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Ahmed SBM, Amer S, Emad M, Rahmani M, Prigent SA. Studying the ShcD and ERK interaction under acute oxidative stress conditions in melanoma cells. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 2019; 112:123-133. [PMID: 31121283 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2019.05.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2019] [Revised: 05/10/2019] [Accepted: 05/13/2019] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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The newly identified melanoma-associated adaptor ShcD was found to translocate to the nucleus upon hydrogen peroxide treatment. Therefore, the aim of this study was to identify the ShcD network in melanoma cells under oxidative stress. LC-MS/MS and GFP-trap were performed to study the ShcD phosphorylation status during acute severe oxidative stress. ShcD was found to be phosphorylated at threonine-159 (Thr159) in response to 5 mM H2O2 treatment. The GPS 2.1 phosphorylation prediction program predicted that the Thr159Pro motif, housed in the N-terminus of the ShcD-CH2 domain, is a potential phosphorylation site for MAPKs (ERK, JNK or p38). Co-immunoprecipitation experiments revealed that ShcD mainly interacts with ERK in B16 and MM138 melanoma cells under both hydrogen peroxide-untreated and -treated conditions. Moreover, ShcD interacts with both phosphorylated and un-phosphorylated ERK, although the interaction between ShcD and phospho-ERK was primarily observed after H2O2 treatment. A MEK inhibitor (U0126) enhanced the interaction between ShcD and unphosphorylated ERK under oxidative stress conditions. Furthermore, Thr159 was mutated to either alanine (A) or glutamic acid (E) to study whether the threonine phosphorylation state influences the ShcD/ERK interaction. Introducing the T159E mutation obliterated the ShcD/ERK interaction. To identify the functional impact of the ShcD/ERK interaction on cell survival signalling under oxidative stress conditions, caspase 3/7 assays and 7AAD cell death assays were used. The ShcD/ERK interaction promoted anti-survival signalling upon exposure to hydrogen peroxide, while U0126 treatment reduced death signalling. Our data also showed that the death signalling initiated by the ShcD/ERK interaction was accompanied by p21 phosphorylation. In summary, these data identified ShcD, via its interaction with ERK, as a proapoptotic protein under oxidative stress conditions.
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- Samrein B M Ahmed
- Sharjah Institute for Medical Research, University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates; College of Medicine, University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates; Molecular and Cell Biology Department, University of Leicester, UK.
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- College of Medicine, University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
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- College of Medicine, University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
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- Sharjah Institute for Medical Research, University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates; College of Medicine, University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
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- Molecular and Cell Biology Department, University of Leicester, UK
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Tachedjian G, O’Hanlon DE, Ravel J. The implausible "in vivo" role of hydrogen peroxide as an antimicrobial factor produced by vaginal microbiota. MICROBIOME 2018; 6:29. [PMID: 29409534 PMCID: PMC5801833 DOI: 10.1186/s40168-018-0418-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2018] [Accepted: 01/30/2018] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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In the cervicovaginal environment, the production of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) by vaginal Lactobacillus spp. is often mentioned as a critical factor to the in vivo vaginal microbiota antimicrobial properties. We present several lines of evidence that support the implausibility of H2O2 as an "in vivo" contributor to the cervicovaginal milieu antimicrobial properties. An alternative explanation is proposed, supported by previous reports ascribing protective and antimicrobial properties to other factors produced by Lactobacillus spp. capable of generating H2O2. Under this proposal, lactic acid rather than H2O2 plays an important role in the antimicrobial properties of protective vaginal Lactobacillus spp. We hope this commentary will help future research focus on more plausible mechanisms by which vaginal Lactobacillus spp. exert their antimicrobial and beneficial properties, and which have in vivo and translational relevance.
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- Gilda Tachedjian
- Disease Elimination Program, Life Sciences Discipline, Burnet Institute, 85 Commercial Rd, Melbourne, Victoria 3004 Australia
- Department of Microbiology, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3168 Australia
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Melbourne, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Melbourne, VIC 3010 Australia
- School of Science, College of Science, Engineering and Health, RMIT University, Melbourne, Victoria 3000 Australia
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- Institute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 801 West Baltimore Street, Baltimore, MD 21201 USA
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201 USA
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- Institute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 801 West Baltimore Street, Baltimore, MD 21201 USA
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201 USA
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The reader may be eager to examine in which diseases ozonetherapy can be proficiently used and she/he will be amazed by the versatility of this complementary approach (Table 9 1). The fact that the medical applications are numerous exposes the ozonetherapist to medical derision because superficial observers or sarcastic sceptics consider ozonetherapy as the modern panacea. This seems so because ozone, like oxygen, is a molecule able to act simultaneously on several blood components with different functions but, as we shall discuss, ozonetherapy is not a panacea. The ozone messengers ROS and LOPs can act either locally or systemically in practically all cells of an organism. In contrast to the dogma that “ozone is always toxic”, three decades of clinical experience, although mostly acquired in private clinics in millions of patients, have shown that ozone can act as a disinfectant, an oxygen donor, an immunomodulator, a paradoxical inducer of antioxidant enzymes, a metabolic enhancer, an inducer of endothelial nitric oxide synthase and possibly an activator of stem cells with consequent neovascularization and tissue reconstruction.
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- Velio Bocci
- Department of Physiology, University of Siena, via A. Moro 2, 53100 Siena, Italy
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Zhang YJ, Wang JH, Lee WH, Wang Q, Liu H, Zheng YT, Zhang Y. Molecular characterization of Trimeresurus stejnegeri venom L-amino acid oxidase with potential anti-HIV activity. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2003; 309:598-604. [PMID: 12963032 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2003.08.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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A novel L-amino acid oxidase, named TSV-LAO, has been purified and cloned from the snake Trimeresurus stejnegeri. Fifty percentage cytotoxic concentrations (CC50) of TSV-LAO on C8166 cells were 24 and 390 nM in the absence or presence of catalase (400 nM), respectively. However, at concentrations that showed little effect on cell viability, TSV-LAO displayed dose dependent inhibition on HIV-1 infection and replication. The antiviral selectivity indexes (CC50/EC50) were 16 and 6, respectively, corresponding to the measurements of syncytium formation and HIV-1 p24 antigen expression. Interestingly, the presence of catalase resulted in an increase of its antiviral selectivity to 52 and 38. Under the same conditions, no anti-HIV-1 activity was observed by exogenous addition of H2O2. The complete amino acid sequence of TSV-LAO, as deduced from its cDNA, exhibits a high degree of sequence identity with other snake venom LAOs.
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- Yu-Jie Zhang
- Department of Animal Toxinology, Kunming Institute of Zoology, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650223, China
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Diamond AM, Hu YJ, Mansur DB. Glutathione peroxidase and viral replication: implications for viral evolution and chemoprevention. Biofactors 2001; 14:205-10. [PMID: 11568458 DOI: 10.1002/biof.5520140126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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It is likely that several of the biological effects of selenium are due to its effects on selenoprotein activity. While the effects of the anti-oxidant selenoprotein glutathione peroxidase (GPx) on inhibiting HIV activation have been well documented, it is clear that increased expression of this enzyme can stimulate the replication and subsequent appearance of cytopathic effects associated with an acutely spreading HIV infection. The effects of GPx on both phases of the viral life cycle are likely mediated via its influence on signaling molecules that use reactive oxygen species, and similar influences on signaling pathways may account for some of the anti-cancer effects of selenium. Similarly, selenium can alter mutagenesis rates in both viral genomes and the DNA of mammalian cells exposed to carcinogens. Comparisons between the effects of selenium and selenoproteins on viral infections and carcinogenesis may yield new insights into the mechanisms of action of this element.
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- A M Diamond
- Department of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
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Djeraba A, Bernardet N, Dambrine G, Quéré P. Nitric oxide inhibits Marek's disease virus replication but is not the single decisive factor in interferon-gamma-mediated viral inhibition. Virology 2000; 277:58-65. [PMID: 11062036 DOI: 10.1006/viro.2000.0576] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The purpose of this study was to determine to what extent nitric oxide (NO) may play a role in the antiviral-mediated effect of chicken IFN-gamma against the Marek's disease virus (MDV) RB-1B. NO-generating compounds S-nitroso-N-acetylpenicillamine (SNAP) and 3-morpholino-sydononimine (SIN-1) strongly inhibited RB-1B replication in chicken embryo fibroblasts (85%) in a dose-dependent manner. The addition of superoxide dismutase (SOD) did not alter the inhibitory effect of SIN-1, which is also known to generate superoxide anions. IFN-gamma-stimulated embryo fibroblasts almost totally suppressed viral replication and were high NO producers. Nevertheless, addition of N(G)-monomethyl-l-arginine (l-NMMA), a competitive inhibitor of NO synthase, inhibited NO production without preventing the dramatic viral suppression. IFN-gamma-stimulated chicken bone-marrow macrophages were good NO producers and demonstrated a specific cell dose-related inhibiting effect on RB-1B replication in bystander fibroblasts (around 60% at 10(6) macrophages). Adding l-NMMA together with oxygen scavengers such as SOD or d-mannitol restored viral replication almost completely. In conclusion, NO alone is a powerful inhibitor of MDV replication in chicken fibroblasts. Nevertheless, NO is not responsible for the direct inhibitory effect of the IFN-gamma treatment of fibroblasts and is only partially involved in the inhibitory effect of IFN-gamma-stimulated macrophages, which is also mediated by reactive oxygen intermediates.
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- A Djeraba
- Laboratoire de Virologie et Oncologie Aviaire, INRA, Nouzilly, 37380, France
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Sandstrom PA, Murray J, Folks TM, Diamond AM. Antioxidant defenses influence HIV-1 replication and associated cytopathic effects. Free Radic Biol Med 1998; 24:1485-91. [PMID: 9641267 DOI: 10.1016/s0891-5849(98)00023-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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HIV-infected cells often exhibit reduced levels of antioxidant enzymes and thiols. To investigate the role of cellular antioxidant defenses in the progression of an acutely spreading HIV-1 infection, human Sup-T1 T cells were engineered to overexpress the selenium-dependent glutathione peroxidase, GSHPx-1. This enzyme represents a major cellular defense mechanism against toxicity associated with reactive oxygen species (ROS). T cells engineered to produce elevated GSHPx-1 activity displayed accelerated viral replication and associated cytopathic effects compared to control cells. Conversely, the inhibition of the synthesis of glutathione with buthione sulfoximine (BSO) resulted in the attenuation of viral replication in Sup-T1 cells. Similarly, exposure of human peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBLs) to low, nontoxic levels of BSO resulted in an approximately 80% decline in HIV-1 replication as indicated by Western blot analysis of viral proteins.
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- P A Sandstrom
- HIV/Retrovirus Disease Branch, Division of AIDS, STD and TB Laboratory Research, National Center for Infectious Disease, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
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Barthelemy S, Vergnes L, Moynier M, Guyot D, Labidalle S, Bahraoui E. Curcumin and curcumin derivatives inhibit Tat-mediated transactivation of type 1 human immunodeficiency virus long terminal repeat. RESEARCH IN VIROLOGY 1998; 149:43-52. [PMID: 9561563 DOI: 10.1016/s0923-2516(97)86899-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The transcription of HIV1 provirus is regulated by both cellular and viral factors. Various evidence suggests that Tat protein secreted by HIV1-infected cells may have additional action in the pathogenesis of AIDS because of its ability to also be taken up by non-infected cells. Curcumin [diferuloylmethane or 1,7-bis-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)-1,6-heptadiene-3,5-dione] is the yellow pigment in turmeric Curcuma longa (Linn). It exhibits a variety of pharmacological effects including antiinflammatory and antiretroviral activities. Here, we demonstrated that curcumin used at 10 to 100 nM inhibited Tat transactivation of HIV1-LTR lacZ by 70 to 80% in HeLa cells. In order to develop more efficient curcumin derivatives, we synthesized and tested in the same experimental system the inhibitory activity of reduced curcumin (C1), which lacks the spatial structure of curcumin; allyl-curcumin (C2), which possesses a condensed allyl derivative on curcumin that plays the role of metal chelator; and tocopheryl-curcumin (C3), which enhances the antioxidant activity of the molecule. Results obtained with C1, C2 and C3 curcumin derivatives showed a significant inhibition (70 to 85%) of Tat transactivation. Despite the fact that tocopheryl-curcumin (C3) failed to scavenge O2.-, this curcumin derivative exhibited the most activity; 70% inhibition was obtained at 1 nM, while only 35% inhibition was obtained with the curcumin.
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- S Barthelemy
- Laboratoire de Synthèse, Physico-Chimie et Radiobiologie, Faculté de Pharmacie, Toulouse, France
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