrA2-mediated cleavage of UCH-L1 under apoptotic conditions. These findings suggest that the HtrA2-mediated cleavage of UCH-L1 may play important roles in regulating the fine balance between cell growth and cell death.
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Shang F, Taylor A. Ubiquitin-proteasome pathway and cellular responses to oxidative stress. Free Radic Biol Med 2011; 51:5-16. [PMID: 21530648 PMCID: PMC3109097 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2011.03.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 295] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2009] [Revised: 03/08/2011] [Accepted: 03/26/2011] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The ubiquitin-proteasome pathway (UPP) is the primary cytosolic proteolytic machinery for the selective degradation of various forms of damaged proteins. Thus, the UPP is an important protein quality control mechanism. In the canonical UPP, both ubiquitin and the 26S proteasome are involved. Substrate proteins of the canonical UPP are first tagged by multiple ubiquitin molecules and then degraded by the 26S proteasome. However, in noncanonical UPP, proteins can be degraded by the 26S or the 20S proteasome without being ubiquitinated. It is clear that a proteasome is responsible for selective degradation of oxidized proteins, but the extent to which ubiquitination is involved in this process remains a subject of debate. Whereas many publications suggest that the 20S proteasome degrades oxidized proteins independent of ubiquitin, there is also solid evidence indicating that ubiquitin and ubiquitination are involved in degradation of some forms of oxidized proteins. A fully functional UPP is required for cells to cope with oxidative stress and the activity of the UPP is also modulated by cellular redox status. Mild or transient oxidative stress up-regulates the ubiquitination system and proteasome activity in cells and tissues and transiently enhances intracellular proteolysis. Severe or sustained oxidative stress impairs the function of the UPP and decreases intracellular proteolysis. Both the ubiquitin-conjugating enzymes and the proteasome can be inactivated by sustained oxidative stress, especially the 26S proteasome. Differential susceptibilities of the ubiquitin-conjugating enzymes and the 26S proteasome to oxidative damage lead to an accumulation of ubiquitin conjugates in cells in response to mild oxidative stress. Thus, increased levels of ubiquitin conjugates in cells seem to be an indicator of mild oxidative stress.
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- Fu Shang
- Laboratory for Nutrition and Vision Research, USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University, Boston, MA 02111, USA.
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