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Williams RV, Guay KP, Hurlbut Lesk OA, Clerico EM, Hebert DN, Gierasch LM. Insights into the interaction between UGGT, the gatekeeper of folding in the ER, and its partner, the selenoprotein SEP15. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2024; 121:e2315009121. [PMID: 39133860 PMCID: PMC11348098 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2315009121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2023] [Accepted: 02/04/2024] [Indexed: 08/29/2024] Open
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The enzyme UDP-glucose: glycoprotein glucosyltransferase (UGGT) is the gatekeeper of protein folding within the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). One-third of the human proteome traverses the ER where folding and maturation are facilitated by a complex protein homeostasis network. Both glycan modifications and disulfide bonds are of key importance in the maturation of these ER proteins. The actions of UGGT are intimately linked to the glycan code for folding and maturation of secretory proteins in the ER. UGGT selectively glucosylates the N-linked glycan of misfolded proteins so that they can reenter the lectin-folding chaperone cycle and be retained within the ER for further attempts at folding. An intriguing aspect of UGGT function is its interaction with its poorly understood cochaperone, the 15 kDa selenoprotein known as SELENOF or SEP15. This small protein contains a rare selenocysteine residue proposed to act as an oxidoreductase toward UGGT substrates. AlphaFold2 predictions of the UGGT1/SEP15 complex provide insight into this complex at a structural level. The predicted UGGT1/SEP15 interaction interface was validated by mutagenesis and coimmunoprecipitation experiments. These results serve as a springboard for models of the integrated action of UGGT1 and SEP15.
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- Robert V. Williams
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA01003
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA01003
- Graduate Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA01003
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA01003
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA01003
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA01003
- Graduate Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA01003
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA01003
- Graduate Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA01003
- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA01003
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Dogaru CB, Muscurel C, Duță C, Stoian I. "Alphabet" Selenoproteins: Their Characteristics and Physiological Roles. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:15992. [PMID: 37958974 PMCID: PMC10650576 DOI: 10.3390/ijms242115992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2023] [Revised: 10/29/2023] [Accepted: 11/04/2023] [Indexed: 11/15/2023] Open
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Selenium (Se) is a metalloid that is recognized as one of the vital trace elements in our body and plays multiple biological roles, largely mediated by proteins containing selenium-selenoproteins. Selenoproteins mainly have oxidoreductase functions but are also involved in many different molecular signaling pathways, physiological roles, and complex pathogenic processes (including, for example, teratogenesis, neurodegenerative, immuno-inflammatory, and obesity development). All of the selenoproteins contain one selenocysteine (Sec) residue, with only one notable exception, the selenoprotein P (SELENOP), which has 10 Sec residues. Although these mechanisms have been studied intensely and in detail, the characteristics and functions of many selenoproteins remain unknown. This review is dedicated to the recent data describing the identity and the functions of several selenoproteins that are less known than glutathione peroxidases (Gpxs), iodothyronine deiodinases (DIO), thioredoxin reductases (TRxRs), and methionine sulfoxide reductases (Msrs) and which are named after alphabetical letters (i.e., F, H, I, K, M, N, O, P, R, S, T, V, W). These "alphabet" selenoproteins are involved in a wide range of physiological and pathogenetic processes such as antioxidant defense, anti-inflammation, anti-apoptosis, regulation of immune response, regulation of oxidative stress, endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress, immune and inflammatory response, and toxin antagonism. In selenium deficiency, the "alphabet" selenoproteins are affected hierarchically, both with respect to the particular selenoprotein and the tissue of expression, as the brain or endocrine glands are hardly affected by Se deficiency due to their equipment with LRP2 or LRP8.
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- Department of Biochemistry, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 050474 Bucharest, Romania (I.S.)
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Nunes LGA, Cain A, Comyns C, Hoffmann PR, Krahn N. Deciphering the Role of Selenoprotein M. Antioxidants (Basel) 2023; 12:1906. [PMID: 38001759 PMCID: PMC10668967 DOI: 10.3390/antiox12111906] [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: 10/06/2023] [Revised: 10/20/2023] [Accepted: 10/21/2023] [Indexed: 11/26/2023] Open
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Selenocysteine (Sec), the 21st amino acid, is structurally similar to cysteine but with a sulfur to selenium replacement. This single change retains many of the chemical properties of cysteine but often with enhanced catalytic and redox activity. Incorporation of Sec into proteins is unique, requiring additional translation factors and multiple steps to insert Sec at stop (UGA) codons. These Sec-containing proteins (selenoproteins) are found in all three domains of life where they often are involved in cellular homeostasis (e.g., reducing reactive oxygen species). The essential role of selenoproteins in humans requires us to maintain appropriate levels of selenium, the precursor for Sec, in our diet. Too much selenium is also problematic due to its toxic effects. Deciphering the role of Sec in selenoproteins is challenging for many reasons, one of which is due to their complicated biosynthesis pathway. However, clever strategies are surfacing to overcome this and facilitate production of selenoproteins. Here, we focus on one of the 25 human selenoproteins, selenoprotein M (SELENOM), which has wide-spread expression throughout our tissues. Its thioredoxin motif suggests oxidoreductase function; however, its mechanism and functional role(s) are still being uncovered. Furthermore, the connection of both high and low expression levels of SELENOM to separate diseases emphasizes the medical application for studying the role of Sec in this protein. In this review, we aim to decipher the role of SELENOM through detailing and connecting current evidence. With multiple proposed functions in diverse tissues, continued research is still necessary to fully unveil the role of SELENOM.
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- Lance G. A. Nunes
- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 96813-5525, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA;
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- Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511-4902, USA
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 96813-5525, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA;
- Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511-4902, USA
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Ekyalongo RC, Flowers B, Sharma T, Zigrossi A, Zhang A, Quintanilla-Arteaga A, Singh K, Kastrati I. SELENOF Controls Proliferation and Cell Death in Breast-Derived Immortalized and Cancer Cells. Cancers (Basel) 2023; 15:3671. [PMID: 37509331 PMCID: PMC10377602 DOI: 10.3390/cancers15143671] [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: 06/06/2023] [Accepted: 07/03/2023] [Indexed: 07/30/2023] Open
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SELENOF expression is significantly lower in aggressive breast tumors compared to normal tissue, indicating that its reduction or loss may drive breast tumorigenesis. Deletion of SELENOF in non-tumorigenic immortalized breast epithelial MCF-10A cells resulted in enhanced proliferation, both in adherent culture and matrix-assisted three-dimmensional (3D) growth. Modulation of SELENOF in vitro through deletion or overexpression corresponded to changes in the cell-cycle regulators p21 and p27, which is consistent with breast tumor expression data from the METABRIC patient database. Together, these findings indicate that SELENOF affects both proliferation and cell death in normal epithelial and breast cancer cells, largely through the regulation of p21 and p27. In glandular cancers like breast cancer, the filling of luminal space is one of the hallmarks of early tumorigenesis. Loss of SELENOF abrogated apoptosis and autophagy, which are required for the formation of hollow acini in MCF-10A cells in matrix-assisted 3D growth, resulting in luminal filling. Conversely, overexpression of SELENOF induced cell death via apoptosis and autophagy. In conclusion, these findings are consistent with the notion that SELENOF is a breast tumor suppressor, and its loss contributes to breast cancer etiology.
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- Roudy C Ekyalongo
- Department of Cancer Biology, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL 60153, USA
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- Department of Cancer Biology, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL 60153, USA
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- Department of Cancer Biology, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL 60153, USA
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- Department of Cancer Biology, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL 60153, USA
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- Department of Cancer Biology, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL 60153, USA
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- Department of Cancer Biology, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL 60153, USA
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- Department of Cancer Biology, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL 60153, USA
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Chaudière J. Biological and Catalytic Properties of Selenoproteins. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:10109. [PMID: 37373256 DOI: 10.3390/ijms241210109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2023] [Revised: 06/06/2023] [Accepted: 06/08/2023] [Indexed: 06/29/2023] Open
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Selenocysteine is a catalytic residue at the active site of all selenoenzymes in bacteria and mammals, and it is incorporated into the polypeptide backbone by a co-translational process that relies on the recoding of a UGA termination codon into a serine/selenocysteine codon. The best-characterized selenoproteins from mammalian species and bacteria are discussed with emphasis on their biological function and catalytic mechanisms. A total of 25 genes coding for selenoproteins have been identified in the genome of mammals. Unlike the selenoenzymes of anaerobic bacteria, most mammalian selenoenzymes work as antioxidants and as redox regulators of cell metabolism and functions. Selenoprotein P contains several selenocysteine residues and serves as a selenocysteine reservoir for other selenoproteins in mammals. Although extensively studied, glutathione peroxidases are incompletely understood in terms of local and time-dependent distribution, and regulatory functions. Selenoenzymes take advantage of the nucleophilic reactivity of the selenolate form of selenocysteine. It is used with peroxides and their by-products such as disulfides and sulfoxides, but also with iodine in iodinated phenolic substrates. This results in the formation of Se-X bonds (X = O, S, N, or I) from which a selenenylsulfide intermediate is invariably produced. The initial selenolate group is then recycled by thiol addition. In bacterial glycine reductase and D-proline reductase, an unusual catalytic rupture of selenium-carbon bonds is observed. The exchange of selenium for sulfur in selenoproteins, and information obtained from model reactions, suggest that a generic advantage of selenium compared with sulfur relies on faster kinetics and better reversibility of its oxidation reactions.
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- Jean Chaudière
- CBMN (CNRS, UMR 5248), University of Bordeaux, 33600 Pessac, France
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Flowers B, Bochnacka O, Poles A, Diamond AM, Kastrati I. Distinct Roles of SELENOF in Different Human Cancers. Biomolecules 2023; 13:biom13030486. [PMID: 36979420 PMCID: PMC10046285 DOI: 10.3390/biom13030486] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2023] [Revised: 02/23/2023] [Accepted: 02/24/2023] [Indexed: 03/08/2023] Open
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SELENOF, previously known as SEP15, is a selenoprotein that contains selenium in the form of the amino acid selenocysteine. Like other selenoproteins, the role for SELENOF in carcinogenesis has been investigated due to its altered expression compared to the corresponding normal tissue, its molecular function, and the association of genetic variations in the SELENOF gene to cancer risk or outcome. This review summarizes SELENOF’s discovery, structure, cellular localization, and expression. SELENOF belongs to a new family of thioredoxin-like proteins. Published data summarized here indicate a likely role for SELENOF in redox protein quality control, and in the regulation of lipids, glucose, and energy metabolism. Current evidence indicates that loss of SELENOF contributes to the development of prostate and breast cancer, while its loss may be protective against colon cancer. Additional investigation into SELENOF’s molecular mechanisms and its impact on cancer is warranted.
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- Brenna Flowers
- Department of Cancer Biology, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL 60153, USA
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- Department of Cancer Biology, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL 60153, USA
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- Department of Cancer Biology, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL 60153, USA
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- Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
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- Department of Cancer Biology, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL 60153, USA
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +1-708-327-3250
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Higashi S, Imamura Y, Kikuma T, Matoba T, Orita S, Yamaguchi Y, Ito Y, Takeda Y. Analysis of Selenoprotein F Binding to UDP-Glucose:Glycoprotein Glucosyltransferase (UGGT) by a Photoreactive Crosslinker. Chembiochem 2023; 24:e202200444. [PMID: 36219527 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.202200444] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2022] [Revised: 10/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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In the endoplasmic reticulum glycoprotein quality control system, UDP-glucose : glycoprotein glucosyltransferase (UGGT) functions as a folding sensor. Although it is known to form a heterodimer with selenoprotein F (SelenoF), the details of the complex formation remain obscure. A pulldown assay using co-transfected SelenoF and truncated mutants of human UGGT1 (HUGT1) revealed that SelenoF binds to the TRXL2 domain of HUGT1. Additionally, a newly developed photoaffinity crosslinker was selectively introduced into cysteine residues of recombinant SelenoF to determine the spatial orientation of SelenoF to HUGT1. The crosslinking experiments showed that SelenoF formed a covalent bond with amino acids in the TRXL3 region and the interdomain between βS2 and GT24 of HUGT1 via the synthetic crosslinker. SelenoF might play a role in assessing and refining the disulfide bonds of misfolded glycoproteins in the hydrophobic cavity of HUGT1 as it binds to the highly flexible region of HUGT1 to reach its long hydrophobic cavity. Clarification of the SelenoF-binding domain of UGGT and its relative position will help predict and reveal the function of SelenoF from a structural perspective.
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- Sayaka Higashi
- Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, 525-8577, Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, 525-8577, Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, 525-8577, Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, 525-8577, Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, 525-8577, Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Sendai, 981-8558, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, 560-0043, Japan.,RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research, Wako, 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, 525-8577, Japan
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Jehan C, Cartier D, Bucharles C, Anouar Y, Lihrmann I. Emerging roles of ER-resident selenoproteins in brain physiology and physiopathology. Redox Biol 2022; 55:102412. [PMID: 35917681 PMCID: PMC9344019 DOI: 10.1016/j.redox.2022.102412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2022] [Revised: 07/05/2022] [Accepted: 07/14/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
Abstract
The brain has a very high oxygen consumption rate and is particularly sensitive to oxidative stress. It is also the last organ to suffer from a loss of selenium (Se) in case of deficiency. Se is a crucial trace element present in the form of selenocysteine, the 21st proteinogenic amino acid present in selenoproteins, an essential protein family in the brain that participates in redox signaling. Among the most abundant selenoproteins in the brain are glutathione peroxidase 4 (GPX4), which reduces lipid peroxides and prevents ferroptosis, and selenoproteins W, I, F, K, M, O and T. Remarkably, more than half of them are proteins present in the ER and recent studies have shown their involvement in the maintenance of ER homeostasis, glycoprotein folding and quality control, redox balance, ER stress response signaling pathways and Ca2+ homeostasis. However, their molecular functions remain mostly undetermined. The ER is a highly specialized organelle in neurons that maintains the physical continuity of axons over long distances through its continuous distribution from the cell body to the nerve terminals. Alteration of this continuity can lead to degeneration of distal axons and subsequent neuronal death. Elucidation of the function of ER-resident selenoproteins in neuronal pathophysiology may therefore become a new perspective for understanding the pathophysiology of neurological diseases. Here we summarize what is currently known about each of their molecular functions and their impact on the nervous system during development and stress.
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- Cédric Jehan
- Rouen-Normandie University, UNIROUEN, Inserm, U1239, Neuroendocrine, Endocrine and Germinal Differenciation and Communication Laboratory, Mont-Saint-Aignan Cedex, France; Institute for Research and Innovation in Biomedicine, Rouen, France
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- Rouen-Normandie University, UNIROUEN, Inserm, U1239, Neuroendocrine, Endocrine and Germinal Differenciation and Communication Laboratory, Mont-Saint-Aignan Cedex, France; Institute for Research and Innovation in Biomedicine, Rouen, France
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- Rouen-Normandie University, UNIROUEN, Inserm, U1239, Neuroendocrine, Endocrine and Germinal Differenciation and Communication Laboratory, Mont-Saint-Aignan Cedex, France; Institute for Research and Innovation in Biomedicine, Rouen, France
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- Rouen-Normandie University, UNIROUEN, Inserm, U1239, Neuroendocrine, Endocrine and Germinal Differenciation and Communication Laboratory, Mont-Saint-Aignan Cedex, France; Institute for Research and Innovation in Biomedicine, Rouen, France
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- Rouen-Normandie University, UNIROUEN, Inserm, U1239, Neuroendocrine, Endocrine and Germinal Differenciation and Communication Laboratory, Mont-Saint-Aignan Cedex, France; Institute for Research and Innovation in Biomedicine, Rouen, France.
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Liao P, Liu H, He C. Chemical synthesis of human selenoprotein F and elucidation of its thiol-disulfide oxidoreductase activity. Chem Sci 2022; 13:6322-6327. [PMID: 35733894 PMCID: PMC9159075 DOI: 10.1039/d2sc00492e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2022] [Accepted: 05/06/2022] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Selenoprotein F (SelF) is an endoplasmic reticulum-residing eukaryotic protein that contains a selenocysteine (Sec) residue. It has been suggested to be involved in a number of physiological processes by acting as a thiol-disulfide oxidoreductase, but the exact role has remained unclear due to the lack of a reliable production method. We document herein a robust synthesis of the human SelF through a three-segment two-ligation semisynthesis strategy. Highlighted in this synthetic route are the use of a mild desulfurization process to protect the side-chain of the Sec residue from being affected and the simultaneous removal of acetamidomethyl and p-methoxybenzyl protection groups by PdCl2, thus facilitating the synthesis of multi-milligrams of homogenous SelF. The reduction potential of SelF was determined and the thiol-disulfide oxidoreductase activity was further supported by its ability to catalyze the reduction and isomerization of disulfide bonds.
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- Peisi Liao
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, South China University of Technology Guangzhou 510640 China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic Chemistry and Materia Medica, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan 430074 China
- Shenzhen Huazhong University of Science and Technology Research Institute Shenzhen 518057 China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, South China University of Technology Guangzhou 510640 China
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Takeda Y, Kikuma T. UDP-glucose:Glycoprotein Glucosyltransferase–Selenof Complex: A Potential Glycoprotein-folding Machine. TRENDS GLYCOSCI GLYC 2022. [DOI: 10.4052/tigg.2118.1j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Yoichi Takeda
- Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University
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- Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University
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Takeda Y, Kikuma T. UDP-glucose:Glycoprotein Glucosyltransferase–Selenof Complex: A Potential Glycoprotein-folding Machine. TRENDS GLYCOSCI GLYC 2022. [DOI: 10.4052/tigg.2118.1e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Yoichi Takeda
- Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University
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- Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University
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Zhao Z, Mousa R, Metanis N. One-Pot Chemical Protein Synthesis Utilizing Fmoc-Masked Selenazolidine to Address the Redox Functionality of Human Selenoprotein F. Chemistry 2022; 28:e202200279. [PMID: 35112407 PMCID: PMC9304195 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202200279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2021] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
Abstract
Human SELENOF is an endoplasmic reticulum (ER) selenoprotein that contains the redox active motif CXU (C is cysteine and U is selenocysteine), resembling the redox motif of thiol-disulfide oxidoreductases (CXXC). Like other selenoproteins, the challenge in accessing SELENOF has somewhat limited its full biological characterization thus far. Here we present the one-pot chemical synthesis of the thioredoxin-like domain of SELENOF, highlighted by the use of Fmoc-protected selenazolidine, native chemical ligations and deselenization reactions. The redox potential of the CXU motif, together with insulin turbidimetric assay suggested that SELENOF may catalyze the reduction of disulfides in misfolded proteins. Furthermore, we demonstrate that SELENOF is not a protein disulfide isomerase (PDI)-like enzyme, as it did not enhance the folding of the two protein models; bovine pancreatic trypsin inhibitor and hirudin. These studies suggest that SELENOF may be responsible for reducing the non-native disulfide bonds of misfolded glycoproteins as part of the quality control system in the ER.
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- Zhenguang Zhao
- Institute of ChemistryThe Hebrew University of JerusalemJerusalem9190401Israel
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- Institute of ChemistryThe Hebrew University of JerusalemJerusalem9190401Israel
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- Institute of ChemistryThe Hebrew University of JerusalemJerusalem9190401Israel
- The Center for Nanoscience and NanotechnologyThe Hebrew University of JerusalemJerusalem9190401Israel
- Casali Center for Applied ChemistryThe Hebrew University of JerusalemJerusalem9190401Israel
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Yu FF, Sun L, Zhou GY, Ping ZG, Guo X, Ba Y. Meta-analysis of Association Studies of Selenoprotein Gene Polymorphism and Kashin-Beck Disease: an Updated Systematic Review. Biol Trace Elem Res 2022; 200:543-550. [PMID: 33844169 DOI: 10.1007/s12011-021-02705-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2021] [Accepted: 03/30/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
Abstract
To evaluate the association between selenoprotein gene polymorphisms and Kashin-Beck disease (KBD) susceptibility through a systematic review and updated meta-analysis. PubMed, Google Scholar, Cochrane library, and Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) were electronically searched using the terms "selenoprotein" and "Kashin-Beck disease" or "KBD" with a search time from the establishment of the database to January 2021. The Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (NOS) was used for methodological quality evaluation of the included studies. Stata 14.0 software was used to pooled odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval. There were a total of eight included case-control studies covering 2025 KBD patients and 1962 controls. Meta-analysis results show that the pooled odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for DIO2 (rs225014) were 0.69 (0.52, 0.91), 0.69 (0.50, 0.96), and 0.72 (0.52, 0.99) in the allele, heterozygote, and dominant models, respectively. The OR and 95%CI for SEPS1 (-105G>A) were 2.47 (1.85, 3.29), 9.36 (4.58, 19.12), 2.17 (1.53, 3.08), and 8.60 (4.25, 17.38) in the allele, homozygote, dominant, and recessive models, respectively. In addition, the OR and 95%CI for Sep15 (rs5859) were 2.05 (1.06, 3.96) in the allele model. These results illustrate that there was a significant association between DIO2 (rs225014), SEPS1 (-105G>A), Sep15 (rs5859), and KBD. For GPX1 (rs1050450, rs1800668, rs3811699), DIO2 (rs225014, rs1352815, rs1388382), TrxR2 (rs1139793, rs5746841), GPX4 (rs713041, rs4807542), and SEPP1 (rs7579, 25191g/a), there was no significant statistical difference between the KBD and control groups (P>0.05). We conclude that the DIO2 (rs225014), SEPS1 (-105G>A), and Sep15 (rs5859) gene polymorphism are associated with susceptibility to KBD.
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- Fang-Fang Yu
- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, Environment and Health Innovation Team, 100 Kexue Avenue, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450001, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, Environment and Health Innovation Team, 100 Kexue Avenue, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450001, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, Environment and Health Innovation Team, 100 Kexue Avenue, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450001, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 45001, China
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- Institute of Endemic Diseases, School of Public Health of Health Science Center, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Key Laboratory of Trace Elements and Endemic Diseases, National Health and Family Planning Commission, Xi'an, 710061, China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, Environment and Health Innovation Team, 100 Kexue Avenue, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450001, People's Republic of China.
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Canter JA, Ernst SE, Peters KM, Carlson BA, Thielman NRJ, Grysczyk L, Udofe P, Yu Y, Cao L, Davis CD, Gladyshev VN, Hatfield DL, Tsuji PA. Selenium and the 15kDa Selenoprotein Impact Colorectal Tumorigenesis by Modulating Intestinal Barrier Integrity. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:10651. [PMID: 34638991 PMCID: PMC8508755 DOI: 10.3390/ijms221910651] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2021] [Revised: 09/26/2021] [Accepted: 09/30/2021] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Selenoproteins play important roles in many cellular functions and biochemical pathways in mammals. Our previous study showed that the deficiency of the 15 kDa selenoprotein (Selenof) significantly reduced the formation of aberrant crypt foci (ACF) in a mouse model of azoxymethane (AOM)-induced colon carcinogenesis. The objective of this study was to examine the effects of Selenof on inflammatory tumorigenesis, and whether dietary selenium modified these effects. For 20 weeks post-weaning, Selenof-knockout (KO) mice and littermate controls were fed diets that were either deficient, adequate or high in sodium selenite. Colon tumors were induced with AOM and dextran sulfate sodium. Surprisingly, KO mice had drastically fewer ACF but developed a similar number of tumors as their littermate controls. Expression of genes important in inflammatory colorectal cancer and those relevant to epithelial barrier function was assessed, in addition to structural differences via tissue histology. Our findings point to Selenof's potential role in intestinal barrier integrity and structural changes in glandular and mucin-producing goblet cells in the mucosa and submucosa, which may determine the type of tumor developing.
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- Jessica A. Canter
- Department of Biological Sciences, Towson University, Towson, MD 21252, USA; (J.A.C.); (S.E.E.); (K.M.P.); (N.R.J.T.); (L.G.); (P.U.)
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Towson University, Towson, MD 21252, USA; (J.A.C.); (S.E.E.); (K.M.P.); (N.R.J.T.); (L.G.); (P.U.)
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Towson University, Towson, MD 21252, USA; (J.A.C.); (S.E.E.); (K.M.P.); (N.R.J.T.); (L.G.); (P.U.)
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- Mouse Cancer Genetics Program, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA; (B.A.C.); (D.L.H.)
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Towson University, Towson, MD 21252, USA; (J.A.C.); (S.E.E.); (K.M.P.); (N.R.J.T.); (L.G.); (P.U.)
- Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Erie, PA 16509, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Towson University, Towson, MD 21252, USA; (J.A.C.); (S.E.E.); (K.M.P.); (N.R.J.T.); (L.G.); (P.U.)
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Towson University, Towson, MD 21252, USA; (J.A.C.); (S.E.E.); (K.M.P.); (N.R.J.T.); (L.G.); (P.U.)
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- Genetics Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA; (Y.Y.); (L.C.)
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- Genetics Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA; (Y.Y.); (L.C.)
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- Office of Dietary Supplements, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20817, USA;
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- Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA;
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- Mouse Cancer Genetics Program, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA; (B.A.C.); (D.L.H.)
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Towson University, Towson, MD 21252, USA; (J.A.C.); (S.E.E.); (K.M.P.); (N.R.J.T.); (L.G.); (P.U.)
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Liao P, He C. Chemical Synthesis of the Sec-To-Cys Homologue of Human Selenoprotein F and Elucidation of Its Disulfide-pairing Mode. Front Chem 2021; 9:735149. [PMID: 34395389 PMCID: PMC8360269 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2021.735149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2021] [Accepted: 07/16/2021] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Herein, we document a highly optimized synthesis of the Sec-to-Cys homologue of the human selenoprotein F (SelF) through a three-segment two-ligation semisynthesis strategy. Highlighted in this synthetic route are two one-pot manipulations, i.e. the first ligation followed by a desulfurization and the second ligation followed by the protein refolding. This way multi-milligrams of the folded synthetic protein was obtained, which set the stage for the synthesis of the natural selenoprotein. Moreover, the disulfide pairing mode of the SelF was elucidated through a combination of site-directed mutagenesis and LC-MS study. It provides not only a criterion to judge the viability of the synthetic protein, and more importantly, useful structural insights into the previously unresolved UGGT-binding domain of SelF.
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- Peisi Liao
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China
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Adams BM, Canniff NP, Guay KP, Hebert DN. The Role of Endoplasmic Reticulum Chaperones in Protein Folding and Quality Control. PROGRESS IN MOLECULAR AND SUBCELLULAR BIOLOGY 2021; 59:27-50. [PMID: 34050861 PMCID: PMC9185992 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-67696-4_3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Molecular chaperones assist the folding of nascent chains in the cell. Chaperones also aid in quality control decisions as persistent chaperone binding can help to sort terminal misfolded proteins for degradation. There are two major molecular chaperone families in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) that assist proteins in reaching their native structure and evaluating the fidelity of the maturation process. The ER Hsp70 chaperone, BiP, supports adenine nucleotide-regulated binding to non-native proteins that possess exposed hydrophobic regions. In contrast, the carbohydrate-dependent chaperone system involving the membrane protein calnexin and its soluble paralogue calreticulin recognize a specific glycoform of an exposed hydrophilic protein modification for which the composition is controlled by a series of glycosidases and transferases. Here, we compare and contrast the properties, mechanisms of action and functions of these different chaperones systems that work in parallel, as well as together, to assist a large variety of substrates that traverse the eukaryotic secretory pathway.
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- Benjamin M Adams
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA
- Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Amherst, MA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA
- Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Amherst, MA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA
- Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Amherst, MA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA.
- Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Amherst, MA, USA.
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Folding of proteins is essential so that they can exert their functions. For proteins that transit the secretory pathway, folding occurs in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and various chaperone systems assist in acquiring their correct folding/subunit formation. N-glycosylation is one of the most conserved posttranslational modification for proteins, and in eukaryotes it occurs in the ER. Consequently, eukaryotic cells have developed various systems that utilize N-glycans to dictate and assist protein folding, or if they consistently fail to fold properly, to destroy proteins for quality control and the maintenance of homeostasis of proteins in the ER.
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Glycan dependent refolding activity of ER glucosyltransferase (UGGT). Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj 2020; 1864:129709. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2020.129709] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2020] [Revised: 08/13/2020] [Accepted: 08/14/2020] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Kozlov G, Gehring K. Calnexin cycle - structural features of the ER chaperone system. FEBS J 2020; 287:4322-4340. [PMID: 32285592 PMCID: PMC7687155 DOI: 10.1111/febs.15330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2020] [Revised: 03/31/2020] [Accepted: 04/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is the major folding compartment for secreted and membrane proteins and is the site of a specific chaperone system, the calnexin cycle, for folding N-glycosylated proteins. Recent structures of components of the calnexin cycle have deepened our understanding of quality control mechanisms and protein folding pathways in the ER. In the calnexin cycle, proteins carrying monoglucosylated glycans bind to the lectin chaperones calnexin and calreticulin, which recruit a variety of function-specific chaperones to mediate protein disulfide formation, proline isomerization, and general protein folding. Upon trimming by glucosidase II, the glycan without an inner glucose residue is no longer able to bind to the lectin chaperones. For proteins that have not yet folded properly, the enzyme UDP-glucose:glycoprotein glucosyltransferase (UGGT) acts as a checkpoint by adding a glucose back to the N-glycan. This allows the misfolded proteins to re-associate with calnexin and calreticulin for additional rounds of chaperone-mediated refolding and prevents them from exiting the ERs. Here, we review progress in structural studies of the calnexin cycle, which reveal common features of how lectin chaperones recruit function-specific chaperones and how UGGT recognizes misfolded proteins.
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- Guennadi Kozlov
- From the Department of Biochemistry & Centre for Structural BiologyMcGill UniversityMontréalQCCanada
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- From the Department of Biochemistry & Centre for Structural BiologyMcGill UniversityMontréalQCCanada
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Zheng X, Ren B, Li X, Yan H, Xie Q, Liu H, Zhou J, Tian J, Huang K. Selenoprotein F knockout leads to glucose and lipid metabolism disorders in mice. J Biol Inorg Chem 2020; 25:1009-1022. [DOI: 10.1007/s00775-020-01821-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2019] [Accepted: 08/30/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Goltyaev MV, Mal'tseva VN, Varlamova EG. Expression of ER-resident selenoproteins and activation of cancer cells apoptosis mechanisms under ER-stress conditions caused by methylseleninic acid. Gene 2020; 755:144884. [PMID: 32562739 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2020.144884] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2020] [Revised: 05/10/2020] [Accepted: 06/08/2020] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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The aim of this work was to study changes in gene expression levels of 7 ER-resident selenoproteins under ER-stress caused by the action of a selenium-containing compound of organic nature, methylselenic acid using three human cancer cell lines DU 145 (prostate carcinoma), MCF 7 (breast adenocarcinoma)and HT-1080 (fibrosarcoma). According to the obtained results, we can speak of a synchronous changes in the expression of SELT and SEP15 mRNA depending on the concentration of MSA for 24 h, while the pattern of SELM expression was completely opposite and was radically different from other selenoproteins. It should be noted that in HT-1080 cells, the expression pattern of SELM differed from the expression pattern in two other cancer cells, while the expression patterns of other ER-resident selenoproteins (SELT, SEP15, SELK, SELS, SELN and DIO2) differed slightly depending on the cell line. Also we investigated the molecular mechanisms of UPR caused by MSA-induced ER stress in three cancer cell lines. According to the obtained results, it can be assumed that in DU 145 cells, MSA promotes activation of the PERK signaling pathway of UPR. In fibrosarcoma cells MSA was promoted the activation of ATF-6 UPR signaling pathway. In MCF 7 cells, MSA promoted the activation of two pro-apoptotic UPR signaling pathways at once: IRE1 and ATF-6.The results of this work once again demonstrate that the mechanisms of ER-stress regulation caused by the same agent, in this case, MSA, lead to the activation of different UPR signaling pathways in different cancer cells, and about their relationship.
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- M V Goltyaev
- Federal State Institution of Science Institute of Cell Biophysics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Institutskaya st. 3, 142290 Pushchino, Moscow Region, Russia
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- Federal State Institution of Science Institute of Cell Biophysics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Institutskaya st. 3, 142290 Pushchino, Moscow Region, Russia
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- Federal State Institution of Science Institute of Cell Biophysics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Institutskaya st. 3, 142290 Pushchino, Moscow Region, Russia.
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Stolwijk JM, Garje R, Sieren JC, Buettner GR, Zakharia Y. Understanding the Redox Biology of Selenium in the Search of Targeted Cancer Therapies. Antioxidants (Basel) 2020; 9:E420. [PMID: 32414091 PMCID: PMC7278812 DOI: 10.3390/antiox9050420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2020] [Revised: 04/24/2020] [Accepted: 05/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Selenium (Se) is an essential trace nutrient required for optimal human health. It has long been suggested that selenium has anti-cancer properties. However, clinical trials have shown inconclusive results on the potential of Se to prevent cancer. The suggested role of Se in the prevention of cancer is centered around its role as an antioxidant. Recently, the potential of selenium as a drug rather than a supplement has been uncovered. Selenium compounds can generate reactive oxygen species that could enhance the treatment of cancer. Transformed cells have high oxidative distress. As normal cells have a greater capacity to meet oxidative challenges than tumor cells, increasing the flux of oxidants with high dose selenium treatment could result in cancer-specific cell killing. If the availability of Se is limited, supplementation of Se can increase the expression and activities of Se-dependent proteins and enzymes. In cell culture, selenium deficiency is often overlooked. We review the importance of achieving normal selenium biology and how Se deficiency can lead to adverse effects. We examine the vital role of selenium in the prevention and treatment of cancer. Finally, we examine the properties of Se-compounds to better understand how each can be used to address different research questions.
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- Jeffrey M. Stolwijk
- Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Human Toxicology, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA;
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Medical Oncology and Hematology, The University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics—Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA;
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- Departments of Radiology and Biomedical Engineering, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA;
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- Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Human Toxicology, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA;
- Free Radical and Radiation Biology Program, Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Medical Oncology and Hematology, The University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics—Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA;
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Protein-protein interactions of ER-resident selenoproteins with their physiological partners. Biochimie 2020; 171-172:197-204. [PMID: 32188576 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2020.03.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2019] [Accepted: 03/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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ER is a highly specialized complex of branched microtubules enclosed in a membrane and communicating with each other, its functions in the cell are important and very diverse: lipid and phospholipid synthesis, calcium storage, hormone synthesis, protein synthesis and maturation, membrane production, toxin neutralization, etc. The high concentration of calcium ions and the oxidizing properties of the contents of the ER cavities contribute to the proper synthesis and folding of proteins designed for secretion or exposure on the surface of the cell membrane. However, disturbance of redox regulation can lead to the accumulation of improperly folded proteins in the ER, disruption of calcium regulation, which can cause ER-stress. This review is devoted to the role of ER-resident selenoproteins in the processes occurring in this organelle of a cell. The main emphasis is placed on the study of protein-protein interactions of selenoproteins with their physiological partners; this will facilitate understanding of their functional purpose in this organelle. Currently, 7 selenoproteins are known that are localized in the ER, but the functions of most of them are not at all clear, for some, physiological partners have been identified. It is known that selenoproteins are oxidoreductases with antioxidant properties, this is extremely important for the normal functioning of ER. Therefore, this review can be very useful for understanding the full picture of the functions of ER-resident selenoproteins obtained on the basis of recent data.
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Zheng X, Ren B, Wang H, Huang R, Zhou J, Liu H, Tian J, Huang K. Hepatic proteomic analysis of selenoprotein F knockout mice by iTRAQ: An implication for the roles of selenoprotein F in metabolism and diseases. J Proteomics 2020; 215:103653. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2020.103653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2019] [Revised: 12/31/2019] [Accepted: 01/16/2020] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Leonardi A, Evke S, Lee M, Melendez JA, Begley TJ. Epitranscriptomic systems regulate the translation of reactive oxygen species detoxifying and disease linked selenoproteins. Free Radic Biol Med 2019; 143:573-593. [PMID: 31476365 PMCID: PMC7650020 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2019.08.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2019] [Revised: 08/28/2019] [Accepted: 08/29/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Here we highlight the role of epitranscriptomic systems in post-transcriptional regulation, with a specific focus on RNA modifying writers required for the incorporation of the 21st amino acid selenocysteine during translation, and the pathologies linked to epitranscriptomic and selenoprotein defects. Epitranscriptomic marks in the form of enzyme-catalyzed modifications to RNA have been shown to be important signals regulating translation, with defects linked to altered development, intellectual impairment, and cancer. Modifications to rRNA, mRNA and tRNA can affect their structure and function, while the levels of these dynamic tRNA-specific epitranscriptomic marks are stress-regulated to control translation. The tRNA for selenocysteine contains five distinct epitranscriptomic marks and the ALKBH8 writer for the wobble uridine (U) has been shown to be vital for the translation of the glutathione peroxidase (GPX) and thioredoxin reductase (TRXR) family of selenoproteins. The reactive oxygen species (ROS) detoxifying selenocysteine containing proteins are a prime examples of how specialized translation can be regulated by specific tRNA modifications working in conjunction with distinct codon usage patterns, RNA binding proteins and specific 3' untranslated region (UTR) signals. We highlight the important role of selenoproteins in detoxifying ROS and provide details on how epitranscriptomic marks and selenoproteins can play key roles in and maintaining mitochondrial function and preventing disease.
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- Andrea Leonardi
- Colleges of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY, USA
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- Colleges of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, State University of New York Polytechnic Institute, Albany, NY, USA
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- Colleges of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, State University of New York Polytechnic Institute, Albany, NY, USA
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- Colleges of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, State University of New York Polytechnic Institute, Albany, NY, USA.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY, USA; RNA Institute, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY, USA.
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Yim SH, Everley RA, Schildberg FA, Lee SG, Orsi A, Barbati ZR, Karatepe K, Fomenko DE, Tsuji PA, Luo HR, Gygi SP, Sitia R, Sharpe AH, Hatfield DL, Gladyshev VN. Role of Selenof as a Gatekeeper of Secreted Disulfide-Rich Glycoproteins. Cell Rep 2019; 23:1387-1398. [PMID: 29719252 PMCID: PMC9183203 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2018.04.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2017] [Revised: 01/08/2018] [Accepted: 03/31/2018] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Selenof (15-kDa selenoprotein; Sep15) is an endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-resident thioredoxin-like oxidoreductase that occurs in a complex with UDP-glucose:glycoprotein glucosyltransferase. We found that Selenof deficiency in mice leads to elevated levels of non-functional circulating plasma immunoglobulins and increased secretion of IgM during in vitro splenic B cell differentiation. However, Selenof knockout animals show neither enhanced bacterial killing capacity nor antigen-induced systemic IgM activity, suggesting that excess immunoglobulins are not functional. In addition, ER-to-Golgi transport of a target glycoprotein was delayed in Selenof knockout embryonic fibroblasts, and proteomic analyses revealed that Selenof deficiency is primarily associated with antigen presentation and ER-to-Golgi transport. Together, the data suggest that Selenof functions as a gatekeeper of immunoglobulins and, likely, other client proteins that exit the ER, thereby supporting redox quality control of these proteins.
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- Sun Hee Yim
- Division of Genetics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology and Evergrande Center for Immunologic Diseases, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Division of Genetics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Division of Genetics and Cell Biology, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele and Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology and Evergrande Center for Immunologic Diseases, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Lab Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Redox Biology Center and Computational Science Initiative, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Towson University, Towson, MD 21252, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Lab Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Division of Genetics and Cell Biology, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele and Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology and Evergrande Center for Immunologic Diseases, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Molecular Biology of Selenium Section, Mouse Cancer Genetics Program, National Cancer Institute, NIH, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Division of Genetics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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Benham AM. Endoplasmic Reticulum redox pathways: in sickness and in health. FEBS J 2018; 286:311-321. [PMID: 30062765 DOI: 10.1111/febs.14618] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2018] [Revised: 06/25/2018] [Accepted: 07/27/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER) is the major site for secretory protein production in eukaryotic cells and like an efficient factory, it has the capacity to expand or contract its output depending on the demand for its services. A primary function of the ER is to co-ordinate the quality control of proteins as they enter this folding factory at the base of the secretory pathway. Reduction-oxidation (redox) reactions have an important role to play in the quality control process, through the provision of disulphide bonds and by maintaining a favourable redox environment for oxidative protein folding. The ER is also a major contributor to calcium homeostasis and is a key site for lipid biosynthesis, two processes that additionally impact upon, and are influenced by, redox in the ER compartment.
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Emerging roles of endoplasmic reticulum-resident selenoproteins in the regulation of cellular stress responses and the implications for metabolic disease. Biochem J 2018; 475:1037-1057. [PMID: 29559580 DOI: 10.1042/bcj20170920] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2017] [Revised: 02/12/2018] [Accepted: 02/13/2018] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Chronic metabolic stress leads to cellular dysfunction, characterized by excessive reactive oxygen species, endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress and inflammation, which has been implicated in the pathogenesis of obesity, type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. The ER is gaining recognition as a key organelle in integrating cellular stress responses. ER homeostasis is tightly regulated by a complex antioxidant system, which includes the seven ER-resident selenoproteins - 15 kDa selenoprotein, type 2 iodothyronine deiodinase and selenoproteins S, N, K, M and T. Here, the findings from biochemical, cell-based and mouse studies investigating the function of ER-resident selenoproteins are reviewed. Human experimental and genetic studies are drawn upon to highlight the relevance of these selenoproteins to the pathogenesis of metabolic disease. ER-resident selenoproteins have discrete roles in the regulation of oxidative, ER and inflammatory stress responses, as well as intracellular calcium homeostasis. To date, only two of these ER-resident selenoproteins, selenoproteins S and N have been implicated in human disease. Nonetheless, the potential of all seven ER-resident selenoproteins to ameliorate metabolic dysfunction warrants further investigation.
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Tian J, Liu J, Li J, Zheng J, Chen L, Wang Y, Liu Q, Ni J. The interaction of selenoprotein F (SELENOF) with retinol dehydrogenase 11 (RDH11) implied a role of SELENOF in vitamin A metabolism. Nutr Metab (Lond) 2018; 15:7. [PMID: 29410696 PMCID: PMC5778809 DOI: 10.1186/s12986-017-0235-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2017] [Accepted: 12/13/2017] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background Selenoprotein F (SELENOF, was named as 15-kDa selenoprotein) has been reported to play important roles in oxidative stress, endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress and carcinogenesis. However, the biological function of SELENOF is still unclear. Methods A yeast two-hybrid system was used to screen the interactive protein of SELENOF in a human fetal brain cDNA library. The interaction between SELENOF and interactive protein was validated by fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET), co-immunoprecipitation (co-IP) and pull-down assays. The production of retinol was detected by high performance liquid chromatograph (HPLC). Results Retinol dehydrogenase 11 (RDH11) was found to interact with SELENOF. RDH11 is an enzyme for the reduction of all-trans-retinaldehyde to all-trans-retinol (vitamin A). The production of retinol was decreased by SELENOF overexpression, resulting in more retinaldehyde. Conclusions SELENOF interacts with RDH11 and blocks its enzyme activity to reduce all-trans-retinaldehyde.
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- Jing Tian
- 1College of Life Sciences and Oceanography, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Marine Bioresources and Eco-environmental Science, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060 China
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- 1College of Life Sciences and Oceanography, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Marine Bioresources and Eco-environmental Science, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060 China
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- 2College of Life Sciences and Oceanography, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Microbial Genetic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060 China
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- 3College of Life Sciences and Oceanography, Shenzhen Engineering Laboratory for Marine Algal Biotechnology, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060 China
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- 4Department of Neurology, Shenzhen University 1st Affiliated Hospital, Shenzhen Second People's Hospital, Sungang West Road, Shenzhen, China
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- 1College of Life Sciences and Oceanography, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Marine Bioresources and Eco-environmental Science, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060 China
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- 1College of Life Sciences and Oceanography, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Marine Bioresources and Eco-environmental Science, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060 China
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- 1College of Life Sciences and Oceanography, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Marine Bioresources and Eco-environmental Science, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060 China
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Satoh T, Kato K. Structural Aspects of ER Glycoprotein Quality-Control System Mediated by Glucose Tagging. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2018; 1104:149-169. [PMID: 30484248 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-2158-0_8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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N-linked oligosaccharides attached to proteins act as tags for glycoprotein quality control, ensuring their appropriate folding and trafficking in cells. Interactions with a variety of intracellular lectins determine glycoprotein fates. Monoglucosylated glycoforms are the hallmarks of incompletely folded glycoproteins in the protein quality-control system, in which glucosidase II and UDP-glucose/glycoprotein glucosyltransferase are, respectively, responsible for glucose trimming and attachment. In this review, we summarize a recently emerging view of the structural basis of the functional mechanisms of these key enzymes as well as substrate N-linked oligosaccharides exhibiting flexible structures, as revealed by applying a series of biophysical techniques including small-angle X-ray scattering, X-ray crystallography, high-speed atomic force microscopy , electron microscopy , and computational simulation in conjunction with NMR spectroscopy.
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- Tadashi Satoh
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan. .,Exploratory Research Center on Life and Living Systems, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Okazaki, Aichi, Japan.
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Calles-Garcia D, Yang M, Soya N, Melero R, Ménade M, Ito Y, Vargas J, Lukacs GL, Kollman JM, Kozlov G, Gehring K. Single-particle electron microscopy structure of UDP-glucose:glycoprotein glucosyltransferase suggests a selectivity mechanism for misfolded proteins. J Biol Chem 2017; 292:11499-11507. [PMID: 28490633 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m117.789495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2017] [Revised: 05/07/2017] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The enzyme UDP-glucose:glycoprotein glucosyltransferase (UGGT) mediates quality control of glycoproteins in the endoplasmic reticulum by attaching glucose to N-linked glycan of misfolded proteins. As a sensor, UGGT ensures that misfolded proteins are recognized by the lectin chaperones and do not leave the secretory pathway. The structure of UGGT and the mechanism of its selectivity for misfolded proteins have been unknown for 25 years. Here, we used negative-stain electron microscopy and small-angle X-ray scattering to determine the structure of UGGT from Drosophila melanogaster at 18-Å resolution. Three-dimensional reconstructions revealed a cage-like structure with a large central cavity. Particle classification revealed flexibility that precluded determination of a high-resolution structure. Introduction of biotinylation sites into a fungal UGGT expressed in Escherichia coli allowed identification of the catalytic and first thioredoxin-like domains. We also used hydrogen-deuterium exchange mass spectrometry to map the binding site of an accessory protein, Sep15, to the first thioredoxin-like domain. The UGGT structural features identified suggest that the central cavity contains the catalytic site and is lined with hydrophobic surfaces. This enhances the binding of misfolded substrates with exposed hydrophobic residues and excludes folded proteins with hydrophilic surfaces. In conclusion, we have determined the UGGT structure, which enabled us to develop a plausible functional model of the mechanism for UGGT's selectivity for misfolded glycoproteins.
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- Daniel Calles-Garcia
- From the Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3G0B1, Canada
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- From the Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3G0B1, Canada
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- Department of Physiology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3G1Y6, Canada
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- Biocomputing Unit, Centro Nacional de Biotectnologíay, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- From the Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3G0B1, Canada
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- Synthetic Cellular Chemistry Laboratory, RIKEN, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Biocomputing Unit, Centro Nacional de Biotectnologíay, 28049 Madrid, Spain.,Bioengineering Lab, Escuela Politécnica Superior, Universidad San Pablo CEU, 28668 Madrid, Spain, and
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- Department of Physiology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3G1Y6, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-7350
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- From the Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3G0B1, Canada
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- From the Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3G0B1, Canada,
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Endoplasmic reticulum-resident selenoproteins as regulators of calcium signaling and homeostasis. Cell Calcium 2017; 70:76-86. [PMID: 28506443 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceca.2017.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2017] [Revised: 04/30/2017] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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The human selenoprotein family contains 25 members that share the common feature of containing the amino acid, selenocysteine (Sec). Seven selenoproteins are localized to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and exhibit different structural features contributing to a range of cellular functions. Some of these functions are either directly or indirectly related to calcium (Ca2+) flux or homeostasis. The presence of the unique Sec residue within these proteins allows some to exert oxidoreductase activity, while the function of the Sec in other ER selenoproteins remains unclear. Some functional insight has been achieved by identifying domains within the ER selenoproteins or through the identification of binding partners. For example, selenoproteins K and N (SELENOK AND SELENON) have been characterized through interactions detected with the inositol 1,4,5-triphosphate receptors (IP3Rs) and the SERCA2b pump, respectively. Others have been linked to chaperone functions related to ER stress or Ca2+ homeostasis. This review summarizes the details gathered to date regarding the ER-resident selenoproteins and their effect on Ca2+ regulated pathways and outcomes in cells.
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Zhu SY, Li XN, Sun XC, Lin J, Li W, Zhang C, Li JL. Biochemical characterization of the selenoproteome in Gallus gallus via bioinformatics analysis: structure–function relationships and interactions of binding molecules. Metallomics 2017; 9:124-131. [DOI: 10.1039/c6mt00254d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Zhao Y, Banerjee S, Huang P, Wang X, Gladson CL, Heston WD, Foster CB. Selenoprotein P neutralizes lipopolysaccharide and participates in hepatic cell endoplasmic reticulum stress response. FEBS Lett 2016; 590:4519-4530. [PMID: 27859223 DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.12494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2016] [Revised: 11/01/2016] [Accepted: 11/10/2016] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Low serum selenium or selenoprotein P (SePP) levels have been repetitively observed in severe sepsis. The role of SePP in sepsis is incompletely characterized. To test the hypothesis that lipopolysaccharide (LPS) interacts with SePP, we investigated the interaction between LPS and the histidine-rich (His-rich) regions of SePP. We demonstrate that both purified SePP and synthetic peptides corresponding to the His-rich motifs neutralized LPS. In addition, we used a hepatocyte model to study the fate of SePP in response to LPS or endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress. Our findings indicate that ER stress increases the cellular level of SePP and promotes its nuclear localization.
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- Yongzhong Zhao
- Department of Cancer Biology, Cleveland Clinic, OH, USA.,Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn Institute for Genomics and Multiscale Biology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Cancer Biology, Cleveland Clinic, OH, USA
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- Department of Cancer Biology, Cleveland Clinic, OH, USA
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- Department of Cancer Biology, Cleveland Clinic, OH, USA.,Center for Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Cleveland Clinic, OH, USA
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Brigelius-Flohé R, Flohé L. Selenium and redox signaling. Arch Biochem Biophys 2016; 617:48-59. [PMID: 27495740 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2016.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2016] [Accepted: 08/01/2016] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Selenium compounds that contain selenol functions or can be metabolized to selenols are toxic via superoxide and H2O2 generation, when ingested at dosages beyond requirement. At supra-nutritional dosages various forms of programmed cell death are observed. At physiological intakes, selenium exerts its function as constituent of selenoproteins, which overwhelmingly are oxidoreductases. Out of those, the glutathione peroxidases counteract hydroperoxide-stimulated signaling cascades comprising inflammation triggered by cytokines or lipid mediators, insulin signaling and different forms of programmed cell death. Similar events are exerted by peroxiredoxins, which functionally depend on the selenoproteins of the thioredoxin reductase family. The thiol peroxidases of both families can, however, also act as sensors for hydroperoxides, thereby initiating signaling cascades. Although the interaction of selenoproteins with signaling events has been established by genetic techniques, the in vivo relevance of these findings is still hard to delineate for several reasons: The biosynthesis of individual selenoproteins responds differently to variations of selenium intakes; selenium is preferentially delivered to privileged tissues via inter-organ trafficking and receptor-mediated uptake, and only half of the selenoproteins known by sequence have been functionally characterized. The fragmentary insights do not allow any uncritical use of selenium for optimizing human health.
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Universidad de la República, 11800 Montevideo, Uruguay; Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Padova, I-35121 Padova, Italy
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The 811 C/T polymorphism in the 3' untranslated region of the selenoprotein 15-kDa (Sep15) gene and breast cancer in Caucasian women. Tumour Biol 2015; 37:1009-15. [PMID: 26264612 DOI: 10.1007/s13277-015-3847-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2015] [Accepted: 07/24/2015] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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The 15-kDa selenoprotein (Sep15) is a selenocysteine-containing oxidoreductase in the endoplasmic reticulum that participates in disulfide-bond formation and protein folding control. The 3'-untranslated region (3'-UTR) contains two exclusively linked, polymorphic sites at positions 811 (C/T) and 1125 (G/A), which result in two functional haplotypes: 811C/1125G or 811T/1125A. The 811T/1125A variant occurs significantly more often in African-Americans as compared to Caucasians and has been linked to increased breast cancer risk in black women. We studied the 811C/T (rs5845) Sep15 gene polymorphism in 182 Caucasian women-83 breast cancer cases and 99 healthy controls-by pyrosequencing and polymerase chain reaction. Associations between allelic variants and clinico-pathological variables (e.g., age, stage of disease, tumor type, grading, and receptor status) were investigated. The genotype distribution in breast cancer patients (CC 63.9 %, CT 33.7 %, TT 2.4 %) and controls (69.7 %, CT 28.3 %, TT 2 %) showed no significant difference (OR 0.77, 95 % CI 0.41-1.42, p = 0.4). The overall low prevalence of the T allele was in accordance with that reported for Caucasians in previous studies. There was no significant association between 811C/T Sep15 polymorphism and any of clinico-pathological parameters. In conclusion, we are the first to report on 811C/T SEP 15 polymorphism in white breast cancer patients. Genotype variation within the 3'-UTR of the SEP 15 gene showed no association with breast cancer risk or clinico-pathological parameters in Caucasian women.
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Caramelo JJ, Parodi AJ. A sweet code for glycoprotein folding. FEBS Lett 2015; 589:3379-87. [PMID: 26226420 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2015.07.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2015] [Revised: 07/15/2015] [Accepted: 07/15/2015] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Glycoprotein synthesis is initiated in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) lumen upon transfer of a glycan (Glc3Man9GlcNAc2) from a lipid derivative to Asn residues (N-glycosylation). N-Glycan-dependent quality control of glycoprotein folding in the ER prevents exit to Golgi of folding intermediates, irreparably misfolded glycoproteins and incompletely assembled multimeric complexes. It also enhances folding efficiency by preventing aggregation and facilitating formation of proper disulfide bonds. The control mechanism essentially involves four components, resident lectin-chaperones (calnexin and calreticulin) that recognize monoglucosylated polymannose protein-linked glycans, lectin-associated oxidoreductase acting on monoglucosylated glycoproteins (ERp57), a glucosyltransferase that creates monoglucosylated epitopes in protein-linked glycans (UGGT) and a glucosidase (GII) that removes the glucose units added by UGGT. This last enzyme is the only mechanism component sensing glycoprotein conformations as it creates monoglucosylated glycans exclusively in not properly folded glycoproteins or in not completely assembled multimeric glycoprotein complexes. Glycoproteins that fail to properly fold are eventually driven to proteasomal degradation in the cytosol following the ER-associated degradation pathway, in which the extent of N-glycan demannosylation by ER mannosidases play a relevant role in the identification of irreparably misfolded glycoproteins.
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- Julio J Caramelo
- Fundación Instituto Leloir and Instituto de Investigaciones Bioquímicas de Buenos Aires (IIBBA-CONICET), Avda. Patricias Argentinas 435, Buenos Aires C1405BWE, Argentina.
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- Fundación Instituto Leloir and Instituto de Investigaciones Bioquímicas de Buenos Aires (IIBBA-CONICET), Avda. Patricias Argentinas 435, Buenos Aires C1405BWE, Argentina.
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Functional analysis of endoplasmic reticulum glucosyltransferase (UGGT): Synthetic chemistry's initiative in glycobiology. Semin Cell Dev Biol 2015; 41:90-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2014.11.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2014] [Revised: 11/28/2014] [Accepted: 11/28/2014] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Wolfenstetter S, Chakravorty D, Kula R, Urano D, Trusov Y, Sheahan MB, McCurdy DW, Assmann SM, Jones AM, Botella JR. Evidence for an unusual transmembrane configuration of AGG3, a class C Gγ subunit of Arabidopsis. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2015; 81:388-98. [PMID: 25430066 PMCID: PMC4334566 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12732] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2013] [Revised: 11/19/2014] [Accepted: 11/21/2014] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Heterotrimeric G proteins are crucial for the perception of external signals and subsequent signal transduction in animal and plant cells. In both model systems, the complex comprises one Gα, one Gβ, and one Gγ subunit. However, in addition to the canonical Gγ subunits (class A), plants also possess two unusual, plant-specific classes of Gγ subunits (classes B and C) that have not yet been found in animals. These include Gγ subunits lacking the C-terminal CaaX motif (class B), which is important for membrane anchoring of the protein; the presence of such subunits gives rise to a flexible sub-population of Gβ/γ heterodimers that are not necessarily restricted to the plasma membrane. Plants also contain class C Gγ subunits, which are twice the size of canonical Gγ subunits, with a predicted transmembrane domain and a large cysteine-rich extracellular C-terminus. However, neither the presence of the transmembrane domain nor the membrane topology have been unequivocally demonstrated. Here, we provide compelling evidence that AGG3, a class C Gγ subunit of Arabidopsis, contains a functional transmembrane domain, which is sufficient but not essential for plasma membrane localization, and that the cysteine-rich C-terminus is extracellular.
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- Susanne Wolfenstetter
- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, United States of America
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- Plant Genetic Engineering Laboratory, School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane 4072, Australia
- Biology Department, 208 Mueller Laboratory, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, United States of America
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- Plant Genetic Engineering Laboratory, School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane 4072, Australia
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- School of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales, 2308 Australia
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- School of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales, 2308 Australia
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- Biology Department, 208 Mueller Laboratory, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, United States of America
- Department of Pharmacology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, United States of America
- To whom correspondence should be addressed.
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- Plant Genetic Engineering Laboratory, School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane 4072, Australia
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Emerging structural insights into glycoprotein quality control coupled with N-glycan processing in the endoplasmic reticulum. Molecules 2015; 20:2475-91. [PMID: 25647580 PMCID: PMC6272264 DOI: 10.3390/molecules20022475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2014] [Revised: 01/04/2015] [Accepted: 01/22/2015] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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In the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), the sugar chain is initially introduced onto newly synthesized proteins as a triantennary tetradecasaccharide (Glc3Man9GlcNAc2). The attached oligosaccharide chain is subjected to stepwise trimming by the actions of specific glucosidases and mannosidases. In these processes, the transiently expressed N-glycans, as processing intermediates, function as signals for the determination of glycoprotein fates, i.e., folding, transport, or degradation through interactions of a series of intracellular lectins. The monoglucosylated glycoforms are hallmarks of incompletely folded states of glycoproteins in this system, whereas the outer mannose trimming leads to ER-associated glycoprotein degradation. This review outlines the recently emerging evidence regarding the molecular and structural basis of this glycoprotein quality control system, which is regulated through dynamic interplay among intracellular lectins, glycosidases, and glycosyltransferase. Structural snapshots of carbohydrate-lectin interactions have been provided at the atomic level using X-ray crystallographic analyses. Conformational ensembles of uncomplexed triantennary high-mannose-type oligosaccharides have been characterized in a quantitative manner using molecular dynamics simulation in conjunction with nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. These complementary views provide new insights into glycoprotein recognition in quality control coupled with N-glycan processing.
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Labunskyy VM, Hatfield DL, Gladyshev VN. Selenoproteins: molecular pathways and physiological roles. Physiol Rev 2014; 94:739-77. [PMID: 24987004 DOI: 10.1152/physrev.00039.2013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 825] [Impact Index Per Article: 82.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Selenium is an essential micronutrient with important functions in human health and relevance to several pathophysiological conditions. The biological effects of selenium are largely mediated by selenium-containing proteins (selenoproteins) that are present in all three domains of life. Although selenoproteins represent diverse molecular pathways and biological functions, all these proteins contain at least one selenocysteine (Sec), a selenium-containing amino acid, and most serve oxidoreductase functions. Sec is cotranslationally inserted into nascent polypeptide chains in response to the UGA codon, whose normal function is to terminate translation. To decode UGA as Sec, organisms evolved the Sec insertion machinery that allows incorporation of this amino acid at specific UGA codons in a process requiring a cis-acting Sec insertion sequence (SECIS) element. Although the basic mechanisms of Sec synthesis and insertion into proteins in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes have been studied in great detail, the identity and functions of many selenoproteins remain largely unknown. In the last decade, there has been significant progress in characterizing selenoproteins and selenoproteomes and understanding their physiological functions. We discuss current knowledge about how these unique proteins perform their functions at the molecular level and highlight new insights into the roles that selenoproteins play in human health.
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- Vyacheslav M Labunskyy
- Division of Genetics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; and Molecular Biology of Selenium Section, Mouse Cancer Genetics Program, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Division of Genetics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; and Molecular Biology of Selenium Section, Mouse Cancer Genetics Program, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Division of Genetics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; and Molecular Biology of Selenium Section, Mouse Cancer Genetics Program, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
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Adamson S, Browning R, Singh P, Nobles S, Villarreal A, Karim S. Transcriptional activation of antioxidants may compensate for selenoprotein deficiencies in Amblyomma maculatum (Acari: Ixodidae) injected with selK- or selM-dsRNA. INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2014; 23:497-510. [PMID: 24698418 PMCID: PMC4107163 DOI: 10.1111/imb.12098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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The Gulf-Coast tick, Amblyomma maculatum, possesses an elaborate set of selenoproteins, which prevent the deleterious effects from oxidative stress that would otherwise occur during feeding. In the current work, we examined the role of selenoprotein K (SelK) and selenoprotein M (SelM) in feeding A. maculatum by bioinformatics, transcriptional gene expression, RNA interference and antioxidant assays. The transcriptional expression of SelK did not vary significantly in salivary glands or midguts throughout the bloodmeal. However, there was a 58-fold increase in transcript levels of SelM in tick midguts. Ticks injected with selK-dsRNA or selM-dsRNA did not reveal any observable differences in egg viability but oviposition was reduced. Surprisingly, salivary antioxidant activity was higher in selenoprotein knockouts compared with controls, which is probably the result of compensatory transcriptional expression of genes involved in combating reactive oxygen species. In fact, quantitative real-time PCR data suggest that the transcriptional expression of catalase increased in ticks injected with selM-double-stranded RNA. Additionally, the transcriptional expression of selN decreased ∼90% in both SelK/SelM knockdowns. These data indicate that SelK and SelM are salivary antioxidants but are not essential for tick survival or reproduction and are compensated by other antioxidant systems.
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- S Adamson
- Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS, USA
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Takeda Y, Seko A, Hachisu M, Daikoku S, Izumi M, Koizumi A, Fujikawa K, Kajihara Y, Ito Y. Both isoforms of human UDP-glucose:glycoprotein glucosyltransferase are enzymatically active. Glycobiology 2014; 24:344-50. [DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwt163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Roman M, Jitaru P, Barbante C. Selenium biochemistry and its role for human health. Metallomics 2014; 6:25-54. [DOI: 10.1039/c3mt00185g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 421] [Impact Index Per Article: 42.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Understanding selenoprotein function and regulation through the use of rodent models. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2012; 1823:1633-42. [PMID: 22440326 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2012.02.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2012] [Revised: 02/27/2012] [Accepted: 02/29/2012] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Selenium (Se) is an essential micronutrient. Its biological functions are associated with selenoproteins, which contain this trace element in the form of the 21st amino acid, selenocysteine. Genetic defects in selenocysteine insertion into proteins are associated with severe health issues. The consequences of selenoprotein deficiency are more variable, with several selenoproteins being essential, and several showing no clear phenotypes. Much of these functional studies benefited from the use of rodent models and diets employing variable levels of Se. This review summarizes the data obtained with these models, focusing on mouse models with targeted expression of individual selenoproteins and removal of individual, subsets or all selenoproteins in a systemic or organ-specific manner. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Cell Biology of Metals.
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Chakravorty D, Trusov Y, Zhang W, Acharya BR, Sheahan MB, McCurdy DW, Assmann SM, Botella JR. An atypical heterotrimeric G-protein γ-subunit is involved in guard cell K⁺-channel regulation and morphological development in Arabidopsis thaliana. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2011; 67:840-51. [PMID: 21575088 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2011.04638.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 158] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Currently, there are strong inconsistencies in our knowledge of plant heterotrimeric G-proteins that suggest the existence of additional members of the family. We have identified a new Arabidopsis G-protein γ-subunit (AGG3) that modulates morphological development and ABA-regulation of stomatal aperture. AGG3 strongly interacts with the Arabidopsis G-protein β-subunit in vivo and in vitro. Most importantly, AGG3-deficient mutants account for all but one of the 'orphan' phenotypes previously unexplained by the two known γ-subunits in Arabidopsis. AGG3 has unique characteristics never before observed in plant or animal systems, such as its size (more than twice that of canonical γ-subunits) and the presence of a C-terminal Cys-rich domain. AGG3 thus represent a novel class of G-protein γ-subunits, widely spread throughout the plant kingdom but not present in animals. Homologues of AGG3 in rice have been identified as important quantitative trait loci for grain size and yield, but due to the atypical nature of the proteins their identity as G-protein subunits was thus far unknown. Our work demonstrates a similar trend in seeds of Arabidopsis agg3 mutants, and implicates G-proteins in such a crucial agronomic trait. The discovery of this highly atypical subunit reinforces the emerging notion that plant and animal G-proteins have distinct as well as shared evolutionary pathways.
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- David Chakravorty
- Plant Genetic Engineering Laboratory, School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Qld 4072, Australia
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Tsuji PA, Naranjo-Suarez S, Carlson BA, Tobe R, Yoo MH, Davis CD. Deficiency in the 15 kDa selenoprotein inhibits human colon cancer cell growth. Nutrients 2011; 3:805-17. [PMID: 22254125 PMCID: PMC3257736 DOI: 10.3390/nu3090805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2011] [Revised: 08/15/2011] [Accepted: 08/29/2011] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Selenium is an essential micronutrient for humans and animals, and is thought to provide protection against some forms of cancer. These protective effects appear to be mediated, at least in part, through selenium-containing proteins (selenoproteins). Recent studies in a mouse colon cancer cell line have shown that the 15 kDa selenoprotein (Sep15) may also play a role in promoting colon cancer. The current study investigated whether the effects of reversing the cancer phenotype observed when Sep15 was removed in mouse colon cancer cells, were recapitulated in HCT116 and HT29 human colorectal carcinoma cells. Targeted down-regulation of Sep15 using RNAi technology in these human colon cancer cell lines resulted in similarly decreased growth under anchorage-dependent and anchorage-independent conditions. However, the magnitude of reduction in cell growth was much less than in the mouse colon cancer cell line investigated previously. Furthermore, changes in cell cycle distribution were observed, indicating a delayed release of Sep15 deficient cells from the G(0)/G(1) phase after synchronization. The potential mechanism by which human colon cancer cells lacking Sep15 revert their cancer phenotype will need to be explored further.
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- Petra A. Tsuji
- Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD 20892, USA
- Molecular Biology of Selenium Section, Laboratory of Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA; (S.N.-S.); (B.A.C.); (R.T.); (M.-H.Y.)
- Nutritional Science Research Group, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD 20892, USA;
- Department of Biological Sciences, Towson University, Towson, MD 21252, USA
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- Molecular Biology of Selenium Section, Laboratory of Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA; (S.N.-S.); (B.A.C.); (R.T.); (M.-H.Y.)
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- Molecular Biology of Selenium Section, Laboratory of Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA; (S.N.-S.); (B.A.C.); (R.T.); (M.-H.Y.)
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- Molecular Biology of Selenium Section, Laboratory of Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA; (S.N.-S.); (B.A.C.); (R.T.); (M.-H.Y.)
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- Molecular Biology of Selenium Section, Laboratory of Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA; (S.N.-S.); (B.A.C.); (R.T.); (M.-H.Y.)
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- Nutritional Science Research Group, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD 20892, USA;
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A role for UDP-glucose glycoprotein glucosyltransferase in expression and quality control of MHC class I molecules. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2011; 108:4956-61. [PMID: 21383159 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1102527108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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UDP-glucose:glycoprotein glucosyltransferase 1 (UGT1) serves as a folding sensor in the calnexin/calreticulin glycoprotein quality control cycle. UGT1 recognizes disordered or hydrophobic patches near asparagine-linked nonglucosylated glycans in partially misfolded glycoproteins and reglucosylates them, returning folding intermediates to the cycle. In this study, we examine the contribution of the UGT1-regulated quality control mechanism to MHC I antigen presentation. Using UGT1-deficient mouse embryonic fibroblasts reconstituted or not with UGT1, we show that, although formation of the peptide loading complex is unaffected by the absence of UGT1, the surface level of MHC class I molecules is reduced, MHC class I maturation and assembly are delayed, and peptide selection is impaired. Most strikingly, we show using purified soluble components that UGT1 preferentially recognizes and reglucosylates MHC class I molecules associated with a suboptimal peptide. Our data suggest that, in addition to the extensively studied tapasin-mediated quality control mechanism, UGT1 adds a new level of control in the MHC class I antigen presentation pathway.
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The unique chemistry of oxygen has been both a resource and threat for life on Earth for at least the last 2.4 billion years. Reduction of oxygen to water allows extraction of more metabolic energy from organic fuels than is possible through anaerobic glycolysis. On the other hand, partially reduced oxygen can react indiscriminately with biomolecules to cause genetic damage, disease, and even death. Organisms in all three superkingdoms of life have developed elaborate mechanisms to protect against such oxidative damage and to exploit reactive oxygen species as sensors and signals in myriad processes. The sulfur amino acids, cysteine and methionine, are the main targets of reactive oxygen species in proteins. Oxidative modifications to cysteine and methionine can have profound effects on a protein's activity, structure, stability, and subcellular localization. Non-reversible oxidative modifications (oxidative damage) may contribute to molecular, cellular, and organismal aging and serve as signals for repair, removal, or programmed cell death. Reversible oxidation events can function as transient signals of physiological status, extracellular environment, nutrient availability, metabolic state, cell cycle phase, immune function, or sensory stimuli. Because of its chemical similarity to sulfur and stronger nucleophilicity and acidity, selenium is an extremely efficient catalyst of reactions between sulfur and oxygen. Most of the biological activity of selenium is due to selenoproteins containing selenocysteine, the 21st genetically encoded protein amino acid. The most abundant selenoproteins in mammals are the glutathione peroxidases (five to six genes) that reduce hydrogen peroxide and lipid hydroperoxides at the expense of glutathione and serve to limit the strength and duration of reactive oxygen signals. Thioredoxin reductases (three genes) use nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate to reduce oxidized thioredoxin and its homologs, which regulate a plethora of redox signaling events. Methionine sulfoxide reductase B1 reduces methionine sulfoxide back to methionine using thioredoxin as a reductant. Several selenoproteins in the endoplasmic reticulum are involved in the regulation of protein disulfide formation and unfolded protein response signaling, although their precise biological activities have not been determined. The most widely distributed selenoprotein family in Nature is represented by the highly conserved thioredoxin-like selenoprotein W and its homologs that have not yet been assigned specific biological functions. Recent evidence suggests selenoprotein W and the six other small thioredoxin-like mammalian selenoproteins may serve to transduce hydrogen peroxide signals into regulatory disulfide bonds in specific target proteins.
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- Wayne Chris Hawkes
- USDA Agricultural Research Service, Western Human Nutrition Research Center, University of California at Davis, Davis, USA
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- USDA Agricultural Research Service, Western Human Nutrition Research Center, University of California at Davis, Davis, USA
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Penney KL, Schumacher FR, Li H, Kraft P, Morris JS, Kurth T, Mucci LA, Hunter DJ, Kantoff PW, Stampfer MJ, Ma J. A large prospective study of SEP15 genetic variation, interaction with plasma selenium levels, and prostate cancer risk and survival. Cancer Prev Res (Phila) 2010; 3:604-10. [PMID: 20424130 DOI: 10.1158/1940-6207.capr-09-0216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The role of selenium in prostate cancer (PCa) risk remains controversial, but many epidemiologic studies suggest an inverse association with more aggressive disease. A recently discovered selenoprotein, SEP15, which is highly expressed in the prostate, may play a role either independently or by modifying the effects of selenium. We genotyped four common single-nucleotide polymorphisms capturing common variation (frequency >5%; R(2) > 0.8) within SEP15, as well as rs5859 in the 3' untranslated region, previously reported to reduce the efficiency of selenium incorporation into SEP15. We examined the association of these single-nucleotide polymorphisms with PCa risk and PCa-specific mortality, as well as their interactions with plasma selenium levels, in the Physicians' Health Study. In this nested case-control study (1,286 cases and 1,267 controls), SEP15 polymorphisms were not significantly associated with PCa risk. However, among the cases, three variants were significantly associated with PCa-specific mortality [rs479341 hazard ratio (HR), 1.94; 95% confidence interval (95% CI), 1.15-3.25; rs1407131 HR, 2.85; 95% CI, 1.45-5.59; rs561104 HR, 1.54; 95% CI, 1.12-2.11] with a recessive model. Additionally, rs561104 significantly modified the association of plasma selenium with PCa survival (P(interaction) = 0.02); an inverse relationship of high levels of selenium with PCa mortality was apparent only among those without the increased risk genotype. This study provides evidence that SEP15 genetic variation may influence PCa mortality. Additionally, the association of selenium with PCa mortality was modified by a variant, suggesting the possibility that some men with PCa may benefit more from selenium than others, depending on their genotype.
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- Kathryn L Penney
- Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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