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Host proteins, such as RNA-binding proteins, are involved in most steps of replication by positive-strand RNA viruses, including Tomato bushy stunt virus (TBSV). In this issue of Cell Host & Microbe, Wang and Nagy report that efficient replication of TBSV requires GAPDH, a host protein with glycolytic, RNA-binding, and other functions. GAPDH binds TBSV (-)RNA and promotes the normal excess of (+)RNA over (-)RNA products, possibly by selectively retaining (-)RNA templates for copying.
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- Xiaofeng Wang
- Institute for Molecular Virology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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Goyal K, Mande SC. Exploiting 3D structural templates for detection of metal-binding sites in protein structures. Proteins 2008; 70:1206-18. [PMID: 17847089 DOI: 10.1002/prot.21601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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High throughput structural genomics efforts have been making the structures of proteins available even before their function has been fully characterized. Therefore, methods that exploit the structural knowledge to provide evidence about the functions of proteins would be useful. Such methods would be needed to complement the sequence-based function annotation approaches. The current study describes generation of 3D-structural motifs for metal-binding sites from the known metalloproteins. It then scans all the available protein structures in the PDB database for putative metal-binding sites. Our analysis predicted more than 1000 novel metal-binding sites in proteins using three-residue templates, and more than 150 novel metal-binding sites using four-residue templates. Prediction of metal-binding site in a yeast protein YDR533c led to the hypothesis that it might function as metal-dependent amidopeptidase. The structural motifs identified by our method present novel metal-binding sites that reveal newer mechanisms for a few well-known proteins.
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- Kshama Goyal
- Laboratory of Structural Biology, Center for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, Nacharam, Hyderabad 500076, Andhra Pradesh, India
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Wang RYL, Nagy PD. Tomato bushy stunt virus co-opts the RNA-binding function of a host metabolic enzyme for viral genomic RNA synthesis. Cell Host Microbe 2008; 3:178-87. [PMID: 18329617 DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2008.02.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 138] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2007] [Revised: 12/31/2007] [Accepted: 02/14/2008] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Tomato bushy stunt virus (TBSV), a plus-stranded [(+)] RNA plant virus, incorporates the host metabolic enzyme glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) into the viral replicase complex. Here, we show that, during TBSV replication in yeast, the yeast GAPDH Tdh2p moves from the cytosol to the peroxisomal membrane surface, the site of viral RNA synthesis. In yeast cells lacking Tdh2p, decreasing the levels of its functionally redundant homolog Tdh3p inhibited TBSV replication and resulted in equivalent levels of (+) and minus-stranded [(-)] viral RNA, in contrast to the hallmark excess of (+)RNA. Tdh2p specifically bound an AU pentamer sequence in the (-)RNA, suggesting that GAPDH promotes asymmetric RNA synthesis by selectively retaining the (-)RNA template in the replicase complex. Downregulation of GAPDH in a natural plant host decreased TBSV genomic RNA accumulation. Thus, TBSV co-opts the RNA-binding function of a metabolic protein, helping convert the host cell into a viral factory.
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Infante C, Matsuoka MP, Asensio E, Cañavate JP, Reith M, Manchado M. Selection of housekeeping genes for gene expression studies in larvae from flatfish using real-time PCR. BMC Mol Biol 2008; 9:28. [PMID: 18325098 PMCID: PMC2275743 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2199-9-28] [Citation(s) in RCA: 153] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2007] [Accepted: 03/06/2008] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Background Flatfish metamorphosis involves major physiological and morphological changes. Due to its importance in aquaculture and as a model for developmental studies, some gene expression studies have focused on the understanding of this process using quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR) technique. Therefore, adequate reference genes for accurate normalization are required. Results The stability of 12 potential reference genes was examined during larval development in Senegalese sole (Solea senegalensis) and Atlantic halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus) to determine the most suitable genes for qRT-PCR analysis. Transcription levels of genes encoding β-Actin (ACTB), glyceraldehyde-3P-dehydrogenase (GAPDH), annexin A2 (ANXA2), glutathione S-transferase (GST), ornithine decarboxylase (ODC), hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase (HPRT1), ubiquitin (UBQ), elongation factor 1 alpha (eEF1A1), 18S ribosomal RNA, and the ribosomal proteins S4 (RPS4) and L13a (RPL13a) were quantitated. Two paralogous genes for ACTB were analyzed in each of both flatfish species. In addition, two paralogous genes for GAPDH were studied in Senegalese sole. RPL13a represented non-orthologous genes between both flatfish species. GeNorm and NormFinder analyses for expression stability revealed RPS4, UBQ and eEF1A1 as the most stable genes in Senegalese sole, Atlantic halibut and in a combined analysis. In all cases, paralogous genes exhibited differences in expression stability. Conclusion This work suggests RPS4, UBQ, and eEF1A1 genes as useful reference genes for accurate normalization in qRT-PCR studies in Senegalese sole and Atlantic halibut larvae. The congruent results between both species in spite of the drastic differences in larval development suggest that selected housekeeping genes (HKGs) could be useful in other flatfish species. However, the finding of paralogous gene copies differentially expressed during development in some HKGs underscores the necessity to identify orthologous genes.
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- Carlos Infante
- IFAPA Centro El Toruño, CICE, Junta de Andalucía, Camino Tiro de pichón s/n, 11500 El Puerto de Santa María, Cádiz, Spain.
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Phylogenetic and structural information on glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (G3PDH) in Plasmodium provides functional insights. INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION 2008; 8:205-12. [DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2007.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Zhang C, Yu L, Qian R. Cloning and expression of Vibrio harveyi OmpK* and GAPDH* genes and their potential application as vaccines in large yellow croakers Pseudosciaena crocea. JOURNAL OF AQUATIC ANIMAL HEALTH 2008; 20:1-11. [PMID: 18536497 DOI: 10.1577/h06-031.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Vibrio harveyi is a causative agent of vibriosis in the large yellow croaker Pseudosciaena crocea and causes severe losses to the aquaculture industry in China. The vaccines based on the outer membrane proteins (OMPs) of the pathogens are considered to be the optimum intervention for this disease. In this study, two V. harveyi OMP genes, OmpK* and glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH*), were cloned, sequenced, and characterized. The recombinant proteins (r-OmpK and r-GAPDH) were expressed by the prokaryotic expression vector pET-30a(+) and purified with nickel-nitrilotriacetic acid affinity chromatography. Western blots showed that rabbit antisera against purified r-OmpK and r-GAPDH specifically reacted with the native OMP of V. harveyi. Large yellow croakers were immunized with r-OmpK and r-GAPDH. Specific antibody titer assessed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent and phagocytosis assays demonstrated that specific and innate immunity was stimulated in response to the OMPs of V. harveyi. Challenge results indicated that vaccination of large yellow croakers with r-OmpK and r-GAPDH increased relative survival (37.7% and 40.0%, respectively) against wild V. harveyi.
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- Chongwen Zhang
- College of Biomedical Engineering and Instrument Science and Institute of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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Proteins able to participate in unrelated biological processes have been grouped under the generic name of moonlighting proteins. Work with different yeast species has uncovered a great number of moonlighting proteins and shown their importance for adequate functioning of the yeast cell. Moonlighting activities in yeasts include such diverse functions as control of gene expression, organelle assembly, and modification of the activity of metabolic pathways. In this review, we consider several well-studied moonlighting proteins in different yeast species, paying attention to the experimental approaches used to identify them and the evidence that supports their participation in the unexpected function. Usually, moonlighting activities have been uncovered unexpectedly, and up to now, no satisfactory way to predict moonlighting activities has been found. Among the well-characterized moonlighting proteins in yeasts, enzymes from the glycolytic pathway appear to be prominent. For some cases, it is shown that despite close phylogenetic relationships, moonlighting activities are not necessarily conserved among yeast species. Organisms may utilize moonlighting to add a new layer of regulation to conventional regulatory networks. The existence of this type of proteins in yeasts should be taken into account when designing mutant screens or in attempts to model or modify yeast metabolism.
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- Carlos Gancedo
- Department of Metabolism and Cell Signaling, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas Alberto Sols, CSIC-UAM, 28029 Madrid, Spain.
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van Breda SGJ, de Kok TMCM, van Delft JHM. Mechanisms of colorectal and lung cancer prevention by vegetables: a genomic approach. J Nutr Biochem 2008; 19:139-57. [PMID: 17651960 DOI: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2007.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2006] [Revised: 03/12/2007] [Accepted: 04/03/2007] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Colorectal cancer (CRC) and lung cancer (LC) occur at high incidence, and both can be effectively prevented by dietary vegetable consumption. This makes these two types of cancer highly suitable for elucidating the underlying molecular mechanisms of cancer chemoprevention. Numerous studies have shown that vegetables exert their beneficial effects through various different mechanisms, but effects on the genome level remain mostly unclear. This review evaluates current knowledge on the mechanisms of CRC and LC prevention by vegetables, thereby focusing on the modulation of gene and protein expressions. The majority of the effects found in the colon are changes in the expression of genes and proteins involved in apoptosis, cell cycle, cell proliferation and intracellular defense, in favor of reduced CRC risk. Furthermore, vegetables and vegetable components changed the expression of many more genes and proteins involved in other pathways for which biologic meaning is less clear. The number of studies investigating gene and protein expression changes in the lungs is limited to only a few in vitro and animal studies. Data from these studies show that mostly genes involved in biotransformation, apoptosis and cell cycle regulation are affected. In both colon and lungs, genomewide analyses of gene and protein expression changes by new genomics and proteomics technologies, as well as the investigation of whole vegetables, are few in number. Further studies applying these 'omics' approaches are needed to provide more insights on affected genetic/biologic pathways and, thus, in molecular mechanisms by which different chemopreventive compounds can protect against carcinogenesis. Particularly studies with combinations of phytochemicals and whole vegetables are needed to establish gene expression changes in the colon, but especially in the lungs.
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- Simone G J van Breda
- Department of Health Risk Analysis and Toxicology, Nutrition and Toxicology Research Institute, Maastricht University, PO Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
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Fourrat L, Iddar A, Valverde F, Serrano A, Soukri A. Effects of oxidative and nitrosative stress on Tetrahymena pyriformis glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase. J Eukaryot Microbiol 2008; 54:338-46. [PMID: 17669159 DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2007.00275.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Previous reports showed that hydrogen peroxide and the NO-generating reagent sodium nitroprusside (SNP)-modulated enzymatic activity of animal glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH, EC 1.2.1.12). These modifications are suggested to have a physiological regulatory role. To gain further insight into this regulatory process the model ciliated protozoan Tetrahymena pyriformis was chosen. Both reagents inhibited growth of T. pyriformis cultures and produced a specific increase of GAPDH protein but only NO seemed to reduce GAPDH activity in cell-free extracts. Both specific activity and pI were found to be altered in the in vivo NO-treated purified enzyme, but no effect was detected by the in vivo H(2)O(2) treatment. Analytical chromatofocusing showed a single basic isoform (pI 8.8) in enzyme preparations from control and H(2)O(2)-treated cells. In contrast to this, three more acidic isoforms (pIs, 8.6, 8.0 and 7.3) were resolved in purified fractions from SNP-treated cells, suggesting post-translational modification of the enzyme by NO. Nevertheless, a decrease of GAPDH activity by H(2)O(2) and NO, mainly due to a decrease in its V(max) without apparent change in substrate affinity, was observed in vitro in the whole enzyme population. The increase of GAPDH protein level found in vivo suggests a cell response in order to compensate for the inhibitory effect on activity observed in the purified enzyme. This is the first report of NO- and H(2)O(2)-dependent effects on GAPDH of T. pyriformis, and identifies this key protein of central carbon metabolism as a physiological target of oxidative and nitrosative stress in this ciliated protozoan.
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- Latifa Fourrat
- Laboratoire de Physiologie et Génétique moléculaire, Département de Biologie, Faculté des Sciences Aïn-Chock, Université Hassan-II, Km 8 route d'El Jadida, B.P. 5366 Mâarif, Casablanca, Morocco
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Pucci-Minafra I, Cancemi P, Albanese NN, Di Cara G, Marabeti MR, Marrazzo A, Minafra S. New Protein Clustering of Breast Cancer Tissue Proteomics Using Actin Content as a Cellularity Indicator. J Proteome Res 2008; 7:1412-8. [DOI: 10.1021/pr700748m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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- Ida Pucci-Minafra
- Dipartimento di Oncologia Sperimentale e Applicazioni Cliniche (DOSAC), Università di Palermo, Patermo, Italy, Centro di Oncobiologia Sperimentale (COBS), Palermo, Italy, and Ospedale “La Maddalena” D.O. III livello, Palermo, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Oncologia Sperimentale e Applicazioni Cliniche (DOSAC), Università di Palermo, Patermo, Italy, Centro di Oncobiologia Sperimentale (COBS), Palermo, Italy, and Ospedale “La Maddalena” D.O. III livello, Palermo, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Oncologia Sperimentale e Applicazioni Cliniche (DOSAC), Università di Palermo, Patermo, Italy, Centro di Oncobiologia Sperimentale (COBS), Palermo, Italy, and Ospedale “La Maddalena” D.O. III livello, Palermo, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Oncologia Sperimentale e Applicazioni Cliniche (DOSAC), Università di Palermo, Patermo, Italy, Centro di Oncobiologia Sperimentale (COBS), Palermo, Italy, and Ospedale “La Maddalena” D.O. III livello, Palermo, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Oncologia Sperimentale e Applicazioni Cliniche (DOSAC), Università di Palermo, Patermo, Italy, Centro di Oncobiologia Sperimentale (COBS), Palermo, Italy, and Ospedale “La Maddalena” D.O. III livello, Palermo, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Oncologia Sperimentale e Applicazioni Cliniche (DOSAC), Università di Palermo, Patermo, Italy, Centro di Oncobiologia Sperimentale (COBS), Palermo, Italy, and Ospedale “La Maddalena” D.O. III livello, Palermo, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Oncologia Sperimentale e Applicazioni Cliniche (DOSAC), Università di Palermo, Patermo, Italy, Centro di Oncobiologia Sperimentale (COBS), Palermo, Italy, and Ospedale “La Maddalena” D.O. III livello, Palermo, Italy
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Characterization of the interaction between Aβ 1–42 and glyceraldehyde phosphodehydrogenase. J Pept Sci 2008; 14:755-62. [DOI: 10.1002/psc.998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Le Berre JY, Engler G, Panabières F. Exploration of the late stages of the tomato-Phytophthora parasitica interactions through histological analysis and generation of expressed sequence tags. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2008; 177:480-492. [PMID: 18028297 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2007.02269.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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The oomycete Phytophthora parasitica is a soilborne pathogen infecting numerous plants. The infection process includes an initial biotrophic stage, followed by a necrotrophic stage. The aim here was to identify genes that are involved in the late stages of infection. Using the host tomato and a transformed strain of P. parasitica expressing the green fluorescent protein (GFP), the various infection steps from recognition of the host to the colonization of plant tissues were studied. This late stage was selected to generate 4000 ESTs (expressed sequence tags), among which approx. 80% were from the pathogen. Comparison with an EST data set created previously from in vitro growth of P. parasitica allowed the identification of several genes, the expression of which might be regulated during late stages of infection. Changes in gene expression of several candidate genes predicted from in silico analysis were validated by quantitative RT-PCR experiments. These results give insights into the molecular bases of the necrotrophic stage of an oomycete pathogen.
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- Jo-Yanne Le Berre
- UMR INRA1064/CNRS 6192/UNSA Interactions Plantes - Microorganismes et Santé Végétale, Centre INRA de Sophia-Antipolis, BP 167, 400 route des Chappes, 06903 Sophia-Antipolis Cedex, France
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- UMR INRA1064/CNRS 6192/UNSA Interactions Plantes - Microorganismes et Santé Végétale, Centre INRA de Sophia-Antipolis, BP 167, 400 route des Chappes, 06903 Sophia-Antipolis Cedex, France
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- UMR INRA1064/CNRS 6192/UNSA Interactions Plantes - Microorganismes et Santé Végétale, Centre INRA de Sophia-Antipolis, BP 167, 400 route des Chappes, 06903 Sophia-Antipolis Cedex, France
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Tsuchiya Y, Okuno Y, Hishinuma K, Ezaki A, Okada G, Yamaguchi M, Chikuma T, Hojo H. 4-Hydroxy-2-nonenal-modified glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase is degraded by cathepsin G. Free Radic Biol Med 2007; 43:1604-15. [PMID: 18037126 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2007.08.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2007] [Revised: 08/22/2007] [Accepted: 08/23/2007] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Degradation of oxidized or oxidatively modified proteins is an essential part of the antioxidant defenses of cells. 4-Hydroxy-2-nonenal (HNE), a major reactive aldehyde formed by lipid peroxidation, causes many types of cellular damage. It has been reported that HNE-modified proteins are degraded by the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway or, in some cases, by the lysosomal pathway. However, our previous studies using U937 cells showed that HNE-modified glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) is degraded by an enzyme that is sensitive to a serine protease inhibitor, diisopropyl fluorophosphate (DFP), but not a proteasome inhibitor, MG-132, and that its degradation is not catalyzed in the acidic pH range where lysosomal enzymes are active. In the present study, we purified an HNE-modified GAPDH-degrading enzyme from a U937 cell extract to a final active fraction containing two proteins of 28 kDa (P28) and 27 kDa (P27) that became labeled with [(3)H]DFP. Using peptide mass fingerprinting and a specific antibody, P28 and P27 were both identified as cathepsin G. The degradation activity was inhibited by cathepsin G inhibitors. Furthermore, a cell extract from U937 cells transfected with a cathepsin G-specific siRNA hardly degraded HNE-modified GAPDH. These results suggest that cathepsin G plays a role in the degradation of HNE-modified GAPDH.
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- Yukihiro Tsuchiya
- Department of Hygienic Chemistry, Showa Pharmaceutical University, 3-3165 Higashitamagawagakuen, Machida, Tokyo 194-8543, Japan
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Ishijima S, Takashima T, Ikemura T, Izutani Y. Gymnemic acid interacts with mammalian glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase. Mol Cell Biochem 2007; 310:203-8. [PMID: 18080092 DOI: 10.1007/s11010-007-9681-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2007] [Accepted: 12/05/2007] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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In a previous study, we found interaction of gymnemic acid (GA) with glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH), a key enzyme in glycolysis. We now examined interaction of GA with glycolytic and related enzymes. We found that (1) GA induced a band smearing of glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (G3PDH) as well as that of GAPDH in SDS-PAGE, (2) GA diminished the G3PDH band detected by an antibody to phosphoserine, and (3) GA inhibited the G3PDH activity. The GA-induced smearing of the G3PDH band was diminished by prior incubation of GA with gamma-cyclodextrin. GA gave no effects on the electrophoretic and phosphoserine bands of other glycolytic enzymes. NAD and NADH diminished the GA-induced smearing of the G3PDH and GAPDH bands in different concentration-dependent manner. Pretreatment of G3PDH with heated SDS-containing buffer or pretreatment with hydroxylamine diminished the GA-induced smearing of G3PDH. Deacylation of GA by alkaline hydrolysis diminished the smearing of G3PDH band, thereby indicating that the acyl moieties of GA were necessary for the GA-induced smearing of G3PDH. These results indicated the interaction of GA with G3PDH, an enzyme involved in glycerol metabolism. These studies suggest that GA may have some pharmacological activities including antidiabetic activity and lipid lowering effects via interaction with GAPDH and G3PDH.
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- Sumio Ishijima
- Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto Prefectural University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8522, Japan.
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Immunogenic and plasminogen-binding surface-associated alpha-enolase of Trichomonas vaginalis. Infect Immun 2007; 76:523-31. [PMID: 18070902 DOI: 10.1128/iai.01352-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Trichomonas vaginalis is a protist that causes the most common human sexually transmitted infection. A T. vaginalis cDNA expression library was screened with pooled sera from patients with trichomoniasis. A highly reactive cDNA clone of 1,428 bp encoded a trichomonad protein of 472 amino acids with sequence identity to alpha-enolase (tv-eno1). The sequence alignment confirmed the highly conserved nature of the enzyme with 65% to 84% identity among organisms. The expression of tv-eno1 was up-regulated by contact of parasites with vaginal epithelial cells, and this is the first report demonstrating up-regulation by cytoadherence of a plasminogen-binding alpha-enolase in T. vaginalis. Immunofluorescence with monoclonal antibody of nonpermeabilized trichomonads showed tv-ENO1 on the surface. The recombinant tv-ENO1 was expressed in Escherichia coli as a glutathione S-transferase (GST)::tv-ENO1 fusion protein, which was cleaved using thrombin to obtain affinity-purified recombinant tv-ENO1 protein (tv-rENO1) detectable in immunoblots by sera of patients. Immobilized tv-rENO1 bound human plasminogen in a dose-dependent manner, and plasminogen binding by tv-rENO1 was confirmed in a ligand blot assay. The plasminogen-specific inhibitor epsilon-aminocaproic acid blocked the tv-rENO1-plasminogen association, indicating that lysines play a role in binding to tv-rENO1. Further, both parasites and tv-rENO1 activate plasminogen to plasmin that is mediated by tissue plasminogen activator. These data indicate that as with other bacterial pathogens, tv-ENO1 is an anchorless, surface-associated glycolytic enzyme of T. vaginalis.
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Chen J, Wu M, Sezate SA, Matsumoto H, Ramsey M, McGinnis JF. Interaction of glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase in the light-induced rod alpha-transducin translocation. J Neurochem 2007; 104:1280-92. [PMID: 18028335 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2007.05081.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The light-dependent subcellular translocation of rod alpha-transducin (GNAT-1, or rod Talpha) has been well documented. In dark-adapted animals, rod Talpha (rTalpha) is predominantly located in the rod outer segment (ROS) and translocates into the rod inner segment (RIS) upon exposure to the light. Neither the molecular participants nor the mechanism(s) involved in this protein trafficking are known. We hypothesized that other proteins must interact with rTalpha to affect the translocations. Using the MBP-rTalpha fusion pulldown assay, the yeast two-hybrid assay and the co-immunoprecipitation assay, we identified glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) and rTalpha as interacting proteins. Immunoprecipitation also showed beta-actin associates with rTalpha in the dark but not in the light. To further investigate the involvement of GAPDH in light-induced rod Talpha translocation, GAPDH mRNA was knocked down in vivo by transient expression of siRNAs in rat photoreceptor cells. Under completely dark- and light-adapted conditions, the translocation of rTalpha was not significantly different within the 'GAPDH knock-down photoreceptor cells' compared to the non-transfected control cells. However, under partial dark-adaptation, rTalpha translocated more slowly in the 'GAPDH knock-down cells' supporting the conclusion that GAPDH is involved in rTalpha translocation from the RIS to the ROS during dark adaptation.
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- Junping Chen
- Oklahoma Center for Neuroscience (OCNS), The University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
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Wu J, Lin F, Qin Z. Sequestration of glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase to aggregates formed by mutant huntingtin. Acta Biochim Biophys Sin (Shanghai) 2007; 39:885-90. [PMID: 17989880 DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7270.2007.00352.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) has been reported to interact with proteins containing the polyglutamine (polyQ) domain. The present study was undertaken to evaluate the potential contributions of the polyQ and polyproline (polyP) domains to the co-localization of mutant huntingtin (htt) and GAPDH. Overexpression of N-terminal htt (1-969 amino acids) with 100Q and 46Q (htt1-969-100Q and httl-969-46Q, mutant htt) in human mammary gland carcinoma MCF-7 cells formed more htt aggregates than that of htt1-969-18Q (wild-type htt). The co-localization of GAPDH with htt aggregates was found in the cells expressing mutant but not wild-type htt. Deletion of the polyP region in the N-terminal htt had no effect on the co-localization of GAPDH and mutant htt aggregates. These results suggest that the polyQ domain, but not the polyP domain, plays a role in the sequestration of GAPDH to aggregates by mutant htt. This effect might contribute to the dysfunction of neurons caused by mutant htt in Huntington's disease.
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- Junchao Wu
- Department of Pharmacology and Laboratory of Aging and Nervous Diseases, Soochow University School of Medicine, Suzhou 215123, China
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Kwok SY, Siu AFM, Ngai SM, Che CM, Tsang JSH. Proteomic analysis of Burkholderia cepacia MBA4 in the degradation of monochloroacetate. Proteomics 2007; 7:1107-16. [PMID: 17352424 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.200600660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Burkholderia cepacia MBA4 is a bacterium that degrades 2-haloacids by removing the halogen and subsequent metabolism of the product for energy. In this study, 2-DE, MS/MS, and N-terminal amino acid sequencing were used to investigate the protein expression profiles of MBA4 grown in a 2-haloacid (monochloroacetate, MCA) and in the corresponding metabolic product (glycolate). Glycolate was used as a control to eliminate the proteins induced by it. Five proteins were found to be up-regulated and five proteins were down-regulated in response to MCA. The differentially expressed proteins were examined, seven of them were identified by MS/MS and two of them were sequenced by Edman degradation. Our results definitely provide an insight for understanding the physiology of B. cepacia MBA4 in response to organohalide contaminated site.
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- Sui-Yi Kwok
- Department of Botany, Molecular Microbiology Laboratory, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
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Manchado M, Infante C, Asensio E, Cañavate JP. Differential gene expression and dependence on thyroid hormones of two glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenases in the flatfish Senegalese sole (Solea senegalensis Kaup). Gene 2007; 400:1-8. [PMID: 17590286 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2007.05.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2007] [Revised: 05/22/2007] [Accepted: 05/22/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) is an essential enzyme of the glycolytic pathway. The application of large-scale genomics to Senegalese sole (Solea senegalensis) has facilitated the identification of two different genes referred to as GAPDH-1 and GAPDH-2. Main characteristics and sequence similarities with other fish and mammals are described. Phylogenetic analyses grouped both genes into two separate clusters with their mammalian counterparts as a sister clade. The expression profiles of both genes were studied during larval development and in juvenile tissues using a real-time PCR approach. In juvenile fish, GAPDH-1 was expressed mainly in muscle and GAPDH-2 in brain. During metamorphosis, GAPDH-2 mRNA levels did not change. In contrast, GAPDH-1 transcripts increased significantly between S1 and S2 metamorphic stages and reduced their levels thereafter. A treatment with the goitrogen thiourea indicated that GAPDH-1 expression was negatively regulated by thyroid hormones. The possible role of GAPDHs in metamorphosis is discussed.
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- Manuel Manchado
- IFAPA Centro El Toruño, Junta de Andalucía, Camino Tiro de pichón s/n, 11500 El Puerto de Santa María, Cádiz, Spain
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Maurer MH, Haux D, Sakowitz OW, Unterberg AW, Kuschinsky W. Identification of early markers for symptomatic vasospasm in human cerebral microdialysate after subarachnoid hemorrhage: preliminary results of a proteome-wide screening. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab 2007; 27:1675-83. [PMID: 17327882 DOI: 10.1038/sj.jcbfm.9600466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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A major complication of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) is symptomatic vasospasm, a complex syndrome consisting of neurological deterioration and exclusion of other sources of ischemia. Approximately 30% of SAH patients are affected. Although symptomatic vasospasm is associated with high mortality and poor clinical outcome, it is not possible to identify the individual risk on a molecular level for patients before symptoms have developed. In this study, we hypothesize that protein changes occur in the cerebral microdialysate of patients who later develop symptomatic vasospasm which are not found in matched-pairs control subjects. We searched for changes in protein concentrations in microdialysate sampled from the fronto-temporal brain tissue of five vasospastic and five nonvasospastic SAH patients using proteomics technology based on two-dimensional gel electrophoresis and mass spectrometry. Microdialysate samples were taken at least 1.5 days before the onset of symptomatic vasospasm. Comparing protein expression profiles, we found that the protein concentrations of several isoforms of glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) were 1.79-fold+/-1.29 (N=5, P<0.05) higher in the group which later developed symptomatic vasospasm, whereas heat-shock cognate 71 kDa protein (HSP7C) isoforms were decreased to 0.50-fold+/-0.19 (N=5, P<0.05; all expression data means+/-s.d.). The changes in protein concentrations were detected 3.8+/-1.7 days (N=5, P<0.05) before symptomatic vasospasm developed. We conclude that GAPDH and HSP7C may be used as early markers indicating the later development of symptomatic vasospasm after SAH, enabling selective early therapeutic intervention in this high-risk group of patients.
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- Martin H Maurer
- Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
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Voss P, Hajimiragha H, Engels M, Ruhwiedel C, Calles C, Schroeder P, Grune T. Irradiation of GAPDH: a model for environmentally induced protein damage. Biol Chem 2007; 388:583-92. [PMID: 17552905 DOI: 10.1515/bc.2007.068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Environmental factors, including sunlight, are able to induce severe oxidative protein damage. The modified proteins are either repaired, degraded or escape from degradation and aggregate. In the present study we tested the effect of different sunlight components such as UV-A, UV-B, and infrared radiation on protein oxidation in vitro. We chose glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) as a model enzyme and analyzed the irradiation-induced enzyme activity loss, fragmentation and aggregation, and quantified various oxidative amino acid modifications. Since gamma-irradiation was used in numerous studies before, we used it for comparative purposes. Infrared radiation was unable to damage GAPDH in the dose range tested (0-1000 J/cm(2)). UV-A led to a decrease in free thiol content, which was connected with a loss in enzyme activity, while only at very high doses could moderate protein aggregation and fragmentation be observed. UV-B (0-2 J/cm(2)) and gamma-irradiation (0-500 Gy) led to a dose-dependent increase in protein modification. Interestingly, UV-B acted on specific amino acids, such as arginine, proline, and tyrosine, whereas gamma-irradiation acted more randomly. The possibility of using the amino acid oxidation pattern as a biomarker of the source of damage is discussed.
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- Peter Voss
- Research Institute for Environmental Medicine, Molecular Aging Research, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, D-40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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Pretsch W, Favor J. Genetic, biochemical, and molecular characterization of nine glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase mutants with reduced enzyme activity in Mus musculus. Mamm Genome 2007; 18:686-92. [PMID: 17874335 DOI: 10.1007/s00335-007-9055-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2007] [Accepted: 07/20/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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The first mutations causing hereditary glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) deficiency in the mouse are described. In the course of various mutagenicity experiments with chemical mutagens and irradiation, nine independent mutations causing approximately 50-55% residual activity in blood compared to wild type were identified at the Gapdh structural locus on chromosome 6. Breeding experiments displayed an autosomal semidominant mode of inheritance for all mutants. Two mutations are homozygous viable producing a GAPDH residual activity of less than 10%. Mortality of the remaining seven homozygous lethal lines occurs at an early postimplantation stage of development. The physiologic and hematologic analyses provided no indication for further altered traits in heterozygotes or homozygotes. The molecular characterization showed base substitutions resulting in amino acid exchanges in seven mutations, in one mutation a transversion creating a stop codon caused a truncated protein of 89 amino acids and two deletions generating truncated proteins of 73 and 9 amino acids, respectively.
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- Walter Pretsch
- Institute of Human Genetics, GSF - National Research Center for Environment and Health, Ingolstädter Landstr. 1, D-85764, Neuherberg, Germany.
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Adaptation of model proteins from cold to hot environments involves continuous and small adjustments of average parameters related to amino acid composition. J Theor Biol 2007; 250:156-71. [PMID: 17950361 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2007.09.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2007] [Revised: 08/29/2007] [Accepted: 09/01/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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The growth temperature adaptation of six model proteins has been studied in 42 microorganisms belonging to eubacterial and archaeal kingdoms, covering optimum growth temperatures from 7 to 103 degrees C. The selected proteins include three elongation factors involved in translation, the enzymes glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase and superoxide dismutase, the cell division protein FtsZ. The common strategy of protein adaptation from cold to hot environments implies the occurrence of small changes in the amino acid composition, without altering the overall structure of the macromolecule. These continuous adjustments were investigated through parameters related to the amino acid composition of each protein. The average value per residue of mass, volume and accessible surface area allowed an evaluation of the usage of bulky residues, whereas the average hydrophobicity reflected that of hydrophobic residues. The specific proportion of bulky and hydrophobic residues in each protein almost linearly increased with the temperature of the host microorganism. This finding agrees with the structural and functional properties exhibited by proteins in differently adapted sources, thus explaining the great compactness or the high flexibility exhibited by (hyper)thermophilic or psychrophilic proteins, respectively. Indeed, heat-adapted proteins incline toward the usage of heavier-size and more hydrophobic residues with respect to mesophiles, whereas the cold-adapted macromolecules show the opposite behavior with a certain preference for smaller-size and less hydrophobic residues. An investigation on the different increase of bulky residues along with the growth temperature observed in the six model proteins suggests the relevance of the possible different role and/or structure organization played by protein domains. The significance of the linear correlations between growth temperature and parameters related to the amino acid composition improved when the analysis was collectively carried out on all model proteins.
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Mitne-Neto M, Ramos CRR, Pimenta DC, Luz JS, Nishimura AL, Gonzales FA, Oliveira CC, Zatz M. A mutation in human VAP-B–MSP domain, present in ALS patients, affects the interaction with other cellular proteins. Protein Expr Purif 2007; 55:139-46. [PMID: 17540579 DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2007.04.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2007] [Revised: 04/05/2007] [Accepted: 04/05/2007] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is the most common adult-onset Motor Neuron Disease (MND), characterized by motor neurons death in the cortex, brainstem and spinal cord. Ten loci linked to Familial ALS have been mapped. ALS8 is caused by a substitution of a proline by a serine in the Vesicle-Associated Membrane Protein-Associated protein-B/C (VAP-B/C). VAP-B belongs to a highly conserved family of proteins implicated in Endoplasmic Reticulum-Golgi and intra-Golgi transport and microtubules stabilization. Previous studies demonstrated that the P56S mutation disrupts the subcellular localization of VAP-B and that this position would be essential for Unfolded Protein Response (UPR) induced by VAP-B. In the present work we expressed and purified recombinant wild-type and P56S mutant VAP-B-MSP domain for the analysis of its interactions with other cellular proteins. Our findings suggest that the P56S mutation may lead to a less stable interaction of this endoplasmic reticulum protein with at least two other proteins: tubulin and GAPDH. These two proteins have been previously related to other forms of neurodegenerative diseases and are potential key points to understand ALS8 pathogenesis and other forms of MND. Understanding the role of these protein interactions may help the treatment of this devastating disease in the future.
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- M Mitne-Neto
- Human Genome Research Center, Bioscience Institute, University of São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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Du ZX, Wang HQ, Zhang HY, Gao DX. Involvement of glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase in tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand-mediated death of thyroid cancer cells. Endocrinology 2007; 148:4352-61. [PMID: 17540725 DOI: 10.1210/en.2006-1511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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TNF-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) is cytotoxic to most thyroid cancer cell lines, including those originating from anaplastic carcinomas, implying TRAIL as a promising therapeutic agent against thyroid cancers. However, signal transduction in TRAIL-mediated apoptosis is not clearly understood. In addition to its well-known glycolytic functions, glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) is a multifunctional protein, including its surprising role as a mediator for cell death. In this study we explored the involvement of GAPDH in TRAIL-mediated thyroid cancer cell death. In follicular undifferentiated thyroid cells, S-nitrosylation and nuclear translocation of GAPDH appear to mediate TRAIL-induced cell death at least partially, as evidenced by pretreatment with N-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester, a competitive nitric oxide synthase inhibitor that partially but significantly attenuated TRAIL-induced apoptosis through the reduction of S-nitrosylation and nuclear translocation of GAPDH. In addition, GAPDH small interfering RNA partially prevented the apoptotic effect of TRAIL, although TRAIL-induced nitric oxide synthase stimulation and production of nitric oxide were not attenuated. Furthermore, nuclear localization of GAPDH was observed in another thyroid cancer cell line, KTC2, which is also sensitive to TRAIL, but not in those TRAIL insensitive cell lines: ARO, KTC1, and KTC3. These data indicate that nitric oxide-mediated S-nitrosylation of GAPDH and subsequent nuclear translocation of GAPDH might function as a mediator of TRAIL-induced cell death in thyroid cancer cells.
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- Zhen-Xian Du
- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, the 1st Affiliated Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang 110001, China.
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Harada N, Yasunaga R, Higashimura Y, Yamaji R, Fujimoto K, Moss J, Inui H, Nakano Y. Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate Dehydrogenase Enhances Transcriptional Activity of Androgen Receptor in Prostate Cancer Cells. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:22651-61. [PMID: 17553795 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m610724200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Androgen receptor (AR) functions as a transcriptional factor for genes involved in proliferation and differentiation of normal and cancerous prostate cells. Coactivators that bind to AR are required for maximal androgen action. Here we report that increasing the expression of glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) in a prostate cancer cell line by as little as 1.8-fold enhances transcriptional activity of AR (but not the transcriptional activity of glucocorticoid receptor or estrogen receptor alpha) in a ligand-dependent manner and results in an increased expression of prostate-specific antigen. Small interference RNA-mediated knockdown of GAPDH significantly attenuated ligand-activated AR transactivation. Immunoprecipitation analysis revealed the presence of an endogenous protein complex containing GAPDH and AR in both the cytoplasm and nucleus. Addition of a nuclear localization signal (NLS) to GAPDH (GAPDH-NLS) completely abolished the ability of GAPDH to transactivate AR. Neither wild-type GAPDH nor GAPDH-NLS enhanced transcriptional activity of mutant AR (AR Delta C-Nuc) that is a constitutively active form of AR in the nucleus, even though GAPDH-NLS formed a complex with wild-type AR or AR Delta C-Nuc. AR transactivation was enhanced by a mutant GAPDH lacking dehydrogenase activity. GAPDH enhanced the transcriptional activity of AR(T875A) activated by an antagonist such as hydroxyflutamide or cyproterone acetate. These results indicate that GAPDH functions as a coactivator with high selectivity for AR and enhances AR transactivation independent of its glycolytic activity. Further, these data suggest that formation of a GAPDH.AR complex in the cytoplasm rather than nucleus is essential for GAPDH to enhance AR transactivation.
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- Naoki Harada
- Division of Applied Life Sciences, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University, 1-1 Gakuen-cho, Naka-ku, Sakai, Osaka 5998531, Japan
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Pauly B, Lasi M, MacKintosh C, Morrice N, Imhof A, Regula J, Rudd S, David CN, Böttger A. Proteomic screen in the simple metazoan Hydra identifies 14-3-3 binding proteins implicated in cellular metabolism, cytoskeletal organisation and Ca2+ signalling. BMC Cell Biol 2007; 8:31. [PMID: 17651497 PMCID: PMC1964759 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2121-8-31] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2006] [Accepted: 07/25/2007] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND 14-3-3 proteins have been implicated in many signalling mechanisms due to their interaction with Ser/Thr phosphorylated target proteins. They are evolutionarily well conserved in eukaryotic organisms from single celled protozoans and unicellular algae to plants and humans. A diverse array of target proteins has been found in higher plants and in human cell lines including proteins involved in cellular metabolism, apoptosis, cytoskeletal organisation, secretion and Ca2+ signalling. RESULTS We found that the simple metazoan Hydra has four 14-3-3 isoforms. In order to investigate whether the diversity of 14-3-3 target proteins is also conserved over the whole animal kingdom we isolated 14-3-3 binding proteins from Hydra vulgaris using a 14-3-3-affinity column. We identified 23 proteins that covered most of the above-mentioned groups. We also isolated several novel 14-3-3 binding proteins and the Hydra specific secreted fascin-domain-containing protein PPOD. In addition, we demonstrated that one of the 14-3-3 isoforms, 14-3-3 HyA, interacts with one Hydra-Bcl-2 like protein in vitro. CONCLUSION Our results indicate that 14-3-3 proteins have been ubiquitous signalling components since the start of metazoan evolution. We also discuss the possibility that they are involved in the regulation of cell numbers in response to food supply in Hydra.
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- Barbara Pauly
- Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Dundee University, Dundee, UK
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- Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany
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- Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany
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- Joint Bioinformatics Laboratory, Turku Centre for Biotechnology, Turku, Finland
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Colell A, Ricci JE, Tait S, Milasta S, Maurer U, Bouchier-Hayes L, Fitzgerald P, Guio-Carrion A, Waterhouse NJ, Li CW, Mari B, Barbry P, Newmeyer DD, Beere HM, Green DR. GAPDH and autophagy preserve survival after apoptotic cytochrome c release in the absence of caspase activation. Cell 2007; 129:983-97. [PMID: 17540177 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2007.03.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 414] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2005] [Revised: 10/31/2006] [Accepted: 03/07/2007] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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In cells undergoing apoptosis, mitochondrial outer-membrane permeabilization (MOMP) is followed by caspase activation promoted by released cytochrome c. Although caspases mediate the apoptotic phenotype, caspase inhibition is generally not sufficient for survival following MOMP; instead cells undergo a "caspase-independent cell death" (CICD). Thus, MOMP may represent a point of commitment to cell death. Here, we identify glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) as a critical regulator of CICD. GAPDH-expressing cells preserved their clonogenic potential following MOMP, provided that caspase activation was blocked. GAPDH-mediated protection of cells from CICD involved an elevation in glycolysis and a nuclear function that correlated with and was replaced by an increase in Atg12 expression. Consistent with this, protection from CICD reflected an increase in and a dependence upon autophagy, associated with a transient decrease in mitochondrial mass. Therefore, GAPDH mediates an elevation in glycolysis and enhanced autophagy that cooperate to protect cells from CICD.
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- Anna Colell
- Department of Cell Death and Proliferation, Institut d'Investigacions Biomediques de Barcelona (IIBB-CSIC), IDIBAPS, 08036 Barcelona, Spain
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Shalova IN, Naletova IN, Saso L, Muronetz VI, Izumrudov VA. Interaction of Polyelectrolytes with Proteins, 3. Macromol Biosci 2007; 7:929-39. [PMID: 17582803 DOI: 10.1002/mabi.200700052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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The ability of quaternized polyamines (poly-N-alkyl-4-vinylpyridinium bromides possessing a number, m, of methylene groups in the N-alkyl substituent or a degree of alkylation, beta, and n,n-ionene bromides) to suppress the thermoaggregation of glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase increased in the order m = 1 < 3 < 5, beta = 95 < 85 < 70 << 45 < 35 < 20 and n = 3 < 6 < 10, which agrees well with the increase, in the same order, in the hydrophobicity of the chains. Complexing suppressed thermoaggregation, but not thermodenaturation of the enzyme, which was even encouraged by the polycations and occurred at room temperature when the most efficient suppressor (with beta = 20) was used. The adverse effect was reduced by the addition of sodium chloride which destroyed the complex and resulted in a noticeable reactivation.
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- Irina N Shalova
- School of Bioengineering and Bioinformatics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, Moscow, 119992, Russia
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Nakajima H, Amano W, Fujita A, Fukuhara A, Azuma YT, Hata F, Inui T, Takeuchi T. The active site cysteine of the proapoptotic protein glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase is essential in oxidative stress-induced aggregation and cell death. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:26562-74. [PMID: 17613523 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m704199200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 148] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Recent studies have revealed that the redox-sensitive glycolytic enzyme, glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH), is involved in neuronal cell death that is triggered by oxidative stress. GAPDH is locally deposited in disulfide-bonded aggregates at lesion sites in certain neurodegenerative diseases. In this study, we investigated the molecular mechanism that underlies oxidative stress-induced aggregation of GAPDH and the relationship between structural abnormalities in GAPDH and cell death. Under nonreducing in vitro conditions, oxidants induced oligomerization and insoluble aggregation of GAPDH via the formation of intermolecular disulfide bonds. Because GAPDH has four cysteine residues, including the active site Cys(149), we prepared the cysteine-substituted mutants C149S, C153S, C244A, C281S, and C149S/C281S to identify which is responsible for disulfide-bonded aggregation. Whereas the aggregation levels of C281S were reduced compared with the wild-type enzyme, neither C149S nor C149S/C281S aggregated, suggesting that the active site cysteine plays an essential role. Oxidants also caused conformational changes in GAPDH concomitant with an increase in beta-sheet content; these abnormal conformations specifically led to amyloid-like fibril formation via disulfide bonds, including Cys(149). Additionally, continuous exposure of GAPDH-overexpressing HeLa cells to oxidants produced disulfide bonds in GAPDH leading to both detergent-insoluble and thioflavin-S-positive aggregates, which were associated with oxidative stress-induced cell death. Thus, oxidative stresses induce amyloid-like aggregation of GAPDH via aberrant disulfide bonds of the active site cysteine, and the formation of such abnormal aggregates promotes cell death.
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- Hidemitsu Nakajima
- Laboratory of Veterinary Pharmacology, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University, Gakuen-cho, Naka-ku, Sakai City 599-8531, Japan.
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Ferreira TC, Hertzberg L, Gassmann M, Campos ÉG. The yeast genome may harbor hypoxia response elements (HRE). Comp Biochem Physiol C Toxicol Pharmacol 2007; 146:255-263. [PMID: 17035097 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2006.08.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2006] [Revised: 08/22/2006] [Accepted: 08/28/2006] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1) is a heterodimeric transcription factor activated when cells are submitted to hypoxia. The heterodimer is composed of two subunits, HIF-1alpha and the constitutively expressed HIF-1beta. During normoxia, HIF-1alpha is degraded by the 26S proteasome, but hypoxia causes HIF-1alpha to be stabilized, enter the nucleus and bind to HIF-1beta, thus forming the active complex. The complex then binds to the regulatory sequences of various genes involved in physiological and pathological processes. The specific regulatory sequence recognized by HIF-1 is the hypoxia response element (HRE) that has the consensus sequence 5'BRCGTGVBBB3'. Although the basic transcriptional regulation machinery is conserved between yeast and mammals, Saccharomyces cerevisiae does not express HIF-1 subunits. However, we hypothesized that baker's yeast has a protein analogous to HIF-1 which participates in the response to changes in oxygen levels by binding to HRE sequences. In this study we screened the yeast genome for HREs using probabilistic motif search tools. We described 24 yeast genes containing motifs with high probability of being HREs (p-value<0.1) and classified them according to biological function. Our results show that S. cerevisiae may harbor HREs and indicate that a transcription factor analogous to HIF-1 may exist in this organism.
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- Túlio César Ferreira
- Laboratório de Biologia Molecular, Departamento de Biologia Celular, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, DF, 70910-900, Brazil
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- Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel; Department of Physics of Complex Systems, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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- Institute of Veterinary Physiology, Vetsuisse Faculty and Zurich Center for Integrative Human Physiology (ZIHP), University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 260, CH-8057, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Laboratório de Biologia Molecular, Departamento de Biologia Celular, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, DF, 70910-900, Brazil.
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Wang X, Chen Y, Zou J, Wu W. Involvement of a cytoplasmic glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase GapC-2 in low-phosphate-induced anthocyanin accumulation in Arabidopsis. CHINESE SCIENCE BULLETIN-CHINESE 2007. [DOI: 10.1007/s11434-007-0277-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Ogino W, Takeshima Y, Mori T, Yanai T, Hayakawa A, Akisue T, Kurosaka M, Matsuo M. High level of ezrin mRNA expression in an osteosarcoma biopsy sample with lung metastasis. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 2007; 29:435-9. [PMID: 17609619 DOI: 10.1097/mph.0b013e3180640d18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Osteosarcoma (OS) remains a life-threatening malignancy and its molecular character is not fully understood. Ezrin is a cytoskeleton linker protein involved in regulating the growth and metastatic capacity of cancer cells. However, the correlation between ezrin mRNA expression and clinical severity has not yet been examined in OS biopsy samples. Furthermore, recent evidence has demonstrated that the level of glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) expression is increased in human cancers of various origins, but this has not yet been examined in OS cells. To clarify the correlation between the clinical severity and the levels of ezrin and GAPDH mRNA expression, we quantified these mRNA levels in 4 pediatric OS biopsy samples using real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction. Among these 4 samples, ezrin mRNA expression was approximately 5-fold higher in a case with lung metastasis compared with the other cases without metastasis, suggesting an association between the ezrin mRNA expression level and metastasis. On the other hand, the GAPDH mRNA expression level was not related to the clinical severity. This is the first report to demonstrate a high level of ezrin mRNA expression in an OS biopsy sample with lung metastasis.
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- Wakako Ogino
- Department of Pediatric, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Japan
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Said HM, Hagemann C, Stojic J, Schoemig B, Vince GH, Flentje M, Roosen K, Vordermark D. GAPDH is not regulated in human glioblastoma under hypoxic conditions. BMC Mol Biol 2007; 8:55. [PMID: 17597534 PMCID: PMC1919389 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2199-8-55] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2006] [Accepted: 06/27/2007] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Background Gene expression studies related to cancer diagnosis and treatment are becoming more important. Housekeeping genes that are absolutely reliable are essential for these studies to normalize gene expression. An incorrect choice of housekeeping genes leads to interpretation errors of experimental results including evaluation and quantification of pathological gene expression. Here, we examined (a) the degree of regulation of GAPDH expression in human glioblastoma cells under hypoxic conditions in vitro in comparison to other housekeeping genes like β-actin, serving as experimental loading controls, (b) the potential use of GAPDH as a target for tumor therapeutic approaches and (c) differences in GAPDH expression between low-grade astrocytomas and glioblastomas, for which modest and severe hypoxia, respectively, have been previously demonstrated. GAPDH and β-actin expression was comparatively examined in vivo in human low-grade astrocytoma and glioblastoma on both protein and mRNA level, by Western blot and semiquantitative RT-PCR, respectively. Furthermore, the same proteins were determined in vitro in U373, U251 and GaMG human glioblastoma cells using the same methods. HIF-1α protein regulation under hypoxia was also determined on mRNA level in vitro in GaMG and on protein level in U251, U373 and GaMG cells. Results We observed no hypoxia-induced regulatory effect on GAPDH expression in the three glioblastoma cell lines studied in vitro. In addition, GAPDH expression was similar in patient tumor samples of low-grade astrocytoma and glioblastoma, suggesting a lack of hypoxic regulation in vivo. Conclusion GAPDH represents an optimal choice of a housekeeping gene and/or loading control to determine the expression of hypoxia induced genes at least in glioblastoma. Because of the lack of GAPDH regulation under hypoxia, this gene is not an attractive target for tumor therapeutic approaches in human glioblastoma.
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- Harun M Said
- University of Würzburg, Dept. of Radiation Oncology, Germany
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- University of Würzburg, Dept. of Neurosurgery, Tumorbiology Laboratory, Germany
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- University of Würzburg, Dept. of Neurosurgery, Tumorbiology Laboratory, Germany
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- University of Würzburg, Dept. of Neurosurgery, Tumorbiology Laboratory, Germany
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- University of Würzburg, Dept. of Neurosurgery, Tumorbiology Laboratory, Germany
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- University of Würzburg, Dept. of Radiation Oncology, Germany
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- University of Würzburg, Dept. of Neurosurgery, Tumorbiology Laboratory, Germany
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- University of Würzburg, Dept. of Radiation Oncology, Germany
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Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) has multiple intracellular activities in addition to its role in gluconeogenesis. Indeed, we have reported that GAPDH is required for Rab2-mediated retrograde transport from vesicular tubular clusters (VTCs). These diverse GAPDH activities are the result of posttranslational modifications that confer a new function to the enzyme. In that regard, GAPDH is tyrosine phosphorylated by Src. To establish the functional significance of this modification for GAPDH activity in Rab2-dependent events, an amino acid substitution was made at tyrosine 41 (GAPDH Y41F). The inability of Src to phosphorylate purified recombinant GAPDH Y41F was confirmed in an in vitro kinase assay. The mutant was then employed in a quantitative membrane-binding assay that measures Rab2 recruitment of soluble components to VTCs. As we observed with GAPDH wild type, Rab2 promoted GAPDH Y41F binding to membranes in a dose-dependent manner, indicating that GAPDH tyrosine phosphorylation is not required for VTC association. However, GAPDH was tyrosine phosphorylated on VTCs. Importantly, GAPDH Y41F blocked vesicular stomatitis virus-G transport in an assay that reconstitutes endoplasmic reticulum to Golgi trafficking, indicating that phosphorylation of tyrosine 41 is essential for GAPDH activity in the early secretory pathway. The block in transport is because of the decreased binding of atypical protein kinase C iota/lambda to GAPDH Y41F, which reduces beta-coat protein association with the VTC and subsequent formation of Rab2-mediated retrograde vesicles. Our results suggest that Src plays a pivotal role in regulating the interaction of Rab2 effectors on the VTC.
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- Ellen J Tisdale
- Department of Pharmacology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, 540 East Canfield Avenue, 6374 Scott Hall, Detroit, MI 48201, USA.
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Comparative analysis of differentially expressed genes in normal and white spot syndrome virus infected Penaeus monodon. BMC Genomics 2007; 8:120. [PMID: 17506900 PMCID: PMC1888707 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-8-120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2007] [Accepted: 05/16/2007] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Background White spot syndrome (WSS) is a viral disease that affects most of the commercially important shrimps and causes serious economic losses to the shrimp farming industry worldwide. However, little information is available in terms of the molecular mechanisms of the host-virus interaction. In this study, we used an expressed sequence tag (EST) approach to observe global gene expression changes in white spot syndrome virus (WSSV)-infected postlarvae of Penaeus monodon. Results Sequencing of the complementary DNA clones of two libraries constructed from normal and WSSV-infected postlarvae produced a total of 15,981 high-quality ESTs. Of these ESTs, 46% were successfully matched against annotated genes in National Center of Biotechnology Information (NCBI) non-redundant (nr) database and 44% were functionally classified using the Gene Ontology (GO) scheme. Comparative EST analyses suggested that, in postlarval shrimp, WSSV infection strongly modulates the gene expression patterns in several organs or tissues, including the hepatopancreas, muscle, eyestalk and cuticle. Our data suggest that several basic cellular metabolic processes are likely to be affected, including oxidative phosphorylation, protein synthesis, the glycolytic pathway, and calcium ion balance. A group of immune-related chitin-binding protein genes is also likely to be strongly up regulated after WSSV infection. A database containing all the sequence data and analysis results is accessible at . Conclusion This study suggests that WSSV infection modulates expression of various kinds of genes. The predicted gene expression pattern changes not only reflect the possible responses of shrimp to the virus infection but also suggest how WSSV subverts cellular functions for virus multiplication. In addition, the ESTs reported in this study provide a rich source for identification of novel genes in shrimp.
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Jannière L, Canceill D, Suski C, Kanga S, Dalmais B, Lestini R, Monnier AF, Chapuis J, Bolotin A, Titok M, Le Chatelier E, Ehrlich SD. Genetic evidence for a link between glycolysis and DNA replication. PLoS One 2007; 2:e447. [PMID: 17505547 PMCID: PMC1866360 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000447] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2007] [Accepted: 04/23/2007] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Background A challenging goal in biology is to understand how the principal cellular functions are integrated so that cells achieve viability and optimal fitness in a wide range of nutritional conditions. Methodology/Principal Findings We report here a tight link between glycolysis and DNA synthesis. The link, discovered during an analysis of suppressors of thermosensitive replication mutants in bacterium Bacillus subtilis, is very strong as some metabolic alterations fully restore viability to replication mutants in which a lethal arrest of DNA synthesis otherwise occurs at a high, restrictive, temperature. Full restoration of viability by such alterations was limited to cells with mutations in three elongation factors (the lagging strand DnaE polymerase, the primase and the helicase) out of a large set of thermosensitive mutants affected in most of the replication proteins. Restoration of viability resulted, at least in part, from maintenance of replication protein activity at high temperature. Physiological studies suggested that this restoration depended on the activity of the three-carbon part of the glycolysis/gluconeogenesis pathway and occurred in both glycolytic and gluconeogenic regimens. Restoration took place abruptly over a narrow range of expression of genes in the three-carbon part of glycolysis. However, the absolute value of this range varied greatly with the allele in question. Finally, restoration of cell viability did not appear to be the result of a decrease in growth rate or an induction of major stress responses. Conclusions/Significance Our findings provide the first evidence for a genetic system that connects DNA chain elongation to glycolysis. Its role may be to modulate some aspect of DNA synthesis in response to the energy provided by the environment and the underlying mechanism is discussed. It is proposed that related systems are ubiquitous.
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- Laurent Jannière
- Laboratoire de Génétique Microbienne, INRA, Jouy en Josas, France.
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Shalova IN, Cechalova K, Rehakova Z, Dimitrova P, Ognibene E, Caprioli A, Schmalhausen EV, Muronetz VI, Saso L. Decrease of dehydrogenase activity of cerebral glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase in different animal models of Alzheimer's disease. Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj 2007; 1770:826-32. [PMID: 17324518 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2007.01.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2006] [Revised: 01/07/2007] [Accepted: 01/13/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Recently, a relationship between glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) and the beta-amyloid precursor protein (betaAPP) in relationship with the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD) has been suggested. Therefore, we studied the specific activity of GAPDH in the different animal models of AD: transgenic mice (Tg2576) and rats treated with beta-amyloid, or thiorphan, or lipopolysaccharides (LPS) and interferon gamma (INFgamma). We observed that GAPDH activity was significantly decreased in the brain samples from TG mice. The injection of beta-amyloid, or thiorphan, an inhibitor of neprilysin involved in beta-amyloid catabolism, in rat brains resulted in a pronounced reduction of the enzyme activity. The infusion of LPS and IFNgamma, which can influence the progression of the AD, significantly reduced the enzyme activity.
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- Irina N Shalova
- School of Bioengineering and Bioinformatics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, Moscow, 119992, Russia
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Barbini L, Rodríguez J, Dominguez F, Vega F. Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase exerts different biologic activities in apoptotic and proliferating hepatocytes according to its subcellular localization. Mol Cell Biochem 2007; 300:19-28. [PMID: 17426931 DOI: 10.1007/s11010-006-9341-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2006] [Accepted: 09/28/2006] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Recent evidences indicate new roles for the glycolytic protein glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) in essential mammalian cell processes, such as apoptosis and proliferation. To clarify the involvement of this protein in growth and programmed cell death in the liver, cell models of hepatocytes in culture were used to study GAPDH expression, localization and enzymatic activity in hepatocyte proliferation and apoptosis. GAPDH expression in cell compartments was studied by Western blot. Nuclear expression of GAPDH increased in apoptosis, and cytoplasmic expression was elevated in apoptosis and proliferation. Subcellular localization was determined by GAPDH immunostaining and confocal microscopic analysis. Quiescent and proliferating hepatocytes showed cytoplasmic GAPDH, while apoptotic cells showed cytoplasmic but also some nuclear staining. The glycolytic activity of GAPDH was studied in nuclear and cytoplasmic cell compartments. GAPDH enzymatic activity increased in the nucleus of apoptotic cells and in cytoplasms of apoptotic and proliferating hepatocytes. Our observations indicate that during hepatocyte apoptosis GAPDH translocates to the nucleus, maintaining in part its dehydrogenase activity, and suggest that this translocation may play a role in programmed hepatocyte death. GAPDH over-expression and the increased enzymatic activity in proliferating cells, with preservation of its cytoplasmic localization, would occur in response to the elevated energy requirements of dividing hepatocytes. In conclusion, GAPDH plays different roles or biological activities in proliferating and apoptotic hepatocytes, according to its subcellular localization.
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- Luciana Barbini
- Departamento de Fisiologia, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Campus Universitario, 27002 Lugo, Spain.
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Ito S, Honma T, Ishida K, Wada N, Sasaoka S, Hosoda M, Nohno T. Differential expression of the human alpha-enolase gene in oral epithelium and squamous cell carcinoma. Cancer Sci 2007; 98:499-505. [PMID: 17284257 PMCID: PMC11159807 DOI: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.2007.00411.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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alpha-Enolase and c-myc promoter binding protein 1 are encoded by a single gene, ENO1, and are synthesized from the same transcript through alternative use of translational start sites. We have investigated the localization of ENO1 gene transcripts detected as proteins with an immunohistochemical method and also as mRNA with an in situ hybridization method on tissue sections of oral epithelium and oral squamous cell carcinoma, and demonstrated the differential distribution of the gene transcripts in normal oral epithelium and oral squamous cell carcinoma in humans. Expression of the ENO1 transcript was detectable in the region from the basal cell layers to the lower granular cell layers. Three patterns of ENO1 localization were observed with immunostaining in the epithelia: cytoplasm, nuclei, and both nuclei and cytoplasm. These patterns were observed randomly within the same specimen. In contrast to normal oral epithelium, ENO1 protein was not detectable in the nuclei of carcinoma cells. Our results indicate that differential subcellular localization of ENO1 products may be closely related to carcinogenesis of the oral epithelium.
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- Satoshi Ito
- Department of Oral Surgery, Kawasaki Medical School, 577 Matsushima, Kurashiki, Okayama 701-0192, Japan.
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Nesher M, Shpolansky U, Rosen H, Lichtstein D. The digitalis-like steroid hormones: new mechanisms of action and biological significance. Life Sci 2007; 80:2093-2107. [PMID: 17499813 DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2007.03.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 125] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2007] [Revised: 03/08/2007] [Accepted: 03/14/2007] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Digitalis-like compounds (DLC) are a family of steroid hormones synthesized in and released from the adrenal gland. DLC, the structure of which resembles that of plant cardiac glycosides, bind to and inhibit the activity of the ubiquitous cell surface enzyme Na(+), K(+)-ATPase. However, there is a large body of evidence suggesting that the regulation of ion transport by Na(+), K(+)-ATPase is not the only physiological role of DLC. The binding of DLC to Na(+), K(+)-ATPase induces the activation of various signal transduction cascades that activate changes in intracellular Ca(++) homeostasis, and in specific gene expression. These, in turn, stimulate endocytosis and affect cell growth and proliferation. At the systemic level, DLC were shown to be involved in the regulation of major physiological parameters including water and salt homeostasis, cardiac contractility and rhythm, systemic blood pressure and behavior. Furthermore, the DLC system has been implicated in several pathological conditions, including cardiac arrhythmias, hypertension, cancer and depressive disorders. This review evaluates the evidence for the different aspects of DLC action and delineates open questions in the field.
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- Maoz Nesher
- Department of Physiology, The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Physiology, The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel
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- The Kuvin Center for the Study of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Physiology, The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel.
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Chang GTG, Gamble SC, Jhamai M, Wait R, Bevan CL, Brinkmann AO. Proteomic analysis of proteins regulated by TRPS1 transcription factor in DU145 prostate cancer cells. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2007; 1774:575-82. [PMID: 17467349 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2007.03.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2006] [Revised: 03/19/2007] [Accepted: 03/20/2007] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The aim of the present study was to identify proteins differentially regulated by TRPS1 in human prostate cancer cells in order to better understand the role of TRPS1 in prostate cancer development. The proteomes of androgen-independent DU145 prostate cancer cells, that do not express TRPS1 and of genetically engineered DU145 cells that stable and inducible express recombinant TRPS1 protein, were compared. Using two-dimensional electrophoresis followed by mass spectrometric analysis, 13 proteins that were differentially expressed between these two cell lines were identified. These proteins represent a dominant reduction of expression of antioxidant proteins, including superoxide dismutase, protein disulfide isomerase A3 precursor, endoplasmin precursor and annexin A2. Furthermore, regulation was observed for mitochondrion-associated proteins, glycolytic enzymes, a cytoskeleton-associated protein, a nuclear protein and proteins involved in apoptosis. Our data indicate that overexpression of TRPS1 protein is correlated with reduced protein expression of certain antioxidants. This suggests a possible involvement of TRPS1 in oxidative stress, and possibly in apoptosis in androgen-independent DU145 prostate cancer cells.
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- Glenn T G Chang
- Department of Reproduction and Development, Erasmus MC, PO Box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Grote P, Schaeuble K, Ferrando-May E. Commuting (to) suicide: an update on nucleocytoplasmic transport in apoptosis. Arch Biochem Biophys 2007; 462:156-61. [PMID: 17395148 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2007.02.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2006] [Revised: 02/06/2007] [Accepted: 02/09/2007] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Commuting is the process of travelling between a place of residence and a place of work. In the context of biology, this expression evokes the continuous movement of macromolecules between different compartments of a eukaryotic cell. Transport in and out of the nucleus is a major example of intracellular commuting. This article discusses recent findings that substantiate the emerging link between nucleocytoplasmic transport and the signalling and execution of cell death.
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- Patricia Grote
- University of Konstanz, Department of Biology, Molecular Toxicology, P.O. Box X911, D-78457 Konstanz, Germany
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Lattenmayer C, Trummer E, Schriebl K, Vorauer-Uhl K, Mueller D, Katinger H, Kunert R. Characterisation of recombinant CHO cell lines by investigation of protein productivities and genetic parameters. J Biotechnol 2007; 128:716-25. [PMID: 17324483 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2006.12.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2006] [Revised: 11/25/2006] [Accepted: 12/15/2006] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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We have generated a recombinant CHO cell line expressing the fusion protein EpoFc. After selection and screening, protein expression, gene and mRNA copy numbers were analysed in order to gain more information on the influence of genetic parameters on the productivity and stability of production cells. Results from semi-quantitative blot methods were compared to quantitative PCR (qPCR) analyses, whose advantage mainly lies in their higher sensitivity, and the cheaper and faster methodology. We developed stable and high producing clones with low gene copy numbers, in contrast to other cell lines where multiple steps of methotrexate amplification have lead to hundreds of copies of inserts with the risk of karyotypic instabilities and decreased growth rates that overcome the benefits of increased productivities. When comparing genetic parameters to productivity, a good correlation of mRNA levels with specific productivity was observed, whereas high gene copy numbers were not always accompanied by high protein expressions. Based on our data derived from a typical example of a cell line development process, genetic parameters are useful tools for the selection of scalable production clones. Nevertheless, a wider range of cell lines has to be investigated in order to implement genetic analyses into a screening process.
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- Christine Lattenmayer
- Austrian Center of Biopharmaceutical Technology, Muthgasse 18, 1190 Vienna, Austria.
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Norris V, den Blaauwen T, Cabin-Flaman A, Doi RH, Harshey R, Janniere L, Jimenez-Sanchez A, Jin DJ, Levin PA, Mileykovskaya E, Minsky A, Saier M, Skarstad K. Functional taxonomy of bacterial hyperstructures. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 2007; 71:230-53. [PMID: 17347523 PMCID: PMC1847379 DOI: 10.1128/mmbr.00035-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The levels of organization that exist in bacteria extend from macromolecules to populations. Evidence that there is also a level of organization intermediate between the macromolecule and the bacterial cell is accumulating. This is the level of hyperstructures. Here, we review a variety of spatially extended structures, complexes, and assemblies that might be termed hyperstructures. These include ribosomal or "nucleolar" hyperstructures; transertion hyperstructures; putative phosphotransferase system and glycolytic hyperstructures; chemosignaling and flagellar hyperstructures; DNA repair hyperstructures; cytoskeletal hyperstructures based on EF-Tu, FtsZ, and MreB; and cell cycle hyperstructures responsible for DNA replication, sequestration of newly replicated origins, segregation, compaction, and division. We propose principles for classifying these hyperstructures and finally illustrate how thinking in terms of hyperstructures may lead to a different vision of the bacterial cell.
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- Vic Norris
- Department of Science, University of Rouen, 76821 Mont Saint Aignan Cedex, France.
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Faccioli P, Ciceri GP, Provero P, Stanca AM, Morcia C, Terzi V. A combined strategy of "in silico" transcriptome analysis and web search engine optimization allows an agile identification of reference genes suitable for normalization in gene expression studies. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2007; 63:679-88. [PMID: 17143578 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-006-9116-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2006] [Accepted: 11/12/2006] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Traditionally housekeeping genes have been employed as endogenous reference (internal control) genes for normalization in gene expression studies. Since the utilization of single housekeepers cannot assure an unbiased result, new normalization methods involving multiple housekeeping genes and normalizing using their mean expression have been recently proposed. Moreover, since a gold standard gene suitable for every experimental condition does not exist, it is also necessary to validate the expression stability of every putative control gene on the specific requirements of the planned experiment. As a consequence, finding a good set of reference genes is for sure a non-trivial problem requiring quite a lot of lab-based experimental testing. In this work we identified novel candidate barley reference genes suitable for normalization in gene expression studies. An advanced web search approach aimed to collect, from publicly available web resources, the most interesting information regarding the expression profiling of candidate housekeepers on a specific experimental basis has been set up and applied, as an example, on stress conditions. A complementary lab-based analysis has been carried out to verify the expression profile of the selected genes in different tissues and during heat shock response. This combined dry/wet approach can be applied to any species and physiological condition of interest and can be considered very helpful to identify putative reference genes to be shortlisted every time a new experimental design has to be set up.
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- Primetta Faccioli
- CRA, Experimental Institute for Cereal Research, Via S. Protaso 302, 29017, Fiorenzuola d'Arda, PC, Italy.
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Kolln J, Ren HM, Da RR, Zhang Y, Spillner E, Olek M, Hermanowicz N, Hilgenberg LG, Smith MA, van den Noort S, Qin Y. Triosephosphate isomerase- and glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase-reactive autoantibodies in the cerebrospinal fluid of patients with multiple sclerosis. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2007; 177:5652-8. [PMID: 17015754 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.177.8.5652] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Our previous results revealed that Igs in lesions and single chain variable fragment Abs (scFv-Abs) generated from clonal B cells in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) from patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) bind to axons in MS brains. To study the axonal Ags involved in MS, we identified the glycolytic enzymes, triosephosphate isomerase (TPI) and GAPDH, using Igs from the CSF and scFv-Abs generated from clonal B cells in the CSF and in lesions from MS patients. Elevated levels of CSF-Abs to TPI were observed in patients with MS (46%), clinically isolated syndrome (CIS) suggestive of MS (40%), other inflammatory neurological diseases (OIND; 29%), and other noninflammatory neurological diseases (ONIND; 31%). Levels of GAPDH-reactive Abs were elevated in MS patients (60%), in patients with CIS (10%), OIND (14%), and ONIND (8%). The coexistence of both autoantibodies was detected in 10 MS patients (29%), and 1 CIS patient (3%), but not in patients with OIND/ONIND. Two scFv-Abs generated from the CSF and from lesions of a MS brain showed immunoreactivity to TPI and GAPDH, respectively. The findings suggest that TPI and GAPDH may be candidate Ags for an autoimmune response to neurons and axons in MS.
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- Johanna Kolln
- Department of Neurology, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
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Wildling S, Kerschbaum HH. Nitric oxide decreases ammonium release in tadpoles of the clawed frog, Xenopus laevis, Daudin. J Comp Physiol B 2007; 177:401-11. [PMID: 17211666 DOI: 10.1007/s00360-006-0139-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2006] [Revised: 12/05/2006] [Accepted: 12/09/2006] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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In the present study, we quantified the physiological consequences of nitric oxide (NO) on ammonium release in tadpoles of Xenopus laevis. Tadpoles exposed to S-nitro-N-acetylpenicillamine (SNAP), an NO-donor, or L: -arginine, the substrate of NO synthase (NOS), showed a reversible decrease, whereas animals exposed to the NOS inhibitor Nomega-methyl-L: -arginine (L: -NMMA) exhibited an increase in ammonium release. Release of ammonium may be of physiological relevance during stress response of the animal. Handling of tadpoles as well as exposure to hyposmotic environments increased ammonium release. To localize NO synthesizing cells, we used diaminofluorescein-diacetate (DAF-2DA), an NO-sensitive fluorescent dye, and NADPH-diaphorase histochemistry, an indicator for NOS activity. We observed a fluorescence signal as well as NADPH-diaphorase activity in small, solitary cells in the epidermis. Similarly to NADPH-diaphorase histochemistry, silver nitrate staining and rhodamine labelling, markers for mitochondria-rich cells, showed a strong reaction in these cells. These observations indicate that NO (1) inhibits ammonium release, and (2) is endogenously synthesized in mitochondria-rich cells in Xenopus tadpoles. Based on our histochemical results, we speculate that gill epithelium and epidermis work in parallel to release ammonium as epidermal tissue contains mitochondria-rich and NADPH-diaphorase positive cells.
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- Stefan Wildling
- Division of Animal Physiology, Department of Cellular Biology, University of Salzburg, 5020 Salzburg, Austria
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Brooks WM, Lynch PJ, Ingle CC, Hatton A, Emson PC, Faull RLM, Starkey MP. Gene expression profiles of metabolic enzyme transcripts in Alzheimer's disease. Brain Res 2007; 1127:127-35. [PMID: 17109828 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2006.09.106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2006] [Revised: 09/20/2006] [Accepted: 09/21/2006] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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The successfully functioning brain is a heavy user of metabolic energy. Alzheimer's disease, in which cognitive faculties decline, may be due, at least in part, to metabolic insufficiency. Using microarray analysis and quantitative RT-PCR, the expression of mRNA transcripts involved in glucose metabolism was investigated in Alzheimer's diseased post-mortem human hippocampal samples. Of the 51 members of the glycolytic, tricarboxylic acid cycle, oxidative phosphorylation, and associated pathways investigated by qPCR, 15 were confirmed to be statistically significantly (p<0.05) down-regulated in Alzheimer's disease. This finding suggests that reductions in the levels of transcripts encoded by genes that participate in energy metabolism may be involved in Alzheimer's disease.
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- Wendy M Brooks
- Medical Research Council Rosalind Franklin Centre for Genomics Research, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridgeshire, CB10 1SB, UK
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Pucci-Minafra I, Cancemi P, Marabeti MR, Albanese NN, Di Cara G, Taormina P, Marrazzo A. Proteomic profiling of 13 paired ductal infiltrating breast carcinomas and non-tumoral adjacent counterparts. Proteomics Clin Appl 2006; 1:118-29. [PMID: 21136615 DOI: 10.1002/prca.200600334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2006] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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According to recent statistics, breast cancer remains one of the leading causes of death among women in Western countries. Breast cancer is a complex and heterogeneous disease, presently classified into several subtypes according to their cellular origin. Among breast cancer histotypes, infiltrating ductal carcinoma represents the most common and potentially aggressive form. Despite the current progress achieved in early cancer detection and treatment, including the new generation of molecular therapies, there is still need for identification of multiparametric biomarkers capable of discriminating between cancer subtypes and predicting cancer progression for personalized therapies. One established step in this direction is the proteomic strategy, expected to provide enough information on breast cancer profiling. To this aim, in the present study we analyzed 13 breast cancer tissues and their matched non-tumoral tissues by 2-DE. Collectively, we identified 51 protein spots, corresponding to 34 differentially expressed proteins, which may represent promising candidate biomarkers for molecular-based diagnosis of breast cancer and for pattern discovery. The relevance of these proteins as factors contributing to breast carcinogenesis is discussed.
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- Ida Pucci-Minafra
- Dipartimento di Oncologia Sperimentale e Applicazioni Cliniche (DOSAC), Università di Palermo, Palermo, Italy; Centro di Oncobiologia Sperimentale (COBS), Università di Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
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