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Sha W, Gong C, Xiao G, Hou C, Ren J. Interaction-based screening, Monte Carlo Bayesian inference-based de novo design and in vitro verification of adenine-binding peptide. Food Chem 2024; 448:139076. [PMID: 38537545 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2024.139076] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2023] [Revised: 03/15/2024] [Accepted: 03/18/2024] [Indexed: 04/24/2024]
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One of the main reasons for hyperuricemia is high purine intake. The primary strategy for treating hyperuricemia is blocking the purine metabolism enzyme. However, by binding the purine bases directly, we suggested a unique therapeutic strategy that might interfere with purine metabolism. There have been numerous reports of extensive interactions between proteins and purine bases. Adenine, constituting numerous protein co-factors, can interact with the adenine-binding motif. Using Bayesian Inference and Markov chain Monte Carlo sampling, we created a novel adenine-binding peptide Ile-Tyr-Val-Thr based on the structure of the adenine-binding motifs. Ile-Tyr-Val-Thr generates a semi-pocket that can clip the adenine within, as demonstrated by docking. Then, using thermodynamic techniques, the interaction between Ile-Tyr-Val-Thr and adenine was confirmed. The KD value is 1.50e-5 (ΔH = -20.2 kJ/mol and ΔG = -27.6 kJ/mol), indicating the high affinity. In brief, the adenine-binding peptide Ile-Tyr-Val-Thr may help lower uric acid level by blocking the absorption of food-derived adenine.
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- Wanqian Sha
- School of Food Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- School of Food Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- School of Food Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- School of Food Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China.
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- School of Food Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China.
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Li D, Du J, Gao M, He C. Identification of AtALKBH1A and AtALKBH1D as DNA N 6-adenine demethylases in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Sci 2024; 342:112055. [PMID: 38432357 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2024.112055] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2024] [Revised: 02/26/2024] [Accepted: 02/28/2024] [Indexed: 03/05/2024]
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DNA N6-methyladenine (6 mA) has recently been discovered as a novel DNA modification in animals and plants. In mammals, AlkB homolog 1 (ALKBH1) has been identified as a DNA 6 mA demethylase. ALKBH1 tightly controls the DNA 6 mA methylation level of mammalian genomes and plays important role in regulating gene expression. DNA 6 mA methylation has also been reported to exist in plant genomes, however, the plant DNA 6 mA demethylases and their function remain largely unknown. Here we identify homologs of ALKBH1 as DNA 6 mA demethylases in Arabidopsis. We discover that there are four homologs of ALKBH1, AtALKBH1A, AtALKBH1B, AtALKBH1C and AtALKBH1D, in Arabidopsis. In vitro enzymatic activity studies reveal that AtALKBH1A and 1D can efficiently erase DNA 6 mA methylation. Loss of function of AtALKBH1A and AtALKBH1D causes elevated DNA 6 mA methylation levels in vivo. atalkbh1a/1d mutant displays delayed seed gemination. Based on our RNA-seq data, we find some regulators of seed gemination are dysregulated in atalkbh1a/1d, and the dysregulation is correlated with changes of DNA 6 mA methylation levels. This study identifies plant DNA 6 mA demethylases and reports the function of DNA 6 mA methylation in regulating seed germination.
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- Donghao Li
- Hunan Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics and Developmental Regulation, College of Biology, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan 410082, China
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- Hunan Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics and Developmental Regulation, College of Biology, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan 410082, China
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- Hunan Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics and Developmental Regulation, College of Biology, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan 410082, China
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- Hunan Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics and Developmental Regulation, College of Biology, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan 410082, China.
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Zhang L, Mu Y, Li T, Hu J, Lin H, Zhang L. Molecular basis of an atypical dsDNA 5mC/6mA bifunctional dioxygenase CcTet from Coprinopsis cinerea in catalyzing dsDNA 5mC demethylation. Nucleic Acids Res 2024; 52:3886-3895. [PMID: 38324471 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkae066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 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: 09/05/2023] [Revised: 11/22/2023] [Accepted: 01/24/2024] [Indexed: 02/09/2024] Open
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The eukaryotic epigenetic modifications 5-methyldeoxycytosine (5mC) and N6-methyldeoxyadenine (6mA) have indispensable regulatory roles in gene expression and embryonic development. We recently identified an atypical bifunctional dioxygenase CcTet from Coprinopsis cinerea that works on both 5mC and 6mA demethylation. The nonconserved residues Gly331 and Asp337 of CcTet facilitate 6mA accommodation, while D337F unexpectedly abolishes 5mC oxidation activity without interfering 6mA demethylation, indicating a prominent distinct but unclear 5mC oxidation mechanism to the conventional Tet enzymes. Here, we assessed the molecular mechanism of CcTet in catalyzing 5mC oxidation by representing the crystal structure of CcTet-5mC-dsDNA complex. We identified the distinct mechanism by which CcTet recognizes 5mC-dsDNA compared to 6mA-dsDNA substrate. Moreover, Asp337 was found to have a central role in compensating for the loss of a critical 5mC-stablizing H-bond observed in conventional Tet enzymes, and stabilizes 5mC and subsequent intermediates through an H-bond with the N4 atom of the substrates. These findings improve our understanding of Tet enzyme functions in the dsDNA 5mC and 6mA demethylation pathways, and provide useful information for future discovery of small molecular probes targeting Tet enzymes in DNA active demethylation processes.
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- Lin Zhang
- Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, State Key Laboratory of Systems Medicine for Cancer, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China
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- Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, State Key Laboratory of Systems Medicine for Cancer, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China
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- Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, State Key Laboratory of Systems Medicine for Cancer, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China
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- Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, State Key Laboratory of Systems Medicine for Cancer, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China
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- Research Centre for Marine Drugs, State Key Laboratory of Oncogene and Related Genes, Department of Pharmacy, Ren Ji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200127, China
- Institute of Marine Biomedicine, Shenzhen Polytechnic, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, State Key Laboratory of Systems Medicine for Cancer, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China
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Barragan AM, Ghaby K, Pond MP, Roux B. Computational Investigation of the Covalent Inhibition Mechanism of Bruton's Tyrosine Kinase by Ibrutinib. J Chem Inf Model 2024; 64:3488-3502. [PMID: 38546820 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jcim.4c00023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 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: 04/23/2024]
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Covalent inhibitors represent a promising class of therapeutic compounds. Nonetheless, rationally designing covalent inhibitors to achieve a right balance between selectivity and reactivity remains extremely challenging. To better understand the covalent binding mechanism, a computational study is carried out using the irreversible covalent inhibitor of Bruton tyrosine kinase (BTK) ibrutinib as an example. A multi-μs classical molecular dynamics trajectory of the unlinked inhibitor is generated to explore the fluctuations of the compound associated with the kinase binding pocket. Then, the reaction pathway leading to the formation of the covalent bond with the cysteine residue at position 481 via a Michael addition is determined using the string method in collective variables on the basis of hybrid quantum mechanical-molecular mechanical (QM/MM) simulations. The reaction pathway shows a strong correlation between the covalent bond formation and the protonation/deprotonation events taking place sequentially in the covalent inhibition reaction, consistent with a 3-step reaction with transient thiolate and enolates intermediate states. Two possible atomistic mechanisms affecting deprotonation/protonation events from the thiolate to the enolate intermediate were observed: a highly correlated direct pathway involving proton transfer to the Cα of the acrylamide warhead from the cysteine involving one or a few water molecules and a more indirect pathway involving a long-lived enolate intermediate state following the escape of the proton to the bulk solution. The results are compared with experiments by simulating the long-time kinetics of the reaction using kinetic modeling.
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- Angela M Barragan
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Chicago, 929 E 57th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Chicago, 929 E 57th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Chicago, 929 E 57th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Chicago, 929 E 57th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
- Department of Chemistry, The University of Chicago, 5735 S Ellis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
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Chen L, Hong M, Luan C, Gao H, Ru G, Guo X, Zhang D, Zhang S, Li C, Wu J, Randolph PB, Sousa AA, Qu C, Zhu Y, Guan Y, Wang L, Liu M, Feng B, Song G, Liu DR, Li D. Adenine transversion editors enable precise, efficient A•T-to-C•G base editing in mammalian cells and embryos. Nat Biotechnol 2024; 42:638-650. [PMID: 37322276 DOI: 10.1038/s41587-023-01821-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.0] [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: 01/12/2023] [Accepted: 05/08/2023] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Base editors have substantial promise in basic research and as therapeutic agents for the correction of pathogenic mutations. The development of adenine transversion editors has posed a particular challenge. Here we report a class of base editors that enable efficient adenine transversion, including precise A•T-to-C•G editing. We found that a fusion of mouse alkyladenine DNA glycosylase (mAAG) with nickase Cas9 and deaminase TadA-8e catalyzed adenosine transversion in specific sequence contexts. Laboratory evolution of mAAG significantly increased A-to-C/T conversion efficiency up to 73% and expanded the targeting scope. Further engineering yielded adenine-to-cytosine base editors (ACBEs), including a high-accuracy ACBE-Q variant, that precisely install A-to-C transversions with minimal Cas9-independent off-targeting effects. ACBEs mediated high-efficiency installation or correction of five pathogenic mutations in mouse embryos and human cell lines. Founder mice showed 44-56% average A-to-C edits and allelic frequencies of up to 100%. Adenosine transversion editors substantially expand the capabilities and possible applications of base editing technology.
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- Liang Chen
- Shanghai Frontiers Science Center of Genome Editing and Cell Therapy, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Regulatory Biology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences and School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Frontiers Science Center of Genome Editing and Cell Therapy, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Regulatory Biology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences and School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Frontiers Science Center of Genome Editing and Cell Therapy, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Regulatory Biology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences and School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Frontiers Science Center of Genome Editing and Cell Therapy, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Regulatory Biology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences and School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Frontiers Science Center of Genome Editing and Cell Therapy, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Regulatory Biology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences and School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Frontiers Science Center of Genome Editing and Cell Therapy, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Regulatory Biology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences and School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Frontiers Science Center of Genome Editing and Cell Therapy, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Regulatory Biology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences and School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Frontiers Science Center of Genome Editing and Cell Therapy, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Regulatory Biology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences and School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Orthopedics, Shanghai Key Laboratory for Prevention and Treatment of Bone and Joint Diseases with Integrated Chinese-Western Medicine, Shanghai Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedics, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Frontiers Science Center of Genome Editing and Cell Therapy, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Regulatory Biology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences and School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
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- Merkin Institute of Transformative Technologies in Healthcare, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Merkin Institute of Transformative Technologies in Healthcare, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Shanghai Frontiers Science Center of Genome Editing and Cell Therapy, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Regulatory Biology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences and School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Frontiers Science Center of Genome Editing and Cell Therapy, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Regulatory Biology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences and School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Frontiers Science Center of Genome Editing and Cell Therapy, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Regulatory Biology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences and School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Frontiers Science Center of Genome Editing and Cell Therapy, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Regulatory Biology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences and School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Frontiers Science Center of Genome Editing and Cell Therapy, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Regulatory Biology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences and School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
- BRL Medicine, Inc., Shanghai, China
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Shanghai Frontiers Science Center of Genome Editing and Cell Therapy, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Regulatory Biology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences and School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
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- Merkin Institute of Transformative Technologies in Healthcare, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Shanghai Frontiers Science Center of Genome Editing and Cell Therapy, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Regulatory Biology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences and School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China.
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Liu Y, Niu J, Ye F, Solberg T, Lu B, Wang C, Nowacki M, Gao S. Dynamic DNA N 6-adenine methylation (6mA) governs the encystment process, showcased in the unicellular eukaryote Pseudocohnilembus persalinus. Genome Res 2024; 34:256-271. [PMID: 38471739 PMCID: PMC10984389 DOI: 10.1101/gr.278796.123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 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: 12/01/2023] [Accepted: 02/14/2024] [Indexed: 03/14/2024]
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The formation of resting cysts commonly found in unicellular eukaryotes is a complex and highly regulated survival strategy against environmental stress that involves drastic physiological and biochemical changes. Although most studies have focused on the morphology and structure of cysts, little is known about the molecular mechanisms that control this process. Recent studies indicate that DNA N 6-adenine methylation (6mA) could be dynamically changing in response to external stimuli; however, its potential role in the regulation of cyst formation remains unknown. We used the ciliate Pseudocohnilembus persalinus, which can be easily induced to form cysts to investigate the dynamic pattern of 6mA in trophonts and cysts. Single-molecule real-time (SMRT) sequencing reveals high levels of 6mA in trophonts that decrease in cysts, along with a conversion of symmetric 6mA to asymmetric 6mA. Further analysis shows that 6mA, a mark of active transcription, is involved in altering the expression of encystment-related genes through changes in 6mA levels and 6mA symmetric-to-asymmetric conversion. Most importantly, we show that reducing 6mA levels by knocking down the DNA 6mA methyltransferase PpAMT1 accelerates cyst formation. Taken together, we characterize the genome-wide 6mA landscape in P. persalinus and provide insights into the role of 6mA in gene regulation under environmental stress in eukaryotes. We propose that 6mA acts as a mark of active transcription to regulate the encystment process along with symmetric-to-asymmetric conversion, providing important information for understanding the molecular response to environmental cues from the perspective of 6mA modification.
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- Yongqiang Liu
- MOE Key Laboratory of Evolution and Marine Biodiversity and Institute of Evolution and Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China
- Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao Marine Science and Technology Center, Qingdao 266237, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Evolution and Marine Biodiversity and Institute of Evolution and Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China
- Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao Marine Science and Technology Center, Qingdao 266237, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Evolution and Marine Biodiversity and Institute of Evolution and Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China
- Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao Marine Science and Technology Center, Qingdao 266237, China
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- Institute of Cell Biology, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
- Department of Molecular Biology, Keio University School of Medicine, 160-8582 Tokyo, Japan
- Human Biology Microbiome Quantum Research Center (WPI-Bio2Q), Keio University, 108-8345 Tokyo, Japan
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Evolution and Marine Biodiversity and Institute of Evolution and Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China
- Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao Marine Science and Technology Center, Qingdao 266237, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Evolution and Marine Biodiversity and Institute of Evolution and Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China
- Laboratory of Marine Protozoan Biodiversity and Evolution, Marine College, Shandong University, Weihai 264209, China
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- Institute of Cell Biology, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Evolution and Marine Biodiversity and Institute of Evolution and Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China;
- Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao Marine Science and Technology Center, Qingdao 266237, China
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Miloro F, Kis A, Havelda Z, Dalmadi Á. Barley AGO4 proteins show overlapping functionality with distinct small RNA-binding properties in heterologous complementation. Plant Cell Rep 2024; 43:96. [PMID: 38480545 PMCID: PMC10937801 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-024-03177-z] [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] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2024] [Accepted: 02/15/2024] [Indexed: 03/17/2024]
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KEY MESSAGE Barley AGO4 proteins complement expressional changes of epigenetically regulated genes in Arabidopsis ago4-3 mutant and show a distinct affinity for the 5' terminal nucleotide of small RNAs, demonstrating functional conservation and divergence. The function of Argonaute 4 (AGO4) in Arabidopsis thaliana has been extensively characterized; however, its role in monocots, which have large genomes abundantly supplemented with transposable elements (TEs), remains elusive. The study of barley AGO4 proteins can provide insights into the conserved aspects of RNA-directed DNA methylation (RdDM) and could also have further applications in the field of epigenetics or crop improvement. Bioinformatic analysis of RNA sequencing data identified two active AGO4 genes in barley, HvAGO4a and HvAGO4b. These genes function similar to AtAGO4 in an Arabidopsis heterologous complementation system, primarily binding to 24-nucleotide long small RNAs (sRNAs) and triggering methylation at specific target loci. Like AtAGO4, HvAGO4B exhibits a preference for binding sRNAs with 5' adenine residue, while also accepting 5' guanine, uracil, and cytosine residues. In contrast, HvAGO4A selectively binds only sRNAs with a 5' adenine residue. The diverse binding capacity of barley AGO4 proteins is reflected in TE-derived sRNAs and in their varying abundance. Both barley AGO4 proteins effectively restore the levels of extrachromosomal DNA and transcript abundancy of the heat-activated ONSEN retrotransposon to those observed in wild-type Arabidopsis plants. Our study provides insight into the distinct binding specificities and involvement in TE regulation of barley AGO4 proteins in Arabidopsis by heterologous complementation.
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- Fabio Miloro
- Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences (MATE), Institute of Genetics and Biotechnology, Gödöllő, Hungary
- Agribiotechnology and Precision Breeding for Food Security National Laboratory, Plant Biotechnology Section, Gödöllő, Hungary
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- Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences (MATE), Institute of Genetics and Biotechnology, Gödöllő, Hungary
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- Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences (MATE), Institute of Genetics and Biotechnology, Gödöllő, Hungary
- Agribiotechnology and Precision Breeding for Food Security National Laboratory, Plant Biotechnology Section, Gödöllő, Hungary
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- Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences (MATE), Institute of Genetics and Biotechnology, Gödöllő, Hungary.
- Agribiotechnology and Precision Breeding for Food Security National Laboratory, Plant Biotechnology Section, Gödöllő, Hungary.
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Gong Y, Wang Q, Wei L, Liang W, Wang L, Lv N, Du X, Zhang J, Shen C, Xin Y, Sun L, Xu J. Genome-wide adenine N6-methylation map reveals epigenomic regulation of lipid accumulation in Nannochloropsis. Plant Commun 2024; 5:100773. [PMID: 38007614 PMCID: PMC10943562 DOI: 10.1016/j.xplc.2023.100773] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2022] [Revised: 02/09/2023] [Accepted: 11/23/2023] [Indexed: 11/27/2023]
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Epigenetic marks on histones and DNA, such as DNA methylation at N6-adenine (6mA), play crucial roles in gene expression and genome maintenance, but their deposition and function in microalgae remain largely uncharacterized. Here, we report a genome-wide 6mA map for the model industrial oleaginous microalga Nannochloropsis oceanica produced by single-molecule real-time sequencing. Found in 0.1% of adenines, 6mA sites are mostly enriched at the AGGYV motif, more abundant in transposons and 3' untranslated regions, and associated with active transcription. Moreover, 6mA gradually increases in abundance along the direction of gene transcription and shows special positional enrichment near splicing donor and transcription termination sites. Highly expressed genes tend to show greater 6mA abundance in the gene body than do poorly expressed genes, indicating a positive interaction between 6mA and general transcription factors. Furthermore, knockout of the putative 6mA methylase NO08G00280 by genome editing leads to changes in methylation patterns that are correlated with changes in the expression of molybdenum cofactor, sulfate transporter, glycosyl transferase, and lipase genes that underlie reductions in biomass and oil productivity. By contrast, knockout of the candidate demethylase NO06G02500 results in increased 6mA levels and reduced growth. Unraveling the epigenomic players and their roles in biomass productivity and lipid metabolism lays a foundation for epigenetic engineering of industrial microalgae.
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- Yanhai Gong
- Single-Cell Center, CAS Key Laboratory of Biofuels, Shandong Key Laboratory of Energy Genetics, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China; Shandong Energy Institute, Qingdao, China; Qingdao New Energy Shandong Laboratory, Qingdao, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China; Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266237, China
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- Single-Cell Center, CAS Key Laboratory of Biofuels, Shandong Key Laboratory of Energy Genetics, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China; Shandong Energy Institute, Qingdao, China; Qingdao New Energy Shandong Laboratory, Qingdao, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China; Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266237, China
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- Single-Cell Center, CAS Key Laboratory of Biofuels, Shandong Key Laboratory of Energy Genetics, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China; Shandong Energy Institute, Qingdao, China; Qingdao New Energy Shandong Laboratory, Qingdao, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China; Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266237, China
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- Single-Cell Center, CAS Key Laboratory of Biofuels, Shandong Key Laboratory of Energy Genetics, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China; Shandong Energy Institute, Qingdao, China; Qingdao New Energy Shandong Laboratory, Qingdao, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China; Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266237, China
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- Single-Cell Center, CAS Key Laboratory of Biofuels, Shandong Key Laboratory of Energy Genetics, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China; Shandong Energy Institute, Qingdao, China; Qingdao New Energy Shandong Laboratory, Qingdao, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China; Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266237, China
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- Single-Cell Center, CAS Key Laboratory of Biofuels, Shandong Key Laboratory of Energy Genetics, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China; Shandong Energy Institute, Qingdao, China; Qingdao New Energy Shandong Laboratory, Qingdao, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China; Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266237, China
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- Single-Cell Center, CAS Key Laboratory of Biofuels, Shandong Key Laboratory of Energy Genetics, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China; Shandong Energy Institute, Qingdao, China; Qingdao New Energy Shandong Laboratory, Qingdao, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China; Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266237, China
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- Single-Cell Center, CAS Key Laboratory of Biofuels, Shandong Key Laboratory of Energy Genetics, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China; Shandong Energy Institute, Qingdao, China; Qingdao New Energy Shandong Laboratory, Qingdao, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China; Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266237, China
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- Single-Cell Center, CAS Key Laboratory of Biofuels, Shandong Key Laboratory of Energy Genetics, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China; Shandong Energy Institute, Qingdao, China; Qingdao New Energy Shandong Laboratory, Qingdao, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China; Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266237, China
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- Single-Cell Center, CAS Key Laboratory of Biofuels, Shandong Key Laboratory of Energy Genetics, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China; Shandong Energy Institute, Qingdao, China; Qingdao New Energy Shandong Laboratory, Qingdao, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China; Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266237, China
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- Single-Cell Center, CAS Key Laboratory of Biofuels, Shandong Key Laboratory of Energy Genetics, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China; Shandong Energy Institute, Qingdao, China; Qingdao New Energy Shandong Laboratory, Qingdao, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China; Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266237, China
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- Single-Cell Center, CAS Key Laboratory of Biofuels, Shandong Key Laboratory of Energy Genetics, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China; Shandong Energy Institute, Qingdao, China; Qingdao New Energy Shandong Laboratory, Qingdao, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China; Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266237, China.
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Thorsteinsdottir UA, Runolfsdottir HL, Eiriksson FF, Agustsdottir IMS, Edvardsson VO, Palsson R, Thorsteinsdottir M. Optimization and validation of a UPLC-MS/MS assay for simultaneous quantification of 2,8-dihydroxyadenine, adenine, allopurinol, oxypurinol and febuxostat in human plasma. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2024; 1235:124041. [PMID: 38359644 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2024.124041] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2023] [Revised: 01/29/2024] [Accepted: 01/31/2024] [Indexed: 02/17/2024]
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Adenine phosphoribosyltransferase (APRT) deficiency is a rare , hereditary disorder characterized by renal excretion of 2,8-dihydroxyadenine (DHA), leading to kidney stone formation and chronic kidney disease (CKD). Treatment with a xanthine oxidoreductase inhibitor, allopurinol or febuxostat, reduces urinary DHA excretion and slows the progression of CKD. The method currently used for therapeutic monitoring of APRT deficiency lacks specificity and thus, a more reliable measurement technique is needed. In this study, an ultra-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry method for simultaneous quantification of DHA, adenine, allopurinol, oxypurinol and febuxostat in human plasma was optimized and validated. Plasma samples were prepared with protein precipitation using acetonitrile followed by evaporation. The chemometric approach design of experiments was implemented to optimize gradient steepness, amount of organic solvent, flow rate, column temperature, cone voltage, desolvation temperature and desolvation flow rate. Experimental screening was conducted using fractional factorial design with addition of complementary experiments at the axial points for optimization of peak area, peak resolution and peak width. The assay was validated according to the US Food and Drug Administration guidelines for bioanalytical method validation over the concentration range of 50 to 5000 ng/mL for DHA, allopurinol and febuxostat, 100 to 5000 ng/mL for adenine and 50 to 12,000 ng/mL for oxypurinol, with r2 ≥ 0.99. The analytical assay achieved acceptable performance of accuracy (-10.8 to 8.3 %) and precision (CV < 15 %). DHA, adenine, allopurinol, oxypurinol and febuxostat were stable in plasma samples after five freeze-thaw cycles at -80 °C and after storage at -80 °C for 12 months. The assay was evaluated for quantification of the five analytes in clinical plasma samples from six APRT deficiency patients and proved to be both efficient and accurate. The proposed assay will be valuable for guiding pharmacotherapy and thereby contribute to improved and more personalized care for patients with APRT deficiency.
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- Unnur A Thorsteinsdottir
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland; ArcticMass, Reykjavik, Iceland
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- Children's Medical Center, Landspitali-The National University Hospital of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
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- Children's Medical Center, Landspitali-The National University Hospital of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland; Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland; Division of Nephrology, Landspitali-The National University Hospital of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland; ArcticMass, Reykjavik, Iceland.
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Costa CF, Lismont C, Chornyi S, Koster J, Li H, Hussein MAF, Van Veldhoven PP, Waterham HR, Fransen M. The solute carrier SLC25A17 sustains peroxisomal redox homeostasis in diverse mammalian cell lines. Free Radic Biol Med 2024; 212:241-254. [PMID: 38159891 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2023.12.035] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2023] [Revised: 12/01/2023] [Accepted: 12/24/2023] [Indexed: 01/03/2024]
Abstract
Despite the crucial role of peroxisomes in cellular redox maintenance, little is known about how these organelles transport redox metabolites across their membrane. In this study, we sought to assess potential associations between the cellular redox landscape and the human peroxisomal solute carrier SLC25A17, also known as PMP34. This carrier has been reported to function as a counter-exchanger of adenine-containing cofactors such as coenzyme A (CoA), dephospho-CoA, flavin adenine dinucleotide, nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+), adenosine 3',5'-diphosphate, flavin mononucleotide, and adenosine monophosphate. We found that inactivation of SLC25A17 resulted in a shift toward a more reductive state in the glutathione redox couple (GSSG/GSH) across HEK-293 cells, HeLa cells, and SV40-transformed mouse embryonic fibroblasts, with variable impact on the NADPH levels and the NAD+/NADH redox couple. This phenotype could be rescued by the expression of Candida boidinii Pmp47, a putative SLC25A17 orthologue reported to be essential for the metabolism of medium-chain fatty acids in yeast peroxisomes. In addition, we provide evidence that the alterations in the redox state are not caused by changes in peroxisomal antioxidant enzyme expression, catalase activity, H2O2 membrane permeability, or mitochondrial fitness. Furthermore, treating control and ΔSLC25A17 cells with dehydroepiandrosterone, a commonly used glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase inhibitor affecting NADPH regeneration, revealed a kinetic disconnection between the peroxisomal and cytosolic glutathione pools. Additionally, these experiments underscored the impact of SLC25A17 loss on peroxisomal NADPH metabolism. The relevance of these findings is discussed in the context of the still ambiguous substrate specificity of SLC25A17 and the recent observation that the mammalian peroxisomal membrane is readily permeable to both GSH and GSSG.
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- Cláudio F Costa
- Laboratory of Peroxisome Biology and Intracellular Communication, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, 3000, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Peroxisome Biology and Intracellular Communication, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, 3000, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory Genetic Metabolic Diseases, Department of Clinical Chemistry, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Laboratory Genetic Metabolic Diseases, Department of Clinical Chemistry, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Peroxisome Biology and Intracellular Communication, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, 3000, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Peroxisome Biology and Intracellular Communication, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, 3000, Leuven, Belgium; Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Assiut University, 71515, Asyut, Egypt
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- Laboratory of Peroxisome Biology and Intracellular Communication, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, 3000, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory Genetic Metabolic Diseases, Department of Clinical Chemistry, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Peroxisome Biology and Intracellular Communication, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, 3000, Leuven, Belgium.
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Bamidele N, Zhang H, Dong X, Cheng H, Gaston N, Feinzig H, Cao H, Kelly K, Watts JK, Xie J, Gao G, Sontheimer EJ. Domain-inlaid Nme2Cas9 adenine base editors with improved activity and targeting scope. Nat Commun 2024; 15:1458. [PMID: 38368418 PMCID: PMC10874451 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-45763-5] [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] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2023] [Accepted: 02/04/2024] [Indexed: 02/19/2024] Open
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Nme2Cas9 has been established as a genome editing platform with compact size, high accuracy, and broad targeting range, including single-AAV-deliverable adenine base editors. Here, we engineer Nme2Cas9 to further increase the activity and targeting scope of compact Nme2Cas9 base editors. We first use domain insertion to position the deaminase domain nearer the displaced DNA strand in the target-bound complex. These domain-inlaid Nme2Cas9 variants exhibit shifted editing windows and increased activity in comparison to the N-terminally fused Nme2-ABE. We next expand the editing scope by swapping the Nme2Cas9 PAM-interacting domain with that of SmuCas9, which we had previously defined as recognizing a single-cytidine PAM. We then use these enhancements to introduce therapeutically relevant edits in a variety of cell types. Finally, we validate domain-inlaid Nme2-ABEs for single-AAV delivery in vivo.
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- Nathan Bamidele
- RNA Therapeutics Institute, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, 01605, USA
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- RNA Therapeutics Institute, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, 01605, USA
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- RNA Therapeutics Institute, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, 01605, USA
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- RNA Therapeutics Institute, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, 01605, USA
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- RNA Therapeutics Institute, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, 01605, USA
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- RNA Therapeutics Institute, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, 01605, USA
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- RNA Therapeutics Institute, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, 01605, USA
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- RNA Therapeutics Institute, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, 01605, USA
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biotechnology, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, 01605, USA
- NeuroNexus Institute, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, 01605, USA
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- Horae Gene Therapy Center, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, 01605, USA
- Viral Vector Core, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical, School, Worcester, MA, 01605, USA
- Department of Microbiology and Physiological Systems, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, 01605, USA
- Li Weibo Institute for Rare Diseases Research, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, 01605, USA
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- Horae Gene Therapy Center, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, 01605, USA
- Viral Vector Core, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical, School, Worcester, MA, 01605, USA
- Department of Microbiology and Physiological Systems, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, 01605, USA
- Li Weibo Institute for Rare Diseases Research, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, 01605, USA
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- RNA Therapeutics Institute, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, 01605, USA.
- Li Weibo Institute for Rare Diseases Research, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, 01605, USA.
- Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Massachusetts, MA, 01605, USA.
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Harber KJ, Nguyen TA, Schomakers BV, Heister DAF, de Vries HE, van Weeghel M, Van den Bossche J, de Winther MPJ. Adenine is an anti-inflammatory metabolite found to be more abundant in M-CSF over GM-CSF-differentiated human macrophages. Immunol Lett 2024; 265:23-30. [PMID: 38142781 DOI: 10.1016/j.imlet.2023.12.003] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2023] [Revised: 12/13/2023] [Accepted: 12/21/2023] [Indexed: 12/26/2023]
Abstract
Immunometabolism has been unveiled in the last decade to play a major role in controlling macrophage metabolism and inflammation. There has been a constant effort to understand the immunomodulating properties of regulated metabolites during inflammation with the aim of controlling and re-wiring aberrant macrophages in inflammatory diseases. M-CSF and GM-CSF-differentiated macrophages play a key role in mounting successful innate immune responses. When a resolution phase is not achieved however, GM-CSF macrophages contribute substantially more towards an adverse inflammatory milieu than M-CSF macrophages, consequently driving disease progression. Whether there are specific immunometabolites that determine the homoeostatic or inflammatory nature of M-CSF and GM-CSF-differentiated macrophages is still unknown. As such, we performed metabolomics analysis on LPS and IL-4-stimulated M-CSF and GM-CSF-differentiated human macrophages to identify differentially accumulating metabolites. Adenine was distinguished as a metabolite significantly higher in M-CSF-differentiated macrophages after both LPS or IL-4 stimulation. Human macrophages treated with adenine before LPS stimulation showed a reduction in inflammatory gene expression, cytokine secretion and surface marker expression. Adenine caused macrophages to become more quiescent by lowering glycolysis and OXPHOS which resulted in reduced ATP production. Moreover, typical metabolite changes seen during LPS-induced macrophage metabolic reprogramming were absent in the presence of adenine. Phosphorylation of metabolic signalling proteins AMPK, p38 MAPK and AKT were not responsible for the suppressed metabolic activity of adenine-treated macrophages. Altogether, in this study we highlight the immunomodulating capacity of adenine in human macrophages and its function in driving cellular quiescence.
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- Karl J Harber
- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, Netherlands; Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences (ACS), Atherosclerosis & ischemic syndromes, Amsterdam, UMC, Netherlands; Amsterdam institute for Infection and Immunity (AII), Inflammatory diseases, Amsterdam, UMC, Netherlands; Department of Molecular Cell Biology and Immunology, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Genetic Metabolic Diseases, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, Netherlands; Core Facility Metabolomics, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology and Immunology, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology and Immunology, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, Netherlands; Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Genetic Metabolic Diseases, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, Netherlands; Core Facility Metabolomics, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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- Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences (ACS), Atherosclerosis & ischemic syndromes, Amsterdam, UMC, Netherlands; Amsterdam institute for Infection and Immunity (AII), Inflammatory diseases, Amsterdam, UMC, Netherlands; Department of Molecular Cell Biology and Immunology, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, Netherlands; Amsterdam Gastroenterology Endocrinology Metabolism (AGEM), Amsterdam, UMC, Netherlands.
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, Netherlands; Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences (ACS), Atherosclerosis & ischemic syndromes, Amsterdam, UMC, Netherlands; Amsterdam institute for Infection and Immunity (AII), Inflammatory diseases, Amsterdam, UMC, Netherlands.
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Yang C, Wu D, Lin H, Ma D, Fu W, Yao Y, Pan X, Wang S, Zhuang Z. Role of RNA Modifications, Especially m6A, in Aflatoxin Biosynthesis of Aspergillus flavus. J Agric Food Chem 2024; 72:726-741. [PMID: 38112282 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.3c05926] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2023]
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RNA modifications play key roles in eukaryotes, but the functions in Aspergillus flavus are still unknown. Temperature has been reported previously to be a critical environmental factor that regulates the aflatoxin production of A. flavus, but much remains to be learned about the molecular networks. Here, we demonstrated that 12 kinds of RNA modifications in A. flavus were significantly changed under 29 °C compared to 37 °C incubation; among them, m6A was further verified by a colorimetric method. Then, the transcriptome-wide m6A methylome and m6A-altered genes were comprehensively illuminated through methylated RNA immunoprecipitation sequencing and RNA sequencing, from which 22 differentially methylated and expressed transcripts under 29 °C were screened out. It is especially notable that AFCA_009549, an aflatoxin biosynthetic pathway gene (aflQ), and the m6A methylation of its 332nd adenine in the mRNA significantly affect aflatoxin biosynthesis in A. flavus both on media and crop kernels. The content of sterigmatocystin in both ΔaflQ and aflQA332C strains was significantly higher than that in the WT strain. Together, these findings reveal that RNA modifications are associated with secondary metabolite biosynthesis of A. flavus.
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- Chi Yang
- Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Fungi and Mycotoxins of Fujian Province, Key Laboratory of Biopesticide and Chemical Biology of Education Ministry, Proteomic Research Center, and School of Life Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
- Institute of Edible Mushroom, Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Fuzhou 350012, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Fungi and Mycotoxins of Fujian Province, Key Laboratory of Biopesticide and Chemical Biology of Education Ministry, Proteomic Research Center, and School of Life Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Fungi and Mycotoxins of Fujian Province, Key Laboratory of Biopesticide and Chemical Biology of Education Ministry, Proteomic Research Center, and School of Life Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Fungi and Mycotoxins of Fujian Province, Key Laboratory of Biopesticide and Chemical Biology of Education Ministry, Proteomic Research Center, and School of Life Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
- College of Animal Sciences (College of Bee Science), Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Fungi and Mycotoxins of Fujian Province, Key Laboratory of Biopesticide and Chemical Biology of Education Ministry, Proteomic Research Center, and School of Life Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Fungi and Mycotoxins of Fujian Province, Key Laboratory of Biopesticide and Chemical Biology of Education Ministry, Proteomic Research Center, and School of Life Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Fungi and Mycotoxins of Fujian Province, Key Laboratory of Biopesticide and Chemical Biology of Education Ministry, Proteomic Research Center, and School of Life Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Fungi and Mycotoxins of Fujian Province, Key Laboratory of Biopesticide and Chemical Biology of Education Ministry, Proteomic Research Center, and School of Life Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Fungi and Mycotoxins of Fujian Province, Key Laboratory of Biopesticide and Chemical Biology of Education Ministry, Proteomic Research Center, and School of Life Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
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Wang Z, Yuan H, Yang L, Ma L, Zhang Y, Deng J, Li X, Xiao W, Li Z, Qiu J, Ouyang H, Pang D. Decreasing predictable DNA off-target effects and narrowing editing windows of adenine base editors by fusing human Rad18 protein variant. Int J Biol Macromol 2023; 253:127418. [PMID: 37848112 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2023.127418] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2023] [Revised: 10/10/2023] [Accepted: 10/10/2023] [Indexed: 10/19/2023]
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Adenine base editors, enabling targeted A-to-G conversion in genomic DNA, have enormous potential in therapeutic applications. However, the currently used adenine base editors are limited by wide editing windows and off-target effects in genetic therapy. Here, we report human e18 protein, a RING type E3 ubiquitin ligase variant, fusing with adenine base editors can significantly improve the preciseness and narrow the editing windows compared with ABEmax and ABE8e by diminishing the abundance of base editor protein. As a proof of concept, ABEmax-e18 and ABE8e-e18 dramatically decrease Cas9-dependent and Cas9-independent off-target effects than traditional adenine base editors. Moreover, we utilized ABEmax-e18 to establish syndactyly mouse models and achieve accurate base conversion at human PCSK9 locus in HepG2 cells which exhibited its potential in genetic therapy. Furthermore, a truncated version of base editors-RING (ABEmax-RING or AncBE4max-RING), which fusing the 63 amino acids of e18 protein RING domain to the C terminal of ABEmax or AncBE4max, exhibited similar effect compared to ABEmax-e18 or AncBE4max-e18.In summary, the e18 or RING protein fused with base editors strengthens the precise toolbox in gene modification and maybe works well with various base editing tools with a more applicable to precise genetic therapies in the future.
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- Ziru Wang
- College of Animal Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun 130062, China
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- College of Animal Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun 130062, China; Chongqing Research Institute, Jilin University, Chongqing 401123, China; Chongqing Jitang Biotechnology Research Institute, Chongqing 401123, China.
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- College of Animal Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun 130062, China
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- College of Animal Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun 130062, China
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- College of Animal Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun 130062, China
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- College of Animal Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun 130062, China
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- College of Animal Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun 130062, China
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- College of Animal Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun 130062, China
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- College of Animal Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun 130062, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Jilin University, Changchun 130062, China
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- College of Animal Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun 130062, China; Chongqing Research Institute, Jilin University, Chongqing 401123, China; Chongqing Jitang Biotechnology Research Institute, Chongqing 401123, China.
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- College of Animal Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun 130062, China; Chongqing Research Institute, Jilin University, Chongqing 401123, China; Chongqing Jitang Biotechnology Research Institute, Chongqing 401123, China.
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Shan T, Liu F, Wen M, Chen Z, Li S, Wang Y, Cheng H, Zhou Y. m 6A modification negatively regulates translation by switching mRNA from polysome to P-body via IGF2BP3. Mol Cell 2023; 83:4494-4508.e6. [PMID: 38016476 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2023.10.040] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2022] [Revised: 07/10/2023] [Accepted: 10/26/2023] [Indexed: 11/30/2023]
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In the cytoplasm, mRNAs are dynamically partitioned into translating and non-translating pools, but the mechanism for this regulation has largely remained elusive. Here, we report that m6A regulates mRNA partitioning between polysome and P-body where a pool of non-translating mRNAs resides. By quantifying the m6A level of polysomal and cytoplasmic mRNAs with m6A-LAIC-seq and m6A-LC-MS/MS in HeLa cells, we observed that polysome-associated mRNAs are hypo-m6A-methylated, whereas those enriched in P-body are hyper-m6A-methylated. Downregulation of the m6A writer METTL14 enhances translation by switching originally hyper-m6A-modified mRNAs from P-body to polysome. Conversely, by proteomic analysis, we identify a specific m6A reader IGF2BP3 enriched in P-body, and via knockdown and molecular tethering assays, we demonstrate that IGF2BP3 is both necessary and sufficient to switch target mRNAs from polysome to P-body. These findings suggest a model for the dynamic regulation of mRNA partitioning between the translating and non-translating pools in an m6A-dependent manner.
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- Ting Shan
- College of Life Sciences, TaiKang Center for Life and Medical Sciences, RNA Institute, Hubei Key Laboratory of Cell Homeostasis, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China; Frontier Science Center for Immunology and Metabolism, State Key Laboratory of Virology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- College of Life Sciences, TaiKang Center for Life and Medical Sciences, RNA Institute, Hubei Key Laboratory of Cell Homeostasis, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China; Frontier Science Center for Immunology and Metabolism, State Key Laboratory of Virology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Institute of Advanced Studies, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Institute of Advanced Studies, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- College of Life Sciences, TaiKang Center for Life and Medical Sciences, RNA Institute, Hubei Key Laboratory of Cell Homeostasis, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China; Frontier Science Center for Immunology and Metabolism, State Key Laboratory of Virology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- School of Public Health, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- College of Life Sciences, TaiKang Center for Life and Medical Sciences, RNA Institute, Hubei Key Laboratory of Cell Homeostasis, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China; Institute of Advanced Studies, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China; Frontier Science Center for Immunology and Metabolism, State Key Laboratory of Virology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
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Nandy K, Babu D, Rani S, Joshi G, Ijee S, George A, Palani D, Premkumar C, Rajesh P, Vijayanand S, David E, Murugesan M, Velayudhan SR. Efficient gene editing in induced pluripotent stem cells enabled by an inducible adenine base editor with tunable expression. Sci Rep 2023; 13:21953. [PMID: 38081875 PMCID: PMC10713686 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-42174-2] [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] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2023] [Accepted: 09/06/2023] [Indexed: 12/18/2023] Open
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The preferred method for disease modeling using induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) is to generate isogenic cell lines by correcting or introducing pathogenic mutations. Base editing enables the precise installation of point mutations at specific genomic locations without the need for deleterious double-strand breaks used in the CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing methods. We created a bulk population of iPSCs that homogeneously express ABE8e adenine base editor enzyme under a doxycycline-inducible expression system at the AAVS1 safe harbor locus. These cells enabled fast, efficient and inducible gene editing at targeted genomic regions, eliminating the need for single-cell cloning and screening to identify those with homozygous mutations. We could achieve multiplex genomic editing by creating homozygous mutations in very high efficiencies at four independent genomic loci simultaneously in AAVS1-iABE8e iPSCs, which is highly challenging with previously described methods. The inducible ABE8e expression system allows editing of the genes of interest within a specific time window, enabling temporal control of gene editing to study the cell or lineage-specific functions of genes and their molecular pathways. In summary, the inducible ABE8e system provides a fast, efficient and versatile gene-editing tool for disease modeling and functional genomic studies.
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- Krittika Nandy
- Center for Stem Cell Research (A Unit of inStem, Bengaluru, India), Christian Medical College, Tamil Nadu, Vellore, 632002, India
- Department of Biotechnology, Thiruvalluvar University, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, 632115, India
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- Center for Stem Cell Research (A Unit of inStem, Bengaluru, India), Christian Medical College, Tamil Nadu, Vellore, 632002, India
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- Center for Stem Cell Research (A Unit of inStem, Bengaluru, India), Christian Medical College, Tamil Nadu, Vellore, 632002, India
- Department of Biotechnology, Thiruvalluvar University, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, 632115, India
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- Department of Haematology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, 632004, India
- Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, 695011, India
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- Center for Stem Cell Research (A Unit of inStem, Bengaluru, India), Christian Medical College, Tamil Nadu, Vellore, 632002, India
- Department of Biotechnology, Thiruvalluvar University, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, 632115, India
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- Center for Stem Cell Research (A Unit of inStem, Bengaluru, India), Christian Medical College, Tamil Nadu, Vellore, 632002, India
- Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, 695011, India
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- Center for Stem Cell Research (A Unit of inStem, Bengaluru, India), Christian Medical College, Tamil Nadu, Vellore, 632002, India
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- Center for Stem Cell Research (A Unit of inStem, Bengaluru, India), Christian Medical College, Tamil Nadu, Vellore, 632002, India
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- Center for Stem Cell Research (A Unit of inStem, Bengaluru, India), Christian Medical College, Tamil Nadu, Vellore, 632002, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Thiruvalluvar University, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, 632115, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Thiruvalluvar University, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, 632115, India
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- Center for Stem Cell Research (A Unit of inStem, Bengaluru, India), Christian Medical College, Tamil Nadu, Vellore, 632002, India
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- Center for Stem Cell Research (A Unit of inStem, Bengaluru, India), Christian Medical College, Tamil Nadu, Vellore, 632002, India.
- Department of Haematology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, 632004, India.
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Zenchenko AA, Savelieva EM, Drenichev MS, Romanov GA, Oslovsky VE. N 6-(5-Phenylpentan-1-yl)adenine-A New Non-competitive Receptor-Specific Anti-cytokinin. DOKL BIOCHEM BIOPHYS 2023; 513:S23-S25. [PMID: 38189887 DOI: 10.1134/s1607672923700679] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2023] [Revised: 11/17/2023] [Accepted: 11/17/2023] [Indexed: 01/09/2024]
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For the first time, N6-(5-phenylpentan-1-yl)adenine, a synthetic adenine derivative with a receptor-specific anticytokinin effect, was obtained. This compound exhibits a pronounced anticytokinin effect, reducing cytokinin-induced expression of the GUS reporter gene when interacting with the cytokinin receptor CRE1/AHK4 of the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana. This effect manifests itself much weaker with the related AHK2 receptor and is not observed at all with the AHK3 receptor. We showed that N6-(5-phenylpentan-1-yl)adenine does not bind to the ligand-binding sites of the Arabidopsis cytokinin receptors, which does not allow it to be classified as a true cytokinin antagonist. Despite the currently unknown mechanism of action, this compound may find its use as a component of plant growth regulators. Like true anticytokinins, it enhances root growth of Arabidopsis seedlings, apparently suppressing the action of endogenous cytokinins on the "root" receptor CRE1/AHK4.
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- A A Zenchenko
- Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia.
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- Timiryazev Institute of Plant Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Timiryazev Institute of Plant Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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Chen Y, Wu Y, Fang L, Zhao H, Xu S, Shuai Z, Yu H, Cai G, Zhan HQ, Pan F. METTL14-m6A-FOXO3a axis regulates autophagy and inflammation in ankylosing spondylitis. Clin Immunol 2023; 257:109838. [PMID: 37935312 DOI: 10.1016/j.clim.2023.109838] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2023] [Revised: 10/23/2023] [Accepted: 11/01/2023] [Indexed: 11/09/2023]
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The role of m6A in ankylosing spondylitis (AS) remains largely obscure. In this study, we found that m6A modification was decreased in T cells of AS, and the abnormal m6A modification was attributed to the downregulation of methyltransferase-like 14 (METTL14). METTL14 exerted a critical role in regulating autophagy activity and inflammation via targeting Forkhead box O3a (FOXO3a). Mechanistically, the loss of METTL14 decreased the expression of FOXO3a, leading to the damage of autophagic flux and the aggravation of inflammation. Inversely, the forced expression of METTL14 upregulated the expression of FOXO3a, thereby activating autophagy and alleviating inflammation. Furthermore, our results revealed that METTL14 targeted FOXO3a mRNA and regulated its expression and stability in a m6A-dependent manner. These findings uncovered the functional importance of m6A methylation mechanisms in the regulation of autophagy and inflammation, which expanded our understanding of this interaction and was critical for the development of therapeutic strategies for AS.
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- Yuting Chen
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, 81 Meishan Road, Hefei, Anhui 230032, China; The Key Laboratory of Major Autoimmune Diseases, Anhui Medical University, 81 Meishan Road, Hefei, Anhui 230032, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, 81 Meishan Road, Hefei, Anhui 230032, China; The Key Laboratory of Major Autoimmune Diseases, Anhui Medical University, 81 Meishan Road, Hefei, Anhui 230032, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, 81 Meishan Road, Hefei, Anhui 230032, China; The Key Laboratory of Major Autoimmune Diseases, Anhui Medical University, 81 Meishan Road, Hefei, Anhui 230032, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, 81 Meishan Road, Hefei, Anhui 230032, China; The Key Laboratory of Major Autoimmune Diseases, Anhui Medical University, 81 Meishan Road, Hefei, Anhui 230032, China
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- Department of Rheumatism and Immunity, the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui 230022, China
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- Department of Rheumatism and Immunity, the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui 230022, China
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- Department of Orthopedics, Fuyang People's Hospital, 501 Sanqing Road, Fuyang, Anhui 236000, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, 81 Meishan Road, Hefei, Anhui 230032, China; The Key Laboratory of Major Autoimmune Diseases, Anhui Medical University, 81 Meishan Road, Hefei, Anhui 230032, China
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- Department of Pathology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Anhui Medical University, 81 Meishan Road, Hefei, Anhui 230032, China.
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, 81 Meishan Road, Hefei, Anhui 230032, China; The Key Laboratory of Major Autoimmune Diseases, Anhui Medical University, 81 Meishan Road, Hefei, Anhui 230032, China.
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Sturm Á, Sharma H, Bodnár F, Aslam M, Kovács T, Németh Á, Hotzi B, Billes V, Sigmond T, Tátrai K, Egyed B, Téglás-Huszár B, Schlosser G, Charmpilas N, Ploumi C, Perczel A, Tavernarakis N, Vellai T. N6-Methyladenine Progressively Accumulates in Mitochondrial DNA during Aging. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:14858. [PMID: 37834309 PMCID: PMC10573865 DOI: 10.3390/ijms241914858] [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] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2023] [Revised: 09/26/2023] [Accepted: 09/29/2023] [Indexed: 10/15/2023] Open
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N6-methyladenine (6mA) in the DNA is a conserved epigenetic mark with various cellular, physiological and developmental functions. Although the presence of 6mA was discovered a few years ago in the nuclear genome of distantly related animal taxa and just recently in mammalian mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), accumulating evidence at present seriously questions the presence of N6-adenine methylation in these genetic systems, attributing it to methodological errors. In this paper, we present a reliable, PCR-based method to determine accurately the relative 6mA levels in the mtDNA of Caenorhabditis elegans, Drosophila melanogaster and dogs, and show that these levels gradually increase with age. Furthermore, daf-2(-)-mutant worms, which are defective for insulin/IGF-1 (insulin-like growth factor) signaling and live twice as long as the wild type, display a half rate at which 6mA progressively accumulates in the mtDNA as compared to normal values. Together, these results suggest a fundamental role for mtDNA N6-adenine methylation in aging and reveal an efficient diagnostic technique to determine age using DNA.
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- Ádám Sturm
- Department of Genetics, Eötvös Loránd University, Pázmány Péter sétány 1/C, 1117 Budapest, Hungary; (H.S.); (B.E.)
- Genetics Research Group, Eötvös Loránd Research Network-Eötvös Loránd University, 1117 Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Genetics, Eötvös Loránd University, Pázmány Péter sétány 1/C, 1117 Budapest, Hungary; (H.S.); (B.E.)
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- Department of Genetics, Eötvös Loránd University, Pázmány Péter sétány 1/C, 1117 Budapest, Hungary; (H.S.); (B.E.)
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- Department of Genetics, Eötvös Loránd University, Pázmány Péter sétány 1/C, 1117 Budapest, Hungary; (H.S.); (B.E.)
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- Department of Genetics, Eötvös Loránd University, Pázmány Péter sétány 1/C, 1117 Budapest, Hungary; (H.S.); (B.E.)
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- Department of Genetics, Eötvös Loránd University, Pázmány Péter sétány 1/C, 1117 Budapest, Hungary; (H.S.); (B.E.)
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- Department of Genetics, Eötvös Loránd University, Pázmány Péter sétány 1/C, 1117 Budapest, Hungary; (H.S.); (B.E.)
- Genetics Research Group, Eötvös Loránd Research Network-Eötvös Loránd University, 1117 Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Genetics, Eötvös Loránd University, Pázmány Péter sétány 1/C, 1117 Budapest, Hungary; (H.S.); (B.E.)
- Genetics Research Group, Eötvös Loránd Research Network-Eötvös Loránd University, 1117 Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Genetics, Eötvös Loránd University, Pázmány Péter sétány 1/C, 1117 Budapest, Hungary; (H.S.); (B.E.)
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- Department of Genetics, Eötvös Loránd University, Pázmány Péter sétány 1/C, 1117 Budapest, Hungary; (H.S.); (B.E.)
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- Department of Genetics, Eötvös Loránd University, Pázmány Péter sétány 1/C, 1117 Budapest, Hungary; (H.S.); (B.E.)
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- Department of Genetics, Eötvös Loránd University, Pázmány Péter sétány 1/C, 1117 Budapest, Hungary; (H.S.); (B.E.)
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- Momentum Ion Mobility Mass Spectrometry Research Group, Hungarian Academy of Sciences-Eötvös Loránd University, 1117 Budapest, Hungary
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Foundation of Research and Technology-Hellas, P.O. Box 1385 Heraklion, Greece
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Foundation of Research and Technology-Hellas, P.O. Box 1385 Heraklion, Greece
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Eötvös Loránd University, 1117 Budapest, Hungary
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Foundation of Research and Technology-Hellas, P.O. Box 1385 Heraklion, Greece
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- Department of Genetics, Eötvös Loránd University, Pázmány Péter sétány 1/C, 1117 Budapest, Hungary; (H.S.); (B.E.)
- Genetics Research Group, Eötvös Loránd Research Network-Eötvös Loránd University, 1117 Budapest, Hungary
- Vellab Biotech Ltd., 6722 Szeged, Hungary
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Yan H, Zhang L, Li R. Identification of m6A suppressor EIF4A3 as a novel cancer prognostic and immunotherapy biomarker through bladder cancer clinical data validation and pan-cancer analysis. Sci Rep 2023; 13:16457. [PMID: 37777564 PMCID: PMC10542776 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-43500-4] [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] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2023] [Accepted: 09/25/2023] [Indexed: 10/02/2023] Open
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EIF4A3 represents a novel m6A suppressor that exerts control over the global m6A mRNA modification level, therefore influencing gene destiny. Despite increasing evidence that highlights a pivotal role of EIF4A3 in tumor progression and immunity, a comprehensive pan-cancer analysis of EIF4A3 has yet to be conducted, in order to ascertain whether EIF4A3 could be a viable biomarker for cancer screening, prediction of prognosis, and to facilitate accurate therapy design in various human malignancies. We analyzed the expression levels of EIF4A3 in bladder cancer compared to para-cancer tissue. Subsequently survival analysis was conducted to ascertain the potential association between EIF4A3 expression and patient prognosis. To further corroborate this evidence, we conducted an extensive data mining process of several publicly available databases, including UCSC Xena database, TCGA, and GTEx. Raw data from the UCSC Xena database was processed using online tools to obtain results that could be subjected to further analysis. Our study unveiled a considerable increase in the expression levels of EIF4A3 in bladder cancer compared to para-cancer tissue. Subsequent validation experiments confirmed that bladder cancer patients exhibiting higher levels of EIF4A3 expression have significantly worse prognostic outcomes. Next, our pan-cancer analysis found that the expression level of EIF4A3 is significantly higher in most cancers. Notably, high expression levels of EIF4A3 were negatively associated with patient prognosis across various cancer types. Furthermore, as a novel m6A suppressor, EIF4A3 was found to be correlated with numerous RNA modification genes in multiple cancer types. Meanwhile, analysis of publicly available databases revealed that EIF4A3 expression was significantly related to immune score and immune cell levels in most cancer types. Interestingly, EIF4A3 was also identified as a superior immunotherapy biomarker when compared to several traditional immunotherapy biomarkers. Lastly, genetic alterations analysis revealed that amplification was the most frequently occurring abnormality in the EIF4A3 gene. EIF4A3 emerges as a promising biomarker with the potential to significantly enhance tumor screening, prognostic evaluation, and the design of individualized treatment strategies across a diverse array of malignancies.
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- Huaqing Yan
- Department of Urology, Ningbo Medical Center Lihuili Hospital, Ningbo, 315000, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Reproductive Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315000, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Urology, Ningbo Medical Center Lihuili Hospital, Ningbo, 315000, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China.
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Huliciak M, Lhotska I, Kocova-Vlckova H, Halodova V, Dusek T, Cecka F, Staud F, Vokral I, Cerveny L. Effect of P-glycoprotein and Cotreatment with Sofosbuvir on the Intestinal Permeation of Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate and Tenofovir Alafenamide Fumarate. Pharm Res 2023; 40:2109-2120. [PMID: 37594591 DOI: 10.1007/s11095-023-03581-2] [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] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2023] [Accepted: 07/26/2023] [Indexed: 08/19/2023]
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PURPOSE We aimed to compare the effects of P-glycoprotein (ABCB1) on the intestinal uptake of tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF), tenofovir alafenamide fumarate (TAF), and metabolites, tenofovir isoproxil monoester (TEM) and tenofovir (TFV), and to study the molecular mechanism of drug-drug interaction (DDI) between sofosbuvir (SOF) and TDF/TAF. METHODS Bidirectional transport experiments in Caco-2 cells and accumulation studies in precision-cut intestinal slices prepared from the ileal segment of rodent (rPCIS) and human (hPCIS) intestines were performed. RESULTS TDF and TAF were extensively metabolised but TAF exhibited greater stability. ABCB1 significantly reduced the intestinal transepithelial transfer and uptake of the TFV(TDF) and TFV(TAF)-equivalents. However, TDF and TAF were absorbed more efficiently than TFV and TEM. SOF did not inhibit intestinal efflux of TDF and TAF or affect intestinal accumulation of TFV(TDF) and TFV(TAF)-equivalents but did significantly increase the proportion of absorbed TDF. CONCLUSIONS TDF and TAF likely produce comparable concentrations of TFV-equivalents in the portal vein and the extent of permeation is reduced by the activity of ABCB1. DDI on ABCB1 can thus potentially affect TDF and TAF absorption. SOF does not inhibit ABCB1-mediated transport of TDF and TAF but does stabilise TDF, albeit without affecting the quantity of TFV(TDF)-equivalents crossing the intestinal barrier. Our data thus suggest that reported increases in the TFV plasma concentrations in patients treated with SOF and TDF result either from a DDI between SOF and TDF that does not involve ABCB1 or from a DDI involving another drug used in combination therapy.
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- Martin Huliciak
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Kralove, Charles University, Akademika Heyrovskeho 1203, 50005, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Kralove, Charles University, Akademika Heyrovskeho 1203, 500 05, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Kralove, Charles University, Akademika Heyrovskeho 1203, 500 05, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Kralove, Charles University, Akademika Heyrovskeho 1203, 50005, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
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- Department of Surgery, University Hospital Hradec Kralove, Sokolska 581, 500 05, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
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- Department of Surgery, University Hospital Hradec Kralove, Sokolska 581, 500 05, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Kralove, Charles University, Akademika Heyrovskeho 1203, 50005, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Kralove, Charles University, Akademika Heyrovskeho 1203, 50005, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Kralove, Charles University, Akademika Heyrovskeho 1203, 50005, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic.
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Sretenovic S, Green Y, Wu Y, Cheng Y, Zhang T, Van Eck J, Qi Y. Genome- and transcriptome-wide off-target analyses of a high-efficiency adenine base editor in tomato. Plant Physiol 2023; 193:291-303. [PMID: 37315207 DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiad347] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2023] [Revised: 05/22/2023] [Accepted: 05/26/2023] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Adenine base editors (ABEs) are valuable, precise genome editing tools in plants. In recent years, the highly promising ADENINE BASE EDITOR8e (ABE8e) was reported for efficient A-to-G editing. However, compared to monocots, comprehensive off-target analyses for ABE8e are lacking in dicots. To determine the occurrence of off-target effects in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum), we assessed ABE8e and a high-fidelity version, ABE8e-HF, at 2 independent target sites in protoplasts, as well as stable T0 lines. Since ABE8e demonstrated higher on-target efficiency than ABE8e-HF in tomato protoplasts, we focused on ABE8e for off-target analyses in T0 lines. We conducted whole-genome sequencing (WGS) of wild-type (WT) tomato plants, green fluorescent protein (GFP)-expressing T0 lines, ABE8e-no-gRNA control T0 lines, and edited T0 lines. No guide RNA (gRNA)-dependent off-target edits were detected. Our data showed an average of approximately 1,200 to 1,500 single-nucleotide variations (SNVs) in either GFP control plants or base-edited plants. Also, no specific enrichment of A-to-G mutations were found in base-edited plants. We also conducted RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) of the same 6 base-edited and 3 GFP control T0 plants. On average, approximately 150 RNA-level SNVs were discovered per plant for either base-edited or GFP controls. Furthermore, we did not find enrichment of a TA motif on mutated adenine in the genomes and transcriptomes in base-edited tomato plants, as opposed to the recent discovery in rice (Oryza sativa). Hence, we could not find evidence for genome- and transcriptome-wide off-target effects by ABE8e in tomato.
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- Simon Sretenovic
- Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
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- The Boyce Thompson Institute, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genomics and Molecular Breeding/Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics of the Ministry of Education, College of Agriculture, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
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- Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genomics and Molecular Breeding/Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics of the Ministry of Education, College of Agriculture, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
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- The Boyce Thompson Institute, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
- Plant Breeding and Genetics Section, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
- Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research, University of Maryland, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
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Dickson KA, Field N, Blackman T, Ma Y, Xie T, Kurangil E, Idrees S, Rathnayake SNH, Mahbub RM, Faiz A, Marsh DJ. CRISPR single base-editing: in silico predictions to variant clonal cell lines. Hum Mol Genet 2023; 32:2704-2716. [PMID: 37369005 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddad105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 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] [Received: 05/03/2023] [Revised: 06/08/2023] [Accepted: 06/09/2023] [Indexed: 06/29/2023] Open
Abstract
Engineering single base edits using CRISPR technology including specific deaminases and single-guide RNA (sgRNA) is a rapidly evolving field. Different types of base edits can be constructed, with cytidine base editors (CBEs) facilitating transition of C-to-T variants, adenine base editors (ABEs) enabling transition of A-to-G variants, C-to-G transversion base editors (CGBEs) and recently adenine transversion editors (AYBE) that create A-to-C and A-to-T variants. The base-editing machine learning algorithm BE-Hive predicts which sgRNA and base editor combinations have the strongest likelihood of achieving desired base edits. We have used BE-Hive and TP53 mutation data from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) ovarian cancer cohort to predict which mutations can be engineered, or reverted to wild-type (WT) sequence, using CBEs, ABEs or CGBEs. We have developed and automated a ranking system to assist in selecting optimally designed sgRNA that considers the presence of a suitable protospacer adjacent motif (PAM), the frequency of predicted bystander edits, editing efficiency and target base change. We have generated single constructs containing ABE or CBE editing machinery, an sgRNA cloning backbone and an enhanced green fluorescent protein tag (EGFP), removing the need for co-transfection of multiple plasmids. We have tested our ranking system and new plasmid constructs to engineer the p53 mutants Y220C, R282W and R248Q into WT p53 cells and shown that these mutants cannot activate four p53 target genes, mimicking the behaviour of endogenous p53 mutations. This field will continue to rapidly progress, requiring new strategies such as we propose to ensure desired base-editing outcomes.
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- Kristie-Ann Dickson
- Translational Oncology Group, Faculty of Science, School of Life Sciences, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW 2007, Australia
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- Translational Oncology Group, Faculty of Science, School of Life Sciences, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW 2007, Australia
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- Translational Oncology Group, Faculty of Science, School of Life Sciences, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW 2007, Australia
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- Translational Oncology Group, Faculty of Science, School of Life Sciences, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW 2007, Australia
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- Translational Oncology Group, Faculty of Science, School of Life Sciences, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW 2007, Australia
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- Translational Oncology Group, Faculty of Science, School of Life Sciences, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW 2007, Australia
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- Faculty of Science, School of Life Sciences, Centre for Inflammation, Centenary Institute and the University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2007, Australia
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- Respiratory Bioinformatics and Molecular Biology (RBMB), Faculty of Science, School of Life Sciences, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW 2007, Australia
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- Respiratory Bioinformatics and Molecular Biology (RBMB), Faculty of Science, School of Life Sciences, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW 2007, Australia
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- Respiratory Bioinformatics and Molecular Biology (RBMB), Faculty of Science, School of Life Sciences, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW 2007, Australia
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- Translational Oncology Group, Faculty of Science, School of Life Sciences, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW 2007, Australia
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Tong H, Wang X, Liu Y, Liu N, Li Y, Luo J, Ma Q, Wu D, Li J, Xu C, Yang H. Programmable A-to-Y base editing by fusing an adenine base editor with an N-methylpurine DNA glycosylase. Nat Biotechnol 2023; 41:1080-1084. [PMID: 36624150 DOI: 10.1038/s41587-022-01595-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 43.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2022] [Accepted: 11/01/2022] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
Abstract
Here we developed an adenine transversion base editor, AYBE, for A-to-C and A-to-T transversion editing in mammalian cells by fusing an adenine base editor (ABE) with hypoxanthine excision protein N-methylpurine DNA glycosylase (MPG). We also engineered AYBE variants enabling targeted editing at genomic loci with higher transversion editing activity (up to 72% for A-to-C or A-to-T editing).
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- Huawei Tong
- HuiGene Therapeutics Co., Ltd., Shanghai, China.
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- Institute of Neuroscience, State Key Laboratory of Neuroscience, Key Laboratory of Primate Neurobiology, Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
- College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Neuroscience, State Key Laboratory of Neuroscience, Key Laboratory of Primate Neurobiology, Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- HuiGene Therapeutics Co., Ltd., Shanghai, China
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- HuiGene Therapeutics Co., Ltd., Shanghai, China
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- HuiGene Therapeutics Co., Ltd., Shanghai, China
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- HuiGene Therapeutics Co., Ltd., Shanghai, China
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- HuiGene Therapeutics Co., Ltd., Shanghai, China
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- HuiGene Therapeutics Co., Ltd., Shanghai, China
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- HuiGene Therapeutics Co., Ltd., Shanghai, China.
- Institute of Neuroscience, State Key Laboratory of Neuroscience, Key Laboratory of Primate Neurobiology, Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.
- Shanghai Research Center for Brain Science and Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Shanghai, China.
- HuiEdit Therapeutics Co., Ltd., Shanghai, China.
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Konttinen O, Carmody J, Kurnik M, Johnson KA, Reich N. High fidelity DNA strand-separation is the major specificity determinant in DNA methyltransferase CcrM's catalytic mechanism. Nucleic Acids Res 2023; 51:6883-6898. [PMID: 37326016 PMCID: PMC10359602 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkad443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 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: 06/23/2022] [Revised: 04/29/2023] [Accepted: 06/12/2023] [Indexed: 06/17/2023] Open
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Strand-separation is emerging as a novel DNA recognition mechanism but the underlying mechanisms and quantitative contribution of strand-separation to fidelity remain obscure. The bacterial DNA adenine methyltransferase, CcrM, recognizes 5'GANTC'3 sequences through a DNA strand-separation mechanism with unusually high selectivity. To explore this novel recognition mechanism, we incorporated Pyrrolo-dC into cognate and noncognate DNA to monitor the kinetics of strand-separation and used tryptophan fluorescence to follow protein conformational changes. Both signals are biphasic and global fitting showed that the faster phase of DNA strand-separation was coincident with the protein conformational transition. Non-cognate sequences did not display strand-separation and methylation was reduced > 300-fold, providing evidence that strand-separation is a major determinant of selectivity. Analysis of an R350A mutant showed that the enzyme conformational step can occur without strand-separation, so the two events are uncoupled. A stabilizing role for the methyl-donor (SAM) is proposed; the cofactor interacts with a critical loop which is inserted between the DNA strands, thereby stabilizing the strand-separated conformation. The results presented here are broadly applicable to the study of other N6-adenine methyltransferases that contain the structural features implicated in strand-separation, which are found widely dispersed across many bacterial phyla, including human and animal pathogens, and some Eukaryotes.
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- Olivia Konttinen
- Biomolecular Science and Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
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- Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
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- Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
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- Life Sciences Interdisciplinary Graduate Program, Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA
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- Biomolecular Science and Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
- Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
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Cholak S, Saville JW, Zhu X, Berezuk AM, Tuttle KS, Haji-Ghassemi O, Alvarado FJ, Van Petegem F, Subramaniam S. Allosteric modulation of ryanodine receptor RyR1 by nucleotide derivatives. Structure 2023; 31:790-800.e4. [PMID: 37192614 PMCID: PMC10569317 DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2023.04.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2022] [Revised: 02/22/2023] [Accepted: 04/19/2023] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
Abstract
The coordinated release of Ca2+ from the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) is critical for excitation-contraction coupling. This release is facilitated by ryanodine receptors (RyRs) that are embedded in the SR membrane. In skeletal muscle, activity of RyR1 is regulated by metabolites such as ATP, which upon binding increase channel open probability (Po). To obtain structural insights into the mechanism of RyR1 priming by ATP, we determined several cryo-EM structures of RyR1 bound individually to ATP-γ-S, ADP, AMP, adenosine, adenine, and cAMP. We demonstrate that adenine and adenosine bind RyR1, but AMP is the smallest ATP derivative capable of inducing long-range (>170 Å) structural rearrangements associated with channel activation, establishing a structural basis for key binding site interactions that are the threshold for triggering quaternary structural changes. Our finding that cAMP also induces these structural changes and results in increased channel opening suggests its potential role as an endogenous modulator of RyR1 conductance.
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- Spencer Cholak
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada
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- Department of Medicine and Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada.
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Prem PN, Chellappan DR, Kurian GA. Impaired renal ischemia reperfusion recovery after bilateral renal artery ligation in rats treated with adenine: role of renal mitochondria. J Bioenerg Biomembr 2023; 55:219-232. [PMID: 37392294 DOI: 10.1007/s10863-023-09974-7] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2023] [Accepted: 06/24/2023] [Indexed: 07/03/2023]
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Vascular calcification (VC) and ischemia reperfusion (IR) injury is characterised to have mitochondrial dysfunction. However, the impact of dysfunctional mitochondria associated with vascular calcified rat kidney challenged to IR is not explored and is addressed in the present study. Male Wistar rats were treated with adenine for 20 days to induce chronic kidney dysfunction and VC. After 63 days, renal IR protocol was performed with subsequent recovery for 24 h and 7 days. Various mitochondrial parameters and biochemical assays were performed to assess kidney function, IR injury and its recovery. Adenine-induced rats with VC, decreased creatinine clearance (CrCl), and severe tissue injury demonstrated an increase in renal tissue damage and decreased CrCl after 24 h of IR (CrCl in ml: IR-0.220.02, VC-IR-0.050.01). Incidentally, the 24 h IR pathology in kidney was similar in both VC-IR and normal rat IR. But, the magnitude of dysfunction was higher with VC-IR due to pre-existing basal tissue alterations. We found severed deterioration in mitochondrial quantity and quality supported by low bioenergetic function in both VC basal tissue and IR challenged sample. However, post 7 days of IR, unlike normal rat IR, VC rat IR did not improve CrCl and corresponding mitochondrial damage in terms of quantity and its function were observed. Based on the above findings, we conclude that IR in VC rat adversely affect the post-surgical recovery, mainly due to the ineffective renal mitochondrial functional restoration from the surgery.
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- Priyanka N Prem
- School of Chemical and Biotechnology, SASTRA Deemed University, Tirumalaisamudram, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India
- Vascular Biology lab, School of Chemical and Biotechnology, SASTRA Deemed University, Tirumalaisamudram, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India
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- School of Chemical and Biotechnology, SASTRA Deemed University, Tirumalaisamudram, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India
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- School of Chemical and Biotechnology, SASTRA Deemed University, Tirumalaisamudram, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India.
- Vascular Biology lab, School of Chemical and Biotechnology, SASTRA Deemed University, Tirumalaisamudram, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India.
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Landau D, Shukri N, Arazi E, Tobar A, Segev Y. Beneficiary Effects of Colchicine on Inflammation and Fibrosis in a Mouse Model of Kidney Injury. Nephron Clin Pract 2023; 147:693-700. [PMID: 37263257 DOI: 10.1159/000531313] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2022] [Accepted: 05/18/2023] [Indexed: 06/03/2023] Open
Abstract
INTRODUCTION Low-grade inflammation is seen in many chronic illnesses, including chronic kidney disease (CKD). We have recently reported on beneficiary effects of anti-inflammatory treatment in the interleukin (IL-) 1 pathway on anemia as well as CKD extent in a mouse model. Colchicine has been shown to have beneficiary effects in several inflammatory conditions through various mechanisms, including inhibition of tubulin polymerization as well as caspase-1-mediated IL-1 activation. METHODS Kidney injury (KI) was induced by administering an adenine diet to 8-week-old C57BL/6J mice treated with colchicine (Col) (30 µg/kg) or saline injections for 3 weeks, generating 4 groups: C, Ccol, KI, and KIcol. RESULTS KI animals had an increase in inflammation indices in the blood (neutrophils), liver, and kidneys (uromodulin, IL-6, pSTAT3). Increased kidney tubulin polymerization and caspase-1 in KI, as well as kidney Mid88 and IRAK4 (downstream of IL-1), were inhibited in KIcol. Kidney macrophage and polymorphonuclear infiltration (positive for F4/80 and MPO, respectively), the percentage of fibrotic area, and TGFβ mRNA levels were lower in KIcol versus KI. CONCLUSIONS Colchicine inhibited tubulin polymerization and caspase-1 activation and attenuated kidney inflammation and fibrosis in a mouse model of adenine-induced KI. Given its reported safety profile for long-term anti-inflammatory therapy without increasing infection tendency, it may serve as novel therapeutic approach in CKD.
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- Daniel Landau
- Institute of Nephrology, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petach Tikva, Israel
- Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Shraga Segal Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Genetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
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- Shraga Segal Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Genetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
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- Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Institute of Pathology, Rabin Medical Center, Petach Tikva, Israel
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- Institute of Pathology, Rabin Medical Center, Petach Tikva, Israel
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Kim DA, Lee MR, Oh HJ, Kim M, Kong KH. Effects of long-term tubular HIF-2α overexpression on progressive renal fibrosis in a chronic kidney disease model. BMB Rep 2023; 56:196-201. [PMID: 36404595 PMCID: PMC10068344 DOI: 10.5483/bmbrep.2022-0145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2022] [Revised: 11/17/2022] [Accepted: 11/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/12/2023] Open
Abstract
Renal fibrosis is the final manifestation of chronic kidney disease (CKD) regardless of etiology. Hypoxia-inducible factor-2 alpha (HIF-2α) is an important regulator of chronic hypoxia, and the late-stage renal tubular HIF-2α activation exerts protective effects against renal fibrosis. However, its specific role in progressive renal fibrosis remains unclear. Here, we investigated the effects of the long-term tubular activation of HIF-2α on renal function and fibrosis, using in vivo and in vitro models of renal fibrosis. Progressive renal fibrosis was induced in renal tubular epithelial cells (TECs) of tetracycline-controlled HIF-2α transgenic (Tg) mice and wild-type (WT) controls through a 6-week adenine diet. Tg mice were maintained on doxycycline (DOX) for the diet period to induce Tg HIF-2α expression. Primary TECs isolated from Tg mice were treated with DOX (5 μg/ml), transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1) (10 ng/ml), and a combination of both for 24, 48, and 72 hr. Blood was collected to analyze creatinine (Cr) and blood urea nitrogen (BUN) levels. Pathological changes in the kidney tissues were observed using hematoxylin and eosin, Masson's trichrome, and Sirius Red staining. Meanwhile, the expression of fibronectin, E-cadherin and α-smooth muscle actin (α-SMA) and the phosphorylation of p38 mitogenactivated protein kinase (MAPK) was observed using western blotting. Our data showed that serum Cr and BUN levels were significantly lower in Tg mice than in WT mice following the adenine diet. Moreover, the protein levels of fibronectin and E-cadherin and the phosphorylation of p38 MAPK were markedly reduced in the kidneys of adenine-fed Tg mice. These results were accompanied by attenuated fibrosis in Tg mice following adenine administration. Consistent with these findings, HIF-2α overexpression significantly decreased the expression of fibronectin in TECs, whereas an increase in α-SMA protein levels was observed after TGF-β1 stimulation for 72 hr. Taken together, these results indicate that long-term HIF-2α activation in CKD may inhibit the progression of renal fibrosis and improve renal function, suggesting that long-term renal HIF-2α activation may be used as a novel therapeutic strategy for the treatment of CKD. [BMB Reports 2023; 56(3): 196-201].
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- Dal-Ah Kim
- Ewha Medical Research Center, Ewha Womans University College of Medicine, Seoul 07804, Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Laboratory Science, Jungwon University, Goesan 28024, Korea
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- Ewha Institute of Convergence Medicine, Ewha Womans University Mokdong Hospital, Seoul 07985, Korea
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- Department of Urology, Ewha Womans University Seoul Hospital, Seoul 07804, Korea
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- Ewha Medical Research Center, Ewha Womans University College of Medicine, Seoul 07804, Korea
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Zhou J, Horton JR, Menna M, Fiorentino F, Ren R, Yu D, Hajian T, Vedadi M, Mazzoccanti G, Ciogli A, Weinhold E, Hüben M, Blumenthal RM, Zhang X, Mai A, Rotili D, Cheng X. Systematic Design of Adenosine Analogs as Inhibitors of a Clostridioides difficile-Specific DNA Adenine Methyltransferase Required for Normal Sporulation and Persistence. J Med Chem 2023; 66:934-950. [PMID: 36581322 PMCID: PMC9841527 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.2c01789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2022] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
Abstract
Antivirulence agents targeting endospore-transmitted Clostridioides difficile infections are urgently needed. C. difficile-specific DNA adenine methyltransferase (CamA) is required for efficient sporulation and affects persistence in the colon. The active site of CamA is conserved and closely resembles those of hundreds of related S-adenosyl-l-methionine (SAM)-dependent methyltransferases, which makes the design of selective inhibitors more challenging. We explored the solvent-exposed edge of the SAM adenosine moiety and systematically designed 42 analogs of adenosine carrying substituents at the C6-amino group (N6) of adenosine. We compare the inhibitory properties and binding affinity of these diverse compounds and present the crystal structures of CamA in complex with 14 of them in the presence of substrate DNA. The most potent of these inhibitors, compound 39 (IC50 ∼ 0.4 μM and KD ∼ 0.2 μM), is selective for CamA against closely related bacterial and mammalian DNA and RNA adenine methyltransferases, protein lysine and arginine methyltransferases, and human adenosine receptors.
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- Jujun Zhou
- Department
of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030, United States
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- Department
of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030, United States
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- Department
of Drug Chemistry and Technologies, Sapienza
University of Rome, P.le A. Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy
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- Department
of Drug Chemistry and Technologies, Sapienza
University of Rome, P.le A. Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy
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- Department
of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030, United States
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- Department
of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030, United States
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- Structural
Genomics Consortium, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 1A8, Canada
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- Structural
Genomics Consortium, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 1A8, Canada
- Department
of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University
of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 1A8, Canada
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- Department
of Drug Chemistry and Technologies, Sapienza
University of Rome, P.le A. Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy
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- Department
of Drug Chemistry and Technologies, Sapienza
University of Rome, P.le A. Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy
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- Institute
of Organic Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Institute
of Organic Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Department
of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, and Program in Bioinformatics, The University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life
Sciences, Toledo, Ohio 43614, United States
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- Department
of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030, United States
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- Department
of Drug Chemistry and Technologies, Sapienza
University of Rome, P.le A. Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy
- Pasteur
Institute, Cenci-Bolognetti Foundation, Sapienza University of Rome, P.le A. Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy
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- Department
of Drug Chemistry and Technologies, Sapienza
University of Rome, P.le A. Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy
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- Department
of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030, United States
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Bao L, Xiao Y. Exploring the Binding Process of Cognate Ligand to Add Adenine Riboswitch Aptamer by Using Explicit Solvent Molecular Dynamics (MD) Simulation. Methods Mol Biol 2023; 2568:103-122. [PMID: 36227564 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2687-0_7] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Riboswitches are RNA-structured elements that modulate gene expression by changing their conformation in response to specific metabolite ligand binding. Therefore, the biological functions of riboswitches mainly depend on the switching of secondary and three-dimensional structures in the presence and absence of the metabolite ligands. However, the binding mechanisms of cognate ligands to riboswitches are still not well understood. Here, we have introduced how to use explicit solvent molecular dynamics (MD) simulation to observe the binding process of cognate ligand to add adenine riboswitch aptamer at the atomic level. In addition, we have analyzed the driving factors of the binding process and calculated the binding free energy based on the Molecular Mechanics Poisson-Boltzmann Surface Area (MM-PBSA) method.
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- Lei Bao
- School of Public Health, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, China.
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- Institute of Biophysics, School of Physics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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Lee SN, Jang HS, Woo JS. Heterologous Expression and Purification of a CRISPR-Cas9-Based Adenine Base Editor. Methods Mol Biol 2023; 2606:123-133. [PMID: 36592312 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2879-9_10] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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CRISPR-cas9-guided adenine base editors (ABEs) site-specifically convert the A-T base pair to G-C base pair in genomic DNA. The intracellular delivery of ABE proteins preassembled with guide RNAs (gRNAs) has shown greatly reduced off-target effects compared with that of plasmids or viral vectors containing ABE and gRNA-encoding sequences. For efficient gene editing by the ribonucleoprotein delivery method, the ABE-gRNA complexes need to be prepared in high purity and quantity. Here we describe the expression and purification procedure of ABEmax, one of high-efficiency ABE versions.
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- Seu-Na Lee
- Department of Life Sciences, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Life Sciences, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Life Sciences, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
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Serrano E, Whitaker-Menezes D, Lin Z, Roche M, Martinez Cantarin MP. Uremic Myopathy and Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Kidney Disease. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms232113515. [PMID: 36362298 PMCID: PMC9653774 DOI: 10.3390/ijms232113515] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2022] [Revised: 10/28/2022] [Accepted: 10/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Alterations in muscle structure and function in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients are associated with poor outcomes. As key organelles in muscle cell homeostasis, mitochondrial metabolism has been studied in the context of muscle dysfunction in CKD. We conducted a study to determine the contribution of oxidative metabolism, glycolysis and fatty acid oxidation to the muscle metabolism in CKD. Mice developed CKD by exposure to adenine in the diet. Muscle of CKD mice showed significant weight loss compared to non-CKD mice, but only extensor digitorum longus (EDL) muscle showed a decreased number of fibers. There was no difference in the proportion of the various muscle fibers in CKD and non-CKD mice. Muscle of CKD mice had decreased expression of proteins associated with oxidative phosphorylation but increased expression of enzymes and transporters associated with glycolysis. In cell culture, myotubes exposed to uremic serum demonstrated decreased oxygen consumption rates (OCR) when glucose was used as substrate, conserved OCR when fatty acids were used and increased lactate production. In conclusion, mice with adenine-induced CKD developed sarcopenia and with increased glycolytic metabolism but without gross changes in fiber structure. In vitro models of uremic myopathy suggest fatty acid utilization is preserved compared to decreased glucose utilization.
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- Eurico Serrano
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, 33 S 9th Street, Suite 700, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
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- Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
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- Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, 33 S 9th Street, Suite 700, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
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Lin CY, Wang CC, Loh JZ, Chiang TC, Weng TI, Chan DC, Hung KY, Chiang CK, Liu SH. Therapeutic Ultrasound Halts Progression of Chronic Kidney Disease In Vivo via the Regulation of Markers Associated with Renal Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition and Senescence. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:13387. [PMID: 36362179 PMCID: PMC9654276 DOI: 10.3390/ijms232113387] [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] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2022] [Revised: 10/29/2022] [Accepted: 11/01/2022] [Indexed: 08/30/2023] Open
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Low-intensity pulsed ultrasound (LIPUS), a therapeutic type of ultrasound, is known to enhance bone fracture repair processes and help some tissues to heal. Here, we investigated the therapeutic potential of LIPUS for the treatment of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in two CKD mouse models. CKD mice were induced using both unilateral renal ischemia/reperfusion injury (IRI) with nephrectomy and adenine administration. The left kidneys of the CKD mice were treated using LIPUS with the parameters of 3 MHz, 100 mW/cm2, and 20 min/day, based on the preliminary experiments. The mice were euthanized 14 days after IRI or 28 days after the end of adenine administration. LIPUS treatment effectively alleviated the decreases in the body weight and albumin/globulin ratio and the increases in the serum renal functional markers, fibroblast growth factor-23, renal pathological changes, and renal fibrosis in the CKD mice. The parameters for epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT), senescence-related signal induction, and the inhibition of α-Klotho and endogenous antioxidant enzyme protein expression in the kidneys of the CKD mice were also significantly alleviated by LIPUS. These results suggest that LIPUS treatment reduces CKD progression through the inhibition of EMT and senescence-related signals. The application of LIPUS may be an alternative non-invasive therapeutic intervention for CKD therapy.
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- Chen-Yu Lin
- Institute of Toxicology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei 100, Taiwan
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- Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei 100, Taiwan
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- Institute of Toxicology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei 100, Taiwan
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- Institute of Toxicology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei 100, Taiwan
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- Department of Forensic Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei 100, Taiwan
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- Department of Geriatrics and Gerontology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei 100, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei 100, Taiwan
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- Institute of Toxicology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei 100, Taiwan
- Departments of Integrated Diagnostics & Therapeutics and Internal Medicine, College of Medicine and Hospital, National Taiwan University, Taipei 100, Taiwan
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- Institute of Toxicology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei 100, Taiwan
- Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei 100, Taiwan
- Department of Medical Research, China Medical University Hospital, China Medical University, Taichung 404, Taiwan
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Zhu Y, Hu X. Molecular Recognition of FDA-Approved Small Molecule Protein Kinase Drugs in Protein Kinases. Molecules 2022; 27:molecules27207124. [PMID: 36296718 PMCID: PMC9611543 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27207124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2022] [Revised: 10/04/2022] [Accepted: 10/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Protein kinases are key enzymes that catalyze the covalent phosphorylation of substrates via the transfer of the γ-phosphate of ATP, playing a crucial role in cellular proliferation, differentiation, and various cell regulatory processes. Due to their pivotal cellular role, the aberrant function of kinases has been associated with cancers and many other diseases. Consequently, competitive inhibition of the ATP binding site of protein kinases has emerged as an effective means of curing these diseases. Decades of intense development of protein kinase inhibitors (PKIs) resulted in 71 FDA-approved PKI drugs that target dozens of protein kinases for the treatment of various diseases. How do FDA-approved protein kinase inhibitor PKI drugs compete with ATP in their own binding pocket? This is the central question we attempt to address in this work. Based on modes of non-bonded interactions and their calculated interaction strengths by means of the advanced double hybrid DFT method B2PLYP, the molecular recognition of PKI drugs in the ATP-binding pockets was systematically analyzed. It was found that (1) all the FDA-approved PKI drugs studied here form one or more hydrogen bond(s) with the backbone amide N, O atoms in the hinge region of the ATP binding site, mimicking the adenine base; (2) all the FDA-approved PKI drugs feature two or more aromatic rings. The latter reach far and deep into the hydrophobic regions I and II, forming multiple CH-π interactions with aliphatic residues L(3), V(11), A(15), V(36), G(51), L(77) and π-π stacking interactions with aromatic residues F(47) and F(82), but ATP itself does not utilize these regions extensively; (3) all FDA-approved PKI drugs studied here have one thing in common, i.e., they frequently formed non-bonded interactions with a total of 12 residues L(3),V(11), A(15), K(17), E(24),V(36),T(45), F(47), G(51), L(77), D(81) and F(82) in the ATP binding. Many of those 12 commonly involved residues are highly conserved residues with important structural and catalytic functional roles. K(17) and E(24) are the two highly conserved residues crucial for the catalytic function of kinases. D(81) and F(82) belong to the DFG motif; T(45) was dubbed the gate keeper residue. F(47) is located on the hinge region and G(51) sits on the linker that connects the hinge to the αD-helix. It is this targeting of highly conserved residues in protein kinases that led to promiscuous PKI drugs that lack selectivity. Although the formation of hydrogen bond(s) with the backbone of the hinge gives PKI drugs the added binding affinity and the much-needed directionality, selectivity is sacrificed. That is why so many FDA-approved PKI drugs are known to have multiple targets. Moreover, off-target-mediated toxicity caused by a lack of selectivity was one of the major challenges facing the PKI drug discovery community. This work suggests a road map for future PKI drug design, i.e., targeting non-conserved residues in the ATP binding pocket to gain better selectivity so as to avoid off-target-mediated toxicity.
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- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +1-4195301513
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Kopczewski T, Kuźniak E, Ciereszko I, Kornaś A. Alterations in Primary Carbon Metabolism in Cucumber Infected with Pseudomonas syringae pv lachrymans: Local and Systemic Responses. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms232012418. [PMID: 36293272 PMCID: PMC9603868 DOI: 10.3390/ijms232012418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2022] [Revised: 10/07/2022] [Accepted: 10/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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The reconfiguration of the primary metabolism is essential in plant–pathogen interactions. We compared the local metabolic responses of cucumber leaves inoculated with Pseudomonas syringae pv lachrymans (Psl) with those in non-inoculated systemic leaves, by examining the changes in the nicotinamide adenine dinucleotides pools, the concentration of soluble carbohydrates and activities/gene expression of carbohydrate metabolism-related enzymes, the expression of photosynthesis-related genes, and the tricarboxylic acid cycle-linked metabolite contents and enzyme activities. In the infected leaves, Psl induced a metabolic signature with an altered [NAD(P)H]/[NAD(P)+] ratio; decreased glucose and sucrose contents, along with a changed invertase gene expression; and increased glucose turnover and accumulation of raffinose, trehalose, and myo-inositol. The accumulation of oxaloacetic and malic acids, enhanced activities, and gene expression of fumarase and l-malate dehydrogenase, as well as the increased respiration rate in the infected leaves, indicated that Psl induced the tricarboxylic acid cycle. The changes in gene expression of ribulose-l,5-bis-phosphate carboxylase/oxygenase large unit, phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase and chloroplast glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase were compatible with a net photosynthesis decline described earlier. Psl triggered metabolic changes common to the infected and non-infected leaves, the dynamics of which differed quantitatively (e.g., malic acid content and metabolism, glucose-6-phosphate accumulation, and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase activity) and those specifically related to the local or systemic response (e.g., changes in the sugar content and turnover). Therefore, metabolic changes in the systemic leaves may be part of the global effects of local infection on the whole-plant metabolism and also represent a specific acclimation response contributing to balancing growth and defense.
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- Tomasz Kopczewski
- Department of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Lodz, 90-237 Lodz, Poland
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- Department of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Lodz, 90-237 Lodz, Poland
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- Department of Plant Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Biology, University of Bialystok, 15-245 Bialystok, Poland
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- Institute of Biology, Pedagogical University of Krakow, 30-084 Kraków, Poland
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Chen Y, Wang Q, Luo H, Deng S, Tian Y, Wang S. Mechanisms of the ethanol extract of Gelidium amansii for slow aging in high-fat male Drosophila by metabolomic analysis. Food Funct 2022; 13:10110-10120. [PMID: 36102920 DOI: 10.1039/d2fo02116a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 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: 11/21/2022]
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Gelidium amansii (GA) is a kind of red alga homologous to medicine and food and is distributed all over the world. Studies on GA are mainly focused on its polysaccharides, with little research on the ethanol extract. The ethanol extract of Gelidium amansii (GAE) was subjected to a reverse-phase column to obtain 7 components. Among them, 100% methanol solution (GAM), enriched with phytene-1,2-diol, exhibited the strongest DPPH free radical scavenging activity (IC50 = 0.17 mg mL-1). Subsequently, high-fat male flies (HMFs) were used as a model to explore the antioxidant and anti-aging effects of GAM in vivo. Studies showed that GAM can effectively prolong the lifespan of HMFs. When GAM concentrations were 0.2 and 1.0 mg mL-1, the average lifespan of HMFs was increased by 28.7 and 40.7%, respectively, while the longest lifespan of HMFs was increased by 20.55% and 32.88%, respectively. Further research revealed that GAM can significantly downregulate the levels of malondialdehyde (MDA) and protein carbonyl (PCO), and can significantly upregulate the levels of catalase (CAT) and total superoxide dismutase (T-SOD). In addition, by analyzing differential metabolites, we found that GAM relieves aging caused by oxidative stress by regulating amino acid, lipid, sugar, and energy metabolism. The GAM group significantly regulated the levels of adenine, cholic acid, glutamate, L-proline, niacin, and stachyose which tend to recover to the levels of the normal diet male fly (NMF) group. In general, our research provides ideas for the high-value utilization of GA and provides a lead compound for the research and development of anti-aging food or medicine.
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- Yushi Chen
- College of Chemical Engineering, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108, China.
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108, China.
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108, China.
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- College of Food and Pharmacy, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan, Zhejiang 316022, China
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108, China.
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108, China.
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Feng Y, Xiao M, Lu J, Wang X, Chai Y, Wang T, Jia Y. [Development of an APRT-deficient CHO cell line and its ability of expressing recombinant protein]. Sheng Wu Gong Cheng Xue Bao 2022; 38:3453-3465. [PMID: 36151813 DOI: 10.13345/j.cjb.220199] [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] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells are the preferred host cells for the production of complex recombinant therapeutic proteins. Adenine phosphoribosyltransferase (APRT) is a key enzyme in the purine biosynthesis step that catalyzes the condensation of adenine with phosphoribosylate to form adenosine phosphate AMP. In this study, the gene editing technique was used to knock out the aprt gene in CHO cells. Subsequently, the biological properties of APRT-KO CHO cell lines were investigated. A control vector expressed an enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) and an attenuation vector (containing an aprt-attenuated expression cassette and EGFP) were constructed and transfected into APRT-deficient and wild-type CHO cells, respectively. The stable transfected cell pools were subcultured for 60 generations and the mean fluorescence intensity of EGFP in the recombinant CHO cells was detected by flow cytometry to analyze the EGFP expression stability. PCR amplification and sequencing showed that the aprt gene in CHO cell was successfully knocked out. The obtained APRT-deficient CHO cell line had no significant difference from the wild-type CHO cells in terms of cell morphology, growth, proliferation, and doubling time. The transient expression results indicated that compared with the wild-type CHO cells, the expression of EGFP in the APRT-deficient CHO cells transfected with the control vector and the attenuation vector increased by 42%±6% and 56%±9%, respectively. Especially, the EGFP expression levels in APRT-deficient cells transfected with the attenuation vector were significantly higher than those in wild-type CHO cells (P < 0.05). The findings suggest that the APRT-deficient CHO cell line can significantly improve the long-term expression stability of recombinant proteins. This may provide an effective cell engineering strategy for establishing an efficient and stable CHO cell expression system.
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- Yingying Feng
- School of Pharmacy, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang 453003, Henan, China
- Henan International Joint Laboratory of Recombiant Pharmaceutical Protein Expression System/Henan Engineering Technology Research Center of Biopharmaceutical Innovation, Xinxiang 453003, Henan, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang 453003, Henan, China
- Henan International Joint Laboratory of Recombiant Pharmaceutical Protein Expression System/Henan Engineering Technology Research Center of Biopharmaceutical Innovation, Xinxiang 453003, Henan, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang 453003, Henan, China
- Henan International Joint Laboratory of Recombiant Pharmaceutical Protein Expression System/Henan Engineering Technology Research Center of Biopharmaceutical Innovation, Xinxiang 453003, Henan, China
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- Henan International Joint Laboratory of Recombiant Pharmaceutical Protein Expression System/Henan Engineering Technology Research Center of Biopharmaceutical Innovation, Xinxiang 453003, Henan, China
- School of Basic Medicine, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang 453003, Henan, China
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- Henan International Joint Laboratory of Recombiant Pharmaceutical Protein Expression System/Henan Engineering Technology Research Center of Biopharmaceutical Innovation, Xinxiang 453003, Henan, China
- Department of Histology and Embryology, School of Basic Medicine, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, Henan, China
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- Henan International Joint Laboratory of Recombiant Pharmaceutical Protein Expression System/Henan Engineering Technology Research Center of Biopharmaceutical Innovation, Xinxiang 453003, Henan, China
- School of Basic Medicine, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang 453003, Henan, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang 453003, Henan, China
- Henan International Joint Laboratory of Recombiant Pharmaceutical Protein Expression System/Henan Engineering Technology Research Center of Biopharmaceutical Innovation, Xinxiang 453003, Henan, China
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Kim DY, Chung Y, Lee Y, Jeong D, Park KH, Chin HJ, Lee JM, Park S, Ko S, Ko JH, Kim YS. Hypercompact adenine base editors based on transposase B guided by engineered RNA. Nat Chem Biol 2022; 18:1005-1013. [PMID: 35915259 DOI: 10.1038/s41589-022-01077-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2022] [Accepted: 06/02/2022] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Transposon-associated transposase B (TnpB) is deemed an ancestral protein for type V, Cas12 family members, and the closest ancestor to UnCas12f1. Previously, we reported a set of engineered guide RNAs supporting high indel efficiency for Cas12f1 in human cells. Here we suggest a new technology whereby the engineered guide RNAs also manifest high-efficiency programmable endonuclease activity for TnpB. We have termed this technology TaRGET (TnpB-augment RNA-based Genome Editing Technology). Having this feature in mind, we established TnpB-based adenine base editors (ABEs). A Tad-Tad mutant (V106W, D108Q) dimer fused to the C terminus of dTnpB (D354A) showed the highest levels of A-to-G conversion. The limited targetable sites for TaRGET-ABE were expanded with engineered variants of TnpB or optimized deaminases. Delivery of TaRGET-ABE also ensured potent A-to-G conversion rates in mammalian genomes. Collectively, the TaRGET-ABE will contribute to improving precise genome-editing tools that can be delivered by adeno-associated viruses, thereby harnessing the development of clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)-based gene therapy.
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- KRIBB School of Bioscience, Korea University of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
- Genome Editing Research Center, KRIBB, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- KRIBB School of Bioscience, Korea University of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
- Genome Editing Research Center, KRIBB, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Genome Editing Research Center, KRIBB, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Genome Editing Research Center, KRIBB, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Genome Editing Research Center, KRIBB, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- GenKOre, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- KRIBB School of Bioscience, Korea University of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
- Genome Editing Research Center, KRIBB, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- GenKOre, Daejeon, Republic of Korea.
- KRIBB School of Bioscience, Korea University of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Republic of Korea.
- Genome Editing Research Center, KRIBB, Daejeon, Republic of Korea.
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Zilberzwige-Tal S, Gazit D, Adsi H, Gartner M, Behl R, Laor DBY, Gazit E. Engineered Riboswitch Nanocarriers as a Possible Disease-Modifying Treatment for Metabolic Disorders. ACS Nano 2022; 16:11733-11741. [PMID: 35815521 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.2c02802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Both DNA- and RNA-based nanotechnologies are remarkably useful for the engineering of molecular devices in vitro and are applied in a vast collection of applications. Yet, the ability to integrate functional nucleic acid nanostructures in applications outside of the lab requires overcoming their inherent degradation sensitivity and subsequent loss of function. Viruses are minimalistic yet sophisticated supramolecular assemblies, capable of shielding their nucleic acid content in nuclease-rich environments. Inspired by this natural ability, we engineered RNA-virus-like particles (VLPs) nanocarriers (NCs). We showed that the VLPs can function as an exceptional protective shell against nuclease-mediated degradation. We then harnessed biological recognition elements and demonstrated how engineered riboswitch NCs can act as a possible disease-modifying treatment for genetic metabolic disorders. The functional riboswitch is capable of selectively and specifically binding metabolites and preventing their self-assembly process and its downstream effects. When applying the riboswitch nanocarriers to an in vivo yeast model of adenine accumulation and self-assembly, significant inhibition of the sensitivity to adenine feeding was observed. In addition, using an amyloid-specific dye, we proved the riboswitch nanocarriers' ability to reduce the level of intracellular amyloid-like metabolite cytotoxic structures. The potential of this RNA therapeutic technology does not apply only to metabolic disorders, as it can be easily fine-tuned to be applied to other conditions and diseases.
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- Shai Zilberzwige-Tal
- The Shmunis School of Biomedicine and Cancer Research, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel
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- The Shmunis School of Biomedicine and Cancer Research, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel
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- The Shmunis School of Biomedicine and Cancer Research, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel
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- The Shmunis School of Biomedicine and Cancer Research, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel
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- The Shmunis School of Biomedicine and Cancer Research, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel
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- The Shmunis School of Biomedicine and Cancer Research, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel
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- The Shmunis School of Biomedicine and Cancer Research, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel
- Blavatnik Center for Drug Discovery, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering Iby and Aladar Fleischman Faculty of Engineering, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel
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Conroy DW, Xu Y, Shi H, Gonzalez Salguero N, Purusottam RN, Shannon MD, Al-Hashimi HM, Jaroniec CP. Probing Watson-Crick and Hoogsteen base pairing in duplex DNA using dynamic nuclear polarization solid-state NMR spectroscopy. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2022; 119:e2200681119. [PMID: 35857870 PMCID: PMC9335254 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2200681119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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The majority of base pairs in double-stranded DNA exist in the canonical Watson-Crick geometry. However, they can also adopt alternate Hoogsteen conformations in various complexes of DNA with proteins and small molecules, which are key for biological function and mechanism. While detection of Hoogsteen base pairs in large DNA complexes and assemblies poses considerable challenges for traditional structural biology techniques, we show here that multidimensional dynamic nuclear polarization-enhanced solid-state NMR can serve as a unique spectroscopic tool for observing and distinguishing Watson-Crick and Hoogsteen base pairs in a broad range of DNA systems based on characteristic NMR chemical shifts and internuclear dipolar couplings. We illustrate this approach using a model 12-mer DNA duplex, free and in complex with the antibiotic echinomycin, which features two central adenine-thymine base pairs with Watson-Crick and Hoogsteen geometry, respectively, and subsequently extend it to the ∼200 kDa Widom 601 DNA nucleosome core particle.
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- Daniel W. Conroy
- aDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210
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- bDepartment of Chemistry, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708
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- bDepartment of Chemistry, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708
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- aDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210
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- aDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210
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- bDepartment of Chemistry, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708
- cDepartment of Biochemistry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710
- dDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032
- 1To whom correspondence may be addressed. or
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- aDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210
- 1To whom correspondence may be addressed. or
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Ryan Y, Harrison A, Trivett H, Hartley C, David J, Clark GC, Hiscox JA. RIPpore: A Novel Host-Derived Method for the Identification of Ricin Intoxication through Oxford Nanopore Direct RNA Sequencing. Toxins (Basel) 2022; 14:toxins14070470. [PMID: 35878208 PMCID: PMC9319349 DOI: 10.3390/toxins14070470] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2022] [Revised: 07/01/2022] [Accepted: 07/07/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Ricin is a toxin which enters cells and depurinates an adenine base in the sarcin-ricin loop in the large ribosomal subunit, leading to the inhibition of protein translation and cell death. We postulated that this depurination event could be detected using Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT) direct RNA sequencing, detecting a change in charge in the ricin loop. In this study, A549 cells were exposed to ricin for 2–24 h in order to induce depurination. In addition, a novel software tool was developed termed RIPpore that could quantify the adenine modification of ribosomal RNA induced by ricin upon respiratory epithelial cells. We provided demonstrable evidence for the first time that this base change detected is specific to RIP activity using a neutralising antibody against ricin. We believe this represents the first detection of depurination in RNA achieved using ONT sequencers. Collectively, this work highlights the potential for ONT and direct RNA sequencing to detect and quantify depurination events caused by ribosome-inactivating proteins such as ricin. RIPpore could have utility in the evaluation of new treatments and/or in the diagnosis of exposure to ricin.
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- Yan Ryan
- Institute for Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L3 5RF, UK; (Y.R.); (A.H.); (H.T.); (C.H.)
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- Institute for Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L3 5RF, UK; (Y.R.); (A.H.); (H.T.); (C.H.)
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- Institute for Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L3 5RF, UK; (Y.R.); (A.H.); (H.T.); (C.H.)
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- Institute for Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L3 5RF, UK; (Y.R.); (A.H.); (H.T.); (C.H.)
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- Defence Science Technology Laboratory, Salisbury SP4 0JQ, UK;
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- Defence Science Technology Laboratory, Salisbury SP4 0JQ, UK;
- Correspondence: (G.C.C.); (J.A.H.)
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- Institute for Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L3 5RF, UK; (Y.R.); (A.H.); (H.T.); (C.H.)
- Correspondence: (G.C.C.); (J.A.H.)
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Zhang G, Diao S, Song Y, He C, Zhang J. Genome-wide DNA N6-adenine methylation in sea buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides L.) fruit development. Tree Physiol 2022; 42:1286-1295. [PMID: 34986489 DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpab177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2021] [Accepted: 12/24/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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As a new epigenetic mark, DNA N6-adenine (6mA) methylation plays an important role in various biological processes and has been reported in many prokaryotic organisms in recent years. However, the distribution patterns and functions of DNA 6mA modification have been poorly studied in non-model crops. In this study, we observed that the methylation ratio of 6mA was about 0.016% in the sea buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides L.) genome using mass spectrometry. We first constructed a comprehensive 6mA landscape in sea buckthorn genome using nanopore sequencing at single-base resolution. Distribution analysis suggested that 6mA methylated sites were widely distributed in the sea buckthorn chromosomes, which were similar to those in Arabidopsis and rice. Furthermore, reduced 6mA DNA methylation is associated with different expression of genes related to the fruit-ripening process in sea buckthorn. Our results revealed that 6mA DNA modification could be considered an important epigenomic mark and contributes to the fruit ripening process in plants.
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- Guoyun Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Key Laboratory of Tree Breeding and Cultivation, National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Research Institute of Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, xiangshan street, haidian district, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Key Laboratory of Tree Breeding and Cultivation, National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Research Institute of Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, xiangshan street, haidian district, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Key Laboratory of Tree Breeding and Cultivation, National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Research Institute of Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, xiangshan street, haidian district, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Key Laboratory of Tree Breeding and Cultivation, National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Research Institute of Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, xiangshan street, haidian district, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Key Laboratory of Tree Breeding and Cultivation, National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Research Institute of Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, xiangshan street, haidian district, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, Nanjing Forestry University, longpan street, xuanwu district, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
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Zhao D, Jiang G, Li J, Chen X, Li S, Wang J, Zhou Z, Pu S, Dai Z, Ma Y, Bi C, Zhang X. Imperfect guide-RNA (igRNA) enables CRISPR single-base editing with ABE and CBE. Nucleic Acids Res 2022; 50:4161-4170. [PMID: 35349689 PMCID: PMC9023296 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkac201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2021] [Revised: 02/19/2022] [Accepted: 03/21/2022] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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CRISPR base editing techniques tend to edit multiple bases in the targeted region, which is a limitation for precisely reverting disease-associated single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). We designed an imperfect gRNA (igRNA) editing methodology, which utilized a gRNA with one or more bases that were not complementary to the target locus to direct base editing toward the generation of a single-base edited product. Base editing experiments illustrated that igRNA editing with CBEs greatly increased the single-base editing fraction relative to normal gRNA editing with increased editing efficiencies. Similar results were obtained with an adenine base editor (ABE). At loci such as DNMT3B, NSD1, PSMB2, VIATA hs267 and ANO5, near-perfect single-base editing was achieved. Normally an igRNA with good single-base editing efficiency could be selected from a set of a few igRNAs, with a simple protocol. As a proof-of-concept, igRNAs were used in the research to construct cell lines of disease-associated SNP causing primary hyperoxaluria construction research. This work provides a simple strategy to achieve single-base base editing with both ABEs and CBEs and overcomes a key obstacle that limits the use of base editors in treating SNP-associated diseases or creating disease-associated SNP-harboring cell lines and animal models.
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- Dongdong Zhao
- College of Life Science, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin, China
- Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, China
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- Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, China
- School of Life Sciences, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, China
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- College of Life Science, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin, China
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- Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, China
- School of Life Sciences, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, China
- Key Laboratory of Systems Microbial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, China
- National Technology Innovation Center of Synthetic Biology, Tianjin, China
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- Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, China
- Key Laboratory of Systems Microbial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, China
- National Technology Innovation Center of Synthetic Biology, Tianjin, China
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- Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, China
- Key Laboratory of Systems Microbial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, China
- National Technology Innovation Center of Synthetic Biology, Tianjin, China
- School of Biological Engineering, Dalian Polytechnic University, Dalian, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, China
- Guangxi Universities Key Laboratory of Stem cell and Biopharmaceutical Technology, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, China
- Guangxi Universities Key Laboratory of Stem cell and Biopharmaceutical Technology, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, China
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- Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, China
- Key Laboratory of Systems Microbial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, China
- National Technology Innovation Center of Synthetic Biology, Tianjin, China
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- Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, China
- Key Laboratory of Systems Microbial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, China
- National Technology Innovation Center of Synthetic Biology, Tianjin, China
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- Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, China
- Key Laboratory of Systems Microbial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, China
- National Technology Innovation Center of Synthetic Biology, Tianjin, China
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- Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, China
- Key Laboratory of Systems Microbial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, China
- National Technology Innovation Center of Synthetic Biology, Tianjin, China
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Guan Q, Lin H, Miao L, Guo H, Chen Y, Zhuo Z, He J. Functions, mechanisms, and therapeutic implications of METTL14 in human cancer. J Hematol Oncol 2022; 15:13. [PMID: 35115038 PMCID: PMC8812173 DOI: 10.1186/s13045-022-01231-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2021] [Accepted: 01/24/2022] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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RNA modification plays a crucial role in many biological functions, and its abnormal regulation is associated with the progression of cancer. Among them, N6-methyladenine (m6A) is the most abundant RNA modification. Methyltransferase-like 14 (METTL14) is the central component of the m6A methylated transferase complex, which is involved in the dynamic reversible process of m6A modification. METTL14 acts as both an oncogene and tumor suppressor gene to regulate the occurrence and development of various cancers. The abnormal m6A level induced by METTL14 is related to tumorigenesis, proliferation, metastasis, and invasion. To date, the molecular mechanism of METTL14 in various malignant tumors has not been fully studied. In this paper, we systematically summarize the latest research progress on METTL14 as a new biomarker for cancer diagnosis and its biological function in human tumors and discuss its potential clinical application. This study aims to provide new ideas for targeted therapy and improved prognoses in cancer.
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- Qian Guan
- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Guangzhou Institute of Pediatrics, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Research in Structural Birth Defect Disease, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, 9 Jinsui Road, Guangzhou, 510623, Guangdong, China
- School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, Guangdong, China
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- Faculty of Medicine, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau, 999078, China
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Guangzhou Institute of Pediatrics, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Research in Structural Birth Defect Disease, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, 9 Jinsui Road, Guangzhou, 510623, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Guangzhou Institute of Pediatrics, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Research in Structural Birth Defect Disease, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, 9 Jinsui Road, Guangzhou, 510623, Guangdong, China
- School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Guangzhou Institute of Pediatrics, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Research in Structural Birth Defect Disease, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, 9 Jinsui Road, Guangzhou, 510623, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Guangzhou Institute of Pediatrics, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Research in Structural Birth Defect Disease, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, 9 Jinsui Road, Guangzhou, 510623, Guangdong, China.
- Laboratory Animal Center, School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, 518055, China.
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Guangzhou Institute of Pediatrics, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Research in Structural Birth Defect Disease, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, 9 Jinsui Road, Guangzhou, 510623, Guangdong, China.
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Bhatia D, Capili A, Nakahira K, Muthukumar T, Torres LK, Choi AMK, Choi ME. Conditional deletion of myeloid-specific mitofusin 2 but not mitofusin 1 promotes kidney fibrosis. Kidney Int 2022; 101:963-986. [PMID: 35227692 PMCID: PMC9038692 DOI: 10.1016/j.kint.2022.01.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [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: 06/02/2021] [Revised: 12/22/2021] [Accepted: 01/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Macrophages exert critical functions during kidney injury, inflammation, and tissue repair or fibrosis. Mitochondrial structural and functional aberrations due to an imbalance in mitochondrial fusion/fission processes are implicated in the pathogenesis of chronic kidney disease. Therefore, we investigated macrophage-specific functions of mitochondrial fusion proteins, mitofusin (MFN)1 and MFN2, in modulating macrophage mitochondrial dynamics, biogenesis, oxidative stress, polarization, and fibrotic response. MFN1 and MFN2 were found to be suppressed in mice after adenine diet-induced chronic kidney disease, in transforming growth factor-beta 1-treated bone marrow-derived macrophages, and in THP-1-derived human macrophages (a human leukemic cell line). However, abrogating Mfn2 but not Mfn1 in myeloid-lineage cells resulted in greater macrophage recruitment into the kidney during fibrosis and the macrophage-derived fibrotic response associated with collagen deposition culminating in worsening kidney function. Myeloid-specific Mfn1 /Mfn2 double knockout mice also showed increased adenine-induced fibrosis. Mfn2-deficient bone marrow-derived macrophages displayed enhanced polarization towards the profibrotic/M2 phenotype and impaired mitochondrial biogenesis. Macrophages in the kidney of Mfn2-deficient and double knockout but not Mfn1-deficient mice exhibited greater mitochondrial mass, size, oxidative stress and lower mitophagy under fibrotic conditions than the macrophages in the kidney of wild-type mice. Thus, downregulation of MFN2 but not MFN1 lead to macrophage polarization towards a profibrotic phenotype to promote kidney fibrosis through a mechanism involving suppression of macrophage mitophagy and dysfunctional mitochondrial dynamics.
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- Divya Bhatia
- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Joan and Sanford I. Weill Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Joan and Sanford I. Weill Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Joan and Sanford I. Weill Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, USA; Department of Pharmacology, Nara Medical University, Nara, Japan
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Joan and Sanford I. Weill Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, USA; NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Joan and Sanford I. Weill Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Joan and Sanford I. Weill Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, USA; NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York, USA
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Joan and Sanford I. Weill Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, USA; NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York, USA.
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Guha A, Waris S, Nabors LB, Filippova N, Gorospe M, Kwan T, King PH. The versatile role of HuR in Glioblastoma and its potential as a therapeutic target for a multi-pronged attack. Adv Drug Deliv Rev 2022; 181:114082. [PMID: 34923029 PMCID: PMC8916685 DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2021.114082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2021] [Revised: 10/15/2021] [Accepted: 12/12/2021] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Glioblastoma (GBM) is a malignant and aggressive brain tumor with a median survival of ∼15 months. Resistance to treatment arises from the extensive cellular and molecular heterogeneity in the three major components: glioma tumor cells, glioma stem cells, and tumor-associated microglia and macrophages. Within this triad, there is a complex network of intrinsic and secreted factors that promote classic hallmarks of cancer, including angiogenesis, resistance to cell death, proliferation, and immune evasion. A regulatory node connecting these diverse pathways is at the posttranscriptional level as mRNAs encoding many of the key drivers contain adenine- and uridine rich elements (ARE) in the 3' untranslated region. Human antigen R (HuR) binds to ARE-bearing mRNAs and is a major positive regulator at this level. This review focuses on basic concepts of ARE-mediated RNA regulation and how targeting HuR with small molecule inhibitors represents a plausible strategy for a multi-pronged therapeutic attack on GBM.
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- Abhishek Guha
- Department of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, United States
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- Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Medical University, PIMS, G-8, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, United States
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- Department of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, United States
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- Laboratory of Genetics and Genomics, National Institute on Aging Intramural Research Program, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD 21224, United States
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- Department of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, United States
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- Department of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, United States; Department of Cell, Developmental, and Integrative Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, United States; Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Birmingham, AL 35294, United States.
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Wei J, Harada BT, Lu D, Ma R, Gao B, Xu Y, Montauti E, Mani N, Chaudhuri SM, Gregory S, Weinberg SE, Zhang DD, Green R, He C, Fang D. HRD1-mediated METTL14 degradation regulates m 6A mRNA modification to suppress ER proteotoxic liver disease. Mol Cell 2021; 81:5052-5065.e6. [PMID: 34847358 PMCID: PMC8751812 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2021.10.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [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: 04/20/2021] [Revised: 09/05/2021] [Accepted: 10/29/2021] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Accumulation of unfolded or misfolded proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) lumen triggers an unfolded protein response (UPR) for stress adaptation, the failure of which induces cell apoptosis and tissue/organ damage. The molecular switches underlying how the UPR selects for stress adaptation over apoptosis remain unknown. Here, we discovered that accumulation of unfolded/misfolded proteins selectively induces N6-adenosine-methyltransferase-14 (METTL14) expression. METTL14 promotes C/EBP-homologous protein (CHOP) mRNA decay through its 3' UTR N6-methyladenosine (m6A) to inhibit its downstream pro-apoptotic target gene expression. UPR induces METTL14 expression by competing against the HRD1-ER-associated degradation (ERAD) machinery to block METTL14 ubiquitination and degradation. Therefore, mice with liver-specific METTL14 deletion are highly susceptible to both acute pharmacological and alpha-1 antitrypsin (AAT) deficiency-induced ER proteotoxic stress and liver injury. Further hepatic CHOP deletion protects METTL14 knockout mice from ER-stress-induced liver damage. Our study reveals a crosstalk between ER stress and mRNA m6A modification pathways, termed the ERm6A pathway, for ER stress adaptation to proteotoxicity.
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- Juncheng Wei
- Department of Pathology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
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Nguyen TTD, Trinh VN, Le NQK, Ou YY. Using k-mer embeddings learned from a Skip-gram based neural network for building a cross-species DNA N6-methyladenine site prediction model. Plant Mol Biol 2021; 107:533-542. [PMID: 34843033 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-021-01204-1] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2021] [Accepted: 09/25/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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This study used k-mer embeddings as effective feature to identify DNA N6-Methyladenine sites in plant genomes and obtained improved performance without substantial effort in feature extraction, combination and selection. Identification of DNA N6-methyladenine sites has been a very active topic of computational biology due to the unavailability of suitable methods to identify them accurately, especially in plants. Substantial results were obtained with a great effort put in extracting, heuristic searching, or fusing a diverse types of features, not to mention a feature selection step. In this study, we regarded DNA sequences as textual information and employed natural language processing techniques to decipher hidden biological meanings from those sequences. In other words, we considered DNA, the human life book, as a book corpus for training DNA language models. K-mer embeddings then were generated from these language models to be used in machine learning prediction models. Skip-gram neural networks were the base of the language models and ensemble tree-based algorithms were the machine learning algorithms for prediction models. We trained the prediction model on Rosaceae genome dataset and performed a comprehensive test on 3 plant genome datasets. Our proposed method shows promising performance with AUC performance approaching an ideal value on Rosaceae dataset (0.99), a high score on Rice dataset (0.95) and improved performance on Rice dataset while enjoying an elegant, yet efficient feature extraction process.
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- Soonchunhyang Institute of Medi-Bio Science, Soonchunhyang University, Cheonan, 31151, South Korea
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- Professional Master Program in Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei City, 106, Taiwan
- Research Center for Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei City, 106, Taiwan
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- Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Yuan Ze University, Taoyuan, 32003, Taiwan.
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Ran F, Liu Y, Wang C, Xu Z, Zhang Y, Liu Y, Zhao G, Ling Y. Review of the development of BTK inhibitors in overcoming the clinical limitations of ibrutinib. Eur J Med Chem 2021; 229:114009. [PMID: 34839996 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2021.114009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [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: 10/05/2021] [Revised: 11/18/2021] [Accepted: 11/20/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK) regulates multiple important signaling pathways and plays a key role in the proliferation, survival, and differentiation of B-lineage cells and myeloid cells. BTK is a promising target for the treatment of hematologic malignancies. Ibrutinib, the first-generation BTK inhibitor, was approved to treat several B-cell malignancies. Despite the remarkable potency and efficacy of ibrutinib against various lymphomas and leukemias in the clinics, there are also some clinical limitations, such as off-target toxicities and primary/acquired drug resistance. As strategies to overcome these challenges, second- and third-generation BTK inhibitors, BTK-PROTACs, as well as combination therapies have been explored. In this review, we summarize clinical developments of the first-, second- and third-generation BTK inhibitors, as well as recent advances in BTK-PROTACs and ibrutinib-based combination therapies.
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- Fansheng Ran
- School of Pharmacy and Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory for Inflammation and Molecular Drug Target, Nantong University, Nantong, 226001, China; Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology (Ministry of Education), School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, 250012, PR China
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- School of Pharmacy and Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory for Inflammation and Molecular Drug Target, Nantong University, Nantong, 226001, China
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- School of Pharmacy and Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory for Inflammation and Molecular Drug Target, Nantong University, Nantong, 226001, China
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- School of Pharmacy and Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory for Inflammation and Molecular Drug Target, Nantong University, Nantong, 226001, China
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- School of Pharmacy and Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory for Inflammation and Molecular Drug Target, Nantong University, Nantong, 226001, China
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- Department of Lymphoma and Myeloma, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology (Ministry of Education), School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, 250012, PR China.
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- School of Pharmacy and Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory for Inflammation and Molecular Drug Target, Nantong University, Nantong, 226001, China.
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