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Ciccaldo M, Pérez-Carmona N, Piovesana E, Cano-Crespo S, Ruano A, Delgado A, Fregno I, Calvo-Flores Guzmán B, Bellotto M, Molinari M, Taylor J, Papin S, García-Collazo AM, Paganetti P. A novel allosteric GCase modulator prevents Tau accumulation in GBA1 WT and GBA1 L444P/L444P cellular models. Sci Rep 2025; 15:17646. [PMID: 40399377 PMCID: PMC12095489 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-02346-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2024] [Accepted: 05/13/2025] [Indexed: 05/23/2025] Open
Abstract
A slow decline in the autophagy-lysosomal pathway is a hallmark of the normal aging brain. Yet, an acceleration of this cellular function may propel neurodegenerative events. In fact, mutations in genes associated with the autophagy-lysosomal pathway can lead to Parkinson's disease. Also, amyloidogenic protein deposition is observed in lysosomal storage disorders, which are caused by genetic mutations representing risk factors for Parkinson's disease. For example, Gaucher's disease GBA1 mutations leading to defects in lysosomal sphingolipid metabolism cause α-synuclein accumulation. We observed that increased lysosomal Tau accumulation is found in human dermal fibroblasts engineered for inducible Tau expression. Inhibition of the GBA1 product GCase augmented Tau-dependent lysosomal stress and Tau accumulation. Here, we show increased Tau seed-induced Tau accumulation in Gaucher's fibroblasts carrying GBA1 mutations when compared to normal fibroblasts. Pharmacological enhancement of GCase reversed this effect, notably, also in normal fibroblasts. This suggests that boosting GCase activity may represent a therapeutic strategy to slow down aging-dependent lysosomal deficits and brain protein deposition.
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- Matteo Ciccaldo
- Laboratory for Aging Disorders, Laboratories for Translational Research, Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, Bellinzona, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Aging Disorders, Laboratories for Translational Research, Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, Bellinzona, Switzerland
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- Gain Therapeutics Sucursal en España, Parc Científic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Gain Therapeutics Sucursal en España, Parc Científic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Gain Therapeutics Sucursal en España, Parc Científic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Università della Svizzera italiana, Bellinzona, Switzerland
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- Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Università della Svizzera italiana, Bellinzona, Switzerland
- School of Life Sciences, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Aging Disorders, Laboratories for Translational Research, Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, Bellinzona, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Aging Disorders, Laboratories for Translational Research, Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, Bellinzona, Switzerland.
- Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, Università della Svizzera italiana, Lugano, Switzerland.
- Laboratories for Translational Research EOC, Room 102a, via Chiesa 5, Bellinzona, CH-6500, Switzerland.
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Aydoğan Ahbab M, Taşteki L I, Pınar EG, Özbek P, Türkoğlu EA. Multi-approach study on diethylhexyl phthalate and monoethylhexyl phthalate binding to lysozyme: In silico, bioactivity and surface plasmon resonance analyses. Toxicol Lett 2025; 408:54-64. [PMID: 40246214 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2025.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2024] [Revised: 02/07/2025] [Accepted: 04/14/2025] [Indexed: 04/19/2025]
Abstract
Diethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP) and its metabolite monoethylhexyl phthalate (MEHP) are recognized as endocrine disruptors with significant toxicological effects on various human physiological systems. While previous research has explored phthalate-protein interactions, there is a notable gap in studies focusing on the interaction between these endocrine disruptors and lysozyme (LZM), a critical component of the immune system. This study aimed to investigate the interactions of DEHP and MEHP with chicken egg white lysozyme (CEWLZM) using molecular docking, molecular dynamics simulations, bioactivity and surface plasmon resonance (SPR) analyses to evaluate the molecular mechanisms, binding affinity, kinetic properties and bioactivity effects of these interactions. Complementary insights from molecular docking and molecular dynamics simulations indicate that DEHP has a stronger binding affinity for CEWLZM than MEHP. This affinity value was corroborated by an intense hydrophobic and van der Waals interaction network especially maintained by the active residue Leu75 and Asp101-Ala107. Although MEHP did not exhibit a significant effect on enzyme activity in lysozyme bioactivity assay, DEHP inhibited lysozyme with an IC50 value of 453 µM. SPR analysis revealed that DEHP exhibits a significantly stronger binding affinity to CEWLZM compared to MEHP.
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- Müfide Aydoğan Ahbab
- Hamidiye Vocational School of Health Services, University of Health Sciences Turkey, İstanbul, Turkey.
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Health Sciences Turkey, İstanbul, Turkey; Department of Bioengineering, Institute of Pure and Applied Sciences, Marmara University, İstanbul, Turkey
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Health Sciences Turkey, İstanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Bioengineering, Faculty of Engineering, Marmara University, İstanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Health Sciences Turkey, İstanbul, Turkey
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Xia R, Li W, Cheng Y, Xie L, Xu X. Molecular surfaces modeling: Advancements in deep learning for molecular interactions and predictions. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2025; 763:151799. [PMID: 40239539 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2025.151799] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2025] [Revised: 03/20/2025] [Accepted: 04/10/2025] [Indexed: 04/18/2025]
Abstract
Molecular surface analysis can provide a high-dimensional, rich representation of molecular properties and interactions, which is crucial for enabling powerful predictive modeling and rational molecular design across diverse scientific and technological domains. With remarkable successes achieved by artificial intelligence (AI) in different fields such as computer vision and natural language processing, there is a growing imperative to harness AI's potential in accelerating molecular discovery and innovation. The integration of AI techniques with molecular surface analysis has opened up new frontiers, allowing researchers to uncover hidden patterns, relationships, and design principles that were previously elusive. By leveraging the complementary strengths of molecular surface representations and advanced AI algorithms, scientists can now explore chemical space more efficiently, optimize molecular properties with greater precision, and drive transformative advancements in areas like drug development, materials engineering, and catalysis. In this review, we aim to provide an overview of recent advancements in the field of molecular surface analysis and its integration with AI techniques. These AI-driven approaches have led to significant advancements in various downstream tasks, including interface site prediction, protein-protein interaction prediction, surface-centric molecular generation and design.
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- Renjie Xia
- Institute of Bioinformatics and Medical Engineering, Jiangsu University of Technology, Changzhou, 213001, China
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- Institute of Bioinformatics and Medical Engineering, Jiangsu University of Technology, Changzhou, 213001, China
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- College of Engineering, Lishui University, Lishui, 323000, China
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- Institute of Bioinformatics and Medical Engineering, Jiangsu University of Technology, Changzhou, 213001, China.
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- Institute of Bioinformatics and Medical Engineering, Jiangsu University of Technology, Changzhou, 213001, China.
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Fregno I, Pérez-Carmona N, Rudinskiy M, Soldà T, Bergmann TJ, Ruano A, Delgado A, Cubero E, Bellotto M, García-Collazo AM, Molinari M. Allosteric Modulation of GCase Enhances Lysosomal Activity and Reduces ER Stress in GCase-Related Disorders. Int J Mol Sci 2025; 26:4392. [PMID: 40362629 PMCID: PMC12072338 DOI: 10.3390/ijms26094392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2025] [Revised: 05/01/2025] [Accepted: 05/03/2025] [Indexed: 05/15/2025] Open
Abstract
Variants in the GBA1 gene, encoding the lysosomal enzyme glucosylceramidase beta 1 (GCase), are linked to Parkinson's disease (PD) and Gaucher disease (GD). Heterozygous variants increase PD risk, while homozygous variants lead to GD, a lysosomal storage disorder. Some GBA1 variants impair GCase maturation in the endoplasmic reticulum, blocking lysosomal transport and causing glucosylceramide accumulation, which disrupts lysosomal function. This study explores therapeutic strategies to address these dysfunctions. Using Site-directed Enzyme Enhancement Therapy (SEE-Tx®), two structurally targeted allosteric regulators (STARs), GT-02287 and GT-02329, were developed and tested in GD patient-derived fibroblasts with relevant GCase variants. Treatment with GT-02287 and GT-02329 improved the folding of mutant GCase, protected the GCaseLeu444Pro variant from degradation, and facilitated the delivery of active GCase to lysosomes. This enhanced lysosomal function and reduced cellular stress. These findings validate the STARs' mechanism of action and highlight their therapeutic potential for GCase-related disorders, including GD, PD, and Dementia with Lewy Bodies.
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- Ilaria Fregno
- Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Università Della Svizzera Italiana, CH-6500 Bellinzona, Switzerland; (I.F.); (T.S.); (T.J.B.)
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- Gain Therapeutics, Sucursal en España, Parc Científic de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain; (N.P.-C.); (A.R.); (A.D.); (E.C.)
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- Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Università Della Svizzera Italiana, CH-6500 Bellinzona, Switzerland; (I.F.); (T.S.); (T.J.B.)
- Department of Biology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology; CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Università Della Svizzera Italiana, CH-6500 Bellinzona, Switzerland; (I.F.); (T.S.); (T.J.B.)
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- Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Università Della Svizzera Italiana, CH-6500 Bellinzona, Switzerland; (I.F.); (T.S.); (T.J.B.)
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- Gain Therapeutics, Sucursal en España, Parc Científic de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain; (N.P.-C.); (A.R.); (A.D.); (E.C.)
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- Gain Therapeutics, Sucursal en España, Parc Científic de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain; (N.P.-C.); (A.R.); (A.D.); (E.C.)
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- Gain Therapeutics, Sucursal en España, Parc Científic de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain; (N.P.-C.); (A.R.); (A.D.); (E.C.)
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- Gain Therapeutics, Sucursal en España, Parc Científic de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain; (N.P.-C.); (A.R.); (A.D.); (E.C.)
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- Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Università Della Svizzera Italiana, CH-6500 Bellinzona, Switzerland; (I.F.); (T.S.); (T.J.B.)
- School of Life Sciences, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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Montpeyo M, Pérez-Carmona N, Cubero E, Delgado A, Ruano A, Carrillo J, Bellotto M, Martinez-Vicente M, Garcia-Collazo AM. Developing Allosteric Chaperones for GBA1-Associated Disorders-An Integrated Computational and Experimental Approach. Int J Mol Sci 2024; 26:9. [PMID: 39795868 PMCID: PMC11720699 DOI: 10.3390/ijms26010009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2024] [Revised: 12/19/2024] [Accepted: 12/20/2024] [Indexed: 01/13/2025] Open
Abstract
Mutations in the GBA1 gene, which encodes the lysosomal enzyme glucocerebrosidase (GCase), are associated with Gaucher disease and increased risk of Parkinson's disease. This study describes the discovery and characterization of novel allosteric pharmacological chaperones for GCase through an innovative computational approach combined with experimental validation. Utilizing virtual screening and structure-activity relationship optimization, researchers identified several compounds that significantly enhance GCase activity and stability across various cellular models, including patient-derived fibroblasts and neuronal cells harboring GBA1 mutations. Among these, compound 3 emerged as a lead candidate, demonstrating the ability to enhance GCase protein levels and enzymatic activity while effectively reducing the accumulation of toxic substrates in neuronal models. Importantly, pharmacokinetic studies revealed that compound 3 has favorable brain penetration, indicating its potential as a disease-modifying therapy for GBA1-related disorders affecting the central nervous system. This research not only offers a framework for developing allosteric GCase modulators but also unveils promising new therapeutic strategies for managing Gaucher disease and Parkinson's disease. The ability of compound 3 to cross the blood-brain barrier emphasizes its potential significance in addressing neurological symptoms associated with these conditions.
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- Marta Montpeyo
- Neurodegenerative Diseases Research Group, Vall d’Hebron Research Institute (VHIR)—Network Center for Biomedical Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED), 08035 Barcelona, Spain;
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- Gain Therapeutics Sucursal en España, Parc Científic de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain; (N.P.-C.); (E.C.); (A.D.); (A.R.); (J.C.)
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- Gain Therapeutics Sucursal en España, Parc Científic de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain; (N.P.-C.); (E.C.); (A.D.); (A.R.); (J.C.)
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- Gain Therapeutics Sucursal en España, Parc Científic de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain; (N.P.-C.); (E.C.); (A.D.); (A.R.); (J.C.)
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- Gain Therapeutics Sucursal en España, Parc Científic de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain; (N.P.-C.); (E.C.); (A.D.); (A.R.); (J.C.)
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- Gain Therapeutics Sucursal en España, Parc Científic de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain; (N.P.-C.); (E.C.); (A.D.); (A.R.); (J.C.)
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- Neurodegenerative Diseases Research Group, Vall d’Hebron Research Institute (VHIR)—Network Center for Biomedical Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED), 08035 Barcelona, Spain;
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- Gain Therapeutics Sucursal en España, Parc Científic de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain; (N.P.-C.); (E.C.); (A.D.); (A.R.); (J.C.)
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Cuadrado AF, Van Damme D. Unlocking protein-protein interactions in plants: a comprehensive review of established and emerging techniques. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2024; 75:5220-5236. [PMID: 38437582 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erae088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2023] [Accepted: 02/29/2024] [Indexed: 03/06/2024]
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Protein-protein interactions orchestrate plant development and serve as crucial elements for cellular and environmental communication. Understanding these interactions offers a gateway to unravel complex protein networks that will allow a better understanding of nature. Methods for the characterization of protein-protein interactions have been around over 30 years, yet the complexity of some of these interactions has fueled the development of new techniques that provide a better understanding of the underlying dynamics. In many cases, the application of these techniques is limited by the nature of the available sample. While some methods require an in vivo set-up, others solely depend on protein sequences to study protein-protein interactions via an in silico set-up. The vast number of techniques available to date calls for a way to select the appropriate tools for the study of specific interactions. Here, we classify widely spread tools and new emerging techniques for the characterization of protein-protein interactions based on sample requirements while providing insights into the information that they can potentially deliver. We provide a comprehensive overview of commonly used techniques and elaborate on the most recent developments, showcasing their implementation in plant research.
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- Alvaro Furones Cuadrado
- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Technologiepark 71, 9052 Ghent, Belgium
- VIB Center for Plant Systems Biology, Technologiepark 71, 9052 Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Technologiepark 71, 9052 Ghent, Belgium
- VIB Center for Plant Systems Biology, Technologiepark 71, 9052 Ghent, Belgium
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Lühmann KL, Seemann S, Martinek N, Ostendorp S, Kehr J. The glycine-rich domain of GRP7 plays a crucial role in binding long RNAs and facilitating phase separation. Sci Rep 2024; 14:16018. [PMID: 38992080 PMCID: PMC11239674 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-66955-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2024] [Accepted: 07/05/2024] [Indexed: 07/13/2024] Open
Abstract
Microscale thermophoresis (MST) is a well-established method to quantify protein-RNA interactions. In this study, we employed MST to analyze the RNA binding properties of glycine-rich RNA binding protein 7 (GRP7), which is known to have multiple biological functions related to its ability to bind different types of RNA. However, the exact mechanism of GRP7's RNA binding is not fully understood. While the RNA-recognition motif of GRP7 is known to be involved in RNA binding, the glycine-rich region (known as arginine-glycine-glycine-domain or RGG-domain) also influences this interaction. To investigate to which extend the RGG-domain of GRP7 is involved in RNA binding, mutation studies on putative RNA interacting or modulating sites were performed. In addition to MST experiments, we examined liquid-liquid phase separation of GRP7 and its mutants, both with and without RNA. Furthermore, we systemically investigated factors that might affect RNA binding selectivity of GRP7 by testing RNAs of different sizes, structures, and modifications. Consequently, our study revealed that GRP7 exhibits a high affinity for a variety of RNAs, indicating a lack of pronounced selectivity. Moreover, we established that the RGG-domain plays a crucial role in binding longer RNAs and promoting phase separation.
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- Kim Lara Lühmann
- Department of Biology, Molecular Plant Genetics, Institute of Plant Science and Microbiology, Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Biology, Molecular Plant Genetics, Institute of Plant Science and Microbiology, Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Biology, Molecular Plant Genetics, Institute of Plant Science and Microbiology, Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Biology, Molecular Plant Genetics, Institute of Plant Science and Microbiology, Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Biology, Molecular Plant Genetics, Institute of Plant Science and Microbiology, Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.
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Rudinskiy M, Pons-Vizcarra M, Soldà T, Fregno I, Bergmann TJ, Ruano A, Delgado A, Morales S, Barril X, Bellotto M, Cubero E, García-Collazo AM, Pérez-Carmona N, Molinari M. Validation of a highly sensitive HaloTag-based assay to evaluate the potency of a novel class of allosteric β-Galactosidase correctors. PLoS One 2023; 18:e0294437. [PMID: 38019733 PMCID: PMC10686464 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0294437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2023] [Accepted: 10/31/2023] [Indexed: 12/01/2023] Open
Abstract
Site-directed Enzyme Enhancement Therapy (SEE-Tx®) technology is a disease-agnostic drug discovery tool that can be applied to any protein target of interest with a known three-dimensional structure. We used this proprietary technology to identify and characterize the therapeutic potential of structurally targeted allosteric regulators (STARs) of the lysosomal hydrolase β-galactosidase (β-Gal), which is deficient due to gene mutations in galactosidase beta 1 (GLB1)-related lysosomal storage disorders (LSDs). The biochemical HaloTag cleavage assay was used to monitor the delivery of wildtype (WT) β-Gal and four disease-related β-Gal variants (p.Ile51Thr, p.Arg59His, p.Arg201Cys and p.Trp273Leu) in the presence and absence of two identified STAR compounds. In addition, the ability of STARs to reduce toxic substrate was assessed in a canine fibroblast cell model. In contrast to the competitive pharmacological chaperone N-nonyl-deoxygalactonojirimycin (NN-DGJ), the two identified STAR compounds stabilized and substantially enhanced the lysosomal transport of wildtype enzyme and disease-causing β-Gal variants. In addition, the two STAR compounds reduced the intracellular accumulation of exogenous GM1 ganglioside, an effect not observed with the competitive chaperone NN-DGJ. This proof-of-concept study demonstrates that the SEE-Tx® platform is a rapid and cost-effective drug discovery tool for identifying STARs for the treatment of LSDs. In addition, the HaloTag assay developed in our lab has proved valuable in investigating the effect of STARs in promoting enzyme transport and lysosomal delivery. Automatization and upscaling of this assay would be beneficial for screening STARs as part of the drug discovery process.
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- Mikhail Rudinskiy
- Università Della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano, Switzerland
- Department of Biology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland
- Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Bellinzona, Switzerland
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- Gain Therapeutics Sucursal en España, Parc Científic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Università Della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano, Switzerland
- Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Bellinzona, Switzerland
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- Università Della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano, Switzerland
- Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Bellinzona, Switzerland
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- Università Della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano, Switzerland
- Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Bellinzona, Switzerland
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- Gain Therapeutics Sucursal en España, Parc Científic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Gain Therapeutics Sucursal en España, Parc Científic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Gain Therapeutics Sucursal en España, Parc Científic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Gain Therapeutics Sucursal en España, Parc Científic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Facultat de Farmacia, IBUB & IQTC, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA), Barcelona, Spain
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- Gain Therapeutics Sucursal en España, Parc Científic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Università Della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano, Switzerland
- Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Bellinzona, Switzerland
- School of Life Sciences, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Cucuzza S, Sitnik M, Jurt S, Michel E, Dai W, Müntener T, Ernst P, Häussinger D, Plückthun A, Zerbe O. Unexpected dynamics in femtomolar complexes of binding proteins with peptides. Nat Commun 2023; 14:7823. [PMID: 38016954 PMCID: PMC10684580 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-43596-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2023] [Accepted: 11/13/2023] [Indexed: 11/30/2023] Open
Abstract
Ultra-tight binding is usually observed for proteins associating with rigidified molecules. Previously, we demonstrated that femtomolar binders derived from the Armadillo repeat proteins (ArmRPs) can be designed to interact very tightly with fully flexible peptides. Here we show for ArmRPs with four and seven sequence-identical internal repeats that the peptide-ArmRP complexes display conformational dynamics. These dynamics stem from transient breakages of individual protein-residue contacts that are unrelated to overall unbinding. The labile contacts involve electrostatic interactions. We speculate that these dynamics allow attaining very high binding affinities, since they reduce entropic losses. Importantly, only NMR techniques can pick up these local events by directly detecting conformational exchange processes without complications from changes in solvent entropy. Furthermore, we demonstrate that the interaction surface of the repeat protein regularizes upon peptide binding to become more compatible with the peptide geometry. These results provide novel design principles for ultra-tight binders.
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- Stefano Cucuzza
- Department of Chemistry, University of Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse, 190, 8057, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse, 190, 8057, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse, 190, 8057, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse, 190, 8057, Zürich, Switzerland
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse, 190, 8057, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse, 190, 8057, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 19, 4056, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse, 190, 8057, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 19, 4056, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse, 190, 8057, Zürich, Switzerland.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse, 190, 8057, Zürich, Switzerland.
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Kashyap R, Boro PR, Yasmin R, Nath J, Sonowal D, Doley R, Mondal B. Multiple protein-patterned surface plasmon resonance biochip for the detection of human immunoglobulin-G. JOURNAL OF BIOPHOTONICS 2023; 16:e202200263. [PMID: 36683194 DOI: 10.1002/jbio.202200263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2022] [Revised: 11/18/2022] [Accepted: 01/02/2023] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
Abstract
A portable surface plasmon resonance (SPR) measurement prototype integrated with a multiple protein-patterned SPR biochip is introduced for label-free and selective detection of human immunoglobulin-G (H-IgG). The polyclonal anti-H-IgG antibodies derived from goat, rabbit, and mouse were immobilized through polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) microchannels to fabricate the patterned SPR biochip. The PDMS surface was functionalized using 3-aminopropyltrimethoxysilane and bonded to carbodiimide-activated gold substrates to construct irreversibly bonded hydrophilic microfluidic chip at room temperature. For SPR measurement, a custom-made system is developed with a high angular scanning accuracy of 0.005° and a wide scanning range of 30°-80° that avoids the conventional requirement of expensive goniometric stages and detector arrays. The SPR biochip immobilized with 750 μg/mL goat anti-H-IgG demonstrated detection of H-IgG with a detection limits of 15 μg/mL, and linear response through a wide concentration range (15-225 μg/mL) of high coefficient of determination (R2 = 0.99661). The selectivity of the sensor was investigated by exposing them to two different non-specific targets (bovine serum albumin and polyvalent antivenom). The results indicate negligible sensor response towards nonspecific targets (0.25° for 30 μg/mL bovine serum albumin (BSA) and 0.25° for 30 μg/mL polyvalent antivenom) in comparison to H-IgG (1.5° for 30 μg/mL).
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- Ritayan Kashyap
- Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Tezpur University, Tezpur, Assam, India
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- Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Tezpur University, Tezpur, Assam, India
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Tezpur University, Tezpur, Assam, India
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- Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Tezpur University, Tezpur, Assam, India
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- Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Tezpur University, Tezpur, Assam, India
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Tezpur University, Tezpur, Assam, India
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- Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Tezpur University, Tezpur, Assam, India
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Wei Y, Zhang J, Yang X, Wang Z, Wang J, Qi H, Gao Q, Zhang C. Washing-free electrogenerated chemiluminescence magnetic microbiosensors based on target assistant proximity hybridization for multiple protein biomarkers. Anal Chim Acta 2023; 1253:340926. [PMID: 36965986 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2023.340926] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2022] [Revised: 01/29/2023] [Accepted: 01/30/2023] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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This work reports washing-free electrogenerated chemiluminescence (ECL) magnetic microbiosensors based on target assistant proximity hybridization (TAPH) for multiple protein biomarkers for the first time. As a principle-of-proof, alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) was chosen as a model analyte, and biotin-DNA1 bound streptavidin-coated magnetic microbeads (MMB@SA⋅biotin-DNA1) were designed as the universal capture MMB, while the corresponding two antibodies tagged with DNA2 or DNA3 were utilized as hybrid recognition probes, and ruthenium complex-tagged DNA4-10A was designed as a universal ECL signal probe. When the capture MMB was added into the mixture solution (containing the analyte, hybrid recognition probes, signal probe and tri-n-propylamine), biocomplexes were formed on the MMB. After the resulting MMB was efficiently brought to the surface of a magnetic glassy carbon electrode (MGCE), ECL measurement was performed without a washing step, resulting in an increase in the ECL intensity. A model for ECL measuring the second-order rate constants of hybridization reactions on MMB was derived. It was found that the rate constants for hybridization reactions on MMB in rotating mode are 1.6-fold higher than those in shaking mode, and a suitable DNA length of the signal probe can improve the signal-to-noise ratio. The washing-free ECL method was developed for the determination of AFP with a much lower detection limit (LOD) of 0.04 ng mL-1. The developed flexible strategy has been extended to determine D-dimer with an LOD of 0.1 ng mL-1 and myoglobinglobin with an LOD of 1.1 ng mL-1. This work demonstrated that the proposed strategy of ECL TAPH on MMB at MGCE is a washing-free and flexible promising strategy, and can be extended to qualify other multiple protein biomarkers in real clinical assays.
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- Yuxi Wei
- Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science of Shaanxi Province, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, 710062, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science of Shaanxi Province, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, 710062, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science of Shaanxi Province, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, 710062, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science of Shaanxi Province, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, 710062, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science of Shaanxi Province, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, 710062, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science of Shaanxi Province, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, 710062, PR China.
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- Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science of Shaanxi Province, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, 710062, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science of Shaanxi Province, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, 710062, PR China.
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Mansouri M, Rumrill S, Dawson S, Johnson A, Pinson JA, Gunzburg MJ, Latham CF, Barlow N, Mbogo GW, Ellenberg P, Headey SJ, Sluis-Cremer N, Tyssen D, Bauman JD, Ruiz FX, Arnold E, Chalmers DK, Tachedjian G. Targeting HIV-1 Reverse Transcriptase Using a Fragment-Based Approach. Molecules 2023; 28:3103. [PMID: 37049868 PMCID: PMC10095864 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28073103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2022] [Revised: 03/24/2023] [Accepted: 03/24/2023] [Indexed: 04/03/2023] Open
Abstract
Human immunodeficiency virus type I (HIV-1) is a retrovirus that infects cells of the host's immune system leading to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and potentially death. Although treatments are available to prevent its progression, HIV-1 remains a major burden on health resources worldwide. Continued emergence of drug-resistance mutations drives the need for novel drugs that can inhibit HIV-1 replication through new pathways. The viral protein reverse transcriptase (RT) plays a fundamental role in the HIV-1 replication cycle, and multiple approved medications target this enzyme. In this study, fragment-based drug discovery was used to optimize a previously identified hit fragment (compound B-1), which bound RT at a novel site. Three series of compounds were synthesized and evaluated for their HIV-1 RT binding and inhibition. These series were designed to investigate different vectors around the initial hit in an attempt to improve inhibitory activity against RT. Our results show that the 4-position of the core scaffold is important for binding of the fragment to RT, and a lead compound with a cyclopropyl substitution was selected and further investigated. Requirements for binding to the NNRTI-binding pocket (NNIBP) and a novel adjacent site were investigated, with lead compound 27-a minimal but efficient NNRTI-offering a starting site for the development of novel dual NNIBP-Adjacent site inhibitors.
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- Mahta Mansouri
- Medicinal Chemistry, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, Parkville, VIC 3052, Australia
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- Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
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- Medicinal Chemistry, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, Parkville, VIC 3052, Australia
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- Retroviral Biology and Antivirals Laboratory, Disease Elimination Program, Life Sciences Discipline, Burnet Institute, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia
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- Medicinal Chemistry, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, Parkville, VIC 3052, Australia
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- Medicinal Chemistry, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, Parkville, VIC 3052, Australia
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- Retroviral Biology and Antivirals Laboratory, Disease Elimination Program, Life Sciences Discipline, Burnet Institute, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia
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- Medicinal Chemistry, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, Parkville, VIC 3052, Australia
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- Retroviral Biology and Antivirals Laboratory, Disease Elimination Program, Life Sciences Discipline, Burnet Institute, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia
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- Retroviral Biology and Antivirals Laboratory, Disease Elimination Program, Life Sciences Discipline, Burnet Institute, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia
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- Medicinal Chemistry, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, Parkville, VIC 3052, Australia
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
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- Retroviral Biology and Antivirals Laboratory, Disease Elimination Program, Life Sciences Discipline, Burnet Institute, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia
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- Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
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- Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
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- Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
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- Medicinal Chemistry, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, Parkville, VIC 3052, Australia
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- Retroviral Biology and Antivirals Laboratory, Disease Elimination Program, Life Sciences Discipline, Burnet Institute, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia
- Department of Microbiology, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3168, Australia
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia
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Drescher DG, Drescher MJ, Selvakumar D, Annam NP. Analysis of Dysferlin Direct Interactions with Putative Repair Proteins Links Apoptotic Signaling to Ca 2+ Elevation via PDCD6 and FKBP8. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:4707. [PMID: 36902136 PMCID: PMC10002499 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24054707] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2022] [Revised: 02/19/2023] [Accepted: 02/24/2023] [Indexed: 03/05/2023] Open
Abstract
Quantitative surface plasmon resonance (SPR) was utilized to determine binding strength and calcium dependence of direct interactions between dysferlin and proteins likely to mediate skeletal muscle repair, interrupted in limb girdle muscular dystrophy type 2B/R2. Dysferlin canonical C2A (cC2A) and C2F/G domains directly interacted with annexin A1, calpain-3, caveolin-3, affixin, AHNAK1, syntaxin-4, and mitsugumin-53, with cC2A the primary target and C2F lesser involved, overall demonstrating positive calcium dependence. Dysferlin C2 pairings alone showed negative calcium dependence in almost all cases. Like otoferlin, dysferlin directly interacted via its carboxy terminus with FKBP8, an anti-apoptotic outer mitochondrial membrane protein, and via its C2DE domain with apoptosis-linked gene (ALG-2/PDCD6), linking anti-apoptosis with apoptosis. Confocal Z-stack immunofluorescence confirmed co-compartmentalization of PDCD6 and FKBP8 at the sarcolemmal membrane. Our evidence supports the hypothesis that prior to injury, dysferlin C2 domains self-interact and give rise to a folded, compact structure as indicated for otoferlin. With elevation of intracellular Ca2+ in injury, dysferlin would unfold and expose the cC2A domain for interaction with annexin A1, calpain-3, mitsugumin 53, affixin, and caveolin-3, and dysferlin would realign from its interactions with PDCD6 at basal calcium levels to interact strongly with FKBP8, an intramolecular rearrangement facilitating membrane repair.
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- Dennis G. Drescher
- Laboratory of Bio-otology, Department of Otolaryngology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
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- Laboratory of Bio-otology, Department of Otolaryngology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
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- Laboratory of Bio-otology, Department of Otolaryngology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
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- Laboratory of Bio-otology, Department of Otolaryngology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
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Kegulian NC, Langen R, Moradian-Oldak J. The Dynamic Interactions of a Multitargeting Domain in Ameloblastin Protein with Amelogenin and Membrane. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:3484. [PMID: 36834897 PMCID: PMC9966149 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24043484] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2022] [Revised: 01/28/2023] [Accepted: 02/06/2023] [Indexed: 02/12/2023] Open
Abstract
The enamel matrix protein Ameloblastin (Ambn) has critical physiological functions, including regulation of mineral formation, cell differentiation, and cell-matrix adhesion. We investigated localized structural changes in Ambn during its interactions with its targets. We performed biophysical assays and used liposomes as a cell membrane model. The xAB2N and AB2 peptides were rationally designed to encompass regions of Ambn that contained self-assembly and helix-containing membrane-binding motifs. Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) on spin-labeled peptides showed localized structural gains in the presence of liposomes, amelogenin (Amel), and Ambn. Vesicle clearance and leakage assays indicated that peptide-membrane interactions were independent from peptide self-association. Tryptophan fluorescence and EPR showed competition between Ambn-Amel and Ambn-membrane interactions. We demonstrate localized structural changes in Ambn upon interaction with different targets via a multitargeting domain, spanning residues 57 to 90 of mouse Ambn. Structural changes of Ambn following its interaction with different targets have relevant implications for the multifunctionality of Ambn in enamel formation.
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- Natalie C. Kegulian
- Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience and Physiology, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
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- Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
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Zheng S, Zou M, Shao Y, Wu H, Wu H, Wang X. Two-dimensional measurements of receptor-ligand interactions. Front Mol Biosci 2023; 10:1154074. [PMID: 36876050 PMCID: PMC9981951 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2023.1154074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2023] [Accepted: 02/08/2023] [Indexed: 02/19/2023] Open
Abstract
Gaining insight into the two-dimensional receptor-ligand interactions, which play a significant role in various pivotal biological processes such as immune response and cancer metastasis, will deepen our understanding of numerous physiological and pathological mechanisms and contribute to biomedical applications and drug design. A central issue involved is how to measure the in situ receptor-ligand binding kinetics. Here, we review several representative mechanical-based and fluorescence-based methods, and briefly discuss the strengths and weaknesses for each method. In addition, we emphasize the great importance of the combination of experimental and computational methods in studying the receptor-ligand interactions, and further studies should focus on the synergistic development of experimental and computational methods.
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- Songjie Zheng
- Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,School of Engineering Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,School of Engineering Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- College of Mechanical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China
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- College of Mechanical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, China
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Surface plasmon resonance (SPR) is an optical technique that is utilized for detecting molecular interactions that occur in direct protein-protein interactions. Binding of a mobile molecule (analyte) to a molecule immobilized on a thin metal film (ligand) changes the refractive index of the film. The angle of extinction of light that is completely reflected, after polarized light impinges upon the surface, is altered and monitored as a change in detector position for a dip in reflected intensity (the surface plasmon resonance phenomenon). Because the method strictly detects mass, there is no need to label the interacting components, thus eliminating possible changes of their molecular properties. One of the advantages in SPR is its high sensitivity, compatible with the need for purification of small amounts of protein for analysis. This chapter concentrates on practical methodologies for performing surface plasmon resonance analysis.
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- Dennis G Drescher
- Departments of Otolaryngology and Biochemistry-Molecular Biology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, USA.
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- Departments of Otolaryngology and Biochemistry-Molecular Biology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, USA
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Yadav S, Senapati S, Kumar S, Gahlaut SK, Singh JP. GLAD Based Advanced Nanostructures for Diversified Biosensing Applications: Recent Progress. BIOSENSORS 2022; 12:1115. [PMID: 36551082 PMCID: PMC9775079 DOI: 10.3390/bios12121115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2022] [Revised: 11/18/2022] [Accepted: 11/23/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
Abstract
Glancing angle deposition (GLAD) is a technique for the fabrication of sculpted micro- and nanostructures under the conditions of oblique vapor flux incident and limited adatom diffusion. GLAD-based nanostructures are emerging platforms with broad sensing applications due to their high sensitivity, enhanced optical and catalytic properties, periodicity, and controlled morphology. GLAD-fabricated nanochips and substrates for chemical and biosensing applications are replacing conventionally used nanomaterials due to their broad scope, ease of fabrication, controlled growth parameters, and hence, sensing abilities. This review focuses on recent advances in the diverse nanostructures fabricated via GLAD and their applications in the biomedical field. The effects of morphology and deposition conditions on GLAD structures, their biosensing capability, and the use of these nanostructures for various biosensing applications such as surface plasmon resonance (SPR), fluorescence, surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS), and colorimetric- and wettability-based bio-detection will be discussed in detail. GLAD has also found diverse applications in the case of molecular imaging techniques such as fluorescence, super-resolution, and photoacoustic imaging. In addition, some in vivo applications, such as drug delivery, have been discussed. Furthermore, we will also provide an overview of the status of GLAD technology as well as future challenges associated with GLAD-based nanostructures in the mentioned areas.
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- Sarjana Yadav
- Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110016, India
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- School of Interdisciplinary Research, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110016, India
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- Department of Electronics and Information Engineering, Korea University, Sejong 30019, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110016, India
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- Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110016, India
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Arney JW, Weeks KM. RNA-Ligand Interactions Quantified by Surface Plasmon Resonance with Reference Subtraction. Biochemistry 2022; 61:1625-1632. [PMID: 35802500 PMCID: PMC9357220 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.2c00177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
Structured RNAs bind ligands and are attractive targets for small-molecule drugs. A wide variety of analytical methods have been used to characterize RNA-ligand interactions, but our experience is that most have significant limitations in terms of material requirements and applicability to complex RNAs. Surface plasmon resonance (SPR) potentially overcomes these limitations, but we find that the standard experimental framework measures notable nonspecific electrostatic-mediated interactions, frustrating analysis of weak RNA binders. SPR measurements are typically quantified relative to a non-target reference channel. Here, we show that referencing to a channel containing a non-binding control RNA enables subtraction of nonspecific binding contributions, allowing measurements of accurate and specific binding affinities. We validated this approach for small-molecule binders of two riboswitch RNAs with affinities ranging from nanomolar to millimolar, including low-molecular-mass fragment ligands. SPR implemented with reference subtraction reliably discriminates specific from nonspecific binding, uses RNA and ligand material efficiently, and enables rapid exploration of the ligand-binding landscape for RNA targets.
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- J. Winston Arney
- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
27599-3290
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
27599-3290
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Jiang Z, Kuo YH, Zhong M, Zhang J, Zhou XX, Xing L, Wells JA, Wang Y, Arkin MR. Adaptor-Specific Antibody Fragment Inhibitors for the Intracellular Modulation of p97 (VCP) Protein-Protein Interactions. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:13218-13225. [PMID: 35819848 PMCID: PMC9335864 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c03665] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
Abstract
Protein-protein interactions (PPIs) form complex networks to drive cellular signaling and cellular functions. Precise modulation of a target PPI helps explain the role of the PPI in cellular events and possesses therapeutic potential. For example, valosin-containing protein (VCP/p97) is a hub protein that interacts with more than 30 adaptor proteins involved in various cellular functions. However, the role of each p97 PPI during the relevant cellular event is underexplored. The development of small-molecule PPI modulators remains challenging due to a lack of grooves and pockets in the relatively large PPI interface and the fact that a common binding groove in p97 binds to multiple adaptors. Here, we report an antibody fragment-based modulator for the PPI between p97 and its adaptor protein NSFL1C (p47). We engineered these antibody modulators by phage display against the p97-interacting domain of p47 and minimizing binding to other p97 adaptors. The selected antibody fragment modulators specifically disrupt the intracellular p97/p47 interaction. The potential of this antibody platform to develop PPI inhibitors in therapeutic applications was demonstrated through the inhibition of Golgi reassembly, which requires the p97/p47 interaction. This study presents a unique approach to modulate specific intracellular PPIs using engineered antibody fragments, demonstrating a method to dissect the function of a PPI within a convoluted PPI network.
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- Ziwen Jiang
- Department
of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University
of California, San Francisco, California 94158, United States,Small
Molecule Discovery Center, University of
California, San Francisco, California 94158, United States
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- Department
of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University
of California, San Francisco, California 94158, United States,Small
Molecule Discovery Center, University of
California, San Francisco, California 94158, United States
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- Department
of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University
of California, San Francisco, California 94158, United States,Small
Molecule Discovery Center, University of
California, San Francisco, California 94158, United States
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- Department
of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1085, United States
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- Department
of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University
of California, San Francisco, California 94158, United States,Department
of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States,Department
of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115 United States
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- Department
of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1085, United States
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- Department
of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University
of California, San Francisco, California 94158, United States
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- Department
of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1085, United States
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- Department
of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University
of California, San Francisco, California 94158, United States,Small
Molecule Discovery Center, University of
California, San Francisco, California 94158, United States,
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Singh SK, Singh R. Surface Plasmon Resonance, a Novel Technique for Sensing Cancer Biomarker: Folate Receptor and Nanoparticles Interface. METHODS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY (CLIFTON, N.J.) 2022; 2413:211-228. [PMID: 35044668 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-1896-7_21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Despite advances in healthcare technology, the early detection biomarker and treatment remain one of the biggest challenges in humanity. Thus, developing a biosensor for timely diagnosis is well-justified to improve the prospect of remission of cancer patients. Surface plasmon resonance (SPR), a biosensor, is of interest that monitors many cancer biomarkers with high sensitivity and rapidity. For various cancers, nanoparticle (NP)-based targeted drug/gene delivery has been widely employed as it directs mainly the receptors expressed specifically on the cell membrane of the cancer cell. Folate Receptor 1 (FOLR1) or FOLRα, predominantly expressed on epithelial cells, remains a principal target for drug discovery in several cancers, including prostate or ovarian. Therefore, conjugation of folic acid to the NPs precisely targeting the biomarkers on the tumor cells allows the detection and helps in the treatment of various cancers. In the present study, we discuss the folate receptor as of diagnostic interest and focus on the use of the targeted planetary ball milled nanoparticles (PBM-NPs) and its formulation, emphasizing the approach using sensor chips in the Open SPR system for cancer biomarker detection.
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- Santosh Kumar Singh
- Department of Microbiology, Biochemistry and Immunology, Cancer Health Equity Institute, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Biochemistry and Immunology, Cancer Health Equity Institute, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.
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Hladysh S, Oleshchuk D, Dvořáková J, Šeděnková I, Filipová M, Pobořilová Z, Pánek J, Proks V. Comparison of carboxybetaine with sulfobetaine polyaspartamides: Nonfouling properties, hydrophilicity, cytotoxicity and model nanogelation in an inverse miniemulsion. J Appl Polym Sci 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/app.52099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Sviatoslav Hladysh
- Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic Prague 6 Czech Republic
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- Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic Prague 6 Czech Republic
- Department of Physical and Macromolecular Chemistry, Faculty of Science Charles University in Prague Prague 2 Czech Republic
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- Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic Prague 6 Czech Republic
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- Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic Prague 6 Czech Republic
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- Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic Prague 6 Czech Republic
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- Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic Prague 6 Czech Republic
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- Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic Prague 6 Czech Republic
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- Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic Prague 6 Czech Republic
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Liao J, Madahar V, Dang R, Jiang L. Quantitative FRET (qFRET) Technology for the Determination of Protein-Protein Interaction Affinity in Solution. Molecules 2021; 26:molecules26216339. [PMID: 34770748 PMCID: PMC8588070 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26216339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2021] [Revised: 10/08/2021] [Accepted: 10/12/2021] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Protein-protein interactions play pivotal roles in life, and the protein interaction affinity confers specific protein interaction events in physiology or pathology. Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) has been widely used in biological and biomedical research to detect molecular interactions in vitro and in vivo. The FRET assay provides very high sensitivity and efficiency. Several attempts have been made to develop the FRET assay into a quantitative measurement for protein-protein interaction affinity in the past. However, the progress has been slow due to complicated procedures or because of challenges in differentiating the FRET signal from other direct emission signals from donor and receptor. This review focuses on recent developments of the quantitative FRET analysis and its application in the determination of protein-protein interaction affinity (KD), either through FRET acceptor emission or donor quenching methods. This paper mainly reviews novel theatrical developments and experimental procedures rather than specific experimental results. The FRET-based approach for protein interaction affinity determination provides several advantages, including high sensitivity, high accuracy, low cost, and high-throughput assay. The FRET-based methodology holds excellent potential for those difficult-to-be expressed proteins and for protein interactions in living cells.
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- Jiayu Liao
- Department of Bioengineering, Bourns College of Engineering, University of California at Riverside, 900 University Avenue, Riverside, CA 92521, USA; (V.M.); (R.D.)
- Biomedical Science, School of Medicine, University of California at Riverside, 900 University Avenue, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
- Institute for Integrative Genome Biology, University of California at Riverside, 900 University Avenue, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +1-951-827-6240; Fax: +1-951-827-6416
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- Department of Bioengineering, Bourns College of Engineering, University of California at Riverside, 900 University Avenue, Riverside, CA 92521, USA; (V.M.); (R.D.)
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- Department of Bioengineering, Bourns College of Engineering, University of California at Riverside, 900 University Avenue, Riverside, CA 92521, USA; (V.M.); (R.D.)
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine, 24 Heping Road, Harbin 150040, China;
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Singh SK, Singh S, Singh R. Targeting novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 spike protein with phytoconstituents of Momordica charantia. J Ovarian Res 2021; 14:126. [PMID: 34579761 PMCID: PMC8474883 DOI: 10.1186/s13048-021-00872-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2021] [Accepted: 08/27/2021] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Infections by the SARS-CoV-2 virus causing COVID-19 are presently a global emergency. The current vaccination effort may reduce the infection rate, but strain variants are emerging under selection pressure. Thus, there is an urgent need to find drugs that treat COVID-19 and save human lives. Hence, in this study, we identified phytoconstituents of an edible vegetable, Bitter melon (Momordica charantia), that affect the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein. METHODS Components of Momordica charantia were tested to identify the compounds that bind to the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein. An MTiOpenScreen web-server was used to perform docking studies. The Lipinski rule was utilized to evaluate potential interactions between the drug and other target molecules. PyMol and Schrodinger software were used to identify the hydrophilic and hydrophobic interactions. Surface plasmon resonance (SPR) was employed to assess the interaction between an extract component (erythrodiol) and the spike protein. RESULTS Our in-silico evaluations showed that phytoconstituents of Momordica charantia have a low binding energy range, -5.82 to -5.97 kcal/mol. A docking study revealed two sets of phytoconstituents that bind at the S1 and S2 domains of SARS-CoV-2. SPR showed that erythrodiol has a strong binding affinity (KD = 1.15 μM) with the S2 spike protein of SARS-CoV-2. Overall, docking, ADME properties, and SPR displayed strong interactions between phytoconstituents and the active site of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein. CONCLUSION This study reveals that phytoconstituents from bitter melon are potential agents to treat SARS-CoV-2 viral infections due to their binding to spike proteins S1 and S2.
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- Santosh Kumar Singh
- Department of Microbiology, Biochemistry and Immunology, Morehouse School of Medicine, 720 Westview Drive SW, Atlanta, GA 30310 USA
- Cancer Health Equity Institute, Morehouse School of Medicine, 720 Westview Drive SW, Atlanta, GA 30310 USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Biochemistry and Immunology, Morehouse School of Medicine, 720 Westview Drive SW, Atlanta, GA 30310 USA
- Cancer Health Equity Institute, Morehouse School of Medicine, 720 Westview Drive SW, Atlanta, GA 30310 USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Biochemistry and Immunology, Morehouse School of Medicine, 720 Westview Drive SW, Atlanta, GA 30310 USA
- Cancer Health Equity Institute, Morehouse School of Medicine, 720 Westview Drive SW, Atlanta, GA 30310 USA
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Evolution of biophysical tools for quantitative protein interactions and drug discovery. Emerg Top Life Sci 2021; 5:1-12. [PMID: 33739398 DOI: 10.1042/etls20200258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2020] [Revised: 02/23/2021] [Accepted: 02/25/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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With millions of signalling events occurring simultaneously, cells process a continuous flux of information. The genesis, processing, and regulation of information are dictated by a huge network of protein interactions. This is proven by the fact that alterations in the levels of proteins, single amino acid changes, post-translational modifications, protein products arising out of gene fusions alter the interaction landscape leading to diseases such as congenital disorders, deleterious syndromes like cancer, and crippling diseases like the neurodegenerative disorders which are often fatal. Needless to say, there is an immense effort to understand the biophysical basis of such direct interactions between any two proteins, the structure, domains, and sequence motifs involved in tethering them, their spatio-temporal regulation in cells, the structure of the network, and their eventual manipulation for intervention in diseases. In this chapter, we will deliberate on a few techniques that allow us to dissect the thermodynamic and kinetic aspects of protein interaction, how innovation has rendered some of the traditional techniques applicable for rapid analysis of multiple samples using small amounts of material. These advances coupled with automation are catching up with the genome-wide or proteome-wide studies aimed at identifying new therapeutic targets. The chapter will also summarize how some of these techniques are suited either in the standalone mode or in combination with other biophysical techniques for the drug discovery process.
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Al-Akhrass H, Conway JRW, Poulsen ASA, Paatero I, Kaivola J, Padzik A, Andersen OM, Ivaska J. A feed-forward loop between SorLA and HER3 determines heregulin response and neratinib resistance. Oncogene 2021; 40:1300-1317. [PMID: 33420373 PMCID: PMC7892347 DOI: 10.1038/s41388-020-01604-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2020] [Revised: 11/23/2020] [Accepted: 12/03/2020] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Current evidence indicates that resistance to the tyrosine kinase-type cell surface receptor (HER2)-targeted therapies is frequently associated with HER3 and active signaling via HER2-HER3 dimers, particularly in the context of breast cancer. Thus, understanding the response to HER2-HER3 signaling and the regulation of the dimer is essential to decipher therapy relapse mechanisms. Here, we investigate a bidirectional relationship between HER2-HER3 signaling and a type-1 transmembrane sorting receptor, sortilin-related receptor (SorLA; SORL1). We demonstrate that heregulin-mediated signaling supports SorLA transcription downstream of the mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway. In addition, we demonstrate that SorLA interacts directly with HER3, forming a trimeric complex with HER2 and HER3 to attenuate lysosomal degradation of the dimer in a Ras-related protein Rab4-dependent manner. In line with a role for SorLA in supporting the stability of the HER2 and HER3 receptors, loss of SorLA compromised heregulin-induced cell proliferation and sensitized metastatic anti-HER2 therapy-resistant breast cancer cells to neratinib in cancer spheroids in vitro and in vivo in a zebrafish brain xenograft model.
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- Hussein Al-Akhrass
- Turku Bioscience Centre, University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University, FI-20520, Turku, Finland.
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- Turku Bioscience Centre, University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University, FI-20520, Turku, Finland
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- Danish Research Institute of Translational Neuroscience (DANDRITE) Nordic-EMBL Partnership, Department of biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Turku Bioscience Centre, University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University, FI-20520, Turku, Finland
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- Turku Bioscience Centre, University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University, FI-20520, Turku, Finland
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- Turku Bioscience Centre, University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University, FI-20520, Turku, Finland
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- Danish Research Institute of Translational Neuroscience (DANDRITE) Nordic-EMBL Partnership, Department of biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Turku Bioscience Centre, University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University, FI-20520, Turku, Finland.
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Kusova AM, Sitnitsky AE, Zuev YF. Impact of intermolecular attraction and repulsion on molecular diffusion and virial coefficients of spheroidal and rod-shaped proteins. J Mol Liq 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2020.114927] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Bogutzki A, Curth U. Analytical Ultracentrifugation for Analysis of Protein-Nucleic Acid Interactions. Methods Mol Biol 2021; 2263:397-421. [PMID: 33877610 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-1197-5_19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Analytical ultracentrifugation is a powerful tool to characterize interactions of macromolecules in solution. In sedimentation velocity experiments, the sedimentation of interaction partners and complexes can be monitored directly and can be used to characterize interactions quantitatively. As an example, we show how the interaction of the clamp loader subcomplex of DNA polymerase III from E. coli and a template/primer DNA saturated with single-stranded DNA-binding protein can be analyzed by analytical ultracentrifugation with fluorescence detection.
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- Andrea Bogutzki
- Hannover Medical School, Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Hannover, Germany
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- Hannover Medical School, Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Hannover, Germany.
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Jiang H, Cole PA. N-Terminal Protein Labeling with N-Hydroxysuccinimide Esters and Microscale Thermophoresis Measurements of Protein-Protein Interactions Using Labeled Protein. Curr Protoc 2021; 1:e14. [PMID: 33484499 PMCID: PMC7839251 DOI: 10.1002/cpz1.14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Protein labeling strategies have been explored for decades to study protein structure, function, and regulation. Fluorescent labeling of a protein enables the study of protein-protein interactions through biophysical methods such as microscale thermophoresis (MST). MST measures the directed motion of a fluorescently labeled protein in response to microscopic temperature gradients, and the protein's thermal mobility can be used to determine binding affinity. However, the stoichiometry and site specificity of fluorescent labeling are hard to control, and heterogeneous labeling can generate inaccuracies in binding measurements. Here, we describe an easy-to-apply protocol for high-stoichiometric, site-specific labeling of a protein at its N-terminus with N-hydroxysuccinimide (NHS) esters as a means to measure protein-protein interaction affinity by MST. This protocol includes guidelines for NHS ester labeling, fluorescent-labeled protein purification, and MST measurement using a labeled protein. As an example of the entire workflow, we additionally provide a protocol for labeling a ubiquitin E3 enzyme and testing ubiquitin E2-E3 enzyme binding affinity. These methods are highly adaptable and can be extended for protein interaction studies in various biological and biochemical circumstances. © 2021 Wiley Periodicals LLC. Basic Protocol 1: Labeling a protein of interest at its N-terminus with NHS esters through stepwise reaction Alternate Protocol: Labeling a protein of interest at its N-terminus with NHS esters through a one-pot reaction Basic Protocol 2: Purifying the N-terminal fluorescent-labeled protein and determining its concentration and labeling efficiency Basic Protocol 3: Using MST to determine the binding affinity of an N-terminal fluorescent-labeled protein to a binding partner. Basic Protocol 4: NHS ester labeling of ubiquitin E3 ligase WWP2 and measurement of the binding affinity between WWP2 and an E2 conjugating enzyme by the MST binding assay.
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- Hanjie Jiang
- Division of Genetics, Brigham and Women’s Hospital,
Department of Medicine and Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard
Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
- Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, Johns
Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, United States
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- Division of Genetics, Brigham and Women’s Hospital,
Department of Medicine and Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard
Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
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Guasch A, Montané J, Moros A, Piñol J, Sitjà M, González-González L, Fita I. Structure of P46, an immunodominant surface protein from Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae: interaction with a monoclonal antibody. ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION D-STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY 2020; 76:418-427. [PMID: 32355038 DOI: 10.1107/s2059798320003903] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2019] [Accepted: 03/17/2020] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae is a prokaryotic pathogen that colonizes the respiratory ciliated epithelial cells in swine. Infected animals suffer respiratory lesions, causing major economic losses in the porcine industry. Characterization of the immunodominant membrane-associated proteins from M. hyopneumoniae may be instrumental in the development of new therapeutic approaches. Here, the crystal structure of P46, one of the main surface-antigen proteins, from M. hyopneumoniae is presented and shows N- and C-terminal α/β domains connected by a hinge. The structures solved in this work include a ligand-free open form of P46 (3.1 Å resolution) and two ligand-bound structures of P46 with maltose (2.5 Å resolution) and xylose (3.5 Å resolution) in open and closed conformations, respectively. The ligand-binding site is buried in the cleft between the domains at the hinge region. The two domains of P46 can rotate with respect to each other, giving open or closed alternative conformations. In agreement with this structural information, sequence analyses show similarities to substrate-binding members of the ABC transporter superfamily, with P46 facing the extracellular side as a functional subunit. In the structure with xylose, P46 was also bound to a high-affinity (Kd = 29 nM) Fab fragment from a monoclonal antibody, allowing the characterization of a structural epitope in P46 that exclusively involves residues from the C-terminal domain. The Fab structure in the complex with P46 shows only small conformational rearrangements in the six complementarity-determining regions (CDRs) with respect to the unbound Fab (the structure of which is also determined in this work at 1.95 Å resolution). The structural information that is now available should contribute to a better understanding of sugar nutrient intake by M. hyopneumoniae. This information will also allow the design of protocols and strategies for the generation of new vaccines against this important swine pathogen.
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- Alicia Guasch
- Institut de Biologia Molecular de Barcelona (IBMB-CSIC) and Maria de Maeztu Unit of Excellence, Parc Cientific, Baldiri Reixac 10-12, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Departament de Bioquimica i Biologia Molecular and Institut de Biotecnologia i Biomedicina, Universidad Autonoma de Bellaterra, 08193 Cerdanyola del Valles, Spain
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- Institut de Biologia Molecular de Barcelona (IBMB-CSIC) and Maria de Maeztu Unit of Excellence, Parc Cientific, Baldiri Reixac 10-12, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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Pacholski C, Rosencrantz S, Rosencrantz RR, Balderas-Valadez RF. Plasmonic biosensors fabricated by galvanic displacement reactions for monitoring biomolecular interactions in real time. Anal Bioanal Chem 2020; 412:3433-3445. [PMID: 32006063 PMCID: PMC7214386 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-020-02414-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2019] [Revised: 01/01/2020] [Accepted: 01/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Optical sensors are prepared by reduction of gold ions using freshly etched hydride-terminated porous silicon, and their ability to specifically detect binding between protein A/rabbit IgG and asialofetuin/Erythrina cristagalli lectin is studied. The fabrication process is simple, fast, and reproducible, and does not require complicated lab equipment. The resulting nanostructured gold layer on silicon shows an optical response in the visible range based on the excitation of localized surface plasmon resonance. Variations in the refractive index of the surrounding medium result in a color change of the sensor which can be observed by the naked eye. By monitoring the spectral position of the localized surface plasmon resonance using reflectance spectroscopy, a bulk sensitivity of 296 nm ± 3 nm/RIU is determined. Furthermore, selectivity to target analytes is conferred to the sensor through functionalization of its surface with appropriate capture probes. For this purpose, biomolecules are deposited either by physical adsorption or by covalent coupling. Both strategies are successfully tested, i.e., the optical response of the sensor is dependent on the concentration of respective target analyte in the solution facilitating the determination of equilibrium dissociation constants for protein A/rabbit IgG as well as asialofetuin/Erythrina cristagalli lectin which are in accordance with reported values in literature. These results demonstrate the potential of the developed optical sensor for cost-efficient biosensor applications. Graphical abstract.
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- Claudia Pacholski
- Institute of Chemistry, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 24-25, 14476, Potsdam, Germany
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- Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research IAP, Biofunctionalized Materials and (Glyco)Biotechnology, Geiselbergstraße 69, 14476, Potsdam, Germany
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- Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research IAP, Biofunctionalized Materials and (Glyco)Biotechnology, Geiselbergstraße 69, 14476, Potsdam, Germany
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Paul M, Weller MG. Antibody Screening by Microarray Technology-Direct Identification of Selective High-Affinity Clones. Antibodies (Basel) 2020; 9:E1. [PMID: 31906477 PMCID: PMC7175374 DOI: 10.3390/antib9010001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2019] [Revised: 12/09/2019] [Accepted: 12/11/2019] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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The primary screening of hybridoma cells is a time-critical and laborious step during the development of monoclonal antibodies. Often, critical errors occur in this phase, which supports the notion that the generation of monoclonal antibodies with hybridoma technology is difficult to control and hence, a risky venture. We think that it is crucial to improve the screening process to eliminate most of the critical deficits of the conventional approach. With this new microarray-based procedure, several advances could be achieved: Selectivity for excellent binders, high-throughput, reproducible signals, avoidance of misleading avidity (multivalency) effects, and performance of simultaneous competition experiments. The latter can also be used to select clones of desired cross-reactivity properties. In this paper, a model system with two excellent clones against carbamazepine, two weak clones, and blank supernatant containing fetal bovine serum was designed to examine the effectiveness of the new system. The excellent clones could be detected largely independent of the immunoglobulin G (IgG) concentration, which is usually unknown during the clone screening since the determination and subsequent adjustment of the antibody concentration are not feasible in most cases. Furthermore, in this approach, the enrichment, isolation, and purification of IgG for characterization is not necessary. Raw cell culture supernatant can be used directly, even when fetal calf serum (FCS) or other complex media is used. In addition, an improved method for the oriented antibody-immobilization on epoxy-silanized slides is presented. Based on the results of this model system with simulated hybridoma supernatants, we conclude that this approach should be preferable to most other protocols leading to many false positives, causing expensive and lengthy elimination steps to weed out the poor clones.
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- Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM), Division 1.5 Protein Analysis, Richard-Willstätter-Strasse 11, 12489 Berlin, Germany;
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Layered material platform for surface plasmon resonance biosensing. Sci Rep 2019; 9:20286. [PMID: 31889053 PMCID: PMC6937298 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-56105-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2019] [Accepted: 12/05/2019] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Plasmonic biosensing has emerged as the most sensitive label-free technique to detect various molecular species in solutions and has already proved crucial in drug discovery, food safety and studies of bio-reactions. This technique relies on surface plasmon resonances in ~50 nm metallic films and the possibility to functionalize the surface of the metal in order to achieve selectivity. At the same time, most metals corrode in bio-solutions, which reduces the quality factor and darkness of plasmonic resonances and thus the sensitivity. Furthermore, functionalization itself might have a detrimental effect on the quality of the surface, also reducing sensitivity. Here we demonstrate that the use of graphene and other layered materials for passivation and functionalization broadens the range of metals which can be used for plasmonic biosensing and increases the sensitivity by 3-4 orders of magnitude, as it guarantees stability of a metal in liquid and preserves the plasmonic resonances under biofunctionalization. We use this approach to detect low molecular weight HT-2 toxins (crucial for food safety), achieving phase sensitivity~0.5 fg/mL, three orders of magnitude higher than previously reported. This proves that layered materials provide a new platform for surface plasmon resonance biosensing, paving the way for compact biosensors for point of care testing.
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Leung CH, Wu KJ, Li G, Wu C, Ko CN, Ma DL. Application of label-free techniques in microfluidic for biomolecules detection and circulating tumor cells analysis. Trends Analyt Chem 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2019.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The accurate and precise determination of binding interactions plays a central role in fields such as drug discovery where structure-activity relationships guide the selection and optimization of drug leads. Binding is often assessed by monitoring the response caused by varying one of the binding partners in a functional assay or by using methods where the concentrations of free and/or bound ligand can be directly determined. In addition, there are also many approaches where binding leads to a change in the properties of the binding partner(s) that can be directly quantified such as an alteration in mass or in a spectroscopic signal. The analysis of data resulting from these techniques invariably relies on computer software that enable rapid fitting of the data to nonlinear multiparameter equations. The objective of this Perspective is to serve as a reminder of the basic assumptions that are used in deriving these equations and thus that should be considered during assay design and subsequent data analysis. The result is a set of guidelines for authors considering submitting their work to journals such as ACS Infectious Diseases.
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- Peter J. Tonge
- Center for Advanced Study of Drug Action, Departments of Chemistry and Radiology, Stony Brook University, John S. Toll Drive, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3400, United States
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Karmakar S, Biswas S, Das KP, Tripathy U. Surface plasmon resonance study of the interaction of 4,4′-dianilino-1,1′-binaphthyl-5,5′-disulfonic acid dipotassium salt (bis-ANS) and adenosine triphosphate (ATP) with oligomeric recombinant human lens αA-crystallin. CAN J CHEM 2019. [DOI: 10.1139/cjc-2018-0412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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α-Crystallin, an abundant mammalian lens protein made up of two subunits (αA- and αB-crystallin), is involved in the maintenance of the optimal refractive index in the lens. The protein is implicated in the pathophysiology of a large number of retinal diseases including cataract, age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, and uveitis. α-Crystallin belongs to the small heat shock protein (sHSP) family, forms large oligomeric structures, and functions as a molecular chaperone appearing very early during embryonic development. To gain mechanistic insight into the structural and functional role of α-crystallin and its alterations in various retinal diseases, it is important to study the interaction chemistry with its known partners. The hydrophobic sites in α-crystallin have been studied extensively using environmentally sensitive fluorescent probes such as 4,4′-dianilino-1,1′-binaphthyl-5,5′-disulfonic acid dipotassium salt (bis-ANS) that interacts with both subunits of α-cystallin in 1:1 stoichiometry at 37 °C and diminishes the chaperone-like activity of the protein. Furthermore, it has been shown that ATP plays a crucial role in the association of α-crystallin with substrate proteins. We use surface plasmon resonance (SPR) to monitor the interactions of immobilized oligomeric recombinant αA subunit of human α-crystallin protein with bis-ANS and ATP. We assess the thermodynamic parameters and kinetics of such interactions at various temperatures. Our results indicate that bis-ANS binds to αA-crystallin with higher affinity when compared with ATP, although both αA-crystallin and αB-crystallin display fast interaction kinetics.
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- Srabani Karmakar
- Department of Biotechnology, Techno India University, EM-4/1, Sector V, Salt Lake, Kolkata-700091, India
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- Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati-781029, India
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- Protein Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Bose Institute, 93/1 A.P.C. Road, Kolkata-700009, India
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- Department of Applied Physics, Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad-826004, India
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Brown KA, Rajendran S, Dowd J, Wilson DJ. Rapid characterization of structural and functional similarity for a candidate bevacizumab (Avastin) biosimilar using a multipronged mass‐spectrometry‐based approach. Drug Test Anal 2019; 11:1207-1217. [DOI: 10.1002/dta.2609] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2019] [Revised: 04/24/2019] [Accepted: 04/25/2019] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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- Kerene A. Brown
- Chemistry DepartmentYork University Toronto ON Canada
- The Centre for Research in Mass SpectrometryYork University Toronto ON Canada
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- Apobiologix (division of Apotex Inc.) Toronto ON Canada
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- Chemistry DepartmentYork University Toronto ON Canada
- The Centre for Research in Mass SpectrometryYork University Toronto ON Canada
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Stepek IA, Cao T, Koetemann A, Shimura S, Wollscheid B, Bode JW. Antibiotic Discovery with Synthetic Fermentation: Library Assembly, Phenotypic Screening, and Mechanism of Action of β-Peptides Targeting Penicillin-Binding Proteins. ACS Chem Biol 2019; 14:1030-1040. [PMID: 30990649 DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.9b00227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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In analogy to biosynthetic pathways leading to bioactive natural products, synthetic fermentation generates mixtures of molecules from simple building blocks under aqueous, biocompatible conditions, allowing the resulting cultures to be directly screened for biological activity. In this work, a novel β-peptide antibiotic was successfully identified using the synthetic fermentation platform. Phenotypic screening was carried out in an initially random fashion, allowing simple identification of active cultures. Subsequent deconvolution, focused screening, and structure-activity relationship studies led to the identification of a potent antimicrobial peptide, showing strong selectivity for our model system Bacillus subtilis over human HEK293 cells. To determine the antibacterial mechanism of action, a peptide probe bearing a photoaffinity tag was readily synthesized through the use of appropriate synthetic fermentation building blocks and utilized for target identification using a quantitative mass spectrometry-based strategy. The chemoproteomic approach led to the identification of a number of bacterial membrane proteins as prospective targets. These findings were validated through binding affinity studies with penicillin-binding protein 4 using microscale thermophoresis, with the bioactive peptide showing a dissociation constant ( Kd) in the nanomolar range. Through these efforts, we provide a proof of concept for the synthetic fermentation approach presented here as a new strategy for the phenotypic discovery of novel bioactive compounds.
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- Iain A. Stepek
- Laboratorium für Organische Chemie, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH-Zürich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Laboratorium für Organische Chemie, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH-Zürich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Health Sciences and Technology, Institute of Molecular Systems Biology, and BioMedical Proteomics Platform (BMPP), ETH Zurich, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Laboratorium für Organische Chemie, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH-Zürich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Health Sciences and Technology, Institute of Molecular Systems Biology, and BioMedical Proteomics Platform (BMPP), ETH Zurich, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Laboratorium für Organische Chemie, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH-Zürich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
- Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (WPI-ITbM), Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan
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Erbaş A, Olvera de la Cruz M, Marko JF. Receptor-Ligand Rebinding Kinetics in Confinement. Biophys J 2019; 116:1609-1624. [PMID: 31029377 PMCID: PMC6506716 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2019.02.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2018] [Revised: 02/05/2019] [Accepted: 02/19/2019] [Indexed: 10/27/2022] Open
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Rebinding kinetics of molecular ligands plays a key role in the operation of biomachinery, from regulatory networks to protein transcription, and is also a key factor in design of drugs and high-precision biosensors. In this study, we investigate initial release and rebinding of ligands to their binding sites grafted on a planar surface, a situation commonly observed in single-molecule experiments and that occurs in vivo, e.g., during exocytosis. Via scaling arguments and molecular dynamic simulations, we analyze the dependence of nonequilibrium rebinding kinetics on two intrinsic length scales: the average separation distance between the binding sites and the total diffusible volume (i.e., height of the experimental reservoir in which diffusion takes place or average distance between receptor-bearing surfaces). We obtain time-dependent scaling laws for on rates and for the cumulative number of rebinding events. For diffusion-limited binding, the (rebinding) on rate decreases with time via multiple power-law regimes before the terminal steady-state (constant on-rate) regime. At intermediate times, when particle density has not yet become uniform throughout the diffusible volume, the cumulative number of rebindings exhibits a novel, to our knowledge, plateau behavior because of the three-dimensional escape process of ligands from binding sites. The duration of the plateau regime depends on the average separation distance between binding sites. After the three-dimensional diffusive escape process, a one-dimensional diffusive regime describes on rates. In the reaction-limited scenario, ligands with higher affinity to their binding sites (e.g., longer residence times) delay entry to the power-law regimes. Our results will be useful for extracting hidden timescales in experiments such as kinetic rate measurements for ligand-receptor interactions in microchannels, as well as for cell signaling via diffusing molecules.
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- Aykut Erbaş
- UNAM-National Nanotechnology Research Center and Institute of Materials Science & Nanotechnology, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey.
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois; Department of Physics and Astronomy, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois; Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois; Department of Molecular Biosciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois.
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Sisavath N, Rukundo JL, Le Blanc JCY, Galievsky VA, Bao J, Kochmann S, Stasheuski AS, Krylov SN. Transient Incomplete Separation Facilitates Finding Accurate Equilibrium Dissociation Constant of Protein-Small Molecule Complex. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019; 58:6635-6639. [PMID: 30901510 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201901345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2019] [Revised: 03/21/2019] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Current practical methods for finding the equilibrium dissociation constant, Kd , of protein-small molecule complexes have inherent sources of inaccuracy. Introduced here is "accurate constant via transient incomplete separation" (ACTIS), which appears to be free of inherent sources of inaccuracy. Conceptually, a short plug of the pre-equilibrated protein-small molecule mixture is pressure-propagated in a capillary, causing fast transient incomplete separation of the complex from the unbound small molecule. A superposition of signals from these two components is measured near the capillary exit and used to calculate a fraction of unbound small molecule, which, in turn, is used to calculate Kd . Herein the validity of ACTIS is proven theoretically, its accuracy is verified by computer simulation, and its practical use is demonstrated. ACTIS has the potential to become a reference-standard method for determining Kd values of protein-small molecule complexes.
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- Nicolas Sisavath
- Centre for Research on Biomolecular Interactions, York University, Toronto, Ontario, M3J 1P3, Canada
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- Centre for Research on Biomolecular Interactions, York University, Toronto, Ontario, M3J 1P3, Canada
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- Centre for Research on Biomolecular Interactions, York University, Toronto, Ontario, M3J 1P3, Canada
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- Centre for Research on Biomolecular Interactions, York University, Toronto, Ontario, M3J 1P3, Canada
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- Centre for Research on Biomolecular Interactions, York University, Toronto, Ontario, M3J 1P3, Canada
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- Centre for Research on Biomolecular Interactions, York University, Toronto, Ontario, M3J 1P3, Canada
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- Centre for Research on Biomolecular Interactions, York University, Toronto, Ontario, M3J 1P3, Canada
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Sisavath N, Rukundo J, Le Blanc JCY, Galievsky VA, Bao J, Kochmann S, Stasheuski AS, Krylov SN. Transient Incomplete Separation Facilitates Finding Accurate Equilibrium Dissociation Constant of Protein–Small Molecule Complex. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201901345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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- Nicolas Sisavath
- Centre for Research on Biomolecular InteractionsYork University Toronto Ontario M3J 1P3 Canada
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- Centre for Research on Biomolecular InteractionsYork University Toronto Ontario M3J 1P3 Canada
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- Centre for Research on Biomolecular InteractionsYork University Toronto Ontario M3J 1P3 Canada
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- Centre for Research on Biomolecular InteractionsYork University Toronto Ontario M3J 1P3 Canada
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- Centre for Research on Biomolecular InteractionsYork University Toronto Ontario M3J 1P3 Canada
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- Centre for Research on Biomolecular InteractionsYork University Toronto Ontario M3J 1P3 Canada
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- Centre for Research on Biomolecular InteractionsYork University Toronto Ontario M3J 1P3 Canada
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In the Review Article entitled “An Emerging Role of Endometrial Inflammasome in Reproduction: New Therapeutic Approaches” published in Protein & Peptides Letters, 2018, Vol. 26, No. 5, the affiliations of authors are revised due to recent restructuring that took place within the Institution for which the authors work for. The revised affiliation is as follows: </p><p> Fiorella Di Nicuoloa,b,*, Monia Specchiac, Lorenza Trentavizic, Alfredo Pontecorvid, Giovanni Scambiacc,e and Nicoletta Di Simoneb,c </p><p> aIstituto Scientifico Internazionale Paolo VI, ISI, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italia; bFondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, U.O.C. di Ostetricia e Patologia Ostetrica, Dipartimento di Scienze della Salute della Donna e del Bambino, Roma, Italia; cUniversità Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Istituto di Clinica Ostetrica e Ginecologica, Roma, Italia; dFondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Dipartimento di Scienze Gastroenterologiche, Endocrino- Metaboliche e Nefro-Urologiche, Roma, Italia; eFondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, U.O.C. di Ginecologia Oncologica, Dipartimento di Scienze della Salute della Donna e del Bambino, Roma, Italia
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Chauhan V, Chauhan R, Sonkar P, Dhaked RK. Biochemical Characterization of In vitro Reconstituted Biologically Active Recombinant Shiga Toxin. Protein Pept Lett 2019; 26:227-234. [DOI: 10.2174/0929866526666181228161834] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2018] [Revised: 12/28/2018] [Accepted: 12/28/2018] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Background:Shiga toxins comprise a family of related proteins produced by bacteria Shigella dysenteriae and some strains of Escherichia coli that cause severe clinical manifestations. Severe Shiga toxin intoxication results in Haemolytic-Uremic Syndrome (HUS), up to 50% of HUS patients manifest some degree of renal failure and ~10% of such cases develop permanent renal failure or death. </P><P> Objective: In present research work production of biologically active rStx from non-toxic rStxA and rStxB subunits were established that can be used in many biomedical applications.Methods:Purification of Shiga toxin from bacteria is a multistep time consuming process resulting in low yield. To overcome this problem, the rStxA and rStxB protein were separately cloned and expressed in E. coli host and purified through affinity chromatography. GST pull-down assay was performed for interaction study between rStxA and pentameric rStxB. The affinity between A and B subunits of reconstituted recombinant Shiga toxin (AB5) was determined by SPR. The biological activity of the toxin was confirmed in Vero cells and mouse lethality assay.Results:The yield of GST-StxA and His6X-StxB obtained after affinity chromatography was estimated to 2 and 5 mg/l, respectively. Samples analyzed in pull down assay revealed two bands of ~58 kDa (rStxA) and ~7.7 kDa (rStxB) on SDS-PAGE. Affinity was confirmed through SPR with KD of 0.85 pM. This rStx produced from 1:5 molar ratio found to be cytotoxic in Vero cell line and resulted lethality in mouse.Conclusions:Large scale production of rStx using the method can facilitate screening and evaluation of small molecule inhibitors for therapeutics development.
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- Vinita Chauhan
- Biotechnology Division, Defence Research & Development Establishment, Gwalior-474002, MP, India
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- Biotechnology Division, Defence Research & Development Establishment, Gwalior-474002, MP, India
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- Biotechnology Division, Defence Research & Development Establishment, Gwalior-474002, MP, India
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- Biotechnology Division, Defence Research & Development Establishment, Gwalior-474002, MP, India
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Struk S, Jacobs A, Sánchez Martín-Fontecha E, Gevaert K, Cubas P, Goormachtig S. Exploring the protein-protein interaction landscape in plants. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2019; 42:387-409. [PMID: 30156707 DOI: 10.1111/pce.13433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2018] [Accepted: 08/16/2018] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Protein-protein interactions (PPIs) represent an essential aspect of plant systems biology. Identification of key protein players and their interaction networks provide crucial insights into the regulation of plant developmental processes and into interactions of plants with their environment. Despite the great advance in the methods for the discovery and validation of PPIs, still several challenges remain. First, the PPI networks are usually highly dynamic, and the in vivo interactions are often transient and difficult to detect. Therefore, the properties of the PPIs under study need to be considered to select the most suitable technique, because each has its own advantages and limitations. Second, besides knowledge on the interacting partners of a protein of interest, characteristics of the interaction, such as the spatial or temporal dynamics, are highly important. Hence, multiple approaches have to be combined to obtain a comprehensive view on the PPI network present in a cell. Here, we present the progress in commonly used methods to detect and validate PPIs in plants with a special emphasis on the PPI features assessed in each approach and how they were or can be used for the study of plant interactions with their environment.
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- Sylwia Struk
- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- Center for Plant Systems Biology, VIB, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- Center for Plant Systems Biology, VIB, Ghent, Belgium
- Department of Biochemistry, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- Center for Medical Biotechnology, VIB, Ghent, Belgium
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- Plant Molecular Genetics Department, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CSIC), Campus Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Biochemistry, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- Center for Medical Biotechnology, VIB, Ghent, Belgium
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- Plant Molecular Genetics Department, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CSIC), Campus Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- Center for Plant Systems Biology, VIB, Ghent, Belgium
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Kirkness MWH, Korosec CS, Forde NR. Modified Pluronic F127 Surface for Bioconjugation and Blocking Nonspecific Adsorption of Microspheres and Biomacromolecules. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2018; 34:13550-13557. [PMID: 30303387 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b02877] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Many experiments and applications require the chemical coupling of target molecules to surfaces, during which the elimination of nonspecific interactions presents a difficult challenge. We report on a technologically accessible surface passivation and chemical conjugation method based on an NHS end-labeled F127 Pluronic block copolymer (F127-NHS). To quantify interactions between the F127-NHS surface and magnetic microspheres, we developed a simple assay: the microsphere adhesion by gravity, inversion, then counting, or "MAGIC" assay. To improve blocking of microspheres while maintaining the ability to chemically couple additional molecules, we implemented a pH-dependent two-step chemical modification process for amine microspheres. This process achieves an extremely high level of blocking nonspecific interactions (less than 2% nonspecific adhesion) for a variety of microsphere surface charges and chemical functionalities. We also demonstrate the ability to specifically tether magnetic microspheres to an F127-NHS surface, using single DNA molecules. Using the DNA microspheres, we establish the applicability of the surface for force spectroscopy (stable with an applied load >30 pN) via the massively parallel technique of centrifuge force microscopy. Finally, we demonstrate that the surface can be used in fluorescence studies with a fluorogenic peptide cleavage assay, with high levels of blocking achieved for both the fluorogenic peptide and trypsin. These results suggest applications including, but not limited to, single-molecule force spectroscopy and fluorescence, biosensors, medical implants, and anti-biofouling, which could make use of the F127-NHS surface.
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Chemical methods have enabled the total synthesis of protein molecules of ever-increasing size and complexity. However, methods to engineer synthetic proteins comprising noncanonical amino acids have not kept pace, even though this capability would be a distinct advantage of the total synthesis approach to protein science. In this work, we report a platform for protein engineering based on the screening of synthetic one-bead one-compound protein libraries. Screening throughput approaching that of cell surface display was achieved by a combination of magnetic bead enrichment, flow cytometry analysis of on-bead screens, and high-throughput MS/MS-based sequencing of identified active compounds. Direct screening of a synthetic protein library by these methods resulted in the de novo discovery of mirror-image miniprotein-based binders to a ∼150-kDa protein target, a task that would be difficult or impossible by other means.
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Zeidman Kalman T, Khalandovsky R, Tenenbaum Gonikman E, Bercovici M. Monitoring Dissociation Kinetics during Electrophoretic Focusing to Enable High-Specificity Nucleic Acid Detection. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201711673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Tal Zeidman Kalman
- Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute; Technion-Israel Institute of Technology; Haifa 3200003 Israel
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- Faculty of Mechanical Engineering; Technion-Israel Institute of Technology; Haifa 3200003 Israel
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- Faculty of Mechanical Engineering; Technion-Israel Institute of Technology; Haifa 3200003 Israel
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- Faculty of Mechanical Engineering; Technion-Israel Institute of Technology; Haifa 3200003 Israel
- Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute; Technion-Israel Institute of Technology; Haifa 3200003 Israel
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Zeidman Kalman T, Khalandovsky R, Tenenbaum Gonikman E, Bercovici M. Monitoring Dissociation Kinetics during Electrophoretic Focusing to Enable High-Specificity Nucleic Acid Detection. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2018; 57:3343-3348. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201711673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2017] [Revised: 12/31/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Tal Zeidman Kalman
- Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute; Technion-Israel Institute of Technology; Haifa 3200003 Israel
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- Faculty of Mechanical Engineering; Technion-Israel Institute of Technology; Haifa 3200003 Israel
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- Faculty of Mechanical Engineering; Technion-Israel Institute of Technology; Haifa 3200003 Israel
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- Faculty of Mechanical Engineering; Technion-Israel Institute of Technology; Haifa 3200003 Israel
- Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute; Technion-Israel Institute of Technology; Haifa 3200003 Israel
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Wondimu SF, Hippler M, Hussal C, Hofmann A, Krämmer S, Lahann J, Kalt H, Freude W, Koos C. Robust label-free biosensing using microdisk laser arrays with on-chip references. OPTICS EXPRESS 2018; 26:3161-3173. [PMID: 29401847 DOI: 10.1364/oe.26.003161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2017] [Accepted: 12/19/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Whispering-gallery mode (WGM) microdisk lasers show great potential for highly sensitive label-free detection in large-scale sensor arrays. However, when used in practical applications under normal ambient conditions, these devices suffer from temperature fluctuations and photobleaching. Here we demonstrate that these challenges can be overcome by a novel referencing scheme that allows for simultaneous compensation of temperature drift and photobleaching. The technique relies on reference structures protected by locally dispensed passivation materials, and can be scaled to extended arrays of hundreds of devices. We prove the viability of the concept in a series of experiments, demonstrating robust and sensitive label-free detection over a wide range of constant or continuously varying temperatures. To the best of our knowledge, these measurements represent the first demonstration of biosensing in active WGM devices with simultaneous compensation of both photobleaching and temperature drift.
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- Lindsey C. Szymczak
- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Institute of Chemical Biology and Nanomedicine, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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Tso SC, Chen Q, Vishnivetskiy SA, Gurevich VV, Iverson TM, Brautigam CA. Using two-site binding models to analyze microscale thermophoresis data. Anal Biochem 2018; 540-541:64-75. [PMID: 29054528 PMCID: PMC5906060 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2017.10.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2017] [Revised: 10/09/2017] [Accepted: 10/16/2017] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The emergence of microscale thermophoresis (MST) as a technique for determining the dissociation constants for bimolecular interactions has enabled these quantities to be measured in systems that were previously difficult or impracticable. However, most models for analyses of these data featured the assumption of a simple 1:1 binding interaction. The only model widely used for multiple binding sites was the Hill equation. Here, we describe two new MST analytic models that assume a 1:2 binding scheme: the first features two microscopic binding constants (KD(1) and KD(2)), while the other assumes symmetry in the bivalent molecule, culminating in a model with a single macroscopic dissociation constant (KD,M) and a single factor (α) that accounts for apparent cooperativity in the binding. We also discuss the general applicability of the Hill equation for MST data. The performances of the algorithms on both real and simulated data are assessed, and implementation of the algorithms in the MST analysis program PALMIST is discussed.
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- Shih-Chia Tso
- Department of Biophysics, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA; Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Biophysics, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA; Department of Microbiology, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
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