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Alzahrani KR, Gomez-Cardona E, Gandhi VD, Palikhe NS, Laratta C, Julien O, Vliagoftis H. German cockroach extract prevents IL-13-induced CCL26 expression in airway epithelial cells through IL-13 degradation. FASEB J 2024; 38:e23531. [PMID: 38466220 DOI: 10.1096/fj.202300828rrr] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2023] [Revised: 02/08/2024] [Accepted: 02/19/2024] [Indexed: 03/12/2024]
Abstract
Inhaled aeroallergens can directly activate airway epithelial cells (AECs). Exposure to cockroach allergens is a strong risk factor for asthma. Cockroach allergens mediate some of their effects through their serine protease activity; protease activity is also a major contributor to allergenicity. The Th2 cytokine interleukin-13 (IL-13) induces upregulation of the eosinophil chemotactic factor CCL26. CCL26 induces eosinophil migration in allergic inflammation. In this work, we studied the effect of cockroach proteases on IL-13-induced effects. Immersed cultures of the human bronchial epithelial cell line BEAS-2B and air-liquid interface (ALI) cultures of primary normal human bronchial epithelial (NHBE) cells were stimulated with IL-13, Blattella Germanica cockroach extract (CE), or both. IL-13-induced genes were analyzed with qRT-PCR. IL-13 induced upregulation of CCL26, periostin, and IL-13Rα2 in bronchial epithelial cells which were decreased by CE. CE was heat-inactivated (HICE) or pre-incubated with protease inhibitors. HICE and CE preincubated with serine protease inhibitors did not prevent IL-13-induced CCL26 upregulation. CE-degraded IL-13 and specific cleavage sites were identified. CE also decreased IL-4-induced CCL26 upregulation and degraded IL-4. Other serine proteases such as bovine trypsin and house dust mite (HDM) serine proteases did not have the same effects on IL-13-induced CCL26. We conclude that CE serine proteases antagonize IL-13-induced effects in AECs, and this CE effect is mediated primarily through proteolytic cleavage of IL-13. IL-13 cleavage by cockroach serine proteases may modulate CCL26-mediated effects in allergic airway inflammation by interfering directly with the pro-inflammatory effects of IL-13 in vivo.
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- Khadija Rashed Alzahrani
- Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Medicine, and Alberta Respiratory Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Medicine, and Alberta Respiratory Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Medicine, and Alberta Respiratory Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Medicine, and Alberta Respiratory Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Medicine, and Alberta Respiratory Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Wang B, Li Z, Shi Y, Zhu Z, Fields L, Shelef MA, Li L. Mass Spectrometry-Based Precise Identification of Citrullinated Histones via Limited Digestion and Biotin Derivative Tag Enrichment. Anal Chem 2024; 96:2309-2317. [PMID: 38285917 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.3c02646] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2024]
Abstract
Histone citrullination is an essential epigenetic post-translational modification (PTM) that affects many important physiological and pathological processes, but effective tools to study histone citrullination are greatly limited due to several challenges, including the small mass shift caused by this PTM and its low abundance in biological systems. Although previous studies have reported frequent occurrences of histone citrullination, these methods failed to provide a high-throughput and site-specific strategy to detect histone citrullination. Recently, we developed a biotin thiol tag that enabled precise identification of protein citrullination coupled with mass spectrometry. However, very few histone citrullination sites were identified, likely due to the highly basic nature of these proteins. In this study, we develop a novel method utilizing limited digestion and biotin derivative tag enrichment to facilitate direct in vivo identification of citrullination sites on histones. We achieve improved coverage of histone identification via partial enzymatic digestion and lysine block by dimethylation. With biotin tag-assisted chemical derivatization and enrichment, we also achieve precise annotation of histone citrullination sites with high confidence. We further compare different fragmentation methods and find that the electron-transfer-dissociation-based approach enables the most in-depth analysis and characterization. In total, we unambiguously identify 18 unique citrullination sites on histones in human astrocytoma U87 cells, including 15 citrullinated sites being detected for the first time. Some of these citrullination sites are observed to exhibit noticeable alterations in response to DNA damage, which demonstrates the superiority of our strategy in understanding the roles of histone citrullination in critical biological processes.
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- Bin Wang
- School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53705, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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- School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53705, United States
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- School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53705, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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- Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53705, United States
- William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Madison, Wisconsin 53705, United States
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- School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53705, United States
- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
- Lachman Institute for Pharmaceutical Development, School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53705, United States
- Wisconsin Center for NanoBioSystems, School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53705, United States
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Gomez-Cardona E, Eskandari-Sedighi G, Fahlman R, Westaway D, Julien O. Application of N-Terminal Labeling Methods Provide Novel Insights into Endoproteolysis of the Prion Protein in Vivo. ACS Chem Neurosci 2024; 15:134-146. [PMID: 38095594 PMCID: PMC10768724 DOI: 10.1021/acschemneuro.3c00533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2023] [Revised: 11/20/2023] [Accepted: 11/21/2023] [Indexed: 01/04/2024] Open
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Alternative α- and β-cleavage events in the cellular prion protein (PrPC) central region generate fragments with distinct biochemical features that affect prion disease pathogenesis, but the assignment of precise cleavage positions has proven challenging. Exploiting mouse transgenic models expressing wild-type (WT) PrPC and an octarepeat region mutant allele (S3) with increased β-fragmentation, cleavage sites were defined using LC-MS/MS in conjunction with N-terminal enzymatic labeling and chemical in-gel acetylation. Our studies profile the net proteolytic repertoire of the adult brain, as deduced from defining hundreds of proteolytic events in other proteins, and position individual cleavage events in PrPC α- and β-target areas imputed from earlier, lower resolution methods; these latter analyses established site heterogeneity, with six cleavage sites positioned in the β-cleavage region of WT PrPC and nine positions for S3 PrPC. Regarding α-cleavage, aside from reported N-termini at His110 and Val111, we identified a total of five shorter fragments in the brain of both mice lines. We infer that aminopeptidase activity in the brain could contribute to the ragged N-termini observed around PrPC's α- and β-cleavage sites, with this work providing a point of departure for further in vivo studies of brain proteases.
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- Erik Gomez-Cardona
- Department
of Biochemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2H7, Canada
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- Department
of Biochemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2H7, Canada
- Center
for Prions and Protein Folding Diseases, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2M8, Canada
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- Department
of Biochemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2H7, Canada
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- Department
of Biochemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2H7, Canada
- Center
for Prions and Protein Folding Diseases, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2M8, Canada
- Department
of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2G3, Canada
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- Department
of Biochemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2H7, Canada
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Discovery of Post-Translational Modifications in Emiliania huxleyi. Molecules 2021; 26:molecules26072027. [PMID: 33918234 PMCID: PMC8038017 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26072027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2021] [Revised: 03/31/2021] [Accepted: 04/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
Abstract
Emiliania huxleyi is a cosmopolitan coccolithophore that plays an essential role in global carbon and sulfur cycling, and contributes to marine cloud formation and climate regulation. Previously, the proteomic profile of Emiliania huxleyi was investigated using a three-dimensional separation strategy combined with liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). The current study reuses the MS/MS spectra obtained, for the global discovery of post-translational modifications (PTMs) in this species without specific enrichment methods. Twenty-five different PTM types were examined using Trans-Proteomic Pipeline (Comet and PeptideProphet). Overall, 13,483 PTMs were identified in 7421 proteins. Methylation was the most frequent PTM with more than 2800 modified sites, and lysine was the most frequently modified amino acid with more than 4000 PTMs. The number of proteins identified increased by 22.5% to 18,780 after performing the PTM search. Compared to intact peptides, the intensities of some modified peptides were superior or equivalent. The intensities of some proteins increased dramatically after the PTM search. Gene ontology analysis revealed that protein persulfidation was related to photosynthesis in Emiliania huxleyi. Additionally, various membrane proteins were found to be phosphorylated. Thus, our global PTM discovery platform provides an overview of PTMs in the species and prompts further studies to uncover their biological functions. The combination of a three-dimensional separation method with global PTM search is a promising approach for the identification and discovery of PTMs in other species.
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Eukaryote-conserved histone post-translational modification landscape in Giardia duodenalis revealed by mass spectrometry. Int J Parasitol 2020; 51:225-239. [PMID: 33275945 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2020.09.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2020] [Revised: 09/01/2020] [Accepted: 09/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
Abstract
Diarrheal disease caused by Giardia duodenalis is highly prevalent, causing over 200 million cases globally each year. The processes that drive parasite virulence, host immune evasion and transmission involve coordinated gene expression and have been linked to epigenetic regulation. Epigenetic regulatory systems are eukaryote-conserved, including in deep branching excavates such as Giardia, with several studies already implicating histone post-translational modifications in regulation of its pathogenesis and life cycle. However, further insights into Giardia chromatin dynamics have been hindered by a lack of site-specific knowledge of histone modifications. Using mass spectrometry, we have provided the first known molecular map of histone methylation, acetylation and phosphorylation modifications in Giardia core histones. We have identified over 50 previously unreported histone modifications including sites with established roles in epigenetic regulation, and co-occurring modifications indicative of post-translational modification crosstalk. These demonstrate conserved histone modifications in Giardia which are equivalent to many other eukaryotes, and suggest that similar epigenetic mechanisms are in place in this parasite. Further, we used sequence, domain and structural homology to annotate putative histone enzyme networks in Giardia, highlighting representative chromatin modifiers which appear sufficient for identified sites, particularly those from H3 and H4 variants. This study is to our knowledge the first and most comprehensive, complete and accurate view of Giardia histone post-translational modifications to date, and a substantial step towards understanding their associations in parasite development and virulence.
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van den Bosch T, Leus NGJ, Wapenaar H, Boichenko A, Hermans J, Bischoff R, Haisma HJ, Dekker FJ. A 6-alkylsalicylate histone acetyltransferase inhibitor inhibits histone acetylation and pro-inflammatory gene expression in murine precision-cut lung slices. Pulm Pharmacol Ther 2017; 44:88-95. [PMID: 28323055 PMCID: PMC5447808 DOI: 10.1016/j.pupt.2017.03.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2016] [Revised: 12/16/2016] [Accepted: 03/13/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
Abstract
Lysine acetylations are post-translational modifications of cellular proteins, that are crucial in the regulation of many cellular processes. Lysine acetylations on histone proteins are part of the epigenetic code regulating gene expression and are installed by histone acetyltransferases. Observations that inflammatory lung diseases, such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, are characterized by increased histone acetyltransferase activity indicate that development of small molecule inhibitors for these enzymes might be a valuable approach towards new therapies for these diseases. The 6-alkylsalicylate MG149 is a candidate to explore this hypothesis because it has been demonstrated to inhibit the MYST type histone acetyltransferases. In this study, we determined the Ki value for inhibition of the MYST type histone acetyltransferase KAT8 by MG149 to be 39 ± 7.7 μM. Upon investigating whether the inhibition of histone acetyltransferases by MG149 correlates with inhibition of histone acetylation in murine precision-cut lung slices, inhibition of acetylation was observed using an LC-MS/MS based assay on histone H4 res 4-17, which contains the target lysine of KAT8. Following up on this, upon treatment with MG149, reduced pro-inflammatory gene expression was observed in lipopolysaccharide and interferon gamma stimulated murine precision-cut lung slices. Based on this, we propose that 6-alkylsalicylates such as MG149 have potential for development towards applications in the treatment of inflammatory lung diseases.
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- Thea van den Bosch
- Chemical and Pharmaceutical Biology, Groningen Research Institute of Pharmacy, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Chemical and Pharmaceutical Biology, Groningen Research Institute of Pharmacy, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Chemical and Pharmaceutical Biology, Groningen Research Institute of Pharmacy, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Analytical Biochemistry, Groningen Research Institute of Pharmacy, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Analytical Biochemistry, Groningen Research Institute of Pharmacy, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Analytical Biochemistry, Groningen Research Institute of Pharmacy, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Chemical and Pharmaceutical Biology, Groningen Research Institute of Pharmacy, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Chemical and Pharmaceutical Biology, Groningen Research Institute of Pharmacy, University of Groningen, The Netherlands.
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ElBashir R, Vanselow JT, Kraus A, Janzen CJ, Siegel TN, Schlosser A. Fragment ion patchwork quantification for measuring site-specific acetylation degrees. Anal Chem 2016; 87:9939-45. [PMID: 26335048 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.5b02517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
We introduce fragment ion patchwork quantification as a new mass spectrometry-based approach for the highly accurate quantification of site-specific acetylation degrees. This method combines (13)C1-acetyl derivatization on the protein level, proteolysis by low-specificity proteases and quantification on the fragment ion level. Acetylation degrees are determined from the isotope patterns of acetylated b and y ions. We show that this approach allows to determine site-specific acetylation degrees of all lysine residues for all core histones of Trypanosoma brucei. In addition, we demonstrate how this approach can be used to identify substrate sites of histone acetyltransferases.
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- Department of Cell & Developmental Biology, Biocenter University of Wuerzburg , Am Hubland, 97074 Wuerzburg, Germany
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Leus NGJ, van der Wouden PE, van den Bosch T, Hooghiemstra WTR, Ourailidou ME, Kistemaker LEM, Bischoff R, Gosens R, Haisma HJ, Dekker FJ. HDAC 3-selective inhibitor RGFP966 demonstrates anti-inflammatory properties in RAW 264.7 macrophages and mouse precision-cut lung slices by attenuating NF-κB p65 transcriptional activity. Biochem Pharmacol 2016; 108:58-74. [PMID: 26993378 PMCID: PMC4844503 DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2016.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2016] [Accepted: 03/14/2016] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
Abstract
The increasing number of patients suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) represents a major and increasing health problem. Therefore, novel therapeutic approaches are needed. Class I HDACs 1, 2 and 3 play key roles in the regulation of inflammatory gene expression with a particular pro-inflammatory role for HDAC 3. HDAC 3 has been reported to be an important player in inflammation by deacetylating NF-κB p65, which has been implicated in the pathology of COPD. Here, we applied the pharmacological HDAC 3-selective inhibitor RGFP966, which attenuated pro-inflammatory gene expression in models for inflammatory lung diseases. Consistent with this, a robust decrease of the transcriptional activity of NF-κB p65 was observed. HDAC 3 inhibition affected neither the acetylation status of NF-κB p65 nor histone H3 or histone H4. This indicates that HDAC 3 inhibition does not inhibit NF-κB p65 transcriptional activity by affecting its deacetylation but rather by inhibiting enzymatic activity of HDAC 3. Taken together, our findings indicate that pharmacological HDAC 3-selective inhibition by inhibitors such as RGFP966 may provide a novel and effective approach toward development of therapeutics for inflammatory lung diseases.
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- Niek G J Leus
- Department of Pharmaceutical Gene Modulation, Groningen Research Institute of Pharmacy (GRIP), University of Groningen, Antonius Deusinglaan 1, 9713 AV Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Gene Modulation, Groningen Research Institute of Pharmacy (GRIP), University of Groningen, Antonius Deusinglaan 1, 9713 AV Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Gene Modulation, Groningen Research Institute of Pharmacy (GRIP), University of Groningen, Antonius Deusinglaan 1, 9713 AV Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Gene Modulation, Groningen Research Institute of Pharmacy (GRIP), University of Groningen, Antonius Deusinglaan 1, 9713 AV Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Gene Modulation, Groningen Research Institute of Pharmacy (GRIP), University of Groningen, Antonius Deusinglaan 1, 9713 AV Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Groningen Research Institute of Pharmacy (GRIP), University of Groningen, Antonius Deusinglaan 1, 9713 AV Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Analytical Biochemistry, Groningen Research Institute of Pharmacy (GRIP), University of Groningen, Antonius Deusinglaan 1, 9713 AV Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Groningen Research Institute of Pharmacy (GRIP), University of Groningen, Antonius Deusinglaan 1, 9713 AV Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Gene Modulation, Groningen Research Institute of Pharmacy (GRIP), University of Groningen, Antonius Deusinglaan 1, 9713 AV Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Gene Modulation, Groningen Research Institute of Pharmacy (GRIP), University of Groningen, Antonius Deusinglaan 1, 9713 AV Groningen, The Netherlands.
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Zhou T, Chung YH, Chen J, Chen Y. Site-Specific Identification of Lysine Acetylation Stoichiometries in Mammalian Cells. J Proteome Res 2016; 15:1103-13. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.5b01097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Tong Zhou
- Department of Biochemistry,
Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Minnesota at Twin Cities, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry,
Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Minnesota at Twin Cities, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry,
Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Minnesota at Twin Cities, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry,
Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Minnesota at Twin Cities, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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van den Bosch T, Boichenko A, Leus NGJ, Ourailidou ME, Wapenaar H, Rotili D, Mai A, Imhof A, Bischoff R, Haisma HJ, Dekker FJ. The histone acetyltransferase p300 inhibitor C646 reduces pro-inflammatory gene expression and inhibits histone deacetylases. Biochem Pharmacol 2015; 102:130-140. [PMID: 26718586 DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2015.12.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2015] [Accepted: 12/14/2015] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
Abstract
Lysine acetylations are reversible posttranslational modifications of histone and non-histone proteins that play important regulatory roles in signal transduction cascades and gene expression. Lysine acetylations are regulated by histone acetyltransferases as writers and histone deacetylases as erasers. Because of their role in signal transduction cascades, these enzymes are important players in inflammation. Therefore, histone acetyltransferase inhibitors could reduce inflammatory responses. Among the few histone acetyltransferase inhibitors described, C646 is one of the most potent (Ki of 0.4μM for histone acetyltransferase p300). C646 was described to affect the NF-κB pathway; an important pathway in inflammatory responses, which is regulated by acetylation. This pathway has been implicated in asthma and COPD. Therefore, we hypothesized that via regulation of the NF-κB signaling pathway, C646 can inhibit pro-inflammatory gene expression, and have potential for the treatment of inflammatory lung diseases. In line with this, we demonstrate here that C646 reduces pro-inflammatory gene expression in RAW264.7 murine macrophages and murine precision-cut lung slices. To unravel its effects on cellular substrates we applied mass spectrometry and found, counterintuitively, a slight increase in acetylation of histone H3. Based on this finding, and structural features of C646, we presumed inhibitory activity of C646 on histone deacetylases, and indeed found inhibition of histone deacetylases from 7μM and higher concentrations. This indicates that C646 has potential for further development towards applications in the treatment of inflammation, however, its newly discovered lack of selectivity at higher concentrations needs to be taken into account.
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- Thea van den Bosch
- Pharmaceutical Gene Modulation, Groningen Research Institute of Pharmacy, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Analytical Biochemistry, Groningen Research Institute of Pharmacy, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Pharmaceutical Gene Modulation, Groningen Research Institute of Pharmacy, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Pharmaceutical Gene Modulation, Groningen Research Institute of Pharmacy, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Pharmaceutical Gene Modulation, Groningen Research Institute of Pharmacy, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Chemistry and Technologies of Drugs, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and Technologies of Drugs, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy; Pasteur Institute, Cenci Bolognetti Foundation, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
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- Protein Analysis Unit Biomedical Center and Center for Integrated Protein Science Munich, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
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- Analytical Biochemistry, Groningen Research Institute of Pharmacy, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Pharmaceutical Gene Modulation, Groningen Research Institute of Pharmacy, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Pharmaceutical Gene Modulation, Groningen Research Institute of Pharmacy, University of Groningen, The Netherlands.
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Affiliation(s)
- He Huang
- Ben May Department of Cancer Research, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- Ben May Department of Cancer Research, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
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Cieniewicz AM, Moreland L, Ringel AE, Mackintosh SG, Raman A, Gilbert TM, Wolberger C, Tackett AJ, Taverna SD. The bromodomain of Gcn5 regulates site specificity of lysine acetylation on histone H3. Mol Cell Proteomics 2014; 13:2896-910. [PMID: 25106422 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m114.038174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
Abstract
In yeast, the conserved histone acetyltransferase (HAT) Gcn5 associates with Ada2 and Ada3 to form the catalytic module of the ADA and SAGA transcriptional coactivator complexes. Gcn5 also contains an acetyl-lysine binding bromodomain that has been implicated in regulating nucleosomal acetylation in vitro, as well as at gene promoters in cells. However, the contribution of the Gcn5 bromodomain in regulating site specificity of HAT activity remains unclear. Here, we used a combined acid-urea gel and quantitative mass spectrometry approach to compare the HAT activity of wild-type and Gcn5 bromodomain-mutant ADA subcomplexes (Gcn5-Ada2-Ada3). Wild-type ADA subcomplex acetylated H3 lysines with the following specificity; H3K14 > H3K23 > H3K9 ≈ H3K18 > H3K27 > H3K36. However, when the Gcn5 bromodomain was defective in acetyl-lysine binding, the ADA subcomplex demonstrated altered site-specific acetylation on free and nucleosomal H3, with H3K18ac being the most severely diminished. H3K18ac was also severely diminished on H3K14R, but not H3K23R, substrates in wild-type HAT reactions, further suggesting that Gcn5-catalyzed acetylation of H3K14 and bromodomain binding to H3K14ac are important steps preceding H3K18ac. In sum, this work details a previously uncharacterized cross-talk between the Gcn5 bromodomain "reader" function and enzymatic HAT activity that might ultimately affect gene expression. Future studies of how mutations in bromodomains or other histone post-translational modification readers can affect chromatin-templated enzymatic activities will yield unprecedented insight into a potential "histone/epigenetic code." MS data are available via ProteomeXchange with identifier PXD001167.
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- Anne M Cieniewicz
- From the ‡Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205; §Center for Epigenetics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205
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- ¶Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas 72205
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- ‖Department of Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205; **Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205
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- ¶Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas 72205
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- From the ‡Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205; §Center for Epigenetics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205
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- From the ‡Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205; §Center for Epigenetics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205
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- §Center for Epigenetics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205; ‖Department of Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205; **Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205
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- ¶Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas 72205;
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- From the ‡Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205; §Center for Epigenetics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205;
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Dillinger S, Garea AV, Deutzmann R, Németh A. Analysis of histone posttranslational modifications from nucleolus-associated chromatin by mass spectrometry. Methods Mol Biol 2014; 1094:277-93. [PMID: 24162996 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-706-8_22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Chromatin is unevenly distributed within the eukaryote nucleus and it contributes to the formation of morphologically and functionally distinct substructures, called chromatin domains and nuclear bodies. Here we describe an approach to assess specific chromatin features, the histone posttranslational modifications (PTMs), of the largest nuclear sub-compartment, the nucleolus. In this chapter, methods for the isolation of nucleolus-associated chromatin from native or formaldehyde-fixed cells and the effect of experimental procedures on the outcome of mass spectrometry analysis of histone PTMs are compared.
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- Stefan Dillinger
- Biochemistry Center Regensburg, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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Fiedler KL, Cotter RJ. Using glycinylation, a chemical derivatization technique, for the quantitation of ubiquitinated proteins. Anal Chem 2013; 85:5827-34. [PMID: 23682733 PMCID: PMC3713787 DOI: 10.1021/ac400398s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The quantitation of lysine post-translational modifications (PTMs) by bottom-up mass spectrometry is convoluted by the need for analogous derivatives and the production of different tryptic peptides from the unmodified and modified versions of a protein. Chemical derivatization of lysines prior to enzymatic digestion circumvents these problems and has proven to be a successful method for lysine PTM quantitation. The most notable example is the use of deuteroacetylation to quantitate lysine acetylation. In this work, levels of lysine ubiquitination were quantitated using a structurally homologous label that is chemically similar to the diglycine (GlyGly) tag, which is left at the ubiquitination site upon trypsinolysis. The LC-MS analysis of a chemically equivalent monoglycine (Gly) tag that is analogous to the corresponding GlyGly tag proved that the monoglycine tag can be used for the quantitation of ubiquitination. A glycinylation protocol was then established for the derivatization of proteins to label unmodified lysine residues with a single glycine tag. Ubiquitin multimers were used to show that after glycinylation and tryptic digestion, the mass spectrometric response from the corresponding analogous tagged peptides could be compared for relative quantitation. For a proof of principle regarding the applicability of this technique to the analysis of ubiquitination in biological samples, the glycinylation technique was used to quantitate the increase in monoubiquitinated histone H2B that is observed in yeast which lacks the enzyme responsible for deubiquitinating H2B-K123, compared to wild-type yeast.
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- Katherine L Fiedler
- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Middle Atlantic Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, 725 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA.
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Cotter RJ. High energy collisions on tandem time-of-flight mass spectrometers. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2013; 24:657-74. [PMID: 23519928 PMCID: PMC3664224 DOI: 10.1007/s13361-012-0518-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2012] [Revised: 08/29/2012] [Accepted: 09/07/2012] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Long before the introduction of matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI), electrospray ionization (ESI), Orbitraps, and any of the other tools that are now used ubiquitously for proteomics and metabolomics, the highest performance mass spectrometers were sector instruments, providing high resolution mass measurements by combining an electrostatic energy analyzer (E) with a high field magnet (B). In its heyday, the four sector mass spectrometer (or EBEB) was the crown jewel, providing the highest performance tandem mass spectrometry using single, high energy collisions to induce fragmentation. During a time in which quadrupole and tandem triple quadrupole instruments were also enjoying increased usage and popularity, there were, nonetheless, some clear advantages for sectors over their low collision energy counterparts. Time-of-flight (TOF) mass spectrometers are high voltage, high vacuum instruments that have much in common with sectors and have inspired the development of tandem instruments exploiting single high energy collisions. In this retrospective, we recount our own journey to produce high performance TOFs and tandem TOFs, describing the basic theory, problems, and the advantages for such instruments. An experiment testing impulse collision theory (ICT) underscores the similarities with sector mass spectrometers where this concept was first developed. Applications provide examples of more extensive fragmentation, side chain cleavages, and charge-remote fragmentation, also characteristic of high energy sector mass spectrometers. Moreover, the so-called curved-field reflectron has enabled the design of instruments that are simpler, collect and focus all of the ions, and may provide the future technology for the clinic, for tissue imaging, and the characterization of microorganisms.
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- Robert J Cotter
- Middle Atlantic Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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Fiedler KL, Bheda P, Dai J, Boeke JD, Wolberger C, Cotter RJ. A quantitative analysis of histone methylation and acetylation isoforms from their deuteroacetylated derivatives: application to a series of knockout mutants. JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY : JMS 2013; 48:608-15. [PMID: 23674285 PMCID: PMC3784001 DOI: 10.1002/jms.3198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2012] [Revised: 02/12/2013] [Accepted: 02/15/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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The core histones, H2A, H2B, H3 and H4, undergo post-translational modifications (PTMs) including lysine acetylation, methylation and ubiquitylation, arginine methylation and serine phosphorylation. Lysine residues may be mono-, di- and trimethylated, the latter resulting in an addition of mass to the protein that differs from acetylation by only 0.03639 Da, but that can be distinguished either on high-performance mass spectrometers with sufficient mass accuracy and mass resolution or via retention times. Here we describe the use of chemical derivatization to quantify methylated and acetylated histone isoforms by forming deuteroacetylated histone derivatives prior to tryptic digestion and bottom-up liquid chromatography-mass spectrometric analysis. The deuteroacetylation of unmodified or mono-methylated lysine residues produces a chemically identical set of tryptic peptides when comparing the unmodified and modified versions of a protein, making it possible to directly quantify lysine acetylation. In this work, the deuteroacetylation technique is used to examine a single histone H3 peptide with methyl and acetyl modifications at different lysine residues and to quantify the relative abundance of each modification in different deacetylase and methylase knockout yeast strains. This application demonstrates the use of the deuteroacetylation technique to characterize modification 'cross-talk' by correlating different PTMs on the same histone tail.
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- Katherine L Fiedler
- Middle Atlantic Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 725 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
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Biotinylation of lysine method identifies acetylated histone H3 lysine 79 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae as a substrate for Sir2. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2012; 109:E916-25. [PMID: 22474337 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1121471109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Although the biological roles of many members of the sirtuin family of lysine deacetylases have been well characterized, a broader understanding of their role in biology is limited by the challenges in identifying new substrates. We present here an in vitro method that combines biotinylation and mass spectrometry (MS) to identify substrates deacetylated by sirtuins. The method permits labeling of deacetylated residues with amine-reactive biotin on the ε-nitrogen of lysine. The biotin can be utilized to purify the substrate and identify the deacetylated lysine by MS. The biotinyl-lysine method was used to compare deacetylation of chemically acetylated histones by the yeast sirtuins, Sir2 and Hst2. Intriguingly, Sir2 preferentially deacetylates histone H3 lysine 79 as compared to Hst2. Although acetylation of K79 was not previously reported in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, we demonstrate that a minor population of this residue is indeed acetylated in vivo and show that Sir2, and not Hst2, regulates the acetylation state of H3 lysine 79. The in vitro biotinyl-lysine method combined with chemical acetylation made it possible to identify this previously unknown, low-abundance histone acetyl modification in vivo. This method has further potential to identify novel sirtuin deacetylation substrates in whole cell extracts, enabling large-scale screens for new deacetylase substrates.
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