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Wang J, Wei J, Guo D, Lv X, Wang B, Wang Y, Li J. Boron homeostasis affects Longan yield: a study of NIP and BOR boron transporter of two cultivars. BMC Plant Biol 2024; 24:9. [PMID: 38163908 PMCID: PMC10759464 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-023-04689-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2023] [Accepted: 12/14/2023] [Indexed: 01/03/2024]
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BACKGROUND Essential micronutrient Boron (B) plays crucial roles in plant survival and reproduction but becomes toxic in higher quantities. Although plant cells have different B transport systems, B homeostasis is mainly maintained by two transporter protein families: B exporters (BOR) and nodulin-26-like intrinsic proteins (NIP). Their diversity and differential expression are responsible for varied B tolerance among plant varieties and species. Longan is a highly admired subtropical fruit with a rising market in China and beyond. In the present study, we cultured Shixia (SX) and Yiduo (YD), two differently characterized Longan cultivars, with foliar B spray. We analyzed their leaf physiology, fruit setting, B content, and boron transporter gene expression of various tissue samples. We also traced some of these genes' subcellular localization and overexpression effects. RESULTS YD and SX foliage share similar microstructures, except the mesophyll cell wall thickness is double in YD. The B spray differently influenced their cellular constituents and growth regulators. Gene expression analysis showed reduced BOR genes expression and NIP genes differential spatiotemporal expression. Using green fluorescent protein, two high-expressing NIPs, NIP1 and NIP19, were found to translocate in the transformed tobacco leaves' cell membrane. NIPs transformation of SX pollen was confirmed using magnetic beads and quantified using a fluorescence microscope and polymerase chain reaction. An increased seed-setting rate was observed when YD was pollinated using these pollens. Between the DlNIP1 and DlNIP19 transformed SX pollen, the former germinated better with increasing B concentrations and, compared to naturally pollinated plants, had a better seed-setting rate in YD♀ × SX♂. CONCLUSION SX and YD Longan have different cell wall structures and react differently to foliar B spray, indicating distinct B tolerance and management. Two B transporter NIP genes were traced to localize in the plasma membrane. However, under high B concentrations, their differential expression resulted in differences in Jasmonic acid content, leading to differences in germination rate. Pollination of YD using these NIPs transformed SX pollen also showed NIP1 overexpression might overcome the unilateral cross incompatibility between YD♀ × SX♂ and can be used to increase Longan production.
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- Jing Wang
- Key Laboratory of South Subtropical Fruit Biology and Genetic Resource Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Fruit Tree Research, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou, 510640, China
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- Key Laboratory of South Subtropical Fruit Biology and Genetic Resource Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Fruit Tree Research, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou, 510640, China
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- Key Laboratory of South Subtropical Fruit Biology and Genetic Resource Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Fruit Tree Research, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou, 510640, China
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- Key Laboratory of South Subtropical Fruit Biology and Genetic Resource Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Fruit Tree Research, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou, 510640, China
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- Key Laboratory of South Subtropical Fruit Biology and Genetic Resource Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Fruit Tree Research, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou, 510640, China
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- Key Laboratory of South Subtropical Fruit Biology and Genetic Resource Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Fruit Tree Research, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou, 510640, China
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- Key Laboratory of South Subtropical Fruit Biology and Genetic Resource Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Fruit Tree Research, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou, 510640, China.
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Whitlock JH, Wilk EJ, Howton TC, Clark AD, Lasseigne BN. The landscape of SETBP1 gene expression and transcription factor activity across human tissues. PLoS One 2024; 19:e0296328. [PMID: 38165902 PMCID: PMC10760659 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0296328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2023] [Accepted: 12/11/2023] [Indexed: 01/04/2024] Open
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The SET binding protein 1 (SETBP1) gene encodes a transcription factor (TF) involved in various cellular processes. Variants in SETBP1 can result in three different diseases determined by the introduction (germline vs. somatic) and location of the variant. Germline variants cause the ultra-rare pediatric Schinzel Giedion Syndrome (SGS) and SETBP1 haploinsufficiency disorder (SETBP1-HD), characterized by severe multisystemic abnormalities with neurodegeneration or a less severe brain phenotype accompanied by hypotonia and strabismus, respectively. Somatic variants in SETBP1 are associated with hematological malignancies and cancer development in other tissues in adults. To better understand the tissue-specific mechanisms involving SETBP1, we analyzed publicly available RNA-sequencing (RNA-seq) data from the Genotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx) project. We found SETBP1 and its known target genes were widely expressed across 31 adult human tissues. K-means clustering identified three distinct expression patterns of SETBP1 targets across tissues. Functional enrichment analysis (FEA) of each cluster revealed gene sets related to transcriptional regulation, DNA binding, and mitochondrial function. TF activity analysis of SETBP1 and its target TFs revealed tissue-specific TF activity, underscoring the role of tissue context-driven regulation and suggesting its impact in SETBP1-associated disease. In addition to uncovering tissue-specific molecular signatures of SETBP1 expression and TF activity, we provide a Shiny web application to facilitate exploring TF activity across human tissues for 758 TFs. This study provides insight into the landscape of SETBP1 expression and TF activity across 31 non-diseased human tissues and reveals tissue-specific expression and activity of SETBP1 and its targets. In conjunction with the web application we constructed, our framework enables researchers to generate hypotheses related to the role tissue backgrounds play with respect to gene expression and TF activity in different disease contexts.
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- Jordan H. Whitlock
- Department of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology, Heersink School of Medicine The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
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- Department of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology, Heersink School of Medicine The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
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- Department of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology, Heersink School of Medicine The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
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- Department of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology, Heersink School of Medicine The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
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- Department of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology, Heersink School of Medicine The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
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Li J, Tang M, Ke RX, Li PL, Sheng ZG, Zhu BZ. The anti-cancer drug candidate CBL0137 induced necroptosis via forming left-handed Z-DNA and its binding protein ZBP1 in liver cells. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2024; 482:116765. [PMID: 37995810 DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2023.116765] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2023] [Revised: 11/13/2023] [Accepted: 11/16/2023] [Indexed: 11/25/2023]
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CBL0137, a promising small molecular anti-cancer drug candidate, has been found to effectively induce apoptosis via activating p53 and suppressing nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-κB). However, it is still not clear whether CBL0137 can induce necroptosis in liver cancer; and if so, what is the underlying molecular mechanism. Here we found that CBL0137 could significantly induce left-handed double helix structure Z-DNA formation in HepG2 cells as shown by Z-DNA specific antibody assay, which was further confirmed by observing the expression of Z-DNA binding protein 1 (ZBP1) and adenosine deaminase acting on RNA 1 (ADAR1). Interestingly, we found that caspase inhibition significantly promoted CBL0137-induced necroptosis, which was further supported with the increase of the late apoptosis and necrosis assessed by the flow cytometry. Furthermore, we found that CBL0137 can also induce the expression of the three necroptosis-related proteins: receptor interacting serine/threonine kinase 1 (RIPK1), receptor interacting serine/threonine kinase 3 (RIPK3), and mixed lineage kinase domain-like (MLKL). Taken together, it was assumed that CBL0137-indued necroptosis in liver cells was due to induction of Z-DNA and ZBP1, which activated RIPK1/RIPK3/MLKL pathway. This represents the first report on the induction of the Z-DNA-mediated necroptosis by CBL0137 in the liver cancer cells, which should provide new perspectives for CBL0137 treatment of liver cancer.
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- Jun Li
- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, PR China; College of Environment and Resources, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 101408, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, PR China; College of Environment and Resources, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 101408, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, PR China; College of Environment and Resources, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 101408, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, PR China; College of Environment and Resources, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 101408, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, PR China; College of Environment and Resources, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 101408, PR China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, PR China; College of Environment and Resources, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 101408, PR China; Linus Pauling Institute, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA.
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Vipat S, Moiseeva TN. The TIMELESS Roles in Genome Stability and Beyond. J Mol Biol 2024; 436:168206. [PMID: 37481157 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2023.168206] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2023] [Revised: 06/20/2023] [Accepted: 07/12/2023] [Indexed: 07/24/2023]
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TIMELESS protein (TIM) protects replication forks from stalling at difficult-to-replicate regions and plays an important role in DNA damage response, including checkpoint signaling, protection of stalled replication forks and DNA repair. Loss of TIM causes severe replication stress, while its overexpression is common in various types of cancer, providing protection from DNA damage and resistance to chemotherapy. Although TIM has mostly been studied for its part in replication stress response, its additional roles in supporting genome stability and a wide variety of other cellular pathways are gradually coming to light. This review discusses the diverse functions of TIM and its orthologs in healthy and cancer cells, open questions, and potential future directions.
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- Sameera Vipat
- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn 12618, Estonia
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- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn 12618, Estonia.
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Wang Z, Shen N, Wang Z, Yu L, Yang S, Wang Y, Liu Y, Han G, Zhang Q. TRIM3 facilitates ferroptosis in non-small cell lung cancer through promoting SLC7A11/xCT K11-linked ubiquitination and degradation. Cell Death Differ 2024; 31:53-64. [PMID: 37978273 PMCID: PMC10781973 DOI: 10.1038/s41418-023-01239-5] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2023] [Revised: 10/23/2023] [Accepted: 11/07/2023] [Indexed: 11/19/2023] Open
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Ferroptosis, a unique form of regulated necrotic cell death, is caused by excessive iron-dependent lipid peroxidation. However, the underlying mechanisms driving ferroptosis in human cancers remain elusive. In this study, we identified TRIM3, an E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase, as a key regulator of ferroptosis. TRIM3 is downregulated in lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) and lung squamous cell carcinoma (LUSC), two major types of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Forced expression of TRIM3 promotes cell death by enhancing the cellular level of ROS and lipid peroxidation. Moreover, our in vivo study determined that TRIM3 overexpression diminishes the tumorigenicity of NSCLC cells, indicating that TRIM3 functions as a tumor suppressor in NSCLC. Mechanistically, TRIM3 directly interacts with SLC7A11/xCT through its NHL domain, leading to SCL7A11 K11-linked ubiquitination at K37, which promotes SLC7A11 proteasome-mediated degradation. Importantly, TRIM3 expression exhibits a negative correlation with SCL7A11 expression in clinical NSCLC samples, and low TRIM3 expression is associated with a worse prognosis. This study reveals that TRIM3 functions as a tumor suppressor that can impede the tumorigenesis of NSCLC by degrading SLC7A11, suggesting a novel therapeutic strategy against NSCLC.
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- Zhangjie Wang
- Department of Neurosurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210029, China
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- Department of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210029, China
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Wannan Medical College (Yijishan Hospital), Wuhu, 241000, China
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- Department of Oncology, The Affiliated Taizhou People's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Taizhou, 225300, China
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- Department of Oncology, The Affiliated Taizhou People's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Taizhou, 225300, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210029, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210029, China
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- Department of Oncology, The Affiliated Taizhou People's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Taizhou, 225300, China.
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- Department of Oncology, The Affiliated Taizhou People's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Taizhou, 225300, China.
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Li JY, Sun XA, Wang X, Yang NH, Xie HY, Guo HJ, Lu L, Xie X, Zhou L, Liu J, Zhang W, Lu LM. PGAM5 exacerbates acute renal injury by initiating mitochondria-dependent apoptosis by facilitating mitochondrial cytochrome c release. Acta Pharmacol Sin 2024; 45:125-136. [PMID: 37684381 PMCID: PMC10770374 DOI: 10.1038/s41401-023-01151-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [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: 01/19/2023] [Accepted: 08/03/2023] [Indexed: 09/10/2023] Open
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Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a worldwide public health problem characterized by the massive loss of tubular cells. However, the precise mechanism for initiating tubular cell death has not been fully elucidated. Here, we reported that phosphoglycerate mutase 5 (PGAM5) was upregulated in renal tubular epithelial cells during ischaemia/reperfusion or cisplatin-induced AKI in mice. PGAM5 knockout significantly alleviated the activation of the mitochondria-dependent apoptosis pathway and tubular apoptosis. Apoptosis inhibitors alleviated the activation of the mitochondria-dependent apoptosis pathway. Mechanistically, as a protein phosphatase, PGAM5 could dephosphorylate Bax and facilitate Bax translocation to the mitochondrial membrane. The translocation of Bax to mitochondria increased membrane permeability, decreased mitochondrial membrane potential and facilitated the release of mitochondrial cytochrome c (Cyt c) into the cytoplasm. Knockdown of Bax attenuated PGAM5 overexpression-induced Cyt c release and tubular cell apoptosis. Our results demonstrated that the increase in PGAM5-mediated Bax dephosphorylation and mitochondrial translocation was implicated in the development of AKI by initiating mitochondrial Cyt c release and activating the mitochondria-dependent apoptosis pathway. Targeting this axis might be beneficial for alleviating AKI.
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- Jing-Yao Li
- Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China
- Division of Nephrology, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, 639 Zhizaoju Road, Shanghai, 200011, China
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- Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China
- Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Dali University, Dali, Yunnan, 671013, China
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- Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China.
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- Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China.
- National Clinical Research Center for Aging and Medicine, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200040, China.
- Shanghai Kidney Development and Pediatric Kidney Disease Research Center, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, 201102, China.
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Holtzman T, Nechooshtan R, Yosef I, Qimron U. Contracting the Host Range of Bacteriophage T7 Using a Continuous Evolution System. Methods Mol Biol 2024; 2793:85-100. [PMID: 38526725 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-3798-2_6] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/27/2024]
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Bacteriophage T7 is an intracellular virus that recognizes its host via tail and tail fiber proteins known as receptor-binding proteins (RBPs). The RBPs attach to a specific lipopolysaccharide (LPS) displayed on the host. While there are various reports of phage host range expansion resulting from mutations in the RBP encoding genes, there is little evidence for contraction of host range. Notably, most experimental systems have not monitored changes in host range in the presence of several hosts simultaneously. Here, we use a continuous evolution system to show that T7 phages grown in the presence of five restrictive strains and one permissive host, each with a different LPS, gradually cease to recognize the restrictive strains. Remarkably, this result was obtained in experiments with six different permissive hosts. The altered specificity is due to mutations in the RBPs as determined by gene sequencing. The results of using this system demonstrate a major role for RBPs in restricting the range of futile infections, and this process can be harnessed to reduce the host range in applications such as recognition and elimination of a specific bacterial serotype by bacteriophages.
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- Tzvi Holtzman
- Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
- Department of Biotechnology, Israel Institute for Biological Research, Ness Ziona, Israel.
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- Department of Biotechnology, Israel Institute for Biological Research, Ness Ziona, Israel
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- Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
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Zhang M, Luo X, Zhang B, Luo D, Huang L, Long Q. Unveiling OSCP as the potential therapeutic target for mitochondrial dysfunction-related diseases. Life Sci 2024; 336:122293. [PMID: 38030056 DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2023.122293] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2023] [Revised: 11/06/2023] [Accepted: 11/21/2023] [Indexed: 12/01/2023]
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Mitochondria are important organelles in cells responsible for energy production and regulation. Mitochondrial dysfunction has been implicated in the pathogenesis of many diseases. Oligomycin sensitivity-conferring protein (OSCP), a component of the inner mitochondrial membrane, has been studied for a long time. OSCP is a component of the F1Fo-ATP synthase in mitochondria and is closely related to the regulation of the mitochondrial permeability transition pore (mPTP). Studies have shown that OSCP plays an important role in cardiovascular disease, neurological disorders, and tumor development. This review summarizes the localization, structure, function, and regulatory mechanisms of OSCP and outlines its role in cardiovascular disease, neurological disease, and tumor development. In addition, this article reviews the research on the interaction between OSCP and mPTP. Finally, the article suggests future research directions, including further exploration of the mechanism of action of OSCP, the interaction between OSCP and other proteins and signaling pathways, and the development of new treatment strategies for mitochondrial dysfunction. In conclusion, in-depth research on OSCP will help to elucidate its importance in cell function and disease and provide new ideas for the treatment and prevention of related diseases.
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- Mingyue Zhang
- Guangdong Metabolic Diseases Research Center of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine (Institute of Chinese Medicine), Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou 510006, China; Key Laboratory of Glucolipid Metabolic Disorder, Ministry of Education, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou 510006, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Chinese Medicine for Metabolic Diseases, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Guangdong Metabolic Diseases Research Center of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine (Institute of Chinese Medicine), Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou 510006, China; Key Laboratory of Glucolipid Metabolic Disorder, Ministry of Education, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou 510006, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Chinese Medicine for Metabolic Diseases, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Guangdong Metabolic Diseases Research Center of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine (Institute of Chinese Medicine), Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou 510006, China; Key Laboratory of Glucolipid Metabolic Disorder, Ministry of Education, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou 510006, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Chinese Medicine for Metabolic Diseases, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Guangdong Metabolic Diseases Research Center of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine (Institute of Chinese Medicine), Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou 510006, China; Key Laboratory of Glucolipid Metabolic Disorder, Ministry of Education, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou 510006, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Chinese Medicine for Metabolic Diseases, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou 510006, China.
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- School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Guangdong Metabolic Diseases Research Center of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine (Institute of Chinese Medicine), Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou 510006, China; Key Laboratory of Glucolipid Metabolic Disorder, Ministry of Education, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou 510006, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Chinese Medicine for Metabolic Diseases, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou 510006, China.
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Zeng N, Huang C, Huang F, Du J, Wang D, Zhan X, Xing B. Transport proteins and their differential roles in the accumulation of phenanthrene in wheat. Plant Physiol Biochem 2024; 206:108275. [PMID: 38103340 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2023.108275] [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] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2023] [Accepted: 12/08/2023] [Indexed: 12/19/2023]
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The study focuses on the uptake, accumulation, and translocation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in cereals, specifically exploring the role of peroxidase (UniProt accession: A0A3B5XXD0, abbreviation: PX1) and unidentified protein (UniProt accession: A0A3B6LUC6, abbreviation: UP1) in phenanthrene solubilization within wheat xylem sap. This research aims to clarify the interactions between these proteins and phenanthrene. Employing both in vitro and in vivo analyses, we evaluated the solubilization capabilities of recombinant transport proteins for phenanthrene and examined the relationship between protein expression and phenanthrene concentration. UP1 displayed greater transport efficiency, while PX1 excelled at lower concentrations. Elevated PX1 levels contributed to phenanthrene degradation, marginally diminishing its transport. Spectral analyses and molecular dynamics simulations validated the formation of stable protein-phenanthrene complexes. The study offers crucial insights into PAH-related health risks in crops by elucidating the mechanisms of PAH accumulation facilitated by transport proteins.
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- Nengde Zeng
- College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, 210095, People's Republic of China; Stockbridge School of Agriculture, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, 01003, United States
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- College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, 210095, People's Republic of China
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- College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, 210095, People's Republic of China
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- College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, 210095, People's Republic of China
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- College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, 210095, People's Republic of China
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- College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, 210095, People's Republic of China.
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- Stockbridge School of Agriculture, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, 01003, United States
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Peng X, Wellard N, Ghosh A, Troakes C, Giese KP. Different dysregulations of CYFIP1 and CYFIP2 in distinct types of dementia. Brain Res Bull 2024; 206:110849. [PMID: 38128786 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2023.110849] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2023] [Revised: 12/13/2023] [Accepted: 12/15/2023] [Indexed: 12/23/2023]
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In humans, the cytoplasmic FMR1 interacting protein (CYFIP) family consists of two members, namely CYFIP1 and CYFIP2. Both CYFIP1 and CYFIP2 function in the WAVE regulatory complex (WRC), which regulates actin polymerization. Additionally, these two proteins form a posttranscriptional regulatory complex with the fragile X mental retardation protein (FMRP), which suppresses mRNA translation. Thus, CYFIP1 and CYFIP2 are important signalling regulators at synapses, and mutations in their genes are associated with neurodevelopmental and neuropsychiatric disorders, including intellectual disabilities. Moreover, dysregulation of the CYFIP protein family is involved in Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, the relevance of the CYFIP family in other dementias is largely unknown. Here, we compared CYFIP1/2 protein levels in the post-mortem hippocampus from patients with AD, dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), vascular dementia (VaD) and frontotemporal lobar degeneration with TDP-43 pathology (FTLD-TDP). Consistent with previous findings, CYFIP2 was reduced in AD hippocampus. In DLB and VaD hippocampus, the protein level of CYFIP2 and CYFIP1 was unaltered. Finally, an increase in the protein level of both CYFIP1 and CYFIP2 was noted in FTLD-TDP hippocampus. These findings reveal that the protein levels of the CYFIP family is distinct in different types of dementia, suggesting that the pathogenesis of these neurodegenerative disorders has divergent impacts on hippocampal synaptic function.
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- Xianhui Peng
- Department of Basic and Clinical Neuroscience, King's College London, 125 Coldharbour Lane, London SE5 9NU, United Kingdom
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- Department of Basic and Clinical Neuroscience, King's College London, 125 Coldharbour Lane, London SE5 9NU, United Kingdom
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- Department of Basic and Clinical Neuroscience, King's College London, 125 Coldharbour Lane, London SE5 9NU, United Kingdom
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- Department of Basic and Clinical Neuroscience, King's College London, 125 Coldharbour Lane, London SE5 9NU, United Kingdom
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- Department of Basic and Clinical Neuroscience, King's College London, 125 Coldharbour Lane, London SE5 9NU, United Kingdom.
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Ha JH, Lee BW, Yi DH, Lee SJ, Kim WI, Pak SW, Kim HY, Kim SH, Shin IS, Kim JC, Lee IC. Particulate matter-mediated oxidative stress induces airway inflammation and pulmonary dysfunction through TXNIP/NF-κB and modulation of the SIRT1-mediated p53 and TGF-β/Smad3 pathways in mice. Food Chem Toxicol 2024; 183:114201. [PMID: 38013002 DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2023.114201] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2023] [Revised: 11/01/2023] [Accepted: 11/17/2023] [Indexed: 11/29/2023]
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Exposure to particulate matter is currently recognized as a serious aggravating factor of respiratory diseases. In this study, we investigated the effects of particulate matter (PM) on the respiratory system in BALB/c mice and NCI-H292 cells. PM (0, 2.5, 5 and 20 mg/kg) was administered to mice by intra-tracheal instillation for 7 days. After a 7 day-repeated treatment of PM, we evaluated inflammatory cytokines/cell counts in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) and conducted pulmonary histology and functional test. We also investigated the role of TXNIP/NF-κB and SIRT1-mediated p53 and TGF-β/Smad3 pathways in PM-induced airway inflammation and pulmonary dysfunction. PM caused a significant increase in pro-inflammatory cytokines, inflammatory cell counts in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid. PM-mediated oxidative stress down-regulated thioredoxin-1 and up-regulated thioredoxin-interacting protein and activation of nuclear factor-kappa B in the lung tissue and PM-treated NCI-H292 cells. PM suppressed sirtuin1 protein levels and increased p53 acetylation in PM-exposed mice and PM-treated NCI-H292 cells. In addition, PM caused inflammatory cell infiltration and the thickening of alveolar walls by exacerbating the inflammatory response in the lung tissue. PM increased levels of transforming growth factor-β, phosphorylation of Smad3 and activation of α-smooth muscle actin, and collagen type1A2 in PM-exposed mice and PM-treated NCI-H292 cells. In pulmonary function tests, PM exposure impaired pulmonary function resembling pulmonary fibrosis, characterized by increased resistance and elastance of the respiratory system, and resistance, elastance, and damping of lung tissues, whereas decreased compliance of the respiratory system, forced expired volume and forced vital capacity. Overall, PM-mediated oxidative stress caused airway inflammation and pulmonary dysfunction with pulmonary fibrosis via TXNIP pathway/NF-κB activation and modulation of the SIRT1-mediated TGF-β/Smad3 pathways. The results of this study can provide fundamental data on the potential adverse effects and underlying mechanism of pulmonary fibrosis caused by PM exposure as a public health concern. Due to the potential toxicity of PM, people with respiratory disease must be careful with PM exposure.
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- Ji-Hye Ha
- Functional Biomaterial Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Jeongeup, Republic of Korea; College of Veterinary Medicine and BK21 FOUR Program, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Functional Biomaterial Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Jeongeup, Republic of Korea; College of Veterinary Medicine and BK21 FOUR Program, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Republic of Korea
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- Functional Biomaterial Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Jeongeup, Republic of Korea
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- College of Veterinary Medicine and BK21 FOUR Program, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Republic of Korea
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- College of Veterinary Medicine and BK21 FOUR Program, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Republic of Korea
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- College of Veterinary Medicine and BK21 FOUR Program, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Republic of Korea
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- Jeonbuk Branch Institute, Korea Institute of Toxicology, Jeongeup, Republic of Korea
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- Jeonbuk Branch Institute, Korea Institute of Toxicology, Jeongeup, Republic of Korea
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- College of Veterinary Medicine and BK21 FOUR Program, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Republic of Korea
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- College of Veterinary Medicine and BK21 FOUR Program, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Republic of Korea.
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- Functional Biomaterial Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Jeongeup, Republic of Korea.
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Sun XY, Deng J, Zhang C, Fung SY, Siu KL, Cheng YY, Ye L, Qin J, Wang K, Qu JX, Gao W, Wang F, Jin DY, Yang L. Superoxide dismutase A (SodA) is a c-di-GMP effector protein governing oxidative stress tolerance in Stenotrophomonas maltophilia. Microbiol Res 2024; 278:127535. [PMID: 37922698 DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2023.127535] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2023] [Revised: 10/15/2023] [Accepted: 10/20/2023] [Indexed: 11/07/2023]
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C-di-GMP is a bacterial second messenger implicated in the regulation of many key functions including antibiotic tolerance and biofilm formation. Our understanding of how c-di-GMP exerts its action via receptors to modulate different biological functions is still limited. Here we used a c-di-GMP affinity pull-down assay coupled to LC-MS/MS to identify c-di-GMP-binding proteins in the opportunistic pathogen Stenotrophomonas maltophilia. This analysis identified Smlt3238 (SodA), a protein of the superoxide dismutase family, as a c-di-GMP-binding protein. Microscale thermophoresis showed that purified SodA protein bound c-di-GMP with an estimated dissociation constant (Kd) value of 141.5 μM. Using various in vivo and in vitro experiments, we demonstrated that c-di-GMP modulates the enzyme activity of SodA directly. Circular dichroism experiments revealed that SodA protein gradually altered its basic structure with increasing levels of c-di-GMP. Phenotypic experiments conducted in the presence of a range of intracellular c-di-GMP levels showed that SodA function is modulated by c-di-GMP. The findings thus identify a novel c-di-GMP binding protein that governs oxidative stress tolerance in S. maltophilia.
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- Xiao-Yu Sun
- School of Medicine, Southern University of Science and Technology / Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Gene Regulation and Systems Biology, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, Guangdong, PR China; School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, 21 Sassoon Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong; Tianjin Key Laboratory of Retinal Functions and Diseases, Tianjin Branch of National Clinical Research Center for Ocular Disease, Eye Institute and School of Optometry, Tianjin Medical University Eye Hospital, Tianjin, PR China
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- School of Medicine, Southern University of Science and Technology / Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Gene Regulation and Systems Biology, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, Guangdong, PR China; Shenzhen Third People's Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Disease, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518112, PR China
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- Shenzhen Third People's Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Disease, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518112, PR China
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, 21 Sassoon Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, 21 Sassoon Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
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- Shenzhen Institute of Respiratory Diseases, Second Clinical Medical College (Shenzhen People's Hospital), Jinan University / the First Affiliated Hospital (Shenzhen People's Hospital), Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, PR China; Forensics Genomics International (FGI), BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, PR China
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, PR China
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, PR China
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, PR China
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- Shenzhen Third People's Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Disease, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518112, PR China
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- Shenzhen Third People's Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Disease, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518112, PR China
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- Shenzhen Third People's Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Disease, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518112, PR China
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, 21 Sassoon Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong.
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- School of Medicine, Southern University of Science and Technology / Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Gene Regulation and Systems Biology, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, Guangdong, PR China; Shenzhen Third People's Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Disease, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518112, PR China.
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Nabiev SR, Kochurova AM, Nikitina LV, Beldiia EA, Matyushenko AM, Yampolskaya DS, Bershitsky SY, Kopylova GV, Shchepkin DV. N-Terminal Fragment of Cardiac Myosin Binding Protein-C Increases the Duration of Actin-Myosin Interaction. Bull Exp Biol Med 2024; 176:324-327. [PMID: 38336971 DOI: 10.1007/s10517-024-06017-y] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2023] [Indexed: 02/12/2024]
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Cardiac myosin binding protein-C (cMyBP-C) located in the C-zone of myocyte sarcomere is involved in the regulation of myocardial contraction. Its N-terminal domains C0, C1, C2, and the m-motif between C1 and C2 can bind to the myosin head and actin of the thin filament and affect the characteristics of their interaction. Measurements using an optical trap showed that the C0-C2 fragment of cMyBP-C increases the interaction time of cardiac myosin with the actin filament, while in an in vitro motility assay, it dose-dependently reduces the sliding velocity of actin filaments. Thus, it was found that the N-terminal part of cMyBP-C affects the kinetics of the myosin cross-bridge.
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- S R Nabiev
- Institute of Immunology and Physiology, Ural Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Yekaterinburg, Russia.
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- Institute of Immunology and Physiology, Ural Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Yekaterinburg, Russia
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- Institute of Immunology and Physiology, Ural Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Yekaterinburg, Russia
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- Institute of Immunology and Physiology, Ural Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Yekaterinburg, Russia
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- A. N. Bakh Institute of Biochemistry, Federal Research Center Fundamentals of Biotechnology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- A. N. Bakh Institute of Biochemistry, Federal Research Center Fundamentals of Biotechnology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Institute of Immunology and Physiology, Ural Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Yekaterinburg, Russia
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- Institute of Immunology and Physiology, Ural Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Yekaterinburg, Russia
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- Institute of Immunology and Physiology, Ural Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Yekaterinburg, Russia
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Rojas ML, Muñoz JP, Flores-Martín J, Sànchez-Fernàndez-de-Landa P, Cruz Del Puerto M, Genti-Raimondi S, Zorzano A. StarD7 deficiency switches on glycolysis and promotes mitophagy flux in C2C12 myoblasts. FEBS J 2024; 291:338-357. [PMID: 37846201 DOI: 10.1111/febs.16979] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2023] [Revised: 09/01/2023] [Accepted: 10/13/2023] [Indexed: 10/18/2023]
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StarD7 is a member of the START protein family required for phosphatidylcholine delivery to the mitochondria, thus key to maintain mitochondrial structure. Its deficiency has been associated with an impairment of cellular processes, such as proliferation and migration, and it has also been reported that it is needed in myogenic differentiation. Here, we show that StarD7 deficiency in C2C12 muscle cells results in the accumulation of abnormal mitochondria, a reduced number of mitochondria per cell area and increased glycolysis. In addition, StarD7-deficient cells undergo an increase in mitochondria-ER contact sites, reduced connexin 43 expression, and disturbances in lipid handling, evidenced by lipid droplet accumulation and decreased levels in phosphatidylserine synthase 1 and 2 expression. Interestingly, StarD7-deficient cells showed alterations in mitophagy markers. We observed accumulation of LC3B-II and BNIP3 proteins in mitochondria-enriched fractions and accumulation of autophagolysosomal and lysosomal vesicles in StarD7-deficient cells. Furthermore, live-cell imaging experiments of StarD7 knockdown cells expressing mitochondria-targeted mKeima indicated an enhanced mitochondria delivery into lysosomes. Importantly, StarD7 reconstitution in StarD7-deficient cells restores LC3B-II expression in mitochondria-enriched fractions at similar levels to those observed in control cells. Collectively, these findings suggest that StarD7-deficient C2C12 myoblasts are associated with altered cristae structure, disturbances in neutral lipid accumulation, glucose metabolism, and increased mitophagy flux. The alterations mentioned above allow for the maintenance of mitochondrial function.
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- María L Rojas
- Departamento de Bioquímica Clínica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina
- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas (CONICET), Centro de Investigaciones en Bioquímica Clínica e Inmunología (CIBICI), Córdoba, Argentina
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- Institut d' Investigació Biomèdica (IIB) Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Diabetes y Enfermedades Metabólicas Asociadas (CIBERDEM), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Bioquímica Clínica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina
- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas (CONICET), Centro de Investigaciones en Bioquímica Clínica e Inmunología (CIBICI), Córdoba, Argentina
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Diabetes y Enfermedades Metabólicas Asociadas (CIBERDEM), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
- Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Spain
- Departament de Bioquímica i Biomedicina Molecular, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain
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- Departamento de Bioquímica Clínica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina
- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas (CONICET), Centro de Investigaciones en Bioquímica Clínica e Inmunología (CIBICI), Córdoba, Argentina
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- Departamento de Bioquímica Clínica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina
- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas (CONICET), Centro de Investigaciones en Bioquímica Clínica e Inmunología (CIBICI), Córdoba, Argentina
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Diabetes y Enfermedades Metabólicas Asociadas (CIBERDEM), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
- Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Spain
- Departament de Bioquímica i Biomedicina Molecular, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain
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Shao J, Li S, Qiu X, Jiang J, Zhang L, Wang P, Si Y, Wu Y, He M, Xiong Q, Zhao L, Li Y, Fan Y, Viviani M, Fu Y, Wu C, Gao T, Zhu L, Fussenegger M, Wang H, Xie M. Engineered poly(A)-surrogates for translational regulation and therapeutic biocomputation in mammalian cells. Cell Res 2024; 34:31-46. [PMID: 38172533 PMCID: PMC10770082 DOI: 10.1038/s41422-023-00896-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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: 04/04/2023] [Accepted: 10/27/2023] [Indexed: 01/05/2024] Open
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Here, we present a gene regulation strategy enabling programmable control over eukaryotic translational initiation. By excising the natural poly-adenylation (poly-A) signal of target genes and replacing it with a synthetic control region harboring RNA-binding protein (RBP)-specific aptamers, cap-dependent translation is rendered exclusively dependent on synthetic translation initiation factors (STIFs) containing different RBPs engineered to conditionally associate with different eIF4F-binding proteins (eIFBPs). This modular design framework facilitates the engineering of various gene switches and intracellular sensors responding to many user-defined trigger signals of interest, demonstrating tightly controlled, rapid and reversible regulation of transgene expression in mammalian cells as well as compatibility with various clinically applicable delivery routes of in vivo gene therapy. Therapeutic efficacy was demonstrated in two animal models. To exemplify disease treatments that require on-demand drug secretion, we show that a custom-designed gene switch triggered by the FDA-approved drug grazoprevir can effectively control insulin expression and restore glucose homeostasis in diabetic mice. For diseases that require instantaneous sense-and-response treatment programs, we create highly specific sensors for various subcellularly (mis)localized protein markers (such as cancer-related fusion proteins) and show that translation-based protein sensors can be used either alone or in combination with other cell-state classification strategies to create therapeutic biocomputers driving self-sufficient elimination of tumor cells in mice. This design strategy demonstrates unprecedented flexibility for translational regulation and could form the basis for a novel class of programmable gene therapies in vivo.
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- Jiawei Shao
- International Institutes of Medicine, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Yiwu, Zhejiang, China.
- Key Laboratory of Growth Regulation and Translational Research of Zhejiang Province, School of Life Sciences, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
- Westlake Laboratory of Life Sciences and Biomedicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
- Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
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- College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Biology and Chemistry, College of Science, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Growth Regulation and Translational Research of Zhejiang Province, School of Life Sciences, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Westlake Laboratory of Life Sciences and Biomedicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Growth Regulation and Translational Research of Zhejiang Province, School of Life Sciences, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Westlake Laboratory of Life Sciences and Biomedicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Research Center of Biological Computation, Zhejiang Laboratory, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Key Laboratory of Growth Regulation and Translational Research of Zhejiang Province, School of Life Sciences, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Westlake Laboratory of Life Sciences and Biomedicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Key Laboratory of Growth Regulation and Translational Research of Zhejiang Province, School of Life Sciences, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Westlake Laboratory of Life Sciences and Biomedicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Growth Regulation and Translational Research of Zhejiang Province, School of Life Sciences, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Westlake Laboratory of Life Sciences and Biomedicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Growth Regulation and Translational Research of Zhejiang Province, School of Life Sciences, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Westlake Laboratory of Life Sciences and Biomedicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Growth Regulation and Translational Research of Zhejiang Province, School of Life Sciences, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Westlake Laboratory of Life Sciences and Biomedicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Growth Regulation and Translational Research of Zhejiang Province, School of Life Sciences, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Westlake Laboratory of Life Sciences and Biomedicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Key Laboratory of Growth Regulation and Translational Research of Zhejiang Province, School of Life Sciences, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Westlake Laboratory of Life Sciences and Biomedicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Key Laboratory of Growth Regulation and Translational Research of Zhejiang Province, School of Life Sciences, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Westlake Laboratory of Life Sciences and Biomedicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Key Laboratory of Growth Regulation and Translational Research of Zhejiang Province, School of Life Sciences, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Westlake Laboratory of Life Sciences and Biomedicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Growth Regulation and Translational Research of Zhejiang Province, School of Life Sciences, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Westlake Laboratory of Life Sciences and Biomedicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Growth Regulation and Translational Research of Zhejiang Province, School of Life Sciences, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Westlake Laboratory of Life Sciences and Biomedicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Key Laboratory of Growth Regulation and Translational Research of Zhejiang Province, School of Life Sciences, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Westlake Laboratory of Life Sciences and Biomedicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Biology and Chemistry, College of Science, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering, ETH Zurich, Mattenstrasse 26, CH-4058, Basel, Switzerland
- Faculty of Science, University of Basel, Mattenstrasse 26, CH-4058, Basel, Switzerland
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- Research Center of Biological Computation, Zhejiang Laboratory, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Growth Regulation and Translational Research of Zhejiang Province, School of Life Sciences, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
- Westlake Laboratory of Life Sciences and Biomedicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
- Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
- School of Engineering, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
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Chen F, Sheng X, Sun H, Guo Q, Wang H, Wu L, Ni B, Yang J. Advanced glycation end products induce nucleus pulposus cell apoptosis by upregulating TXNIP via inhibiting glycolysis pathway in intervertebral disc degeneration. J Biochem Mol Toxicol 2024; 38:e23515. [PMID: 37632267 DOI: 10.1002/jbt.23515] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2022] [Revised: 06/24/2023] [Accepted: 08/17/2023] [Indexed: 08/27/2023]
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Accumulation of advanced glycation end products (AGEs) causes apoptosis in human nucleus pulposus cells (NPCs), contributing to intervertebral disc degeneration (IVDD). The purpose of this study was to determine the roles of thioredoxin-interacting protein (TXNIP) in the mechanisms underlying AGE-induced apoptosis of NPCs. TXNIP was silenced or overexpressed in HNPCs exposed to AGEs. Glycolysis was assessed using extracellular acidification rate (ECAR), ATP level, GLUT1, and GLUT4 measurements. AGEs, TXNIP, GLUT1, and GLUT4 levels in IVDD patients were measured as well. In NPCs, AGEs reduced cell viability, induced apoptosis, inhibited glycolysis, and increased TXNIP expression. Silencing TXNIP compromised the effects of AGEs on cell viability, apoptosis, and glycolysis in NPCs. Furthermore, TXNIP overexpression resulted in decreased cell viability, increased apoptotic cells, and glycolysis suppression. Furthermore, co-treatment with a glycolysis inhibitor improved TXNIP silencing's suppressive effects on AGE-induced cell injury in NPCs. In IVDD patients with Pfirrmann Grades II-V, increasing trends in AGEs and TXNIP were observed, while decreasing trends in GLUT1 and GLUT4. AGE levels had positive correlations with TXNIP levels. Both AGE and TXNIP levels correlated negatively with GLUT1 and GLUT4. Our study indicates that TXNIP plays a role in mediating AGE-induced cell injury through suppressing glycolysis. The accumulation of AGEs, the upregulation of TXNIP, and the downregulation of GLUT1 and GLUT4 are all linked to the progression of IVDD.
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- Fei Chen
- Department of Orthopaedics, Second Affiliated Hospital of Naval Medical University, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Municipal Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Second Affiliated Hospital of Naval Medical University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Second Affiliated Hospital of Naval Medical University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Second Affiliated Hospital of Naval Medical University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Second Affiliated Hospital of Naval Medical University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Second Affiliated Hospital of Naval Medical University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Second Affiliated Hospital of Naval Medical University, Shanghai, China
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Huang Y, Gao X, He QY, Liu W. A Interacting Model: How TRIM21 Orchestrates with Proteins in Intracellular Immunity. Small Methods 2024; 8:e2301142. [PMID: 37922533 DOI: 10.1002/smtd.202301142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2023] [Revised: 10/12/2023] [Indexed: 11/07/2023]
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Tripartite motif-containing protein 21 (TRIM21), identified as both a cytosolic E3 ubiquitin ligase and FcR (Fragment crystallizable receptor), primarily interacts with proteins via its PRY/SPRY domains and promotes their proteasomal degradation to regulate intracellular immunity. But how TRIM21 involves in intracellular immunity still lacks systematical understanding. Herein, it is probed into the TRIM21-related literature and raises an interacting model about how TRIM21 orchestrates proteins in cytosol. In this novel model, TRIM21 generally interacts with miscellaneous protein in intracellular immunity in two ways: For one, TRIM21 solely plays as an E3, ubiquitylating a glut of proteins that contain specific interferon-regulatory factor, nuclear transcription factor kappaB, virus sensors and others, and involving inflammatory responses. For another, TRIM21 serves as both E3 and specific FcR that detects antibody-complexes and facilitates antibody destroying target proteins. Correspondingly delineated as Fc-independent signaling and Fc-dependent signaling in this review, how TRIM21's interactions contribute to intracellular immunity, expecting to provide a systematical understanding of this important protein and invest enlightenment for further research on the pathogenesis of related diseases and its prospective application is elaborated.
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- Yisha Huang
- MOE Key Laboratory of Tumor Molecular Biology and Key Laboratory of Functional Protein Research of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, Institute of Life and Health Engineering, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Tumor Molecular Biology and Key Laboratory of Functional Protein Research of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, Institute of Life and Health Engineering, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Tumor Molecular Biology and Key Laboratory of Functional Protein Research of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, Institute of Life and Health Engineering, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Tumor Molecular Biology and Key Laboratory of Functional Protein Research of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, Institute of Life and Health Engineering, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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Fokin AI, Boutillon A, James J, Courtois L, Vacher S, Simanov G, Wang Y, Polesskaya A, Bièche I, David NB, Gautreau AM. Inactivating negative regulators of cortical branched actin enhances persistence of single cell migration. J Cell Sci 2024; 137:jcs261332. [PMID: 38059420 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.261332] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2023] [Accepted: 11/30/2023] [Indexed: 12/08/2023] Open
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The Rac1-WAVE-Arp2/3 pathway pushes the plasma membrane by polymerizing branched actin, thereby powering membrane protrusions that mediate cell migration. Here, using knockdown (KD) or knockout (KO), we combine the inactivation of the Arp2/3 inhibitory protein arpin, the Arp2/3 subunit ARPC1A and the WAVE complex subunit CYFIP2, all of which enhance the polymerization of cortical branched actin. Inactivation of the three negative regulators of cortical branched actin increases migration persistence of human breast MCF10A cells and of endodermal cells in the zebrafish embryo, significantly more than any single or double inactivation. In the triple KO cells, but not in triple KD cells, the 'super-migrator' phenotype was associated with a heterogenous downregulation of vimentin (VIM) expression and a lack of coordination in collective behaviors, such as wound healing and acinus morphogenesis. Re-expression of vimentin in triple KO cells largely restored normal persistence of single cell migration, suggesting that vimentin downregulation contributes to the maintenance of the super-migrator phenotype in triple KO cells. Constant excessive production of branched actin at the cell cortex thus commits cells into a motile state through changes in gene expression.
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- Artem I Fokin
- CNRS UMR7654, Ecole Polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, 91120 Palaiseau, France
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- INSERM U1182, CNRS UMR7645, Ecole Polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, 91120 Palaiseau, France
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- CNRS UMR7654, Ecole Polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, 91120 Palaiseau, France
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- Pharmacogenomics Unit, Department of Genetics, Institut Curie, 26 rue d'Ulm, 75005 Paris, France
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- Pharmacogenomics Unit, Department of Genetics, Institut Curie, 26 rue d'Ulm, 75005 Paris, France
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- CNRS UMR7654, Ecole Polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, 91120 Palaiseau, France
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- CNRS UMR7654, Ecole Polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, 91120 Palaiseau, France
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- CNRS UMR7654, Ecole Polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, 91120 Palaiseau, France
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- Pharmacogenomics Unit, Department of Genetics, Institut Curie, 26 rue d'Ulm, 75005 Paris, France
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- INSERM U1182, CNRS UMR7645, Ecole Polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, 91120 Palaiseau, France
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- CNRS UMR7654, Ecole Polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, 91120 Palaiseau, France
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Zhang H, Ling Q. NBR1-mediated selective chloroplast autophagy is important to plant stress tolerance. Autophagy 2024; 20:205-206. [PMID: 37635361 PMCID: PMC10761070 DOI: 10.1080/15548627.2023.2251324] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2023] [Revised: 08/14/2023] [Accepted: 08/18/2023] [Indexed: 08/29/2023] Open
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Macroautophagy/autophagy is a conserved process in eukaryotes responsible for degrading unwanted or damaged macromolecules and organelles through the lysosome or vacuole for recycling and reutilization. Our previous studies revealed the degradation of chloroplast proteins through a pathway dependent on the ubiquitin proteasome system, known as CHLORAD. Recently, we demonstrated a role for selective autophagy in regulating chloroplast protein import and enhancing stress tolerance in plants. Specifically, we found that K63-ubiquitination of TOC components at the chloroplast outer envelope membrane is recognized by the selective autophagy adaptor NBR1, leading to the degradation of TOC proteins under UV-B irradiation and heat stresses in Arabidopsis. This process was shown to control chloroplast protein import and influence photosynthetic activity. Based on our results, we have, for the first time, demonstrated that selective autophagy plays a vital role in chloroplast protein degradation, specifically in response to certain abiotic stresses.
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- Hui Zhang
- National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, CAS Centre for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, CAS Centre for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- CAS-JIC Center of Excellence for Plant and Microbial Sciences (CEPAMS), Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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Gupta S, Guérin A, Herger A, Hou X, Schaufelberger M, Roulard R, Diet A, Roffler S, Lefebvre V, Wicker T, Pelloux J, Ringli C. Growth-inhibiting effects of the unconventional plant APYRASE 7 of Arabidopsis thaliana influences the LRX/RALF/FER growth regulatory module. PLoS Genet 2024; 20:e1011087. [PMID: 38190412 PMCID: PMC10824444 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1011087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2023] [Revised: 01/29/2024] [Accepted: 11/29/2023] [Indexed: 01/10/2024] Open
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Plant cell growth involves coordination of numerous processes and signaling cascades among the different cellular compartments to concomitantly enlarge the protoplast and the surrounding cell wall. The cell wall integrity-sensing process involves the extracellular LRX (LRR-Extensin) proteins that bind RALF (Rapid ALkalinization Factor) peptide hormones and, in vegetative tissues, interact with the transmembrane receptor kinase FERONIA (FER). This LRX/RALF/FER signaling module influences cell wall composition and regulates cell growth. The numerous proteins involved in or influenced by this module are beginning to be characterized. In a genetic screen, mutations in Apyrase 7 (APY7) were identified to suppress growth defects observed in lrx1 and fer mutants. APY7 encodes a Golgi-localized NTP-diphosphohydrolase, but opposed to other apyrases of Arabidopsis, APY7 revealed to be a negative regulator of cell growth. APY7 modulates the growth-inhibiting effect of RALF1, influences the cell wall architecture and -composition, and alters the pH of the extracellular matrix, all of which affect cell growth. Together, this study reveals a function of APY7 in cell wall formation and cell growth that is connected to growth processes influenced by the LRX/RALF/FER signaling module.
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- Shibu Gupta
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, Zurich-Basel Plant Science Center, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, Zurich-Basel Plant Science Center, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, Zurich-Basel Plant Science Center, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, Zurich-Basel Plant Science Center, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, Zurich-Basel Plant Science Center, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- UMR INRAe BioEcoAgro, Biologie des Plantes et Innovation, Université de Picardie Jules Verne, UFR des Sciences, Amiens, France
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, Zurich-Basel Plant Science Center, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, Zurich-Basel Plant Science Center, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- UMR INRAe BioEcoAgro, Biologie des Plantes et Innovation, Université de Picardie Jules Verne, UFR des Sciences, Amiens, France
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, Zurich-Basel Plant Science Center, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- UMR INRAe BioEcoAgro, Biologie des Plantes et Innovation, Université de Picardie Jules Verne, UFR des Sciences, Amiens, France
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, Zurich-Basel Plant Science Center, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Tu W, Zhu S, Li F, Xu C, Tu W, Chen Y. A novel link between melatonin and circ_0005753/PTBP1/TXNIP regulatory network in the modulation of osteogenic potential in mesenchymal stem cells. Chem Biol Drug Des 2024; 103:e14380. [PMID: 37890873 DOI: 10.1111/cbdd.14380] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2023] [Revised: 09/25/2023] [Accepted: 10/10/2023] [Indexed: 10/29/2023]
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Labeled with pluripotent potential, the transplantation of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) is considered as a promising strategy for treating osteoporosis (OP). Melatonin (MEL) has been investigated to be an essential regulator involved in bone metabolism, as well as BMSCs differentiation. Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are a unique kind of non-coding RNA and play an important regulatory role in OP. However, whether circRNAs are implicated in the effects of MEL on BMSCs osteogenic differentiation remains largely indeterminate. Expression of circ_0005753 in human BMSCs with MEL treatment, clinical specimens diagnosed with OP, either with ovariectomy (OVX)-induced mice, was measured by RT-qPCR. Western blot was conducted to analyze protein levels of osteogenesis-related molecules (Opg, RUNX2, ALP, BMP4) and TXNIP. RNA immunoprecipitation (RIP) and RNA pull-down assays were performed to validate the binding relationship among circ_0005753, PTBP1, and TXNIP. Alkaline phosphatase (ALP) and alizarin red staining (ARS) were performed to evaluate osteogenic capacity of BMSCs. OP mouse model was established by ovariectomy, as evaluated pathologic changes via hematoxylin-eosin (HE), Masson, and Immunohistochemistry (IHC) staining. Expression of circ_0005753 was remarkably decreased during MEL-induced osteogenic differentiation of BMSCs. Interestingly, not only circ_0005753 knockdown significantly promoted osteogenic differentiation of BMSCs, but circ_0005753 overexpression also weakened osteogenic differentiation induced by MEL treatment. Mechanistically, circ_0005753 maintained the stabilization of TXNIP mRNA via recruiting PTBP1. Additionally, reinforced circ_0005753 abrogated MEL-mediated protective effects on OP pathogenesis in a mouse model. This work shows that MEL facilitates osteogenic differentiation of BMSCs via the circ_0005753/PTBP1/TXNIP axis, which may shed light on the development of a novel therapeutic strategy to prevent OP.
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- Wei Tu
- Endocrine Department, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, China
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- Department of Nephrology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, China
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- Department of Nephrology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, China
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- Department of Nephrology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, China
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- Department of Nephrology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, China
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- Department of Nephrology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, China
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Antigen-presenting cells (APCs) are master regulators of the immune response by directly interacting with T cells to orchestrate distinct functional outcomes. Several types of professional APC exist, including conventional dendritic cells, B cells and macrophages, and numerous other cell types have non-classical roles in antigen presentation, such as thymic epithelial cells, endothelial cells and granulocytes. Accumulating evidence indicates the presence of a new family of APCs marked by the lineage-specifying transcription factor retinoic acid receptor-related orphan receptor-γt (RORγt) and demonstrates that these APCs have key roles in shaping immunity, inflammation and tolerance, particularly in the context of host-microorganism interactions. These RORγt+ APCs include subsets of group 3 innate lymphoid cells, extrathymic autoimmune regulator-expressing cells and, potentially, other emerging populations. Here, we summarize the major findings that led to the discovery of these RORγt+ APCs and their associated functions. We discuss discordance in recent reports and identify gaps in our knowledge in this burgeoning field, which has tremendous potential to advance our understanding of fundamental immune concepts.
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- Jakub Abramson
- Department of Immunology and Regenerative Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
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- Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Jill Roberts Institute for Research in Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Weill Cornell Medicine, Cornell University, New York, NY, USA
- Joan and Sanford I. Weill Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Weill Cornell Medicine, Cornell University, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Weill Cornell Medicine, Cornell University, New York, NY, USA
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- Jill Roberts Institute for Research in Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Weill Cornell Medicine, Cornell University, New York, NY, USA.
- Joan and Sanford I. Weill Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Weill Cornell Medicine, Cornell University, New York, NY, USA.
- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Weill Cornell Medicine, Cornell University, New York, NY, USA.
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Nie H, Nie L, Xiao Y, Song M, Zhou T, He J, Chen W, Huang Q. The phosphodiesterase DibA interacts with the c-di-GMP receptor LapD and specifically regulates biofilm in Pseudomonas putida. Mol Microbiol 2024; 121:1-17. [PMID: 37927230 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.15189] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2023] [Revised: 09/30/2023] [Accepted: 10/17/2023] [Indexed: 11/07/2023]
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The ubiquitous bacterial second messenger c-di-GMP is synthesized by diguanylate cyclase and degraded by c-di-GMP-specific phosphodiesterase. The genome of Pseudomonas putida contains dozens of genes encoding diguanylate cyclase/phosphodiesterase, but the phenotypical-genotypical correlation and functional mechanism of these genes are largely unknown. Herein, we characterize the function and mechanism of a P. putida phosphodiesterase named DibA. DibA consists of a PAS domain, a GGDEF domain, and an EAL domain. The EAL domain is active and confers DibA phosphodiesterase activity. The GGDEF domain is inactive, but it promotes the phosphodiesterase activity of the EAL domain via binding GTP. Regarding phenotypic regulation, DibA modulates the cell surface adhesin LapA level in a c-di-GMP receptor LapD-dependent manner, thereby inhibiting biofilm formation. Moreover, DibA interacts and colocalizes with LapD in the cell membrane, and the interaction between DibA and LapD promotes the PDE activity of DibA. Besides, except for interacting with DibA and LapD itself, LapD is found to interact with 11 different potential diguanylate cyclases/phosphodiesterases in P. putida, including the conserved phosphodiesterase BifA. Overall, our findings demonstrate the functional mechanism by which DibA regulates biofilm formation and expand the understanding of the LapD-mediated c-di-GMP signaling network in P. putida.
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- Hailing Nie
- National Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Soil Environment and Pollution Remediation, College of Resources and Environment, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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Wen T, Gao Y, Zheng Y, Shan B, Song C, An Y, Cui J. Evaluation of New Folate Receptor-mediated Mitoxantrone Targeting Liposomes In Vitro. Curr Pharm Biotechnol 2024; 25:510-519. [PMID: 37957921 DOI: 10.2174/0113892010258845231101091359] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2023] [Revised: 09/16/2023] [Accepted: 10/04/2023] [Indexed: 11/15/2023]
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Background: Ligand-mediated liposomes targeting folate receptors (FRs) that are overexpressed on the surface of tumor cells may improve drug delivery. However, the properties of liposomes also affect cellular uptake and drug release. Objective: Mitoxantrone folate targeted liposomes were prepared to increase the enrichment of drugs in tumor cells and improve the therapeutic index of drugs by changing the route of drug administration. Methods: Liposomes were prepared with optimized formulation, including mitoxantrone folatetargeted small unilamellar liposome (MIT-FSL), mitoxantrone folate-free small unilamellar liposome (MIT-SL), mitoxantrone folate-targeted large unilamellar liposome (MIT-FLL), mitoxantrone folate-free large unilamellar liposomes (MIT-LL). Cells with different levels of folate alpha receptor (FRα) expression were used to study the differences in the enrichment of liposomes, the killing effect on tumor cells, and their ability to overcome multidrug resistance. The results of the drug release experiment showed that the particle size of liposomes affected their release behavior. Large single-compartment liposomes could hardly be effectively released, while small single-compartment liposomes could be effectively released, MIT-FSL vs MIT-FLL and MIT-SL vs MIT-LL had significant differences in the drug release rate (P<0.0005). Cell uptake experiments results indicated that the ability of liposomes to enter folic acid receptor-expressing tumor cells could be improved after modification of folic acid ligands on the surface of liposomes and it was related to the expression of folate receptors on the cell surface. There were significant differences in cell uptake rates (p<0.0005) for cells with high FRα expression (SPC-A-1 cells), when MIT-FSL vs MIT-SL and MIT-FLL vs MIT-LL. For cells with low FRα expression (MCF-7 cells), their cell uptake rates were still different (p<0.05), but less pronounced than in SPC-A-1 cells. The results of the cell inhibition experiment suggest that MIT-FLL and MIT-LL had no inhibitory effect on cells, MIT-FSL had a significant inhibitory effect on cells and its IC50 value was calculated to be 4502.4 ng/mL, MIT-SL also had an inhibitory effect, and its IC50 value was 25092.1 ng/mL, there was a statistical difference (p<0.05), MIT-FSL had a higher inhibitory rate than MIT-SL at the same drug concentration. Afterward, we did an inhibitory experiment of different MIT-loaded nanoparticles on MCF-7 cells compared to the drug-resistant cells (ADR), Observing the cell growth inhibition curve, both MIT-FSL and MIT-SL can inhibit the growth of MCF-7 and MCF-7/ADR cells. For MCF- 7 cells, at the same concentration, there is little difference between the inhibition rate of MITFSL and MIT-SL, but for MCF-7/ADR, the inhibition rate of MIT-FSL was significantly higher than that of MIT-SL at the same concentration (P<0.05). Conclusion: By modifying folic acid on the surface of liposomes, tumor cells with high expression of folic acid receptors can be effectively targeted, thereby increasing the enrichment of intracellular drugs and improving efficacy. It can also change the delivery pathway, increase the amount of drug entering resistant tumor cells, and overcome resistance. .
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- Tianjiao Wen
- Department of Pharmacy, the Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, 050011, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, the Third Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, 050051, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, the Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, 050011, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, the Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, 050011, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, the Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, 050011, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, the Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, 050011, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, 050017, China
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Wang X, Li B, Sun Q. The spatiotemporal control of ER membrane fragmentation during reticulophagy. Autophagy 2024; 20:210-211. [PMID: 37651691 PMCID: PMC10761031 DOI: 10.1080/15548627.2023.2252723] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2023] [Revised: 08/15/2023] [Accepted: 08/21/2023] [Indexed: 09/02/2023] Open
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Reticulophagy is an evolutionarily conserved mechanism essential to maintain the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) homeostasis. A series of studies identified a panel of reticulophagy receptors. However, it remains unclear how these receptors sense upstream signals for spatiotemporal control of reticulophagy and how ER is fragmented into small pieces for sequestration into phagophores. Recently, we and others showed that the oligomerization of RETREG1/FAM134B (reticulophagy regulator 1), an reticulophagy receptor, triggers the scission of ER membrane to facilitate reticulophagy. Furthermore, we demonstrated that upstream signals are transduced by sequential phosphorylation and acetylation of RETREG1, which stimulate its oligomerization, ER fragmentation and reticulophagy. Our work provides further mechanistic insights into how reticulophagy receptor conveys cellular signals to fine-tune of ER homeostasis.Abbreviations: ER, endoplasmic reticulum; MAP1LC3, microtubule-associated protein light chain 3; RETREG1, reticulophagy regulator 1; RHD, reticulon-homology domain.
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- Xinyi Wang
- Department of Biochemistry, and Department of Cardiology of Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- International Institutes of Medicine, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Yiwu, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Biochemistry, and Department of Cardiology of Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- International Institutes of Medicine, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Yiwu, Zhejiang, China
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Tsutsuki H, Zhang T, Sawa T. [Redox Biology Involved in the Toxicity of Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli Toxin SubAB]. YAKUGAKU ZASSHI 2024; 144:57-60. [PMID: 38171796 DOI: 10.1248/yakushi.23-00162-4] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2024]
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AB5 toxins of pathogenic bacteria enter host cells and utilize the retrograde trafficking pathway to translocate to the cytoplasm and exert its pathogenesis. Cholera toxin and Shiga toxin reach the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), and the A subunit undergoes redox regulation by ER proteins to become active fragments, which pass through the ER membrane and translocate to the cytoplasm. By acting on molecular targets in the cytoplasm, the normal function of host cells are disrupted, causing diseases. ER chaperone proteins such as protein disulfide isomerase (PDI) and binding immunoglobulin protein (BiP) induce conformational changes triggered by the reduction of disulfide bonds in the A subunit. This is thought to be dependent on cysteine thiol-mediated redox regulation, but the detailed mechanism remains unclear. On the other hand, subtilase cytotoxin (SubAB), produced by enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC), localizes to the ER without translocating to the cytoplasm and cleaves BiP as a substrate. Therefore, it is thought that ER stress-based cytotoxicity and intestinal bleeding occur without translocating to the cytoplasm. We reported that PDI is involved in BiP cleavage through SubAB localization to the ER. Like other AB5 toxins, this indicates the involvement of redox regulation via chaperone proteins in the ER, but also suggests that SubAB does not translocate to the cytoplasm because it cleaves BiP. Although there are few reports on the redox state of ER protein thiols, it is suggested that polysulfidation, which is discussed in this symposium, may be involved.
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- Hiroyasu Tsutsuki
- Department of Microbiology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University
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- Department of Microbiology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University
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- Department of Microbiology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University
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Nakayama S, Kondo H. VCIP135 associates with both the N- and C-terminal regions of p97 ATPase. J Biol Chem 2024; 300:105540. [PMID: 38072049 PMCID: PMC10805704 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2023.105540] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2023] [Revised: 11/26/2023] [Accepted: 11/29/2023] [Indexed: 01/02/2024] Open
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Two distinct p97ATPase-mediated membrane fusion pathways are required for Golgi and endoplasmic reticulum (ER) biogenesis, namely, the p97/p47 pathway and the p97/p37 pathway. p97 (VCP)/p47 complex-interacting protein p135 (VCIP135) is necessary for both of these pathways. Although VCIP135 is known to form a complex with p97 in the cytosol, the role of this complex in Golgi and ER biogenesis has remained unclear. In this study, we demonstrated that VCIP135 has two distinct p97-binding sites at its N- and C-terminal regions. In particular, the C-terminal binding site includes the SHP motif, which is also found in other p97-binding proteins, such as p47, p37, and Ufd1. We also clarified that VCIP135 binds to both the N- and C-terminal regions of p97; that is, the N- and C-terminal binding sites in VCIP135 interact with the C- and N-terminal regions of p97, respectively. These two interactions within the complex are synchronously controlled by the nucleotide state of p97. We next generated VCIP135 mutants lacking each of the p97-binding sites to investigate their functions in living cells and clarified that VCIP135 is involved in Golgi and ER biogenesis through its two distinct interactions with p97. VCIP135 is hence a unique p97-binding protein that functions by interacting with both the N-and C-terminal regions of p97, which strongly suggests that it plays crucial roles in p97-mediated events.
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- Suzune Nakayama
- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
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Alonso ADC, El Idrissi A, Candia R, Morozova V, Kleiman FE. Tau: More than a microtubule-binding protein in neurons. Cytoskeleton (Hoboken) 2024; 81:71-77. [PMID: 37819542 DOI: 10.1002/cm.21795] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2023] [Revised: 09/15/2023] [Accepted: 09/19/2023] [Indexed: 10/13/2023]
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Tau protein was discovered as a microtubule-associated protein nearly 50 years ago, and our understanding of tau has revolved around that role. Even with tau's rise to stardom as a central player in neurodegenerative disease, therapeutic efforts have largely been targeted toward cytoskeletal changes. While some studies hinted toward non-cytoskeletal roles for tau, it is only fairly recently that these ideas have begun to receive considerable attention. Many new binding partners for tau have been identified, including DNA, RNA, RNA-binding proteins, some receptors, and other tau molecules. The diversity of tau binding partners coupled with the discovery of tau other than axonal compartments such as nucleus, dendrites, and synapses have led to the proposal of novel functions for tau in roles such as nuclear stability, cell signaling, transcriptional processing, and protein synthesis. Tau self-assembly in particular has made an impact, leading to the hypothesis that a prion-like function of hyperphosphorylated tau is central to tauopathies. With tau emerging as a multifaceted protein that operates in many parts of the cell and with many molecular partners, the field of tau biology is primed for discoveries that can provide new perspectives on both the unique biochemistry of tau and the nature of devastating neurological diseases.
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- Alejandra Del Carmen Alonso
- Biology Department and Center for Developmental Neuroscience, College of Staten Island, Staten Island, New York, USA
- Biology Program, The Graduate Center, The City University of New York, New York, New York, USA
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- Biology Department and Center for Developmental Neuroscience, College of Staten Island, Staten Island, New York, USA
- Biology Program, The Graduate Center, The City University of New York, New York, New York, USA
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- Biology Department and Center for Developmental Neuroscience, College of Staten Island, Staten Island, New York, USA
- Biology Program, The Graduate Center, The City University of New York, New York, New York, USA
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- Biology Department and Center for Developmental Neuroscience, College of Staten Island, Staten Island, New York, USA
- Biology Program, The Graduate Center, The City University of New York, New York, New York, USA
- Helene Fuld College of Nursing, New York, New York, USA
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- Biology Program, The Graduate Center, The City University of New York, New York, New York, USA
- Chemistry Department, Hunter College, The City University of New York, New York, New York, USA
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Chan AH, Simanshu DK. Crystallographic Studies of KRAS in Complex with Small Molecules and RAS-Binding Proteins. Methods Mol Biol 2024; 2797:47-65. [PMID: 38570452 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-3822-4_5] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/05/2024]
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RAS proteins play a vital role in regulating downstream signaling and essential cellular processes, positioning them as key players in normal cellular physiology and disease development. Among the various isoforms of RAS, KRAS stands out as one of the most frequently mutated genes in human cancer. The prevalence of RAS mutations in cancer often involves single amino acid substitutions at codons 12, 13, or 61. These mutations disrupt the RAS protein's inherent ability to transition between its active and inactive states, resulting in a constant activation signal and driving uncontrolled cell growth. Crystallization and structural analysis of KRAS with inhibitors and RAS-binding proteins play a pivotal role in unraveling the structural and mechanistic details of KRAS function, aiding in drug discovery efforts, and advancing our understanding of KRAS-driven diseases. Here, we present our experimental methodology for crystallizing KRAS in the presence of covalent or non-covalent small molecules and proteins acting as effectors or regulators of RAS. We detail the techniques for successful crystallization and the subsequent optimization of crystallization conditions. The resulting crystals and their structures will provide valuable insights into the key interactions between KRAS and its partner proteins or potential inhibitors, offering a foundation for developing targeted therapies that are more potent and selective against KRAS-driven cancers.
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- Albert H Chan
- NCI RAS Initiative, Cancer Research Technology Program, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, MD, USA
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- NCI RAS Initiative, Cancer Research Technology Program, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, MD, USA.
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Gauthier C, El Cheikh K, Basile I, Daurat M, Morère E, Garcia M, Maynadier M, Morère A, Gary-Bobo M. Cation-independent mannose 6-phosphate receptor: From roles and functions to targeted therapies. J Control Release 2024; 365:759-772. [PMID: 38086445 DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2023.12.014] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2023] [Revised: 12/07/2023] [Accepted: 12/08/2023] [Indexed: 12/17/2023]
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The cation-independent mannose 6-phosphate receptor (CI-M6PR) is a ubiquitous transmembrane receptor whose main intracellular role is to direct enzymes carrying mannose 6-phosphate moieties to lysosomal compartments. Recently, the small membrane-bound portion of this receptor has appeared to be implicated in numerous pathophysiological processes. This review presents an overview of the main ligand partners and the roles of CI-M6PR in lysosomal storage diseases, neurology, immunology and cancer fields. Moreover, this membrane receptor has already been noted for its strong potential in therapeutic applications thanks to its cellular internalization activity and its ability to address pathogenic factors to lysosomes for degradation. A number of therapeutic delivery approaches using CI-M6PR, in particular with enzymes, antibodies or nanoparticles, are currently being proposed.
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- Corentin Gauthier
- NanoMedSyn, Montpellier, France; IBMM, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, ENSCM, Montpellier, France
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- NanoMedSyn, Montpellier, France; IBMM, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, ENSCM, Montpellier, France
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- IBMM, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, ENSCM, Montpellier, France
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Sun X, Dong M, Li J, Sun Y, Gao Y, Wang Y, Du L, Liu Y, Ji K, He N, Wang J, Zhang M, Song H, Xu C, Liu Q. NRF2 promotes radiation resistance by cooperating with TOPBP1 to activate the ATR-CHK1 signaling pathway. Theranostics 2024; 14:681-698. [PMID: 38169561 PMCID: PMC10758056 DOI: 10.7150/thno.88899] [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] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2023] [Accepted: 12/03/2023] [Indexed: 01/05/2024] Open
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Background: Radiation resistance is the main limitation of the application of radiotherapy. Ionizing radiation (IR) kills cancer cells mainly by causing DNA damage, particularly double-strand breaks (DSBs). Radioresistant cancer cells have developed the robust capability of DNA damage repair to survive IR. Nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (NRF2) has been correlated with radiation resistance. We previously reported a novel function of NRF2 as an ATR activator in response to DSBs. However, little is known about the mechanism that how NRF2 regulates DNA damage repair and radiation resistance. Methods: The TCGA database and tissue microarray were used to analyze the correlation between NRF2 and the prognosis of lung cancer patients. The radioresistant lung cancer cells were constructed, and the role of NRF2 in radiation resistance was explored by in vivo and in vitro experiments. Immunoprecipitation, immunofluorescence and extraction of chromatin fractions were used to explore the underlying mechanisms. Results: In this study, the TCGA database and clinical lung cancer samples showed that high expression of NRF2 was associated with poor prognosis in lung cancer patients. We established radioresistant lung cancer cells expressing NRF2 at high levels, which showed increased antioxidant and DNA repair abilities. In addition, we found that NRF2 can be involved in the DNA damage response independently of its antioxidant function. Mechanistically, we demonstrated that NRF2 promoted the phosphorylation of replication protein A 32 (RPA32), and DNA topoisomerase 2-binding protein 1 (TOPBP1) was recruited to DSB sites in an NRF2-dependent manner. Conclusion: This study explored the novel role of NRF2 in promoting radiation resistance by cooperating with RPA32 and TOPBP1 to activate the ATR-CHK1 signaling pathway. In addition, the findings of this study not only provide novel insights into the molecular mechanisms underlying the radiation resistance of lung cancer cells but also validate NRF2 as a potential target for radiotherapy.
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Molecular Nuclear Medicine, Institute of Radiation Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin 300192, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Molecular Nuclear Medicine, Institute of Radiation Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin 300192, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Molecular Nuclear Medicine, Institute of Radiation Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin 300192, China
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Hori Y, Mimura K, Nagai Y, Hori Y, Kumata K, Zhang MR, Suhara T, Higuchi M, Minamimoto T. Reduced serotonergic transmission alters sensitivity to cost and reward via 5-HT1A and 5-HT1B receptors in monkeys. PLoS Biol 2024; 22:e3002445. [PMID: 38163325 PMCID: PMC10758260 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2023] [Accepted: 11/22/2023] [Indexed: 01/03/2024] Open
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Serotonin (5-HT) deficiency is a core biological pathology underlying depression and other psychiatric disorders whose key symptoms include decreased motivation. However, the exact role of 5-HT in motivation remains controversial and elusive. Here, we pharmacologically manipulated the 5-HT system in macaque monkeys and quantified the effects on motivation for goal-directed actions in terms of incentives and costs. Reversible inhibition of 5-HT synthesis increased errors and reaction times on goal-directed tasks, indicating reduced motivation. Analysis found incentive-dependent and cost-dependent components of this reduction. To identify the receptor subtypes that mediate cost and incentive, we systemically administered antagonists specific to 4 major 5-HT receptor subtypes: 5-HT1A, 5-HT1B, 5-HT2A, and 5-HT4. Positron emission tomography (PET) visualized the unique distribution of each subtype in limbic brain regions and determined the systemic dosage for antagonists that would achieve approximately 30% occupancy. Only blockade of 5-HT1A decreased motivation through changes in both expected cost and incentive; sensitivity to future workload and time delay to reward increased (cost) and reward value decreased (incentive). Blocking the 5-HT1B receptor also reduced motivation through decreased incentive, although it did not affect expected cost. These results suggest that 5-HT deficiency disrupts 2 processes, the subjective valuation of costs and rewards, via 5-HT1A and 5-HT1B receptors, thus leading to reduced motivation.
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- Yukiko Hori
- Department of Functional Brain Imaging, National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Functional Brain Imaging, National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology, Chiba, Japan
- Research Center for Medical and Health Data Science, The Institute of Statistical Mathematics, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Functional Brain Imaging, National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Functional Brain Imaging, National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Advanced Nuclear Medicine Sciences, National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Advanced Nuclear Medicine Sciences, National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Functional Brain Imaging, National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Functional Brain Imaging, National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Functional Brain Imaging, National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology, Chiba, Japan
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Xu Q, Zhou W, Zhou Y, Zhang X, Jiang R, Ai Z, Chen J, Ma L. IRX2 regulates endometrial carcinoma oncogenesis by transcriptional repressing RUVBL1. Exp Cell Res 2024; 434:113866. [PMID: 38042247 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2023.113866] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2023] [Revised: 11/24/2023] [Accepted: 11/25/2023] [Indexed: 12/04/2023]
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Endometrial carcinoma (EC) is a rising concern among gynecological malignancies. Iroquois Homeobox 2 (IRX2), a member of the Iroquois homeobox gene family, demonstrates variable effects in different cancer types, emphasizing the need for extensive exploration of its involvement in EC progression. Utilizing TCGA and GEO databases, as well as performing immunohistochemistry (IHC) analysis on clinical samples, we assessed the expression levels of IRX2 and its promoter methylation in EC. To understand the functional roles of IRX2, we conducted various assays including in vitro CCK-8 assays, colony formation assays, cell invasion assays, and cell apoptosis assays. Moreover, we utilized in vivo subcutaneous xenograft mouse models. Additionally, we performed KEGG pathway and gene set enrichment analyses to gain insights into the underlying mechanisms. To validate the regulatory relationship between IRX2 and RUVBL1, we employed chromatin immunoprecipitation and luciferase reporter assays. Our results indicate significantly reduced levels of IRX2 expression in EC, correlating with higher histological grades, advanced clinical stages, and diminished overall survival. We observed that DNA methylation of the IRX2 promoter suppresses its expression in EC, with cg26333652 and cg11793269 playing critical roles as methylated sites. In contrast, ectopic overexpression of IRX2 substantially inhibits cell proliferation and invasion, and promotes cell apoptosis. Additionally, we discovered that IRX2 exerts negative regulation on the expression of RUVBL1, which is upregulated in EC and associated with a poorer prognosis. In conclusion, our findings indicate that decreased expression of IRX2 facilitates EC cell growth through the regulation of RUVBL1 expression, thereby contributing to the development of EC. Hence, targeting the IRX2-RUVBL1 axis holds promise as a potential therapeutic strategy for EC treatment.
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- Qinyang Xu
- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
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Pri-Tal O, Sun Y, Dadras A, Fürst-Jansen JMR, Zimran G, Michaeli D, Wijerathna-Yapa A, Shpilman M, Merilo E, Yarmolinsky D, Efroni I, de Vries J, Kollist H, Mosquna A. Constitutive activation of ABA receptors in Arabidopsis reveals unique regulatory circuitries. New Phytol 2024; 241:703-714. [PMID: 37915144 DOI: 10.1111/nph.19363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2023] [Accepted: 10/02/2023] [Indexed: 11/03/2023]
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Abscisic acid (ABA) is best known for regulating the responses to abiotic stressors. Thus, applications of ABA signaling pathways are considered promising targets for securing yield under stress. ABA levels rise in response to abiotic stress, mounting physiological and metabolic responses that promote plant survival under unfavorable conditions. ABA elicits its effects by binding to a family of soluble receptors found in monomeric and dimeric states, differing in their affinity to ABA and co-receptors. However, the in vivo significance of the biochemical differences between these receptors remains unclear. We took a gain-of-function approach to study receptor-specific functionality. First, we introduced activating mutations that enforce active ABA-bound receptor conformation. We then transformed Arabidopsis ABA-deficient mutants with the constitutive receptors and monitored suppression of the ABA deficiency phenotype. Our findings suggest that PYL4 and PYL5, monomeric ABA receptors, have differential activity in regulating transpiration and transcription of ABA biosynthesis and stress response genes. Through genetic and metabolic data, we demonstrate that PYR1, but not PYL5, is sufficient to activate the ABA positive feedback mechanism. We propose that ABA signaling - from perception to response - flows differently when triggered by different PYLs, due to tissue and transcription barriers, thus resulting in distinct circuitries.
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- Oded Pri-Tal
- The Robert H. Smith Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, 7610000, Israel
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- The Robert H. Smith Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, 7610000, Israel
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- Department of Applied Bioinformatics, Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, University of Goettingen, 37077, Goettingen, Germany
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- Department of Applied Bioinformatics, Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, University of Goettingen, 37077, Goettingen, Germany
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- The Robert H. Smith Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, 7610000, Israel
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- The Robert H. Smith Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, 7610000, Israel
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- The Robert H. Smith Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, 7610000, Israel
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- The Robert H. Smith Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, 7610000, Israel
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Tartu, 50411, Estonia
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- The Robert H. Smith Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, 7610000, Israel
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- Department of Applied Bioinformatics, Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, University of Goettingen, 37077, Goettingen, Germany
- Department of Applied Bioinformatics, Goettingen Center for Molecular Biosciences (GZMB), University of Goettingen, Goldschmidtsr. 1, 37077, Goettingen, Germany
- University of Goettingen, Campus Institute Data Science (CIDAS), Goldschmidstr. 1, 37077, Goettingen, Germany
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Tartu, 50411, Estonia
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- The Robert H. Smith Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, 7610000, Israel
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Beyer T, Martins T, Srikaran JJ, Seda M, Peskett E, Klose F, Junger K, Beales PL, Ueffing M, Boldt K, Jenkins D. Affinity Purification of Intraflagellar Transport (IFT) Proteins in Mice Using Endogenous Streptavidin/FLAG Tags. Methods Mol Biol 2024; 2725:199-212. [PMID: 37856026 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-3507-0_12] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2023]
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Biological complexity is achieved through elaborate interactions between relatively few individual components. Affinity purification (AP) has allowed these networks of protein-protein interactions that regulate key biological processes to be interrogated systematically. In order to perform these studies at the required scale, easily transfectable immortalized cell lines have typically been used. Gene-editing now affords the systematic creation of isogenic mouse models carrying endogenous tags for affinity proteomics. This may allow protein-protein interactions to be characterized in the appropriate tissue for a particular biological process or disease phenotype under physiological conditions, and for interaction landscapes to be compared across tissues. Here we demonstrate application to intraflagellar transport (IFT) proteins, which are WD40-domain-containing proteins that are essential for the formation and function of all types of cilia. We describe a method to generate mice with an endogenous C-terminal streptavidin/FLAG tag, using Ift80 as an example, and demonstrate the successful implementation of AP in this model. This method can easily be adapted for N- and C-terminal tagging of many other proteins in vivo.
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- Tina Beyer
- Institute for Ophthalmic Research, Center for Ophthalmology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, UK
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- UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, UK
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- UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, UK
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- Institute for Ophthalmic Research, Center for Ophthalmology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Institute for Ophthalmic Research, Center for Ophthalmology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, UK
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- Institute for Ophthalmic Research, Center for Ophthalmology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Institute for Ophthalmic Research, Center for Ophthalmology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, UK.
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Baumann C, Zerbe O. The role of leucine and isoleucine in tuning the hydropathy of class A GPCRs. Proteins 2024; 92:15-23. [PMID: 37497770 DOI: 10.1002/prot.26559] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2023] [Revised: 06/19/2023] [Accepted: 07/11/2023] [Indexed: 07/28/2023]
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Leucine and Isoleucine are two amino acids that differ only by the positioning of one methyl group. This small difference can have important consequences in α-helices, as the β-branching of Ile results in helix destabilization. We set out to investigate whether there are general trends for the occurrences of Leu and Ile residues in the structures and sequences of class A GPCRs (G protein-coupled receptors). GPCRs are integral membrane proteins in which α-helices span the plasma membrane seven times and which play a crucial role in signal transmission. We found that Leu side chains are generally more exposed at the protein surface than Ile side chains. We explored whether this difference might be attributed to different functions of the two amino acids and tested if Leu tunes the hydrophobicity of the transmembrane domain based on the Wimley-White whole-residue hydrophobicity scales. Leu content decreases the variation in hydropathy between receptors and correlates with the non-Leu receptor hydropathy. Both measures indicate that hydropathy is tuned by Leu. To test this idea further, we generated protein sequences with random amino acid compositions using a simple numerical model, in which hydropathy was tuned by adjusting the number of Leu residues. The model was able to replicate the observations made with class A GPCR sequences. We speculate that the hydropathy of transmembrane domains of class A GPCRs is tuned by Leu (and to some lesser degree by Lys and Val) to facilitate correct insertion into membranes and/or to stably anchor the receptors within membranes.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Campeau MA, Leask RL. Empagliflozin reduces endoplasmic reticulum stress associated TXNIP/NLRP3 activation in tunicamycin-stimulated aortic endothelial cells. Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch Pharmacol 2024; 397:267-279. [PMID: 37421429 DOI: 10.1007/s00210-023-02607-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2023] [Accepted: 06/26/2023] [Indexed: 07/10/2023]
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Sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2i) have proven to be of therapeutic significance for cardiovascular diseases beyond the treatment of type 2 diabetes. Recent studies have demonstrated the beneficial effects of SGLT2i on endothelial cell (EC) dysfunction, but the underlying cellular mechanisms remain to be clarified. In this study, we sought to understand the effect of empagliflozin (EMPA; Jardiance®) on cell homeostasis and endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress signaling. ER stress was induced by tunicamycin (Tm) in human abdominal aortic ECs treated with EMPA over 24 h. Tm-induced ER stress caused increases in the protein expression of thioredoxin interacting protein (TXNIP), NLR-family pyrin domain-containing protein 3 (NLRP3), C/EBP homologous protein (CHOP), and in the ratio of phospho-eIF2α/eIF2α. EMPA (50-100 µM) resulted in a dampened downstream activation of ER stress as seen by the reduced expression of CHOP and TXNIP/NLRP3 in a dose-dependent manner. Nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (nrf2) translocation was also attenuated in EMPA-treated ECs. These results suggest that EMPA improves redox signaling under ER stress which in turn attenuates the activation of TXNIP/NLRP3.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
- McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada.
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Song G, Shang C, Zhu Y, Xiu Z, Li Y, Yang X, Ge C, Han J, Jin N, Li Y, Li X, Fang J. Apoptin Inhibits Glycolysis and Regulates Autophagy by Targeting Pyruvate Kinase M2 (PKM2) in Lung Cancer A549 Cells. Curr Cancer Drug Targets 2024; 24:411-424. [PMID: 36284386 PMCID: PMC10964080 DOI: 10.2174/1568009623666221025150239] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2022] [Revised: 08/10/2022] [Accepted: 09/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND Pyruvate kinase M2 (PKM2) is a key enzyme in aerobic glycolysis and plays an important role in tumor energy metabolism and tumor growth. Ad-apoptin, a recombinant oncolytic adenovirus, can stably express apoptin in tumor cells and selectively causes cell death in tumor cells. OBJECTIVE The relationship between the anti-tumor function of apoptin, including apoptosis and autophagy activation, and the energy metabolism of tumor cells has not been clarified. METHODS In this study, we used the A549 lung cancer cell line to analyze the mechanism of PKM2 involvement in apoptin-mediated cell death in tumor cells. PKM2 expression in lung cancer cells was detected by Western blot and qRT-PCR. In the PKM2 knockdown and over-expression experiments, A549 lung cancer cells were treated with Ad-apoptin, and cell viability was determined by the CCK-8 assay and crystal violet staining. Glycolysis was investigated using glucose consumption and lactate production experiments. Moreover, the effects of Ad-apoptin on autophagy and apoptosis were analyzed by immunofluorescence using the Annexin v-mCherry staining and by western blot for c-PARP, p62, and LC3-II proteins. Immunoprecipitation analysis was used to investigate the interaction between apoptin and PKM2. In addition, following PKM2 knockdown and overexpression, the expression levels of p-AMPK, p-mTOR, p-ULK1, and p-4E-BP1 proteins in Ad-apoptin treated tumor cells were analyzed by western blot to investigate the mechanism of apoptin effect on the energy metabolism of tumor cells. The in vivo antitumor mechanism of apoptin was analyzed by xenograft tumor inhibition experiment in nude mice and immunohistochemistry of tumors' tissue. RESULTS As a result, apoptin could target PKM2, inhibit glycolysis and cell proliferation in A549 cells, and promote autophagy and apoptosis in A549 cells by regulating the PKM2/AMPK/mTOR pathway. CONCLUSION This study confirmed the necessary role of Ad-apoptin in the energy metabolism of A549 cells.
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- Gaojie Song
- Medical College, Jiujiang University, Jiujiang, 332000, China
- Changchun Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changchun, 130117, China
- Academician Workstation of Jilin Province, Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun, 130122, China
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- Changchun Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changchun, 130117, China
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- Academician Workstation of Jilin Province, Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun, 130122, China
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- Academician Workstation of Jilin Province, Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun, 130122, China
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- Academician Workstation of Jilin Province, Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun, 130122, China
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- Academician Workstation of Jilin Province, Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun, 130122, China
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- Academician Workstation of Jilin Province, Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun, 130122, China
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- Academician Workstation of Jilin Province, Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun, 130122, China
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- Changchun Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changchun, 130117, China
- Academician Workstation of Jilin Province, Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun, 130122, China
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- Academician Workstation of Jilin Province, Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun, 130122, China
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- Changchun Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changchun, 130117, China
- Academician Workstation of Jilin Province, Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun, 130122, China
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- Academician Workstation of Jilin Province, Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun, 130122, China
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Di Cesare M, Kaplan E, Rendon J, Gerbaud G, Valimehr S, Gobet A, Ngo TAT, Chaptal V, Falson P, Martinho M, Dorlet P, Hanssen E, Jault JM, Orelle C. The transport activity of the multidrug ABC transporter BmrA does not require a wide separation of the nucleotide-binding domains. J Biol Chem 2024; 300:105546. [PMID: 38072053 PMCID: PMC10821409 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2023.105546] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2023] [Revised: 11/13/2023] [Accepted: 11/30/2023] [Indexed: 01/13/2024] Open
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ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters are ubiquitous membrane proteins responsible for the translocation of a wide diversity of substrates across biological membranes. Some of them confer multidrug or antimicrobial resistance to cancer cells and pathogenic microorganisms, respectively. Despite a wealth of structural data gained in the last two decades, the molecular mechanism of these multidrug efflux pumps remains elusive, including the extent of separation between the two nucleotide-binding domains (NBDs) during the transport cycle. Based on recent outward-facing structures of BmrA, a homodimeric multidrug ABC transporter from Bacillus subtilis, we introduced a cysteine mutation near the C-terminal end of the NBDs to analyze the impact of disulfide-bond formation on BmrA function. Interestingly, the presence of the disulfide bond between the NBDs did not prevent the ATPase, nor did it affect the transport of Hoechst 33342 and doxorubicin. Yet, the 7-amino-actinomycin D was less efficiently transported, suggesting that a further opening of the transporter might improve its ability to translocate this larger compound. We solved by cryo-EM the apo structures of the cross-linked mutant and the WT protein. Both structures are highly similar, showing an intermediate opening between their NBDs while their C-terminal extremities remain in close proximity. Distance measurements obtained by electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy support the intermediate opening found in these 3D structures. Overall, our data suggest that the NBDs of BmrA function with a tweezers-like mechanism distinct from the related lipid A exporter MsbA.
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- Margot Di Cesare
- Bacterial Nucleotide-Binding Proteins Team, Molecular Microbiology and Structural Biochemistry (MMSB), UMR 5086 CNRS/University of Lyon, Lyon, France
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- Bacterial Nucleotide-Binding Proteins Team, Molecular Microbiology and Structural Biochemistry (MMSB), UMR 5086 CNRS/University of Lyon, Lyon, France
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- CNRS, Aix-Marseille Université, BIP, IMM, Marseille, France
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- Ian Holmes Imaging Center and Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacology and ARC Centre for Cryo-Electron Microscopy of Membrane Proteins, Bio21 Institute, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Drug Resistance and Membrane Proteins Team, Molecular Microbiology and Structural Biochemistry (MMSB), UMR 5086 CNRS/University of Lyon, Lyon, France
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- Bacterial Nucleotide-Binding Proteins Team, Molecular Microbiology and Structural Biochemistry (MMSB), UMR 5086 CNRS/University of Lyon, Lyon, France
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- Drug Resistance and Membrane Proteins Team, Molecular Microbiology and Structural Biochemistry (MMSB), UMR 5086 CNRS/University of Lyon, Lyon, France
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- Drug Resistance and Membrane Proteins Team, Molecular Microbiology and Structural Biochemistry (MMSB), UMR 5086 CNRS/University of Lyon, Lyon, France
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- CNRS, Aix-Marseille Université, BIP, IMM, Marseille, France
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- Ian Holmes Imaging Center and Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacology and ARC Centre for Cryo-Electron Microscopy of Membrane Proteins, Bio21 Institute, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Bacterial Nucleotide-Binding Proteins Team, Molecular Microbiology and Structural Biochemistry (MMSB), UMR 5086 CNRS/University of Lyon, Lyon, France.
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- Bacterial Nucleotide-Binding Proteins Team, Molecular Microbiology and Structural Biochemistry (MMSB), UMR 5086 CNRS/University of Lyon, Lyon, France.
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Yu X, Fan Z, Yang T, Li H, Shi Y, Ye L, Huang R. Plasma circRNA HIPK2 as a putative biomarker for the diagnosis and prediction of therapeutic effects in major depressive disorder. Clin Chim Acta 2024; 552:117694. [PMID: 38065380 DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2023.117694] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2023] [Revised: 11/30/2023] [Accepted: 12/03/2023] [Indexed: 12/19/2023]
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BACKGROUND Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are a prevalent type of non-coding RNAs exhibiting extensive expression in mammalian cells. Owing to their involvement in diverse pathophysiological mechanisms of major depressive disorder (MDD) and their inherent stability in peripheral blood, circRNAs have emerged as potential biomarkers of considerable significance. This study aimed to identify and validate circular RNA HIPK2 (circHIPK2) in MDD patients and to investigate its potential as a biomarker for the diagnosis and prognosis of MDD. METHODS Patients with MDD (n = 81) and healthy controls (HCs) (n = 48) were recruited for our study (October 2022 to June 2023). The expression of circHIPK2 in plasma was assessed using absolute quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR). RESULTS The expression of circHIPK2 in plasma of patients with MDD exhibited a significant increase compared to HCs. The circHIPK2 levels showed an area under the curve (AUC) of 0.796, corresponding to a specificity of 97.9% and a sensitivity of 60.4% in diagnosing MDD. Additionally, the rate of change in circHIPK2 over a 14-day period exhibited an AUC curve of 0.819, indicating its predictive value for antidepressive effects. CONCLUSIONS CircHIPK2 could serve as a potential biomarker for diagnosing MDD and predicting therapeutic effects of MDD.
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- Xiaoyu Yu
- Wuxi School of Medicine, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, China
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- Wuxi School of Medicine, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China
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- Wuxi School of Medicine, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China
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- Department of Neurology, Affiliated Wuxi People's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Wuxi People's Hospital, Wuxi Medical Center, Nanjing Medical University, Wuxi, China
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- Department of Hematology, Affiliated Hospital of Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China.
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- Department of Pharmacy, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, China.
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Kochurova AM, Beldiia EA, Nefedova VV, Ryabkova NS, Yampolskaya DS, Matyushenko AM, Bershitsky SY, Kopylova GV, Shchepkin DV. N-Terminal Fragment of Cardiac Myosin Binding Protein C Modulates Cooperative Mechanisms of Thin Filament Activation in Atria and Ventricles. Biochemistry (Mosc) 2024; 89:116-129. [PMID: 38467549 DOI: 10.1134/s0006297924010073] [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] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2023] [Revised: 12/09/2023] [Accepted: 12/11/2023] [Indexed: 03/13/2024]
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Cardiac myosin binding protein C (cMyBP-C) is one of the essential control components of the myosin cross-bridge cycle. The C-terminal part of cMyBP-C is located on the surface of the thick filament, and its N-terminal part interacts with actin, myosin, and tropomyosin, affecting both kinetics of the ATP hydrolysis cycle and lifetime of the cross-bridge, as well as calcium regulation of the actin-myosin interaction, thereby modulating contractile function of myocardium. The role of cMyBP-C in atrial contraction has not been practically studied. We examined effect of the N-terminal C0-C1-m-C2 (C0-C2) fragment of cMyBP-C on actin-myosin interaction using ventricular and atrial myosin in an in vitro motility assay. The C0-C2 fragment of cMyBP-C significantly reduced the maximum sliding velocity of thin filaments on both myosin isoforms and increased the calcium sensitivity of the actin-myosin interaction. The C0-C2 fragment had different effects on the kinetics of ATP and ADP exchange, increasing the affinity of ventricular myosin for ADP and decreasing the affinity of atrial myosin. The effect of the C0-C2 fragment on the activation of the thin filament depended on the myosin isoforms. Atrial myosin activates the thin filament less than ventricular myosin, and the C0-C2 fragment makes these differences in the myosin isoforms more pronounced.
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- Anastasia M Kochurova
- Institute of Immunology and Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Yekaterinburg, 620049, Russia
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- Institute of Immunology and Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Yekaterinburg, 620049, Russia
- Ural Federal University, Ekaterinburg, 620002, Russia
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- Bach Institute of Biochemistry, Research Center of Biotechnology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119071, Russia
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119234, Russia
- HyTest Ltd., Turku, 20520, Finland
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- Bach Institute of Biochemistry, Research Center of Biotechnology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119071, Russia
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- Bach Institute of Biochemistry, Research Center of Biotechnology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119071, Russia
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- Institute of Immunology and Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Yekaterinburg, 620049, Russia
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- Institute of Immunology and Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Yekaterinburg, 620049, Russia
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- Institute of Immunology and Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Yekaterinburg, 620049, Russia.
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Jung E, Baek EB, Hong EJ, Kang JH, Park S, Park S, Hong EJ, Cho YE, Ko JW, Won YS, Kwon HJ. TXNIP in liver sinusoidal endothelial cells ameliorates alcohol-associated liver disease via nitric oxide production. Int J Biol Sci 2024; 20:606-620. [PMID: 38169654 PMCID: PMC10758096 DOI: 10.7150/ijbs.90781] [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] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2023] [Accepted: 12/02/2023] [Indexed: 01/05/2024] Open
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Dysregulation of liver sinusoidal endothelial cell (LSEC) differentiation and function has been reported in alcohol-associated liver disease (ALD). Impaired nitric oxide (NO) production stimulates LSEC capillarization and dysfunction; however, the mechanism underlying NO production remains unclear. Here, we investigated the role of thioredoxin-interacting protein (TXNIP), an important regulator of redox homeostasis, in endothelial cell NO production and its subsequent effects on ALD progression. We found that hepatic TXNIP expression was upregulated in patients with ALD and in ethanol diet-fed mice with high expression in LSECs. Endothelial cell-specific Txnip deficiency (TxnipΔEC) in mice exacerbated alcohol-induced liver injury, inflammation, fibrosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma development. Deletion of Txnip in LSECs led to sinusoidal capillarization, downregulation of NO production, and increased release of proinflammatory cytokines and adhesion molecules, whereas TXNIP overexpression had the opposite effects. Mechanistically, TXNIP interacted with transforming growth factor β-activated kinase 1 (TAK1) and subsequently suppressed the TAK1 pathway. Inhibition of TAK1 activation restored NO production and decreased the levels of proinflammatory cytokines, thereby, blocking liver injury and inflammation in TxnipΔEC mice. Our findings indicate that upregulated TXNIP expression in LSECs serves a protective role in ameliorating ALD. Enhancing TXNIP expression could, therefore, be a potential therapeutic approach for ALD.
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- Eunhye Jung
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 34134, Republic of Korea
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 34134, Republic of Korea
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 34134, Republic of Korea
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 34134, Republic of Korea
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 34134, Republic of Korea
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- Laboratory Animal Resource Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chungbuk 28116, Republic of Korea
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 34134, Republic of Korea
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- Andong National University, Andong 36729, Republic of Korea
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 34134, Republic of Korea
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- Laboratory Animal Resource Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chungbuk 28116, Republic of Korea
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 34134, Republic of Korea
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Sakuma T, Mukai Y, Yamaguchi A, Suganuma Y, Okamoto K, Furugen A, Narumi K, Ishikawa S, Saito Y, Kobayashi M. Monocarboxylate Transporters 1 and 2 Are Responsible for L-Lactate Uptake in Differentiated Human Neuroblastoma SH-SY5Y Cells. Biol Pharm Bull 2024; 47:764-770. [PMID: 38569835 DOI: 10.1248/bpb.b23-00860] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/05/2024]
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L-Lactate transport via monocarboxylate transporters (MCTs) in the central nervous system, represented by the astrocyte-neuron lactate shuttle (ANLS), is crucial for the maintenance of brain functions, including memory formation. Previously, we have reported that MCT1 contributes to L-lactate transport in normal human astrocytes. Therefore, in this study, we aimed to identify transporters that contribute to L-lactate transport in human neurons. SH-SY5Y cells, which are used as a model for human neurons, were differentiated using all-trans-retinoic acid. L-Lactate uptake was measured using radiolabeled L-lactate, and the expression of MCT proteins was confirmed Western blotting. L-Lactate transport was pH-dependent and saturated at high concentrations. Kinetic analysis suggested that L-lactate uptake was biphasic. Furthermore, MCT1, 2 selective inhibitors inhibited L-lactate transport. In addition, the expression of MCT1 and 2 proteins, but not MCT4, was confirmed. In this study, we demonstrated that MCT1 and 2 are major contributors to L-lactate transport in differentiated human neuroblastoma SH-SY5Y cells from the viewpoint of kinetic analysis. These results lead to a better understanding of ANLS in humans, and further exploration of the factors that can promote MCT1 and 2 functions is required.
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- Tomoya Sakuma
- Laboratory of Clinical Pharmaceutics & Therapeutics, Division of Pharmasciences, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University
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- Laboratory of Clinical Pharmaceutics & Therapeutics, Division of Pharmasciences, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University
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- Laboratory of Clinical Pharmaceutics & Therapeutics, Division of Pharmasciences, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University
- Department of Pharmacy, Hokkaido University Hospital
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- Laboratory of Clinical Pharmaceutics & Therapeutics, Division of Pharmasciences, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University
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- Laboratory of Clinical Pharmaceutics & Therapeutics, Division of Pharmasciences, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University
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- Laboratory of Clinical Pharmaceutics & Therapeutics, Division of Pharmasciences, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University
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- Laboratory of Clinical Pharmaceutics & Therapeutics, Division of Pharmasciences, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University
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- Laboratory of Clinical Pharmaceutics & Therapeutics, Division of Pharmasciences, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University
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Kamakura S, Hayase J, Kohda A, Iwakiri Y, Chishiki K, Izaki T, Sumimoto H. TMEM25 is a Par3-binding protein that attenuates claudin assembly during tight junction development. EMBO Rep 2024; 25:144-167. [PMID: 38177906 PMCID: PMC10897455 DOI: 10.1038/s44319-023-00018-0] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2023] [Revised: 11/21/2023] [Accepted: 11/22/2023] [Indexed: 01/06/2024] Open
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The tight junction (TJ) in epithelial cells is formed by integral membrane proteins and cytoplasmic scaffolding proteins. The former contains the claudin family proteins with four transmembrane segments, while the latter includes Par3, a PDZ domain-containing adaptor that organizes TJ formation. Here we show the single membrane-spanning protein TMEM25 localizes to TJs in epithelial cells and binds to Par3 via a PDZ-mediated interaction with its C-terminal cytoplasmic tail. TJ development during epithelial cell polarization is accelerated by depletion of TMEM25, and delayed by overexpression of TMEM25 but not by that of a C-terminally deleted protein, indicating a regulatory role of TMEM25. TMEM25 associates via its N-terminal extracellular domain with claudin-1 and claudin-2 to suppress their cis- and trans-oligomerizations, both of which participate in TJ strand formation. Furthermore, Par3 attenuates TMEM25-claudin association via binding to TMEM25, implying its ability to affect claudin oligomerization. Thus, the TJ protein TMEM25 appears to negatively regulate claudin assembly in TJ formation, which regulation is modulated by its interaction with Par3.
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- Sachiko Kamakura
- Department of Biochemistry, Kyushu University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry, Kyushu University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry, Kyushu University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry, Kyushu University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry, Kyushu University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry, Kyushu University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry, Kyushu University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Fukuoka, Japan.
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Liang Y, Xu XD, Xu X, Cai YB, Zhu ZX, Zhu L, Ren K. Linc00657 promoted pyroptosis in THP-1-derived macrophages and exacerbated atherosclerosis via the miR-106b-5p/TXNIP/NLRP3 axis. Int J Biol Macromol 2023; 253:126953. [PMID: 37734516 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2023.126953] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2023] [Revised: 09/04/2023] [Accepted: 09/12/2023] [Indexed: 09/23/2023]
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Long intergenic non-coding RNA 00657 (linc00657) is involved in various diseases, whereas its role in atherosclerosis (AS) development remains inconclusive. This study was designed to investigate the effects and underlying mechanisms of linc00657 in atherogenesis. The results showed that ox-LDL treatment significantly induced pyroptosis in human THP-1-derived macrophages. The secretion levels of LDH and pro-inflammatory factors were markedly enhanced, and the integrity of plasma membranes was disrupted in ox-LDL-treated THP-1-derived macrophages. These effects were significantly compensated after transfection with linc00657 siRNA and became more evident by linc00657 overexpression. Moreover, the effects of linc00657 overexpression on pyroptosis of THP-1-derived macrophages can also be robustly reversed by TXNIP knockdown or miR-106b-5p mimics transfection. Mechanistically, linc00657 enhanced TXNIP expression by competitively binding to miR-106b-5p, promoting NLRP3 inflammasome activation. Finally, we found that linc00657 overexpression significantly increased the expression of pyroptosis-related factors and decreased miR-106b-5p level in the aorta of high-fat-diet-fed apoE-/- mice. Furthermore, linc00657 up-regulation enlarged the plaque area, exacerbated plasma lipid profile, and increased pro-inflammatory cytokines levels in the serum, effects that were reversed by injection of miR-106b-5p agomir. This evidence indicated that linc00657 stimulated macrophage pyroptosis and aggravated the progression of AS via the miR-106b-5p/TXNIP/NLRP3 pathway.
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- Yin Liang
- The First Clinical College, Guangdong Medical University, Zhanjiang 524000, Guangdong, PR China
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- Department of Pathology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230022, Anhui, PR China
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- College of Nursing, Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei 230012, Anhui, PR China
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- Division of Hepatobiliary and Pancreas Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University, Haikou 570100, Hainan, PR China
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- Emergency and Trauma College, Hainan Medical University, Haikou 570100, Hainan, PR China
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- College of Nursing, Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei 230012, Anhui, PR China; Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Research & Development of Chinese Medicine, Hefei 230012, PR China.
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- College of Nursing, Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei 230012, Anhui, PR China; Institute of Clinical Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University, Haikou 570100, Hainan, PR China.
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Zhang Y, Xu X, Wang Y, Wang Y, Zhou X, Pan L. Mechanistic insights into the homo-dimerization of HOIL-1L and SHARPIN. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2023; 689:149239. [PMID: 37976837 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2023.149239] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2023] [Revised: 10/28/2023] [Accepted: 11/09/2023] [Indexed: 11/19/2023]
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HOIL-1L and SHARPIN are two essential regulatory subunits of the linear ubiquitin chain assembly complex (LUBAC), which is the only known E3 ligase complex generating linear ubiquitin chains. In addition to their LUBAC-dependent functions, HOIL-1L and SHARPIN alone play crucial roles in many LUBAC-independent cellular processes. Importantly, deficiency of HOIL-1L or SHARPIN leads to severe disorders in humans or mice. However, the mechanistic bases underlying the multi-functions of HOIL-1L and SHARPIN are still largely unknown. Here, we uncover that HOIL-1L and SHARPIN alone can form homo-dimers through their LTM motifs. We solve two crystal structures of the dimeric LTM motifs of HOIL-1L and SHARPIN, which not only elucidate the detailed molecular mechanism underpinning the dimer formations of HOIL-1L and SHARPIN, but also reveal a general mode shared by the LTM motifs of HOIL-1L and SHARPIN for forming homo-dimer or hetero-dimer. Furthermore, we elucidate that the polyglucosan body myopathy-associated HOIL-1L A18P mutation disturbs the structural folding of HOIL-1L LTM, and disrupts the dimer formation of HOIL-1L. In summary, our study provides mechanistic insights into the homo-dimerization of HOIL-1L and SHARPIN mediated by their LTM motifs, and expands our understandings of the multi-functions of HOIL-1L and SHARPIN as well as the etiology of relevant human disease caused by defective HOIL-1L.
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- Yan Zhang
- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, China; State Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200032, China; School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1 Sub-lane Xiangshan, Hangzhou, 310024, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200032, China; School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1 Sub-lane Xiangshan, Hangzhou, 310024, China.
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Lee H, Lee J, Shin M, Park S. ANKS1A-Deficiency Aberrantly Increases the Entry of the Protein Transport Machinery into the Ependymal Cilia. Mol Cells 2023; 46:757-763. [PMID: 38052491 PMCID: PMC10701301 DOI: 10.14348/molcells.2023.0153] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2023] [Revised: 10/13/2023] [Accepted: 10/22/2023] [Indexed: 12/07/2023] Open
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In this study, we examine whether a change in the protein levels for FOP in Ankyrin repeat and SAM domain-containing protein 1A (ANKS1A)-deficient ependymal cells affects the intraflagellar transport (IFT) protein transport system in the multicilia. Three distinct abnormalities are observed in the multicilia of ANKS1A-deficient ependymal cells. First, there were a greater number of IFT88-positive trains along the cilia from ANKS1A deficiency. The results are similar to each isolated cilium as well. Second, each isolated cilium contains a significant increase in the number of extracellular vesicles (ECVs) due to the lack of ANKS1A. Third, Van Gogh-like 2 (Vangl2), a ciliary membrane protein, is abundantly detected along the cilia and in the ECVs attached to them for ANKS1A-deficient cells. We also use primary ependymal culture systems to obtain the ECVs released from the multicilia. Consequently, we find that ECVs from ANKS1A-deficient cells contain more IFT machinery and Vangl2. These results indicate that ANKS1A deficiency increases the entry of the protein transport machinery into the multicilia and as a result of these abnormal protein transports, excessive ECVs form along the cilia. We conclude that ependymal cells make use of the ECV-based disposal system in order to eliminate excessively transported proteins from basal bodies.
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- Haeryung Lee
- Department of Biological Sciences, Sookmyung Women’s University, Seoul 04310, Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Sookmyung Women’s University, Seoul 04310, Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Sookmyung Women’s University, Seoul 04310, Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Sookmyung Women’s University, Seoul 04310, Korea
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Xu S, Lin W, Lin W, Lin C, Guo W. Blocking TXNIP reduced IL-1β Induced chondrocyte cell inflammation. Cell Mol Biol (Noisy-le-grand) 2023; 69:174-179. [PMID: 38279454 DOI: 10.14715/cmb/2023.69.15.30] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2023] [Indexed: 01/28/2024]
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Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common joint disease in the elderly and is characterized by progressive and irreversible degeneration of articular cartilage, particularly cartilage loss and callus formation. This study would like to investigate the important role and the molecular mechanism of OA progression following interleukin 1β (IL-1β)-induced chondrocyte injury regulated by TXNIP. In this study, high-purity mouse chondrocytes were obtained by enzymatic two-step digestion for primary culture. Toluidine blue staining and type II collagen immunofluorescence were used to identify cells through histochemical staining after slide mounting. The relative expression of TXNIP was detected by immunohistochemical staining and qRT-PCR.Aiming at the shRNA sequence of the TXNIP gene, the shRNA expression vector was constructed and packaged with lentivirus to form the lentiviral vector shTXNIP. After inhibiting the expression of TXNIP by transfecting shTXNIP into normal mouse chondrocytes, the CCK-8 kit was used for detecting its effect on cell proliferation after transfection, and the effect on chondrocyte apoptosis was detected by flow cytometry. The staining kit was used to detect the effect of TXNIP knockout on chondrocyte aging, and the differential expression of TNF, IL-6, MMP3, MMP13, ADAMTS-5 and type II collagen genes in chondrocytes was detected by RT-PCR and Western-bolt. Western blot was used to detect the expression of upstream-related protein P-ERK, downstream-related protein NLRP3 and Caspase1 after inflammatory injury of mouse articular chondrocytes. Results showed that the expression level of TXNIP in chondrocytes induced by different concentrations of il-1β was proportional to the concentration. After silencing TXNIP by shRNA, cell proliferation increased, chondrocyte apoptosis was weakened, and chondrocyte aging was weakened. The differential expression of genes such as TNF, IL-6, MMP3, MMP13, ADAMTS-5 and type II collagen and the differential expression of protein levels were relatively decreased. In addition, the expression of the upstream-related protein P-ERK did not change much when TXNIP was silenced, and the expression levels of the downstream-related proteins NLRP3 and Caspase1 were slightly reduced. In conclusion, silencing TXNIP can inhibit il-1β-induced chondrocyte apoptosis and aging, and has a positive effect on cell proliferation. However, this study has not clarified the molecular mechanism involved in TXNIP and the process of its signaling expression pathway.
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- Shenggui Xu
- Department of Orthopaedics, Mindong Hospital Affiliated to Fujian Medical University, Fuan, China.
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Mindong Hospital Affiliated to Fujian Medical University, Fuan, China.
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Mindong Hospital Affiliated to Fujian Medical University, Fuan, China.
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Mindong Hospital Affiliated to Fujian Medical University, Fuan, China.
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Mindong Hospital Affiliated to Fujian Medical University, Fuan, China.
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Fu H, Yang X, Hao R, Han X, Song S, Guo Y, Yang Y. Phosphatidic acid inhibits SCAB1-mediated F-actin bundling in Arabidopsis. Plant Signal Behav 2023; 18:2092346. [PMID: 35757987 PMCID: PMC10730221 DOI: 10.1080/15592324.2022.2092346] [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] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2022] [Revised: 06/10/2022] [Accepted: 06/13/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Stomatal closure-associated actin-binding protein 1 (SCAB1) regulates stomatal closure by mediating actin filament reorganization in Arabidopsis thaliana. Our previous study showed that phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate (PI3P) binds to SCAB1 and inhibits its oligomerization, thereby inhibiting its activity on F-actin in guard cells during stomatal closure. In this study, we show that another phospholipid, phosphatidic acid (PA), also binds to SCAB1 and inhibits its actin-bundling activity but not its actin-binding activity. F-actin bundling was promoted in vivo by treating Col-0 seedlings with n-butanol, a suppressor of PA production, but this effect was absent in the scab1 mutant. These results indicate that the signaling molecule PA is involved in the modulation of SCAB1 activity in F-actin reorganization.
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- Haiqi Fu
- College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, Haidian, China
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- College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, Haidian, China
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- College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, Haidian, China
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- College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, Haidian, China
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- College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, Haidian, China
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- College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, Haidian, China
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- College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, Haidian, China
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Gandhi A, Tseng YH, Oelmüller R. The damage-associated molecular pattern cellotriose alters the phosphorylation pattern of proteins involved in cellulose synthesis and trans-Golgi trafficking in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Signal Behav 2023; 18:2184352. [PMID: 36913771 PMCID: PMC10026868 DOI: 10.1080/15592324.2023.2184352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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We have recently demonstrated that the cellulose breakdown product cellotriose is a damage-associated molecular pattern (DAMP) which induces responses related to the integrity of the cell wall. Activation of downstream responses requires the Arabidopsis malectin domain-containing CELLOOLIGOMER RECEPTOR KINASE1 (CORK1)1. The cellotriose/CORK1 pathway induces immune responses, including NADPH oxidase-mediated reactive oxygen species production, mitogen-activated protein kinase 3/6 phosphorylation-dependent defense gene activation, and the biosynthesis of defense hormones. However, apoplastic accumulation of cell wall breakdown products should also activate cell wall repair mechanisms. We demonstrate that the phosphorylation pattern of numerous proteins involved in the accumulation of an active cellulose synthase complex in the plasma membrane and those for protein trafficking to and within the trans-Golgi network (TGN) are altered within minutes after cellotriose application to Arabidopsis roots. The phosphorylation pattern of enzymes involved in hemicellulose or pectin biosynthesis and the transcript levels for polysaccharide-synthesizing enzymes responded barely to cellotriose treatments. Our data show that the phosphorylation pattern of proteins involved in cellulose biosynthesis and trans-Golgi trafficking is an early target of the cellotriose/CORK1 pathway.
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- Akanksha Gandhi
- Matthias Schleiden Institute of Genetics, Bioinformatics and Molecular Botany, Department of Plant Physiology, Friedrich-Schiller-University, Jena, Germany
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- Matthias Schleiden Institute of Genetics, Bioinformatics and Molecular Botany, Department of Plant Physiology, Friedrich-Schiller-University, Jena, Germany
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- Matthias Schleiden Institute of Genetics, Bioinformatics and Molecular Botany, Department of Plant Physiology, Friedrich-Schiller-University, Jena, Germany
- CONTACT Ralf Oelmüller Matthias Schleiden Institute of Genetics, Bioinformatics and Molecular Botany, Department of Plant Physiology, Friedrich-Schiller-University, Jena, Germany
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