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Sarkar AK, Debnath K, Arora H, Seth P, Jana NR, Jana NR. Direct Cellular Delivery of Exogenous Genetic Material and Protein via Colloidal Nano-Assemblies with Biopolymer. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2022; 14:3199-3206. [PMID: 34985241 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c22009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Direct cytosolic delivery of large biomolecules that bypass the endocytic pathways is a promising strategy for therapeutic applications. Recent works have shown that small-molecule, nanoparticle, and polymer-based carriers can be designed for direct cytosolic delivery. It has been shown that the specific surface chemistry of the carrier, nanoscale assembly between the carrier and cargo molecule, good colloidal stability, and low surface charge of the nano-assembly are critical for non-endocytic uptake processes. Here we report a guanidinium-terminated polyaspartic acid micelle for direct cytosolic delivery of protein and DNA. The polymer delivers the protein/DNA directly to the cytosol by forming a nano-assembly, and it is observed that <200 nm size of colloidal assembly with near-zero surface charge is critical for efficient cytosolic delivery. This work shows the importance of size and colloidal property of the nano-assembly for carrier-based cytosolic delivery of large biomolecules.
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- Ankan Kumar Sarkar
- School of Materials Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata 700032, India
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- Department of Pharmacology and Regenerative Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois 60612, United States
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- Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, National Brain Research Centre, Gurugram, Haryana 122052, India
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- Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, National Brain Research Centre, Gurugram, Haryana 122052, India
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- School of Bioscience, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur 721302, India
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- School of Materials Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata 700032, India
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Dubey AR, Jagtap YA, Kumar P, Patwa SM, Kinger S, Kumar A, Singh S, Prasad A, Jana NR, Mishra A. Biochemical strategies of E3 ubiquitin ligases target viruses in critical diseases. J Cell Biochem 2021; 123:161-182. [PMID: 34520596 DOI: 10.1002/jcb.30143] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2021] [Revised: 07/23/2021] [Accepted: 08/24/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Viruses are known to cause various diseases in human and also infect other species such as animal plants, fungi, and bacteria. Replication of viruses depends upon their interaction with hosts. Human cells are prone to such unwanted viral infections. Disintegration and reconstitution require host machinery and various macromolecules like DNA, RNA, and proteins are invaded by viral particles. E3 ubiquitin ligases are known for their specific function, that is, recognition of their respective substrates for intracellular degradation. Still, we do not understand how ubiquitin proteasome system-based enzymes E3 ubiquitin ligases do their functional interaction with different viruses. Whether E3 ubiquitin ligases help in the elimination of viral components or viruses utilize their molecular capabilities in their intracellular propagation is not clear. The first time our current article comprehends fundamental concepts and new insights on the different viruses and their interaction with various E3 Ubiquitin Ligases. In this review, we highlight the molecular pathomechanism of viruses linked with E3 Ubiquitin Ligases dependent mechanisms. An enhanced understanding of E3 Ubiquitin Ligase-mediated removal of viral proteins may open new therapeutic strategies against viral infections.
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- Ankur R Dubey
- Department of Bioscience and Bioengineering, Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology Unit, Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
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- Department of Bioscience and Bioengineering, Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology Unit, Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
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- Department of Bioscience and Bioengineering, Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology Unit, Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
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- Department of Bioscience and Bioengineering, Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology Unit, Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
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- Department of Bioscience and Bioengineering, Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology Unit, Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
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- Department of Biosciences and Biomedical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Indore, India
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- Department of Neuroscience and Ageing Biology, Division of Toxicology and Experimental Medicine, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- School of Basic Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, Mandi, India
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- School of Bioscience, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India
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- Department of Bioscience and Bioengineering, Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology Unit, Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
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Panja P, Debnath K, Jana NR, Jana NR. Surface Chemistry- and Intracellular Trafficking-Dependent Autophagy Induction by Iron Oxide Nanoparticles. ACS Appl Bio Mater 2020; 3:5974-5983. [DOI: 10.1021/acsabm.0c00640] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Prasanta Panja
- School of Material Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata 700032, India
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- School of Material Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata 700032, India
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- School of Bioscience, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur 721302, India
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- School of Material Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata 700032, India
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Mandal S, Panja P, Debnath K, Jana NR, Jana NR. Small-Molecule-Functionalized Hyperbranched Polyglycerol Dendrimers for Inhibiting Protein Aggregation. Biomacromolecules 2020; 21:3270-3278. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.0c00713] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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- Suman Mandal
- School of Material Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata 700032, India
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- School of Material Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata 700032, India
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- School of Material Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata 700032, India
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- School of Bioscience, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur 721302, India
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- School of Material Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata 700032, India
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Mandal S, Debnath K, Jana NR, Jana NR. Trehalose-Conjugated, Catechin-Loaded Polylactide Nanoparticles for Improved Neuroprotection against Intracellular Polyglutamine Aggregates. Biomacromolecules 2020; 21:1578-1586. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.0c00143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Suman Mandal
- Centre for Advanced Materials and School of Material Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata 700032, India
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- Centre for Advanced Materials and School of Material Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata 700032, India
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- School of Bioscience, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur 721302, India
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- Centre for Advanced Materials and School of Material Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata 700032, India
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Pradhan N, Shekhar S, Jana NR, Jana NR. Correction to "Sugar-Terminated Nanoparticle Chaperones Are 10 2-10 5 Times Better Than Molecular Sugars in Inhibiting Protein Aggregation and Reducing Amyloidogenic Cytotoxicity". ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2019; 11:32577. [PMID: 31436402 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b14093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Debnath K, Jana NR, Jana NR. Quercetin Encapsulated Polymer Nanoparticle for Inhibiting Intracellular Polyglutamine Aggregation. ACS Appl Bio Mater 2019; 2:5298-5305. [DOI: 10.1021/acsabm.9b00518] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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- Koushik Debnath
- Centre for Advanced Materials and School of Material Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata 700032, India
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- School of Bioscience, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur 721302, India
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- Centre for Advanced Materials and School of Material Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata 700032, India
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Debnath K, Pradhan N, Singh BK, Jana NR, Jana NR. Correction to Poly(trehalose) Nanoparticles Prevent Amyloid Aggregation and Suppress Polyglutamine Aggregation in a Huntington's Disease Model Mouse. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2019; 11:30508. [PMID: 31386335 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b12769] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Inhibiting protein aggregation under intra-/extracellular space and clearing protein aggregates from the brain are two critical issues for the treatment of various neurodegenerative diseases. Although a variety of anti-amyloidogenic chemicals/biochemicals have been identified for inhibiting such protein aggregation, clearing protein aggregates is a challenging issue. Here we report a designed biopolymer micelle of 15-30 nm hydrodynamic size that can clear protein aggregates from cells via an up-regulated autophagy process. The polymer has a polyaspartic acid backbone and is functionalized with fatty amine, arginine, and primary amine for inducing self-assembly, enhancing cell uptake, and up-regulating autophagy processes, respectively. The polymer micelle (PM) enters into the cell via lipid raft endocytosis, is transported to the perinuclear region where the protein oligomer/aggregate predominantly localizes, clears aggregated protein from the cell, and enhances the cell's survival against toxic protein aggregates. The designed PM may be used as a drug delivery carrier for anti-amyloidogenic drugs for enhanced efficacy in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases.
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- Koushik Debnath
- Centre for Advanced Materials and School of Materials Science, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, 2A & 2B Raja S. C. Mullick Road, Kolkata 700032, India
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- Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience Laboratory, National Brain Research Centre, Manesar, NH-8, Gurgaon 122051, India
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- Centre for Advanced Materials and School of Materials Science, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, 2A & 2B Raja S. C. Mullick Road, Kolkata 700032, India
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Pradhan N, Debnath K, Mandal S, Jana NR, Jana NR. Antiamyloidogenic Chemical/Biochemical-Based Designed Nanoparticle as Artificial Chaperone for Efficient Inhibition of Protein Aggregation. Biomacromolecules 2018; 19:1721-1731. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.8b00671] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- Nibedita Pradhan
- Centre for Advanced Materials, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata 700032, India
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- Centre for Advanced Materials, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata 700032, India
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- Centre for Advanced Materials, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata 700032, India
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- Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience Laboratory, National Brain Research Centre, Manesar, Gurgaon 122051, India
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- Centre for Advanced Materials, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata 700032, India
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Nelson VK, Ali A, Dutta N, Ghosh S, Jana M, Ganguli A, Komarov A, Paul S, Dwivedi V, Chatterjee S, Jana NR, Lakhotia SC, Chakrabarti G, Misra AK, Mandal SC, Pal M. Azadiradione ameliorates polyglutamine expansion disease in Drosophila by potentiating DNA binding activity of heat shock factor 1. Oncotarget 2018; 7:78281-78296. [PMID: 27835876 PMCID: PMC5346638 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.12930] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [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: 06/27/2016] [Accepted: 08/21/2016] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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Aggregation of proteins with the expansion of polyglutamine tracts in the brain underlies progressive genetic neurodegenerative diseases (NDs) like Huntington's disease and spinocerebellar ataxias (SCA). An insensitive cellular proteotoxic stress response to non-native protein oligomers is common in such conditions. Indeed, upregulation of heat shock factor 1 (HSF1) function and its target protein chaperone expression has shown promising results in animal models of NDs. Using an HSF1 sensitive cell based reporter screening, we have isolated azadiradione (AZD) from the methanolic extract of seeds of Azadirachta indica, a plant known for its multifarious medicinal properties. We show that AZD ameliorates toxicity due to protein aggregation in cell and fly models of polyglutamine expansion diseases to a great extent. All these effects are correlated with activation of HSF1 function and expression of its target protein chaperone genes. Notably, HSF1 activation by AZD is independent of cellular HSP90 or proteasome function. Furthermore, we show that AZD directly interacts with purified human HSF1 with high specificity, and facilitates binding of HSF1 to its recognition sequence with higher affinity. These unique findings qualify AZD as an ideal lead molecule for consideration for drug development against NDs that affect millions worldwide.
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- Vinod K Nelson
- Division of Molecular Medicine, Bose Institute, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.,Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Pharmacognosy and Phytotherapy Laboratory, Jadavpur University, Jadavpur, West Bengal, India
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- Division of Molecular Medicine, Bose Institute, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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- Division of Molecular Medicine, Bose Institute, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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- Division of Molecular Medicine, Bose Institute, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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- Division of Molecular Medicine, Bose Institute, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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- Dr. B. C. Guha Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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- Cellecta Inc, Mountain View, California, United States of America
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- Division of Molecular Medicine, Bose Institute, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Zoology, Cytogenetics Laboratory, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience Laboratory, National Brain Research Institute, Manesar, Gurgaon, Haryana, India
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- Department of Zoology, Cytogenetics Laboratory, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Dr. B. C. Guha Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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- Division of Molecular Medicine, Bose Institute, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Pharmacognosy and Phytotherapy Laboratory, Jadavpur University, Jadavpur, West Bengal, India
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- Division of Molecular Medicine, Bose Institute, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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Trehalose is a well-known antiamyloidogenic molecule that inhibits protein aggregation under the intracellular/extracellular condition, and recent work shows that the nanoparticle form of trehalose can further enhance this performance. Here we have designed a trehalose-functionalized Au nanoparticle that can inhibit the aggregation of a polyglutamine-containing mutant protein inside the neuronal cell. Designed nanoparticles have a 20-30 nm Au core with about 350 ± 50 trehalose molecules per particle on the surface on average. They enter the cell, inhibit mutant protein aggregation, and enhance the cell survival against toxic protein aggregates. This work extends the application potential of trehalose for the understanding and treatment of different diseases involving protein aggregation.
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- Suman Mandal
- Centre for Advanced Materials, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science , Kolkata 700032, India
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- Centre for Advanced Materials, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science , Kolkata 700032, India
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- Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience Laboratory, National Brain Research Centre , Manesar, Gurgaon 122051, India
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- Centre for Advanced Materials, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science , Kolkata 700032, India
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Pradhan N, Shekhar S, Jana NR, Jana NR. Sugar-Terminated Nanoparticle Chaperones Are 10 2-10 5 Times Better Than Molecular Sugars in Inhibiting Protein Aggregation and Reducing Amyloidogenic Cytotoxicity. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2017; 9:10554-10566. [PMID: 28272865 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b01886] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [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: 06/06/2023]
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Sugar-based osmolyte molecules are known to stabilize proteins under stress, but usually they have poor chaperone performance in inhibiting protein aggregation. Here, we show that the nanoparticle form of sugars molecule can enhance their chaperone performance typically by 102-105 times, compared to molecular sugar. Sugar-based plate-like nanoparticles of 20-40 nm hydrodynamic size have been synthesized by simple heating of acidic aqueous solution of glucose/sucrose/maltose/trehalose. These nanoparticles have excitation-dependent green/yellow/orange emission and surface chemistry identical to the respective sugar molecule. Fibrillation of lysozyme/insulin/amyloid beta in extracellular space, aggregation of mutant huntingtin protein inside model neuronal cell, and cytotoxic effect of fibrils are investigated in the presence of these sugar nanoparticles. We found that sugar nanoparticles are 102-105 times efficient than respective sugar molecules in inhibiting protein fibrillation and preventing cytotoxicity arising of fibrils. We propose that better performance of the nanoparticle form is linked to its stronger binding with fibril structure and enhanced cell uptake. This result suggests that nanoparticle form of osmolyte can be an attractive option in prevention and curing of protein aggregation-derived diseases.
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- Nibedita Pradhan
- Centre for Advanced Materials, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science , Kolkata-700032, India
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- Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience Laboratory, National Brain Research Centre , Manesar, Gurgaon-122051, India
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- Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience Laboratory, National Brain Research Centre , Manesar, Gurgaon-122051, India
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- Centre for Advanced Materials, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science , Kolkata-700032, India
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Debnath K, Shekhar S, Kumar V, Jana NR, Jana NR. Efficient Inhibition of Protein Aggregation, Disintegration of Aggregates, and Lowering of Cytotoxicity by Green Tea Polyphenol-Based Self-Assembled Polymer Nanoparticles. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2016; 8:20309-20318. [PMID: 27427935 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b06853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Green tea polyphenol epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) is known for its antiamyloidogenic property, and it is observed that molecular EGCG binds with amyloid structure, redirects fibrillation kinetics, remodels mature fibril, and lowers the amyloid-derived toxicity. However, this unique property of EGCG is difficult to utilize because of their poor chemical stability and substandard bioavailability. Here we report a nanoparticle form of EGCG of 25 nm size (nano-EGCG) which is 10-100 times more efficient than molecular EGCG in inhibiting protein aggregation, disintegrating mature protein aggregates, and lowering amyloidogenic cytotoxicity. The most attractive advantage of nano-EGCG is that it efficiently protects neuronal cells from the toxic effect of extracellular amyloid beta or intracellular mutant huntingtin protein aggregates by preventing their aggregation. We found that the better performance of nano-EGCG is due to the combined effect of increased chemical stability of EGCG against degradation, stronger binding with protein aggregates, and efficient entry into the cell for interaction with aggregated protein structure. This result indicates that the nanoparticle form of antiamyloidogenic molecules can be more powerful in prevention and curing of protein aggregation derived diseases.
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- Koushik Debnath
- Centre for Advanced Materials, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science , Kolkata 700032, India
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- Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience Laboratory, National Brain Research Centre , Manesar, Gurgaon 122051, India
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- Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience Laboratory, National Brain Research Centre , Manesar, Gurgaon 122051, India
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- Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience Laboratory, National Brain Research Centre , Manesar, Gurgaon 122051, India
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- Centre for Advanced Materials, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science , Kolkata 700032, India
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Palmal S, Maity AR, Singh BK, Basu S, Jana NR, Jana NR. Inhibition of amyloid fibril growth and dissolution of amyloid fibrils by curcumin-gold nanoparticles. Chemistry 2014; 20:6184-91. [PMID: 24691975 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201400079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [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: 01/08/2014] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Inhibition of amyloid fibrillation and clearance of amyloid fibrils/plaques are essential for the prevention and treatment of various neurodegenerative disorders involving protein aggregation. Herein, we report curcumin-functionalized gold nanoparticles (Au-curcumin) of hydrodynamic diameter 10-25 nm, which serve to inhibit amyloid fibrillation and disintegrate/dissolve amyloid fibrils. In nanoparticle form, curcumin is water-soluble and can efficiently interact with amyloid protein/peptide, offering enhanced performance in inhibiting amyloid fibrillation and dissolving amyloid fibrils. Our results imply that nanoparticle-based artificial molecular chaperones may offer a promising therapeutic approach to combat neurodegenerative disease.
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- Sharbari Palmal
- Centre for Advanced Materials, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata-700032 (India)
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Baksi S, Jana NR, Bhattacharyya NP, Mukhopadhyay D. Grb2 is regulated by foxd3 and has roles in preventing accumulation and aggregation of mutant huntingtin. PLoS One 2013; 8:e76792. [PMID: 24116161 PMCID: PMC3792889 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0076792] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2013] [Accepted: 09/03/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Growth factor receptor protein binding protein 2 (Grb2) is known to be associated with intracellular growth and proliferation related signaling cascades. Huntingtin (Htt), a ubiquitously expressed protein, when mutated, forms toxic intracellular aggregates - the hallmark of Huntington’s disease (HD). We observed an elevated expression of Grb2 in neuronal cells in animal and cell models of HD. Grb2 overexpression was predominantly regulated by the transcription factor Forkhead Box D3 (Foxd3). Exogenous expression of Grb2 also reduced aggregation of mutant Htt in Neuro2A cells. Grb2 is also known to interact with Htt, depending on epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) activation. Grb2- mutant Htt interaction in the contrary, took place in vesicular structures, independent of EGFR activation that eventually merged with autophagosomes and activated the autophagy machinery helping in autophagosome and lysosome fusion. Grb2, with its emerging dual role, holds promise for a survival mechanism for HD.
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- Shounak Baksi
- Structural Genomics Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata, India
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- Division of Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, National Brain Research Centre, Manesar, Haryana, India
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- Structural Genomics Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata, India
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Ghose J, Sinha M, Das E, Jana NR, Bhattacharyya NP. Regulation of miR-146a by RelA/NFkB and p53 in STHdh(Q111)/Hdh(Q111) cells, a cell model of Huntington's disease. PLoS One 2011; 6:e23837. [PMID: 21887328 PMCID: PMC3162608 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0023837] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2010] [Accepted: 07/28/2011] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Huntington's disease (HD) is caused by the expansion of N-terminal polymorphic poly Q stretch of the protein huntingtin (HTT). Deregulated microRNAs and loss of function of transcription factors recruited to mutant HTT aggregates could cause characteristic transcriptional deregulation associated with HD. We observed earlier that expressions of miR-125b, miR-146a and miR-150 are decreased in STHdhQ111/HdhQ111 cells, a model for HD in comparison to those of wild type STHdhQ7/HdhQ7 cells. In the present manuscript, we show by luciferase reporter assays and real time PCR that decreased miR-146a expression in STHdhQ111/HdhQ111 cells is due to decreased expression and activity of p65 subunit of NFkB (RelA/NFkB). By reporter luciferase assay, RT-PCR and western blot analysis, we also show that both miR-150 and miR-125b target p53. This partially explains the up regulation of p53 observed in HD. Elevated p53 interacts with RelA/NFkB, reduces its expression and activity and decreases the expression of miR-146a, while knocking down p53 increases RelA/NFkB and miR-146a expressions. We also demonstrate that expression of p53 is increased and levels of RelA/NFkB, miR-146a, miR-150 and miR-125b are decreased in striatum of R6/2 mice, a mouse model of HD and in cell models of HD. In a cell model, this effect could be reversed by exogenous expression of chaperone like proteins HYPK and Hsp70. We conclude that (i) miR-125b and miR-150 target p53, which in turn regulates RelA/NFkB and miR-146a expressions; (ii) reduced miR-125b and miR-150 expressions, increased p53 level and decreased RelA/NFkB and miR-146a expressions originate from mutant HTT (iii) p53 directly or indirectly regulates the expression of miR-146a. Our observation of interplay between transcription factors and miRNAs using HD cell model provides an important platform upon which further work is to be done to establish if such regulation plays any role in HD pathogenesis.
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- Jayeeta Ghose
- Crystallography and Molecular Biology Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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- Structural Genomics Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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- Crystallography and Molecular Biology Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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- Division of Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, National Brain Research Centre, Manesar, Haryana, India
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- Crystallography and Molecular Biology Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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Mishra A, Jana NR. Regulation of turnover of tumor suppressor p53 and cell growth by E6-AP, a ubiquitin protein ligase mutated in Angelman mental retardation syndrome. Cell Mol Life Sci 2008; 65:656-66. [PMID: 18193166 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-007-7476-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [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: 10/22/2022]
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E6-AP is a founding member of HECT (homologous to E6-AP C terminus) domain subfamily of E3 ubiquitin ligases. It degrades tumor suppressor p53 in association with the E6 oncoprotein of the human papilloma virus. However, there are conflicting reports on its role in the degradation of p53 in the absence of E6 oncoprotein. Here, we studied the role of E6-AP in regulation of p53 in mouse neuro 2a cells. Overexpression of E6-AP in neuro 2a cells increased the ubiquitylation and degradation of p53, which could be prevented upon deletion of HECT domain. E6-AP also directly ubiquitylated p53 in an in vitro ubiquitylation assay. Partial knockdown of E6-AP increased the levels of p53 and p53-dependent transcription. Partial knockdown also increased neuronal cell death, which may be mediated partly via p53. Our result suggests that E6-AP not only enhances the degradation of p53 but also regulates the neuronal cell growth.
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- A Mishra
- Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience Laboratory, National Brain Research Centre, Manesar, Gurgaon, 122 050, India
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Kotliarova S, Jana NR, Sakamoto N, Kurosawa M, Miyazaki H, Nekooki M, Doi H, Machida Y, Wong HK, Suzuki T, Uchikawa C, Kotliarov Y, Uchida K, Nagao Y, Nagaoka U, Tamaoka A, Oyanagi K, Oyama F, Nukina N. Decreased expression of hypothalamic neuropeptides in Huntington disease transgenic mice with expanded polyglutamine‐EGFP fluorescent aggregates. J Neurochem 2005; 93:641-53. [PMID: 15836623 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2005.03035.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Huntington disease is caused by polyglutamine (polyQ) expansion in huntingtin. Selective and progressive neuronal loss is observed in the striatum and cerebral cortex in Huntington disease. We have addressed whether expanded polyQ aggregates appear in regions of the brain apart from the striatum and cortex and whether there is a correlation between expanded polyQ aggregate formation and dysregulated transcription. We generated transgenic mouse lines expressing mutant truncated N-terminal huntingtin (expanded polyQ) fused with enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) and carried out a high-density oligonucleotide array analysis using mRNA extracted from the cerebrum, followed by TaqMan RT-PCR and in situ hybridization. The transgenic mice formed expanded polyQ-EGFP fluorescent aggregates and this system allowed us to directly visualize expanded polyQ aggregates in various regions of the brain without performing immunohistochemical studies. We show here that polyQ-EGFP aggregates were intense in the hypothalamus, where the expression of six hypothalamic neuropeptide mRNAs, such as oxytocin, vasopressin and cocaine-amphetamine-regulated transcript, was down-regulated in the transgenic mouse brain without observing a significant loss of hypothalamic neurons. These results indicate that the hypothalamus is susceptible to aggregate formation in these mice and this may result in the down-regulation of specific genes in this region of the brain.
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- Svetlana Kotliarova
- Laboratory for Structural Neuropathology, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Wako-shi, Saitama, Japan
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Tanaka M, Machida Y, Niu S, Ikeda T, Jana NR, Doi H, Kurosawa M, Nekooki M, Nukina N. Trehalose alleviates polyglutamine-mediated pathology in a mouse model of Huntington disease. Nat Med 2004; 10:148-54. [PMID: 14730359 DOI: 10.1038/nm985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 545] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2003] [Accepted: 12/22/2003] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Inhibition of polyglutamine-induced protein aggregation could provide treatment options for polyglutamine diseases such as Huntington disease. Here we showed through in vitro screening studies that various disaccharides can inhibit polyglutamine-mediated protein aggregation. We also found that various disaccharides reduced polyglutamine aggregates and increased survival in a cellular model of Huntington disease. Oral administration of trehalose, the most effective of these disaccharides, decreased polyglutamine aggregates in cerebrum and liver, improved motor dysfunction and extended lifespan in a transgenic mouse model of Huntington disease. We suggest that these beneficial effects are the result of trehalose binding to expanded polyglutamines and stabilizing the partially unfolded polyglutamine-containing protein. Lack of toxicity and high solubility, coupled with efficacy upon oral administration, make trehalose promising as a therapeutic drug or lead compound for the treatment of polyglutamine diseases. The saccharide-polyglutamine interaction identified here thus provides a new therapeutic strategy for polyglutamine diseases.
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- Motomasa Tanaka
- Laboratory for Structural Neuropathology, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako City, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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Zemskov EA, Jana NR, Kurosawa M, Miyazaki H, Sakamoto N, Nekooki M, Nukina N. Pro-apoptotic protein kinase Cδ is associated with intranuclear inclusions in a transgenic model of Huntington's disease. J Neurochem 2003; 87:395-406. [PMID: 14511117 DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.2003.02002.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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In order to investigate any effect of truncated mutant huntingtin (tNhtt) aggregation on protein kinase C (PKC) signaling in Huntington's disease (HD), we studied a possible association of PKC isoforms with the aggregates using cellular and transgenic models of HD. In this report we describe an association of mutant tNhtt with at least three PKC isoforms (alpha, delta, zeta), as revealed by co-immunoprecipitation assays and immunocytochemistry in a cellular model of HD (Neuro2a cells expressing tNhtt-150Q-EGFP), as well as a specific association of PKC delta with intranuclear aggregates in a transgenic model (R6/2 mice). Immunoblot analysis of isolated nuclear fractions shows an elevation of nuclear PKC delta in transgenic brain tissue. The observed elevation has a strong similarity with the apoptotic translocation of PKC delta detected in experiments with the mouse neuroblastoma Neuro2a cells. Using a Neuro2a cell line expressing tNhtt with the nuclear localization signal, we demonstrate the association of PKC delta with intranuclear aggregates and present evidence that accumulation of PKC delta in cell nuclei does not depend on mutant htt nuclear translocation. Our results suggest that the association of PKC delta with intranuclear htt-aggregates may affect its apoptotic function in a transgenic model of HD.
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- Evgeny A Zemskov
- Laboratory for Structural Neuropathology, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Wako-shi, Saitama, Japan
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Jana NR, Zemskov EA, Nukina N. Altered proteasomal function due to the expression of polyglutamine-expanded truncated N-terminal huntingtin induces apoptosis by caspase activation through mitochondrial cytochrome c release. Hum Mol Genet 2001; 10:1049-59. [PMID: 11331615 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/10.10.1049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 349] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Expansion of CAG repeats within the coding region of target genes is the cause of several autosomal dominant neurodegenerative diseases including Huntington's disease (HD). A hallmark of HD is the proteolytic production of N-terminal fragments of huntingtin containing polyglutamine repeats that form ubiquitinated aggregates in the nucleus and cytoplasm of the affected neurons. In this study, we used an ecdysone-inducible stable mouse neuro2a cell line that expresses truncated N-terminal huntingtin (tNhtt) with different polyglutamine length, along with mice transgenic for HD exon 1, to demonstrate that the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway is involved in the pathogenesis of HD. Proteasomal 20S core catalytic component was redistributed to the polyglutamine aggregates in both the cellular and transgenic mouse models. Proteasome inhibitor dramatically increased the rate of aggregate formation caused by tNhtt protein with 60 glutamine (60Q) repeats, but had very little influence on aggregate formation by tNhtt protein with 150Q repeats. Both normal and polyglutamine-expanded tNhtt proteins were degraded by proteasome, but the rate of degradation was inversely proportional to the repeat length. The shift of the proteasomal components from the total cellular environment to the aggregates, as well as the comparatively slower degradation of tNhtt with longer polyglutamine, decreased the proteasome's availability for degrading other key target proteins, such as p53. This altered proteasomal function was associated with disrupted mitochondrial membrane potential, released cytochrome c from mitochondria into the cytosol and activated caspase-9- and caspase-3-like proteases. These results suggest that the impaired proteasomal function plays an important role in polyglutamine protein-induced cell death.
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- N R Jana
- Laboratory for CAG Repeat Diseases, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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Jana NR, Sarkar S, Ishizuka M, Yonemoto J, Tohyama C, Sone H. Comparative effects of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin on MCF-7, RL95-2, and LNCaP cells: role of target steroid hormones in cellular responsiveness to CYP1A1 induction. Mol Cell Biol Res Commun 2000; 4:174-80. [PMID: 11281733 DOI: 10.1006/mcbr.2001.0275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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A study was conducted to investigate whether target hormones affect 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD)-inducible gene expression, using as an experimental model system three human cancer cell lines, breast (MCF-7), uterine (RL95-2), and prostate (LNCaP). Exposure to TCDD induced the CYP1A1 gene in all three cell lines. MCF-7 and RL95-2 cells showed more than 15- and 10-fold induction of EROD (7-ethoxyresorufin O-deethylase) activity, respectively, compared with the less responsive LNCaP cells. Surprisingly, however, TCDD-induced reporter gene activity driven by a single XRE element was similar in RL95-2 and LNCaP cells. The steady-state levels of expression of aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) and aryl hydrocarbon receptor nuclear translocator (ARNT) were similar in all three cell lines. Expression of the CYP1B1 and PAI-2 genes was induced by TCDD in MCF-7 and RL95-2, but not in LNCaP, cells. Transient coexpression of estradiol receptor-alpha (ER-alpha) with a TCDD-responsive reporter plasmid and subsequent TCDD treatment increased responsiveness to TCDD in RL95-2 and LNCaP cells. Treatment with AZA-C, a DNA methyltransferase inhibitor, enhanced responsiveness to TCDD, in terms of EROD activity in LNCaP cells, but not in MCF-7 and RL95-2 cells, suggesting that DNA methylation in the CpG dinucleotide within the XRE core sequence is another factor involved in silencing of CYP1A1 in LNCaP cells. TCDD markedly inhibited E(2)- or testosterone-induced reporter gene activities in all three cell lines. Conversely, these target hormones inhibited TCDD-induced EROD activity in the three cell lines. These findings suggest that TCDD and the target steroid hormones negatively regulate each other's activity.
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MESH Headings
- Azacitidine/pharmacology
- Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A1/genetics
- Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A1/metabolism
- Environmental Pollutants/pharmacology
- Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology
- Estradiol/pharmacology
- Estrogen Receptor alpha
- Estrogen Receptor beta
- Gene Expression Regulation
- Genes, Reporter
- Humans
- Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor 2/genetics
- Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor 2/metabolism
- Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins/pharmacology
- Progesterone/pharmacology
- Receptors, Androgen/genetics
- Receptors, Androgen/metabolism
- Receptors, Aryl Hydrocarbon/genetics
- Receptors, Aryl Hydrocarbon/metabolism
- Receptors, Estrogen/genetics
- Receptors, Estrogen/metabolism
- Receptors, Progesterone/genetics
- Receptors, Progesterone/metabolism
- Recombinant Fusion Proteins/metabolism
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Serine Proteinase Inhibitors/genetics
- Testosterone/pharmacology
- Transfection
- Tumor Cells, Cultured
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- N R Jana
- Chemical Exposure and Health Effects Research Team, National Institute for Environmental Studies, 16-2 Onogawa,Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0053, Japan
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Jana NR, Tanaka M, Wang GH, Nukina N. Polyglutamine length-dependent interaction of Hsp40 and Hsp70 family chaperones with truncated N-terminal huntingtin: their role in suppression of aggregation and cellular toxicity. Hum Mol Genet 2000; 9:2009-18. [PMID: 10942430 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/9.13.2009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 309] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Huntington's disease (HD) is an autosomal dominant neurodegenerative disorder caused by polyglutamine expansion in the disease protein, huntingtin. In HD patients and transgenic mice, the affected neurons form characteristic ubiquitin-positive nuclear inclusions (NIs). We have established ecdysone-inducible stable mouse Neuro2a cell lines that express truncated N-terminal huntingtin (tNhtt) with different polyglutamine lengths which form both cytoplasmic and nuclear aggregates in a polyglutamine length- and inducer dose-dependent manner. Here we demonstrate that newly synthesized polyglutamine-expanded truncated huntingtin interacts with members of Hsp40 and Hsp70 families of chaperones in a polyglutamine length-dependent manner. Of these interacting chaperones, only Hdj-2 and Hsc70 frequently (Hdj-2 > Hsc70) co-localize with both the aggregates in the cellular model and with the NIs in the brains of HD exon 1 transgenic mice. However, Hdj-2 and Hsc70 do not co-localize with cytoplasmic aggregates in the brains of transgenic mice despite these chaperones being primarily localized in the cytoplasmic compartment. This strongly suggests that the chaperone interaction and their redistribution to the aggregates are two completely different phenomena of the cellular unfolded protein response. This unfolded protein response is also evident from the dramatic induction of Hsp70 on expression of polyglutamine-expanded protein in the cellular model. Transient overexpression of either Hdj-1 or Hsc70 suppresses the aggregate formation; however, suppression efficiency is much higher in Hdj-1 compared with Hsc70. Overexpression of Hdj-1 and Hsc70 is also able to protect cell death caused by polyglutamine-expanded tNhtt and their combination proved to be most effective.
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- N R Jana
- Laboratory for CAG Repeat Diseases, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Hirosawa, Japan
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Sarkar S, Jana NR, Yonemoto J, Tohyama C, Sone H. Estrogen enhances induction of cytochrome P-4501A1 by 2,3,7, 8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin in liver of female Long-Evans rats. Int J Oncol 2000; 16:141-7. [PMID: 10601559 DOI: 10.3892/ijo.16.1.141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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A human carcinogen, 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) induces liver tumors in female rats. In this study, we examined the effects of estrogen on an arylhydrocarbon receptor (AhR)-responsible protein, CYP1A1 expression induced by TCDD in female rat livers. The induction of CYP1A1 by a dose of 300 ng TCDD/kg and its resultant enzymatic activity were significantly enhanced by 5 microg 17beta-estradiol/kg body weight treatment to both intact and ovariectomized rats. Immunoblot analysis showed a increase in nuclear AhR due to estrogen, TCDD or both, suggesting that estrogen is involved in the activation of CYP1A1 gene after the formation of AhR-TCDD complex.
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- S Sarkar
- Chemical Exposure and Health Effects Research Team, Regional Environment Division, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Ibaraki 305-0053, Tsukuba, Japan
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Thavathiru E, Jana NR, De PK. Abundant secretory lipocalins displaying male and lactation-specific expression in adult hamster submandibular gland. cDNA cloning and sex hormone-regulated repression. Eur J Biochem 1999; 266:467-76. [PMID: 10561587 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00884.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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We have previously identified massively expressed 24- and 20.5-kDa male-specific proteins in submandibular salivary glands (SMG) of adult hamsters. Here we report the cloning of the cDNA encoding the 24-kDa protein which we have now found to be a heterogenously N-glycosylated form of the 20.5-kDa protein. The deduced amino acid sequence indicated that the protein is a member of the lipocalin family, the two most related lipocalins being rat odorant-binding protein of nasal mucosa and aphrodisin, a pheromonal protein present in vaginal discharge and saliva of female hamsters. Northern blot analysis showed that cognate mRNA is expressed in hamster SMG and lacrimal gland (LG) displaying marked sex-hormonal repression. The sex-hormonal repression patterns showed similarities and dissimilarities between SMG and LG but they were, respectively, similar to the sex-hormonal repression pattern noted for the SMG 24/20.5-kDa male-specific proteins and for an abundant female-specific 20-kDa LG secretory protein. These SMG and LG proteins were found to be immunologically similar and secretion of the SMG proteins in saliva and their excretion in urine was detected. The male-specific and abundant expression of the SMG proteins were seen at and after sexual maturity but was not dependent on androgens. Surprisingly, a temporary male-like expression of these SMG proteins was seen in lactating females which was obliterated by oestrogen administration. Our results show that despite differences in their repression by sex hormones, the gene for SMG 24/20.5-kDa proteins is similar or identical to that of LG 20-kDa protein and their marked repression by both androgens and oestrogens might be at the transcriptional level. Moreover, they might be excellent models with which to study sex hormone repression of gene expression at the molecular level. The results of homology search and the male- and lactation-specific pressure of the SMG proteins in adult saliva and urine suggests a possibility of their involvement in olfaction-mediated chemical communication between hamsters.
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- E Thavathiru
- Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India
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Ranganathan V, Jana NR, De PK. Hormonal effects on hamster lacrimal gland female-specific major 20 kDa secretory protein and its immunological similarity with submandibular gland major male-specific proteins. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 1999; 70:151-8. [PMID: 10622403 DOI: 10.1016/s0960-0760(99)00103-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Hormonal regulation of a major 20 kDa protein of hamster exorbital lacrimal gland (LG) was studied by SDS-PAGE profile analysis and the purified protein's antisera was used to screen tissues of hamster and other species for crossreacting proteins. This protein was seen in female LG but not in males and late-pregnant or hCG-treated females. Low estrogen state in females after gonadectomy, prolonged light-deprivation, prolonged starvation or lactation increased its level several folds to approximately 20% of LG soluble proteins and similar levels were induced in males after gonadectomy (low androgen state). However, light-deprivation or melatonin treatment-induced low androgen state in males had no effect. In gonadectomized hamsters, this LG protein was obliterated on treatment with androgens, estrogens or thyroid hormones. Only estrogen inhibition of LG 20 kDa was prevented by simultaneous tamoxifen administration. Simultaneous treatment of gonadectomized hamsters with gonadotrophins and estrogen/androgen did not prevent the LG 20 kDa protein's inhibition. Relative potencies of estrogens (3.6 microg daily dose) were: estradiol-17beta approximately diethylstilbestrol > estrone > estradiol-17alpha, while estriol and chlorotrianisene had no effect. Dexamethasone, progesterone, prolactin, hypothyroid state or adrenalectomy had no effect on LG 20 kDa expression. Western blot studies confirmed the marked repression of LG 20 kDa by estrogen androgen and thyroid hormone and detected the protein in tears of females and gonadectomized hamsters but not in males. Interestingly, among other tissues tested, crossreaction was only seen with the estrogen-repressed 24 and 20.5 kDa major male-specific secretory proteins of hamster submandibular glands (SMG) which were previously reported by us. This strongly indicated that the LG and SMG proteins are products of the same or closely related genes. A possible role for these hamster sex-specific LG and SMG major secretory proteins in olfactory communication is suggested.
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- V Ranganathan
- Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India
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Jana NR, Sarkar S, Ishizuka M, Yonemoto J, Tohyama C, Sone H. Role of estradiol receptor-alpha in differential expression of 2,3,7, 8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin-inducible genes in the RL95-2 and KLE human endometrial cancer cell lines. Arch Biochem Biophys 1999; 368:31-9. [PMID: 10415108 DOI: 10.1006/abbi.1999.1288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The present study was conducted to investigate the mechanism of the response of human uterine endometrial carcinoma cells, RL95-2 and KLE, to 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD). RL95-2 cells were highly responsive to TCDD in terms of cytochrome P4501A1 (CYP1A1), cytochrome P4501B1 (CYP1B1), and plasminogen activator inhibitor-2 (PAI-2), whereas KLE cells showed little stimulatory effects only at high doses. Neither showed any growth inhibition upon exposure to TCDD. KLE cells expressed higher levels of aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) than RL95-2 and gel mobility shift assay also identified more liganded AhR-ARNT complex bound to xenobiotic response elements (XRE). TCDD had no downregulatory effects on the expression of either AhR or the estradiol receptor (ER). Though both cell types expressed ER-alpha almost equally, immunofluorescence demonstrated a defect in its nuclear translocation in KLE cells where ER-alpha was mainly cytoplasmic and estradiol-17beta (E(2)) was unable to translocate it to the nucleus. However, both cells were nonresponsive to E(2) in terms of transcriptional activation and transient expression of normal ER-alpha restored the E(2) responsiveness. Transient expression of ER-alpha in KLE cells also restored its responsiveness to TCDD on transcriptional activation. Collectively, these results indicate that ER-alpha acts as a positive modulator in regulation of the TCDD-inducible genes.
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MESH Headings
- Base Sequence
- Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A1/genetics
- DNA Primers/genetics
- Endometrial Neoplasms/genetics
- Endometrial Neoplasms/metabolism
- Estradiol/pharmacology
- Female
- Gene Expression/drug effects
- Humans
- Neoplasms, Hormone-Dependent/genetics
- Neoplasms, Hormone-Dependent/metabolism
- Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins/pharmacology
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- RNA, Neoplasm/genetics
- RNA, Neoplasm/metabolism
- Receptors, Aryl Hydrocarbon/genetics
- Receptors, Aryl Hydrocarbon/metabolism
- Receptors, Estradiol/genetics
- Receptors, Estradiol/metabolism
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Tumor Cells, Cultured
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- N R Jana
- Chemical Exposure and Health Effects Research Team, Regional Environment Division, Environmental Health Sciences Division, National Institute for Environmental Studies, 16-2 Onogawa, Ibaraki, Tsukuba, 305 0053, Japan
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Jana NR, Sarkar S, Ishizuka M, Yonemoto J, Tohyama C, Sone H. Cross-talk between 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin and testosterone signal transduction pathways in LNCaP prostate cancer cells. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1999; 256:462-8. [PMID: 10080920 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1999.0367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) and related compounds modulate various endocrine functions by enhancing ligand metabolism, altering hormone synthesis, down regulating receptor levels, and interfering with gene transcription. In the present study, we investigated the effects of TCDD on testosterone signal transduction pathways and vice versa in the androgen receptor (AR) positive LNCaP prostate cancer cell line. TCDD induced CYP1A1 mRNA and related enzyme activity in these cells, with dose and time-dependence. Both normal and testosterone-stimulated cell growth was inhibited by TCDD. The expression levels of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR), the aryl hydrocarbon receptor nuclear translocator (ARNT), and AR were not affected by exposure to TCDD at a dose of 10 nM for a 24 hr time period. Testosterone treatment dose-dependently inhibited the TCDD-induced CYP1A1 mRNA accumulation and related enzyme activity. Reciprocally, TCDD also dose-dependently inhibited testosterone-dependent transcriptional activity and testosterone-regulated prostate specific antigen (PSA) expression. Taken together, these results demonstrate antiandrogenic functions of TCDD and a specific ligand-induced bilateral transcriptional interference between TCDD and testosterone mediated signal transduction pathways.
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- N R Jana
- Regional Environment Division, Environmental Health Sciences Division, National Institute for Environmental Studies, 16-2 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305 0053, Japan
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Jana NR, Sarkar S, Yonemoto J, Tohyama C, Sone H. Strain differences in cytochrome P4501A1 gene expression caused by 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin in the rat liver: role of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor and its nuclear translocator. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1998; 248:554-8. [PMID: 9703964 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1998.9010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Rat strain variation in hepatic cytochrome P4501A1 (CYP1A1) gene expression caused by 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) was investigated along with possible underlying mechanism. TCDD at a single oral dose of 13.5 ng/kg body weight significantly increased hepatic CYP1A1 mRNA expression in DRH, Long-Evans Cinamon (LEC), Long-Evans (LE), and Holtzman (HO) rats, but not in Sprague-Dawley (SD), Wistar-Imamichi (WI), Lewis (LEW), and Fisher-344 (F344) strains. All showed significant induction of CYP1A1 mRNA at a dose of 40 ng/kg, the relative levels decreasing in the order DRH, LEC, HO, LE, F344, WI, LEW, and SD. A more than 35-fold difference in the induction of CYP1A1 RNA was evident between the DRH and SD strains. Based on CYP1A1 induction, classification into two distinctly separate groups was possible, high responders (DRH, LEC, HO, and LE) and low responders (SD, LEW, WI, and F344). The expression levels closely correlated with the steady-state aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) mRNA expression, this being approximately four-fold higher in the high than in the low responder group. Analysis of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor nuclear translocator (ARNT) showed the presence of a wild type as well as an alternately spliced variant in all strains, with a 45-bp deletion whose sequence corresponded to part of 5' end of the basic region of the basic helix-loop-helix domain. Expressed levels of both products were almost equal in all the strains except DRH, LEC and HO, where the wild form predominated. The results suggest that differential expression of both AhR and ARNT are responsible for rat strain-specific differences in TCDD induced CYP1A1 expression.
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- N R Jana
- Chemical Exposure and Health Effects Research Team, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Ibaraki, Japan
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Chatterjee A, Jana NR, Bhattacharya S. Stimulation of cyclic AMP, 17beta-oestradiol and protein synthesis by human chorionic gonadotrophin in human endometrial cells. Hum Reprod 1997; 12:1903-8. [PMID: 9363703 DOI: 10.1093/humrep/12.9.1903] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Human endometrial tissue was collected from 30-37 year old ovulatory women and enzymatically dispersed and processed to obtain endometrial stromal cells. Cells (2 x 10(4)/well) were incubated in vitro in the absence (control) or presence of human chorionic gonadotrophin (HCG) (10 IU/well) either for 1 h (to determine cAMP) or for 4 h (to estimate protein synthesis, 17beta-oestradiol and aromatase activity). HCG significantly stimulated cellular cAMP content and release in comparison to control. Both cellular accumulation and release of cAMP reached the peak at 10 min and then sharply declined in the absence of phosphodiesterase (PDE) inhibitor or remained steady for 1 h in the presence of PDE inhibitor. Content and release of 17beta-oestradiol from stromal cells steeply increased from 30 min to 1 h and then slowly increased for 4 h in response to HCG. Incubation of cells with HCG significantly stimulated (P < 0.01) cellular aromatase activity in comparison to control. HCG stimulated protein synthesis of the cells in two phases, initially at 15 min which remained steady for 1 h and then significantly increased (P < 0.01) between 1 and 2 h. The initial phase of protein synthesis appears to be the direct effect of HCG while the later phase was due to the higher concentration of oestradiol caused by HCG. The initial phase of protein synthesis was inhibited by cycloheximide but not by actinomycin D, whereas the later phase of protein synthesis was inhibited both by cycloheximide and actinomycin D. Results therefore indicate a probable mechanism of HCG action on stromal cells and demonstrate the physiological relevance of gonadotrophin receptor in human endometrial cells reported earlier from this laboratory.
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- A Chatterjee
- School of Life Science, Department of Zoology, Visva-Bharati University, West Bengal, India
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Jana NR, Halder S, Bhattacharya S. Thyroid hormone induces a 52 kDa soluble protein in goat testis Leydig cell which stimulates androgen release. Biochim Biophys Acta 1996; 1292:209-14. [PMID: 8597565 DOI: 10.1016/0167-4838(95)00193-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Incubation of goat testicular Leydig cells with 3,5,3'-triiodothyronine (T3) induces the generation of a proteinaceous factor (factors) which was located in the soluble supernatant fraction (100 000 x g supernatant, 100 k sup) of sonicated Leydig cells. Addition of this factor to Leydig cell incubation greatly stimulated androgen release. This factor(s) was purified based on its biological properties, i.e., its addition to Leydig cell incubation augmented the release of androgen. This was designated as TIP (T3-induced protein) activity. 100 k sup prepared from Leydig cells incubated in the absence (control) or presence of T3 was gel filtered through Sephadex G-100. 100 k sup from T3 incubated gave two protein peaks, P-I and P-II, control 100 k sup had similar nature of P-I, but P-II was not well marked. Incubation in the presence of [14C]leucine clearly showed TCA precipitable radioactivity only in the P-II region of T3 incubate. 5 microg of P-II protein stimulated androgen release from Leydig cells cells (1 x 10(6) cells/well) to more than 5-fold as compared to control. P-II protein was further purifies by FPLC Mono-Q column chromatography where one unadsorbed (MQ-I) and two adsorbed (MQ-II and MQ-III) protein peaks could be detected. MQ-II, which was eluted with 0.20 M NaCl gradient, demonstrated strong TIP activity (2 microg protein released 4.8-fold more androgen as compared to control). MQ-II was passed through FPLC Superose-6 column where it gave two peaks and Peak-I(SP-I) showed strong TIP activity (2 microg protein stimulated a 6-fold increase in androgen release as compared to control). Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE) indicated SP-I to be a homogeneous protein and SDS-PAGE demonstrated it to be a 52 kDa monomer protein. Results show that T3 induces the synthesis of a 52 kDa protein in testicular Leydig cells which in turn causes stimulation of androgen release suggesting this protein to be a novel mediator of T3 function in Leydig cells.
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- N R Jana
- Endocrinology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Visva-Bharati University, W. Bengal, India
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Bhattacharya S, Guin S, Bandyopadhyay A, Jana NR, Halder S. Thyroid hormone induces the generation of a novel putative protein in piscine ovarian follicle that stimulates the conversion of pregnenolone to progesterone. Eur J Endocrinol 1996; 134:128-35. [PMID: 8590949 DOI: 10.1530/eje.0.1340128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Ovarian follicles were collected from the perch belonging to the vitellogenic stage and incubated in vitro for 4 h in the absence (control) or presence of triiodothyronine (T3). Addition of T3 (40 ng/ml) to the follicle incubation caused a two-fold increase of [3H] pregnenolone conversion to radiolabelled progesterone (P4) as compared to the control. The increase in P4 formation in the ovarian follicle could be blocked completely by the inhibitors of protein synthesis, actinomycin D and cycloheximide (50 micrograms/ml), suggesting a protein or peptide mediator of the T3 stimulatory effect. To search for this mediator, ovarian follicles from the control or T3 incubate were homogenized and ultracentrifuged and different fractions were added separately to fresh follicle incubations. Only the 100,000 g supernatant from T3 incubate showed a significant (p < 0.01) increase in P4 formation, while the corresponding supernatant from control follicle incubations had no such stimulatory effect. Trypsin or heat destroyed this augmentory effect. Based on its ability to stimulate the conversion of radiolabelled pregnenolone to P4 in the ovarian follicle, the T3-induced protein (TIP) was purified to homogeneity by employing Sephadex G-75 gel filtration, FPLC Mono-Q and FPLC Superose-6 chromatography. Sodium dodecyl sulphate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of purified TIP showed it to be a 52 K monomer protein. Addition of TIP in increasing concentrations to follicle incubations caused a linear increase in P4 formation. Experiments with radiolabelled TIP ([125I] TIP) indicate its entry through the follicular cell membrane within the limited period of incubation. Results suggest that TIP activates ovarian 3 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase enzyme, thus effecting a greater conversion of pregnenolone to P4.
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- S Bhattacharya
- Department of Zoology, Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan, West Bengal, India
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Jana NR, Bhattacharya S. Binding of thyroid hormone to the goat testicular Leydig cell induces the generation of a proteinaceous factor which stimulates androgen release. J Endocrinol 1994; 143:549-56. [PMID: 7836901 DOI: 10.1677/joe.0.1430549] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Leydig cells isolated from goat testis were sonicated and pure nuclear preparations obtained for 125I-3,5,3'-triiodothyronine (T3)-binding assay. Under optimum assay conditions of pH 7.2 at 37 degrees C and 90 min of incubation, binding of 125I-T3 to Leydig cell nuclei reached saturation at 1.2 nmol/l concentration. A Scatchard analysis of T3 binding exhibited a Kd of 0.535 x 10(-9) mol/l and a maximum binding capacity of 1.25 pmol/mg DNA. Competitive inhibition studies showed T3 binding to be analogue specific. The physiological relevance of T3 binding to goat Leydig cell was examined by adding increasing concentrations of T3 to the Leydig cell incubation (1 x 10(6) cells/incubation). T3 (10, 25 and 50 ng/ml or 4, 10 and 20 ng/incubation) resulted a dose dependent increase in androgen release and in all cases stimulation of androgen release was statistically significant (P < 0.01) compared with control. Stimulation of Leydig cell androgen release by T3 was significantly inhibited by actinomycin-D (P < 0.01) and cycloheximide (P < 0.01). T3 had additive stimulatory effects on LH-augmented androgen release from Leydig cells. T3 (50 ng/ml or 20 ng/incubation) effected a more than twofold increase in Leydig cell protein synthesis compared with control and both actinomycin-D and cycloheximide (50 micrograms/ml) inhibited it completely. The data indicated that the stimulatory effect of T3 on androgen release is mediated via T3-induced protein(s).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- N R Jana
- Department of Zoology, Visva-Bharati University, West Bengal, India
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