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Ventura R, Martínez-Ruiz I, Hernández-Alvarez MI. Phospholipid Membrane Transport and Associated Diseases. Biomedicines 2022; 10:biomedicines10051201. [PMID: 35625937 PMCID: PMC9138374 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines10051201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2022] [Revised: 05/19/2022] [Accepted: 05/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Phospholipids are the basic structure block of eukaryotic membranes, in both the outer and inner membranes, which delimit cell organelles. Phospholipids can also be damaged by oxidative stress produced by mitochondria, for instance, becoming oxidized phospholipids. These damaged phospholipids have been related to prevalent diseases such as atherosclerosis or non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) because they alter gene expression and induce cellular stress and apoptosis. One of the main sites of phospholipid synthesis is the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). ER association with other organelles through membrane contact sites (MCS) provides a close apposition for lipid transport. Additionally, an important advance in this small cytosolic gap are lipid transfer proteins (LTPs), which accelerate and modulate the distribution of phospholipids in other organelles. In this regard, LTPs can be established as an essential point within phospholipid circulation, as relevant data show impaired phospholipid transport when LTPs are defected. This review will focus on phospholipid function, metabolism, non-vesicular transport, and associated diseases.
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- Raúl Ventura
- Departament de Bioquímica i Biomedicina Molecular, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain; (R.V.); (I.M.-R.)
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- Departament de Bioquímica i Biomedicina Molecular, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain; (R.V.); (I.M.-R.)
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- Departament de Bioquímica i Biomedicina Molecular, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain; (R.V.); (I.M.-R.)
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Diabetes y Enfermedades Metabólicas Asociadas (CIBERDEM), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28029 Madrid, Spain
- IBUB Universitat de Barcelona—Institut de Biomedicina de la Universitat de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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Peretti D, Kim S, Tufi R, Lev S. Lipid Transfer Proteins and Membrane Contact Sites in Human Cancer. Front Cell Dev Biol 2020; 7:371. [PMID: 32039198 PMCID: PMC6989408 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2019.00371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2019] [Accepted: 12/16/2019] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Lipid-transfer proteins (LTPs) were initially discovered as cytosolic factors that facilitate lipid transport between membrane bilayers in vitro. Since then, many LTPs have been isolated from bacteria, plants, yeast, and mammals, and extensively studied in cell-free systems and intact cells. A major advance in the LTP field was associated with the discovery of intracellular membrane contact sites (MCSs), small cytosolic gaps between the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and other cellular membranes, which accelerate lipid transfer by LTPs. As LTPs modulate the distribution of lipids within cellular membranes, and many lipid species function as second messengers in key signaling pathways that control cell survival, proliferation, and migration, LTPs have been implicated in cancer-associated signal transduction cascades. Increasing evidence suggests that LTPs play an important role in cancer progression and metastasis. This review describes how different LTPs as well as MCSs can contribute to cell transformation and malignant phenotype, and discusses how “aberrant” MCSs are associated with tumorigenesis in human.
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- Diego Peretti
- UK Dementia Research Institute, Clinical Neurosciences Department, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Nakseongdae R&D Center, GPCR Therapeutics, Inc., Seoul, South Korea
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- MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Molecular Cell Biology Department, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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Grabon A, Bankaitis VA, McDermott MI. The interface between phosphatidylinositol transfer protein function and phosphoinositide signaling in higher eukaryotes. J Lipid Res 2018; 60:242-268. [PMID: 30504233 DOI: 10.1194/jlr.r089730] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2018] [Revised: 11/12/2018] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Phosphoinositides are key regulators of a large number of diverse cellular processes that include membrane trafficking, plasma membrane receptor signaling, cell proliferation, and transcription. How a small number of chemically distinct phosphoinositide signals are functionally amplified to exert specific control over such a diverse set of biological outcomes remains incompletely understood. To this end, a novel mechanism is now taking shape, and it involves phosphatidylinositol (PtdIns) transfer proteins (PITPs). The concept that PITPs exert instructive regulation of PtdIns 4-OH kinase activities and thereby channel phosphoinositide production to specific biological outcomes, identifies PITPs as central factors in the diversification of phosphoinositide signaling. There are two evolutionarily distinct families of PITPs: the Sec14-like and the StAR-related lipid transfer domain (START)-like families. Of these two families, the START-like PITPs are the least understood. Herein, we review recent insights into the biochemical, cellular, and physiological function of both PITP families with greater emphasis on the START-like PITPs, and we discuss the underlying mechanisms through which these proteins regulate phosphoinositide signaling and how these actions translate to human health and disease.
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- Aby Grabon
- E. L. Wehner-Welch Laboratory, Department of Molecular and Cellular Medicine, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College Station, TX 77843-1114
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- E. L. Wehner-Welch Laboratory, Department of Molecular and Cellular Medicine, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College Station, TX 77843-1114
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- E. L. Wehner-Welch Laboratory, Department of Molecular and Cellular Medicine, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College Station, TX 77843-1114
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The role of phosphatidylinositol-transfer proteins at membrane contact sites. Biochem Soc Trans 2016; 44:419-24. [PMID: 27068949 DOI: 10.1042/bst20150182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2015] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Phosphatidylinositol-transfer proteins (PITPs) have been initially identified as soluble factors that accelerate the monomeric exchange of either phosphatidylinositol (PI) or phosphatidylcholine (PC) between membrane bilayersin vitro They are highly conserved in eukaryotes and have been implicated in different cellular processes, including vesicular trafficking, signal transduction, and lipid metabolism. Recent studies suggest that PITPs function at membrane contact sites (MCSs) to facilitate the transport of PI from its synthesis site at the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) to various membrane compartments. In this review, we describe the underlying mechanism of PITPs targeting to MCSs, discuss their cellular roles and potential mode of action.
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Acyltransferases and transacylases that determine the fatty acid composition of glycerolipids and the metabolism of bioactive lipid mediators in mammalian cells and model organisms. Prog Lipid Res 2014; 53:18-81. [DOI: 10.1016/j.plipres.2013.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 160] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2012] [Revised: 07/20/2013] [Accepted: 10/01/2013] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Conde JA, Claunch CJ, Romo HE, Benito-Martín A, Ballestero RP, González-García M. Identification of a motif in BMRP required for interaction with Bcl-2 by site-directed mutagenesis studies. J Cell Biochem 2013; 113:3498-508. [PMID: 22711503 DOI: 10.1002/jcb.24226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Bcl-2 is an anti-apoptotic protein that inhibits apoptosis elicited by multiple stimuli in a large variety of cell types. BMRP (also known as MRPL41) was identified as a Bcl-2 binding protein and shown to promote apoptosis. Previous studies indicated that the amino-terminal two-thirds of BMRP contain the domain(s) required for its interaction with Bcl-2, and that this region of the protein is responsible for the majority of the apoptosis-inducing activity of BMRP. We have performed site-directed mutagenesis analyses to further characterize the BMRP/Bcl-2 interaction and the pro-apoptotic activity of BMRP. The results obtained indicate that the 13-17 amino acid region of BMRP is necessary for its binding to Bcl-2. Further mutagenesis of this motif shows that amino acid residue aspartic acid (D) 16 of BMRP is essential for the BMRP/Bcl-2 interaction. Functional analyses conducted in mammalian cells with BMRP site-directed mutants BMRP(13Ala17) and BMRP(D16A) indicate that these mutants induce apoptosis through a caspase-mediated pathway, and that they kill cells slightly more potently than wild-type BMRP. Bcl-2 is still able to counteract BMRP(D16A)-induced cell death significantly, but not as completely as when tested against wild-type BMRP. These results suggest that the apoptosis-inducing ability of wild-type BMRP is blocked by Bcl-2 through several mechanisms.
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- Juan A Conde
- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Kingsville, Texas 78363, USA
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Reales-Calderón JA, Martínez-Solano L, Martínez-Gomariz M, Nombela C, Molero G, Gil C. Sub-proteomic study on macrophage response to Candida albicans unravels new proteins involved in the host defense against the fungus. J Proteomics 2012; 75:4734-46. [PMID: 22342486 DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2012.01.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2011] [Revised: 01/26/2012] [Accepted: 01/30/2012] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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In previous proteomic studies on the response of murine macrophages against Candida albicans, many differentially expressed proteins involved in processes like inflammation, cytoskeletal rearrangement, stress response and metabolism were identified. In order to look for proteins important for the macrophage response, but in a lower concentration in the cell, 3 sub-cellular extracts were analyzed: cytosol, organelle/membrane and nucleus enriched fractions from RAW 264.7 macrophages exposed or not to C. albicans SC5314 for 3 h. The samples were studied using DIGE technology, and 17 new differentially expressed proteins were identified. This sub-cellular fractionation permitted the identification of 2 mitochondrion proteins, a membrane receptor, Galectin-3, and some ER related proteins, that are not easily detected in total cell extracts. Besides, the study of different fractions allowed us to detect, not only total increase in Galectin-3 protein amount, but its distinct allocation along the interaction. The identified proteins are involved in the pro-inflammatory and oxidative responses, immune response, unfolded protein response and apoptosis. Some of these processes increase the host response and others could be the effect of C. albicans resistance to phagocytosis. Thus, the sub-proteomic approach has been a very useful tool to identify new proteins involved in macrophage-fungus interaction. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Translational Proteomics.
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Cockcroft S, Garner K. Function of the phosphatidylinositol transfer protein gene family: is phosphatidylinositol transfer the mechanism of action? Crit Rev Biochem Mol Biol 2011; 46:89-117. [DOI: 10.3109/10409238.2010.538664] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Malladi S, Parsa KVL, Bhupathi D, Rodríguez-González MA, Conde JA, Anumula P, Romo HE, Claunch CJ, Ballestero RP, González-García M. Deletion mutational analysis of BMRP, a pro-apoptotic protein that binds to Bcl-2. Mol Cell Biochem 2011; 351:217-32. [PMID: 21253851 DOI: 10.1007/s11010-011-0729-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2010] [Accepted: 01/10/2011] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Bcl-2 is an anti-apoptotic member of the Bcl-2 family of proteins that protects cells from apoptosis induced by a large variety of stimuli. The protein BMRP (MRPL41) was identified as a Bcl-2 binding partner and shown to have pro-apoptotic activity. We have performed deletion mutational analyses to identify the domain(s) of Bcl-2 and BMRP that are involved in the Bcl-2/BMRP interaction, and the region(s) of BMRP that mediate its pro-apoptotic activity. The results of these studies indicate that both the BH4 domain of Bcl-2 and its central region encompassing its BH1, BH2, and BH3 domains are required for its interaction with BMRP. The loop region and the transmembrane domain of Bcl-2 were found to be dispensable for this interaction. The Bcl-2 deletion mutants that do not interact with BMRP were previously shown to be functionally inactive. Deletion analyses of the BMRP protein delimited the region of BMRP needed for its interaction with Bcl-2 to the amino-terminal two-thirds of the protein (amino acid residues 1-92). Further deletions at either end of the BMRP(1-92) truncated protein resulted in lack of binding to Bcl-2. Functional studies performed with BMRP deletion mutants suggest that the cell death-inducing domains of the protein reside mainly within its amino-terminal two-thirds. The region of BMRP required for the interaction with Bcl-2 is very relevant for the cell death-inducing activity of the protein, suggesting that one possible mechanism by which BMRP induces cell death is by binding to and blocking the anti-apoptotic activity of Bcl-2.
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- Srinivas Malladi
- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, 700 University Blvd., Kingsville, TX 78363-8202, USA
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Rajesh M, Mukhopadhyay P, Haskó G, Pacher P. Cannabinoid CB1 receptor inhibition decreases vascular smooth muscle migration and proliferation. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2008; 377:1248-52. [PMID: 18996082 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2008.10.159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2008] [Accepted: 10/28/2008] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Vascular smooth muscle proliferation and migration triggered by inflammatory stimuli and chemoattractants such as platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) are key events in the development and progression of atherosclerosis and restenosis. Cannabinoids may modulate cell proliferation and migration in various cell types through cannabinoid receptors. Here we investigated the effects of CB(1) receptor antagonist rimonabant (SR141716A), which has recently been shown to have anti-atherosclerotic effects both in mice and humans, on PDGF-induced proliferation, migration, and signal transduction of human coronary artery smooth muscle cells (HCASMCs). PDGF induced Ras and ERK 1/2 activation, while increasing proliferation and migration of HCASMCs, which were dose dependently attenuated by CB(1) antagonist, rimonabant. These findings suggest that in addition to improving plasma lipid alterations and decreasing inflammatory cell migration and inflammatory response, CB(1) antagonists may exert beneficial effects in atherosclerosis and restenosis by decreasing vascular smooth muscle proliferation and migration.
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- Mohanraj Rajesh
- Laboratory of Physiological Studies, NIAAA, National Institutes of Health, Section on Oxidative Stress and Tissue Injury, 5625 Fishers Lane, MSC-9413, Bethesda, MD 20892-9413, USA
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The anti-apoptotic activity associated with phosphatidylinositol transfer protein α activates the MAPK and Akt/PKB pathway. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2008; 1783:1700-6. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2008.04.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2007] [Revised: 04/01/2008] [Accepted: 04/24/2008] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Schenning M, van Tiel CM, Wirtz KWA, Snoek GT. The anti-apoptotic MAP kinase pathway is inhibited in NIH3T3 fibroblasts with increased expression of phosphatidylinositol transfer protein β. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2007; 1773:1664-71. [PMID: 17683809 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2007.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2007] [Revised: 06/18/2007] [Accepted: 06/19/2007] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Mouse NIH3T3 fibroblast cells overexpressing phosphatidylinositol transfer protein beta (PI-TPbeta, SPIbeta cells) demonstrate a low rate of proliferation and a high sensitivity towards UV-induced apoptosis when compared with wtNIH3T3 cells. In contrast, SPIbetaS262A cells overexpressing a mutant PI-TPbeta that lacks the protein kinase C-dependent phosphorylation site Ser-262, demonstrate a phenotype comparable with wtNIH3T3 cells. This suggests that the phosphorylation of Ser-262 in PI-TPbeta is involved in the regulation of apoptosis. Conditioned medium (CM) from wtNIH3T3 cells contains bioactive factors, presumably arachidonic acid metabolites [H. Bunte, et al., 2006; M. Schenning, et al., 2004] that are able to protect SPIbeta cells against UV-induced apoptosis. CM from SPIbeta cells lacks this protective activity. However, after heat denaturation CM from SPIbeta cells regains a protective activity comparable with that of wtNIH3T3 cells. This indicates that CM from SPIbeta cells contains an antagonistic factor interfering with the anti-apoptotic activity present. SPIbetaS262A cells do not produce the antagonist suggesting that phosphorylation of Ser-262 is required. Moreover, in line with the apparent lack of anti-apoptotic activity, CM from SPIbeta cells does not induce the expression of COX-2 or the activation of p42/p44 MAP kinase in SPIbeta cells. In contrast, CM from wtNIH3T3 and SPIbetaS262A cells or heat-treated CM from SPIbeta cells does induce these anti-apoptotic markers. Since we have previously shown that some of the arachidonic acid metabolites present in CM from wtNIH3T3 cells are prostaglandin (PG) E(2) and PGF(2alpha), we investigated the effect of these PGs on cell survival. Although PGE(2) and PGF(2alpha) were found to protect wtNIH3T3 and SPIbetaS262A cells against UV-induced apoptosis, these PGs failed to rescue SPIbeta cells. The fact that the concentrations of PGE(2) and PGF(2alpha) in the CM from SPIbeta cells and wtNIH3T3 cells were found to be comparable suggests that the failure of these PGs to protect SPIbeta cells could render these cells more apoptosis sensitive. Concomitantly, upon incubation with PGE(2) and PGF(2alpha), an increased expression of COX-2 and activation of p42/p44 MAP kinase were observed in wtNIH3T3 and SPIbetaS262A cells but not in SPIbeta cells. Hence, it appears that specific mechanisms of cell survival are impaired in SPIbeta cells.
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- Martijn Schenning
- Bijvoet Center, Department of Biochemistry of Lipids, Institute of Biomembranes, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, 3584 CH Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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Wirtz KWA. Phospholipid transfer proteins in perspective. FEBS Lett 2006; 580:5436-41. [PMID: 16828756 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2006.06.065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2006] [Revised: 06/19/2006] [Accepted: 06/20/2006] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Since their discovery and subsequent purification from mammalian tissues more than 30 years ago an impressive number of studies have been carried out to characterize and elucidate the biological functions of phosphatidylcholine transfer protein (PC-TP), phosphatidylinositol transfer protein (PI-TP) and non-specific lipid transfer protein, more commonly known as sterol carrier protein 2 (SCP-2). Here I will present information to show that these soluble, low-molecular weight proteins constitute domain structures in StArR-related lipid transfer (START) proteins (i.e. PC-TP), in retinal degeneration protein, type B (RdgB)-related PI-TPs (e.g. Dm RdgB, Nir2, Nir3) and in peroxisomal beta-oxidation enzyme-related SCP-2 (i.e. 3-oxoacyl-CoA thiolase, also denoted as SCP-X and the 80-kDa D-bifunctional protein). Further I will summarize the most recent studies pertaining to the physiological function of these soluble phospholipid transfer proteins in metazoa.
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- Karel W A Wirtz
- Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research, Section of Lipid Biochemistry, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, 3584CH Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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Bunte H, Schenning M, Sodaar P, Bär DPR, Wirtz KWA, van Muiswinkel FL, Snoek GT. A phosphatidylinositol transfer protein α-dependent survival factor protects cultured primary neurons against serum deprivation-induced cell death. J Neurochem 2006; 97:707-15. [PMID: 16573656 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2006.03729.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Selective neuronal loss is a prominent feature in both acute and chronic neurological disorders. Recently, a link between neurodegeneration and a deficiency in the lipid transport protein phosphatidylinositol transfer protein alpha (PI-TPalpha) has been demonstrated. In this context it may be of importance that fibroblasts overexpressing PI-TPalpha are known to produce and secrete bioactive survival factors that protect fibroblasts against UV-induced apoptosis. In the present study it was investigated whether the conditioned medium of cells overexpressing PI-TPalpha (CMalpha) has neuroprotective effects on primary neurons in culture. We show that CMalpha is capable of protecting primary, spinal cord-derived motor neurons from serum deprivation-induced cell death. Since the conditioned medium of wild-type cells was much less effective, we infer that the neuroprotective effect of CMalpha is linked (in part) to the PI-TPalpha-dependent production of arachidonic acid metabolites. The neuroprotective activity of CMalpha is partly inhibited by suramin, a broad-spectrum antagonist of G-protein coupled receptors. Western blot analysis shows that brain cortex and spinal cord express relatively high levels of PI-TPalpha, suggesting that the survival factor may be produced in neuronal tissue. We propose that the bioactive survival factor is implicated in neuronal survival. If so, PI-TPalpha could be a promising target to be evaluated in studies on the prevention and treatment of neurological disorders.
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- Hanneke Bunte
- Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research, Department of Biochemistry of Lipids, Institute of Biomembranes, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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Snoek GT, Van Tiel CM, Egmond MR. Structure–function relationships of phosphatidylinositol transfer proteins: involvement of phosphorylation sites. Biochimie 2004; 86:857-64. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2004.09.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2004] [Accepted: 09/27/2004] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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