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Reinecke M, Brear P, Vornholz L, Berger BT, Seefried F, Wilhelm S, Samaras P, Gyenis L, Litchfield DW, Médard G, Müller S, Ruland J, Hyvönen M, Wilhelm M, Kuster B. Chemical proteomics reveals the target landscape of 1,000 kinase inhibitors. Nat Chem Biol 2024; 20:577-585. [PMID: 37904048 PMCID: PMC11062922 DOI: 10.1038/s41589-023-01459-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2022] [Accepted: 09/22/2023] [Indexed: 11/01/2023]
Abstract
Medicinal chemistry has discovered thousands of potent protein and lipid kinase inhibitors. These may be developed into therapeutic drugs or chemical probes to study kinase biology. Because of polypharmacology, a large part of the human kinome currently lacks selective chemical probes. To discover such probes, we profiled 1,183 compounds from drug discovery projects in lysates of cancer cell lines using Kinobeads. The resulting 500,000 compound-target interactions are available in ProteomicsDB and we exemplify how this molecular resource may be used. For instance, the data revealed several hundred reasonably selective compounds for 72 kinases. Cellular assays validated GSK986310C as a candidate SYK (spleen tyrosine kinase) probe and X-ray crystallography uncovered the structural basis for the observed selectivity of the CK2 inhibitor GW869516X. Compounds targeting PKN3 were discovered and phosphoproteomics identified substrates that indicate target engagement in cells. We anticipate that this molecular resource will aid research in drug discovery and chemical biology.
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- Maria Reinecke
- Chair of Proteomics and Bioanalytics, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany
- German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), partner site Munich and German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry, School of Medicine, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
- Center for Translational Cancer Research (TranslaTUM), Munich, Germany
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- Structural Genomics Consortium, Buchmann Institute for Life Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
- Institute of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Chair of Proteomics and Bioanalytics, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany
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- Chair of Proteomics and Bioanalytics, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany
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- Chair of Proteomics and Bioanalytics, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Chair of Proteomics and Bioanalytics, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany
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- Structural Genomics Consortium, Buchmann Institute for Life Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
- Institute of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), partner site Munich and German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
- Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry, School of Medicine, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
- Center for Translational Cancer Research (TranslaTUM), Munich, Germany
- German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), partner site Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Chair of Proteomics and Bioanalytics, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany
- Computational Mass Spectrometry, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany
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- Chair of Proteomics and Bioanalytics, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany.
- German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), partner site Munich and German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany.
- Bavarian Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry Center (BayBioMS), Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany.
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Cioffi VB, de Castro-Amarante MF, Lulla A, Andreata-Santos R, Cruz MC, Moreno ACR, de Oliveira Silva M, de Miranda Peres B, de Freitas Junior LHG, Moraes CB, Durigon EL, Gordon NC, Hyvönen M, de Souza Ferreira LC, Balan A. SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein peptides displayed in the Pyrococcus furiosus RAD system preserve epitopes antigenicity, immunogenicity, and virus-neutralizing activity of antibodies. Sci Rep 2023; 13:16821. [PMID: 37798298 PMCID: PMC10556064 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-43720-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2023] [Accepted: 09/27/2023] [Indexed: 10/07/2023] Open
Abstract
Amongst the potential contribution of protein or peptide-display systems to study epitopes with relevant immunological features, the RAD display system stands out as a highly stable scaffold protein that allows the presentation of constrained target peptides. Here, we employed the RAD display system to present peptides derived from the SARS-CoV-2 Spike (S) protein as a tool to detect specific serum antibodies and to generate polyclonal antibodies capable of inhibiting SARS-CoV-2 infectivity in vitro. 44 linear S-derived peptides were genetically fused with the RAD scaffold (RAD-SCoV-epitopes) and screened for antigenicity with sera collected from COVID-19-infected patients. In a second step, selected RAD-SCoV-epitopes were used to immunize mice and generate antibodies. Phenotypic screening showed that some of these antibodies were able to recognize replicating viral particles in VERO CCL-81 and most notably seven of the RAD-SCoV-epitopes were able to induce antibodies that inhibited viral infection. Our findings highlight the RAD display system as an useful platform for the immunological characterization of peptides and a potentially valuable strategy for the design of antigens for peptide-based vaccines, for epitope-specific antibody mapping, and for the development of antibodies for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes.
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- Victor Bolsanelli Cioffi
- Laboratory of Applied Structural Biology, Department of Microbiology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes, 1374, São Paulo, 05508-000, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Vaccine Development, Department of Microbiology, University of São Paulo, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes, 1374, São Paulo, 05508-000, Brazil
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, 80 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1GA, UK
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- Laboratory of Vaccine Development, Department of Microbiology, University of São Paulo, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes, 1374, São Paulo, 05508-000, Brazil
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- Core Facilities to Support Research (CEFAP), Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes, São Paulo, 173005508-000, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Vaccine Development, Department of Microbiology, University of São Paulo, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes, 1374, São Paulo, 05508-000, Brazil
- Vaccine Development Laboratory, Butantan Institute, Av. Vital Brasil, 1500, São Paulo, SP, 05503-900, Brazil
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- Phenotypic Screening Platform, Department of Microbiology, University of São Paulo, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes, 1374, São Paulo, 05508-000, Brazil
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- Phenotypic Screening Platform, Department of Microbiology, University of São Paulo, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes, 1374, São Paulo, 05508-000, Brazil
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- Phenotypic Screening Platform, Department of Microbiology, University of São Paulo, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes, 1374, São Paulo, 05508-000, Brazil
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- Phenotypic Screening Platform, Department of Microbiology, University of São Paulo, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes, 1374, São Paulo, 05508-000, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Clinical and Molecular Virology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes, 1374, São Paulo, 05508-000, Brazil
- Institut Pasteur de São Paulo, Av. Prof. Lucio Martins Rodrigues, 370, São Paulo, 05508-020, Brazil
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, 80 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1GA, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, 80 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1GA, UK
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- Laboratory of Vaccine Development, Department of Microbiology, University of São Paulo, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes, 1374, São Paulo, 05508-000, Brazil
- Institut Pasteur de São Paulo, Av. Prof. Lucio Martins Rodrigues, 370, São Paulo, 05508-020, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Applied Structural Biology, Department of Microbiology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes, 1374, São Paulo, 05508-000, Brazil.
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Harman MAJ, Stanway SJ, Scott H, Demydchuk Y, Bezerra GA, Pellegrino S, Chen L, Brear P, Lulla A, Hyvönen M, Beswick PJ, Skynner MJ. Structure-Guided Chemical Optimization of Bicyclic Peptide ( Bicycle) Inhibitors of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2. J Med Chem 2023. [PMID: 37433017 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.3c00710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/13/2023]
Abstract
Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) is a metalloprotease that cleaves angiotensin II, a peptide substrate involved in the regulation of hypertension. Here, we identified a series of constrained bicyclic peptides, Bicycle, inhibitors of human ACE2 by panning highly diverse bacteriophage display libraries. These were used to generate X-ray crystal structures which were used to inform the design of additional Bicycles with increased affinity and inhibition of ACE2 enzymatic activity. This novel structural class of ACE2 inhibitors is among the most potent ACE2 inhibitors yet described in vitro, representing a valuable tool to further probe ACE2 function and for potential therapeutic utility.
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- Maximilian A J Harman
- BicycleTx Ltd., Portway Building Blocks A and B, Granta Park, Great Abington, Cambridge CB21 6GS, U.K
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- BicycleTx Ltd., Portway Building Blocks A and B, Granta Park, Great Abington, Cambridge CB21 6GS, U.K
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- BicycleTx Ltd., Portway Building Blocks A and B, Granta Park, Great Abington, Cambridge CB21 6GS, U.K
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- BicycleTx Ltd., Portway Building Blocks A and B, Granta Park, Great Abington, Cambridge CB21 6GS, U.K
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- BicycleTx Ltd., Portway Building Blocks A and B, Granta Park, Great Abington, Cambridge CB21 6GS, U.K
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- BicycleTx Ltd., Portway Building Blocks A and B, Granta Park, Great Abington, Cambridge CB21 6GS, U.K
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- BicycleTx Ltd., Portway Building Blocks A and B, Granta Park, Great Abington, Cambridge CB21 6GS, U.K
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1GA, U.K
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1GA, U.K
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1GA, U.K
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- BicycleTx Ltd., Portway Building Blocks A and B, Granta Park, Great Abington, Cambridge CB21 6GS, U.K
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- BicycleTx Ltd., Portway Building Blocks A and B, Granta Park, Great Abington, Cambridge CB21 6GS, U.K
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Yam-Puc JC, Hosseini Z, Horner EC, Gerber PP, Beristain-Covarrubias N, Hughes R, Lulla A, Rust M, Boston R, Ali M, Fischer K, Simmons-Rosello E, O'Reilly M, Robson H, Booth LH, Kahanawita L, Correa-Noguera A, Favara D, Ceron-Gutierrez L, Keller B, Craxton A, Anderson GSF, Sun XM, Elmer A, Saunders C, Bermperi A, Jose S, Kingston N, Mulroney TE, Piñon LPG, Chapman MA, Grigoriadou S, MacFarlane M, Willis AE, Patil KR, Spencer S, Staples E, Warnatz K, Buckland MS, Hollfelder F, Hyvönen M, Döffinger R, Parkinson C, Lear S, Matheson NJ, Thaventhiran JED. Age-associated B cells predict impaired humoral immunity after COVID-19 vaccination in patients receiving immune checkpoint blockade. Nat Commun 2023; 14:3292. [PMID: 37369658 PMCID: PMC10299999 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-38810-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2022] [Accepted: 05/17/2023] [Indexed: 06/29/2023] Open
Abstract
Age-associated B cells (ABC) accumulate with age and in individuals with different immunological disorders, including cancer patients treated with immune checkpoint blockade and those with inborn errors of immunity. Here, we investigate whether ABCs from different conditions are similar and how they impact the longitudinal level of the COVID-19 vaccine response. Single-cell RNA sequencing indicates that ABCs with distinct aetiologies have common transcriptional profiles and can be categorised according to their expression of immune genes, such as the autoimmune regulator (AIRE). Furthermore, higher baseline ABC frequency correlates with decreased levels of antigen-specific memory B cells and reduced neutralising capacity against SARS-CoV-2. ABCs express high levels of the inhibitory FcγRIIB receptor and are distinctive in their ability to bind immune complexes, which could contribute to diminish vaccine responses either directly, or indirectly via enhanced clearance of immune complexed-antigen. Expansion of ABCs may, therefore, serve as a biomarker identifying individuals at risk of suboptimal responses to vaccination.
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- Juan Carlos Yam-Puc
- Medical Research Council Toxicology Unit, School of Biological Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
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- Medical Research Council Toxicology Unit, School of Biological Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Medical Research Council Toxicology Unit, School of Biological Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Cambridge Institute of Therapeutic Immunology and Infectious Disease (CITIID), University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
- Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Medical Research Council Toxicology Unit, School of Biological Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Medical Research Council Toxicology Unit, School of Biological Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Medical Research Council Toxicology Unit, School of Biological Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Medical Research Council Toxicology Unit, School of Biological Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Medical Research Council Toxicology Unit, School of Biological Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Medical Research Council Toxicology Unit, School of Biological Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Medical Research Council Toxicology Unit, School of Biological Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Medical Research Council Toxicology Unit, School of Biological Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Medical Research Council Toxicology Unit, School of Biological Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Oncology, Cambridge University NHS Hospitals Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Oncology, Cambridge University NHS Hospitals Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Clinical Immunology, Cambridge University NHS Hospitals Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
- Center for Chronic Immunodeficiency (CCI), Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Medical Research Council Toxicology Unit, School of Biological Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Medical Research Council Toxicology Unit, School of Biological Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Medical Research Council Toxicology Unit, School of Biological Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- NIHR Cambridge Clinical Research Facility, Cambridge, UK
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- NIHR Cambridge Clinical Research Facility, Cambridge, UK
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- NIHR Cambridge Clinical Research Facility, Cambridge, UK
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- NIHR BioResource, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK
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- Medical Research Council Toxicology Unit, School of Biological Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Medical Research Council Toxicology Unit, School of Biological Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Medical Research Council Toxicology Unit, School of Biological Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Medical Research Council Toxicology Unit, School of Biological Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Medical Research Council Toxicology Unit, School of Biological Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Medical Research Council Toxicology Unit, School of Biological Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Medical Research Council Toxicology Unit, School of Biological Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Medical Research Council Toxicology Unit, School of Biological Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
- Department of Clinical Immunology, Cambridge University NHS Hospitals Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
- Center for Chronic Immunodeficiency (CCI), Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
- Department of Immunology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Clinical Immunology, Barts Health, London, UK
- UCL GOSH Institute of Child Health Division of Infection and Immunity, Section of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, London, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Clinical Immunology, Cambridge University NHS Hospitals Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Oncology, Cambridge University NHS Hospitals Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Clinical Immunology, Cambridge University NHS Hospitals Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK
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- Cambridge Institute of Therapeutic Immunology and Infectious Disease (CITIID), University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
- Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
- NHS Blood and Transplant, Cambridge, UK
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- Medical Research Council Toxicology Unit, School of Biological Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
- Department of Clinical Immunology, Cambridge University NHS Hospitals Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK.
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Gaynor KU, Vaysburd M, Harman MAJ, Albecka A, Jeffrey P, Beswick P, Papa G, Chen L, Mallery D, McGuinness B, Van Rietschoten K, Stanway S, Brear P, Lulla A, Ciazynska K, Chang VT, Sharp J, Neary M, Box H, Herriott J, Kijak E, Tatham L, Bentley EG, Sharma P, Kirby A, Han X, Stewart JP, Owen A, Briggs JAG, Hyvönen M, Skynner MJ, James LC. Multivalent bicyclic peptides are an effective antiviral modality that can potently inhibit SARS-CoV-2. Nat Commun 2023; 14:3583. [PMID: 37328472 PMCID: PMC10275983 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-39158-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2022] [Accepted: 05/26/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023] Open
Abstract
COVID-19 has stimulated the rapid development of new antibody and small molecule therapeutics to inhibit SARS-CoV-2 infection. Here we describe a third antiviral modality that combines the drug-like advantages of both. Bicycles are entropically constrained peptides stabilized by a central chemical scaffold into a bi-cyclic structure. Rapid screening of diverse bacteriophage libraries against SARS-CoV-2 Spike yielded unique Bicycle binders across the entire protein. Exploiting Bicycles' inherent chemical combinability, we converted early micromolar hits into nanomolar viral inhibitors through simple multimerization. We also show how combining Bicycles against different epitopes into a single biparatopic agent allows Spike from diverse variants of concern (VoC) to be targeted (Alpha, Beta, Delta and Omicron). Finally, we demonstrate in both male hACE2-transgenic mice and Syrian golden hamsters that both multimerized and biparatopic Bicycles reduce viraemia and prevent host inflammation. These results introduce Bicycles as a potential antiviral modality to tackle new and rapidly evolving viruses.
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- Katherine U Gaynor
- Bicycle Therapeutics, Portway Building, Granta Park, Cambridge, CB21 6GS, United Kingdom
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- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge, CB2 0QH, United Kingdom
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- Bicycle Therapeutics, Portway Building, Granta Park, Cambridge, CB21 6GS, United Kingdom
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- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge, CB2 0QH, United Kingdom
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- Bicycle Therapeutics, Portway Building, Granta Park, Cambridge, CB21 6GS, United Kingdom
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- Bicycle Therapeutics, Portway Building, Granta Park, Cambridge, CB21 6GS, United Kingdom
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- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge, CB2 0QH, United Kingdom
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- Bicycle Therapeutics, Portway Building, Granta Park, Cambridge, CB21 6GS, United Kingdom
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- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge, CB2 0QH, United Kingdom
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- Bicycle Therapeutics, Portway Building, Granta Park, Cambridge, CB21 6GS, United Kingdom
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- Bicycle Therapeutics, Portway Building, Granta Park, Cambridge, CB21 6GS, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1GA, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1GA, United Kingdom
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- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge, CB2 0QH, United Kingdom
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- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge, CB2 0QH, United Kingdom
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- University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool, L69 7ZD, United Kingdom
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- University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool, L69 7ZD, United Kingdom
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- University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool, L69 7ZD, United Kingdom
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- University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool, L69 7ZD, United Kingdom
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- University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool, L69 7ZD, United Kingdom
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- University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool, L69 7ZD, United Kingdom
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- University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool, L69 7ZD, United Kingdom
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- University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool, L69 7ZD, United Kingdom
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- University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool, L69 7ZD, United Kingdom
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- University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool, L69 7ZD, United Kingdom
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- University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool, L69 7ZD, United Kingdom
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- University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool, L69 7ZD, United Kingdom
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- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge, CB2 0QH, United Kingdom
- Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried, 82152, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1GA, United Kingdom
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- Bicycle Therapeutics, Portway Building, Granta Park, Cambridge, CB21 6GS, United Kingdom.
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- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge, CB2 0QH, United Kingdom.
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Dimitrijevs P, Makrecka-Kuka M, Bogucka A, Hyvönen M, Pantelejevs T, Arsenyan P. Development of isoselenazolium chlorides as selective pyruvate kinase isoform M2 inhibitors. Eur J Med Chem 2023; 257:115504. [PMID: 37216812 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2023.115504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 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: 04/16/2023] [Revised: 05/12/2023] [Accepted: 05/16/2023] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
Abstract
Alterations in cancer metabolic pathways open up an opportunity for targeted and effective elimination of tumor cells. Pyruvate kinase M2 (PKM2) is predominantly expressed in proliferating cells and plays an essential role in directing glucose metabolism in cancer. Here, we report the design of novel class of selective PKM2 inhibitors as anti-cancer agents and their mechanism of action. Compound 5c being the most active with IC50 = 0.35 ± 0.07 μM, also downregulates PKM2 mRNA expression, modulates mitochondrial functionality, induces oxidative burst and is cytotoxic for various cancer types. Isoselenazolium chlorides have an unusual mechanism of PKM2 inhibition, inducing a functionally deficient tetrameric assembly, while exhibiting a competitive inhibitor character. The discovery of robust PKM2 inhibitors not only offers candidates for anticancer therapy but is also crucial for studying the role of PKM2 in cancer.
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- Pavels Dimitrijevs
- Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis, Aizkraukles 21, LV1006, Riga, Latvia
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Sanger Building, 80 Tennis Ct Rd, Cambridge, CB2 1GA, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Sanger Building, 80 Tennis Ct Rd, Cambridge, CB2 1GA, UK
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- Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis, Aizkraukles 21, LV1006, Riga, Latvia
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- Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis, Aizkraukles 21, LV1006, Riga, Latvia.
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Nain-Perez A, Nilsson O, Lulla A, Håversen L, Brear P, Liljenberg S, Hyvönen M, Borén J, Grøtli M. Tuning liver pyruvate kinase activity up or down with a new class of allosteric modulators. Eur J Med Chem 2023; 250:115177. [PMID: 36753880 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2023.115177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 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: 12/30/2022] [Revised: 01/30/2023] [Accepted: 01/31/2023] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
Abstract
The liver isoform of pyruvate kinase (PKL) has gained interest due to its potential capacity to regulate fatty acid synthesis involved in the progression of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Here we describe a novel series of PKL modulators that can either activate or inhibit the enzyme allosterically, from a cryptic site at the interface of two protomers in the tetrameric enzyme. Starting from urolithin D, we designed and synthesised 42 new compounds. The effect of these compounds on PKL enzymatic activity was assessed after incubation with cell lysates obtained from a liver cell line. Pronounced activation of PKL activity, up to 3.8-fold, was observed for several compounds at 10 μM, while other compounds were prominent PKL inhibitors reducing its activity to 81% at best. A structure-activity relationship identified linear-shaped sulfone-sulfonamides as activators and non-linear compounds as inhibitors. Crystal structures revealed the conformations of these modulators, which were used as a reference for designing new modulators.
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- Amalyn Nain-Perez
- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, SE-412 96, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, SE-412 96, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1GA, United Kingdom
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- Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, University of Gothenburg and Sahlgrenska University Hospital, SE-413 45, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1GA, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, SE-412 96, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1GA, United Kingdom
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- Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, University of Gothenburg and Sahlgrenska University Hospital, SE-413 45, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, SE-412 96, Gothenburg, Sweden.
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Battisti UM, Gao C, Nilsson O, Akladios F, Lulla A, Bogucka A, Nain-Perez A, Håversen L, Kim W, Boren J, Hyvönen M, Uhlen M, Mardinoglu A, Grøtli M. Serendipitous Identification of a Covalent Activator of Liver Pyruvate Kinase. Chembiochem 2023; 24:e202200339. [PMID: 36250581 PMCID: PMC10099687 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.202200339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 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: 06/14/2022] [Revised: 10/14/2022] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Enzymes are effective biological catalysts that accelerate almost all metabolic reactions in living organisms. Synthetic modulators of enzymes are useful tools for the study of enzymatic reactions and can provide starting points for the design of new drugs. Here, we report on the discovery of a class of biologically active compounds that covalently modifies lysine residues in human liver pyruvate kinase (PKL), leading to allosteric activation of the enzyme (EC50 =0.29 μM). Surprisingly, the allosteric activation control point resides on the lysine residue K282 present in the catalytic site of PKL. These findings were confirmed by structural data, MS/MS experiments, and molecular modelling studies. Altogether, our study provides a molecular basis for the activation mechanism and establishes a framework for further development of human liver pyruvate kinase covalent activators.
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- Umberto Maria Battisti
- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, 412 96, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, 412 96, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, 412 96, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, 412 96, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1GA, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1GA, UK
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- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, 412 96, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, University of Gothenburg and Sahlgrenska University Hospital, 413 45, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Science for Life Laboratory, KTH-Royal Institute of Technology, 171 21, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, University of Gothenburg and Sahlgrenska University Hospital, 413 45, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1GA, UK
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- Science for Life Laboratory, KTH-Royal Institute of Technology, 171 21, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Science for Life Laboratory, KTH-Royal Institute of Technology, 171 21, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, 412 96, Gothenburg, Sweden
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Battisti UM, Gao C, Nilsson O, Akladios F, Lulla A, Bogucka A, Nain‐Perez A, Håversen L, Kim W, Boren J, Hyvönen M, Uhlen M, Mardinoglu A, Grøtli M. Serendipitous Identification of a Covalent Activator of Liver Pyruvate Kinase. Chembiochem 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/cbic.202200699] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Umberto Maria Battisti
- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology University of Gothenburg Gothenburg 412 96 Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology University of Gothenburg Gothenburg 412 96 Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology University of Gothenburg Gothenburg 412 96 Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology University of Gothenburg Gothenburg 412 96 Sweden
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- Department of Biochemistry University of Cambridge Cambridge CB2 1GA UK
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- Department of Biochemistry University of Cambridge Cambridge CB2 1GA UK
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- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology University of Gothenburg Gothenburg 412 96 Sweden
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- Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine University of Gothenburg and Sahlgrenska University Hospital 413 45 Gothenburg Sweden
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- Science for Life Laboratory KTH-Royal Institute of Technology 171 21 Stockholm Sweden
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- Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine University of Gothenburg and Sahlgrenska University Hospital 413 45 Gothenburg Sweden
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- Department of Biochemistry University of Cambridge Cambridge CB2 1GA UK
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- Science for Life Laboratory KTH-Royal Institute of Technology 171 21 Stockholm Sweden
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- Science for Life Laboratory KTH-Royal Institute of Technology 171 21 Stockholm Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology University of Gothenburg Gothenburg 412 96 Sweden
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Karusheva Y, Ratcliff M, Mörseburg A, Barker P, Melvin A, Sattar N, Burling K, Backmark A, Roth R, Jermutus L, Guiu-Jurado E, Blüher M, Welsh P, Hyvönen M, O'Rahilly S. The Common H202D Variant in GDF-15 Does Not Affect Its Bioactivity but Can Significantly Interfere with Measurement of Its Circulating Levels. J Appl Lab Med 2022; 7:1388-1400. [PMID: 35796717 DOI: 10.1093/jalm/jfac055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2022] [Accepted: 06/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND There is growing interest in the measurement of growth differentiation factor 15 (GDF-15) in a range of disorders associated with cachexia. We undertook studies to determine whether a common histidine (H) to aspartate (D) variant at position 202 in the pro-peptide (position 6 in the mature peptide) interfered with its detection by 3 of the most commonly used immunoassays. METHODS Three synthetic GDF-15-forms (HH homo-, HD hetero-, and DD-homodimers) were measured after serial dilution using Roche Elecsys®, R&D QuantikineTM ELISA, and MSD R&D DuoSet® immunoassays. GDF-15 concentrations were measured by the Roche and the MSD R&D immunoassays in 173 genotyped participants (61 HH homozygotes, 59 HD heterozygotes, and 53 DD homozygotes). For the comparative statistical analyses of the GDF-15 concentrations, we used non-parametric tests, in particular Bland-Altman difference (bias) plots and Passing-Bablok regression. The bioactivity of the 2 different homodimers was compared in a cell-based assay in HEK293S-SRF-RET/GFRAL cells. RESULTS The Roche assay detected H- and D-containing peptides similarly but the R&D reagents (Quantikine and DuoSet) consistently underreported GDF-15 concentrations in the presence of the D variant. DD dimers had recoveries of approximately 45% while HD dimers recoveries were 62% to 78%. In human serum samples, the GDF-15 concentrations reported by the R&D assay were a median of 4% lower for HH, a median of 36% lower for HD, and a median of 61% lower for DD compared to the Roche assay. The bioactivities of the HH and DD peptides were indistinguishable. CONCLUSIONS The D variant of GDF-15 substantially affects its measurement by a commonly used immunoassay, a finding that has clear implications for its interpretation in research and clinical settings.
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- Yanislava Karusheva
- MRC Metabolic Diseases Unit, Wellcome-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, Cambridge, UK
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- Biologics Engineering, R&D, AstraZeneca, Cambridge, UK
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, 80 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1GA, UK
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- MRC Metabolic Diseases Unit, Wellcome-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, Cambridge, UK
- Core Biochemical Assay Laboratory, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK
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- MRC Metabolic Diseases Unit, Wellcome-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, Cambridge, UK
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- British Heart Foundation Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre, Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8TA, UK
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- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, Cambridge, UK
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, 80 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1GA, UK
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- Discovery Biology, Discovery Sciences, Biopharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Discovery Biology, Discovery Sciences, Biopharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Projects, Research and Early Development, Cardiovascular, Renal and Metabolism (CVRM), BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Cambridge, UK
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- Department for Clinical Obesity Research, Helmholtz Institute for Metabolic, Obesity and Vascular Research (HI-MAG) of the Helmholtz Zentrum München at the University of Leipzig and University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department for Clinical Obesity Research, Helmholtz Institute for Metabolic, Obesity and Vascular Research (HI-MAG) of the Helmholtz Zentrum München at the University of Leipzig and University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- British Heart Foundation Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre, Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8TA, UK
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- Biologics Engineering, R&D, AstraZeneca, Cambridge, UK
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- MRC Metabolic Diseases Unit, Wellcome-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, Cambridge, UK
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Brear P, Hyvönen M. Crystal structure of the Rho-associated coiled-coil kinase 2 inhibitor belumosudil bound to CK2α. Acta Crystallogr F Struct Biol Commun 2022; 78:348-353. [PMID: 36189718 PMCID: PMC9527651 DOI: 10.1107/s2053230x22008767] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2022] [Accepted: 09/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
Abstract
The crystal structure of the Rho-associated coiled-coil kinase 2 (ROCK2) inhibitor belumosudil bound to CK2α suggests ways in which specificity for either ROCK2 or CK2α can be increased. The small molecule belumosudil was initially identified as a selective inhibitor of Rho-associated coiled-coil kinase 2 (ROCK2) and has recently been approved for the treatment of graft-versus-host disease. However, recent studies have shown that many of the phenotypes displayed upon treatment with belumosudil were due to CK2α inhibition. CK2α is in itself a very promising therapeutic target for a range of conditions and has recently been put forward as a potential treatment for COVID-19. Belumosudil presents a promising starting point for the development of future CK2α inhibitors as it provides a safe, potent and orally bioavailable scaffold. Therefore, several of the major hurdles in drug development have already been overcome. Here, the crystal structure of belumosudil bound to the ATP site of CK2α is presented. This crystal structure combined with modelling studies further elucidates how belumosudil could be developed into a selective and potent CK2α or ROCK2 inhibitor.
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Neun S, Brear P, Campbell E, Tryfona T, El Omari K, Wagner A, Dupree P, Hyvönen M, Hollfelder F. Functional metagenomic screening identifies an unexpected β-glucuronidase. Nat Chem Biol 2022; 18:1096-1103. [PMID: 35799064 DOI: 10.1038/s41589-022-01071-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2021] [Accepted: 05/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The abundance of recorded protein sequence data stands in contrast to the small number of experimentally verified functional annotation. Here we screened a million-membered metagenomic library at ultrahigh throughput in microfluidic droplets for β-glucuronidase activity. We identified SN243, a genuine β-glucuronidase with little homology to previously studied enzymes of this type, as a glycoside hydrolase 3 family member. This glycoside hydrolase family contains only one recently added β-glucuronidase, showing that a functional metagenomic approach can shed light on assignments that are currently 'unpredictable' by bioinformatics. Kinetic analyses of SN243 characterized it as a promiscuous catalyst and structural analysis suggests regions of divergence from homologous glycoside hydrolase 3 members creating a wide-open active site. With a screening throughput of >107 library members per day, picolitre-volume microfluidic droplets enable functional assignments that complement current enzyme database dictionaries and provide bridgeheads for the annotation of unexplored sequence space.
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- Stefanie Neun
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.,Australian Synchrotron, Clayton, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Diamond Light Source, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, UK
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- Diamond Light Source, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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Atkinson EL, Iegre J, D'Amore C, Brear P, Salvi M, Hyvönen M, Spring DR. Development of small cyclic peptides targeting the CK2α/β interface. Chem Commun (Camb) 2022; 58:4791-4794. [PMID: 35343996 PMCID: PMC9004346 DOI: 10.1039/d2cc00707j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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In this work, an iterative cycle of enzymatic assays, X-ray crystallography, molecular modelling and cellular assays were used to develop a functionalisable chemical probe for the CK2α/β PPI. The lead peptide, P8C9, successfully binds to CK2α at the PPI site, is easily synthesisable and functionalisable, highly stable in serum and small enough to accommodate further optimisation. Development of a small CK2α/β protein–protein interaction-inhibiting peptide, which is easily synthesisable and functionalisable, with good enzymatic and cellular activity.![]()
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- Eleanor L Atkinson
- Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, CB2 1EW, Cambridge, UK.
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- Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, CB2 1EW, Cambridge, UK.
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, CB2 1GA, Cambridge, UK.
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, CB2 1GA, Cambridge, UK.
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- Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, CB2 1EW, Cambridge, UK.
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Synakewicz M, Eapen RS, Perez-Riba A, Rowling PJE, Bauer D, Weißl A, Fischer G, Hyvönen M, Rief M, Itzhaki LS, Stigler J. Unraveling the Mechanics of a Repeat-Protein Nanospring: From Folding of Individual Repeats to Fluctuations of the Superhelix. ACS Nano 2022. [PMID: 35258937 DOI: 10.1101/2021.03.27.437344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
Abstract
Tandem-repeat proteins comprise small secondary structure motifs that stack to form one-dimensional arrays with distinctive mechanical properties that are proposed to direct their cellular functions. Here, we use single-molecule optical tweezers to study the folding of consensus-designed tetratricopeptide repeats (CTPRs), superhelical arrays of short helix-turn-helix motifs. We find that CTPRs display a spring-like mechanical response in which individual repeats undergo rapid equilibrium fluctuations between partially folded and unfolded conformations. We rationalize the force response using Ising models and dissect the folding pathway of CTPRs under mechanical load, revealing how the repeat arrays form from the center toward both termini simultaneously. Most strikingly, we also directly observe the protein's superhelical tertiary structure in the force signal. Using protein engineering, crystallography, and single-molecule experiments, we show that the superhelical geometry can be altered by carefully placed amino acid substitutions, and we examine how these sequence changes affect intrinsic repeat stability and inter-repeat coupling. Our findings provide the means to dissect and modulate repeat-protein stability and dynamics, which will be essential for researchers to understand the function of natural repeat proteins and to exploit artificial repeats proteins in nanotechnology and biomedical applications.
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- Marie Synakewicz
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1PD, United Kingdom†
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1PD, United Kingdom†
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1PD, United Kingdom†
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1PD, United Kingdom†
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- Physik-Department, Technische Universität München, James-Franck-Straße 1, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Physik-Department, Technische Universität München, James-Franck-Straße 1, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1GA, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1GA, United Kingdom
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- Physik-Department, Technische Universität München, James-Franck-Straße 1, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1PD, United Kingdom†
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- Gene Center Munich, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Feodor-Lynen-Straße 25, 81377 München, Germany
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Synakewicz M, Eapen RS, Perez-Riba A, Rowling PJE, Bauer D, Weißl A, Fischer G, Hyvönen M, Rief M, Itzhaki LS, Stigler J. Unraveling the Mechanics of a Repeat-Protein Nanospring: From Folding of Individual Repeats to Fluctuations of the Superhelix. ACS Nano 2022; 16:3895-3905. [PMID: 35258937 PMCID: PMC8944806 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.1c09162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2021] [Accepted: 01/27/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
Abstract
Tandem-repeat proteins comprise small secondary structure motifs that stack to form one-dimensional arrays with distinctive mechanical properties that are proposed to direct their cellular functions. Here, we use single-molecule optical tweezers to study the folding of consensus-designed tetratricopeptide repeats (CTPRs), superhelical arrays of short helix-turn-helix motifs. We find that CTPRs display a spring-like mechanical response in which individual repeats undergo rapid equilibrium fluctuations between partially folded and unfolded conformations. We rationalize the force response using Ising models and dissect the folding pathway of CTPRs under mechanical load, revealing how the repeat arrays form from the center toward both termini simultaneously. Most strikingly, we also directly observe the protein's superhelical tertiary structure in the force signal. Using protein engineering, crystallography, and single-molecule experiments, we show that the superhelical geometry can be altered by carefully placed amino acid substitutions, and we examine how these sequence changes affect intrinsic repeat stability and inter-repeat coupling. Our findings provide the means to dissect and modulate repeat-protein stability and dynamics, which will be essential for researchers to understand the function of natural repeat proteins and to exploit artificial repeats proteins in nanotechnology and biomedical applications.
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- Marie Synakewicz
- Department
of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1PD, United Kingdom
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- Department
of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1PD, United Kingdom
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- Department
of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1PD, United Kingdom
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- Department
of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1PD, United Kingdom
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- Physik-Department, Technische Universität München, James-Franck-Straße 1, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Physik-Department, Technische Universität München, James-Franck-Straße 1, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Department
of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1GA, United Kingdom
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- Department
of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1GA, United Kingdom
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- Physik-Department, Technische Universität München, James-Franck-Straße 1, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Department
of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1PD, United Kingdom
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- Gene
Center Munich, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität
München, Feodor-Lynen-Straße 25, 81377 München, Germany
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Talbot-Cooper C, Pantelejevs T, Shannon JP, Cherry CR, Au MT, Hyvönen M, Hickman HD, Smith GL. Poxviruses and paramyxoviruses use a conserved mechanism of STAT1 antagonism to inhibit interferon signaling. Cell Host Microbe 2022; 30:357-372.e11. [PMID: 35182467 PMCID: PMC8912257 DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2022.01.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2021] [Revised: 10/29/2021] [Accepted: 01/10/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The induction of interferon (IFN)-stimulated genes by STATs is a critical host defense mechanism against virus infection. Here, we report that a highly expressed poxvirus protein, 018, inhibits IFN-induced signaling by binding to the SH2 domain of STAT1, thereby preventing the association of STAT1 with an activated IFN receptor. Despite encoding other inhibitors of IFN-induced signaling, a poxvirus mutant lacking 018 was attenuated in mice. The 2.0 Å crystal structure of the 018:STAT1 complex reveals a phosphotyrosine-independent mode of 018 binding to the SH2 domain of STAT1. Moreover, the STAT1-binding motif of 018 shows similarity to the STAT1-binding proteins from Nipah virus, which, similar to 018, block the association of STAT1 with an IFN receptor. Overall, these results uncover a conserved mechanism of STAT1 antagonism that is employed independently by distinct virus families.
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- Callum Talbot-Cooper
- Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QP, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, 80 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1GA, UK; Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis, Aizkraukles 21, LV-1006 Riga, Latvia
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- Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QP, UK; Viral Immunity and Pathogenesis Unit, Laboratory of Clinical Immunology and Microbiology, NIAD, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20852, USA
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- Viral Immunity and Pathogenesis Unit, Laboratory of Clinical Immunology and Microbiology, NIAD, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20852, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QP, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, 80 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1GA, UK
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- Viral Immunity and Pathogenesis Unit, Laboratory of Clinical Immunology and Microbiology, NIAD, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20852, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QP, UK.
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Brear P, De Fusco C, Atkinson EL, Iegre J, Francis-Newton NJ, Venkitaraman AR, Hyvönen M, Spring DR. A fragment-based approach leading to the discovery of inhibitors of CK2α with a novel mechanism of action. RSC Med Chem 2022; 13:1420-1426. [DOI: 10.1039/d2md00161f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2022] [Accepted: 07/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Development of a novel CK2α inhibitor from a fragment-based screen with a proposed novel mechanism of action.
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- Paul Brear
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, CB2 1GA, Cambridge, UK
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- Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, CB2 1EW, Cambridge, UK
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- Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, CB2 1EW, Cambridge, UK
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- Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, CB2 1EW, Cambridge, UK
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- Medical Research Council Cancer Unit, University of Cambridge, Hutchison/MRC Research Centre, Cambridge CB2 0XZ, UK
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- Medical Research Council Cancer Unit, University of Cambridge, Hutchison/MRC Research Centre, Cambridge CB2 0XZ, UK
- Cancer Science Institute of Singapore, National University of Singapore, 14 Medical Drive, Singapore 117599 & DITL, IMCB, A*STAR, 8A Biomedical Grove, 138648, Singapore
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, CB2 1GA, Cambridge, UK
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- Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, CB2 1EW, Cambridge, UK
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Lindenburg LH, Pantelejevs T, Gielen F, Zuazua-Villar P, Butz M, Rees E, Kaminski CF, Downs JA, Hyvönen M, Hollfelder F. Improved RAD51 binders through motif shuffling based on the modularity of BRC repeats. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2021; 118:e2017708118. [PMID: 34772801 PMCID: PMC8727024 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2017708118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/10/2021] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Exchanges of protein sequence modules support leaps in function unavailable through point mutations during evolution. Here we study the role of the two RAD51-interacting modules within the eight binding BRC repeats of BRCA2. We created 64 chimeric repeats by shuffling these modules and measured their binding to RAD51. We found that certain shuffled module combinations were stronger binders than any of the module combinations in the natural repeats. Surprisingly, the contribution from the two modules was poorly correlated with affinities of natural repeats, with a weak BRC8 repeat containing the most effective N-terminal module. The binding of the strongest chimera, BRC8-2, to RAD51 was improved by -2.4 kCal/mol compared to the strongest natural repeat, BRC4. A crystal structure of RAD51:BRC8-2 complex shows an improved interface fit and an extended β-hairpin in this repeat. BRC8-2 was shown to function in human cells, preventing the formation of nuclear RAD51 foci after ionizing radiation.
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- Laurens H Lindenburg
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1GA, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1GA, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1GA, United Kingdom
- Living Systems Institute, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4QD, United Kingdom
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- Division of Cancer Biology, The Institute of Cancer Research, London SW3 6JB, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1GA, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0AS, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0AS, United Kingdom
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- Division of Cancer Biology, The Institute of Cancer Research, London SW3 6JB, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1GA, United Kingdom;
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1GA, United Kingdom;
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Strizhak AV, Babii O, Afonin S, Bakanovich I, Pantelejevs T, Xu W, Fowler E, Eapen R, Sharma K, Platonov MO, Hurmach VV, Itzhaki L, Hyvönen M, Ulrich AS, Spring DR, Komarov IV. Diarylethene moiety as an enthalpy-entropy switch: photoisomerizable stapled peptides for modulating p53/MDM2 interaction. Org Biomol Chem 2021; 18:5359-5369. [PMID: 32390036 DOI: 10.1039/d0ob00831a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Analogs of the known inhibitor (peptide pDI) of the p53/MDM2 protein-protein interaction are reported, which are stapled by linkers bearing a photoisomerizable diarylethene moiety. The corresponding photoisomers possess significantly different affinities to the p53-interacting domain of the human MDM2. Apparent dissociation constants are in the picomolar-to-low nanomolar range for those isomers with diarylethene in the "open" configuration, but up to eight times larger for the corresponding "closed" isomers. Spectroscopic, structural, and computational studies showed that the stapling linkers of the peptides contribute to their binding. Calorimetry revealed that the binding of the "closed" isomers is mostly enthalpy-driven, whereas the "open" photoforms bind to the protein stronger due to their increased binding entropy. The results suggest that conformational dynamics of the protein-peptide complexes may explain the differences in the thermodynamic profiles of the binding.
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- Alexander V Strizhak
- University Chemical Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, CB2 1EW Cambridge, UK. and Enamine Ltd, Vul. Chervonotkatska 78, 02094 Kyiv, Ukraine
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- Institute of Biological Interfaces (IBG-2), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), POB 3640, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany.
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- Institute of Biological Interfaces (IBG-2), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), POB 3640, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany.
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- University Chemical Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, CB2 1EW Cambridge, UK. and Enamine Ltd, Vul. Chervonotkatska 78, 02094 Kyiv, Ukraine
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, 80 Tennis Court Road, CB2 1GA Cambridge, UK
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- University Chemical Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, CB2 1EW Cambridge, UK.
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- University Chemical Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, CB2 1EW Cambridge, UK.
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, CB2 1PD Cambridge, UK
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- University Chemical Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, CB2 1EW Cambridge, UK.
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- Enamine Ltd, Vul. Chervonotkatska 78, 02094 Kyiv, Ukraine and Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Vul. Volodymyrska 60, 01601 Kyiv, Ukraine
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, CB2 1PD Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, 80 Tennis Court Road, CB2 1GA Cambridge, UK
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- Institute of Biological Interfaces (IBG-2), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), POB 3640, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany. and Institute of Organic Chemistry (IOC), KIT, Fritz-Haber-Weg 6, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- University Chemical Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, CB2 1EW Cambridge, UK.
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- Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Vul. Volodymyrska 60, 01601 Kyiv, Ukraine and Lumobiotics GmbH, Auer Str. 2, 76227, Karlsruhe, Germany.
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Ramachandran A, Mehić M, Wasim L, Malinova D, Gori I, Blaszczyk BK, Carvalho DM, Shore EM, Jones C, Hyvönen M, Tolar P, Hill CS. Pathogenic ACVR1 R206H activation by Activin A-induced receptor clustering and autophosphorylation. EMBO J 2021; 40:e106317. [PMID: 34003511 PMCID: PMC8280795 DOI: 10.15252/embj.2020106317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2020] [Revised: 03/25/2021] [Accepted: 03/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) and diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) are debilitating diseases that share causal mutations in ACVR1, a TGF-β family type I receptor. ACVR1R206H is a frequent mutation in both diseases. Pathogenic signaling via the SMAD1/5 pathway is mediated by Activin A, but how the mutation triggers aberrant signaling is not known. We show that ACVR1 is essential for Activin A-mediated SMAD1/5 phosphorylation and is activated by two distinct mechanisms. Wild-type ACVR1 is activated by the Activin type I receptors, ACVR1B/C. In contrast, ACVR1R206H activation does not require upstream kinases, but is predominantly activated via Activin A-dependent receptor clustering, which induces its auto-activation. We use optogenetics and live-imaging approaches to demonstrate Activin A-induced receptor clustering and show it requires the type II receptors ACVR2A/B. Our data provide molecular mechanistic insight into the pathogenesis of FOP and DIPG by linking the causal activating genetic mutation to disrupted signaling.
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- Anassuya Ramachandran
- Developmental Signalling LaboratoryThe Francis Crick InstituteLondonUK
- Present address:
Department of Molecular Medicine and PathologyUniversity of AucklandAucklandNew Zealand
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- Developmental Signalling LaboratoryThe Francis Crick InstituteLondonUK
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- Immune Receptor Activation LaboratoryThe Francis Crick InstituteLondonUK
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- Developmental Signalling LaboratoryThe Francis Crick InstituteLondonUK
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- Division of Molecular PathologyThe Institute of Cancer ResearchSuttonUK
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- Departments of Orthopaedic Surgery and GeneticsPerelman School of MedicineUniversity of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaPAUSA
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- Division of Molecular PathologyThe Institute of Cancer ResearchSuttonUK
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- Department of BiochemistryUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeUK
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- Immune Receptor Activation LaboratoryThe Francis Crick InstituteLondonUK
- Present address:
Division of Infection and ImmunityInstitute of Immunity and TransplantationUniversity CollegeLondonUK
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- Developmental Signalling LaboratoryThe Francis Crick InstituteLondonUK
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Kostopoulou N, Bellou S, Bagli E, Markou M, Kostaras E, Hyvönen M, Kalaidzidis Y, Papadopoulos A, Chalmantzi V, Kyrkou A, Panopoulou E, Fotsis T, Murphy C. Embryonic stem cells are devoid of macropinocytosis, a trafficking pathway for activin A in differentiated cells. J Cell Sci 2021; 134:jcs246892. [PMID: 34313314 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.246892] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2020] [Accepted: 06/03/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Ligand-receptor complexes formed at the plasma membrane are internalised via various endocytic pathways that influence the ultimate signalling output by regulating the selection of interaction partners by the complex along the trafficking route. We report that, in differentiated cells, activin A-receptor complexes are internalised via clathrin-mediated endocytosis (CME) and macropinocytosis (MP), whereas in human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) internalisation occurs via CME. We further show that hESCs are devoid of MP, which becomes functional upon differentiation towards endothelial cells through mesoderm mediators. Our results reveal, for the first time, that MP is an internalisation route for activin A in differentiated cells, and that MP is not active in hESCs and is induced as cells differentiate.
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- Nikoleta Kostopoulou
- Foundation for Research & Technology-Hellas (FORTH), Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IMBB), Department of Biomedical Research, Ioannina, 45110, Greece
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- Foundation for Research & Technology-Hellas (FORTH), Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IMBB), Department of Biomedical Research, Ioannina, 45110, Greece
- Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy Unit, Network of Research Supporting Laboratories, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, 45110, Greece
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- Foundation for Research & Technology-Hellas (FORTH), Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IMBB), Department of Biomedical Research, Ioannina, 45110, Greece
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- Foundation for Research & Technology-Hellas (FORTH), Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IMBB), Department of Biomedical Research, Ioannina, 45110, Greece
- Laboratory of Biological Chemistry, University of Ioannina Medical School, Ioannina, 45110, Greece
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- Foundation for Research & Technology-Hellas (FORTH), Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IMBB), Department of Biomedical Research, Ioannina, 45110, Greece
- Laboratory of Biological Chemistry, University of Ioannina Medical School, Ioannina, 45110, Greece
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1TN, UK
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, 01307 Dresden, Germany
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- Foundation for Research & Technology-Hellas (FORTH), Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IMBB), Department of Biomedical Research, Ioannina, 45110, Greece
- School of Biosciences, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
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- Foundation for Research & Technology-Hellas (FORTH), Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IMBB), Department of Biomedical Research, Ioannina, 45110, Greece
- School of Biosciences, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
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- Foundation for Research & Technology-Hellas (FORTH), Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IMBB), Department of Biomedical Research, Ioannina, 45110, Greece
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- Laboratory of Biological Chemistry, University of Ioannina Medical School, Ioannina, 45110, Greece
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- Foundation for Research & Technology-Hellas (FORTH), Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IMBB), Department of Biomedical Research, Ioannina, 45110, Greece
- Laboratory of Biological Chemistry, University of Ioannina Medical School, Ioannina, 45110, Greece
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- Foundation for Research & Technology-Hellas (FORTH), Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IMBB), Department of Biomedical Research, Ioannina, 45110, Greece
- School of Biosciences, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
- Centre of Membrane Proteins and Receptors, University of Birmingham, A118 Aston Webb, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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Iegre J, Atkinson EL, Brear PD, Cooper BM, Hyvönen M, Spring DR. Chemical probes targeting the kinase CK2: a journey outside the catalytic box. Org Biomol Chem 2021; 19:4380-4396. [PMID: 34037044 DOI: 10.1039/d1ob00257k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Abstract
CK2 is a protein kinase that plays important roles in many physio-pathological cellular processes. As such, the development of chemical probes for CK2 has received increasing attention in the past decade with more than 40 lead compounds developed. In this review, we aim to provide the reader with a comprehensive overview of the chemical probes acting outside the highly-conserved ATP-site developed to date. Such probes belong to different classes of molecules spanning from small molecules to peptides, act with a range of mechanisms of action and some of them present themselves as promising tools to investigate the biology of CK2 and therefore develop therapeutics for many disease areas including cancer and COVID-19.
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- Jessica Iegre
- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, UK.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, UK.
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, 80 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1GA, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, UK.
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, 80 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1GA, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, UK.
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Atkinson EL, Iegre J, Brear PD, Zhabina EA, Hyvönen M, Spring DR. Downfalls of Chemical Probes Acting at the Kinase ATP-Site: CK2 as a Case Study. Molecules 2021; 26:1977. [PMID: 33807474 PMCID: PMC8037657 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26071977] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2021] [Revised: 03/22/2021] [Accepted: 03/25/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Protein kinases are a large class of enzymes with numerous biological roles and many have been implicated in a vast array of diseases, including cancer and the novel coronavirus infection COVID-19. Thus, the development of chemical probes to selectively target each kinase is of great interest. Inhibition of protein kinases with ATP-competitive inhibitors has historically been the most widely used method. However, due to the highly conserved structures of ATP-sites, the identification of truly selective chemical probes is challenging. In this review, we use the Ser/Thr kinase CK2 as an example to highlight the historical challenges in effective and selective chemical probe development, alongside recent advances in the field and alternative strategies aiming to overcome these problems. The methods utilised for CK2 can be applied to an array of protein kinases to aid in the discovery of chemical probes to further understand each kinase's biology, with wide-reaching implications for drug development.
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- Eleanor L. Atkinson
- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK; (E.L.A.); (J.I.)
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK; (E.L.A.); (J.I.)
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, 80 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1GA, UK; (P.D.B.); (E.A.Z.); (M.H.)
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, 80 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1GA, UK; (P.D.B.); (E.A.Z.); (M.H.)
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, 80 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1GA, UK; (P.D.B.); (E.A.Z.); (M.H.)
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK; (E.L.A.); (J.I.)
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Scott DE, Francis-Newton NJ, Marsh ME, Coyne AG, Fischer G, Moschetti T, Bayly AR, Sharpe TD, Haas KT, Barber L, Valenzano CR, Srinivasan R, Huggins DJ, Lee M, Emery A, Hardwick B, Ehebauer M, Dagostin C, Esposito A, Pellegrini L, Perrior T, McKenzie G, Blundell TL, Hyvönen M, Skidmore J, Venkitaraman AR, Abell C. A small-molecule inhibitor of the BRCA2-RAD51 interaction modulates RAD51 assembly and potentiates DNA damage-induced cell death. Cell Chem Biol 2021; 28:835-847.e5. [PMID: 33662256 PMCID: PMC8219027 DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2021.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2020] [Revised: 12/18/2020] [Accepted: 02/03/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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BRCA2 controls RAD51 recombinase during homologous DNA recombination (HDR) through eight evolutionarily conserved BRC repeats, which individually engage RAD51 via the motif Phe-x-x-Ala. Using structure-guided molecular design, templated on a monomeric thermostable chimera between human RAD51 and archaeal RadA, we identify CAM833, a 529 Da orthosteric inhibitor of RAD51:BRC with a Kd of 366 nM. The quinoline of CAM833 occupies a hotspot, the Phe-binding pocket on RAD51 and the methyl of the substituted α-methylbenzyl group occupies the Ala-binding pocket. In cells, CAM833 diminishes formation of damage-induced RAD51 nuclear foci; inhibits RAD51 molecular clustering, suppressing extended RAD51 filament assembly; potentiates cytotoxicity by ionizing radiation, augmenting 4N cell-cycle arrest and apoptotic cell death and works with poly-ADP ribose polymerase (PARP)1 inhibitors to suppress growth in BRCA2-wildtype cells. Thus, chemical inhibition of the protein-protein interaction between BRCA2 and RAD51 disrupts HDR and potentiates DNA damage-induced cell death, with implications for cancer therapy.
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- Duncan E Scott
- Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK
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- Medical Research Council Cancer Unit, University of Cambridge, Hutchison/MRC Research Centre, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 0XZ, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, 80 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1GA, UK
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- Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, 80 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1GA, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, 80 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1GA, UK
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- Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, 80 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1GA, UK
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- Medical Research Council Cancer Unit, University of Cambridge, Hutchison/MRC Research Centre, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 0XZ, UK
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- Medical Research Council Cancer Unit, University of Cambridge, Hutchison/MRC Research Centre, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 0XZ, UK
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- Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK
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- Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK
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- Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK; Medical Research Council Cancer Unit, University of Cambridge, Hutchison/MRC Research Centre, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 0XZ, UK
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- Medical Research Council Cancer Unit, University of Cambridge, Hutchison/MRC Research Centre, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 0XZ, UK
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- Medical Research Council Cancer Unit, University of Cambridge, Hutchison/MRC Research Centre, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 0XZ, UK
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- Medical Research Council Cancer Unit, University of Cambridge, Hutchison/MRC Research Centre, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 0XZ, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, 80 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1GA, UK
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- Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK
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- Medical Research Council Cancer Unit, University of Cambridge, Hutchison/MRC Research Centre, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 0XZ, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, 80 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1GA, UK
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- Excellium Consulting, Brook Farm Barn, Lackford, Bury St Edmunds IP28 6HL, UK
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- Medical Research Council Cancer Unit, University of Cambridge, Hutchison/MRC Research Centre, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 0XZ, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, 80 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1GA, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, 80 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1GA, UK.
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- Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK.
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- Medical Research Council Cancer Unit, University of Cambridge, Hutchison/MRC Research Centre, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 0XZ, UK.
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- Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK
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Papadopoulos A, Chalmantzi V, Hyvönen M, Stellas D, Syrrou M, Fotsis T, Murphy C. Supporting data on combined transcriptomic and phosphoproteomic analysis of BMP4 signaling in human embryonic stem cells. Data Brief 2021; 35:106844. [PMID: 33644271 PMCID: PMC7893420 DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2021.106844] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2020] [Revised: 01/29/2021] [Accepted: 02/02/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Human embryonic stem cells exhibit great potential as a therapeutic tool in regenerative medicine due to their self-renewal and trilineage differentiation capacity. Maintaining this unique cellular state has been shown to rely primarily on the Activin A / TGFβ signaling pathway. While most conventional culture media are supplemented with TGFβ, in the current study we utilize a modified version of the commercially available mTeSR1, substituting TGFβ for Activin A in order to preserve pluripotency. (1) Cells cultured in ActA-mTesR express pluripotency factors NANOG, OCT4 and SOX2 at comparable levels with cells cultured in TGFβ-mTeSR. (2) ActA-mTeSR cultured cells retain a physiological karyotype. (3) Cells in ActA-mTeSR maintain their trilineage differentiation capacity as shown in the teratoma formation assay. This system can be used to dissect the role of Activin A, downstream effectors and signaling cascades in human embryonic stem cell responses.
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- Angelos Papadopoulos
- School of Biosciences, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, United Kingdom
- Cardiovascular Division, King's College London British Heart Foundation Centre of Excellence, London, SE5 9NU, United Kingdom
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- School of Biosciences, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Chemical Biology, National Hellenic Research Foundation, 11635 Athens, Greece
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- Laboratory of Biology, Medical School, University of Ioannina, 45110 Ioannina, Greece
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- Department of Biomedical Research, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Foundation of Research and Technology-Hellas, University Campus of Ioannina, 45110 Ioannina, Greece
- Laboratory of Biological Chemistry, Medical School, University of Ioannina, 45110 Ioannina, Greece
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- School of Biosciences, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, United Kingdom
- Department of Biomedical Research, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Foundation of Research and Technology-Hellas, University Campus of Ioannina, 45110 Ioannina, Greece
- Corresponding author.@Fotsis-Murphy
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Papadopoulos A, Chalmantzi V, Mikhaylichenko O, Hyvönen M, Stellas D, Kanhere A, Heath J, Cunningham DL, Fotsis T, Murphy C. Combined transcriptomic and phosphoproteomic analysis of BMP4 signaling in human embryonic stem cells. Stem Cell Res 2020; 50:102133. [PMID: 33383406 DOI: 10.1016/j.scr.2020.102133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2020] [Revised: 11/08/2020] [Accepted: 12/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) are an invaluable tool in the fields of embryology and regenerative medicine. Activin A and BMP4 are well-characterised growth factors implicated in pluripotency and differentiation. In the current study, hESCs are cultured in a modified version of mTeSR1, where low concentrations of ActivinA substitute for TGFβ. This culture system is further used to investigate the changes induced by BMP4 on hESCs by employing a combination of transcriptomic and phosphoproteomic approaches. Results indicate that in a pluripotent state, hESCs maintain WNT signaling under negative regulation by expressing pathway inhibitors. Initial stages of differentiation are characterized by upregulation of WNT pathway ligands, TGFβ pathway inhibitors which have been shown in Xenopus to expand the BMP signaling range essential for embryonic patterning, and mesendodermal transcripts. Moreover, BMP4 enhances the phosphorylation of proteins associated with migration and transcriptional regulation. Results further indicate the vital regulatory role of Activin A and BMP4 in crucial fate decisions in hESCs.
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- Angelos Papadopoulos
- School of Biosciences, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom; Cardiovascular Division, King's College London British Heart Foundation Centre of Excellence, London SE5 9NU, United Kingdom
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- School of Biosciences, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
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- Cardiovascular Division, King's College London British Heart Foundation Centre of Excellence, London SE5 9NU, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Chemical Biology, National Hellenic Research Foundation, 11635 Athens, Greece
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- School of Biosciences, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom; Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology, Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3BX, United Kingdom
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- School of Biosciences, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
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- School of Biosciences, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biomedical Research, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Foundation of Research and Technology-Hellas, University Campus of Ioannina, 45110 Ioannina, Greece; Laboratory of Biology, Medical School, University of Ioannina, 45110 Ioannina, Greece
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- School of Biosciences, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom; Department of Biomedical Research, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Foundation of Research and Technology-Hellas, University Campus of Ioannina, 45110 Ioannina, Greece.
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CK2α is a ubiquitous, well-studied kinase that is a target for small-molecule inhibition, for treatment of cancers. While many different classes of adenosine 5'-triphosphate (ATP)-competitive inhibitors have been described for CK2α, they tend to suffer from significant off-target activity and new approaches are needed. A series of inhibitors of CK2α has recently been described as allosteric, acting at a previously unidentified binding site. Given the similarity of these inhibitors to known ATP-competitive inhibitors, we have investigated them further. In our thorough structural and biophysical analyses, we have found no evidence that these inhibitors bind to the proposed allosteric site. Rather, we report crystal structures, competitive isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC) and NMR, hydrogen-deuterium exchange (HDX) mass spectrometry, and chemoinformatic analyses that all point to these compounds binding in the ATP pocket. Comparisons of our results and experimental approach with the data presented in the original report suggest that the primary reason for the disparity is nonspecific inhibition by aggregation.
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- Paul Brear
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1GA, U.K
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas 75080, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1GA, U.K
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas 75080, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1GA, U.K
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Todd GM, Gao Z, Hyvönen M, Brazil DP, Ten Dijke P. Secreted BMP antagonists and their role in cancer and bone metastases. Bone 2020; 137:115455. [PMID: 32473315 DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2020.115455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2020] [Revised: 05/23/2020] [Accepted: 05/23/2020] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) are multifunctional secreted cytokines that act in a highly context-dependent manner. BMP action extends beyond the induction of cartilage and bone formation, to encompass pivotal roles in controlling tissue and organ homeostasis during development and adulthood. BMPs signal via plasma membrane type I and type II serine/threonine kinase receptors and intracellular SMAD transcriptional effectors. Exquisite temporospatial control of BMP/SMAD signalling and crosstalk with other cellular cues is achieved by a series of positive and negative regulators at each step in the BMP/SMAD pathway. The interaction of BMP ligand with its receptors is carefully controlled by a diverse set of secreted antagonists that bind BMPs and block their interaction with their cognate BMP receptors. Perturbations in this BMP/BMP antagonist balance are implicated in a range of developmental disorders and diseases, including cancer. Here, we provide an overview of the structure and function of secreted BMP antagonists, and summarize recent novel insights into their role in cancer progression and bone metastasis. Gremlin1 (GREM1) is a highly studied BMP antagonist, and we will focus on this molecule in particular and its role in cancer. The therapeutic potential of pharmacological inhibitors for secreted BMP antagonists for cancer and other human diseases will also be discussed.
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- Grace M Todd
- Wellcome-Wolfson Institute for Experimental Medicine, Queen's University Belfast, 97 Lisburn Road, Belfast BT9 7BL, Northern Ireland, UK
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- Wellcome-Wolfson Institute for Experimental Medicine, Queen's University Belfast, 97 Lisburn Road, Belfast BT9 7BL, Northern Ireland, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, 80 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1GA, UK.
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- Wellcome-Wolfson Institute for Experimental Medicine, Queen's University Belfast, 97 Lisburn Road, Belfast BT9 7BL, Northern Ireland, UK.
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- Oncode Institute, Department of Cell and Chemical Biology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands.
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Sonoyama T, Stadler LKJ, Zhu M, Keogh JM, Henning E, Hisama F, Kirwan P, Jura M, Blaszczyk BK, DeWitt DC, Brouwers B, Hyvönen M, Barroso I, Merkle FT, Appleyard SM, Wayman GA, Farooqi IS. Human BDNF/TrkB variants impair hippocampal synaptogenesis and associate with neurobehavioural abnormalities. Sci Rep 2020; 10:9028. [PMID: 32493978 PMCID: PMC7270116 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-65531-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2019] [Accepted: 04/29/2020] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) signals through its high affinity receptor Tropomyosin receptor kinase-B (TrkB) to regulate neuronal development, synapse formation and plasticity. In rodents, genetic disruption of Bdnf and TrkB leads to weight gain and a spectrum of neurobehavioural phenotypes. Here, we functionally characterised a de novo missense variant in BDNF and seven rare variants in TrkB identified in a large cohort of people with severe, childhood-onset obesity. In cells, the E183K BDNF variant resulted in impaired processing and secretion of the mature peptide. Multiple variants in the kinase domain and one variant in the extracellular domain of TrkB led to a loss of function through multiple signalling pathways, impaired neurite outgrowth and dominantly inhibited glutamatergic synaptogenesis in hippocampal neurons. BDNF/TrkB variant carriers exhibited learning difficulties, impaired memory, hyperactivity, stereotyped and sometimes, maladaptive behaviours. In conclusion, human loss of function BDNF/TrkB variants that impair hippocampal synaptogenesis may contribute to a spectrum of neurobehavioural disorders.
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- Takuhiro Sonoyama
- University of Cambridge Metabolic Research Laboratories and NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, Wellcome Trust-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK
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- University of Cambridge Metabolic Research Laboratories and NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, Wellcome Trust-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK
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- Integrative Physiology and Neuroscience, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, USA
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- University of Cambridge Metabolic Research Laboratories and NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, Wellcome Trust-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK
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- University of Cambridge Metabolic Research Laboratories and NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, Wellcome Trust-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Medicine (Medical Genetics), University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- University of Cambridge Metabolic Research Laboratories and NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, Wellcome Trust-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK
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- University of Cambridge Metabolic Research Laboratories and NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, Wellcome Trust-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, 80 Tennis Court Road, CB2 1QW, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Integrative Physiology and Neuroscience, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, USA
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- University of Cambridge Metabolic Research Laboratories and NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, Wellcome Trust-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, 80 Tennis Court Road, CB2 1QW, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- MRC Epidemiology Unit, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK
- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge, UK
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- University of Cambridge Metabolic Research Laboratories and NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, Wellcome Trust-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK
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- Integrative Physiology and Neuroscience, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, USA
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- Integrative Physiology and Neuroscience, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, USA.
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- University of Cambridge Metabolic Research Laboratories and NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, Wellcome Trust-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK.
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Kidd SL, Fowler E, Reinhardt T, Compton T, Mateu N, Newman H, Bellini D, Talon R, McLoughlin J, Krojer T, Aimon A, Bradley A, Fairhead M, Brear P, Díaz-Sáez L, McAuley K, Sore HF, Madin A, O'Donovan DH, Huber KVM, Hyvönen M, von Delft F, Dowson CG, Spring DR. Demonstration of the utility of DOS-derived fragment libraries for rapid hit derivatisation in a multidirectional fashion. Chem Sci 2020; 11:10792-10801. [PMID: 34094333 PMCID: PMC8162264 DOI: 10.1039/d0sc01232g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2020] [Accepted: 05/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Organic synthesis underpins the evolution of weak fragment hits into potent lead compounds. Deficiencies within current screening collections often result in the requirement of significant synthetic investment to enable multidirectional fragment growth, limiting the efficiency of the hit evolution process. Diversity-oriented synthesis (DOS)-derived fragment libraries are constructed in an efficient and modular fashion and thus are well-suited to address this challenge. To demonstrate the effective nature of such libraries within fragment-based drug discovery, we herein describe the screening of a 40-member DOS library against three functionally distinct biological targets using X-Ray crystallography. Firstly, we demonstrate the importance for diversity in aiding hit identification with four fragment binders resulting from these efforts. Moreover, we also exemplify the ability to readily access a library of analogues from cheap commercially available materials, which ultimately enabled the exploration of a minimum of four synthetic vectors from each molecule. In total, 10-14 analogues of each hit were rapidly accessed in three to six synthetic steps. Thus, we showcase how DOS-derived fragment libraries enable efficient hit derivatisation and can be utilised to remove the synthetic limitations encountered in early stage fragment-based drug discovery.
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- Sarah L Kidd
- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge Lensfield Road Cambridge CB2 1EW UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge Lensfield Road Cambridge CB2 1EW UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge Lensfield Road Cambridge CB2 1EW UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge Lensfield Road Cambridge CB2 1EW UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge Lensfield Road Cambridge CB2 1EW UK
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick Coventry UK
- Diamond Light Source Ltd., Harwell Science and Innovation Campus Didcot OX11 0QX UK
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick Coventry UK
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- Diamond Light Source Ltd., Harwell Science and Innovation Campus Didcot OX11 0QX UK
- Structural Genomics Consortium (SGC), University of Oxford Oxford OX3 7DQ UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge Tennis Court Road Cambridge CB2 1GA UK
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- Target Discovery Institute, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford Oxford UK
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- Diamond Light Source Ltd., Harwell Science and Innovation Campus Didcot OX11 0QX UK
- Structural Genomics Consortium (SGC), University of Oxford Oxford OX3 7DQ UK
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- Diamond Light Source Ltd., Harwell Science and Innovation Campus Didcot OX11 0QX UK
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- Structural Genomics Consortium (SGC), University of Oxford Oxford OX3 7DQ UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge Tennis Court Road Cambridge CB2 1GA UK
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- Structural Genomics Consortium (SGC), University of Oxford Oxford OX3 7DQ UK
- Target Discovery Institute, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford Oxford UK
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- Diamond Light Source Ltd., Harwell Science and Innovation Campus Didcot OX11 0QX UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge Lensfield Road Cambridge CB2 1EW UK
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- Hit Discovery, Discovery Sciences, R&D, AstraZeneca Cambridge UK
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- Structural Genomics Consortium (SGC), University of Oxford Oxford OX3 7DQ UK
- Target Discovery Institute, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford Oxford UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge Tennis Court Road Cambridge CB2 1GA UK
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- Diamond Light Source Ltd., Harwell Science and Innovation Campus Didcot OX11 0QX UK
- Structural Genomics Consortium (SGC), University of Oxford Oxford OX3 7DQ UK
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Johannesburg Auckland Park 2006 South Africa
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge Lensfield Road Cambridge CB2 1EW UK
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Negrini F, O’Grady K, Hyvönen M, Folta KM, Baraldi E. Genomic structure and transcript analysis of the Rapid Alkalinization Factor (RALF) gene family during host-pathogen crosstalk in Fragaria vesca and Fragaria x ananassa strawberry. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0226448. [PMID: 32214345 PMCID: PMC7098601 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0226448] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2019] [Accepted: 03/01/2020] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Rapid Alkalinization Factors (RALFs) are cysteine-rich peptides ubiquitous within plant kingdom. They play multiple roles as hormonal signals in diverse processes, including root elongation, cell growth, pollen tube development, and fertilization. Their involvement in host-pathogen crosstalk as negative regulators of immunity in Arabidopsis has also been recognized. In addition, peptides homologous to RALF are secreted by different fungal pathogens as effectors during early stages of infection. Previous studies have identified nine RALF genes in the diploid strawberry (Fragaria vesca) genome. This work describes the genomic organization of the RALF gene families in commercial octoploid strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa) and the re-annotated genome of F. vesca, and then compares findings with orthologs in Arabidopsis thaliana. We reveal the presence of 15 RALF genes in F. vesca genotype Hawaii 4 and 50 in Fragaria x ananassa cv. Camarosa, showing a non-homogenous localization of genes among the different Fragaria x ananassa subgenomes. Expression analysis of Fragaria x ananassa RALF genes upon infection with Colletotrichum acutatum or Botrytis cinerea showed that FanRALF3-1 was the only fruit RALF gene upregulated after fungal infection. In silico analysis was used to identify distinct pathogen inducible elements upstream of the FanRALF3-1 gene. Agroinfiltration of strawberry fruit with deletion constructs of the FanRALF3-1 promoter identified a 5' region required for FanRALF3-1 expression in fruit, but failed to identify a region responsible for fungal induced expression.
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- Francesca Negrini
- Laboratory of Plant Pathology and Biotechnology, DISTAL, University of Bologna, Bologna Italy
- Horticultural Sciences Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
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- Horticultural Sciences Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Horticultural Sciences Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Plant Pathology and Biotechnology, DISTAL, University of Bologna, Bologna Italy
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Xu ER, Lafita A, Bateman A, Hyvönen M. The thrombospondin module 1 domain of the matricellular protein CCN3 shows an atypical disulfide pattern and incomplete CWR layers. Acta Crystallogr D Struct Biol 2020; 76:124-134. [PMID: 32038043 DOI: 10.1107/s2059798319016747] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2019] [Accepted: 12/14/2019] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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The members of the CCN (Cyr61/CTGF/Nov) family are a group of matricellular regulatory proteins that are essential to a wide range of functional pathways in cell signalling. Through interacting with extracellular matrix components and growth factors via one of their four domains, the CCN proteins are involved in critical biological processes such as angiogenesis, cell proliferation, bone development, fibrogenesis and tumorigenesis. Here, the crystal structure of the thrombospondin module 1 (TSP1) domain of CCN3 (previously known as Nov) is presented, which shares a similar three-stranded fold with the thrombospondin type 1 repeats of thrombospondin-1 and spondin-1, but with variations in the disulfide connectivity. Moreover, the CCN3 TSP1 domain lacks the typical π-stacked ladder of charged and aromatic residues on one side of the domain that is seen in other TSP1 domains. Using conservation analysis among orthologous domains, it is shown that a charged cluster in the centre of the domain is the most conserved site and this cluster is predicted to be a potential functional epitope for heparan sulfate binding. This variant TSP1 domain has also been used to revise the sequence determinants of TSP1 domains and to derive improved Pfam sequence profiles for the identification of novel TSP1 domains in more than 10 000 proteins across diverse phyla.
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- Emma Ruoqi Xu
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, 80 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1GA, England
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton CB10 1SD, England
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton CB10 1SD, England
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, 80 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1GA, England
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Sharma K, Strizhak AV, Fowler E, Wang X, Xu W, Hatt Jensen C, Wu Y, Sore HF, Lau YH, Hyvönen M, Itzhaki LS, Spring DR. Water-soluble, stable and azide-reactive strained dialkynes for biocompatible double strain-promoted click chemistry. Org Biomol Chem 2020; 17:8014-8018. [PMID: 31418442 DOI: 10.1039/c9ob01745c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The Sondheimer dialkyne is extensively used in double strain-promoted azide-alkyne cycloadditions. This reagent suffers with poor water-solubility and rapidly decomposes in aqueous solutions. This intrinsically limits its application in biological systems, and no effective solutions are currently available. Herein, we report the development of novel highly water-soluble, stable, and azide-reactive strained dialkyne reagents. To demonstrate their extensive utility, we applied our novel dialkynes to a double strain-promoted macrocyclisation strategy to generate functionalised p53-based stapled peptides for inhibiting the oncogenic p53-MDM2 interaction. These functionalised stapled peptides bind MDM2 with low nanomolar affinity and show p53 activation in a cellular environment. Overall, our highly soluble, stable and azide-reactive dialkynes offer significant advantages over the currently used Sondheimer dialkyne, and could be utilised for numerous biological applications.
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- Krishna Sharma
- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK
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Sharma P, Mahen R, Rossmann M, Stokes JE, Hardwick B, Huggins DJ, Emery A, Kunciw DL, Hyvönen M, Spring DR, McKenzie GJ, Venkitaraman AR. A cryptic hydrophobic pocket in the polo-box domain of the polo-like kinase PLK1 regulates substrate recognition and mitotic chromosome segregation. Sci Rep 2019; 9:15930. [PMID: 31685831 PMCID: PMC6828814 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-50702-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2018] [Accepted: 07/26/2019] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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The human polo-like kinase PLK1 coordinates mitotic chromosome segregation by phosphorylating multiple chromatin- and kinetochore-binding proteins. How PLK1 activity is directed to specific substrates via phosphopeptide recognition by its carboxyl-terminal polo-box domain (PBD) is poorly understood. Here, we combine molecular, structural and chemical biology to identify a determinant for PLK1 substrate recognition that is essential for proper chromosome segregation. We show that mutations ablating an evolutionarily conserved, Tyr-lined pocket in human PLK1 PBD trigger cellular anomalies in mitotic progression and timing. Tyr pocket mutations selectively impair PLK1 binding to the kinetochore phosphoprotein substrate PBIP1, but not to the centrosomal substrate NEDD1. Through a structure-guided approach, we develop a small-molecule inhibitor, Polotyrin, which occupies the Tyr pocket. Polotyrin recapitulates the mitotic defects caused by mutations in the Tyr pocket, further evidencing its essential function, and exemplifying a new approach for selective PLK1 inhibition. Thus, our findings support a model wherein substrate discrimination via the Tyr pocket in the human PLK1 PBD regulates mitotic chromosome segregation to preserve genome integrity.
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- Pooja Sharma
- The Medical Research Council Cancer Unit, University of Cambridge, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 0XZ, United Kingdom
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- The Medical Research Council Cancer Unit, University of Cambridge, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 0XZ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, 80 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1GA, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, United Kingdom
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- The Medical Research Council Cancer Unit, University of Cambridge, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 0XZ, United Kingdom
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- Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB3 0HE, United Kingdom
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- The Medical Research Council Cancer Unit, University of Cambridge, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 0XZ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, 80 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1GA, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, United Kingdom
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- The Medical Research Council Cancer Unit, University of Cambridge, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 0XZ, United Kingdom
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- The Medical Research Council Cancer Unit, University of Cambridge, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 0XZ, United Kingdom.
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Iegre J, Brear P, Baker DJ, Tan YS, Atkinson EL, Sore HF, O' Donovan DH, Verma CS, Hyvönen M, Spring DR. Efficient development of stable and highly functionalised peptides targeting the CK2α/CK2β protein-protein interaction. Chem Sci 2019; 10:5056-5063. [PMID: 31183056 PMCID: PMC6530537 DOI: 10.1039/c9sc00798a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2019] [Accepted: 04/11/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The discovery of new Protein-Protein Interaction (PPI) modulators is currently limited by the difficulties associated with the design and synthesis of selective small molecule inhibitors. Peptides are a potential solution for disrupting PPIs; however, they typically suffer from poor stability in vivo and limited tissue penetration hampering their wide spread use as new chemical biology tools and potential therapeutics. In this work, a combination of CuAAC chemistry, molecular modelling, X-ray crystallography, and biological validation allowed us to develop highly functionalised peptide PPI inhibitors of the protein CK2. The lead peptide, CAM7117, prevents the formation of the holoenzyme assembly in vitro, slows down proliferation, induces apoptosis in cancer cells and is stable in human serum. CAM7117 could aid the development of novel CK2 inhibitors acting at the interface and help to fully understand the intracellular pathways involving CK2. Importantly, the approach adopted herein could be applied to many PPI targets and has the potential to ease the study of PPIs by efficiently providing access to functionalised peptides.
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- Jessica Iegre
- Department of Chemistry , University of Cambridge , Lensfield Road , CB2 1EW , Cambridge , UK .
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- Department of Biochemistry , University of Cambridge , Tennis Court Road , CB2 1GA , Cambridge , UK .
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- Discovery Sciences , IMED Biotech Unit , AstraZeneca , Cambridge , UK
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- Bioinformatics Institute , Agency for Science, Technology and Research (ASTAR) , 30 Biopolis Street, #07-01 Matrix , Singapore 138671
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Cambridge , Lensfield Road , CB2 1EW , Cambridge , UK .
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Cambridge , Lensfield Road , CB2 1EW , Cambridge , UK .
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- Bioinformatics Institute , Agency for Science, Technology and Research (ASTAR) , 30 Biopolis Street, #07-01 Matrix , Singapore 138671
- Department of Biological Sciences , National University of Singapore , 14 Science Drive 4 , Singapore 117543
- School of Biological Sciences , Nanyang Technological University , 60 Nanyang Drive , Singapore 637551
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- Department of Biochemistry , University of Cambridge , Tennis Court Road , CB2 1GA , Cambridge , UK .
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Cambridge , Lensfield Road , CB2 1EW , Cambridge , UK .
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Urbischek M, Rannikmae H, Foets T, Ravn K, Hyvönen M, de la Roche M. Organoid culture media formulated with growth factors of defined cellular activity. Sci Rep 2019; 9:6193. [PMID: 30996238 PMCID: PMC6470207 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-42604-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2018] [Accepted: 04/03/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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The media formulations necessary for deriving and sustaining organoids from epithelial tissues such as prostate, colon, gastric, liver, pancreas, and others have been established. Critical components of organoid media are a set of growth factors that include R-spondins and BMP signalling antagonists such as Noggin or Gremlin 1. Currently, the practical limitations for formulating organoid media of reproducible potency and larger-scale media production that have hampered further technological applications of organoid technology include: the cost of growth factors such as R-spondins and Gremlin 1/Noggin and their production as defined specific activities free of contaminants that may affect organoid growth. Here we report the production of highly pure recombinant Gremlin 1 and R-spondin 1 from bacterial expression for use in organoid media. We detail the workflow for Gremlin 1 and R-spondin 1 expression, purification, quantification of cellular activity, quality control and use in media formulated for culturing organoids derived from a number of tissues. The development of precisely formulated, cost-effective media of defined specific activity will engender the development of novel applications for organoid technology.
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- Manuela Urbischek
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
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Walsh SJ, Omarjee S, Galloway WRJD, Kwan TTL, Sore HF, Parker JS, Hyvönen M, Carroll JS, Spring DR. A general approach for the site-selective modification of native proteins, enabling the generation of stable and functional antibody-drug conjugates. Chem Sci 2019; 10:694-700. [PMID: 30774870 PMCID: PMC6349026 DOI: 10.1039/c8sc04645j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2018] [Accepted: 11/06/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) are a class of targeted therapeutics that utilize the specificity of antibodies to selectively deliver highly potent cytotoxins to target cells. Although recent years have witnessed significant interest in ADCs, problems remain with the standard linkage chemistries used for cytotoxin-antibody bioconjugation. These typically (1) generate unstable constructs, which may lead to premature cytotoxin release, (2) often give a wide variance in drug-antibody ratios (DAR) and (3) have poor control of attachment location on the antibody, resulting in a variable pharmacokinetic profile. Herein, we report a novel divinylpyrimidine (DVP) linker platform for selective bioconjugation via covalent re-bridging of reduced disulfide bonds on native antibodies. Model studies using the non-engineered trastuzumab antibody validate the utility of this linker platform for the generic generation of highly plasma-stable and functional antibody constructs that incorporate variable biologically relevant payloads (including cytotoxins) in an efficient and site-selective manner with precise control over DAR. DVP linkers were also used to efficiently re-bridge both monomeric and dimeric protein systems, demonstrating their potential utility for general protein modification, protein stabilisation or the development of other protein-conjugate therapeutics.
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- Stephen J Walsh
- Department of Chemistry , University of Cambridge , Cambridge , CB2 1EW , UK .
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- Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute , University of Cambridge , Cambridge , CB2 0RE , UK .
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Cambridge , Cambridge , CB2 1EW , UK .
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Cambridge , Cambridge , CB2 1EW , UK .
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- Early Chemical Development , Pharmaceutical Development , IMED Biotech Unit , AstraZeneca , Macclesfield , UK
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- Department of Biochemistry , University of Cambridge , Cambridge , CB2 1GA , UK
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- Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute , University of Cambridge , Cambridge , CB2 0RE , UK .
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Cambridge , Cambridge , CB2 1EW , UK .
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Walsh SJ, Omarjee S, Galloway WRJD, Kwan TTL, Sore HF, Parker JS, Hyvönen M, Carroll JS, Spring DR. Correction: A general approach for the site-selective modification of native proteins, enabling the generation of stable and functional antibody-drug conjugates. Chem Sci 2019; 10:633-634. [PMID: 30778404 PMCID: PMC6343550 DOI: 10.1039/c8sc90248h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2018] [Accepted: 11/28/2018] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1039/C8SC04645J.].
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- Stephen J Walsh
- Department of Chemistry , University of Cambridge , Cambridge , CB2 1EW , UK .
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- Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute , University of Cambridge , Cambridge , CB2 0RE , UK .
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Cambridge , Cambridge , CB2 1EW , UK .
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Cambridge , Cambridge , CB2 1EW , UK .
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- Early Chemical Development , Pharmaceutical Development , IMED Biotech Unit , AstraZeneca , Macclesfield , UK
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- Department of Biochemistry , University of Cambridge , Cambridge , CB2 1GA , UK
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- Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute , University of Cambridge , Cambridge , CB2 0RE , UK .
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Cambridge , Cambridge , CB2 1EW , UK .
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van Loo B, Bayer CD, Fischer G, Jonas S, Valkov E, Mohamed MF, Vorobieva A, Dutruel C, Hyvönen M, Hollfelder F. Balancing Specificity and Promiscuity in Enzyme Evolution: Multidimensional Activity Transitions in the Alkaline Phosphatase Superfamily. J Am Chem Soc 2018; 141:370-387. [PMID: 30497259 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b10290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Highly proficient, promiscuous enzymes can be springboards for functional evolution, able to avoid loss of function during adaptation by their capacity to promote multiple reactions. We employ a systematic comparative study of structure, sequence, and substrate specificity to track the evolution of specificity and reactivity between promiscuous members of clades of the alkaline phosphatase (AP) superfamily. Construction of a phylogenetic tree of protein sequences maps out the likely transition zone between arylsulfatases (ASs) and phosphonate monoester hydrolases (PMHs). Kinetic analysis shows that all enzymes characterized have four chemically distinct phospho- and sulfoesterase activities, with rate accelerations ranging from 1011- to 1017-fold for their primary and 109- to 1012-fold for their promiscuous reactions, suggesting that catalytic promiscuity is widespread in the AP-superfamily. This functional characterization and crystallography reveal a novel class of ASs that is so similar in sequence to known PMHs that it had not been recognized as having diverged in function. Based on analysis of snapshots of catalytic promiscuity "in transition", we develop possible models that would allow functional evolution and determine scenarios for trade-off between multiple activities. For the new ASs, we observe largely invariant substrate specificity that would facilitate the transition from ASs to PMHs via trade-off-free molecular exaptation, that is, evolution without initial loss of primary activity and specificity toward the original substrate. This ability to bypass low activity generalists provides a molecular solution to avoid adaptive conflict.
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- Bert van Loo
- Department of Biochemistry , University of Cambridge , Cambridge CB2 1GA , United Kingdom
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- Department of Biochemistry , University of Cambridge , Cambridge CB2 1GA , United Kingdom
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- Department of Biochemistry , University of Cambridge , Cambridge CB2 1GA , United Kingdom
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- Department of Biochemistry , University of Cambridge , Cambridge CB2 1GA , United Kingdom
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- Department of Biochemistry , University of Cambridge , Cambridge CB2 1GA , United Kingdom
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- Department of Biochemistry , University of Cambridge , Cambridge CB2 1GA , United Kingdom
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- Department of Biochemistry , University of Cambridge , Cambridge CB2 1GA , United Kingdom
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- Department of Biochemistry , University of Cambridge , Cambridge CB2 1GA , United Kingdom
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- Department of Biochemistry , University of Cambridge , Cambridge CB2 1GA , United Kingdom
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- Department of Biochemistry , University of Cambridge , Cambridge CB2 1GA , United Kingdom
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Iegre J, Gaynord JS, Robertson NS, Sore HF, Hyvönen M, Spring DR. Two-Component Stapling of Biologically Active and Conformationally Constrained Peptides: Past, Present, and Future. Adv Therap 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/adtp.201800052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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- Jessica Iegre
- Department of Chemistry; University of Cambridge; Cambridge CB2 1EW UK
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- Department of Chemistry; University of Cambridge; Cambridge CB2 1EW UK
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- Department of Biochemistry; University of Cambridge; Cambridge CB2 1GA UK
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- Department of Chemistry; University of Cambridge; Cambridge CB2 1EW UK
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Brear P, North A, Iegre J, Hadje Georgiou K, Lubin A, Carro L, Green W, Sore HF, Hyvönen M, Spring DR. Novel non-ATP competitive small molecules targeting the CK2 α/β interface. Bioorg Med Chem 2018; 26:3016-3020. [PMID: 29759799 PMCID: PMC6562204 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2018.05.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2018] [Revised: 05/07/2018] [Accepted: 05/08/2018] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Increased CK2 levels are prevalent in many cancers. Combined with the critical role CK2 plays in many cell-signaling pathways, this makes it a prime target for down regulation to fight tumour growth. Herein, we report a fragment-based approach to inhibiting the interaction between CK2α and CK2β at the α-β interface of the holoenzyme. A fragment, CAM187, with an IC50 of 44 μM and a molecular weight of only 257 gmol-1 has been identified as the most promising compound. Importantly, the lead fragment only bound at the interface and was not observed in the ATP binding site of the protein when co-crystallised with CK2α. The fragment-like molecules discovered in this study represent unique scaffolds to CK2 inhibition and leave room for further optimisation.
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- Paul Brear
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Sanger Building, 80 Tennis Court Road, Old Addenbrooke's Site, Cambridge CB2 1GA, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Sanger Building, 80 Tennis Court Road, Old Addenbrooke's Site, Cambridge CB2 1GA, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK.
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Bhenderu LSS, Murray K, Stepurko N, Wang X, Hyvönen M, D'Arcy S. Comparing the Solution Conformation and Activin‐binding of Follistatin Isoforms. FASEB J 2018. [DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.2018.32.1_supplement.659.5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Department of Chemistry and BiochemistryThe University of Texas at DallasRichardsonTX
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- Department of BiochemistryUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeUnited Kingdom
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- Department of BiochemistryUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeUnited Kingdom
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- Department of BiochemistryUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeUnited Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry and BiochemistryThe University of Texas at DallasRichardsonTX
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van Loo B, Schober M, Valkov E, Heberlein M, Bornberg-Bauer E, Faber K, Hyvönen M, Hollfelder F. Structural and Mechanistic Analysis of the Choline Sulfatase from Sinorhizobium melliloti: A Class I Sulfatase Specific for an Alkyl Sulfate Ester. J Mol Biol 2018; 430:1004-1023. [PMID: 29458126 PMCID: PMC5870055 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2018.02.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2017] [Revised: 02/09/2018] [Accepted: 02/13/2018] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Hydrolysis of organic sulfate esters proceeds by two distinct mechanisms, water attacking at either sulfur (S-O bond cleavage) or carbon (C-O bond cleavage). In primary and secondary alkyl sulfates, attack at carbon is favored, whereas in aromatic sulfates and sulfated sugars, attack at sulfur is preferred. This mechanistic distinction is mirrored in the classification of enzymes that catalyze sulfate ester hydrolysis: arylsulfatases (ASs) catalyze S-O cleavage in sulfate sugars and arylsulfates, and alkyl sulfatases break the C-O bond of alkyl sulfates. Sinorhizobium meliloti choline sulfatase (SmCS) efficiently catalyzes the hydrolysis of alkyl sulfate choline-O-sulfate (kcat/KM=4.8×103s-1M-1) as well as arylsulfate 4-nitrophenyl sulfate (kcat/KM=12s-1M-1). Its 2.8-Å resolution X-ray structure shows a buried, largely hydrophobic active site in which a conserved glutamate (Glu386) plays a role in recognition of the quaternary ammonium group of the choline substrate. SmCS structurally resembles members of the alkaline phosphatase superfamily, being most closely related to dimeric ASs and tetrameric phosphonate monoester hydrolases. Although >70% of the amino acids between protomers align structurally (RMSDs 1.79-1.99Å), the oligomeric structures show distinctly different packing and protomer-protomer interfaces. The latter also play an important role in active site formation. Mutagenesis of the conserved active site residues typical for ASs, H218O-labeling studies and the observation of catalytically promiscuous behavior toward phosphoesters confirm the close relation to alkaline phosphatase superfamily members and suggest that SmCS is an AS that catalyzes S-O cleavage in alkyl sulfate esters with extreme catalytic proficiency.
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- Bert van Loo
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, 80 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1GA, United Kingdom; Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity, University of Münster, Hüfferstrasse 1, D-48149 Münster, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, 80 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1GA, United Kingdom; Department of Chemistry, Organic & Bioorganic Chemistry, University of Graz, Heinrichstrasse 28, A-8010 Graz, Austria
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, 80 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1GA, United Kingdom
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- Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity, University of Münster, Hüfferstrasse 1, D-48149 Münster, Germany
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- Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity, University of Münster, Hüfferstrasse 1, D-48149 Münster, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Organic & Bioorganic Chemistry, University of Graz, Heinrichstrasse 28, A-8010 Graz, Austria
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, 80 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1GA, United Kingdom.
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, 80 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1GA, United Kingdom.
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Iegre J, Brear P, De Fusco C, Yoshida M, Mitchell SL, Rossmann M, Carro L, Sore HF, Hyvönen M, Spring DR. Second-generation CK2α inhibitors targeting the αD pocket. Chem Sci 2018; 9:3041-3049. [PMID: 29732088 PMCID: PMC5916021 DOI: 10.1039/c7sc05122k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2017] [Accepted: 02/17/2018] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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CK2 is a critical cell cycle regulator that also promotes various anti-apoptotic mechanisms. Development of ATP-non-competitive inhibitors of CK2 is a very attractive strategy considering that the ATP binding site is highly conserved among other kinases. We have previously utilised a pocket outside the active site to develop a novel CK2 inhibitor, CAM4066. Whilst CAM4066 bound to this new pocket it was also interacting with the ATP site: herein, we describe an example of a CK2α inhibitor that binds completely outside the active site. This second generation αD-site binding inhibitor, compound CAM4712 (IC50 = 7 μM, GI50 = 10.0 ± 3.6 μM), has numerous advantages over the previously reported CAM4066, including a reduction in the number of rotatable bonds, the absence of amide groups susceptible to the action of proteases and improved cellular permeability. Unlike with CAM4066, there was no need to facilitate cellular uptake by making a prodrug. Moreover, CAM4712 displayed no drop off between its ability to inhibit the kinase in vitro (IC50) and the ability to inhibit cell proliferation (GI50).
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- Jessica Iegre
- Department of Chemistry , University of Cambridge , CB2 1EW , Cambridge , UK .
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- Department of Biochemistry , University of Cambridge , CB2 1GA , Cambridge , UK .
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Cambridge , CB2 1EW , Cambridge , UK .
- Structure Biophysics & FBLG , Discovery Sciences , IMED Biotech Unit , AstraZeneca , Cambridge , UK
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Cambridge , CB2 1EW , Cambridge , UK .
- R&D Division , Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. , 1-2-58, Hiromachi, Shinagawa-ku , Tokyo 140-8710 , Japan
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Cambridge , CB2 1EW , Cambridge , UK .
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- Department of Biochemistry , University of Cambridge , CB2 1GA , Cambridge , UK .
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Cambridge , CB2 1EW , Cambridge , UK .
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Cambridge , CB2 1EW , Cambridge , UK .
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- Department of Biochemistry , University of Cambridge , CB2 1GA , Cambridge , UK .
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Cambridge , CB2 1EW , Cambridge , UK .
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Cotton TR, Fischer G, Wang X, McCoy JC, Czepnik M, Thompson TB, Hyvönen M. Structure of the human myostatin precursor and determinants of growth factor latency. EMBO J 2018; 37:367-383. [PMID: 29330193 DOI: 10.15252/embj.201797883] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [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: 07/28/2017] [Revised: 11/09/2017] [Accepted: 12/11/2017] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Myostatin, a key regulator of muscle mass in vertebrates, is biosynthesised as a latent precursor in muscle and is activated by sequential proteolysis of the pro-domain. To investigate the molecular mechanism by which pro-myostatin remains latent, we have determined the structure of unprocessed pro-myostatin and analysed the properties of the protein in its different forms. Crystal structures and SAXS analyses show that pro-myostatin adopts an open, V-shaped structure with a domain-swapped arrangement. The pro-mature complex, after cleavage of the furin site, has significantly reduced activity compared with the mature growth factor and persists as a stable complex that is resistant to the natural antagonist follistatin. The latency appears to be conferred by a number of distinct features that collectively stabilise the interaction of the pro-domains with the mature growth factor, enabling a regulated stepwise activation process, distinct from the prototypical pro-TGF-β1. These results provide a basis for understanding the effect of missense mutations in pro-myostatin and pave the way for the design of novel myostatin inhibitors.
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- Thomas R Cotton
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Biochemistry, and Microbiology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Biochemistry, and Microbiology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Biochemistry, and Microbiology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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Cole DJ, Janecek M, Stokes JE, Rossmann M, Faver JC, McKenzie GJ, Venkitaraman AR, Hyvönen M, Spring DR, Huggins DJ, Jorgensen WL. Computationally-guided optimization of small-molecule inhibitors of the Aurora A kinase-TPX2 protein-protein interaction. Chem Commun (Camb) 2017; 53:9372-9375. [PMID: 28787041 PMCID: PMC5591577 DOI: 10.1039/c7cc05379g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Free energy perturbation theory, in combination with enhanced sampling of protein-ligand binding modes, is evaluated in the context of fragment-based drug design, and used to design two new small-molecule inhibitors of the Aurora A kinase-TPX2 protein-protein interaction.
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- Daniel J. Cole
- Department of Chemistry , Yale University , New Haven , Connecticut 06520-8107 , USA , School of Chemistry , Newcastle University , Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU , UK .
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- MRC Cancer Unit , University of Cambridge , Hills Road , Cambridge CB2 0XZ , UK , Department of Chemistry , University of Cambridge , Lensfield Road , Cambridge CB2 1EW , UK
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Cambridge , Lensfield Road , Cambridge CB2 1EW , UK
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- Department of Biochemistry , University of Cambridge , 80 Tennis Court Road , Old Addenbrooke's Site , Cambridge CB2 1GA , UK
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- Department of Chemistry , Yale University , New Haven , Connecticut 06520-8107 , USA
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- MRC Cancer Unit , University of Cambridge , Hills Road , Cambridge CB2 0XZ , UK
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- Department of Biochemistry , University of Cambridge , 80 Tennis Court Road , Old Addenbrooke's Site , Cambridge CB2 1GA , UK
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Cambridge , Lensfield Road , Cambridge CB2 1EW , UK
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- MRC Cancer Unit , University of Cambridge , Hills Road , Cambridge CB2 0XZ , UK , Department of Chemistry , University of Cambridge , Lensfield Road , Cambridge CB2 1EW , UK , Theory of Condensed Matter Group , Cavendish Laboratory , 19 JJ Thomson Avenue , Cambridge CB3 0HE , UK
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- Department of Chemistry , Yale University , New Haven , Connecticut 06520-8107 , USA
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De Fusco C, Brear P, Iegre J, Georgiou KH, Sore HF, Hyvönen M, Spring DR. A fragment-based approach leading to the discovery of a novel binding site and the selective CK2 inhibitor CAM4066. Bioorg Med Chem 2017; 25:3471-3482. [PMID: 28495381 PMCID: PMC5587527 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2017.04.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2016] [Revised: 04/21/2017] [Accepted: 04/27/2017] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Recently we reported the discovery of a potent and selective CK2α inhibitor CAM4066. This compound inhibits CK2 activity by exploiting a pocket located outside the ATP binding site (αD pocket). Here we describe in detail the journey that led to the discovery of CAM4066 using the challenging fragment linking strategy. Specifically, we aimed to develop inhibitors by linking a high-affinity fragment anchored in the αD site to a weakly binding warhead fragment occupying the ATP site. Moreover, we describe the remarkable impact that molecular modelling had on the development of this novel chemical tool. The work described herein shows potential for the development of a novel class of CK2 inhibitors.
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- Claudia De Fusco
- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, 80 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1GA, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, 80 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1GA, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK
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Xu ER, Blythe EE, Fischer G, Hyvönen M. Structural analyses of von Willebrand factor C domains of collagen 2A and CCN3 reveal an alternative mode of binding to bone morphogenetic protein-2. J Biol Chem 2017; 292:12516-12527. [PMID: 28584056 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m117.788992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [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: 04/04/2017] [Revised: 05/18/2017] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) are secreted growth factors that promote differentiation processes in embryogenesis and tissue development. Regulation of BMP signaling involves binding to a variety of extracellular proteins, among which are many von Willebrand factor C (vWC) domain-containing proteins. Although the crystal structure of the complex of crossveinless-2 (CV-2) vWC1 and BMP-2 previously revealed one mode of the vWC/BMP-binding mechanism, other vWC domains may bind to BMP differently. Here, using X-ray crystallography, we present for the first time structures of the vWC domains of two proteins thought to interact with BMP-2: collagen IIA and matricellular protein CCN3. We found that these two vWC domains share a similar N-terminal fold that differs greatly from that in CV-2 vWC, which comprises its BMP-2-binding site. We analyzed the ability of these vWC domains to directly bind to BMP-2 and detected an interaction only between the collagen IIa vWC and BMP-2. Guided by the collagen IIa vWC domain crystal structure and conservation of surface residues among orthologous domains, we mapped the BMP-binding epitope on the subdomain 1 of the vWC domain. This binding site is different from that previously observed in the complex between CV-2 vWC and BMP-2, revealing an alternative mode of interaction between vWC domains and BMPs.
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- Emma-Ruoqi Xu
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1GA, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1GA, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1GA, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1GA, United Kingdom.
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Rossmann M, J Greive S, Moschetti T, Dinan M, Hyvönen M. Development of a multipurpose scaffold for the display of peptide loops. Protein Eng Des Sel 2017; 30:419-430. [PMID: 28444399 PMCID: PMC5897841 DOI: 10.1093/protein/gzx017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2016] [Revised: 02/26/2017] [Accepted: 03/28/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Protein-protein interactions (PPIs) determine a wide range of biological processes and analysis of these dynamic networks is increasingly becoming a mandatory tool for studying protein function. Using the globular ATPase domain of recombinase RadA as a scaffold, we have developed a peptide display system (RAD display), which allows for the presentation of target peptides, protein domains or full-length proteins and their rapid recombinant production in bacteria. The design of the RAD display system includes differently tagged versions of the scaffold, which allows for flexibility in the protein purification method, and chemical coupling for small molecule labeling or surface immobilization. When combined with the significant thermal stability of the RadA protein, these features create a versatile multipurpose scaffold system. Using various orthogonal biophysical techniques, we show that peptides displayed on the scaffold bind to their natural targets in a fashion similar to linear parent peptides. We use the examples of CK2β/CK2α kinase and TPX2/Aurora A kinase protein complexes to demonstrate that the peptide displayed by the RAD scaffold can be used in PPI studies with the same binding efficacy but at lower costs compared with their linear synthetic counterparts.
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- Maxim Rossmann
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, 80 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1GA, UK
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- York Structural Biology Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, 80 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1GA, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, 80 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1GA, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, 80 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1GA, UK. Correspondence:
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Pereira MR, Maester TC, Mercaldi GF, de Macedo Lemos EG, Hyvönen M, Balan A. From a metagenomic source to a high-resolution structure of a novel alkaline esterase. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2017; 101:4935-4949. [PMID: 28331945 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-017-8226-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [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: 07/31/2016] [Revised: 02/27/2017] [Accepted: 03/05/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Esterases catalyze the cleavage and formation of ester bonds and are members of the diverse family of α/β hydrolase fold. They are useful in industries from different sectors, such as food, detergent, fine chemicals, and biofuel production. In a previous work, 30 positive clones for lipolytic activity were identified from a metagenomic library of a microbial consortium specialized in diesel oil degradation. In this study, a putative gene encoding an esterase/lipase, denominated est8, has been cloned and the corresponding protein expressed recombinantly, purified to homogeneity and characterized functional and structurally. We show that the protein codified by est8 gene, denominated Est8, is an alkaline esterase with high catalytic efficiency against p-nitrophenyl acetate and stable in the presence of up to 10% dimethyl sulfoxide. The three-dimensional structure of Est8 was determined at 1.85-Ǻ resolution, allowing the characterization of the substrate-binding pocket and features that rationalize the preference of Est8 for short-chain substrates. In an attempt to increase the size of ligand-binding pocket and enzyme activity against distinct substrates of long chain, we mutated two residues (Met213 and Phe217) that block the substrate channel. A small increase in the reaction velocity for p-nitrophenyl butyrate and p-nitrophenyl valerate hydrolysis was observed. Activity against p-nitrophenyl acetate was reduced. The functional and structural characterization of Est8 is explored in comparison with orthologues.
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- Mariana Rangel Pereira
- National Laboratory of Biosciences (LNBio), Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM), Campinas, São Paulo State, Brazil.,University of São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, São Paulo State, Brazil.,Department of Technology, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Jaboticabal, São Paulo State, Brazil
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- University of São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, São Paulo State, Brazil.,Department of Technology, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Jaboticabal, São Paulo State, Brazil
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- National Laboratory of Biosciences (LNBio), Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM), Campinas, São Paulo State, Brazil.,Institute of Biology, University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo State, Brazil
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Microbiology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
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