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Fatima M, Iqbal Ahmed MM, Batool F, Riaz A, Ali M, Munch-Petersen B, Mutahir Z. Recombinant deoxyribonucleoside kinase from Drosophila melanogaster can improve gemcitabine based combined gene/chemotherapy for targeting cancer cells. Bosn J Basic Med Sci 2019; 19:342-349. [PMID: 30903745 DOI: 10.17305/bjbms.2019.4136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2019] [Accepted: 03/03/2019] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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A recombinant deoxyribonucleoside kinase from Drosophila melanogaster with a deletion of the last 20 amino acid residues (named DmdNKΔC20) was hypothesized as a potential therapeutic tool for gene therapy due to its broad substrate specificity and better catalytic efficiency towards nucleosides and nucleoside analogs. This study was designed to evaluate the effect of DmdNKΔC20 for sensitizing human cancer cell lines to gemcitabine and to further investigate its role in reversal of acquired drug resistance in gemcitabine-resistant cancer cell line. The DmdNKΔC20 gene was delivered to three different cancer cell lines, including breast, colon and liver cancer cells, using lipid-mediated transfection reagent. After transfection, gene expression of DmdNKΔC20 was confirmed by quantitative reverse transcription PCR (qRT-PCR) and the combined effect of DmdNKΔC20 and gemcitabine based cytotoxicity was observed by cell viability assay. We further evolved a gemcitabine-resistant breast cancer cell line (named MCF7-R) through directed evolution in the laboratory, which showed 375-fold more resistance compared with parental MCF7 cells. Upon transfection with DmdNKΔC20 gene, MCF7-R cells showed 83-fold higher sensitivity to gemcitabine compared with the control group of MCF7-R cells. Moreover, we observed 79% higher expression of p21 protein in transfected MCF7-R cells, which may indicate induction of apoptosis. Our findings highlight the importance and therapeutic potential of DmdNKΔC20 in combined gene/chemotherapy approach to target a wide range of cancers, particularly gemcitabine-resistant cancers.
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- Mahak Fatima
- Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan.
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Weis Bjerrum O, Gjedde S, Bendtzen K, Enk C, Pedersen BK, Munch-Petersen B, Platz P, Wulf HC. An Unusual Case of Multiple Malignancy in an Adult. Tumori 2018; 70:575-7. [PMID: 6335796 DOI: 10.1177/030089168407000618] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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An adult female is described who, during a clinical course of 25 years, presented malignant tumors of the rectum, breast, uterus and colon. Cytostatics were never administered. Lymphocyte subsets, a variety of lymphocyte and mononuclear cell stimulation assays with mitogens and antigens, DNA repair tests and activity of natural killer cells were normal. Serum leukocytic interleukin-1 activity was slightly elevated. Sister chromatid exchange frequency in peripheral lymphocytes was below the normal range. An explanation for the development of 4 primary malignant neoplasms was not found.
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Serra I, Ubiali D, Piškur J, Munch-Petersen B, Bavaro T, Terreni M. Immobilization of Deoxyadenosine Kinase fromDictyostelium discoideum(DddAK) and Its Application in the 5’-Phosphorylation of Arabinosyladenine and Arabinosyl-2-fluoroadenine. ChemistrySelect 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.201700558] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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- Immacolata Serra
- Department of Drug Sciences; University of Pavia; Viale T. Taramelli 12 I-27100 Pavia Italy
- Department of Food, Environmental and Nutritional Science (DeFENS); University of Milan; Via L. Mangiagalli 25 I-20133 Milano Italy
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- Department of Drug Sciences; University of Pavia; Viale T. Taramelli 12 I-27100 Pavia Italy
- ISTM-CNR; Via C. Golgi 19 I-20133 Milano Italy
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- Department of Biology; Lund University; Lund 22362 Sweden
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- Department of Biology; Lund University; Lund 22362 Sweden
- Department of Science, Systems and Models; Roskilde University; Roskilde 4000 Denmark
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- Department of Drug Sciences; University of Pavia; Viale T. Taramelli 12 I-27100 Pavia Italy
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- Department of Drug Sciences; University of Pavia; Viale T. Taramelli 12 I-27100 Pavia Italy
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Christiansen LS, van Zanten G, Berenstein D, Lauridsen M, Kjærulff S, Søndergaard L, Munch-Petersen B. Isolation of a novel protein, P12-from adult Drosophila melanogaster that inhibits deoxyribonucleoside and protein kinase activities and activates 3'-5'- exonuclease activity. Nucleosides Nucleotides Nucleic Acids 2017; 35:699-706. [PMID: 27906621 DOI: 10.1080/15257770.2015.1131295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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We have previously found that Drosophila melanogaster only has one deoxyribonucleoside kinase, Dm-dNK, however, capable to phosphorylate all four natural deoxyribonucleosides. Dm-dNK was originally isolated from an embryonic cell line. We wanted to study the expression of Dm-dNK during development from embryonic cells to adult flies and found declining Dm-dNK activity during development and no activity in adult flies. Surprisingly, the extract from adult flies exhibited a strong inhibitory effect on deoxyribonucloside kinase activity. The dNK-inhibitor was precipitable with ammonium sulfate, and was purified to a high degree by gel-filtration as indicated by LC-MS/MS analysis. Since the inhibitor eluted from G-200 gel-filtration with a size of 10-13 kDa, we named it P12. We tested the purified fraction for specificity towards various enzymes and found that both mammalian and bacterial dNKs were inhibited, whereas there was no effect on hexokinase and pyruvate kinases and acidic phosphatase. However, when tested against cyclin B-dependent kinase, we found a strong inhibitory effect. Both with human Cdk1/CycB and S. pombe Cdc2/B-type cyclin the purified fraction from Superdex 200 that inhibited Dm-dNK, also inhibited the two protein kinases to the same degree. Furthermore, testing P12 in a DNA polymerase based assay we found that the 3'-5'-exonuclease part of the DNA polymerase (Klenow polymerase) was activated.
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- a Department of Science , Systems and Models, Roskilde University , Roskilde , Denmark
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- a Department of Science , Systems and Models, Roskilde University , Roskilde , Denmark
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- a Department of Science , Systems and Models, Roskilde University , Roskilde , Denmark
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- b Department of Biology , University of Copenhagen , Copenhagen , Denmark
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- b Department of Biology , University of Copenhagen , Copenhagen , Denmark
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Mutahir Z, Christiansen LS, Clausen AR, Berchtold MW, Gojkovic Z, Munch-Petersen B, Knecht W, Piškur J. Gene duplications and losses among vertebrate deoxyribonucleoside kinases of the non-TK1 Family. Nucleosides Nucleotides Nucleic Acids 2017; 35:677-690. [PMID: 27906638 DOI: 10.1080/15257770.2016.1143557] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Deoxyribonucleoside kinases (dNKs) salvage deoxyribonucleosides (dNs) and catalyze the rate limiting step of this salvage pathway by converting dNs into corresponding monophosphate forms. These enzymes serve as an excellent model to study duplicated genes and their evolutionary history. So far, among vertebrates only four mammalian dNKs have been studied for their substrate specificity and kinetic properties. However, some vertebrates, such as fish, frogs, and birds, apparently possess a duplicated homolog of deoxycytidine kinase (dCK). In this study, we characterized a family of dCK/deoxyguanosine kinase (dGK)-like enzymes from a frog Xenopus laevis and a bird Gallus gallus. We showed that X. laevis has a duplicated dCK gene and a dGK gene, whereas G. gallus has a duplicated dCK gene but has lost the dGK gene. We cloned, expressed, purified, and subsequently determined the kinetic parameters of the dCK/dGK enzymes encoded by these genes. The two dCK enzymes in G. gallus have broader substrate specificity than their human or X. laevis counterparts. Additionally, the duplicated dCK enzyme in G. gallus might have become mitochondria. Based on our study we postulate that changing and adapting substrate specificities and subcellular localization are likely the drivers behind the evolution of vertebrate dNKs.
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- a Department of Biology , Lund University , Lund , Sweden.,e Lund Protein Production Platform, Lund University , Lund , Sweden
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- b Department of Biology , University of Copenhagen , Copenhagen , Denmark
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- a Department of Biology , Lund University , Lund , Sweden.,d Department of Science , Systems and Models, Roskilde University , Roskilde , Denmark
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- a Department of Biology , Lund University , Lund , Sweden.,e Lund Protein Production Platform, Lund University , Lund , Sweden
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- a Department of Biology , Lund University , Lund , Sweden
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Slot Christiansen L, Egeblad L, Munch-Petersen B, Piškur J, Knecht W. New Variants of Tomato Thymidine Kinase 1 Selected for Increased Sensitivity of E. coli KY895 towards Azidothymidine. Cancers (Basel) 2015; 7:966-80. [PMID: 26061968 PMCID: PMC4491694 DOI: 10.3390/cancers7020819] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [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: 03/28/2015] [Revised: 05/19/2015] [Accepted: 05/27/2015] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Nucleoside analogues (NA) are prodrugs that are phosphorylated by deoxyribonucleoside kinases (dNKs) as the first step towards a compound toxic to the cell. During the last 20 years, research around dNKs has gone into new organisms other than mammals and viruses. Newly discovered dNKs have been tested as enzymes for suicide gene therapy. The tomato thymidine kinase 1 (ToTK1) is a dNK that has been selected for its in vitro kinetic properties and then successfully been tested in vivo for the treatment of malignant glioma. We present the selection of two improved variants of ToTK1 generated by random protein engineering for suicide gene therapy with the NA azidothymidine (AZT).We describe their selection, recombinant production and a subsequent kinetic and biochemical characterization. Their improved performance in killing of E. coli KY895 is accompanied by an increase in specificity for the NA AZT over the natural substrate thymidine as well as a decrease in inhibition by dTTP, the end product of the nucleoside salvage pathway for thymidine. The understanding of the enzymatic properties improving the variants efficacy is instrumental to further develop dNKs for use in suicide gene therapy.
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- Louise Slot Christiansen
- Department of Biology, Lund University, Lund 22362, Sweden; E-Mail:
- Lund Protein Production Platform, Lund University, Lund 22362, Sweden; E-Mail:
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- Lund Protein Production Platform, Lund University, Lund 22362, Sweden; E-Mail:
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- Department of Science, Systems and Models, Roskilde University, Roskilde 4000, Denmark; E-Mail:
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- Department of Biology, Lund University, Lund 22362, Sweden; E-Mail:
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- Department of Biology, Lund University, Lund 22362, Sweden; E-Mail:
- Lund Protein Production Platform, Lund University, Lund 22362, Sweden; E-Mail:
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Larsen NB, Munch-Petersen B, Piškur J. Tomato thymidine kinase is subject to inefficient TTP feedback regulation. Nucleosides Nucleotides Nucleic Acids 2015; 33:287-90. [PMID: 24940681 DOI: 10.1080/15257770.2013.853781] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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A promising suicide gene therapy system to treat gliomas has been reported: the thymidine kinase 1 from tomato (toTK1) combined with the nucleoside analog pro-drug zidovudine (azidothymidine, AZT), which is known to penetrate the blood-brain barrier. Transduction with toTK1 has been found to efficiently increase the sensitivity of human glioblastoma cells to AZT, and nude rats with intracranial glioblastoma grafts have shown significantly improved survival when treated with the toTK1/AZT system. We show in our paper that the strong suicidal effect of AZT together with toTK1 may be explained by reduced TTP-mediated feedback inhibition of the AZT phosphorylation.
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- N B Larsen
- a Department of Biology , Lund University , Sweden
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Clausen AR, Mutahir Z, Munch-Petersen B, Piškur J. Plants salvage deoxyribonucleosides in mitochondria. Nucleosides Nucleotides Nucleic Acids 2015; 33:291-5. [PMID: 24940682 DOI: 10.1080/15257770.2013.853782] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Deoxyribonucleoside kinases phosphorylate deoxyribonucleosides into the corresponding 5'-monophosphate deoxyribonucleosides to supply the cell with nucleic acid precursors. In mitochondrial fractions of the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana, we detected deoxyadenosine and thymidine kinase activities, while the cytosol fraction contained six-fold lower activity and chloroplasts contained no measurable activities. In addition, a mitochondrial fraction isolated from the potato Solanum tuberosum contained thymidine kinase and deoxyadenosine kinase activities. We conclude that an active salvage of deoxyribonucleosides in plants takes place in their mitochondria. In general, the observed localization of the plant dNK activities in the mitochondrion suggests that plants have a different organization of the deoxyribonucleoside salvage compared to mammals.
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Slot Christiansen L, Munch-Petersen B, Knecht W. Non-Viral Deoxyribonucleoside Kinases--Diversity and Practical Use. J Genet Genomics 2015; 42:235-48. [PMID: 26059771 DOI: 10.1016/j.jgg.2015.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2014] [Revised: 01/04/2015] [Accepted: 01/05/2015] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Deoxyribonucleoside kinases (dNKs) phosphorylate deoxyribonucleosides to their corresponding monophosphate compounds. dNks also phosphorylate deoxyribonucleoside analogues that are used in the treatment of cancer or viral infections. The study of the mammalian dNKs has therefore always been of great medical interest. However, during the last 20 years, research on dNKs has gone into non-mammalian organisms. In this review, we focus on non-viral dNKs, in particular their diversity and their practical applications. The diversity of this enzyme family in different organisms has proven to be valuable in studying the evolution of enzymes. Some of these newly discovered enzymes have been useful in numerous practical applications in medicine and biotechnology, and have contributed to our understanding of the structural basis of nucleoside and nucleoside analogue activation.
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- Department of Biology, Lund University, Lund 22362, Sweden; Department of Science, Systems and Models, Roskilde University, Roskilde 4000, Denmark
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- Department of Biology, Lund University, Lund 22362, Sweden; Lund Protein Production Platform, Lund University, Lund 22362, Sweden.
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Serra I, Conti S, Piškur J, Clausen AR, Munch-Petersen B, Terreni M, Ubiali D. ImmobilizedDrosophila melanogasterDeoxyribonucleoside Kinase (DmdNK) as a High Performing Biocatalyst for the Synthesis of Purine Arabinonucleotides. Adv Synth Catal 2014. [DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201300649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Mutahir Z, Clausen AR, Andersson KM, Wisen SM, Munch-Petersen B, Piškur J. Thymidine kinase 1 regulatory fine-tuning through tetramer formation. FEBS J 2013; 280:1531-41. [PMID: 23351158 DOI: 10.1111/febs.12154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2012] [Revised: 01/21/2013] [Accepted: 01/22/2013] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Thymidine kinase 1 (TK1) provides a crucial precursor, deoxythymidine monophosphate, for nucleic acid synthesis, and the activity of TK1 increases by up to 200-fold during the S-phase of cell division in humans. An important part of the regulatory checkpoints is the ATP and enzyme concentration-dependent transition of TK1 from a dimer with low catalytic efficiency to a tetramer with high catalytic efficiency. This regulatory fine-tuning serves as an additional control to provide a balanced pool of nucleic acid precursors in the cell. We subcloned and over-expressed 10 different TK1s, originating from widely different organisms, and characterized their kinetic and oligomerization properties. Whilst bacteria, plants and Dictyostelium only exhibited dimeric TK1, we found that all animals had a tetrameric TK1. However, a clear ATP-dependent switch between dimer and tetramer was found only in higher vertebrates and was especially pronounced in mammalian and bird TK1s. We suggest that the dimer form is the original form and that the tetramer originated in the animal lineage after the split of Dictyostelium and the lineages leading to invertebrates and vertebrates. The efficient switching mechanism was probably first established in warm-blooded animals when they separated from the rest of the vertebrates.
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Clausen AR, Girandon L, Ali A, Knecht W, Rozpedowska E, Sandrini MPB, Andreasson E, Munch-Petersen B, Piškur J. Two thymidine kinases and one multisubstrate deoxyribonucleoside kinase salvage DNA precursors in Arabidopsis thaliana. FEBS J 2012; 279:3889-97. [PMID: 22897443 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2012.08747.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2012] [Revised: 07/10/2012] [Accepted: 08/13/2012] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Deoxyribonucleotides are the building blocks of DNA and can be synthesized via de novo and salvage pathways. Deoxyribonucleoside kinases (EC 2.7.1.145) salvage deoxyribonucleosides by transfer of a phosphate group to the 5' of a deoxyribonucleoside. This salvage pathway is well characterized in mammals, but in contrast, little is known about how plants salvage deoxyribonucleosides. We show that during salvage, deoxyribonucleosides can be phosphorylated by extracts of Arabidopsis thaliana into corresponding monophosphate compounds with an unexpected preference for purines over pyrimidines. Deoxyribonucleoside kinase activities were present in all tissues during all growth stages. In the A. thaliana genome, we identified two types of genes that could encode enzymes which are involved in the salvage of deoxyribonucleosides. Thymidine kinase activity was encoded by two thymidine kinase 1 (EC 2.7.1.21)-like genes (AtTK1a and AtTK1b). Deoxyadenosine, deoxyguanosine and deoxycytidine kinase activities were encoded by a single AtdNK gene. T-DNA insertion lines of AtTK1a and AtTK1b mutant genes had normal growth, although AtTK1a AtTK1b double mutants died at an early stage, which indicates that AtTK1a and AtTK1b catalyze redundant reactions. The results obtained in the present study suggest a crucial role for the salvage of thymidine during early plant development.
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- Anders R Clausen
- Department of Cell and Organism Biology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
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Tinta T, Christiansen LS, Konrad A, Liberles DA, Turk V, Munch-Petersen B, Piškur J, Clausen AR. Deoxyribonucleoside kinases in two aquatic bacteria with high specificity for thymidine and deoxyadenosine. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2012; 331:120-7. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2012.02565.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2012] [Revised: 02/13/2012] [Accepted: 03/22/2012] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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- Department of Molecular Biology; University of Wyoming; Laramie; WY; USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology; University of Wyoming; Laramie; WY; USA
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- Marine Biology Station; National Institute of Biology; Piran; Slovenia
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- Department of Biology; Lund University; Lund; Sweden
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Mutahir Z, Larsen NB, Christiansen LS, Andersson KM, Rico R, Wisen SM, Clausen AR, Munch-Petersen B, Piškur J. Characterization of oligomeric and kinetic properties of tomato thymidine kinase 1. Nucleosides Nucleotides Nucleic Acids 2012; 30:1223-6. [PMID: 22132978 DOI: 10.1080/15257770.2011.597629] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/15/2022]
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The gene encoding thymidine kinase 1 from tomato (toTK1) has in combination with azidothymidine (AZT) recently been proposed as a powerful suicide gene for anticancer gene therapy. The toTK1/AZT combination has been demonstrated to have several advantages for the treatment of glioblastomas because AZT can easily penetrate the blood-brain barrier and toTK1 can efficiently phosphorylate AZT and also AZT-monophosphate. In a pursuit to further understand the properties of toTK1, we examined the oligomerization properties of recombinant toTK1 and its effect on enzyme kinetics. Previously, it has been shown that human TK1 is a dimer in the absence of ATP and a tetramer if preincubated with ATP. However, we show here that ATP preincubation did not result in a structural shift from dimer to tetramer in toTK1. For human TK1 pretreated with ATP, the K(m) value decreased 20-fold, but toTK1's K(m) value did not show a dependence on the presence or absence of ATP. Furthermore, toTK1 was always found in a highly active form.
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Skovgaard T, Uhlin U, Munch-Petersen B. Comparative active-site mutation study of human and Caenorhabditis elegans thymidine kinase 1. FEBS J 2012; 279:1777-87. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2012.08554.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Radivoyevitch T, Munch-Petersen B, Wang L, Eriksson S. A mathematical model of human thymidine kinase 2 activity. Nucleosides Nucleotides Nucleic Acids 2011; 30:203-9. [PMID: 21491329 DOI: 10.1080/15257770.2011.563765] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The mitochondrial enzyme thymidine kinase 2 (TK2) phosphorylates deoxythymidine (dT) and deoxycytidine (dC) to form dTMP and dCMP, which in cells rapidly become the negative-feedback end-products dTTP and dCTP. TK2 kinetic activity exhibits Hill coefficients of ∼0.5 (apparent negative cooperativity) for dT and ∼1 for dC. We present a mathematical model of TK2 activity that is applicable if TK2 exists as two monomer forms in equilibrium.
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- T Radivoyevitch
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA.
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Skovgaard T, Rasmussen LJ, Munch-Petersen B. Thymidine kinase 1 deficient cells show increased survival rate after UV-induced DNA damage. Nucleosides Nucleotides Nucleic Acids 2010; 29:347-51. [PMID: 20544518 DOI: 10.1080/15257771003741091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Balanced deoxynucleotide pools are known to be important for correct DNA repair, and deficiency for some of the central enzymes in deoxynucleotide metabolism can cause imbalanced pools, which in turn can lead to mutagenesis and cell death. Here we show that cells deficient for the thymidine salvage enzyme thymidine kinase 1 (TK1) are more resistant to UV-induced DNA damage than TK1 positive cells although they have thymidine triphosphate (dTTP) levels of only half the size of control cells. Our results suggest that higher thymidine levels in the TK- cells caused by defect thymidine salvage to dTTP protects against UV irradiation.
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- T Skovgaard
- Department of Science Systems and Models, Roskilde University, Roskilde, Denmark
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Munch-Petersen B. Enzymatic regulation of cytosolic thymidine kinase 1 and mitochondrial thymidine kinase 2: a mini review. Nucleosides Nucleotides Nucleic Acids 2010; 29:363-9. [PMID: 20544521 DOI: 10.1080/15257771003729591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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The central enzyme on the de novo pathway for synthesis of DNA precursors, the deoxyribonucleoside triphosphates, is ribonucleotide reductase (RNR). Deoxythymidine triphosphate (dTTP) has a key role in control of RNR activity shifting the specificity from pyrimidine to purine nucleotide reduction. Apart from the complex de novo synthesis of dTTP through UDP reduction, dTTP is provided through salvage of thymidine catalyzed by the thymidine kinases, the cytosolic and cell cycle regulated TK1 and the mitochondrial and constitutively expressed TK2. The complex enzymatic regulation of TK1 and TK2 and the possible physiological significance of this regulation will be discussed.
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- B Munch-Petersen
- Department of Science, Systems and Models NSM, Roskilde, Denmark.
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Khan Z, Knecht W, Willer M, Rozpedowska E, Kristoffersen P, Clausen AR, Munch-Petersen B, Almqvist PM, Gojkovic Z, Piskur J, Ekström TJ. Plant thymidine kinase 1: a novel efficient suicide gene for malignant glioma therapy. Neuro Oncol 2010; 12:549-58. [PMID: 20154339 DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/nop067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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The prognosis for malignant gliomas remains poor, and new treatments are urgently needed. Targeted suicide gene therapy exploits the enzymatic conversion of a prodrug, such as a nucleoside analog, into a cytotoxic compound. Although this therapeutic strategy has been considered a promising regimen for central nervous system (CNS) tumors, several obstacles have been encountered such as inefficient gene transfer to the tumor cells, limited prodrug penetration into the CNS, and inefficient enzymatic activity of the suicide gene. We report here the cloning and successful application of a novel thymidine kinase 1 (TK1) from the tomato plant, with favorable characteristics in vitro and in vivo. This enzyme (toTK1) is highly specific for the nucleoside analog prodrug zidovudine (azidothymidine, AZT), which is known to penetrate the blood-brain barrier. An important feature of toTK1 is that it efficiently phosphorylates its substrate AZT not only to AZT monophosphate, but also to AZT diphosphate, with excellent kinetics. The efficiency of the toTK1/AZT system was confirmed when toTK1-transduced human glioblastoma (GBM) cells displayed a 500-fold increased sensitivity to AZT compared with wild-type cells. In addition, when neural progenitor cells were used as delivery vectors for toTK1 in intracranial GBM xenografts in nude rats, substantial attenuation of tumor growth was achieved in animals exposed to AZT, and survival of the animals was significantly improved compared with controls. The novel toTK1/AZT suicide gene therapy system in combination with stem cell-mediated gene delivery promises new treatment of malignant gliomas.
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- Zahidul Khan
- Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Center for Molecular Medicine, KarolinskaUniversity Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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Rasmussen LJ, Desler C, Munch-Petersen B, Singh K. 1. Mitochondrial-mediated mutagenesis. Mitochondrion 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mito.2008.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Munch-Petersen B. Reversible tetramerization of human TK1 to the high catalytic efficient form is induced by pyrophosphate, in addition to tripolyphosphates, or high enzyme concentration. FEBS J 2008; 276:571-80. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2008.06804.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Clausen AR, Girandon L, Knecht W, Survery S, Andreasson E, Munch-Petersen B, Piskur J. A multisubstrate deoxyribonucleoside kinase from plants. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008:489-90. [DOI: 10.1093/nass/nrn248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Mikkelsen NE, Munch-Petersen B, Eklund H. Structural studies of nucleoside analog and feedback inhibitor binding to Drosophila melanogaster multisubstrate deoxyribonucleoside kinase. FEBS J 2008; 275:2151-60. [PMID: 18384378 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2008.06369.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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The Drosophila melanogaster multisubstrate deoxyribonucleoside kinase (dNK; EC 2.7.1.145) has a high turnover rate and a wide substrate range that makes it a very good candidate for gene therapy. This concept is based on introducing a suicide gene into malignant cells in order to activate a prodrug that eventually may kill the cell. To be able to optimize the function of dNK, it is vital to have structural information of dNK complexes. In this study we present crystal structures of dNK complexed with four different nucleoside analogs (floxuridine, brivudine, zidovudine and zalcitabine) and relate them to the binding of substrate and feedback inhibitors. dCTP and dGTP bind with the base in the substrate site, similarly to the binding of the feedback inhibitor dTTP. All nucleoside analogs investigated bound in a manner similar to that of the pyrimidine substrates, with many interactions in common. In contrast, the base of dGTP adopted a syn-conformation to adapt to the available space of the active site.
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- Nils E Mikkelsen
- Department of Molecular Biology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Biomedical Center, Uppsala, Sweden
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Sandrini MPB, Clausen AR, On SLW, Aarestrup FM, Munch-Petersen B, Piskur J. Nucleoside analogues are activated by bacterial deoxyribonucleoside kinases in a species-specific manner. J Antimicrob Chemother 2007; 60:510-20. [PMID: 17615154 DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkm240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES To investigate the bactericidal activity of antiviral and anticancer nucleoside analogues against a variety of pathogenic bacteria and characterize the activating enzymes, deoxyribonucleoside kinases (dNKs). METHODS Several FDA-approved nucleoside analogue drugs were screened for their potential bactericidal activity against several clinical bacterial isolates and type strains. We identified and subcloned the genes coding for putative deoxyribonucleoside kinases in Escherichia coli, Pasteurella multocida, Salmonella enterica, Yersinia enterocolitica, Bacillus cereus, Clostridium perfringens and Listeria monocytogenes. These genes were tested for their ability to increase the susceptibility of a dNK-deficient E. coli strain to various analogues. We overexpressed, purified and characterized the substrate specificity and kinetic properties of the recombinant enzymes from S. enterica and B. cereus. RESULTS The tested Gram-negative bacteria were susceptible to 3'-azido-3'-deoxythymidine (AZT) in the concentration range 0.032-31.6 microM except for a single E. coli isolate and two Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates which were resistant to the tested AZT concentrations. Purified recombinant S. enterica thymidine kinase phosphorylated AZT efficiently with a Km of 73.3 microM and k(cat)/Km of 6.6 x 10(4) s(-1) M(-1) and is the activator of this drug in vivo. 2',2'-Difluoro-2'-deoxycytidine (gemcitabine) was a potent antibiotic against Gram-positive bacteria in the concentration range between 0.001 and 1.0 microM. The B. cereus deoxyadenosine kinase had a Km for gemcitabine of 33.5 microM and k(cat)/Km of 5.1 x 10(3) s(-1) M(-1) and activates gemcitabine in vivo. S. enterica and B. cereus are now amongst the first bacteria with a completely characterized set of dNK enzymes. CONCLUSIONS Bacterial dNKs efficiently activate nucleoside analogues in a species-specific manner. Therefore, nucleoside analogues have a potential to be employed as antibiotics in the fight against emerging multiresistant bacteria.
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Knecht W, Rozpedowska E, Le Breton C, Willer M, Gojkovic Z, Sandrini MPB, Joergensen T, Hasholt L, Munch-Petersen B, Piskur J. Drosophila deoxyribonucleoside kinase mutants with enhanced ability to phosphorylate purine analogs. Gene Ther 2007; 14:1278-86. [PMID: 17581598 DOI: 10.1038/sj.gt.3302982] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Transduced deoxyribonucleoside kinases (dNK) can be used to kill recipient cells in combination with nucleoside prodrugs. The Drosophila melanogaster multisubstrate dNK (Dm-dNK) displays a superior turnover rate and has a great plasticity regarding its substrates. We used directed evolution to create Dm-dNK mutants with increased specificity for several nucleoside analogs (NAs) used as anticancer or antiviral drugs. Four mutants were characterized for the ability to sensitize Escherichia coli toward analogs and for their substrate specificity and kinetic parameters. The mutants had a reduced ability to phosphorylate pyrimidines, while the ability to phosphorylate purine analogs was relatively similar to the wild-type enzyme. We selected two mutants, for expression in the osteosarcoma 143B, the glioblastoma U-87M-G and the breast cancer MCF7 cell lines. The sensitivities of the transduced cell lines in the presence of the NAs fludarabine (F-AraA), cladribine (CdA), vidarabine and cytarabine were compared to the parental cell lines. The sensitivity of 143B cells was increased by 470-fold in the presence of CdA and of U-87M-G cells by 435-fold in the presence of F-AraA. We also show that a choice of the selection and screening system plays a crucial role when optimizing suicide genes by directed evolution.
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- W Knecht
- BioCentrum-DTU, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
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Desler C, Munch-Petersen B, Stevnsner T, Matsui SI, Kulawiec M, Singh KK, Rasmussen LJ. Mitochondria as determinant of nucleotide pools and chromosomal stability. Mutat Res 2007; 625:112-24. [PMID: 17658559 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2007.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2006] [Revised: 05/21/2007] [Accepted: 06/01/2007] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Mitochondrial function plays an important role in multiple human diseases and mutations in the mitochondrial genome have been detected in nearly every type of cancer investigated to date. However, the mechanism underlying the interrelation is unknown. We used human cell lines depleted of mitochondrial DNA as models and analyzed the outcome of mitochondrial dysfunction on major cellular repair activities. We show that the deoxyribonucleoside triphosphate (dNTP) pools are affected, most prominently we detect a 3-fold reduction of the dTTP pool when normalized to the number of cells in S-phase. It is known that imbalanced dNTP pools are mutagenic and in accordance, we show that mitochondrial dysfunction results in chromosomal instability, which can explain its role in tumor development. We did not find any straightforward correlation between ATP levels and dNTP pools in cells with defective mitochondrial activity. Our results suggest that mitochondria are central players in maintaining genomic stability and in controlling essential nuclear processes such as upholding a balanced supply of nucleotides.
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- Claus Desler
- Department of Science, Systems and Models, Roskilde University, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark
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Egeblad-Welin L, Sonntag Y, Eklund H, Munch-Petersen B. Functional studies of active-site mutants from Drosophila melanogaster deoxyribonucleoside kinase. Investigations of the putative catalytic glutamate-arginine pair and of residues responsible for substrate specificity. FEBS J 2007; 274:1542-51. [PMID: 17302737 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2007.05701.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The catalytic reaction mechanism and binding of substrates was investigated for the multisubstrate Drosophila melanogaster deoxyribonucleoside kinase. Mutation of E52 to D, Q and H plus mutations of R105 to K and H were performed to investigate the proposed catalytic reaction mechanism, in which E52 acts as an initiating base and R105 is thought to stabilize the transition state of the reaction. Mutant enzymes (E52D, E52H and R105H) showed a markedly decreased k(cat), while the catalytic activity of E52Q and R105K was abolished. The E52D mutant was crystallized with its feedback inhibitor dTTP. The backbone conformation remained unchanged, and coordination between D52 and the dTTP-Mg complex was observed. The observed decrease in k(cat) for E52D was most likely due to an increased distance between the catalytic carboxyl group and 5'-OH of deoxythymidine (dThd) or deoxycytidine (dCyd). Mutation of Q81 to N and Y70 to W was carried out to investigate substrate binding. The mutations primarily affected the K(m) values, whereas the k(cat) values were of the same magnitude as for the wild-type. The Y70W mutation made the enzyme lose activity towards purines and negative cooperativity towards dThd and dCyd was observed. The Q81N mutation showed a 200- and 100-fold increase in K(m), whereas k(cat) was decreased five- and twofold for dThd and dCyd, respectively, supporting a role in substrate binding. These observations give insight into the mechanisms of substrate binding and catalysis, which is important for developing novel suicide genes and drugs for use in gene therapy.
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- Louise Egeblad-Welin
- Department of Science, Systems and Models, Roskilde University, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark
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Thymidine kinases (TKs) appear to be almost ubiquitous and are found in nearly all prokaryotes, eukaryotes, and several viruses. They are the key enzymes in thymidine salvage and activation of several anti-cancer and antiviral drugs. We show that bacterial TKs can be subdivided into 2 groups. The TKs from Gram-positive bacteria are more closely related to the eukaryotic TK1 enzymes than are TKs from Gram-negative bacteria.
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- M P B Sandrini
- BioCentrum-DTU, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
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Skovgaard T, Munch-Petersen B. Purification and characterization of wild-type and mutant TK1 type kinases from Caenorhabditis elegans. Nucleosides Nucleotides Nucleic Acids 2007; 25:1165-9. [PMID: 17065083 DOI: 10.1080/15257770600894410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Caenorhabditis elegans has a single deoxynucleoside kinase-like gene. The sequence is similar to that of human TK1, but besides accepting thymidine as a substrate, the C. elegans TK1 (CeTK1) also phosphorylates deoxyguanosine. In contrast to human TK1, the CeTK1 exclusively exists as a dimer with a molecular mass of approximately 60 kDa, even if incubated with ATP. Incubation with ATP induces a transition into a more active enzyme with a higher kcat but unchanged Km. This activation only occurs at an enzyme concentration in the incubation buffer of 0.5 micro g/ml (8.42 nM) or higher. C-terminal deletion of the enzyme results in lower catalytic efficiency and stability.
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- T Skovgaard
- Department of Life Sciences and Chemistry, Roskilde University, Roskilde, Denmark
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Zhu C, Harlow LS, Berenstein D, Munch-Petersen S, Munch-Petersen B. Effect of C-terminal of human cytosolic thymidine kinase (TK1) on in vitro stability and enzymatic properties. Nucleosides Nucleotides Nucleic Acids 2007; 25:1185-8. [PMID: 17065087 DOI: 10.1080/15257770600894436] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Thymidine kinase (TK1) is a key enzyme in the salvage pathway of nucleotide metabolism and catalyzes the first rate-limiting step in the synthesis of dTTP, transfer of a gamma-phosphate group from a nucleoside triphosphate to the 5'-hydroxyl group of thymidine, thus forming dTMP. TK1 is cytosolic and its activity fluctuates during cell cycle coinciding with the DNA synthesis rate and disappears during mitosis. This fluctuation is important for providing a balanced supply of dTTP for DNA replication.The cell cycle specific activity of TK1 is regulated at the transcriptional level, but posttranslational mechanisms seem to play an important role for the level of functional TK1 protein as well. Thus, the C-terminal of TK1 is known to be essential for the specific degradation of the enzyme at the G2/M phase. In this work, we have studied the effect of deletion of the C-terminal 20, 40, and 44 amino acids of TK1 on in vitro stability, oligomerization, and enzyme kinetics. We found that deletion of the C-terminal fold markedly increased the stability as well as the catalytic activity.
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- C Zhu
- Department of Life Sciences and Chemistry, Roskilde University, Roskilde, Denmark
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Desler C, Munch-Petersen B, Rasmussen LJ. The role of mitochondrial dNTP levels in cells with reduced TK2 activity. Nucleosides Nucleotides Nucleic Acids 2007; 25:1171-5. [PMID: 17065084 DOI: 10.1080/15257770600894501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Both the nuclear and mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) depend on separate balanced pools of dNTPs for correct function of DNA replication and repair of DNA damage. Import of dNTPs from the cytosolic compartment to the mitochondria has been suggested to have the potential of rectifying a mitochondrial dNTP imbalance. Reduced TK2 activity has been demonstrated to result in mitochondrial dNTP imbalance and consequently mutations of mtDNA in non-dividing cells. In this study, the consequences of a reduced thymidine kinase 2 (TK2) activity were measured in proliferating HeLa cells, on both whole-cell as well as mitochondrial dNTP levels. With the exception of increased mitochondrial dCTP level no significant difference was found in cells with reduced TK2 activity. Our results suggest that import of cytosolic dNTPs in mitochondria of proliferating cells can compensate a TK2 induced imbalance of the mitochondrial dNTP pool.
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- C Desler
- Department of Life Sciences and Chemistry, Roskilde University, Roskilde, Denmark
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Desler C, Munch-Petersen B, Singh KK, Rasmussen LJ. Mitochondrial activity has an effect on nucleotide metabolism. Mitochondrion 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mito.2006.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Welin M, Skovgaard T, Knecht W, Zhu C, Berenstein D, Munch-Petersen B, Piskur J, Eklund H. Structural basis for the changed substrate specificity of Drosophila melanogaster deoxyribonucleoside kinase mutant N64D. FEBS J 2005; 272:3733-42. [PMID: 16008571 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2005.04803.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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The Drosophila melanogaster deoxyribonucleoside kinase (Dm-dNK) double mutant N45D/N64D was identified during a previous directed evolution study. This mutant enzyme had a decreased activity towards the natural substrates and decreased feedback inhibition with dTTP, whereas the activity with 3'-modified nucleoside analogs like 3'-azidothymidine (AZT) was nearly unchanged. Here, we identify the mutation N64D as being responsible for these changes. Furthermore, we crystallized the mutant enzyme in the presence of one of its substrates, thymidine, and the feedback inhibitor, dTTP. The introduction of the charged Asp residue appears to destabilize the LID region (residues 167-176) of the enzyme by electrostatic repulsion and no hydrogen bond to the 3'-OH is made in the substrate complex by Glu172 of the LID region. This provides a binding space for more bulky 3'-substituents like the azido group in AZT but influences negatively the interactions between Dm-dNK, substrates and feedback inhibitors based on deoxyribose. The detailed picture of the structure-function relationship provides an improved background for future development of novel mutant suicide genes for Dm-dNK-mediated gene therapy.
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- Martin Welin
- Department of Molecular Biology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Biomedical Center, Uppsala, Sweden
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Welin M, Kosinska U, Mikkelsen NE, Carnrot C, Zhu C, Wang L, Eriksson S, Munch-Petersen B, Eklund H. Structures of thymidine kinase 1 of human and mycoplasmic origin. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2004; 101:17970-5. [PMID: 15611477 PMCID: PMC539776 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0406332102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2004] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Cytosolic thymidine kinase 1, TK1, is a well known cell-cycle-regulated enzyme of importance in nucleotide metabolism as well as an activator of antiviral and anticancer drugs such as 3'-azido-3'-deoxythymidine (AZT). We have now determined the structures of the TK1 family, the human and Ureaplasma urealyticum enzymes, in complex with the feedback inhibitor dTTP. The TK1s have a tetrameric structure in which each subunit contains an alpha/beta-domain that is similar to ATPase domains of members of the RecA structural family and a domain containing a structural zinc. The zinc ion connects beta-structures at the root of a beta-ribbon that forms a stem that widens to a lasso-type loop. The thymidine of dTTP is hydrogen-bonded to main-chain atoms predominantly coming from the lasso loop. This binding is in contrast to other deoxyribonucleoside kinases where specific interactions occur with side chains. The TK1 structure differs fundamentally from the structures of the other deoxyribonucleoside kinases, indicating a different evolutionary origin.
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- Martin Welin
- Department of Molecular Biology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, S-751 24 Uppsala, Sweden
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Information on the regulation and structure-function relation of enzymes involved in DNA precursor synthesis is pivotal, as defects in several of these enzymes have been found to cause depletion or deletion of mitochondrial DNA resulting in severe diseases. Here, the effect of amino acid 106 on the enzymatic properties of the cell-cycle-regulated human cytosolic thymidine kinase 1 (TK1) is investigated. On the basis of the previously observed profound differences between recombinant TK1 with Val106 (V106WT) and Met106 (V106M) in catalytic activity and oligomerization pattern, we designed and characterized nine mutants of amino acid 106 differing in size, conformation and polarity. According to their oligomerization pattern and thymidine kinetics, the TK1 mutants can be divided into two groups. Group I (V106A, V106I and V106T) behaves like V106WT, in that pre-assay exposure to ATP induces reversible transition from a dimer with low catalytic activity to a tetramer with high catalytic activity. Group II (V106G, V106H, V106K, V106L and V106Q) behaves like V106M in that they are permanently high activity tetramers, irrespective of ATP exposure. We conclude that size and conformation of amino acid 106 are more important than polarity for the catalytic activity and oligomerization of TK1. The role of amino acid 106 and the sequence surrounding it for dimer-tetramer transition was confirmed by cloning the putative interface fragment of human TK1 and investigating its oligomerization pattern.
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- Hanne Frederiksen
- Department of Life Sciences and Chemistry, Roskilde University, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark
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Piskur J, Sandrini MPB, Knecht W, Munch-Petersen B. Animal deoxyribonucleoside kinases: ‘forward’ and ‘retrograde’ evolution of their substrate specificity1. FEBS Lett 2004; 560:3-6. [PMID: 14987989 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(04)00081-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2003] [Revised: 01/19/2004] [Accepted: 01/19/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Deoxyribonucleoside kinases, which catalyse the phosphorylation of deoxyribonucleosides, are present in several copies in most multicellular organisms and therefore represent an excellent model to study gene duplication and specialisation of the duplicated copies through partitioning of substrate specificity. Recent studies suggest that in the animal lineage one of the progenitor kinases, the so-called dCK/dGK/TK2-like gene, was duplicated prior to separation of the insect and mammalian lineages. Thereafter, insects lost all but one kinase, dNK (EC 2.7.1.145), which subsequently, through remodelling of a limited number of amino acid residues, gained a broad substrate specificity.
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- Jure Piskur
- BioCentrum-DTU, Eukaryote Molecular Biology Group, Building 301, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark.
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Krawiec K, Kierdaszuk B, Kalinichenko EN, Rubinova EB, Mikhailopulo IA, Eriksson S, Munch-Petersen B, Shugar D. Ability of adenosine-2'(3')-deoxy-3'(2')-triphosphates and related analogues to replace ATP as phosphate donor for all human and Drosphila melanogaster deoxyribonucleoside kinases. Nucleosides Nucleotides Nucleic Acids 2003; 22:1525-9. [PMID: 14565458 DOI: 10.1081/ncn-120023026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Six non-conventional adenosine-2'- and 3'-triphosphate analogues of ATP were tested as potential phosphate donors for all four human, and D. melanogaster, deoxyribonucleoside kinases. With dCK (only dAdo as acceptor), TK1, TK2 and dNK only 3'-deoxyadenosine-2'-triphosphate was an effective donor (5-60% that for ATP). With dCK (dCyd as acceptor) and dGK (dGuo as acceptor), sharing 45% sequence identity, donor activities ranged from 13 to 119% that for ATP. Products were 5'-phosphates. In some instances, kinetics are dependent on the nature of the acceptor, and donor and acceptors properties are mutually interdependent. Results are highly relevant to studies on the modes of interaction with the enzymes, and to interpretations of reported crystal structures of dCK and dNK with bound ligands.
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- Krzysztof Krawiec
- Department of Biophysics, Institute of Experimental Physics, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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Mikkelsen NE, Johansson K, Karlsson A, Knecht W, Andersen G, Piskur J, Munch-Petersen B, Eklund H. Structural basis for feedback inhibition of the deoxyribonucleoside salvage pathway: studies of the Drosophila deoxyribonucleoside kinase. Biochemistry 2003; 42:5706-12. [PMID: 12741827 DOI: 10.1021/bi0340043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Deoxyribonucleoside kinases are feedback inhibited by the final products of the salvage pathway, the deoxyribonucleoside triphosphates. In the present study, the mechanism of feedback inhibition is presented based on the crystal structure of a complex between the fruit fly deoxyribonucleoside kinase and its feedback inhibitor deoxythymidine triphosphate. The inhibitor was found to be bound as a bisubstrate inhibitor with its nucleoside part in the nucleoside binding site and with its phosphate groups partially occupying the phosphate donor site. The overall structure of the enzyme--inhibitor complex is very similar to the enzyme--substrate complexes with deoxythymidine and deoxycytidine, except for a conformational change within a region otherwise directly involved in catalysis. This conformational change involves a magnesium ion, which is coordinated in the inhibitor complex to the phosphates and to the primary base, Glu52, that normally is positioned close to the 5'-OH of the substrate deoxyribose.
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- Nils Egil Mikkelsen
- Department of Molecular Biology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Box 590, Biomedical Center, S-751 24 Uppsala, Sweden
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Knecht W, Petersen GE, Sandrini MPB, Søndergaard L, Munch-Petersen B, Piskur J. Mosquito has a single multisubstrate deoxyribonucleoside kinase characterized by unique substrate specificity. Nucleic Acids Res 2003; 31:1665-72. [PMID: 12626708 PMCID: PMC152860 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkg257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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In mammals four deoxyribonucleoside kinases, with a relatively restricted specificity, catalyze the phosphorylation of the four natural deoxyribonucleosides. When cultured mosquito cells, originating from the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae, were examined for deoxyribonucleoside kinase activities, only a single enzyme was isolated. Subsequently, the corresponding gene was cloned and over-expressed. While the mosquito kinase (Ag-dNK) phosphorylated all four natural deoxyribonucleosides, it displayed an unexpectedly higher relative efficiency for the phosphorylation of purine versus pyrimidine deoxyribonucleosides than the fruit fly multisubstrate deoxyribonucleoside kinase (EC 2.7.1.145). In addition, Ag-dNK could also phosphorylate some medically interesting nucleoside analogs, like stavudine (D4T), 2-chloro-deoxyadenosine (CdA) and 5-bromo-vinyl-deoxyuridine (BVDU). Although the biological significance of multisubstrate deoxyribonucleoside kinases and their diversity among insects remains unclear, the observed variation provides a whole range of applications, as species specific and highly selective targets for insecticides, they have a potential to be used in the enzymatic production of various (di-)(deoxy-)ribonucleoside monophosphates, and as suicide genes in gene therapy.
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- Wolfgang Knecht
- Eukaryote Molecular Biology Group, BioCentrum-DTU, Building 301, Technical University of Denmark, DK 2800 Lyngby, Denmark
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Krawiec K, Kierdaszuk B, Kalinichenko EN, Rubinova EB, Mikhailopulo IA, Eriksson S, Munch-Petersen B, Shugar D. Striking ability of adenosine-2'(3')-deoxy-3'(2')-triphosphates and related analogues to replace ATP as phosphate donor for all four human, and the Drosophila melanogaster, deoxyribonucleoside kinases. Nucleosides Nucleotides Nucleic Acids 2003; 22:153-73. [PMID: 12744603 DOI: 10.1081/ncn-120019510] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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In extension of an earlier report, six non-conventional analogues of ATP, three adenosine-2'-triphosphates (3'-deoxy, 3'-deoxy-3'-fluoro- and 3'-deoxy-3'-fluoroxylo-), and three adenosine-3'-triphosphates (2'-deoxy-, 2'-deoxy-2'-fluoro- and 2'-deoxy-2'-fluoroara-), were compared with ATP as potential phosphate donors for human deoxycytidine kinase (dCK), cytosolic thymidine kinase (TK1), mitochondrial TK2, deoxyguanosine kinase (dGK), and the deoxyribonucleoside kinase (dNK) from Drosophila melanogaster. With one group of enzymes, comprising TK1, TK2, dNK and dCK (with dAdo as acceptor), only 3'-deoxyadenosine-2'-triphosphate was an effective donor (5-60% that for ATP), and the other five analogues much less so, or inactive. With a second set, including dCK (dCyd, but not dAdo, as acceptor) and dGK (dGuo as acceptor), known to share high sequence similarity (approximately 45% sequence identity), all six analogues were good to excellent donors (13-119% that for ATP). With dCK and ATP1, products were shown to be 5'-phosphates. With dCK, donor properties of the analogues were dependent on the nature of the acceptor, as with natural 5'-triphosphate donors. With dCK (dCyd as acceptor), Km and Vmax for the two 2'(3')-deoxyadenosine-3'(2')-triphosphates are similar to those for ATP. With dGK, Km values are higher than for ATP, while Vmax values are comparable. Kinetic studies further demonstrated Michaelis-Menten (non-cooperative) or cooperative kinetics, dependent on the enzyme employed and the nature of the donor. The physiological significance, if any, of the foregoing remains to be elucidated. The overall results are, on the other hand, highly relevant to studies on the modes of interaction of nucleoside kinases with donors and acceptors; and, in particular, to interpretations of the recently reported crystal structures of dGK with bound ATP, of dNK with bound dCyd, and associated modeling studies.
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- Krzysztof Krawiec
- Department of Biophysics, Institute of Experimental Physics, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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Deoxyribonucleoside kinases phosphorylate deoxyribonucleosides, a crucial reaction in biosynthesis of DNA precursors through the salvage pathway. Their medical interest stems from their activation of a number of anticancer and antiviral drugs such as 2-chloro-2'-deoxyadenosine, azidothymidine and acyclovir. Here we review what is presently known about each of the mammalian kinases as well as some other members of the deoxyribonucleoside kinase family. A description of the biochemical properties of the enzymes is followed by an overview of the structural studies made on this family of enzymes, including the catalytic mechanism as well as the mechanism for feedback inhibition. A presentation of homology models of other proteins in the family is made and, finally, the determinants of substrate and substrate analog specificities are described.
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- S Eriksson
- Department of Veterinary Medical Chemistry, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Biomedical Center, Uppsala.
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Knecht W, Sandrini MP, Johansson K, Eklund H, Munch-Petersen B, Piškur J. A few amino acid substitutions can convert deoxyribonucleoside kinase specificity from pyrimidines to purines. EMBO J 2002; 21:1873-80. [PMID: 11927571 PMCID: PMC125940 DOI: 10.1093/emboj/21.7.1873] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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In mammals, the four native deoxyribonucleosides are phosphorylated to the corresponding monophosphates by four deoxyribonucleoside kinases, which have specialized substrate specificities. These four enzymes are likely to originate from a common progenitor kinase. Insects appear to have only one multisubstrate deoxyribonucleoside kinase (dNK, EC 2.7.1.145), which prefers pyrimidine nucleosides, but can also phosphorylate purine substrates. When the structures of the human deoxyguanosine kinase (dGK, EC 2.7.1.113) and the dNK from Drosophila melanogaster were compared, a limited number of amino acid residues were identified and proposed to be responsible for the substrate specificity. Three of these key residues in Drosophila dNK were then mutagenized and the mutant enzymes were characterized regarding their ability to phosphorylate native deoxyribonucleosides and nucleoside analogs. The mutations converted the dNK substrate specificity from predominantly pyrimidine specific into purine specific. A similar scenario could have been followed during the evolution of kinases. Upon gene duplication of the progenitor kinase, only a limited number of single amino acid changes has taken place in each copy and resulted in substrate-specialized enzymes.
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- Wolfgang Knecht
- Section of Molecular Microbiology, BioCentrum-DTU, Building 301, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Lyngby, Department of Life Sciences and Chemistry, Roskilde University, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark and Department of Molecular Biology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Box 590, Biomedical Center, S-751 24 Uppsala, Sweden Corresponding author e-mail:
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- Section of Molecular Microbiology, BioCentrum-DTU, Building 301, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Lyngby, Department of Life Sciences and Chemistry, Roskilde University, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark and Department of Molecular Biology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Box 590, Biomedical Center, S-751 24 Uppsala, Sweden Corresponding author e-mail:
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- Section of Molecular Microbiology, BioCentrum-DTU, Building 301, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Lyngby, Department of Life Sciences and Chemistry, Roskilde University, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark and Department of Molecular Biology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Box 590, Biomedical Center, S-751 24 Uppsala, Sweden Corresponding author e-mail:
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- Section of Molecular Microbiology, BioCentrum-DTU, Building 301, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Lyngby, Department of Life Sciences and Chemistry, Roskilde University, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark and Department of Molecular Biology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Box 590, Biomedical Center, S-751 24 Uppsala, Sweden Corresponding author e-mail:
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- Section of Molecular Microbiology, BioCentrum-DTU, Building 301, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Lyngby, Department of Life Sciences and Chemistry, Roskilde University, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark and Department of Molecular Biology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Box 590, Biomedical Center, S-751 24 Uppsala, Sweden Corresponding author e-mail:
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- Section of Molecular Microbiology, BioCentrum-DTU, Building 301, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Lyngby, Department of Life Sciences and Chemistry, Roskilde University, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark and Department of Molecular Biology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Box 590, Biomedical Center, S-751 24 Uppsala, Sweden Corresponding author e-mail:
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Knecht W, Munch-Petersen B, Piskur J. Polyclonal antibodies against the ultrafast multisubstrate deoxyribonucleoside kinase from Drosophila melanogaster. Adv Exp Med Biol 2002; 486:263-6. [PMID: 11783496 DOI: 10.1007/0-306-46843-3_51] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/23/2023]
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- W Knecht
- Department of Microbiology, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby
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Knecht W, Petersen GE, Munch-Petersen B, Piskur J. Deoxyribonucleoside kinases belonging to the thymidine kinase 2 (TK2)-like group vary significantly in substrate specificity, kinetics and feed-back regulation. J Mol Biol 2002; 315:529-40. [PMID: 11812127 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2001.5257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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In eukaryotic cells deoxyribonucleoside kinases belonging to three phylogenetic sub-families have been found: (i) thymidine kinase 1 (TK1)-like enzymes, which are strictly pyrimidine deoxyribonucleoside-specific kinases; (ii) TK2-like enzymes, which include pyrimidine deoxyribonucleoside kinases and a single multisubstrate kinase from Drosophila melanogaster (Dm-dNK); and (iii) deoxycytidine/deoxyguanosine kinase (dCK/dGK)-like enzymes, which are deoxycytidine and/or purine deoxyribonucleoside-specific kinases. We cloned and characterized two new deoxyribonucleoside kinases belonging to the TK2-like group from the insect Bombyx mori and the amphibian Xenopus laevis. The deoxyribonucleoside kinase from B. mori (Bm-dNK) turned out to be a multisubstrate kinase like Dm-dNK. But uniquely for a deoxyribonucleoside kinase, Bm-dNK displayed positive cooperativity with all four natural deoxyribonucleoside substrates. The deoxyribonucleoside kinase from X. laevis (Xen-PyK) resembled closely the human and mouse TK2 enzymes displaying their characteristic Michaelis-Menten kinetic with deoxycytidine and negative cooperativity with its second natural substrate thymidine. Bm-dNK, Dm-dNK and Xen-PyK were shown to be homodimers. Significant differences in the feedback inhibition by deoxyribonucleoside triphosphates between these three enzymes were found. The insect multisubstrate deoxyribonucleoside kinases Bm-dNK and Dm-dNK were only inhibited by thymidine triphosphate, while Xen-PyK was inhibited by thymidine and deoxycytidine triphosphate in a complex pattern depending on the deoxyribonucleoside substrate. The broad substrate specificity and different feedback regulation of the multisubstrate insect deoxyribonucleoside kinases may indicate that these enzymes have a different functional role than the other members of the TK2-like group.
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- Wolfgang Knecht
- Section of Molecular Microbiology, BioCentrum-DTU, Building 301, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, DK 2800, Denmark.
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Johansson K, Ramaswamy S, Ljungcrantz C, Knecht W, Piskur J, Munch-Petersen B, Eriksson S, Eklund H. Structural basis for substrate specificities of cellular deoxyribonucleoside kinases. Nat Struct Biol 2001; 8:616-20. [PMID: 11427893 DOI: 10.1038/89661] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Deoxyribonucleoside kinases phosphorylate deoxyribonucleosides and activate a number of medically important nucleoside analogs. Here we report the structure of the Drosophila deoxyribonucleoside kinase with deoxycytidine bound at the nucleoside binding site and that of the human deoxyguanosine kinase with ATP at the nucleoside substrate binding site. Compared to the human kinase, the Drosophila kinase has a wider substrate cleft, which may be responsible for the broad substrate specificity of this enzyme. The human deoxyguanosine kinase is highly specific for purine substrates; this is apparently due to the presence of Arg 118, which provides favorable hydrogen bonding interactions with the substrate. The two new structures provide an explanation for the substrate specificity of cellular deoxyribonucleoside kinases.
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- K Johansson
- Department of Molecular Biology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Box 590, Biomedical Center, S-751 24 Uppsala, Sweden
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Bergman AM, Munch-Petersen B, Jensen PB, Sehested M, Veerman G, Voorn DA, Smid K, Pinedo HM, Peters GJ. Collateral sensitivity to gemcitabine (2',2'-difluorodeoxycytidine) and cytosine arabinoside of daunorubicin- and VM-26-resistant variants of human small cell lung cancer cell lines. Biochem Pharmacol 2001; 61:1401-8. [PMID: 11331076 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-2952(01)00627-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Multidrug resistance (MDR), characterized by a cross-resistance to many natural toxin-related compounds, may be caused either by overexpression of a drug efflux pump such as P-glycoprotein, (P-gP), multidrug resistance proteins MRP1-3, or BCRP/MXR or, in the case of DNA topoisomerase II active drugs, by a decrease in the enzymatic activity of the target molecule termed altered topoisomerase MDR (at-MDR). However, human small cell lung carcinoma (SCLC) cell lines showed a collateral sensitivity to 2',2'-difluorodeoxycytidine (gemcitabine, dFdC) and 1-beta-D-arabinofuranosylcytosine (ara-C). H69/DAU, a daunorubicin (DAU)-resistant variant of H69 with a P-gP overexpression, and NYH/VM, a VM-26 (teniposide)-resistant variant of NYH with an at-MDR, were both 2-fold more sensitive to gemcitabine and 7- and 2-fold more sensitive to ara-C, respectively. MDR variants had a 4.3- and 2.0-fold increased activity of deoxycytidine kinase (dCK), respectively. dCK catalyzes the first rate-limiting activation step of both gemcitabine and ara-C. In addition, deoxycytidine deaminase, responsible for inactivation of dFdC and ara-C, was 9.0-fold lower in H69/DAU cells. The level of thymidine kinase 2, a mitochondrial enzyme that can also phosphorylate deoxycytidine and gemcitabine, was not significantly different between the variants. These differences most likely caused an increased accumulation of the active metabolites (dFdCTP, 2.1- and 1.6-fold in NYH/VM and H69/DAU cells, respectively) and of ara-CTP (1.3-fold in NYH/VM cells). Ara-CTP accumulation was not detectable in either H69 variant. The pools of all ribonucleoside and deoxyribonucleoside triphosphates were at least 3- to 4-fold higher in the NYH variants compared to the H69 variants; for dCTP and dGTP this difference was even larger. The higher ribonucleotide pools might explain the >10-fold higher accumulation of dFdCTP in NYH compared to H69 variants. Since dCTP is low, H69 cells might not need a high ara-CTP accumulation to inhibit DNA polymerase. This might be related to the lack of ara-CTP in H69 variants. In addition, the increased CTP, ATP, and UTP pools in the MDR variants might explain the increased ara-CTP and dFdCTP accumulation. In conclusion, the MDR variants of the human SCLC cell lines were collaterally sensitive due to an increased dCK activity, and consequently an increased ara-CTP and dFdCTP accumulation.
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- A M Bergman
- Department of Oncology, University Hospital VU, P.O. Box 7057, 1007 MB, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Berenstein D, Christensen JF, Kristensen T, Hofbauer R, Munch-Petersen B. Valine, not methionine, is amino acid 106 in human cytosolic thymidine kinase (TK1). Impact on oligomerization, stability, and kinetic properties. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:32187-92. [PMID: 10924519 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m005325200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Cytosolic thymidine kinase (TK1) cDNA from human lymphocytes was cloned, expressed in Escherichia coli, purified, and characterized with respect to the ATP effect on thymidine affinity and oligomerization. Sequence analysis of this lymphocyte TK1 cDNA and 21 other cDNAs or genomic TK1 DNAs from healthy cells or leukemic or transformed cell lines revealed a valine at amino acid position 106. The TK1 sequence in NCBI GenBank(TM) has methionine at this position. The recombinant lymphocyte TK1(Val-106) (rLy-TK1(Val-106)) has the same enzymatic and oligomerization properties as endogenous human lymphocyte TK1 (Ly-TK1); ATP exposure induces an enzyme concentration-dependent reversible transition from a dimer to a tetramer with 20-30-fold higher thymidine affinity (K(m) about 15 and 0.5 microm, respectively). Substitution of Val-106 with methionine to give rLy-TK1(Met-106) results in a permanent tetramer with the high thymidine affinity (K(m) about 0.5 microm), even without ATP exposure. Furthermore, rLy-TK1(Met-106) is considerably less stable than rLy-TK1(Val-106) (t(12) at 15 degrees C is 41 and 392 min, respectively). Because valine with high probability is the naturally occurring amino acid at position 106 in human TK1 and because this position has high impact on the enzyme properties, the Val-106 form should be used in future investigations of recombinant human TK1.
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- D Berenstein
- Department of Life Sciences and Chemistry, Roskilde University, DK 4000 Roskilde, Denmark
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Knecht W, Munch-Petersen B, Piskur J. Identification of residues involved in the specificity and regulation of the highly efficient multisubstrate deoxyribonucleoside kinase from Drosophila melanogaster. J Mol Biol 2000; 301:827-37. [PMID: 10966789 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2000.3990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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In contrast to all known deoxyribonucleoside kinases, a single highly efficient deoxyribonucleoside kinase from Drosophila melanogaster (Dm-dNK) is able to phosphorylate all precursor nucleosides for DNA synthesis. Dm-dNK was mutated in vitro by high-frequency random mutagenesis, expressed in the thymidine kinase-deficient Escherichia coli strain KY895 and clones were selected for sensitivity to the nucleoside analogs 1-beta-d-arabinofuranosylcytosine (AraC, Cytarabine), 3'-azido-2', 3'-dideoxythymidine (AZT, Zidovudine, Retrovir, 2', 3'-dideoxyadenosine (ddA) and 2',3'-dideoxycytidine (ddC, Zalcitabine, Hivid. Thirteen mutants with increased sensitivity compared to the wild-type Dm-dNK were isolated from a relatively small pool of less than 10,000 clones. Eight mutant Dm-dNKs increased the sensitivity of KY895 to more than one analog, and two of these mutants even to all four nucleoside analogs. Surprisingly, the mutations did not map to the five regions which are highly conserved among deoxyribonucleoside kinases. The molecular background of improved sensitivity was characterized for the double-mutant MuD (N45D, N64D), where the LD(100) value of transformed KY895 decreased 316-fold for AZT and more than 11-fold for ddC when compared to wild-type Dm-dNK. Purified recombinant MuD displayed higher K(m) values for the native substrates than wild-type Dm-dNK and the V(max) values were substantially lower. On the other hand, the K(m) and V(max) values for AZT and the K(m) value for ddC were nearly unchanged between MuD and wild-type Dm-dNK. Additionally, a decrease in feedback inhibition of MuD by thymidine triphosphate (TTP) was found. This study demonstrates how high-frequency mutagenesis combined with a parallel selection for desired properties provides an insight into the structure-function relationships of the multisubstrate kinase from D. melanogaster. At the same time these mutant enzymes exhibit properties useful in biotechnological and medical applications.
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- W Knecht
- Department of Microbiology Building 301, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, DK 2800, Denmark
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Munch-Petersen B, Knecht W, Lenz C, Søndergaard L, Piskur J. Functional expression of a multisubstrate deoxyribonucleoside kinase from Drosophila melanogaster and its C-terminal deletion mutants. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:6673-9. [PMID: 10692477 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.275.9.6673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The occurrence of a deoxyribonucleoside kinase in Drosophila melanogaster (Dm-dNK) with remarkably broad substrate specificity has recently been indicated (Munch-Petersen, B., Piskur, J., and Søndergaard, L. (1998) J. Biol. Chem. 273, 3926-3931). To prove that the capacity to phosphorylate all four deoxyribonucleosides is in fact associated to one polypeptide chain, partially sequenced cDNA clones, originating from the Berkeley Drosophila genome sequencing project, were searched for homology with human deoxyribonucleoside kinases. The total sequence of one cDNA clone and the corresponding genomic DNA was determined and expressed in Escherichia coli as a glutathione S-transferase fusion protein. The purified and thrombin cleaved recombinant protein phosphorylated the four deoxyribonucleosides with high turnover and K(m) values similar to those of the native Dm-dNK, as well as the four ribonucleosides and many therapeutical nucleoside analogs. Dm-dNK has apparently the same origin as the mammalian kinases, thymidine kinase 2, deoxycytidine kinase, deoxyguanosine kinase, and the herpes viral thymidine kinases, but it has a unique C terminus that seems to be important for catalytic activity and specificity. The C-terminal 20 amino acids were dispensable for phosphorylation of deoxyribonucleosides but necessary for full activity with purine ribonucleosides. Removal of the C-terminal 20 amino acids increased the specific activity 2-fold, but 99% of the activity was lost after removal of the C-terminal 30 amino acids.
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- B Munch-Petersen
- Department of Life Sciences and Chemistry, Roskilde University, P. O. Box 260, DK 4000 Roskilde, Denmark.
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Kierdaszuk B, Krawiec K, Kazimierczuk Z, Jacobsson U, Johansson NG, Munch-Petersen B, Eriksson S, Shugar D. Substrate/inhibitor properties of human deoxycytidine kinase (dCK) and thymidine kinases (TK1 and TK2) towards the sugar moiety of nucleosides, including O'-alkyl analogues. Nucleosides Nucleotides 1999; 18:1883-903. [PMID: 10478487 DOI: 10.1080/07328319908044850] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Nucleoside analogues with modified sugar moieties have been examined for their substrate/inhibitor specificities towards highly purified deoxycytidine kinase (dCK) and thymidine kinases (tetrameric high-affinity form of TK1, and TK2) from human leukemic spleen. In particular, the analogues included the mono- and di-O'-methyl derivatives of dC, dU and dA, syntheses of which are described. In general, purine nucleosides with modified sugar rings were feebler substrates than the corresponding cytosine analogues. Sugar-modified analogues of dU were also relatively poor substrates of TK1 and TK2, but were reasonably good inhibitors, with generally lower Ki values vs TK2 than TK1. An excellent discriminator between TK1 and TK2 was 3'-hexanoylamino-2',3'-dideoxythymidine, with a Ki of approximately 600 microM for TK1 and approximately 0.1 microM for TK2. 3'-OMe-dC was a superior inhibitor of dCK to its 5'-O-methyl congener, consistent with possible participation of the oxygen of the (3')-OH or (3')-OMe as proton acceptor in hydrogen bonding with the enzyme. Surprisingly alpha-dT was a good substrate of both TK1 and TK2, with Ki values of 120 and 30 microM for TK1 and TK2, respectively; and a 3'-branched alpha-L-deoxycytidine analogue proved to be as good a substrate as its alpha-D-counterpart. Several 5'-substituted analogues of dC were good non-substrate inhibitors of dCK and, to a lesser extent, of TK2. Finally, some ribonucleosides are substrates of the foregoing enzymes; in particular C is a good substrate of dCK, and 2'-OMe-C is an even better substrate than dC.
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- B Kierdaszuk
- University of Warsaw, Department of Biophysics, Poland.
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