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Petchampai N, Isoe J, Balaraman P, Oscherwitz M, Carter BH, Sánchez CG, Scaraffia PY. Pyruvate kinase is post-translationally regulated by sirtuin 2 in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. Insect Biochem Mol Biol 2023; 162:104015. [PMID: 37797713 PMCID: PMC10698509 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2023.104015] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2023] [Revised: 10/02/2023] [Accepted: 10/02/2023] [Indexed: 10/07/2023]
Abstract
We previously demonstrated that Aedes aegypti pyruvate kinase (AaPK) plays a key role in the regulation of both carbon and nitrogen metabolism in mosquitoes. To further elucidate whether AaPK can be post-translationally regulated by Ae. aegypti sirtuin 2 (AaSirt2), an NAD+-dependent deacetylase that catalyzes the removal of acetyl groups from acetylated lysine residues, we conducted a series of analysis in non-starved and starved female mosquitoes. Transcriptional and protein profiles of AaSirt2, analyzed by qPCR and western blots, indicated that the AaSirt2 is differentially modulated in response to sugar or blood feeding in mosquito tissues dissected at different times during the first gonotrophic cycle. We also found that AaSirt2 is localized in both cytosolic and mitochondrial cellular compartments of fat body and thorax. Multiple lysine-acetylated proteins were detected by western blotting in both cellular compartments. Furthermore, western blotting of immunoprecipitated proteins provided evidence that AaPK is lysine-acetylated and bound with AaSirt2 in the cytosolic fractions of fat body and thorax from non-starved and starved females. In correlation with these results, we also discovered that RNAi-mediated knockdown of AaSirt2 in the fat body of starved females significantly decreased AaPK protein abundance. Notably, survivorship of AaSirt2-deficient females maintained under four different nutritional regimens was not significantly affected. Taken together, our data reveal that AaPK is post-translationally regulated by AaSirt2.
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Affiliation(s)
- Natthida Petchampai
- Department of Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, Vector-Borne Infectious Disease Research Center, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, 70112, USA
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- Department of Entomology, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85721, USA
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- Department of Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, Vector-Borne Infectious Disease Research Center, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, 70112, USA
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- Department of Entomology, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85721, USA
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- Department of Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, Vector-Borne Infectious Disease Research Center, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, 70112, USA
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- Department of Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, Vector-Borne Infectious Disease Research Center, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, 70112, USA
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- Department of Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, Vector-Borne Infectious Disease Research Center, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, 70112, USA.
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Sundaresan V, Al-Ramadhani S, Balaraman P, Holt S, Mansel R, Cree I, Larsimont D, Salgado R. Metasin-BLNA: The NHS Solution Cost Effective-Rapid Intraoperative Molecular Assessment of Sentinel Lymph Nodes from Breast Cancer Patients. Eur J Surg Oncol 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2011.03.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
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Al-Ramadhani S, Balaraman P, McKenzie J, Jader S, Morgan M, Sundaresan V. Metasin – a rapid and robust PCR assay for intra-operative sentinel node diagnosis. Eur J Surg Oncol 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2010.08.125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022] Open
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