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Kong T, Fan X, Tran NT. Changes in Hemolymph Microbiota of Chinese Mitten Crab ( Eriocheir sinensis) in Response to Aeromonas hydrophila or Staphylococcus aureus Infection. Animals (Basel) 2023; 13:3058. [PMID: 37835665 PMCID: PMC10571569 DOI: 10.3390/ani13193058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2023] [Revised: 09/23/2023] [Accepted: 09/26/2023] [Indexed: 10/15/2023] Open
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The Chinese mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis) has significant economic potential in both the Chinese domestic and global markets. The hemolymph microbiota is known to play a critical role in regulating physiological and biochemical functions in crustaceans. However, the study of the hemolymph microbiota of E. sinensis in response to infections has not been undertaken. In this study, changes in the composition and function of the hemolymph microbiota in E. sinensis infected with either Staphylococcus aureus (Sa) or Aeromonas hydrophila (Ah) were investigated using 16S rRNA sequencing, with a phosphate buffer saline (PBS) injection serving as the control. Results showed that the dominant hemolymph microbiota of E. sinensis were Proteobacteria, Bacteroidota, and Firmicutes. The relative abundance of the phyla Firmicutes, Bdellovibrionota, and Myxococcota was significantly reduced in both Sa and Ah groups compared to the PBS group. At the genus level, compared to the PBS group, a significant increase in the abundance of Flavobacterium and Aeromonas was found in both Ah and Sa groups. The analysis of the functional profile showed that pathways related to 'cell growth and death', 'metabolism of terpenoids and polyketides', 'cancers', 'lipid metabolism', 'neurodegenerative diseases', 'metabolism of other amino acids', 'xenobiotics biodegradation and metabolism', and 'circulatory system and endocrine system' were predominant in the Ah group. Meanwhile, pathways related to 'metabolism or genetic information progressing', such as 'translation', 'metabolic diseases', and 'cellular processes and signaling', were enriched in the Sa group. This study revealed the effects of pathogens (S. aureus or A. hydrophila) on the maintenance of the hemolymph microbiota in E. sinensis. It shed light on the mechanisms employed by the hemolymph microbiota of E. sinensis under pathogen stimulation.
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- Tongtong Kong
- School of Life Sciences, Qufu Normal University, Qufu 273165, China; (T.K.)
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- School of Life Sciences, Qufu Normal University, Qufu 273165, China; (T.K.)
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Marine Biology, Shantou University, Shantou 515063, China
- Institute of Marine Sciences, Shantou University, Shantou 515063, China
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Wang WF, Xie XY, Huang Y, Li YK, Liu H, Chen XL, Wang HL. Identification of a Novel Antimicrobial Peptide From the Ancient Marine Arthropod Chinese Horseshoe Crab, Tachypleus tridentatus. Front Immunol 2022; 13:794779. [PMID: 35401525 PMCID: PMC8984021 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.794779] [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: 10/14/2021] [Accepted: 02/24/2022] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Humoral immunity is the first line of defense in the invertebrate immune system, and antimicrobial peptides play an important role in this biological process. A novel antimicrobial peptide, termed Tatritin, was identified and characterized in hemolymph of Chinese horseshoe crab, Tachypleus tridentatus, infected with Gram-negative bacteria via transcriptome analysis. Tatritin was significantly induced by bacterial infection in hemolymph and gill. The preprotein of Tatritin consists of a signal peptide (21 aa) and a mature peptide (47 aa) enriched by cysteine. The putative mature peptide was 5.6 kDa with a theoretical isoelectric point (pI) of 9.99 and showed a α-helix structure in the N-terminal and an anti-parallel β-sheet structure in the cysteine-stabilized C-terminal region. The chemically synthesized peptide of Tatritin exhibited a broad spectrum of antimicrobial activity against Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria and fungi. Furthermore, Tatritin may recognize and inhibit pathogenic microorganisms by directly binding to LPS, DNA, and chitin. In addition, administration of Tatritin reduced the mortality of zebrafish after bacterial infection. Due to its broad-spectrum antimicrobial activity in vivo and in vitro and the sensitivity to drug-resistant bacterial strains, Tatritin peptide can be used as a new type of drug for infection treatment or as an immune enhancer in animals.
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- Wei-Feng Wang
- Key Lab of Freshwater Animal Breeding, Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Ministry of Education, College of Fisheries, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- Key Laboratory of South China Sea Fishery Resources Exploitation & Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture, South China Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Key Lab of Freshwater Animal Breeding, Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Ministry of Education, College of Fisheries, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- Key Laboratory of South China Sea Fishery Resources Exploitation & Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture, South China Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Key Lab of Freshwater Animal Breeding, Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Ministry of Education, College of Fisheries, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Aquatic Genetic Breeding and Healthy Aquaculture, Guangxi Academy of Fishery Sciences, Nanning, China
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- Key Lab of Freshwater Animal Breeding, Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Ministry of Education, College of Fisheries, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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Isolation and characterization of an activator-dependent protease from Aspergillus ochraceus screened from low denatured defatted soybean meal and the proteolysis of soy proteins. Lebensm Wiss Technol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.lwt.2021.112026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Wang WF, Xie XY, Chen K, Chen XL, Zhu WL, Wang HL. Immune Responses to Gram-Negative Bacteria in Hemolymph of the Chinese Horseshoe Crab, Tachypleus tridentatus. Front Immunol 2021; 11:584808. [PMID: 33584649 PMCID: PMC7878551 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.584808] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2020] [Accepted: 12/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Chinese horseshoe crab, Tachypleus tridentatus, is an ancient marine arthropod with a long evolutionary history. As a kind of living fossil species, the pathogen defenses of horseshoe crabs entirely depend on the innate immune system. Although, there are abundant immune molecules found in the horseshoe crab hemolymph, the biological mechanisms underlying their abilities of distinguishing and defending against invading microbes are still unclear. In this study, we used high-throughput sequencing at mRNA and protein levels and bioinformatics analysis methods to systematically analyze the innate immune response to Gram-negative bacteria in hemolymph of Chinese horseshoe crab. These results showed that many genes in the complement and coagulation cascades, Toll, NF-κB, C-type lectin receptor, JAK-STAT, and MAPK signaling pathways, and antimicrobial substances were activated at 12 and 24 h post-infection, suggesting that Gram-negative bacteria could activate the hemolymph coagulation cascade and antibacterial substances release via the above pathways. In addition, we conjectured that Toll and NF-κB signaling pathway were most likely to participate in the immune response to Gram-negative bacteria in hemolymph of horseshoe crab through an integral signal cascade. These findings will provide a useful reference for exploring the ancient original innate immune mechanism.
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- Wei-Feng Wang
- Key Lab of Freshwater Animal Breeding, Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Ministry of Education, College of Fisheries, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- Key Laboratory of South China Sea Fishery Resources Exploitation & Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture, South China Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Key Lab of Freshwater Animal Breeding, Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Ministry of Education, College of Fisheries, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Aquatic Genetic Breeding and Healthy Aquaculture, Guangxi Academy of Fishery Sciences, Nanning, China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Aquatic Genetic Breeding and Healthy Aquaculture, Guangxi Academy of Fishery Sciences, Nanning, China
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- Key Lab of Freshwater Animal Breeding, Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Ministry of Education, College of Fisheries, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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Characterization and structural analysis of prophenoloxidase in mud crab Scylla serrata and discovering novel chemical inhibitors through virtual screening. Struct Chem 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s11224-020-01515-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Masuda T, Baba S, Matsuo K, Ito S, Mikami B. The high-resolution crystal structure of lobster hemocyanin shows its enzymatic capability as a phenoloxidase. Arch Biochem Biophys 2020; 688:108370. [DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2020.108370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2020] [Revised: 04/07/2020] [Accepted: 04/08/2020] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Zhou Y, Liang Y, Yan Q, Zhang L, Chen D, Ruan L, Kong Y, Shi H, Chen M, Chen J. The draft genome of horseshoe crab Tachypleus tridentatus reveals its evolutionary scenario and well-developed innate immunity. BMC Genomics 2020; 21:137. [PMID: 32041526 PMCID: PMC7011531 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-020-6488-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2019] [Accepted: 01/13/2020] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Horseshoe crabs are ancient marine arthropods with a long evolutionary history extending back approximately 450 million years, which may benefit from their innate immune systems. However, the genetic mechanisms underlying their abilities of distinguishing and defending against invading microbes are still unclear. RESULTS Here, we describe the 2.06 Gbp genome assembly of Tachypleus tridentatus with 24,222 predicted protein-coding genes. Comparative genomics shows that T. tridentatus and the Atlantic horseshoe crab Limulus polyphemus have the most orthologues shared among two species, including genes involved in the immune-related JAK-STAT signalling pathway. Divergence time dating results show that the last common ancestor of Asian horseshoe crabs (including T. tridentatus and C. rotundicauda) and L. polyphemus appeared approximately 130 Mya (121-141), and the split of the two Asian horseshoe crabs was dated to approximately 63 Mya (57-69). Hox gene analysis suggests two clusters in both horseshoe crab assemblies. Surprisingly, selective analysis of immune-related gene families revealed the high expansion of conserved pattern recognition receptors. Genes involved in the IMD and JAK-STAT signal transduction pathways also exhibited a certain degree of expansion in both genomes. Intact coagulation cascade-related genes were present in the T. tridentatus genome with a higher number of coagulation factor genes. Moreover, most reported antibacterial peptides have been identified in T. tridentatus with their potentially effective antimicrobial sites. CONCLUSIONS The draft genome of T. tridentatus would provide important evidence for further clarifying the taxonomy and evolutionary relationship of Chelicerata. The expansion of conserved immune signalling pathway genes, coagulation factors and intact antimicrobial peptides in T. tridentatus constitutes its robust and effective innate immunity for self-defence in marine environments with an enormous number of invading pathogens and may affect the quality of the adaptive properties with regard to complicated marine environments.
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- Yan Zhou
- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438, China.
- Shanghai-MOST Key Laboratory of Health and Disease Genomics, Chinese National Human Genome Center at Shanghai, Shanghai, 201203, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438, China
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- Shanghai-MOST Key Laboratory of Health and Disease Genomics, Chinese National Human Genome Center at Shanghai, Shanghai, 201203, China
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- Shanghai-MOST Key Laboratory of Health and Disease Genomics, Chinese National Human Genome Center at Shanghai, Shanghai, 201203, China
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- Institute of Oceanography, Minjiang University, Fuzhou, 350108, China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Marine Genetic Resources, Fujian Collaborative Innovation Center for Exploitation and Utilization of Marine Biological Resources, Third Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, 184 University Road, Xiamen, 361005, China
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- Institute of Oceanography, Minjiang University, Fuzhou, 350108, China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Marine Genetic Resources, Fujian Collaborative Innovation Center for Exploitation and Utilization of Marine Biological Resources, Third Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, 184 University Road, Xiamen, 361005, China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Marine Genetic Resources, Fujian Collaborative Innovation Center for Exploitation and Utilization of Marine Biological Resources, Third Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, 184 University Road, Xiamen, 361005, China.
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- Institute of Oceanography, Minjiang University, Fuzhou, 350108, China.
- Sino-French Hoffmann Institute, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, 511436, China.
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Hahn K, Hertle Y, Bloess S, Kottke T, Hellweg T, Fischer von Mollard G. Activation of Recombinantly Expressed l-Amino Acid Oxidase from Rhizoctonia solani by Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate. Molecules 2017; 22:E2272. [PMID: 29261108 PMCID: PMC6149798 DOI: 10.3390/molecules22122272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2017] [Revised: 12/15/2017] [Accepted: 12/18/2017] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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l-Amino acid oxidases (l-AAO) catalyze the oxidative deamination of l-amino acids to the corresponding α-keto acids. The non-covalently bound cofactor FAD is reoxidized by oxygen under formation of hydrogen peroxide. We expressed an active l-AAO from the fungus Rhizoctonia solani as a fusion protein in E. coli. Treatment with small amounts of the detergent sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) stimulated the activity of the enzyme strongly. Here, we investigated whether other detergents and amphiphilic molecules activate 9His-rsLAAO1. We found that 9His-rsLAAO1 was also activated by sodium tetradecyl sulfate. Other detergents and fatty acids were not effective. Moreover, effects of SDS on the oligomerization state and the protein structure were analyzed. Native and SDS-activated 9His-rsLAAO1 behaved as dimers by size-exclusion chromatography. SDS treatment induced an increase in hydrodynamic radius as observed by size-exclusion chromatography and dynamic light scattering. The activated enzyme showed accelerated thermal inactivation and an exposure of additional protease sites. Changes in tryptophan fluorescence point to a more hydrophilic environment. Moreover, FAD fluorescence increased and a lower concentration of sulfites was sufficient to form adducts with FAD. Taken together, these data point towards a more open conformation of SDS-activated l-amino acid oxidase facilitating access to the active site.
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- Katharina Hahn
- Biochemistry III, Department of Chemistry, Universitätsstrasse 25, Bielefeld University, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany.
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- Physical and Biophysical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Universitätsstrasse 25, Bielefeld University, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany.
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- Biochemistry III, Department of Chemistry, Universitätsstrasse 25, Bielefeld University, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany.
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- Physical and Biophysical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Universitätsstrasse 25, Bielefeld University, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany.
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- Physical and Biophysical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Universitätsstrasse 25, Bielefeld University, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany.
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- Biochemistry III, Department of Chemistry, Universitätsstrasse 25, Bielefeld University, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany.
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Tan SS, Ng PM, Ho B, Jeak Ling Ding. The antimicrobial properties of C-reactive protein (CRP). ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016. [DOI: 10.1177/09680519050110040101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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C-reactive protein, CRP, is a predominant pattern-recognition receptor (PRR) in the plasma of the horseshoe crab, which recognizes lipopolysaccharide (LPS). Native CRP2 has previously been shown to exhibit agglutination activity against the polysialic capsule of Escherichia coli K1 but its role in bacterial clearance is not well characterized. In this work, the antimicrobial activity of a recombinant CRP2 isoform (rCRP2) was tested against E. coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus. rCRP2 agglutinates bacteria and exhibits bactericidal activity against Gram-negative bacteria. In addition, the antimicrobial activity of rCRP2 is calcium-independent. GST pulldown experiments suggest that in the naïve physiological state, CRP2 interacts with hemocyanin, native CRPs, a 35-kDa plasma lectin and an as yet unidentified 40-kDa protein. This interaction was enhanced upon Pseudomonas infection. We propose that rCRP2 is a PRR with potent antimicrobial activity and its interacting partners contribute to effective bacterial clearance.
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- Sandra S.H. Tan
- Department of Biological Sciences National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Biological Sciences National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Microbiology, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Biological Sciences National University of Singapore, Singapore,
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Laino A, Lavarías S, Suárez G, Lino A, Cunningham M. Characterization of phenoloxidase activity from spider Polybetes pythagoricus hemocyanin. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015; 323:547-55. [PMID: 26173645 DOI: 10.1002/jez.1947] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2015] [Revised: 05/04/2015] [Accepted: 05/06/2015] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Hemocyanin of the spider Polybetes pythagoricus, in addition to its typical role as an oxygen transporter, also exhibits a phenoloxidase activity induced by micellar concentrations of SDS. In the present work, we found the kinetic parameters Km and Vmax of Polybetes pythagoricus hemocyanin (PpHc) PO activity to be 0.407 mM and 0.081 µmolmin(-1) mg protein(-1) , respectively. Dopamine was used as the substrate with SDS at a final concentration of 10 mM and a 30-min incubation at 25°C. Conformational changes in Hc associated with the SDS treatment were analyzed using far-UV circular dichroism, intrinsic fluorescence and absorption spectroscopy. The secondary and tertiary structural changes of PpHc induced by SDS led to increases in α-helical content and tryptophan fluorescence intensity. A reduction in the absorption spectrum at 340 nm in the presence of SDS was also observed. These results suggest that the SDS-induced PO activity of PpHc can be ascribed to conformational changes in the local environment of the typer-3 copper active site.
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- Aldana Laino
- Instituto de Investigaciones Bioquímicas de La Plata (INIBIOLP), CCT-La Plata CONICET- Universidad Nacional de La Plata (UNLP), 60 y 120 (1900) La Plata, Argentina
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- Instituto de Limnología de La Plata (ILPLA) CONICET CCT La Plata-UNLP, La Plata, Argentina
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Bioquímicas de La Plata (INIBIOLP), CCT-La Plata CONICET- Universidad Nacional de La Plata (UNLP), 60 y 120 (1900) La Plata, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Investigación de Osteopatías y Metabolismo Mineral (LIOMM), Universidad Nacional de La Plata (UNLP), Argentina
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Bioquímicas de La Plata (INIBIOLP), CCT-La Plata CONICET- Universidad Nacional de La Plata (UNLP), 60 y 120 (1900) La Plata, Argentina
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Rückert C, Bell-Sakyi L, Fazakerley JK, Fragkoudis R. Antiviral responses of arthropod vectors: an update on recent advances. Virusdisease 2014; 25:249-60. [PMID: 25674592 DOI: 10.1007/s13337-014-0217-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2013] [Accepted: 04/30/2014] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Arthropod vectors, such as mosquitoes, ticks, biting midges and sand flies, transmit many viruses that can cause outbreaks of disease in humans and animals around the world. Arthropod vector species are invading new areas due to globalisation and environmental changes, and contact between exotic animal species, humans and arthropod vectors is increasing, bringing with it the regular emergence of new arboviruses. For future strategies to control arbovirus transmission, it is important to improve our understanding of virus-vector interactions. In the last decade knowledge of arthropod antiviral immunity has increased rapidly. RNAi has been proposed as the most important antiviral response in mosquitoes and it is likely to be the most important antiviral response in all arthropods. However, other newly-discovered antiviral strategies such as melanisation and the link between RNAi and the JAK/STAT pathway via the cytokine Vago have been characterised in the last few years. This review aims to summarise the most important and most recent advances made in arthropod antiviral immunity.
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- Claudia Rückert
- The Pirbright Institute, Ash Road, Pirbright, Surrey, GU24 0NF UK ; The Roslin Institute & Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Midlothian, EH25 9RG UK
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Coates CJ, Nairn J. Diverse immune functions of hemocyanins. DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY 2014; 45:43-55. [PMID: 24486681 DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2014.01.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 192] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2013] [Revised: 01/24/2014] [Accepted: 01/25/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Substantial evidence gathered recently has revealed the multiple functionalities of hemocyanin. Contrary to previous claims that this ancient protein is involved solely in oxygen transport within the hemolymph of invertebrates, hemocyanin and hemocyanin-derived peptides have been linked to key aspects of innate immunity, in particular, antiviral and phenoloxidase-like activities. Both phenoloxidase and hemocyanin belong to the family of type-3 copper proteins and share a high degree of sequence homology. While the importance of phenoloxidase in immunity and development is well characterised, the contribution of hemocyanin to biological defence systems within invertebrates is not recognised widely. This review focusses on the conversion of hemocyanin into a phenoloxidase-like enzyme and the array of hemocyanin-derived immune responses documented to date.
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- Christopher J Coates
- Biological and Environmental Sciences, School of Natural Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling FK9 4LA, Scotland, UK.
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- Biological and Environmental Sciences, School of Natural Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling FK9 4LA, Scotland, UK
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Coates CJ, Whalley T, Wyman M, Nairn J. A putative link between phagocytosis-induced apoptosis and hemocyanin-derived phenoloxidase activation. Apoptosis 2013; 18:1319-1331. [DOI: 10.1007/s10495-013-0891-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Wright J, Clark WM, Cain JA, Patterson A, Coates CJ, Nairn J. Effects of known phenoloxidase inhibitors on hemocyanin-derived phenoloxidase from Limulus polyphemus. Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol 2012; 163:303-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2012.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2012] [Revised: 07/27/2012] [Accepted: 07/30/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Fujieda N, Murata M, Yabuta S, Ikeda T, Shimokawa C, Nakamura Y, Hata Y, Itoh S. Activation mechanism of melB tyrosinase from Aspergillus oryzae by acidic treatment. J Biol Inorg Chem 2012; 18:19-26. [PMID: 23053534 DOI: 10.1007/s00775-012-0945-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2012] [Accepted: 09/26/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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The pro form of recombinant tyrosinase from Aspergillus oryzae (melB) shows no catalytic activity, but acid treatment (around pH 3.5) of protyrosinase activates it to induce tyrosinase activity. Circular dichroism spectra, gel filtration analysis, and colorimetric assay have indicated that acid treatment around pH 3.5 induced the disruption of the conformation of the C-terminal domain covering the enzyme active site. These structural changes induced by the acid treatment may open the entrance to the enzyme active site for substrate incorporation. To compare the mechanism of hydroxylation by the acid-treated tyrosinase with that by trypsin-treated tyrosinase, a detailed steady-state kinetic analysis of the phenolase activity was performed by monitoring the O(2)-consumption rate using a Clark-type oxygen electrode. The results clearly show that the phenolase activity (phenol hydroxylation) of the activated tyrosinase involves an electrophilic aromatic substitution mechanism as in the case of mushroom tyrosinase (Yamazaki and Itoh in J. Am. Chem. Soc. 125:13034-13035, 2003) and activated hemocyanin with urea (Morioka et al. in J. Am. Chem. Soc. 128:6788-6789, 2006).
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- Nobutaka Fujieda
- Division of Advanced Science and Biotechnology, Department of Material and Life Science, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
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Masuda T, Otomo R, Kuyama H, Momoji K, Tonomoto M, Sakai S, Nishimura O, Sugawara T, Hirata T. A novel type of prophenoloxidase from the kuruma prawn Marsupenaeus japonicus contributes to the melanization of plasma in crustaceans. FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2012; 32:61-68. [PMID: 22056399 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2011.10.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2011] [Revised: 10/19/2011] [Accepted: 10/19/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Melanization is one of the major immune responses in arthropods. Prophenoloxidases (proPOs) catalyze the oxidation of mono- or o-diphenols, a reaction that is the key initial step of melanin formation. Well-characterized proPOs from crustaceans are synthesized in haemocytes and are released into plasma in response to microbial attack. However, PO activity does exist in the plasma of haemolymph without pathogenic infections. Here, we demonstrate that a novel type of proPO contributes to such PO activity in the plasma fraction of haemolymph of crustaceans. The novel enzyme, which was purified from the plasma of the kuruma prawn (Marsupenaeus japonicus), possessed strong and specific monophenol and o-diphenol oxidation activity compared with that of known haemocyte-type proPO. Amino acid sequence analyses indicated that this enzyme was distinct from the known proPO. The cDNA sequence and deduced amino acid sequence of this enzyme has a putative binuclear copper center, and showed approximately 30% and 20% identity with the primary structures of reported proPO and haemocyanin sequences of the kuruma prawn, respectively. Reverse transcription PCR analysis showed that this enzyme was synthesized in the hepatopancreas rather than in haemocytes. Although the primary structure and enzymatic properties of this novel enzyme suggested that it is a phenoloxidase, its biogenesis, tissue distribution, and oligomeric state resemble those of haemocyanin, which belongs to the same protein family (type III copper protein). This novel proPO enzyme may share a role with the already characterized version, itself a major component of the innate immune system in crustaceans.
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- Taro Masuda
- Laboratory of Food Quality Design and Development, Division of Agronomy and Horticultural Science, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
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The presence of multiple phenoloxidases in Caribbean reef-building corals. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2011; 159:372-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2011.03.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2011] [Revised: 03/31/2011] [Accepted: 03/31/2011] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Otzen D. Protein–surfactant interactions: A tale of many states. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2011; 1814:562-91. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2011.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 362] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2010] [Revised: 02/23/2011] [Accepted: 03/04/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Zibaee A, Bandani AR, Malagoli D. Purification and characterization of phenoloxidase from the hemocytes of Eurygaster integriceps (Hemiptera: Scutelleridae). Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol 2011; 158:117-23. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2010.10.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2010] [Revised: 10/12/2010] [Accepted: 10/17/2010] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Pang Q, Liu X, Zhao B, Jiang Y, Su F, Zhang X, Nie M, Zhang M, Sun H. Detection and characterization of phenoloxidase in the freshwater planarian Dugesia japonica. Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol 2010; 157:54-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2010.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2010] [Revised: 05/03/2010] [Accepted: 05/03/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Kawabata SI. Immunocompetent Molecules and Their Response Network in Horseshoe Crabs. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2010; 708:122-36. [DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-8059-5_7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Fujieda N, Yakiyama A, Itoh S. Catalytic oxygenation of phenols by arthropod hemocyanin, an oxygen carrier protein, from Portunus trituberculatus. Dalton Trans 2010; 39:3083-92. [DOI: 10.1039/c000760a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Feng C, Song Q, Lü W, Lu J. Purification and characterization of hemolymph prophenoloxidase from Ostrinia furnacalis (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) larvae. Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol 2008; 151:139-46. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2008.05.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2008] [Revised: 05/20/2008] [Accepted: 05/20/2008] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Gheibi N, Saboury AA, Haghbeen K, Moosavi-Movahedi AA. Activity and structural changes of mushroom tyrosinase induced by n-alkyl sulfates. Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces 2008; 45:104-7. [PMID: 16144759 DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2005.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2005] [Revised: 07/30/2005] [Accepted: 08/06/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Catecholase activity and structural changes of mushroom tyrosinase (MT) were studied in the presence of some n-alkyl sulfate derivatives. Experiments showed that MT reached its optimal activity in the presence of 1.5, 0.6, and 0.2 mM of sodium n-octyl sulfate (SOS), sodium n-dodecyl sulfate (SDS) and sodium n-tetradecyl sulfate (STS), respectively. Native and incubated MT with the n-alkyl sulfates were also investigated from structural point of view by far-UV circular dichroism (CD) and intrinsic fluorescence spectroscopy. At the above mentioned concentrations of SOS, SDS, and STS no change in the secondary structure of MT was observed. However, changes in the tertiary structure of the enzyme due to the presence of n-alkyl sulfates were obvious. Results of this research indicate that n-alkyl sulfate with longer chain induces greater conformational changes in MT, hence, can activate it at lower concentrations.
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- N Gheibi
- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
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Jaenicke E, Decker H. Kinetic properties of catecholoxidase activity of tarantula hemocyanin. FEBS J 2008; 275:1518-1528. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2008.06311.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Elmar Jaenicke
- Institut für Molekulare Biophysik, Johannes Gutenberg Universität, Mainz, Germany
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- Institut für Molekulare Biophysik, Johannes Gutenberg Universität, Mainz, Germany
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Nillius D, Jaenicke E, Decker H. Switch between tyrosinase and catecholoxidase activity of scorpion hemocyanin by allosteric effectors. FEBS Lett 2008; 582:749-54. [DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2008.01.056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2007] [Revised: 01/16/2008] [Accepted: 01/27/2008] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Hristova R, Dolashki A, Voelter W, Stevanovic S, Dolashka-Angelova P. o-Diphenol oxidase activity of molluscan hemocyanins. Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol 2007; 149:439-46. [PMID: 18162195 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2007.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2007] [Revised: 11/17/2007] [Accepted: 11/19/2007] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Diphenoloxidase activities of two molluscan hemocyanins, isolated from the marine snails Rapana venosa and garden snails Helix vulgaris were studied using o-diphenol and L-Dopa as substrates. The dimers of H. vulgaris Hc show both, diphenol (K(m)=2.86 mM and K(cat)=4.48) and L-Dopa activity due to a more open active sites of the enzyme and better access of the substrates. The K(m) value of molluscan H. vulgaris Hc is very close to those of Helix pomatia and Sepia officinalis Hcs, but several times higher compared to those of Rapana and Octopus Hcs. Also HvH has a very high enzyme activity compared with other molluscan Hcs. Kinetic measurements with native RvH and both structural subunits, RvH1 and RvH2, show that RvH and only one structural subunit, RvH2, exhibited only o-diphenol activity, but no L-Dopa oxidizing activity.
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- Rumyana Hristova
- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, G. Bonchev 9, Sofia 1113, Bulgaria
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Tatara Y, Namba T, Yamagata Y, Yoshida T, Uchida T, Ichishima E. ORIGINAL ARTICLE: Acid activation of protyrosinase from Aspergillus oryzae: homo-tetrameric protyrosinase is converted to active dimers with an essential intersubunit disulfide bond at acidic pH. Pigment Cell Melanoma Res 2007; 21:89-96. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-148x.2007.00422.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Jiang N, Tan NS, Ho B, Ding JL. Respiratory protein–generated reactive oxygen species as an antimicrobial strategy. Nat Immunol 2007; 8:1114-22. [PMID: 17721536 DOI: 10.1038/ni1501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 158] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2007] [Accepted: 07/10/2007] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The evolution of the host-pathogen relationship comprises a series of invasive-defensive tactics elicited by both participants. The stereotype is that the antimicrobial immune response requires multistep processes. Little is known about the primordial immunosurveillance system, which probably has components that directly link sensors and effectors. Here we found that the respiratory proteins of both the horseshoe crab and human were directly activated by microbial proteases and were enhanced by pathogen-associated molecular patterns, resulting in the production of more reactive oxygen species. Hemolytic virulent pathogens, which produce proteases as invasive factors, are more susceptible to this killing mechanism. This 'shortcut' antimicrobial strategy represents a fundamental and universal mode of immunosurveillance, which has been in existence since before the split of protostomes and deuterostomes and still persists today.
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- Naxin Jiang
- Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117543
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Terwilliger NB, Ryan MC. Functional and phylogenetic analyses of phenoloxidases from brachyuran (Cancer magister) and branchiopod (Artemia franciscana, Triops longicaudatus) crustaceans. THE BIOLOGICAL BULLETIN 2006; 210:38-50. [PMID: 16501063 DOI: 10.2307/4134535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Arthropod phenoloxidases catalyze the melanization and sclerotization of the new postmolt exoskeleton, and they function in the immune response. Hemocyanin, phylogenetically related to phenoloxidase, can function as a phenoloxidase under certain conditions. We investigated the relative contributions of hemocyte phenoloxidase and hemocyanin in the brachyuran crab Cancer magister, using the physiological ratio at which they occur in the hemolymph, and found that hemocyte phenoloxidase has higher activity. They both convert diphenols to o-quinones, but only the hemocyte phenoloxidase is able to catalyze the conversion of monophenols to diphenols. The quaternary structure of hemocyanin affects its reactivity as phenoloxidase. We suggest that prophenoloxidase is released from hemocytes and moves across epidermis into new exoskeleton during premolt and is activated in early postmolt. In addition to functional studies, we have determined the complete cDNA sequence of C. magister hemocyte prophenoloxidase and partial sequences from the branchiopods Artemia franciscana and Triops longicaudatus. We also sequenced C. magister cryptocyanin 2 and a hemocyanin from the amphipod Cyamus scammoni and used these and other members of the arthropod hemocyanin superfamily for phylogenetic analyses. The phylogenies presented here are consistent with the possibility that a common ancestral molecule had both phenoloxidase and reversible oxygen-binding capabilities.
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- Nora B Terwilliger
- Oregon Institute of Marine Biology, University of Oregon, PO Box 5389, Charleston, 97420, USA.
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Li JS, Ruyl Kim S, Christensen BM, Li J. Purification and primary structural characterization of prophenoloxidases from Aedes aegypti larvae. INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2005; 35:1269-83. [PMID: 16203208 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2005.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2005] [Revised: 07/01/2005] [Accepted: 07/05/2005] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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There are more prophenoloxidase (proPO) genes in mosquitoes than other model insect species studied to date. The high sequence similarity among mosquito proPOs makes it extremely difficult to use histochemical methods to determine the presence of individual proPOs in different stages of mosquito development or their tissue locations. As a consequence, there always are questions when attempting to assign any observed functions to a particular proPO. By following the PO fractions of Aedes aegypti larval proteins during chromatographic separations, we were able to isolate two proPO fractions. Each displayed a single protein band on SDS-PAGE gel. The two fractions showed relative molecular weights of 75 and 60k Da. In-gel trypsin-digestion of the two protein bands and subsequent mass spectrometry of their tryptic peptides confirmed their proPO identities. The 75 kDa protein was a new Aedes aegypti proPO that has not been described in databases, whereas the 60 kDa band contained three previously described Aedes aegypti proPO sequences, with the absence of approximately 125-128 residues at their carboxyl end as compared with their deduced sequences, which suggests that some proPOs might undergo specific proteolytic processing after synthesis. Comparison between the transcriptional profiles of different proPOs and the number of isolated proPO proteins in late-stage larvae indicates that individual proPOs might be transcribed during the earlier stages of larval development, and that resulting proPO proteins persist through all larval stages. Results of this study provide a basis for developing a comprehensive understanding of structure/function relationships of individual proPOs in mosquitoes.
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- Junsuo S Li
- Department of Pathobiology, University of Illinois, 2001 South Lincoln Avenue, Urbana, IL 61802, USA.
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Olianas A, Sanjust E, Pellegrini M, Rescigno A. Tyrosinase activity and hemocyanin in the hemolymph of the slipper lobster Scyllarides latus. J Comp Physiol B 2005; 175:405-11. [PMID: 16010551 DOI: 10.1007/s00360-005-0002-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2005] [Revised: 04/27/2005] [Accepted: 05/09/2005] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The respiratory protein hemocyanin is present in molluscans and in some species of arthropods, and its dioxygen binding site strongly resembles that of the monophenol-hydroxylating and catechol-quinonising enzyme tyrosinase. Moreover, some hemocyanins show a certain extent of tyrosinase activity, so a common ancestry between the two proteins has been suggested. However, in the case purified hemocyanin of Scyllarides latus any attempts to evoke tyrosinase activity failed. A distinct tyrosinase has been purified to homogeneity from the hemolymph, and kinetically characterised. The purified tyrosinase showed both monophenolase and diphenolase enzyme activity and therefore it could be well defined as a true tyrosinase. This finding suggests that in the case of the studied crustacean the evolutionary functional divergence between dioxygen transport and oxidation of phenolics has already reached its completeness.
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- Alessandra Olianas
- Department of Sciences Applied to Biosystems, University of Cagliari, Cittadella Universitaria, 09042, Monserrato (CA), Italy
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Invertebrate animals, which lack adaptive immune systems, have developed other systems of biological host defense, so called innate immunity, that respond to common antigens on the cell surfaces of potential pathogens. During the past two decades, the molecular structures and functions of various defense components that participated in innate immune systems have been established in Arthropoda, such as, insects, the horseshoe crab, freshwater crayfish, and the protochordata ascidian. These defense molecules include phenoloxidases, clotting factors, complement factors, lectins, protease inhibitors, antimicrobial peptides, Toll receptors, and other humoral factors found mainly in hemolymph plasma and hemocytes. These components, which together compose the innate immune system, defend invertebrate from invading bacterial, fungal, and viral pathogens. This review describes the present status of our knowledge concerning such defensive molecules in invertebrates.
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- Sadaaki Iwanaga
- The Chemo-Sero-Therapeutic Research Institute, Okubo 1-6-1, Kumamoto 860-8568, Japan
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Cong R, Sun W, Liu G, Fan T, Meng X, Yang L, Zhu L. Purification and characterization of phenoloxidase from clam Ruditapes philippinarum. FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2005; 18:61-70. [PMID: 15450969 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2004.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2004] [Accepted: 06/01/2004] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Using L-dihydroxyphenylalanine (L-DOPA) as a specific substrate, phenoloxidase (PO) from clam (Ruditapes philippinarum) was purified by Q Sepharose Fast Flow ion-exchange chromatography and Sephacryl S-100 gel-filtration, and characterized biochemically and enzymatically in this study. The molecular mass of PO in SDS-PAGE is about 76.9 kDa, and the prophenoloxidase (proPO) molecule, isolated as a monomeric protein, is 84.1 kDa. The PO molecule had a high oxidative activity, and the proPO molecule had almost no oxidative activity. The PO activity was optimal at pH 7.0 and temperature of 40 degrees C. The Km value of the PO for L-DOPA was 2.2 mmol l(-1). The PO was extremely sensitive to benzoic acid and sodium sulfite, very sensitive to citric acid, thio urea, 1-phenyl-2-thiourea and cysteine, but not sensitive to ascorbic acid. Combined with its specific enzyme activity on tyrosine and L-DOPA, it can be concluded that the Ruditapes PO is probably a kind of tyrosinase-type phenoloxidase. The PO activity was strongly inhibited by ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA), diethyldithiocarbamate (DETC), Zn2+, Ca2+ and Cu2+, as well as by Mg2+. The results with EDTA, DETC, and some metal ions, combined with the perfect recovery effect of Cu2+ on DETC-inhibited PO activity, indicate that Ruditapes PO is most probably a copper-containing metalloenzyme.
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- Rishan Cong
- Department of Marine Biology, Division of Life Science and Technology, Ocean University of China, 5 Yushan Road, Qingdao 266003, PR China.
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Pang Q, Zhang S, Wang C, Shi X, Sun Y. Presence of prophenoloxidase in the humoral fluid of amphioxus Branchiostoma belcheri tsingtauense. FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2004; 17:477-487. [PMID: 15313513 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2004.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2004] [Accepted: 05/13/2004] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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The presence of phenoloxidase (PO) activity in the humoral fluid of amphioxus Branchiostoma belcheri tsingtauense was electrophoretically and spectrophotometrically studied. The enzyme was present in the humoral fluid predominantly as an inactive proenzyme, prophenoloxidase (proPO). The optimum temperature for activation of the proPO ranged from 30 degrees C to 35 degrees C, and the enzyme exhibited optimum activity at pH between 7.0 and 7.5. ProPO in the humoral fluid was readily activated to active form PO by exogenous elicitors such as trypsin, zymosan and LPS. The activation of the proPO by exogenous elicitors was significantly enhanced in the presence of 10 mM Ca2+, but was susceptible to serine protease inhibitors like soybean trypsin inhibitor and p-nitrophenyl-p'-guanidinobenzoate. PAGE revealed a single band of PO activity in the humoral fluid with an apparent molecular mass of 150 kDa, which was resolved to three bands with molecular masses of 44, 46 and 72 kDa, respectively, after SDS-PAGE. This is the first report on the presence of the enzyme PO in amphioxus humoral fluid.
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- Qiuxiang Pang
- Department of Marine Biology, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, PR China
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Jaenicke E, Decker H. Functional changes in the family of type 3 copper proteins during evolution. Chembiochem 2004; 5:163-9. [PMID: 14760736 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.200300714] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Elmar Jaenicke
- Institut für Molekulare Biophysik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Jakob Welder Weg 26, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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Chen QX, Huang H, Kubo I. Inactivation kinetics of mushroom tyrosinase by cetylpyridinium chloride. JOURNAL OF PROTEIN CHEMISTRY 2003; 22:481-7. [PMID: 14690251 DOI: 10.1023/b:jopc.0000005464.36961.9c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Cetylpyridinium chloride (CPC) was found to inactivate tyrosinase from mushroom (Agaricus bisporus). CPC can bind to the enzyme molecule and induce the enzyme conformation changes. The fluorescence intensity (at 338.4 nm) of the enzyme decreased distinctly with increasing CPC concentrations, and a new little fluorescence emission peak appeared near 372 nm. The inactivation of the enzyme by CPC had first been studied by using the kinetic method of the substrate reaction described by Tsou. The results showed that the enzyme was inactivated by a complex mechanism that had not been previously identified. The enzyme first quickly binds with CPC reversibly and then undergoes a slow irreversible inactivation. The inactivation reaction is a single molecule reaction and the apparent inactivation rate constant is a saturated trend being independent of CPC concentration if the concentration is sufficiently high. The micro rate constants of inactivation and the association constant were determined.
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- Qing-Xi Chen
- Key laboratory of Ministry of Education for Cell Biology and Tumor Cell Engineering, Department of Biology, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, People's Republic of China.
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Seo SY, Sharma VK, Sharma N. Mushroom tyrosinase: recent prospects. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2003; 51:2837-53. [PMID: 12720364 DOI: 10.1021/jf020826f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 536] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Tyrosinase, also known as polyphenol oxidase, is a copper-containing enzyme, which is widely distributed in microorganisms, animals, and plants. Nowadays mushroom tyrosinase has become popular because it is readily available and useful in a number of applications. This work presents a study on the importance of tyrosinase, especially that derived from mushroom, and describes its biochemical character and inhibition and activation by the various chemicals obtained from natural and synthetic origins with its clinical and industrial importance in the recent prospects.
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- Sung-Yum Seo
- Applied Biotechnology Laboratory, Department of Biology, College of Natural Sciences, Kongju National University, Kongju 314-701, South Korea.
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Pless DD, Aguilar MB, Falcón A, Lozano-Alvarez E, Heimer de la Cotera EP. Latent phenoloxidase activity and N-terminal amino acid sequence of hemocyanin from Bathynomus giganteus, a primitive crustacean. Arch Biochem Biophys 2003; 409:402-10. [PMID: 12504908 DOI: 10.1016/s0003-9861(02)00615-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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N-terminal amino acid sequences for the two hemocyanin subunits from the deep-sea crustacean Bathynomus giganteus have been determined by Edman degradation, providing the first sequence information for a hemocyanin from an isopod. In addition, purified hemocyanin from B. giganteus exhibited phenoloxidase activity in the presence of sodium dodecyl sulfate. Although a natural activator has not yet been identified, a preliminary study of the enzyme indicated a K(m) of 5mM for dopamine and an initial rate of 0.1 micromol per min per mg protein, values consistent with a significant role for this enzyme in the innate immune system of B. giganteus. Moreover, after separation of hemolymph by alkaline polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, the only detectable phenoloxidase activity coincided with the two hemocyanin subunits. The hemocyanin of this primitive crustacean may fulfill dual functions, both as oxygen carrier and as the phenoloxidase crucial for host defense.
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- Dorothy D Pless
- Instituto de Neurobiologi;a, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Campus UNAM-Juriquilla, 76230, Querétaro, Qro., Mexico.
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During the past two decades, the molecular structures and functions have been established for various defense molecules, using horseshoe crab (Limulus) as a model animal. These defense molecules include clotting factors, proteinase inhibitors, lectins, antimicrobial peptides and other humoral factors found mainly in the hemolymph. These components of the cellular and humoral systems, which together comprise innate immunity, defend horseshoe crab effectively from invading microbes.
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- Sadaaki Iwanaga
- The Chemo-Sero-Therapeutic Research Institute, Okubo 1-6-1, 860-8568, Kumamoto, Japan
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Nagai T, Osaki T, Kawabata S. Functional Conversion of Hemocyanin to Phenoloxidase by Horseshoe Crab Antimicrobial Peptides. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:27166-70. [PMID: 11375396 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m102596200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 133] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Arthropod hemocyanins and phenoloxidases serve different physiological functions as oxygen transporters and enzymes involved in defense reactions, respectively. However, they are equipped with a structurally similar oxygen-binding center. We have shown that the clotting enzyme of the horseshoe crab, Tachypleus tridentatus, functionally converts hemocyanin to phenoloxidase by forming a complex without proteolytic cleavage (Nagai, T., and Kawabata, S. (2000) J. Biol. Chem. 275, 35297-35301). Here we show that chitin-binding antimicrobial peptides of the horseshoe crab induce the intrinsic phenoloxidase activity of hemocyanin. Tachyplesin, a major Tachypleus antimicrobial peptide with an amphiphilic structure, converted the hemocyanin to phenoloxidase. Surface plasmon resonance analysis revealed the specific interaction of tachyplesin with hemocyanin at K(d) = 3.4 x 10(-)6 m. The chemical modification of Trp or Tyr in tachyplesin, but not Lys or Arg, dramatically reduced the affinity to hemocyanin, suggesting that the binding site is located in the hydrophobic face of tachyplesin. Hemocyanin has no affinity with chitin, but it significantly binds to tachyplesin-coated chitin, leading to the expression of phenoloxidase activity. The chitin coated with antimicrobial peptides may serve as a scaffold for the binding of hemocyanin, and the resulting phenoloxidase activity appears to function as a trigger of exoskeleton wound healing.
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- T Nagai
- Department of Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
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Decker H, Ryan M, Jaenicke E, Terwilliger N. SDS-induced phenoloxidase activity of hemocyanins from Limulus polyphemus, Eurypelma californicum, and Cancer magister. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:17796-9. [PMID: 11278677 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m010436200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 147] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Phenoloxidase, widely distributed among animals, plants, and fungi, is involved in many biologically essential functions including sclerotization and host defense. In chelicerates, the oxygen carrier hemocyanin seems to function as the phenoloxidase. Here, we show that hemocyanins from two ancient chelicerates, the horseshoe crab Limulus polyphemus and the tarantula Eurypelma californicum, exhibit O-diphenoloxidase activity induced by submicellar concentrations of SDS, a reagent frequently used to identify phenoloxidase activity. The enzymatic activity seems to be restricted to only a few of the heterogeneous subunits. These active subunit types share similar topological positions in the quaternary structures as linkers of the two tightly connected 2 x 6-mers. Because no other phenoloxidase activity was found in the hemolymph of these animals, their hemocyanins may act as a phenoloxidase and thus be involved in the primary immune response and sclerotization of the cuticle. In contrast, hemolymph of a more recent arthropod, the crab Cancer magister, contains both hemocyanin with weak phenoloxidase activity and another hemolymph protein with relatively strong phenoloxidase activity. The chelicerate hemocyanin subunits showing phenoloxidase activity may have evolved into a separate phenoloxidase in crustaceans.
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- H Decker
- Institute for Molecular Biophysics, University of Mainz, D55128 Mainz, Germany.
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Arthropod hemocyanins are members of a protein superfamily that also comprises the arthropod phenoloxidases (tyrosinases), crustacean pseudohemocyanins (cryptocyanins), and insect storage hexamerins. The evolution of these proteins was inferred by neighbor-joining, maximum-parsimony, and maximum-likelihood methods. Monte Carlo shuffling approaches provided evidence against a discernible relationship of the arthropod hemocyanin superfamily and molluscan hemocyanins or nonarthropodan tyrosinases. Within the arthropod hemocyanin superfamily, the phenoloxidase probably emerged early in the (eu-)arthropod stemline and thus form the most likely outgroup. The respiratory hemocyanins evolved from these enzymes before the radiation of the extant euarthropodan subphyla. Due to different functional constraints, replacement rates greatly vary between the clades. Divergence times were thus estimated assuming local molecular clocks using several substitution models. The results were consistent and indicated the separation of the cheliceratan and crustacean hemocyanins close to 600 MYA. The different subunit types of the multihexameric cheliceratan hemocyanin have a rather conservative structure and diversified in the arachnidan stemline between 550 and 450 MYA. By contrast, the separation of the crustacean (malacostracan) hemocyanin subunits probably occurred only about 200 MYA. The nonrespiratory pseudohemocyanins evolved within the Decapoda about 215 MYA. The insect hemocyanins and storage hexamerins emerged independently from the crustacean hemocyanins. The time of divergence of the insect proteins from the malacostracan hemocyanins was estimated to be about 430-440 MYA, providing support for the notion that the Hexapoda evolved from the same crustacean lineage as the Malacostraca.
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- T Burmester
- Institute of Zoology, University of Mainz, D-55099 Mainz, Germany.
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Nagai T, Kawabata S. A link between blood coagulation and prophenol oxidase activation in arthropod host defense. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:29264-7. [PMID: 10880508 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m002556200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Phenol oxidase, a copper-containing enzyme, is widely distributed not only in animals but also in plants and fungi, which is responsible for initiating the biosynthesis of melanin. Activation of prophenol oxidase in arthropods is important in host defense. However, the prophenol oxidase-activating system remains poorly understood at the molecular level. Here we show that the coagulation cascade of the horseshoe crab Tachypleus tridentatus is linked to prophenol oxidase activation, with the oxygen carrier hemocyanin functioning as a substitute for prophenol oxidase. Tachypleus clotting enzyme functionally transforms hemocyanin to phenol oxidase, and the conversion reaches a plateau at 1:1 stoichiometry without proteolytic cleavage. The active site-masked clotting enzyme also has the same effect, suggesting that complex formation of the clotting enzyme with hemocyanin is critical for the conversion. The two systems of blood coagulation and prophenol oxidase activation may have evolved from a common ancestral protease cascade.
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- T Nagai
- Department of Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
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Decker H, Tuczek F. Tyrosinase/catecholoxidase activity of hemocyanins: structural basis and molecular mechanism. Trends Biochem Sci 2000; 25:392-7. [PMID: 10916160 DOI: 10.1016/s0968-0004(00)01602-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 248] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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The enzymes tyrosinase, catecholoxidase and hemocyanin all share similar active sites, although their physiological functions differ. Hemocyanins serve as oxygen carrier proteins, and tyrosinases and catecholoxidases (commonly referred to as phenoloxidases in arthropods) catalyze the hydroxylation of monophenols or the oxidation of o-diphenols to o-quinones, or both. Tyrosinases are activated in vivo by limited proteolytic cleavage, which might open up substrate access to the catalytic site. It has recently been demonstrated that if hemocyanins are subjected to similar proteolytic treatments (in vitro) they also exhibit at least catecholoxidase reactivity. On the basis of their molecular structures, hemocyanins are used as model systems to understand the substrate-active-site interaction between catecholoxidases and tyrosinases.
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- H Decker
- Institut für Molekulare Biophysik, Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz, D-55099 Mainz, Germany.
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Vasse A, Child A, Wainwright N. Prophenoloxidase Is Not Activated by Microbial Signals in Limulus polyphemus. THE BIOLOGICAL BULLETIN 1999; 197:281-282. [PMID: 28281820 DOI: 10.2307/1542652] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Espín JC, van Leeuwen J, Wichers HJ. Kinetic study of the activation process of a latent mushroom (Agaricus bisporus) tyrosinase by serine proteases. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 1999; 47:3509-3517. [PMID: 10552677 DOI: 10.1021/jf9813539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Latent mushroom tyrosinase can be considered as a zymogen when activated by proteases because the activation process fulfilled all of the kinetic dependencies predicted by a theoretical zymogen activation model previously reported. The activation was studied under two assay conditions: high and low ratio of latent tyrosinase/serine protease (trypsin and subtilisin Carlsberg) concentrations, in the presence and in the absence of a serine protease inhibitor (aprotinin). The size of the latent enzyme was 67 kDa, determined by denaturing SDS-PAGE electrophoresis and Western blot assays. After proteolytic activation, the size was 43 kDa, with an intermediate band of 58 kDa. The values of the catalytic () and Michaelis () constants for the active forms of tyrosinase resulting from the activation by subtilisin, trypsin, or sodium dodecyl sulfate on the substrate tert-butylcatechol were slightly different, which could support the idea of "one activator-one different active tyrosinase". Vacuum infiltration experiments tried to reproduce in vivo the role of mushroom serine proteases in the activation of latent tyrosinase. The use of serine protease inhibitors is proposed as a new alternative tool to prevent melanin formation.
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- J C Espín
- Agrotechnological Research Institute (ATO-DLO), Bornsesteeg 59, P.O. Box 17, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands.
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Espín JC, Wichers HJ. Activation of a latent mushroom (Agaricus bisporus) tyrosinase isoform by sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS). Kinetic properties of the SDS-activated isoform. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 1999; 47:3518-3525. [PMID: 10552678 DOI: 10.1021/jf981275p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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This study reports the activation of a latent mushroom tyrosinase isoform by sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS). The activation process of latent mushroom tyrosinase by SDS is characterized by the presence of a lag period (tau) prior to the attainment of a steady-state rate (V(ss)). This could be related to a slow conformational change of the latent enzyme to render the active isoform. The molecular size of the latent isoform was 67 kDa as determined by SDS-PAGE and western-blotting assays. This size did not change after activation by SDS. The molecular size of the protease-activated isoform was 43 kDa. tau and V(ss) displayed a sigmoidal relationship to the concentration of SDS, but tau was not dependent on o-diphenol or enzyme concentration. Increasing SDS concentrations decreased tau, but then lower V(ss) values were detected because of a possible excess of unfolding and subsequent denaturation of the protein. The same reaction mechanism operated in both SDS-activated and protease-activated tyrosinase isoforms despite their different kinetic features. A possible mechanism for the activation of this latent tyrosinase by SDS is proposed.
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- J C Espín
- Agrotechnological Research Institute (ATO-DLO), Bornsesteeg 59, P.O. Box 17, 6700 Wageningen, The Netherlands.
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Espín JC, Wichers HJ. Kinetics of activation of latent mushroom (Agaricus bisporus) tyrosinase by benzyl alcohol. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 1999; 47:3503-3508. [PMID: 10552676 DOI: 10.1021/jf981334z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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A latent isoform of Agaricus bisporus tyrosinase has been isolated and activated by benzyl alcohol, one of the major volatile compounds in mushrooms of this genus. The progress curve that describes the activation process reached the steady-state rate (V(ss)) after a lag period (tau). The rate of active tyrosinase formation was calculated by coupling the oxidation of o-diphenols to the activation process. V(ss) depended on benzyl alcohol, o-diphenol, and latent tyrosinase concentrations. The lag period depended on benzyl alcohol concentrations but not on o-diphenol and enzyme concentrations. The size of the latent mushroom tyrosinase was 67 kDa, determined by SDS-PAGE and Western blotting assays. This size was not modified after activation by benzyl alcohol. The presence of a lag period and the lack of change of the molecular mass of the protein after activation could indicate a slow conformational change of the protein to render the final active form. The values of the kinetic constants V(max) and K(m) on the o-diphenols 4-tert-butylcatechol, L-DOPA, and dopamine were different between the latent tyrosinase activated by benzyl alcohol and the commercial tyrosinase. They might indicate that a different final active tyrosinase, depending on the activator used, could arise.
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- J C Espín
- Agrotechnological Research Institute (ATO-DLO), Bornsesteeg 59, P.O. Box 17, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands.
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Gollas-Galván T, Hernández-López J, Vargas-Albores F. Prophenoloxidase from brown shrimp (Penaeus californiensis) hemocytes. Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol 1999; 122:77-82. [PMID: 10327596 DOI: 10.1016/s0305-0491(98)10143-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Prophenoloxidase (proPO) was purified from blood cells of the brown shrimp Penaeus californiensis by ultracentrifugation and dye affinity chromatography. The isolated proPO is a 114-kDa monomeric protein as determined by SDS-PAGE. This protein can be hydrolyzed by proteinases, producing a 107-kDa active phenoloxidase (PO). The isoelectric point for both protein forms was 7.35. The PO reaction using L-DOPA as substrate, has an optimum pH of 8, and was poorly inhibited by sodium azide, thiourea and EDTA, but strongly inhibited by diethyl thiocarbamate. According to the substrate affinity and inhibition characteristics, this phenoloxidase was classified as a tyrosinase-like phenoloxidase. Purified proPO was not activated by bacterial lipopolysaccharides or beta-glucans.
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