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Santos NP, Soh WT, Demir F, Tenhaken R, Briza P, Huesgen PF, Brandstetter H, Dall E. Phytocystatin 6 is a context-dependent, tight-binding inhibitor of Arabidopsis thaliana legumain isoform β. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2023; 116:1681-1695. [PMID: 37688791 PMCID: PMC10952133 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.16458] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2023] [Revised: 08/24/2023] [Accepted: 08/28/2023] [Indexed: 09/11/2023]
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Plant legumains are crucial for processing seed storage proteins and are critical regulators of plant programmed cell death. Although research on legumains boosted recently, little is known about their activity regulation. In our study, we used pull-down experiments to identify AtCYT6 as a natural inhibitor of legumain isoform β (AtLEGβ) in Arabidopsis thaliana. Biochemical analysis revealed that AtCYT6 inhibits both AtLEGβ and papain-like cysteine proteases through two separate cystatin domains. The N-terminal domain inhibits papain-like proteases, while the C-terminal domain inhibits AtLEGβ. Furthermore, we showed that AtCYT6 interacts with legumain in a substrate-like manner, facilitated by a conserved asparagine residue in its reactive center loop. Complex formation was additionally stabilized by charged exosite interactions, contributing to pH-dependent inhibition. Processing of AtCYT6 by AtLEGβ suggests a context-specific regulatory mechanism with implications for plant physiology, development, and programmed cell death. These findings enhance our understanding of AtLEGβ regulation and its broader physiological significance.
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- Naiá P. Santos
- Department of Biosciences and Medical BiologyUniversity of Salzburg5020SalzburgAustria
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- Department of Biosciences and Medical BiologyUniversity of Salzburg5020SalzburgAustria
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Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary SciencesD‐37077GöttingenGermany
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- Central Institute for Engineering, Electronics and Analytics52428JülichZEA‐3, Forschungszentrum JülichGermany
- Present address:
Department of BiomedicineAarhus University8000Aarhus CDenmark
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- Department of Environment and BiodiversityUniversity of Salzburg5020SalzburgAustria
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- Department of Biosciences and Medical BiologyUniversity of Salzburg5020SalzburgAustria
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- Central Institute for Engineering, Electronics and Analytics52428JülichZEA‐3, Forschungszentrum JülichGermany
- CECADMedical Faculty and University Hospital, University of Cologne50931CologneGermany
- Institute for Biochemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural SciencesUniversity of Cologne50674CologneGermany
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- Department of Biosciences and Medical BiologyUniversity of Salzburg5020SalzburgAustria
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- Department of Biosciences and Medical BiologyUniversity of Salzburg5020SalzburgAustria
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Das AK, Kalita JJ, Borah M, Das S, Sharma M, Saharia D, Sarma KK, Bora S, Bora U. Papaya latex mediated synthesis of prism shaped proteolytic gold nanozymes. Sci Rep 2023; 13:5965. [PMID: 37045854 PMCID: PMC10097869 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-32409-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2022] [Accepted: 03/27/2023] [Indexed: 04/14/2023] Open
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Beyond natural enzymes, the artificially synthesized nanozymes have attracted a significant interest as it can overcome the limitations of the former. Here, we report synthesis of shape controlled nanozymes showing proteolytic activity using Carica papaya L. (papaya) latex. The nanozymes synthesized under optimized reaction conditions exhibited sharp SPR peak around 550 nm with high abundance (45.85%) of prism shaped particles. FTIR analysis and coagulation test indicated the presence of papaya latex enzymes as capping agents over the gold nanoprisms. The milk clot assay and the inhibition test with egg white confirmed the proteolytic activity of the nanozymes and the presence of cysteine protease on it, respectively. The nanozymes were found to be biocompatible and did not elicit any toxic response in both in-vitro and in-vivo study. Based on our findings, we envisage that these biocompatible, shape-specific nanozymes can have potential theragnostic applications.
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- Ajoy Kumar Das
- Department of Botany, Arya Vidyapeeth College, Gopinath Nagar, Guwahati, Assam, 781016, India.
- Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, Assam, India.
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- Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, Assam, India
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- Department of Botany, Pandu College, Pandu, Guwahati, Assam, 781012, India
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- Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, Assam, India
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- Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, Assam, India
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- Saharia's Path Lab and Blood Bank, Guwahati, Assam, 781 005, India
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- Department of Surgery and Radiology, College of Veterinary Sciences, Assam Agriculture University Campus, Khanapara, Guwahati, Assam, 781 022, India
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- Department of Botany, Arya Vidyapeeth College, Gopinath Nagar, Guwahati, Assam, 781016, India
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- Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, Assam, India
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Chakraborty S, Biswas S. Structure-Based Optimization of Protease-Inhibitor Interactions to Enhance Specificity of Human Stefin-A against Falcipain-2 from the Plasmodium falciparum 3D7 Strain. Biochemistry 2023; 62:1053-1069. [PMID: 36763907 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.2c00585] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/12/2023]
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The emergence of resistance in Plasmodium falciparum to frontline artemisinin-based combination therapies has raised global concerns and emphasized the identification of new drug targets for malaria. Cysteine protease falcipain-2 (FP2), involved in host hemoglobin degradation and instrumental in parasite survival, has long been proposed as a promising malarial drug target. However, designing active-site-targeted small-molecule inhibitors of FP2 becomes challenging due to their off-target specificity toward highly homologous human cysteine cathepsins. The use of proteinaceous inhibitors, which have nonconserved exosite interactions and larger interface area, can effectively circumvent this problem. In this study, we report for the first time that human stefin-A (STFA) efficiently inhibits FP2 with Ki values in the nanomolar range. The FP2-STFA complex crystal structure, determined in this study, and sequence analyses identify a unique nonconserved exosite interaction, compared to human cathepsins. Designing a mutation Lys68 > Arg in STFA amplifies its selectivity garnering a 3.3-fold lower Ki value against FP2, and the crystal structure of the FP2-STFAK68R complex shows stronger electrostatic interaction between side-chains of Arg68 (STFAK68R) and Asp109 (FP2). Comparative structural analyses and molecular dynamics (MD) simulation studies of the complexes further confirm higher buried surface areas, better interaction energies for FP2-STFAK68R, and consistency of the newly developed electrostatic interaction (STFA-R68-FP2-D109) in the MD trajectory. The STFA-K68R mutant also shows higher Ki values against human cathepsin-L and stefin, a step toward eliminating off-target specificity. Hence, this work underlines the design of host-based proteinaceous inhibitors against FP2, with further optimization to render them more potent and selective.
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- Subhoja Chakraborty
- Crystallography and Molecular Biology Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, HBNI, 1/AF Bidhan Nagar, Kolkata 700064, India.,Homi Bhabha National Institute, Training School Complex, Anushaktinagar, Mumbai 400094, India
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- Crystallography and Molecular Biology Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, HBNI, 1/AF Bidhan Nagar, Kolkata 700064, India.,Homi Bhabha National Institute, Training School Complex, Anushaktinagar, Mumbai 400094, India
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Denamur S, Chazeirat T, Maszota-Zieleniak M, Vivès RR, Saidi A, Zhang F, Linhardt RJ, Labarthe F, Samsonov SA, Lalmanach G, Lecaille F. Binding of heparan sulfate to human cystatin C modulates inhibition of cathepsin L: Putative consequences in mucopolysaccharidosis. Carbohydr Polym 2022; 293:119734. [DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2022.119734] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2022] [Revised: 05/30/2022] [Accepted: 06/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Li J, Wang Z, Lubritz D, Arango J, Fulton J, Settar P, Rowland K, Cheng H, Wolc A. Genome-wide association studies for egg quality traits in White Leghorn layers using low-pass sequencing and SNP chip data. J Anim Breed Genet 2022; 139:380-397. [PMID: 35404478 DOI: 10.1111/jbg.12679] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2021] [Revised: 03/05/2022] [Accepted: 03/27/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Low-pass sequencing data have been proposed as an alternative to single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) chips in genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of several species. However, it has not been used in layer chickens yet. This study aims at comparing the GWAS results of White Leghorn chickens using low-pass sequencing data (1×) and 54 k SNP chip data. Ten commercially relevant egg quality traits including albumen height, shell strength, shell colour, egg weight and yolk weight collected from up to 1,420 White Leghorn chickens were analysed. The results showed that the genomic heritability estimates based on low-pass sequencing data were higher than those based on SNP chip data. Although two GWAS analyses showed similar overall landscape for most traits, low-pass sequencing captured some significant SNPs that were not on the SNP chip. In GWAS analysis using 54 k SNP chip data, after including more individuals (up to 5,700), additional significant SNPs not detected by low-pass sequencing data were found. In conclusion, GWAS using low-pass sequencing data showed similar results to those with SNP chip data and may require much larger sample sizes to show measurable advantages.
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- Jinghui Li
- Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis, California, USA
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- Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis, California, USA
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- Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis, California, USA
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- Hy-Line International, Dallas Center, Iowa, USA.,Department of Animal Science, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA
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Juteršek M, Dolinar M. A chimeric vector for dual use in cyanobacteria and Escherichia coli, tested with cystatin, a nonfluorescent reporter protein. PeerJ 2021; 9:e12199. [PMID: 34760347 PMCID: PMC8571960 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.12199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2021] [Accepted: 09/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Background Developing sustainable autotrophic cell factories depends heavily on the availability of robust and well-characterized biological parts. For cyanobacteria, these still lag behind the more advanced E. coli toolkit. In the course of previous protein expression experiments with cyanobacteria, we encountered inconveniences in working with currently available RSF1010-based shuttle plasmids, particularly due to their low biosafety and low yields of recombinant proteins. We also recognized some drawbacks of the commonly used fluorescent reporters, as quantification can be affected by the intrinsic fluorescence of cyanobacteria. To overcome these drawbacks, we envisioned a new chimeric vector and an alternative reporter that could be used in cyanobacterial synthetic biology and tested them in the model cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. Methods We designed the pMJc01 shuttle plasmid based on the broad host range RSFmob-I replicon. Standard cloning techniques were used for vector construction following the RFC10 synthetic biology standard. The behavior of pMJC01 was tested with selected regulatory elements in E. coli and Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 for the biosynthesis of the established GFP reporter and of a new reporter protein, cystatin. Cystatin activity was assayed using papain as a cognate target. Results With the new vector we observed a significantly higher GFP expression in E. coli and Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 compared to the commonly used RSF1010-based pPMQAK1. Cystatin, a cysteine protease inhibitor, was successfully expressed with the new vector in both E. coli and Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. Its expression levels allowed quantification comparable to the standardly used fluorescent reporter GFPmut3b. An important advantage of the new vector is its improved biosafety due to the absence of plasmid regions encoding conjugative transfer components. The broadhost range vector pMJc01 could find application in synthetic biology and biotechnology of cyanobacteria due to its relatively small size, stability and ease of use. In addition, cystatin could be a useful reporter in all cell systems that do not contain papain-type proteases and inhibitors, such as cyanobacteria, and provides an alternative to fluorescent reporters or complements them.
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- Mojca Juteršek
- Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.,Current Affiliation: National Institute of Biology, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Yasui N, Nakamura K, Yamashita A. A sweet protein monellin as a non-antibody scaffold for synthetic binding proteins. J Biochem 2021; 169:585-599. [PMID: 33386843 DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvaa147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2020] [Accepted: 12/07/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Synthetic binding proteins that have the ability to bind with molecules can be generated using various protein domains as non-antibody scaffolds. These designer proteins have been used widely in research studies, as their properties overcome the disadvantages of using antibodies. Here, we describe the first application of a phage display to generate synthetic binding proteins using a sweet protein, monellin, as a non-antibody scaffold. Single-chain monellin (scMonellin), in which two polypeptide chains of natural monellin are connected by a short linker, has two loops on one side of the molecule. We constructed phage display libraries of scMonellin, in which the amino acid sequence of the two loops is diversified. To validate the performance of these libraries, we sorted them against the folding mutant of the green fluorescent protein variant (GFPuv) and yeast small ubiquitin-related modifier. We successfully obtained scMonellin variants exhibiting moderate but significant affinities for these target proteins. Crystal structures of one of the GFPuv-binding variants in complex with GFPuv revealed that the two diversified loops were involved in target recognition. scMonellin, therefore, represents a promising non-antibody scaffold in the design and generation of synthetic binding proteins. We termed the scMonellin-derived synthetic binding proteins 'SWEEPins'.
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- Norihisa Yasui
- Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, 1-1-1, Tsushima-naka, Kita-ku, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
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- Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, 1-1-1, Tsushima-naka, Kita-ku, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
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- Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, 1-1-1, Tsushima-naka, Kita-ku, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
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Uzozie AC, Ergin EK, Rolf N, Tsui J, Lorentzian A, Weng SSH, Nierves L, Smith TG, Lim CJ, Maxwell CA, Reid GSD, Lange PF. PDX models reflect the proteome landscape of pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia but divert in select pathways. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL & CLINICAL CANCER RESEARCH : CR 2021; 40:96. [PMID: 33722259 PMCID: PMC7958471 DOI: 10.1186/s13046-021-01835-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2020] [Accepted: 01/10/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Background Murine xenografts of pediatric leukemia accurately recapitulate genomic aberrations. How this translates to the functional capacity of cells remains unclear. Here, we studied global protein abundance, phosphorylation, and protein maturation by proteolytic processing in 11 pediatric B- and T- cell ALL patients and 19 corresponding xenografts. Methods Xenograft models were generated for each pediatric patient leukemia. Mass spectrometry-based methods were used to investigate global protein abundance, protein phosphorylation, and limited proteolysis in paired patient and xenografted pediatric acute B- and T- cell lymphocytic leukemia, as well as in pediatric leukemia cell lines. Targeted next-generation sequencing was utilized to examine genetic abnormalities in patients and in corresponding xenografts. Bioinformatic and statistical analysis were performed to identify functional mechanisms associated with proteins and protein post-translational modifications. Results Overall, we found xenograft proteomes to be most equivalent with their patient of origin. Protein level differences that stratified disease subtypes at diagnostic and relapse stages were largely recapitulated in xenografts. As expected, PDXs lacked multiple human leukocyte antigens and complement proteins. We found increased expression of cell cycle proteins indicating a high proliferative capacity of xenografted cells. Structural genomic changes and mutations were reflected at the protein level in patients. In contrast, the post-translational modification landscape was shaped by leukemia type and host and only to a limited degree by the patient of origin. Of 201 known pediatric oncogenic drivers and drug-targetable proteins, the KMT2 protein family showed consistently high variability between patient and corresponding xenografts. Comprehensive N terminomics revealed deregulated proteolytic processing in leukemic cells, in particular from caspase-driven cleavages found in patient cells. Conclusion Genomic and host factors shape protein and post-translational modification landscapes differently. This study highlights select areas of diverging biology while confirming murine patient-derived xenografts as a generally accurate model system. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s13046-021-01835-8.
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- Anuli C Uzozie
- Department of Pathology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.,Michael Cuccione Childhood Cancer Research Program, BC Children's Hospital Research Institute, 950 West 28th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, V5Z 4H4, Canada
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- Department of Pathology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.,Michael Cuccione Childhood Cancer Research Program, BC Children's Hospital Research Institute, 950 West 28th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, V5Z 4H4, Canada
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- Michael Cuccione Childhood Cancer Research Program, BC Children's Hospital Research Institute, 950 West 28th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, V5Z 4H4, Canada.,Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Pathology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.,Michael Cuccione Childhood Cancer Research Program, BC Children's Hospital Research Institute, 950 West 28th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, V5Z 4H4, Canada
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- Michael Cuccione Childhood Cancer Research Program, BC Children's Hospital Research Institute, 950 West 28th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, V5Z 4H4, Canada.,Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Pathology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Pathology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.,Michael Cuccione Childhood Cancer Research Program, BC Children's Hospital Research Institute, 950 West 28th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, V5Z 4H4, Canada
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- Department of Pathology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.,Michael Cuccione Childhood Cancer Research Program, BC Children's Hospital Research Institute, 950 West 28th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, V5Z 4H4, Canada
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- Michael Cuccione Childhood Cancer Research Program, BC Children's Hospital Research Institute, 950 West 28th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, V5Z 4H4, Canada.,Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Michael Cuccione Childhood Cancer Research Program, BC Children's Hospital Research Institute, 950 West 28th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, V5Z 4H4, Canada.,Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Michael Cuccione Childhood Cancer Research Program, BC Children's Hospital Research Institute, 950 West 28th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, V5Z 4H4, Canada.,Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Pathology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada. .,Michael Cuccione Childhood Cancer Research Program, BC Children's Hospital Research Institute, 950 West 28th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, V5Z 4H4, Canada. .,Department of Molecular Oncology, BC Cancer Research Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
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Lima AM, Barros NLF, Freitas ACO, Tavares LSC, Pirovani CP, Siqueira AS, Gonçalves EC, de Souza CRB. A new Piper nigrum cysteine proteinase inhibitor, PnCPI, with antifungal activity: molecular cloning, recombinant expression, functional analyses and molecular modeling. PLANTA 2020; 252:16. [PMID: 32661769 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-020-03425-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2020] [Accepted: 07/08/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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A new Piper nigrum cysteine proteinase inhibitor, PnCPI, belonging to group I of phytocystatins, with inhibitory activity against papain and growth of Fusarium solani f. sp. piperis, was isolated and characterized. Previous studies (de Souza et al. 2011) have identified a partial cDNA sequence of putative cysteine proteinase inhibitor differentially expressed in roots of black pepper (P. nigrum L.) infected by F. solani f. sp. piperis. Here, we aimed to isolate the full-length cDNA and genomic sequences of the P. nigrum cysteine proteinase inhibitor gene, named PnCPI. Sequence analyses showed that the PnCPI gene encodes a deduced protein of 108 amino acid residues with a predicted molecular mass of 12.3 kDa and isoelectric point of 6.51. Besides the LARFAV-like sequence, common to all phytocystatins, PnCPI contains three conserved motifs of the superfamily cystatin: a glycine residue at the N-terminal region, the QxVxG reactive site more centrally positioned, and one tryptophan in the C-terminal region. PnCPI, belonging to group I of phytocystatins, showed high identity with cystatins isolated from several plant species. Sequence analyses also revealed no putative signal peptide at the N-terminal of PnCPI, as well as no introns within the genomic sequence corresponding to the PnCPI coding region. Molecular modeling showed the ability of PnCPI to interact with papain, while its inhibitory activity against this protease was confirmed after heterologous expression in Escherichia coli. The effects of heat treatments on the inhibitory activity of recombinant PnCPI, rPnCPI, were evaluated. In addition, rPnCPI exhibited in vitro activity against F. solani f. sp. piperis, revealing a new cystatin with the potential antifungal application. The identification of PnCPI as a functional cystatin able to inhibit the in vitro growth of F. solani f. sp. piperis indicates other factors contributing to in vivo susceptibility of black pepper to root rot disease.
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- Aline Medeiros Lima
- Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, PA, 66075-110, Brazil
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Genética e Biologia Molecular, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, PA, 66075-110, Brazil
- Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia, Tomé-Açu, PA, 68680-000, Brazil
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- Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, PA, 66075-110, Brazil
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Genética e Biologia Molecular, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, PA, 66075-110, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Proteômica, Centro de Biotecnologia e Genética, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Rodovia Jorge Amado, Km 16, Ilhéus, BA, 45662-900, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Proteômica, Centro de Biotecnologia e Genética, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Rodovia Jorge Amado, Km 16, Ilhéus, BA, 45662-900, Brazil
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- Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, PA, 66075-110, Brazil
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Miyazaki-Katamura S, Yoneta-Wada M, Kozuka M, Sakaue T, Yamane T, Suzuki J, Arakawa Y, Ohkubo I. Purification and Biochemical Characterization of Cysteine Protease from Baby Kiwi (Actinidia arguta). Open Biochem J 2019. [DOI: 10.2174/1874091x01913010054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Background:It has recently been reported that the fruit, stems and leaves ofActinidia argutahave various potential health effects including an antioxidant effect, anticancer effect, anti-allergic effect and α-glucosidase inhibitory effect. However, little is known about the biochemical properties of cysteine protease in the fruit juice ofA. arguta.Methods:Ion exchange chromatography to purify the cysteine protease from the fruit juice ofA. arguta, and some synthetic substrates to determinate the enzyme activity were used.Results:Cysteine protease was purified to homogeneity fromA. argutafruit juice by ion exchange chromatography. The molecular weight of the purified enzyme was calculated to be approximately 25,500 by SDS-PAGE in the presence of β-ME. The enzyme rapidly hydrolyzed the substrate Z-Leu-Arg-MCA and moderately hydrolyzed other substrates including Boc-Val-Leu-Lys-MCA, Z-Val-Val-Arg-MCA and Z-Phe-Arg-MCA. Kinetic parameters for these four substrates were determined. TheKm,Vmax,KcatandKcat/Kmvalues for Z-Leu-Arg-MCA, the most preferentially cleaved by the enzyme, were 100 μM, 63.8 μmoles/mg/min, 27.26 sec-1and 0.2726 sec-1μM-1, respectively. Furthermore, the activity of the enzyme was strongly inhibited by inhibitors including antipain, leupeptin, E-64, E-64c, kinin-free-LMW kininogen and cystatin C. Those biochemical data indicated that the enzyme was a cysteine protease. The amino acid sequence of the first 21 residues of cysteine protease purified fromActinidia argutawas Val1-Leu-Pro-Asp-Tyr5-Val-Asp-Trp-Arg-Ser10-Ala-Gly-Ala-Val-Val15-Asp-Ile-Lys-Ser-Qln20-Gly. This sequence showed high homology to the sequences of actinidin fromAcinidia deliciosa(95.0%) and actinidin fromActinidia eriantha(90%). These three cysteine proteases were thought to be common allied species.Conclusion:The biochemical properties of the enzyme purified fromA. argutafruit juice were determined. These basic data are expected to contribute to the maintenance and improvement of human health as well as to the promotion of protein digestion and absorption through its proteolytic functions.
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Dozens of studies have assessed the practical value of plant cystatins as ectopic inhibitors of Cys proteases in biological systems. The potential of these proteins in crop protection to control herbivorous pests and pathogens has been documented extensively over the past 25 years. Their usefulness to regulate endogenous Cys proteases in planta has also been considered recently, notably to implement novel traits of agronomic relevance in crops or to generate protease activity-depleted environments in plants or plant cells used as bioreactors for recombinant proteins. After a brief update on the basic structural characteristics of plant cystatins, we summarize recent advances on the use of these proteins in plant biotechnology. Attention is also paid to the molecular improvement of their structural properties for the improvement of their protease inhibitory effects or the fine-tuning of their biological target range.
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Cwiklinski K, Donnelly S, Drysdale O, Jewhurst H, Smith D, De Marco Verissimo C, Pritsch IC, O'Neill S, Dalton JP, Robinson MW. The cathepsin-like cysteine peptidases of trematodes of the genus Fasciola. ADVANCES IN PARASITOLOGY 2019; 104:113-164. [PMID: 31030768 DOI: 10.1016/bs.apar.2019.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Fasciolosis caused by trematode parasites of the genus Fasciola is a global disease of livestock, particularly cattle, sheep, water buffalo and goats. It is also a major human zoonosis with reports suggesting that 2.4-17 million people are infected worldwide, and 91.1 million people currently living at risk of infection. A unique feature of these worms is their reliance on a family of developmentally-regulated papain-like cysteine peptidases, termed cathepsins. These proteolytic enzymes play central roles in virulence, infection, tissue migration and modulation of host innate and adaptive immune responses. The availability of a Fasciola hepatica genome, and the exploitation of transcriptomic and proteomic technologies to probe parasite growth and development, has enlightened our understanding of the cathepsin-like cysteine peptidases. Here, we clarify the structure of the cathepsin-like cysteine peptidase families and, in this context, review the phylogenetics, structure, biochemistry and function of these enzymes in the host-parasite relationship.
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- Krystyna Cwiklinski
- School of Biological Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom
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- School of Biological Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom; The School of Life Sciences, University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Ultimo, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- School of Biological Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom
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- School of Biological Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom
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- School of Biological Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom
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- School of Biological Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom; Department of Basic Pathology, Federal University of Parana, Curitiba, Brazil
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- School of Biotechnology, Dublin City University, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
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- School of Biological Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom
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- School of Biological Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom.
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Cysteine cathepsins as a prospective target for anticancer therapies-current progress and prospects. Biochimie 2018; 151:85-106. [PMID: 29870804 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2018.05.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2017] [Accepted: 05/31/2018] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Cysteine cathepsins (CTS), being involved in both physiological and pathological processes, play an important role in the human body. During the last 30 years, it has been shown that CTS are highly upregulated in a wide variety of cancer types although they have received a little attention as a potential therapeutic target as compared to serine or metalloproteinases. Studies on the increasing problem of neoplastic progression have revealed that secretion of cell-surface- and intracellular cysteine proteases is aberrant in tumor cells and has an impact on their growth, invasion, and metastasis by taking part in tumor angiogenesis, in apoptosis, and in events of inflammatory and immune responses. Considering the role of CTS in carcinogenesis, inhibition of these enzymes becomes an attractive strategy for cancer therapy. The downregulation of natural CTS inhibitors (CTSsis), such as cystatins, observed in various types of cancer, supports this claim. The intention of this review is to highlight the relationship of CTS with cancer and to present illustrations that explain how some of their inhibitors affect processes related to neoplastic progression.
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Quality, protease inhibitor and gelling property of duck egg albumen as affected by storage conditions. Journal of Food Science and Technology 2017; 55:513-522. [PMID: 29391615 DOI: 10.1007/s13197-017-2960-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Revised: 09/09/2017] [Accepted: 10/25/2017] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Physicochemical properties, trypsin inhibitory activity, and gelling properties of albumen from duck egg during 15 days of storage at 4 °C and room temperature (28-30 °C) were studied. As the storage time increased, Haugh unit and moisture content decreased, while the pH value increased (P < 0.05). The rate of changes was lower at 4 °C. Trypsin inhibitory activity in albumen from egg stored at 4 °C was higher than that kept at room temperature throughout the storage time (P < 0.05). Nevertheless, no differences in protein patterns were observed during the storage. Based on texture profile analysis, the highest hardness, gumminess, and chewiness were found at day 3 for room temperature and at day 6 for 4 °C. Higher values were attained for eggs kept at 4 °C. Conversely, albumen gels made from eggs stored at room temperature exhibited higher cohesiveness, adhesiveness, springiness, resilience than those kept at 4 °C. The gels had the lowered whiteness when eggs were stored for a longer time, particularly at room temperature. Thus, storage condition directly affected the quality of albumen from duck egg.
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Ramakrishnan C, Kutumbarao NHV, Suhitha S, Velmurugan D. Structure-function relationship of Chikungunya nsP2 protease: A comparative study with papain. Chem Biol Drug Des 2017; 89:772-782. [PMID: 28054451 DOI: 10.1111/cbdd.12901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2016] [Revised: 10/05/2016] [Accepted: 10/25/2016] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Chikungunya virus is a growing human pathogen transmitted by mosquito bite. It causes fever, chills, nausea, vomiting, joint pain, headache, and swelling in the joints. Its replication and propagation depend on the protease activity of the Chikungunya virus-nsP2 protein, which cleaves the nsP1234 polyprotein replication complex into individual functional units. The N-terminal segment of papain is structurally identical with the Chikungunya virus-nsP2 protease. Hence, molecular dynamics simulations were performed to compare molecular mechanism of these proteases. The Chikungunya virus-snP2 protease shows more conformational changes and adopts an alternate conformation. However, N-terminal segment of these two proteases has identical active site scaffold with the conserved catalytic diad. Hence, some of the non-peptide inhibitors of papain were used for induced fit docking at the active site of the nsP2 to assess the binding mode. In addition, the peptides that connect different domains/protein in Chikungunya virus poly-protein were also subjected for docking. The overall results suggest that the active site scaffold is the same in both the proteases and a possibility exists to experimentally assess the efficacy of some of the papain inhibitors to inhibit the Chikungunya virus-nsP2.
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- Chandrasekaran Ramakrishnan
- Department of Biotechnology, Bhupat and Jyoti Mehta School of Biosciences, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Centre of Advanced Study in Crystallography and Biophysics, University of Madras, Chennai, India
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- Centre of Advanced Study in Crystallography and Biophysics, University of Madras, Chennai, India
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Szewińska J, Simińska J, Bielawski W. The roles of cysteine proteases and phytocystatins in development and germination of cereal seeds. JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2016; 207:10-21. [PMID: 27771502 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2016.09.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Proteolysis is an important process for development and germination of cereal seeds. Among the many types of proteases identified in plants are the cysteine proteases (CPs) of the papain and legumain families, which play a crucial role in hydrolysing storage proteins during seed germination as well as in processing the precursors of these proteins and the inactive forms of other proteases. Moreover, all of the tissues of cereal seeds undergo progressive degradation via programed cell death, which is integral to their growth. In view of the important roles played by proteases, their uncontrolled activity could be harmful to the development of seeds and young seedlings. Thus, the activities of these enzymes are regulated by intracellular inhibitors called phytocystatins (PhyCys). The phytocystatins inhibit the activity of proteases of the papain family, and the presence of an additional motif in their C-termini allows them to also regulate the activity of members of the legumain family. A balance between the levels of cysteine proteases and phytocystatins is necessary for proper cereal seed development, and this is maintained through the antagonistic activities of gibberellins (GAs) and abscisic acid (ABA), which regulate the expression of the corresponding genes. Transcriptional regulation of cysteine proteases and phytocystatins is determined by cis-acting elements located in the promoters of these genes and by the expression of their corresponding transcription factors (TFs) and the interactions between different TFs.
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- Joanna Szewińska
- Warsaw University of Life Sciences-SGGW, Faculty of Agriculture and Biology, Department of Biochemistry, Nowoursynowska 159 street, Warsaw 02-776, Poland.
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- Warsaw University of Life Sciences-SGGW, Faculty of Agriculture and Biology, Department of Biochemistry, Nowoursynowska 159 street, Warsaw 02-776, Poland
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- Warsaw University of Life Sciences-SGGW, Faculty of Agriculture and Biology, Department of Biochemistry, Nowoursynowska 159 street, Warsaw 02-776, Poland
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Khan S, Ahmad S, Siddiqi MI, Bano B. Physico-chemical and in-silico analysis of a phytocystatin purified from Brassica juncea cultivar RoAgro 5444. Biochem Cell Biol 2016; 94:584-596. [PMID: 27845561 DOI: 10.1139/bcb-2016-0029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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This study describes the isolation and purification of a phytocystatin from seeds of Brassica juncea (Indian mustard; cultivar RoAgro 5444), which is an important oilseed crop both agriculturally and economically. The protein was purified by gel filtration chromatography with 24.3% yield and 204-fold purification, and visualised by 2D gel electrophoresis. The 18.1 kDa mustard cystatin was highly specific for cysteine proteinases. The plant cystatin inhibited cathepsin B, confirming its role in conferring pest resistance. The inhibitor was highly stable over a pH range of 3-10 and retained significant inhibitory potential up to 70 °C. The stoichiometry of its interaction with papain, determined by isothermal calorimetry, suggests a 1:1 complex. Secondary structural elements calculated by far-UV circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy show an 18.8% α-helical and 21% β-sheet structure. The protein was a non-competitive inhibitor of thiol proteinases. The Stokes radius and frictional co-efficient were used to describe the shape and size of the protein. Homology modelling and docking studies proposed a prototype illustrating the Brassica phytocystatin mediated papain inhibition. Molecular dynamics (MD) study revealed the excellent stability of the papain-phytocystatin complex during a simulation for 100 ns. Detailed results identify the mustard cystatin as an important member of the phytocystatin family.
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- Shumaila Khan
- a Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Life Science, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh 202002, India
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- b Molecular and Structural Biology Division, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-Central Drug Research Institute (CSIR-CDRI), Lucknow 226031, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- b Molecular and Structural Biology Division, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-Central Drug Research Institute (CSIR-CDRI), Lucknow 226031, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- a Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Life Science, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh 202002, India
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Comparative analysis of cystatin superfamily in platyhelminths. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0124683. [PMID: 25853513 PMCID: PMC4390278 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0124683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2014] [Accepted: 03/17/2015] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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The cystatin superfamily is comprised of cysteine proteinase inhibitors and encompasses at least 3 subfamilies: stefins, cystatins and kininogens. In this study, the platyhelminth cystatin superfamily was identified and grouped into stefin and cystatin subfamilies. The conserved domain of stefins (G, QxVxG) was observed in all members of platyhelminth stefins. The three characteristics of cystatins, the cystatin-like domain (G, QxVxG, PW), a signal peptide, and one or two conserved disulfide bonds, were observed in platyhelminths, with the exception of cestodes, which lacked the conserved disulfide bond. However, it is noteworthy that cestode cystatins had two tandem repeated domains, although the second tandem repeated domain did not contain a cystatin-like domain, which has not been previously reported. Tertiary structure analysis of Taenia solium cystatin, one of the cestode cystatins, demonstrated that the N-terminus of T. solium cystatin formed a five turn α-helix, a five stranded β-pleated sheet and a hydrophobic edge, similar to the structure of chicken cystatin. Although no conserved disulfide bond was found in T. solium cystatin, the models of T. solium cystatin and chicken cystatin corresponded at the site of the first disulfide bridge of the chicken cystatin. However, the two models were not similar regarding the location of the second disulfide bridge of chicken cystatin. These results showed that T. solium cystatin and chicken cystatin had similarities and differences, suggesting that the biochemistry of T. solium cystatin could be similar to chicken cystatin in its inhibitory function and that it may have further functional roles. The same results were obtained for other cestode cystatins. Phylogenetic analysis showed that cestode cystatins constituted an independent clade and implied that cestode cystatins should be considered to have formed a new clade during evolution.
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Abeyrathne E, Ahn D. 2. Isolation of value-added components from egg white and their potential uses in food, nutraceutical and pharmaceutical industries. HANDBOOK OF EGGS IN HUMAN FUNCTION 2015. [DOI: 10.3920/978-90-8686-804-9_2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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- E.D.N.S. Abeyrathne
- Department of Animal Science, Uva Wellassa University, Badulla 90000, Sri Lanka
- Department of Animal Science, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50010, USA
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- Department of Animal Science, Uva Wellassa University, Badulla 90000, Sri Lanka
- Department of Animal Science, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50010, USA
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Dall E, Fegg JC, Briza P, Brandstetter H. Struktur und Mechanismus einer Aspartimid-abhängigen Peptidligase in humanem Legumain. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201409135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Dall E, Fegg JC, Briza P, Brandstetter H. Structure and mechanism of an aspartimide-dependent peptide ligase in human legumain. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2015; 54:2917-21. [PMID: 25630877 PMCID: PMC4506564 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201409135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2014] [Revised: 11/04/2014] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Peptide ligases expand the repertoire of genetically encoded protein architectures by synthesizing new peptide bonds, energetically driven by ATP or NTPs. Here, we report the discovery of a genuine ligase activity in human legumain (AEP) which has important roles in immunity and tumor progression that were believed to be due to its established cysteine protease activity. Defying dogma, the ligase reaction is independent of the catalytic cysteine but exploits an endogenous energy reservoir that results from the conversion of a conserved aspartate to a metastable aspartimide. Legumain's dual protease-ligase activities are pH- and thus localization controlled, dominating at acidic and neutral pH, respectively. Their relevance includes reversible on-off switching of cystatin inhibitors and enzyme (in)activation, and may affect the generation of three-dimensional MHC epitopes. The aspartate-aspartimide (succinimide) pair represents a new paradigm of coupling endergonic reactions in ATP-scarce environments.
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- Elfriede Dall
- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Salzburg, 5020 Salzburg (Austria)
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An improved method to extract and purify cystatin from hen egg white. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2014; 963:10-5. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2014.05.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2014] [Revised: 05/19/2014] [Accepted: 05/23/2014] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Gholizadeh A. Molecular analysis of maize cystatin expression as fusion product in Escherichia coli. PHYSIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF PLANTS : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2012; 18:237-44. [PMID: 23814438 PMCID: PMC3550510 DOI: 10.1007/s12298-012-0119-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Nowadays, plant cysteine proteinase inhibitors "namely phytocystatins" have attracted researchers towards the identification of their molecular structures and novel physiological functions. Their important roles in plant developmental processes and different stress responses have been well known. In spite of advances in the understanding of phytocystatins, we lack enough data concerning their heterologous expression especially in the forms of fusion products that are most important whether for biochemical, pharmacological or clinical studies. The present work describes an easy method of expression, purification and functional characterization in Escherichia coli of maize cystatin as a part of maltose-binding fusion protein. Assessments revealed that upon expression of fused product the total antioxidation status of the induced recombinant cells is increased. This result leads to question 'Is there any parallel functional correlation between anti-proteolytic and anti-oxidative systems?' However, the present research will open a gate for the new studies regarding the putative communicative roles of these systems that may be existing in the biological world.
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- Ashraf Gholizadeh
- Department of Molecular Biology, Research Institute for Fundamental Sciences (RIFS), University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran
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Cysteine cathepsins: from structure, function and regulation to new frontiers. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2011; 1824:68-88. [PMID: 22024571 PMCID: PMC7105208 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2011.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 881] [Impact Index Per Article: 67.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2011] [Revised: 10/03/2011] [Accepted: 10/04/2011] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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It is more than 50 years since the lysosome was discovered. Since then its hydrolytic machinery, including proteases and other hydrolases, has been fairly well identified and characterized. Among these are the cysteine cathepsins, members of the family of papain-like cysteine proteases. They have unique reactive-site properties and an uneven tissue-specific expression pattern. In living organisms their activity is a delicate balance of expression, targeting, zymogen activation, inhibition by protein inhibitors and degradation. The specificity of their substrate binding sites, small-molecule inhibitor repertoire and crystal structures are providing new tools for research and development. Their unique reactive-site properties have made it possible to confine the targets simply by the use of appropriate reactive groups. The epoxysuccinyls still dominate the field, but now nitriles seem to be the most appropriate “warhead”. The view of cysteine cathepsins as lysosomal proteases is changing as there is now clear evidence of their localization in other cellular compartments. Besides being involved in protein turnover, they build an important part of the endosomal antigen presentation. Together with the growing number of non-endosomal roles of cysteine cathepsins is growing also the knowledge of their involvement in diseases such as cancer and rheumatoid arthritis, among others. Finally, cysteine cathepsins are important regulators and signaling molecules of an unimaginable number of biological processes. The current challenge is to identify their endogenous substrates, in order to gain an insight into the mechanisms of substrate degradation and processing. In this review, some of the remarkable advances that have taken place in the past decade are presented. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Proteolysis 50 years after the discovery of lysosome.
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Inhibition of cysteine peptidase activity in ascitic fluid in pancreatic cancer patients. Folia Histochem Cytobiol 2011; 48:513-7. [PMID: 21478091 DOI: 10.2478/v10042-010-0057-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The work's objective is to answer the question whether there is any possibility of activity inhibition of cysteine peptidases inhibitors playing an important role in key processes accompanying cancer formation, including pancreas. There is a justified speculation that specific inhibitors of these enzymes may inhibit development of cancer processes by inhibiting their activity. In vitro studies confirmed that these enzymes in ascitic fluid were inhibited with egg whites inhibitors even to 90% of their original activity.
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Dutt S, Singh V, Marla SS, Kumar A. In silico analysis of sequential, structural and functional diversity of wheat cystatins and its implication in plant defense. GENOMICS PROTEOMICS & BIOINFORMATICS 2010; 8:42-56. [PMID: 20451161 PMCID: PMC5054136 DOI: 10.1016/s1672-0229(10)60005-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Phytocystatins constitute a multigene family that regulates the activity of endogenous and/or exogenous cysteine proteinases. Cereal crops like wheat are continuously threatened by a multitude of pathogens, therefore cystatins offer to play a pivotal role in deciding the plant response. In order to study the need of having diverse specificities and activities of various cystatins, we conducted comparative analysis of six wheat cystatins (WCs) with twelve rice, seven barley, one sorghum and ten corn cystatin sequences employing different bioinformatics tools. The obtained results identified highly conserved signature sequences in all the cystatins considered. Several other motifs were also identified, based on which the sequences could be categorized into groups in congruence with the phylogenetic clustering. Homology modeling of WCs revealed 3D structural topology so well shared by other cystatins. Protein-protein interaction of WCs with papain supported the notion that functional diversity is a consequence of existing differences in amino acid residues in highly conserved as well as relatively less conserved motifs. Thus there is a significant conservation at the sequential and structural levels; however, concomitant variations maintain the functional diversity in this protein family, which constantly modulates itself to reciprocate the diversity while counteracting the cysteine proteinases.
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Benchabane M, Schlüter U, Vorster J, Goulet MC, Michaud D. Plant cystatins. Biochimie 2010; 92:1657-66. [PMID: 20558232 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2010.06.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 133] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2010] [Accepted: 06/08/2010] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Plant cystatins have been the object of intense research since the publication of a first paper reporting their existence more than 20 years ago. These ubiquitous inhibitors of Cys proteases play several important roles in plants, from the control of various physiological and cellular processes in planta to the inhibition of exogenous Cys proteases secreted by herbivorous arthropods and pathogens to digest or colonize plant tissues. After an overview of current knowledge about the evolution, structure and inhibitory mechanism of plant cystatins, we review the different roles attributed to these proteins in plants. The potential of recombinant plant cystatins as effective pesticidal proteins in crop protection is also considered, as well as protein engineering approaches adopted over the years to improve their inhibitory potency and specificity towards Cys proteases of biotechnological interest.
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- Meriem Benchabane
- Département de phytologie, CRH/INAF, Université Laval, Québec (QC), Canada G1V 0A6
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Naudin C, Lecaille F, Chowdhury S, Krupa JC, Purisima E, Mort JS, Lalmanach G. The occluding loop of cathepsin B prevents its effective inhibition by human kininogens. J Mol Biol 2010; 400:1022-35. [PMID: 20538006 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2010.06.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2010] [Revised: 05/26/2010] [Accepted: 06/01/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Kininogens, the major plasma cystatin-like inhibitors of cysteine cathepsins, are degraded at sites of inflammation, and cathepsin B has been identified as a prominent mediator of this process. Cathepsin B, in contrast to cathepsins L and S, is poorly inhibited by kininogens. This led us to delineate the molecular interactions between this protease and kininogens (high molecular weight kininogen and low molecular weight kininogen) and to elucidate the dual role of the occluding loop in this weak inhibition. Cathepsin B cleaves high molecular weight kininogen within the N-terminal region of the D2 and D3 cystatin-like domains and close to the consensus QVVAG inhibitory pentapeptide of the D3 domain. The His110Ala mutant, unlike His111Ala cathepsin B, fails to hydrolyze kininogens, but rather forms a tight-binding complex as observed by gel-filtration analysis. K(i) values (picomolar range) as well as association rate constants for the His110Ala cathepsin B variant compare to those reported for cathepsin L for both kininogens. Homology modeling of isolated inhibitory (D2 and D3) domains and molecular dynamics simulations of the D2 domain complexed with wild-type cathepsin B and its mutants indicate that additional weak interactions, due to the lack of the salt bridge (Asp22-His110) and the subsequent open position of the occluding loop, increase the inhibitory potential of kininogens on His110Ala cathepsin B.
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- C Naudin
- Inserm U618, Protéases et Vectorisation Pulmonaires, Université François Rabelais, Tours, France
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Kotsyfakis M, Horka H, Salat J, Andersen JF. The crystal structures of two salivary cystatins from the tick Ixodes scapularis and the effect of these inhibitors on the establishment of Borrelia burgdorferi infection in a murine model. Mol Microbiol 2010; 77:456-70. [PMID: 20545851 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2010.07220.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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We have previously demonstrated that two salivary cysteine protease inhibitors from the Borrelia burgdorferi (Lyme disease) vector Ixodes scapularis- namely sialostatins L and L2 - play an important role in tick biology, as demonstrated by the fact that silencing of both sialostatins in tandem results in severe feeding defects. Here we show that sialostatin L2 - but not sialostatin L - facilitates the growth of B. burgdorferi in murine skin. To examine the structural basis underlying these differential effects of the two sialostatins, we have determined the crystal structures of both sialostatin L and L2. This is the first structural analysis of cystatins from an invertebrate source. Sialostatin L2 crystallizes as a monomer with an 'unusual' conformation of the N-terminus, while sialostatin L crystallizes as a domain-swapped dimer with an N-terminal conformation similar to other cystatins. Deletion of the 'unusual' N-terminal five residues of sialostatin L2 results in marked changes in its selectivity, suggesting that this region is a particularly important determinant of the biochemical activity of sialostatin L2. Collectively, our results reveal the structure of two tick salivary components that facilitate vector blood feeding and that one of them also supports pathogen transmission to the vertebrate host.
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- Michalis Kotsyfakis
- Laboratory of Genomics and Proteomics of Disease Vectors, Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre of the Academy of Sciences of Czech Republic, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
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Čeru S, Konjar Š, Maher K, Repnik U, Križaj I, Benčina M, Renko M, Nepveu A, Žerovnik E, Turk B, Kopitar-Jerala N. Stefin B interacts with histones and cathepsin L in the nucleus. J Biol Chem 2010; 285:10078-10086. [PMID: 20075068 PMCID: PMC2843170 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109.034793] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2009] [Revised: 01/08/2010] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Stefin B (cystatin B) is an endogenous inhibitor of cysteine proteinases localized in the nucleus and the cytosol. Loss-of-function mutations in the stefin B gene (CSTB) gene were reported in patients with Unverricht-Lundborg disease (EPM1). We have identified an interaction between stefin B and nucleosomes, specifically with histones H2A.Z, H2B, and H3. In synchronized T98G cells, stefin B co-immunoprecipitated with histone H3, predominantly in the G(1) phase of the cell cycle. Stefin B-deficient mouse embryonic fibroblasts entered S phase earlier than wild type mouse embryonic fibroblasts. In contrast, increased expression of stefin B in the nucleus delayed cell cycle progression in T98G cells. The delay in cell cycle progression was associated with the inhibition of cathepsin L in the nucleus, as judged from the decreased cleavage of the CUX1 transcription factor. In vitro, inhibition of cathepsin L by stefin B was potentiated in the presence of histones, whereas histones alone did not affect the cathepsin L activity. Interaction of stefin B with the Met-75 truncated form of cathepsin L in the nucleus was confirmed by fluorescence resonance energy transfer experiments in the living cells. Stefin B could thus play an important role in regulating the proteolytic activity of cathepsin L in the nucleus, protecting substrates such as transcription factors from its proteolytic processing.
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- Slavko Čeru
- Departments of Biochemistry and Molecular and Structural Biology, Ljubljana SI-1000, Slovenia
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- Departments of Biochemistry and Molecular and Structural Biology, Ljubljana SI-1000, Slovenia
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- Departments of Biochemistry and Molecular and Structural Biology, Ljubljana SI-1000, Slovenia
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- Departments of Biochemistry and Molecular and Structural Biology, Ljubljana SI-1000, Slovenia
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- Molecular and Biomedical Sciences, Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana SI-1000, Slovenia
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- Department of Biotechnology, National Institute of Chemistry, Ljubljana SI-1000, Slovenia
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- Departments of Biochemistry and Molecular and Structural Biology, Ljubljana SI-1000, Slovenia
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- Molecular Oncology Group, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1A1, Canada
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- Departments of Biochemistry and Molecular and Structural Biology, Ljubljana SI-1000, Slovenia
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- Departments of Biochemistry and Molecular and Structural Biology, Ljubljana SI-1000, Slovenia
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- Departments of Biochemistry and Molecular and Structural Biology, Ljubljana SI-1000, Slovenia.
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Kininogens: More than cysteine protease inhibitors and kinin precursors. Biochimie 2010; 92:1568-79. [PMID: 20346387 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2010.03.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2010] [Accepted: 03/10/2010] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Two kininogens are found in mammalian sera: HK (high molecular weight kininogen) and LK (low molecular weight kininogen) with the exception of the rat which encompasses a third kininogen, T-Kininogen (TK). Kininogens are multifunctional glycosylated molecules related to cystatins (clan IH, family I25). They harbor three cystatin domains but only two of them are tight-binding inhibitors of cysteine cathepsins. HK and LK, but not TK, are precursors of potent peptide hormones, the kinins, which are released proteolytically by tissue and plasma kallikreins. Besides these classical features novel functions of kininogens have been recently discovered; they are described in the second part of this review. HKa, which corresponds to the kinin-free two-chain HK and its isolated domain D5 (kininostatin), possesses angiostatic and pro-apoptotic properties, inhibits the proliferation of endothelial cells and participates in the regulation of angiogenesis. Moreover, some HK-derived peptides display potent and broad-spectrum microbicidal properties against both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria, and thus may offer a promising alternative to conventional antibiotic therapy. Of seminal interest, a kininogen-derived peptide inhibits activation of the contact phase system of coagulation and protects mice with invasive Streptococcus pyogenes infection from pulmonary lesions. On the other hand, TK is a biomarker of aging at the end of lifespan of elderly rats. However, although TK has been initially identified as an acute phase reactant, and earlier known as alpha-l-acute phase globulin, the increase of TK in liver and plasma is not known to relate to any inflammatory event during the senescence process.
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Kolodziejczyk R, Michalska K, Hernandez-Santoyo A, Wahlbom M, Grubb A, Jaskolski M. Crystal structure of human cystatin C stabilized against amyloid formation. FEBS J 2010; 277:1726-37. [PMID: 20175878 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2010.07596.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Robert Kolodziejczyk
- Faculty of Chemistry, Department of Crystallography, A. Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland
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Cystatin C in macular and neuronal degenerations: implications for mechanism(s) of age-related macular degeneration. Vision Res 2009; 50:737-42. [PMID: 19917302 DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2009.10.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2009] [Revised: 10/02/2009] [Accepted: 10/06/2009] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Cystatin C is a strong inhibitor of cysteine proteinases expressed by diverse cells. Variant B cystatin C, which was associated with increased risk of developing age-related macular degeneration, differs from the wild type protein by a single amino acid (A25T) in the signal sequence responsible for its targeting to the secretory pathway. The same variant conveys susceptibility to Alzheimer disease. Our investigations of the trafficking and processing of variant B cystatin C in living RPE cells highlight impaired secretion of extracellular modulators and inappropriate protein retention in RPE cells as potential molecular mechanisms underpinning macular, and possibly neuronal, degeneration.
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Neuteboom LW, Matsumoto KO, Christopher DA. An extended AE-rich N-terminal trunk in secreted pineapple cystatin enhances inhibition of fruit bromelain and is posttranslationally removed during ripening. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2009; 151:515-27. [PMID: 19648229 PMCID: PMC2754624 DOI: 10.1104/pp.109.142232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2009] [Accepted: 07/20/2009] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Phytocystatins are potent inhibitors of cysteine proteases and have been shown to participate in senescence, seed and organ biogenesis, and plant defense. However, phytocystatins are generally poor inhibitors of the cysteine protease, bromelain, of pineapple (Ananas comosus). Here, we demonstrated that pineapple cystatin, AcCYS1, inhibited (>95%) stem and fruit bromelain. AcCYS1 is a unique cystatin in that it contains an extended N-terminal trunk (NTT) of 63 residues rich in alanine and glutamate. A signal peptide preceding the NTT is processed in vitro by microsomal membranes giving rise to a 27-kD species. AcCYS1 mRNA was present in roots and leaves but was most abundant in fruit. Using immunofluorescence and immunoelectron microscopy with an AcCYS1-specific antiserum, AcCYS1 was found in the apoplasm. Immunoblot analysis identified a 27-kD protein in fruit, roots, and leaves and a 15-kD species in mature ripe fruit. Ripe fruit extracts proteolytically removed the NTT of 27-kD AcCYS1 in vitro to produce the 15-kD species. Mass spectrometry analysis was used to map the primary cleavage site immediately after a conserved critical glycine-94. The AE-rich NTT was required to inhibit fruit and stem bromelain (>95%), whereas its removal decreased inhibition to 20% (fruit) and 80% (stem) and increased the dissociation equilibrium constant by 1.8-fold as determined by surface plasmon resonance assays. We propose that proteolytic removal of the NTT results in the decrease of the inhibitory potency of AcCYS1 against fruit bromelain during fruit ripening to increase tissue proteolysis, softening, and degradation.
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- Leon W Neuteboom
- Department of Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA
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Redzynia I, Ljunggren A, Bujacz A, Abrahamson M, Jaskolski M, Bujacz G. Crystal structure of the parasite inhibitor chagasin in complex with papain allows identification of structural requirements for broad reactivity and specificity determinants for target proteases. FEBS J 2009; 276:793-806. [PMID: 19143838 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2008.06824.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A complex of chagasin, a protein inhibitor from Trypanosoma cruzi, and papain, a classic family C1 cysteine protease, has been crystallized. Kinetic studies revealed that inactivation of papain by chagasin is very fast (k(on) = 1.5 x 10(6) M(-1) x s(-1)), and results in the formation of a very tight, reversible complex (K(i) = 36 pM), with similar or better rate and equilibrium constants than those for cathepsins L and B. The high-resolution crystal structure shows an inhibitory wedge comprising three loops, which forms a number of contacts responsible for the high-affinity binding. Comparison with the structure of papain in complex with human cystatin B reveals that, despite entirely different folding, the two inhibitors utilize very similar atomic interactions, leading to essentially identical affinities for the enzyme. Comparisons of the chagasin-papain complex with high-resolution structures of chagasin in complexes with cathepsin L, cathepsin B and falcipain allowed the creation of a consensus map of the structural features that are important for efficient inhibition of papain-like enzymes. The comparisons also revealed a number of unique interactions that can be used to design enzyme-specific inhibitors. As papain exhibits high structural similarity to the catalytic domain of the T. cruzi enzyme cruzipain, the present chagasin-papain complex provides a reliable model of chagasin-cruzipain interactions. Such information, coupled with our identification of specificity-conferring interactions, should be important for the development of drugs for treatment of the devastating Chagas disease caused by this parasite.
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- Izabela Redzynia
- Institute of Technical Biochemistry, Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Sciences, Technical University of Lodz, Poland
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Wang KM, Kumar S, Cheng YS, Venkatagiri S, Yang AH, Yeh KW. Characterization of inhibitory mechanism and antifungal activity between group-1 and group-2 phytocystatins from taro (Colocasia esculenta). FEBS J 2008; 275:4980-9. [PMID: 18785929 PMCID: PMC7164091 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2008.06631.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Tarocystatin from Colocasia esculenta, a group-2 phytocystatin, is a defense protein against phytopathogenic nematodes and fungi. It is composed of a highly conserved N-terminal region, which is homological to group-1 cystatin, and a repetitive peptide at the C-terminus. The purified recombinant proteins of tarocystatin, such as full-length (FL), N-terminus (Nt) and C-terminus (Ct) peptides, were produced and their inhibitory activities against papain as well as their antifungal effects were investigated. Kinetic analysis revealed that FL peptide exhibited mixed type inhibition (K(ia) = 0.098 microM and K(ib) = 0.252 microM) and Nt peptide showed competitive inhibition (K(i) = 0.057 microM), whereas Ct peptide possessed weak papain activation properties. A shift in the inhibitory pattern from competitive inhibition of Nt peptide alone to mixed type inhibition of FL peptide implied that the Ct peptide has an regulatory effect on the function of FL peptide. Based on the inhibitory kinetics of FL (group-2) and Nt (group-1) peptides on papain activity, an inhibitory mechanism of group-2 phytocystatins and a regulatory mechanism of extended Ct peptide have each been proposed. By contrast, the antifungal activity of Nt peptide appeared to be greater than that of FL peptide, and the Ct peptide showed no effect on antifungal activity, indicating that the antifungal effect is not related to proteinase inhibitory activity. The results are valid for most phytocystatins with respect to the inhibitory mechanism against cysteine proteinase.
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- Ke-Ming Wang
- Institute of Plant Biology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Serbielle C, Chowdhury S, Pichon S, Dupas S, Lesobre J, Purisima EO, Drezen JM, Huguet E. Viral cystatin evolution and three-dimensional structure modelling: a case of directional selection acting on a viral protein involved in a host-parasitoid interaction. BMC Biol 2008; 6:38. [PMID: 18783611 PMCID: PMC2553070 DOI: 10.1186/1741-7007-6-38] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2008] [Accepted: 09/10/2008] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Background In pathogens, certain genes encoding proteins that directly interact with host defences coevolve with their host and are subject to positive selection. In the lepidopteran host-wasp parasitoid system, one of the most original strategies developed by the wasps to defeat host defences is the injection of a symbiotic polydnavirus at the same time as the wasp eggs. The virus is essential for wasp parasitism success since viral gene expression alters the immune system and development of the host. As a wasp mutualist symbiont, the virus is expected to exhibit a reduction in genome complexity and evolve under wasp phyletic constraints. However, as a lepidopteran host pathogenic symbiont, the virus is likely undergoing strong selective pressures for the acquisition of new functions by gene acquisition or duplication. To understand the constraints imposed by this particular system on virus evolution, we studied a polydnavirus gene family encoding cyteine protease inhibitors of the cystatin superfamily. Results We show that cystatins are the first bracovirus genes proven to be subject to strong positive selection within a host-parasitoid system. A generated three-dimensional model of Cotesia congregata bracovirus cystatin 1 provides a powerful framework to position positively selected residues and reveal that they are concentrated in the vicinity of actives sites which interact with cysteine proteases directly. In addition, phylogenetic analyses reveal two different cystatin forms which evolved under different selective constraints and are characterized by independent adaptive duplication events. Conclusion Positive selection acts to maintain cystatin gene duplications and induces directional divergence presumably to ensure the presence of efficient and adapted cystatin forms. Directional selection has acted on key cystatin active sites, suggesting that cystatins coevolve with their host target. We can strongly suggest that cystatins constitute major virulence factors, as was already proposed in previous functional studies.
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- Céline Serbielle
- Institut de Recherche sur la Biologie de l'Insecte, UMR CNRS 6035, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Parc de Grandmont, 37200 Tours, France.
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Mukherjee S, Ukil A, Das PK. Immunomodulatory peptide from cystatin, a natural cysteine protease inhibitor, against leishmaniasis as a model macrophage disease. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2007; 51:1700-7. [PMID: 17339373 PMCID: PMC1855531 DOI: 10.1128/aac.01555-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Cystatin, a natural cysteine protease inhibitor, has strong antileishmanial activity, which is due to its potential to induce nitric oxide (NO) generation from macrophages. Cysteine protease-inhibitory activity and NO-up-regulatory activity correspond to different regions, as revealed by the dissection of cystatin cDNA into nonoverlapping fragments. By using synthetic overlapping peptides, the NO-up-regulatory activity was found to be confined to a 10-mer sequence. In addition to having reasonable inhibitory effects on amastigote multiplication within macrophages (50% inhibitory concentration, 5.2 microg/ml), 97 and 93% suppression, respectively, of liver and spleen parasite burdens was achieved with the 10-mer peptide at a dose of 0.5 mg/kg of body weight/day, given consecutively for 4 days along with a suboptimal dose of gamma interferon in a 45-day mouse model of visceral leishmaniasis. Peptide treatment modulated the levels of cytokine secretion by infected splenocytes, with increased levels of interleukin-12 and tumor necrosis factor alpha and increased inducible NO synthase production, and also resulted in resistance to reinfection. The generation of a natural peptide from cystatin with robust immunomodulatory potential may therefore provide a promising therapeutic agent for macrophage-associated diseases.
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- Snigdha Mukherjee
- Molecular Cell Biology Laboratory, Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Calcutta, India
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Grunclová L, Horn M, Vancová M, Sojka D, Franta Z, Mares M, Kopácek P. Two secreted cystatins of the soft tick Ornithodoros moubata: differential expression pattern and inhibitory specificity. Biol Chem 2007; 387:1635-44. [PMID: 17132111 DOI: 10.1515/bc.2006.204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Two genes coding for cysteine peptidase inhibitors of the cystatin family (Om-cystatin 1 and 2) were isolated from a gut-specific cDNA library of the soft tick Ornithodoros moubata. Both cystatins were clearly down-regulated after a blood meal. Om-cystatin 1 is mainly expressed in the tick gut, while Om-cystatin 2 mRNA was also found in other tick tissues. Authentic Om-cystatin 2 was significantly more abundant than Om-cystatin 1 in the gut contents of fasting ticks and was associated with hemosome-derived residual bodies accumulated in the gut lumen. Om-cystatin 2 was also expressed by type 2 secretory cells in the salivary glands of unfed ticks. The inhibitory specificity of recombinant Om-cystatins 1 and 2 was tested with mammalian cysteine peptidases, as well as endogenous cysteine peptidases present in the tick gut. Both cystatins efficiently inhibited papain-like peptidases, including cathepsin B and H, but differed significantly in their affinity towards cathepsin C and failed to block asparaginyl endopeptidase. Our results suggest that the secreted cystatin isoinhibitors are involved in the regulation of multiple proteolytic targets in the tick digestive system and tick-host interaction.
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- Lenka Grunclová
- Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of South Bohemia, CZ-370 05 Ceské Budejovice, Czech Republic
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Kiggundu A, Goulet MC, Goulet C, Dubuc JF, Rivard D, Benchabane M, Pépin G, van der Vyver C, Kunert K, Michaud D. Modulating the proteinase inhibitory profile of a plant cystatin by single mutations at positively selected amino acid sites. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2006; 48:403-13. [PMID: 16965553 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2006.02878.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Cysteine proteinase inhibitors of the cystatin superfamily have several important functions in plants, including the inhibition of exogenous cysteine proteinases during herbivory or infection. Here we used a maximum-likelihood approach to assess whether plant cystatins, like other proteins implicated in host-pest interactions, have been subject to positive selection during the course of their evolution. Several amino acid sites were identified as being positively selected in cystatins from either Poaceae (monocots) and Solanaceae (dicots). These hypervariable sites were located at strategic positions on the protein: on each side of the conserved glycine residues in the N-terminal trunk, within the first and second inhibitory loops entering the active site of target enzymes, and surrounding the larfav motif, a sequence of unknown function conserved among plant cystatins. Supporting the assumption that positively selected, hypervariable sites are indicative of amino acid sites implicated in functional diversity, mutants of the 8th cystatin unit of tomato multicystatin including alternative residues at positively selected sites in the N-terminal trunk exhibited highly variable affinities for the cysteine proteases papain, cathepsin B and cathepsin H. Overall, these observations support the hypothesis that plant cystatins have been under selective pressure to evolve in response to predatory challenges by herbivorous enemies. They also indicate the potential of site-directed mutagenesis at positively selected sites for the generation of cystatins with improved binding properties.
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- Andrew Kiggundu
- Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, Botany Department, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa
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Gianotti A, Rios WM, Soares-Costa A, Nogaroto V, Carmona AK, Oliva MLV, Andrade SS, Henrique-Silva F. Recombinant expression, purification, and functional analysis of two novel cystatins from sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum). Protein Expr Purif 2006; 47:483-9. [PMID: 16330226 DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2005.10.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2005] [Accepted: 10/25/2005] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Phytocystatins are cysteine proteinase inhibitors from plants implicated in the endogenous regulation of protein turnover, programmed cell death, and in defense mechanisms against pathogens. To date, only few cystatin genes have been characterized in most plant species. We have previously characterized the protein Canecystatin, the first cystatin described in sugarcane. In an attempt to study novel Canecystatins, we identified two ORFs encoding cystatins (referred as CaneCPI-2 and CaneCPI-3) using the data from the Sugarcane EST genome project. These ORFs were then subcloned and expressed in Escherichia coli using pET28 expression vector. High amounts (approximately 20 mg/L) of pure recombinant proteins were obtained by affinity chromatography in a single step of purification. Polyclonal antibodies against the recombinant Canecystatins were raised, allowing the immunodetection of the endogenous proteins in the plant tissues. Moreover, the proteins were able to inhibit papain in a fluorometric assay with K(i) values of 0.2 and 0.25 microM for CaneCPI-2 and CaneCPI-3, respectively. These findings contribute to a better understanding of the activity of sugarcane cystatins and encourage future activity and structural studies of these proteins.
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- Andréia Gianotti
- Laboratório de Biologia Molecular, DGE, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Rodovia Washington Luis km 235, SP, Brazil
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Guérin-Dubiard C, Pasco M, Mollé D, Désert C, Croguennec T, Nau F. Proteomic analysis of hen egg white. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2006; 54:3901-10. [PMID: 16719513 DOI: 10.1021/jf0529969] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Hen egg white is an original biological fluid in which major proteins have been widely studied, unlike the minor components. In this study, two-dimensional electrophoresis associated with mass spectrometry enabled the separation of 69 protein spots and their matching with major proteins, which were already known, and with minor proteins. Sixteen proteins were identified, and among them, two had never been previously detected in hen egg white, i.e., Tenp, a protein with strong homology with a bacterial permeability-increasing protein family (BPI), and VMO-1, an outer layer vitelline membrane protein. Thirteen proteins present a very wide polymorphism (ovotransferrin, ovomucoid, clusterin, etc.), some of them up to nine isoforms (ovoinhibitor). Eleven functional protein families were identified (serpin, transferrin, protease inhibitors Kazal, glycosyl hydrolases, lipocalin, bactericidal permeability-increasing protein, clusterin, UPAR/CD59/Ly6/ snake neurotoxin, cysteine protease inhibitor, VMO-1, and folate receptor families). These various biological functions could be interesting for further valorizations. In addition, three spots remain unidentified, probably because these proteins are not yet indexed in the international protein databanks.
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- Catherine Guérin-Dubiard
- UMR 1253 INRA-Agrocampus Rennes Sciences et Technologie du Lait et de l'Oeuf, and UMR 598 INRA-Agrocampus Rennes Génétique Animale, 65 rue de Saint-Brieuc, CS 84215, 35042 Rennes Cedex, France
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Kato T, Heike T, Okawa K, Haruyama M, Shiraishi K, Yoshimoto M, Nagato M, Shibata M, Kumada T, Yamanaka Y, Hattori H, Nakahata T. A neurosphere-derived factor, cystatin C, supports differentiation of ES cells into neural stem cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2006; 103:6019-24. [PMID: 16595632 PMCID: PMC1458690 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0509789103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2005] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Although embryonic stem (ES) cells are capable of unlimited proliferation and pluripotent differentiation, effective preparation of neural stem cells from ES cells are not achieved. Here, we have directly generated under the coculture with dissociated primary neurosphere cells in serum-free medium and the same effect was observed when ES cells were cultured with conditioned medium of primary neurosphere culture (CMPNC). ES-neural stem cells (NSCs) could proliferate for more than seven times and differentiate into neurons, astrocytes, and oligodendrocytes in vitro and in vivo. The responsible molecule in CMPNC was confirmed by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry, which turned out to be cystatin C. Purified cystatin C in place of the CMPNC could generate ES-NSCs efficiently with self-renewal and multidifferentiation potentials. These results reveal the validity of cystatin C for generating NSCs from ES cells.
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- Biomolecular Characterization Unit, Horizontal Medical Research Organization, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
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Yang AH, Yeh KW. Molecular cloning, recombinant gene expression, and antifungal activity of cystatin from taro (Colocasia esculenta cv. Kaosiung no. 1). PLANTA 2005; 221:493-501. [PMID: 15647900 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-004-1462-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2004] [Accepted: 11/20/2004] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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A cDNA clone, designated CeCPI, encoding a novel phytocystatin was isolated from taro corms (Colocasia esculenta) using both degenerated primers/RT-PCR amplification and 5'-/3'-RACE extension. The full-length cDNA gene is 1,008 bp in size, encodes 206 amino acid residues, with a deduced molecular weight of 29 kDa. It contains a conserved reactive site motif Gln-Val-Val-Ser-Gly of cysteine protease inhibitors, and another consensus ARFAV sequence for phytocystatin. Sequence analysis revealed that CeCPI is phylogenetically closely related to Eudicots rather than to Monocots, despite taro belonging to Monocot. Recombinant GST-CeCPI fusion protein was overexpressed in Escherichia coli and its inhibitory activity against papain was identified on gelatin/SDS-PAGE. These results confirmed that recombinant CeCPI protein exhibited strong cysteine protease inhibitory activity. Investigation of its antifungal activity clearly revealed a toxic effect on the mycelium growth of phytopathogenic fungi, such as Sclerotium rolfsii Sacc. etc., at a concentration of 80 microg recombinant CeCPI/ ml. Moreover, mycelium growth was completely inhibited and the sclerotia lysed at a concentration of 150-200 microg/ml. Further studies have demonstrated that recombinant CeCPI is capable of acting against the endogenous cysteine proteinase in the fungal mycelium.
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- A H Yang
- Graduate Institute of Plant Biology, National Taiwan University, 106 Taipei, Taiwan, People's Republic of China
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Lalitha S, Shade RE, Murdock LM, Hasegawa PM, Bressan RA, Nielsen SS. Comparison of chemical characteristics of three soybean cysteine proteinase inhibitors. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2005; 53:1591-7. [PMID: 15740045 DOI: 10.1021/jf048959j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Three recombinant soybean cysteine proteinase inhibitors (rSCPIs) L1, R1, and N2 were chemically characterized. These inhibitors have the potential to inhibit the growth and development of three major agricultural crop pests known to utilize cysteine proteinases (CPs) for protein digestion: Western corn rootworm, Colorado potato beetle, and cowpea weevil. Characterization data obtained show differences between the inhibitors and will be needed to consider the use of rSCPIs to create insect resistance in plants.
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- S Lalitha
- Department of Entomology, Purdue University, 901 West State Street, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-2089, USA
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Diop NN, Kidric M, Repellin A, Gareil M, d'Arcy-Lameta A, Pham Thi AT, Zuily-Fodil Y. A multicystatin is induced by drought-stress in cowpea (Vigna unguiculata(L.) Walp.) leaves. FEBS Lett 2004; 577:545-50. [PMID: 15556644 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2004.10.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2004] [Revised: 07/12/2004] [Accepted: 10/05/2004] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Cystatins are protein inhibitors of cystein proteinases belonging to the papain family. In cowpea, cystatin-like polypeptides and a cDNA have been identified from seeds and metabolic functions have been attributed to them. This paper describes VuC1, a new cystatin cDNA isolated from cowpea leaves (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.). Sequence analysis revealed a multicystatin structure with two cystatin-like domains. The recombinant VUC1 protein (rVUC1) was expressed in an heterologous expression system and purified to apparent homogeneity. It appeared to be an efficient inhibitor of papain activity on a chromogenic substrate. Polyclonal antibodies against rVUC1 were obtained. Involvement of the VuC1 cDNA in the cellular response to various abiotic stresses (progressive drought-stress, dessication and application of exogenous abscissic acid) was studied, using Northern blot and Western blot analysis, in the leaf tissues of cowpea plants corresponding to two cultivars with different capacity to tolerate drought-stress. Surprisingly, these abiotic stresses induced accumulation of two VuC1-like messages both translated into VUC1-like polypeptides. Difference in the transcript accumulation patterns was observed between the two cultivars and related to their respective tolerance level. Presence of multiple cystatin-like polypeptides and their possible involvement in the control of leaf protein degradation by cysteine proteinases is discussed.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Blotting, Western
- Cloning, Molecular
- Cystatins/chemistry
- Cystatins/genetics
- Cystatins/isolation & purification
- Cystatins/pharmacology
- Disasters
- Fabaceae/chemistry
- Fabaceae/physiology
- Gene Expression Regulation, Plant
- Genes, Plant
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Open Reading Frames
- Papain/antagonists & inhibitors
- Plant Leaves/chemistry
- Protein Structure, Tertiary
- RNA, Messenger/analysis
- Recombinant Proteins/metabolism
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Sequence Analysis, Protein
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
- Substrate Specificity
- Transcription, Genetic
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- Ndeye Ndack Diop
- Laboratoire d'Ecophysiologie moléculaire, UMR/IRD 137, FST, Université Paris 12 - Val de Marne, 61 Avenue du Général de Gaulle, 94 010 Créteil cedex, France
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Saleh Y, Siewiński M, Kielan W, Ziółkowski P, Gryboś M, Rybka J. Regulation of cathepsin B and L expression in vitro in gastric cancer tissues by egg cystatin. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL THERAPEUTICS AND ONCOLOGY 2004; 3:319-24. [PMID: 14678520 DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-869x.2003.01105.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND Degradation of the basement membrane and surrounding extracellular matrix is likely to represent a key step in cancer invasion and metastasis. The purpose of this study was to determine whether gastric cancer tissues demonstrate higher cysteine proteases activities: cathepsins B and L during cancer progression in compression with non-cancerous tissues. METHODS We measured the expression of both cathepsins B and L in 30 patients with gastric cancer tissues and non-cancerous tissues activities by a fluorescence assay and immunohistochemical staining. We attempted to regulate cathepsin B and L expression using egg white cystatin. RESULTS The activities of cathepsins B and L were significantly higher in cancerous than in non-cancerous tissues (P </= 0.0001). Activities of these enzymes decreased 18-fold after treatment of tissue homogenates with 5 nM of purified egg white cystatin. Immunohistochemical staining was significant and positive expression of low molecular weight cystatin was observed on the tumor cell surface in gastric carcinoma. It was found that non-cancerous tissues (control) were not stained with anti-egg white antibody. CONCLUSION Our experiment demonstrated that the cysteine peptidases cathepsins B and L may be useful for the early detection of gastric cancer. The results suggest that addition of egg white cystatin reduces the activities of cathepsins B and L to that of non-cancerous values.
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- Yousif Saleh
- 1st Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
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Lalioti MD, Antonarakis SE, Scott HS. The epilepsy, the protease inhibitor and the dodecamer: progressive myoclonus epilepsy, cystatin b and a 12-mer repeat expansion. Cytogenet Genome Res 2004; 100:213-23. [PMID: 14526183 DOI: 10.1159/000072857] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2003] [Accepted: 03/01/2003] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Progressive myoclonus epilepsy 1 (EPM1) or Unverricht-Lundborg disease is a human autosomal recessive neurodegenerative disorder caused by mutations in cystatin B (CSTB). The CSTB gene maps to human chromosome 21 and encodes an inhibitor of lysosomal cysteine proteases. Five point mutations have been found, two of which are seen in numerous unrelated patients. However, the main CSTB mutation in EPM1, even among patients of different ethnic origins, is an expansion of a dodecamer repeat (CCCCGCCCCGCG) in the 5' flanking area of CSTB. Most normal alleles contain either two or three repeats, while rarer normal alleles that are highly unstable contain between 12 and 17 repeats. Mutant expanded alleles have been reported to contain between 30 and 80 copies and are also highly unstable, particularly via parental transmission. There is no apparent correlation between mutant repeat length and disease phenotype. While the repeat expansion is outside the CSTB transcriptional unit, it results in a marked decrease in CSTB expression, at least in certain cell types in vitro. CSTB homozygous knockout mice show some parallels to the phenotype of human EPM1 including myoclonic seizures, development of ataxia and neuropathological changes associated with cell loss via apoptosis. Loss of CSTB function due to mutations is consistent with the observed neurodegenerative pathology and phenotype, but the functional link to the epileptic phenotype of EPM1 remains largely unknown.
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- M D Lalioti
- Department of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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Pol E, Björk I. Contributions of individual residues in the N-terminal region of cystatin B (stefin B) to inhibition of cysteine proteinases. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2003; 1645:105-12. [PMID: 12535617 DOI: 10.1016/s1570-9639(02)00526-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The importance of individual residues in the N-terminal region of cystatin B for proteinase inhibition was elucidated by measurements of the affinity and kinetics of binding of N-terminally truncated, recombinant variants of the bovine inhibitor to cysteine proteinases. Removal of Met-1 caused an 8- to 10-fold lower affinity for papain and cathepsin B, decreased the affinity also for cathepsin L but only minimally affected cathepsin H affinity. Additional truncation of Met-2 further weakened the binding to papain and cathepsin B by 40-70-fold, whereas the affinity for cathepsins L and H was essentially unaffected. Removal of Cys-3 had the most drastic effects on the interactions, resulting in a further affinity decrease of approximately 1500-fold for papain, approximately 700-fold for cathepsin L and approximately 15-fold for cathepsin H; the binding to cathepsin B could not be assessed. The binding kinetics could only be evaluated for papain and cathepsin H and showed that the reduced affinities for these enzymes were predominantly due to increased dissociation rate constants. These results demonstrate that the N-terminal region of cystatin B contributes appreciably to proteinase inhibition, in contrast to previous proposals. It is responsible for 12-40% of the total binding energy of the inhibitor to the proteinases investigated, being of least importance for cathepsin H binding. Cys-3 is the most important residue of the N-terminal region for inhibition of papain, cathepsin L and cathepsin H, the role of the other residues of this region varying with the target proteinase.
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- Ewa Pol
- Department of Veterinary Medical Chemistry, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala Biomedical Center, Box 575, SE-751 23, Uppsala, Sweden
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Pavlova A, Björk I. The role of the second binding loop of the cysteine protease inhibitor, cystatin A (stefin A), in stabilizing complexes with target proteases is exerted predominantly by Leu73. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 2002; 269:5649-58. [PMID: 12423365 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2002.03273.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The aim of this work was to elucidate the roles of individual residues within the flexible second binding loop of human cystatin A in the inhibition of cysteine proteases. Four recombinant variants of the inhibitor, each with a single mutation, L73G, P74G, Q76G or N77G, in the most exposed part of this loop were generated by PCR-based site-directed mutagenesis. The binding of these variants to papain, cathepsin L, and cathepsin B was characterized by equilibrium and kinetic methods. Mutation of Leu73 decreased the affinity for papain, cathepsin L and cathepsin B by approximately 300-fold, >10-fold and approximately 4000-fold, respectively. Mutation of Pro74 decreased the affinity for cathepsin B by approximately 10-fold but minimally affected the affinity for the other two enzymes. Mutation of Gln76 and Asn77 did not alter the affinity of cystatin A for any of the proteases studied. The decreased affinities were caused exclusively by increased dissociation rate constants. These results show that the second binding loop of cystatin A plays a major role in stabilizing the complexes with proteases by retarding their dissociation. In contrast with cystatin B, only one amino-acid residue of the loop, Leu73, is of principal importance for this effect, Pro74 assisting to a minor extent only in the case of cathepsin B binding. The contribution of the second binding loop of cystatin A to protease binding varies with the protease, being largest, approximately 45% of the total binding energy, for inhibition of cathepsin B.
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- Alona Pavlova
- Department of Veterinary Medical Chemistry, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala Biomedical Centre, Sweden
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