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Bracken AJ, Dong HT, Lengel MO, Lehnert N. Exploring second coordination sphere effects in flavodiiron nitric oxide reductase model complexes. Dalton Trans 2023; 52:17360-17374. [PMID: 37938109 DOI: 10.1039/d3dt02828c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2023]
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Flavodiiron nitric oxide reductases (FNORs) equip pathogens with resistance to nitric oxide (NO), an important immune defense agent in mammals, allowing these pathogens to proliferate in the human body, potentially causing chronic infections. Understanding the mechanism of how FNORs mediate the reduction of NO contributes to the greater goal of developing new therapeutic approaches against drug-resistant strains. Recent density functional theory calculations suggest that a second coordination sphere (SCS) tyrosine residue provides a hydrogen bond that is critical for the reduction of NO to N2O at the active site of FNORs [J. Lu, B. Bi, W. Lai and H. Chen, Origin of Nitric Oxide Reduction Activity in Flavo-Diiron NO Reductase: Key Roles of the Second Coordination Sphere, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed., 2019, 58, 3795-3799]. Specifically, this H-bond stabilizes the hyponitrite intermediate and reduces the energetic barrier for the N-N coupling step. At the same time, the role of the Fe⋯Fe distance and its effect on the N-N coupling step has not been fully investigated. In this study, we equipped the H[BPMP] (= 2,6-bis[[bis(2-pyridylmethyl)amino]methyl]-4-methylphenol) ligand with SCS amide groups and investigated the corresponding diiron complexes with 0-2 bridging acetate ligands. These amide groups can form hydrogen bonds with the bridging acetate ligand(s) and potentially the coordinated NO groups in these model complexes. At the same time, by changing the number of bridging acetate ligands, we can systematically vary the Fe⋯Fe distance. The reactivity of these complexes with NO was then investigated, and the formation of stable iron(II)-NO complexes was observed. Upon one-electron reduction, these NO complexes form Dinitrosyl Iron Complexes (DNICs), which were further characterized using IR and EPR spectroscopy.
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- Abigail J Bracken
- Department of Chemistry, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1055, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1055, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1055, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1055, USA.
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Bongiorni Galego G, Tasca T. Infinity war: Trichomonas vaginalis and interactions with host immune response. MICROBIAL CELL (GRAZ, AUSTRIA) 2023; 10:103-116. [PMID: 37125086 PMCID: PMC10140678 DOI: 10.15698/mic2023.05.796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2022] [Revised: 03/07/2023] [Accepted: 03/21/2023] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Trichomonas vaginalis is the pathological agent of human trichomoniasis. The incidence is 156 million cases worldwide. Due to the increasing resistance of isolates to approved drugs and clinical complications that include increased risk in the acquisition and transmission of HIV, cervical and prostate cancer, and adverse outcomes during pregnancy, increasing our understanding of the pathogen's interaction with the host immune response is essential. Production of cytokines and cells of innate immunity: Neutrophils and macrophages are the main cells involved in the fight against the parasite, while IL-8, IL-6 and TNF-α are the most produced cytokines in response to this infection. Clinical complications: T. vaginalis increases the acquisition of HIV, stimulates the invasiveness and growth of prostate cells, and generates an inflammatory environment that may lead to preterm birth. Endosymbiosis: Mycoplasma hominis increased cytotoxicity, growth, and survival rate of the parasite. Purinergic signaling: NTPD-ases and ecto-5'-nucleotidase helps in parasite survival by modulating the nucleotides levels in the microenvironment. Antibodies: IgG was detected in serum samples of rodents infected with isolates from symptomatic patients as well as patients with symptoms. However, antibody production does not protect against a reinfection. Vaccine candidate targets: The transient receptor potential- like channel of T. vaginalis (TvTRPV), cysteine peptidase, and α-actinin are currently cited as candidate targets for vaccine development. In this context, the understanding of mechanisms involved in the host-T. vaginalis interaction that elicit the immune response may contribute to the development of new targets to combat trichomoniasis.
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- Giulia Bongiorni Galego
- Grupo de Pesquisa em Tricomonas, Faculdade de Farmácia e Centro de Biotecnologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Avenida Ipiranga, 2752, Porto Alegre, 90610-000, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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- Grupo de Pesquisa em Tricomonas, Faculdade de Farmácia e Centro de Biotecnologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Avenida Ipiranga, 2752, Porto Alegre, 90610-000, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
- * Corresponding Author: Tiana Tasca, Avenida Ipiranga, 2752. 90610-000. Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil; Tel: +555133085325;
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Tao W, Carter S, Trevino R, Zhang W, Shafaat HS, Zhang S. Reductive NO Coupling at Dicopper Center via a [Cu 2(NO) 2] 2+ Diamond-Core Intermediate. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:22633-22640. [PMID: 36469729 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c09523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Treatment of a dicopper(I,I) complex with excess amounts of NO leads to the formation of a dicopper dinitrosyl [Cu2(NO)2]2+ complex capable of (i) releasing two equivalents of NO reversibly in 90% yield and (ii) reacting with another equivalent of NO to afford N2O and dicopper nitrosyl oxo species [Cu2(NO)(O)]2+. Resonance Raman characterization of the [Cu2(NO)2]2+ complex shows a 15N-sensitive N═O stretch at 1527.6 cm-1 and two Cu-N stretches at 390.6 and 414.1 cm-1, supporting a symmetric diamond-core structure with bis-μ-NO ligands. The conversion of [Cu2(NO)2]2+ to [Cu2(NO)O]2+ occurs via a rate-limiting reaction with NO and bypasses the dicopper oxo intermediate, a mechanism distinct from that of diFe-mediated NO reduction to N2O.
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- Wenjie Tao
- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, 100 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, 100 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, 100 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, 100 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, 100 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, 100 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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Dong HT, Camarena S, Sil D, Lengel MO, Zhao J, Hu MY, Alp EE, Krebs C, Lehnert N. What Is the Right Level of Activation of a High-Spin {FeNO} 7 Complex to Enable Direct N-N Coupling? Mechanistic Insight into Flavodiiron NO Reductases. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:16395-16409. [PMID: 36040133 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c04292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Flavodiiron nitric oxide reductases (FNORs), found in pathogenic bacteria, are capable of reducing nitric oxide (NO) to nitrous oxide (N2O) to detoxify NO released by the human immune system. Previously, we reported the first FNOR model system that mediates direct NO reduction (Dong, H. T.; J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 13429-13440), but no intermediate of the reaction could be characterized. Here, we present a new set of model complexes that, depending on the ligand substitution, can either mediate direct NO reduction or stabilize a highly activated high-spin (hs) {FeNO}7 complex, the first intermediate of the reaction. The precursors, [{FeII(MPA-(RPhO)2)}2] (1, R = H and 2, R = tBu, Me), were prepared first and fully characterized. Complex 1 (without steric protection) directly reduces NO to N2O almost quantitatively, which constitutes only the second example of this reaction in model systems. Contrarily, the reaction of sterically protected 2 with NO forms the stable mononitrosyl complex 3, which shows one of the lowest N-O stretching frequencies (1689 cm-1) observed so far for a mononuclear hs-{FeNO}7 complex. This study confirms that an N-O stretch ≤1700 cm-1 represents the appropriate level of activation of the FeNO unit to enable direct NO reduction. The higher activation level of these hs-{FeNO}7 complexes required for NO reduction compared to those formed in FNORs emphasizes the importance of hydrogen bonding residues in the active sites of FNORs to activate the bound NO ligands for direct N-N coupling and N2O formation. The implications of these results for FNORs are further discussed.
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- Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
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- Advanced Photon Source (APS), Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Advanced Photon Source (APS), Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Advanced Photon Source (APS), Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States.,Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
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Synthesis and characterization of a model complex for flavodiiron NO reductases that stabilizes a diiron mononitrosyl complex. J Inorg Biochem 2022; 229:111723. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2022.111723] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2021] [Revised: 01/07/2022] [Accepted: 01/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Lehnert N, Kim E, Dong HT, Harland JB, Hunt AP, Manickas EC, Oakley KM, Pham J, Reed GC, Alfaro VS. The Biologically Relevant Coordination Chemistry of Iron and Nitric Oxide: Electronic Structure and Reactivity. Chem Rev 2021; 121:14682-14905. [PMID: 34902255 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.1c00253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 135] [Impact Index Per Article: 33.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Nitric oxide (NO) is an important signaling molecule that is involved in a wide range of physiological and pathological events in biology. Metal coordination chemistry, especially with iron, is at the heart of many biological transformations involving NO. A series of heme proteins, nitric oxide synthases (NOS), soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC), and nitrophorins, are responsible for the biosynthesis, sensing, and transport of NO. Alternatively, NO can be generated from nitrite by heme- and copper-containing nitrite reductases (NIRs). The NO-bearing small molecules such as nitrosothiols and dinitrosyl iron complexes (DNICs) can serve as an alternative vehicle for NO storage and transport. Once NO is formed, the rich reaction chemistry of NO leads to a wide variety of biological activities including reduction of NO by heme or non-heme iron-containing NO reductases and protein post-translational modifications by DNICs. Much of our understanding of the reactivity of metal sites in biology with NO and the mechanisms of these transformations has come from the elucidation of the geometric and electronic structures and chemical reactivity of synthetic model systems, in synergy with biochemical and biophysical studies on the relevant proteins themselves. This review focuses on recent advancements from studies on proteins and model complexes that not only have improved our understanding of the biological roles of NO but also have provided foundations for biomedical research and for bio-inspired catalyst design in energy science.
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- Nicolai Lehnert
- Department of Chemistry and Department of Biophysics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1055, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Department of Biophysics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1055, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Department of Biophysics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1055, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Department of Biophysics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1055, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Department of Biophysics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1055, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Department of Biophysics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1055, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Department of Biophysics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1055, United States
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Oxygen levels are key to understanding "Anaerobic" protozoan pathogens with micro-aerophilic lifestyles. Adv Microb Physiol 2021; 79:163-240. [PMID: 34836611 DOI: 10.1016/bs.ampbs.2021.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Publications abound on the physiology, biochemistry and molecular biology of "anaerobic" protozoal parasites as usually grown under "anaerobic" culture conditions. The media routinely used are poised at low redox potentials using techniques that remove O2 to "undetectable" levels in sealed containers. However there is growing understanding that these culture conditions do not faithfully resemble the O2 environments these organisms inhabit. Here we review for protists lacking oxidative energy metabolism, the oxygen cascade from atmospheric to intracellular concentrations and relevant methods of measurements of O2, some well-studied parasitic or symbiotic protozoan lifestyles, their homeodynamic metabolic and redox balances, organism-drug-oxygen interactions, and the present and future prospects for improved drugs and treatment regimes.
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Pal N, Jana M, Majumdar A. Reduction of NO by diiron complexes in relation to flavodiiron nitric oxide reductases. Chem Commun (Camb) 2021; 57:8682-8698. [PMID: 34373873 DOI: 10.1039/d1cc03149j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Reduction of nitric oxide (NO) to nitrous oxide (N2O) is associated with immense biological and health implications. Flavodiiron nitric oxide reductases (FNORs) are diiron containing enzymes that catalyze the two electron reduction of NO to N2O and help certain pathogenic bacteria to survive under "nitrosative stress" in anaerobic growth conditions. Consequently, invading bacteria can proliferate inside the body of mammals by bypassing the immune defense mechanism involving NO and may thus lead to harmful infections. Various mechanisms, namely the direct reduction, semireduction, superreduction and hyponitrite mechanisms, have been proposed over time for catalytic NO reduction by FNORs. Model studies in relation to the diiron active site of FNORs have immensely helped to replicate the minimal structure-reactivity relationship and to understand the mechanism of NO reduction. A brief overview of the FNOR activity and the proposed reaction mechanisms followed by a systematic description and detailed analysis of the model studies is presented, which describes the development in the area of NO reduction by diiron complexes and its implications. A great deal of successful modeling chemistry as well as the shortcomings related to the synthesis and reactivity studies is discussed in detail. Finally, future prospects in this particular area of research are proposed, which in due course may bring more clarity in the understanding of this important redox reaction.
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- Nabhendu Pal
- School of Chemical Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, 2A & 2B Raja S. C. Mullick Road, Kolkata 700032, India.
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Jana M, White CJ, Pal N, Demeshko S, Cordes (née Kupper) C, Meyer F, Lehnert N, Majumdar A. Functional Models for the Mono- and Dinitrosyl Intermediates of FNORs: Semireduction versus Superreduction of NO. J Am Chem Soc 2020; 142:6600-6616. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b13795] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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- Manish Jana
- School of Chemical Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, 2A & 2B Raja S. C. Mullick Road, Jadavpur, Kolkata 700032, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Michigan, 930 N. University Avenue, Ann Arbor 48109, Michigan, United States
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- School of Chemical Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, 2A & 2B Raja S. C. Mullick Road, Jadavpur, Kolkata 700032, West Bengal, India
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Georg-August-Universität, Tammannstraße 4, Göttingen 37077, Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Georg-August-Universität, Tammannstraße 4, Göttingen 37077, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Michigan, 930 N. University Avenue, Ann Arbor 48109, Michigan, United States
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- School of Chemical Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, 2A & 2B Raja S. C. Mullick Road, Jadavpur, Kolkata 700032, West Bengal, India
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Folgosa F, Martins MC, Teixeira M. Diversity and complexity of flavodiiron NO/O2 reductases. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2019; 365:4733271. [PMID: 29240952 DOI: 10.1093/femsle/fnx267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2017] [Accepted: 12/11/2017] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Flavodiiron proteins (FDPs) are a family of enzymes endowed with nitric oxide (NO) or oxygen reductase activities, forming the innocuous nitrous oxide (N2O) or water molecules, respectively. FDPs are widespread in the three life kingdoms, and have a modular nature, being each monomer minimally constituted by a metallo-β-lactamase-like domain containing a catalytic diiron centre, followed by a flavodoxin one, with a flavin mononucleotide. Since their discovery, additional domains have been found in FDPs, attached to the C-terminus, and containing either extra metal (iron) centers or extra flavin binding modules. Following an extensive analysis of genomic databases, we identified novel domain compositions, and proposed a new classification of FDPs in eight classes based on the nature and number of extra domains.
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Dong HT, White CJ, Zhang B, Krebs C, Lehnert N. Non-Heme Diiron Model Complexes Can Mediate Direct NO Reduction: Mechanistic Insight into Flavodiiron NO Reductases. J Am Chem Soc 2018; 140:13429-13440. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b08567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Hai T. Dong
- Department of Chemistry, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1055, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1055, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1055, United States
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Leitsch D, Williams CF, Hrdý I. Redox Pathways as Drug Targets in Microaerophilic Parasites. Trends Parasitol 2018; 34:576-589. [PMID: 29807758 DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2018.04.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2018] [Revised: 04/27/2018] [Accepted: 04/28/2018] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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The microaerophilic parasites Entamoeba histolytica, Trichomonas vaginalis, and Giardia lamblia jointly cause hundreds of millions of infections in humans every year. Other microaerophilic parasites such as Tritrichomonas foetus and Spironucleus spp. pose a relevant health problem in veterinary medicine. Unfortunately, vaccines against these pathogens are unavailable, but their microaerophilic lifestyle opens opportunities for specifically developed chemotherapeutics. In particular, their high sensitivity towards oxygen can be exploited by targeting redox enzymes. This review focusses on the redox pathways of microaerophilic parasites and on drugs, either already in use or currently in the state of development, which target these pathways.
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- David Leitsch
- Institute for Specific Prophylaxis and Tropical Medicine, Center for Pathophysiology, Infectiology, and Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Austria.
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- School of Engineering, Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
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- Department of Parasitology, Charles University, Faculty of Science, Prague, Czech Republic
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Van Stappen C, Lehnert N. Mechanism of N–N Bond Formation by Transition Metal–Nitrosyl Complexes: Modeling Flavodiiron Nitric Oxide Reductases. Inorg Chem 2018; 57:4252-4269. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b02333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Casey Van Stappen
- Department of Chemistry and Department of Biophysics, University of Michigan, 930 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1055, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Department of Biophysics, University of Michigan, 930 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1055, United States
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Antioxidant defence systems in the protozoan pathogen Giardia intestinalis. Mol Biochem Parasitol 2016; 206:56-66. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2015.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2015] [Revised: 11/26/2015] [Accepted: 12/01/2015] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Frederick RE, Caranto JD, Masitas CA, Gebhardt LL, MacGowan CE, Limberger RJ, Kurtz DM. Dioxygen and nitric oxide scavenging by Treponema denticola flavodiiron protein: a mechanistic paradigm for catalysis. J Biol Inorg Chem 2015; 20:603-13. [PMID: 25700637 PMCID: PMC4768905 DOI: 10.1007/s00775-015-1248-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2014] [Accepted: 02/13/2015] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Flavodiiron proteins (FDPs) contain a unique active site consisting of a non-heme diiron carboxylate site proximal to a flavin mononucleotide (FMN). FDPs serve as the terminal components for reductive scavenging of dioxygen (to water) or nitric oxide (to nitrous oxide), which combats oxidative or nitrosative stress in many bacteria. Characterizations of FDPs from spirochetes or from any oral microbes have not been previously reported. Here, we report characterization of an FDP from the anaerobic spirochete, Treponema (T.) denticola, which is associated with chronic periodontitis. The isolated T. denticola FDP exhibited efficient four-electron dioxygen reductase activity and lower but significant anaerobic nitric oxide reductase activity. A mutant T. denticola strain containing the inactivated FDP-encoding gene was significantly more air-sensitive than the wild-type strain. Single turnover reactions of the four-electron-reduced FDP (FMNH2-Fe(II)Fe(II)) (FDPred) with O2 monitored on the milliseconds to seconds time scale indicated initial rapid formation of a spectral feature consistent with a cis-μ-1,2-peroxo-diferric intermediate, which triggered two-electron oxidation of FMNH2. Reaction of FDPred with NO showed apparent cooperativity between binding of the first and second NO to the diferrous site. The resulting diferrous dinitrosyl complex triggered two-electron oxidation of the FMNH2. Our cumulative results on this and other FDPs indicate that smooth two-electron FMNH2 oxidation triggered by the FDPred/substrate complex and overall four-electron oxidation of FDPred to FDPox constitutes a mechanistic paradigm for both dioxygen and nitric oxide reductase activities of FDPs. Four-electron reductive O2 scavenging by FDPs could contribute to oxidative stress protection in many other oral bacteria.
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- Rosanne E. Frederick
- Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78249, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78249, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78249, USA
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- Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY 12201, USA
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- Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY 12201, USA
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- Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY 12201, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78249, USA
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Khatua S, Majumdar A. Flavodiiron nitric oxide reductases: Recent developments in the mechanistic study and model chemistry for the catalytic reduction of NO. J Inorg Biochem 2015; 142:145-53. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2014.09.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2014] [Revised: 09/26/2014] [Accepted: 09/29/2014] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Victor E, Minier MA, Lippard SJ. Synthesis and Characterization of a Linear Dinitrosyl‐Triiron Complex. Eur J Inorg Chem 2014. [DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201402543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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- Eric Victor
- Department of Chemist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA, USA 02139, http://web.mit.edu/lippardlab/
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- Department of Chemist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA, USA 02139, http://web.mit.edu/lippardlab/
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- Department of Chemist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA, USA 02139, http://web.mit.edu/lippardlab/
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Peroxynitrite and peroxiredoxin in the pathogenesis of experimental amebic liver abscess. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2014; 2014:324230. [PMID: 24822193 PMCID: PMC4009108 DOI: 10.1155/2014/324230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2013] [Accepted: 03/12/2014] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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The molecular mechanisms by which Entamoeba histolytica causes amebic liver abscess (ALA) are still not fully understood. Amebic mechanisms of adherence and cytotoxic activity are pivotal for amebic survival but apparently do not directly cause liver abscess. Abundant evidence indicates that chronic inflammation (resulting from an inadequate immune response) is probably the main cause of ALA. Reports referring to inflammatory mechanisms of liver damage mention a repertoire of toxic molecules by the immune response (especially nitric oxide and reactive oxygen intermediates) and cytotoxic substances released by neutrophils and macrophages after being lysed by amoebas (e.g., defensins, complement, and proteases). Nevertheless, recent evidence downplays these mechanisms in abscess formation and emphasizes the importance of peroxynitrite (ONOO−). It seems that the defense mechanism of amoebas against ONOO−, namely, the amebic thioredoxin system (including peroxiredoxin), is superior to that of mammals. The aim of the present text is to define the importance of ONOO− as the main agent of liver abscess formation during amebic invasion, and to explain the superior capacity of amoebas to defend themselves against this toxic agent through the peroxiredoxin and thioredoxin system.
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Novel functions of an iron-sulfur flavoprotein from Trichomonas vaginalis hydrogenosomes. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2014; 58:3224-32. [PMID: 24663020 DOI: 10.1128/aac.02320-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Iron-sulfur flavoproteins (Isf) are flavin mononucleotide (FMN)- and FeS cluster-containing proteins commonly encountered in anaerobic prokaryotes. However, with the exception of Isf from Methanosarcina thermophila, which participates in oxidative stress management by removing oxygen and hydrogen peroxide, none of these proteins has been characterized in terms of function. Trichomonas vaginalis, a sexually transmitted eukaryotic parasite of humans, was found to express several iron-sulfur flavoprotein (TvIsf) homologs in its hydrogenosomes. We show here that in addition to having oxygen-reducing activity, the recombinant TvIsf also functions as a detoxifying reductase of metronidazole and chloramphenicol, both of which are antibiotics effective against a variety of anaerobic microbes. TvIsf can utilize both NADH and reduced ferredoxin as electron donors. Given the prevalence of Isf in anaerobic prokaryotes, we propose that these proteins are central to a novel defense mechanism against xenobiotics.
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Majumdar A, Lippard SJ. Non-heme mononitrosyldiiron complexes: importance of iron oxidation state in controlling the nature of the nitrosylated products. Inorg Chem 2013; 52:13292-4. [PMID: 24246021 DOI: 10.1021/ic4019508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Mononitrosyldiiron complexes having either an [Fe(II)·{FeNO}(7)] or an [Fe(III)·{FeNO}(7)] core formulation have been synthesized by methods that rely on redox-state-induced differentiation of the diiron starting materials in an otherwise symmetrical dinucleating ligand environment. The synthesis, X-ray structures, Mössbauer spectroscopy, cyclic voltammetry, and dioxygen reactivity of [Fe(III)·{FeNO}(7)] are described.
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- Amit Majumdar
- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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Zheng S, Berto TC, Dahl EW, Hoffman MB, Speelman AL, Lehnert N. The functional model complex [Fe2(BPMP)(OPr)(NO)2](BPh4)2 provides insight into the mechanism of flavodiiron NO reductases. J Am Chem Soc 2013; 135:4902-5. [PMID: 23472831 DOI: 10.1021/ja309782m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Flavodiiron nitric oxide reductases (FNORs), found in many pathogenic bacteria, are able to detoxify NO by reducing it to N2O. In this way, FNORs equip these pathogens with immunity to NO, which is a central immune defense agent in humans. Hence, FNORs are thought to promote infection of the human body, leading to chronic diseases. Despite this importance of FNORs for bacterial pathogenesis, the mechanism of NO reduction by these enzymes is not well understood. Here we present the synthesis and spectroscopic characterization of the diiron dinitrosyl model complex [Fe2(BPMP)(OPr)(NO)2](BPh4)2. The crystal structure of this complex shows two end-on-coordinated {FeNO}(7) units that, based on spectroscopic and electrochemical results, are only weakly electronically coupled. Importantly, reduction of this complex by two electrons leads to the clean formation of N2O in quantitative yield. This complex therefore represents the first example of a functional model system for FNORs. The results provide key mechanistic insight into the mechanism of FNORs and, in particular, represent strong support for the proposed "super-reduced" mechanism for these enzymes.
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- Sheng Zheng
- Department of Chemistry, The University of Michigan , Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1055, United States
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Vinogradov SN, Bailly X, Smith DR, Tinajero-Trejo M, Poole RK, Hoogewijs D. Microbial eukaryote globins. Adv Microb Physiol 2013; 63:391-446. [PMID: 24054801 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-407693-8.00009-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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A bioinformatics survey of about 120 protist and 240 fungal genomes and transcriptomes revealed a broad array of globins, representing five of the eight subfamilies identified in bacteria. Most conspicuous is the absence of protoglobins and globin-coupled sensors, except for a two-domain globin in Leishmanias, that comprises a nucleotidyl cyclase domain, and the virtual absence of truncated group 3 globins. In contrast to bacteria, co-occurrence of more than two globin subfamilies appears to be rare in protists. Although globins were lacking in the Apicomplexa and the Microsporidia intracellular pathogens, they occurred in the pathogenic Trypanosomatidae, Stramenopiles and certain fungi. Flavohaemoglobins (FHbs) and related single-domain globins occur across the protist groups. Fungi are unique in having FHbs co-occurring with sensor single-domain globins (SSDgbs). Obligately biotrophic fungi covered in our analysis lack globins. Furthermore, SSDgbs occur only in a heterolobosean amoeba, Naegleria and the stramenopile Hyphochytrium. Of the three subfamilies of truncated Mb-fold globins, TrHb1s appear to be the most widespread, occurring as multiple copies in chlorophyte and ciliophora genomes, many as multidomain proteins. Although the ciliates appear to have only TrHb1s, the chlorophytes have Mb-like globins and TrHb2s, both closely related to the corresponding plant globins. The presently available number of protist genomes is inadequate to provide a definitive census of their globins. Bayesian molecular analyses of single-domain 3/3 Mb-fold globins suggest a close relationship of chlorophyte and haptophyte globins, including choanoflagellate and Capsaspora globins to land plant symbiotic and non-symbiotic haemoglobins and to vertebrate neuroglobins.
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Berto TC, Speelman AL, Zheng S, Lehnert N. Mono- and dinuclear non-heme iron–nitrosyl complexes: Models for key intermediates in bacterial nitric oxide reductases. Coord Chem Rev 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2012.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 144] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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A metronidazole-resistant isolate of Blastocystis spp. is susceptible to nitric oxide and downregulates intestinal epithelial inducible nitric oxide synthase by a novel parasite survival mechanism. Infect Immun 2011; 79:5019-26. [PMID: 21930763 DOI: 10.1128/iai.05632-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Blastocystis, one of the most common parasites colonizing the human intestine, is an extracellular, noninvasive, luminal protozoan with controversial pathogenesis. Blastocystis infections can be asymptomatic or cause intestinal symptoms of vomiting, diarrhea, and abdominal pain. Although chronic infections are frequently reported, Blastocystis infections have also been reported to be self-limiting in immunocompetent patients. Characterizing the host innate response to Blastocystis would lead to a better understanding of the parasite's pathogenesis. Intestinal epithelial cells produce nitric oxide (NO), primarily on the apical side, in order to target luminal pathogens. In this study, we show that NO production by intestinal cells may be a host defense mechanism against Blastocystis. Two clinically relevant isolates of Blastocystis, ST-7 (B) and ST-4 (WR-1), were found to be susceptible to a range of NO donors. ST-7 (B), a metronidazole-resistant isolate, was found to be more sensitive to nitrosative stress. Using the Caco-2 model of human intestinal epithelium, Blastocystis ST-7 (B) but not ST-4 (WR-1) exhibited dose-dependent inhibition of Caco-2 NO production, and this was associated with downregulation of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS). Despite its higher susceptibility to NO, Blastocystis ST-7 (B) may have evolved unique strategies to evade this potential host defense by depressing host NO production. This is the first study to highlight a strain-to-strain variation in the ability of Blastocystis to evade the host antiparasitic NO response.
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Bénéré E, Van Assche T, Cos P, Maes L. Intrinsic susceptibility of Giardia duodenalis assemblage subtypes AI, AII, B and EIII for nitric oxide under axenic culture conditions. Parasitol Res 2011; 110:1315-9. [DOI: 10.1007/s00436-011-2627-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2011] [Accepted: 08/19/2011] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Morada M, Manzur M, Lam B, Tan C, Tachezy J, Rappelli P, Dessì D, Fiori PL, Yarlett N. Arginine metabolism in Trichomonas vaginalis infected with Mycoplasma hominis. MICROBIOLOGY-SGM 2010; 156:3734-3743. [PMID: 20656780 PMCID: PMC3068705 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.042192-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Both Mycoplasma hominis and Trichomonas vaginalis utilize arginine as an energy source via the arginine dihydrolase (ADH) pathway. It has been previously demonstrated that M. hominis forms a stable intracellular relationship with T. vaginalis; hence, in this study we examined the interaction of two localized ADH pathways by comparing T. vaginalis strain SS22 with the laboratory-generated T. vaginalis strain SS22-MOZ2 infected with M. hominis MOZ2. The presence of M. hominis resulted in an approximately 16-fold increase in intracellular ornithine and a threefold increase in putrescine, compared with control T. vaginalis cultures. No change in the activity of enzymes of the ADH pathway could be demonstrated in SS22-MOZ2 compared with the parent SS22, and the increased production of ornithine could be attributed to the presence of M. hominis. Using metabolic flow analysis it was determined that the elasticity of enzymes of the ADH pathway in SS22-MOZ2 was unchanged compared with the parent SS22; however, the elasticity of ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) in SS22 was small, and it was doubled in SS22-MOZ2 cells. The potential benefit of this relationship to both T. vaginalis and M. hominis is discussed.
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- Mary Morada
- Haskins Laboratories, Pace University, NY 10038, USA
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- The Department of Chemistry and Physical Sciences, Pace University, NY 10038, USA.,Haskins Laboratories, Pace University, NY 10038, USA
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- The Department of Chemistry and Physical Sciences, Pace University, NY 10038, USA.,Haskins Laboratories, Pace University, NY 10038, USA
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- Department of Parasitology, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Division of Experimental and Clinical Microbiology, University of Sassari, 07100 Sassari, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Division of Experimental and Clinical Microbiology, University of Sassari, 07100 Sassari, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Division of Experimental and Clinical Microbiology, University of Sassari, 07100 Sassari, Italy
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- The Department of Chemistry and Physical Sciences, Pace University, NY 10038, USA.,Haskins Laboratories, Pace University, NY 10038, USA
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Vicente JB, Testa F, Mastronicola D, Forte E, Sarti P, Teixeira M, Giuffrè A. Redox properties of the oxygen-detoxifying flavodiiron protein from the human parasite Giardia intestinalis. Arch Biochem Biophys 2009; 488:9-13. [PMID: 19545535 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2009.06.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2009] [Revised: 06/17/2009] [Accepted: 06/18/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Flavodiiron proteins (FDPs) are enzymes identified in prokaryotes and a few pathogenic protozoa, which protect microorganisms by reducing O(2) to H(2)O and/or NO to N(2)O. Unlike most prokaryotic FDPs, the protozoan enzymes from the human pathogens Giardia intestinalis and Trichomonas vaginalis are selective towards O(2). UV/vis and EPR spectroscopy showed that, differently from the NO-consuming bacterial FDPs, the Giardia FDP contains an FMN with reduction potentials for the formation of the single and the two-electron reduced forms very close to each other (E(1)=-66+/-15mV and E(2)=-83+/-15mV), a condition favoring destabilization of the semiquinone radical. Giardia FDP contains also a non-heme diiron site with significantly up-shifted reduction potentials (E(1)=+163+/-20mV and E(2)=+2+/-20mV). These properties are common to the Trichomonas hydrogenosomal FDP, and likely reflect yet undetermined subtle structural differences in the protozoan FDPs, accounting for their marked O(2) specificity.
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- João B Vicente
- Instituto de Tecnologia Quimica e Biologica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal
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Zhang P, Allahverdiyeva Y, Eisenhut M, Aro EM. Flavodiiron proteins in oxygenic photosynthetic organisms: photoprotection of photosystem II by Flv2 and Flv4 in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. PLoS One 2009; 4:e5331. [PMID: 19390625 PMCID: PMC2669126 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0005331] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2008] [Accepted: 03/18/2009] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Background Flavodiiron proteins (FDPs) comprise a group of modular enzymes that function in oxygen and nitric oxide detoxification in Bacteria and Archaea. The FDPs in cyanobacteria have an extra domain as compared to major prokaryotic enzymes. The physiological role of cyanobacteria FDPs is mostly unknown. Of the four putative flavodiiron proteins (Flv1–4) in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803, a physiological function in Mehler reaction has been suggested for Flv1 and Flv3. Principal Findings We demonstrate a novel and crucial function for Flv2 and Flv4 in photoprotection of photosystem II (PSII) in Synechocystis. It is shown that the expression of Flv2 and Flv4 is high under air level of CO2 and negligible at elevated CO2. Moreover, the rate of accumulation of flv2 and flv4 transcripts upon shift of cells from high to low CO2 is strongly dependent on light intensity. Characterization of FDP inactivation mutants of Synechocystis revealed a specific decline in PSII centers and impaired translation of the D1 protein in Δflv2 and Δflv4 when grown at air level CO2 whereas at high CO2 the Flvs were dispensable. Δflv2 and Δflv4 were also more susceptible to high light induced inhibition of PSII than WT or Δflv1 and Δflv3. Significance Analysis of published sequences revealed the presence of cyanobacteria-like FDPs also in some oxygenic photosynthetic eukaryotes like green algae, mosses and lycophytes. Our data provide evidence that Flv2 and Flv4 have an important role in photoprotection of water-splitting PSII against oxidative stress when the cells are acclimated to air level CO2. It is conceivable that the function of FDPs has changed during evolution from protection against oxygen in anaerobic microbes to protection against reactive oxygen species thus making the sustainable function of oxygen evolving PSII possible. Higher plants lack FDPs and distinctly different mechanisms have evolved for photoprotection of PSII.
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- Pengpeng Zhang
- Department of Biology, Plant Physiology and Molecular Biology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- Department of Biology, Plant Physiology and Molecular Biology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- Department of Biology, Plant Physiology and Molecular Biology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- Department of Biology, Plant Physiology and Molecular Biology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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Petoukhov MV, Vicente JB, Crowley PB, Carrondo MA, Teixeira M, Svergun DI. Quaternary structure of flavorubredoxin as revealed by synchrotron radiation small-angle X-ray scattering. Structure 2008; 16:1428-36. [PMID: 18786405 DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2008.06.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2007] [Revised: 06/01/2008] [Accepted: 06/03/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Flavodiiron proteins (FDP) are modular enzymes which function as NO and/or O(2) reductases. Although the majority is composed of two structural domains, the homolog found in Escherichia coli, flavorubredoxin, possesses an extra C-terminal module consisting of a linker and a rubredoxin (Rd) domain necessary for interprotein redox processes. In order to investigate the location of the Rd domain with respect to the flavodiiron structural core, small-angle X-ray scattering was used to construct low-resolution structural models of flavorubredoxin. Scattering patterns from the Rd domain, the FDP core, and full-length flavorubredoxin were collected. The latter two species were found to be tetrameric in solution. Ab initio shape reconstruction and rigid-body modeling indicate a peripheral location for the Rd domains, which appear to have weak contacts with the FDP core. This finding suggests that Rd behaves as an independent domain and is freely available to participate in redox reactions with protein partners.
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- Maxim V Petoukhov
- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Hamburg Outstation, Notkestrasse 85, 22603 Hamburg, Germany
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Flavodiiron protein from Trichomonas vaginalis hydrogenosomes: the terminal oxygen reductase. EUKARYOTIC CELL 2008; 8:47-55. [PMID: 19011120 DOI: 10.1128/ec.00276-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Trichomonas vaginalis is one of a few eukaryotes that have been found to encode several homologues of flavodiiron proteins (FDPs). Widespread among anaerobic prokaryotes, these proteins are believed to function as oxygen and/or nitric oxide reductases to provide protection against oxidative/nitrosative stresses and host immune responses. One of the T. vaginalis FDP homologues is equipped with a hydrogenosomal targeting sequence and is expressed in the hydrogenosomes, oxygen-sensitive organelles that participate in carbohydrate metabolism and assemble iron-sulfur clusters. The bacterial homologues characterized thus far have been dimers or tetramers; the trichomonad protein is a dimer of identical 45-kDa subunits, each noncovalently binding one flavin mononucleotide. The protein reduces dioxygen to water but is unable to utilize nitric oxide as a substrate, similarly to its closest homologue from another human parasite Giardia intestinalis and related archaebacterial proteins. T. vaginalis FDP is able to accept electrons derived from pyruvate or NADH via ferredoxin and is proposed to play a role in the protection of hydrogenosomes against oxygen.
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Vicente JB, Ehrenkaufer GM, Saraiva LM, Teixeira M, Singh U. Entamoeba histolytica modulates a complex repertoire of novel genes in response to oxidative and nitrosative stresses: implications for amebic pathogenesis. Cell Microbiol 2008; 11:51-69. [PMID: 18778413 DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2008.01236.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Upon host infection, the protozoan parasite Entamoeba histolytica is confronted with reactive oxygen and nitrogen species and must survive these stresses in order to cause invasive disease. We analysed the parasite's response to oxidative and nitrosative stresses, probing the transcriptional changes of trophozoites of a pathogenic strain after a 60 min exposure to H2O2 (1 mM) or a NO donor (dipropylenetriamine-NONOate, 200 microM), using whole-genome DNA microarrays. Genes encoding reactive oxygen and nitrogen species detoxification enzymes had high transcriptional levels under basal conditions and upon exposure to both stresses. On a whole-genome level, there was significant modulation of gene expression by H2O2 (286 genes regulated) and dipropylenetriamine-NONOate (1036 genes regulated) with a significant overlap of genes modulated under both conditions (164 genes). A number of transcriptionally regulated genes were in signalling/regulatory and repair/metabolic pathways. However, the majority of genes with altered transcription encode unknown proteins, suggesting as yet unraveled response pathways in E. histolytica. Trophozoites of a non-pathogenic E. histolytica strain had a significantly muted transcriptional response to H2O2 compared with the pathogenic strain, hinting that differential response to oxidative stress may be one factor that contributes to the pathogenic potential of E. histolytica.
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- João B Vicente
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305-5107, USA
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Clark CG, Alsmark UCM, Tazreiter M, Saito-Nakano Y, Ali V, Marion S, Weber C, Mukherjee C, Bruchhaus I, Tannich E, Leippe M, Sicheritz-Ponten T, Foster PG, Samuelson J, Noël CJ, Hirt RP, Embley TM, Gilchrist CA, Mann BJ, Singh U, Ackers JP, Bhattacharya S, Bhattacharya A, Lohia A, Guillén N, Duchêne M, Nozaki T, Hall N. Structure and content of the Entamoeba histolytica genome. ADVANCES IN PARASITOLOGY 2008; 65:51-190. [PMID: 18063096 DOI: 10.1016/s0065-308x(07)65002-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 135] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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The intestinal parasite Entamoeba histolytica is one of the first protists for which a draft genome sequence has been published. Although the genome is still incomplete, it is unlikely that many genes are missing from the list of those already identified. In this chapter we summarise the features of the genome as they are currently understood and provide previously unpublished analyses of many of the genes.
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- C G Clark
- Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London WC1E 7HT, UK
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Crystallographic studies on flavodiiron proteins (FDPs) have revealed that the common sequence core ( approximately 400 residues) that defines this protein family comprises two structural domains. The N-terminal domain (of approximately 250 residues) displays a metallo-beta-lactamase-like-fold, being indeed structurally homologous to beta-lactamases and glyoxalases, despite the poor sequence similarity. Whereas beta-lactamases have mono- or dizinc sites and glyoxalases a mixed iron-zinc site, the lactamase domain of FDPs harbors a nonheme diiron center with carboxylate and histidine residues as ligands, assigned as the active site of NO and/or O(2) reduction. The C-terminal domain of FDPs is characterized by a flavodoxin-like fold, homologous to short-chain flavodoxins, and harbors a flavin mononucleotide moiety, stabilized by van der Waals interactions and a number of hydrogen bonds. Structures of FDPs obtained in different conditions and oxidation states display some heterogeneities, mostly at the diiron site, but still fail to provide unequivocal evidence for some pending questions regarding the substrate activation mechanism of FDPs, namely the preference for either substrate (NO or oxygen) observed in different members of this protein family. More structural studies are therefore required to achieve a deeper understanding on these matters.
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- João B Vicente
- Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal
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Di Matteo A, Scandurra FM, Testa F, Forte E, Sarti P, Brunori M, Giuffrè A. The O2-scavenging flavodiiron protein in the human parasite Giardia intestinalis. J Biol Chem 2007; 283:4061-8. [PMID: 18077462 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m705605200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The flavodiiron proteins (FDP) are widespread among strict or facultative anaerobic prokaryotes, where they are involved in the response to nitrosative and/or oxidative stress. Unexpectedly, FDPs were fairly recently identified in a restricted group of microaerobic protozoa, including Giardia intestinalis, the causative agent of the human infectious disease giardiasis. The FDP from Giardia was expressed, purified, and extensively characterized by x-ray crystallography, stopped-flow spectroscopy, respirometry, and NO amperometry. Contrary to flavorubredoxin, the FDP from Escherichia coli, the enzyme from Giardia has high O(2)-reductase activity (>40 s(-1)), but very low NO-reductase activity (approximately 0.2 s(-1)); O(2) reacts with the reduced protein quite rapidly (milliseconds) and with high affinity (K(m) < or = 2 microM), producing H(2)O. The three-dimensional structure of the oxidized protein determined at 1.9A resolution shows remarkable similarities with prokaryotic FDPs. Consistent with HPLC analysis, the enzyme is a dimer of dimers with FMN and the non-heme di-iron site topologically close at the monomer-monomer interface. Unlike the FDP from Desulfovibrio gigas, the residue His-90 is a ligand of the di-iron site, in contrast with the proposal that ligation of this histidine is crucial for a preferential specificity for NO. We propose that in G. intestinalis the primary function of FDP is to efficiently scavenge O(2), allowing this microaerobic parasite to survive in the human small intestine, thus promoting its pathogenicity.
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- Adele Di Matteo
- Department of Biochemical Sciences, CNR Institute of Molecular Biology and Pathology and Istituto Pasteur-Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti, Sapienza, University of Rome, Rome I-00185, Italy
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Andersson JO, Sjögren ÅM, Horner DS, Murphy CA, Dyal PL, Svärd SG, Logsdon JM, Ragan MA, Hirt RP, Roger AJ. A genomic survey of the fish parasite Spironucleus salmonicida indicates genomic plasticity among diplomonads and significant lateral gene transfer in eukaryote genome evolution. BMC Genomics 2007; 8:51. [PMID: 17298675 PMCID: PMC1805757 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-8-51] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2006] [Accepted: 02/14/2007] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Comparative genomic studies of the mitochondrion-lacking protist group Diplomonadida (diplomonads) has been lacking, although Giardia lamblia has been intensively studied. We have performed a sequence survey project resulting in 2341 expressed sequence tags (EST) corresponding to 853 unique clones, 5275 genome survey sequences (GSS), and eleven finished contigs from the diplomonad fish parasite Spironucleus salmonicida (previously described as S. barkhanus). RESULTS The analyses revealed a compact genome with few, if any, introns and very short 3' untranslated regions. Strikingly different patterns of codon usage were observed in genes corresponding to frequently sampled ESTs versus genes poorly sampled, indicating that translational selection is influencing the codon usage of highly expressed genes. Rigorous phylogenomic analyses identified 84 genes--mostly encoding metabolic proteins--that have been acquired by diplomonads or their relatively close ancestors via lateral gene transfer (LGT). Although most acquisitions were from prokaryotes, more than a dozen represent likely transfers of genes between eukaryotic lineages. Many genes that provide novel insights into the genetic basis of the biology and pathogenicity of this parasitic protist were identified including 149 that putatively encode variant-surface cysteine-rich proteins which are candidate virulence factors. A number of genomic properties that distinguish S. salmonicida from its human parasitic relative G. lamblia were identified such as nineteen putative lineage-specific gene acquisitions, distinct mutational biases and codon usage and distinct polyadenylation signals. CONCLUSION Our results highlight the power of comparative genomic studies to yield insights into the biology of parasitic protists and the evolution of their genomes, and suggest that genetic exchange between distantly-related protist lineages may be occurring at an appreciable rate in eukaryote genome evolution.
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- Jan O Andersson
- Institute of Cell and Molecular Biology, Uppsala University, Biomedical Center, Uppsala, Sweden
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- The Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Program in Evolutionary Biology, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Department of Microbiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Zoology, The Natural History Museum, London, UK
- Dipartimento di Scienze Biomolecolare e Biotecnologie, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Institute for Marine Biosciences, National Research Council of Canada, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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- Department of Zoology, The Natural History Museum, London, UK
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- Institute of Cell and Molecular Biology, Uppsala University, Biomedical Center, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Roy J. Carver Center for Comparative Genomics, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA
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- Institute for Marine Biosciences, National Research Council of Canada, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
- ARC Centre in Bioinformatics, and Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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- Department of Zoology, The Natural History Museum, London, UK
- School of Biology, The Devonshire building, The University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- The Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Program in Evolutionary Biology, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Vicente JB, Scandurra FM, Rodrigues JV, Brunori M, Sarti P, Teixeira M, Giuffrè A. Kinetics of electron transfer from NADH to the Escherichia coli nitric oxide reductase flavorubredoxin. FEBS J 2006; 274:677-86. [PMID: 17181540 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2006.05612.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: 12/31/2022]
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Escherichia coli flavorubredoxin (FlRd) belongs to the family of flavodiiron proteins (FDPs), microbial enzymes that are expressed to scavenge nitric oxide (NO) under anaerobic conditions. To degrade NO, FlRd has to be reduced by NADH via the FAD-binding protein flavorubredoxin reductase, thus the kinetics of electron transfer along this pathway was investigated by stopped-flow absorption spectroscopy. We found that NADH, but not NADPH, quickly reduces the FlRd-reductase (k = 5.5 +/- 2.2 x 10(6) M(-1).s(-1) at 5 degrees C), with a limiting rate of 255 +/- 17 s(-1). The reductase in turn quickly reduces the rubredoxin (Rd) center of FlRd, as assessed at 5 degrees C working with the native FlRd enzyme (k = 2.4 +/- 0.1 x 10(6) m(-1).s(-1)) and with its isolated Rd-domain (k approximately 1 x 10(7) M(-1).s(-1)); in both cases the reaction was found to be dependent on pH and ionic strength. In FlRd the fast reduction of the Rd center occurs synchronously with the formation of flavin mononucleotide semiquinone. Our data provide evidence that (a) FlRd-reductase rapidly shuttles electrons between NADH and FlRd, a prerequisite for NO reduction in this detoxification pathway, and (b) the electron accepting site in FlRd, the Rd center, is in very fast redox equilibrium with the flavin mononucleotide.
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- João B Vicente
- Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal
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Rodrigues R, Vicente JB, Félix R, Oliveira S, Teixeira M, Rodrigues-Pousada C. Desulfovibrio gigas flavodiiron protein affords protection against nitrosative stress in vivo. J Bacteriol 2006; 188:2745-51. [PMID: 16585735 PMCID: PMC1446983 DOI: 10.1128/jb.188.8.2745-2751.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Desulfovibrio gigas flavodiiron protein (FDP), rubredoxin:oxygen oxidoreductase (ROO), was proposed to be the terminal oxidase of a soluble electron transfer chain coupling NADH oxidation to oxygen reduction. However, several members from the FDP family, to which ROO belongs, revealed nitric oxide (NO) reductase activity. Therefore, the protection afforded by ROO against the cytotoxic effects of NO was here investigated. The NO and oxygen reductase activities of recombinant ROO in vitro were tested by amperometric methods, and the enzyme was shown to effectively reduce NO and O(2). Functional complementation studies of an Escherichia coli mutant strain lacking the ROO homologue flavorubredoxin, an NO reductase, showed that ROO restores the anaerobic growth phenotype of cultures exposed to otherwise-toxic levels of exogenous NO. Additional studies in vivo using a D. gigas roo-deleted strain confirmed an increased sensitivity to NO of the mutant strain in comparison to the wild type. This effect is more pronounced when using the nitrosating agent S-nitrosoglutathione (GSNO), which effectively impairs the growth of the D. gigas Deltaroo strain. roo is constitutively expressed in D. gigas under all conditions tested. However, real-time reverse transcription-PCR analysis revealed a twofold induction of mRNA levels upon exposure to GSNO, suggesting regulation at the transcription level by NO. The newly proposed role of D. gigas ROO as an NO reductase combined with the O(2) reductase activity reveals a versatility which appears to afford protection to D. gigas at the onset of both oxidative and nitrosative stresses.
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- Rute Rodrigues
- Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Apartado 127, 2780-901 Oeiras, Portugal
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Andersson JO, Hirt RP, Foster PG, Roger AJ. Evolution of four gene families with patchy phylogenetic distributions: influx of genes into protist genomes. BMC Evol Biol 2006; 6:27. [PMID: 16551352 PMCID: PMC1484493 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-6-27] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2005] [Accepted: 03/21/2006] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Lateral gene transfer (LGT) in eukaryotes from non-organellar sources is a controversial subject in need of further study. Here we present gene distribution and phylogenetic analyses of the genes encoding the hybrid-cluster protein, A-type flavoprotein, glucosamine-6-phosphate isomerase, and alcohol dehydrogenase E. These four genes have a limited distribution among sequenced prokaryotic and eukaryotic genomes and were previously implicated in gene transfer events affecting eukaryotes. If our previous contention that these genes were introduced by LGT independently into the diplomonad and Entamoeba lineages were true, we expect that the number of putative transfers and the phylogenetic signal supporting LGT should be stable or increase, rather than decrease, when novel eukaryotic and prokaryotic homologs are added to the analyses. RESULTS The addition of homologs from phagotrophic protists, including several Entamoeba species, the pelobiont Mastigamoeba balamuthi, and the parabasalid Trichomonas vaginalis, and a large quantity of sequences from genome projects resulted in an apparent increase in the number of putative transfer events affecting all three domains of life. Some of the eukaryotic transfers affect a wide range of protists, such as three divergent lineages of Amoebozoa, represented by Entamoeba, Mastigamoeba, and Dictyostelium, while other transfers only affect a limited diversity, for example only the Entamoeba lineage. These observations are consistent with a model where these genes have been introduced into protist genomes independently from various sources over a long evolutionary time. CONCLUSION Phylogenetic analyses of the updated datasets using more sophisticated phylogenetic methods, in combination with the gene distribution analyses, strengthened, rather than weakened, the support for LGT as an important mechanism affecting the evolution of these gene families. Thus, gene transfer seems to be an on-going evolutionary mechanism by which genes are spread between unrelated lineages of all three domains of life, further indicating the importance of LGT from non-organellar sources into eukaryotic genomes.
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- Jan O Andersson
- Institute of Cell and Molecular Biology, Uppsala University, Biomedical Center, Box 596, S-751 24 Uppsala, Sweden
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- School of Biology, The Devonshire Building, The University of Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, UK
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- Department of Zoology, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK
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- The Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Program in Evolutionary Biology, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 1X5, Canada
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Roxström-Lindquist K, Palm D, Reiner D, Ringqvist E, Svärd SG. Giardia immunity--an update. Trends Parasitol 2005; 22:26-31. [PMID: 16303332 DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2005.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2005] [Revised: 09/12/2005] [Accepted: 11/09/2005] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Giardia lamblia is a flagellated protozoan that causes watery diarrhea worldwide but the mechanisms of pathogenicity and the major host defenses against Giardia infection are not well characterized. The recent sequencing of the G. lamblia genome and the development of methods for genome-wide analyses of gene expression have made it possible to characterize the host-parasite interaction more fully. It is becoming clear that the host defense against a Giardia infection involves several different immunological and non-immunological mucosal processes.
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Brunori M, Giuffrè A, Nienhaus K, Nienhaus GU, Scandurra FM, Vallone B. Neuroglobin, nitric oxide, and oxygen: functional pathways and conformational changes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2005; 102:8483-8. [PMID: 15932948 PMCID: PMC1150806 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0408766102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 204] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Neuroglobin (Ngb) is a globin expressed in the nervous system of humans and other organisms that is involved in the protection of the brain from ischemic damage. Despite considerable interest, however, the in vivo function of Ngb is still a conundrum. In this paper we report a number of kinetic experiments with O2 and NO that we have interpreted on the basis of the 3D structure of Ngb, now available for human and murine metNgb and murine NgbCO. The reaction of reduced deoxyNgb with O2 and NO is slow (t(1/2) approximately 2 s) and ligand concentration-independent, because exogenous ligand binding can only occur upon dissociation of the distal His-64, which is coordinated to the ferrous heme iron. By contrast, NgbO2 reacts very rapidly with NO, yielding metNgb and NO3- by means of a heme-bound peroxynitrite intermediate. Steady-state amperometric experiments show that Ngb is devoid of O2 reductase and NO reductase activities. To achieve this result, we have set up a protocol for efficient reduction of metNgb using a mixture of FMN and NADH under bright illumination. The results are discussed with reference to a global scheme inspired by the 3D structures of metNgb and NgbCO. Based on the ligand-linked conformational changes discovered by crystallography, the pathways of the reactions with O2 and NO provide a framework that may account for the involvement of Ngb in controlling the activation of a protective signaling mechanism.
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- Maurizio Brunori
- Department of Biochemical Sciences and Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Institute of Molecular Biology and Pathology, University of Rome La Sapienza, 00185 Rome, Italy.
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Kurtz DM. Microbial detoxification of superoxide: the non-heme iron reductive paradigm for combating oxidative stress. Acc Chem Res 2004; 37:902-8. [PMID: 15612680 DOI: 10.1021/ar0200091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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A reductive paradigm has emerged in recent years for detoxification of superoxide and other redox active diatomic molecules in air-sensitive bacteria and archaea. Adventitiously generated superoxide in many anaerobic or microaerophilic bacteria and archaea is scavenged by superoxide reductase (SOR) rather than the classical superoxide dismutases characteristic of aerobic microbes. SORs contain a novel five-coordinate, square-pyramidal [Fe(His)4(Cys)] ferrous active site, which adds a sixth glutamate ligand upon oxidation. This Account summarizes the recently elucidated structural and mechanistic features of SORs. The non-heme iron reductive scavenging paradigm in these air-sensitive microbes also extends to recently characterized enzymes that scavenge hydrogen peroxide and nitric oxide and to oxygen sensing proteins.
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- Donald M Kurtz
- Department of Chemistry and Center for Metalloenzyme Studies, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, USA.
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