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Haigh S, Brown ZL, Shivers MA, Sellers HG, West MA, Barman SA, Stepp DW, Csanyi G, Fulton DJR. A Reappraisal of the Utility of L-012 to Measure Superoxide from Biologically Relevant Sources. Antioxidants (Basel) 2023; 12:1689. [PMID: 37759992 PMCID: PMC10525458 DOI: 10.3390/antiox12091689] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2023] [Revised: 08/21/2023] [Accepted: 08/25/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023] Open
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The detection of superoxide anion (O2●-) in biological tissues remains challenging. Barriers to convenient and reproducible measurements include expensive equipment, custom probes, and the need for high sensitivity and specificity. The luminol derivative, L-012, has been used to measure O2●- since 1993 with mixed results and concerns over specificity. The goal of this study was to better define the conditions for use and their specificity. We found that L-012 coupled with depolymerized orthovanadate, a relatively impermeable tyrosine phosphatase inhibitor, yielded a highly sensitive approach to detect extracellular O2●-. In O2●- producing HEK-NOX5 cells, orthovanadate increased L-012 luminescence 100-fold. The combination of L-012 and orthovanadate was highly sensitive, stable, scalable, completely reversed by superoxide dismutase, and selective for O2●- generating NOXes versus NOX4, which produces H2O2. Moreover, there was no signal from cells transfected with NOS3 (NO●) and NOS2(ONOO-). To exclude the effects of altered tyrosine phosphorylation, O2●- was detected using non-enzymatic synthesis with phenazine methosulfate and via novel coupling of L-012 with niobium oxalate, which was less active in inducing tyrosine phosphorylation. Overall, our data shows that L-012 coupled with orthovanadate or other periodic group 5 salts yields a reliable, sensitive, and specific approach to measuring extracellular O2●- in biological systems.
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- Stephen Haigh
- Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, 1460 Laney Walker Blvd, CB 3316, Augusta, GA 30909, USA
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- Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, 1460 Laney Walker Blvd, CB 3316, Augusta, GA 30909, USA
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- Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, 1460 Laney Walker Blvd, CB 3316, Augusta, GA 30909, USA
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- Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, 1460 Laney Walker Blvd, CB 3316, Augusta, GA 30909, USA
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- Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, 1460 Laney Walker Blvd, CB 3316, Augusta, GA 30909, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, 1460 Laney Walker Blvd, CB 3316, Augusta, GA 30909, USA
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- Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, 1460 Laney Walker Blvd, CB 3316, Augusta, GA 30909, USA
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- Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, 1460 Laney Walker Blvd, CB 3316, Augusta, GA 30909, USA
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, 1460 Laney Walker Blvd, CB 3316, Augusta, GA 30909, USA
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- Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, 1460 Laney Walker Blvd, CB 3316, Augusta, GA 30909, USA
- David Fulton Vascular Biology Center, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, 1460 Laney Walker Blvd, CB 3316, Augusta, GA 30909, USA
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Collins J, Cilibrizzi A, Fedorova M, Whyte G, Mak LH, Guterman I, Leatherbarrow R, Woscholski R, Vilar R. Vanadyl complexes with dansyl-labelled di-picolinic acid ligands: synthesis, phosphatase inhibition activity and cellular uptake studies. Dalton Trans 2016; 45:7104-13. [DOI: 10.1039/c5dt04753f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Two new vanadyl complexes with a fluorescent label are reported. We show that these complexes inhibit selected phosphatases and are cell permeable.
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- Juliet Collins
- Department of Chemistry
- Imperial College London
- London SW7 2AZ
- UK
- Institute of Chemical Biology
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- Department of Chemistry
- Imperial College London
- London SW7 2AZ
- UK
- Institute of Chemical Biology
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- Department of Chemistry
- Imperial College London
- London SW7 2AZ
- UK
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- Department of Chemistry
- Imperial College London
- London SW7 2AZ
- UK
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- Department of Chemistry
- Imperial College London
- London SW7 2AZ
- UK
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- Department of Chemistry
- Imperial College London
- London SW7 2AZ
- UK
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- Department of Chemistry
- Imperial College London
- London SW7 2AZ
- UK
- Institute of Chemical Biology
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- Department of Chemistry
- Imperial College London
- London SW7 2AZ
- UK
- Institute of Chemical Biology
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- Department of Chemistry
- Imperial College London
- London SW7 2AZ
- UK
- Institute of Chemical Biology
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Synthesis and crystal structure of the two-dimensional coordination compound potassium oxo-bis(hydroxylamido)-pyridine-2, 3-dicarboxylato-vanadate(V). ZEITSCHRIFT FUR NATURFORSCHUNG SECTION B-A JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL SCIENCES 2015. [DOI: 10.1515/znb-2014-0244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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The crystal structure of the title compound, K2[VO(C7H3O4N)(NH2O)2(H2O)]2, is composed of KO9 and VO5N2 polyhedra connected through pyridine-2,3-dicarboxylate (2,3-dipicolinate) bridges. The VO5N2 coordination polyhedron is a pentagonal bipyramid, with hydroxylamido and dipicolinato ligands being bidentate. The axial positions are occupied by the terminal oxo ligand and one oxygen atom from a deprotonated carboxylate group. The oxygen atoms from hydroxylamido and the nitrogen atoms belonging either to the pyridine ring or to the hydroxylamido occupy the equatorial positions and form an approximate pentagonal plane. The irregular KO9 polyhedra are linked, sharing edges and planes to form infinite chains. These chains are linked by the dipicolinate bridges to form layers. The distorted VO5N2 polyhedron is grafted on to the layer by the dipicolinate carboxylate O atom. Adjacent layers are connected through N–H···O hydrogen bonds to form a three-dimensional supramolecular structure.
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Morohaku K, Hoshino Y, Sasada H, Sato E. Incorporation of phosphatase inhibitor in culture prompts growth initiation of isolated non-growing oocytes. PLoS One 2013; 8:e77533. [PMID: 24223714 PMCID: PMC3817191 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0077533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2013] [Accepted: 09/03/2013] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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In vitro folliculogenesis of primordial and early preantral follicles is necessary for increment of reproductive efficiency in domestic animals, humans and endangered species. Recent study in phosphatase and tensin homolog (Pten) -knockout mice has revealed that this phosphatase acts as an inhibitory factor in follicle activation of primordial pool with the resultant inhibition of oocyte growth. To test in vitro effect of a phosphatase inhibitor on growth initiation of isolated non-growing oocytes in neonatal ovaries, we applied a specific inhibitor (bpV (HOpic)) for PTEN in culturing system. Non-growing oocytes isolated from the ovaries of newborn BDF1 (C57BL/6 × DBA/2) pups were divided to four culture groups. Five days after culture, the oocytes in 14 μmol/l bpV only, 14 μmol/l bpV plus 100 ng/ml Kit Ligand (KL), and 100 ng/ml KL groups showed significantly (P<0.05) growth (19.3±0.55, 25.8±0.53 and 21.6±0.29 μm, respectively) compared with that of the control (no additive) (16.9±0.53 μm). In addition, western blotting in those groups showed enhanced expression of phosphorylated Akt. In conclusion, we clearly demonstrate that isolated non-growing oocytes develop in phosphatase inhibitor, especially to PTEN, incorporated culturing system, and show first as we know that oocytes with zona Pellucidae can be obtained in vitro from isolated non-growing oocytes.
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- Kanako Morohaku
- Laboratory of Animal Reproduction, Graduate School of Agriculture Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
- Laboratory of Animal Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine, Kitasato University, Towada, Japan
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- Laboratory of Animal Reproduction, Graduate School of Agriculture Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Laboratory of Animal Reproduction, Graduate School of Agriculture Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
- Laboratory of Animal Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine, Kitasato University, Towada, Japan
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- Laboratory of Animal Reproduction, Graduate School of Agriculture Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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How environment affects drug activity: Localization, compartmentalization and reactions of a vanadium insulin-enhancing compound, dipicolinatooxovanadium(V). Coord Chem Rev 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2011.01.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Refat MS, El-Shazly SA. Identification of a new anti-diabetic agent by combining VOSO4 and vitamin E in a single molecule: studies on its spectral, thermal and pharmacological properties. Eur J Med Chem 2010; 45:3070-9. [PMID: 20413189 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2010.03.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2010] [Revised: 03/26/2010] [Accepted: 03/29/2010] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Vanadium(IV) complex of vitamin E (Vit E) ligand was reported. In this complex, binuclear ligand acts as a monodentate via oxygen of phenolic group. The vanadyl(II) ion is surrounded by two molecules of Vit E and two water molecules. The [VO(Vit E)(2)(H(2)O)(2)]2H(2)O complex was isolated by the reaction between VOSO(4) and vitamin E in ethanol/water solvent (50/50 w/w) at pH=8. The solid vanadyl(II) complex has been characterized by elemental analyses (CHN), photometric titrations, infrared spectra, molar conductivity, electronic spectra, TGA/DSC, SEM and XRD studies. Electronic and magnetic measurements are confirmed that the speculated geometry of vanadyl(II) complex is square pyramidal geometry. The microbial test was performed for the vanadyl complex against some kinds of bacteria and fungi. The [VO(Vit E)(2)(H(2)O)(2)]2H(2)O complex was proved effective in addressing diabetic of type I in case of experimental animal than other compounds were prepared in the literature.
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- Moamen S Refat
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Port Said 42111, Suez Canal University, Egypt.
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Peest U, Sensken SC, Andréani P, Hänel P, Van Veldhoven PP, Gräler MH. S1P-lyase independent clearance of extracellular sphingosine 1-phosphate after dephosphorylation and cellular uptake. J Cell Biochem 2008; 104:756-72. [PMID: 18172856 DOI: 10.1002/jcb.21665] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P) is the natural ligand for a specific family of G protein-coupled receptors (-Rs). The type 1 S1P-R (S1P(1)) is important for lymphocyte egress, and blood-borne S1P as the natural ligand for S1P(1) is involved in the maintenance of lymphocyte circulation. This report reveals that extracellular S1P was cleared by all tested primary cells and cell lines with exponential progression. Clearance of S1P, but not sphingosine (Sph) was inhibited with the protein phosphatase inhibitor sodium orthovanadate. Fluorescence microscopy and flow cytometry using fluorescently labeled S1P and Sph showed a major cellular uptake of Sph, but not S1P. HPLC-analyses with C17-Sph demonstrated that cellular Sph accumulation was transient in tested cell lines, but enduring in mouse splenocytes. Sub cellular fractionation resulted in dephosphorylation of S1P to Sph by nuclear, membrane, and cytosolic fractions. Degradation of Sph however only occurred in combined membrane and cytosolic fractions. Inhibitors for Sph kinases 1/2, ceramide synthase, and S1P-lyase, as well as S1P-lyase deficiency did not block clearance of extracellular S1P. In vivo experiments revealed a transient increase in plasma S1P levels after single intravenous injection into C57BL/6 mice. This exogenously added S1P was cleared within 15-30 min in contrast to ex vivo incubation of whole blood which required more than 8 h for comparable clearance from plasma. Our data thus show that extracellular S1P is dephosphorylated and subsequently converted by cells, which appears to be important for clearance of the signaling molecule S1P in the local tissue environment after infections or injuries.
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- Ulrike Peest
- Institute for Immunology, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625 Hanover, Germany
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Zhou G, Han C. The co-effect of vanadium and fermented mushroom of Coprinus comatus on glycaemic metabolism. Biol Trace Elem Res 2008; 124:20-7. [PMID: 18347759 DOI: 10.1007/s12011-008-8118-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2007] [Accepted: 02/19/2008] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The effect of fermented mushroom of Coprinus comatus rich in vanadium (CCRV) on glycaemic metabolism was studied in this paper. Alloxan-induced hyperglycemic mice were used in this study. The insulin secretion and glycogen synthesis of the mice were analyzed. At the same time, the gluconeogenesis of the normal mice was also determined. The alloxan-damaged pancreatic beta-cells of the mice were also studied in this paper. After the mice were administered (i.g.) with CCRV, the level of insulin secretion and glycogen synthesis of alloxan-induced hyperglycemic mice elevated (p<0.05, p<0.01) and the gluconeogenesis of the normal mice was inhibited (p<0.01). Also, the alloxan-damaged pancreatic beta-cells of the mice were partly recovered gradually after the mice were administered (i.g.) with CCRV 15 days later. These may account for the causes of CCRV-induced significant decreases of the blood glucose in hyperglycemic mice.
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- Guangtian Zhou
- College of Food and Bioengineering, Shandong Institute of Light Industry, Jinan, 250353, People's Republic of China
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Zhang YL, Tam M, Kirincich S, Wan ZK, Wilson D, Wu JJ, Lee J, Tobin JF, Erbe DV. An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay to measure insulin receptor dephosphorylation by PTP1B. Anal Biochem 2007; 365:174-84. [PMID: 17481567 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2007.03.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2007] [Revised: 03/26/2007] [Accepted: 03/28/2007] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Considerable effort exists within drug discovery to develop novel compounds to improve the underlying metabolic defects in type 2 diabetes. One approach is focused on inhibition of the tyrosine phosphatase, PTP1B, an important negative regulator of both insulin and leptin signaling. Historically, tyrosine phosphatase assays have used either small organic phosphates or, alternatively, phosphorylated peptides from the target proteins themselves. In characterizing inhibitors of PTP1B, measuring turnover of small organic phosphates is limited to evaluation of compounds that bind the active site itself. Peptide substrates allow identification of additional subsets of inhibitors (e.g., those that bind the second aryl-phosphate site), but assays of peptide turnover often involve detection steps that then limit full kinetic evaluation of inhibitors. Here we use a polyclonal antibody specific for the phosphorylated insulin receptor to allow much more sensitive detection of peptide phosphorylation. This kinetically robust enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) gives k(cat) and K(m) values for a phosphorylated insulin receptor peptide consistent with values determined by a continuous fluorescence-based assay. Furthermore, IC50 values determined for well-behaved active site inhibitors agree well with values determined for p-nitrophenyl phosphate cleavage. This assay permits full characterization of a larger subset of inhibitors as drug candidates for this promising target.
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- Yan-Ling Zhang
- Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases, Wyeth Research, Cambridge, MA 02140, USA
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Rosivatz E, Matthews JG, McDonald NQ, Mulet X, Ho KK, Lossi N, Schmid AC, Mirabelli M, Pomeranz KM, Erneux C, Lam EWF, Vilar R, Woscholski R. A small molecule inhibitor for phosphatase and tensin homologue deleted on chromosome 10 (PTEN). ACS Chem Biol 2006; 1:780-90. [PMID: 17240976 DOI: 10.1021/cb600352f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Phosphatase and tensin homologue deleted on chromosome 10 (PTEN), a phosphoinositide 3-phosphatase, is an important regulator of insulin-dependent signaling. The loss or impairment of PTEN results in an antidiabetic impact, which led to the suggestion that PTEN could be an important target for drugs against type II diabetes. Here we report the design and validation of a small- molecule inhibitor of PTEN. Compared with other cysteine-based phosphatases, PTEN has a much wider active site cleft enabling it to bind the PtdIns(3,4,5)P3 substrate. We have exploited this feature in the design of vanadate scaffolds complexed to a range of different organic ligands, some of which show potent inhibitory activity. A vanadyl complexed to hydroxypicolinic acid was found to be a highly potent and specific inhibitor of PTEN that increases cellular PtdIns(3,4,5)P3 levels, phosphorylation of Akt, and glucose uptake in adipocytes at nanomolar concentrations. The findings presented here demonstrate the applicability of a novel and specific chemical inhibitor against PTEN in research and drug development.
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- Erika Rosivatz
- Division of Cell and Molecular Biology, Imperial College London, Exhibition Road, London SW7 2AZ, U.K.
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Morita A, Zhu J, Suzuki N, Enomoto A, Matsumoto Y, Tomita M, Suzuki T, Ohtomo K, Hosoi Y. Sodium orthovanadate suppresses DNA damage-induced caspase activation and apoptosis by inactivating p53. Cell Death Differ 2005; 13:499-511. [PMID: 16138109 DOI: 10.1038/sj.cdd.4401768] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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We previously reported that p42/SETbeta is a substrate for caspase-7 in irradiated MOLT-4 cells, and that treating the cells with sodium orthovanadate (vanadate) inhibits p42/SETbeta's caspase-mediated cleavage. Here, we initially found that the inhibitory effect of vanadate was due to the suppression of caspase activation but not of caspase activity. Further investigations revealed that vanadate suppressed upstream of apoptotic events, such as the loss of mitochondrial membrane potential, the conformational change of Bax, and p53 transactivation, although the accumulation, total phosphorylation, and phosphorylation of six individual sites of p53 were not affected. Importantly, vanadate suppressed p53-dependent apoptosis, but not p53-independent apoptosis. Finally, gel-shift and chromatin immunoprecipitation assays conclusively demonstrated that vanadate inhibits the DNA-binding activity of p53. Vanadate is conventionally used as an inhibitor of protein tyrosine phosphatases (PTPs); however, we recommend that the influence of vanadate not only on PTPs but also on p53 be considered before using it.
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- A Morita
- Department of Radiological Health, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.
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Lieman JH, Worley LA, Harbour JW. Loss of Rb-E2F Repression Results in Caspase-8-mediated Apoptosis through Inactivation of Focal Adhesion Kinase. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:10484-90. [PMID: 15640164 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m409371200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Molecular hardwiring of the cell cycle to the apoptotic machinery is a critical tumor suppressor mechanism for eliminating hyperproliferative cells. Deregulation of the Rb-E2F repressor complex by genetic deletion or functional inhibition of Rb triggers apoptosis through both the intrinsic (caspase-9 mediated) and extrinsic (caspase-8 mediated) death pathways. Induction of the intrinsic pathway has been studied extensively and involves release of free E2F and direct transcriptional activation of E2F-responsive apoptotic genes such as ARF, APAF1, and CASP9. In contrast, the mechanisms leading to activation of the extrinsic pathway are less well understood. There is growing evidence that Rb-E2F perturbation induces the extrinsic pathway, at least in part, through derepression (as opposed to transactivation) of apoptotic genes. Here, we explore this possibility using cells in which Rb-E2F complexes are displaced from promoters without stimulating E2F transactivation. This derepression of Rb-E2F-regulated genes leads to apoptosis through inactivation of focal adhesion kinase and activation of caspase-8. These findings reveal a new mechanistic link between Rb-E2F and the extrinsic (caspase 8-mediated) apoptotic pathway.
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- Jonathan H Lieman
- Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 South Euclid Ave, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
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Compounds of the trace element vanadium exert various insulin-like effects in in vitro and in vivo systems. These include their ability to improve glucose homeostasis and insulin resistance in animal models of Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes mellitus. In addition to animal studies, several reports have documented improvements in liver and muscle insulin sensitivity in a limited number of patients with Type 2 diabetes. These effects are, however, not as dramatic as those observed in animal experiments, probably because lower doses of vanadium were used and the duration of therapy was short in human studies as compared with animal work. The ability of these compounds to stimulate glucose uptake, glycogen and lipid synthesis in muscle, adipose and hepatic tissues and to inhibit gluconeogenesis, and the activities of the gluconeogenic enzymes: phosphoenol pyruvate carboxykinase and glucose-6-phosphatase in the liver and kidney as well as lipolysis in fat cells contributes as potential mechanisms to their anti-diabetic insulin-like effects. At the cellular level, vanadium activates several key elements of the insulin signal transduction pathway, such as the tyrosine phosphorylation of insulin receptor substrate-1, and extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1 and 2, phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase and protein kinase B activation. These pathways are believed to mediate the metabolic actions of insulin. Because protein tyrosine phosphatases (PTPases) are considered to be negative regulators of the insulin-signalling pathway, it is suggested that vanadium can enhance insulin signalling and action by virtue of its capacity to inhibit PTPase activity and increase tyrosine phosphorylation of substrate proteins. There are some concerns about the potential toxicity of available inorganic vanadium salts at higher doses and during long-term therapy. Therefore, new organo-vanadium compounds with higher potency and less toxicity need to be evaluated for their efficacy as potential treatment of human diabetes.
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- A K Srivastava
- Laboratory of Cell Signalling, Research Centre, Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Hôtel-Dieu and Department of Medicine, Quebec, Canada.
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Schmid AC, Byrne RD, Vilar R, Woscholski R. Bisperoxovanadium compounds are potent PTEN inhibitors. FEBS Lett 2004; 566:35-8. [PMID: 15147864 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2004.03.102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 180] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2004] [Accepted: 03/30/2004] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The tumour suppressor phosphatase and tensin homologue deleted on chromosome 10 (PTEN) shares homology with protein tyrosine phosphatases (PTPases). Similarly, bisperoxovanadium (bpV) molecules that are well-established PTPase inhibitors were shown to inhibit PTEN, but at up to 100-fold lower concentrations. The preference and potency of the bpVs towards PTEN was validated in vivo as demonstrated by: (i) an increase of Ser473 phosphorylation of protein kinase B (PKB) at similar low nanomolar doses, (ii) the lack of any effect on the PKB phosphorylation in the PTEN negative cell line UM-UC-3, (iii) the ability to rescue Ly294002-induced phosphoinositide 3-kinase inhibition and (iv) a lack of tyrosine phosphorylation at low nanomolar doses.
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- Annette C Schmid
- Department of Biological Sciences, Imperial College London, Exhibition Road, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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Tanaka N, Wever R. Inhibition of vanadium chloroperoxidase from the fungus Curvularia inaequalis by hydroxylamine, hydrazine and azide and inactivation by phosphate. J Inorg Biochem 2004; 98:625-31. [PMID: 15041242 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2004.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2003] [Revised: 01/25/2004] [Accepted: 02/02/2004] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The first detailed inhibition study of recombinant vanadium chloroperoxidase (rVCPO) using hydroxylamine, hydrazine and azide has been carried out. Hydroxylamine inhibits rVCPO both competitively and uncompetitively. The competitive inhibition constant K(ic) and the uncompetitive inhibition constant K(iu) see are 40 and 80 microM, respectively. The kinetic data suggest that rVCPO may form a hydroxylamido complex, hydroxylamine also seems to react with the peroxovanadate complex during turnover. The kinetic data show that the type of inhibition for hydrazine and azide is uncompetitive with the uncompetitive inhibition constant K(iu) of 350 microM and 50 nM, respectively, showing that in particular azide is a very potent inhibitor of this enzyme. Substitution of vanadate in the active site by phosphate also leads to inactivation of vanadium chloroperoxidase. However, the presence of H(2)O(2) clearly prevents the inactivation of the enzyme by phosphate. This shows that pervanadate is bound much more strongly to the enzyme than vanadate.
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- Naoko Tanaka
- Institute for Molecular Chemistry, University of Amsterdam, Nieuwe Achtergracht 129, 1018 WS Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Tomes CN, Roggero CM, De Blas G, Saling PM, Mayorga LS. Requirement of protein tyrosine kinase and phosphatase activities for human sperm exocytosis. Dev Biol 2004; 265:399-415. [PMID: 14732401 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2003.09.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The acrosome is a membrane-limited granule that overlies the nucleus of the mature spermatozoon. In response to physiological or pharmacological stimuli, sperm undergo calcium-dependent exocytosis termed the acrosome reaction, which is an absolute prerequisite for fertilization. Protein tyrosine phosphorylation and dephosphorylation are a mechanisms by which multiple cellular events are regulated. Here we report that calcium induces tyrosine phosphorylation in streptolysin O (SLO)-permeabilized human sperm. As expected, pretreatment with tyrphostin A47-a tyrosine kinase inhibitor-abolishes the calcium effect. Interestingly, the calcium-induced increase in tyrosine phosphorylation has a functional correlate in sperm exocytosis. Masking of phosphotyrosyl groups with a specific antibody or inhibition of tyrosine kinases with genistein, tyrphostin A47, and tyrphostin A51 prevent the acrosome reaction. By reversibly sequestering intra-acrosomal calcium with a photo-inhibitable chelator, we show a requirement for protein tyrosine phosphorylation late in the exocytotic pathway, after the efflux of intra-acrosomal calcium. Both mouse and human sperm contain highly active tyrosine phosphatases. Importantly, this activity declines when sperm are incubated under capacitating conditions. Inhibition of tyrosine phosphatases with pervanadate, bis(N,N-dimethylhydroxoamido)hydroxovanadate, ethyl-3,4-dephostatin, and phenylarsine oxide prevents the acrosome reaction. Our results show that both tyrosine kinases and phosphatases play a central role in sperm exocytosis.
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- C N Tomes
- Laboratorio de Biología Celular y Molecular, Instituto de Histología y Embriología (IHEM-CONICET), Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, CC56, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, 5500 Mendoza, Argentina.
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Hsu S, Schmid A, Sternfeld L, Anderie I, Solis G, Hofer HW, Schulz I. Tyrosine phosphatase PTP1B modulates store-operated calcium influx. Cell Signal 2003; 15:1149-56. [PMID: 14575870 DOI: 10.1016/s0898-6568(03)00088-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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We have studied modulation of "store-operated calcium influx" by tyrosine phosphatases in the pancreatic acinar cell line AR42J and in HEK 293 cells. We show that inhibition of tyrosine phosphatases by bis-(N,N-dimethyl-hydroxamido) hydrooxovanadate (DMHV) leads to an increase in Ca(2+) release-activated Ca(2+) (CRAC) entry. This effect can be blocked in the presence of 2-aminoethyldiphenyl borate (2-APB). Furthermore, transfection of HEK 293 cells with the human wild-type tyrosine phosphatase PTP1B leads to inhibition of CRAC influx, whereas transfection with the substrate-trapping mutant of PTP1B (D181A) slightly increases Ca(2+) influx. It also decreases enzymatic activity of PTP1B as compared to non-transfected cells. Our data suggest that CRAC influx is modulated by tyrosine phosphorylation and dephosphorylation which involves the tyrosine phosphatase PTP1B.
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- Shyuefang Hsu
- Department of Physiology, University of the Saarland, Building 58, D-66421, Homburg/Saar, Germany
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Bhattacharyya S, Tracey AS. Vanadium(V) complexes in enzyme systems: aqueous chemistry, inhibition and molecular modeling in inhibitor design. J Inorg Biochem 2001; 85:9-13. [PMID: 11377690 DOI: 10.1016/s0162-0134(00)00229-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Vanadate in aqueous solution is known to influence a number of enzyme-catalyzed reactions. Such effects are well known to carry over to living systems where numerous responses to the influence of vanadium have been well-documented; perhaps the most studied being the insulin-mimetic effect. Studies of the aqueous chemistry of vanadate provide an insight into the mechanisms by which vanadate affects enzyme systems and suggests methods for the elucidation of specific types of responses. Studies of the corresponding enzymes provide complementary information that suggests model vanadate systems be studied and provides clues as to functional groups that might be utilized in the development of selective enzyme inhibition. The insulin-mimetic effect is thought by many workers to originate in the effectiveness of vanadium as an inhibitor of protein tyrosine phosphatase (PTPase) activity. One, or more PTPases regulate the phosphotyrosine levels of the insulin receptor kinase domain. Appropriate ligands allow modification of the reactivity and function of vanadate. For instance, although the complex, ((CH(3))(2)NO)(2)V(O)OH, is not quite as good an inhibitor of PTPase activity as is vanadate, it is much more effective in cell cultures for increasing glucose transport and glycogen synthesis. Studies of the chemistry of this complex provide an explanation of the efficacy of this compound as a PTPase inhibitor that is supported by computer modeling studies. Computer calculations using X-ray data of known PTPases as a basis for homology modeling then suggests functionality that needs to be addressed in developing selective PTPase inhibitors.
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- S Bhattacharyya
- Department of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada
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Cam MC, Brownsey RW, McNeill JH. Mechanisms of vanadium action: insulin-mimetic or insulin-enhancing agent? Can J Physiol Pharmacol 2001. [PMID: 11077984 DOI: 10.1139/y00-053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The demonstration that the trace element vanadium has insulin-like properties in isolated cells and tissues and in vivo has generated considerable enthusiasm for its potential therapeutic value in human diabetes. However, the mechanisms by which vanadium induces its metabolic effects in vivo remain poorly understood, and whether vanadium directly mimics or rather enhances insulin effects is considered in this review. It is clear that vanadium treatment results in the correction of several diabetes-related abnormalities in carbohydrate and lipid metabolism, and in gene expression. However, many of these in vivo insulin-like effects can be ascribed to the reversal of defects that are secondary to hyperglycemia. The observations that the glucose-lowering effect of vanadium depends on the presence of endogenous insulin whereas metabolic homeostasis in control animals appears not to be affected, suggest that vanadium does not act completely independently in vivo, but augments tissue sensitivity to low levels of plasma insulin. Another crucial consideration is one of dose-dependency in that insulin-like effects of vanadium in isolated cells are often demonstrated at high concentrations that are not normally achieved by chronic treatment in vivo and may induce toxic side effects. In addition, vanadium appears to be selective for specific actions of insulin in some tissues while failing to influence others. As the intracellular active forms of vanadium are not precisely defined, the site(s) of action of vanadium in metabolic and signal transduction pathways is still unknown. In this review, we therefore examine the evidence for and against the concept that vanadium is truly an insulin-mimetic agent at low concentrations in vivo. In considering the effects of vanadium on carbohydrate and lipid metabolism, we conclude that vanadium acts not globally, but selectively and by enhancing, rather than by mimicking the effects of insulin in vivo.
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- M C Cam
- Division of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of British Columbia,Vancouver, Canada
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Bhattacharyya S, Martinsson A, Batchelor RJ, Einstein FWB, Tracey AS. N,N-dimethylhydroxamidovanadium(V). Interactions with sulfhydryl-containing ligands: V(V) equilibria and the structure of a V(IV) dithiothreitolato complex. CAN J CHEM 2001. [DOI: 10.1139/v01-021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The major aqueous equilibrium complexation reactions of vanadate in the presence of N,N-dimethylhydroxylamine (DMHA) and with dithiothreitol (DTT), β-mercaptoethanol, glycine, or cysteine in solution have been studied using 51V NMR spectroscopy. Previously unreported DMHA complexes of 2:1 and 2:3 V:DMHA stoichiometry were observed and characterized. Concentration studies showed that, for the three sulphur-containing ligands, the major product of sulphur coordination has a 1:2:1 stoichiometry of vanadate to dimethylhydroxylamine to heteroligand. These products do not carry a charge in neutral to moderately basic solution. A second product type of 1:1:1, V to DMHA to heteroligand, stoichiometry is also formed. These products carry a single negative charge. A reductive reaction between vanadate and excess DTT to form a V(IV) complex was also observed and a solid product was isolated. This product could also be obtained by direct reaction of vanadyl sulphate with DTT. It was characterized by X-ray diffraction studies. Crystal structure of [{VO(SCH2CHOHCHOCH2S)}2] [AsPh4]2: monoclinic, space group P21/n, Z = 2, a = 10.1607(18) Å, b = 17.8255(42) Å, c = 15.1520(33) Å, β = 104. 000(15)°, V = 2662.8 Å3, RF = 0.038 for 2327 data (Io [Formula: see text] 2.5σ(Io)) and 325 variables.Key words: vanadate, vanadyl, dithiothreitol, mercaptoethanol, cysteine, glycine, equilibrium constants, crystal structure, X-ray, vanadium NMR.
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Tracey AS. Hydroxamido vanadates: aqueous chemistry and function in protein tyrosine phosphatases and cell cultures. J Inorg Biochem 2000; 80:11-6. [PMID: 10885457 DOI: 10.1016/s0162-0134(00)00033-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The protein tyrosine phosphatases (PTPases) are a group of regulatory enzymes that are critically important to a wide variety of cellular functions. A number of these PTPases have significant potential as targets for therapeutic intervention, for instance, in diabetes and autoimmune disease treatment. The hydroxylamine complex, bis(N,N-dimethylhydroxamido)hydroxooxovanadate (DMHAV), is an excellent inhibitor of the two PTPases, protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B (PTP1B) and leucocyte common antigen related phosphatase (LAR). However, because of the similarity of the active site architecture within the group of known PTPases, DMHAV is probably an effective inhibitor of most PTPases. Information gleaned from studies of the mechanism of inhibition of PTPases by peptide-derived inhibitors, together with information from comparative protein modelling and studies of the aqueous chemistry of DMHAV, has provided insights for the development of selective PTPase inhibitors. In cell cultures, DMHAV is effective in increasing phosphotyrosine levels on the insulin receptor and greatly facilitates glucose transport and glycogen synthesis. Selective PTPase inhibitors that are developed from the basis of the hydroxylamine motif may lead to effective vanadate-based complexes that have potential as therapeutic agents.
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- A S Tracey
- Department of Chemistry and Institute of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada.
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