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Vellnow N, Gossmann TI, Waxman D. The pseudoentropy of allele frequency trajectories, the persistence of variation, and the effective population size. Biosystems 2024; 238:105176. [PMID: 38479654 DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystems.2024.105176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2023] [Revised: 03/01/2024] [Accepted: 03/01/2024] [Indexed: 03/24/2024]
Abstract
To concisely describe how genetic variation, at individual loci or across whole genomes, changes over time, and to follow transitory allelic changes, we introduce a quantity related to entropy, that we term pseudoentropy. This quantity emerges in a diffusion analysis of the mean time a mutation segregates in a population. For a neutral locus with an arbitrary number of alleles, the mean time of segregation is generally proportional to the pseudoentropy of initial allele frequencies. After the initial time point, pseudoentropy generally decreases, but other behaviours are possible, depending on the genetic diversity and selective forces present. For a biallelic locus, pseudoentropy and entropy coincide, but they are distinct quantities with more than two alleles. Thus for populations with multiple biallelic loci, the language of entropy suffices. Then entropy, combined across loci, serves as a concise description of genetic variation. We used individual based simulations to explore how this entropy behaves under different evolutionary scenarios. In agreement with predictions, the entropy associated with unlinked neutral loci decreases over time. However, deviations from free recombination and neutrality have clear and informative effects on the entropy's behaviour over time. Analysis of publicly available data of a natural D. melanogaster population, that had been sampled over seven years, using a sliding-window approach, yielded considerable variation in entropy trajectories of different genomic regions. These mostly follow a pattern that suggests a substantial effective population size and a limited effect of positive selection on genome-wide diversity over short time scales.
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- Nikolas Vellnow
- TU Dortmund University, Computational Systems Biology, Faculty of Biochemical and Chemical Engineering, Emil-Figge-Str. 66, 44227 Dortmund, Germany.
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- TU Dortmund University, Computational Systems Biology, Faculty of Biochemical and Chemical Engineering, Emil-Figge-Str. 66, 44227 Dortmund, Germany.
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- Fudan University, Centre for Computational Systems Biology, ISTBI, 220 Handan Road, Shanghai 200433, People's Republic of China.
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Suskiewicz MJ, Munnur D, Strømland Ø, Yang JC, Easton L, Chatrin C, Zhu K, Baretić D, Goffinont S, Schuller M, Wu WF, Elkins J, Ahel D, Sanyal S, Neuhaus D, Ahel I. Updated protein domain annotation of the PARP protein family sheds new light on biological function. Nucleic Acids Res 2023; 51:8217-8236. [PMID: 37326024 PMCID: PMC10450202 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkad514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2023] [Revised: 05/09/2023] [Accepted: 06/03/2023] [Indexed: 06/17/2023] Open
Abstract
AlphaFold2 and related computational tools have greatly aided studies of structural biology through their ability to accurately predict protein structures. In the present work, we explored AF2 structural models of the 17 canonical members of the human PARP protein family and supplemented this analysis with new experiments and an overview of recent published data. PARP proteins are typically involved in the modification of proteins and nucleic acids through mono or poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation, but this function can be modulated by the presence of various auxiliary protein domains. Our analysis provides a comprehensive view of the structured domains and long intrinsically disordered regions within human PARPs, offering a revised basis for understanding the function of these proteins. Among other functional insights, the study provides a model of PARP1 domain dynamics in the DNA-free and DNA-bound states and enhances the connection between ADP-ribosylation and RNA biology and between ADP-ribosylation and ubiquitin-like modifications by predicting putative RNA-binding domains and E2-related RWD domains in certain PARPs. In line with the bioinformatic analysis, we demonstrate for the first time PARP14's RNA-binding capability and RNA ADP-ribosylation activity in vitro. While our insights align with existing experimental data and are probably accurate, they need further validation through experiments.
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- Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3RE, UK
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- Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3RE, UK
- Department of Biomedicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge CB2 0QH, UK
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- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge CB2 0QH, UK
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- Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3RE, UK
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- Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3RE, UK
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- Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3RE, UK
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- Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3RE, UK
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- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge CB2 0QH, UK
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- Centre for Medicines Discovery, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7DQ, UK
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- Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3RE, UK
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- Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3RE, UK
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- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge CB2 0QH, UK
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- Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3RE, UK
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Declines in cellular nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) contribute to metabolic dysfunction, increase susceptibility to disease, and occur as a result of pathogenic infection. The enzymatic cleavage of NAD+ transfers ADP-ribose (ADPr) to substrate proteins generating mono-ADP-ribose (MAR), poly-ADP-ribose (PAR) or O-acetyl-ADP-ribose (OAADPr). These important post-translational modifications have roles in both immune response activation and the advancement of infection. In particular, emergent data show viral infection stimulates activation of poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) mediated NAD+ depletion and stimulates hydrolysis of existing ADP-ribosylation modifications. These studies are important for us to better understand the value of NAD+ maintenance upon the biology of infection. This review focuses specifically upon the NAD+ utilising enzymes, discusses existing knowledge surrounding their roles in infection, their NAD+ depletion capability and their influence within pathogenic infection.
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- Arnold Tan
- Interdisciplinary Science and Technology Centre, Department of Biosciences, School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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- Interdisciplinary Science and Technology Centre, Department of Biosciences, School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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Rack JGM, Zorzini V, Zhu Z, Schuller M, Ahel D, Ahel I. Viral macrodomains: a structural and evolutionary assessment of the pharmacological potential. Open Biol 2020; 10:200237. [PMID: 33202171 PMCID: PMC7729036 DOI: 10.1098/rsob.200237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2020] [Accepted: 10/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Viral macrodomains possess the ability to counteract host ADP-ribosylation, a post-translational modification implicated in the creation of an antiviral environment via immune response regulation. This brought them into focus as promising therapeutic targets, albeit the close homology to some of the human macrodomains raised concerns regarding potential cross-reactivity and adverse effects for the host. Here, we evaluate the structure and function of the macrodomain of SARS-CoV-2, the causative agent of COVID-19. We show that it can antagonize ADP-ribosylation by PARP14, a cellular (ADP-ribosyl)transferase necessary for the restriction of coronaviral infections. Furthermore, our structural studies together with ligand modelling revealed the structural basis for poly(ADP-ribose) binding and hydrolysis, an emerging new aspect of viral macrodomain biology. These new insights were used in an extensive evolutionary analysis aimed at evaluating the druggability of viral macrodomains not only from the Coronaviridae but also Togaviridae and Iridoviridae genera (causing diseases such as Chikungunya and infectious spleen and kidney necrosis virus disease, respectively). We found that they contain conserved features, distinct from their human counterparts, which may be exploited during drug design.
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- Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3RE, UK
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Kiss A, Ráduly AP, Regdon Z, Polgár Z, Tarapcsák S, Sturniolo I, El-Hamoly T, Virág L, Hegedűs C. Targeting Nuclear NAD + Synthesis Inhibits DNA Repair, Impairs Metabolic Adaptation and Increases Chemosensitivity of U-2OS Osteosarcoma Cells. Cancers (Basel) 2020; 12:cancers12051180. [PMID: 32392755 PMCID: PMC7281559 DOI: 10.3390/cancers12051180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2020] [Revised: 05/01/2020] [Accepted: 05/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Osteosarcoma (OS) is the most common bone tumor in children and adolescents. Modern OS treatment, based on the combination of neoadjuvant chemotherapy (cisplatin + doxorubicin + methotrexate) with subsequent surgical removal of the primary tumor and metastases, has dramatically improved overall survival of OS patients. However, further research is needed to identify new therapeutic targets. Here we report that expression level of the nuclear NAD synthesis enzyme, nicotinamide mononucleotide adenylyltransferase-1 (NMNAT1), increases in U-2OS cells upon exposure to DNA damaging agents, suggesting the involvement of the enzyme in the DNA damage response. Moreover, genetic inactivation of NMNAT1 sensitizes U-2OS osteosarcoma cells to cisplatin, doxorubicin, or a combination of these two treatments. Increased cisplatin-induced cell death of NMNAT1−/− cells showed features of both apoptosis and necroptosis, as indicated by the protective effect of the caspase-3 inhibitor z-DEVD-FMK and the necroptosis inhibitor necrostatin-1. Activation of the DNA damage sensor enzyme poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase 1 (PARP1), a major consumer of NAD+ in the nucleus, was fully blocked by NMNAT1 inactivation, leading to increased DNA damage (phospho-H2AX foci). The PARP inhibitor, olaparib, sensitized wild type but not NMNAT1−/− cells to cisplatin-induced anti-clonogenic effects, suggesting that impaired PARP1 activity is important for chemosensitization. Cisplatin-induced cell death of NMNAT1−/− cells was also characterized by a marked drop in cellular ATP levels and impaired mitochondrial respiratory reserve capacity, highlighting the central role of compromised cellular bioenergetics in chemosensitization by NMNAT1 inactivation. Moreover, NMNAT1 cells also displayed markedly higher sensitivity to cisplatin when grown as spheroids in 3D culture. In summary, our work provides the first evidence that NMNAT1 is a promising therapeutic target for osteosarcoma and possibly other tumors as well.
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- Alexandra Kiss
- Department of Medical Chemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, H-4032 Debrecen, Hungary, (A.K.)
- Doctoral School of Molecular Medicine, University of Debrecen, H-4032 Debrecen, Hungary
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- Department of Medical Chemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, H-4032 Debrecen, Hungary, (A.K.)
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- Department of Medical Chemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, H-4032 Debrecen, Hungary, (A.K.)
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- Department of Medical Chemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, H-4032 Debrecen, Hungary, (A.K.)
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- Department of Biophysics and Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, H-4032 Debrecen, Hungary,
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- Department of Medical Chemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, H-4032 Debrecen, Hungary, (A.K.)
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- Department of Medical Chemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, H-4032 Debrecen, Hungary, (A.K.)
- Drug Radiation Research Department, National Center for Radiation Research and Technology, Atomic Energy Authority, 113701 Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Medical Chemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, H-4032 Debrecen, Hungary, (A.K.)
- MTA-DE Cell Biology and Signaling Research Group, H-4032 Debrecen, Hungary
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- Department of Medical Chemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, H-4032 Debrecen, Hungary, (A.K.)
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ADP-ribosylation is an intricate and versatile posttranslational modification involved in the regulation of a vast variety of cellular processes in all kingdoms of life. Its complexity derives from the varied range of different chemical linkages, including to several amino acid side chains as well as nucleic acids termini and bases, it can adopt. In this review, we provide an overview of the different families of (ADP-ribosyl)hydrolases. We discuss their molecular functions, physiological roles, and influence on human health and disease. Together, the accumulated data support the increasingly compelling view that (ADP-ribosyl)hydrolases are a vital element within ADP-ribosyl signaling pathways and they hold the potential for novel therapeutic approaches as well as a deeper understanding of ADP-ribosylation as a whole.
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- Institute for the Experimental Endocrinology and Oncology, National Research Council of Italy, 80145 Naples, Italy
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- Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3RE, United Kingdom
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Bockwoldt M, Houry D, Niere M, Gossmann TI, Reinartz I, Schug A, Ziegler M, Heiland I. Identification of evolutionary and kinetic drivers of NAD-dependent signaling. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2019; 116:15957-66. [PMID: 31341085 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1902346116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) provides an important link between metabolism and signal transduction and has emerged as central hub between bioenergetics and all major cellular events. NAD-dependent signaling (e.g., by sirtuins and poly-adenosine diphosphate [ADP] ribose polymerases [PARPs]) consumes considerable amounts of NAD. To maintain physiological functions, NAD consumption and biosynthesis need to be carefully balanced. Using extensive phylogenetic analyses, mathematical modeling of NAD metabolism, and experimental verification, we show that the diversification of NAD-dependent signaling in vertebrates depended on 3 critical evolutionary events: 1) the transition of NAD biosynthesis to exclusive usage of nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase (NamPT); 2) the occurrence of nicotinamide N-methyltransferase (NNMT), which diverts nicotinamide (Nam) from recycling into NAD, preventing Nam accumulation and inhibition of NAD-dependent signaling reactions; and 3) structural adaptation of NamPT, providing an unusually high affinity toward Nam, necessary to maintain NAD levels. Our results reveal an unexpected coevolution and kinetic interplay between NNMT and NamPT that enables extensive NAD signaling. This has implications for therapeutic strategies of NAD supplementation and the use of NNMT or NamPT inhibitors in disease treatment.
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Cirello V, Colombo C, Pogliaghi G, Proverbio MC, Rossi S, Mussani E, Tosi D, Bulfamante G, Bonoldi E, Gherardi G, Persani L, Fugazzola L. Genetic variants of PARP4 gene and PARP4P2 pseudogene in patients with multiple primary tumors including thyroid cancer. Mutat Res 2019; 816-818:111672. [PMID: 31203137 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2019.111672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [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: 02/11/2019] [Accepted: 05/29/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Recently, the PARP4 gene has been identified as a possible susceptibility gene of primary thyroid and breast cancers. We analyzed PARP4 in 53 patients with multiple primary cancers including a thyroid cancer (TC), in 74 patients with TC alone, and in 88 healthy donors. Two PARP4 intronic variants within the IVS29 (c.3543 + 44T > C) and the IVS22 (c.2758 + 9G > A) were found only in the two patient groups. Moreover, we found a rare variant (r.522C > A) within a PARP4 pseudogene (PARP4P2) in one patient with four primary tumors, and with a familial cancer history. PARP4 mRNA was absent in all primary tumors and matched normal tissues, whereas the pseudogene variant transcript was always expressed. Consistently, immunostaining for PARP4 protein was negative at nuclear level in all tissues, thus suggesting that PARP4P2 pseudogene variant could alter its regulatory role on PARP4, inducing the down-regulation of PARP4 expression at both tumor and normal tissues level. In conclusion, germline intronic PARP4 variants could be a risk factor for the development of TC, and PARP4P2 pseudogene variations associated with PARP4 down-regulation may confer susceptibility to develop multiple metachronous cancers.
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- Valentina Cirello
- IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Department of Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, Milan, Italy
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- IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Department of Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, Milan, Italy
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- IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Department of Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- ASST Fatebenefratelli Sacco, UOC Anatomia Patologica Fatenefratelli, Milan, Italy
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- ASST Fatebenefratelli Sacco, UOC Anatomia Patologica Fatenefratelli, Milan, Italy
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- Unit of Pathology, ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo, Milan, Italy; Department of Health Sciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, Mila, Italy
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- Unit of Pathology, ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo, Milan, Italy; Department of Health Sciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, Mila, Italy
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- ASST Fatebenefratelli Sacco, UOC Anatomia Patologica Fatenefratelli, Milan, Italy
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- IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Department of Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, Milan, Italy; Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Department of Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, Milan, Italy; Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy.
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Gaur U, Tu J, Li D, Gao Y, Lian T, Sun B, Yang D, Fan X, Yang M. Molecular evolutionary patterns of NAD+/Sirtuin aging signaling pathway across taxa. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0182306. [PMID: 28767699 PMCID: PMC5540417 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0182306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2017] [Accepted: 07/16/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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A deeper understanding of the conserved molecular mechanisms in different taxa have been made possible only because of the evolutionary conservation of crucial signaling pathways. In the present study, we explored the molecular evolutionary pattern of selection signatures in 51 species for 10 genes which are important components of NAD+/Sirtuin pathway and have already been directly linked to lifespan extension in worms and mice. Selection pressure analysis using PAML program revealed that MRPS5 and PPARGC1A were under significant constraints because of their functional significance. FOXO3a also displayed strong purifying selection. All three sirtuins, which were SIRT1, SIRT2 and SIRT6, displayed a great degree of conservation between taxa, which is consistent with the previous report. A significant evolutionary constraint is seen on the anti-oxidant gene, SOD3. As expected, TP53 gene was under significant selection pressure in mammals, owing to its major role in tumor progression. Poly-ADP-ribose polymerase (PARP) genes displayed the most sites under positive selection. Further 3D structural analysis of PARP1 and PARP2 protein revealed that some of these positively selected sites caused a change in the electrostatic potential of the protein structure, which may allow a change in its interaction with other proteins and molecules ultimately leading to difference in the function. Although the functional significance of the positively selected sites could not be established in the variants databases, yet it will be interesting to see if these sites actually affect the function of PARP1 and PARP2.
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- Uma Gaur
- Institute of Animal Genetics and Breeding, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, P. R. China
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- Institute of Animal Genetics and Breeding, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, P. R. China
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- Institute of Animal Genetics and Breeding, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, P. R. China
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- Institute of Animal Genetics and Breeding, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, P. R. China
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- Institute of Animal Genetics and Breeding, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, P. R. China
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- Institute of Animal Genetics and Breeding, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, P. R. China
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- Institute of Animal Genetics and Breeding, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, P. R. China
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- Institute of Animal Genetics and Breeding, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, P. R. China
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- Institute of Animal Genetics and Breeding, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, P. R. China
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Ramsden DB, Waring RH, Barlow DJ, Parsons RB. Nicotinamide N-Methyltransferase in Health and Cancer. Int J Tryptophan Res 2017; 10:1178646917691739. [PMID: 35185340 PMCID: PMC8851132 DOI: 10.1177/1178646917691739] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [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: 11/28/2016] [Accepted: 01/11/2017] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Over the past decade, the roles of nicotinamide N-methyltransferase and its product 1-methyl nicotinamide have emerged from playing merely minor roles in phase 2 xenobiotic metabolism as actors in some of the most important scenes of human life. In this review, the structures of the gene, messenger RNA, and protein are discussed, together with the role of the enzyme in many of the common cancers that afflict people today.
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- David B Ramsden
- Institute of Metabolism and Systems Research, The Medical School, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, King’s College London, London, UK
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, King’s College London, London, UK
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Recent developments indicate that macrodomains, an ancient and diverse protein domain family, are key players in the recognition, interpretation, and turnover of ADP-ribose (ADPr) signaling. Crucial to this is the ability of macrodomains to recognize ADPr either directly, in the form of a metabolic derivative, or as a modification covalently bound to proteins. Thus, macrodomains regulate a wide variety of cellular and organismal processes, including DNA damage repair, signal transduction, and immune response. Their importance is further indicated by the fact that dysregulation or mutation of a macrodomain is associated with several diseases, including cancer, developmental defects, and neurodegeneration. In this review, we summarize the current insights into macrodomain evolution and how this evolution influenced their structural and functional diversification. We highlight some aspects of macrodomain roles in pathobiology as well as their emerging potential as therapeutic targets.
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- Division of Molecular Biology, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb 10002, Croatia;
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- Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3RE, United Kingdom; ,
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Protein ADP-ribosylation is an ancient posttranslational modification with high biochemical complexity. It alters the function of modified proteins or provides a scaffold for the recruitment of other proteins and thus regulates several cellular processes. ADP-ribosylation is governed by ADP-ribosyltransferases and a subclass of sirtuins (writers), is sensed by proteins that contain binding modules (readers) that recognize specific parts of the ADP-ribosyl posttranslational modification, and is removed by ADP-ribosylhydrolases (erasers). The large amount of experimental data generated and technical progress made in the last decade have significantly advanced our knowledge of the function of ADP-ribosylation at the molecular level. This review summarizes the current knowledge of nuclear ADP-ribosylation reactions and their role in chromatin plasticity, cell differentiation, and epigenetics and discusses current progress and future perspectives.
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- Michael O Hottiger
- Institute of Veterinary Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Zurich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland;
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