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Lins L, El Kirat K, Charloteaux B, Flore C, Stroobant V, Thomas A, Dufrene Y, Brasseur R. Lipid-destabilizing properties of the hydrophobic helices H8 and H9 from colicin E1. Mol Membr Biol 2009; 24:419-30. [PMID: 17710646 DOI: 10.1080/09687860701228254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [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: 10/22/2022]
Abstract
Colicins are toxic proteins produced by Escherichia coli that must cross the membrane to exert their activity. The lipid insertion of their pf domain is linked to a conformational change which enables the penetration of a hydrophobic hairpin. They provide useful models to more generally study insertion of proteins, channel formation and protein translocation in and across membranes. In this paper, we study the lipid-destabilizing properties of helices H8 and H9 forming the hydrophobic hairpin of colicin E1. Modelling analysis suggests that those fragments behave like tilted peptides. The latter are characterized by an asymmetric distribution of their hydrophobic residues when helical. They are able to interact with a hydrophobic/hydrophilic interface (such as a lipid membrane) and to destabilize the organized system into which they insert. Fluorescence techniques using labelled liposomes clearly show that H9, and H8 to a lesser extent, destabilize lipid particles, by inducing fusion and leakage. AFM assays clearly indicate that H8 and especially H9 induce membrane fragilization. Holes in the membrane are even observed in the presence of H9. This behaviour is close to what is seen with viral fusion peptides. Those results suggest that the peptides could be involved in the toroidal pore formation of colicin E1, notably by disturbing the lipids and facilitating the insertion of the other, more hydrophilic, helices that will form the pore. Since tilted, lipid-destabilizing fragments are also common to membrane proteins and to signal sequences, we suggest that tilted peptides should have an ubiquitous role in the mechanism of insertion of proteins into membranes.
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- L Lins
- Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire Numérique, Faculté des Sciences, Agronomiques de Gembloux, Gembloux, Belgium.
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Van den Eynde B, Théate I, Uyttenhove C, Colau D, Pilotte L, Stroobant V. Tumoral immune resistance based on tryptophan degradation by indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ics.2007.07.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Lorin A, Thomas A, Stroobant V, Brasseur R, Lins L. Lipid-destabilising properties of a peptide with structural plasticity. Chem Phys Lipids 2006; 141:185-96. [PMID: 16672156 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2006.02.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [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] [Received: 12/22/2005] [Accepted: 02/20/2006] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
Abstract
The Chameleon peptide (Cham) is a peptide designed from two regions of the GB1 protein, one folded as an alpha-helix and the other as a beta structure. Depending on the environment, the Cham peptide adopts an alpha or a beta conformation when inserted in different locations of GB1. This environment dependence is also observed for tilted peptides. These short protein fragments, able to destabilise organised system, are mainly folded in beta structure in water and in alpha helix in a hydrophobic environment, like the lipid bilayer. In this paper, we tested whether the Cham peptide can be qualified as a tilted peptide. For this, we have compared the properties of Cham peptide (hydrophobicity, destabilising properties, conformation) to those of tilted peptides. The results suggest that Cham is a tilted peptide. Our study, together the presence of tilted fragments in transconformational proteins, suggests a relationship between tilted peptides and structural lability.
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- A Lorin
- Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire Numérique, Faculté Universitaire des Sciences Agronomiques, Gembloux, Belgium
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Charloteaux B, Lorin A, Crowet JM, Stroobant V, Lins L, Thomas A, Brasseur R. The N-terminal 12 Residue Long Peptide of HIV gp41 is the Minimal Peptide Sufficient to Induce Significant T-cell-like Membrane Destabilization in Vitro. J Mol Biol 2006; 359:597-609. [PMID: 16677669 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2006.04.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2006] [Accepted: 04/03/2006] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
Abstract
Here, we predicted the minimal N-terminal fragment of gp41 required to induce significant membrane destabilization using IMPALA. This algorithm is dedicated to predict peptide interaction with a membrane. We based our prediction of the minimal fusion peptide on the tilted peptide theory. This theory proposes that some protein fragments having a peculiar distribution of hydrophobicity adopt a tilted orientation at a hydrophobic/hydrophilic interface. As a result of this orientation, tilted peptides should disrupt the interface. We analysed in silico the membrane-interacting properties of gp41 N-terminal peptides of different length derived from the isolate BRU and from an alignment of 710 HIV strains available on the Los Alamos National Laboratory. Molecular modelling results indicated that the 12 residue long peptide should be the minimal fusion peptide. We then assayed lipid-mixing and leakage of T-cell-like liposomes with N-terminal peptides of different length as first challenge of our predictions. Experimental results confirmed that the 12 residue long peptide is necessary and sufficient to induce membrane destabilization to the same extent as the 23 residue long fusion peptide. In silico analysis of some fusion-incompetent mutants presented in the literature further revealed that they cannot insert into a modelled membrane correctly tilted. According to this work, the tilted peptide model appears to explain at least partly the membrane destabilization properties of HIV fusion peptide.
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- B Charloteaux
- Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire Numérique, Faculté Universitaire des Sciences Agronomiques, Passage des déportés, B-5030 Gembloux, Belgium.
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Corbière V, Nicolay H, Russo V, Stroobant V, Brichard V, Boon T, van der Bruggen P. Identification of a MAGE-1 peptide recognized by cytolytic T lymphocytes on HLA-B*5701 tumors. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005; 63:453-7. [PMID: 15104676 DOI: 10.1111/j.0001-2815.2004.00203.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [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: 11/28/2022]
Abstract
"Cancer germline" genes such as those of the MAGE family are expressed in many tumors and in male germline cells but are silent in normal tissues. They encode shared tumor-specific antigens that have been used in therapeutic vaccination trials of cancer patients. We report the identification of a new MAGE-1-encoded peptide that is recognized by a cytolytic T-lymphocyte (CTL) clone on human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-B*5701. The sequence of the peptide, corresponding to position 102-112 of the MAGE-1 protein sequence, is ITKKVADLVGF. When tumor cells expressing MAGE-1 were transfected with HLA-B*5701, they were lyzed by the CTL clone, indicating that the peptide is processed in tumor cells and can, therefore, be used as a target for anti-tumoral vaccination.
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- V Corbière
- Institute of Cellular Pathology, Cellular Genetics Unit, Université de Louvain, B-1200 Brussels, Belgium
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Hauer AD, Uyttenhove C, de Vos P, Stroobant V, Renauld JC, van Berkel TJC, van Snick J, Kuiper J. Blockade of Interleukin-12 Function by Protein Vaccination Attenuates Atherosclerosis. Circulation 2005; 112:1054-62. [PMID: 16103256 DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.104.533463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 129] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [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: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
Background—
Interleukin-12 (IL-12) has been identified as a key inducer of a type 1 T-helper cell cytokine pattern, which is thought to contribute to the development of atherosclerosis. We sought to study the role of IL-12 in atherosclerosis by inhibition of IL-12 using a newly developed vaccination technique that fully blocks the action of IL-12.
Methods and Results—
LDL receptor–deficient (LDLr
−/−
) mice were vaccinated against IL-12 by 5 intramuscular injections of IL-12–PADRE complex in combination with adjuvant oil-in-water emulsion (low dose)/MPL/QS21 every 2 weeks. Two weeks thereafter, atherogenesis was initiated in the carotid artery by perivascular placement of silicone elastomer collars. IL-12 vaccination resulted in the induction of anti–IL-12 antibodies that functionally blocked the action of IL-12 as determined in an IL-12 bioassay. Blockade of IL-12 by vaccination of LDLr
−/−
mice resulted in significantly reduced (68.5%;
P
<0.01) atherogenesis compared with control mice without a change in serum cholesterol levels. IL-12 vaccination also resulted in a significant decrease in intima/media ratios (66.7%;
P
<0.01) and in the degree of stenosis (57.8%;
P
<0.01). On IL-12 vaccination, smooth muscle cell and collagen content in the neointima increased 2.8-fold (
P
<0.01) and 4.2-fold (
P
<0.01), respectively.
Conclusions—
Functional blockade of endogenous IL-12 by vaccination resulted in a significant 68.5% reduction in atherogenesis in LDLr
−/−
mice. Vaccination against IL-12 also improved plaque stability, from which we conclude that the blockade of IL-12 by vaccination may be considered a promising new strategy in the treatment of atherosclerosis.
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- A D Hauer
- Division of Biopharmaceutics, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands.
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Hauer A, Uyttenhove C, de Vos P, Stroobant V, Renauld J, van Berkel T, van Snick J, Kuiper J. W07.179 Vaccination against interleukin 12 attenuates atherosclerosis in LDL receptor deficient mice. ATHEROSCLEROSIS SUPP 2004. [DOI: 10.1016/s1567-5688(04)90178-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Adam B, Lins L, Stroobant V, Thomas A, Brasseur R. Distribution of hydrophobic residues is crucial for the fusogenic properties of the Ebola virus GP2 fusion peptide. J Virol 2004; 78:2131-6. [PMID: 14747578 PMCID: PMC369453 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.78.4.2131-2136.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [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: 07/09/2003] [Accepted: 11/04/2003] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
Abstract
The lipid-destabilizing properties of the N-terminal domain of the GP2 of Ebola virus were investigated. Our results suggest that the domain of Ebola virus needed for fusion is shorter than that previously reported. The fusogenic properties of this domain are related to its oblique orientation at the lipid/water interface owing to an asymmetric distribution of the hydrophobic residues when helical.
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- B Adam
- Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire Numérique, FSAGX, 5030 Gembloux, Leuven, Belgium
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Schultz E, Schuler-Thurner B, Stroobant V, Thielemans K, van der Bruggen P, Schuler G. Induktion tumor-spezifischer CD4+ Helfer-T-Zellen in Melanompatienten durch Vakzination mit autologen, Peptid-beladenen dendritischen Zellen. Akt Dermatol 2003. [DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-822224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Zhang Y, Stroobant V, Russo V, Boon T, van der Bruggen P. A MAGE-A4 peptide presented by HLA-B37 is recognized on human tumors by cytolytic T lymphocytes. Tissue Antigens 2002; 60:365-71. [PMID: 12492812 DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0039.2002.600503.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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
Abstract
'Cancer-germline' genes such as those of the MAGE family are expressed in many tumors and in male germline cells, but are silent in normal tissues. They encode shared tumor-specific antigens, which have been used in therapeutic vaccination trials of cancer patients. MAGE-A4 is expressed in more than 50% of carcinomas of esophagus, head and neck, lung, and bladder. We report here the identification of a new MAGE-A4 encoded peptide, which is recognized by a cytolytic T lymphocyte (CTL) clone on HLA-B*3701. The sequence of the peptide is SESLKMIF. It corresponds to the MAGE-A4156-163 protein sequence. When tumor cells expressing MAGE-A4 were transfected with HLA-B*3701, they were recognized by the CTL clone, demonstrating that the peptide ought to be processed in tumor cells and could therefore serve as a target for therapeutic antitumoral vaccination.
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- Y Zhang
- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, 74 Avenue Hippocrate, UCL 74.59, Brussels, Belgium
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Collet JF, Stroobant V, Van Schaftingen E. The 2,3-bisphosphoglycerate-independent phosphoglycerate mutase from Trypanosoma brucei: metal-ion dependency and phosphoenzyme formation. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2001; 204:39-44. [PMID: 11682175 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2001.tb10859.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [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: 11/30/2022] Open
Abstract
Recombinant cofactor-independent phosphoglycerate mutase from Trypanosoma brucei was inactivated by EDTA, and reactivated by Co(2+) much more than by Mn(2+) or Fe(2+). It displayed a minor phosphoglycerate phosphatase activity, which was stimulated by Mn(2+) more than by Co(2+). Upon incubation with [(32)P]phosphoglycerate, radioactivity was incorporated into the enzyme, most particularly in the presence of Mn(2+) or Fe(2+). The phosphorylated residue was identified by tandem mass spectrometry as Ser74, a residue homologous to the phosphorylated serine in alkaline phosphatase. However, the rates of formation and of disappearance of this phosphoenzyme were quite low compared to the mutase reaction. This and other properties indicated that the observed phosphoenzyme is an intermediate in the minor phosphatase activity rather than in the phosphomutase reaction.
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Affiliation(s)
- J F Collet
- Laboratoire de Chimie Physiologique, Christian de Duve Institute of Cellular Pathology and Université Catholique de Louvain, UCL 75-39, B-1200 Brussels, Belgium
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Hillig RC, Coulie PG, Stroobant V, Saenger W, Ziegler A, Hülsmeyer M. High-resolution structure of HLA-A*0201 in complex with a tumour-specific antigenic peptide encoded by the MAGE-A4 gene. J Mol Biol 2001; 310:1167-76. [PMID: 11502003 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2001.4816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [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]
Abstract
The heterotrimeric complex of the human major histocompatibity complex (MHC) molecule HLA-A*0201, beta2-microglobulin and the decameric peptide GVYDGREHTV derived from the melanoma antigen (MAGE-A4 protein has been determined by X-ray crystallography at 1.4 A resolution. MAGE-A4 belongs to a family of genes that are specifically expressed in a variety of tumours. MAGE-A4-derived peptides are presented by MHC molecules at the cell surface to cytotoxic T-lymphocytes. As the HLA-A*0201:MAGE-A4 complex occurs only on tumour cells, it is considered to be an appropriate target for immunotherapy. The structure presented here reveals potential epitopes specific to the complex and indicates which peptide residues could be recognised by T-cell receptors. In addition, as the structure could be refined anisotropically, it was possible to describe the movements of the bound peptide in more detail.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Antigens, Neoplasm/chemistry
- Antigens, Neoplasm/genetics
- Antigens, Neoplasm/immunology
- Antigens, Neoplasm/metabolism
- Binding Sites
- Circular Dichroism
- Crystallography, X-Ray
- Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte/chemistry
- Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte/immunology
- HLA-A Antigens/chemistry
- HLA-A Antigens/immunology
- HLA-A Antigens/metabolism
- Humans
- Immunotherapy
- Ligands
- Models, Molecular
- Neoplasm Proteins/chemistry
- Neoplasm Proteins/genetics
- Neoplasm Proteins/immunology
- Neoplasm Proteins/metabolism
- Peptide Fragments/chemistry
- Peptide Fragments/immunology
- Peptide Fragments/metabolism
- Polyethylene Glycols/chemistry
- Polyethylene Glycols/metabolism
- Protein Binding
- Protein Conformation
- Protein Denaturation
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/immunology
- Temperature
- Thermodynamics
- beta 2-Microglobulin/chemistry
- beta 2-Microglobulin/metabolism
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Affiliation(s)
- R C Hillig
- Institut für Immungenetik, Universitätsklinikum Charité, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany
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Delpierre G, Vanstapel F, Stroobant V, Van Schaftingen E. Conversion of a synthetic fructosamine into its 3-phospho derivative in human erythrocytes. Biochem J 2000; 352 Pt 3:835-9. [PMID: 11104693 PMCID: PMC1221524] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/18/2023]
Abstract
Intact human erythrocytes catalyse the conversion of fructose into fructose 3-phosphate with an apparent K(m) of 30 mM [Petersen, Kappler, Szwergold and Brown (1992) Biochem. J. 284, 363-366]. The physiological significance of this process is still unknown. In the present study we report that the formation of fructose 3-phosphate from 50 mM fructose in intact erythrocytes is inhibited by 1-deoxy-1-morpholinofructose (DMF), a synthetic fructosamine, with an apparent K(i) of 100 microM. (31)P NMR analysis of cell extracts incubated with DMF indicated the presence of an additional phosphorylated compound, which was partially purified and shown to be DMF 3-phosphate by tandem MS. Radiolabelled DMF was phosphorylated by intact erythrocytes with an apparent K(m) ( approximately 100 microM) approx. 300-fold lower than the value reported for fructose phosphorylation on its third carbon. These results indicate that the physiological function of the enzyme that is able to convert fructose into fructose 3-phosphate in intact erythrocytes is probably to phosphorylate fructosamines. This suggests that fructosamines, which are produced non-enzymically from glucose and amino compounds, may be metabolized in human erythrocytes.
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Affiliation(s)
- G Delpierre
- Laboratory of Physiological Chemistry, Christian de Duve Institute of Cellular Pathology and Université catholique de Louvain, Avenue Hippocrate 75, B-1200 Brussels, Belgium
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Delpierre G, Rider MH, Collard F, Stroobant V, Vanstapel F, Santos H, Van Schaftingen E. Identification, cloning, and heterologous expression of a mammalian fructosamine-3-kinase. Diabetes 2000; 49:1627-34. [PMID: 11016445 DOI: 10.2337/diabetes.49.10.1627] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [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: 11/13/2022]
Abstract
Fructosamines are thought to play an important role in the development of diabetic complications. Little is known about reactions that could metabolize these compounds in mammalian tissues, except for recent indications that they can be converted to fructosamine 3-phosphates. The purpose of the present work was to identify and characterize the enzyme responsible for this conversion. Erythrocyte extracts were found to catalyze the ATP-dependent phosphorylation of 1-deoxy-1-morpholinofructose (DMF), a synthetic fructosamine. The enzyme responsible for this conversion was purified approximately 2,500-fold by chromatography on Blue Sepharose, Q Sepharose, and Sephacryl S-200 and shown to copurify with a 35,000-M(r) protein. Partial sequences of tryptic peptides were derived from the protein by nanoelectrospray-ionization mass spectrometry, which allowed for the identification of the corresponding human and mouse cDNAs. Both cDNAs encode proteins of 309 amino acids, showing 89% identity with each other and homologous to proteins of unknown function predicted from the sequences of several bacterial genomes. Both proteins were expressed in Escherichia coli and purified. They were shown to catalyze the phosphorylation of DMF, fructoselysine, fructoseglycine, and fructose in order of decreasing affinity. They also phosphorylated glycated lysozyme, though not unmodified lysozyme. Nuclear magnetic resonance analysis of phosphorylated DMF and phosphorylated fructoseglycine showed that the phosphate was bound to the third carbon of the 1-deoxyfructose moiety. The physiological function of fructosamine-3-kinase may be to initiate a process leading to the deglycation of fructoselysine and of glycated proteins.
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- G Delpierre
- Laboratory of Physiological Chemistry, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
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Chiari R, Hames G, Stroobant V, Texier C, Maillère B, Boon T, Coulie PG. Identification of a tumor-specific shared antigen derived from an Eph receptor and presented to CD4 T cells on HLA class II molecules. Cancer Res 2000; 60:4855-63. [PMID: 10987298] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/17/2023]
Abstract
We obtained a lytic CD4 T-cell clone that recognized an antigen presented by HLA-DRB1*1101 on the tumor cells of a melanoma patient who enjoyed an unusually favorable clinical evolution. The antigen appeared to be shared between several melanoma cell lines. To identify the encoding gene, we used a new method, based on the cotransfection into human embryonal kidney cell line 293 of a cDNA library from the tumor together with a cDNA clone encoding the class II transactivator, which induces the expression of HLA class II molecules. The product of the gene coding for the antigenic peptide is EphA3, a member of the Eph family of tyrosine kinase receptors, which mediate the repulsion of neural cells by cells carrying the ligand Ephrins on their surface. EphA3 is expressed at a high level in the retina and fetal brain, at a lower level in several normal tissues, and not at all in hematopoietic cells, the only cells that constitutively express HLA class II molecules. It is overexpressed in several types of tumors, including melanoma, lung carcinoma, and sarcoma. On the basis of this pattern of expression, EphA3 may be a source of tumor-specific antigens recognized on tumor cells that express HLA class II molecules. Anti-EphA3 T cells may have participated in a tumor rejection response in the patient, because the cells of metastases collected several years later than the metastasis used to characterize the antigen had lost expression of HLA-DR or EphA3, therefore escaping recognition by these lymphocytes.
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- R Chiari
- Cellular Genetics Unit, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
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Mandruzzato S, Stroobant V, Demotte N, van der Bruggen P. A human CTL recognizes a caspase-8-derived peptide on autologous HLA-B*3503 molecules and two unrelated peptides on allogeneic HLA-B*3501 molecules. J Immunol 2000; 164:4130-4. [PMID: 10754307 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.164.8.4130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
Abstract
A CTL clone that recognizes autologous tumor cells was previously isolated from the blood of a head-and-neck cancer patient. The Ag was identified as peptide FPSDSWCYF presented by autologous HLA-B*3503 molecules. This peptide was encoded by a mutated CASP-8 gene, which is implicated in the triggering of apoptosis. Here, we show that this CTL clone, which expresses a single TCR, also recognizes two unrelated peptides on allogeneic HLA-B*3501 molecules. One peptide, HIPDVITY, is encoded by squalene synthase, and the other one, QFADVIVLF, is encoded by 2-hydroxyphytanoyl-CoA lyase. Both genes are expressed ubiquitously. These antigenic peptides are processed and presented by HLA-B*3501 cells. The two HLA-B35 alleles are closely related. Our results might reinforce the notion that the recognition of allogeneic HLA molecules depends on the presence in their groove of a limited number of peptides processed from ubiquitous proteins.
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MESH Headings
- Aged
- Alleles
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Antigen Presentation/genetics
- B-Lymphocytes/metabolism
- Base Sequence
- COS Cells
- Caspase 8
- Caspase 9
- Caspases/immunology
- Caspases/metabolism
- Cell Line
- Clone Cells
- DNA, Complementary/analysis
- Farnesyl-Diphosphate Farnesyltransferase/genetics
- Female
- HLA-B35 Antigen/biosynthesis
- HLA-B35 Antigen/genetics
- HLA-B35 Antigen/metabolism
- Humans
- Lymphocyte Activation
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Oligopeptides/genetics
- Oligopeptides/immunology
- Oligopeptides/metabolism
- Protein Binding/immunology
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/genetics
- T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic/enzymology
- T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic/immunology
- T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic/metabolism
- Transfection
- Tumor Cells, Cultured
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Affiliation(s)
- S Mandruzzato
- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Brussels Branch, and Unité de Génétique Cellulaire, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
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Abstract
Phosphoserine phosphatase belongs to a new class of phosphotransferases forming an acylphosphate during catalysis and sharing three motifs with P-type ATPases and haloacid dehalogenases. The phosphorylated residue was identified as the first aspartate in the first motif (DXDXT) by mass spectrometry analysis of peptides derived from the phosphorylated enzyme treated with NaBH(4) or alkaline [(18)O]H(2)O. Incubation of native phosphoserine phosphatase with phosphoserine in [(18)O]H(2)O did not result in (18)O incorporation in residue Asp-20, indicating that the phosphoaspartate is hydrolyzed, as in P-type ATPases, by attack of the phosphorus atom. Mutagenesis studies bearing on conserved residues indicated that four conservative changes either did not affect (S109T) or caused a moderate decrease in activity (G178A, D179E, and D183E). Other mutations inactivated the enzyme by >80% (S109A and G180A) or even by >/=99% (D179N, D183N, K158A, and K158R). Mutations G178A and D179N decreased the affinity for phosphoserine, suggesting that these residues participate in the binding of the substrate. Mutations of Asp-179 decreased the affinity for Mg(2+), indicating that this residue interacts with the cation. Thus, investigated residues appear to play an important role in the reaction mechanism of phosphoserine phosphatase, as is known for equivalent residues in P-type ATPases and haloacid dehalogenases.
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Affiliation(s)
- J F Collet
- Laboratoire de Chimie Physiologique, Christian de Duve Institute of Cellular Pathology, B 1200 Brussels, Belgium
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Chaux P, Luiten R, Demotte N, Vantomme V, Stroobant V, Traversari C, Russo V, Schultz E, Cornelis GR, Boon T, van der Bruggen P. Identification of five MAGE-A1 epitopes recognized by cytolytic T lymphocytes obtained by in vitro stimulation with dendritic cells transduced with MAGE-A1. J Immunol 1999; 163:2928-36. [PMID: 10453041] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/13/2023]
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MAGE genes are expressed by many human tumors of different histological types but not by normal cells, except for male germline cells. The Ags encoded by MAGE genes and recognized by T cells are therefore strictly tumor-specific. Clinical trials involving therapeutic vaccination of cancer patients with MAGE antigenic peptides or proteins are in progress. To increase the range of patients eligible for therapy with peptides, it is important to identify additional MAGE epitopes recognized by CTL. Candidate peptides known to bind to a given HLA have been used to stimulate T lymphocytes in vitro. In some instances, CTL clones directed against these synthetic peptides have been obtained, but these clones often failed to recognize tumor cells expressing the relevant gene. Therefore, we designed a method to identify CTL epitopes that selects naturally processed peptides. Monocyte-derived dendritic cells infected with a recombinant canarypoxvirus (ALVAC) containing the entire MAGE-A1 gene were used to stimulate CD8+ T lymphocytes from the blood of individuals without cancer. Responder cell microcultures that specifically lysed autologous cells expressing MAGE-A1 were cloned using autologous stimulator cells either transduced with a retrovirus coding for MAGE-A1 or infected with recombinant Yersinia-MAGE-A1 bacteria. The CTL clones were tested for their ability to lyse autologous cells loaded with each of a set of overlapping MAGE-A1 peptides. This strategy led to the identification of five new MAGE-A1 epitopes recognized by CTL clones on HLA-A3, -A28, -B53, -Cw2, and -Cw3 molecules. All of these CTL clones recognized target cells expressing gene MAGE-A1.
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- P Chaux
- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Brussels, Belgium
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Chaux P, Vantomme V, Stroobant V, Thielemans K, Corthals J, Luiten R, Eggermont AM, Boon T, van der Bruggen P. Identification of MAGE-3 epitopes presented by HLA-DR molecules to CD4(+) T lymphocytes. J Exp Med 1999; 189:767-78. [PMID: 10049940 PMCID: PMC2192951 DOI: 10.1084/jem.189.5.767] [Citation(s) in RCA: 177] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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MAGE-type genes are expressed by many tumors of different histological types and not by normal cells, except for male germline cells, which do not express major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules. Therefore, the antigens encoded by MAGE-type genes are strictly tumor specific and common to many tumors. We describe here the identification of the first MAGE-encoded epitopes presented by histocompatibility leukocyte antigen (HLA) class II molecules to CD4(+) T lymphocytes. Monocyte-derived dendritic cells were loaded with a MAGE-3 recombinant protein and used to stimulate autologous CD4(+) T cells. We isolated CD4(+) T cell clones that recognized two different MAGE-3 epitopes, MAGE-3114-127 and MAGE-3121-134, both presented by the HLA-DR13 molecule, which is expressed in 20% of Caucasians. The second epitope is also encoded by MAGE-1, -2, and -6. Our procedure should be applicable to other proteins for the identification of new tumor-specific antigens presented by HLA class II molecules. The knowledge of such antigens will be useful for evaluation of the immune response of cancer patients immunized with proteins or with recombinant viruses carrying entire genes coding for tumor antigens. The use of antigenic peptides presented by class II in addition to peptides presented by class I may also improve the efficacy of therapeutic antitumor vaccination.
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- P Chaux
- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Université Catholique de Louvain 74.59, B-1200 Brussels, Belgium
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Libert R, Van Hoof F, Thillaye M, Vincent MF, Nassogne MC, Stroobant V, de Hoffmann E, Schanck A. Identification of new medium-chain acylcarnitines present in urine of a patient with medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency. J Inherit Metab Dis 1999; 22:9-18. [PMID: 10070613 DOI: 10.1023/a:1005482828392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Previously undescribed medium-chain acylcarnitines were identified in a urine sample from a patient with medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency. These are the 4-methylvaleryl, 4- and 5-methylhexanoyl, 6-methylheptanoyl-, 6-methyloctanoyl-, 4,5-dimethylhexanoyl- and 4,7-decadienoylcarnitines. Their chemical structures were obtained by gas chromatographymass spectrometry analysis of their fatty acid moieties as picolinyl esters.
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- R Libert
- Département de Biologie Clinique, Cliniques Universitaires St Luc, Brussels, Belgium
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- J F Collet
- Laboratory of Physiological Chemistry, Christian de Duve Institute of Cellular Pathology and Catholic University of Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
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Collet JF, Stroobant V, Pirard M, Delpierre G, Van Schaftingen E. A new class of phosphotransferases phosphorylated on an aspartate residue in an amino-terminal DXDX(T/V) motif. J Biol Chem 1998; 273:14107-12. [PMID: 9603909 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.273.23.14107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 206] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [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: 11/06/2022] Open
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When incubated with their substrates, human phosphomannomutase and L-3-phosphoserine phosphatase are known to form phosphoenzymes with chemical characteristics of an acyl-phosphate. The phosphorylated residue in phosphomannomutase has now been identified by mass spectrometry after reduction of the phosphoenzyme with tritiated borohydride and trypsin digestion. It is the first aspartate in a conserved DVDGT motif. Replacement of either aspartate of this motif by asparagine or glutamate resulted in complete inactivation of the enzyme. The same mutations performed in the DXDST motif of L-3-phosphoserine phosphatase also resulted in complete inactivation of the enzyme, except for the replacement of the second aspartate by glutamate, which reduced the activity by only about 40%. This suggests that the first aspartate of the motif is also the phosphorylated residue in L-3-phosphoserine phosphatase. Data banks contained seven other phosphomutases or phosphatases sharing a similar, totally conserved DXDX(T/V) motif at their amino terminus. One of these (beta-phosphoglucomutase) is shown to form a phosphoenzyme with the characteristics of an acyl-phosphate. In conclusion, phosphomannomutase and L-3-phosphoserine phosphatase belong to a new phosphotransferase family with an amino-terminal DXDX(T/V) motif that serves as an intermediate phosphoryl acceptor.
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- J F Collet
- Laboratory of Physiological Chemistry, Christian de Duve Institute of Cellular Pathology and Catholic University of Louvain, B-1200 Brussels, Belgium
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Libert R, Van Hoof F, Thillaye M, Vincent MF, Nassogne MC, Stroobant V, de Hoffmann E, Schanck A. Identification of new medium-chain acylcarnitines present in normal human urine. Anal Biochem 1997; 251:196-205. [PMID: 9299016 DOI: 10.1006/abio.1997.2274] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Analysis of urinary medium-chain acylcarnitines extracted on C18 cartridges and gas chromatography mass spectrometry of their fatty acid moieties as picolinyl esters allowed the determination of the chemical structure of previously unidentified acylcarnitines in normal human urine. These are the 2,6-dimethylheptanoyl-, the 2,6-dimethyl-5-heptenoyl-, and the trans- and cis-3,4-methylene heptanoylcarnitines, also named 3-cyclopropane octanoylcarnitines. Assessment of the structure of these cyclopropane derivatives was obtained by 1H and 13C nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. In addition, other acylcarnitines were tentatively identified.
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- R Libert
- Département de Biologie Clinique, Cliniques Universitaires St. Luc, 10 Avenue Hippocrate, Brussels, B-1200, Belgium
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Newman SL, Gootee L, Stroobant V, van der Goot H, Boelaert JR. Inhibition of growth of Histoplasma capsulatum yeast cells in human macrophages by the iron chelator VUF 8514 and comparison of VUF 8514 with deferoxamine. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 1995; 39:1824-9. [PMID: 7486926 PMCID: PMC162833 DOI: 10.1128/aac.39.8.1824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [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] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Histoplasma capsulatum requires intracellular iron to survive and multiply within human and murine macrophages (M phi). Thus, iron chelators may be useful compounds in the treatment of histoplasmosis. In the present study we compared the efficacies of five different iron chelators with deferoxamine (DEF) for their capacity to inhibit the growth of H. capsulatum yeast cells in culture medium and within human M phi. Of the agents tested, only one, VUF 8514, a 2,2'-bipyridyl analog, was found to be effective. VUF 8514 inhibited the growth of yeast cells in tissue culture medium and within M phi in a dose-response fashion. In tissue culture medium, the 50% effective dose (ED50) of VUF 8514 was 30 nM and the ED50 of DEF was 1 mM. In human M phi, the ED50 of VUF 8514 was 520 nM and the ED50 of DEF was 4 mM. Thus, VUF 8514 was effective at a concentration 7.7 x 10(3)-fold lower than DEF in inhibiting the growth of yeast cells in M phi. Inhibition of the intracellular growth of yeast cells by VUF 8514 was reversed by holotransferrin and iron nitriloacetate, an iron compound that is soluble at neutral to alkaline pH. Thus, VUF 8514 inhibits the intracellular growth of yeast cells by acting as an iron chelator rather than through its capacity as a weak base. These data suggest that the hydroxamic acid siderophore of H. capsulatum yeast cells competes successfully for iron against some iron chelators but not others and that VUF 8514 may be a potential therapeutic agent for the treatment of histoplasmosis.
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- S L Newman
- Department of Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Ohio 45267, USA
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Stroobant V, de Hoffmann E, Libert R, Van Hoof F. Fast-atom bombardment mass spectrometry and low energy collision-induced tandem mass spectrometry of tauroconjugated bile acid anions. J Am Soc Mass Spectrom 1995; 6:588-596. [PMID: 24214356 DOI: 10.1016/1044-0305(95)00203-p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [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] [Received: 11/01/1994] [Revised: 02/17/1995] [Accepted: 02/17/1995] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Fragmentation of negative ions produced by fast-atom bombardment (FAB) from 14 tauroconjugated bile acids and some of their deuterated analogs has been studied by mass spectrometry and by collision-induced dissociation (CED) tandem mass spectrometry at low energy.Low energy collision-induced dissociation of the deprotonated molecules [M - H](-) of these tauroconjugated bile acids leads to both charge-driven and charge-remote fragmentations (CRF). The former yields neutral loss from the side chain with charge migration during the fragmentation process. These fragments dominate the CID spectra, but are absent from the FAB spectra. Their relative abundances are dependent on the number and the positions of the hydroxyl groups in the steroid nucleus and thus permit distinction among some positional isomers.The CRF fragments correspond to cleavages in the side chain up to fragmentations across the steroid rings with charge retention on the sulfonate group. These CRF fragments, which also are useful for structural identification, are less intense in CID than in FAB spectra. It appears that these charge-remote fragments are favored by unsaturation in the steroid rings, either as keto groups or as endocyclic double bonds. Tandem mass spectrometry combined with the use of deuterated analogs demonstrates that the structures of the survivor pseudomolecular ions and of the CRF fragments are not rearranged.
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- V Stroobant
- Service de Spectrométrie de Masse, Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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Stroobant V, Rozenberg R, El Bouabsa M, Deffense E, de Hoffmann E. Fragmentation of conjugate bases of esters derived from multifunctional alcohols including triacylglycerols. J Am Soc Mass Spectrom 1995; 6:498-506. [PMID: 24214302 DOI: 10.1016/1044-0305(95)00200-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/1994] [Revised: 01/31/1995] [Accepted: 02/06/1995] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Enolate anions of esters from 1,2 and 1,3 diols undergo an internal nucleophilic substitution reaction that produces a β-ketoester and an alkoxide ion within the molecular species. These intermediate ions undergo two competitive fragmentation pathways. The first pathway corresponds to a second nucleophilic substitution of the ketoester by the alkoxide that yields a neutral cyclic ether and the β-ketoacid carboxylate. The latter then loses carbon dioxide and produces the enolate anion of the corresponding ketone. The second proposed pathway is stepwise: it starts with a proton transfer from the methylene group between the two carbonyls to the alkoxide anion that produces an alcohol and the enolate ion of the β-ketoester inside the molecular species. The latter undergoes cleavage of the ester bond induced by the negative charge to yield an ion-dipole complex composed of a neutral acylketene and an alkoxide ion. The direct dissociation of this ion-dipole complex competes with an internal proton exchange to yield a new complex that consists of an alcohol molecule and the anion of the acylketene, which can also dissociate. The fragmentation pathway that leads to the ketone enolate is sensitive to the relative positions (1,2 or 1,3) of the esters on the molecular backbone. This position-sensitive reaction is useful for the assignment of the primary and secondary positions in triacylglycerols, even in mixtures, as shown by some examples.
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- V Stroobant
- Service de Spectrométrie de Masse, Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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Radziejewska-Lebrecht J, Shashkov AS, Stroobant V, Wartenberg K, Warth C, Mayer H. The inner core region of Yersinia enterocolitica Ye75R (0:3) lipopolysaccharide. Eur J Biochem 1994; 221:343-51. [PMID: 8168522 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1994.tb18746.x] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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The inner-core region of the lipopolysaccharide of an UDPGalNAc-4-epimerase-deficient mutant of Yersinia enterocolitica 0:3, designated as Ye75R, was investigated using methylation analysis, 1D-13C-NMR and 2D-13C-NMR and 1H-NMR, as well as 31P-NMR, fast-atom-bombardment mass spectrometry (FAB MS) and FAB MS/MS in positive and negative modes. The isolated core heptasaccharide (OS) was composed of 2 units D-glucose, 3 units LD-heptose and 1 unit each of DD-heptose and 3-deoxy-D-manno-octulosonic acid. Methylation analysis indicated that OS was highly branched with terminal location of the two glucoses and the DD-heptose unit, which was partially (to about 40%) phosphorylated at C7. These combined studies allowed us to formulate the structure of the inner core region as shown in Scheme 1. The substitution of the 7-position of the terminally linked DD-heptose unit by phosphate could be recognized by MS characterization of permethylated DD-heptose-7-phosphate (alditol acetate) and the extent of the substitution by the ratio of the two well separated 1H signals of DD-heptose in 500-MHz 1H-NMR. Negative FAB MS of OS also indicated the presence of smaller amounts of two hexasaccharides, differing from OS in lacking either one terminal unit of D-glucose or of the terminal DD-heptose, and additionally of a pentasaccharide lacking two heptosyl units, namely the terminal DD-heptose and and the subterminal LD-heptose. The presence of the smaller oligosaccharides in the OS fraction was also recognized by the methylation analysis.
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Bernard A, Dumont X, Roels H, Lauwerys R, Dierynck I, De Ley M, Stroobant V, de Hoffmann E. The molecular mass and concentrations of protein 1 or Clara cell protein in biological fluids: a reappraisal. Clin Chim Acta 1993; 223:189-91. [PMID: 8143367 DOI: 10.1016/0009-8981(93)90077-h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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