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Stephens AD, Kölbel J, Moons R, Chung CW, Ruggiero MT, Mahmoudi N, Shmool TA, McCoy TM, Nietlispach D, Routh AF, Sobott F, Zeitler JA, Kaminski Schierle GS. Decreased Water Mobility Contributes To Increased α-Synuclein Aggregation. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202212063. [PMID: 36316279 PMCID: PMC10107867 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202212063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2022] [Revised: 10/24/2022] [Accepted: 10/28/2022] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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The solvation shell is essential for the folding and function of proteins, but how it contributes to protein misfolding and aggregation has still to be elucidated. We show that the mobility of solvation shell H2 O molecules influences the aggregation rate of the amyloid protein α-synuclein (αSyn), a protein associated with Parkinson's disease. When the mobility of H2 O within the solvation shell is reduced by the presence of NaCl, αSyn aggregation rate increases. Conversely, in the presence CsI the mobility of the solvation shell is increased and αSyn aggregation is reduced. Changing the solvent from H2 O to D2 O leads to increased aggregation rates, indicating a solvent driven effect. We show the increased aggregation rate is not directly due to a change in the structural conformations of αSyn, it is also influenced by a reduction in both the H2 O mobility and αSyn mobility. We propose that reduced mobility of αSyn contributes to increased aggregation by promoting intermolecular interactions.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and BiotechnologyUniversity of CambridgeUK
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of AntwerpBelgium
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and BiotechnologyUniversity of CambridgeUK
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and BiotechnologyUniversity of CambridgeUK
- Department of ChemistryUniversity of VermontUSA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and BiotechnologyUniversity of CambridgeUK
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and BiotechnologyUniversity of CambridgeUK
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and BiotechnologyUniversity of CambridgeUK
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of AntwerpBelgium
- The Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular BiologyUniversity of LeedsUK
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and BiotechnologyUniversity of CambridgeUK
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Stephens AD, Kölbel J, Moons R, Chung CW, Ruggiero MT, Mahmoudi N, Shmool TA, McCoy TM, Nietlispach D, Routh AF, Sobott F, Zeitler JA, Kaminski Schierle GS. Decreased Water Mobility Contributes To Increased α-Synuclein Aggregation. ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2023; 135:e202212063. [PMID: 38516046 PMCID: PMC10952249 DOI: 10.1002/ange.202212063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2022] [Indexed: 03/23/2024]
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The solvation shell is essential for the folding and function of proteins, but how it contributes to protein misfolding and aggregation has still to be elucidated. We show that the mobility of solvation shell H2O molecules influences the aggregation rate of the amyloid protein α-synuclein (αSyn), a protein associated with Parkinson's disease. When the mobility of H2O within the solvation shell is reduced by the presence of NaCl, αSyn aggregation rate increases. Conversely, in the presence CsI the mobility of the solvation shell is increased and αSyn aggregation is reduced. Changing the solvent from H2O to D2O leads to increased aggregation rates, indicating a solvent driven effect. We show the increased aggregation rate is not directly due to a change in the structural conformations of αSyn, it is also influenced by a reduction in both the H2O mobility and αSyn mobility. We propose that reduced mobility of αSyn contributes to increased aggregation by promoting intermolecular interactions.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and BiotechnologyUniversity of CambridgeUK
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of AntwerpBelgium
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and BiotechnologyUniversity of CambridgeUK
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and BiotechnologyUniversity of CambridgeUK
- Department of ChemistryUniversity of VermontUSA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and BiotechnologyUniversity of CambridgeUK
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and BiotechnologyUniversity of CambridgeUK
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and BiotechnologyUniversity of CambridgeUK
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of AntwerpBelgium
- The Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular BiologyUniversity of LeedsUK
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and BiotechnologyUniversity of CambridgeUK
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Chierici F, Dogariu A, Tuszynski JA. Computational Investigation of the Ordered Water System Around Microtubules: Implications for Protein Interactions. Front Mol Biosci 2022; 9:884043. [PMID: 35547397 PMCID: PMC9083000 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2022.884043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2022] [Accepted: 04/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The existence of an exclusion zone in which particles of a colloidal suspension in water are repelled from hydrophilic surfaces has been experimentally demonstrated in numerous studies, especially in the case of Nafion surfaces. Various explanations have been proposed for the origin of this phenomenon, which is not completely understood yet. In particular, the existence of a fourth phase of water has been proposed by G. Pollack and if this theory is proven correct, its implications on our understanding of the properties of water, especially in biological systems, would be profound and could give rise to new medical therapies. Here, a simple approach based on the linearized Poisson-Boltzmann equation is developed in order to study the repulsive forces mediated by ordered water and involving the following interacting biomolecules: 1) microtubule and a tubulin dimer, 2) two tubulin dimers and 3) a tubulin sheet and a tubulin dimer. The choice of microtubules in this study is motivated because they could be a good candidate for the generation of an exclusion zone in the cell and these models could be a starting point for detailed experimental investigations of this phenomenon.
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- Francesco Chierici
- DIMEAS, Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy
- CREOL, The College of Optics and Photonics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, United States
- *Correspondence: Francesco Chierici,
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- CREOL, The College of Optics and Photonics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, United States
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- DIMEAS, Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy
- Department of Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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Kalkur RS, Ballast AC, Triplett AR, Spendier K. Effects of deuterium oxide on cell growth and vesicle speed in RBL-2H3 cells. PeerJ 2014; 2:e553. [PMID: 25237603 PMCID: PMC4157235 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.553] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2014] [Accepted: 08/10/2014] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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For the first time we show the effects of deuterium oxide on cell growth and vesicle transport in rat basophilic leukemia (RBL-2H3) cells. RBL-2H3 cells cultured with 15 moles/L deuterium showed decreased cell growth which was attributed to cells not doubling their DNA content. Experimental observations also showed an increase in vesicle speed for cells cultured in deuterium oxide. This increase in vesicle speed was not observed in deuterium oxide cultures treated with a microtubule-destabilizing drug, suggesting that deuterium oxide affects microtubule-dependent vesicle transport.
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- Roshni S Kalkur
- BioFrontiers Center, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs, CO, USA
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- BioFrontiers Center, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs, CO, USA.,Department of Physics and Energy Science, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs, CO, USA
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- BioFrontiers Center, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs, CO, USA
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- BioFrontiers Center, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs, CO, USA.,Department of Physics and Energy Science, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs, CO, USA
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Maloney A, Herskowitz LJ, Koch SJ. Effect of (2)H and (18)O water isotopes in kinesin-1 gliding assay. PeerJ 2014; 2:e284. [PMID: 24711961 PMCID: PMC3970804 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2013] [Accepted: 01/31/2014] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We show for the first time the effects of heavy-hydrogen water (2H2O) and heavy-oxygen water (H218O) on the gliding speed of microtubules on kinesin-1 coated surfaces. Increased fractions of isotopic waters used in the motility solution decreased the gliding speed of microtubules by a maximum of 21% for heavy-hydrogen and 5% for heavy-oxygen water. We also show that gliding microtubule speed returns to its original speed after being treated with heavy-hydrogen water. We discuss possible interpretations of these results and the importance for future studies of water effects on kinesin and microtubules. We also discuss the implication for using heavy waters in biomolecular devices incorporating molecular motors.
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- Andy Maloney
- College of Pharmacy, The University of Texas at Austin , Austin, TX , USA
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- College of University Libraries & Learning Sciences, The University of New Mexico , Albuquerque, NM , USA
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Ikeda M, Suzuki S, Kishio M, Hirono M, Sugiyama T, Matsuura J, Suzuki T, Sota T, Allen CN, Konishi S, Yoshioka T. Hydrogen-deuterium exchange effects on beta-endorphin release from AtT20 murine pituitary tumor cells. Biophys J 2004; 86:565-75. [PMID: 14695301 PMCID: PMC1303825 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3495(04)74135-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Abundant evidences demonstrate that deuterium oxide (D2O) modulates various secretory activities, but specific mechanisms remain unclear. Using AtT20 cells, we examined effects of D2O on physiological processes underlying beta-endorphin release. Immunofluorescent confocal microscopy demonstrated that 90% D2O buffer increased the amount of actin filament in cell somas and decreased it in cell processes, whereas beta-tubulin was not affected. Ca2+ imaging demonstrated that high-K+-induced Ca2+ influx was not affected during D2O treatment, but was completely inhibited upon D2O washout. The H2O/D2O replacement in internal solutions of patch electrodes reduced Ca2+ currents evoked by depolarizing voltage steps, whereas additional extracellular H2O/D2O replacement recovered the currents, suggesting that D2O gradient across plasma membrane is critical for Ca2+ channel kinetics. Radioimmunoassay of high-K+-induced beta-endorphin release demonstrated an increase during D2O treatment and a decrease upon D(2)O washout. These results demonstrate that the H2O-to-D2O-induced increase in beta-endorphin release corresponded with the redistribution of actin, and the D2O-to-H2O-induced decrease in beta-endorphin release corresponded with the inhibition of voltage-sensitive Ca2+ channels. The computer modeling suggests that the differences in the zero-point vibrational energy between protonated and deuterated amino acids produce an asymmetric distribution of these amino acids upon D2O washout and this causes the dysfunction of Ca2+ channels.
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- Masayuki Ikeda
- Advanced Research Institute for Science and Engineering, Waseda University, 3-4-1 Okubo Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169-8555, Japan
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Sackett DL, Chernomordik V, Krueger S, Nossal R. Use of small-angle neutron scattering to study tubulin polymers. Biomacromolecules 2003; 4:461-7. [PMID: 12625746 DOI: 10.1021/bm025760b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Small-angle neutron scattering has been used to examine taxol-stabilized microtubules and other tubulin samples in both H(2)O and D(2)O buffers. Measurements were made at pH/pD values between 6.0 and 7.8, and observed scattered intensities, I(Q), have been interpreted in terms of multicomponent models of microtubules and related tubulin polymers. A semiquantitative curve fitting procedure has been used to estimate the relative amounts of the supramolecular components of the samples. At both pH and pD 7.0 and above, the tubulin polymers are seen to be predominantly microtubules. Although in H(2)O buffer the polymer distribution is little changed as the pH varies, when pD is lowered the samples appear to contain an appreciable amount of sheetlike structures and the average microtubule protofilament number increases from ca. 12.5 at pD > or = approximately 7.0 to ca. 14 at pD approximately 6.0. Such structural change indicates that analysis of microtubule solutions based on H(2)O/D(2)O contrast variation must be performed with caution, especially at lower pH/pD.
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- Dan L Sackett
- Laboratory of Integrative and Medical Biophysics, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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Panda D, Chakrabarti G, Hudson J, Pigg K, Miller HP, Wilson L, Himes RH. Suppression of microtubule dynamic instability and treadmilling by deuterium oxide. Biochemistry 2000; 39:5075-81. [PMID: 10819973 DOI: 10.1021/bi992217f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Deuterium oxide (D(2)O) is known to promote the assembly of tubulin into microtubules in vitro, to increase the volume of mitotic spindles and the number and length of spindle microtubules, and to inhibit mitosis. Reasoning that its actions on cellular microtubules could be due to modulation of microtubule dynamics, we examined the effects of replacing H(2)O with D(2)O on microtubule dynamic instability, treadmilling, and steady-state GTPase activity. We found that replacing 50% or more of the H(2)O with D(2)O promoted microtubule polymerization and stabilized microtubules against dilution-induced disassembly. Using steady-state axoneme-seeded microtubules composed of pure tubulin and video microscopy, we found that 84% D(2)O decreased the catastrophe frequency by 89%, the shortening rate by 80%, the growing rate by 50%, and the dynamicity by 93%. Sixty percent D(2)O decreased the treadmilling rate of microtubules composed of tubulin and microtubule-associated proteins by 42%, and 89% D(2)O decreased the steady-state GTP hydrolysis rate by 90%. The mechanism responsible for the ability of D(2)O to stabilize microtubule dynamics may involve enhancement of hydrophobic interactions in the microtubule lattice and/or the substitution of deuterium bonds for hydrogen bonds.
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- D Panda
- Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, USA
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Chakrabarti G, Kim S, Gupta ML, Barton JS, Himes RH. Stabilization of tubulin by deuterium oxide. Biochemistry 1999; 38:3067-72. [PMID: 10074359 DOI: 10.1021/bi982461r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Tubulin is an unstable protein when stored in solution and loses its ability to form microtubules rapidly. We have found that D2O stabilizes the protein against inactivation at both 4 and 37 degrees C. In H2O-based buffer, tubulin was completely inactivated after 40 h at 4 degrees C, but in buffer prepared in D2O, no activity was lost after 54 h. Tubulin was completely inactivated at 37 degrees C in 8 h in H2O buffer, but only 20% of the activity was lost in D2O buffer. Tubulin also lost its colchicine binding activity at a slower rate in D2O. The deuterated solvent retarded an aggregation process that occurs during incubation at both temperatures. Inactivation in H2O buffer was partially reversed by transferring the protein to D2O buffer; however, aggregation was not reversed. The level of binding of BisANS, a probe of exposed hydrophobic sites in proteins, increases during the inactivation of tubulin. In D2O, the rate of this increase is slowed somewhat. We propose that D2O has its stabilizing effect on a conformational step or steps that involve the disruption of hydrophobic forces. The conformational change is followed by an aggregation process that cannot be reversed by D2O. As reported previously [Ito, T., and Sato, H. (1984) Biochim. Biophys. Acta 800, 21-27], we found that D2O stimulates the formation of microtubules from tubulin. We also observed that the products of assembly in D2O/8% DMSO consisted of a high percentage of ribbon structures and incompletely folded microtubules. When these polymers were disassembled and reassembled in H2O/8% DMSO, the products were microtubules. We suggest that the combination of D2O and DMSO, both stimulators of tubulin assembly, leads to the rapid production of nuclei that lead to the formation of ribbon structures rather than microtubules.
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- G Chakrabarti
- Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Kansas, Lawrence 66045, USA
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Elsing C, Hirlinger A, Renner EL, Lauterburg BH, Meier PJ, Reichen J. Solvent isotope effect on bile formation in the rat. Biochem J 1995; 307 ( Pt 1):175-81. [PMID: 7717973 PMCID: PMC1136760 DOI: 10.1042/bj3070175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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2H2O affects many membrane transport processes by solvent and kinetic isotope effects. Since bile formation is a process of osmotic filtration where such effects could be important, we investigated the effects of 2H2O on bile formation in the in situ perfused rat liver. Dose finding experiments showed that at high concentrations, 2H2O increased vascular resistance and induced cholestasis; at 60% 2H2O however, a clear dissociation between the vascular and biliary effects was observed. Therefore, further experiments were carried out at this concentration. The main finding was a reduction in bile salt-independent bile flow from 0.99 +/- 0.04 to 0.66 +/- 0.04 microliters.min-1.g-1 (P < 0.001). This was associated with a 40% reduction in biliary bicarbonate concentration (P < 0.001). Choleretic response to neither taurocholate nor ursodeoxycholate was altered by 2H2O; in particular, there was a similar stimulation of bicarbonate secretion by ursodeoxycholate in the presence of 60% 2H2O. To further elucidate this phenomenon, the effect of 2H2O on three proteins potentially involved in biliary bicarbonate secretion was studied in vitro. 2H2O slightly inhibited cytosolic carboanhydrase and leukocyte Na+/H(+)-exchange, these effects reached statistical significance at 100% 2H2O only, however. In contrast, Cl-/HCO(3-)-exchange in canalicular membrane vesicles was already inhibited by 50% (P < 0.001) at 60% 2H2O. Finally, there was a slight reduction in biliary glutathione secretion while that of the disulphide was not affected. Our results are compatible with an inhibition of canalicular Cl-/HCO(3-)-exchange by 2H2O. Whether this is due to altered hydration of the exchanger and/or of the transported bicarbonate remains to be determined.
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- C Elsing
- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Berne, Switzerland
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Smith NN, Harvey WF, Bedford JS, Coss RA. Heat protection by deuterium oxide of heat sensitive and wild-type Chinese hamster ovary cells. Int J Hyperthermia 1994; 10:73-8. [PMID: 8144990 DOI: 10.3109/02656739409009333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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The ability of deuterium oxide (D2O) to protect a heat-sensitive and thermotolerance-impaired Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) mutant cell line, HS-36 (Harvey and Bedford 1988), from heat killing was examined and compared to the parent CHO 10B cell line (WT). Both non-thermotolerant (NT) and thermotolerant (TT) G1 populations were examined. D2O differentially protected the NT cell lines from heat killing, with thermal protection ratios (D0) of 2 x 5 and 4 x 3 for HS-36 and WT cells, respectively. D2O provided additional protection to TT cells, but now protected the TT HS-36 cells more than the TT WT cells when the thermal protection ratios of TT cells are compared with those of NT cells (1.15 versus 0.82). The differential protection from heat of the mutant and wild-type lines by D2O may be useful in studies of induced lesions in proteinaceous cellular systems (e.g. the nuclear matrix, cytoskeleton and plasma membrane) using these two paired cell lines.
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- N N Smith
- Department of Radiation Oncology and Nuclear Medicine, Jefferson Cancer Institute, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107
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Itoh TJ, Sato H. The effects of deuterium oxide (2H2O) on the polymerization of tubulin in vitro. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1984; 800:21-7. [PMID: 6331518 DOI: 10.1016/0304-4165(84)90089-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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The initial rate and final extent of polymerization of both bovine brain tubulin and sea urchin egg tubulin were enhanced in the presence of 2H2O. The yields were increased in association with the elevation of the 2H2O concentration. 2H2O also reduced the critical concentration for polymerization of brain tubulin. Thermodynamic analysis was attempted using the temperature dependence of the critical concentration for polymerization in the presence of 2H2O. We obtained linear van 't Hoff plots and calculated thermodynamic parameters which were positive and were increased with the elevation of the 2H2O concentration. The enhancement of the polymerization of tubulin by 2H2O could, therefore, be the result of the strengthening of intra- and/or inter-molecular hydrophobic interactions of the tubulin molecules. We believe that the increase in length and number of microtubules of the mitotic spindles in the dividing cells of the eukaryotes with 2H2O may be caused by the direct involvement of 2H2O in the polymerization of tubulin.
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Scharf SR, Gerhart JC. Axis determination in eggs of Xenopus laevis: a critical period before first cleavage, identified by the common effects of cold, pressure and ultraviolet irradiation. Dev Biol 1983; 99:75-87. [PMID: 6684607 DOI: 10.1016/0012-1606(83)90255-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 162] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Exposure of eggs of Xenopus laevis to a temperature of 1.0 degree C for 4 min or a pressure of 8000 psi for 5 min in a critical period before first cleavage results in embryos exhibiting a reduction and loss of structures of the body axis. The deficiencies occur in a craniocaudal progression which is dose dependent. In the extreme, totally axis-deficient embryos with radial symmetry are formed. Maximum sensitivity to cold and pressure occurs at 0.6 of the time from fertilization to first cleavage and extends from approximately 0.4 to 0.8, the period between pronuclear contact and mitosis, and the approximate period of gray crescent formation. The effects of cold and pressure resemble those previously reported for uv irradiation in that (1) the types of axis-deficient embryos produced are morphologically indistinguishable; (2) sensitivity in all cases ends before 0.8; (3) cold and uv effects, although not those of pressure, can be prevented by cotreatment with D2O; and (4) impaired eggs can be rescued by oblique orientation. We interpret these results as follows: during the 0.4-0.8 period the egg reorganizes its contents in a manner critical for subsequent development of the embryonic body axis. The reorganization process involves cytoskeletal elements, some of which are sensitive to cold, pressure, and uv, and protected by D2O. Rescue by oblique orientation can be understood as the result of a gravity-driven reorganization of the egg's contents, supplanting the normal mechanochemical process impaired in treated eggs.
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Stetson DL, Steinmetz PR. Role of membrane fusion in CO2 stimulation of proton secretion by turtle bladder. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY 1983; 245:C113-20. [PMID: 6408926 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.1983.245.1.c113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 240] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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The changes in cell structure produced during stimulation of proton secretion by CO2 in turtle bladder were examined using ultrastructural morphometric methods. One hour after CO2 addition, the area of the luminal membrane of the carbonic anhydrase-containing (CA) cell population was increased 2.5-fold and the volume percent of electron-lucent cytoplasmic vesicles in these CA cells was decreased by 61%. No changes were observed in the epithelial granular cells. These results suggest that during CO2 stimulation the vesicles fuse with the luminal membrane. CO2 stimulation of proton secretion is inhibited by the cytoskeleton-disrupting drugs colchicine and cytochalasin B and by 99% deuterium oxide as the Ringer solvent. Deuterium oxide also inhibits the decrease in cytoplasmic vesicles. Thus stimulation of proton secretion by turtle bladder CA cells depends to a large extent on vesicle fusion and the resultant increase in luminal surface area.
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Changes of platelet cell volumes in hypotonic solution were studied by the use of a new apparatus for cell volume analysis. Continuous mean cell volume analyzer (CMA) is a computerized instrument which continuously counts the mean cell volume and records the results. Moreover, it also shows patterns of expansion or shrinkage. Adequate amounts of platelet rich plasma were added into 0.8 or 0.4% of NaCl solution containing 5mM phosphate buffer. The mean platelet volumes were measured continuously every 2 seconds for 200 seconds. In isotonic solution, platelets changed their volumes little, but in hypotonic solution, the volumes increased for about 20 seconds and then, decreased gradually. Platelet volume expansion ratio and shrinkage ratio were calculated from these patterns. The shrinkage ratio well corresponded to the values of hypotonic shock response measured by spectrophotometry (r = 0.861). Expansion and especially shrinkage ratios decreased during storage, and they were dependent on stored temperature and pH.
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Middaugh CR, Litman GW. Effect of D2O on the temperature-dependent solubility of cryoglobulin and noncryoglobulin IgM. FEBS Lett 1977; 79:200-2. [PMID: 891928 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(77)80383-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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O'Connor TM, Houston LL, Samson F. Stability of neuronal microtubules to high pressure in vivo and in vitro. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1974; 71:4198-202. [PMID: 4547844 PMCID: PMC434357 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.71.10.4198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Neuronal microtubules in a variety of nerve cell types are unaffected by high hydrostatic pressures over a range of 1400-10,000 pounds/inch(2) and periods of 10-45 min. Similarly, purified tubulin polymerized to form microtubules in vitro were not depolymerized by the same range of pressures. The depolymerization of microtubules in several types of non-neuronal cells, which has been reported, may have been over-generalized with regard to the direct action of pressure on microtubule stability.
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