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Goncharov T, Kőműves LG, Kist M, Castellanos ER, Witt A, Fedorova AV, Izrael-Tomasevic A, Yu K, Keir M, Matsumoto ML, Vucic D. Simultaneous substrate and ubiquitin modification recognition by bispecific antibodies enables detection of ubiquitinated RIP1 and RIP2. Sci Signal 2024; 17:eabn1101. [PMID: 38227684 DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.abn1101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2021] [Accepted: 12/21/2023] [Indexed: 01/18/2024]
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Ubiquitination is a posttranslational modification that is crucial for the dynamic regulation of diverse signaling pathways. To enhance our understanding of ubiquitination-mediated signaling, we generated a new class of bispecific antibodies that combine recognition of ubiquitination substrates and specific polyubiquitin linkages. RIP1-K63 and RIP1-linear (Lin) linkage polyubiquitin bispecific antibodies detected linkage-specific ubiquitination of the proinflammatory kinase RIP1 in cells and in tissues and revealed RIP1 ubiquitination by immunofluorescence. Similarly, ubiquitination of the RIP1-related kinase RIP2 with K63 or linear linkages was specifically detected with the RIP2-K63 and RIP2-Lin bispecific antibodies, respectively. Furthermore, using the RIP2-K63 and RIP2-Lin bispecific antibodies, we found prominent K63-linked and linear RIP2 ubiquitination in samples from patients with ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease. We also developed a bispecific antibody (K63-Lin) that simultaneously recognizes K63-linked and linear ubiquitination of components of various signaling pathways. Together, these bispecific antibodies represent a new class of reagents with the potential to be developed for the detection of inflammatory biomarkers.
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Affiliation(s)
- Tatiana Goncharov
- Department of Early Discovery Biochemistry, Genentech, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA
- Department of Immunology Discovery, Genentech, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Genentech, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA
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- Department of Early Discovery Biochemistry, Genentech, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA
- Department of Immunology Discovery, Genentech, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA
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- Department of Structural Biology, Genentech, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA
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- Department of Early Discovery Biochemistry, Genentech, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA
- Department of Immunology Discovery, Genentech, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA
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- Department of Early Discovery Biochemistry, Genentech, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA
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- Department of Microchemistry, Proteomics and Lipidomics, Genentech, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA
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- Department of Microchemistry, Proteomics and Lipidomics, Genentech, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA
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- Department of Human Pathobiology and OMNI Reverse Translation, Genentech, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA
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- Department of Structural Biology, Genentech, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA
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- Department of Early Discovery Biochemistry, Genentech, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA
- Department of Immunology Discovery, Genentech, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA
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Chu BA, Castellanos ER, Gonzales MM, Gaither TW. Social determinants of self-reported pre-exposure prophylaxis use among a national sample of US men who have sex with men. Sex Transm Infect 2019; 96:368-374. [PMID: 31601642 DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2019-054177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2019] [Revised: 09/01/2019] [Accepted: 09/23/2019] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Various disparities exist in HIV transmission among men who have sex with men (MSM). Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) has been shown to decrease the acquisition of HIV, but there is variation in uptake within the MSM population. We aim to characterise PrEP use and correlates of self-reported PrEP use in a large national sample of urban MSM in the USA. METHODS Using data from a geosocial-networking application, a national sample (n=3744) from the largest 50 metropolitan centres in the USA was obtained. RESULTS We found 18.1% (95% CI 16.8 to 19.3) of profiles reported using PrEP, with decreased reported PrEP use in younger MSM aged 18-24 years (adjusted OR (aOR)=0.5, 95% CI 0.3 to 0.7), obese MSM (aOR=0.5, 95% CI 0.3 to 0.9), black MSM (aOR=0.6, 95% CI 0.4 to 0.9) and MSM in the South (aOR=0.7, 95% CI 0.5 to 0.9). CONCLUSION Significant disparities exist in PrEP reporting by age and among black, Southern US and obese MSM. More research is needed to better understand these disparities.
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- Brian A Chu
- David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA
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Matsumoto ML, Castellanos ER, Zeng YJ, Kirkpatrick DS. Interpreting the Language of Polyubiquitin with Linkage-Specific Antibodies and Mass Spectrometry. Methods Mol Biol 2019; 1844:385-400. [PMID: 30242722 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-8706-1_24] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/26/2023]
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Posttranslational modification of cellular proteins by ubiquitin serves a variety of functions. Among the multitude of ubiquitin substrates, ubiquitin itself is the most prevalent. For many years, the direct detection of polyubiquitin chains attached to cellular substrates was not practical, with cell biologists relegated to indirect approaches involving site-directed mutagenesis or in vitro biochemistry. Recent advances in two technologies-polyubiquitin linkage-specific antibodies and mass spectrometry proteomics, have overcome that limitation. Using one or both of these, the direct analysis of polyubiquitin chain linkages on cellular substrate proteins may be performed. This paper describes the complimentary nature of linkage-specific antibodies and mass spectrometry proteomics for the characterization of complex ubiquitin signals using lessons learned in early development of both technologies.
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- Marissa L Matsumoto
- Department of Structural Biology, Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, CA, USA.
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- Department of Structural Biology, Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Microchemistry, Proteomics and Lipidomics, Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Microchemistry, Proteomics and Lipidomics, Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, CA, USA.
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Yau RG, Doerner K, Castellanos ER, Haakonsen DL, Werner A, Wang N, Yang XW, Martinez-Martin N, Matsumoto ML, Dixit VM, Rape M. Assembly and Function of Heterotypic Ubiquitin Chains in Cell-Cycle and Protein Quality Control. Cell 2017; 171:918-933.e20. [PMID: 29033132 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2017.09.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 202] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2017] [Revised: 07/21/2017] [Accepted: 09/20/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Posttranslational modification with ubiquitin chains controls cell fate in all eukaryotes. Depending on the connectivity between subunits, different ubiquitin chain types trigger distinct outputs, as seen with K48- and K63-linked conjugates that drive protein degradation or complex assembly, respectively. Recent biochemical analyses also suggested roles for mixed or branched ubiquitin chains, yet without a method to monitor endogenous conjugates, the physiological significance of heterotypic polymers remained poorly understood. Here, we engineered a bispecific antibody to detect K11/K48-linked chains and identified mitotic regulators, misfolded nascent polypeptides, and pathological Huntingtin variants as their endogenous substrates. We show that K11/K48-linked chains are synthesized and processed by essential ubiquitin ligases and effectors that are mutated across neurodegenerative diseases; accordingly, these conjugates promote rapid proteasomal clearance of aggregation-prone proteins. By revealing key roles of K11/K48-linked chains in cell-cycle and quality control, we establish heterotypic ubiquitin conjugates as important carriers of biological information.
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- Richard G Yau
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Structural Biology, Genentech Inc., South San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Center for Neurobehavioral Genetics, Semel Institute for Neuroscience & Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA; Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Center for Neurobehavioral Genetics, Semel Institute for Neuroscience & Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA; Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Microchemistry, Proteomics, and Lipidomics, Genentech Inc., South San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Structural Biology, Genentech Inc., South San Francisco, CA, USA.
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- Department of Physiological Chemistry, Genentech Inc., South San Francisco, CA, USA.
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Berkeley, CA, USA.
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Huang T, Hazen M, Shang Y, Zhou M, Wu X, Yan D, Lin Z, Solon M, Luis E, Ngu H, Shi Y, Katewa A, Choy DF, Ramamoorthi N, Castellanos ER, Balazs M, Xu M, Lee WP, Matsumoto ML, Payandeh J, Arron JR, Hongo JA, Wang J, Hötzel I, Austin CD, Reif K. Depletion of major pathogenic cells in asthma by targeting CRTh2. JCI Insight 2016; 1:e86689. [PMID: 27699264 DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.86689] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Eosinophilic inflammation and Th2 cytokine production are central to the pathogenesis of asthma. Agents that target either eosinophils or single Th2 cytokines have shown benefits in subsets of biomarker-positive patients. More broadly effective treatment or disease-modifying effects may be achieved by eliminating more than one inflammatory stimulator. Here we present a strategy to concomitantly deplete Th2 T cells, eosinophils, basophils, and type-2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2s) by generating monoclonal antibodies with enhanced effector function (19A2) that target CRTh2 present on all 4 cell types. Using human CRTh2 (hCRTh2) transgenic mice that mimic the expression pattern of hCRTh2 on innate immune cells but not Th2 cells, we demonstrate that anti-hCRTh2 antibodies specifically eliminate hCRTh2+ basophils, eosinophils, and ILC2s from lung and lymphoid organs in models of asthma and Nippostrongylus brasiliensis infection. Innate cell depletion was accompanied by a decrease of several Th2 cytokines and chemokines. hCRTh2-specific antibodies were also active on human Th2 cells in vivo in a human Th2-PBMC-SCID mouse model. We developed humanized hCRTh2-specific antibodies that potently induce antibody-dependent cell cytotoxicity (ADCC) of primary human eosinophils and basophils and replicated the in vivo depletion capacity of their murine parent. Therefore, depletion of hCRTh2+ basophils, eosinophils, ILC2, and Th2 cells with h19A2 hCRTh2-specific antibodies may be a novel and more efficacious treatment for asthma.
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- Department of Protein Engineering, Genentech Inc., South San Francisco, California, USA
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Castellanos ER, Ciferri C, Phung W, Sandoval W, Matsumoto ML. Expression, purification, and characterization of recombinant human and murine milk fat globule-epidermal growth factor-factor 8. Protein Expr Purif 2016; 124:10-22. [PMID: 27102803 DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2016.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2016] [Revised: 04/12/2016] [Accepted: 04/15/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Milk fat globule-epidermal growth factor-factor 8 (MFG-E8), as its name suggests, is a major glycoprotein component of milk fat globules secreted by the mammary epithelium. Although its role in milk fat production is unclear, MFG-E8 has been shown to act as a bridge linking apoptotic cells to phagocytes for removal of these dying cells. MFG-E8 is capable of bridging these two very different cell types via interactions through both its epidermal growth factor (EGF)-like domain(s) and its lectin-type C domains. The EGF-like domain interacts with αVβ3 and αVβ5 integrins on the surface of phagocytes, whereas the C domains bind phosphatidylserine found on the surface of apoptotic cells. In an attempt to purify full-length, recombinant MFG-E8 expressed in either insect cells or CHO cells, we find that it is highly aggregated. Systematic truncation of the domain architecture of MFG-E8 indicates that the C domains are mainly responsible for the aggregation propensity. Addition of Triton X-100 to the conditioned cell culture media allowed partial recovery of non-aggregated, full-length MFG-E8. A more comprehensive detergent screen identified CHAPS as a stabilizer of MFG-E8 and allowed purification of a significant portion of non-aggregated, full-length protein. The CHAPS-stabilized recombinant MFG-E8 retained its natural ability to bind both αVβ3 and αVβ5 integrins and phosphatidylserine suggesting that it is properly folded and active. Herein we describe an efficient purification method for production of non-aggregated, full-length MFG-E8.
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- Erick R Castellanos
- Department of Protein Chemistry and Structural Biology, Genentech, Inc., 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA
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- Department of Protein Chemistry and Structural Biology, Genentech, Inc., 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA
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- Department of Protein Chemistry and Structural Biology, Genentech, Inc., 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA
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- Department of Protein Chemistry and Structural Biology, Genentech, Inc., 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA
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- Department of Protein Chemistry and Structural Biology, Genentech, Inc., 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA.
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