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Hotop SK, Reimering S, Shekhar A, Asgari E, Beutling U, Dahlke C, Fathi A, Khan F, Lütgehetmann M, Ballmann R, Gerstner A, Tegge W, Cicin-Sain L, Bilitewski U, McHardy AC, Brönstrup M. Peptide microarrays coupled to machine learning reveal individual epitopes from human antibody responses with neutralizing capabilities against SARS-CoV-2. Emerg Microbes Infect 2022; 11:1037-1048. [PMID: 35320064 PMCID: PMC9009950 DOI: 10.1080/22221751.2022.2057874] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [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] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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The coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 is the causative agent for the disease COVID-19. To capture the IgA, IgG, and IgM antibody response of patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 at individual epitope resolution, we constructed planar microarrays of 648 overlapping peptides that cover the four major structural proteins S(pike), N(ucleocapsid), M(embrane), and E(nvelope). The arrays were incubated with sera of 67 SARS-CoV-2 positive and 22 negative control samples. Specific responses to SARS-CoV-2 were detectable, and nine peptides were associated with a more severe course of the disease. A random forest model disclosed that antibody binding to 21 peptides, mostly localized in the S protein, was associated with higher neutralization values in cellular anti-SARS-CoV-2 assays. For antibodies addressing the N-terminus of M, or peptides close to the fusion region of S, protective effects were proven by antibody depletion and neutralization assays. The study pinpoints unusual viral binding epitopes that might be suited as vaccine candidates.
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- Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany.,Braunschweig Integrated Centre of Systems Biology (BRICS), Technische Universität Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany.,Braunschweig Integrated Centre of Systems Biology (BRICS), Technische Universität Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany.,Partner Site Hannover-Braunschweig, German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), Germany
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- Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany
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- University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.,Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany.,Partner Site Hamburg-Lübeck-Borstel-Riems, German Centre for Infection Research, Germany
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- University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.,Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany.,Partner Site Hamburg-Lübeck-Borstel-Riems, German Centre for Infection Research, Germany
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- Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Partner Site Hamburg-Lübeck-Borstel-Riems, German Centre for Infection Research, Germany.,Center for Diagnostics, Institute of Medical Microbiology, Virology and Hygiene, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), Hamburg, Germany
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- Institut für Biochemie, Biotechnologie du Bioinformatik, Abteilung Biotechnologie, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Klinikum Braunschweig, Hals-, Nasen-, Ohrenklinik, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany.,Partner Site Hannover-Braunschweig, German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), Germany
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- Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany.,Braunschweig Integrated Centre of Systems Biology (BRICS), Technische Universität Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany.,Partner Site Hannover-Braunschweig, German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), Germany
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- Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany.,Partner Site Hannover-Braunschweig, German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), Germany.,Biomolecular Drug Research Center (BMWZ), Hannover, Germany
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Frontiers Production Office. Erratum: Design of a Proteolytically Stable Sodium-Calcium Exchanger 1 Activator Peptide for In Vivo Studies. Front Pharmacol 2021; 12:788046. [PMID: 34744755 PMCID: PMC8568046 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2021.788046] [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] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2021] [Accepted: 10/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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[This corrects the article DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2021.638646.].
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Lambrughi M, Maiani E, Aykac Fas B, Shaw GS, Kragelund BB, Lindorff-Larsen K, Teilum K, Invernizzi G, Papaleo E. Ubiquitin Interacting Motifs: Duality Between Structured and Disordered Motifs. Front Mol Biosci 2021; 8:676235. [PMID: 34262938 PMCID: PMC8273247 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2021.676235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2021] [Accepted: 05/14/2021] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Ubiquitin is a small protein at the heart of many cellular processes, and several different protein domains are known to recognize and bind ubiquitin. A common motif for interaction with ubiquitin is the Ubiquitin Interacting Motif (UIM), characterized by a conserved sequence signature and often found in multi-domain proteins. Multi-domain proteins with intrinsically disordered regions mediate interactions with multiple partners, orchestrating diverse pathways. Short linear motifs for binding are often embedded in these disordered regions and play crucial roles in modulating protein function. In this work, we investigated the structural propensities of UIMs using molecular dynamics simulations and NMR chemical shifts. Despite the structural portrait depicted by X-crystallography of stable helical structures, we show that UIMs feature both helical and intrinsically disordered conformations. Our results shed light on a new class of disordered UIMs. This group is here exemplified by the C-terminal domain of one isoform of ataxin-3 and a group of ubiquitin-specific proteases. Intriguingly, UIMs not only bind ubiquitin. They can be a recruitment point for other interactors, such as parkin and the heat shock protein Hsc70-4. Disordered UIMs can provide versatility and new functions to the client proteins, opening new directions for research on their interactome.
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- Matteo Lambrughi
- Computational Biology Laboratory, Danish Cancer Society Research Center, Copenhagen, Denmark.,Department of Biotechnology and Bioscience, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy
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- Computational Biology Laboratory, Danish Cancer Society Research Center, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Computational Biology Laboratory, Danish Cancer Society Research Center, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Biochemistry, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
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- Structural Biology and NMR Laboratory and The Linderstrøm-Lang Centre for Protein Science, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Structural Biology and NMR Laboratory and The Linderstrøm-Lang Centre for Protein Science, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Structural Biology and NMR Laboratory and The Linderstrøm-Lang Centre for Protein Science, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Structural Biology and NMR Laboratory and The Linderstrøm-Lang Centre for Protein Science, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Computational Biology Laboratory, Danish Cancer Society Research Center, Copenhagen, Denmark.,Cancer Systems Biology, Section for Bioinformatics, Department of Health and Technology, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
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Wanichawan P, Skogestad J, Lunde M, Støle TP, Stensland M, Nyman TA, Sjaastad I, Sejersted OM, Aronsen JM, Carlson CR. Design of a Proteolytically Stable Sodium-Calcium Exchanger 1 Activator Peptide for In Vivo Studies. Front Pharmacol 2021; 12:638646. [PMID: 34163352 PMCID: PMC8215385 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2021.638646] [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] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2020] [Accepted: 05/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The cardiac sodium–calcium exchanger (NCX1) is important for normal Na+- and Ca2+-homeostasis and cardiomyocyte relaxation and contraction. It has been suggested that NCX1 activity is reduced by phosphorylated phospholemman (pSer68-PLM); however its direct interaction with PLM is debated. Disruption of the potentially inhibitory pSer68-PLM-NCX1 interaction might be a therapeutic strategy to increase NCX1 activity in cardiac disease. In the present study, we aimed to analyze the binding affinities and kinetics of the PLM-NCX1 and pSer68-PLM-NCX1 interactions by surface plasmon resonance (SPR) and to develop a proteolytically stable NCX1 activator peptide for future in vivo studies. The cytoplasmic parts of PLM (PLMcyt) and pSer68-PLM (pSer68-PLMcyt) were found to bind strongly to the intracellular loop of NCX1 (NCX1cyt) with similar KD values of 4.1 ± 1.0 nM and 4.3 ± 1.9 nM, but the PLMcyt-NCX1cyt interaction showed higher on/off rates. To develop a proteolytically stable NCX1 activator, we took advantage of a previously designed, high-affinity PLM binding peptide (OPT) that was derived from the PLM binding region in NCX1 and that reverses the inhibitory PLM (S68D)-NCX1 interaction in HEK293. We performed N- and C-terminal truncations of OPT and identified PYKEIEQLIELANYQV as the minimum sequence required for pSer68-PLM binding. To increase peptide stability in human serum, we replaced the proline with an N-methyl-proline (NOPT) after identification of N-terminus as substitution tolerant by two-dimensional peptide array analysis. Mass spectrometry analysis revealed that the half-life of NOPT was increased 17-fold from that of OPT. NOPT pulled down endogenous PLM from rat left ventricle lysate and exhibited direct pSer68-PLM binding in an ELISA-based assay and bound to pSer68-PLMcyt with a KD of 129 nM. Excess NOPT also reduced the PLMcyt-NCX1cyt interaction in an ELISA-based competition assay, but in line with that NCX1 and PLM form oligomers, NOPT was not able to outcompete the physical interaction between endogenous full length proteins. Importantly, cell-permeable NOPT-TAT increased NCX1 activity in cardiomyocytes isolated from both SHAM-operated and aorta banded heart failure (HF) mice, indicating that NOPT disrupted the inhibitory pSer68-PLM-NCX1 interaction. In conclusion, we have developed a proteolytically stable NCX1-derived PLM binding peptide that upregulates NCX1 activity in SHAM and HF cardiomyocytes.
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- Pimthanya Wanichawan
- Institute for Experimental Medical Research, Oslo University Hospital and University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.,The KG Jebsen Cardiac Research Center and Center for Heart Failure Research, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Institute for Experimental Medical Research, Oslo University Hospital and University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Institute for Experimental Medical Research, Oslo University Hospital and University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.,The KG Jebsen Cardiac Research Center and Center for Heart Failure Research, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Institute for Experimental Medical Research, Oslo University Hospital and University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.,The KG Jebsen Cardiac Research Center and Center for Heart Failure Research, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Immunology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo and Rikshospitalet Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Immunology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo and Rikshospitalet Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Institute for Experimental Medical Research, Oslo University Hospital and University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.,The KG Jebsen Cardiac Research Center and Center for Heart Failure Research, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Institute for Experimental Medical Research, Oslo University Hospital and University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.,The KG Jebsen Cardiac Research Center and Center for Heart Failure Research, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.,Department of Pharmacology, Oslo University Hospital Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway
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- Institute for Experimental Medical Research, Oslo University Hospital and University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.,The KG Jebsen Cardiac Research Center and Center for Heart Failure Research, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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Yu B, Mamedov R, Fuhler GM, Peppelenbosch MP. Drug Discovery in Liver Disease Using Kinome Profiling. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:2623. [PMID: 33807722 PMCID: PMC7961955 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22052623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [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: 01/20/2021] [Revised: 03/01/2021] [Accepted: 03/01/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The liver is one of the most important organs, playing critical roles in maintaining biochemical homeostasis. Accordingly, disease of the liver is often debilitating and responsible for untold human misery. As biochemical nexus, with kinases being master regulators of cellular biochemistry, targeting kinase enzymes is an obvious avenue for treating liver disease. Development of such therapy, however, is hampered by the technical difficulty of obtaining comprehensive insight into hepatic kinase activity, a problem further compounded by the often unique aspects of hepatic kinase activities, which makes extrapolations from other systems difficult. This consideration prompted us to review the current state of the art with respect to kinome profiling approaches towards the hepatic kinome. We observe that currently four different approaches are available, all showing significant promise. Hence we postulate that insight into the hepatic kinome will quickly increase, leading to rational kinase-targeted therapy for different liver diseases.
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Erasmus MC—University Medical Center Rotterdam, 3015 CN Rotterdam, The Netherlands; (B.Y.); (R.M.); (G.M.F.)
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Dawadi R, Malla N, Hegge B, Wushur I, Berg E, Svineng G, Sylte I, Winberg JO. Molecular Interactions Stabilizing the Promatrix Metalloprotease-9·Serglycin Heteromer. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:E4205. [PMID: 32545641 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21124205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2020] [Revised: 06/03/2020] [Accepted: 06/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Previous studies have shown that THP-1 cells produced an SDS-stable and reduction-sensitive complex between proMMP-9 and a chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan (CSPG) core protein. The complex could be reconstituted in vitro using purified serglycin (SG) and proMMP-9 and contained no inter-disulfide bridges. It was suggested that the complex involved both the FnII module and HPX domain of proMMP-9. The aims of the present study were to resolve the interacting regions of the molecules that form the complex and the types of interactions involved. In order to study this, we expressed and purified full-length and deletion variants of proMMP-9, purified CSPG and SG, and performed in vitro reconstitution assays, peptide arrays, protein modelling, docking, and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. ProMMP-9 variants lacking both the FnII module and the HPX domain did not form the proMMP-9∙CSPG/SG complex. Deletion variants containing at least the FnII module or the HPX domain formed the proMMP-9∙CSPG/SG complex, as did the SG core protein without CS chains. The interacting parts covered large surface areas of both molecules and implicated dynamic and complementary ionic, hydrophobic, and hydrogen bond interactions. Hence, no short single interacting linear motifs in the two macromolecules could explain the strong SDS-stable and reduction-sensitive binding.
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Huber J, Obata M, Gruber J, Akutsu M, Löhr F, Rogova N, Güntert P, Dikic I, Kirkin V, Komatsu M, Dötsch V, Rogov VV. An atypical LIR motif within UBA5 (ubiquitin like modifier activating enzyme 5) interacts with GABARAP proteins and mediates membrane localization of UBA5. Autophagy 2020; 16:256-270. [PMID: 30990354 PMCID: PMC6984602 DOI: 10.1080/15548627.2019.1606637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [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: 08/01/2018] [Revised: 03/15/2019] [Accepted: 03/27/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Short linear motifs, known as LC3-interacting regions (LIRs), interact with mactoautophagy/autophagy modifiers (Atg8/LC3/GABARAP proteins) via a conserved universal mechanism. Typically, this includes the occupancy of 2 hydrophobic pockets on the surface of Atg8-family proteins by 2 specific aromatic and hydrophobic residues within the LIR motifs. Here, we describe an alternative mechanism of Atg8-family protein interaction with the non-canonical UBA5 LIR, an E1-like enzyme of the ufmylation pathway that preferentially interacts with GABARAP but not LC3 proteins. By solving the structures of both GABARAP and GABARAPL2 in complex with the UBA5 LIR, we show that in addition to the binding to the 2 canonical hydrophobic pockets (HP1 and HP2), a conserved tryptophan residue N-terminal of the LIR core sequence binds into a novel hydrophobic pocket on the surface of GABARAP proteins, which we term HP0. This mode of action is unique for UBA5 and accompanied by large rearrangements of key residues including the side chains of the gate-keeping K46 and the adjacent K/R47 in GABARAP proteins. Swapping mutations in LC3B and GABARAPL2 revealed that K/R47 is the key residue in the specific binding of GABARAP proteins to UBA5, with synergetic contributions of the composition and dynamics of the loop L3. Finally, we elucidate the physiological relevance of the interaction and show that GABARAP proteins regulate the localization and function of UBA5 on the endoplasmic reticulum membrane in a lipidation-independent manner.Abbreviations: ATG: AuTophaGy-related; EGFP: enhanced green fluorescent protein; GABARAP: GABA-type A receptor-associated protein; ITC: isothermal titration calorimetry; KO: knockout; LIR: LC3-interacting region; MAP1LC3/LC3: microtubule associated protein 1 light chain 3; NMR: nuclear magnetic resonance; RMSD: root-mean-square deviation of atomic positions; TKO: triple knockout; UBA5: ubiquitin like modifier activating enzyme 5.
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- Jessica Huber
- Institute of Biophysical Chemistry and Center for Biomolecular Magnetic Resonance, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan
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- Institute of Biophysical Chemistry and Center for Biomolecular Magnetic Resonance, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Buchmann Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Institute of Biophysical Chemistry and Center for Biomolecular Magnetic Resonance, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Institute of Biophysical Chemistry and Center for Biomolecular Magnetic Resonance, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Institute of Biophysical Chemistry and Center for Biomolecular Magnetic Resonance, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Graduate School of Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Buchmann Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Institute of Biochemistry II, School of Medicine, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Cancer Research UK Cancer Therapeutics Unit, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan
- Department of Physiology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Institute of Biophysical Chemistry and Center for Biomolecular Magnetic Resonance, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Institute of Biophysical Chemistry and Center for Biomolecular Magnetic Resonance, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Huang CF, Mrksich M. Profiling Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase Specificity with Self-Assembled Monolayers for Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Mass Spectrometry and Peptide Arrays. ACS Comb Sci 2019; 21:760-769. [PMID: 31553163 PMCID: PMC6848775 DOI: 10.1021/acscombsci.9b00152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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The opposing activities of phosphatases and kinases determine the phosphorylation status of proteins, yet kinases have received disproportionate attention in studies of cellular processes, with the roles of phosphatases remaining less understood. This Research Article describes the use of phosphotyrosine-containing peptide arrays together with matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) mass spectrometry to directly profile phosphatase substrate selectivities. Twenty-two protein tyrosine phosphatases were characterized with the arrays to give a profile of their specificities. An analysis of the data revealed that certain residues in the substrates had a conserved effect on activity for all enzymes tested, including the general rule that inclusion of a basic lysine or arginine residue on either side of the phosphotyrosine decreased activity. This insight also provides a new perspective on the role of a R1152Q mutant in the insulin receptor, which is known to exhibit a lower phosphorylation level and which this work suggests may be due to an increased activity toward phosphatase enzymes. The use of self-assembled monolayers for matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry (SAMDI-MS) to provide a rapid and quantitative assay of phosphatase enzymes will be important to gaining a more complete understanding of the biochemistry and biology of this important enzyme class.
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- Che-Fan Huang
- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, United States
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, United States
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Martinez Viedma MDP, Kose N, Parham L, Balmaseda A, Kuan G, Lorenzana I, Harris E, Crowe JE, Pickett BE. Peptide arrays of three collections of human sera from patients infected with mosquito-borne viruses. F1000Res 2019; 8:1875. [PMID: 32201571 PMCID: PMC7065662.2 DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.20981.2] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/13/2020] [Indexed: 03/29/2024] Open
Abstract
Background: Global outbreaks caused by emerging or re-emerging arthropod-borne viruses (arboviruses) are becoming increasingly more common. These pathogens include the mosquito-borne viruses belonging to the Flavivirus and Alphavirus genera. These viruses often cause non-specific or asymptomatic infection, which can confound viral prevalence studies. In addition, many acute phase diagnostic tests rely on the detection of viral components such as RNA or antigen. Standard serological tests are often not reliable for diagnosis after seroconversion and convalescence due to cross-reactivity among flaviviruses. Methods: In order to contribute to development efforts for mosquito-borne serodiagnostics, we incubated 137 human sera on individual custom peptide arrays that consisted of over 866 unique peptides in quadruplicate. Our bioinformatics workflow to analyze these data incorporated machine learning, statistics, and B-cell epitope prediction. Results: Here we report the results of our peptide array data analysis, which revealed sets of peptides that have diagnostic potential for detecting past exposure to a subset of the tested human pathogens including Zika virus. These peptides were then confirmed using the well-established ELISA method. Conclusions: These array data, and the resulting peptides can be useful in diverse efforts including the development of new pan-flavivirus antibodies, more accurate epitope mapping, and vaccine development against these viral pathogens.
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- Vanderbilt Vaccine Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA
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- Instituto de Investigacion en Microbiologia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
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- Laboratorio Nacional de Virología, Centro Nacional de Diagnóstico y Referencia, Ministry of Health, Managua, Nicaragua
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- Centro de Salud Sócrates Flores Vivas, Ministry of Health, Managua, Nicaragua
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- Instituto de Investigacion en Microbiologia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
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- Division of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720-3370, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA
- Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA
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- J. Craig Venter Institute, La Jolla, CA, 92137, USA
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, 84602, USA
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Martinez Viedma MDP, Kose N, Parham L, Balmaseda A, Kuan G, Lorenzana I, Harris E, Crowe JE, Pickett BE. Peptide arrays of three collections of human sera from patients infected with mosquito-borne viruses. F1000Res 2019; 8:1875. [PMID: 32201571 PMCID: PMC7065662 DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.20981.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/25/2019] [Indexed: 03/29/2024] Open
Abstract
Background: Global outbreaks caused by emerging or re-emerging arthropod-borne viruses (arboviruses) are becoming increasingly more common. These pathogens include the mosquito-borne viruses belonging to the Flavivirus and Alphavirus genera. These viruses often cause non-specific or asymptomatic infection, which can confound viral prevalence studies. In addition, many acute phase diagnostic tests rely on the detection of viral components such as RNA or antigen. Standard serological tests are often not reliable for diagnosis after seroconversion and convalescence due to cross-reactivity among flaviviruses. Methods: In order to contribute to development efforts for mosquito-borne serodiagnostics, we incubated 137 human sera on individual custom peptide arrays that consisted of over 866 unique peptides in quadruplicate. Our bioinformatics workflow to analyze these data incorporated machine learning, statistics, and B-cell epitope prediction. Results: Here we report the results of our peptide array data analysis, which revealed sets of peptides that have diagnostic potential for detecting past exposure to a subset of the tested human pathogens including Zika virus. These peptides were then confirmed using the well-established ELISA method. Conclusions: These array data, and the resulting peptides can be useful in diverse efforts including the development of new pan-flavivirus antibodies, more accurate epitope mapping, and vaccine development against these viral pathogens.
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- Vanderbilt Vaccine Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA
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- Instituto de Investigacion en Microbiologia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
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- Laboratorio Nacional de Virología, Centro Nacional de Diagnóstico y Referencia, Ministry of Health, Managua, Nicaragua
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- Centro de Salud Sócrates Flores Vivas, Ministry of Health, Managua, Nicaragua
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- Instituto de Investigacion en Microbiologia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
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- Division of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720-3370, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA
- Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA
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- J. Craig Venter Institute, La Jolla, CA, 92137, USA
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, 84602, USA
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Martinez Viedma MDP, Kose N, Parham L, Balmaseda A, Kuan G, Lorenzana I, Harris E, Crowe JE, Pickett BE. Peptide arrays incubated with three collections of human sera from patients infected with mosquito-borne viruses. F1000Res 2019; 8:1875. [PMID: 32201571 PMCID: PMC7065662 DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.20981.3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/26/2020] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Background: Global outbreaks caused by emerging or re-emerging arthropod-borne viruses (arboviruses) are becoming increasingly more common. These pathogens include the mosquito-borne viruses belonging to the Flavivirus and Alphavirus genera. These viruses often cause non-specific or asymptomatic infection, which can confound viral prevalence studies. In addition, many acute phase diagnostic tests rely on the detection of viral components such as RNA or antigen. Standard serological tests are often not reliable for diagnosis after seroconversion and convalescence due to cross-reactivity among flaviviruses. Methods: In order to contribute to development efforts for mosquito-borne serodiagnostics, we incubated 137 human sera on individual custom peptide arrays that consisted of over 866 unique peptides in quadruplicate. Our bioinformatics workflow to analyze these data incorporated machine learning, statistics, and B-cell epitope prediction. Results: Here we report the results of our peptide array data analysis, which revealed sets of peptides that have diagnostic potential for detecting past exposure to a subset of the tested human pathogens including Zika virus. These peptides were then confirmed using the well-established ELISA method. Conclusions: These array data, and the resulting peptides can be useful in diverse efforts including the development of new pan-flavivirus antibodies, more accurate epitope mapping, and vaccine development against these viral pathogens.
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- Vanderbilt Vaccine Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA
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- Instituto de Investigacion en Microbiologia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
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- Laboratorio Nacional de Virología, Centro Nacional de Diagnóstico y Referencia, Ministry of Health, Managua, Nicaragua
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- Centro de Salud Sócrates Flores Vivas, Ministry of Health, Managua, Nicaragua
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- Instituto de Investigacion en Microbiologia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
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- Division of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720-3370, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA
- Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA
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- J. Craig Venter Institute, La Jolla, CA, 92137, USA
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, 84602, USA
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Popov R, Shankara GK, von Bojničić-Kninski C, Nesterov-Mueller A. Renaissance Distribution for Statistically Failed Experiments. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 20:ijms20133250. [PMID: 31269680 PMCID: PMC6651062 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20133250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [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: 05/21/2019] [Revised: 06/26/2019] [Accepted: 06/30/2019] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Much of the experimental data, especially in life sciences, is considered to be useless if it demonstrates a large standard deviation from the mean value. The Renaissance distribution, as presented in this study, allows one to extract true values from such statistical data with large noise. To obtain proof of the Renaissance distribution, high-throughput synthesis of deep substitutions for a target amino acid sequence was performed, and the known epitope was identified in assay with human serum antibodies. In addition, the Renaissance distribution was shown to approach the epitope affinity maturation by the deep alanine substitution. The Renaissance distribution may have an impact in the development of novel specific drugs.
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- Roman Popov
- Institute of Microstructure Technology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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- Institute of Microstructure Technology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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- Institute of Microstructure Technology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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- Institute of Microstructure Technology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany.
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Serrano M, Martinez-Flores JA, Norman GL, Naranjo L, Morales JM, Serrano A. The IgA Isotype of Anti-β2 Glycoprotein I Antibodies Recognizes Epitopes in Domains 3, 4, and 5 That Are Located in a Lateral Zone of the Molecule (L-Shaped). Front Immunol 2019; 10:1031. [PMID: 31134087 PMCID: PMC6515947 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2019.01031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [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: 10/30/2018] [Accepted: 04/23/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Background: Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is characterized by thrombosis and/or pregnancy morbidity with presence of anti-phospholipid antibodies (aPL). The APS classification criteria only consider the aPL of IgG/IgM isotype, however testing of aPL of IgA isotype is recommended when APS is suspected and consensus aPL are negative. IgA anti-βeta-2 glycoprotein-I (B2GP1) has been clearly related with occurrence of thrombotic events. Antibodies anti-B2GP1 of IgG/M isotypes recognize an epitope in Domain 1 (R39-G43), the epitopes that recognize IgA anti-B2GP1 antibodies are not well-identified. Aim: To determine the zones of B2GP1 recognized by antibodies of IgA isotype from patients with APS symptomatology and positive for IgA anti-B2GP1. Methods: IgA antibodies to Domain-1(D1) and Domain-4/5(D4/5) of B2GP1 (ELISA) and epitope mapping on oligopeptide arrays of B2GP1 were evaluated in sera from a group of 93 patients with at least one thrombotic and with isolated positivity for IgA anti-B2GP1 antibodies (negative for other aPL). Results: A total of 47 patients (50.5%) were positive for anti-D4/5 and 23(25%) were positive for anti-D1. When peptide arrays were analyzed, three zones of B2GP1 reactivity were identified for more than 50% of patients. The center of these zones corresponds to amino acids 140(D3), 204(D4), and 264(D5). The peptides recognized on D3 and D4 contain amino acid sequences sharing high homology with proteins of microorganism that were previously related with a possible APS infectious etiology. In the three-dimensional structure of B2GP1, the three peptides, as the R39-G43 epitope, are located on the right side of the molecule (L-shape). The left side (J-shape) does not bind the antibodies. Conclusions: Patients with thrombotic APS clinical-criteria, and isolated IgA anti-B2GP1 positivity appear to preferentially bind, not to the D1 or D4/5 domains of B2GP1, but rather to three sites in D3, D4, and D5. The sites on D3 and D4 were previously described as the target identified by human monoclonal antibodies derived from patients that were capable of inducing APS in animal models. The localization of these epitopes opens a new route to explore to increase understanding of the patholophysiology of the APS and to propose new alternatives and therapeutic targets.
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- Manuel Serrano
- Healthcare Research Institute of Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
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- Healthcare Research Institute of Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
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- Healthcare Research Institute of Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
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Orenstein Y, Yu YW, Berger B. Joker de Bruijn: Covering k-Mers Using Joker Characters. J Comput Biol 2018; 25:1171-1178. [PMID: 30117747 PMCID: PMC6247992 DOI: 10.1089/cmb.2018.0032] [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] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Sequence libraries that cover all k-mers enable universal and unbiased measurements of nucleotide and peptide binding. The shortest sequence to cover all k-mers is a de Bruijn sequence of length \documentclass{aastex}\usepackage{amsbsy}\usepackage{amsfonts}\usepackage{amssymb}\usepackage{bm}\usepackage{mathrsfs}\usepackage{pifont}\usepackage{stmaryrd}\usepackage{textcomp}\usepackage{portland, xspace}\usepackage{amsmath, amsxtra}\usepackage{upgreek}\pagestyle{empty}\DeclareMathSizes{10}{9}{7}{6}\begin{document}
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\end{document}. Researchers would like to increase k to measure interactions at greater detail, but face a challenging problem: the number of k-mers grows exponentially in k, while the space on the experimental device is limited. In this study, we introduce a novel advance to shrink k-mer library sizes by using joker characters, which represent all characters in the alphabet. Theoretically, the use of joker characters can reduce the library size tremendously, but it should be limited as the introduced degeneracy lowers the statistical robustness of measurements. In this work, we consider the problem of generating a minimum-length sequence that covers a given set of k-mers using joker characters. The number and positions of the joker characters are provided as input. We first prove that the problem is NP-hard. We then present the first solution to the problem, which is based on two algorithmic innovations: (1) a greedy heuristic and (2) an integer linear programming (ILP) formulation. We first run the heuristic to find a good feasible solution, and then run an ILP solver to improve it. We ran our algorithm on DNA and amino acid alphabets to cover all k-mers for different values of k and k-mer multiplicity. Results demonstrate that it produces sequences that are very close to the theoretical lower bound.
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- Yaron Orenstein
- 1 Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev , Beer-Sheva, Israel .,2 Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Cambridge, Massachusetts
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- 3 Department of Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Cambridge, Massachusetts
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- 2 Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Cambridge, Massachusetts.,3 Department of Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Hashim MM, Arsenault RJ, Byrd JA, Kogut MH, Al-Ajeeli M, Bailey CA. Influence of different yeast cell wall preparations and their components on performance and immune and metabolic pathways in Clostridium perfringens-challenged broiler chicks. Poult Sci 2018; 97:203-210. [PMID: 29077905 DOI: 10.3382/ps/pex290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2016] [Accepted: 09/09/2017] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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A study was conducted to evaluate the influence of the purification of yeast cell wall (YCW) preparations on broiler performance and immunogenic and metabolic pathways under microbial challenge. A total of 240 (day old) chicks were distributed among two battery brooder units (48 pens; 5 birds/pen; 8 replicates/treatment). A basal starter diet was divided into 5 batches to create 6 dietary treatments; non-challenge (NCh-C) and challenge (Ch-C) controls, semi-purified YCW containing cytosol contents (SPYCW; 250 mg/kg), purified YCW (PYCW; 250 mg/kg), 50% purified beta-glucan (BG; 130 mg/kg), and 99.9% purified mannan-oligosaccharide (MOS; 53 mg/kg). All birds were immunocompromised with infectious bursal disease vaccine (10× the recommended dose) on day 10 and then all birds except NCh-C birds were challenged with Clostridium perfringens (Cp) (107 cfu/mL) via oral gavage on days 16 and 17. On day 21, tissue samples were collected from the jejunum and duodenum for analysis with chicken-specific, peptide arrays to study the influence of YCW supplementation on immune and metabolic kinase pathways. On day 16, SPYCW had significantly lower body weight (BW) and weight gain (WG) than other treatments except BG (P < 0.05). The productivity index (PI) was lower in SPYCW and BG than in NCh-C, Ch-C, and PYCW. On day 21, after the Cp challenge, NCh-C was higher than Ch-C, SPYCW, and BG in BW, WG, and PI (P = 0.03). The PI of PYCW was similar to NCh-C. The addition of purified YCW to the starter broiler diets influenced the immune and metabolic pathways in the gut. A total of 459 and 367 peptides in the duodenum and jejunum, respectively, were changed due to the Cp challenge. The YCW treatments had different degrees of influence on these peptides for both the duodenum and jejunum. These results suggest that relative purification of YCW and specific fractions of the YCW can influence broiler performance differently during microbial challenges and can alleviate the impact of these stressors.
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- Mohammed M Hashim
- Department of Poultry Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843
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- Department of Animal and Food Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716
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- Food and Feed Safety Research Unit, USDA-Agricultural Research Service (ARS), College Station, TX 77845
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- Food and Feed Safety Research Unit, USDA-Agricultural Research Service (ARS), College Station, TX 77845
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- Department of Poultry Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843
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Baharani A, Trost B, Kusalik A, Napper S. Technological advances for interrogating the human kinome. Biochem Soc Trans 2017; 45:65-77. [PMID: 28202660 DOI: 10.1042/BST20160163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2016] [Revised: 10/20/2016] [Accepted: 10/25/2016] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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There is increasing appreciation among researchers and clinicians of the value of investigating biology and pathobiology at the level of cellular kinase (kinome) activity. Kinome analysis provides valuable opportunity to gain insights into complex biology (including disease pathology), identify biomarkers of critical phenotypes (including disease prognosis and evaluation of therapeutic efficacy), and identify targets for therapeutic intervention through kinase inhibitors. The growing interest in kinome analysis has fueled efforts to develop and optimize technologies that enable characterization of phosphorylation-mediated signaling events in a cost-effective, high-throughput manner. In this review, we highlight recent advances to the central technologies currently available for kinome profiling and offer our perspectives on the key challenges remaining to be addressed.
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Skytte Rasmussen M, Mouilleron S, Kumar Shrestha B, Wirth M, Lee R, Bowitz Larsen K, Abudu Princely Y, O'Reilly N, Sjøttem E, Tooze SA, Lamark T, Johansen T. ATG4B contains a C-terminal LIR motif important for binding and efficient cleavage of mammalian orthologs of yeast Atg8. Autophagy 2017; 13:834-853. [PMID: 28287329 PMCID: PMC5446077 DOI: 10.1080/15548627.2017.1287651] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.1] [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: 06/24/2016] [Revised: 01/10/2017] [Accepted: 01/23/2017] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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The cysteine protease ATG4B cleaves off one or more C-terminal residues of the inactive proform of proteins of the ortholog and paralog LC3 and GABARAP subfamilies of yeast Atg8 to expose a C-terminal glycine that is conjugated to phosphatidylethanolamine during autophagosome formation. We show that ATG4B contains a C-terminal LC3-interacting region (LIR) motif important for efficient binding to and cleavage of LC3 and GABARAP proteins. We solved the crystal structures of the GABARAPL1-ATG4B C-terminal LIR complex. Analyses of the structures and in vitro binding assays, using specific point mutants, clearly showed that the ATG4B LIR binds via electrostatic-, aromatic HP1 and hydrophobic HP2 pocket interactions. Both these interactions and the catalytic site-substrate interaction contribute to binding between LC3s or GABARAPs and ATG4B. We also reveal an unexpected role for ATG4B in stabilizing the unlipidated forms of GABARAP and GABARAPL1. In mouse embryonic fibroblast (MEF) atg4b knockout cells, GABARAP and GABARAPL1 were unstable and degraded by the proteasome. Strikingly, the LIR motif of ATG4B was required for stabilization of the unlipidated forms of GABARAP and GABARAPL1 in cells.
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- Mads Skytte Rasmussen
- Molecular Cancer Research Group, Department of Medical Biology, University of Tromsø –The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- Molecular Cancer Research Group, Department of Medical Biology, University of Tromsø –The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- Molecular Cell Biology of Autophagy Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK
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- Structural Biology, The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK
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- Molecular Cancer Research Group, Department of Medical Biology, University of Tromsø –The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- Molecular Cancer Research Group, Department of Medical Biology, University of Tromsø –The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- Peptide Chemistry Science Technology Platform, The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK
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- Molecular Cancer Research Group, Department of Medical Biology, University of Tromsø –The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- Molecular Cell Biology of Autophagy Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK
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- Molecular Cancer Research Group, Department of Medical Biology, University of Tromsø –The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- Molecular Cancer Research Group, Department of Medical Biology, University of Tromsø –The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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Protein-protein interactions are fundamental for virtually all functions of the cell. A large fraction of these interactions involve short peptide motifs, and there has been increased interest in targeting them using peptide-based therapeutics. Peptides benefit from being specific, relatively safe, and easy to produce. They are also easy to modify using chemical synthesis and molecular biology techniques. However, significant challenges remain regarding the use of peptides as therapeutic agents. Identification of peptide motifs is difficult, and peptides typically display low cell permeability and sensitivity to enzymatic degradation. In this review, we outline the principal high-throughput methodologies for motif discovery and describe current methods for overcoming pharmacokinetic and bioavailability limitations.
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- Carles Corbi-Verge
- Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E1, Canada; , , ,
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- Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E1, Canada; , , ,
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- Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E1, Canada; , , ,
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- Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E1, Canada; , , , .,Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E1, Canada.,Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E1, Canada
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Maerkle F, Loeffler FF, Schillo S, Foertsch T, Muenster B, Striffler J, Schirwitz C, Bischoff FR, Breitling F, Nesterov-Mueller A. High-density peptide arrays with combinatorial laser fusing. Adv Mater 2014; 26:3730-3734. [PMID: 24596252 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201305759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2013] [Revised: 12/20/2013] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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- Frieder Maerkle
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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Robertson AJ, Trost B, Scruten E, Robertson T, Mostajeran M, Connor W, Kusalik A, Griebel P, Napper S. Identification of developmentally-specific kinotypes and mechanisms of Varroa mite resistance through whole-organism, kinome analysis of honeybee. Front Genet 2014; 5:139. [PMID: 24904639 PMCID: PMC4033134 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2014.00139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [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: 02/28/2014] [Accepted: 04/28/2014] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Recent investigations associate Varroa destructor (Mesostigmata: Varroidae) parasitism and its associated pathogens and agricultural pesticides with negative effects on colony health, resulting in sporadic global declines in domestic honeybee (Apis mellifera) populations. These events have motivated efforts to develop research tools that can offer insight into the causes of declining bee health as well as identify biomarkers to guide breeding programs. Here we report the development of a bee-specific peptide array for characterizing global cellular kinase activity in whole bee extracts. The arrays reveal distinct, developmentally-specific signaling profiles between bees with differential susceptibility to infestation by Varroa mites. Gene ontology analysis of the differentially phosphorylated peptides indicates that the differential susceptibility to Varroa mite infestation does not reflect compromised immunity; rather, there is evidence for mite-mediated immune suppression within the susceptible phenotype that may reduce the ability of these bees to counter secondary viral infections. This hypothesis is supported by the demonstration of more diverse viral infections in mite-infested, susceptible adult bees. The bee-specific peptide arrays are an effective tool for understanding the molecular basis of this complex phenotype as well as for the discovery and utilization of phosphorylation biomarkers for breeding programs.
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- Department of Computer Science, University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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- Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization, University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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- Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization, University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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- Department of Computer Science, University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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- Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization, University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon, SK, Canada ; School of Public Health, University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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- Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization, University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon, SK, Canada ; Department of Biochemistry, University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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- Chris W Diehnelt
- Center for Innovations in Medicine, The Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University Tempe, AZ, USA
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Reingewertz TH, Britan-Rosich E, Rotem-Bamberger S, Viard M, Jacobs A, Miller A, Lee JY, Hwang J, Blumenthal R, Kotler M, Friedler A. Mapping the Vif-A3G interaction using peptide arrays: a basis for anti-HIV lead peptides. Bioorg Med Chem 2013; 21:3523-32. [PMID: 23545135 PMCID: PMC7039049 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2013.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [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: 01/13/2013] [Revised: 02/28/2013] [Accepted: 03/04/2013] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Human apolipoprotein-B mRNA-editing catalytic polypeptide-like 3G (A3G) is a cytidine deaminase that restricts retroviruses, endogenous retro-elements and DNA viruses. A3G plays a key role in the anti-HIV-1 innate cellular immunity. The HIV-1 Vif protein counteracts A3G mainly by leading A3G towards the proteosomal machinery and by direct inhibition of its enzymatic activity. Both activities involve direct interaction between Vif and A3G. Disrupting the interaction between A3G and Vif may rescue A3G antiviral activity and inhibit HIV-1 propagation. Here, mapping the interaction sites between A3G and Vif by peptide array screening revealed distinct regions in Vif important for A3G binding, including the N-terminal domain (NTD), C-terminal domain (CTD) and residues 83-99. The Vif-binding sites in A3G included 12 different peptides that showed strong binding to either full-length Vif, Vif CTD or both. Sequence similarity was found between Vif-binding peptides from the A3G CTD and NTD. A3G peptides were synthesized and tested for their ability to counteract Vif action. A3G 211-225 inhibited HIV-1 replication in cell culture and impaired Vif dependent A3G degradation. In vivo co-localization of full-length Vif with A3G 211-225 was demonstrated by use of FRET. This peptide has the potential to serve as an anti-HIV-1 lead compound. Our results suggest a complex interaction between Vif and A3G that is mediated by discontinuous binding regions with different affinities.
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- Tali H. Reingewertz
- Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Safra Campus, Givat Ram, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
- Institute of Human Virology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
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- Department of Pathology and the Lautenberg Center for General and Tumor Immunology, The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem 91120, Israel
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- Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Safra Campus, Givat Ram, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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- Center for Cancer Research, Nanobiology Program, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Frederick, MD 21702, USA
- Basic Research Program, SAIC-Frederick, Inc., Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, MD 21702, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, USA
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- Physical Measurement Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA
- Department of Chemistry, American University, Washington, DC 20016, USA
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- Physical Measurement Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA
- Center for Bioanalysis, Division of Metrology for Quality of Life, Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science, Daejeon 305-340, Republic of Korea
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- Physical Measurement Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA
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- Center for Cancer Research, Nanobiology Program, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Frederick, MD 21702, USA
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- Department of Pathology and the Lautenberg Center for General and Tumor Immunology, The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem 91120, Israel
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- Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Safra Campus, Givat Ram, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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