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Ganzoni RLZ, Bournons SS, Carreira EM, De Bundel D, Smolders I. A Bright Future for Photopharmaceuticals Addressing Central Nervous System Disorders: State of the Art and Challenges Toward Clinical Translation. Med Res Rev 2025. [PMID: 40186449 DOI: 10.1002/med.22105] [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: 12/17/2024] [Revised: 02/14/2025] [Accepted: 02/21/2025] [Indexed: 04/07/2025]
Abstract
Photopharmacology is an innovative approach that uses light to activate drugs. This method offers the potential for highly localized and precise drug activation, making it particularly promising for the treatment of neurological disorders. Despite the enticing prospects of photopharmacology, its application to treat human central nervous system (CNS) diseases remains to be demonstrated. In this review, we provide an overview of prominent strategies for the design and activation of photopharmaceutical agents in the field of neuroscience. Photocaged and photoswitchable drugs and bioactive molecules are discussed, and an instructive list of examples is provided to highlight compound design strategies. Special emphasis is placed on photoactivatable compounds for the modulation of glutamatergic, GABAergic, dopaminergic, and serotonergic neurotransmission for the treatment of neurological conditions, as well as various photoresponsive molecules with potential for improved pain management. Compounds holding promise for clinical translation are discussed in-depth and their potential for future applications is assessed. Neurophotopharmaceuticals have yet to achieve breakthrough in the clinic, as both light delivery and drug design have not reached full maturity. However, by describing the current state of the art and providing illustrative case studies, we offer a perspective on future opportunities in the field of neurophotopharmacology focused on addressing CNS disorders.
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- Rudolf L Z Ganzoni
- Laboratorium für Organische Chemie, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, Research Group Experimental Pharmacology (EFAR), Center for Neurosciences (C4N), Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels, Belgium
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- Laboratorium für Organische Chemie, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, Research Group Experimental Pharmacology (EFAR), Center for Neurosciences (C4N), Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, Research Group Experimental Pharmacology (EFAR), Center for Neurosciences (C4N), Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels, Belgium
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Chen PHB, Li XL, Baskin JM. Synthetic Lipid Biology. Chem Rev 2025; 125:2502-2560. [PMID: 39805091 PMCID: PMC11969270 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.4c00761] [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: 01/16/2025]
Abstract
Cells contain thousands of different lipids. Their rapid and redundant metabolism, dynamic movement, and many interactions with other biomolecules have justly earned lipids a reputation as a vexing class of molecules to understand. Further, as the cell's hydrophobic metabolites, lipids assemble into supramolecular structures─most commonly bilayers, or membranes─from which they carry out myriad biological functions. Motivated by this daunting complexity, researchers across disciplines are bringing order to the seeming chaos of biological lipids and membranes. Here, we formalize these efforts as "synthetic lipid biology". Inspired by the idea, central to synthetic biology, that our abilities to understand and build biological systems are intimately connected, we organize studies and approaches across numerous fields to create, manipulate, and analyze lipids and biomembranes. These include construction of lipids and membranes from scratch using chemical and chemoenzymatic synthesis, editing of pre-existing membranes using optogenetics and protein engineering, detection of lipid metabolism and transport using bioorthogonal chemistry, and probing of lipid-protein interactions and membrane biophysical properties. What emerges is a portrait of an incipient field where chemists, biologists, physicists, and engineers work together in proximity─like lipids themselves─to build a clearer description of the properties, behaviors, and functions of lipids and membranes.
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- Po-Hsun Brian Chen
- Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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Chen W, Wu J, Yang C, Li S, Liu Z, An Y, Wang X, Cao J, Xu J, Duan Y, Yuan X, Zhang X, Zhou Y, Ip JPK, Fu AKY, Ip NY, Yao Z, Liu K. Lipin1 depletion coordinates neuronal signaling pathways to promote motor and sensory axon regeneration after spinal cord injury. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2024; 121:e2404395121. [PMID: 39292743 PMCID: PMC11441493 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2404395121] [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: 03/05/2024] [Accepted: 08/05/2024] [Indexed: 09/20/2024] Open
Abstract
Adult central nervous system (CNS) neurons down-regulate growth programs after injury, leading to persistent regeneration failure. Coordinated lipids metabolism is required to synthesize membrane components during axon regeneration. However, lipids also function as cell signaling molecules. Whether lipid signaling contributes to axon regeneration remains unclear. In this study, we showed that lipin1 orchestrates mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) and STAT3 signaling pathways to determine axon regeneration. We established an mTOR-lipin1-phosphatidic acid/lysophosphatidic acid-mTOR loop that acts as a positive feedback inhibitory signaling, contributing to the persistent suppression of CNS axon regeneration following injury. In addition, lipin1 knockdown (KD) enhances corticospinal tract (CST) sprouting after unilateral pyramidotomy and promotes CST regeneration following complete spinal cord injury (SCI). Furthermore, lipin1 KD enhances sensory axon regeneration after SCI. Overall, our research reveals that lipin1 functions as a central regulator to coordinate mTOR and STAT3 signaling pathways in the CNS neurons and highlights the potential of lipin1 as a promising therapeutic target for promoting the regeneration of motor and sensory axons after SCI.
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- Weitao Chen
- Biomedical Research Institute, Shenzhen Peking University–The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Medical Center, Shenzhen518036, China
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- Division of Life Science, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China
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- Division of Life Science, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China
- Hong Kong Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Hong Kong, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Brain Science, Disease and Drug Development, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen-Hong Kong Institute of Brain Science, Shenzhen, Guangdong518057, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery, Research Institute for Future Food, Research Centre for Chinese Medicine Innovation, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
- Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
- State Key Laboratory of Chinese Medicine and Molecular Pharmacology (Incubation), Hong Kong Polytechnic University Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen518057, China
- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Food Biological Safety Control, Hong Kong Polytechnic University Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen518057, China
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- Division of Life Science, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China
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- Division of Life Science, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China
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- Division of Life Science, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China
- Hong Kong Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Hong Kong, China
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- Division of Life Science, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China
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- Division of Life Science, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China
- Hong Kong Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Hong Kong, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Brain Science, Disease and Drug Development, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen-Hong Kong Institute of Brain Science, Shenzhen, Guangdong518057, China
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- Division of Life Science, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China
- Hong Kong Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Hong Kong, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Brain Science, Disease and Drug Development, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen-Hong Kong Institute of Brain Science, Shenzhen, Guangdong518057, China
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- Hong Kong Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Hong Kong, China
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- Division of Life Science, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China
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- Division of Life Science, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
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- Division of Life Science, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China
- Hong Kong Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Hong Kong, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Brain Science, Disease and Drug Development, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen-Hong Kong Institute of Brain Science, Shenzhen, Guangdong518057, China
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- Division of Life Science, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China
- Hong Kong Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Hong Kong, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Brain Science, Disease and Drug Development, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen-Hong Kong Institute of Brain Science, Shenzhen, Guangdong518057, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery, Research Institute for Future Food, Research Centre for Chinese Medicine Innovation, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
- Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
- State Key Laboratory of Chinese Medicine and Molecular Pharmacology (Incubation), Hong Kong Polytechnic University Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen518057, China
- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Food Biological Safety Control, Hong Kong Polytechnic University Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen518057, China
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- Biomedical Research Institute, Shenzhen Peking University–The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Medical Center, Shenzhen518036, China
- Division of Life Science, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China
- Hong Kong Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Hong Kong, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Brain Science, Disease and Drug Development, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen-Hong Kong Institute of Brain Science, Shenzhen, Guangdong518057, China
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China
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Morstein J, Amatuni A, Shuster A, Kuttenlochner W, Ko T, Abegg D, Groll M, Adibekian A, Renata H, Trauner DH. Optical Control of Proteasomal Protein Degradation with a Photoswitchable Lipopeptide. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202314791. [PMID: 38109686 PMCID: PMC12079555 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202314791] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2023] [Revised: 12/02/2023] [Accepted: 12/05/2023] [Indexed: 12/20/2023]
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Photolipids have emerged as attractive tools for the optical control of lipid functions. They often contain an azobenzene photoswitch that imparts a cis double-bond upon irradiation. Herein, we present the application of photoswitching to a lipidated natural product, the potent proteasome inhibitor cepafungin I. Several azobenzene-containing lipids were attached to the cyclopeptide core, yielding photoswitchable derivatives. Most notably, PhotoCep4 exhibited a 10-fold higher cellular potency in its light-induced cis-form, matching the potency of natural cepafungin I. The length of the photolipid tail and distal positioning of the azobenzene photoswitch with respect to the macrocycle is critical for this activity. In a proteome-wide experiment, light-triggered PhotoCep4 modulation showed high overlap with constitutively active cepafungin I. The mode of action was studied using crystallography and revealed an identical binding of the cyclopeptide in comparison to cepafungin I, suggesting that differences in their cellular activity originate from switching the tail structure. The photopharmacological approach described herein could be applicable to many other natural products as lipid conjugation is common and often necessary for potent activity. Such lipids are often introduced late in synthetic routes, enabling facile chemical modifications.
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- Johannes Morstein
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, San Francisco, California 94158, USA
- Department of Chemistry, New York University, New York, New York 10003, USA
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- Skaggs Doctoral Program in the Chemical and Biological Sciences, Scripps Research, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
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- Skaggs Doctoral Program in the Chemical and Biological Sciences, Scripps Research, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
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- Technical University of Munich, TUM School of Natural Sciences, Department of Bioscience, Center for Protein Assemblies, Chair of Biochemistry, Ernst-Otto-Fischer-Str. 8, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, New York University, New York, New York 10003, USA
- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60607, USA
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- Technical University of Munich, TUM School of Natural Sciences, Department of Bioscience, Center for Protein Assemblies, Chair of Biochemistry, Ernst-Otto-Fischer-Str. 8, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60607, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, BioScience Research Collaborative, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, New York University, New York, New York 10003, USA
- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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Chen J, Brea RJ, Fracassi A, Cho CJ, Wong AM, Salvador-Castell M, Sinha SK, Budin I, Devaraj NK. Rapid Formation of Non-canonical Phospholipid Membranes by Chemoselective Amide-Forming Ligations with Hydroxylamines. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202311635. [PMID: 37919232 PMCID: PMC11179435 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202311635] [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: 08/10/2023] [Revised: 10/30/2023] [Accepted: 11/02/2023] [Indexed: 11/04/2023]
Abstract
There has been increasing interest in methods to generate synthetic lipid membranes as key constituents of artificial cells or to develop new tools for remodeling membranes in living cells. However, the biosynthesis of phospholipids involves elaborate enzymatic pathways that are challenging to reconstitute in vitro. An alternative approach is to use chemical reactions to non-enzymatically generate natural or non-canonical phospholipids de novo. Previous reports have shown that synthetic lipid membranes can be formed in situ using various ligation chemistries, but these methods lack biocompatibility and/or suffer from slow kinetics at physiological pH. Thus, it would be valuable to develop chemoselective strategies for synthesizing phospholipids from water-soluble precursors that are compatible with synthetic or living cells Here, we demonstrate that amide-forming ligations between lipid precursors bearing hydroxylamines and α-ketoacids (KAs) or potassium acyltrifluoroborates (KATs) can be used to prepare non-canonical phospholipids at physiological pH conditions. The generated amide-linked phospholipids spontaneously self-assemble into cell-like micron-sized vesicles similar to natural phospholipid membranes. We show that lipid synthesis using KAT ligation proceeds extremely rapidly, and the high selectivity and biocompatibility of the approach facilitates the in situ synthesis of phospholipids and associated membranes in living cells.
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- Jiyue Chen
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, Natural Sciences Building, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Biomimetic Membrane Chemistry (BioMemChem) Group, CICA-Centro Interdisciplinar de Química e Bioloxía, Universidade da Coruña, Rúa As Carballeiras, 15701, A Coruña, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, Natural Sciences Building, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, Natural Sciences Building, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, Natural Sciences Building, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, Building: Mayer Hall Addition 4561, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, Building: Mayer Hall Addition 4561, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, Natural Sciences Building, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, Natural Sciences Building, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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Kim TY, Kim A, Aryal YP, Sung S, Pokharel E, Neupane S, Choi SY, Ha JH, Jung JK, Yamamoto H, An CH, Suh JY, Sohn WJ, Lee Y, Jang IH, Norman DD, Tigyi GJ, An SY, Kim JY. Functional modulation of lysophosphatidic acid type 2 G-protein coupled receptor facilitates alveolar bone formation. J Cell Physiol 2024; 239:112-123. [PMID: 38149778 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.31148] [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: 06/29/2023] [Revised: 10/04/2023] [Accepted: 10/25/2023] [Indexed: 12/28/2023]
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Lipid biosynthesis is recently studied its functions in a range of cellular physiology including differentiation and regeneration. However, it still remains to be elucidated in its precise function. To reveal this, we evaluated the roles of lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) signaling in alveolar bone formation using the LPA type 2 receptor (LPAR2) antagonist AMG-35 (Amgen Compound 35) using tooth loss without periodontal disease model which would be caused by trauma and usually requires a dental implant to restore masticatory function. In this study, in vitro cell culture experiments in osteoblasts and periodontal ligament fibroblasts revealed cell type-specific responses, with AMG-35 modulating osteogenic differentiation in osteoblasts in vitro. To confirm the in vivo results, we employed a mouse model of tooth loss without periodontal disease. Five to 10 days after tooth extraction, AMG-35 facilitated bone formation in the tooth root socket as measured by immunohistochemistry for differentiation markers KI67, Osteocalcin, Periostin, RUNX2, transforming growth factor beta 1 (TGF-β1) and SMAD2/3. The increased expression and the localization of these proteins suggest that AMG-35 elicits osteoblast differentiation through TGF-β1 and SMAD2/3 signaling. These results indicate that LPAR2/TGF-β1/SMAD2/3 represents a new signaling pathway in alveolar bone formation and that local application of AMG-35 in traumatic tooth loss can be used to facilitate bone regeneration and healing for further clinical treatment.
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- Tae-Young Kim
- Department of Biochemistry, School of Dentistry, IHBR, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Dentistry, IHBR, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Dentistry, IHBR, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Dentistry, IHBR, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Dentistry, IHBR, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, USA
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, IHBR, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea
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- Department of Conservative Dentistry, School of Dentistry, IHBR, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea
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- Department of Oral Medicine, School of Dentistry, IHBR, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea
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- Department of Histology and Developmental Biology, Tokyo Dental College, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, School of Dentistry, IHBR, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea
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- Department of Periodontology, School of Dentistry, IHBR, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea
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- Department of K-Beauty Business, College of Cosmetics and Pharmaceuticals, Daegu Hanny University, Gyeongsan, South Korea
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Dentistry, IHBR, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea
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- Department of Oral Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Institute of Translational Dental Sciences, Pusan National University School of Dentistry, Yangsan, South Korea
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- Department of Physiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Physiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, School of Dentistry, IHBR, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Dentistry, IHBR, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea
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Manafirad A, Menendez CA, Perez-Lemus GR, Thayumanavan S, de Pablo JJ, Dinsmore AD. Structural and Mechanical Response of Two-Component Photoswitchable Lipid Bilayer Vesicles. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2023; 39:15932-15941. [PMID: 37922483 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c01764] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2023]
Abstract
Optical control of phospholipids is an attractive option for the rapid, reversible, and tunable manipulation of membrane structure and dynamics. Azo-PC, a lipid with an azobenzene group within one acyl chain, undergoes a light-induced trans-to-cis isomerization and thus arises as a powerful tool for manipulating lipid order and dynamics. Here, we report on vesicle-scale micropipette measurements and atomistic simulations to probe the elastic stretching modulus, water permeability, toughness, thickness, and membrane area upon isomerization. We investigated both dynamics and steady-state properties. In pure azo-PC membranes, we found that the molecular area in trans was 16% smaller than that in cis, the membrane's stretching modulus kA was 2.5 ± 0.3 times greater, and the water permeability PW was 3.5 ± 0.5 times smaller. We also studied mixtures of azo-PC with the miscible, unsaturated lipid DOPC. Atomistic molecular dynamics simulations show how the membrane thickness, chain order, and correlations across membrane leaflets explain the experimental data. Together, these data show how one rotating bond changes the molecular- and membrane-scale properties. These results will be useful for photopharmacology and for developing new materials whose permeability, elasticity, and toughness may be switched on demand.
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- Arash Manafirad
- Department of Physics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, United States
- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, United States
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- Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
- INQUISUR, Departamento de Quimica, Universidad Nacional del Sur (UNS)-CONICET, Avenida Alem 1253, 8000 Bahía Blanca, Argentina
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- Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, United States
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- Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
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- Department of Physics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, United States
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Berndt A, Cai D, Cohen A, Juarez B, Iglesias JT, Xiong H, Qin Z, Tian L, Slesinger PA. Current Status and Future Strategies for Advancing Functional Circuit Mapping In Vivo. J Neurosci 2023; 43:7587-7598. [PMID: 37940594 PMCID: PMC10634581 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.1391-23.2023] [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] [Received: 07/21/2023] [Revised: 08/24/2023] [Accepted: 08/25/2023] [Indexed: 11/10/2023] Open
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The human brain represents one of the most complex biological systems, containing billions of neurons interconnected through trillions of synapses. Inherent to the brain is a biochemical complexity involving ions, signaling molecules, and peptides that regulate neuronal activity and allow for short- and long-term adaptations. Large-scale and noninvasive imaging techniques, such as fMRI and EEG, have highlighted brain regions involved in specific functions and visualized connections between different brain areas. A major shortcoming, however, is the need for more information on specific cell types and neurotransmitters involved, as well as poor spatial and temporal resolution. Recent technologies have been advanced for neuronal circuit mapping and implemented in behaving model organisms to address this. Here, we highlight strategies for targeting specific neuronal subtypes, identifying, and releasing signaling molecules, controlling gene expression, and monitoring neuronal circuits in real-time in vivo Combined, these approaches allow us to establish direct causal links from genes and molecules to the systems level and ultimately to cognitive processes.
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- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029
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- University of Texas-Dallas, Richardson, TX 75080
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- University of California-Davis, Davis, CA 95616
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Socrier L, Steinem C. Photo-Lipids: Light-Sensitive Nano-Switches to Control Membrane Properties. Chempluschem 2023; 88:e202300203. [PMID: 37395458 DOI: 10.1002/cplu.202300203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2023] [Revised: 06/30/2023] [Accepted: 07/03/2023] [Indexed: 07/04/2023]
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Biological membranes are described as a complex mixture of lipids and proteins organized according to thermodynamic principles. This chemical and spatial complexity can lead to specialized functional membrane domains enriched with specific lipids and proteins. The interaction between lipids and proteins restricts their lateral diffusion and range of motion, thus altering their function. One approach to investigating these membrane properties is to use chemically accessible probes. In particular, photo-lipids, which contain a light-sensitive azobenzene moiety that changes its configuration from trans- to cis- upon light irradiation, have recently gained popularity for modifying membrane properties. These azobenzene-derived lipids serve as nanotools for manipulating lipid membranes in vitro and in vivo. Here, we will discuss the use of these compounds in artificial and biological membranes as well as their application in drug delivery. We will focus mainly on changes in the membrane's physical properties as well as lipid membrane domains in phase-separated liquid-ordered/liquid-disordered bilayers driven by light, and how these changes in membrane physical properties alter transmembrane protein function.
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- Larissa Socrier
- Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Am Faßberg 17, 37077, Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute of Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, Georg-August-Universität, Tammannstraße 2, 37077, Göttingen, Germany
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Glycerophospholipids are major components of cellular membranes and provide important signaling molecules. Besides shaping membrane properties, some bind to specific receptors to activate biological pathways. Untangling the roles of individual glycerophospholipids requires clearly defined molecular species, a challenge that can be best addressed through chemical synthesis. However, glycerophospholipid syntheses are often lengthy due to the contrasting polarities found within these lipids. We now report a general strategy to quickly access glycerophospholipids via opening of a phosphate triester epoxide with carboxylic acids catalyzed by Jacobsen's Co(salen) complex. We show that this method can be applied to a variety of commercially available fatty acids, photoswitchable fatty acids, and other carboxylic acids to provide the corresponding glycerophosphate derivatives.
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- Tufan K Mukhopadhyay
- Department of Chemistry, New York University, Silver Center, 31 Washington Place, New York, New York 10003, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Pennsylvania, 231 South 34th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
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Xiong H, Alberto KA, Youn J, Taura J, Morstein J, Li X, Wang Y, Trauner D, Slesinger PA, Nielsen SO, Qin Z. Optical control of neuronal activities with photoswitchable nanovesicles. NANO RESEARCH 2023; 16:1033-1041. [PMID: 37063114 PMCID: PMC10103898 DOI: 10.1007/s12274-022-4853-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2022] [Revised: 07/31/2022] [Accepted: 08/01/2022] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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Precise modulation of neuronal activity by neuroactive molecules is essential for understanding brain circuits and behavior. However, tools for highly controllable molecular release are lacking. Here, we developed a photoswitchable nanovesicle with azobenzene-containing phosphatidylcholine (azo-PC), coined 'azosome', for neuromodulation. Irradiation with 365 nm light triggers the trans-to-cis isomerization of azo-PC, resulting in a disordered lipid bilayer with decreased thickness and cargo release. Irradiation with 455 nm light induces reverse isomerization and switches the release off. Real-time fluorescence imaging shows controllable and repeatable cargo release within seconds (< 3 s). Importantly, we demonstrate that SKF-81297, a dopamine D1-receptor agonist, can be repeatedly released from the azosome to activate cultures of primary striatal neurons. Azosome shows promise for precise optical control over the molecular release and can be a valuable tool for molecular neuroscience studies.
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- Hejian Xiong
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX 75080, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX 75080, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX 75080, USA
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- Nash Family Department of Neuroscience, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, New York University, New York, NY 10012, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX 75080, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX 75080, USA
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- Nash Family Department of Neuroscience, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, New York University, New York, NY 10012, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX 75080, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX 75080, USA
- Department of Bioengineering, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX 75080, USA
- Department of Surgery, University of Texas at Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75080, USA
- Center for Advanced Pain Studies, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX 75080, USA
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Xiong H, Alberto KA, Youn J, Taura J, Morstein J, Li X, Wang Y, Trauner D, Slesinger PA, Nielsen SO, Qin Z. Optical control of neuronal activities with photoswitchable nanovesicles. NANO RESEARCH 2023; 16:1033-1041. [PMID: 37063114 DOI: 10.1007/s12274-022-4976-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2022] [Revised: 08/26/2022] [Accepted: 08/27/2022] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Precise modulation of neuronal activity by neuroactive molecules is essential for understanding brain circuits and behavior. However, tools for highly controllable molecular release are lacking. Here, we developed a photoswitchable nanovesicle with azobenzene-containing phosphatidylcholine (azo-PC), coined 'azosome', for neuromodulation. Irradiation with 365 nm light triggers the trans-to-cis isomerization of azo-PC, resulting in a disordered lipid bilayer with decreased thickness and cargo release. Irradiation with 455 nm light induces reverse isomerization and switches the release off. Real-time fluorescence imaging shows controllable and repeatable cargo release within seconds (< 3 s). Importantly, we demonstrate that SKF-81297, a dopamine D1-receptor agonist, can be repeatedly released from the azosome to activate cultures of primary striatal neurons. Azosome shows promise for precise optical control over the molecular release and can be a valuable tool for molecular neuroscience studies.
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- Hejian Xiong
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX 75080, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX 75080, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX 75080, USA
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- Nash Family Department of Neuroscience, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, New York University, New York, NY 10012, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX 75080, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX 75080, USA
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- Nash Family Department of Neuroscience, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, New York University, New York, NY 10012, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX 75080, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX 75080, USA
- Department of Bioengineering, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX 75080, USA
- Department of Surgery, University of Texas at Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75080, USA
- Center for Advanced Pain Studies, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX 75080, USA
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Wegner T, Laskar R, Glorius F. Lipid mimetics: A versatile toolbox for lipid biology and beyond. Curr Opin Chem Biol 2022; 71:102209. [PMID: 36122522 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2022.102209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2022] [Revised: 07/29/2022] [Accepted: 08/10/2022] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Being the principal component of biological membranes lipids are essential building blocks of life. Given their huge biological importance, the investigation of lipids, their properties, interactions and metabolic pathways is of prime importance for the fundamental understanding of living cells and organisms as well as the emergence of diseases. Different strategies have been applied to investigate lipid-mediated biological processes, one of them being the use of lipid mimetics. They structurally resemble their natural counterparts but are equipped with functionality that can be used to probe or manipulate lipid-mediated biological processes and biomembranes. Lipid mimetics therefore constitute an indispensable toolbox for lipid biology and membrane research but also beyond for potential applications in medicine or synthetic biology. Herein, we highlight recent advances in the development and application of lipid-mimicking compounds.
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- Tristan Wegner
- Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany.
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Membranes are multifunctional supramolecular assemblies that encapsulate our cells and the organelles within them. Glycerophospholipids are the most abundant component of membranes. They make up the majority of the lipid bilayer and play both structural and functional roles. Each organelle has a different phospholipid composition critical for its function that results from dynamic interplay and regulation of numerous lipid-metabolizing enzymes and lipid transporters. Because lipid structures and localizations are not directly genetically encoded, chemistry has much to offer to the world of lipid biology in the form of precision tools for visualizing lipid localization and abundance, manipulating lipid composition, and in general decoding the functions of lipids in cells.In this Account, we provide an overview of our recent efforts in this space focused on two overarching and complementary goals: imaging and editing the phospholipidome. On the imaging front, we have harnessed the power of bioorthogonal chemistry to develop fluorescent reporters of specific lipid pathways. Substantial efforts have centered on phospholipase D (PLD) signaling, which generates the humble lipid phosphatidic acid (PA) that acts variably as a biosynthetic intermediate and signaling agent. Though PLD is a hydrolase that generates PA from abundant phosphatidylcholine (PC) lipids, we have exploited its transphosphatidylation activity with exogenous clickable alcohols followed by bioorthogonal tagging to generate fluorescent lipid reporters of PLD signaling in a set of methods termed IMPACT.IMPACT and its variants have facilitated many biological discoveries. Using the rapid and fluorogenic tetrazine ligation, it has revealed the spatiotemporal dynamics of disease-relevant G protein-coupled receptor signaling and interorganelle lipid transport. IMPACT using diazirine photo-cross-linkers has enabled identification of lipid-protein interactions relevant to alcohol-related diseases. Varying the alcohol reporter can allow for organelle-selective labeling, and varying the bioorthogonal detection reagent can afford super-resolution lipid imaging via expansion microscopy. Combination of IMPACT with genome-wide CRISPR screening has revealed genes that regulate physiological PLD signaling.PLD enzymes themselves can also act as tools for precision editing of the phospholipid content of membranes. An optogenetic PLD for conditional blue-light-stimulated synthesis of PA on defined organelle compartments led to the discovery of the role of organelle-specific pools of PA in regulating oncogenic Hippo signaling. Directed enzyme evolution of PLD, enabled by IMPACT, has yielded highly active superPLDs with broad substrate tolerance and an ability to edit membrane phospholipid content and synthesize designer phospholipids in vitro. Finally, azobenzene-containing PA analogues represent an alternative, all-chemical strategy for light-mediated control of PA signaling.Collectively, the strategies described here summarize our progress to date in tackling the challenge of assigning precise functions to defined pools of phospholipids in cells. They also point to new challenges and directions for future study, including extension of imaging and membrane editing tools to other classes of lipids. We envision that continued application of bioorthogonal chemistry, optogenetics, and directed evolution will yield new tools and discoveries to interrogate the phospholipidome and reveal new mechanisms regulating phospholipid homeostasis and roles for phospholipids in cell signaling.
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- Din-Chi Chiu
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
- Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
- Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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Morstein J, Bader T, Cardillo AL, Schackmann J, Ashok S, Hougland JL, Hrycyna CA, Trauner DH, Distefano MD. Photoswitchable Isoprenoid Lipids Enable Optical Control of Peptide Lipidation. ACS Chem Biol 2022; 17:2945-2953. [PMID: 36194691 PMCID: PMC9799063 DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.2c00645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Photoswitchable lipids have emerged as attractive tools for the optical control of lipid bioactivity, metabolism, and biophysical properties. Their design is typically based on the incorporation of an azobenzene photoswitch into the hydrophobic lipid tail, which can be switched between its trans- and cis-form using two different wavelengths of light. While glycero- and sphingolipids have been successfully designed to be photoswitchable, isoprenoid lipids have not yet been investigated. Herein, we describe the development of photoswitchable analogs of an isoprenoid lipid and systematically assess their potential for the optical control of various steps in the isoprenylation processing pathway of CaaX proteins in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. One photoswitchable analog of farnesyl diphosphate (AzoFPP-1) allowed effective optical control of substrate prenylation by farnesyltransferase. The subsequent steps of isoprenylation processing (proteolysis by either Ste24 or Rce1 and carboxyl methylation by Ste14) were less affected by photoisomerization of the group introduced into the lipid moiety of the substrate a-factor, a mating pheromone from yeast. We assessed both proteolysis and methylation of the a-factor analogs in vitro and the bioactivity of a fully processed a-factor analog containing the photoswitch, exogenously added to cognate yeast cells. Combined, these data describe the first successful conversion of an isoprenoid lipid into a photolipid and suggest the utility of this approach for the optical control of protein prenylation.
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- Johannes Morstein
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, San Francisco, California 94158, USA
- Department of Chemistry, New York University, New York, New York 10003, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, New York University, New York, New York 10003, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
- Department of Biology, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
- BioInspired Syracuse: Institute for Material and Living Systems, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, New York University, New York, New York 10003, USA
- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
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Zhang Y, Peng S, Lin S, Ji M, Du T, Chen X, Xu H. Discovery of a novel photoswitchable PI3K inhibitor toward optically-controlled anticancer activity. Bioorg Med Chem 2022; 72:116975. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2022.116975] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2022] [Revised: 08/19/2022] [Accepted: 08/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Caged-carvedilol as a new tool for visible-light photopharmacology of β-adrenoceptors in native tissues. iScience 2022; 25:105128. [PMID: 36185381 PMCID: PMC9515591 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2022.105128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2021] [Revised: 07/08/2022] [Accepted: 09/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Adrenoceptors are G protein-coupled receptors involved in a large variety of physiological processes, also under pathological conditions. This is due in large part to their ubiquitous expression in the body exerting numerous essential functions. Therefore, the possibility to control their activity with high spatial and temporal precision would constitute a valuable research tool. In this study, we present a caged version of the approved non-selective β-adrenoceptor antagonist carvedilol, synthesized by alkylation of its secondary amine with a coumarin derivative. Introducing this photo-removable group abolished carvedilol physiological effects in cell cultures, mouse isolated perfused hearts and living zebrafish larvae. Only after visible light application, carvedilol was released and the different physiological systems were pharmacologically modulated in a similar manner as the control drug. This research provides a new photopharmacological tool for a wide range of research applications that may help in the development of future precise therapies. We report a diffusible caged antagonist based on the beta blocker carvedilol (C-C) Carvedilol release from C-C is produced by light on the visible range (405 nm) Light-dependent effects are assessed in cells, mice hearts, and zebrafish larvae Physiological processes can be regulated by C-C and light (heart rate and behavior)
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Gerwe H, He F, Pottie E, Stove C, Decker M. Enlightening the “Spirit Molecule”: Photomodulation of the 5‐HT
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‐Dimethyltryptamine Derivative. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202203034. [PMID: 35349196 PMCID: PMC9324199 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202203034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Hubert Gerwe
- Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry Institute of Pharmacy and Food Chemistry Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg Am Hubland 97074 Würzburg Germany
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- Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry Institute of Pharmacy and Food Chemistry Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg Am Hubland 97074 Würzburg Germany
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- Laboratory of Toxicology Department of Bioanalysis Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences Ghent University Ottergemsesteenweg 460 9000 Ghent Belgium
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- Laboratory of Toxicology Department of Bioanalysis Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences Ghent University Ottergemsesteenweg 460 9000 Ghent Belgium
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- Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry Institute of Pharmacy and Food Chemistry Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg Am Hubland 97074 Würzburg Germany
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Die Erhellung des “Bewusstseinsmoleküls”: Photomodulation des 5‐HT
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Rezeptors durch ein licht‐steuerbares N,N‐Dimethyltryptamin‐Derivat. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202203034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Morstein J, Romano G, Hetzler BE, Plante A, Haake C, Levitz J, Trauner D. Photoswitchable Serotonins for Optical Control of the 5-HT 2A Receptor. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202117094. [PMID: 34989082 PMCID: PMC9423688 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202117094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Serotonin receptors play central roles in neuromodulation and are critical drug targets for psychiatric disorders. Optical control of serotonin receptor subtypes has the potential to greatly enhance our understanding of the spatiotemporal dynamics of receptor function. While other neuromodulatory receptors have been successfully rendered photoswitchable, reversible photocontrol of serotonin receptors has not been achieved, representing a major gap in GPCR photopharmacology. Herein, we develop the first tools that allow for such control. Azo5HT-2 shows light-dependent 5-HT2A R agonism, with greater activity in the cis-form. Based on docking and test compound analysis, we also develop photoswitchable orthogonal, remotely-tethered ligands (PORTLs). These BG-Azo5HTs provide rapid, reversible, and repeatable optical control following conjugation to SNAP-tagged 5-HT2A R. Overall, this study provides a foundation for the broad extension of photopharmacology to the serotonin receptor family.
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- Johannes Morstein
- Department of Chemistry, New York University, New York, NY 10003, USA
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- Physiology, Biophysics, and Systems Biology Graduate Program and Department of Biochemistry, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, New York University, New York, NY 10003, USA
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- Physiology, Biophysics, and Systems Biology Graduate Program and Department of Biochemistry, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, New York University, New York, NY 10003, USA
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- Physiology, Biophysics, and Systems Biology Graduate Program and Department of Biochemistry, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, New York University, New York, NY 10003, USA
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Photopharmacological control of cell signaling with photoswitchable lipids. Curr Opin Pharmacol 2022; 63:102202. [DOI: 10.1016/j.coph.2022.102202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2021] [Revised: 01/29/2022] [Accepted: 02/02/2022] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Optical control of Class A G protein-coupled receptors with photoswitchable ligands. Curr Opin Pharmacol 2022; 63:102192. [DOI: 10.1016/j.coph.2022.102192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2021] [Revised: 01/17/2022] [Accepted: 01/21/2022] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Tei R, Baskin JM. Click chemistry and optogenetic approaches to visualize and manipulate phosphatidic acid signaling. J Biol Chem 2022; 298:101810. [PMID: 35276134 PMCID: PMC9006657 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2022.101810] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2021] [Revised: 02/12/2022] [Accepted: 02/19/2022] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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The simple structure of phosphatidic acid (PA) belies its complex biological functions as both a key phospholipid biosynthetic intermediate and a potent signaling molecule. In the latter role, PA controls processes including vesicle trafficking, actin dynamics, cell growth, and migration. However, experimental methods to decode the pleiotropy of PA are sorely lacking. Because PA metabolism and trafficking are rapid, approaches to accurately visualize and manipulate its levels require high spatiotemporal precision. Here, we describe recent efforts to create a suite of chemical tools that enable imaging and perturbation of PA signaling. First, we describe techniques to visualize PA production by phospholipase D (PLD) enzymes, which are major producers of PA, called Imaging Phospholipase D Activity with Clickable Alcohols via Transphosphatidylation (IMPACT). IMPACT harnesses the ability of endogenous PLD enzymes to accept bioorthogonally tagged alcohols in transphosphatidylation reactions to generate functionalized reporter lipids that are subsequently fluorescently tagged via click chemistry. Second, we describe two light-controlled approaches for precisely manipulating PA signaling. Optogenetic PLDs use light-mediated heterodimerization to recruit a bacterial PLD to desired organelle membranes, and photoswitchable PA analogs contain azobenzene photoswitches in their acyl tails, enabling molecular shape and bioactivity to be controlled by light. We highlight select applications of these tools for studying GPCR-Gq signaling, discovering regulators of PLD signaling, tracking intracellular lipid transport pathways, and elucidating new oncogenic signaling roles for PA. We envision that these chemical tools hold promise for revealing many new insights into lipid signaling pathways.
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- Reika Tei
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology and Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology and Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA.
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Morstein J, Romano G, Hetzler B, Plante A, Haake C, Levitz J, Trauner D. Photoswitchable Serotonins for Optical Control of the 5‐HT2A Receptor. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202117094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- New York University Department of Chemistry 100 Washington Square East 10003 New York UNITED STATES
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Yang H, Du S, Ye Z, Wang X, Yan Z, Lian C, Bao C, Zhu L. A system for artificial light signal transduction via molecular translocation in a lipid membrane. Chem Sci 2022; 13:2487-2494. [PMID: 35310493 PMCID: PMC8864706 DOI: 10.1039/d1sc06671d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2021] [Accepted: 02/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Light signal transduction pathways are central components of the mechanisms that regulate plant development, in which photoreceptors receive light and participate in light signal transduction. Chemical systems can be designed...
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- Huiting Yang
- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, Institute of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology Shanghai 200237 China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, Institute of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology Shanghai 200237 China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, Institute of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology Shanghai 200237 China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, Institute of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology Shanghai 200237 China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, Institute of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology Shanghai 200237 China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, Institute of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology Shanghai 200237 China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, Institute of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology Shanghai 200237 China
- Shanghai Frontiers Science Center of Optogenetic Techniques for Cell Metabolism, East China University of Science and Technology Shanghai 200237 China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, Institute of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology Shanghai 200237 China
- Shanghai Frontiers Science Center of Optogenetic Techniques for Cell Metabolism, East China University of Science and Technology Shanghai 200237 China
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Glycerolipids, sphingolipids, and sterols are the three major classes of membrane lipids. Both glycerolipids and sphingolipids are comprised of combinations of polar headgroups and fatty acid tails. The fatty acid tail can be chemically modified with an azobenzene photoswitch giving rise to photoswitchable lipids. This approach has yielded a number of photopharmacological tools that allow for the control various of aspects of lipid assembly, metabolism, and physiology with light.
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Hu T, Zheng G, Xue D, Zhao S, Li F, Zhou F, Zhao F, Xie L, Tian C, Hua T, Zhao S, Xu Y, Zhong G, Liu ZJ, Makriyannis A, Stevens RC, Tao H. Rational Remodeling of Atypical Scaffolds for the Design of Photoswitchable Cannabinoid Receptor Tools. J Med Chem 2021; 64:13752-13765. [PMID: 34477367 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.1c01088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Abstract
Azobenzene-embedded photoswitchable ligands are the widely used chemical tools in photopharmacological studies. Current approaches to azobenzene introduction rely mainly on the isosteric replacement of typical azologable groups. However, atypical scaffolds may offer more opportunities for photoswitch remodeling, which are chemically in an overwhelming majority. Herein, we investigate the rational remodeling of atypical scaffolds for azobenzene introduction, as exemplified in the development of photoswitchable ligands for the cannabinoid receptor 2 (CB2). Based on the analysis of residue-type clusters surrounding the binding pocket, we conclude that among the three representative atypical arms of the CB2 antagonist, AM10257, the adamantyl arm is the most appropriate for azobenzene remodeling. The optimizing spacer length and attachment position revealed AzoLig 9 with excellent thermal bistability, decent photopharmacological switchability between its two configurations, and high subtype selectivity. This structure-guided approach gave new impetus in the extension of new chemical spaces for tool customization for increasingly diversified photo-pharmacological studies and beyond.
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- Tao Hu
- iHuman Institute, ShanghaiTech University, Pudong, Shanghai 201210, China.,School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Pudong, Shanghai 201210, China.,CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- iHuman Institute, ShanghaiTech University, Pudong, Shanghai 201210, China
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- iHuman Institute, ShanghaiTech University, Pudong, Shanghai 201210, China
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- iHuman Institute, ShanghaiTech University, Pudong, Shanghai 201210, China
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- iHuman Institute, ShanghaiTech University, Pudong, Shanghai 201210, China
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- iHuman Institute, ShanghaiTech University, Pudong, Shanghai 201210, China
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- iHuman Institute, ShanghaiTech University, Pudong, Shanghai 201210, China
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- iHuman Institute, ShanghaiTech University, Pudong, Shanghai 201210, China.,School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Pudong, Shanghai 201210, China
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- iHuman Institute, ShanghaiTech University, Pudong, Shanghai 201210, China
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- iHuman Institute, ShanghaiTech University, Pudong, Shanghai 201210, China.,School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Pudong, Shanghai 201210, China
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- iHuman Institute, ShanghaiTech University, Pudong, Shanghai 201210, China.,School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Pudong, Shanghai 201210, China
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- iHuman Institute, ShanghaiTech University, Pudong, Shanghai 201210, China
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- iHuman Institute, ShanghaiTech University, Pudong, Shanghai 201210, China.,School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Pudong, Shanghai 201210, China
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- iHuman Institute, ShanghaiTech University, Pudong, Shanghai 201210, China.,School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Pudong, Shanghai 201210, China
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- Center for Drug Discovery, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
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- iHuman Institute, ShanghaiTech University, Pudong, Shanghai 201210, China.,School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Pudong, Shanghai 201210, China.,Departments of Biological Sciences and Chemistry, Bridge Institute, USC Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, United States
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- iHuman Institute, ShanghaiTech University, Pudong, Shanghai 201210, China
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Tei R, Morstein J, Shemet A, Trauner D, Baskin JM. Optical Control of Phosphatidic Acid Signaling. ACS CENTRAL SCIENCE 2021; 7:1205-1215. [PMID: 34345670 PMCID: PMC8323247 DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.1c00444] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2021] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
Abstract
Phosphatidic acids (PAs) are glycerophospholipids that regulate key cell signaling pathways governing cell growth and proliferation, including the mTOR and Hippo pathways. Their acyl chains vary in tail length and degree of saturation, leading to marked differences in the signaling functions of different PA species. For example, in mTOR signaling, saturated forms of PA are inhibitory, whereas unsaturated forms are activating. To enable rapid control over PA signaling, we describe here the development of photoswitchable analogues of PA, termed AzoPA and dAzoPA, that contain azobenzene groups in one or both lipid tails, respectively. These photolipids enable optical control of their tail structure and can be reversibly switched between a straight trans form and a relatively bent cis form. We found that cis-dAzoPA selectively activates mTOR signaling, mimicking the bioactivity of unsaturated forms of PA. Further, in the context of Hippo signaling, whose growth-suppressing activity is blocked by PA, we found that the cis forms of both AzoPA and dAzoPA selectively inhibit this pathway. Collectively, these photoswitchable PA analogues enable optical control of mTOR and Hippo signaling, and we envision future applications of these probes to dissect the pleiotropic effects of physiological and pathological PA signaling.
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- Reika Tei
- Department
of Chemistry and Chemical Biology and Weill Institute for Cell and
Molecular Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14850, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, New York University, New York, New York 10003, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, New York University, New York, New York 10003, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, New York University, New York, New York 10003, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and Chemical Biology and Weill Institute for Cell and
Molecular Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14850, United States
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Willems S, Morstein J, Hinnah K, Trauner D, Merk D. A Photohormone for Light-Dependent Control of PPARα in Live Cells. J Med Chem 2021; 64:10393-10402. [PMID: 34213899 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.1c00810] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Photopharmacology enables the optical control of several biochemical processes using small-molecule photoswitches that exhibit different bioactivities in their cis- and trans-conformations. Such tool compounds allow for high spatiotemporal control of biological signaling, and the approach also holds promise for the development of drug molecules that can be locally activated to reduce target-mediated adverse effects. Herein, we present the expansion of the photopharmacological arsenal to two new members of the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) family, PPARα and PPARδ. We have developed a set of highly potent PPARα and PPARδ targeting photohormones derived from the weak pan-PPAR agonist GL479 that can be deactivated by light. The photohormone 6 selectively activated PPARα in its trans-conformation with high selectivity over the related PPAR subtypes and was used in live cells to switch PPARα activity on and off in a light- and time-dependent fashion.
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- Sabine Willems
- Institute of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Goethe University Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Str. 9, 60438 Frankfurt, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, New York University, New York, New York 10003, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, New York University, New York, New York 10003, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, New York University, New York, New York 10003, United States
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Goethe University Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Str. 9, 60438 Frankfurt, Germany
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Yang C, Su M, Luo P, Liu Y, Yang F, Li C. A Photosensitive Polymeric Carrier with a Renewable Singlet Oxygen Reservoir Regulated by Two NIR Beams for Enhanced Antitumor Phototherapy. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2021; 17:e2101180. [PMID: 34145754 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202101180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2021] [Revised: 04/15/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
Abstract
Photodynamic therapy (PDT), which utilizes photosensitizer to convert molecular oxygen into singlet oxygen (1 O2 ) upon laser irradiation to ablate tumors, will exacerbate the already oxygen shortage of most solid tumors and is thus self-limiting. Herein, a sophisticated photosensitive polymeric material (An-NP) that allows sustained 1 O2 generation and sufficient oxygen supply during the entire phototherapy is engineered by alternatively applying PDT and photothermal therapy (PTT) controlled by two NIR laser beams. In addition to a photosensitizer that generates 1 O2 , An-NP consists of two other key components: a molecularly designed anthracene derivative capable of trapping/releasing 1 O2 with superior reversibility and a dye J-aggregate with superb photothermal performance. Thus, in 655 nm laser-triggered PDT process, An-NP generates abundant 1 O2 with extra 1 O2 being trapped via the conversion into EPO-NP; while in the subsequent 785 nm laser-driven PTT process, the converted EPO-NP undergoes thermolysis to liberate the captured 1 O2 and regenerates An-NP. The intratumoral oxygen level can be replenished during the PTT cycle for the next round of PDT to generate 1 O2 . The working principle and phototherapy efficacy are preliminarily demonstrated in living cells and tumor-bearing mice, respectively.
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- Chun Yang
- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, College of Pharmacy, Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials of Ministry of Education, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, College of Pharmacy, Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials of Ministry of Education, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, College of Pharmacy, Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials of Ministry of Education, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, College of Pharmacy, Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials of Ministry of Education, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, College of Pharmacy, Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials of Ministry of Education, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, College of Pharmacy, Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials of Ministry of Education, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, P. R. China
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Morstein J, Kol M, Novak AJE, Feng S, Khayyo S, Hinnah K, Li-Purcell N, Pan G, Williams BM, Riezman H, Atilla-Gokcumen GE, Holthuis JCM, Trauner D. Short Photoswitchable Ceramides Enable Optical Control of Apoptosis. ACS Chem Biol 2021; 16:452-456. [PMID: 33586946 DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.0c00823] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
Abstract
We report short ceramide analogs that can be activated with light and further functionalized using azide-alkyne click chemistry. These molecules, termed scaCers, exhibit increased cell permeability compared to their long-chain analogs as demonstrated using mass spectrometry and imaging. Notably, scaCers enable optical control of apoptosis, which is not observed with long-chain variants. Additionally, they function as photoswitchable substrates for sphingomyelin synthase 2 (SMS2), exhibiting inverted light-dependence compared to their extended analogs.
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- Johannes Morstein
- Department of Chemistry, New York University, New York, New York 10003, United States
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- Department of Biology/Chemistry, University of Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, New York University, New York, New York 10003, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
- National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) in Chemical Biology, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Buffalo, The State University of New York (SUNY), Buffalo, New York, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, New York University, New York, New York 10003, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Buffalo, The State University of New York (SUNY), Buffalo, New York, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, New York University, New York, New York 10003, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Integrated Protein Science, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, 81377 Munich, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
- National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) in Chemical Biology, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Buffalo, The State University of New York (SUNY), Buffalo, New York, United States
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- Department of Biology/Chemistry, University of Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, New York University, New York, New York 10003, United States
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The mechanodonor-acceptor coupling (MDAC) approach for unidirectional multi-state fluorochromism. Sci China Chem 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s11426-020-9874-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Yang J, Song M, Zhou H, Wang G, Ma B, Qi Y, Huo C. Visible-Light-Mediated Hydroacylation of Azobenzenes with α-Keto Acids. Org Lett 2020; 22:8407-8412. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.0c03039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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- Jingya Yang
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou 730070, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou 730070, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou 730070, China
- College of Science, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou 730070, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou 730070, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou 730070, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou 730070, China
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Gaur P, Galkin M, Hauke S, Redkin R, Barnes C, Shvadchak VV, Yushchenko DA. Reversible spatial and temporal control of lipid signaling. Chem Commun (Camb) 2020; 56:10646-10649. [PMID: 32857092 DOI: 10.1039/d0cc04146g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
Herein, we introduce versatile molecular tools that enable specific delivery and visualization of photoswitchable lipids at cellular membranes, namely at the plasma membrane and internal membranes. These molecules were prepared by tethering ortho-nitrobenzyl-based fluorescent cages with a signaling lipid bearing an azobenzene photoswitch. They permit two sequential photocontrolled reactions, which are uncaging of a lipid analogue and then its repeated activation and deactivation. We used these molecules to activate GPR40 receptor transiently expressed in HeLa cells and demonstrated downstream modulation of intracellular Ca2+ levels.
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- Pankaj Gaur
- Laboratory of Chemical Biology, The Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo namesti 2, 16610 Prague 6, Czech Republic.
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