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Nevzglyadova OV, Mikhailova EV, Soidla TR. Yeast red pigment, protein aggregates, and amyloidoses: a review. Cell Tissue Res 2022. [PMID: 35258715 DOI: 10.1007/s00441-022-03609-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2021] [Accepted: 02/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Estimating the amyloid level in yeast Saccharomyces, we found out that the red pigment (product of polymerization of aminoimidazole ribotide) accumulating in ade1 and ade2 mutants leads to drop of the amyloid content. We demonstrated in vitro that fibrils of several proteins grown in the presence of the red pigment stop formation at the protofibril stage and form stable aggregates due to coalescence. Also, the red pigment inhibits reactive oxygen species accumulation in cells. This observation suggests that red pigment is involved in oxidative stress response. We developed an approach to identify the proteins whose aggregation state depends on prion (amyloid) or red pigment presence. These sets of proteins overlap and in both cases involve many different chaperones. Red pigment binds amyloids and is supposed to prevent chaperone-mediated prion propagation. An original yeast-Drosophila model was offered to estimate the red pigment effect on human proteins involved in neurodegeneration. As yeast cells are a natural feed of Drosophila, we could compare the data on transgenic flies fed on red and white yeast cells. Red pigment inhibits aggregation of human Amyloid beta and α-synuclein expressed in yeast cells. In the brain of transgenic flies, the red pigment diminishes amyloid beta level and the area of neurodegeneration. An improvement in memory and viability accompanied these changes. In transgenic flies expressing human α-synuclein, the pigment leads to a decreased death rate of dopaminergic neurons and improves mobility. The obtained results demonstrate yeast red pigment potential for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases.
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Sulatskaya AI, Kosolapova AO, Bobylev AG, Belousov MV, Antonets KS, Sulatsky MI, Kuznetsova IM, Turoverov KK, Stepanenko OV, Nizhnikov AA. β-Barrels and Amyloids: Structural Transitions, Biological Functions, and Pathogenesis. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:11316. [PMID: 34768745 PMCID: PMC8582884 DOI: 10.3390/ijms222111316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2021] [Revised: 10/15/2021] [Accepted: 10/18/2021] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Insoluble protein aggregates with fibrillar morphology called amyloids and β-barrel proteins both share a β-sheet-rich structure. Correctly folded β-barrel proteins can not only function in monomeric (dimeric) form, but also tend to interact with one another-followed, in several cases, by formation of higher order oligomers or even aggregates. In recent years, findings proving that β-barrel proteins can adopt cross-β amyloid folds have emerged. Different β-barrel proteins were shown to form amyloid fibrils in vitro. The formation of functional amyloids in vivo by β-barrel proteins for which the amyloid state is native was also discovered. In particular, several prokaryotic and eukaryotic proteins with β-barrel domains were demonstrated to form amyloids in vivo, where they participate in interspecies interactions and nutrient storage, respectively. According to recent observations, despite the variety of primary structures of amyloid-forming proteins, most of them can adopt a conformational state with the β-barrel topology. This state can be intermediate on the pathway of fibrillogenesis ("on-pathway state"), or can be formed as a result of an alternative assembly of partially unfolded monomers ("off-pathway state"). The β-barrel oligomers formed by amyloid proteins possess toxicity, and are likely to be involved in the development of amyloidoses, thus representing promising targets for potential therapy of these incurable diseases. Considering rapidly growing discoveries of the amyloid-forming β-barrels, we may suggest that their real number and diversity of functions are significantly higher than identified to date, and represent only "the tip of the iceberg". Here, we summarize the data on the amyloid-forming β-barrel proteins, their physicochemical properties, and their biological functions, and discuss probable means and consequences of the amyloidogenesis of these proteins, along with structural relationships between these two widespread types of β-folds.
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- Anna I. Sulatskaya
- Laboratory for Proteomics of Supra-Organismal Systems, All-Russia Research Institute for Agricultural Microbiology, 3 Podbelskogo Sh., Pushkin, 196608 St. Petersburg, Russia; (A.I.S.); (A.O.K.); (M.V.B.); (K.S.A.)
- Laboratory of Structural Dynamics, Stability and Folding of Proteins, Institute of Cytology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 4 Tikhoretsky Av., 194064 St. Petersburg, Russia; (I.M.K.); (K.K.T.); (O.V.S.)
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- Laboratory for Proteomics of Supra-Organismal Systems, All-Russia Research Institute for Agricultural Microbiology, 3 Podbelskogo Sh., Pushkin, 196608 St. Petersburg, Russia; (A.I.S.); (A.O.K.); (M.V.B.); (K.S.A.)
- Faculty of Biology, St. Petersburg State University, 7/9 Universitetskaya Emb., 199034 St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Biophysics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 3 Institutskaya St., 142290 Moscow, Russia;
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- Laboratory for Proteomics of Supra-Organismal Systems, All-Russia Research Institute for Agricultural Microbiology, 3 Podbelskogo Sh., Pushkin, 196608 St. Petersburg, Russia; (A.I.S.); (A.O.K.); (M.V.B.); (K.S.A.)
- Faculty of Biology, St. Petersburg State University, 7/9 Universitetskaya Emb., 199034 St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Laboratory for Proteomics of Supra-Organismal Systems, All-Russia Research Institute for Agricultural Microbiology, 3 Podbelskogo Sh., Pushkin, 196608 St. Petersburg, Russia; (A.I.S.); (A.O.K.); (M.V.B.); (K.S.A.)
- Faculty of Biology, St. Petersburg State University, 7/9 Universitetskaya Emb., 199034 St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Laboratory of Cell Morphology, Institute of Cytology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 4 Tikhoretsky Av., 194064 St. Petersburg, Russia;
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- Laboratory of Structural Dynamics, Stability and Folding of Proteins, Institute of Cytology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 4 Tikhoretsky Av., 194064 St. Petersburg, Russia; (I.M.K.); (K.K.T.); (O.V.S.)
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- Laboratory of Structural Dynamics, Stability and Folding of Proteins, Institute of Cytology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 4 Tikhoretsky Av., 194064 St. Petersburg, Russia; (I.M.K.); (K.K.T.); (O.V.S.)
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- Laboratory of Structural Dynamics, Stability and Folding of Proteins, Institute of Cytology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 4 Tikhoretsky Av., 194064 St. Petersburg, Russia; (I.M.K.); (K.K.T.); (O.V.S.)
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- Laboratory for Proteomics of Supra-Organismal Systems, All-Russia Research Institute for Agricultural Microbiology, 3 Podbelskogo Sh., Pushkin, 196608 St. Petersburg, Russia; (A.I.S.); (A.O.K.); (M.V.B.); (K.S.A.)
- Faculty of Biology, St. Petersburg State University, 7/9 Universitetskaya Emb., 199034 St. Petersburg, Russia
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Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a devastating neurodegenerative disease without appropriate cure. One of the main reasons for the lack of a proper pharmacotherapy in ALS is the narrow knowledge on the molecular causes of the disease. In this respect, the identification of dysfunctional pathways in ALS is now considered a critical medical need. Among the causative factors involved in ALS, Ca2+ dysregulation is one of the most important pathogenetic mechanisms of the disease. Of note, Ca2+ dysfunction may induce, directly or indirectly, motor neuron degeneration and loss. Interestingly, both familial (fALS) and sporadic ALS (sALS) share the progressive dysregulation of Ca2+ homeostasis as a common noxious mechanism. Mechanicistically, Ca2+ dysfunction involves both plasma membrane and intracellular mechanisms, including AMPA receptor (AMPAR)-mediated excitotoxicity, voltage-gated Ca2+ channels (VGCCs) and Ca2+ transporter dysregulation, endoplasmic reticulum (ER) Ca2+ deregulation, mitochondria-associated ER membranes (MAMs) dysfunction, lysosomal Ca2+ leak, etc. Here, a comprehensive analysis of the main pathways involved in the dysregulation of Ca2+ homeostasis has been reported with the aim to focus the attention on new putative druggable targets.
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- Valentina Tedeschi
- Division of Pharmacology, Department of Neuroscience, Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences, School of Medicine, "Federico II" University of Naples, Naples, Italy
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- Division of Pharmacology, Department of Neuroscience, Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences, School of Medicine, "Federico II" University of Naples, Naples, Italy
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- Division of Pharmacology, Department of Neuroscience, Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences, School of Medicine, "Federico II" University of Naples, Naples, Italy.
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Masood MI, Naseem M, Warda SA, Tapia-Laliena MÁ, Rehman HU, Nasim MJ, Schäfer KH. Environment permissible concentrations of glyphosate in drinking water can influence the fate of neural stem cells from the subventricular zone of the postnatal mouse. Environ Pollut 2021; 270:116179. [PMID: 33348142 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.116179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2020] [Revised: 11/03/2020] [Accepted: 11/26/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The developing nervous system is highly vulnerable to environmental toxicants especially pesticides. Glyphosate pesticide induces neurotoxicity both in humans and rodents, but so far only when exposed to higher concentrations. A few studies, however, have also reported the risk of general toxicity of glyphosate at concentrations comparable to allowable limits set up by environmental protection authorities. In vitro data regarding glyphosate neurotoxicity at concentrations comparable to maximum permissible concentrations in drinking water is lacking. In the present study, we established an in vitro assay based upon neural stem cells (NSCs) from the subventricular zone of the postnatal mouse to decipher the effects of two maximum permissible concentrations of glyphosate in drinking water on the basic neurogenesis processes. Our results demonstrated that maximum permissible concentrations of glyphosate recognized by environmental protection authorities significantly reduced the cell migration and differentiation of NSCs as demonstrated by the downregulation of the expression levels of the neuronal ß-tubulin III and the astrocytic S100B genes. The expression of the cytoprotective gene CYP1A1 was downregulated whilst the expression of oxidative stresses indicator gene SOD1 was upregulated. The concentration comparable to non-toxic human plasma concentration significantly induced cytotoxicity and activated Ca2+ signalling in the differentiated culture. Our findings demonstrated that the permissible concentrations of glyphosate in drinking water recognized by environmental protection authorities are capable of inducing neurotoxicity in the developing nervous system.
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- Muhammad Irfan Masood
- Division of Bioorganic Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, D-66123, Germany; Working Group Enteric Nervous System, University of Applied Sciences Kaiserslautern, Campus Zweibrücken, 66482, Germany; Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, 54000, Pakistan.
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- Department of Zoology, University of Balochistan, Quetta, 87550, Pakistan
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- Working Group Enteric Nervous System, University of Applied Sciences Kaiserslautern, Campus Zweibrücken, 66482, Germany
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- Department of Physiology, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, 54000, Pakistan
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- Division of Bioorganic Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, D-66123, Germany
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- Working Group Enteric Nervous System, University of Applied Sciences Kaiserslautern, Campus Zweibrücken, 66482, Germany; Department of Pediatric Surgery Mannheim, University Medicine Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, 68167, Germany.
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Pedrero-Prieto CM, García-Carpintero S, Frontiñán-Rubio J, Llanos-González E, Aguilera García C, Alcaín FJ, Lindberg I, Durán-Prado M, Peinado JR, Rabanal-Ruiz Y. A comprehensive systematic review of CSF proteins and peptides that define Alzheimer's disease. Clin Proteomics 2020; 17:21. [PMID: 32518535 PMCID: PMC7273668 DOI: 10.1186/s12014-020-09276-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2020] [Accepted: 04/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND During the last two decades, over 100 proteomics studies have identified a variety of potential biomarkers in CSF of Alzheimer's (AD) patients. Although several reviews have proposed specific biomarkers, to date, the statistical relevance of these proteins has not been investigated and no peptidomic analyses have been generated on the basis of specific up- or down- regulation. Herein, we perform an analysis of all unbiased explorative proteomics studies of CSF biomarkers in AD to critically evaluate whether proteins and peptides identified in each study are consistent in distribution; direction change; and significance, which would strengthen their potential use in studies of AD pathology and progression. METHODS We generated a database containing all CSF proteins whose levels are known to be significantly altered in human AD from 47 independent, validated, proteomics studies. Using this database, which contains 2022 AD and 2562 control human samples, we examined whether each protein is consistently present on the basis of reliable statistical studies; and if so, whether it is over- or under-represented in AD. Additionally, we performed a direct analysis of available mass spectrometric data of these proteins to generate an AD CSF peptide database with 3221 peptides for further analysis. RESULTS Of the 162 proteins that were identified in 2 or more studies, we investigated their enrichment or depletion in AD CSF. This allowed us to identify 23 proteins which were increased and 50 proteins which were decreased in AD, some of which have never been revealed as consistent AD biomarkers (i.e. SPRC or MUC18). Regarding the analysis of the tryptic peptide database, we identified 87 peptides corresponding to 13 proteins as the most highly consistently altered peptides in AD. Analysis of tryptic peptide fingerprinting revealed specific peptides encoded by CH3L1, VGF, SCG2, PCSK1N, FBLN3 and APOC2 with the highest probability of detection in AD. CONCLUSIONS Our study reveals a panel of 27 proteins and 21 peptides highly altered in AD with consistent statistical significance; this panel constitutes a potent tool for the classification and diagnosis of AD.
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- Cristina M. Pedrero-Prieto
- Department of Medical Sciences, Ciudad Real Medical School, Oxidative Stress and Neurodegeneration Group, Regional Center for Biomedical Research, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Ciudad Real, Spain
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- Department of Medical Sciences, Ciudad Real Medical School, Oxidative Stress and Neurodegeneration Group, Regional Center for Biomedical Research, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Ciudad Real, Spain
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- Department of Medical Sciences, Ciudad Real Medical School, Oxidative Stress and Neurodegeneration Group, Regional Center for Biomedical Research, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Ciudad Real, Spain
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- Department of Medical Sciences, Ciudad Real Medical School, Oxidative Stress and Neurodegeneration Group, Regional Center for Biomedical Research, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Ciudad Real, Spain
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- Department of Medical Sciences, Ciudad Real Medical School, Oxidative Stress and Neurodegeneration Group, Regional Center for Biomedical Research, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Ciudad Real, Spain
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- Department of Medical Sciences, Ciudad Real Medical School, Oxidative Stress and Neurodegeneration Group, Regional Center for Biomedical Research, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Ciudad Real, Spain
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD 21201 USA
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- Department of Medical Sciences, Ciudad Real Medical School, Oxidative Stress and Neurodegeneration Group, Regional Center for Biomedical Research, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Ciudad Real, Spain
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- Department of Medical Sciences, Ciudad Real Medical School, Oxidative Stress and Neurodegeneration Group, Regional Center for Biomedical Research, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Ciudad Real, Spain
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- Department of Medical Sciences, Ciudad Real Medical School, Oxidative Stress and Neurodegeneration Group, Regional Center for Biomedical Research, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Ciudad Real, Spain
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Houben B, Michiels E, Ramakers M, Konstantoulea K, Louros N, Verniers J, van der Kant R, De Vleeschouwer M, Chicória N, Vanpoucke T, Gallardo R, Schymkowitz J, Rousseau F. Autonomous aggregation suppression by acidic residues explains why chaperones favour basic residues. EMBO J 2020; 39:e102864. [PMID: 32237079 PMCID: PMC7265246 DOI: 10.15252/embj.2019102864] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2019] [Revised: 02/26/2020] [Accepted: 02/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Many chaperones favour binding to hydrophobic sequences that are flanked by basic residues while disfavouring acidic residues. However, the origin of this bias in protein quality control remains poorly understood. Here, we show that while acidic residues are the most efficient aggregation inhibitors, they are also less compatible with globular protein structure than basic amino acids. As a result, while acidic residues allow for chaperone-independent control of aggregation, their use is structurally limited. Conversely, we find that, while being more compatible with globular structure, basic residues are not sufficient to autonomously suppress protein aggregation. Using Hsp70, we show that chaperones with a bias towards basic residues are structurally adapted to prioritize aggregating sequences whose structural context forced the use of the less effective basic residues. The hypothesis that emerges from our analysis is that the bias of many chaperones for basic residues results from fundamental thermodynamic and kinetic constraints of globular structure. This also suggests the co-evolution of basic residues and chaperones allowed for an expansion of structural variety in the protein universe.
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- Bert Houben
- Switch Laboratory, VIB Center for Brain and Disease Research, Leuven, Belgium
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KULeuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Switch Laboratory, VIB Center for Brain and Disease Research, Leuven, Belgium
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KULeuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Switch Laboratory, VIB Center for Brain and Disease Research, Leuven, Belgium
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KULeuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Switch Laboratory, VIB Center for Brain and Disease Research, Leuven, Belgium
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KULeuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Switch Laboratory, VIB Center for Brain and Disease Research, Leuven, Belgium
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KULeuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Switch Laboratory, VIB Center for Brain and Disease Research, Leuven, Belgium
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KULeuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Switch Laboratory, VIB Center for Brain and Disease Research, Leuven, Belgium
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KULeuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Switch Laboratory, VIB Center for Brain and Disease Research, Leuven, Belgium
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KULeuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Switch Laboratory, VIB Center for Brain and Disease Research, Leuven, Belgium
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KULeuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Switch Laboratory, VIB Center for Brain and Disease Research, Leuven, Belgium
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KULeuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Switch Laboratory, VIB Center for Brain and Disease Research, Leuven, Belgium
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KULeuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Switch Laboratory, VIB Center for Brain and Disease Research, Leuven, Belgium
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KULeuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Switch Laboratory, VIB Center for Brain and Disease Research, Leuven, Belgium
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KULeuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is the most common motor neuron degenerative disease in adults and has also been proven to be a type of conformational disease associated with protein misfolding and dysfunction. To date, more than 150 distinct genes have been found to be associated with ALS, among which Superoxide Dismutase 1 (SOD1) is the first and the most extensively studied gene. It has been well-established that SOD1 mutants-mediated toxicity is caused by a gain-of-function rather than the loss of the detoxifying activity of SOD1. Compared with the clear autosomal dominant inheritance of SOD1 mutants in ALS, the potential toxic mechanisms of SOD1 mutants in motor neurons remain incompletely understood. A large body of evidence has shown that SOD1 mutants may adopt a complex profile of conformations and interact with a wide range of client proteins. Here, in this review, we summarize the fundamental conformational properties and the gained interaction partners of the soluble forms of the SOD1 mutants which have been published in the past decades. Our goal is to find clues to the possible internal links between structural and functional anomalies of SOD1 mutants, as well as the relationships between their exposed epitopes and interaction partners, in order to help reveal and determine potential diagnostic and therapeutic targets.
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- Jisen Huai
- Institute of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, China
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- Institute of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, China
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Proteins exhibit a remarkable structural plasticity and may undergo conformational changes resulting in protein misfolding both in a biological context and upon perturbing physiopathological conditions. Such nonfunctional protein conformers, including misfolded states and aggregates, are often associated to protein folding diseases. Understanding the biology of protein folding diseases thus requires tools that allow the structural characterization of nonnative conformations of proteins and their interconversions. Here we present detailed procedures to monitor protein conformational changes and aggregation based on spectroscopic and biophysical methods that include circular dichroism, ATR-Fourier-transformed infrared spectroscopy, fluorescence spectroscopy and dynamic light scattering. To illustrate the application of these methods we report to our previous studies on misfolding, aggregation and amyloid fibril formation by superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1), a protein whose toxic deposition is implicated in the neurodegenerative disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
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- Joana S Cristóvão
- BioISI - Biosystems and Integrative Sciences Institute, Faculty of Sciences University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal.,Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Sciences University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
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- BioISI - Biosystems and Integrative Sciences Institute, Faculty of Sciences University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal.,Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Sciences University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
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- BioISI - Biosystems and Integrative Sciences Institute, Faculty of Sciences University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal. .,Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Sciences University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal.
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Sproviero D, La Salvia S, Giannini M, Crippa V, Gagliardi S, Bernuzzi S, Diamanti L, Ceroni M, Pansarasa O, Poletti A, Cereda C. Pathological Proteins Are Transported by Extracellular Vesicles of Sporadic Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Patients. Front Neurosci 2018; 12:487. [PMID: 30072868 PMCID: PMC6060258 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2018.00487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2018] [Accepted: 06/28/2018] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive adult-onset neurodegenerative disease, that affects cortical, bulbar and spinal motor neurons, and it is considered a proteinopathy, in which pathological proteins (SOD1, TDP-43, and FUS) may accumulate and interfere with neuronal functions eventually leading to cell death. These proteins can be released from cells and transported in the body fluids by extracellular vesicles (EVs). EVs are spherical vesicles, which are classified mainly in microvesicles (MVs) and exosomes (EXOs) based on their biogenesis, size and surface markers. In this study we characterized MVs and EXOs isolated from plasma of sporadic ALS patients and healthy controls and determined their number, size and SOD1, TDP-43, and FUS protein composition. No variation was found in the number of EVs between ALS patients and controls. However, the mean size both for MVs and for EXOs resulted increased in ALS patients compared to controls. MVs derived from ALS patients were enriched in SOD1, TDP-43, phospho-TDP-43, and FUS proteins compared to CTRLs. SOD1 was generally more concentrated in EXOs than in MVs, while TDP-43 and FUS protein levels were slightly higher in MVs than in EXOs. We demonstrated that MVs and EXOs size were increased in ALS patients compared to controls and that MVs of ALS patients were enriched with toxic proteins compared to CTRLs. EXOs did not show any protein changes. These data may suggest that MVs can transport toxic proteins and might play a role in prion-like propagation of ALS disease.
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- Daisy Sproviero
- Genomic and Post-Genomic Center, IRCCS Mondino Foundation, Pavia, Italy
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- Genomic and Post-Genomic Center, IRCCS Mondino Foundation, Pavia, Italy
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- Genomic and Post-Genomic Center, IRCCS Mondino Foundation, Pavia, Italy
- Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Farmacologiche e Biomolecolari (DiSFeB), Centro di Eccellenza sulle Malattie Neurodegenerative, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Genomic and Post-Genomic Center, IRCCS Mondino Foundation, Pavia, Italy
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- Immunohematological and Transfusional Service and Centre of Transplantation Immunology, IRCCS Foundation San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
- Division of General Neurology, IRCCS Mondino Foundation, Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
- Division of General Neurology, IRCCS Mondino Foundation, Pavia, Italy
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- Genomic and Post-Genomic Center, IRCCS Mondino Foundation, Pavia, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Farmacologiche e Biomolecolari (DiSFeB), Centro di Eccellenza sulle Malattie Neurodegenerative, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Genomic and Post-Genomic Center, IRCCS Mondino Foundation, Pavia, Italy
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Zhang HT, Zhang ZJ, Mo WC, Hu PD, Ding HM, Liu Y, Hua Q, He RQ. Shielding of the geomagnetic field reduces hydrogen peroxide production in human neuroblastoma cell and inhibits the activity of CuZn superoxide dismutase. Protein Cell 2017; 8:527-537. [PMID: 28447293 PMCID: PMC5498340 DOI: 10.1007/s13238-017-0403-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2017] [Accepted: 03/18/2017] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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Accumulative evidence has shown the adverse effects of a geomagnetic field shielded condition, so called a hypomagnetic field (HMF), on the metabolic processes and oxidative stress in animals and cells. However, the underlying mechanism remains unclear. In this study, we evaluate the role of HMF on the regulation of cellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) in human neuroblastoma SH-SY5Y cells. We found that HMF exposure led to ROS decrease, and that restoring the decrease by additional H2O2 rescued the HMF-enhanced cell proliferation. The measurements on ROS related indexes, including total anti-oxidant capacity, H2O2 and superoxide anion levels, and superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity and expression, indicated that the HMF reduced H2O2 production and inhibited the activity of CuZn-SOD. Moreover, the HMF accelerated the denaturation of CuZn-SOD as well as enhanced aggregation of CuZn-SOD protein, in vitro. Our findings indicate that CuZn-SOD is able to response to the HMF stress and suggest it a mediator of the HMF effect.
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- Hai-Tao Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Science, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Science, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
- Institute of Beijing Chinese Traditional Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, 100029, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Science, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Science, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Institute of Beijing Chinese Traditional Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, 100029, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Science, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China.
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- Institute of Beijing Chinese Traditional Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, 100029, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Science, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
- CAS Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Beijing, 100101, China
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Leal SS, Gomes CM. Calcium dysregulation links ALS defective proteins and motor neuron selective vulnerability. Front Cell Neurosci 2015; 9:225. [PMID: 26136661 PMCID: PMC4468822 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2015.00225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2015] [Accepted: 05/28/2015] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
More than 20 distinct gene loci have so far been implicated in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a fatal neurodegenerative disorder characterized by progressive neurodegeneration of motor neurons (MN) and death. Most of this distinct set of ALS-related proteins undergoes toxic deposition specifically in MN for reasons which remain unclear. Here we overview a recent body of evidence indicative that mutations in ALS-related proteins can disrupt fundamental Ca2+ signalling pathways in MN, and that Ca2+ itself impacts both directly or indirectly in many ALS critical proteins and cellular processes that result in MN neurodegeneration. We argue that the inherent vulnerability of MN to dysregulation of intracellular Ca2+ is deeply associated with discriminating pathogenicity and aberrant crosstalk of most of the critical proteins involved in ALS. Overall, Ca2+ deregulation in MN is at the cornerstone of different ALS processes and is likely one of the factors contributing to the selective susceptibility of these cells to this particular neurodegenerative disease.
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Affiliation(s)
- Sónia S Leal
- Faculdade de Ciências, Biosystems and Integrative Sciences Institute and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Universidade de Lisboa Campo Grande, Lisboa, Portugal ; Instituto Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa Oeiras, Portugal
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- Faculdade de Ciências, Biosystems and Integrative Sciences Institute and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Universidade de Lisboa Campo Grande, Lisboa, Portugal ; Instituto Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa Oeiras, Portugal
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