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Ulyanova V, Nadyrova A, Dudkina E, Kuznetsova A, Ahmetgalieva A, Faizullin D, Surchenko Y, Novopashina D, Zuev Y, Kuznetsov N, Ilinskaya O. Structural and Functional Differences between Homologous Bacterial Ribonucleases. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23031867. [PMID: 35163789 PMCID: PMC8837141 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23031867] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/25/2021] [Revised: 01/28/2022] [Accepted: 02/04/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
Abstract
Small cationic guanyl-preferring ribonucleases (RNases) produced by the Bacillus species share a similar protein tertiary structure with a high degree of amino acid sequence conservation. However, they form dimers that differ in conformation and stability. Here, we have addressed the issues (1) whether the homologous RNases also have distinctions in catalytic activity towards different RNA substrates and interactions with the inhibitor protein barstar, and (2) whether these differences correlate with structural features of the proteins. Circular dichroism and dynamic light scattering assays revealed distinctions in the structures of homologous RNases. The activity levels of the RNases towards natural RNA substrates, as measured spectrometrically by acid-soluble hydrolysis products, were similar and decreased in the row high-polymeric RNA >>> transport RNA > double-stranded RNA. However, stopped flow kinetic studies on model RNA substrates containing the guanosine residue in a hairpin stem or a loop showed that the cleavage rates of these enzymes were different. Moreover, homologous RNases were inhibited by the barstar with diverse efficiency. Therefore, minor changes in structure elements of homologous proteins have a potential to significantly effect molecule stability and functional activities, such as catalysis or ligand binding.
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Affiliation(s)
- Vera Ulyanova
- Department of Microbiology, Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University, 420008 Kazan, Russia; (A.N.); (E.D.); (A.A.); (Y.S.); (O.I.)
- Correspondence:
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- Department of Microbiology, Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University, 420008 Kazan, Russia; (A.N.); (E.D.); (A.A.); (Y.S.); (O.I.)
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- Department of Microbiology, Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University, 420008 Kazan, Russia; (A.N.); (E.D.); (A.A.); (Y.S.); (O.I.)
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- Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia; (A.K.); (D.N.); (N.K.)
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- Department of Microbiology, Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University, 420008 Kazan, Russia; (A.N.); (E.D.); (A.A.); (Y.S.); (O.I.)
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- Kazan Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, FRC Kazan Scientific Center of RAS, 420111 Kazan, Russia; (D.F.); (Y.Z.)
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- Department of Microbiology, Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University, 420008 Kazan, Russia; (A.N.); (E.D.); (A.A.); (Y.S.); (O.I.)
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- Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia; (A.K.); (D.N.); (N.K.)
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- Kazan Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, FRC Kazan Scientific Center of RAS, 420111 Kazan, Russia; (D.F.); (Y.Z.)
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- Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia; (A.K.); (D.N.); (N.K.)
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- Department of Microbiology, Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University, 420008 Kazan, Russia; (A.N.); (E.D.); (A.A.); (Y.S.); (O.I.)
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Montioli R, Campagnari R, Fasoli S, Fagagnini A, Caloiu A, Smania M, Menegazzi M, Gotte G. RNase A Domain-Swapped Dimers Produced Through Different Methods: Structure-Catalytic Properties and Antitumor Activity. Life (Basel) 2021; 11:life11020168. [PMID: 33669993 PMCID: PMC7926746 DOI: 10.3390/life11020168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2020] [Revised: 02/15/2021] [Accepted: 02/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
Upon oligomerization, RNase A can acquire important properties, such as cytotoxicity against leukemic cells. When lyophilized from 40% acetic acid solutions, the enzyme self-associates through the so-called three-dimensional domain swapping (3D-DS) mechanism involving both N- and/or C-terminals. The same species are formed if the enzyme is subjected to thermal incubation in various solvents, especially in 40% ethanol. We evaluated here if significant structural modifications might occur in RNase A N- or C-swapped dimers and/or in the residual monomer(s), as a function of the oligomerization protocol applied. We detected that the monomer activity vs. ss-RNA was partly affected by both protocols, although the protein does not suffer spectroscopic alterations. Instead, the two N-swapped dimers showed differences in the fluorescence emission spectra but almost identical enzymatic activities, while the C-swapped dimers displayed slightly different activities vs. both ss- or ds-RNA substrates together with not negligible fluorescence emission alterations within each other. Besides these results, we also discuss the reasons justifying the different relative enzymatic activities displayed by the N-dimers and C-dimers. Last, similarly with data previously registered in a mouse model, we found that both dimeric species significantly decrease human melanoma A375 cell viability, while only N-dimers reduce human melanoma MeWo cell growth.
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- Riccardo Montioli
- Department of Neuroscience, Biomedicine, and Movement Sciences, Biological Chemistry Section, University of Verona, Strada Le Grazie, 8, I-37134 Verona, Italy; (R.M.); (R.C.); (S.F.); (A.F.); (M.S.)
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- Department of Neuroscience, Biomedicine, and Movement Sciences, Biological Chemistry Section, University of Verona, Strada Le Grazie, 8, I-37134 Verona, Italy; (R.M.); (R.C.); (S.F.); (A.F.); (M.S.)
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- Department of Neuroscience, Biomedicine, and Movement Sciences, Biological Chemistry Section, University of Verona, Strada Le Grazie, 8, I-37134 Verona, Italy; (R.M.); (R.C.); (S.F.); (A.F.); (M.S.)
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- Department of Neuroscience, Biomedicine, and Movement Sciences, Biological Chemistry Section, University of Verona, Strada Le Grazie, 8, I-37134 Verona, Italy; (R.M.); (R.C.); (S.F.); (A.F.); (M.S.)
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- Department of Microbiology and Virology, Wexham Park Hospital, Wexham Road, Slough SL24HL, Berkshire, UK;
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- Department of Neuroscience, Biomedicine, and Movement Sciences, Biological Chemistry Section, University of Verona, Strada Le Grazie, 8, I-37134 Verona, Italy; (R.M.); (R.C.); (S.F.); (A.F.); (M.S.)
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- Department of Neuroscience, Biomedicine, and Movement Sciences, Biological Chemistry Section, University of Verona, Strada Le Grazie, 8, I-37134 Verona, Italy; (R.M.); (R.C.); (S.F.); (A.F.); (M.S.)
- Correspondence: (M.M.); (G.G.); Tel.: +39-045-8027168 (M.M.); +39-045-8027694 (G.G.)
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- Department of Neuroscience, Biomedicine, and Movement Sciences, Biological Chemistry Section, University of Verona, Strada Le Grazie, 8, I-37134 Verona, Italy; (R.M.); (R.C.); (S.F.); (A.F.); (M.S.)
- Correspondence: (M.M.); (G.G.); Tel.: +39-045-8027168 (M.M.); +39-045-8027694 (G.G.)
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Makshakova ON, Safarova ER, Zuev YF. Structural insights in interactions between RNase from Bacillus Intermedius and rhamnogalacturonan I from potato. Carbohydr Polym 2021; 251:117038. [PMID: 33142596 DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2020.117038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2020] [Revised: 08/31/2020] [Accepted: 08/31/2020] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Being biocompatible and biodegradable polymers, polysaccharides present a perspective material for drug delivery systems. This study aimed at unraveling the molecular details of interactions between rhamnogalacturonan I, brunched with galactan side chains, and RNase from Bacillus Intermedius, binase. FTIR- and NMR-spectroscopic analyses showed that binase interacts with side chains of the polysaccharide. In complexes with polysaccharide, the protein retains its native structure. The 2D-NMR techniques revealed eight protein residues responsive to polysaccharide binding. Further, computer simulations were carried out to provide the atomistic details of binase-polysaccharide complexes. Both blind and knowledge-based docking procedures elucidate the existence of epitopes on the binase surface with the preferential binding of galactan fragments. The refinement of these complexes by molecular dynamics simulations confirmed stable protein-polysaccharide interactions. The results of this study strengthen the knowledge on non-specific protein-carbohydrate interactions and outline the rhamnogalacturonan I as a possible matrix material for protein delivery systems.
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- O N Makshakova
- Kazan Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, FRC Kazan Scientific Center of RAS, 420111, Lobachevsky str. 2/31, Kazan, Russian Federation.
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- Kazan Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, FRC Kazan Scientific Center of RAS, 420111, Lobachevsky str. 2/31, Kazan, Russian Federation
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- Kazan Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, FRC Kazan Scientific Center of RAS, 420111, Lobachevsky str. 2/31, Kazan, Russian Federation
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Ulyanova V, Dudkina E, Nadyrova A, Kalashnikov V, Surchenko Y, Ilinskaya O. The Cytotoxicity of RNase-Derived Peptides. Biomolecules 2020; 11:E16. [PMID: 33375305 PMCID: PMC7824363 DOI: 10.3390/biom11010016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2020] [Revised: 12/22/2020] [Accepted: 12/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Bacterial ribonuclease binase exhibits a cytotoxic effect on tumor cells possessing certain oncogenes. The aim of this study was to identify the structural parts of the binase molecule that exert cytotoxicity. Out of five designed peptides, the peptides representing the binase regions 21-50 and 74-94 have the highest cytotoxic potential toward human cervical HeLa and breast BT-20 and MCF-7 cancer cells. The peptides B21-50 and B74-94 were not able to enter human lung adenocarcinoma A549 cells, unlike BT-20 cells, explaining their failure to inhibit A549 cell proliferation. The peptide B74-94 shares similarities with epidermal growth factor (EGF), suggesting the peptide's specificity for EGF receptor overexpressed in BT-20 cells. Thus, the binase-derived peptides have the potential of being further developed as tumor-targeting peptides.
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- Department of Microbiology, Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan Federal University, 420008 Kazan, Russia; (V.U.); (A.N.); (V.K.); (Y.S.); (O.I.)
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Dudkina EV, Ulyanova VV, Ilinskaya ON. Supramolecular Organization As a Factor of Ribonuclease Cytotoxicity. Acta Naturae 2020; 12:24-33. [PMID: 33173594 PMCID: PMC7604891 DOI: 10.32607/actanaturae.11000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2020] [Accepted: 06/29/2020] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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One of the approaches used to eliminate tumor cells is directed destruction/modification of their RNA molecules. In this regard, ribonucleases (RNases) possess a therapeutic potential that remains largely unexplored. It is believed that the biological effects of secreted RNases, namely their antitumor and antiviral properties, derive from their catalytic activity. However, a number of recent studies have challenged the notion that the activity of RNases in the manifestation of selective cytotoxicity towards cancer cells is exclusively an enzymatic one. In this review, we have analyzed available data on the cytotoxic effects of secreted RNases, which are not associated with their catalytic activity, and we have provided evidence that the most important factor in the selective apoptosis-inducing action of RNases is the structural organization of these enzymes, which determines how they interact with cell components. The new idea on the preponderant role of non-catalytic interactions between RNases and cancer cells in the manifestation of selective cytotoxicity will contribute to the development of antitumor RNase-based drugs.
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- E. V. Dudkina
- Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University, Kazan, 420008 Russia
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- Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University, Kazan, 420008 Russia
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- Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University, Kazan, 420008 Russia
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Gotte G, Menegazzi M. Biological Activities of Secretory RNases: Focus on Their Oligomerization to Design Antitumor Drugs. Front Immunol 2019; 10:2626. [PMID: 31849926 PMCID: PMC6901985 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2019.02626] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2019] [Accepted: 10/22/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Ribonucleases (RNases) are a large number of enzymes gathered into different bacterial or eukaryotic superfamilies. Bovine pancreatic RNase A, bovine seminal BS-RNase, human pancreatic RNase 1, angiogenin (RNase 5), and amphibian onconase belong to the pancreatic type superfamily, while binase and barnase are in the bacterial RNase N1/T1 family. In physiological conditions, most RNases secreted in the extracellular space counteract the undesired effects of extracellular RNAs and become protective against infections. Instead, if they enter the cell, RNases can digest intracellular RNAs, becoming cytotoxic and having advantageous effects against malignant cells. Their biological activities have been investigated either in vitro, toward a number of different cancer cell lines, or in some cases in vivo to test their potential therapeutic use. However, immunogenicity or other undesired effects have sometimes been associated with their action. Nevertheless, the use of RNases in therapy remains an appealing strategy against some still incurable tumors, such as mesothelioma, melanoma, or pancreatic cancer. The RNase inhibitor (RI) present inside almost all cells is the most efficacious sentry to counteract the ribonucleolytic action against intracellular RNAs because it forms a tight, irreversible and enzymatically inactive complex with many monomeric RNases. Therefore, dimerization or multimerization could represent a useful strategy for RNases to exert a remarkable cytotoxic activity by evading the interaction with RI by steric hindrance. Indeed, the majority of the mentioned RNases can hetero-dimerize with antibody derivatives, or even homo-dimerize or multimerize, spontaneously or artificially. This can occur through weak interactions or upon introducing covalent bonds. Immuno-RNases, in particular, are fusion proteins representing promising drugs by combining high target specificity with easy delivery in tumors. The results concerning the biological features of many RNases reported in the literature are described and discussed in this review. Furthermore, the activities displayed by some RNases forming oligomeric complexes, the mechanisms driving toward these supramolecular structures, and the biological rebounds connected are analyzed. These aspects are offered with the perspective to suggest possible efficacious therapeutic applications for RNases oligomeric derivatives that could contemporarily lack, or strongly reduce, immunogenicity and other undesired side-effects.
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- Giovanni Gotte
- Biological Chemistry Section, Department of Neuroscience, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Biological Chemistry Section, Department of Neuroscience, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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Doynikova AN, Vekshin NL. Detection of RNA Hydrolysis with Binase by Acridine Orange Fluorescence. APPL BIOCHEM MICRO+ 2019. [DOI: 10.1134/s0003683819050028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Ilinskaya O, Ulyanova V, Lisevich I, Dudkina E, Zakharchenko N, Kusova A, Faizullin D, Zuev Y. The Native Monomer of Bacillus Pumilus Ribonuclease Does Not Exist Extracellularly. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2018; 2018:4837623. [PMID: 30402481 PMCID: PMC6196983 DOI: 10.1155/2018/4837623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2018] [Accepted: 09/18/2018] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Supported by crystallography studies, secreted ribonuclease of Bacillus pumilus (binase) has long been considered to be monomeric in form. Recent evidence obtained using native polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and size-exclusion chromatography suggests that binase is in fact dimeric. To eliminate ambiguity and contradictions in the data we have measured conformational changes, hypochromic effect, and hydrodynamic radius of binase. The immutability of binase secondary structure upon transition from low to high protein concentration was registered, suggesting the binase dimerization immediately after translocation through the cell membrane and leading to detection of binase dimers only in the culture fluid regardless of ribonuclease concentration. Our results made it necessary to take a fresh look at the binase stability and cytotoxicity towards virus-infected or tumor cells.
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- Olga Ilinskaya
- Department of Microbiology, Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University, Kazan 420008, Russia
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- Department of Microbiology, Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University, Kazan 420008, Russia
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- Department of Microbiology, Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University, Kazan 420008, Russia
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- Department of Microbiology, Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University, Kazan 420008, Russia
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- Kazan Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics of FRC Kazan Scientific Center of RAS, Kazan 420008, Russia
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- Kazan Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics of FRC Kazan Scientific Center of RAS, Kazan 420008, Russia
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- Kazan Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics of FRC Kazan Scientific Center of RAS, Kazan 420008, Russia
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- Kazan Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics of FRC Kazan Scientific Center of RAS, Kazan 420008, Russia
- Kazan State Power Engineering University, Kazan 420066, Russia
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Ulyanova V, Shah Mahmud R, Klug G, Preissner KT, Vershinina V, Ilinskaya O. A Set of Genetic Constructs for Binase and Barstar Overproduction. BIONANOSCIENCE 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/s12668-016-0349-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Kayumov AR, Bogachev MI, Manuvera VA, Lazarev VN, Sabantsev AV, Artamonova TO, Borchsenius SN, Vishnyakov IE. Recombinant small heat shock protein from Acholeplasma laidlawii increases the Escherichia coli viability in thermal stress by selective protein rescue. Mol Biol 2017. [DOI: 10.1134/s0026893317010083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Sokurenko Y, Ulyanova V, Zelenikhin P, Kolpakov A, Blokhin D, Müller D, Klochkov V, Ilinskaya O. The Role of Metals in the Reaction Catalyzed by Metal-Ion-Independent Bacillary RNase. Bioinorg Chem Appl 2016; 2016:4121960. [PMID: 28096759 PMCID: PMC5209602 DOI: 10.1155/2016/4121960] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2016] [Revised: 10/27/2016] [Accepted: 11/02/2016] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Extracellular enzymes of intestinal microbiota are the key agents that affect functional activity of the body as they directly interact with epithelial and immune cells. Several species of the Bacillus genus, like Bacillus pumilus, a common producer of extracellular RNase binase, can populate the intestinal microbiome as a colonizing organism. Without involving metal ions as cofactors, binase depolymerizes RNA by cleaving the 3',5'-phosphodiester bond and generates 2',3'-cyclic guanosine phosphates in the first stage of a catalytic reaction. Maintained in the reaction mixture for more than one hour, such messengers can affect the human intestinal microflora and the human body. In the present study, we found that the rate of 2',3'-cGMP was growing in the presence of transition metals that stabilized the RNA structure. At the same time, transition metal ions only marginally reduced the amount of 2',3'-cGMP, blocking binase recognition sites of guanine at N7 of nucleophilic purine bases.
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- Yulia Sokurenko
- Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan Federal University, Kremlevskaya Str. 18, Kazan 420008, Russia
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- Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan Federal University, Kremlevskaya Str. 18, Kazan 420008, Russia
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- Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan Federal University, Kremlevskaya Str. 18, Kazan 420008, Russia
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- Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan Federal University, Kremlevskaya Str. 18, Kazan 420008, Russia
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- Institute of Physics, Kazan Federal University, Kremlevskaya Str. 16a, Kazan 420008, Russia
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- Institute for Anatomy and Cell Biology, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Aulweg 123, 35385 Giessen, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, Kazan Federal University, Kremlevskaya Str. 16a, Kazan 420008, Russia
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- Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan Federal University, Kremlevskaya Str. 18, Kazan 420008, Russia
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Sokurenko Y, Nadyrova A, Ulyanova V, Ilinskaya O. Extracellular Ribonuclease from Bacillus licheniformis (Balifase), a New Member of the N1/T1 RNase Superfamily. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2016; 2016:4239375. [PMID: 27656652 PMCID: PMC5021464 DOI: 10.1155/2016/4239375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2016] [Accepted: 07/25/2016] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The N1/T1 RNase superfamily comprises enzymes with well-established antitumor effects, such as ribotoxins secreted by fungi, primarily by Aspergillus and Penicillium species, and bacterial RNase secreted by B. pumilus (binase) and B. amyloliquefaciens (barnase). RNase is regarded as an alternative to classical chemotherapeutic agents due to its selective cytotoxicity towards tumor cells. New RNase with a high degree of structural similarity with binase (73%) and barnase (74%) was isolated and purified from Bacillus licheniformis (balifase, calculated molecular weight 12421.9 Da, pI 8.91). The protein sample with enzymatic activity of 1.5 × 106 units/A280 was obtained. The physicochemical properties of balifase are similar to those of barnase. However, in terms of its gene organization and promoter activity, balifase is closer to binase. The unique feature of balifase gene organization consists in the fact that genes of RNase and its inhibitor are located in one operon. Similarly to biosynthesis of binase, balifase synthesis is induced under phosphate starvation; however, in contrast to binase, balifase does not form dimers under natural conditions. We propose that the highest stability of balifase among analyzed RNase types allows the protein to retain its structure without oligomerization.
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- Yulia Sokurenko
- Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan Federal University, Kremlevskaya Str. 18, Kazan 420008, Russia
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- Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan Federal University, Kremlevskaya Str. 18, Kazan 420008, Russia
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- Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan Federal University, Kremlevskaya Str. 18, Kazan 420008, Russia
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- Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan Federal University, Kremlevskaya Str. 18, Kazan 420008, Russia
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Ulyanova V, Shah Mahmud R, Dudkina E, Vershinina V, Domann E, Ilinskaya O. Phylogenetic distribution of extracellular guanyl-preferring ribonucleases renews taxonomic status of two Bacillus strains. J GEN APPL MICROBIOL 2016; 62:181-8. [PMID: 27373509 DOI: 10.2323/jgam.2016.02.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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The potential of microbial ribonucleases as promising antitumor and antiviral agents, determines today's directions of their study. One direction is connected with biodiversity of RNases. We have analyzed completed and drafted Bacillus genomes deposited in GenBank for the presence of coding regions similar to the gene of an extracellular guanyl-preferring RNase of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens (barnase). Orthologues of the barnase gene were detected in 9 species out of 83. All of these belong to "B. subtilis" group within the genus. B. subtilis itself, as well as some other species within this group, lack such types of RNases. RNases similar to barnase were also found in species of "B. cereus" group as a part of plasmid-encoded S-layer toxins. It was also found that taxonomic states of culture collection strains, which were initially described based on a limited set of phenotypic characteristics, can be misleading and need to be confirmed. Using several approaches such as matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS), sequencing of genes for 16S ribosomal RNA and RNA polymerase subunit beta followed by reconstruction of phylogenetic trees, we have re-identified two RNase-secreting Bacillus strains: B. thuringiensis B-388 which should be assigned as B. altitudinis B388 and B. intermedius 7P which should be renamed as B. pumilus 7P. Therefore, small secreted guanyl-preferring RNases are the feature of "B. subtilis" group only, which is characterized by distinctive lifestyle and adaptation strategies to environment.
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- Vera Ulyanova
- Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan Federal University
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Ilinskaya ON, Singh I, Dudkina E, Ulyanova V, Kayumov A, Barreto G. Direct inhibition of oncogenic KRAS by Bacillus pumilus ribonuclease (binase). BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2016; 1863:1559-67. [PMID: 27066977 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2016.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2015] [Revised: 04/05/2016] [Accepted: 04/06/2016] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
Abstract
RAS proteins function as molecular switches that transmit signals from cell surface receptors into specific cellular responses via activation of defined signaling pathways (Fang, 2015). Aberrant constitutive RAS activation occurs with high incidence in different types of cancer (Bos, 1989). Thus, inhibition of RAS-mediated signaling is extremely important for therapeutic approaches against cancer. Here we showed that the ribonuclease (RNase) binase, directly interacts with endogenous KRAS. Further, molecular structure models suggested an inhibitory nature of binase-RAS interaction involving regions of RAS that are important for different aspects of its function. Consistent with these models, phosphorylation analysis of effectors of RAS-mediated signaling revealed that binase inhibits the MAPK/ERK signaling pathway. Interestingly, RAS activation assays using a non-hydrolysable GTP analog (GTPγS) demonstrated that binase interferes with the exchange of GDP by GTP. Furthermore, we showed that binase reduced the interaction of RAS with the guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF), SOS1. Our data support a model in which binase-KRAS interaction interferes with the function of GEFs and stabilizes the inactive GDP-bound conformation of RAS thereby inhibiting MAPK/ERK signaling. This model plausibly explains the previously reported, antitumor-effect of binase specific towards RAS-transformed cells and suggests the development of anticancer therapies based on this ribonuclease.
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Affiliation(s)
- Olga N Ilinskaya
- Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan Federal (Volga-Region) University, Kremlevskaya str. 18, 420008, Kazan, Russia
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- LOEWE Research Group Lung Cancer Epigenetic, Max-Planck-Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Parkstr. 1, 61231 Bad Nauheim, Germany
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- Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan Federal (Volga-Region) University, Kremlevskaya str. 18, 420008, Kazan, Russia.
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- Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan Federal (Volga-Region) University, Kremlevskaya str. 18, 420008, Kazan, Russia
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- Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan Federal (Volga-Region) University, Kremlevskaya str. 18, 420008, Kazan, Russia
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- Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan Federal (Volga-Region) University, Kremlevskaya str. 18, 420008, Kazan, Russia; LOEWE Research Group Lung Cancer Epigenetic, Max-Planck-Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Parkstr. 1, 61231 Bad Nauheim, Germany; Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center (UGMLC), Germany; German Center of Lung Research (Deutsches Zentrum für Lungenforschung, DZL), Germany.
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Statistical prediction of protein structural, localization and functional properties by the analysis of its fragment mass distributions after proteolytic cleavage. Sci Rep 2016; 6:22286. [PMID: 26924271 PMCID: PMC4770285 DOI: 10.1038/srep22286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2015] [Accepted: 02/11/2016] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
Abstract
Structural, localization and functional properties of unknown proteins are often being predicted from their primary polypeptide chains using sequence alignment with already characterized proteins and consequent molecular modeling. Here we suggest an approach to predict various structural and structure-associated properties of proteins directly from the mass distributions of their proteolytic cleavage fragments. For amino-acid-specific cleavages, the distributions of fragment masses are determined by the distributions of inter-amino-acid intervals in the protein, that in turn apparently reflect its structural and structure-related features. Large-scale computer simulations revealed that for transmembrane proteins, either α-helical or β -barrel secondary structure could be predicted with about 90% accuracy after thermolysin cleavage. Moreover, 3/4 intrinsically disordered proteins could be correctly distinguished from proteins with fixed three-dimensional structure belonging to all four SCOP structural classes by combining 3–4 different cleavages. Additionally, in some cases the protein cellular localization (cytosolic or membrane-associated) and its host organism (Firmicute or Proteobacteria) could be predicted with around 80% accuracy. In contrast to cytosolic proteins, for membrane-associated proteins exhibiting specific structural conformations, their monotopic or transmembrane localization and functional group (ATP-binding, transporters, sensors and so on) could be also predicted with high accuracy and particular robustness against missing cleavages.
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Dudkina E, Ulyanova V, Shah Mahmud R, Khodzhaeva V, Dao L, Vershinina V, Kolpakov A, Ilinskaya O. Three-step procedure for preparation of pure Bacillus altitudinis ribonuclease. FEBS Open Bio 2016; 6:24-32. [PMID: 27047739 PMCID: PMC4794795 DOI: 10.1002/2211-5463.12023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2015] [Revised: 11/20/2015] [Accepted: 11/20/2015] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
Abstract
Ribonucleases are considered as promising tools for anticancer treatment due to their selective cytotoxicity against tumor cells. We investigated a new RNase from Bacillus altitudinis termed BALNASE (B. altitudinis RNase). Balnase is a close homolog of the well-known cytotoxic binase, differing by only one amino acid residue: nonpolar hydrophobic alanine at position 106 in the balnase molecule is replaced by a polar uncharged threonine in binase. The most exciting question is how the physico-chemical properties and biological effects of RNase might be changed by A106T substitution. Here, we have developed a chromatography-based rapid and modern technique for the purification of this new RNase which allowed us to get a protein sample of high quality with specific activity of 1.2 × 10(6) units in preparative amounts, suitable for further investigation of its biological properties.
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- Elena Dudkina
- Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology Kazan Federal (Volga-Region) University Russia
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- Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology Kazan Federal (Volga-Region) University Russia
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- Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology Kazan Federal (Volga-Region) University Russia
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- Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology Kazan Federal (Volga-Region) University Russia
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- Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology Kazan Federal (Volga-Region) University Russia
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- Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology Kazan Federal (Volga-Region) University Russia
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- Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology Kazan Federal (Volga-Region) University Russia
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- Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology Kazan Federal (Volga-Region) University Russia
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