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Kamelnia R, Ahmadi-Hamedani M, Darroudi M, Kamelnia E. Improving the stability of insulin through effective chemical modifications: A Comprehensive review. Int J Pharm 2024; 661:124399. [PMID: 38944170 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2024.124399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2024] [Revised: 06/11/2024] [Accepted: 06/26/2024] [Indexed: 07/01/2024]
Abstract
Insulin, an essential peptide hormone, conjointly regulates blood glucose levels by its receptor and it is used as vital drug to treat diabetes. This therapeutic hormone may undergo different chemical modifications during industrial processes, pharmaceutical formulation, and through its endogenous storage in the pancreatic β-cells. Insulin is highly sensitive to environmental stresses and readily undergoes structural changes, being also able to unfold and aggregate in physiological conditions. Even; small changes altering the structural integrity of insulin may have significant impacts on its biological efficacy to its physiological and pharmacological activities. Insulin analogs have been engineered to achieve modified properties, such as improved stability, solubility, and pharmacokinetics, while preserving the molecular pharmacology of insulin. The casually or purposively strategies of chemical modifications of insulin occurred to improve its therapeutic and pharmaceutical properties. Knowing the effects of chemical modification, formation of aggregates, and nanoparticles on protein can be a new look at the production of protein analogues drugs and its application in living system. The project focused on effects of chemical modifications and nanoparticles on the structure, stability, aggregation and their results in effective drug delivery system, biological activity, and pharmacological properties of insulin. The future challenge in biotechnology and pharmacokinetic arises from the complexity of biopharmaceuticals, which are often molecular structures that require formulation and delivery strategies to ensure their efficacy and safety.
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Affiliation(s)
- Reyhane Kamelnia
- Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Semnan University, Semnan, Iran
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Semnan University, Semnan, Iran.
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- Nuclear Medicine Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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- Department of biology, Faculty of sciences, Mashhad branch, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad, Iran
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Girardo B, Schopfer LM, Yue Y, Lockridge O, Larson MA. Polyaminated, acetylated and stop codon readthrough of recombinant Francisella tularensis universal stress protein in Escherichia coli. PLoS One 2024; 19:e0299701. [PMID: 38683788 PMCID: PMC11057771 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0299701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2023] [Accepted: 02/14/2024] [Indexed: 05/02/2024] Open
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Recombinant Francisella tularensis universal stress protein with a C-terminal histidine-tag (rUsp/His6) was expressed in Escherichia coli. Endogenous F. tularensis Usp has a predicted molecular mass of 30 kDa, but rUsp/His6 had an apparent molecular weight of 33 kDa based on Western blot analyses. To determine the source of the higher molecular weight for rUsp/His6, post translational modifications were examined. Tryptic peptides of purified rUsp/His6 were subjected to liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) and fragmentation spectra were searched for acetylated lysines and polyaminated glutamines. Of the 24 lysines in rUsp/His6, 10 were acetylated (K63, K68, K72, K129, K175, K201, K208, K212, K233, and K238) and three of the four glutamines had putrescine, spermidine and spermine adducts (Q55, Q60 and Q267). The level of post-translational modification was substoichiometric, eliminating the possibility that these modifications were the sole contributor to the 3 kDa extra mass of rUsp/His6. LC-MS/MS revealed that stop codon readthrough had occurred resulting in the unexpected addition of 20 extra amino acids at the C-terminus of rUsp/His6, after the histidine tag. Further, the finding of polyaminated glutamines in rUsp/His6 indicated that E. coli is capable of transglutaminase activity.
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- Benjamin Girardo
- Pathology and Microbiology Department, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, United States of America
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- Eppley Institute, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, United States of America
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- Pathology and Microbiology Department, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, United States of America
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- Eppley Institute, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, United States of America
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- Pathology and Microbiology Department, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, United States of America
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Kamelnia R, Goliaei B, Peyman Shariatpanahi S, Mehrnejad F, Ghasemi A, Zare Karizak A, Ebrahim-Habibi A. Chemical Modification of the Amino Groups of Human Insulin: Investigating Structural Properties and Amorphous Aggregation of Acetylated Species. Protein J 2023:10.1007/s10930-023-10131-7. [PMID: 37395911 DOI: 10.1007/s10930-023-10131-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/11/2023] [Indexed: 07/04/2023]
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The efficacy of human recombinant insulin can be affected by its aggregation. Effects of acetylation were observed on insulin structure, stability, and aggregation at 37 and 50 °C and pH of 5.0 and 7.4 with the use of spectroscopy, circular dichroism (CD), dynamic light scattering (DLS), and atomic force microscopy (AFM). Raman and FTIR results were indicative of structural changes in AC-INS, and CD analyses showed a slight increase in β-sheet content in AC-INS. Melting temperature (Tm) measurements indicated an overall more stable structure and spectroscopic assessment showed a more compact one. Formation of amorphous aggregates was followed over time and kinetics parameters showed a longer nucleation phase (higher t* amount) and lower aggregates amount (lower Alim) for acetylated insulin (AC-INS) compared to native (N-INS) in all tested conditions. The results of amyloid-specific probes approved the formation of amorphous aggregates. Size particle and microscopic analysis suggested that AC-INS was less prone to form aggregates, which were smaller if formed. In conclusion, this study has demonstrated that controlled acetylation of insulin may lead to its higher stability and lower propensity toward amorphous aggregation and has provided insight into the result of this type of post-translational protein modification.
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- Reyhane Kamelnia
- Laboratory of Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Departments of Biophysics, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Tehran, 16th Azar St., Enghelab Sq., P.O. Box 13145-1384, Tehran, Iran
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- Laboratory of Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Departments of Biophysics, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Tehran, 16th Azar St., Enghelab Sq., P.O. Box 13145-1384, Tehran, Iran.
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- Laboratory of Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Departments of Biophysics, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Tehran, 16th Azar St., Enghelab Sq., P.O. Box 13145-1384, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Life Science Engineering, Faculty of New Sciences and Technologies, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
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- Biosensor Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Molecular-Cellular Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Jalal Al Ahmad Highway, Tehran, 1411713137, Iran.
- Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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Christensen DG, Xie X, Basisty N, Byrnes J, McSweeney S, Schilling B, Wolfe AJ. Post-translational Protein Acetylation: An Elegant Mechanism for Bacteria to Dynamically Regulate Metabolic Functions. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:1604. [PMID: 31354686 PMCID: PMC6640162 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.01604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 124] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2019] [Accepted: 06/26/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Post-translational modifications (PTM) decorate proteins to provide functional heterogeneity to an existing proteome. The large number of known PTMs highlights the many ways that cells can modify their proteins to respond to diverse stimuli. Recently, PTMs have begun to receive increased interest because new sensitive proteomics workflows and structural methodologies now allow researchers to obtain large-scale, in-depth and unbiased information concerning PTM type and site localization. However, few PTMs have been extensively assessed for functional consequences, leaving a large knowledge gap concerning the inner workings of the cell. Here, we review understanding of N-𝜀-lysine acetylation in bacteria, a PTM that was largely ignored in bacteria until a decade ago. Acetylation is a modification that can dramatically change the function of a protein through alteration of its properties, including hydrophobicity, solubility, and surface properties, all of which may influence protein conformation and interactions with substrates, cofactors and other macromolecules. Most bacteria carry genes predicted to encode the lysine acetyltransferases and lysine deacetylases that add and remove acetylations, respectively. Many bacteria also exhibit acetylation activities that do not depend on an enzyme, but instead on direct transfer of acetyl groups from the central metabolites acetyl coenzyme A or acetyl phosphate. Regardless of mechanism, most central metabolic enzymes possess lysines that are acetylated in a regulated fashion and many of these regulated sites are conserved across the spectrum of bacterial phylogeny. The interconnectedness of acetylation and central metabolism suggests that acetylation may be a response to nutrient availability or the energy status of the cell. However, this and other hypotheses related to acetylation remain untested.
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- David G. Christensen
- Health Sciences Division, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL, United States
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- Buck Institute for Research on Aging, Novato, CA, United States
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- Buck Institute for Research on Aging, Novato, CA, United States
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- Energy & Photon Sciences Directorate, National Synchrotron Light Source II, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, United States
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- Energy & Photon Sciences Directorate, National Synchrotron Light Source II, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, United States
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- Health Sciences Division, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL, United States
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Stadnik D, Bierczyńska-Krzysik A, Zielińska J, Antosik J, Borowicz P, Bednarek E, Bocian W, Sitkowski J, Kozerski L. Identification of Lysine Misincorporation at Asparagine Position in Recombinant Insulin Analogs Produced in E. coli. Pharm Res 2019; 36:79. [PMID: 30949841 PMCID: PMC6449291 DOI: 10.1007/s11095-019-2601-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2018] [Accepted: 03/03/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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PURPOSE Identification of human insulin analogs' impurity with a mass shift +14 Da in comparison to a parent protein. METHODS The protein sequence variant was detected and identified with the application of peptide mapping, liquid chromatography, tandem mass spectrometric analysis, nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR) and Edman sequencing. RESULTS The misincorporated lysine (Lys) at asparagine (Asn) position A21 was detected in recombinant human insulin and its analogs. CONCLUSIONS Although there are three asparagine residues in the insulin derivative, the misincorporation of lysine occurred only at position A21. The process involves G/U or A/U wobble base pairing.
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- Dorota Stadnik
- Łukasiewicz Research Network - Institute of Biotechnology and Antibiotics, Starościńska 5, 02-516, Warsaw, Poland.
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- Łukasiewicz Research Network - Institute of Biotechnology and Antibiotics, Starościńska 5, 02-516, Warsaw, Poland
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- Łukasiewicz Research Network - Institute of Biotechnology and Antibiotics, Starościńska 5, 02-516, Warsaw, Poland
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- Łukasiewicz Research Network - Institute of Biotechnology and Antibiotics, Starościńska 5, 02-516, Warsaw, Poland
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- Łukasiewicz Research Network - Institute of Biotechnology and Antibiotics, Starościńska 5, 02-516, Warsaw, Poland
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- National Medicines Institute, Chełmska 30/34, 00-725, Warsaw, Poland
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- National Medicines Institute, Chełmska 30/34, 00-725, Warsaw, Poland
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- National Medicines Institute, Chełmska 30/34, 00-725, Warsaw, Poland
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- National Medicines Institute, Chełmska 30/34, 00-725, Warsaw, Poland
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Akbarian M, Ghasemi Y, Uversky VN, Yousefi R. Chemical modifications of insulin: Finding a compromise between stability and pharmaceutical performance. Int J Pharm 2018; 547:450-468. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2018.06.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2018] [Revised: 06/06/2018] [Accepted: 06/07/2018] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Increasing Growth Yield and Decreasing Acetylation in Escherichia coli by Optimizing the Carbon-to-Magnesium Ratio in Peptide-Based Media. Appl Environ Microbiol 2017; 83:AEM.03034-16. [PMID: 28062462 DOI: 10.1128/aem.03034-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2016] [Accepted: 01/03/2017] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Complex media are routinely used to cultivate diverse bacteria. However, this complexity can obscure the factors that govern cell growth. While studying protein acetylation in buffered tryptone broth supplemented with glucose (TB7-glucose), we observed that Escherichia coli did not fully consume glucose prior to stationary phase. However, when we supplemented this medium with magnesium, the glucose was completely consumed during exponential growth, with concomitant increases in cell number and biomass but reduced cell size. Similar results were observed with other sugars and other peptide-based media, including lysogeny broth. Magnesium also limited cell growth for Vibrio fischeri and Bacillus subtilis in TB7-glucose. Finally, magnesium supplementation reduced protein acetylation. Based on these results, we conclude that growth in peptide-based media is magnesium limited. We further conclude that magnesium supplementation can be used to tune protein acetylation without genetic manipulation. These results have the potential to reduce potentially deleterious acetylated isoforms of recombinant proteins without negatively affecting cell growth.IMPORTANCE Bacteria are often grown in complex media. These media are thought to provide the nutrients necessary to grow bacteria to high cell densities. In this work, we found that peptide-based media containing a sugar are magnesium limited for bacterial growth. In particular, magnesium supplementation is necessary for the bacteria to use the sugar for cell growth. Interestingly, in the absence of magnesium supplementation, the bacteria still consume the sugar. However, rather than use it for cell growth, the bacteria instead use the sugar to acetylate lysines on proteins. As lysine acetylation may alter the activity of proteins, this work demonstrates how lysine acetylation can be tuned through magnesium supplementation. These findings may be useful for recombinant protein production, when acetylated isoforms are to be avoided. They also demonstrate how to increase bacterial growth in complex media.
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Bacterial protein acetylation: new discoveries unanswered questions. Curr Genet 2015; 62:335-41. [PMID: 26660885 DOI: 10.1007/s00294-015-0552-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2015] [Revised: 11/25/2015] [Accepted: 11/26/2015] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Nε-acetylation is emerging as an abundant post-translational modification of bacterial proteins. Two mechanisms have been identified: one is enzymatic, dependent on an acetyltransferase and acetyl-coenzyme A; the other is non-enzymatic and depends on the reactivity of acetyl phosphate. Some, but not most, of those acetylations are reversed by deacetylases. This review will briefly describe the current status of the field and raise questions that need answering.
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