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Ma YH, Zhu Y, Wu H, He Y, Zhang Q, Huang Q, Wang Z, Xing H, Qiu L, Tan W. Domain-Targeted Membrane Partitioning of Specific Proteins with DNA Nanodevices. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:7640-7648. [PMID: 38466380 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c13966] [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: 03/13/2024]
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The cell membrane exhibits a remarkable complexity of lipids and proteins that dynamically segregate into distinct domains to coordinate various cellular functions. The ability to manipulate the partitioning of specific membrane proteins without involving genetic modification is essential for decoding various cellular processes but highly challenging. In this work, by conjugating cholesterols or tocopherols at the three bottom vertices of the DNA tetrahedron, we develop two sets of nanodevices for the selective targeting of lipid-order (Lo) and lipid-disorder (Ld) domains on the live cell membrane. By incorporation of protein-recognition ligands, such as aptamers or antibodies, through toehold-mediated strand displacement, these DNA nanodevices enable dynamic translocation of target proteins between these two domains. We first used PTK7 as a protein model and demonstrated, for the first time, that the accumulation of PTK7 to the Lo domains could promote tumor cell migration, while sequestering it in the Ld domains would inhibit the movement of the cells. Next, based on their modular nature, these DNA nanodevices were extended to regulate the process of T cell activation through manipulating the translocation of CD45 between the Lo and the Ld domains. Thus, our work is expected to provide deep insight into the study of membrane structure and molecular interactions within diverse cell signaling processes.
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- Yong-Hao Ma
- Molecular Science and Biomedicine Laboratory (MBL), State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, College of Biology, Aptamer Engineering Center of Hunan Province, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan 410082, China
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- Molecular Science and Biomedicine Laboratory (MBL), State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, College of Biology, Aptamer Engineering Center of Hunan Province, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan 410082, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Zhejiang Province for Aptamers and Theranostics, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Hangzhou Institute of Medicine (HIM), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310022, China
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- Molecular Science and Biomedicine Laboratory (MBL), State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, College of Biology, Aptamer Engineering Center of Hunan Province, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan 410082, China
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- Molecular Science and Biomedicine Laboratory (MBL), State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, College of Biology, Aptamer Engineering Center of Hunan Province, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan 410082, China
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- Molecular Science and Biomedicine Laboratory (MBL), State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, College of Biology, Aptamer Engineering Center of Hunan Province, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan 410082, China
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- Molecular Science and Biomedicine Laboratory (MBL), State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, College of Biology, Aptamer Engineering Center of Hunan Province, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan 410082, China
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- Molecular Science and Biomedicine Laboratory (MBL), State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, College of Biology, Aptamer Engineering Center of Hunan Province, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan 410082, China
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- Molecular Science and Biomedicine Laboratory (MBL), State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, College of Biology, Aptamer Engineering Center of Hunan Province, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan 410082, China
- The Key Laboratory of Zhejiang Province for Aptamers and Theranostics, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Hangzhou Institute of Medicine (HIM), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310022, China
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- Molecular Science and Biomedicine Laboratory (MBL), State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, College of Biology, Aptamer Engineering Center of Hunan Province, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan 410082, China
- The Key Laboratory of Zhejiang Province for Aptamers and Theranostics, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Hangzhou Institute of Medicine (HIM), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310022, China
- Institute of Molecular Medicine (IMM), Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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Hsia T, You DG, Politis MG, Batool SM, Ekanayake E, Lee H, Carter BS, Balaj L. Rigorous Comparison of Extracellular Vesicle Processing to Enhance Downstream Analysis for Glioblastoma Characterization. Adv Biol (Weinh) 2024; 8:e2300233. [PMID: 37670402 DOI: 10.1002/adbi.202300233] [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: 06/27/2023] [Revised: 07/28/2023] [Indexed: 09/07/2023]
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Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are highly sought after as a source of biomarkers for disease detection and monitoring. Tumor EV isolation, processing, and evaluation from biofluids is convoluted by EV heterogeneity and biological contaminants and is limited by technical processing efficacy. This study rigorously compares common bulk EV isolation workflows (size exclusion chromatography, SEC; membrane affinity, MA) alongside downstream RNA extraction protocols to investigate molecular analyte recovery. EV integrity and recovery is evaluated using a variety of technologies to quantify total intact EVs, total and surface proteins, and RNA purity and recovery. A comprehensive evaluation of each analyte is performed, with a specific emphasis on maintaining user (n = 2), biological (n = 3), and technical replicates (n≥3) under in vitro conditions. Subsequent study of tumor EV spike-in into healthy donor plasma samples is performed to further validate biofluid-derived EV purity and isolation for clinical application. Results show that EV surface integrity is considerably preserved in eluates from SEC-derived EVs, but RNA recovery and purity, as well as bulk protein isolation, is significantly improved in MA-isolated EVs. This study concludes that EV isolation and RNA extraction pipelines govern recovered analyte integrity, necessitating careful selection of processing modality to enhance recovery of the analyte of interest.
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- Tiffaney Hsia
- Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, 185 Cambridge Street, Boston, MA, 02114, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, 185 Cambridge Street, Boston, MA, 02114, USA
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- Center for Systems Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 185 Cambridge Street, Boston, MA, 02114, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, 185 Cambridge Street, Boston, MA, 02114, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, 185 Cambridge Street, Boston, MA, 02114, USA
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- Center for Systems Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 185 Cambridge Street, Boston, MA, 02114, USA
- Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA, 02114, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, 185 Cambridge Street, Boston, MA, 02114, USA
- Department of Neurosurgery, Harvard Medical School, 25 Shattuck Street, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, 185 Cambridge Street, Boston, MA, 02114, USA
- Department of Neurosurgery, Harvard Medical School, 25 Shattuck Street, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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Chang K, Fang Y, He P, Zhu C, Liu X, Zheng D, Chen D, Liu C. Employing the Anchor DSPE-PEG as a Redox Probe for Ratiometric Electrochemical Detection of Surface Proteins on Extracellular Vesicles with Aptamers. Anal Chem 2023; 95:16194-16200. [PMID: 37889159 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.3c02948] [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: 10/28/2023]
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Quantitative analysis of surface proteins on extracellular vesicles (EVs) has been considered to be a crucial approach for reflecting the status of diseases. Due to the diverse composition of surface proteins on EVs and the interference from nonvesicular proteins, accurately detecting the expression of surface proteins on EVs remains a challenging task. While membrane affinity molecules have been widely employed as EVs capture probes to address this issue, their inherent biochemical properties have not been effectively harnessed. In this paper, we found that the electrochemical redox activity of the DSPE-PEG molecule was diminished upon its insertion into the membrane of EVs. This observation establishes the DSPE-PEG molecule modified on the Au electrode surface as a capture and a redox probe for the electrochemical detection of EVs. By utilizing methylene blue-labeled aptamers, the targeted surface proteins of EVs can be detected by recording the ratio of the oxidation peak current of methylene blue and DSPE-PEG. Without complicated signal amplification, the detection limit for EVs is calculated to be 8.11 × 102 particles/mL. Using this platform, we directly analyzed the expression of CD63 and HER2 proteins on the surface of EVs in human clinical plasma samples, demonstrating its significant potential in distinguishing breast cancer patients from healthy individuals.
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- Kaili Chang
- The Key Laboratory of Cognitive Science of State Ethnic Affairs Commission, Hubei Key Laboratory of Medical Information Analysis and Tumor Diagnosis and Treatment, College of Biomedical Engineering, South-Central Minzu University, Wuhan 430074, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Cognitive Science of State Ethnic Affairs Commission, Hubei Key Laboratory of Medical Information Analysis and Tumor Diagnosis and Treatment, College of Biomedical Engineering, South-Central Minzu University, Wuhan 430074, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Cognitive Science of State Ethnic Affairs Commission, Hubei Key Laboratory of Medical Information Analysis and Tumor Diagnosis and Treatment, College of Biomedical Engineering, South-Central Minzu University, Wuhan 430074, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Cognitive Science of State Ethnic Affairs Commission, Hubei Key Laboratory of Medical Information Analysis and Tumor Diagnosis and Treatment, College of Biomedical Engineering, South-Central Minzu University, Wuhan 430074, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Cognitive Science of State Ethnic Affairs Commission, Hubei Key Laboratory of Medical Information Analysis and Tumor Diagnosis and Treatment, College of Biomedical Engineering, South-Central Minzu University, Wuhan 430074, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Cognitive Science of State Ethnic Affairs Commission, Hubei Key Laboratory of Medical Information Analysis and Tumor Diagnosis and Treatment, College of Biomedical Engineering, South-Central Minzu University, Wuhan 430074, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Maternal and Child Health Hospital of Hubei Province, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430070, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Cognitive Science of State Ethnic Affairs Commission, Hubei Key Laboratory of Medical Information Analysis and Tumor Diagnosis and Treatment, College of Biomedical Engineering, South-Central Minzu University, Wuhan 430074, China
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Qin T, Li P, Li J, Guo Q, Chen Y, Wang YE, Tao L, Huang J, Shen X, Wu X. Size-exclusion chromatography-based extracellular vesicle size subtyping and multiplex membrane protein profiling for differentiating gastrointestinal cancer prognosis. Analyst 2023; 148:5745-5752. [PMID: 37842723 DOI: 10.1039/d3an01027a] [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: 10/17/2023]
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Extracellular vesicles (EVs), as a type of subcellular structure, have been extensively researched for their potential for developing advanced diagnostic technologies for various diseases. However, the biomolecular and biophysical heterogeneity of EVs has restricted their application in clinical settings. In this article, we developed a size-exclusion chromatography-based technique for simultaneous EV size subtyping and protein profiling. By eluting fluorescent aptamer-treated patient plasma through a size-exclusion column, the mixture can be classified into 50 nm aptamer-bound EVs, 100 nm aptamer-bound EVs and free-floating aptamers, which could further enable multiplex EV membrane protein profiling by analyzing the fluorescence intensities of EV-bound aptamers. Using this technique, we successfully identified EV size subtypes for differentiating gastrointestinal cancer prognosis states. Overall, we developed a rapid, user-friendly and low-cost EV size subtyping and protein profiling technique, which holds great potential for identifying crucial EV size subtypes for disease diagnosis in the clinic.
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- Ti Qin
- State Key Laboratory of Functions and Applications of Medicinal Plants, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guizhou Medical University, University Town, Guian New District, 550025, Guizhou, China.
- The High Efficacy Application of Natural Medicinal Resources Engineering Center of Guizhou Province, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guizhou Medical University, University Town, Guian New District, 550025, Guizhou, China
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- Department of Pathology, The Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, 550004, Guizhou, China
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- Hongkong Well Hope Group Limited, 6/F RFCM, Manulife Place.348 Kwun Tong Road, Kowloon, 999077, Hong Kong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Functions and Applications of Medicinal Plants, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guizhou Medical University, University Town, Guian New District, 550025, Guizhou, China.
- The High Efficacy Application of Natural Medicinal Resources Engineering Center of Guizhou Province, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guizhou Medical University, University Town, Guian New District, 550025, Guizhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Functions and Applications of Medicinal Plants, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guizhou Medical University, University Town, Guian New District, 550025, Guizhou, China.
- The High Efficacy Application of Natural Medicinal Resources Engineering Center of Guizhou Province, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guizhou Medical University, University Town, Guian New District, 550025, Guizhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Functions and Applications of Medicinal Plants, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guizhou Medical University, University Town, Guian New District, 550025, Guizhou, China.
- The High Efficacy Application of Natural Medicinal Resources Engineering Center of Guizhou Province, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guizhou Medical University, University Town, Guian New District, 550025, Guizhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Functions and Applications of Medicinal Plants, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guizhou Medical University, University Town, Guian New District, 550025, Guizhou, China.
- The High Efficacy Application of Natural Medicinal Resources Engineering Center of Guizhou Province, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guizhou Medical University, University Town, Guian New District, 550025, Guizhou, China
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- Center for Clinical Laboratories, The Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, 550004, Guizhou, China.
- School of Clinical Laboratory Science, Guizhou Medical University, University Town, Guian New District, 550025, Guizhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Functions and Applications of Medicinal Plants, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guizhou Medical University, University Town, Guian New District, 550025, Guizhou, China.
- The High Efficacy Application of Natural Medicinal Resources Engineering Center of Guizhou Province, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guizhou Medical University, University Town, Guian New District, 550025, Guizhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Functions and Applications of Medicinal Plants, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guizhou Medical University, University Town, Guian New District, 550025, Guizhou, China.
- The High Efficacy Application of Natural Medicinal Resources Engineering Center of Guizhou Province, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guizhou Medical University, University Town, Guian New District, 550025, Guizhou, China
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Deori NM, Infant T, Thummer RP, Nagotu S. Characterization of the Multiple Domains of Pex30 Involved in Subcellular Localization of the Protein and Regulation of Peroxisome Number. Cell Biochem Biophys 2023; 81:39-47. [PMID: 36462131 DOI: 10.1007/s12013-022-01122-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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2022] [Accepted: 11/22/2022] [Indexed: 12/05/2022]
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Pex30 is a peroxisomal protein whose role in peroxisome biogenesis via the endoplasmic reticulum has been established. It is a 58 KDa multi-domain protein that facilitates contact site formation between various organelles. The present study aimed to investigate the role of various domains of the protein in its sub-cellular localization and regulation of peroxisome number. For this, we created six truncations of the protein (1-87, 1-250, 1-352, 88-523, 251-523 and 353-523) and tagged GFP at the C-terminus. Biochemical methods and fluorescence microscopy were used to characterize the effect of truncation on expression and localization of the protein. Quantitative analysis was performed to determine the effect of truncation on peroxisome number in these cells. Expression of the truncated variants in cells lacking PEX30 did not cause any effect on cell growth. Interestingly, variable expression and localization of the truncated variants in both peroxisome-inducing and non-inducing medium was observed. Truncated variants depicted different distribution patterns such as punctate, reticulate and cytosolic fluorescence. Interestingly, lack of the complete dysferlin domain or C-Dysf resulted in increased peroxisome number similar to as reported for cells lacking Pex30. No contribution of this domain in the reticulate distribution of the proteins was also observed. Our results show an interesting role for the various domains of Pex30 in localization and regulation of peroxisome number.
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- Nayan Moni Deori
- Organelle Biology and Cellular Ageing Lab, Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, Assam, 781039, India
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- Organelle Biology and Cellular Ageing Lab, Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, Assam, 781039, India
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- Laboratory for Stem Cell Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, Assam, 781039, India
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- Organelle Biology and Cellular Ageing Lab, Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, Assam, 781039, India.
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Lokesha SB, Chowdary BV, Kini JR. p63-positive prostate carcinoma-A very rare presentation. INDIAN J PATHOL MICR 2022; 65:448-451. [PMID: 35435392 DOI: 10.4103/0377-4929.343157] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023] Open
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Prostate cancer being the world's leading cause of cancer and also the second most common cancer in men is posing challenges in its diagnosis. Immunohistochemistry with markers like high molecular weight cytokeratin, p63 aid in the diagnosis. The absence of p63 and high molecular weight cytokeratin and presence of p504s in the biopsies indicate malignant lesions. Yet, there is a loophole to this too. A rare case of p63-positive prostatic adenocarcinoma in an 87-year-old patient, with immunohistochemistry results showing overexpression of p63 in the nuclei of the malignant glands. This tumor shows high molecular weight cytokeratin negativity, and p504s positivity. Prognosis of this variant of the tumor is mostly favorable. Prompt treatment will halt the progression of this tumor and prevent paraplegia. Radical prostatectomy could be avoided by treatment modalities like androgen blockade and brachytherapy, as morbidity is very high with radical prostatectomy surgery.
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- Sanjana B Lokesha
- Resident, 3rd year, MBBS, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Karnataka, India
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- Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India
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- Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India
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Han Y, Black S, Gong Z, Chen Z, Ko JK, Zhou Z, Xia T, Fang D, Yang D, Gu D, Zhang Z, Ren H, Duan X, Reader BF, Chen P, Li Y, Kim JL, Li Z, Xu X, Guo L, Zhou X, Haggard E, Zhu H, Tan T, Chen K, Ma J, Zeng C. Membrane-delimited signaling and cytosolic action of MG53 preserve hepatocyte integrity during drug-induced liver injury. J Hepatol 2022; 76:558-567. [PMID: 34736969 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2021.10.017] [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] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2021] [Revised: 09/20/2021] [Accepted: 10/18/2021] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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BACKGROUND & AIMS Drug-induced liver injury (DILI) remains challenging to treat and is still a leading cause of acute liver failure. MG53 is a muscle-derived tissue-repair protein that circulates in the bloodstream and whose physiological role in protection against DILI has not been examined. METHODS Recombinant MG53 protein (rhMG53) was administered exogenously, using mice with deletion of Mg53 or Ripk3. Live-cell imaging, histological, biochemical, and molecular studies were used to investigate the mechanisms that underlie the extracellular and intracellular action of rhMG53 in hepatoprotection. RESULTS Systemic administration of rhMG53 protein, in mice, can prophylactically and therapeutically treat DILI induced through exposure to acetaminophen, tetracycline, concanavalin A, carbon tetrachloride, or thioacetamide. Circulating MG53 protects hepatocytes from injury through direct interaction with MLKL at the plasma membrane. Extracellular MG53 can enter hepatocytes and act as an E3-ligase to mitigate RIPK3-mediated MLKL phosphorylation and membrane translocation. CONCLUSIONS Our data show that the membrane-delimited signaling and cytosolic dual action of MG53 effectively preserves hepatocyte integrity during DILI. rhMG53 may be a potential treatment option for patients with DILI. LAY SUMMARY Interventions to treat drug-induced liver injury and halt its progression into liver failure are of great value to society. The present study reveals that muscle-liver cross talk, with MG53 as a messenger, serves an important role in liver cell protection. Thus, MG53 is a potential treatment option for patients with drug-induced liver injury.
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- Yu Han
- Department of Cardiology, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China; Chongqing Key Laboratory for Hypertension Research, Chongqing Cardiovascular Clinical Research Center, Chongqing Institute of Cardiology, Chongqing, PR China
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- Department of Surgery, Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Cardiology, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China; Chongqing Key Laboratory for Hypertension Research, Chongqing Cardiovascular Clinical Research Center, Chongqing Institute of Cardiology, Chongqing, PR China
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- Department of Cardiology, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China; Chongqing Key Laboratory for Hypertension Research, Chongqing Cardiovascular Clinical Research Center, Chongqing Institute of Cardiology, Chongqing, PR China
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- Department of Surgery, Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Cardiology, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China; Chongqing Key Laboratory for Hypertension Research, Chongqing Cardiovascular Clinical Research Center, Chongqing Institute of Cardiology, Chongqing, PR China
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- Department of Cardiology, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China; Chongqing Key Laboratory for Hypertension Research, Chongqing Cardiovascular Clinical Research Center, Chongqing Institute of Cardiology, Chongqing, PR China
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- Department of Cardiology, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China; Chongqing Key Laboratory for Hypertension Research, Chongqing Cardiovascular Clinical Research Center, Chongqing Institute of Cardiology, Chongqing, PR China
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- Department of Cardiology, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China; Chongqing Key Laboratory for Hypertension Research, Chongqing Cardiovascular Clinical Research Center, Chongqing Institute of Cardiology, Chongqing, PR China
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- Department of Cardiology, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China; Chongqing Key Laboratory for Hypertension Research, Chongqing Cardiovascular Clinical Research Center, Chongqing Institute of Cardiology, Chongqing, PR China
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- Department of Cardiology, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China; Chongqing Key Laboratory for Hypertension Research, Chongqing Cardiovascular Clinical Research Center, Chongqing Institute of Cardiology, Chongqing, PR China
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- Department of Cardiology, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China; Chongqing Key Laboratory for Hypertension Research, Chongqing Cardiovascular Clinical Research Center, Chongqing Institute of Cardiology, Chongqing, PR China
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- Cardiovascular Research Center of Chongqing College, Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chongqing, PR China
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- Department of Surgery, Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Clinical Medicine Research Center, Xinqiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Surgery, Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA; Laboratory of Cell Biology, Genetics and Developmental Biology, Shannxi Normal University College of Life Sciences, Xi'an, China
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- Laboratory of Cell Biology, Genetics and Developmental Biology, Shannxi Normal University College of Life Sciences, Xi'an, China
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- Clinical Medicine Research Center, Xinqiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Surgery, Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Cardiology, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China; Chongqing Key Laboratory for Hypertension Research, Chongqing Cardiovascular Clinical Research Center, Chongqing Institute of Cardiology, Chongqing, PR China; Cardiovascular Research Center of Chongqing College, Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chongqing, PR China.
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- Department of Surgery, Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.
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- Department of Cardiology, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China; Chongqing Key Laboratory for Hypertension Research, Chongqing Cardiovascular Clinical Research Center, Chongqing Institute of Cardiology, Chongqing, PR China; State Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burns and Combined Injury, Daping Hospital, The Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, PR China; Cardiovascular Research Center of Chongqing College, Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chongqing, PR China.
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Lesieur-Sebellin M, Till M, Khau Van Kien P, Herve B, Bourgon N, Dupont C, Tabet AC, Barrois M, Coussement A, Loeuillet L, Mousty E, Ea V, El Assal A, Mary L, Jaillard S, Beneteau C, Le Vaillant C, Coutton C, Devillard F, Goumy C, Delabaere A, Redon S, Laurent Y, Lamouroux A, Massardier J, Turleau C, Sanlaville D, Cantagrel V, Sonigo P, Vialard F, Salomon LJ, Malan V. Terminal 6q deletions cause brain malformations, a phenotype mimicking heterozygous DLL1 pathogenic variants: A multicenter retrospective case series. Prenat Diagn 2021; 42:118-135. [PMID: 34894355 DOI: 10.1002/pd.6074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2021] [Revised: 11/24/2021] [Accepted: 11/30/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Terminal 6q deletion is a rare genetic condition associated with a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by intellectual disability and structural brain anomalies. Interestingly, a similar phenotype is observed in patients harboring pathogenic variants in the DLL1 gene. Our study aimed to further characterize the prenatal phenotype of this syndrome as well as to attempt to establish phenotype-genotype correlations. METHOD We collected ultrasound findings from 22 fetuses diagnosed with a pure 6qter deletion. We reviewed the literature and compared our 22 cases with 14 fetuses previously reported as well as with patients with heterozygous DLL1 pathogenic variants. RESULTS Brain structural alterations were observed in all fetuses. The most common findings (>70%) were cerebellar hypoplasia, ventriculomegaly, and corpus callosum abnormalities. Gyration abnormalities were observed in 46% of cases. Occasional findings included cerebral heterotopia, aqueductal stenosis, vertebral malformations, dysmorphic features, and kidney abnormalities. CONCLUSION This is the first series of fetuses diagnosed with pure terminal 6q deletion. Based on our findings, we emphasize the prenatal sonographic anomalies, which may suggest the syndrome. Furthermore, this study highlights the importance of chromosomal microarray analysis to search for submicroscopic deletions of the 6q27 region involving the DLL1 gene in fetuses with these malformations.
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- Marion Lesieur-Sebellin
- Service de Médecine Génomique des Maladies Rares, APHP-Centre, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris, France
- Faculté de Médecine, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Cytogénétique, service de Génétique, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Groupement Hospitalier Est, Bron, France
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- Département de Génétique, CHI Poissy Saint-Germain, Saint-Germain, France
- Université Paris-Saclay, UVSQ, INRAE, BREED, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- Service d'Obstétrique et de Médecine Fœtale, APHP-Centre, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris, France
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- Département de Génétique, Unité de Cytogénétique, Hôpital Robert Debré, APHP Nord, Paris, France
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- Département de Génétique, Unité de Cytogénétique, Hôpital Robert Debré, APHP Nord, Paris, France
- Génétique Humaine et Fonctions Cognitives, Institut Pasteur, UMR3571 CNRS, Université de Paris, Paris, France
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- Maternité Port Royal, APHP Centre, Hôpital Cochin, Paris, France
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- Service des Maladies Génétiques de système et d'organes, APHP-Centre, Hôpital Cochin, Paris, France
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- Service de Médecine Génomique des Maladies Rares, APHP-Centre, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris, France
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- Service de Gynécologie Obstétrique, Hôpital Caremeau, Nîmes, France
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- UF de Cytogénétique et Génétique Médicale, Hôpital Caremeau, Nîmes, France
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- Département de Gynécologie Obstétrique, CHI Poissy Saint-Germain, Saint-Germain, France
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- Service d'Anatomie Pathologique, CHU Rennes, Rennes, France
- Service de Cytogénétique et Biologie Cellulaire, CHU Rennes, Rennes, France
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- Service de Cytogénétique et Biologie Cellulaire, CHU Rennes, Rennes, France
- INSERM, EHESP, IRSET, Université Rennes 1, Rennes, France
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- Service de Génétique Médicale, CHU Nantes, Nantes, France
- UF de Fœtopathologie et Génétique, CHU de Nantes, Nantes, France
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- Service de Génétique, Génomique et Procréation, Hôpital Couple Enfant, CHU Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France
- Université Grenoble Alpes, INSERM U1209, CNRS UMR 5309, Institut pour l'Avancée des Biosciences, Equipe Génétique, Epigénétique et Thérapies de l'infertilité, Grenoble, France
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- Service de Génétique, Génomique et Procréation, Hôpital Couple Enfant, CHU Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France
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- Cytogénétique Médicale, CHU Clermont-Ferrand, CHU Estaing, Université Clermont Auvergne, INSERM, U1240 Imagerie Moléculaire et Stratégies Théranostiques, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- CHU Brest, Inserm, Université de Brest, Brest, France
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- Service de Gynécologie et Obstétrique, GHBS Lorient, Lorient, France
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- Service de Génétique Clinique, CHU Montpellier, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
- Service de Gynécologie Obstétrique, CHU Nîmes, Université de Montpellier, Nîmes, France
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- Service de Gynécologie et Obstétrique, Hôpital Femme-Mère-Enfant, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Bron, France
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- Service de Médecine Génomique des Maladies Rares, APHP-Centre, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Cytogénétique, service de Génétique, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Groupement Hospitalier Est, Bron, France
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- Université de Paris, Institut Imagine, Laboratoire de génétique des troubles du neurodéveloppement, Paris, France
- Université de Paris, Paris, France
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- Service de Radiologie Pédiatrique, APHP-Centre, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris, France
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- Département de Génétique, CHI Poissy Saint-Germain, Saint-Germain, France
- Université Paris-Saclay, UVSQ, INRAE, BREED, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- Service d'Obstétrique et de Médecine Fœtale, APHP-Centre, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris, France
- Université de Paris, Paris, France
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- Service de Médecine Génomique des Maladies Rares, APHP-Centre, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris, France
- Université de Paris, Institut Imagine, Laboratoire de génétique des troubles du neurodéveloppement, Paris, France
- Université de Paris, Paris, France
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Tian Y, Xu W, Ma K, Cong L, Shen Y, Han X, Liang C, Liang L, Qi G, Jin Y, Xu S. Label-Free Analysis of Cell Membrane Proteins via Evanescent Field Excited Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering. J Phys Chem Lett 2021; 12:10720-10727. [PMID: 34709838 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c02966] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Challenges in studying the structures and functions of cell membrane proteins lie in their lipophilicity, which makes them hard to be stabilized, crystallized, and expressed by E. coli. Herein, we propose an evanescent field excited surface-enhanced Raman scattering (EF-SERS) strategy for label-free analysis of membrane proteins in situ. Extracted cell membranes tightly wrapped the metal nanoparticles by an extruder, which ensures the SERS signals of the membrane proteins precisely benefit from the localized surface plasmons (LSPs). The leaky mode of a waveguide was employed to improve the plasmon excitation coupling. Thus, the LSPs and waveguide modes together enable the achievement of high-quality SERS profiles of membrane proteins. By spectral analysis, the structural changes of membrane proteins can be deeply understood at the molecular level. This method has broader applicability in establishing the Ramanomics of membrane proteins and unraveling the exact changes of membrane proteins during physiological processes.
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- Yu Tian
- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, 2699 Qianjin Avenue, Changchun 130012, Jilin, P.R. China
- Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, 2699 Qianjin Avenue, Changchun 130012, Jilin, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, 2699 Qianjin Avenue, Changchun 130012, Jilin, P.R. China
- Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, 2699 Qianjin Avenue, Changchun 130012, Jilin, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 5625 Renmin Avenue, Changchun 130022, Jilin, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, 2699 Qianjin Avenue, Changchun 130012, Jilin, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, 2699 Qianjin Avenue, Changchun 130012, Jilin, P.R. China
- Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, 2699 Qianjin Avenue, Changchun 130012, Jilin, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, 2699 Qianjin Avenue, Changchun 130012, Jilin, P.R. China
- Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, 2699 Qianjin Avenue, Changchun 130012, Jilin, P.R. China
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- Institute of Frontier Medical Science, Jilin University, 1163 Xinmin Avenue, Changchun 130021, P.R. China
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- Cardiovascular Research Center of Chongqing College, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 266 Fangzheng Avenue, Chongqing 400700, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 5625 Renmin Avenue, Changchun 130022, Jilin, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 5625 Renmin Avenue, Changchun 130022, Jilin, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, 2699 Qianjin Avenue, Changchun 130012, Jilin, P.R. China
- Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, 2699 Qianjin Avenue, Changchun 130012, Jilin, P.R. China
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Quan Q, Liao Q, Yin W, Zhou S, Gong S, Mu X. Serum HE4 and CA125 combined to predict and monitor recurrence of type II endometrial carcinoma. Sci Rep 2021; 11:21694. [PMID: 34737393 PMCID: PMC8569215 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-01263-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2021] [Accepted: 10/25/2021] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
Abstract
There is no recognized serum biomarker to predict the recurrence of endometrial carcinoma (EC). We aimed to explore serum human epididymis protein 4 (HE4) and cancer antigen 125 (CA125) as the biomarkers to predict and monitor recurrence of type II EC. 191 patients diagnosed with type II EC were involved for this retrospective study. Comparing recurrent with non-recurrent patients, HE4 levels resulted a statistically significant difference at primary diagnosis and recurrence, respectively (P = 0.002 and P = < 0.001), while CA125 levels resulted statistically significant (P = < 0.001) at recurrence. According to receiver operating characteristic curve analysis, the areas under the curve were significant for HE4 levels at primary diagnosis and recurrence predicting recurrence. Furthermore, CA125 levels at recurrence were significant. And the combination of both markers showed the higher sensitivity and specificity than single one. Patients with higher HE4 levels were associated with worse disease-free survival and overall survival, the opposite was true for patients with lower HE4 levels. The preoperative HE4 levels could be used to evaluate the risk factors of type II EC. Which suggested that HE4 levels might associated with the prognosis of type II EC. And combination of HE4 and CA125 could be applied to monitor recurrence during follow-up.
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- Quan Quan
- Department of Gynecology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, No. 1 Youyi Road, Yuanjiagang, Yuzhong District, Chongqing, 400016, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chongqing Health Center for Women and Children, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Gynecology, The First People's Hospital of Chongqing Liangjiang New Area, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Obstetrics, Chongqing Health Center for Women and Children, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Gynecology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, No. 1 Youyi Road, Yuanjiagang, Yuzhong District, Chongqing, 400016, China
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- Department of Gynecology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, No. 1 Youyi Road, Yuanjiagang, Yuzhong District, Chongqing, 400016, China.
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Abstract
Membrane proteins play crucial roles in cell signaling and transport and, thus, are the targets of many small molecule drugs. The characterization of membrane protein structures poses challenges for the high-resolution biophysical tools because the transmembrane (TM) domain is hydrophobic, opening an opportunity for mass spectrometry (MS)-based footprinting. The hydrophobic reagent diethylpyrocarbonate (DEPC), a heavily studied footprinter for water-soluble proteins, can label up to 30% of surface residues via a straightforward protocol, streamlining the MS-based footprinting workflow. To test its applicability to membrane proteins, we footprinted vitamin K epoxide reductase (VKOR) membrane protein with DEPC. The results demonstrate that besides labeling the hydrophilic extracellular (extramembrane (EM)) domain, DEPC can also diffuse into the hydrophobic TM domain and subsequently label that region. The labeling process was facilitated by tip sonication to enhance reagent diffusion into micelles. We then analyzed the correlation between the residue modification extent and the theoretical accessible surface area percentage (%ASA); the data generally show good correlation with the residue location. Compared with conventional hydrophilic footprinters, the relatively hydrophobic DEPC can map a membrane protein's TM domain, suggesting that the reagent's hydrophobicity can be exploited to obtain structural information on the membrane-spanning region. This encouraging result should assist in the development of more efficient footprinters for membrane protein TM domain footprinting, enabled by further understanding the relationship between a reagent's hydrophobicity and its preferred labeling sites.
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- Chunyang Guo
- Department of Chemistry, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
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Rai A, Fang H, Claridge B, Simpson RJ, Greening DW. Proteomic dissection of large extracellular vesicle surfaceome unravels interactive surface platform. J Extracell Vesicles 2021; 10:e12164. [PMID: 34817906 PMCID: PMC8612312 DOI: 10.1002/jev2.12164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [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: 07/30/2021] [Revised: 09/20/2021] [Accepted: 10/13/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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The extracellular vesicle (EV) surface proteome (surfaceome) acts as a fundamental signalling gateway by bridging intra- and extracellular signalling networks, dictates EVs' capacity to communicate and interact with their environment, and is a source of potential disease biomarkers and therapeutic targets. However, our understanding of surface protein composition of large EVs (L-EVs, 100-800 nm, mean 310 nm, ATP5F1A, ATP5F1B, DHX9, GOT2, HSPA5, HSPD1, MDH2, STOML2), a major EV-subtype that are distinct from small EVs (S-EVs, 30-150 nm, mean 110 nm, CD44, CD63, CD81, CD82, CD9, PDCD6IP, SDCBP, TSG101) remains limited. Using a membrane impermeant derivative of biotin to capture surface proteins coupled to mass spectrometry analysis, we show that out of 4143 proteins identified in density-gradient purified L-EVs (1.07-1.11 g/mL, from multiple cancer cell lines), 961 proteins are surface accessible. The surface molecular diversity of L-EVs include (i) bona fide plasma membrane anchored proteins (cluster of differentiation, transporters, receptors and GPI anchored proteins implicated in cell-cell and cell-ECM interactions); and (ii) membrane surface-associated proteins (that are released by divalent ion chelator EDTA) implicated in actin cytoskeleton regulation, junction organization, glycolysis and platelet activation. Ligand-receptor analysis of L-EV surfaceome (e.g., ITGAV/ITGB1) uncovered interactome spanning 172 experimentally verified cognate binding partners (e.g., ANGPTL3, PLG, and VTN) with highest tissue enrichment for liver. Assessment of biotin inaccessible L-EV proteome revealed enrichment for proteins belonging to COPI/II-coated ER/Golgi-derived vesicles and mitochondria. Additionally, despite common surface proteins identified in L-EVs and S-EVs, our data reveals surfaceome heterogeneity between the two EV-subtype. Collectively, our study provides critical insights into diverse proteins operating at the interactive platform of L-EVs and molecular leads for future studies seeking to decipher L-EV heterogeneity and function.
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- Alin Rai
- Molecular ProteomicsBaker Heart and Diabetes InstituteMelbourneVictoria3004Australia
- Central Clinical SchoolMonash UniversityMelbourneVictoria3004Australia
- Baker Department of Cardiometabolic HealthUniversity of MelbourneMelbourneVictoria3052Australia
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- Molecular ProteomicsBaker Heart and Diabetes InstituteMelbourneVictoria3004Australia
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- Molecular ProteomicsBaker Heart and Diabetes InstituteMelbourneVictoria3004Australia
- Department of Biochemistry and Genetics, La Trobe Institute for Molecular ScienceLa Trobe UniversityMelbourneVictoria3086Australia
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- Department of Biochemistry and Genetics, La Trobe Institute for Molecular ScienceLa Trobe UniversityMelbourneVictoria3086Australia
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- Molecular ProteomicsBaker Heart and Diabetes InstituteMelbourneVictoria3004Australia
- Central Clinical SchoolMonash UniversityMelbourneVictoria3004Australia
- Baker Department of Cardiometabolic HealthUniversity of MelbourneMelbourneVictoria3052Australia
- Department of Biochemistry and Genetics, La Trobe Institute for Molecular ScienceLa Trobe UniversityMelbourneVictoria3086Australia
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Huvila J, Cochrane DR, Ta M, Chow C, Greening K, Leung S, Karnezis AN, DiFeo A, Huntsman DG. STING pathway expression in low-grade serous carcinoma of the ovary: an unexpected therapeutic opportunity? J Pathol Clin Res 2021; 7:548-555. [PMID: 34138519 PMCID: PMC8503889 DOI: 10.1002/cjp2.230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2021] [Revised: 05/17/2021] [Accepted: 05/24/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Ovarian carcinoma histotypes are distinct diseases with variable clinical outcomes and response to treatment. There is a need for new subtype-specific treatment modalities, especially for women with widespread and chemo-resistant disease. Stimulator of interferon genes (STING) is a part of the cGAS-STING pathway that mediates innate immune defence against infectious DNA-containing pathogens and also detects tumour-derived DNA and generates intrinsic antitumour immunity. The STING signalling pathway is suppressed by several mechanisms in a variety of malignant diseases and, in some cancers that may be a requirement for cellular transformation. The aim of this study was to use immunohistochemistry to evaluate STING protein expression across normal tissue, paratubal and ovarian cysts, and ovarian tumour histotypes including ovarian carcinomas. Herein, we show that the fallopian tube ciliated cells express STING protein, whereas the secretory cells are negative. STING expression differs among ovarian cancer histotypes; low-grade serous ovarian carcinomas and serous borderline tumours have uniform high STING expression, while high-grade serous and endometrioid carcinomas have heterogeneous expression, and clear cell and mucinous carcinomas show low expression. As low-grade serous carcinomas are known to be genomically stable and typically lack a prominent host immune response, the consistently high STING expression is unexpected. High STING expression may reflect pathway activation or histogenesis and the mechanisms may be different in different ovarian carcinoma histotypes. Further studies are needed to determine whether the STING signalling pathway is active and whether these tumours would be candidates for therapeutic interventions that trigger innate immunity activation.
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MESH Headings
- Biomarkers, Tumor/analysis
- Female
- Humans
- Immunity, Innate
- Immunotherapy
- Membrane Proteins/analysis
- Neoplasm Grading
- Neoplasms, Cystic, Mucinous, and Serous/chemistry
- Neoplasms, Cystic, Mucinous, and Serous/immunology
- Neoplasms, Cystic, Mucinous, and Serous/pathology
- Neoplasms, Cystic, Mucinous, and Serous/therapy
- Ovarian Neoplasms/chemistry
- Ovarian Neoplasms/immunology
- Ovarian Neoplasms/pathology
- Ovarian Neoplasms/therapy
- Signal Transduction
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- Jutta Huvila
- Department of BiomedicineUniversity of TurkuTurkuFinland
- Department of Molecular OncologyBC Cancer Research CenterVancouverBCCanada
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- Department of Molecular OncologyBC Cancer Research CenterVancouverBCCanada
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- Genetic Pathology Evaluation CentreVancouver General HospitalVancouverBCCanada
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- Genetic Pathology Evaluation CentreVancouver General HospitalVancouverBCCanada
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory MedicineUniversity of British ColumbiaVancouverBCCanada
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- Department of Molecular OncologyBC Cancer Research CenterVancouverBCCanada
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory MedicineUniversity of California Davis Medical CenterSacramentoCAUSA
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- Department of PathologyUniversity of Michigan Medical SchoolAnn ArborMIUSA
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- Department of Molecular OncologyBC Cancer Research CenterVancouverBCCanada
- Genetic Pathology Evaluation CentreVancouver General HospitalVancouverBCCanada
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory MedicineUniversity of British ColumbiaVancouverBCCanada
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Yu T, Wang Y, Quan H, Meng Y, Wang Z, Zhao C, Guo Q, Ge J. A colorimetric biosensor for ultrasensitive detection of the SURF1 gene based on a dual DNA-induced cascade hybridization reaction. Anal Methods 2021; 13:4778-4784. [PMID: 34569567 DOI: 10.1039/d1ay01102b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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In this work, a simple and ultrasensitive colorimetric biosensor for detection of SURF1 gene fragments (Leigh syndrome) has been developed based on a dual DNA-induced cascade hybridization reaction. Firstly, a biotin labeled capture probe was immobilized on a streptavidin labeled 96-well transparent plate surface. Then the target SURF1 fragment and auxiliary probe S1 were added into the reaction system to form a "Y" structure with the capture probe. Furthermore, to achieve a highly efficient signal amplification strategy, digoxin labeled P1, P2, P3 and P4 probes were used to cause a dual DNA-induced cascade hybridization reaction on the "Y" structure of the 96-well plate surface. As a detection probe, the HRP anti-digoxin antibody was combined on the surface to produce a colorimetric response to the SURF1 fragment in the presence of TMB. Under the optimal conditions, the established method exhibited a wide linear range from 1.0 × 10-13 M to 1.0 × 10-8 M and a detection limit to SURF1 as low as 1.73 × 10-14 M. In addition, the strategy has been successfully applied to the detection of SURF1 in spiked human serum samples. Therefore, the established biosensor has potential application prospects in gene fragment analysis and early diagnosis of clinical diseases.
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- Tianxiao Yu
- Research Center for Clinical Medical Sciences, The Fourth Hospital of Shijiazhuang (The Affiliated Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital of Hebei Medical University), Shijiazhuang, 050000, China.
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, The Fourth Hospital of Shijiazhuang (The Affiliated Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital of Hebei Medical University), Shijiazhuang, 050000, China
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- Research Center for Clinical Medical Sciences, The Fourth Hospital of Shijiazhuang (The Affiliated Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital of Hebei Medical University), Shijiazhuang, 050000, China.
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- Research Center for Clinical Medical Sciences, The Fourth Hospital of Shijiazhuang (The Affiliated Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital of Hebei Medical University), Shijiazhuang, 050000, China.
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, The Fourth Hospital of Shijiazhuang (The Affiliated Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital of Hebei Medical University), Shijiazhuang, 050000, China
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- Research Center for Clinical Medical Sciences, The Fourth Hospital of Shijiazhuang (The Affiliated Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital of Hebei Medical University), Shijiazhuang, 050000, China.
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- Research Center for Clinical Medical Sciences, The Fourth Hospital of Shijiazhuang (The Affiliated Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital of Hebei Medical University), Shijiazhuang, 050000, China.
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- Research Center for Clinical Medical Sciences, The Fourth Hospital of Shijiazhuang (The Affiliated Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital of Hebei Medical University), Shijiazhuang, 050000, China.
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Assenhöj M, Ward LJ, Ghafouri B, Graff P, Ljunggren SA. Metal exposure from additive manufacturing and its effect on the nasal lavage fluid proteome - a pilot study. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0256746. [PMID: 34464420 PMCID: PMC8407577 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0256746] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2021] [Accepted: 08/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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The use of metal additive manufacturing (AM) is steadily increasing and is an emerging concern regarding occupational exposure. In this study, non-invasive sampled nasal lavage fluid (NLF) from the upper airways was collected from metal AM operators at the beginning and end of a workweek during two consecutive years with preventive interventions in the occupational setting in-between (n = 5 year 1, n = 9 year 2). During year one, NLF was also collected from welders (n = 6) from the same company to get a comparison with a traditional manufacturing technique with known exposure and health risks. The samples were investigated using untargeted proteomics, as well as using multi-immunoassay to analyze a panel of 71 inflammatory protein markers. NLF in AM operators from year 1 showed decreased levels of Immunoglobulin J and WAP four-disulfide core domain protein 2 and increased levels of Golgi membrane protein 1, Uteroglobin and Protein S100-A6 at the end of the workweek. At year two, after preventive interventions, there were no significant differences at the end of the workweek. In welders, Annexin A1 and Protein S100-A6 were increased at the end of the workweek. The analysis of 71 inflammatory biomarkers showed no significant differences between the beginning and the end of workweek year 1 in AM operators. We identified several proteins of interest in the AM operators that could serve as possible markers for exposure in future studies with a larger cohort for validation.
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- Maria Assenhöj
- Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences, Occupational and Environmental Medicine Center, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences, Pain and Rehabilitation Center, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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- National Institute of Occupational Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences, Occupational and Environmental Medicine Center, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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Chhipa AS, Patel S. Targeting pyruvate kinase muscle isoform 2 (PKM2) in cancer: What do we know so far? Life Sci 2021; 280:119694. [PMID: 34102192 DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2021.119694] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [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: 01/01/2021] [Revised: 04/29/2021] [Accepted: 05/28/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Cancer is a leading cause of death globally. Cancer cell transformation is the result of intricate crosstalk between intracellular components and proteins. A characteristic feature of cancer cells is the ability to reprogram their metabolic pathways to ensure their infinite proliferative potential. Pyruvate kinase muscle isoform 2 (PKM2) is a glycolytic enzyme that plays crucial roles in cancer, apart from carrying out its metabolic roles. PKM2 is involved in all the major events associated with cancer growth. Modulation of PKM2 activity (dimer inhibition or tetramer activation) has been successful in controlling cancer. However, recent studies provide contrary evidences regarding the oncogenic functions of PKM2. Moreover, several studies have highlighted the cancerous roles of PKM1 isoform in certain contexts. The present review aims at providing the current updates regarding PKM2 targeting in cancer. Further, the review discusses the contradictory results that suggest that both the isoforms of PKM can lead to cancer growth. In conclusion, the review emphasizes revisiting the approaches to target cancer metabolism through PKM to find novel and effective targets for anticancer therapy.
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- Department of Pharmacology, Nirma University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
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Kelly AD, Wiklund T, Kononen J, Creeden J. STRN-ALK Fusion-Positive Case of Breast Cancer With Response to Alectinib. JCO Precis Oncol 2021; 5:PO.21.00142. [PMID: 34423228 PMCID: PMC8373546 DOI: 10.1200/po.21.00142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2021] [Revised: 05/26/2021] [Accepted: 07/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Mukherjee S, Kar A, Khatun N, Datta P, Biswas A, Barik S. Familiarity Breeds Strategy: In Silico Untangling of the Molecular Complexity on Course of Autoimmune Liver Disease-to-Hepatocellular Carcinoma Transition Predicts Novel Transcriptional Signatures. Cells 2021; 10:1917. [PMID: 34440687 PMCID: PMC8394127 DOI: 10.3390/cells10081917] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [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: 05/05/2021] [Revised: 07/07/2021] [Accepted: 07/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Autoimmune liver diseases (AILD) often lead to transformation of the liver tissues into hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Considering the drawbacks of surgical procedures in such cases, need of successful non-invasive therapeutic strategies and treatment modalities for AILD-associated-HCC still exists. Due to the lack of clear, sufficient knowledge about factors mediating AILD-to-HCC transition, an in silico approach was adopted to delineate the underlying molecular deterministic factors. Parallel enrichment analyses on two different public microarray datasets (GSE159676 and GSE62232) pinpointed the core transcriptional regulators as key players. Correlation between the expression kinetics of these transcriptional modules in AILD and HCC was found to be positive primarily with the advancement of hepatic fibrosis. Most of the regulatory interactions were operative during early (F0-F1) and intermediate fibrotic stages (F2-F3), while the extent of activity in the regulatory network considerably diminished at late stage of fibrosis/cirrhosis (F4). Additionally, most of the transcriptional targets with higher degrees of connectivity in the regulatory network (namely DCAF11, PKM2, DGAT2 and BCAT1) may be considered as potential candidates for biomarkers or clinical targets compared to their low-connectivity counterparts. In summary, this study uncovers new possibilities in the designing of novel prognostic and therapeutic regimen for autoimmunity-associated malignancy of liver in a disease progression-dependent fashion.
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- Soumyadeep Mukherjee
- Department of In Vitro Carcinogenesis and Cellular Chemotherapy, Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute, Kolkata 700026, India; (S.M.); (P.D.)
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- Department of Signal Transduction and Biogenic Amines, Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute, Kolkata 700026, India; (A.K.); (N.K.)
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- Department of Signal Transduction and Biogenic Amines, Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute, Kolkata 700026, India; (A.K.); (N.K.)
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- Department of In Vitro Carcinogenesis and Cellular Chemotherapy, Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute, Kolkata 700026, India; (S.M.); (P.D.)
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- Department of Signal Transduction and Biogenic Amines, Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute, Kolkata 700026, India; (A.K.); (N.K.)
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- Department of In Vitro Carcinogenesis and Cellular Chemotherapy, Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute, Kolkata 700026, India; (S.M.); (P.D.)
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Mashhouri S, Koleva P, Huynh M, Okoye I, Shahbaz S, Elahi S. Sex Matters: Physiological Abundance of Immuno-Regulatory CD71+ Erythroid Cells Impair Immunity in Females. Front Immunol 2021; 12:705197. [PMID: 34367164 PMCID: PMC8334724 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.705197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [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: 05/04/2021] [Accepted: 07/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Mature erythrocytes are the major metabolic regulators by transporting oxygen throughout the body. However, their precursors and progenitors defined as CD71+ Erythroid Cells (CECs) exhibit a wide range of immunomodulatory properties. Here, we uncover pronounced sexual dimorphism in CECs. We found female but not male mice, both BALB/c and C57BL/6, and human females were enriched with CECs. CECs, mainly their progenitors defined as CD45+CECs expressed higher levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS), PDL-1, VISTA, Arginase II and Arginase I compared to their CD45- counterparts. Consequently, CECs by the depletion of L-arginine suppress T cell activation and proliferation. Expansion of CECs in anemic mice and also post-menstrual cycle in women can result in L-arginine depletion in different microenvironments in vivo (e.g. spleen) resulting in T cell suppression. As proof of concept, we found that anemic female mice and mice adoptively transferred with CECs from anemic mice became more susceptible to Bordetella pertussis infection. These observations highlight the role of sex and anemia-mediated immune suppression in females. Notably, enriched CD45+CECs may explain their higher immunosuppressive properties in female BALB/c mice. Finally, we observed significantly more splenic central macrophages in female mice, which can explain greater extramedullary erythropoiesis and subsequently abundance of CECs in the periphery. Thus, sex-specific differences frequency in the frequency of CECs might be imprinted by differential erythropoiesis niches and hormone-dependent manner.
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- Siavash Mashhouri
- School of Dentistry, Division of Foundational Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- School of Dentistry, Division of Foundational Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- School of Dentistry, Division of Foundational Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- School of Dentistry, Division of Foundational Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- School of Dentistry, Division of Foundational Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- School of Dentistry, Division of Foundational Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
- Department of Oncology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
- Li Ka Shing Institute of Virology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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Wegrzyniak O, Rosestedt M, Eriksson O. Recent Progress in the Molecular Imaging of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:7348. [PMID: 34298967 PMCID: PMC8306605 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22147348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2021] [Revised: 06/30/2021] [Accepted: 07/06/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Pathological fibrosis of the liver is a landmark feature in chronic liver diseases, including nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). Diagnosis and assessment of progress or treatment efficacy today requires biopsy of the liver, which is a challenge in, e.g., longitudinal interventional studies. Molecular imaging techniques such as positron emission tomography (PET) have the potential to enable minimally invasive assessment of liver fibrosis. This review will summarize and discuss the current status of the development of innovative imaging markers for processes relevant for fibrogenesis in liver, e.g., certain immune cells, activated fibroblasts, and collagen depositions.
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- Olivia Wegrzyniak
- Science for Life Laboratory, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Uppsala University, SE-751 83 Uppsala, Sweden; (O.W.); (M.R.)
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- Science for Life Laboratory, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Uppsala University, SE-751 83 Uppsala, Sweden; (O.W.); (M.R.)
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- Science for Life Laboratory, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Uppsala University, SE-751 83 Uppsala, Sweden; (O.W.); (M.R.)
- Antaros Medical AB, SE-431 83 Mölndal, Sweden
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Lu XJ, Li R, Chen YX, Xu XK, Shi BL. Meningioma preceding CASPR2 antibody limbic encephalitis with a stroke mimic: A case report. Medicine (Baltimore) 2021; 100:e26241. [PMID: 34115012 PMCID: PMC8202617 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000026241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2021] [Accepted: 05/19/2021] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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RATIONALE Todd paralysis (a stroke-like presentation in some patients with epilepsy) caused by limbic encephalitis (LE) is not easily distinguished from acute ischemic stroke by clinicians in the emergency room. PATIENT CONCERNS We report a contactin-associated protein-like 2-antibody (CASPR2-Ab)-positive patient who presented with atypical LE. DIAGNOSES CASPR2-Ab-positive LE was the presumed diagnosis. Re-evaluation of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples revealed autoantibodies targeting CASPR2 at an immunoglobulin G titer of 1:1. The clinical presentation of subacute onset seizures, abnormal electroencephalography, hypermetabolism on positron emission tomography, good immunotherapy response, and the presence of specific antibodies in serum supports a diagnosis of autoimmune LE. INTERVENTION The patient received glucocorticoids (1 g for 3 days and 500 mg for 3 days), immunoglobulin (25 g for 3 days), sodium valproate (1 g for 3 days), and clonazepam (1 mg for 3 days). OUTCOMES Remission of temporal lobe epilepsy symptoms and cognitive dysfunction was observed. Follow-up analysis of CSF and serological examination were not approved by the patient. His Mini-Mental State Examination score improved to 21/30. Stable remission of symptoms was achieved throughout the follow-up period of 50 days. LESSONS Autoimmune encephalitis (AE) should be considered in cases of late-onset epilepsy following meningioma peritumoral brain edema and resection. A diagnosis of AE should be considered in patients presenting with stroke-like symptoms if the magnetic resonance imaging abnormality does not match a known vascular territory. Early and correct diagnosis is crucial because immunotherapy is usually effective for this disease.
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- Xiao-Jin Lu
- Department of Neurology, School of Clinical, Weifang Medical University
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- Department of Neurology, Affiliated Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital of Weifang Medical University
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- Department of Neurology, Weifang People's Hospital (The First Affiliated Hospital of Weifang Medical University), Weifang, Shandong, China
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- Department of Neurology, School of Clinical, Weifang Medical University
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- Department of Neurology, Weifang People's Hospital (The First Affiliated Hospital of Weifang Medical University), Weifang, Shandong, China
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Li H, Yan M, Wu X, Wang Y, Huang L. Expression and clinical significance of pyruvate kinase M2 in breast cancer: A protocol for meta-analysis and bioinformatics validation analysis. Medicine (Baltimore) 2021; 100:e25545. [PMID: 33950928 PMCID: PMC8104244 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000025545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2021] [Accepted: 03/26/2021] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Breast cancer is a common malignant tumor in women. In recent years, its incidence is increasing year by year, and its morbidity and mortality rank the first place among female malignant tumors. Some key enzymes and intermediates in glycolysis are closely related to tumor development. Pyruvate kinase M2 (PKM2) is an important rate-limiting enzyme in glycolysis pathway. Meanwhile, it is highly expressed in proliferative cells, especially in tumor cells, and plays an important role in the formation of Warburg effect and tumorigenesis. Previous studies have explored the effects of PKM2 expression on the prognosis and clinical significance of breast cancer patients, while the results are contradictory and uncertain. This study uses controversial data for meta-analysis to accurately evaluate the problem. We collected relevant Oncomine and The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) data to further verify the results. Through bioinformatics analysis, the mechanism and related pathways of PKM2 in breast cancer are explored. METHODS We searched Wanfang, Chinese Biomedical Literature Database, Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure, the Chongqing VIP Chinese Science and Technology Periodical Database, PubMed, Embase, and Web of Science databases from inception to March 2021. The language restrictions are Chinese and English. The published literatures on PKM2 expression and prognosis or clinicopathological characteristics of breast cancer patients were statistically analyzed. Combined hazard ratios (HRs), odds ratios (ORs), and 95% confidence intervals (95% CIs) were used to evaluate the effects of PKM2 on the prognosis and clinicopathological features of breast cancer. Stata 14.0 software was applied for meta-analysis. Oncomine and TCGA databases were used to meta-analyze the differences of PKM2 mRNA expression between breast cancer and normal breast tissues. The expression of PKM2 protein was verified by Human Protein Atlas (HPA) database. The relationship between the gene and the survival of breast cancer patients was analyzed by Gene Expression Profiling Interactive Analysis (GEPIA). The relationship between PKM2 gene and clinicopathological characteristics was analyzed by using LinkedOmics, and the Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) enrichment pathway analysis was performed by using Metascape. Protein-protein interaction (PPI) network was constructed by String website. RESULTS The results of this meta-analysis will be submitted to a peer-reviewed journal for publication. CONCLUSION This study provides high-quality medical evidence for the correlation between the expression of PKM2 and the prognosis and clinicopathological features of breast cancer. Through bioinformatics analysis, this study further deepens the understanding of the mechanism and related pathways of PKM2 in breast cancer. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION The private information from individuals will not be published. This systematic review also should not damage participants' rights. Ethical approval is not available. The results may be published in a peer-reviewed journal or disseminated in relevant conferences. OSF REGISTRATION NUMBER DOI 10.17605/OSF.IO/W52HB.
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Talamona F, Truffi M, Caldarone AA, Ricciardi A, Corsi F, Pellegrini G, Morasso C, Taglietti A. Stable and scalable SERS tags conjugated with neutravidin for the detection of fibroblast activation protein (FAP) in primary fibroblasts. Nanotechnology 2021; 32:295703. [PMID: 33831854 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/abf5fd] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2021] [Accepted: 04/08/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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SERS tags are a class of nanoparticles with great potential in advanced imaging experiments. The preparation of SERS tags however is complex, as they suffer from the high variability of the SERS signals observed even at the slightest sign of aggregation. Here, we developed a method for the preparation of SERS tags based on the use of gold nanostars conjugated with neutravidin. The SERS tags here obtained are extremely stable in all biological buffers commonly employed and can be prepared at a relatively large scale in very mild conditions. The obtained SERS tags have been used to monitor the expression of fibroblast activation protein alpha (FAP) on the membrane of primary fibroblasts obtained from patients affected by Crohn's disease. The SERS tags allowed the unambiguous identification of FAP on the surface of cells thus suggesting the feasibility of semi-quantitative analysis of the target protein. Moreover, the use of the neutravidin-biotin system allows to apply the SERS tags for any other marker detection, for example, different cancer cell types, simply by changing the biotinylated antibody chosen in the analysis.
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- Federica Talamona
- Department of Chemistry, University of Pavia, Viale Taramelli 12, I-27100 Pavia, Italy
- Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri IRCCS, Via Maugeri 4, I-27100 Pavia, Italy
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- Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri IRCCS, Via Maugeri 4, I-27100 Pavia, Italy
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- Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri IRCCS, Via Maugeri 4, I-27100 Pavia, Italy
- Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences 'Luigi Sacco', Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of Pavia, Via Bassi 6, I-27100 Pavia, Italy
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- Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri IRCCS, Via Maugeri 4, I-27100 Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pavia, Viale Taramelli 12, I-27100 Pavia, Italy
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Buus TB, Herrera A, Ivanova E, Mimitou E, Cheng A, Herati RS, Papagiannakopoulos T, Smibert P, Odum N, Koralov SB. Improving oligo-conjugated antibody signal in multimodal single-cell analysis. eLife 2021; 10:e61973. [PMID: 33861199 PMCID: PMC8051954 DOI: 10.7554/elife.61973] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [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: 08/10/2020] [Accepted: 03/31/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Simultaneous measurement of surface proteins and gene expression within single cells using oligo-conjugated antibodies offers high-resolution snapshots of complex cell populations. Signal from oligo-conjugated antibodies is quantified by high-throughput sequencing and is highly scalable and sensitive. We investigated the response of oligo-conjugated antibodies towards four variables: concentration, staining volume, cell number at staining, and tissue. We find that staining with recommended antibody concentrations causes unnecessarily high background and amount of antibody used can be drastically reduced without loss of biological information. Reducing staining volume only affects antibodies targeting abundant epitopes used at low concentrations and is counteracted by reducing cell numbers. Adjusting concentrations increases signal, lowers background, and reduces costs. Background signal can account for a major fraction of total sequencing and is primarily derived from antibodies used at high concentrations. This study provides new insight into titration response and background of oligo-conjugated antibodies and offers concrete guidelines to improve such panels.
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- Terkild B Buus
- Department of Pathology, New York University School of MedicineNew YorkUnited States
- LEO Foundation Skin Immunology Research Center, University of CopenhagenCopenhagenDenmark
- Department of Immunology and Microbiology, University of CopenhagenCopenhagenDenmark
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- Department of Pathology, New York University School of MedicineNew YorkUnited States
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- Department of Pathology, New York University School of MedicineNew YorkUnited States
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- Technology Innovation Lab, New York Genome CenterNew YorkUnited States
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- Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences, University of Connecticut School of MedicineFarmingtonUnited States
- Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of MassachusettsAmherstUnited States
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- NYU Langone Vaccine Center, Department of Medicine, New York University School of MedicineNew YorkUnited States
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- Technology Innovation Lab, New York Genome CenterNew YorkUnited States
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- LEO Foundation Skin Immunology Research Center, University of CopenhagenCopenhagenDenmark
- Department of Immunology and Microbiology, University of CopenhagenCopenhagenDenmark
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- Department of Pathology, New York University School of MedicineNew YorkUnited States
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Shiraishi T, Ikeda K, Tsukada Y, Nishizawa Y, Sasaki T, Ito M, Kojima M, Ishii G, Tsumura R, Saijou S, Koga Y, Yasunaga M, Matsumura Y. High expression of TMEM180, a novel tumour marker, is associated with poor survival in stage III colorectal cancer. BMC Cancer 2021; 21:302. [PMID: 33757462 PMCID: PMC7989078 DOI: 10.1186/s12885-021-08046-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2020] [Accepted: 03/15/2021] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Transmembrane protein 180 (TMEM180) is a newly identified colorectal cancer (CRC)-specific molecule that is expressed very rarely in normal tissue and up-regulated under hypoxic conditions. We developed a monoclonal antibody (mAb) against TMEM180 and decided to examine the medical significance using the mAb. METHODS A total of 157 patients (86 men and 71 women; median age 63.0 years) with stage III CRC who underwent curative surgery were analyzed for TMEM180 expression as a retrospective cohort design. Immunohistochemistry with anti-TMEM180 mAb was conducted on frozen sections, and the data were evaluated for any correlation with clinicopathological indices or prognosis. SW480 CRC cells were examined to investigate the relationship between the expression of TMEM180 and tumourigenesis of xenografts. RESULTS In total, 92 cases had low TMEM expression and 65 had high TMEM180 expression. For disease-free survival, hazard ratio in high-TMEM180 cases was 1.449 (95% confidential interval = 0.802-2.619) higher than in low-TMEM180 cases, but the difference was not significant (p = 0.219). For cancer specific survival, hazard ratio in high-TMEM180 cases was 3.302 (95% confidential interval = 1.088-10.020), significantly higher than in low-TMEM180 cases (p = 0.035). In an assay examining in vitro colony-forming activity in soft agar, SW480-WT cells clearly formed colonies, but neither KD1 nor KD2 cells did. The in vivo tumour-initiating activity of SW480 cell lines was positively correlated with the level of TMEM180 expression. CONCLUSION These results indicate that TMEM180 is a useful marker for clinical prognosis in patients with CRC. We believe that these fundamental data warrant further basic and translational studies of TMEM180, and its mAb, for development of therapeutics against CRC.
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- Takuya Shiraishi
- Department of Colorectal Surgery, National Cancer Center Hospital East, 6-5-1 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba, 277-8577, Japan
- Department of General Surgical Science, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, 3-39-22 Showa-machi, Maebashi, Gunma, 371-8511, Japan
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- Department of Colorectal Surgery, National Cancer Center Hospital East, 6-5-1 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba, 277-8577, Japan
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- Department of Colorectal Surgery, National Cancer Center Hospital East, 6-5-1 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba, 277-8577, Japan
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- Department of Colorectal Surgery, National Cancer Center Hospital East, 6-5-1 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba, 277-8577, Japan
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- Department of Colorectal Surgery, National Cancer Center Hospital East, 6-5-1 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba, 277-8577, Japan
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- Department of Colorectal Surgery, National Cancer Center Hospital East, 6-5-1 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba, 277-8577, Japan
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- Pathology Division, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa, 6-5-1 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba, 277-8577, Japan
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- Pathology Division, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa, 6-5-1 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba, 277-8577, Japan
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- Division of Developmental Therapeutics, Exploratory Oncology Research & Clinical Trial Center, National Cancer Center, 6-5-1 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba, 277-8577, Japan
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- Division of Developmental Therapeutics, Exploratory Oncology Research & Clinical Trial Center, National Cancer Center, 6-5-1 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba, 277-8577, Japan
- Laboratory of RIN Institute Inc. 4th floor of National Cancer Center, Research Institute, 5-1-1 Tsukiji, Tokyo, 104-0045, Japan
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- Division of Developmental Therapeutics, Exploratory Oncology Research & Clinical Trial Center, National Cancer Center, 6-5-1 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba, 277-8577, Japan
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- Division of Developmental Therapeutics, Exploratory Oncology Research & Clinical Trial Center, National Cancer Center, 6-5-1 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba, 277-8577, Japan
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- Division of Developmental Therapeutics, Exploratory Oncology Research & Clinical Trial Center, National Cancer Center, 6-5-1 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba, 277-8577, Japan.
- Laboratory of RIN Institute Inc. 4th floor of National Cancer Center, Research Institute, 5-1-1 Tsukiji, Tokyo, 104-0045, Japan.
- Department of Immune Medicine, National Cancer Center Research Institute, 5-1-1 Tsukiji, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, 104-0045, Japan.
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Yokota K, Hashimoto M, Kajimoto K, Tanaka M, Murayama S, Tsutsui M, Nakajima Y, Taniguchi M, Kataoka M. Effect of Electrolyte Concentration on Cell Sensing by Measuring Ionic Current Waveform through Micropores. Biosensors (Basel) 2021; 11:bios11030078. [PMID: 33809382 PMCID: PMC7998150 DOI: 10.3390/bios11030078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2021] [Revised: 03/10/2021] [Accepted: 03/11/2021] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Immunostaining has been widely used in cancer prognosis for the quantitative detection of cancer cells present in the bloodstream. However, conventional detection methods based on the target membrane protein expression exhibit the risk of missing cancer cells owing to variable protein expressions. In this study, the resistive pulse method (RPM) was employed to discriminate between cultured cancer cells (NCI-H1650) and T lymphoblastoid leukemia cells (CCRF-CEM) by measuring the ionic current response of cells flowing through a micro-space. The height and shape of a pulse signal were used for the simultaneous measurement of size, deformability, and surface charge of individual cells. An accurate discrimination of cancer cells could not be obtained using 1.0 × phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) as an electrolyte solution to compare the size measurements by a microscopic observation. However, an accurate discrimination of cancer cells with a discrimination error rate of 4.5 ± 0.5% was achieved using 0.5 × PBS containing 2.77% glucose as the electrolyte solution. The potential application of RPM for the accurate discrimination of cancer cells from leukocytes was demonstrated through the measurement of the individual cell size, deformability, and surface charge in a solution with a low electrolyte concentration.
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- Kazumichi Yokota
- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Takamatsu, Kagawa 761-0395, Japan; (K.Y.); (M.H.); (K.K.); (M.T.); (Y.N.)
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- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Takamatsu, Kagawa 761-0395, Japan; (K.Y.); (M.H.); (K.K.); (M.T.); (Y.N.)
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- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Takamatsu, Kagawa 761-0395, Japan; (K.Y.); (M.H.); (K.K.); (M.T.); (Y.N.)
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- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Takamatsu, Kagawa 761-0395, Japan; (K.Y.); (M.H.); (K.K.); (M.T.); (Y.N.)
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- The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University, 8-1 Mihogaoka, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan; (S.M.); (M.T.); (M.T.)
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- The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University, 8-1 Mihogaoka, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan; (S.M.); (M.T.); (M.T.)
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- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Takamatsu, Kagawa 761-0395, Japan; (K.Y.); (M.H.); (K.K.); (M.T.); (Y.N.)
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- The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University, 8-1 Mihogaoka, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan; (S.M.); (M.T.); (M.T.)
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- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Takamatsu, Kagawa 761-0395, Japan; (K.Y.); (M.H.); (K.K.); (M.T.); (Y.N.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +81-87-869-3576
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Li X, Larsson P, Ljuslinder I, Ling A, Löfgren-Burström A, Zingmark C, Edin S, Palmqvist R. A modified protein marker panel to identify four consensus molecular subtypes in colorectal cancer using immunohistochemistry. Pathol Res Pract 2021; 220:153379. [PMID: 33721619 DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2021.153379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2020] [Revised: 02/04/2021] [Accepted: 02/09/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a heterogeneous disease with different genetic and molecular backgrounds, leading to a diverse patient prognosis and treatment response. Four consensus molecular subtypes (CMS 1-4) have recently been proposed based on transcriptome profiling. A clinically practical immunohistochemistry (IHC) based CMS classifier consisting of the four markers FRMD6, ZEB1, HTR2B, and CDX2 was then demonstrated. However, the IHC-CMS classifier did not distinguish between CMS2 and CMS3 tumours. In this study, we have applied the proposed transcriptome based and IHC-based CMS classifiers in a CRC cohort of 65 patients and found a concordance of 77.5 %. Further, we modified the IHC-CMS classifier by analysing the differentially expressed genes between CMS2 and CMS3 tumours using RNA-sequencing data from the TCGA dataset. The result showed that WNT signalling was among the most upregulated pathways in CMS2 tumours, and the expression level of CTNNB1 (encoding β-catenin), a WNT pathway hallmark, was significantly upregulated (P = 1.15 × 10-6). We therefore introduced nuclear β-catenin staining to the IHC-CMS classifier. Using the modified classifier in our cohort, we found a 71.4 % concordance between the IHC and RNA-sequencing based CMS classifiers. Moreover, β-catenin staining could classify 16 out of the 19 CMS2/3 tumours into CMS2 or CMS3, thereby showing an 84.2 % concordance with the RNA-sequencing-based classifier. In conclusion, we evaluated CMS classifiers based on transcriptome and IHC analysis. We present a modified IHC panel that categorizes CRC tumours into the four CMS groups. To our knowledge, this is the first study using IHC to identify all four CMS groups.
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- Xingru Li
- Department of Medical Biosciences, Pathology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Biosciences, Pathology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Radiation Sciences, Oncology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Biosciences, Pathology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Biosciences, Pathology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Biosciences, Pathology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Biosciences, Pathology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.
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Sun J, Lu Q, Sanmamed MF, Wang J. Siglec-15 as an Emerging Target for Next-generation Cancer Immunotherapy. Clin Cancer Res 2021; 27:680-688. [PMID: 32958700 PMCID: PMC9942711 DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-19-2925] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.0] [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: 06/11/2020] [Revised: 08/07/2020] [Accepted: 09/16/2020] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Immunomodulatory agents blocking the PD-1/PD-L1 pathway have shown a new way to treat cancer. The explanation underlying the success of these agents may be the selective expression of PD-L1 with dominant immune-suppressive activities in the tumor microenvironment (TME), supporting a more favorable tumor response-to-toxicity ratio. However, despite the big success of these drugs, most patients with cancer show primary or acquired resistance, calling for the identification of new immune modulators in the TME. Using a genome-scale T-cell activity array in combination with bioinformatic analysis of human cancer databases, we identified Siglec-15 as a critical immune suppressor with broad upregulation on various cancer types and a potential target for cancer immunotherapy. Siglec-15 has unique molecular features compared with many other known checkpoint inhibitory ligands. It shows prominent expression on macrophages and cancer cells and a mutually exclusive expression with PD-L1, suggesting that it may be a critical immune evasion mechanism in PD-L1-negative patients. Interestingly, Siglec-15 has also been identified as a key regulator for osteoclast differentiation and may have potential implications in bone disorders not limited to osteoporosis. Here, we provide an overview of Siglec-15 biology, its role in cancer immune regulation, the preliminary and encouraging clinical data related to the first-in-class Siglec-15 targeting mAb, as well as many unsolved questions in this pathway. As a new player in the cancer immunotherapeutic arena, Siglec-15 may represent a novel class of immune inhibitors with tumor-associated expression and divergent mechanisms of action to PD-L1, with potential implications in anti-PD-1/PD-L1-resistant patients.
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- Jingwei Sun
- Department of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
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- Department of Pathology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York
- The Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center, New York University Langone Health, New York, New York
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- Program of Immunology and Immunotherapy, CIMA, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
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- Department of Pathology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York.
- The Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center, New York University Langone Health, New York, New York
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Wunderlich LCS, Ströhl F, Ströhl S, Vanderpoorten O, Mascheroni L, Kaminski CF. Superresolving the kidney-a practical comparison of fluorescence nanoscopy of the glomerular filtration barrier. Anal Bioanal Chem 2021; 413:1203-1214. [PMID: 33277998 PMCID: PMC7813708 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-020-03084-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2020] [Revised: 10/31/2020] [Accepted: 11/19/2020] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Immunofluorescence microscopy is routinely used in the diagnosis of and research on renal impairments. However, this highly specific technique is restricted in its maximum resolution to about 250 nm in the lateral and 700 nm in the axial directions and thus not sufficient to investigate the fine subcellular structure of the kidney's glomerular filtration barrier. In contrast, electron microscopy offers high resolution, but this comes at the cost of poor preservation of immunogenic epitopes and antibody penetration alongside a low throughput. Many of these drawbacks were overcome with the advent of super-resolution microscopy methods. So far, four different super-resolution approaches have been used to study the kidney: single-molecule localization microscopy (SMLM), stimulated emission depletion (STED) microscopy, structured illumination microscopy (SIM), and expansion microscopy (ExM), however, using different preservation methods and widely varying labelling strategies. In this work, all four methods were applied and critically compared on kidney slices obtained from samples treated with the most commonly used preservation technique: fixation by formalin and embedding in paraffin (FFPE). Strengths and weaknesses, as well as the practicalities of each method, are discussed to enable users of super-resolution microscopy in renal research make an informed decision on the best choice of technique. The methods discussed enable the efficient investigation of biopsies stored in kidney banks around the world. Graphical abstract.
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- Lucia C S Wunderlich
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB3 0AS, UK
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB3 0AS, UK
- Department of Physics and Technology, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, 9037, Tromsø, Norway
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- Department of Nephrology, University Hospital Regensburg, 93053, Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB3 0AS, UK
- Department of Physics and Technology, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, 9037, Tromsø, Norway
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB3 0AS, UK
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB3 0AS, UK.
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Ketter S, Gopinath A, Rogozhnikova O, Trukhin D, Tormyshev VM, Bagryanskaya EG, Joseph B. In Situ Labeling and Distance Measurements of Membrane Proteins in E. coli Using Finland and OX063 Trityl Labels. Chemistry 2021; 27:2299-2304. [PMID: 33197077 PMCID: PMC7898545 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202004606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2020] [Revised: 11/13/2020] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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In situ investigation of membrane proteins is a challenging task. Previously we demonstrated that nitroxide labels combined with pulsed ESR spectroscopy is a promising tool for this purpose. However, the nitroxide labels suffer from poor stability, high background labeling, and low sensitivity. Here we show that Finland (FTAM) and OX063 based labels enable labeling of the cobalamin transporter BtuB and BamA, the central component of the β-barrel assembly machinery (BAM) complex, in E coli. Compared to the methanethiosulfonate spin label (MTSL), trityl labels eliminated the background signals and enabled specific in situ labeling of the proteins with high efficiency. The OX063 labels show a long phase memory time (TM ) of ≈5 μs. All the trityls enabled distance measurements between BtuB and an orthogonally labeled substrate with high selectivity and sensitivity down to a few μm concentration. Our data corroborate the BtuB and BamA conformations in the cellular environment of E. coli.
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- Sophie Ketter
- Institute of BiophysicsDepartment of PhysicsGoethe University FrankfurtMax-von-Laue-Str. 160438Frankfurt/MainGermany
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- Institute of BiophysicsDepartment of PhysicsGoethe University FrankfurtMax-von-Laue-Str. 160438Frankfurt/MainGermany
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- N. N. Vorozhtsov Novosibirsk Institute of Organic ChemistrySB RASPr. Lavrentieva 9Novosibirsk630090Russia
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- N. N. Vorozhtsov Novosibirsk Institute of Organic ChemistrySB RASPr. Lavrentieva 9Novosibirsk630090Russia
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- N. N. Vorozhtsov Novosibirsk Institute of Organic ChemistrySB RASPr. Lavrentieva 9Novosibirsk630090Russia
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- N. N. Vorozhtsov Novosibirsk Institute of Organic ChemistrySB RASPr. Lavrentieva 9Novosibirsk630090Russia
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- Institute of BiophysicsDepartment of PhysicsGoethe University FrankfurtMax-von-Laue-Str. 160438Frankfurt/MainGermany
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Ali R, Mir HA, Hamid R, Shah RA, Khanday FA, Bhat SS. Jasplakinolide Attenuates Cell Migration by Impeding Alpha-1-syntrophin Protein Phosphorylation in Breast Cancer Cells. Protein J 2021; 40:234-244. [PMID: 33515365 DOI: 10.1007/s10930-021-09963-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [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] [Accepted: 01/12/2021] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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BACKGROUND Alpha-1-syntrophin (SNTA1) is emerging as a novel modulator of the actin cytoskeleton. SNTA1 binds to F-actin and regulates intracellular localization and activity of various actin organizing signaling molecules. Aberration in syntrophin signaling has been closely linked with deregulated growth connected to tumor development/metastasis and its abnormal over expression has been observed in breast cancer. In the present work the effect of jasplakinolide, an actin-binding cyclodepsipeptide, on the SNTA1 protein activity and SNTA1 mediated downstream cellular events was studied in MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cell line. METHODS SNTA1 protein levels and phosphorylation status were determined in MDA-MB-231 cells post jasplakinolide exposure using western blotting and immunoprecipitation techniques respectively. MDA-MB-231 cells were transfected with WT SNTA1 and DM SNTA1 (Y215/229 phospho mutant) and simultaneously treated with jasplakinolide. The effect of jasplakinolide and SNTA1 protein on cell migration was determined using the boyden chamber assay. RESULTS Jasplakinolide treatment decreases proliferation of MDA-MB-231 cells in both dose and time dependent manner. Results suggest that subtoxic doses of jasplakinolide induce morphological changes in MDA-MB-231 cells from flat spindle shape adherent cells to round weakly adherent forms. Mechanistically, jasplakinolide treatment was found to decrease SNTA1 protein levels and its tyrosine phosphorylation status. Moreover, migratory potential of jasplakinolide treated cells was significantly inhibited in comparison to control cells. CONCLUSION Our results demonstrate that jasplakinolide inhibits cell migration by impairing SNTA1 functioning in breast cancer cells.
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- Roshia Ali
- Department of Biotechnology, University of Kashmir, Hazratbal, Srinagar, J&K, 190006, India
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, J&K, 190006, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of Kashmir, Hazratbal, Srinagar, J&K, 190006, India
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- Department of Nanotechnology, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, J&K, 190006, India
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- Division of Biotechnology, FVSc & AH, SKUAST-K, Shuhama, Srinagar, J&K, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of Kashmir, Hazratbal, Srinagar, J&K, 190006, India.
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- Division of Biotechnology, FVSc & AH, SKUAST-K, Shuhama, Srinagar, J&K, India.
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Zheng Y, Huang C, Lu L, Yu K, Zhao J, Chen M, Liu L, Sun Q, Lin Z, Zheng J, Chen J, Zhang J. STOML2 potentiates metastasis of hepatocellular carcinoma by promoting PINK1-mediated mitophagy and regulates sensitivity to lenvatinib. J Hematol Oncol 2021; 14:16. [PMID: 33446239 PMCID: PMC7807703 DOI: 10.1186/s13045-020-01029-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.7] [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: 10/04/2020] [Accepted: 12/25/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Dysregulation of both mitochondrial biogenesis and mitophagy is critical to sustain oncogenic signaling pathways. However, the mechanism of mitophagy in promoting hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) progression remains poorly understood. In this study, we investigated the clinical significance and biological involvement of mitochondrial inner membrane protein STOML2 in HCC. METHODS STOML2 was identified by gene expression profiles of HCC tissues and was measured in tissue microarray and cell lines. Gain/loss-of-function experiment was applied to study the biological function of STOML2 in HCC. Flow cytometry, Western blotting, laser confocal microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, and co-immunoprecipitation were used to detect and analyze mitophagy. ChIP and luciferase reporter assay were conducted to evaluate the relationship between STOML2 and HIF-1α. The sensitivity to lenvatinib was assessed in HCC both in vitro and in vivo. RESULTS Increased expression of STOML2 was found in HCC compared with paired peritumoral tissues. It was more significant in HCC with metastasis and correlated with worse overall survival and higher probability of recurrence after hepatectomy. Upregulation of STOML2 accelerated HCC cells colony formation, migration and invasion. Mechanically, TCGA dataset-based analysis showed enrichment of autophagy-related pathways in STOML2 highly-expressed HCC. Next, STOML2 was demonstrated to interact and stabilize PINK1 under cellular stress, amplify PINK1-Parkin-mediated mitophagy and then promote HCC growth and metastasis. Most interestingly, HIF-1α was upregulated and transcriptionally increased STOML2 expression in HCC cells under the treatment of lenvatinib. Furthermore, higher sensitivity to lenvatinib was found in HCC cells when STOML2 was downregulated. Combination therapy with lenvatinib and mitophagy inhibitor hydroxychloroquine obtained best efficacy. CONCLUSIONS Our findings suggested that STOML2 could amplify mitophagy through interacting and stabilizing PINK1, which promote HCC metastasis and modulate the response of HCC to lenvatinib. Combinations of pharmacologic inhibitors that concurrently block both angiogenesis and mitophagy may serve as an effective treatment for HCC.
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- Yahui Zheng
- Department of Infectious Diseases, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200040, China
- Center of Liver Diseases, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200040, China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200040, China
- Center of Liver Diseases, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200040, China
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- Center of Liver Diseases, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200040, China
- Department of General Surgery, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200040, China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200040, China
- Center of Liver Diseases, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200040, China
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- Center of Liver Diseases, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200040, China
- Department of General Surgery, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200040, China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200040, China
- Center of Liver Diseases, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200040, China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200040, China
- Center of Liver Diseases, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200040, China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Ruian People's Hospital, Ruian, 325200, China
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- Center of Liver Diseases, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200040, China
- Department of General Surgery, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200040, China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200040, China
- Center of Liver Diseases, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200040, China
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- Center of Liver Diseases, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200040, China.
- Department of General Surgery, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200040, China.
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200040, China.
- Center of Liver Diseases, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200040, China.
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- James E. Keener
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
- Bio5 Institute, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
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Seifert A, Düsterhöft S, Wozniak J, Koo CZ, Tomlinson MG, Nuti E, Rossello A, Cuffaro D, Yildiz D, Ludwig A. The metalloproteinase ADAM10 requires its activity to sustain surface expression. Cell Mol Life Sci 2021; 78:715-732. [PMID: 32372373 PMCID: PMC7873107 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-020-03507-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2019] [Revised: 03/05/2020] [Accepted: 03/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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The metalloproteinase ADAM10 critically contributes to development, inflammation, and cancer and can be controlled by endogenous or synthetic inhibitors. Here, we demonstrate for the first time that loss of proteolytic activity of ADAM10 by either inhibition or loss of function mutations induces removal of the protease from the cell surface and the whole cell. This process is temperature dependent, restricted to mature ADAM10, and associated with an increased internalization, lysosomal degradation, and release of mature ADAM10 in extracellular vesicles. Recovery from this depletion requires de novo synthesis. Functionally, this is reflected by loss and recovery of ADAM10 substrate shedding. Finally, ADAM10 inhibition in mice reduces systemic ADAM10 levels in different tissues. Thus, ADAM10 activity is critically required for its surface expression in vitro and in vivo. These findings are crucial for development of therapeutic ADAM10 inhibition strategies and may showcase a novel, physiologically relevant mechanism of protease removal due to activity loss.
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- Anke Seifert
- Institute of Molecular Pharmacology, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Pharmacology, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Pharmacology, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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- School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Department of Pharmacy, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- Institute of Molecular Pharmacology, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
- Institute of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, PZMS, ZHMB, Saarland University, Homburg, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Pharmacology, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.
- Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, RWTH Aachen University, Pauwelsstr. 30, 52074, Aachen, Germany.
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Jeong S, Son DS, Cho M, Lee N, Song W, Shin S, Park SH, Lee DJ, Park MJ. Evaluation of Combined Cancer Markers With Lactate Dehydrogenase and Application of Machine Learning Algorithms for Differentiating Benign Disease From Malignant Ovarian Cancer. Cancer Control 2021; 28:10732748211033401. [PMID: 34923833 PMCID: PMC8704186 DOI: 10.1177/10732748211033401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2020] [Revised: 04/08/2021] [Accepted: 06/24/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The differential diagnosis of ovarian cancer is important, and there has been ongoing research to identify biomarkers with higher performance. This study aimed to evaluate the diagnostic utility of combinations of cancer markers classified by machine learning algorithms in patients with early stage ovarian cancer, which has rarely been reported. METHODS In total, 730 serum samples were assayed for lactate dehydrogenase (LD), neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), human epididymis protein 4 (HE4), cancer antigen 125 (CA125), and risk of ovarian malignancy algorithm (ROMA). Among them, 53 were diagnosed with early stage ovarian cancer, and the remaining 677 were diagnosed with benign disease. RESULTS The areas under the receiver operating characteristic curves (ROC-AUCs) of the ROMA, HE4, CA125, LD, and NLR for discriminating ovarian cancer from non-cancerous disease were .707, .680, .643, .657, and .624, respectively. ROC-AUC of the combination of ROMA and LD (.709) was similar to that of single ROMA in the total population. In the postmenopausal group, ROC-AUCs of HE4 and CA125 combined with LD presented the highest value (.718). When machine learning algorithms were applied to ROMA combined with LD, the ROC-AUC of random forest was higher than that of other applied algorithms in the total population (.757), showing acceptable performance. CONCLUSION Our data suggest that the combinations of ovarian cancer-specific markers with LD classified by random forest may be a useful tool for predicting ovarian cancer, particularly in clinical settings, due to easy accessibility and cost-effectiveness. Application of an optimal combination of cancer markers and algorithms would facilitate appropriate management of ovarian cancer patients.
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- Seri Jeong
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- School of Big Data Science, Data Science Convergence Research Center, Hallym University, Chuncheon-si, Gangwon-do, South Korea
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- School of Big Data Science, Data Science Convergence Research Center, Hallym University, Chuncheon-si, Gangwon-do, South Korea
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Research Center of Artificial Intelligence, Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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Lee SH, Hadipour-Lakmehsari S, Kim DH, Di Paola M, Kuzmanov U, Shah S, Lee JJH, Kislinger T, Sharma P, Oudit GY, Gramolini AO. Bioinformatic analysis of membrane and associated proteins in murine cardiomyocytes and human myocardium. Sci Data 2020; 7:425. [PMID: 33262348 PMCID: PMC7708497 DOI: 10.1038/s41597-020-00762-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2020] [Accepted: 11/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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In the current study we examined several proteomic- and RNA-Seq-based datasets of cardiac-enriched, cell-surface and membrane-associated proteins in human fetal and mouse neonatal ventricular cardiomyocytes. By integrating available microarray and tissue expression profiles with MGI phenotypic analysis, we identified 173 membrane-associated proteins that are cardiac-enriched, conserved amongst eukaryotic species, and have not yet been linked to a 'cardiac' Phenotype-Ontology. To highlight the utility of this dataset, we selected several proteins to investigate more carefully, including FAM162A, MCT1, and COX20, to show cardiac enrichment, subcellular distribution and expression patterns in disease. We performed three-dimensional confocal imaging analysis to validate subcellular localization and expression in adult mouse ventricular cardiomyocytes. FAM162A, MCT1, and COX20 were expressed differentially at the transcriptomic and proteomic levels in multiple models of mouse and human heart diseases and may represent potential diagnostic and therapeutic targets for human dilated and ischemic cardiomyopathies. Altogether, we believe this comprehensive cardiomyocyte membrane proteome dataset will prove instrumental to future investigations aimed at characterizing heart disease markers and/or therapeutic targets for heart failure.
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- Shin-Haw Lee
- Translational Biology and Engineering Program, Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1M1, Canada
- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1M8, Canada
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- Translational Biology and Engineering Program, Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1M1, Canada
- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1M8, Canada
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- Translational Biology and Engineering Program, Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1M1, Canada
- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1M8, Canada
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- Translational Biology and Engineering Program, Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1M1, Canada
- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1M8, Canada
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- Translational Biology and Engineering Program, Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1M1, Canada
- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1M8, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2R3, Canada
- Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2B7, Canada
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- Translational Biology and Engineering Program, Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1M1, Canada
- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1M8, Canada
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- Princess Margaret Cancer Research Centre, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1L8, Canada
- Department of Medical Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1L7, Canada
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1M8, Canada
- Department of Cardiovascular & Metabolic Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 3GE, UK
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- Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2R3, Canada
- Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2B7, Canada
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- Translational Biology and Engineering Program, Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1M1, Canada.
- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1M8, Canada.
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Spielmann J, Mattheis L, Jung JS, Rauße H, Glaß M, Bähr I, Quandt D, Oswald J, Kielstein H. Effects of obesity on NK cells in a mouse model of postmenopausal breast cancer. Sci Rep 2020; 10:20606. [PMID: 33244094 PMCID: PMC7692502 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-76906-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [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] [Received: 03/11/2020] [Accepted: 11/03/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Obesity is a widely spread disease and a crucial risk factor for malign disorders, including breast cancer of women in the postmenopause. Studies demonstrated that in case of obesity crucial natural killer (NK) cell functions like combating tumor cells are affected. This study aims to analyze NK cells and NK cell receptor expression of obese mice in a model for postmenopausal breast cancer. Therefore, female BALB/c mice were fed either a high fat or a standard diet. Thereafter, ovaries were ectomized and a syngeneic and orthotopical injection of 4T1-luc2 mouse mammary tumor cells into the mammary adipose tissue pad was performed. Obese mice showed increased body weights and visceral fat mass as well as increased levels of leptin and IL-6 in plasma. Moreover, compared to the lean littermates, tumor growth was increased and the NKp46-expression on circulating NK cells was decreased. Furthermore, the activating NK cell receptor NKG2D ligand (MULT1) expression was enhanced in adipose tissue of obese tumor bearing mice. The present study gives novel insights into gene expression of NK cell receptors in obesity and aims to promote possible links of the obesity-impaired NK cell physiology and the elevated breast cancer risk in obese women.
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- Julia Spielmann
- Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Medical Faculty of Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Grosse Steinstrasse 52, 06108, Halle (Saale), Germany.
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- Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Medical Faculty of Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Grosse Steinstrasse 52, 06108, Halle (Saale), Germany
- Deptartment of Internal Medicine I, Medical Faculty of Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Medical Faculty of Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Grosse Steinstrasse 52, 06108, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Medical Faculty of Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Grosse Steinstrasse 52, 06108, Halle (Saale), Germany
- Clinic for Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe Clinic, Lengerich, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Medicine, Charles Tanford Protein Center, Medical Faculty of Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Medical Faculty of Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Grosse Steinstrasse 52, 06108, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Medical Faculty of Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Grosse Steinstrasse 52, 06108, Halle (Saale), Germany
- Regenerative Medicine Institute (REMEDI) at CÚRAM Centre for Research in Medical Devices, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
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- Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Medical Faculty of Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Grosse Steinstrasse 52, 06108, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Medical Faculty of Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Grosse Steinstrasse 52, 06108, Halle (Saale), Germany
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Yuan J, Zhao R, Xu J, Cheng M, Qin Z, Kou X, Fang X. Analyzing protein dynamics from fluorescence intensity traces using unsupervised deep learning network. Commun Biol 2020; 3:669. [PMID: 33184459 PMCID: PMC7665068 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-020-01389-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [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: 11/06/2019] [Accepted: 10/13/2020] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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We propose an unsupervised deep learning network to analyze the dynamics of membrane proteins from the fluorescence intensity traces. This system was trained in an unsupervised manner with the raw experimental time traces and synthesized ones, so neither predefined state number nor pre-labelling were required. With the bidirectional Long Short-Term Memory (biLSTM) networks as the hidden layers, both the past and future context can be used fully to improve the prediction results and can even extract information from the noise distribution. The method was validated with the synthetic dataset and the experimental dataset of monomeric fluorophore Cy5, and then applied to extract the membrane protein interaction dynamics from experimental data successfully.
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- Jinghe Yuan
- Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology, CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100190, Beijing, China.
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- Division of Chemical Metrology and Analytical Science, National Institute of Metrology, 100029, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology, CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100190, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology, CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100190, Beijing, China
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- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100049, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology, CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100190, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology, CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100190, Beijing, China.
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100049, Beijing, China.
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Thomas T, Stefanoni D, Dzieciatkowska M, Issaian A, Nemkov T, Hill RC, Francis RO, Hudson KE, Buehler PW, Zimring JC, Hod EA, Hansen KC, Spitalnik SL, D’Alessandro A. Evidence of Structural Protein Damage and Membrane Lipid Remodeling in Red Blood Cells from COVID-19 Patients. J Proteome Res 2020; 19:4455-4469. [PMID: 33103907 PMCID: PMC7640979 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.0c00606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 160] [Impact Index Per Article: 40.0] [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: 08/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The SARS-CoV-2 beta coronavirus is the etiological driver of COVID-19 disease, which is primarily characterized by shortness of breath, persistent dry cough, and fever. Because they transport oxygen, red blood cells (RBCs) may play a role in the severity of hypoxemia in COVID-19 patients. The present study combines state-of-the-art metabolomics, proteomics, and lipidomics approaches to investigate the impact of COVID-19 on RBCs from 23 healthy subjects and 29 molecularly diagnosed COVID-19 patients. RBCs from COVID-19 patients had increased levels of glycolytic intermediates, accompanied by oxidation and fragmentation of ankyrin, spectrin beta, and the N-terminal cytosolic domain of band 3 (AE1). Significantly altered lipid metabolism was also observed, in particular, short- and medium-chain saturated fatty acids, acyl-carnitines, and sphingolipids. Nonetheless, there were no alterations of clinical hematological parameters, such as RBC count, hematocrit, or mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration, with only minor increases in mean corpuscular volume. Taken together, these results suggest a significant impact of SARS-CoV-2 infection on RBC structural membrane homeostasis at the protein and lipid levels. Increases in RBC glycolytic metabolites are consistent with a theoretically improved capacity of hemoglobin to off-load oxygen as a function of allosteric modulation by high-energy phosphate compounds, perhaps to counteract COVID-19-induced hypoxia. Conversely, because the N-terminus of AE1 stabilizes deoxyhemoglobin and finely tunes oxygen off-loading and metabolic rewiring toward the hexose monophosphate shunt, RBCs from COVID-19 patients may be less capable of responding to environmental variations in hemoglobin oxygen saturation/oxidant stress when traveling from the lungs to peripheral capillaries and vice versa.
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- Tiffany Thomas
- Department of Pathology & Cell Biology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado Denver – Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado Denver – Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado Denver – Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado Denver – Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado Denver – Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Department of Pathology & Cell Biology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Pathology & Cell Biology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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- Department of Pathology & Cell Biology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado Denver – Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Department of Pathology & Cell Biology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado Denver – Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA
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Schubeis T, Schwarzer TS, Le Marchand T, Stanek J, Movellan KT, Castiglione K, Pintacuda G, Andreas LB. Resonance assignment of the outer membrane protein AlkL in lipid bilayers by proton-detected solid-state NMR. Biomol NMR Assign 2020; 14:295-300. [PMID: 32607893 DOI: 10.1007/s12104-020-09964-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2020] [Accepted: 06/19/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Most commonly small outer membrane proteins, possessing between 8 and 12 β-strands, are not involved in transport but fulfill diverse functions such as cell adhesion or binding of ligands. An intriguing exception are the 8-stranded β-barrel proteins of the OmpW family, which are implicated in the transport of small molecules. A representative example is AlkL from Pseudomonas putida GPoI, which functions as a passive importer of hydrophobic molecules. This role is of high interest with respect to both fundamental biological understanding and industrial applications in biocatalysis, since this protein is frequently utilized in biotransformation of alkanes. While the transport function of AlkL is generally accepted, a controversy in the transport mechanism still exists. In order to address this, we are pursuing a structural study of recombinantly produced AlkL reconstituted in lipid bilayers using solid-state NMR spectroscopy. In this manuscript we present 1H, 13C and 15N chemical shift assignments obtained via a suite of 3D experiments employing high magnetic fields (1 GHz and 800 MHz) and the latest magic-angle spinning (MAS) approaches at fast (60-111) kHz rates. We additionally analyze the secondary structure prediction in comparison with those of published structures of homologous proteins.
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- Tobias Schubeis
- Centre de RMN à Très Hauts Champs de Lyon (FRE 2034 - CNRS, UCB Lyon 1, ENS Lyon), Université de Lyon, 5 rue de la Doua, 69100, Villeurbanne, France
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- Institute of Biochemical Engineering, Technical University of Munich, Boltzmannstraße 15, 85748, Garching, Germany
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- Centre de RMN à Très Hauts Champs de Lyon (FRE 2034 - CNRS, UCB Lyon 1, ENS Lyon), Université de Lyon, 5 rue de la Doua, 69100, Villeurbanne, France
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- Centre de RMN à Très Hauts Champs de Lyon (FRE 2034 - CNRS, UCB Lyon 1, ENS Lyon), Université de Lyon, 5 rue de la Doua, 69100, Villeurbanne, France
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- Department for NMR-Based Structural Biology, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Am Faßberg 11, 37077, Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemical Engineering, Technical University of Munich, Boltzmannstraße 15, 85748, Garching, Germany
- Institute of Bioprocess Engineering, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Paul-Gordan Str. 3, 91052, Erlangen, Germany
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- Centre de RMN à Très Hauts Champs de Lyon (FRE 2034 - CNRS, UCB Lyon 1, ENS Lyon), Université de Lyon, 5 rue de la Doua, 69100, Villeurbanne, France.
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- Centre de RMN à Très Hauts Champs de Lyon (FRE 2034 - CNRS, UCB Lyon 1, ENS Lyon), Université de Lyon, 5 rue de la Doua, 69100, Villeurbanne, France.
- Department for NMR-Based Structural Biology, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Am Faßberg 11, 37077, Göttingen, Germany.
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Zhou F, Green SR, Tsay M, Hsu S, Dibbs R, Beckingham KM. The roles of jim lovell and uninflatable in different endopolyploid larval tissues of Drosophila melanogaster. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0237662. [PMID: 32822370 PMCID: PMC7444548 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0237662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [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: 04/01/2020] [Accepted: 07/30/2020] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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The larvae of Drosophila melanogaster grow rapidly through use of a highly truncated cell cycle in which mitosis is entirely eliminated. The Drosophila homolog of the protooncogene transcription factor Myc plays a major role in promoting this endopolyploid (EP) growth. We have previously determined that the gene jim lovell (lov), which encodes a member of the BTB/POZ (Bric-a-brac, Tramtrack, Broad/Pox virus zinc finger) domain family of transcription factors, is also required for EP growth in one larval tissue, the trachea. Here we show that lov promotes EP growth in three further tissues indicating a fundamental role in this process. However, epistasis experiments revealed heterogeneity in lov's action in these tissues. Whereas in the tracheae and salivary glands lov acts downstream of Myc, in the fat body, reduced expression of lov does not impede the action of Myc, indicating an upstream action for the gene. We show here that lov's regulation of the gene uninflatable (uif) in the tracheae is a component of this difference. uif is required for tracheal EP growth downstream of Myc and lov but has no equivalent role in the fat body. Although Uif is a transmembrane component of the plasma membrane in the tracheae, its action downstream of Myc suggests an intracellular role for the protein in the tracheae. In addition to regulating uif expression in some tissues we also show that lov locates to the nucleolus, indicating it can function in both polymerase I and polymerase II transcriptional events. Our major finding is that tissue-specific mechanisms can interact with universal growth promotion by Myc to generate the individual endopolyploid organs of the larvae.
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- Fanli Zhou
- Biosciences Dept, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Data Science Dept, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Biosciences Dept, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- McGovern Medical School, UT Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Biosciences Dept, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Biosciences Dept, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- UTHealth School of Public Health, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Biosciences Dept, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
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Native electrospray mass spectrometry is a powerful method for determining the native stoichiometry of many polydisperse multi-subunit biological complexes, including multi-subunit protein complexes and lipid-bound transmembrane proteins. However, when polydispersity results from incorporation of multiple copies of two or more different subunits, it can be difficult to analyze subunit stoichiometry using conventional mass spectrometry analysis methods, especially when m/z distributions for different charge states overlap in the mass spectrum. It was recently demonstrated by Marty and co-workers (K. K. Hoi, et al., Anal. Chem., 2016, 88, 6199-6204) that Fourier Transform (FT)-based methods can determine the bulk average lipid composition of protein-lipid Nanodiscs assembled with two different lipids, but a detailed statistical description of the composition of more general polydisperse two-subunit populations is still difficult to achieve. This results from the vast number of ways in which the two types of subunit can be distributed within the analyte ensemble. Here, we present a theoretical description of three common classes of heterogeneity for mixed-subunit analytes and demonstrate how to differentiate and analyze them using mass spectrometry and FT methods. First, we first describe FT-based analysis of mass spectra corresponding to simple superpositions, convolutions, and multinomial distributions for two or more different subunit types using model data sets. We then apply these principles with real samples, including mixtures of single-lipid Nanodiscs in the same solution (superposition), mixed-lipid Nanodiscs and copolymers (convolutions), and isotope distribution for ubiquitin (multinomial distribution). This classification scheme and the FT method used to study these analyte classes should be broadly useful in mass spectrometry as well as other techniques where overlapping, periodic signals arising from analyte mixtures are common.
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- Sean P Cleary
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, 1253 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403-1253, USA.
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Waas M, Littrell J, Gundry RL. CIRFESS: An Interactive Resource for Querying the Set of Theoretically Detectable Peptides for Cell Surface and Extracellular Enrichment Proteomic Studies. J Am Soc Mass Spectrom 2020; 31:1389-1397. [PMID: 32212654 PMCID: PMC8116119 DOI: 10.1021/jasms.0c00021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Cell surface transmembrane, extracellular, and secreted proteins are high value targets for immunophenotyping, drug development, and studies related to intercellular communication in health and disease. As the number of specific and validated affinity reagents that target this subproteome are limited, mass spectrometry (MS)-based approaches will continue to play a critical role in enabling discovery and quantitation of these molecules. Given the technical considerations that make MS-based cell surface proteome studies uniquely challenging, it can be difficult to select an appropriate experimental approach. To this end, we have integrated multiple prediction strategies and annotations into a single online resource, Compiled Interactive Resource for Extracellular and Surface Studies (CIRFESS). CIRFESS enables rapid interrogation of the human proteome to reveal the cell surface proteome theoretically detectable by current approaches and highlights where current prediction strategies provide concordant and discordant information. We applied CIRFESS to identify the percentage of various subsets of the proteome which are expected to be captured by targeted enrichment strategies, including two established methods and one that is possible but not yet demonstrated. These results will inform the selection of available proteomic strategies and development of new strategies to enhance coverage of the cell surface and extracellular proteome. CIRFESS is available at www.cellsurfer.net/cirfess.
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- Matthew Waas
- CardiOmics Program, Center for Heart and Vascular Research, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, and Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska 68198, United States
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- CardiOmics Program, Center for Heart and Vascular Research, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, and Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska 68198, United States
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- CardiOmics Program, Center for Heart and Vascular Research, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, and Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska 68198, United States
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Ukrainets RV, Korneva YS. [The influence of endometrioid heterotopias on the red blood parameters.]. Klin Lab Diagn 2020; 65:424-427. [PMID: 32762180 DOI: 10.18821/0869-2084-2020-65-7-424-427] [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: 06/11/2023]
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Endometrioid heterotopia can have an adverse systemic effect on the organism through erythropoietin synthesis, which can affect erythropoiesis and reflect in blood analysis. The aim of the study was to investigate the effect of endometrioid heterotopia on parameters of red blood. The investigated group included patients with endometrioid heterotopias of various localisations (115 cases), functional ovarian cysts made up the control group (28 cases). Retrospectively, the number of red blood cells, the amount of hemoglobin, and the level of (CA-125) were recorded in the medical histories. The parameters were taken into account both before and after radical surgery. The highest values of the number of red blood cells and hemoglobin are observed in endometrioid ovarian cysts, followed by adenomyosis, endometriosis of the pelvic peritoneum and skin scar, respectively. After surgery, these differences have disappeared. Comparison of the number of red blood cells and hemoglobin before and after surgery revealed significant changes for both parameters in the group of patients with endometriosis, while in the control group the number of red blood cells and the level of hemoglobin did not change significantly. The number of cases with endometrioid ovarian cysts, where the red blood cell count was higher than normal, significantly differed from the control group; on the contrary, with non-endometrioid ovarian cysts, a significantly more frequent decreased number of red blood cells was observed. In addition, red blood counts in patients with endometriosis before surgery had a moderate negative correlation with the level of CA-125 protein.The possible systemic influence of endometrioid heterotopias on erythropoiesis in the form of its stimulation is demonstrated. In non-endometrioid ovarian cysts a significantly more frequent decrease in the number of red blood cells is observed. The reveales pecularities can be used for complex differential diagnostics of ovarian cysts at the preoperative stage due to their easy accessibility and minimally invasive nature.
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- R V Ukrainets
- Smolensk State Medical University, 214019, Smolensk, Russia
- Smolensk Regional Institute of Pathology, 214019, Smolensk, Russia
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- Smolensk State Medical University, 214019, Smolensk, Russia
- Smolensk Regional Institute of Pathology, 214019, Smolensk, Russia
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Mani R, Shobha PS, Thilagavathi S, Prema P, Viswanathan N, Vineet R, Dhanashree R, Angayarkanni N. Altered mucins and aquaporins indicate dry eye outcome in patients undergoing Vitreo-retinal surgery. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0233517. [PMID: 32437405 PMCID: PMC7241722 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0233517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [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: 12/18/2019] [Accepted: 05/06/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Vitreo-retinal (VR) surgeries induce conjunctival changes. However, there are no study reports regarding prevalence and severity of dry eye after these surgeries. This study evaluated dry eye outcome after VR surgery. Patients undergoing VR surgery classified as scleral buckle and microincision vitrectomy surgery (n = 44, mean age: 56.09±10.2 years) were recruited. Dry eye evaluation was done before and 8 weeks after surgery (2 weeks after omitting topical eye drops). Conjunctival imprint cytology for goblet cell count and tear Mucin 5AC (MUC5AC) protein estimation was done. Gene expressions of MUC5AC, MUC4, MUC16, Aquaporin 4 (AQP4) and AQP5 were analyzed in the conjunctival imprint cells by qPCR. None of the patients exhibited clinical signs of dry eye after VR surgery. But the conjunctival goblet cell density (GCD) was significantly lowered post-VR surgery (63% cases, **p = 0.012) with no alterations in the tear MUC5AC protein. Post-VR surgery, the conjunctival cell gene expression of MUC4, MUC16 and AQP4 were significantly increased (*p = 0.025, *p = 0.05 and *p = 0.02 respectively) and AQP5 was significantly lowered (*p = 0.037), with no change in MUC5AC expression. Tear cytokines were significantly increased post-VR surgery (anti-inflammatory: IL1RA, IL4, IL5, IL9, FGF; PDGFbb and pro-inflammatory: IL2, IL6, IL15, GMCSF and IFNg). Though clinical signs of dry eye were not observed after VR surgery, ocular surface changes in the form of reduced GCD, altered MUC5AC, MUC4, MUC16, AQP4, AQP5 and cytokines are suggestive of dry eye outcome at the molecular level especially inpatients aged above 51 years, especially female gender and those who are diabetic.
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- Ramalingam Mani
- RS Mehta Jain Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Vision Research Foundation, SankaraNethralaya, Chennai, India
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- Elite School of Optometry, Medical Research Foundation, SankaraNethralaya, Chennai, India
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- Elite School of Optometry, Medical Research Foundation, SankaraNethralaya, Chennai, India
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- Department of Cornea and Refractive Surgery, Medical Research Foundation, SankaraNethralaya, Chennai, India
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- Department of Bio-Statistics, Vision Research Foundation, SankaraNethralaya, Chennai, India
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- Department of Comprehensive Ophthalmology, Medical Research Foundation, SankaraNethralaya, Chennai, India
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- Department of Vitreo-retinal Diseases, Medical Research Foundation, SankaraNethralaya, Chennai, India
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- RS Mehta Jain Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Vision Research Foundation, SankaraNethralaya, Chennai, India
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Peng YF, Sun JF, Li L. Renal Impairment Increases Serum Cancer Antigen 125 Levels in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. Ann Clin Lab Sci 2020; 50:361-363. [PMID: 32581026] [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: 06/11/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Poor glycemic control increases the risk of diabetes complications. Serum cancer antigen 125 (CA125) has been associated with diabetes status in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Our aim was to focus on the association between serum CA125 and renal impairment in patients with T2DM. METHODS Retrospective study included 151 patients with T2DM, with review of clinical and laboratory data. RESULTS Serum CA125 levels were positively correlated with urinary microalbumin and 24-hours urinary protein (r=0.170, p=0.037; r=0.186, p=0.022) in T2DM patients. Patients with 24-hours urinary protein positive maintained higher serum CA125 levels than those with 24-hours urinary protein negative (p=0.047). Multiple linear regression analysis indicated that serum CA125 was independently correlated with urinary microalbumin and 24-hours urinary protein in T2DM patients (beta=0.192, p=0.042; beta=0.203, p=0.025). CONCLUSIONS Serum CA125 levels are positively correlated with urinary microalbumin and 24-hours urinary protein in T2DM patients; renal impairment may increase serum CA125 levels in T2DM patients.
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- You-Fan Peng
- Department of Endocrinology, Zhongda Hospital, School of Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing, China
- Pancreatic Research Institute, Southeast University, Nanjing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine Engineering, Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Zhongda Hospital, School of Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing, China
- Pancreatic Research Institute, Southeast University, Nanjing, China
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Chorev DS, Tang H, Rouse SL, Bolla JR, von Kügelgen A, Baker LA, Wu D, Gault J, Grünewald K, Bharat TAM, Matthews SJ, Robinson CV. The use of sonicated lipid vesicles for mass spectrometry of membrane protein complexes. Nat Protoc 2020; 15:1690-1706. [PMID: 32238951 PMCID: PMC7305028 DOI: 10.1038/s41596-020-0303-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [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: 09/02/2019] [Accepted: 01/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Recent applications of mass spectrometry (MS) to study membrane protein complexes are yielding valuable insights into the binding of lipids and their structural and functional roles. To date, most native MS experiments with membrane proteins are based on detergent solubilization. Many insights into the structure and function of membrane proteins have been obtained using detergents; however, these can promote local lipid rearrangement and can cause fluctuations in the oligomeric state of protein complexes. To overcome these problems, we developed a method that does not use detergents or other chemicals. Here we report a detailed protocol that enables direct ejection of protein complexes from membranes for analysis by native MS. Briefly, lipid vesicles are prepared directly from membranes of different sources and subjected to sonication pulses. The resulting destabilized vesicles are concentrated, introduced into a mass spectrometer and ionized. The mass of the observed protein complexes is determined and this information, in conjunction with 'omics'-based strategies, is used to determine subunit stoichiometry as well as cofactor and lipid binding. Within this protocol, we expand the applications of the method to include peripheral membrane proteins of the S-layer and amyloid protein export machineries overexpressed in membranes from which the most abundant components have been removed. The described experimental procedure takes approximately 3 d from preparation to MS. The time required for data analysis depends on the complexity of the protein assemblies embedded in the membrane under investigation.
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- Dror S Chorev
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- Central Oxford Structural Microscopy Imaging Centre, Oxford, UK
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- Division of Structural Biology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Division of Structural Biology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- Heinrich Pette Institute, Leibniz-Institut für Experimentelle Virologie, Centre for Structural Systems Biology, c/o DESY, Hamburg, Germany
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- Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- Central Oxford Structural Microscopy Imaging Centre, Oxford, UK
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- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
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Yeung R, Zhu X, Gee T, Gheen B, Jassby D, Rodgers VGJ. Single and binary protein electroultrafiltration using poly(vinyl-alcohol)-carbon nanotube (PVA-CNT) composite membranes. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0228973. [PMID: 32298267 PMCID: PMC7162463 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0228973] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2020] [Accepted: 03/20/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Electrically conductive composite ultrafiltration membranes composed of carbon nanotubes have exhibited efficient fouling inhibition in wastewater treatment applications. In the current study, poly(vinyl-alcohol)-carbon nanotube membranes were applied to fed batch crossflow electroultrafiltration of dilute (0.1 g/L of each species) single and binary protein solutions of α-lactalbumin and hen egg-white lysozyme at pH 7.4, 4 mM ionic strength, and 1 psi. Electroultrafiltration using the poly(vinyl-alcohol)-carbon nanotube composite membranes yielded temporary enhancements in sieving for single protein filtration and in selectivity for binary protein separation compared to ultrafiltration using the unmodified PS-35 membranes. Assessment of membrane fouling based on permeate flux, zeta potential measurements, and scanning electron microscopy visualization of the conditioned membranes indicated significant resulting protein adsorption and aggregation which limited the duration of improvement during electroultrafiltration with an applied cathodic potential of -4.6 V (vs. Ag/AgCl). These results imply that appropriate optimization of electroultrafiltration using carbon nanotube-deposited polymeric membranes may provide substantial short-term improvements in binary protein separations.
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- Raymond Yeung
- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, California, United States of America
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, California, United States of America
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, California, United States of America
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, California, United States of America
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The advantages of atomic force microscopy (AFM) in biological research are its high imaging resolution, sensitivity, and ability to operate in physiological conditions. Over the past decades, rigorous studies have been performed to determine the potential applications of AFM techniques in disease diagnosis and prognosis. Many pathological conditions are accompanied by alterations in the morphology, adhesion properties, mechanical compliances, and molecular composition of cells and tissues. The accurate determination of such alterations can be utilized as a diagnostic and prognostic marker. Alteration in cell morphology represents changes in cell structure and membrane proteins induced by pathologic progression of diseases. Mechanical compliances are also modulated by the active rearrangements of cytoskeleton or extracellular matrix triggered by disease pathogenesis. In addition, adhesion is a critical step in the progression of many diseases including infectious and neurodegenerative diseases. Recent advances in AFM techniques have demonstrated their ability to obtain molecular composition as well as topographic information. The quantitative characterization of molecular alteration in biological specimens in terms of disease progression provides a new avenue to understand the underlying mechanisms of disease onset and progression. In this review, we have highlighted the application of diverse AFM techniques in pathological investigations.
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- College of Pharmacy, Keimyung University, 1095 Dalgubeoldaero, Daegu 42601, Republic of Korea
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Wörner S, Rönicke F, Ulrich AS, Wagenknecht H. 4-Aminophthalimide Amino Acids as Small and Environment-Sensitive Fluorescent Probes for Transmembrane Peptides. Chembiochem 2020; 21:618-622. [PMID: 31432615 PMCID: PMC7079057 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201900520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [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: 08/19/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Fluorescence probing of transmembrane (TM) peptides is needed to complement state-of-the art methods-mainly oriented circular dichroism and solid-state NMR spectroscopy-and to allow imaging in living cells. Three new amino acids incorporating the solvatofluorescent 4-aminophthalimide in their side chains were synthesized in order to examine the local polarity in the α-helical TM fragment of the human epidermal growth factor receptor. It was possible to distinguish their locations, either in the hydrophobic core of the lipid bilayer or at the membrane surface, by fluorescence readout, including blue shift and increased quantum yield. An important feature is the small size of the 4-aminophthalimide chromophore. It makes one of the new amino acids approximately isosteric to tryptophan, typically used as a very small fluorescent amino acid in peptides and proteins. In contrast to the only weakly fluorescent indole system in tryptophan, the 4-aminophthalimide moiety produces a significantly more informative fluorescence readout and is selectively excited outside the biopolymer absorption range.
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- Samantha Wörner
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)Institute of Organic ChemistryFritz-Haber-Weg 676131KarlsruheGermany
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)Institute of Organic ChemistryFritz-Haber-Weg 676131KarlsruheGermany
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)IBG-2 and Institute of Organic ChemistryFritz-Haber-Weg 676131KarlsruheGermany
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)Institute of Organic ChemistryFritz-Haber-Weg 676131KarlsruheGermany
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