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This chronologue seeks to document the discovery and development of an understanding of oligomeric ring protein assemblies known as chaperonins that assist protein folding in the cell. It provides detail regarding genetic, physiologic, biochemical, and biophysical studies of these ATP-utilizing machines from both in vivo and in vitro observations. The chronologue is organized into various topics of physiology and mechanism, for each of which a chronologic order is generally followed. The text is liberally illustrated to provide firsthand inspection of the key pieces of experimental data that propelled this field. Because of the length and depth of this piece, the use of the outline as a guide for selected reading is encouraged, but it should also be of help in pursuing the text in direct order.
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Chasapis CT, Makridakis M, Damdimopoulos AE, Zoidakis J, Lygirou V, Mavroidis M, Vlahou A, Miranda-Vizuete A, Spyrou G, Vlamis-Gardikas A. Implications of the mitochondrial interactome of mammalian thioredoxin 2 for normal cellular function and disease. Free Radic Biol Med 2019; 137:59-73. [PMID: 31018154 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2019.04.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2019] [Accepted: 04/15/2019] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Multiple thioredoxin isoforms exist in all living cells. To explore the possible functions of mammalian mitochondrial thioredoxin 2 (Trx2), an interactome of mouse Trx2 was initially created using (i) a monothiol mouse Trx2 species for capturing protein partners from different organs and (ii) yeast two hybrid screens on human liver and rat brain cDNA libraries. The resulting interactome consisted of 195 proteins (Trx2 included) plus the mitochondrial 16S RNA. 48 of these proteins were classified as mitochondrial (MitoCarta2.0 human inventory). In a second step, the mouse interactome was combined with the current four-membered mitochondrial sub-network of human Trx2 (BioGRID) to give a 53-membered human Trx2 mitochondrial interactome (52 interactor proteins plus the mitochondrial 16S RNA). Although thioredoxins are thiol-employing disulfide oxidoreductases, approximately half of the detected interactions were not due to covalent disulfide bonds. This finding reinstates the extended role of thioredoxins as moderators of protein function by specific non-covalent, protein-protein interactions. Analysis of the mitochondrial interactome suggested that human Trx2 was involved potentially in mitochondrial integrity, formation of iron sulfur clusters, detoxification of aldehydes, mitoribosome assembly and protein synthesis, protein folding, ADP ribosylation, amino acid and lipid metabolism, glycolysis, the TCA cycle and the electron transport chain. The oxidoreductase functions of Trx2 were verified by its detected interactions with mitochondrial peroxiredoxins and methionine sulfoxide reductase. Parkinson's disease, triosephosphate isomerase deficiency, combined oxidative phosphorylation deficiency, and lactate dehydrogenase b deficiency are some of the diseases where the proposed mitochondrial network of Trx2 may be implicated.
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- Christos T Chasapis
- Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences (ICE-HT), Foundation for Research and Technology, Hellas (FORTH), Platani 26504, Greece
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- Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Center for Innovative Medicine (CIMED), Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden
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- Biomedical Research Foundation, Academy of Athens (BRFAA), Athens, Greece
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- Biomedical Research Foundation, Academy of Athens (BRFAA), Athens, Greece
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- Biomedical Research Foundation, Academy of Athens (BRFAA), Athens, Greece
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- Biomedical Research Foundation, Academy of Athens (BRFAA), Athens, Greece
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- Redox Homeostasis Group, Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBIS), Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío/CSIC/Universidad de Sevilla, 41013 Sevilla, Spain
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Division of Clinical Chemistry, Linköping University, S-581 85 Linköping, Sweden
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Vilasi S, Bulone D, Caruso Bavisotto C, Campanella C, Marino Gammazza A, San Biagio PL, Cappello F, Conway de Macario E, Macario AJL. Chaperonin of Group I: Oligomeric Spectrum and Biochemical and Biological Implications. Front Mol Biosci 2018; 4:99. [PMID: 29423396 PMCID: PMC5788889 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2017.00099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2017] [Accepted: 12/28/2017] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Chaperonins play various physiological roles and can also be pathogenic. Elucidation of their structure, e.g., oligomeric status and post-translational modifications (PTM), is necessary to understand their functions and mechanisms of action in health and disease. Group I chaperonins form tetradecamers with two stacked heptameric rings. The tetradecamer is considered the typical functional complex for folding of client polypeptides. However, other forms such as the monomer and oligomers with smaller number of subunits than the classical tetradecamer, also occur in cells. The properties and functions of the monomer and oligomers, and their roles in chaperonin-associated diseases are still incompletely understood. Chaperonin I in eukaryotes occurs in various locations, not just the mitochondrion, which is its canonical place of residence and function. Eukaryotic Chaperonin I, namely Hsp60 (designated HSP60 or HSPD1 in humans) has, indeed, been found in the cytosol; the plasma-cell membrane; on the outer surface of cells; in the intercellular space; in biological liquids such as lymph, blood, and cerebrospinal fluid; and in secretions, for instance saliva and urine. Hsp60 has also been found in cell-derived vesicles such as exosomes. The functions of Hsp60 in all these non-canonical locales are still poorly characterized and one of the questions not yet answered is in what form, i.e., monomer or oligomer, is the chaperonin present in these non-canonical locations. In view of the steady increase in interest on chaperonopathies over the last several years, we have studied human HSP60 to determine its role in various diseases, its locations in cells and tissues and migrations in the body, and its post-translational modifications that might have an impact on its location and function. We also carried out experiments to characterize the oligomeric status of extramitochondrial of HSP60 in solution. Here, we provide an overview of our results, focusing on the oligomeric equilibrium and stability of the various forms of HSP60 in comparison with GroEL. We also discuss post-translational modifications associated with anti-cancer drugs to indicate the potential of Hsp60 in Medicine, as a biomarker and etiopathogenic factor.
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- Silvia Vilasi
- Institute of Biophysics, National Research Council, Palermo, Italy
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- Institute of Biophysics, National Research Council, Palermo, Italy
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- Section of Human Anatomy, Department of Experimental Biomedicine and Clinical Neuroscience (BIONEC), University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.,Euro-Mediterranean Institute of Science and Technology (IEMEST), Palermo, Italy
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- Section of Human Anatomy, Department of Experimental Biomedicine and Clinical Neuroscience (BIONEC), University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.,Euro-Mediterranean Institute of Science and Technology (IEMEST), Palermo, Italy
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- Section of Human Anatomy, Department of Experimental Biomedicine and Clinical Neuroscience (BIONEC), University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.,Euro-Mediterranean Institute of Science and Technology (IEMEST), Palermo, Italy
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- Section of Human Anatomy, Department of Experimental Biomedicine and Clinical Neuroscience (BIONEC), University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.,Euro-Mediterranean Institute of Science and Technology (IEMEST), Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of Maryland at Baltimore, and Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology (IMET), Columbus Center, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- Euro-Mediterranean Institute of Science and Technology (IEMEST), Palermo, Italy.,Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of Maryland at Baltimore, and Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology (IMET), Columbus Center, Baltimore, MD, United States
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Hayer-Hartl M. From chaperonins to Rubisco assembly and metabolic repair. Protein Sci 2017; 26:2324-2333. [PMID: 28960553 DOI: 10.1002/pro.3309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2017] [Revised: 09/21/2017] [Accepted: 09/25/2017] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (Rubisco) mediates the fixation of atmospheric CO2 in photosynthesis by catalyzing the carboxylation of the 5-carbon sugar ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate (RuBP). Despite its pivotal role, Rubisco is an inefficient enzyme and thus has been a key target for bioengineering. However, efforts to increase crop yields by Rubisco engineering remain unsuccessful, due in part to the complex machinery of molecular chaperones required for Rubisco biogenesis and metabolic repair. While the large subunit of Rubisco generally requires the chaperonin system for folding, the evolution of the hexadecameric Rubisco from its dimeric precursor resulted in the dependence on an array of additional factors required for assembly. Moreover, Rubisco function can be inhibited by a range of sugar-phosphate ligands. Metabolic repair of Rubisco depends on remodeling by the ATP-dependent Rubisco activase and hydrolysis of inhibitors by specific phosphatases. This review highlights our work toward understanding the structure and mechanism of these auxiliary machineries.
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- Manajit Hayer-Hartl
- Department of Cellular Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany
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Heat shock proteins are molecular chaperones with a central role in protein folding and cellular protein homeostasis. They also play major roles in the development of cancer and in recent years have emerged as promising therapeutic targets. In this review, we discuss the known molecular mechanisms of various heat shock protein families and their involvement in cancer and in particular, multiple myeloma. In addition, we address the current progress and challenges in pharmacologically targeting these proteins as anti-cancer therapeutic strategies.
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Vilasi S, Carrotta R, Mangione MR, Campanella C, Librizzi F, Randazzo L, Martorana V, Marino Gammazza A, Ortore MG, Vilasi A, Pocsfalvi G, Burgio G, Corona D, Palumbo Piccionello A, Zummo G, Bulone D, Conway de Macario E, Macario AJL, San Biagio PL, Cappello F. Human Hsp60 with its mitochondrial import signal occurs in solution as heptamers and tetradecamers remarkably stable over a wide range of concentrations. PLoS One 2014; 9:e97657. [PMID: 24830947 PMCID: PMC4022648 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0097657] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2014] [Accepted: 04/21/2014] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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It has been established that Hsp60 can accumulate in the cytosol in various pathological conditions, including cancer and chronic inflammatory diseases. Part or all of the cytosolic Hsp60 could be naïve, namely, bear the mitochondrial import signal (MIS), but neither the structure nor the in solution oligomeric organization of this cytosolic molecule has still been elucidated. Here we present a detailed study of the structure and self-organization of naïve cytosolic Hsp60 in solution. Results were obtained by different biophysical methods (light and X ray scattering, single molecule spectroscopy and hydrodynamics) that all together allowed us to assay a wide range of concentrations of Hsp60. We found that Naïve Hsp60 in aqueous solution is assembled in very stable heptamers and tetradecamers at all concentrations assayed, without any trace of monomer presence.
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- Silvia Vilasi
- Institute of Biophysics, National Research Council, Palermo, Italy
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- Institute of Biophysics, National Research Council, Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Experimental Biomedicine and Clinical Neurosciences, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
- Euro-Mediterranean Institute of Science and Technology, Palermo, Italy
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- Institute of Biophysics, National Research Council, Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Experimental Biomedicine and Clinical Neurosciences, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
- Euro-Mediterranean Institute of Science and Technology, Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Life and Environmental Sciences and National Interuniversity Consortium for the Physical Sciences of Matter, Marche Polytechnic University, Ancona, Italy
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- Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources, National Research Council, Napoli, Italy
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- Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources, National Research Council, Napoli, Italy
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- Department of biological chemical and pharmaceutical sciences and technologies, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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- Department of biological chemical and pharmaceutical sciences and technologies, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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- Institute of Biophysics, National Research Council, Palermo, Italy
- Department of biological chemical and pharmaceutical sciences and technologies, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Experimental Biomedicine and Clinical Neurosciences, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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- Institute of Biophysics, National Research Council, Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of Maryland at Baltimore, and Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology, Columbus Center, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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- Euro-Mediterranean Institute of Science and Technology, Palermo, Italy
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of Maryland at Baltimore, and Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology, Columbus Center, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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- Institute of Biophysics, National Research Council, Palermo, Italy
- Department of Experimental Biomedicine and Clinical Neurosciences, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
- Euro-Mediterranean Institute of Science and Technology, Palermo, Italy
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The historical origins and current interpretation of the molecular chaperone concept are presented, with the emphasis on the distinction between folding chaperones and assembly chaperones. Definitions of some basic terms in this field are offered and misconceptions pointed out. Two examples of assembly chaperone are discussed in more detail: the role of numerous histone chaperones in fundamental nuclear processes and the co-operation of assembly chaperones with folding chaperones in the production of the world's most important enzyme.
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- R John Ellis
- School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK.
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Claiborn K. A mystery unfolds: Franz-Ulrich Hartl and Arthur L. Horwich win the 2011 Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award. J Clin Invest 2011; 121:3774-7. [PMID: 22059237 DOI: 10.1172/jci60889] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Chaperone-assisted protein folding: the path to discovery from a personal perspective. Nat Med 2011; 17:1206-10. [PMID: 21989011 DOI: 10.1038/nm.2467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Shim JH, Yoon SH, Kim KH, Han JY, Ha JY, Hyun DH, Paek SH, Kang UJ, Zhuang X, Son JH. The antioxidant Trolox helps recovery from the familial Parkinson's disease-specific mitochondrial deficits caused by PINK1- and DJ-1-deficiency in dopaminergic neuronal cells. Mitochondrion 2011; 11:707-15. [PMID: 21664494 DOI: 10.1016/j.mito.2011.05.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2010] [Revised: 05/03/2011] [Accepted: 05/25/2011] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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The nature of mitochondrial dysfunction in dopaminergic neurons in familial Parkinson's disease (PD) is unknown. We characterized the pathophenotypes of dopaminergic neuronal cells that were deficient in PINK1 or DJ-1, genes with mutations linked to familial PD. Both PINK1- and DJ-1-deficient dopaminergic neurons had the increased production of ROS, severe mitochondrial structural damages and complex I deficits. A striking decrease in complex IV activity was also prominent by the PINK1-deficiency. The complex I deficits were relatively PD-specific and were significantly improved by an antioxidant Trolox. These data suggest that mitochondrial deficits are severe in dopaminergic neurons in familial PD and antioxidant-mediated functional recovery is feasible.
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- Jung Hee Shim
- Department of Brain & Cognitive Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Brain Disease Research Institute, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea
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Arya R, Lakhotia SC. Hsp60D is essential for caspase-mediated induced apoptosis in Drosophila melanogaster. Cell Stress Chaperones 2008; 13:509-26. [PMID: 18506601 PMCID: PMC2673934 DOI: 10.1007/s12192-008-0051-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2008] [Revised: 04/30/2008] [Accepted: 04/30/2008] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Apart from their roles as chaperones, heat shock proteins are involved in other vital activities including apoptosis with mammalian Hsp60 being ascribed proapoptotic as well as antiapoptotic roles. Using conditional RNAi or overexpression of Hsp60D, a member of the Hsp60 family in Drosophila melanogaster, we show that the downregulation of this protein blocks caspase-dependent induced apoptosis. GMR-Gal4-driven RNAi for Hsp60D in developing eyes dominantly suppressed cell death caused by expression of Reaper, Hid, or Grim (RHG), the key activators of canonical cell death pathway. Likewise, Hsp60D-RNAi rescued cell death induced by GMR-Gal4-directed expression of full-length and activated DRONC. Overexpression of Hsp60D enhanced cell death induced either by directed expression of RHG or DRONC. However, the downregulation of Hsp60D failed to suppress apoptosis caused by unguarded caspases in DIAP1-RNAi flies. Furthermore, in DIAP1-RNAi background, Hsp60D-RNAi also failed to inhibit apoptosis induced by RHG expression. The Hsp60 and DIAP1 show diffuse and distinct granular overlapping distributions in the photoreceptor cells with the bulk of both proteins being outside the mitochondria. Depletion of either of these proteins disrupts the granular distribution of the other. We suggest that in the absence of Hsp60D, DIAP1 is unable to dissociate from effecter and executioner caspases, which thus remain inactive.
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- Richa Arya
- Cytogenetics Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221 005 India
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- Cytogenetics Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221 005 India
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González-Riopedre M, Novás A, Dobaño E, Ramos-Martínez JI, Barcia R. Effect of thermal stress on protein expression in the mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis Lmk. Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol 2007; 147:531-40. [PMID: 17462933 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2007.03.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2006] [Revised: 02/28/2007] [Accepted: 03/12/2007] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The exposure of organisms to stressing agents may affect the level and pattern of protein expression. Certain proteins with an important role in protein homeostasis and in the tolerance to stress, known as stress proteins, are especially affected. Different tissues and cells show a range of sensitivities to stress, depending on the habitat to which organisms have adapted. The response of different tissues and cells from the mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis Lmk. to heat shock has been studied in this work using different exposure times and temperatures. During the assays, protein expression was observed to vary depending on the tissue studied, the temperature or the exposure time used. But maybe the most prominent thing is the different response obtained from the cultured haemocytes and those freshly obtained from stressed mussels, which makes us think that the extraction procedure is the main cause of the response of non-cultured cells, although the haemolymph may contain components that modulate haemocyte response.
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- M González-Riopedre
- Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Facultad de Veterinaria, Campus de Lugo, E-27002 Lugo, Spain
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Sharma S, Reddy P, Rohilla MS, Tiwari P. Expression of HSP60 homologue in sheep blowfly Lucilia cuprina during development and heat stress. J Therm Biol 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2006.05.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Rassow J, Pfanner N. Molecular chaperones and intracellular protein translocation. Rev Physiol Biochem Pharmacol 2006; 126:199-264. [PMID: 7886379 DOI: 10.1007/bfb0049777] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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- J Rassow
- Biochemisches Institut, Universität Freiburg, Germany
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Stürzenbaum SR, Arts MSJ, Kammenga JE. Molecular cloning and characterization of Cpn60 in the free-living nematode Plectus acuminatus. Cell Stress Chaperones 2005; 10:79-85. [PMID: 16038405 PMCID: PMC1176475 DOI: 10.1379/csc-84r.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2004] [Revised: 12/08/2004] [Accepted: 12/09/2004] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Heat shock proteins (Hsps) have provoked interest not only because of their involvement in human diseases but also for their potential as biomarkers of environmental pollution. Whereas the former interest is covered by numerous reports, the latter is an exciting new field of research. We report the isolation of the full-length cpn60 messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) and partial genomic deoxyribonucleic acid from the free-living, environmental sentinel nematode Plectus acuminatus, a species used in classical ecotoxicity tests. Although the primary sequence displays high identity scores to other nematodes and human Cpn60 (75% and 70%, respectively), the intron-exon structure differs markedly. Furthermore, although mRNA levels remained constant after exposure to ZnCl2 (0-330 microM) under laboratory conditions, protein levels increased significantly in a dose-dependent manner. In conclusion, this first account of molecular genetic similarities and differences of Cpn60 in a neglected nematode taxon provides a valuable insight into its potential uses in gene-based ecotoxicological risk assessment exercises.
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- S R Stürzenbaum
- Cardiff School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, PO Box 915, Cardiff CF10 3TL, Wales, UK.
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John Ellis R. From chloroplasts to chaperones: how one thing led to another. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2004; 80:333-43. [PMID: 16328830 DOI: 10.1023/b:pres.0000030439.62331.d0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Two lessons I have learned during my research career are the importance of following up unexpected observations and realizing that the most obvious interpretation of such observations can be rational but wrong. When you carry out an experiment there is usually an expectation that the result will fall within a range of predictable outcomes, and it is natural to feel pleased when this turns out to be the case. In my view this response is a mistake. What you should be hoping for is a puzzling result that was not anticipated since with persistence and luck further experiments may uncover something new. In this article I give a personal account of how studies of the synthesis of proteins by isolated intact chloroplasts from pea leaves eventually led to the discovery of the chaperonins and the formulation of the general concept of the molecular chaperone function that is now seen to be a fundamental aspect of how all cells work.
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- R John Ellis
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK,
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Ishii N, Taguchi H, Sumi M, Yoshida M. Structure of holo-chaperonin studied with electron microscopy Oligomeric cpn10 on top of two layers of cpn60 rings with two stripes each. FEBS Lett 2002; 299:169-74. [PMID: 1347504 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(92)80240-h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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A structural model of holo-chaperonin, known as a protein-folding control protein comprising 60 kDa (cpn60) and 10 kDa polypeptides (cpn10), is proposed based on the electron microscopic images of holo-chaperonin from Thermus thermophilus and cpn60 from Paracoccus denitrificans. Isolated Paracoccus cpn60 shows very similar images to those of Escherichia coli tetradecameric cpn60, a seven-membered ring in the top view and a rectangular shape with four stripes in the side view. However, a small number of half-thick rectangles with two stripes are also seen which indicates that a single cpn60-heptamer ring has two stripes parallel to the plane of the ring. Thermus holo-chaperonin shows a bullet-like shape in the side view, and antibody against cpn10 binds only to the round side of the bullet. We conclude that a single cpn60-heptamer ring with two stripes stacks into two layers, and a cpn10 oligomer binds to one side of the layers.
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- N Ishii
- Department of Life Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan
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Lissin NM, Sedelnikova SE, Ryazantsev SN. Crystallization of the cpn6O/cpn10 complex (‘holo-chaperonin’) fromThermus thermophilus. FEBS Lett 2001; 311:22-4. [PMID: 1356830 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(92)81357-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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A stable complex of the chaperonins, cpn60 and cpn10 (Escherichia coli GroEL and GroES homologues), from the extremely thermophilic bacterium Thermus thermophilus has been isolated and crystallized. The crystals have dimensions up to 30 x 200 x 200 microns. Ultra-thin sections of the crystals estimated by electron microscopy showed a rectangular lattice with unit cell parameters of a = 17 nm, b = 27 nm, gamma = 90 degrees.
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- N M Lissin
- Institute of Protein Research, Academy of Sciences of Russia, Moscow Region
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Kopecek P, Altmannová K, Weigl E. Stress proteins: nomenclature, division and functions. Biomed Pap Med Fac Univ Palacky Olomouc Czech Repub 2001; 145:39-47. [PMID: 12426770 DOI: 10.5507/bp.2001.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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The heat shock response, characterized by increased expression of heat shock proteins (Hsps) is induced by exposure of cells and tissues to extreme conditions that cause acute or chronic stress. Hsps function as molecular chaperones in regulating cellular homeostasis and promoting survival. If the stress is too severe, a signal that leads to programmed cell death, apoptosis, is activated, thereby providing a finely tuned balance between survival and death. In addition to extracellular stimuli, several nonstressfull conditions induce Hsps during normal cellular growth and development. The enhanced heat shock gene expression in response to various stimuli is regulated by heat shock transcription factors.
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- P Kopecek
- Department of Biology, Medical Faculty, Palacký University, 775 15 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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Logan DC, Millar AH, Sweetlove LJ, Hill SA, Leaver CJ. Mitochondrial biogenesis during germination in maize embryos. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2001; 125:662-72. [PMID: 11161024 PMCID: PMC64868 DOI: 10.1104/pp.125.2.662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2000] [Revised: 08/24/2000] [Accepted: 09/22/2000] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Mitochondrial biogenesis and metabolism were investigated during maize (Zea mays) seed germination. Mitochondria from dry and imbibed seed exhibited NADH-dependent O(2) uptake that was completely inhibited by KCN and antimycin A. Mitochondria in the dry seed had a lower rate of succinate-dependent O(2) uptake relative to that measured in imbibed and germinated seed. The activities of the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle enzymes, pyruvate dehydrogenase complex, 2-oxoglutarate dehydrogenase complex, NAD-malic enzyme, and citrate synthase, are similarly low in mitochondria from dry seed and this correlates with a lower relative abundance of the mitochondrial matrix-located citrate synthase and pyruvate dehydrogenase complex E1alpha-subunit polypeptides. Electron microscopy revealed that mitochondria in the dry seed have a poorly developed internal membrane structure with few cristae; following 24 h of germination the mitochondria developed a more normal structure with more developed cristae. The mitochondria from maize embryos could be fractionated into two subpopulations by Suc density gradient centrifugation: one subpopulation of buoyant density equivalent to 22% to 28% (w/w) Suc; the other equivalent to 37% to 42% (w/w) Suc. These two subpopulations had different activities of specific mitochondrial enzymes and contained different amounts of specific mitochondrial proteins as revealed by western-blot analysis. Both subpopulations from the dry embryo were comprised of poorly developed mitochondria. However, during imbibition mitochondria in the heavy fraction (37%-42% [w/w] Suc) progressively acquired characteristics of fully functional mitochondria found in the germinated seedling in terms of structure, enzymic activity, and protein complement. In contrast, mitochondria in the light fraction (22% to 28% [w/w] Suc) show no significant structural change during imbibition and the amounts of specific mitochondrial proteins decreased significantly during germination.
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- D C Logan
- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3RB, United Kingdom.
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- A R Coates
- Department of Medical Microbiology, St George's Hospital Medical School, London, UK
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Arias AE, Vélez-Granell CS, Mayer G, Bendayan M. Colocalization of chaperone Cpn60, proinsulin and convertase PC1 within immature secretory granules of insulin-secreting cells suggests a role for Cpn60 in insulin processing. J Cell Sci 2000; 113 ( Pt 11):2075-83. [PMID: 10806118 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.113.11.2075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Many of the mechanisms that control insulin processing and packaging by interaction with different elements along the secretory pathway remain poorly understood. We have investigated the possibility that Cpn60, a member of the heat shock protein family, may be present in rat insulin-secreting cells, participating in the proinsulin-insulin maturation process. Immunofluorescence and high resolution immunocytochemical studies revealed the presence of the Cpn60 protein all along the insulin secretory pathway, being particularly abundant over the proinsulin-containing immature secretory granules. Double-labeling experiments showed associations between Cpn60 and proinsulin, as well as between Cpn60 and PC1 convertase, with a preferential binding to proinsulin. These findings paralleled those of coimmunoprecipitation studies showing the Cpn60 chaperone and the mature form of the PC1 convertase in proinsulin immunoprecipitates, as well as the PC1 in Cpn60 immunoprecipitates from total islet cell extracts. In vitro binding of Cpn60 to proinsulin, insulin and glucagon was also documented. Cpn60, significantly abundant in proinsulin-containing secretory granules where conversion of proinsulin to insulin takes place, and the colocalization of the chaperone with proinsulin and PC1 convertase suggest that the Cpn60 protein may play a role directing precise molecular interactions during insulin processing and/or packaging.
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- A E Arias
- Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada. Moise
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Kowalski JM, Kelly RM, Konisky J, Clark DS, Wittrup KD. Purification and functional characterization of a chaperone from Methanococcus jannaschii. Syst Appl Microbiol 1998; 21:173-8. [PMID: 9704106 DOI: 10.1016/s0723-2020(98)80021-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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A chaperone from Methanococcus jannaschii has been purified to homogeneity with a single chromatographic step. The chaperone was identified and characterized using activity assays for characteristic chaperone abilities. The M. jannaschii chaperone binds unfolded proteins, protects proteins against heat-induced aggregation, and has a strongly temperature dependent ATPase activity. The chaperone has also been shown to inhibit the spontaneous refolding of a mesophilic protein at low temperatures. The purified chaperone complex has a M(r) of about 1,000,000 and consists of a single type of subunit with an approximate M(r) of 60,000. Analysis of partial sequence data reveals that this chaperone is the predicted protein product of the previously identified chaperonin gene in M. jannaschii (BULT et al., 1996). To our knowledge, this is the first functional characterization of a chaperone from a methanogen.
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- J M Kowalski
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, USA
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Torres-Ruiz JA, McFadden BA. Chaperonin 60(14) and co-chaperonin 10(7) from Chromatium vinosum. Methods Enzymol 1998; 290:147-54. [PMID: 9534158 DOI: 10.1016/s0076-6879(98)90014-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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- J A Torres-Ruiz
- Department of Biochemistry, Ponce School of Medicine, Puerto Rico 00732, USA
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Dubaquié Y, Schatz G, Rospert S. Purification of yeast mitochondrial chaperonin 60 and co-chaperonin 10. Methods Enzymol 1998; 290:193-202. [PMID: 9534163 DOI: 10.1016/s0076-6879(98)90019-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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- Y Dubaquié
- Basel Abteilung Biochemie, Biozentrum Universite Basel, Switzerland
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Benkirane R, Gottschalk MG, Dubreuil JD. Identification of a Streptococcus suis 60-kDa heat-shock protein using western blotting. FEMS Microbiol Lett 1997; 153:379-85. [PMID: 9271866 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1997.tb12599.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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This study was initiated to investigate the presence of stress or heat shock proteins in Streptococcus suis. SDS-PAGE and Western blotting using polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies directed against different bacterial heat shock proteins demonstrated cross-reactivity with a protein with an apparent molecular mass of 60 kDa in all S. suis serotypes tested. The 60-kDa cross-reactive protein was present in virulent and avirulent strains of S. suis serotype 2 tested. A rabbit antiserum raised against the 60-kDa S. suis protein recognized the 60-65-kDa heat shock proteins in different Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. Finally, the 60-kDa heat shock protein of S. suis was shown to be mostly secreted into the culture supernatant and, to a lesser extent, cell-associated. Growth under heat stress conditions (42 degrees C) increased the expression of the 60-kDa S. suis protein. This protein is, to our knowledge, the first common antigen found in different serotypes of S. suis.
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- R Benkirane
- Dèpartement de pathologie et microbiologie, Faculté de médecine vétérinaire, Université de Montrèal, Saint-Hyacinthe, Què, Canada
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Ryan MT, Naylor DJ, Høj PB, Clark MS, Hoogenraad NJ. The role of molecular chaperones in mitochondrial protein import and folding. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CYTOLOGY 1997; 174:127-93. [PMID: 9161007 DOI: 10.1016/s0074-7696(08)62117-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Molecular chaperones play a critical role in many cellular processes. This review concentrates on their role in targeting of proteins to the mitochondria and the subsequent folding of the imported protein. It also reviews the role of molecular chaperons in protein degradation, a process that not only regulates the turnover of proteins but also eliminates proteins that have folded incorrectly or have aggregated as a result of cell stress. Finally, the role of molecular chaperones, in particular to mitochondrial chaperonins, in disease is reviewed. In support of the endosymbiont theory on the origin of mitochondria, the chaperones of the mitochondrial compartment show a high degree of similarity to bacterial molecular chaperones. Thus, studies of protein folding in bacteria such as Escherichia coli have proved to be instructive in understanding the process in the eukaryotic cell. As in bacteria, the molecular chaperone genes of eukaryotes are activated by a variety of stresses. The regulation of stress genes involved in mitochondrial chaperone function is reviewed and major unsolved questions regarding the regulation, function, and involvement in disease of the molecular chaperones are identified.
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- M T Ryan
- School of Biochemistry, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia
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Mitochondria import many hundreds of different proteins that are encoded by nuclear genes. These proteins are targeted to the mitochondria, translocated through the mitochondrial membranes, and sorted to the different mitochondrial subcompartments. Separate translocases in the mitochondrial outer membrane (TOM complex) and in the inner membrane (TIM complex) facilitate recognition of preproteins and transport across the two membranes. Factors in the cytosol assist in targeting of preproteins. Protein components in the matrix partake in energetically driving translocation in a reaction that depends on the membrane potential and matrix-ATP. Molecular chaperones in the matrix exert multiple functions in translocation, sorting, folding, and assembly of newly imported proteins.
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- W Neupert
- Institut für Physiologische Chemie der Universität München, Germany
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The last few years has seen enormous progress in understanding of protein targeting and translocation across biological membranes. Many of the key molecules involved have been identified, isolated, and the corresponding genes cloned, opening up the way for detailed analysis of the structure and function of these molecular machines. It has become clear that the protein translocation machinery of the endoplasmic reticulum is very closely related to that of bacteria, and probably represents an ancient solution to the problem of how to get a protein across a membrane. One of the thylakoid translocation systems looks as if it will also be very similar, and probably represents a pathway inherited from the ancestral endosymbiont. It is interesting that, so far, there is a perfect correlation between thylakoid proteins which are present in photosynthetic prokaryotes and those which use the sec pathway in chloroplasts; conversely, OE16 and 23 which use the delta pH pathway are not found in cyanobacteria. To date, no Sec-related proteins have been found in mitochondria, although these organelles also arose as a result of endosymbiotic events. However, virtually nothing is known about the insertion of mitochondrially encoded proteins into the inner membrane. Is the inner membrane machinery which translocates cytoplasmically synthesized proteins capable of operating in reverse to export proteins from the matrix, or is there a separate system? Alternatively, do membrane proteins encoded by mitochondrial DNA insert independently of accessory proteins? Unlike nuclear-encoded proteins, proteins encoded by mtDNA are not faced with a choice of membrane and, in principle, could simply partition into the inner membrane. The ancestors of mitochondria almost certainly had a Sec system; has this been lost along with many of the proteins once encoded in the endosymbiont genome, or is there still such a system waiting to be discovered? The answer to this question may also shed light on the controversy concerning the sorting of the inter-membrane space proteins cytochrome c1 and cytochrome b2, as the conservative-sorting hypothesis would predict re-export of matrix intermediates via an ancestral (possibly Sec-type) pathway. Whereas the ER and bacterial systems clearly share homologous proteins, the protein import machineries of mitochondria and chloroplasts appear to be analogous rather than homologous. In both cases, import occurs through contact sites and there are separate translocation complexes in each membrane, however, with the exception of some of the chaperone molecules, the individual protein components do not appear to be related. Their similarities may be a case of convergent rather than divergent evolution, and may reflect what appear to be common requirements for translocation, namely unfolding, a receptor, a pore complex and refolding. There are also important differences. Translocation across the mitochondrial inner membrane is absolutely dependent upon delta psi, but no GTP requirement has been identified. In chloroplasts the reverse is the case. The roles of delta psi and GTP, respectively, remain uncertain, but it is tempting to speculate that they may play a role in regulating the import process, perhaps by controlling the assembly of a functional translocation complex. In the case of peroxisomes, much still remains to be learned. Many genes involved in peroxisome biogenesis have been identified but, in most cases, the biochemical function remains to be elucidated. In this respect, understanding of peroxisome biogenesis is at a similar stage to that of the ER 10 years ago. The coming together of genetic and biochemical approaches, as with the other organelles, should provide many of the answers.
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- A Baker
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, UK
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Lakhotia SC, Singh BN. Synthesis of a ubiquitously present new HSP60 family protein is enhanced by heat shock only in the Malpighian tubules of Drosophila. EXPERIENTIA 1996; 52:751-6. [PMID: 8774744 DOI: 10.1007/bf01923984] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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A homologue of the chaperonin protein of the HSP60 family has not been shown so far in Drosophila. Using an antibody specific to HSP60 family protein in Western blotting and immunocytochemistry, we showed that a 64-kDa polypeptide, homologous to the HSP60, is constitutively present in all tissues of Drosophila melanogaster throughout the life cycle from the freshly laid egg to all embryonic, larval and adult stages. A 64-kDa polypeptide reacting with the same antibody in Western blots is present in all species of Drosophila examined. Using Western blotting in conjunction with 35S-methionine labeling of newly synthesized proteins and immuno-precipitation of the labeled proteins with HSP60-specific antibody, it was shown that synthesis of the 64-kDa homologue of HSP60 is appreciably increased by heat shock only in the Malpighian tubules, which are already known to lack the common HSPs.
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- S C Lakhotia
- Department of Zoology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
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The folding of many newly synthesized proteins in the cell depends on a set of conserved proteins known as molecular chaperones. These prevent the formation of misfolded protein structures, both under normal conditions and when cells are exposed to stresses such as high temperature. Significant progress has been made in the understanding of the ATP-dependent mechanisms used by the Hsp70 and chaperonin families of molecular chaperones, which can cooperate to assist in folding new polypeptide chains.
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- F U Hartl
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York 10021, USA
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Xavier IJ, Khachatourians GG. Heat-shock response of the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria brongniartii. Can J Microbiol 1996. [DOI: 10.1139/m96-078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The heat-shock response of five strains of the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria brongniartii was studied using two-dimensional (2D) gel electrophoresis. The fungal cells were heat shocked at 45 °C for 1 h and the total cellular protein was subjected to 2D gel electrophoresis. Proteins were separated in the first dimension using isoelectric focusing (pH range of 3.0–10) and in the second dimension by sodium dodecyl sulphate – polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. More than 150 polypeptides for each strain were visualized by silver staining and have been assigned individual numbers as polypeptide coordinates. Analysis of the polypeptide map obtained by 2D gels indicated three patterns; several unique heat-shock proteins (HSPs) were (i) induced, (ii) enhanced, or (iii) repressed. Some of the HSPs induced by 45 °C were unique for each of the strains tested. Identification of heat-inducible protein synthesis or repression has ramifications for field survival and performance of entomopathogenic fungi. As well, the HSPs can be used as "signature proteins" for identification pruposes and this raises the possibility of using HSPs as a diagnostic tool applicable to other pest control fungi.Key words: heat-shock proteins, heat-shock response, two-dimensional electrophoresis, entomopathogenic fungi, Beauveria brongniartii.
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Boisvert DC, Wang J, Otwinowski Z, Horwich AL, Sigler PB. The 2.4 A crystal structure of the bacterial chaperonin GroEL complexed with ATP gamma S. NATURE STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY 1996; 3:170-7. [PMID: 8564544 DOI: 10.1038/nsb0296-170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 208] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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GroEL is a bacterial chaperonin of 14 identical subunits required to help fold newly synthesized proteins. The crystal structure of GroEL with ATP gamma S bound to each subunit shows that ATP binds to a novel pocket, whose primary sequence is highly conserved among chaperonins. Interaction of Mg2+ and ATP involves phosphate oxygens of the alpha-, beta- and gamma-phosphates, which is unique for known structures of nucleotide-binding proteins. Although bound ATP induces modest conformational shifts in the equatorial domain, the stereochemistry that functionally coordinates GroEL's affinity for nucleotides, polypeptide, and GroES remains uncertain.
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- D C Boisvert
- Department of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06510, USA
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Nitrogen availability alters patterns of accumulation of heat stress-induced proteins in plants. Oecologia 1996; 105:413-418. [PMID: 28307115 DOI: 10.1007/bf00328745] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/1995] [Accepted: 09/12/1995] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Mounting evidence suggests that heat-shock proteins (HSPs) play a vital role in enhancing survival at high temperature. There is, however, considerable variation in patterns of HSP production among species, and even among and within individuals of a species. It is not known why this variation exists and to what extent variation in HSPs among organisms might be related to differences in thermotolerance. One possibility is that production of HSPs confers costs and natural selection has worked towards optimizing the cost-to-benefits of HSP synthesis and accumulation. However, the costs of this production have not been determined. If HSP production confers significant nitrogen (N) costs, then we reasoned that plants grown under low-N conditions might accumulate less HSP than high-N plants. Furthermore, if HSPs are related to thermotolerance, then variation in HSPs induced by N (or other factors) might correlate with variation in thermotolerance, here measured as short-term effects of heat stress on net CO2 assimilation and photosystem II (PSII) function. To test these predictions, we grew individuals of a single variety of corn (Zea mays L.) under different N levels and then exposed the plants to acute heat stress. We found that: (1) high-N plants produced greater amounts of mitochondrial Hsp60 and chloroplastic Hsp24 per unit protein than their low-N counterparts; and (2) patterns of HSP production were related to PSII efficiency, as measured by F v/F m. Thus, our results indicate that N availability influences HSP production in higher plants suggesting that HSP production might be resource-limited, and that among other benefits, chloroplast HSPs (e.g., Hsp24) may in some way limit damage to PSII function during heat stress.
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In the past five years, ideas about protein folding inside cells have changed as a results of experiments with the chaperonin family of molecular chaperones. The folding of at least some proteins is no longer regarded as a spontaneous energy-independent process, but as involving transient interactions with chaperonin ATPases that serve to increase the efficiency of correct folding within the highly crowded intracellular environment. This review discusses in an historical context one model for how the chaperonins function. This model suggests that proteins fold inside cells in the same way as they do in pure dilute solution, but that they do so inside macromolecular Anfinsen cages that serve as sequestration devices to prevent and reverse unproductive interactions.
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- R J Ellis
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK.
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Sanders BM, Nguyen J, Martin LS, Howe SR, Coventry S. Induction and subcellular localization of two major stress proteins in response to copper in the fathead minnow Pimephales promelas. COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY. PART C, PHARMACOLOGY, TOXICOLOGY & ENDOCRINOLOGY 1995; 112:335-43. [PMID: 8838687 DOI: 10.1016/0742-8413(95)02029-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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In the present study we characterize the stress response induced by copper in the fathead minnow, Pimephales promelas. The fathead minnow epithelial cell line ATCC CCL 42 was used to examine the induced synthesis and subcellular localization of the two major stress proteins, stress 70 and cpn60. Western blot analysis demonstrated increased stress70 in cells exposed to 400 and 500 microM Cu. Two-dimensional analysis revealed three isoforms of stress70, one of 70 kDa and two of 72 kDa, at the highest Cu concentration. Chaperonin60 abundance did not change over the same range of Cu concentrations. Indirect immunofluorescence microscopy revealed that stress70 localized in the cytoplasm, particularly in the paranuclear region. Chaperonin60 was localized in mitochondria. Further, when we examined the stress response elicited by Cu in fathead minnow larvae in vivo, we found that Cu induced the stress response at nominal Cu concentrations that were more than an order of magnitude lower that in the cell culture. This disparity between the concentration of Cu, which induced the stress response in cells in culture and in vivo, may be the result of differences in Cu complexation that alter its availability, uptake and toxicity.
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- B M Sanders
- Department of Biology, California State University, Long Beach 90840, USA
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Martin CS, Flores AI, Cuezva JM. Cpn60 is exclusively localized into mitochondria of rat liver and embryonic Drosophila cells. J Cell Biochem 1995; 59:235-245. [PMID: 8904317 DOI: 10.1002/jcb.240590212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Several reports have claimed that the mitochondrial chaperonin cpn60, or a close homolog, is also present in some other subcellular compartments of the eukaryotic cell. Immunoelectron microscopy studies, using a polyclonal serum against cpn60, revealed that the protein is exclusively localized within the mitochondria of rat liver and embryonic Drosophila cells (SL2). Furthermore, no cpn60 immunoreactive material could be found within the nucleus of SL2 cells subjected to a 1 h 37 degrees C heat-shock treatment. In contrast to these findings, immunoelectron microscopy studies, using a cpn60 monoclonal antibody, revealed mitochondrial and extramitochondrial (plasma membrane, nucleus) immunoreactive material in rat liver cells. Surprisingly, the monoclonal antibody also reacted with fixed proteins of the mature red blood cell. The monoclonal antibody, as well as cpn60 polyclonal sera, only recognize mitochondrial cpn60 in Western blots of liver proteins. Furthermore, none of the cpn60 antibodies used in this study recognized blotted proteins from rat red blood cells. Therefore, we suggest that the reported extramitochondrial localization of cpn60 in metazoan cells may be due to cross-reactivity of some of cpn60 antibodies with conformational epitopes also present in distantly related cpn60 protein homologs that are preserved during fixation procedures of the cells.
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- C S Martin
- Departamento de Biologia Molecular, Centro de Biologia Molecular "Severo Ochoa," Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain
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Baneyx F, Bertsch U, Kalbach CE, van der Vies SM, Soll J, Gatenby AA. Spinach chloroplast cpn21 co-chaperonin possesses two functional domains fused together in a toroidal structure and exhibits nucleotide-dependent binding to plastid chaperonin 60. J Biol Chem 1995; 270:10695-702. [PMID: 7738007 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.270.18.10695] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Chloroplasts contain a 21-kDa co-chaperonin polypeptide (cpn21) formed by two GroES-like domains fused together in tandem. Expression of a double-domain spinach cpn21 in Escherichia coli groES mutant strains supports growth of bacteriophages lambda and T5, and will also suppress a temperature-sensitive growth phenotype of a groES619 strain. Each domain of cpn21 expressed separately can function independently to support bacteriophage lambda growth, and the N-terminal domain will additionally suppress the temperature-sensitive growth phenotype. These results indicate that chloroplast cpn21 has two functional domains, either of which can interact with GroEL in vivo to facilitate bacteriophage morphogenesis. Purified spinach cpn21 has a ring-like toroidal structure and forms a stable complex with E. coli GroEL in the presence of ADP and is functionally interchangeable with bacterial GroES in the chaperonin-facilitated refolding of denatured ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase. Cpn21 also inhibits the ATPase activity of GroEL. Cpn21 binds with similar efficiency to both the alpha and beta subunits of spinach cpn60 in the presence of adenine nucleotides, with ATP being more effective than ADP. The tandemly fused domains of cpn21 evolved early and are present in a wide range of photosynthetic eukaryotes examined, indicating a high degree of conservation of this structure in chloroplasts.
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- F Baneyx
- Molecular Biology Division, DuPont, Wilmington, Delaware 19880-0328, USA
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Thompson MD, Paavola CD, Lenvik TR, Gantt JS. Chlamydomonas transcripts encoding three divergent plastid chaperonins are heat-inducible. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1995; 27:1031-1035. [PMID: 7766872 DOI: 10.1007/bf00037029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Three cDNAs encoding plastid cpn60 chaperonin subunits have been isolated from the unicellular green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Based on comparisons of the predicted amino acid sequences, we conclude that Chlamydomonas, like higher plants, contains divergent plastid cpn60-alpha and cpn60-beta subunits. The predicted amino acid sequences of the two Chlamydomonas cpn60-beta subunits differ significantly (24% divergent), indicating that the two cpn60-beta subunits have been selectively maintained for a considerable period of time. Unlike plastid chaperonin transcripts in higher plants, heat shock conditions (42 degrees C) lead to a rapid increase (10- to 30-fold) in the level of each of the three plastid transcripts.
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- M D Thompson
- Department of Plant Biology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul 55108, USA
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Sanyal A, Harington A, Herbert CJ, Groudinsky O, Slonimski PP, Tung B, Getz GS. Heat shock protein HSP60 can alleviate the phenotype of mitochondrial RNA-deficient temperature-sensitive mna2 pet mutants. MOLECULAR & GENERAL GENETICS : MGG 1995; 246:56-64. [PMID: 7529869 DOI: 10.1007/bf00290133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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mna2, which belongs to the class I temperature-sensitive pet mutants that lose mitochondrial (mt)RNA at restrictive temperature, was shown by complementation and sequence determination to correspond to the gene coding for HSP60. Both mna2-1 and mna2-2, the two available alleles of mna2, have conservative single amino acid substitutions in the HSP60 gene. Valine substitutes for an alanine (position 47) in mna2-1, and an isoleucine substitutes for a valine (position 77) in mna2-2. These substitutions result in defects in respiration and in steady-state mtRNA accumulation. Wild-type hsp60 alleviates the mtRNA phenotype completely, while partially relieving the respiratory deficiency.
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- A Sanyal
- Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, IL 60637
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- M Allgöwer
- International Society of Surgery, Pratteln, Switzerland
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The large, free-living amoebae have been widely used as model cells for studying a variety of biological phenomena, including cell motility, nucleocytoplasmic interactions, membrane function, and symbiosis. Results of studies by our group on amoebae as moving cells, as material for micrurgical manipulations, and as hosts for intracellular symbionts are summarized here. In particular, our recent studies of the amoeba as a microcosm, in which spontaneously infecting foreign microbes have become integrated as necessary cell components, are described in some detail. These processes have involved an initial microbial infection, mutual adaptation by the host and symbionts, and development of obligatory symbiosis. Evidence is presented to show that symbiont-derived macromolecules are involved in the protection of symbionts from digestion, the symbionts have acquired regulatory elements on their chromosomal genes to enhance production of beneficial gene products, and symbionts apparently utilize host-derived macromolecules to their benefit. These studies involved morphological observations both at light and electron microscopic levels, physiological and genetic studies, production and use of poly- and monoclonal antibodies, and molecular-biological approaches including gene cloning and sequencing. It is shown that amoebae are uniquely suited as model cells with which to study these phenomena.
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- K W Jeon
- Department of Zoology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville 37996, USA
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Ahn TI, Lim ST, Leeu HK, Lee JE, Jeon KW. A novel strong promoter of the groEx operon of symbiotic bacteria in Amoeba proteus. Gene 1994; 148:43-9. [PMID: 7926836 DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(94)90231-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Gram- symbiotic bacteria (called X-bacteria), present in the xD strain of Amoeba proteus as required cell components, contain a large amount of a 67-kDa protein, a GroEL analog. The complete nucleotide (nt) sequence of the groEx operon of X-bacteria has been determined and it has a high degree of nt identity with those of other bacterial groE operons. The groELx gene is expressed in transformed Escherichia coli and has a novel and potent promoter (P2) in addition to the heat-shock consensus promoter (P1). This is shown by the production of GroELx in Escherichia coli transformed with modified DNA clones lacking P1 and by an enhanced production of a GroELx::beta-galactosidase fusion protein when a portion of groEx containing P2 is linked to the lacZ gene. Primer-extension analyses revealed the presence of possible P2 sequences within the open reading frame of the groESx gene. It is suggested that the presence of a potent P2 in the X-bacterial gene is an adaptation for the endosymbiotic bacteria to survive within a potentially hostile intracellular environment.
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- T I Ahn
- Department of Zoology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville 37996
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May WS, Tyler PG, Ito T, Armstrong DK, Qatsha KA, Davidson NE. Interleukin-3 and bryostatin-1 mediate hyperphosphorylation of BCL2 alpha in association with suppression of apoptosis. J Biol Chem 1994. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)47099-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 163] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Dickson R, Larsen B, Viitanen PV, Tormey MB, Geske J, Strange R, Bemis LT. Cloning, expression, and purification of a functional nonacetylated mammalian mitochondrial chaperonin 10. J Biol Chem 1994. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)47098-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Donnelly CE, Murli S, Walker GC. The groE gene products of Escherichia coli are dispensable for mucA+B(+)-dependent UV mutagenesis. Mutat Res 1994; 309:225-33. [PMID: 7520980 DOI: 10.1016/0027-5107(94)90096-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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UV mutagenesis in Escherichia coli requires the groES+EL+ chaperonins as well as the umuD+C+ SOS-regulated genes. GroES and GroEL appear to be required to stabilize UmuC. The mucA+B+ genes, which are encoded on a broad host range plasmid, are functionally analogous and structurally similar to the umuD+C+ genes of E. coli. While these gene pairs are quite similar, differences have been reported in the functioning of these gene products. We tested whether mucA+B+ function requires the groE+ gene products as well. We show that mucA+B(+)-induced UV mutagenesis, UV resistance, phage reactivation and cold sensitivity do not require the groE+ heat shock genes. These findings suggest that the requirement of UmuC for groES+EL+ function is not shared by its analog, MucB.
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- C E Donnelly
- Department of Biology 56-621, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge 02139
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Vélez-Granell CS, Arias AE, Torres-Ruíz JA, Bendayan M. Molecular chaperones in pancreatic tissue: the presence of cpn10, cpn60 and hsp70 in distinct compartments along the secretory pathway of the acinar cells. J Cell Sci 1994; 107 ( Pt 3):539-49. [PMID: 7911805 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.107.3.539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Three chaperones, the chaperonins cpn10 and cpn60, and the hsp70 protein, were revealed by immunochemistry and cytochemistry in pancreatic rat acinar cells. Western immunoblotting analysis of rat pancreas homogenates has shown that antibodies against cpn10, cpn60 and hsp70 protein recognize single protein bands of 25 kDa, 60 kDa and 70 kDa, respectively. Single bands for the cpn10 and cpn60 were also detected in pancreatic juice. Immunofluorescence studies on rat pancreatic tissue revealed a strong positive signal in the apical region of the acinar cells for cpn10 and cpn60, while an immunoreaction was detected at the juxtanuclear Golgi region with the anti-hsp70 antibody. Immunocytochemical gold labeling confirmed the presence of these three chaperones in distinct cell compartments of pancreatic acinar cells. Chaperonin 10 and cpn60 were located in the endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi apparatus, condensing vacuoles and secretory granules. Interestingly, the labeling for both cpn10 and cpn60 followed the increasing concentration gradient of secretory proteins along the RER-Golgi-granule secretory pathway. On the contrary, the labeling for hsp70 was mainly concentrated in the endoplasmic reticulum and the Golgi apparatus. In the latter, the hsp70 was found to be primary located in the trans-most cisternae and to colocalize with acid phosphatase in the trans-Golgi network. The three chaperones were also present in mitochondria. In view of the role played by the chaperones in the proper folding, sorting and aggregation of proteins, we postulate that hsp70 assists the adequate sorting and packaging of proteins from the ER to the trans-Golgi network while cpn10 and cpn60 play key roles in the proper packaging and aggregation of secretory proteins as well as, most probably, in the prevention of early enzyme activation in secretory granules.
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- C S Vélez-Granell
- Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Quebec, Canada
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