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Thiel G, Backes TM, Guethlein LA, Rössler OG. Critical Protein-Protein Interactions Determine the Biological Activity of Elk-1, a Master Regulator of Stimulus-Induced Gene Transcription. Molecules 2021; 26:molecules26206125. [PMID: 34684708 PMCID: PMC8541449 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26206125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2021] [Revised: 10/03/2021] [Accepted: 10/05/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
Abstract
Elk-1 is a transcription factor that binds together with a dimer of the serum response factor (SRF) to the serum-response element (SRE), a genetic element that connects cellular stimulation with gene transcription. Elk-1 plays an important role in the regulation of cellular proliferation and apoptosis, thymocyte development, glucose homeostasis and brain function. The biological function of Elk-1 relies essentially on the interaction with other proteins. Elk-1 binds to SRF and generates a functional ternary complex that is required to activate SRE-mediated gene transcription. Elk-1 is kept in an inactive state under basal conditions via binding of a SUMO-histone deacetylase complex. Phosphorylation by extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase, c-Jun N-terminal protein kinase or p38 upregulates the transcriptional activity of Elk-1, mediated by binding to the mediator of RNA polymerase II transcription (Mediator) and the transcriptional coactivator p300. Strong and extended phosphorylation of Elk-1 attenuates Mediator and p300 recruitment and allows the binding of the mSin3A-histone deacetylase corepressor complex. The subsequent dephosphorylation of Elk-1, catalyzed by the protein phosphatase calcineurin, facilitates the re-SUMOylation of Elk-1, transforming Elk-1 back to a transcriptionally inactive state. Thus, numerous protein–protein interactions control the activation cycle of Elk-1 and are essential for its biological function.
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- Gerald Thiel
- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Saarland University Medical Faculty, D-66421 Homburg, Germany; (T.M.B.); (O.G.R.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +49-6841-1626506; Fax: +49-6841-1626500
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Saarland University Medical Faculty, D-66421 Homburg, Germany; (T.M.B.); (O.G.R.)
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- Department of Structural Biology and Department of Microbiology & Immunology, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA;
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Saarland University Medical Faculty, D-66421 Homburg, Germany; (T.M.B.); (O.G.R.)
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SARS-CoV-2 virus, the causative agent of Covid-19, has fired up a global pandemic. The virus interacts with the human receptor angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) for an invasion via receptor binding domain (RBD) on its spike protein. To provide a deeper understanding of this interaction, we performed microsecond simulations of the RBD-ACE2 complex for SARS-CoV-2 and compared it with the closely related SARS-CoV discovered in 2003. We show residues in the RBD of SARS-CoV-2 that were mutated from SARS-CoV, collectively help make the RBD anchor much stronger to the N-terminal part of ACE2 than the corresponding residues on RBD of SARS-CoV. This would result in a reduced dissociation rate of SARS-CoV-2 from human receptor protein compared to SARS-CoV. The phenomenon was consistently observed in simulations beyond 500 ns and was reproducible across different force fields. Altogether, our study adds more insight into the critical dynamics of the key residues at the virus spike and human receptor binding interface and potentially aids the development of diagnostics and therapeutics to combat the pandemic efficiently.
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- Van A. Ngo
- Center for Nonlinear Studies, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States of America
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- Bioscience Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States of America
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Shim JY. Prediction of essential binding domains for the endocannabinoid N-arachidonoylethanolamine (AEA) in the brain cannabinoid CB1 receptor. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0229879. [PMID: 34181638 PMCID: PMC8238219 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0229879] [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] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2020] [Accepted: 05/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (Δ9-THC), the main active ingredient of Cannabis sativa (marijuana), interacts with the human brain cannabinoid (CB1) receptor and mimics pharmacological effects of endocannabinoids (eCBs) like N-arachidonylethanolamide (AEA). Due to its flexible nature of AEA structure with more than 15 rotatable bonds, establishing its binding mode to the CB1 receptor is elusive. The aim of the present study was to explore possible binding conformations of AEA within the binding pocket of the CB1 receptor confirmed in the recently available X-ray crystal structures of the CB1 receptor and predict essential AEA binding domains. We performed long time molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of plausible AEA docking poses until its receptor binding interactions became optimally established. Our simulation results revealed that AEA favors to bind to the hydrophobic channel (HC) of the CB1 receptor, suggesting that HC holds essential significance in AEA binding to the CB1 receptor. Our results also suggest that the Helix 2 (H2)/H3 region of the CB1 receptor is an AEA binding subsite privileged over the H7 region.
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- Joong-Youn Shim
- Department of Physical Sciences, School of Arts and Sciences, Dalton State College, Dalton, Georgia, United States of America
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Piette BL, Alerasool N, Lin ZY, Lacoste J, Lam MHY, Qian WW, Tran S, Larsen B, Campos E, Peng J, Gingras AC, Taipale M. Comprehensive interactome profiling of the human Hsp70 network highlights functional differentiation of J domains. Mol Cell 2021; 81:2549-2565.e8. [PMID: 33957083 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2021.04.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2021] [Revised: 04/13/2021] [Accepted: 04/14/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Hsp70s comprise a deeply conserved chaperone family that has a central role in maintaining protein homeostasis. In humans, Hsp70 client specificity is provided by 49 different co-factors known as J domain proteins (JDPs). However, the cellular function and client specificity of JDPs have largely remained elusive. We have combined affinity purification-mass spectrometry (AP-MS) and proximity-dependent biotinylation (BioID) to characterize the interactome of all human JDPs and Hsp70s. The resulting network suggests specific functions for many uncharacterized JDPs, and we establish a role of conserved JDPs DNAJC9 and DNAJC27 in histone chaperoning and ciliogenesis, respectively. Unexpectedly, we find that the J domain of DNAJC27 but not of other JDPs can fully replace the function of endogenous DNAJC27, suggesting a previously unappreciated role for J domains themselves in JDP specificity. More broadly, our work expands the role of the Hsp70-regulated proteostasis network and provides a platform for further discovery of JDP-dependent functions.
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- Benjamin L Piette
- Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 1A8, Canada; Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Sinai Health System, Toronto, ON M5G 1X5, Canada; Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 3E1, Canada
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 1A8, Canada; Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 3E1, Canada
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- Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Sinai Health System, Toronto, ON M5G 1X5, Canada
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 1A8, Canada; Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 3E1, Canada
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- Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Sinai Health System, Toronto, ON M5G 1X5, Canada
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- Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 1A8, Canada; Genetics and Genome Biology Program, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON M5G 0A4, Canada
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- Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Sinai Health System, Toronto, ON M5G 1X5, Canada
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 1A8, Canada; Genetics and Genome Biology Program, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON M5G 0A4, Canada
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- Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 1A8, Canada; Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Sinai Health System, Toronto, ON M5G 1X5, Canada.
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 1A8, Canada; Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 3E1, Canada.
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Pantoja-Uceda D, Stuani C, Laurents DV, McDermott AE, Buratti E, Mompeán M. Phe-Gly motifs drive fibrillization of TDP-43's prion-like domain condensates. PLoS Biol 2021; 19:e3001198. [PMID: 33909608 PMCID: PMC8109789 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2020] [Revised: 05/10/2021] [Accepted: 03/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Transactive response DNA-binding Protein of 43 kDa (TDP-43) assembles various aggregate forms, including biomolecular condensates or functional and pathological amyloids, with roles in disparate scenarios (e.g., muscle regeneration versus neurodegeneration). The link between condensates and fibrils remains unclear, just as the factors controlling conformational transitions within these aggregate species: Salt- or RNA-induced droplets may evolve into fibrils or remain in the droplet form, suggesting distinct end point species of different aggregation pathways. Using microscopy and NMR methods, we unexpectedly observed in vitro droplet formation in the absence of salts or RNAs and provided visual evidence for fibrillization at the droplet surface/solvent interface but not the droplet interior. Our NMR analyses unambiguously uncovered a distinct amyloid conformation in which Phe-Gly motifs are key elements of the reconstituted fibril form, suggesting a pivotal role for these residues in creating the fibril core. This contrasts the minor participation of Phe-Gly motifs in initiation of the droplet form. Our results point to an intrinsic (i.e., non-induced) aggregation pathway that may exist over a broad range of conditions and illustrate structural features that distinguishes between aggregate forms. The prion-like domain of TDP-43 assembles biomolecular condensates which mature into amyloid fibrils that accumulate at the condensate/solvent interface. In vitro reconstitution of these fibrils reveals an amyloid core stabilized by residues that are not necessarily essential to create the droplet form.
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- David Pantoja-Uceda
- Rocasolano Institute of Physical Chemistry, Spanish National Research Council, Madrid, Spain
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- International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Trieste, Italy
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- Rocasolano Institute of Physical Chemistry, Spanish National Research Council, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America
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- International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Trieste, Italy
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- Rocasolano Institute of Physical Chemistry, Spanish National Research Council, Madrid, Spain
- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America
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Mastrangelo P, Chin AA, Tan S, Jeon AH, Ackerley CA, Siu KK, Lee JE, Hegele RG. Identification of RSV Fusion Protein Interaction Domains on the Virus Receptor, Nucleolin. Viruses 2021; 13:261. [PMID: 33567674 PMCID: PMC7915953 DOI: 10.3390/v13020261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2020] [Revised: 01/31/2021] [Accepted: 02/02/2021] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Nucleolin is an essential cellular receptor to human respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). Pharmacological targeting of the nucleolin RNA binding domain RBD1,2 can inhibit RSV infections in vitro and in vivo; however, the site(s) on RBD1,2 which interact with RSV are not known. We undertook a series of experiments designed to: document RSV-nucleolin co-localization on the surface of polarized MDCK cells using immunogold electron microscopy, to identify domains on nucleolin that physically interact with RSV using biochemical methods and determine their biological effects on RSV infection in vitro, and to carry out structural analysis toward informing future RSV drug development. Results of immunogold transmission and scanning electron microscopy showed RSV-nucleolin co-localization on the cell surface, as would be expected for a viral receptor. RSV, through its fusion protein (RSV-F), physically interacts with RBD1,2 and these interactions can be competitively inhibited by treatment with Palivizumab or recombinant RBD1,2. Treatment with synthetic peptides derived from two 12-mer domains of RBD1,2 inhibited RSV infection in vitro, with structural analysis suggesting these domains are potentially feasible for targeting in drug development. In conclusion, the identification and characterization of domains of nucleolin that interact with RSV provide the essential groundwork toward informing design of novel nucleolin-targeting compounds in RSV drug development.
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- Peter Mastrangelo
- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 1A8, Canada; (P.M.); (A.A.C.); (S.T.); (A.H.J.); (C.A.A.); (K.K.S.); (J.E.L.)
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 1A8, Canada; (P.M.); (A.A.C.); (S.T.); (A.H.J.); (C.A.A.); (K.K.S.); (J.E.L.)
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 1A8, Canada; (P.M.); (A.A.C.); (S.T.); (A.H.J.); (C.A.A.); (K.K.S.); (J.E.L.)
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 1A8, Canada; (P.M.); (A.A.C.); (S.T.); (A.H.J.); (C.A.A.); (K.K.S.); (J.E.L.)
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 1A8, Canada; (P.M.); (A.A.C.); (S.T.); (A.H.J.); (C.A.A.); (K.K.S.); (J.E.L.)
- Department of Paediatric Laboratory Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON M5G 1X8, Canada
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 1A8, Canada; (P.M.); (A.A.C.); (S.T.); (A.H.J.); (C.A.A.); (K.K.S.); (J.E.L.)
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 1A8, Canada; (P.M.); (A.A.C.); (S.T.); (A.H.J.); (C.A.A.); (K.K.S.); (J.E.L.)
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 1A8, Canada; (P.M.); (A.A.C.); (S.T.); (A.H.J.); (C.A.A.); (K.K.S.); (J.E.L.)
- Department of Paediatric Laboratory Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON M5G 1X8, Canada
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Ayala Mariscal SM, Kirstein J. J-domain proteins interaction with neurodegenerative disease-related proteins. Exp Cell Res 2021; 399:112491. [PMID: 33460589 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2021.112491] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2020] [Revised: 01/07/2021] [Accepted: 01/12/2021] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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HSP70 chaperones, J-domain proteins (JDPs) and nucleotide exchange factors (NEF) form functional networks that have the ability to prevent and reverse the aggregation of proteins associated with neurodegenerative diseases. JDPs can interact with specific substrate proteins, hold them in a refolding-competent conformation and target them to specific HSP70 chaperones for remodeling. Thereby, JDPs select specific substrates and constitute an attractive target for pharmacological intervention of neurodegenerative diseases. This, under the condition that the exact mechanism of JDPs interaction with specific substrates is unveiled. In this review, we provide an overview of the structural and functional variety of JDPs that interact with neurodegenerative disease-associated proteins and we highlight those studies that identified specific residues, domains or regions of JDPs that are crucial for substrate binding.
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- Sara María Ayala Mariscal
- Leibniz Research Institute for Molecular Pharmacology Im Forschungsverbund Berlin e.V., R.-Roessle-Strasse 10, 13125, Berlin, Germany
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- Leibniz Research Institute for Molecular Pharmacology Im Forschungsverbund Berlin e.V., R.-Roessle-Strasse 10, 13125, Berlin, Germany; University of Bremen, Faculty 2, Cell Biology, Leobener Strasse, 28359, Bremen, Germany.
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Mészáros B, Sámano-Sánchez H, Alvarado-Valverde J, Čalyševa J, Martínez-Pérez E, Alves R, Shields DC, Kumar M, Rippmann F, Chemes LB, Gibson TJ. Short linear motif candidates in the cell entry system used by SARS-CoV-2 and their potential therapeutic implications. Sci Signal 2021; 14:eabd0334. [PMID: 33436497 PMCID: PMC7928535 DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.abd0334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2020] [Accepted: 12/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The first reported receptor for SARS-CoV-2 on host cells was the angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2). However, the viral spike protein also has an RGD motif, suggesting that cell surface integrins may be co-receptors. We examined the sequences of ACE2 and integrins with the Eukaryotic Linear Motif (ELM) resource and identified candidate short linear motifs (SLiMs) in their short, unstructured, cytosolic tails with potential roles in endocytosis, membrane dynamics, autophagy, cytoskeleton, and cell signaling. These SLiM candidates are highly conserved in vertebrates and may interact with the μ2 subunit of the endocytosis-associated AP2 adaptor complex, as well as with various protein domains (namely, I-BAR, LC3, PDZ, PTB, and SH2) found in human signaling and regulatory proteins. Several motifs overlap in the tail sequences, suggesting that they may act as molecular switches, such as in response to tyrosine phosphorylation status. Candidate LC3-interacting region (LIR) motifs are present in the tails of integrin β3 and ACE2, suggesting that these proteins could directly recruit autophagy components. Our findings identify several molecular links and testable hypotheses that could uncover mechanisms of SARS-CoV-2 attachment, entry, and replication against which it may be possible to develop host-directed therapies that dampen viral infection and disease progression. Several of these SLiMs have now been validated to mediate the predicted peptide interactions.
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- Bálint Mészáros
- Structural and Computational Biology Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg 69117, Germany.
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- Structural and Computational Biology Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg 69117, Germany
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- Structural and Computational Biology Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg 69117, Germany
- Collaboration for joint PhD degree between EMBL and Heidelberg University, Faculty of Biosciences
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- Structural and Computational Biology Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg 69117, Germany
- Collaboration for joint PhD degree between EMBL and Heidelberg University, Faculty of Biosciences
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- Structural and Computational Biology Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg 69117, Germany
- Laboratorio de bioinformática estructural, Fundación Instituto Leloir, C1405BWE Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Structural and Computational Biology Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg 69117, Germany
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- School of Medicine, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland
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- Structural and Computational Biology Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg 69117, Germany.
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- Computational Chemistry & Biology, Merck KGaA, Frankfurter Str. 250, 64293 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Biotecnológicas "Dr. Rodolfo A. Ugalde", IIB-UNSAM, IIBIO-CONICET, Universidad Nacional de San Martín, CP1650 San Martín, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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- Structural and Computational Biology Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg 69117, Germany.
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Liput DJ, Nguyen TA, Augustin SM, Lee JO, Vogel SS. A Guide to Fluorescence Lifetime Microscopy and Förster's Resonance Energy Transfer in Neuroscience. Curr Protoc Neurosci 2020; 94:e108. [PMID: 33232577 PMCID: PMC8274369 DOI: 10.1002/cpns.108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Fluorescence lifetime microscopy (FLIM) and Förster's resonance energy transfer (FRET) are advanced optical tools that neuroscientists can employ to interrogate the structure and function of complex biological systems in vitro and in vivo using light. In neurobiology they are primarily used to study protein-protein interactions, to study conformational changes in protein complexes, and to monitor genetically encoded FRET-based biosensors. These methods are ideally suited to optically monitor changes in neurons that are triggered optogenetically. Utilization of this technique by neuroscientists has been limited, since a broad understanding of FLIM and FRET requires familiarity with the interactions of light and matter on a quantum mechanical level, and because the ultra-fast instrumentation used to measure fluorescent lifetimes and resonance energy transfer are more at home in a physics lab than in a biology lab. In this overview, we aim to help neuroscientists overcome these obstacles and thus feel more comfortable with the FLIM-FRET method. Our goal is to aid researchers in the neuroscience community to achieve a better understanding of the fundamentals of FLIM-FRET and encourage them to fully leverage its powerful ability as a research tool. Published 2020. U.S. Government.
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- Daniel J. Liput
- Laboratory for Integrative Neuroscience, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland
- Laboratory of Molecular Physiology, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland
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- Laboratory of Biophotonics and Quantum Biology, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland
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- Laboratory for Integrative Neuroscience, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland
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- Laboratory for Integrative Neuroscience, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland
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- Laboratory of Biophotonics and Quantum Biology, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland
- Corresponding author:
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Buzavaite-Verteliene E, Plikusiene I, Tolenis T, Valavicius A, Anulyte J, Ramanavicius A, Balevicius Z. Hybrid Tamm-surface plasmon polariton mode for highly sensitive detection of protein interactions. Opt Express 2020; 28:29033-29043. [PMID: 33114809 DOI: 10.1364/oe.401802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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The total internal reflection ellipsometry (TIRE) method was used for the excitation and study of the sensitivity properties of the hybrid Tamm plasmon polariton - surface plasmon polariton (TPP-SPP) and single surface plasmon resonance (SPR) modes of the GCSF receptor immobilization. Additionally, the optimized sensitivity of the hybrid TPP-SPP mode was investigated and compared with the single SPR mode when the BSA proteins formed a layer on the gold surface. The dispersion relations for the hybrid TPP-SPP and single SPR modes were used to explain the enhanced sensitivity of the ellipsometric parameters for the hybrid TPP-SPP mode over the conventional SPR. The SPP component (δΔh-SPP/δλ=53.9°/nm) of the hybrid TPP-SPP mode was about 6.4 times more sensitive than single SPR (δΔSPR/δλ=8.4°/nm) for the BSA protein layer on the gold film. It was found that the sensitivity of the hybrid plasmonic mode can be made controllable by using the strong coupling effect between the TPP and SPP components. The strong coupling regime reduces absorption and scattering losses of the metal for the SPP component in the hybrid TPP-SPP mode and, as a result, narrows the plasmonic resonance.
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Wesch N, Kirkin V, Rogov VV. Atg8-Family Proteins-Structural Features and Molecular Interactions in Autophagy and Beyond. Cells 2020; 9:E2008. [PMID: 32882854 PMCID: PMC7564214 DOI: 10.3390/cells9092008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2020] [Revised: 08/25/2020] [Accepted: 08/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Autophagy is a common name for a number of catabolic processes, which keep the cellular homeostasis by removing damaged and dysfunctional intracellular components. Impairment or misbalance of autophagy can lead to various diseases, such as neurodegeneration, infection diseases, and cancer. A central axis of autophagy is formed along the interactions of autophagy modifiers (Atg8-family proteins) with a variety of their cellular counter partners. Besides autophagy, Atg8-proteins participate in many other pathways, among which membrane trafficking and neuronal signaling are the most known. Despite the fact that autophagy modifiers are well-studied, as the small globular proteins show similarity to ubiquitin on a structural level, the mechanism of their interactions are still not completely understood. A thorough analysis and classification of all known mechanisms of Atg8-protein interactions could shed light on their functioning and connect the pathways involving Atg8-proteins. In this review, we present our views of the key features of the Atg8-proteins and describe the basic principles of their recognition and binding by interaction partners. We discuss affinity and selectivity of their interactions as well as provide perspectives for discovery of new Atg8-interacting proteins and therapeutic approaches to tackle major human diseases.
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- Nicole Wesch
- Institute of Biophysical Chemistry and Center for Biomolecular Magnetic Resonance, Goethe-University Frankfurt, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany;
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- Cancer Research UK Cancer Therapeutics Unit, The Institute of Cancer Research London, Sutton SM2 5NG, UK;
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- Institute of Biophysical Chemistry and Center for Biomolecular Magnetic Resonance, Goethe-University Frankfurt, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany;
- Structural Genomics Consortium, Buchmann Institute for Life Sciences, Goethe-University Frankfurt, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Institute of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Goethe-University Frankfurt, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Nature uses a variety of tools to mediate the flow of information in cells, many of which control distances between key biomacromolecules. Researchers have thus generated compounds whose activities stem from interactions with two (or more) proteins simultaneously. In this Perspective, we describe how these 'bifunctional' small molecules facilitate the study of an increasingly wide range of complex biological phenomena and enable the drugging of otherwise challenging therapeutic targets and processes. Despite their structural and functional differences, all bifunctional molecules employ Nature's strategy of altering interactomes and inducing proximity to modulate biology. They therefore exhibit a shared set of chemical and biophysical principles that have not yet been appreciated fully. By highlighting these commonalities-and their wide-ranging consequences-we hope to chip away at the artificial barriers that threaten to constrain this interdisciplinary field. Doing so promises to yield remarkable benefits for biological research and therapeutics discovery.
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- Christopher J Gerry
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Chemical Biology and Therapeutics Science Program, Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
- Chemical Biology and Therapeutics Science Program, Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA, USA.
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Proteins are vital components of living systems, serving as building blocks, molecular machines, enzymes, receptors, ion channels, sensors, and transporters. Protein-protein interactions (PPIs) are a key part of their function. There are more than 645,000 reported disease-relevant PPIs in the human interactome, but drugs have been developed for only 2% of these targets. The advances in PPI-focused drug discovery are highly dependent on the availability of structural data and accurate computational tools for analysis of this data. Quantum mechanical approaches are often too expensive computationally, but the fragment molecular orbital (FMO) method offers an excellent solution that combines accuracy, speed and the ability to reveal key interactions that would otherwise be hard to detect. FMO provides essential information for PPI drug discovery, namely, identification of key interactions formed between residues of two proteins, including their strength (in kcal/mol) and their chemical nature (electrostatic or hydrophobic). In this chapter, we have demonstrated how three different FMO-based approaches (pair interaction energy analysis (PIE analysis), subsystem analysis (SA) and analysis of protein residue networks (PRNs)) have been applied to study PPI in three protein-protein complexes.
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- Institute of Chemistry, Centre for Glycomics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Research Department of Structural & Molecular Biology, Division of Biosciences, University College London, London, UK
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- Research Center for Computational Design of Advanced Functional Materials (CD-FMat), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
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Amato C, Thomason PA, Davidson AJ, Swaminathan K, Ismail S, Machesky LM, Insall RH. WASP Restricts Active Rac to Maintain Cells' Front-Rear Polarization. Curr Biol 2019; 29:4169-4182.e4. [PMID: 31786060 PMCID: PMC6926487 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2019.10.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2019] [Revised: 10/01/2019] [Accepted: 10/18/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Efficient motility requires polarized cells, with pseudopods at the front and a retracting rear. Polarization is maintained by restricting the pseudopod catalyst, active Rac, to the front. Here, we show that the actin nucleation-promoting factor Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein (WASP) contributes to maintenance of front-rear polarity by controlling localization and cellular levels of active Rac. Dictyostelium cells lacking WASP inappropriately activate Rac at the rear, which affects their polarity and speed. WASP's Cdc42 and Rac interacting binding ("CRIB") motif has been thought to be essential for its activation. However, we show that the CRIB motif's biological role is unexpectedly complex. WASP CRIB mutants are no longer able to restrict Rac activity to the front, and cannot generate new pseudopods when SCAR/WAVE is absent. Overall levels of Rac activity also increase when WASP is unable to bind to Rac. However, WASP without a functional CRIB domain localizes normally at clathrin pits during endocytosis, and activates Arp2/3 complex. Similarly, chemical inhibition of Rac does not affect WASP localization or activation at sites of endocytosis. Thus, the interaction between small GTPases and WASP is more complex than previously thought-Rac regulates a subset of WASP functions, but WASP reciprocally restricts active Rac through its CRIB motif.
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- Clelia Amato
- CRUK Beatson Institute, Switchback Road, Bearsden G61 1BD, UK; Institute of Cancer Sciences, University of Glasgow, University Avenue, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK.
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- CRUK Beatson Institute, Switchback Road, Bearsden G61 1BD, UK; Institute of Cancer Sciences, University of Glasgow, University Avenue, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK
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- CRUK Beatson Institute, Switchback Road, Bearsden G61 1BD, UK; Institute of Cancer Sciences, University of Glasgow, University Avenue, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK
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- CRUK Beatson Institute, Switchback Road, Bearsden G61 1BD, UK; Institute of Cancer Sciences, University of Glasgow, University Avenue, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK
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- CRUK Beatson Institute, Switchback Road, Bearsden G61 1BD, UK; Institute of Cancer Sciences, University of Glasgow, University Avenue, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK
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- CRUK Beatson Institute, Switchback Road, Bearsden G61 1BD, UK; Institute of Cancer Sciences, University of Glasgow, University Avenue, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK
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- CRUK Beatson Institute, Switchback Road, Bearsden G61 1BD, UK; Institute of Cancer Sciences, University of Glasgow, University Avenue, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK
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Croce G, Gueudré T, Ruiz Cuevas MV, Keidel V, Figliuzzi M, Szurmant H, Weigt M. A multi-scale coevolutionary approach to predict interactions between protein domains. PLoS Comput Biol 2019; 15:e1006891. [PMID: 31634362 PMCID: PMC6822775 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1006891] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2019] [Revised: 10/31/2019] [Accepted: 09/27/2019] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Interacting proteins and protein domains coevolve on multiple scales, from their correlated presence across species, to correlations in amino-acid usage. Genomic databases provide rapidly growing data for variability in genomic protein content and in protein sequences, calling for computational predictions of unknown interactions. We first introduce the concept of direct phyletic couplings, based on global statistical models of phylogenetic profiles. They strongly increase the accuracy of predicting pairs of related protein domains beyond simpler correlation-based approaches like phylogenetic profiling (80% vs. 30-50% positives out of the 1000 highest-scoring pairs). Combined with the direct coupling analysis of inter-protein residue-residue coevolution, we provide multi-scale evidence for direct but unknown interaction between protein families. An in-depth discussion shows these to be biologically sensible and directly experimentally testable. Negative phyletic couplings highlight alternative solutions for the same functionality, including documented cases of convergent evolution. Thereby our work proves the strong potential of global statistical modeling approaches to genome-wide coevolutionary analysis, far beyond the established use for individual protein complexes and domain-domain interactions.
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- Giancarlo Croce
- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Institut de Biologie Paris Seine, Biologie computationnelle et quantitative–LCQB, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Institut de Biologie Paris Seine, Biologie computationnelle et quantitative–LCQB, Paris, France
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona CA, United States of America
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Institut de Biologie Paris Seine, Biologie computationnelle et quantitative–LCQB, Paris, France
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona CA, United States of America
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Institut de Biologie Paris Seine, Biologie computationnelle et quantitative–LCQB, Paris, France
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Barz B, Loschwitz J, Strodel B. Large-scale, dynamin-like motions of the human guanylate binding protein 1 revealed by multi-resolution simulations. PLoS Comput Biol 2019; 15:e1007193. [PMID: 31589600 PMCID: PMC6797221 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2019] [Revised: 10/17/2019] [Accepted: 08/15/2019] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
Abstract
Guanylate binding proteins (GBPs) belong to the dynamin-related superfamily and exhibit various functions in the fight against infections. The functions of the human guanylate binding protein 1 (hGBP1) are tightly coupled to GTP hydrolysis and dimerization. Despite known crystal structures of the hGBP1 monomer and GTPase domain dimer, little is known about the dynamics of hGBP1. To gain a mechanistic understanding of hGBP1, we performed sub-millisecond multi-resolution molecular dynamics simulations of both the hGBP1 monomer and dimer. We found that hGBP1 is a highly flexible protein that undergoes a hinge motion similar to the movements observed for other dynamin-like proteins. Another large-scale motion was observed for the C-terminal helix α13, providing a molecular view for the α13-α13 distances previously reported for the hGBP1 dimer. Most of the loops of the GTPase domain were found to be flexible, revealing why GTP binding is needed for hGBP1 dimerization to occur.
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- Bogdan Barz
- Institute of Physical Biology, Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institute of Complex Systems: Structural Biochemistry, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
- Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institute of Complex Systems: Structural Biochemistry, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
- Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany
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Otsuka Y, Furihata T, Nakagawa K, Ohno Y, Reien Y, Ouchi M, Wakashin H, Tsuruoka S, Anzai N. Sodium-coupled monocarboxylate transporter 1 interacts with the RING finger- and PDZ domain-containing protein PDZRN3. J Physiol Sci 2019; 69:635-642. [PMID: 31098988 PMCID: PMC10717332 DOI: 10.1007/s12576-019-00681-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2018] [Accepted: 04/27/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Sodium-coupled monocarboxylate transporter SMCT1 (SLC5A8) mediates monocarboxylate transport in the proximal tubule of the kidney. We have identified PDZK1 and PDZ domain-containing RING finger 3 (PDZRN3) as potent binding partners of SMCT1, which has a PDZ motif (Thr-Arg-Leu), by yeast two-hybrid screening and revealed that PDZK1 enhances the transport activity of SMCT1. In this study, we aimed to characterize the interaction between SMCT1 and PDZRN3 as well as to examine how PDZRN3 regulates SMCT1 function. An interaction between SMCT1 and PDZRN3 through the PDZ motif was observed in a co-immunoprecipitation assay and yeast two-hybrid assay. A transport assay showed that PDZRN3 abolished the enhancing effect of PDZK1 on nicotinate uptake via SMCT1. Our results suggest that SMCT1 interacts with PDZRN3 and that PDZRN3 may regulate SMCT1 function by interfering with the interaction between SMCT1 and PDZK1.
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- Yusuke Otsuka
- Department of Pharmacology, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-8-1, Inohana, Chuou-ku, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Dokkyo Medical University School of Medicine, Tochigi, Japan
- Department of Nephrology, Graduate School of Medicine, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-8-1, Inohana, Chuou-ku, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-8-1, Inohana, Chuou-ku, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-8-1, Inohana, Chuou-ku, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Dokkyo Medical University School of Medicine, Tochigi, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-8-1, Inohana, Chuou-ku, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Dokkyo Medical University School of Medicine, Tochigi, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-8-1, Inohana, Chuou-ku, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan
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- Department of Nephrology, Graduate School of Medicine, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-8-1, Inohana, Chuou-ku, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan.
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Dokkyo Medical University School of Medicine, Tochigi, Japan.
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The transient receptor potential Ankyrin-1 (TRPA1) ion channel is modulated by myriad noxious stimuli that interact with multiple regions of the channel, including cysteine-reactive natural extracts from onion and garlic which modify residues in the cytoplasmic domains. The way in which TRPA1 cytoplasmic domain modification is coupled to opening of the ion-conducting pore has yet to be elucidated. The cryo-EM structure of TRPA1 revealed a tetrameric C-terminal coiled-coil surrounded by N-terminal ankyrin repeat domains (ARDs), an architecture shared with the canonical transient receptor potential (TRPC) ion channel family. Similarly, structures of the TRP melastatin (TRPM) ion channel family also showed a C-terminal coiled-coil surrounded by N-terminal cytoplasmic domains. This conserved architecture may indicate a common gating mechanism by which modification of cytoplasmic domains can transduce conformational changes to open the ion-conducting pore. We developed an in vitro system in which N-terminal ARDs and C-terminal coiled-coil domains can be expressed in bacteria and maintain the ability to interact. We tested three gating regulators: temperature; the polyphosphate compound IP6; and the covalent modifier allyl isothiocyanate to determine whether they alter N- and C-terminal interactions. We found that none of the modifiers tested abolished ARD-coiled-coil interactions, though there was a significant reduction at 37˚C. We found that coiled-coils tetramerize in a concentration dependent manner, with monomers and trimers observed at lower concentrations. Our system provides a method for examining the mechanism of oligomerization of TRPA1 cytoplasmic domains as well as a system to study the transmission of conformational changes resulting from covalent modification.
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- Gilbert Q. Martinez
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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Protein Direct Coupling Analysis (DCA), which predicts residue-residue contacts based on covarying positions within a multiple sequence alignment, has been remarkably effective. This suggests that there is more to learn from sequence correlations than is generally assumed, and calls for deeper investigations into DCA and perhaps into other types of correlations. Here we describe an approach that enables such investigations by measuring, as an estimated p-value, the statistical significance of the association between residue-residue covariance and structural interactions, either internal or homodimeric. Its application to thirty protein superfamilies confirms that direct coupling (DC) scores correlate with 3D pairwise contacts with very high significance. This method also permits quantitative assessment of the relative performance of alternative DCA methods, and of the degree to which they detect direct versus indirect couplings. We illustrate its use to assess, for a given protein, the biological relevance of alternative conformational states, to investigate the possible mechanistic implications of differences between these states, and to characterize subtle aspects of direct couplings. Our analysis indicates that direct pairwise correlations may be largely distinct from correlated patterns associated with functional specialization, and that the joint analysis of both types of correlations can yield greater power. Data, programs, and source code are freely available at http://evaldca.igs.umaryland.edu.
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- Andrew F. Neuwald
- Institute for Genome Sciences and Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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- Computational Biology Branch, National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Hong X, Yu Z, Chen Z, Jiang H, Niu Y, Huang Z. High molecular weight fibroblast growth factor 2 induces apoptosis by interacting with complement component 1 Q subcomponent-binding protein in vitro. J Cell Biochem 2018; 119:8807-8817. [PMID: 30159917 PMCID: PMC6220755 DOI: 10.1002/jcb.27131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2017] [Accepted: 05/04/2018] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Fibroblast growth factor 2 (FGF2) is a multifunctional cell growth factor that regulates cell proliferation, differentiation, adhesion, migration, and apoptosis. FGF2 has multiple isoforms, including an 18-kDa low molecular weight isoform (lo-FGF2) and 22-, 23-, 24-, and 34-kDa high molecular weight isoforms (hi-FGF2). Hi-FGF2 overexpression induces chromatin compaction, which requires the mitochondria and leads to apoptosis. Complement component 1 Q subcomponent-binding protein (C1QBP) plays an important role in mitochondria-dependent apoptosis by regulating the opening of the mitochondrial permeability transition pore. However, the interaction between C1QBP and hi-FGF2 and its role in hi-FGF2-mediated apoptosis remain unclear. Here, we found that hi-FGF2 overexpression induced depolarization of the mitochondrial membrane, cytochrome c release into the cytosol, and a considerable increase in C1QBP messenger RNA and protein expression. Furthermore, coimmunoprecipitation results showed that the mitochondrial protein, C1QBP, interacts with hi-FGF2. C1QBP knockdown using small interfering RNA significantly decreased the localization of hi-FGF2 to the mitochondria and increased the rate of apoptosis. Our results highlight a novel mechanism underlying hi-FGF2-induced, mitochondria-driven cell death involving the direct interaction between hi-FGF2 and C1QBP and the upregulation of C1QBP expression.
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- Xiaobing Hong
- The Second Affiliated Hospital, Shantou University Medical CollegeShantouChina
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- The Second Affiliated Hospital, Shantou University Medical CollegeShantouChina
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- Department of PharmacologyShantou University Medical CollegeShantouChina
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- Department of PharmacologyShantou University Medical CollegeShantouChina
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- Department of PharmacologyShantou University Medical CollegeShantouChina
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- Department of PharmacologyShantou University Medical CollegeShantouChina
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De Silva AM, Manville RW, Abbott GW. Deconstruction of an African folk medicine uncovers a novel molecular strategy for therapeutic potassium channel activation. Sci Adv 2018; 4:eaav0824. [PMID: 30443601 PMCID: PMC6235520 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aav0824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2018] [Accepted: 10/18/2018] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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A third of the global population relies heavily upon traditional or folk medicines, such as the African shrub Mallotus oppositifolius. Here, we used pharmacological screening and electrophysiological analysis in combination with in silico docking and site-directed mutagenesis to elucidate the effects of M. oppositifolius constituents on KCNQ1, a ubiquitous and influential cardiac and epithelial voltage-gated potassium (Kv) channel. Two components of the M. oppositifolius leaf extract, mallotoxin (MTX) and 3-ethyl-2-hydroxy-2-cyclopenten-1-one (CPT1), augmented KCNQ1 current by negative shifting its voltage dependence of activation. MTX was also highly effective at augmenting currents generated by KCNQ1 in complexes with native partners KCNE1 or SMIT1; conversely, MTX inhibited KCNQ1-KCNE3 channels. MTX and CPT1 activated KCNQ1 by hydrogen bonding to the foot of the voltage sensor, a previously unidentified drug site which we also find to be essential for MTX activation of the related KCNQ2/3 channel. The findings elucidate the molecular mechanistic basis for modulation by a widely used folk medicine of an important human Kv channel and uncover novel molecular approaches for therapeutic modulation of potassium channel activity.
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Kim BW, Jin Y, Kim J, Kim JH, Jung J, Kang S, Kim IY, Kim J, Cheong H, Song HK. The C-terminal region of ATG101 bridges ULK1 and PtdIns3K complex in autophagy initiation. Autophagy 2018; 14:2104-2116. [PMID: 30081750 PMCID: PMC6984762 DOI: 10.1080/15548627.2018.1504716] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2017] [Revised: 07/20/2018] [Accepted: 07/23/2018] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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The initiation of macroautophagy/autophagy is tightly regulated by the upstream ULK1 kinase complex, which affects many downstream factors including the PtdIns3K complex. The phosphorylation of the right position at the right time on downstream molecules is governed by proper complex formation. One component of the ULK1 complex, ATG101, known as an accessory protein, is a stabilizer of ATG13 in cells. The WF finger region of ATG101 plays an important role in the recruitment of WIPI1 (WD repeat domain, phosphoinositide interacting protein 1) and ZFYVE1 (zinc finger FYVE-type containing 1). Here, we report that the C-terminal region identified in the structure of the human ATG101-ATG13HORMA complex is responsible for the binding of the PtdIns3K complex. This region adopts a β-strand conformation in free ATG101, but either an α-helix or random coil in our ATG101-ATG13HORMA complex, which protrudes from the core and interacts with other molecules. The C-terminal deletion of ATG101 shows a significant defect in the interaction with PtdIns3K components and subsequently impairs autophagosome formation. This result clearly presents an additional role of ATG101 for bridging the ULK1 and PtdIns3K complexes in the mammalian autophagy process. Abbreviations: ATG: autophagy related; BECN1: beclin 1; GFP: green fluorescent protein; HORMA: Hop1p/Rev7p/MAD2; HsATG13HORMA: HORMA domain of ATG13 from Homo sapiens; KO: knockout; MAD2: mitotic arrest deficient 2 like 1; MAP1LC3/LC3: microtubule associated protein 1 light chain 3; PIK3C3/VPS34: phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase catalytic subunit type 3; PIK3R4/VPS15: phosphoinositide-3-kinase regulatory subunit 4; PtdIns3K: phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase; RB1CC1/FIP200: RB1 inducible coiled-coil 1; SAXS: small-angle X-ray scattering; ScAtg13HORMA: HORMA domain of Atg13 from Sccharomyces cerevisiae; SEC-SAXS: size-exclusion chromatography with small-angle X-ray scattering; SpAtg13HORMA: HORMA domain of Atg13 from Schizosaccharomyces pombe; SQSTM1/p62: sequestosome 1; ULK1: unc51-like autophagy activating kinase 1; UVRAG: UV radiation resistance associated; WIPI1: WD repeat domain: phosphoinositide interacting 1; ZFYVE1/DFCP1: zinc finger FYVE-type containing 1.
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- Byeong-Won Kim
- Department of Life Sciences, Korea University, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Life Sciences, Korea University, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Cancer Biomedical Science, National Cancer Center Graduate School of Cancer Science and Policy, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Tumor Microenvironment Branch, Research Institute, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Life Sciences, Korea University, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Life and Nanopharmaceutical Sciences, Graduate School, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Life Sciences, Korea University, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Life Sciences, Korea University, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Oral Biochemistry and Molecular BiologySchool of Dentistry, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Cancer Biomedical Science, National Cancer Center Graduate School of Cancer Science and Policy, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Tumor Microenvironment Branch, Research Institute, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Life Sciences, Korea University, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Heidrich ES, Brüser T. Evidence for a second regulatory binding site on PspF that is occupied by the C-terminal domain of PspA. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0198564. [PMID: 29906279 PMCID: PMC6003685 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0198564] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2018] [Accepted: 05/21/2018] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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PspA is a key component of the bacterial Psp membrane-stress response system. The biochemical and functional characterization of PspA is impeded by its oligomerization and aggregation properties. It was recently possible to solve the coiled coil structure of a completely soluble PspA fragment, PspA(1–144), that associates with the σ54 enhancer binding protein PspF at its W56-loop and thereby down-regulates the Psp response. We now found that the C-terminal part of PspA, PspA(145–222), also interacts with PspF and inhibits its activity in the absence of full-length PspA. Surprisingly, PspA(145–222) effects changed completely in the presence of full-length PspA, as promoter activity was triggered instead of being inhibited under this condition. PspA(145–222) thus interfered with the inhibitory effect of full-length PspA on PspF, most likely by interacting with full-length PspA that remained bound to PspF. In support of this view, a comprehensive bacterial-2-hybrid screen as well as co-purification analyses indicated a self-interaction of PspA(145–222) and an interaction with full-length PspA. This is the first direct demonstration of PspA/PspA and PspA/PspF interactions in vivo that are mediated by the C-terminus of PspA. The data indicate that regulatory binding sites on PspF do not only exist for the N-terminal coiled coil domain but also for the C-terminal domain of PspA. The inhibition of PspF by PspA-(145–222) was reduced upon membrane stress, whereas the inhibition of PspF by PspA(1–144) did not respond to membrane stress. We therefore propose that the C-terminal domain of PspA is crucial for the regulation of PspF in response to Psp system stimuli.
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- From the Institute of Microbiology, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Hannover, Germany
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Tsutsui Y, Hays FA. A Link Between Alzheimer's and Type II Diabetes Mellitus? Ca +2 -Mediated Signal Control and Protein Localization. Bioessays 2018; 40:e1700219. [PMID: 29694668 PMCID: PMC6166406 DOI: 10.1002/bies.201700219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2017] [Revised: 03/16/2018] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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We propose protein localization dependent signal activation (PLDSA) as a model to describe pre-existing protein partitioning between the cytosol, and membrane surface, as a means to modulate signal activation, specificity, and robustness. We apply PLDSA to explain possible molecular links between type II diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and Alzheimer's disease (AD) by describing Ca+2 -mediated interactions between the Src non-receptor tyrosine kinase and p52Shc adaptor protein. We suggest that these interactions may serve as a contributing factor to disease development and progression. In particular, we propose that signaling response is regulated, in part, by Ca+2 -mediated partitioning of lipid-bound and soluble forms of Src and p52shc. Thus, protein-protein interactions that drive signaling in response to extracellular ligand binding are also mediated by partitioning of signaling proteins between membrane-bound and soluble populations. We propose that PLDSA effects may explain, in part, the evolutionary basis of promiscuous protein interaction domains and their importance in cellular function.
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- Yuko Tsutsui
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104, United States
- Stephenson Cancer Center, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 73104, United States
- Harold Hamm Diabetes Center, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 73104, United States
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Pinto VMS, Minakhina S, Qiu S, Sidhaye A, Brotherton MP, Suhotliv A, Wondisford FE. Naturally Occurring Amino Acids in Helix 10 of the Thyroid Hormone Receptor Mediate Isoform-Specific TH Gene Regulation. Endocrinology 2017; 158:3067-3078. [PMID: 28911178 PMCID: PMC5659674 DOI: 10.1210/en.2017-00314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2017] [Accepted: 07/14/2017] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Thyroid hormone (TH) action is mediated by the products of two genes, TH receptor (THR)α (THRA) and THRβ (THRB) that encode several closely related receptor isoforms with differing tissue distributions. The vast majority of THR isoform-specific effects are thought to be due to tissue-specific differences in THR isoform expression levels. We investigated the alternative hypothesis that intrinsic functional differences among THR isoforms mediate these tissue-specific effects. To achieve the same level of expression of each isoform, we created tagged THR isoforms and tested their DNA and functional properties in vitro. We found significant homodimerization and functional differences among the THR isoforms. THRA1 was unable to form homodimers on direct repeat separated by 4 bp DNA elements and was also defective in TH-dependent repression of Tshb and Rxrg in a thyrotroph cell line, TαT1.1. In contrast, THRB2 was both homodimer sufficient and fully functional on these negatively regulated genes. Using domain exchanges and individual amino acid switches between THRA1 and THRB2, we identified three amino acids in helix 10 of the THRB2 ligand-binding domain that are required for negative regulation and are absent in THRA1.
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- Vitor M. S. Pinto
- Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, 04021-001 São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901
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- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21205
- Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21205
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- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21205
- Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21205
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- Department of Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901
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- Department of Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901
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- Department of Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901
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Vaschetto LM. Understanding the role of protein interaction motifs in transcriptional regulators: implications for crop improvement. Brief Funct Genomics 2017; 16:152-155. [PMID: 27288433 DOI: 10.1093/bfgp/elw022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Recently, the conjunction of disciplines such as developmental biology and proteomics enabled the dissection of diverse cellular processes, by analysis of their transcriptional regulatory pathways. In particular, it has been shown that transcription factor interactions play critical roles in the development of many complex traits and control cellular phenotypic plasticity, whereas protein phosphorylation modifications regulate protein activity at the posttranslational level. The present work posits that protein-protein interactions by functional motifs, as well as the phosphorylation state in these sites, are fundamental plant biological phenotype determinants, whose elucidation and understanding will allow manipulation of complex traits, thereby contributing to the design of novel methodologies for molecular breeders and plant physiologists.
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Chiang AWT, Wu WYL, Wang T, Hwang MJ. Identification of Entry Factors Involved in Hepatitis C Virus Infection Based on Host-Mimicking Short Linear Motifs. PLoS Comput Biol 2017; 13:e1005368. [PMID: 28129350 PMCID: PMC5302801 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2016] [Revised: 02/10/2017] [Accepted: 01/17/2017] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Host factors that facilitate viral entry into cells can, in principle, be identified from a virus-host protein interaction network, but for most viruses information for such a network is limited. To help fill this void, we developed a bioinformatics approach and applied it to hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, which is a current concern for global health. Using this approach, we identified short linear sequence motifs, conserved in the envelope proteins of HCV (E1/E2), that potentially can bind human proteins present on the surface of hepatocytes so as to construct an HCV (envelope)-host protein interaction network. Gene Ontology functional and KEGG pathway analyses showed that the identified host proteins are enriched in cell entry and carcinogenesis functionalities. The validity of our results is supported by much published experimental data. Our general approach should be useful when developing antiviral agents, particularly those that target virus-host interactions. Viruses recruit host proteins, called entry factors, to help gain entry to host cells. Identification of entry factors can provide targets for developing antiviral drugs. By exploring the concept that short linear peptide motifs involved in human protein-protein interactions may be mimicked by viruses to hijack certain host cellular processes and thereby assist viral infection/survival, we developed a bioinformatics strategy to computationally identify entry factors of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, which is a worldwide health problem. Analysis of cellular functions and biochemical pathways indicated that the human proteins we identified usually play a role in cell entry and/or carcinogenesis, and results of the analysis are generally supported by experimental studies on HCV infection, including the ~80% (15 of 19) prediction rate of known HCV hepatocyte entry factors. Because molecular mimicry is a general concept, our bioinformatics strategy is a timely approach to identify new targets for antiviral research, not only for HCV but also for other viruses.
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- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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Scott EE, Wolf CR, Otyepka M, Humphreys SC, Reed JR, Henderson CJ, McLaughlin LA, Paloncýová M, Navrátilová V, Berka K, Anzenbacher P, Dahal UP, Barnaba C, Brozik JA, Jones JP, Estrada DF, Laurence JS, Park JW, Backes WL. The Role of Protein-Protein and Protein-Membrane Interactions on P450 Function. Drug Metab Dispos 2016; 44:576-90. [PMID: 26851242 PMCID: PMC4810767 DOI: 10.1124/dmd.115.068569] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [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: 12/29/2015] [Accepted: 02/03/2016] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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This symposium summary, sponsored by the ASPET, was held at Experimental Biology 2015 on March 29, 2015, in Boston, Massachusetts. The symposium focused on: 1) the interactions of cytochrome P450s (P450s) with their redox partners; and 2) the role of the lipid membrane in their orientation and stabilization. Two presentations discussed the interactions of P450s with NADPH-P450 reductase (CPR) and cytochrome b5. First, solution nuclear magnetic resonance was used to compare the protein interactions that facilitated either the hydroxylase or lyase activities of CYP17A1. The lyase interaction was stimulated by the presence of b5 and 17α-hydroxypregnenolone, whereas the hydroxylase reaction was predominant in the absence of b5. The role of b5 was also shown in vivo by selective hepatic knockout of b5 from mice expressing CYP3A4 and CYP2D6; the lack of b5 caused a decrease in the clearance of several substrates. The role of the membrane on P450 orientation was examined using computational methods, showing that the proximal region of the P450 molecule faced the aqueous phase. The distal region, containing the substrate-access channel, was associated with the membrane. The interaction of NADPH-P450 reductase (CPR) with the membrane was also described, showing the ability of CPR to "helicopter" above the membrane. Finally, the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) was shown to be heterogeneous, having ordered membrane regions containing cholesterol and more disordered regions. Interestingly, two closely related P450s, CYP1A1 and CYP1A2, resided in different regions of the ER. The structural characteristics of their localization were examined. These studies emphasize the importance of P450 protein organization to their function.
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- Emily E Scott
- Departments of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas (D.F.E, J.S.L., E.E.S.); Division of Cancer Research, School of Medicine, University of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, United Kingdom (C.R.W., C.J.H., L.A.M.); Regional Center of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Science (M.O., M.P., V.N., K.B.) and Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry (P.A.), Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic; Department of Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington (S.C.H., U.P.D., C.B., J.A.B., J.P.J.); and Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, and the Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana (J.R.R., J.W.P., W.L.B.)
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- Departments of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas (D.F.E, J.S.L., E.E.S.); Division of Cancer Research, School of Medicine, University of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, United Kingdom (C.R.W., C.J.H., L.A.M.); Regional Center of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Science (M.O., M.P., V.N., K.B.) and Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry (P.A.), Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic; Department of Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington (S.C.H., U.P.D., C.B., J.A.B., J.P.J.); and Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, and the Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana (J.R.R., J.W.P., W.L.B.)
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- Departments of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas (D.F.E, J.S.L., E.E.S.); Division of Cancer Research, School of Medicine, University of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, United Kingdom (C.R.W., C.J.H., L.A.M.); Regional Center of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Science (M.O., M.P., V.N., K.B.) and Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry (P.A.), Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic; Department of Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington (S.C.H., U.P.D., C.B., J.A.B., J.P.J.); and Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, and the Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana (J.R.R., J.W.P., W.L.B.)
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- Departments of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas (D.F.E, J.S.L., E.E.S.); Division of Cancer Research, School of Medicine, University of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, United Kingdom (C.R.W., C.J.H., L.A.M.); Regional Center of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Science (M.O., M.P., V.N., K.B.) and Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry (P.A.), Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic; Department of Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington (S.C.H., U.P.D., C.B., J.A.B., J.P.J.); and Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, and the Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana (J.R.R., J.W.P., W.L.B.)
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- Departments of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas (D.F.E, J.S.L., E.E.S.); Division of Cancer Research, School of Medicine, University of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, United Kingdom (C.R.W., C.J.H., L.A.M.); Regional Center of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Science (M.O., M.P., V.N., K.B.) and Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry (P.A.), Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic; Department of Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington (S.C.H., U.P.D., C.B., J.A.B., J.P.J.); and Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, and the Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana (J.R.R., J.W.P., W.L.B.)
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- Departments of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas (D.F.E, J.S.L., E.E.S.); Division of Cancer Research, School of Medicine, University of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, United Kingdom (C.R.W., C.J.H., L.A.M.); Regional Center of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Science (M.O., M.P., V.N., K.B.) and Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry (P.A.), Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic; Department of Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington (S.C.H., U.P.D., C.B., J.A.B., J.P.J.); and Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, and the Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana (J.R.R., J.W.P., W.L.B.)
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- Departments of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas (D.F.E, J.S.L., E.E.S.); Division of Cancer Research, School of Medicine, University of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, United Kingdom (C.R.W., C.J.H., L.A.M.); Regional Center of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Science (M.O., M.P., V.N., K.B.) and Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry (P.A.), Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic; Department of Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington (S.C.H., U.P.D., C.B., J.A.B., J.P.J.); and Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, and the Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana (J.R.R., J.W.P., W.L.B.)
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- Departments of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas (D.F.E, J.S.L., E.E.S.); Division of Cancer Research, School of Medicine, University of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, United Kingdom (C.R.W., C.J.H., L.A.M.); Regional Center of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Science (M.O., M.P., V.N., K.B.) and Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry (P.A.), Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic; Department of Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington (S.C.H., U.P.D., C.B., J.A.B., J.P.J.); and Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, and the Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana (J.R.R., J.W.P., W.L.B.)
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- Departments of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas (D.F.E, J.S.L., E.E.S.); Division of Cancer Research, School of Medicine, University of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, United Kingdom (C.R.W., C.J.H., L.A.M.); Regional Center of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Science (M.O., M.P., V.N., K.B.) and Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry (P.A.), Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic; Department of Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington (S.C.H., U.P.D., C.B., J.A.B., J.P.J.); and Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, and the Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana (J.R.R., J.W.P., W.L.B.)
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- Departments of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas (D.F.E, J.S.L., E.E.S.); Division of Cancer Research, School of Medicine, University of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, United Kingdom (C.R.W., C.J.H., L.A.M.); Regional Center of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Science (M.O., M.P., V.N., K.B.) and Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry (P.A.), Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic; Department of Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington (S.C.H., U.P.D., C.B., J.A.B., J.P.J.); and Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, and the Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana (J.R.R., J.W.P., W.L.B.)
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- Departments of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas (D.F.E, J.S.L., E.E.S.); Division of Cancer Research, School of Medicine, University of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, United Kingdom (C.R.W., C.J.H., L.A.M.); Regional Center of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Science (M.O., M.P., V.N., K.B.) and Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry (P.A.), Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic; Department of Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington (S.C.H., U.P.D., C.B., J.A.B., J.P.J.); and Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, and the Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana (J.R.R., J.W.P., W.L.B.)
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- Departments of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas (D.F.E, J.S.L., E.E.S.); Division of Cancer Research, School of Medicine, University of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, United Kingdom (C.R.W., C.J.H., L.A.M.); Regional Center of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Science (M.O., M.P., V.N., K.B.) and Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry (P.A.), Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic; Department of Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington (S.C.H., U.P.D., C.B., J.A.B., J.P.J.); and Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, and the Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana (J.R.R., J.W.P., W.L.B.)
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- Departments of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas (D.F.E, J.S.L., E.E.S.); Division of Cancer Research, School of Medicine, University of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, United Kingdom (C.R.W., C.J.H., L.A.M.); Regional Center of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Science (M.O., M.P., V.N., K.B.) and Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry (P.A.), Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic; Department of Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington (S.C.H., U.P.D., C.B., J.A.B., J.P.J.); and Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, and the Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana (J.R.R., J.W.P., W.L.B.)
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- Departments of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas (D.F.E, J.S.L., E.E.S.); Division of Cancer Research, School of Medicine, University of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, United Kingdom (C.R.W., C.J.H., L.A.M.); Regional Center of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Science (M.O., M.P., V.N., K.B.) and Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry (P.A.), Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic; Department of Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington (S.C.H., U.P.D., C.B., J.A.B., J.P.J.); and Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, and the Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana (J.R.R., J.W.P., W.L.B.)
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- Departments of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas (D.F.E, J.S.L., E.E.S.); Division of Cancer Research, School of Medicine, University of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, United Kingdom (C.R.W., C.J.H., L.A.M.); Regional Center of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Science (M.O., M.P., V.N., K.B.) and Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry (P.A.), Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic; Department of Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington (S.C.H., U.P.D., C.B., J.A.B., J.P.J.); and Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, and the Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana (J.R.R., J.W.P., W.L.B.)
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- Departments of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas (D.F.E, J.S.L., E.E.S.); Division of Cancer Research, School of Medicine, University of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, United Kingdom (C.R.W., C.J.H., L.A.M.); Regional Center of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Science (M.O., M.P., V.N., K.B.) and Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry (P.A.), Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic; Department of Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington (S.C.H., U.P.D., C.B., J.A.B., J.P.J.); and Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, and the Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana (J.R.R., J.W.P., W.L.B.)
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- Departments of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas (D.F.E, J.S.L., E.E.S.); Division of Cancer Research, School of Medicine, University of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, United Kingdom (C.R.W., C.J.H., L.A.M.); Regional Center of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Science (M.O., M.P., V.N., K.B.) and Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry (P.A.), Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic; Department of Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington (S.C.H., U.P.D., C.B., J.A.B., J.P.J.); and Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, and the Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana (J.R.R., J.W.P., W.L.B.)
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- Departments of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas (D.F.E, J.S.L., E.E.S.); Division of Cancer Research, School of Medicine, University of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, United Kingdom (C.R.W., C.J.H., L.A.M.); Regional Center of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Science (M.O., M.P., V.N., K.B.) and Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry (P.A.), Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic; Department of Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington (S.C.H., U.P.D., C.B., J.A.B., J.P.J.); and Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, and the Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana (J.R.R., J.W.P., W.L.B.)
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- Departments of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas (D.F.E, J.S.L., E.E.S.); Division of Cancer Research, School of Medicine, University of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, United Kingdom (C.R.W., C.J.H., L.A.M.); Regional Center of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Science (M.O., M.P., V.N., K.B.) and Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry (P.A.), Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic; Department of Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington (S.C.H., U.P.D., C.B., J.A.B., J.P.J.); and Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, and the Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana (J.R.R., J.W.P., W.L.B.)
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Aljameeli A, Thakkar A, Thomas S, Lakshmikanthan V, Iczkowski KA, Shah GV. Calcitonin Receptor-Zonula Occludens-1 Interaction Is Critical for Calcitonin-Stimulated Prostate Cancer Metastasis. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0150090. [PMID: 26934365 PMCID: PMC4775073 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0150090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [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] [Received: 10/29/2015] [Accepted: 02/09/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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The role of neuroendocrine peptide calcitonin (CT) and its receptor (CTR) in epithelial cancer progression is an emerging concept with great clinical potential. Expression of CT and CTR is frequently elevated in prostate cancers (PCs) and activation of CT–CTR axis in non-invasive PC cells induces an invasive phenotype. Here we show by yeast-two hybrid screens that CTR associates with the tight junction protein Zonula Occludens-1 (ZO-1) via the interaction between the type 1 PDZ motif at the carboxy-terminus of CTR and the PDZ3 domain of ZO-1. Mutation of either the CTR C-PDZ-binding motif or the ZO-1-PDZ3 domain did not affect binding of CTR with its ligand or G-protein-mediated signaling but abrogated destabilizing actions of CT on tight junctions and formation of distant metastases by orthotopically implanted PC cells in nude mice, indicating that these PDZ domain interactions were pathologically relevant. Further, we observed CTR-ZO-1 interactions in PC specimens by proximity ligation immunohistochemistry, and identified that the number of interactions in metastatic PC specimens was several-fold larger than in non-metastatic PC. Our results for the first time demonstrate a mechanism by which PDZ-mediated interaction between CTR and ZO1 is required for CT-stimulated metastasis of prostate cancer. Since many receptors contain PDZ-binding motifs, this would suggest that PDZ-binding motif-adaptor protein interactions constitute a common mechanism for cancer metastasis.
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- Ahmed Aljameeli
- Pharmacology, University of Louisiana College of Pharmacy, Monroe, LA 71201, United States of America
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- Pharmacology, University of Louisiana College of Pharmacy, Monroe, LA 71201, United States of America
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- Pharmacology, University of Louisiana College of Pharmacy, Monroe, LA 71201, United States of America
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- Pathology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53226, United States of America
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- Pharmacology, University of Louisiana College of Pharmacy, Monroe, LA 71201, United States of America
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Zhang J, Le TD, Liu L, He J, Li J. A novel framework for inferring condition-specific TF and miRNA co-regulation of protein-protein interactions. Gene 2015; 577:55-64. [PMID: 26611531 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2015.11.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2015] [Revised: 10/16/2015] [Accepted: 11/17/2015] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Recent studies have shown that transcription factors (TFs) and microRNAs (miRNAs), while independently regulate their downstream targets, collaborate with each other to regulate gene expression. However, their synergistic roles in protein-protein interactions (PPIs) remain mostly unknown. In this paper, we present a novel framework (called CoRePPI) for inferring TF and miRNA co-regulation of PPIs. Particularly, CoRePPI is aimed at discovering the co-regulation specific to a condition of interest, by using heterogeneous data, including miRNA and messenger RNA (mRNA) expression profiles, putative miRNA targets, TF targets and PPIs. CoRePPI firstly finds the network motifs indicating the co-regulation of PPIs by TFs and miRNAs in tumor and normal conditions separately. Then by identifying the differential motifs found in one condition but not in the other, it builds the networks consisting of TFs, miRNAs and their co-regulated PPIs specific to different conditions respectively. To validate CoRePPI, we apply it to the Pan-Cancer dataset which includes the expression profiles of 12 cancer types from TCGA. Through network topology analysis, we found that the tumor and normal CoRePPI networks are scale-free. Furthermore, the results of differential and intersected network analysis between the tumor and normal CoRePPI networks suggest that only a small fraction of the regulatory relationships between TFs and miRNAs are conserved in both conditions but they co-regulate different downstream PPIs in tumor and normal conditions; and in different conditions the majority of the regulatory relationships between TFs and miRNAs are different although they may regulate the same PPIs in their respective conditions. The CoRePPI sub-networks constructed for the three types of cancers (breast cancer, lung cancer and ovarian cancer) are all scale-free, and the intersection of these CoRePPI sub-networks can be utilized as the biomarker CoRePPI sub-network of the three types of cancers. The PPI enrichment analyses of the tumor and normal CoRePPI networks suggest that the co-regulating TFs and miRNAs are significantly associated with the specific biological processes, diseases and pathways. In addition, comparing with the two non-condition-specific approaches, the tumor CoRePPI network is found to have the most enriched cancer-related PPIs. Altogether, the results uncover the combined regulatory patterns of TFs and miRNAs on the PPIs, and may provide new insights for research in cancer-associated TFs and miRNAs.
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- Junpeng Zhang
- School of Engineering, Dali University, Dali, Yunnan 671003, China.
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- School of Information Technology and Mathematical Sciences, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes, SA 5095, Australia
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- School of Information Technology and Mathematical Sciences, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes, SA 5095, Australia
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- School of Information Engineering and Automation, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, Yunnan, 650500, China
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- School of Information Technology and Mathematical Sciences, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes, SA 5095, Australia.
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The Polo Kinase is a central regulator of cell division required for several events of mitosis and cytokinesis. In addition to a kinase domain (KD), Polo-like kinases (Plks) comprise a Polo-Box domain (PBD), which mediates protein interactions with targets and regulators of Plks. In all organisms that contain Plks, one Plk family member fulfills several essential functions in the regulation of cell division, and here we refer to this conserved protein as Polo Kinase (Plk1 in humans). The PBD and the KD are capable of both cooperation and mutual inhibition in their functions. Crystal structures of the PBD, the KD and, recently, a PBD-KD complex have helped understanding the inner workings of the Polo Kinase. In parallel, an impressive array of molecular mechanisms has been found to mediate the regulation of the protein. Moreover, the targeting of Polo Kinase in the development of anti-cancer drugs has yielded several molecules with which to chemically modulate Polo Kinase to study its biological functions. Here we review our current understanding of the protein function and regulation of Polo Kinase as a fascinating molecular device in control of cell division.
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- V Archambault
- Institut de recherche en immunologie et en cancérologie, Département de biochimie et médecine moléculaire, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- Institut de recherche en immunologie et en cancérologie, Département de biochimie et médecine moléculaire, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- Institut de recherche en immunologie et en cancérologie, Département de biochimie et médecine moléculaire, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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Waegemann K, Popov-Čeleketić D, Neupert W, Azem A, Mokranjac D. Cooperation of TOM and TIM23 complexes during translocation of proteins into mitochondria. J Mol Biol 2014; 427:1075-84. [PMID: 25083920 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2014.07.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2014] [Revised: 07/14/2014] [Accepted: 07/22/2014] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Translocation of the majority of mitochondrial proteins from the cytosol into mitochondria requires the cooperation of TOM and TIM23 complexes in the outer and inner mitochondrial membranes. The molecular mechanisms underlying this cooperation remain largely unknown. Here, we present biochemical and genetic evidence that at least two contacts from the side of the TIM23 complex play an important role in TOM-TIM23 cooperation in vivo. Tim50, likely through its very C-terminal segment, interacts with Tom22. This interaction is stimulated by translocating proteins and is independent of any other TOM-TIM23 contact known so far. Furthermore, the exposure of Tim23 on the mitochondrial surface depends not only on its interaction with Tim50 but also on the dynamics of the TOM complex. Destabilization of the individual contacts reduces the efficiency of import of proteins into mitochondria and destabilization of both contacts simultaneously is not tolerated by yeast cells. We conclude that an intricate and coordinated network of protein-protein interactions involving primarily Tim50 and also Tim23 is required for efficient translocation of proteins across both mitochondrial membranes.
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- Karin Waegemann
- Department of Physiological Chemistry, Medical Faculty, University of Munich, Butenandtstrasse 5, 81377 Munich, Germany
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- Department of Physiological Chemistry, Medical Faculty, University of Munich, Butenandtstrasse 5, 81377 Munich, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Am Klopferspitz 18, 82152 Martinsried, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, 69978 Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Physiological Chemistry, Medical Faculty, University of Munich, Butenandtstrasse 5, 81377 Munich, Germany.
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Nityanandam R, Serra-Moreno R. BCA2/Rabring7 targets HIV-1 Gag for lysosomal degradation in a tetherin-independent manner. PLoS Pathog 2014; 10:e1004151. [PMID: 24852021 PMCID: PMC4031200 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1004151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2014] [Accepted: 04/14/2014] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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BCA2 (Rabring7, RNF115 or ZNF364) is a RING-finger E3 ubiquitin ligase that was identified as a co-factor in the restriction imposed by tetherin/BST2 on HIV-1. Contrary to the current model, in which BCA2 lacks antiviral activity in the absence of tetherin, we found that BCA2 possesses tetherin-independent antiviral activity. Here we show that the N-terminus of BCA2 physically interacts with the Matrix region of HIV-1 and other retroviral Gag proteins and promotes their ubiquitination, redistribution to endo-lysosomal compartments and, ultimately, lysosomal degradation. The targeted depletion of BCA2 in tetherin-expressing and tetherin-deficient cells results in a significant increase in virus release and replication, indicating that endogenous BCA2 possesses antiviral activity. Therefore, these results indicate that BCA2 functions as an antiviral factor that targets HIV-1 Gag for degradation, impairing virus assembly and release. Tetherin (also known as BST2, CD317 or HM1.24) is an interferon-inducible cellular factor that interferes with the release of enveloped viruses from infected cells. A recent study identified BCA2 (Breast Cancer-Associated gene 2, also known as RNF115, ZNF364 or Rabring7), a RING-finger E3 ubiquitin ligase, as a co-factor in the tetherin-mediated restriction of HIV-1. According to this model, BCA2 interacts with sequences in the N-terminus of tetherin to promote the internalization and lysosomal degradation of tethered HIV-1 particles, with no apparent antiviral activity in cells not expressing tetherin. However, here we show for the first time that BCA2 inhibits virus production for HIV-1 and other retroviruses in a tetherin-independent manner by reducing the cellular levels of Gag – the precursor of the structural proteins Matrix, Capsid, Nucleocapsid and p6. Hence, contrary to its reported role as a tetherin co-factor, BCA2 functions as a tetherin-independent antiviral factor that impairs virus assembly and release.
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- Ramya Nityanandam
- Division of Immunology, New England Primate Research Center, Harvard Medical School, Southborough, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Division of Immunology, New England Primate Research Center, Harvard Medical School, Southborough, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Metabotropic GABAB receptor is a G protein-coupled receptor that mediates inhibitory neurotransmission in the CNS. It functions as an obligatory heterodimer of GABAB receptor 1 (GBR1) and GABAB receptor 2 (GBR2) subunits. The association between GBR1 and GBR2 masks an endoplasmic reticulum (ER) retention signal in the cytoplasmic region of GBR1 and facilitates cell surface expression of both subunits. Here, we present, to our knowledge, the first crystal structure of an intracellular coiled-coil heterodimer of human GABAB receptor. We found that polar interactions buried within the hydrophobic core determine the specificity of heterodimer pairing. Disruption of the hydrophobic coiled-coil interface with single mutations in either subunit impairs surface expression of GBR1, confirming that the coiled-coil interaction is required to inactivate the adjacent ER retention signal of GBR1. The coiled-coil assembly buries an internalization motif of GBR1 at the heterodimer interface. The ER retention signal of GBR1 is not part of the core coiled-coil structure, suggesting that it is sterically shielded by GBR2 upon heterodimer formation.
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- Departments of Pharmacology andPathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032
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Mu Y, Cai P, Hu S, Ma S, Gao Y. Characterization of diverse internal binding specificities of PDZ domains by yeast two-hybrid screening of a special peptide library. PLoS One 2014; 9:e88286. [PMID: 24505465 PMCID: PMC3913781 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0088286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2013] [Accepted: 01/09/2014] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Protein-protein interactions (PPIs) are essential events to play important roles in a series of biological processes. There are probably more ways of PPIs than we currently realized. Structural and functional investigations of weak PPIs have lagged behind those of strong PPIs due to technical difficulties. Weak PPIs are often short-lived, which may result in more dynamic signals with important biological roles within and/or between cells. For example, the characteristics of PSD-95/Dlg/ZO-1 (PDZ) domain binding to internal sequences, which are primarily weak interactions, have not yet been systematically explored. In the present study, we constructed a nearly random octapeptide yeast two-hybrid library. A total of 24 PDZ domains were used as baits for screening the library. Fourteen of these domains were able to bind internal PDZ-domain binding motifs (PBMs), and PBMs screened for nine PDZ domains exhibited strong preferences. Among 11 PDZ domains that have not been reported their internal PBM binding ability, six were confirmed to bind internal PBMs. The first PDZ domain of LNX2, which has not been reported to bind C-terminal PBMs, was found to bind internal PBMs. These results suggest that the internal PBMs binding ability of PDZ domains may have been underestimated. The data provided diverse internal binding properties for several PDZ domains that may help identify their novel binding partners.
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- Yi Mu
- National Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Biology, Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and School of Basic Medicine, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, P.R. China
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- MOH Key Laboratory of Systems Biology of Pathogens, Institute of Pathogen Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, P.R. China
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- MOH Key Laboratory of Systems Biology of Pathogens, Institute of Pathogen Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, P.R. China
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- National Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Biology, Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and School of Basic Medicine, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, P.R. China
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- National Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Biology, Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and School of Basic Medicine, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, P.R. China
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Blice-Baum AC, Mihailescu MR. Biophysical characterization of G-quadruplex forming FMR1 mRNA and of its interactions with different fragile X mental retardation protein isoforms. RNA 2014; 20:103-114. [PMID: 24249225 PMCID: PMC3866639 DOI: 10.1261/rna.041442.113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2013] [Accepted: 10/14/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Fragile X syndrome, the most common form of inherited mental impairment in humans, is caused by the absence of the fragile X mental retardation protein (FMRP) due to a CGG trinucleotide repeat expansion in the 5'-untranslated region (UTR) and subsequent translational silencing of the fragile x mental retardation-1 (FMR1) gene. FMRP, which is proposed to be involved in the translational regulation of specific neuronal messenger RNA (mRNA) targets, contains an arginine-glycine-glycine (RGG) box RNA binding domain that has been shown to bind with high affinity to G-quadruplex forming mRNA structures. FMRP undergoes alternative splicing, and the binding of FMRP to a proposed G-quadruplex structure in the coding region of its mRNA (named FBS) has been proposed to affect the mRNA splicing events at exon 15. In this study, we used biophysical methods to directly demonstrate the folding of FMR1 FBS into a secondary structure that contains two specific G-quadruplexes and analyze its interactions with several FMRP isoforms. Our results show that minor splice isoforms, ISO2 and ISO3, created by the usage of the second and third acceptor sites at exon 15, bind with higher affinity to FBS than FMRP ISO1, which is created by the usage of the first acceptor site. FMRP ISO2 and ISO3 cannot undergo phosphorylation, an FMRP post-translational modification shown to modulate the protein translation regulation. Thus, their expression has to be tightly regulated, and this might be accomplished by a feedback mechanism involving the FMRP interactions with the G-quadruplex structures formed within FMR1 mRNA.
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Lyons SM, Ricciardi AS, Guo AY, Kambach C, Marzluff WF. The C-terminal extension of Lsm4 interacts directly with the 3' end of the histone mRNP and is required for efficient histone mRNA degradation. RNA 2014; 20:88-102. [PMID: 24255165 PMCID: PMC3866647 DOI: 10.1261/rna.042531.113] [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] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Metazoan replication-dependent histone mRNAs are the only known eukaryotic mRNAs that lack a poly(A) tail, ending instead in a conserved stem-loop sequence, which is bound to the stem-loop binding protein (SLBP) on the histone mRNP. Histone mRNAs are rapidly degraded when DNA synthesis is inhibited in S phase in mammalian cells. Rapid degradation of histone mRNAs is initiated by oligouridylation of the 3' end of histone mRNAs and requires the cytoplasmic Lsm1-7 complex, which can bind to the oligo(U) tail. An exonuclease, 3'hExo, forms a ternary complex with SLBP and the stem-loop and is required for the initiation of histone mRNA degradation. The Lsm1-7 complex is also involved in degradation of polyadenylated mRNAs. It binds to the oligo(A) tail remaining after deadenylation, inhibiting translation and recruiting the enzymes required for decapping. Whether the Lsm1-7 complex interacts directly with other components of the mRNP is not known. We report here that the C-terminal extension of Lsm4 interacts directly with the histone mRNP, contacting both SLBP and 3'hExo. Mutants in the C-terminal tail of Lsm4 that prevent SLBP and 3'hExo binding reduce the rate of histone mRNA degradation when DNA synthesis is inhibited.
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- Shawn M. Lyons
- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Universität Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany 95447
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- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA
- Program in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA
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Shabanpoor F, Bathgate RAD, Wade JD, Hossain MA. C-terminus of the B-chain of relaxin-3 is important for receptor activity. PLoS One 2013; 8:e82567. [PMID: 24349312 PMCID: PMC3859608 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0082567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2013] [Accepted: 10/24/2013] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Human relaxin-3 is a neuropeptide that is structurally similar to human insulin with two chains (A and B) connected by three disulfide bonds. It is expressed primarily in the brain and has modulatory roles in stress and anxiety, feeding and metabolism, and arousal and behavioural activation. Structure-activity relationship studies have shown that relaxin-3 interacts with its cognate receptor RXFP3 primarily through its B-chain and that its A-chain does not have any functional role. In this study, we have investigated the effect of modification of the B-chain C-terminus on the binding and activity of the peptide. We have chemically synthesised and characterized H3 relaxin as C-termini acid (both A and B chains having free C-termini; native form) and amide forms (both chains’ C-termini were amidated). We have confirmed that the acid form of the peptide is more potent than its amide form at both RXFP3 and RXFP4 receptors. We further investigated the effects of amidation at the C-terminus of individual chains. We report here for the first time that amidation at the C-terminus of the B-chain of H3 relaxin leads to significant drop in the binding and activity of the peptide at RXFP3/RXFP4 receptors. However, modification of the A-chain C-terminus does not have any effect on the activity. We have confirmed using circular dichroism spectroscopy that there is no secondary structural change between the acid and amide form of the peptide, and it is likely that it is the local C-terminal carboxyl group orientation that is crucial for interacting with the receptors.
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- Fazel Shabanpoor
- Florey Institute for Neuroscience & Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- School of Chemistry, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Florey Institute for Neuroscience & Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Florey Department of Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Florey Institute for Neuroscience & Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- School of Chemistry, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Florey Department of Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Florey Institute for Neuroscience & Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- School of Chemistry, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Florey Department of Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Custer SK, Todd AG, Singh NN, Androphy EJ. Dilysine motifs in exon 2b of SMN protein mediate binding to the COPI vesicle protein α-COP and neurite outgrowth in a cell culture model of spinal muscular atrophy. Hum Mol Genet 2013; 22:4043-52. [PMID: 23727837 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddt254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a devastating neuromuscular disorder that stems from low levels of survival of motor neuron (SMN) protein. The processes that cause motor neurons and muscle cells to become dysfunctional are incompletely understood. We are interested in neuromuscular homeostasis and the stresses put upon that system by loss of SMN. We recently reported that α-COP, a member of the coatomer complex of coat protein I (COPI) vesicles, is an SMN-binding partner, implicating this protein complex in normal SMN function. To investigate the functional significance of the interaction between α-COP and SMN, we constructed an inducible NSC-34 cell culture system to model the consequences of SMN depletion and find that depletion of SMN protein results in shortened neurites. Heterologous expression of human SMN, and interestingly over-expression of α-COP, restores normal neurite length and morphology. Mutagenesis of the canonical COPI dilysine motifs in exon 2b results in failure to bind to α-COP and abrogates the ability of human SMN to restore neurite outgrowth in SMN-depleted motor neuron-like NSC-34 cells. We conclude that the interaction between SMN and α-COP serves an important function in the growth and maintenance of motor neuron processes and may play a significant role in the pathogenesis of SMA.
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Gervais V, Campagne S, Durand J, Muller I, Milon A. NMR studies of a new family of DNA binding proteins: the THAP proteins. J Biomol NMR 2013; 56:3-15. [PMID: 23306615 DOI: 10.1007/s10858-012-9699-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2012] [Accepted: 12/20/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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The THAP (THanatos-Associated Protein) domain is an evolutionary conserved C2CH zinc-coordinating domain shared with a large family of cellular factors (THAP proteins). Many members of the THAP family act as transcription factors that control cell proliferation, cell cycle progression, angiogenesis, apoptosis and epigenetic gene silencing. They recognize specific DNA sequences in the promoters of target genes and subsequently recruit effector proteins. Recent structural and functional studies have allowed getting better insight into the nuclear and cellular functions of some THAP members and the molecular mechanisms by which they recognize DNA. The present article reviews recent advances in the knowledge of the THAP domains structures and their interaction with DNA, with a particular focus on NMR. It provides the solution structure of the THAP domain of THAP11, a recently characterized human THAP protein with important functions in transcription and cell growth in colon cancer.
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- Virginie Gervais
- CNRS, IPBS (Institut de Pharmacologie et de Biologie Structurale), 205 route de Narbonne, BP64182, 31077, Toulouse, France.
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Roberts ML, Kino T, Nicolaides NC, Hurt DE, Katsantoni E, Sertedaki A, Komianou F, Kassiou K, Chrousos GP, Charmandari E. A novel point mutation in the DNA-binding domain (DBD) of the human glucocorticoid receptor causes primary generalized glucocorticoid resistance by disrupting the hydrophobic structure of its DBD. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2013; 98:E790-5. [PMID: 23426617 PMCID: PMC3615201 DOI: 10.1210/jc.2012-3549] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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CONTEXT Primary generalized glucocorticoid resistance is a rare genetic condition characterized by partial end-organ insensitivity to glucocorticoids. Most affected subjects present with clinical manifestations of mineralocorticoid and androgen excess. The condition has been associated with inactivating mutations in the human glucocorticoid receptor (hGR) gene, which impair the molecular mechanisms of hGRα action, thereby reducing tissue sensitivity to glucocorticoids. OBJECTIVE ΤHE aim of our study was to investigate the molecular mechanisms through which one previously described natural heterozygous V423A mutation, the second mutation detected in the DNA-binding domain (DBD) of the hGRα, affects glucocorticoid signal transduction. DESIGN AND RESULTS Compared with the wild-type receptor, hGRαV423A demonstrated a 72% reduction in its ability to transactivate the glucocorticoid-inducible mouse mammary tumor virus promoter in response to dexamethasone. The hGRαV423A receptor showed a significant reduction in its ability to bind to glucocorticoid-response elements of glucocorticoid-responsive genes, owing to structural alterations of the DBD confirmed by computer-based structural analysis. In addition, hGRαV423A demonstrated a 2.6-fold delay in nuclear translocation following exposure to the ligand, although it did not exert a dominant negative effect on the wild-type hGRα, had a similar affinity to the ligand with the wild-type receptor, and displayed a normal interaction with the GRIP1 coactivator in vitro. CONCLUSIONS The natural mutant receptor hGRαV423A causes primary generalized glucocorticoid resistance by affecting multiple steps in the cascade of glucocorticoid receptor action, which primarily involve decreased ability to bind to target glucocorticoid response elements and delayed translocation into the nucleus.
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- Michael L Roberts
- Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes, First Department of Pediatrics, University of Athens Medical School, Aghia Sophia Children's Hospital, Athens, 11527, Greece
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Pettersson S, Sczaniecka M, McLaren L, Russell F, Gladstone K, Hupp T, Wallace M. Non-degradative ubiquitination of the Notch1 receptor by the E3 ligase MDM2 activates the Notch signalling pathway. Biochem J 2013; 450:523-36. [PMID: 23252402 DOI: 10.1042/bj20121249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [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: 01/03/2023]
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The Notch receptor is necessary for modulating cell fate decisions throughout development, and aberrant activation of Notch signalling has been associated with many diseases, including tumorigenesis. The E3 ligase MDM2 (murine double minute 2) plays a role in regulating the Notch signalling pathway through its interaction with NUMB. In the present study we report that MDM2 can also exert its oncogenic effects on the Notch signalling pathway by directly interacting with the Notch 1 receptor through dual-site binding. This involves both the N-terminal and acidic domains of MDM2 and the RAM [RBP-Jκ (recombination signal-binding protein 1 for Jκ)-associated molecule] and ANK (ankyrin) domains of Notch 1. Although the interaction between Notch1 and MDM2 results in ubiquitination of Notch1, this does not result in degradation of Notch1, but instead leads to activation of the intracellular domain of Notch1. Furthermore, MDM2 can synergize with Notch1 to inhibit apoptosis and promote proliferation. This highlights yet another target for MDM2-mediated ubiquitination that results in activation of the protein rather than degradation and makes MDM2 an attractive target for drug discovery for both the p53 and Notch signalling pathways.
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- Susanne Pettersson
- The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush EH25 9RG, UK
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Buttigieg PL, Hankeln W, Kostadinov I, Kottmann R, Yilmaz P, Duhaime MB, Glöckner FO. Ecogenomic perspectives on domains of unknown function: correlation-based exploration of marine metagenomes. PLoS One 2013; 8:e50869. [PMID: 23516388 PMCID: PMC3597751 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0050869] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2012] [Accepted: 10/24/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Background The proportion of conserved DNA sequences with no clear function is steadily growing in bioinformatics databases. Studies of sequence and structural homology have indicated that many uncharacterized protein domain sequences are variants of functionally described domains. If these variants promote an organism's ecological fitness, they are likely to be conserved in the genome of its progeny and the population at large. The genetic composition of microbial communities in their native ecosystems is accessible through metagenomics. We hypothesize the co-variation of protein domain sequences across metagenomes from similar ecosystems will provide insights into their potential roles and aid further investigation. Methodology/Principal findings We calculated the correlation of Pfam protein domain sequences across the Global Ocean Sampling metagenome collection, employing conservative detection and correlation thresholds to limit results to well-supported hits and associations. We then examined intercorrelations between domains of unknown function (DUFs) and domains involved in known metabolic pathways using network visualization and cluster-detection tools. We used a cautious “guilty-by-association” approach, referencing knowledge-level resources to identify and discuss associations that offer insight into DUF function. We observed numerous DUFs associated to photobiologically active domains and prevalent in the Cyanobacteria. Other clusters included DUFs associated with DNA maintenance and repair, inorganic nutrient metabolism, and sodium-translocating transport domains. We also observed a number of clusters reflecting known metabolic associations and cases that predicted functional reclassification of DUFs. Conclusion/Significance Critically examining domain covariation across metagenomic datasets can grant new perspectives on the roles and associations of DUFs in an ecological setting. Targeted attempts at DUF characterization in the laboratory or in silico may draw from these insights and opportunities to discover new associations and corroborate existing ones will arise as more large-scale metagenomic datasets emerge.
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- Pier Luigi Buttigieg
- Microbial Genomics and Bioinformatics Group, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany.
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Mythreye K, Knelson EH, Gatza CE, Gatza ML, Blobe GC. TβRIII/β-arrestin2 regulates integrin α5β1 trafficking, function, and localization in epithelial cells. Oncogene 2013; 32:1416-27. [PMID: 22562249 PMCID: PMC3835656 DOI: 10.1038/onc.2012.157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2011] [Revised: 03/15/2012] [Accepted: 03/28/2012] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The type III TGF-β receptor (TβRIII) is a ubiquitous co-receptor for TGF-β superfamily ligands with roles in suppressing cancer progression, in part through suppressing cell motility. Here we demonstrate that TβRIII promotes epithelial cell adhesion to fibronectin in a β-arrestin2 dependent and TGF-β/BMP independent manner by complexing with active integrin α5β1, and mediating β-arrestin2-dependent α5β1 internalization and trafficking to nascent focal adhesions. TβRIII-mediated integrin α5β1 trafficking regulates cell adhesion and fibronectin fibrillogenesis in epithelial cells, as well as α5 localization in breast cancer patients. We further demonstrate that increased TβRIII expression correlates with increased α5 localization at sites of cell-cell adhesion in breast cancer patients, while higher TβRIII expression is a strong predictor of overall survival in breast cancer patients. These data support a novel, clinically relevant role for TβRIII in regulating integrin α5 localization, reveal a novel crosstalk mechanism between the integrin and TGF-β superfamily signaling pathways and identify β-arrestin2 as a regulator of α5β1 trafficking.
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- Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham NC 27708, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham NC 27708, USA
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- Duke IGSP, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27708, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham NC 27708, USA
- Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham NC 27708, USA
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Lucas TM, Janaka SK, Stephens EB, Johnson MC. Vpu downmodulates two distinct targets, tetherin and gibbon ape leukemia virus envelope, through shared features in the Vpu cytoplasmic tail. PLoS One 2012; 7:e51741. [PMID: 23284757 PMCID: PMC3526647 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0051741] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2012] [Accepted: 11/09/2012] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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During human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) assembly, the host proteins CD4 (the HIV-1 receptor) and tetherin (an interferon stimulated anti-viral protein) both reduce viral fitness. The HIV-1 accessory gene Vpu counteracts both of these proteins, but it is thought to do so through two distinct mechanisms. Modulation of CD4 likely occurs through proteasomal degradation from the endoplasmic reticulum. The exact mechanism of tetherin modulation is less clear, with possible roles for degradation and alteration of protein transport to the plasma membrane. Most investigations of Vpu function have used different assays for CD4 and tetherin. In addition, many of these investigations used exogenously expressed Vpu, which could result in variable expression levels. Thus, few studies have investigated these two Vpu functions in parallel assays, making direct comparisons difficult. Here, we present results from a rapid assay used to simultaneously investigate Vpu-targeting of both tetherin and a viral glycoprotein, gibbon ape leukemia virus envelope (GaLV Env). We previously reported that Vpu modulates GaLV Env and prevents its incorporation into HIV-1 particles through a recognition motif similar to that found in CD4. Using this assay, we performed a comprehensive mutagenic scan of Vpu in its native proviral context to identify features required for both types of activity. We observed considerable overlap in the Vpu sequences required to modulate tetherin and GaLV Env. We found that features in the cytoplasmic tail of Vpu, specifically within the cytoplasmic tail hinge region, were required for modulation of both tetherin and GaLV Env. Interestingly, these same regions features have been determined to be critical for CD4 downmodulation. We also observed a role for the transmembrane domain in the restriction of tetherin, as previously reported, but not of GaLV Env. We propose that Vpu may target both proteins in a mechanistically similar manner, albeit in different cellular locations.
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- Tiffany M. Lucas
- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Christopher S. Bond Life Science Center, University of Missouri-School of Medicine, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Christopher S. Bond Life Science Center, University of Missouri-School of Medicine, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology, Molecular Genetics and Immunology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Christopher S. Bond Life Science Center, University of Missouri-School of Medicine, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America
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Emaminejad S, Javanmard M, Dutton RW, Davis RW. Smart surface for elution of protein-protein bound particles: nanonewton dielectrophoretic forces using atomic layer deposited oxides. Anal Chem 2012; 84:10793-801. [PMID: 23176521 PMCID: PMC4984534 DOI: 10.1021/ac302857z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [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: 12/25/2022]
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By increasing the strength of the negative dielectrophoresis force, we demonstrated a significantly improved electrokinetic actuation and switching microsystem that can be used to elute specifically bound beads from the surface. In this work using atomic layer deposition we deposited a pinhole free nanometer-scale thin film oxide as a protective layer to prevent electrodes from corrosion, when applying high voltages (>20 V(pp)) at the electrodes. Then, by exciting the electrodes at high frequency, we capacitively coupled the electrodes to the buffer in order to avoid electric field degradation and, hence, reduction in dielectrophoresis force due to the presence of the insulating oxide layer. To illustrate the functionality of our system, we demonstrated 100% detachment of anti-IgG and IgG bound beads (which is on the same order of magnitude in strength as typical antibody-antigen interactions) from the surface, upon applying the improved negative dielectrophoresis force. The significantly enhanced switching performance presented in this work shows orders of magnitude of improvement in on-to-off ratio and switching response time, without any need for chemical eluting agents, as compared to the previous work. The promising results from this work vindicates that the functionality of this singleplexed platform can be extended to perform a multiplexed bead-based assay where in a single channel an array of proteins are patterned each targeting a different antigen or protein.
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- Sam Emaminejad
- Stanford Genome Technology Center, Stanford, California 94304, United States
- Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94304, United States
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- Stanford Genome Technology Center, Stanford, California 94304, United States
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94304, United States
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- Stanford Genome Technology Center, Stanford, California 94304, United States
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Beaulieu ME, McDuff FO, Frappier V, Montagne M, Naud JF, Lavigne P. New structural determinants for c-Myc specific heterodimerization with Max and development of a novel homodimeric c-Myc b-HLH-LZ. J Mol Recognit 2012; 25:414-26. [PMID: 22733550 DOI: 10.1002/jmr.2203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [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: 11/07/2022]
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c-Myc must heterodimerize with Max to accomplish its functions as a transcription factor. This specific heterodimerization occurs through the b-HLH-LZ (basic region, helix 1-loop-helix 2-leucine zipper) domains. In fact, many studies have shown that the c-Myc b-HLH-LZ (c-Myc'SH) preferentially forms a heterodimer with the Max b-HLH-LZ (Max'SH). The primary mechanism underlying the specific heterodimerization lies on the destabilization of both homodimers and the formation of a more stable heterodimer. In this regard, it has been widely reported that c-Myc'SH has low solubility and homodimerizes poorly and that repulsions within the LZ domain account for the homodimer instability. Here, we show that replacing one residue in the basic region and one residue in Helix 1 (H(1)) of c-Myc'SH with corresponding residues conserved in b-HLH proteins confers to c-Myc'SH a higher propensity to form a stable homodimer in solution. In stark contrast to the wild-type protein, this double mutant (L362R, R367L) of the c-Myc b-HLH-LZ (c-Myc'RL) shows limited heterodimerization with Max'SH in vitro. In addition, c-Myc'RL forms highly stable and soluble complexes with canonical as well as non-canonical E-box probes. Altogether, our results demonstrate for the first time that structural determinants driving the specific heterodimerization of c-Myc and Max are embedded in the basic region and H(1) of c-Myc and that these can be exploited to engineer a novel homodimeric c-Myc b-HLH-LZ with the ability of binding the E-box sequence autonomously and with high affinity.
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- Marie-Eve Beaulieu
- Département de Pharmacologie, Faculté de médecine et des sciences de la santé, Université de Sherbrooke, 3001, 12e Avenue Nord, Sherbrooke, Québec, J1H 5N4, Canada
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Krishnan A, Miller EH, Herbert AS, Ng M, Ndungo E, Whelan SP, Dye JM, Chandran K. Niemann-Pick C1 (NPC1)/NPC1-like1 chimeras define sequences critical for NPC1's function as a flovirus entry receptor. Viruses 2012. [PMID: 23202491 PMCID: PMC3509659 DOI: 10.3390/v4112471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [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: 02/07/2023] Open
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We recently demonstrated that Niemann-Pick C1 (NPC1), a ubiquitous 13-pass cellular membrane protein involved in lysosomal cholesterol transport, is a critical entry receptor for filoviruses. Here we show that Niemann-Pick C1-like1 (NPC1L1), an NPC1 paralog and hepatitis C virus entry factor, lacks filovirus receptor activity. We exploited the structural similarity between NPC1 and NPC1L1 to construct and analyze a panel of chimeras in which NPC1L1 sequences were replaced with cognate sequences from NPC1. Only one chimera, NPC1L1 containing the second luminal domain (C) of NPC1 in place of its own, bound to the viral glycoprotein, GP. This engineered protein mediated authentic filovirus infection nearly as well as wild-type NPC1, and more efficiently than did a minimal NPC1 domain C-based receptor recently described by us. A reciprocal chimera, NPC1 containing NPC1L1’s domain C, was completely inactive. Remarkably, an intra-domain NPC1L1-NPC1 chimera bearing only a ~130-amino acid N–terminal region of NPC1 domain C could confer substantial viral receptor activity on NPC1L1. Taken together, these findings account for the failure of NPC1L1 to serve as a filovirus receptor, highlight the central role of the luminal domain C of NPC1 in filovirus entry, and reveal the direct involvement of N–terminal domain C sequences in NPC1’s function as a filovirus receptor.
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- Anuja Krishnan
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Ave, Bronx, NY 10461, USA; (A.K.), (E.M.), (M.N.), (E.N.)
- Institute of Molecular Medicine, Okhla Industrial Estate, Phase III, New Delhi 110020, India;
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Ave, Bronx, NY 10461, USA; (A.K.), (E.M.), (M.N.), (E.N.)
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- US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, 1425 Porter St, Fort Detrick, MD 21702, USA; (A.H.), (J.D.)
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Ave, Bronx, NY 10461, USA; (A.K.), (E.M.), (M.N.), (E.N.)
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Ave, Bronx, NY 10461, USA; (A.K.), (E.M.), (M.N.), (E.N.)
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology, 200 Longwood Ave, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA;
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- US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, 1425 Porter St, Fort Detrick, MD 21702, USA; (A.H.), (J.D.)
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Ave, Bronx, NY 10461, USA; (A.K.), (E.M.), (M.N.), (E.N.)
- Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; (K.C.); Tel.: +1-718-430-8851
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Toroney R, Hull CM, Sokoloski JE, Bevilacqua PC. Mechanistic characterization of the 5'-triphosphate-dependent activation of PKR: lack of 5'-end nucleobase specificity, evidence for a distinct triphosphate binding site, and a critical role for the dsRBD. RNA 2012; 18:1862-74. [PMID: 22912486 PMCID: PMC3446709 DOI: 10.1261/rna.034520.112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [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: 05/23/2012] [Accepted: 07/13/2012] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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The protein kinase PKR is activated by RNA to phosphorylate eIF-2α, inhibiting translation initiation. Long dsRNA activates PKR via interactions with the dsRNA-binding domain (dsRBD). Weakly structured RNA also activates PKR and does so in a 5'-triphosphate (ppp)-dependent fashion, however relatively little is known about this pathway. We used a mutant T7 RNA polymerase to incorporate all four triphosphate-containing nucleotides into the first position of a largely single-stranded RNA and found absence of selectivity, in that all four transcripts activate PKR. Recognition of 5'-triphosphate, but not the nucleobase at the 5'-most position, makes this RNA-mediated innate immune response sensitive to a broad array of viruses. PKR was neither activated in the presence of γ-GTP nor recognized NTPs other than ATP in activation competition and ITC binding assays. This indicates that the binding site for ATP is selective, which contrasts with the site for the 5' end of ppp-ssRNA. Activation experiments reveal that short dsRNAs compete with 5'-triphosphate RNAs and heparin for activation, and likewise gel-shift assays reveal that activating 5'-triphosphate RNAs and heparin compete with short dsRNAs for binding to PKR's dsRBD. The dsRBD thus plays a critical role in the activation of PKR by ppp-ssRNA and even heparin. At the same time, cross-linking experiments indicate that ppp-ssRNA interacts with PKR outside of the dsRBD as well. Overall, 5'-triphosphate-containing, weakly structured RNAs activate PKR via interactions with both the dsRBD and a distinct triphosphate binding site that lacks 5'-nucleobase specificity, allowing the innate immune response to provide broad-spectrum protection from pathogens.
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- Rebecca Toroney
- Department of Chemistry and Center for RNA Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
- Corresponding authorsE-mail E-mail
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for RNA Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for RNA Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for RNA Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
- Corresponding authorsE-mail E-mail
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Jakovljevic J, Ohmayer U, Gamalinda M, Talkish J, Alexander L, Linnemann J, Milkereit P, Woolford JL. Ribosomal proteins L7 and L8 function in concert with six A₃ assembly factors to propagate assembly of domains I and II of 25S rRNA in yeast 60S ribosomal subunits. RNA 2012; 18:1805-22. [PMID: 22893726 PMCID: PMC3446705 DOI: 10.1261/rna.032540.112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [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: 01/20/2012] [Accepted: 07/02/2012] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Ribosome biogenesis is a complex multistep process that involves alternating steps of folding and processing of pre-rRNAs in concert with assembly of ribosomal proteins. Recently, there has been increased interest in the roles of ribosomal proteins in eukaryotic ribosome biogenesis in vivo, focusing primarily on their function in pre-rRNA processing. However, much less is known about participation of ribosomal proteins in the formation and rearrangement of preribosomal particles as they mature to functional subunits. We have studied ribosomal proteins L7 and L8, which are required for the same early steps in pre-rRNA processing during assembly of 60S subunits but are located in different domains within ribosomes. Depletion of either leads to defects in processing of 27SA(3) to 27SB pre-rRNA and turnover of pre-rRNAs destined for large ribosomal subunits. A specific subset of proteins is diminished from these residual assembly intermediates: six assembly factors required for processing of 27SA(3) pre-rRNA and four ribosomal proteins bound to domain I of 25S and 5.8S rRNAs surrounding the polypeptide exit tunnel. In addition, specific sets of ribosomal proteins are affected in each mutant: In the absence of L7, proteins bound to domain II, L6, L14, L20, and L33 are greatly diminished, while proteins L13, L15, and L36 that bind to domain I are affected in the absence of L8. Thus, L7 and L8 might establish RNP structures within assembling ribosomes necessary for the stable association and function of the A(3) assembly factors and for proper assembly of the neighborhoods containing domains I and II.
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MESH Headings
- Active Transport, Cell Nucleus/genetics
- Active Transport, Cell Nucleus/physiology
- Cell Nucleus/genetics
- Cell Nucleus/metabolism
- Gene Expression Profiling
- Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal
- Microarray Analysis
- Organisms, Genetically Modified
- Protein Interaction Domains and Motifs/genetics
- Protein Interaction Domains and Motifs/physiology
- Protein Multimerization/genetics
- Protein Multimerization/physiology
- RNA Precursors/metabolism
- RNA Processing, Post-Transcriptional/genetics
- RNA Processing, Post-Transcriptional/physiology
- RNA, Ribosomal/chemistry
- RNA, Ribosomal/metabolism
- RNA-Binding Proteins/genetics
- RNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism
- RNA-Binding Proteins/physiology
- Ribosomal Proteins/genetics
- Ribosomal Proteins/metabolism
- Ribosomal Proteins/physiology
- Ribosome Subunits, Large, Eukaryotic/chemistry
- Ribosome Subunits, Large, Eukaryotic/genetics
- Ribosome Subunits, Large, Eukaryotic/metabolism
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae/genetics
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae/metabolism
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae/ultrastructure
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins/genetics
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins/metabolism
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins/physiology
- Yeasts/genetics
- Yeasts/metabolism
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- Jelena Jakovljevic
- Department of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
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- Institut für Biochemie III, Universität Regensburg, 93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
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- Institut für Biochemie III, Universität Regensburg, 93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- Institut für Biochemie III, Universität Regensburg, 93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
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