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Maiwald F, Haas J, Hertlein G, Lueke B, Roesner J, Nauen R. Expression profile of the entire detoxification gene inventory of the western honeybee, Apis mellifera across life stages. Pestic Biochem Physiol 2023; 192:105410. [PMID: 37105637 DOI: 10.1016/j.pestbp.2023.105410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2023] [Revised: 03/20/2023] [Accepted: 03/23/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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The western honeybee, Apis mellifera, is a managed pollinator of many crops and potentially exposed to a wide range of foreign compounds, including pesticides throughout its life cycle. Honeybees as well as other insects recruit molecular defense mechanisms to facilitate the detoxification of xenobiotic compounds. The inventory of detoxification genes (DETOXome) is comprised of five protein superfamilies: cytochrome P450 monooxygenases (P450), carboxylesterases, glutathione S-transferases (GST), UDP-glycosyl transferases (UGT) and ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters. Here we characterized the gene expression profile of the entire honeybee DETOXome by analyzing 47 transcriptomes across the honeybee life cycle, including different larval instars, pupae, and adults. All life stages were well separated by principal component analysis, and K-means clustering revealed distinct temporal patterns of gene expression. Indeed, >50% of the honeybee detoxification gene inventory is found in one cluster and follows strikingly similar expression profiles, i.e., increased expression during larval development, followed by a sharp decline after pupation and a steep increase again in adults. This cluster includes 29 P450 genes dominated by CYP3 and CYP4 clan members, 15 ABC transporter genes mostly belonging to the ABCC subfamily and 13 carboxylesterase genes including almost all members involved in dietary/detox and hormone/semiochemical processing. RT-qPCR analysis of selected detoxification genes from all families revealed high expression levels in various tissues, especially Malpighian tubules, fatbody and midgut, supporting the view that these tissues are essential for metabolic clearance of environmental toxins and pollutants in honeybees. Our study is meant to spark further research on the molecular basis of detoxification in this critical pollinator to better understand and evaluate negative impacts from potentially toxic substances. Additionally, the entire gene set of 47 transcriptomes collected and analyzed provides a valuable resource for future honeybee research across different disciplines.
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- Frank Maiwald
- Bayer AG, Crop Science Division, R&D, Pest Control, 40789 Monheim am Rhein, Germany
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- Bayer AG, Crop Science Division, R&D, Pest Control, 40789 Monheim am Rhein, Germany
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- Bayer AG, Crop Science Division, R&D, Pest Control, 40789 Monheim am Rhein, Germany
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- Bayer AG, Crop Science Division, R&D, Pest Control, 40789 Monheim am Rhein, Germany
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- Bayer AG, Crop Science Division, R&D, Pest Control, 40789 Monheim am Rhein, Germany
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- Bayer AG, Crop Science Division, R&D, Pest Control, 40789 Monheim am Rhein, Germany.
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Liu W, Sun X, Sun W, Zhou A, Li R, Wang B, Li X, Yan C. Genome-wide analyses of ATP-Binding Cassette (ABC) transporter gene family and its expression profile related to deltamethrin tolerance in non-biting midge Propsilocerus akamusi. Aquat Toxicol 2021; 239:105940. [PMID: 34455205 DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2021.105940] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2021] [Revised: 07/18/2021] [Accepted: 08/13/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Non-biting midges are dominant species in aquatic systems and often used for studying the toxicological researches of insecticides. ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters represent the largest known members in detoxification genes but is little known about their function in non-biting midges. Here, we selected Propsilocerus akamusi, widespread in urban streams, to first uncover the gene structure, location, characteristics, and phylogenetics of chironomid ABC transporters at genome-scale. Fifty-seven ABC transporter genes are located on four chromosomes, including eight subfamilies (ABCA-H). The ABCC, ABCG, and ABCH subfamilies experienced the duplication events to different degrees. The study showed that expression of the PaABCG17 gene is uniquely significantly elevated, with deltamethrin concentration increasing (1, 4, and 20 ug/L) both in RNA-seq and qPCR results. Additionally, the ABC transporter members of other six chironomids with assembled genomes are first described and used to investigate the characteristic of those living in the different adverse habitats. The ABC transporter frame for Propsilocerus akamusi and its transcriptomic results lay an important foundation for providing valuable resources for understanding the ABC transporter function in insecticide toxification of this species as well as those of other non-biting midges. The PaABCG17 gene is shown to play an important role in deltamethrin detoxification, and it functions need to be further investigated and might be used in the management of insecticide-resistance in chironomid adults.
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- Wenbin Liu
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Conservation and Utilization of Animal Diversity, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin, China; Tianjin Key Laboratory of Animal and Plant Resistance, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Conservation and Utilization of Animal Diversity, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin, China; Tianjin Key Laboratory of Animal and Plant Resistance, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Conservation and Utilization of Animal Diversity, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin, China; Tianjin Key Laboratory of Animal and Plant Resistance, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Conservation and Utilization of Animal Diversity, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin, China; Tianjin Key Laboratory of Animal and Plant Resistance, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Conservation and Utilization of Animal Diversity, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin, China; Tianjin Key Laboratory of Animal and Plant Resistance, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin, China
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- Tianjin Beidagang Wetland Nature Reserve Management Center, Tianjin, China
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- Tianjin Beidagang Wetland Nature Reserve Management Center, Tianjin, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Conservation and Utilization of Animal Diversity, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin, China; Tianjin Key Laboratory of Animal and Plant Resistance, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin, China.
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Verschuere S, Van Gils M, Nollet L, Vanakker OM. From membrane to mineralization: the curious case of the ABCC6 transporter. FEBS Lett 2020; 594:4109-4133. [PMID: 33131056 DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.13981] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2020] [Revised: 10/12/2020] [Accepted: 10/16/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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ATP-binding cassette subfamily C member 6 gene/protein (ABCC6) is an ATP-dependent transmembrane transporter predominantly expressed in the liver and the kidney. ABCC6 first came to attention in human medicine when it was discovered in 2000 that mutations in its encoding gene, ABCC6, caused the autosomal recessive multisystemic mineralization disease pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE). Since then, the physiological and pathological roles of ABCC6 have been the subject of intense research. In the last 20 years, significant findings have clarified ABCC6 structure as well as its physiological role in mineralization homeostasis in humans and animal models. Yet, several facets of ABCC6 biology remain currently incompletely understood, ranging from the precise nature of its substrate(s) to the increasingly complex molecular genetics. Nonetheless, advances in our understanding of pathophysiological mechanisms causing mineralization lead to several treatment options being suggested or already tested in pilot clinical trials for ABCC6 deficiency. This review highlights current knowledge of ABCC6 and the challenges ahead, particularly the attempts to translate basic science into clinical practice.
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- Shana Verschuere
- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University Hospital, Belgium.,Department of Biomolecular Medicine, Ghent University, Belgium.,Ectopic Mineralization Research Group Ghent, Ghent, Belgium
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University Hospital, Belgium.,Department of Biomolecular Medicine, Ghent University, Belgium.,Ectopic Mineralization Research Group Ghent, Ghent, Belgium
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University Hospital, Belgium.,Department of Biomolecular Medicine, Ghent University, Belgium.,Ectopic Mineralization Research Group Ghent, Ghent, Belgium
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University Hospital, Belgium.,Department of Biomolecular Medicine, Ghent University, Belgium.,Ectopic Mineralization Research Group Ghent, Ghent, Belgium
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Figueira-Mansur J, Schrago CG, Salles TS, Alvarenga ESL, Vasconcellos BM, Melo ACA, Moreira MF. Phylogenetic analysis of the ATP-binding cassette proteins suggests a new ABC protein subfamily J in Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae). BMC Genomics 2020; 21:463. [PMID: 32631258 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-020-06873-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2020] [Accepted: 06/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND We performed an in-depth analysis of the ABC gene family in Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae), which is an important vector species of arthropod-borne viral infections such as chikungunya, dengue, and Zika. Despite its importance, previous studies of the Arthropod ABC family have not focused on this species. Reports of insecticide resistance among pests and vectors indicate that some of these ATP-dependent efflux pumps are involved in compound traffic and multidrug resistance phenotypes. RESULTS We identified 53 classic complete ABC proteins annotated in the A. aegypti genome. A phylogenetic analysis of Aedes aegypti ABC proteins was carried out to assign the novel proteins to the ABC subfamilies. We also determined 9 full-length sequences of DNA repair (MutS, RAD50) and structural maintenance of chromosome (SMC) proteins that contain the ABC signature. CONCLUSIONS After inclusion of the putative ABC proteins into the evolutionary tree of the gene family, we classified A. aegypti ABC proteins into the established subfamilies (A to H), but the phylogenetic positioning of MutS, RAD50 and SMC proteins among ABC subfamilies-as well as the highly supported grouping of RAD50 and SMC-prompted us to name a new J subfamily of A. aegypti ABC proteins.
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Sjöstedt N, Salminen TA, Kidron H. Endogenous, cholesterol-activated ATP-dependent transport in membrane vesicles from Spodoptera frugiperda cells. Eur J Pharm Sci 2019; 137:104963. [PMID: 31226387 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejps.2019.104963] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2018] [Revised: 06/04/2019] [Accepted: 06/17/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Transport proteins of the ATP-binding cassette (ABC) family are found in all kingdoms of life. In humans, several ABC efflux transporters play a role in drug disposition and excretion. Therefore, in vitro methods have been developed to characterize the substrate and inhibitor properties of drugs with respect to these transporters. In the vesicular transport assay, transport is studied using inverted membrane vesicles produced from transporter overexpressing cell lines of both mammalian and insect origin. Insect cell expression systems benefit from a higher expression compared to background, but are not as well characterized as their mammalian counterparts regarding endogenous transport. Therefore, the contribution of this transport in the assay might be underappreciated. In this study, endogenous transport in membrane vesicles from Spodoptera frugiperda -derived Sf9 cells was characterized using four typical substrates of human ABC transporters: 5(6)-carboxy-2,'7'-dichlorofluorescein (CDCF), estradiol-17β-glucuronide, estrone sulfate and N-methyl-quinidine. Significant ATP-dependent transport was observed for three of the substrates with cholesterol-loading of the vesicles, which is sometimes used to improve the activity of human transporters expressed in Sf9 cells. The highest effect of cholesterol was on CDCF transport, and this transport in the cholesterol-loaded Sf9 vesicles was time and concentration dependent with a Km of 8.06 ± 1.11 μM. The observed CDCF transport was inhibited by known inhibitors of human ABCC transporters, but not by ABCB1 and ABCG2 inhibitors verapamil and Ko143, respectively. Two candidate genes for ABCC-type transporters in the S. frugiperda genome (SfABCC2 and SfABCC3) were identified based on sequence analysis as a hypothesis to explain the observed endogenous ABCC-type transport in Sf9 vesicles. Although further studies are needed to verify the role of SfABCC2 and SfABCC3 in Sf9 vesicles, the findings of this study highlight the need to carefully characterize background transport in Sf9 derived membrane vesicles to avoid false positive substrate findings for human ABC transporters studied with this overexpression system.
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- Noora Sjöstedt
- Drug Research Program, Division of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
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- Structural Bioinformatics Laboratory, Biochemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland
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- Drug Research Program, Division of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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Methotrexate (MTX) is a widely used chemotherapeutic agent, immune suppressant and antimalarial drug. It is a substrate of several human ABC proteins that confer multidrug resistance to cancer cells and determine compartmentalization of a wide range of physiological metabolites and endo or xenobiotics, by their primary active transport across biological membranes. The substrate specificity and tissue distribution of these promiscuous human ABC transporters show a high degree of redundancy, providing robustness to these key physiological and pharmacological processes, such as the elimination of toxins, e.g. methotrexate from the body. A similar network of proteins capable of transporting methotrexate has been recently suggested to exist in Drosophila melanogaster. One of the key players of this putative network is Drosophila Multidrug-resistance Associated Protein (DMRP). DMRP has been shown to be a highly active and promiscuous ABC transporter, capable of transporting various organic anions. Here we provide the first direct evidence that DMRP, expressed alone in a heterologous system lacking other, potentially functionally overlapping D. melanogaster organic anion transporters, is indeed able to transport methotrexate. Our in vitro results support the hypothesized but debated role of DMRP in in vivo methotrexate excretion.
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- Agnes Karasik
- Institute of Enzymology, Research Center for Natural Sciences—Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
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- Institute of Enzymology, Research Center for Natural Sciences—Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
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- Institute of Enzymology, Research Center for Natural Sciences—Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
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Karasik A, Ledwitch KV, Arányi T, Váradi A, Roberts A, Szeri F. Boosted coupling of ATP hydrolysis to substrate transport upon cooperative estradiol-17-β-D-glucuronide binding in a Drosophila ATP binding cassette type-C transporter. FASEB J 2018; 32:669-680. [PMID: 28939593 DOI: 10.1096/fj.201700606r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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ATP binding cassette type-C (ABCC) transporters move molecules across cell membranes upon hydrolysis of ATP; however, their coupling of ATP hydrolysis to substrate transport remains elusive. Drosophila multidrug resistance-associated protein (DMRP) is the functional ortholog of human long ABCC transporters, with similar substrate and inhibitor specificity, but higher activity. Exploiting its high activity, we kinetically dissected the catalytic mechanism of DMRP by using E2-d-glucuronide (E2G), the physiologic substrate of human ABCC. We examined the DMRP-mediated interdependence of ATP and E2G in biochemical assays. We observed E2G-dependent ATPase activity to be biphasic at subsaturating ATP concentrations, which implies at least 2 E2G binding sites on DMRP. Furthermore, transport measurements indicated strong nonreciprocal cooperativity between ATP and E2G. In addition to confirming these findings, our kinetic modeling with the Complex Pathway Simulator indicated a 10-fold decrease in the E2G-mediated activation of ATP hydrolysis upon saturation of the second E2G binding site. Surprisingly, the binding of the second E2G allowed for substrate transport with a constant rate, which tightly coupled ATP hydrolysis to transport. In summary, we show that the second E2G binding-similar to human ABCC2-allosterically stimulates transport activity of DMRP. Our data suggest that this is achieved by a significant increase in the coupling of ATP hydrolysis to transport.-Karasik, A., Ledwitch, K. V., Arányi, T., Váradi, A., Roberts, A., Szeri, F. Boosted coupling of ATP hydrolysis to substrate transport upon cooperative estradiol-17-β-D-glucuronide binding in a Drosophila ATP binding cassette type-C transporter.
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- Agnes Karasik
- Institute of Enzymology, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
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- Institute of Enzymology, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
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- Institute of Enzymology, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA
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- Institute of Enzymology, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
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Faria M, Pavlichenko V, Burkhardt-medicke K, Soares AM, Altenburger R, Barata C, Luckenbach T. Use of a combined effect model approach for discriminating between ABCB1- and ABCC1-type efflux activities in native bivalve gill tissue. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2016; 297:56-67. [DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2016.02.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2015] [Revised: 02/06/2016] [Accepted: 02/23/2016] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Piegholdt S, Rimbach G, Wagner AE. The phytoestrogen prunetin affects body composition and improves fitness and lifespan in male
Drosophila melanogaster. FASEB J 2015; 30:948-58. [DOI: 10.1096/fj.15-282061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2015] [Accepted: 10/19/2015] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- Stefanie Piegholdt
- Institute of Human Nutrition and Food ScienceUniversity of KielKielGermany
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- Institute of Human Nutrition and Food ScienceUniversity of KielKielGermany
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- Institute of Human Nutrition and Food ScienceUniversity of KielKielGermany
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Carmona-Antoñanzas G, Carmichael SN, Heumann J, Taggart JB, Gharbi K, Bron JE, Bekaert M, Sturm A. A Survey of the ATP-Binding Cassette (ABC) Gene Superfamily in the Salmon Louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis). PLoS One 2015; 10:e0137394. [PMID: 26418738 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0137394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2015] [Accepted: 08/17/2015] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
Abstract
Salmon lice, Lepeophtheirus salmonis (Krøyer, 1837), are fish ectoparasites causing significant economic damage in the mariculture of Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar Linnaeus, 1758. The control of L. salmonis at fish farms relies to a large extent on treatment with anti-parasitic drugs. A problem related to chemical control is the potential for development of resistance, which in L. salmonis is documented for a number of drug classes including organophosphates, pyrethroids and avermectins. The ATP-binding cassette (ABC) gene superfamily is found in all biota and includes a range of drug efflux transporters that can confer drug resistance to cancers and pathogens. Furthermore, some ABC transporters are recognised to be involved in conferral of insecticide resistance. While a number of studies have investigated ABC transporters in L. salmonis, no systematic analysis of the ABC gene family exists for this species. This study presents a genome-wide survey of ABC genes in L. salmonis for which, ABC superfamily members were identified through homology searching of the L. salmonis genome. In addition, ABC proteins were identified in a reference transcriptome of the parasite generated by high-throughput RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) of a multi-stage RNA library. Searches of both genome and transcriptome allowed the identification of a total of 33 genes / transcripts coding for ABC proteins, of which 3 were represented only in the genome and 4 only in the transcriptome. Eighteen sequences were assigned to ABC subfamilies known to contain drug transporters, i.e. subfamilies B (4 sequences), C (11) and G (2). The results suggest that the ABC gene family of L. salmonis possesses fewer members than recorded for other arthropods. The present survey of the L. salmonis ABC gene superfamily will provide the basis for further research into potential roles of ABC transporters in the toxicity of salmon delousing agents and as potential mechanisms of drug resistance.
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Beyenbach KW, Yu Y, Piermarini PM, Denton J. Targeting renal epithelial channels for the control of insect vectors. Tissue Barriers 2015; 3:e1081861. [PMID: 26716074 DOI: 10.1080/21688370.2015.1081861] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2015] [Revised: 08/04/2015] [Accepted: 08/07/2015] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Three small molecules were identified in high throughput screens that 1) block renal inward rectifier potassium (Kir) channels of Aedes aegypti expressed in HEK cells and Xenopus oocytes, 2) inhibit the secretion of KCl but not NaCl in isolated Malpighian tubules, and after injection into the hemolymph, 3) inhibit KCl excretion in vivo, and 4) render mosquitoes flightless or dead within 24h. Some mosquitoes had swollen abdomens at death consistent with renal failure. VU625, the most potent and promising small molecule for development as mosquitocide, inhibits AeKir1-mediated currents with an IC50 less than 100 nM. It is highly selective for AeKir1 over mammalian Kir channels, and it affects only 3 of 68 mammalian membrane proteins. These results document 1) renal failure as a new mode-of-action for mosquitocide development, 2) renal Kir channels as molecular target for inducing renal failure, and 3) the promise of the discovery and development of new species-specific insecticides.
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- Klaus W Beyenbach
- Department of Biomedical Sciences; Cornell University ; Ithaca, NY USA
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- College of Medicine; SUNY Downstate Medical Center ; Brooklyn, NY USA
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- Department of Entomology; Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center; The Ohio State University ; Wooster, OH USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology; Vanderbilt University School of Medicine ; Nashville, TN USA
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Wissel G, Kudryavtsev P, Ghemtio L, Tammela P, Wipf P, Yliperttula M, Finel M, Urtti A, Kidron H, Xhaard H. Exploring the structure-activity relationships of ABCC2 modulators using a screening approach. Bioorg Med Chem 2015; 23:3513-25. [PMID: 25935289 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2015.04.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2014] [Revised: 03/17/2015] [Accepted: 04/10/2015] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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ABCC2 is a transporter with key influence on liver and kidney pharmacokinetics. In order to explore the structure-activity relationships of compounds that modulate ABCC2, and by doing so gain insights into drug-drug interactions, we screened a library of 432 compounds for modulators of radiolabeled β-estradiol 17-(β-d-glucuronide) (EG) and fluorescent 5(6)-carboxy-2',7'-dichlorofluorescein transport (CDCF) in membrane vesicles. Following the primary screen at 80μM, dose-response curves were used to investigate in detail 86 compounds, identifying 16 low μM inhibitors and providing data about the structure-activity relationships in four series containing 19, 24, 10, and eight analogues. Measurements with the CDCF probe were consistently more robust than for the EG probe. Only one compound was clearly probe-selective with a 50-fold difference in the IC50s obtained by the two assays. We built 24 classification models using the SVM and fused-XY Kohonen methods, revealing molecular descriptors related to number of rings, solubility and lipophilicity as important to distinguish inhibitors from inactive compounds. This study is to the best of our knowledge the first to provide details about structure-activity relationships in ABCC2 modulation.
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Prince L, Korbas M, Davidson P, Broberg K, Rand MD. Target organ specific activity of drosophila MRP (ABCC1) moderates developmental toxicity of methylmercury. Toxicol Sci 2014; 140:425-35. [PMID: 24863968 PMCID: PMC4176053 DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfu095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2014] [Accepted: 05/13/2014] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Methylmercury (MeHg) is a ubiquitous and persistent neurotoxin that poses a risk to human health. Although the mechanisms of MeHg toxicity are not fully understood, factors that contribute to susceptibility are even less well known. Studies of human gene polymorphisms have identified a potential role for the multidrug resistance-like protein (MRP/ABCC) family, ATP-dependent transporters, in MeHg susceptibility. MRP transporters have been shown to be important for MeHg excretion in adult mouse models, but their role in moderating MeHg toxicity during development has not been explored. We therefore investigated effects of manipulating expression levels of MRP using a Drosophila development assay. Drosophila MRP (dMRP) is homologous to human MRP1-4 (ABCC1-4), sharing 50% identity and 67% similarity with MRP1. A greater susceptibility to MeHg is seen in dMRP mutant flies, demonstrated by reduced rates of eclosion on MeHg-containing food. Furthermore, targeted knockdown of dMRP expression using GAL4>UAS RNAi methods demonstrates a tissue-specific function for dMRP in gut, Malpighian tubules, and the nervous system in moderating developmental susceptibility to MeHg. Using X-ray synchrotron fluorescence imaging, these same tissues were also identified as the highest Hg-accumulating tissues in fly larvae. Moreover, higher levels of Hg are seen in dMRP mutant larvae compared with a control strain fed an equivalent dose of MeHg. In sum, these data demonstrate that dMRP expression, both globally and within Hg-targeted organs, has a profound effect on susceptibility to MeHg in developing flies. Our findings point to a potentially novel and specific role for dMRP in neurons in the protection against MeHg. Finally, this experimental system provides a tractable model to evaluate human polymorphic variants of MRP and other gene variants relevant to genetic studies of mercury-exposed populations.
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- Lisa Prince
- Department of Environmental Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, 601 Elmwood Ave, Box EHSC, Rochester, New York 14642
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- Canadian Light Source Inc. 44 Innovation Boulevard, Saskatoon, SK S7N 2V3, Canada Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E5, Canada
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- Department of Environmental Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, 601 Elmwood Ave, Box EHSC, Rochester, New York 14642 Department of Pediatrics, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, 601 Elmwood Ave, Box EHSC, Rochester, New York 14642
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- Institute of Environmental Medicine, Box 210, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, 171-77
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- Department of Environmental Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, 601 Elmwood Ave, Box EHSC, Rochester, New York 14642
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Guyot C, Hofstetter L, Stieger B. Differential effects of membrane cholesterol content on the transport activity of multidrug resistance-associated protein 2 (ABCC2) and of the bile salt export pump (ABCB11). Mol Pharmacol 2014; 85:909-20. [PMID: 24711118 DOI: 10.1124/mol.114.092262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Rat canalicular membranes contain microdomains enriched in cholesterol and ATP-binding cassette transporters. Cholesterol is known to regulate the activity of transporters. Here, we investigated the effect of membrane cholesterol on the transport kinetics of multidrug resistance-associated protein 2 (MRP2) and of bile salt export pump (BSEP) variants and mutants. MRP2 and BSEP were expressed with baculoviruses in insect cells, followed by vesicle isolation from control and cholesterol-loaded cells (1 mM cholesterol@randomly methylated-β-cyclodextrin) for transport assays. We found that cholesterol stimulates MRP2 transport activity for substrates of different molecular weights: estradiol-17-β-glucuronide (E17βG), prostaglandin E2 (PGE2), cholecystokinin 8 (CCK8), and vasopressin displayed an increase of Vmax and a variable decrease of Km. Kinetics of E17βG showed a sigmoidal shape and a mild cooperativity in Hanes-Woolf plots in control membranes. High cholesterol content shifted E17βG to Michaelis-Menten kinetics. PGE2/glutathione transport followed Michaelis-Menten kinetics irrespective of cholesterol. The MRP2 substrates CCK8 and vasopressin exhibited Michaelis-Menten kinetics independent of membrane cholesterol content. Transport of ochratoxin A was ATP-dependent but was neither mediated by MRP2 nor stimulated by cholesterol. Transport of the two most common BSEP variants p.444V/A showed Michaelis-Menten kinetics irrespective of membrane cholesterol, whereby cholesterol leads to an increased Vmax while Km remains unchanged. The transport activity of the BSEP mutants p.E297G and p.R432T increased at high cholesterol content but did not reach the capacity of normal BSEP. Hence, changing membrane cholesterol content modulates BSEP and MRP2 transport kinetics differently. Cholesterol increases the transport rates of BSEP and MRP2, but with the latter, may also modify the binding site as for E17βG.
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- Christelle Guyot
- Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Dermauw W, Van Leeuwen T. The ABC gene family in arthropods: comparative genomics and role in insecticide transport and resistance. Insect Biochem Mol Biol 2014; 45:89-110. [PMID: 24291285 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2013.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 368] [Impact Index Per Article: 36.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2013] [Revised: 11/06/2013] [Accepted: 11/06/2013] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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About a 100 years ago, the Drosophila white mutant marked the birth of Drosophila genetics. The white gene turned out to encode the first well studied ABC transporter in arthropods. The ABC gene family is now recognized as one of the largest transporter families in all kingdoms of life. The majority of ABC proteins function as primary-active transporters that bind and hydrolyze ATP while transporting a large diversity of substrates across lipid membranes. Although extremely well studied in vertebrates for their role in drug resistance, less is known about the role of this family in the transport of endogenous and exogenous substances in arthropods. The ABC families of five insect species, a crustacean and a chelicerate have been annotated in some detail. We conducted a thorough phylogenetic analysis of the seven arthropod and human ABC protein subfamilies, to infer orthologous relationships that might suggest conserved function. Most orthologous relationships were found in the ABCB half transporter, ABCD, ABCE and ABCF subfamilies, but specific expansions within species and lineages are frequently observed and discussed. We next surveyed the role of ABC transporters in the transport of xenobiotics/plant allelochemicals and their involvement in insecticide resistance. The involvement of ABC transporters in xenobiotic resistance in arthropods is historically not well documented, but an increasing number of studies using unbiased differential gene expression analysis now points to their importance. We give an overview of methods that can be used to link ABC transporters to resistance. ABC proteins have also recently been implicated in the mode of action and resistance to Bt toxins in Lepidoptera. Given the enormous interest in Bt toxicology in transgenic crops, such findings will provide an impetus to further reveal the role of ABC transporters in arthropods.
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- Wannes Dermauw
- Laboratory of Agrozoology, Department of Crop Protection, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium.
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- Laboratory of Agrozoology, Department of Crop Protection, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium; Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Dermauw W, Osborne EJ, Clark RM, Grbić M, Tirry L, Van Leeuwen T. A burst of ABC genes in the genome of the polyphagous spider mite Tetranychus urticae. BMC Genomics 2013; 14:317. [PMID: 23663308 PMCID: PMC3724490 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-14-317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2013] [Accepted: 04/25/2013] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Background The ABC (ATP-binding cassette) gene superfamily is widespread across all living species. The majority of ABC genes encode ABC transporters, which are membrane-spanning proteins capable of transferring substrates across biological membranes by hydrolyzing ATP. Although ABC transporters have often been associated with resistance to drugs and toxic compounds, within the Arthropoda ABC gene families have only been characterized in detail in several insects and a crustacean. In this study, we report a genome-wide survey and expression analysis of the ABC gene superfamily in the spider mite, Tetranychus urticae, a chelicerate ~ 450 million years diverged from other Arthropod lineages. T. urticae is a major agricultural pest, and is among of the most polyphagous arthropod herbivores known. The species resists a staggering array of toxic plant secondary metabolites, and has developed resistance to all major classes of pesticides in use for its control. Results We identified 103 ABC genes in the T. urticae genome, the highest number discovered in a metazoan species to date. Within the T. urticae ABC gene set, all members of the eight currently described subfamilies (A to H) were detected. A phylogenetic analysis revealed that the high number of ABC genes in T. urticae is due primarily to lineage-specific expansions of ABC genes within the ABCC, ABCG and ABCH subfamilies. In particular, the ABCC subfamily harbors the highest number of T. urticae ABC genes (39). In a comparative genomic analysis, we found clear orthologous relationships between a subset of T. urticae ABC proteins and ABC proteins in both vertebrates and invertebrates known to be involved in fundamental cellular processes. These included members of the ABCB-half transporters, and the ABCD, ABCE and ABCF families. Furthermore, one-to-one orthologues could be distinguished between T. urticae proteins and human ABCC10, ABCG5 and ABCG8, the Drosophila melanogaster sulfonylurea receptor and ecdysone-regulated transporter E23. Finally, expression profiling revealed that ABC genes in the ABCC, ABCG ABCH subfamilies were differentially expressed in multi-pesticide resistant mite strains and/or in mites transferred to challenging (toxic) host plants. Conclusions In this study we present the first comprehensive analysis of ABC genes in a polyphagous arthropod herbivore. We demonstrate that the broad plant host range and high levels of pesticide resistance in T. urticae are associated with lineage-specific expansions of ABC genes, many of which respond transcriptionally to xenobiotic exposure. This ABC catalogue will serve as a basis for future biochemical and toxicological studies. Obtaining functional evidence that these ABC subfamilies contribute to xenobiotic tolerance should be the priority of future research.
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- Wannes Dermauw
- Department of Crop Protection, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Ghent B-9000, Belgium.
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Living organisms, from bacteria to humans, display a coordinated transcriptional response to xenobiotic exposure, inducing enzymes and transporters that facilitate detoxification. Several transcription factors have been identified in vertebrates that contribute to this regulatory response. In contrast, little is known about this pathway in insects. Here we show that the Drosophila Nrf2 (NF-E2-related factor 2) ortholog CncC (cap 'n' collar isoform-C) is a central regulator of xenobiotic detoxification responses. A binding site for CncC and its heterodimer partner Maf (muscle aponeurosis fibromatosis) is sufficient and necessary for robust transcriptional responses to three xenobiotic compounds: phenobarbital (PB), chlorpromazine, and caffeine. Genetic manipulations that alter the levels of CncC or its negative regulator, Keap1 (Kelch-like ECH-associated protein 1), lead to predictable changes in xenobiotic-inducible gene expression. Transcriptional profiling studies reveal that more than half of the genes regulated by PB are also controlled by CncC. Consistent with these effects on detoxification gene expression, activation of the CncC/Keap1 pathway in Drosophila is sufficient to confer resistance to the lethal effects of the pesticide malathion. These studies establish a molecular mechanism for the regulation of xenobiotic detoxification in Drosophila and have implications for controlling insect populations and the spread of insect-borne human diseases.
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- Jyoti R Misra
- Department of Human Genetics, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, USA
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Chahine S, O'Donnell MJ. Effects of acute or chronic exposure to dietary organic anions on secretion of methotrexate and salicylate by Malpighian tubules of Drosophila melanogaster larvae. Arch Insect Biochem Physiol 2010; 73:128-147. [PMID: 20077573 DOI: 10.1002/arch.20346] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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The effects of dietary exposure to organic anions on the physiology of isolated Malpighian tubules and on tubule gene expression were examined using larvae of Drosophila melanogaster. Acute (24 h) or chronic (7 d) exposure to type I organic anions (fluorescein or salicylate) was associated with increased fluid secretion rates and increased fluxes of both salicylate and the type II organic anion methotrexate. By contrast, chronic exposure to dietary methotrexate was associated with increased fluid secretion rate and increased flux of methotrexate, but not salicylate. Exposure to methotrexate in the diet resulted in increases in the expression of a multidrug efflux transporter gene (MET; CG30344) in the Malpighian tubules. There were also increases in expression of genes for either a Drosophila multidrug resistance-associated protein (dMRP; CG6214) or an organic anion transporting polypeptide (OATP; CG3380), depending on the concentration of methotrexate in the diet. Exposure to salicylate in the diet was associated with an increase in expression of dMRP and with decreases of MET and OATP. Exposure to dietary salicylate or methotrexate was also associated with different patterns of expression of heat shock protein genes. The results suggest that exposure to specific type I or type II organic anions has multiple effects and results not only in increased organic anion transport but also in increased rates of inorganic ion transport, which drives osmotically-obliged fluid secretion. Increased fluid secretion may enhance secretion of organic anions by eliminating diffusive backflux from the tubule lumen to the hemolymph.
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- Sarah Chahine
- Department of Biology, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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