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Pimentel H, Parra M, Gee SL, Mohandas N, Pachter L, Conboy JG. A dynamic intron retention program enriched in RNA processing genes regulates gene expression during terminal erythropoiesis. Nucleic Acids Res 2015; 44:838-51. [PMID: 26531823 PMCID: PMC4737145 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkv1168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 124] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.8] [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: 04/10/2015] [Accepted: 10/21/2015] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Differentiating erythroblasts execute a dynamic alternative splicing program shown here to include extensive and diverse intron retention (IR) events. Cluster analysis revealed hundreds of developmentally-dynamic introns that exhibit increased IR in mature erythroblasts, and are enriched in functions related to RNA processing such as SF3B1 spliceosomal factor. Distinct, developmentally-stable IR clusters are enriched in metal-ion binding functions and include mitoferrin genes SLC25A37 and SLC25A28 that are critical for iron homeostasis. Some IR transcripts are abundant, e.g. comprising ∼50% of highly-expressed SLC25A37 and SF3B1 transcripts in late erythroblasts, and thereby limiting functional mRNA levels. IR transcripts tested were predominantly nuclear-localized. Splice site strength correlated with IR among stable but not dynamic intron clusters, indicating distinct regulation of dynamically-increased IR in late erythroblasts. Retained introns were preferentially associated with alternative exons with premature termination codons (PTCs). High IR was observed in disease-causing genes including SF3B1 and the RNA binding protein FUS. Comparative studies demonstrated that the intron retention program in erythroblasts shares features with other tissues but ultimately is unique to erythropoiesis. We conclude that IR is a multi-dimensional set of processes that post-transcriptionally regulate diverse gene groups during normal erythropoiesis, misregulation of which could be responsible for human disease.
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- Harold Pimentel
- Department of Computer Science, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Biological Systems and Engineering Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Biological Systems and Engineering Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Red Cell Physiology Laboratory, New York Blood Center, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Department of Mathematics, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA Department of Molecular & Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Biological Systems and Engineering Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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Yamamoto ML, Clark TA, Gee SL, Kang JA, Schweitzer AC, Wickrema A, Conboy JG. Alternative pre-mRNA splicing switches modulate gene expression in late erythropoiesis. Blood 2009; 113:3363-70. [PMID: 19196664 PMCID: PMC2665901 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2008-05-160325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [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: 05/29/2008] [Accepted: 12/02/2008] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Differentiating erythroid cells execute a unique gene expression program that insures synthesis of the appropriate proteome at each stage of maturation. Standard expression microarrays provide important insight into erythroid gene expression but cannot detect qualitative changes in transcript structure, mediated by RNA processing, that alter structure and function of encoded proteins. We analyzed stage-specific changes in the late erythroid transcriptome via use of high-resolution microarrays that detect altered expression of individual exons. Ten differentiation-associated changes in erythroblast splicing patterns were identified, including the previously known activation of protein 4.1R exon 16 splicing. Six new alternative splicing switches involving enhanced inclusion of internal cassette exons were discovered, as well as 3 changes in use of alternative first exons. All of these erythroid stage-specific splicing events represent activated inclusion of authentic annotated exons, suggesting they represent an active regulatory process rather than a general loss of splicing fidelity. The observation that 3 of the regulated transcripts encode RNA binding proteins (SNRP70, HNRPLL, MBNL2) may indicate significant changes in the RNA processing machinery of late erythroblasts. Together, these results support the existence of a regulated alternative pre-mRNA splicing program that is critical for late erythroid differentiation.
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- Miki L Yamamoto
- Life Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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Ponthier JL, Schluepen C, Chen W, Lersch RA, Gee SL, Hou VC, Lo AJ, Short SA, Chasis JA, Winkelmann JC, Conboy JG. Fox-2 splicing factor binds to a conserved intron motif to promote inclusion of protein 4.1R alternative exon 16. J Biol Chem 2006; 281:12468-74. [PMID: 16537540 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m511556200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [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] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Activation of protein 4.1R exon 16 (E16) inclusion during erythropoiesis represents a physiologically important splicing switch that increases 4.1R affinity for spectrin and actin. Previous studies showed that negative regulation of E16 splicing is mediated by the binding of heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein (hnRNP) A/B proteins to silencer elements in the exon and that down-regulation of hnRNP A/B proteins in erythroblasts leads to activation of E16 inclusion. This article demonstrates that positive regulation of E16 splicing can be mediated by Fox-2 or Fox-1, two closely related splicing factors that possess identical RNA recognition motifs. SELEX experiments with human Fox-1 revealed highly selective binding to the hexamer UGCAUG. Both Fox-1 and Fox-2 were able to bind the conserved UGCAUG elements in the proximal intron downstream of E16, and both could activate E16 splicing in HeLa cell co-transfection assays in a UGCAUG-dependent manner. Conversely, knockdown of Fox-2 expression, achieved with two different siRNA sequences resulted in decreased E16 splicing. Moreover, immunoblot experiments demonstrate mouse erythroblasts express Fox-2. These findings suggest that Fox-2 is a physiological activator of E16 splicing in differentiating erythroid cells in vivo. Recent experiments show that UGCAUG is present in the proximal intron sequence of many tissue-specific alternative exons, and we propose that the Fox family of splicing enhancers plays an important role in alternative splicing switches during differentiation in metazoan organisms.
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- Julie L Ponthier
- Life Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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Minovitsky S, Gee SL, Schokrpur S, Dubchak I, Conboy JG. The splicing regulatory element, UGCAUG, is phylogenetically and spatially conserved in introns that flank tissue-specific alternative exons. Nucleic Acids Res 2005; 33:714-24. [PMID: 15691898 PMCID: PMC548355 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gki210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [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] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Previous studies have identified UGCAUG as an intron splicing enhancer that is frequently located adjacent to tissue-specific alternative exons in the human genome. Here, we show that UGCAUG is phylogenetically and spatially conserved in introns that flank brain-enriched alternative exons from fish to man. Analysis of sequence from the mouse, rat, dog, chicken and pufferfish genomes revealed a strongly statistically significant association of UGCAUG with the proximal intron region downstream of brain-enriched alternative exons. The number, position and sequence context of intronic UGCAUG elements were highly conserved among mammals and in chicken, but more divergent in fish. Control datasets, including constitutive exons and non-tissue-specific alternative exons, exhibited a much lower incidence of closely linked UGCAUG elements. We propose that the high sequence specificity of the UGCAUG element, and its unique association with tissue-specific alternative exons, mark it as a critical component of splicing switch mechanism(s) designed to activate a limited repertoire of splicing events in cell type-specific patterns. We further speculate that highly conserved UGCAUG-binding protein(s) related to the recently described Fox-1 splicing factor play a critical role in mediating this specificity.
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- To whom correspondence should be addressed. Tel: +1 510 4866973; Fax: +1 510 4866746;
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Parra MK, Gee SL, Koury MJ, Mohandas N, Conboy JG. Alternative 5' exons and differential splicing regulate expression of protein 4.1R isoforms with distinct N-termini. Blood 2003; 101:4164-71. [PMID: 12522012 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2002-06-1796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [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] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Among the alternative pre-mRNA splicing events that characterize protein 4.1R gene expression, one involving exon 2' plays a critical role in regulating translation initiation and N-terminal protein structure. Exon 2' encompasses translation initiation site AUG1 and is located between alternative splice acceptor sites at the 5' end of exon 2; its inclusion or exclusion from mature 4.1R mRNA regulates expression of longer or shorter isoforms of 4.1R protein, respectively. The current study reports unexpected complexity in the 5' region of the 4.1R gene that directly affects alternative splicing of exon 2'. Identified far upstream of exon 2 in both mouse and human genomes were 3 mutually exclusive alternative 5' exons, designated 1A, 1B, and 1C; all 3 are associated with strong transcriptional promoters in the flanking genomic sequence. Importantly, exons 1A and 1B splice differentially with respect to exon 2', generating transcripts with different 5' ends and distinct N-terminal protein coding capacity. Exon 1A-type transcripts splice so as to exclude exon 2' and therefore utilize the downstream AUG2 for translation of 80-kDa 4.1R protein, whereas exon 1B transcripts include exon 2' and initiate at AUG1 to synthesize 135-kDa isoforms. RNA blot analyses revealed that 1A transcripts increase in abundance in late erythroblasts, consistent with the previously demonstrated up-regulation of 80-kDa 4.1R during terminal erythroid differentiation. Together, these results suggest that synthesis of structurally distinct 4.1R protein isoforms in various cell types is regulated by a novel mechanism requiring coordination between upstream transcription initiation events and downstream alternative splicing events.
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- Marilyn K Parra
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Life Sciences Division, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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Hou VC, Lersch R, Gee SL, Ponthier JL, Lo AJ, Wu M, Turck CW, Koury M, Krainer AR, Mayeda A, Conboy JG. Decrease in hnRNP A/B expression during erythropoiesis mediates a pre-mRNA splicing switch. EMBO J 2002; 21:6195-204. [PMID: 12426391 PMCID: PMC137214 DOI: 10.1093/emboj/cdf625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [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] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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A physiologically important alternative pre-mRNA splicing switch, involving activation of protein 4.1R exon 16 (E16) splicing, is required for the establishment of proper mechanical integrity of the erythrocyte membrane during erythropoiesis. Here we identify a conserved exonic splicing silencer element (CE(16)) in E16 that interacts with hnRNP A/B proteins and plays a role in repression of E16 splicing during early erythropoiesis. Experiments with model pre-mRNAs showed that CE(16) can repress splicing of upstream introns, and that mutagenesis or replacement of CE(16) can relieve this inhibition. An affinity selection assay with biotinylated CE(16) RNA demonstrated specific binding of hnRNP A/B proteins. Depletion of hnRNP A/B proteins from nuclear extract significantly increased E16 inclusion, while repletion with recombinant hnRNP A/B restored E16 silencing. Most importantly, differentiating mouse erythroblasts exhibited a stage-specific activation of the E16 splicing switch in concert with a dramatic and specific down-regulation of hnRNP A/B protein expression. These findings demonstrate that natural developmental changes in hnRNP A/B proteins can effect physiologically important switches in pre-mRNA splicing.
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Life Sciences Division and
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, University of California, San Francisco, HHMI, Department of Medicine and Cardiovascular Research Institute, San Francisco, CA 94143, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Veterans Affairs Medical Centers, Nashville, TN 37232, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724 and University of Miami School of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Miami, FL 33136, USA Corresponding author e-mail:
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Life Sciences Division and
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, University of California, San Francisco, HHMI, Department of Medicine and Cardiovascular Research Institute, San Francisco, CA 94143, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Veterans Affairs Medical Centers, Nashville, TN 37232, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724 and University of Miami School of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Miami, FL 33136, USA Corresponding author e-mail:
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Life Sciences Division and
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, University of California, San Francisco, HHMI, Department of Medicine and Cardiovascular Research Institute, San Francisco, CA 94143, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Veterans Affairs Medical Centers, Nashville, TN 37232, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724 and University of Miami School of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Miami, FL 33136, USA Corresponding author e-mail:
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Life Sciences Division and
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, University of California, San Francisco, HHMI, Department of Medicine and Cardiovascular Research Institute, San Francisco, CA 94143, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Veterans Affairs Medical Centers, Nashville, TN 37232, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724 and University of Miami School of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Miami, FL 33136, USA Corresponding author e-mail:
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Life Sciences Division and
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, University of California, San Francisco, HHMI, Department of Medicine and Cardiovascular Research Institute, San Francisco, CA 94143, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Veterans Affairs Medical Centers, Nashville, TN 37232, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724 and University of Miami School of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Miami, FL 33136, USA Corresponding author e-mail:
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Life Sciences Division and
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, University of California, San Francisco, HHMI, Department of Medicine and Cardiovascular Research Institute, San Francisco, CA 94143, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Veterans Affairs Medical Centers, Nashville, TN 37232, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724 and University of Miami School of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Miami, FL 33136, USA Corresponding author e-mail:
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Gee SL, Aoyagi K, Lersch R, Hou V, Wu M, Conboy JG. Alternative splicing of protein 4.1R exon 16: ordered excision of flanking introns ensures proper splice site choice. Blood 2000; 95:692-9. [PMID: 10627481] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/15/2023] Open
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Alternative splicing plays a major role in regulating tissue-specific expression of cytoskeletal protein 4.1R isoforms. In particular, expression of the protein's functionally critical spectrin-actin binding domain, essential for maintenance of red cell membrane mechanical properties, is governed by a developmentally regulated splicing switch involving alternative exon 16. Using a model 3-exon 4.1R pre-messenger RNA (pre-mRNA), we explored the sequence requirements for excision of the introns flanking exon 16. These studies revealed that splicing of this alternative exon occurs preferentially in an ordered fashion. The first step is excision of the downstream intron to join exons 16 and 17, followed by excision of the upstream intron. Constructs designed to test the converse pathway were spliced less efficiently and with less fidelity, in part due to activation of a cryptic 5' splice site in exon 16. This downstream-first model for ordered splicing is consistent with the hypothesis that regulated alternative splicing requires cooperation between multiple exonic and/or intronic regulatory elements whose spatial organization is critical for recruitment of appropriate splicing factors. Our results predict that exon 16 splicing is regulated at the first step-excision of the downstream intron-and that cells unable to catalyze this step will exhibit exon 16 skipping. In cells that include exon 16, adherence to an ordered pathway is important for efficient and accurate production of mature 4.1R mRNA encoding an intact spectrin-actin binding domain. (Blood. 2000;95:692-699)
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- S L Gee
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Life Sciences Division, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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Mehregan DR, Gee SL. The cost effectiveness of testing for onychomycosis versus empiric treatment of onychodystrophies with oral antifungal agents. Cutis 1999; 64:407-10. [PMID: 10626104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/15/2023]
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- D R Mehregan
- Wayne State University Department of Dermatology, Detroit, Michigan, USA
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RNA secondary structure is a critical determinant of RNA function in ribosome assembly, pre-mRNA splicing, mRNA translation and RNA stability. The 'DEAD/H' family of putative RNA helicases may help regulate these processes by utilizing intrinsic RNA-dependent ATPase activity to catalyze conformational changes in RNA secondary structure. To investigate the repertoire of DEAD/H box proteins expressed in mammals, we used PCR techniques to clone from mouse erythroleukemia (MEL) cells three new DEAD box cDNAs with high similarity to known yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) genes. mDEAD2 and mDEAD3 (mouse DEAD box proteins) are > 95% identical to mouse PL10 but exhibit differential tissue-specific expression patterns; mDEAD2 and mDEAD3 are also approx. 70% identical (at the aa level) to yeast DED1 and DBP1 proteins. Members of this DEAD box subclass contain C-terminal domains with high content of Arg, Ser, Gly and Phe, reminiscent of the RS domain in several Drosophila and mammalian splicing factors. mDEAD5 belongs to a second class related to translation initiation factors from yeast (TIF1/TIF2) and mammals (eIF-4A); this class contains a novel conserved peptide motif not found in other DEAD box proteins. Northern blotting shows that mDEAD5 is differentially expressed in testis vs. somatic tissues. Thus, mouse erythroid cells produce two highly conserved families of putative RNA helicases likely to play important roles in RNA metabolism and gene expression.
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- S L Gee
- Life Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley 94720
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Rudrik JT, Ferrigno SR, Gee SL. In vitro activity of sparfloxacin (AT-4140 and CI-978), a new quinolone antimicrobial agent, against Haemophilus and gram-positive cocci. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 1991; 14:355-60. [PMID: 1889186 DOI: 10.1016/0732-8893(91)90028-e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [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: 12/29/2022]
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Sparfloxacin (AT-4140 and CI-978) was evaluated for activity against 194 clinical isolates of staphylococci, streptococci, Enterococcus faecalis, anaerobic Gram-positive cocci, and Haemophilus sp. The MIC of sparfloxacin for greater than 93% of the strains tested was less than or equal to 0.5 microgram/ml. Sparfloxacin demonstrated increased activity against enterococci, staphylococci, pneumococci, and anaerobic cocci when compared with ciprofloxacin.
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- J T Rudrik
- Laboratory Service, Veteran Affairs Medical Center, Asheville, North Carolina 28805
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We have examined the effects of deoxynojirimycin and castanospermine, compounds known to inhibit the removal of glucose from high mannose asparagine-linked oligosaccharides, on the formation of Sindbis virus. These drugs inhibited virion formation in baby hamster kidney (BHK) cells, 15B - the CHO cell line that lacks GlcNAc transferase activity, and chicken embryo fibroblasts, although our results with the latter cells were variable. We analyzed the [3H]mannose-labeled oligosaccharides from Sindbis virus infected 15B cells. Those from control cells were predominantly GlcNAc2Man5. Oligosaccharides from the treated cells were larger than the Man5 species and as expected, were partially resistant to alpha-mannosidase. The growth of Sindbis virus was inhibited to a much greater extent at 37 degrees C than at 30 degrees C in BHK cells treated with either deoxynojirimycin or castanospermine. Both of these compounds also inhibited the proteolytic cleavage of the viral glycoprotein precursor, PE2, to the virion glycoprotein, E2, but did not prevent the migration of the glycoprotein to the cell surface. These results, taken together with our earlier studies with vesicular stomatitis virus (Schlesinger et al., 1984) provide strong evidence that the removal of glucose residues during the processing of asparagine-linked oligosaccharides is critical for some proteins to achieve a functional conformation.
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Gee SL, Ruzin S, Bassham JA. Pyruvate orthophosphate dikinase: intracellular site of synthesis in maize leaf cells. Plant Physiol 1984; 74:189-91. [PMID: 16663378 PMCID: PMC1066649 DOI: 10.1104/pp.74.1.189] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Pyruvate orthophosphate dikinase is synthesized in non-green leaf cells of the maize mutant iojap. Since iojap plastids lack ribosomes, it is concluded that the site of synthesis of pyruvate orthophosphate dikinase in maize leaf cells is on ribosomes in the cytoplasm.
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- S L Gee
- Laboratory of Chemical Biodynamics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720
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Lawyer AL, Cornwell KL, Gee SL, Bassham JA. Glyoxylate and glutamate effects on photosynthetic carbon metabolism in isolated chloroplasts and mesophyll cells of spinach. Plant Physiol 1983; 72:420-5. [PMID: 16663018 PMCID: PMC1066249 DOI: 10.1104/pp.72.2.420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Addition of millimolar sodium glyoxylate to spinach (Spinacia oleracea) chloroplasts was inhibitory to photosynthetic incorporation of (14)CO(2) under conditions of both low (0.2 millimolar or air levels) and high (9 millimolar) CO(2) concentrations. Incorporation of (14)C into most metabolites decreased. Labeling of 6-P-gluconate and fructose-1,6-bis-P increased. This suggested that glyoxylate inhibited photosynthetic carbon metabolism indirectly by decreasing the reducing potential of chloroplasts through reduction of glyoxylate to glycolate. This hypothesis was supported by measuring the reduction of [(14)C]glyoxylate by chloroplasts. Incubation of isolated mesophyll cells with glyoxylate had no effect on net photosynthetic CO(2) uptake, but increased labeling was observed in 6-P-gluconate, a key indicator of decreased reducing potential. The possibility that glyoxylate was affecting photosynthetic metabolism by decreasing chloroplast pH cannot be excluded. Increased (14)C-labeling of ribulose-1,5-bis-P and decreased 3-P-glyceric acid and glycolate labeling upon addition of glyoxylate to chloroplasts suggested that ribulose-bis-P carboxylase and oxygenase might be inhibited either indirectly or directly by glyoxylate. Glyoxylate addition decreased (14)CO(2) labeling into glycolate and glycine by isolated mesophyll cells but had no effect on net (14)CO(2) fixation. Glutamate had little effect on net photosynthetic metabolism in chloroplast preparations but did increase (14)CO(2) incorporation by 15% in isolated mesophyll cells under air levels of CO(2).
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- A L Lawyer
- Biotechnology Group, Chevron Chemical Company, 940 Hensley Street, Richmond, California 94804
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Lawyer AL, Cornwell KL, Gee SL, Bassham JA. Effects of glycine hydroxamate, carbon dioxide, and oxygen on photorespiratory carbon and nitrogen metabolism in spinach mesophyll cells. Plant Physiol 1982; 69:1136-9. [PMID: 16662358 PMCID: PMC426372 DOI: 10.1104/pp.69.5.1136] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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The effects of added glycine hydroxamate on the photosynthetic incorporation of (14)CO(2) into metabolites by isolated mesophyll cells of spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.) was investigated under conditions favorable to photorespiratory (PR) metabolism (0.04% CO(2) and 20% O(2)) and under conditions leading to nonphotorespiratory (NPR) metabolism (0.2% CO(2) and 2.7% O(2)). Glycine hydroxamate (GH) is a competitive inhibitor of the photorespiratory conversion of glycine to serine, CO(2) and NH(4) (+). During PR fixation, addition of the inhibitor increased glycine and decreased glutamine labeling. In contrast, labeling of glycine decreased under NPR conditions. This suggests that when the rate of glycolate synthesis is slow, the primary route of glycine synthesis is through serine rather than from glycolate. GH addition increased serine labeling under PR conditions but not under NPR conditions. This increase in serine labeling at a time when glycine to serine conversion is partially blocked by the inhibitor may be due to serine accumulation via the "reverse" flow of photorespiration from 3-P-glycerate to hydroxypyruvate when glycine levels are high. GH increased glyoxylate and decreased glycolate labeling. These observations are discussed with respect to possible glyoxylate feedback inhibition of photorespiration.
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- A L Lawyer
- Laboratory of Chemical Biodynamics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720
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Larsen PO, Cornwell KL, Gee SL, Bassham JA. Amino Acid Synthesis in Photosynthesizing Spinach Cells : EFFECTS OF AMMONIA ON POOL SIZES AND RATES OF LABELING FROM CO(2). Plant Physiol 1981; 68:292-9. [PMID: 16661904 PMCID: PMC427478 DOI: 10.1104/pp.68.2.292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Isolated cells from leaves of Spinacia oleracea have been maintained in a state capable of high rates of photosynthetic CO(2) fixation for more than 60 hours. The incorporation of (14)CO(2) under saturating CO(2) conditions into carbohydrates, carboxylic acids, and amino acids, and the effect of ammonia on this incorporation have been studied. Total incorporation, specific radioactivity, and pool size have been determined as a function of time for most of the protein amino acids and for gamma-aminobutyric acid. The measurements of specific radio-activities and of the approaches to (14)C "saturation" of some amino acids indicate the presence and relative sizes of metabolically active and passive pools of these amino acids.Added ammonia decreased carbon fixation into carbohydrates and increased fixation into carboxylic acids and amino acids. Different amino acids were, however, affected in different and highly specific ways. Ammonia caused large stimulatory effects in incorporation of (14)C into glutamine (a factor of 21), aspartate, asparagine, valine, alanine, arginine, and histidine. No effect or slight decreases were seen in glycine, serine, phenylalanine, and tyrosine labeling. In the case of glutamate, (14)C labeling decreased, but specific radioactivity increased. The production of labeled gamma-aminobutyric acid was virtually stopped by ammonia.The results indicate that added ammonia stimulates the reactions mediated by pyruvate kinase and phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase, as seen with other plant systems. The data on the effects of added ammonia on total labeling, pool sizes, and specific radioactivities of several amino acids provides a number of indications about the intracellular sites of principal synthesis from carbon skeletons of these amino acids and the selective nature of effects of increased intracellular ammonia concentration on such synthesis.
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- P O Larsen
- Laboratory of Chemical Biodynamics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720
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