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Oosterheert W, Boiero Sanders M, Funk J, Prumbaum D, Raunser S, Bieling P. Molecular mechanism of actin filament elongation by formins. Science 2024; 384:eadn9560. [PMID: 38603491 DOI: 10.1126/science.adn9560] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2024] [Accepted: 03/05/2024] [Indexed: 04/13/2024]
Abstract
Formins control the assembly of actin filaments (F-actin) that drive cell morphogenesis and motility in eukaryotes. However, their molecular interaction with F-actin and their mechanism of action remain unclear. In this work, we present high-resolution cryo-electron microscopy structures of F-actin barbed ends bound by three distinct formins, revealing a common asymmetric formin conformation imposed by the filament. Formation of new intersubunit contacts during actin polymerization sterically displaces formin and triggers its translocation. This "undock-and-lock" mechanism explains how actin-filament growth is coordinated with formin movement. Filament elongation speeds are controlled by the positioning and stability of actin-formin interfaces, which distinguish fast and slow formins. Furthermore, we provide a structure of the actin-formin-profilin ring complex, which resolves how profilin is rapidly released from the barbed end during filament elongation.
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- Wout Oosterheert
- Department of Structural Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, 44227 Dortmund, Germany
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- Department of Structural Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, 44227 Dortmund, Germany
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- Department of Systemic Cell Biology, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, 44227 Dortmund, Germany
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- Department of Structural Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, 44227 Dortmund, Germany
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- Department of Structural Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, 44227 Dortmund, Germany
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- Department of Systemic Cell Biology, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, 44227 Dortmund, Germany
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Vizcaíno-Castillo A, Kotila T, Kogan K, Yanase R, Como J, Antenucci L, Michelot A, Sunter JD, Lappalainen P. Leishmania profilin interacts with actin through an unusual structural mechanism to control cytoskeletal dynamics in parasites. J Biol Chem 2024; 300:105740. [PMID: 38340794 PMCID: PMC10907219 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2024.105740] [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: 10/20/2023] [Revised: 02/02/2024] [Accepted: 02/05/2024] [Indexed: 02/12/2024] Open
Abstract
Diseases caused by Leishmania and Trypanosoma parasites are a major health problem in tropical countries. Because of their complex life cycle involving both vertebrate and insect hosts, and >1 billion years of evolutionarily distance, the cell biology of trypanosomatid parasites exhibits pronounced differences to animal cells. For example, the actin cytoskeleton of trypanosomatids is divergent when compared with other eukaryotes. To understand how actin dynamics are regulated in trypanosomatid parasites, we focused on a central actin-binding protein profilin. Co-crystal structure of Leishmania major actin in complex with L. major profilin revealed that, although the overall folds of actin and profilin are conserved in eukaryotes, Leishmania profilin contains a unique α-helical insertion, which interacts with the target binding cleft of actin monomer. This insertion is conserved across the Trypanosomatidae family and is similar to the structure of WASP homology-2 (WH2) domain, a small actin-binding motif found in many other cytoskeletal regulators. The WH2-like motif contributes to actin monomer binding and enhances the actin nucleotide exchange activity of Leishmania profilin. Moreover, Leishmania profilin inhibited formin-catalyzed actin filament assembly in a mechanism that is dependent on the presence of the WH2-like motif. By generating profilin knockout and knockin Leishmania mexicana strains, we show that profilin is important for efficient endocytic sorting in parasites, and that the ability to bind actin monomers and proline-rich proteins, and the presence of a functional WH2-like motif, are important for the in vivo function of Leishmania profilin. Collectively, this study uncovers molecular principles by which profilin regulates actin dynamics in trypanosomatids.
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- HiLIFE Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- HiLIFE Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Oxford Brookes University, Department of Biological and Medical Sciences, Oxford, UK
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- Aix Marseille University, CNRS, IBDM, Turing Centre for Living Systems, Marseille, France
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- HiLIFE Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Aix Marseille University, CNRS, IBDM, Turing Centre for Living Systems, Marseille, France
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- Oxford Brookes University, Department of Biological and Medical Sciences, Oxford, UK.
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- HiLIFE Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
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Terán MG, García-Ramírez B, Mares-Mejía I, Ortega E, O’Malley A, Chruszcz M, Rodríguez-Romero A. Molecular Basis of Plant Profilins' Cross-Reactivity. Biomolecules 2023; 13:608. [PMID: 37189355 PMCID: PMC10135586 DOI: 10.3390/biom13040608] [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: 01/31/2023] [Revised: 03/14/2023] [Accepted: 03/18/2023] [Indexed: 03/30/2023] Open
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Profilins are ubiquitous allergens with conserved structural elements. Exposure to profilins from different sources leads to IgE-cross-reactivity and the pollen-latex-food syndrome. Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) that cross-react with plant profilins and block IgE-profilin interactions are relevant for diagnosis, epitope mapping, and specific immunotherapy. We generated IgGs mAbs, 1B4, and 2D10, against latex profilin (anti-rHev b 8) that inhibit the interaction of IgE and IgG4 antibodies from sera of latex- and maize-allergic patients by 90% and 40%, respectively. In this study, we evaluated 1B4 and 2D10 recognition towards different plant profilins, and mAbs recognition of rZea m 12 mutants by ELISAs. Interestingly, 2D10 highly recognized rArt v 4.0101 and rAmb a 8.0101, and to a lesser extent rBet v 2.0101, and rFra e 2.2, while 1B4 showed recognition for rPhl p 12.0101 and rAmb a 8.0101. We demonstrated that residue D130 at the α-helix 3 in profilins, which is part of the Hev b 8 IgE epitope, is essential for the 2D10 recognition. The structural analysis suggests that the profilins containing E130 (rPhl p 12.0101, rFra e 2.2, and rZea m 12.0105) show less binding with 2D10. The distribution of negative charges on the profilins' surfaces at the α-helices 1 and 3 is relevant for the 2D10 recognition, and that may be relevant to explain profilins' IgE cross-reactivity.
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- María G. Terán
- Instituto de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City 04510, Mexico; (M.G.T.); (B.G.-R.); (I.M.-M.)
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- Instituto de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City 04510, Mexico; (M.G.T.); (B.G.-R.); (I.M.-M.)
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- Instituto de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City 04510, Mexico; (M.G.T.); (B.G.-R.); (I.M.-M.)
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito Exterior, Ciudad. Universitaria, Coyoacán, Mexico City 04510, Mexico;
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29209, USA; (A.O.); (M.C.)
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29209, USA; (A.O.); (M.C.)
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
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- Instituto de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City 04510, Mexico; (M.G.T.); (B.G.-R.); (I.M.-M.)
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Liu X, Pimm ML, Haarer B, Brawner AT, Henty-Ridilla JL. Biochemical characterization of actin assembly mechanisms with ALS-associated profilin variants. Eur J Cell Biol 2022; 101:151212. [PMID: 35248815 PMCID: PMC10163920 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcb.2022.151212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2022] [Revised: 02/23/2022] [Accepted: 02/25/2022] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
Abstract
Eight separate mutations in the actin-binding protein profilin-1 have been identified as a rare cause of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Profilin is essential for many neuronal cell processes through its regulation of lipids, nuclear signals, and cytoskeletal dynamics, including actin filament assembly. Direct interactions between profilin and actin monomers inhibit actin filament polymerization. In contrast, profilin can also stimulate polymerization by simultaneously binding actin monomers and proline-rich tracts found in other proteins. Whether the ALS-associated mutations in profilin compromise these actin assembly functions is unclear. We performed a quantitative biochemical comparison of the direct and formin mediated impact for the eight ALS-associated profilin variants on actin assembly using classic protein-binding and single-filament microscopy assays. We determined that the binding constant of each profilin for actin monomers generally correlates with the actin nucleation strength associated with each ALS-related profilin. In the presence of formin, the A20T, R136W, Q139L, and C71G variants failed to activate the elongation phase of actin assembly. This diverse range of formin-activities is not fully explained through profilin-poly-L-proline (PLP) interactions, as all ALS-associated variants bind a formin-derived PLP peptide with similar affinities. However, chemical denaturation experiments suggest that the folding stability of these profilins impact some of these effects on actin assembly. Thus, changes in profilin protein stability and alterations in actin filament polymerization may both contribute to the profilin-mediated actin disruptions in ALS.
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- Xinbei Liu
- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience & Physiology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA; Department of Neuroscience & Physiology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA.
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Sadr AS, Abdollahpour Z, Aliahmadi A, Eslahchi C, Nekouei M, Kiaei L, Kiaei M, Ghassempour A. Detection of structural and conformational changes in ALS-causing mutant profilin-1 with hydrogen/deuterium exchange mass spectrometry and bioinformatics techniques. Metab Brain Dis 2022; 37:229-241. [PMID: 34302583 DOI: 10.1007/s11011-021-00763-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2021] [Accepted: 06/06/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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The hydrogen/deuterium exchange (HDX) is a reliable method to survey the dynamic behavior of proteins and epitope mapping. Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization-Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) is a quantifying tool to assay for HDX in the protein of interest. We combined HDX-MALDI-TOF MS and molecular docking/MD simulation to identify accessible amino acids and analyze their contribution into the structural changes of profilin-1 (PFN-1). The molecular docking/MD simulations are computational tools for enabling the analysis of the type of amino acids that may be involved via HDX identified under the lowest binding energy condition. Glycine to valine amino acid (G117V) substitution mutation is linked to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). This mutation is found to be in the actin-binding site of PFN-1 and prevents the dimerization/polymerization of actin and invokes a pathologic toxicity that leads to ALS. In this study, we sought to understand the PFN-1 protein dynamic behavior using purified wild type and mutant PFN-1 proteins. The data obtained from HDX-MALDI-TOF MS for PFN-1WT and PFN-1G117V at various time intervals, from seconds to hours, revealed multiple peaks corresponding to molecular weights from monomers to multimers. PFN-1/Benzaldehyde complexes identified 20 accessible amino acids to HDX that participate in the docking simulation in the surface of WT and mutant PFN-1. Consistent results from HDX-MALDI-TOF MS and docking simulation predict candidate amino acid(s) involved in the dimerization/polymerization of PFNG117V. This information may shed critical light on the structural and conformational changes with details of amino acid epitopes for mutant PFN-1s' dimerization, oligomerization, and aggregation.
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- Ahmad Shahir Sadr
- Medicinal Plants and Drugs Research Institute, Shahid Beheshti University, G.C., Evin, Tehran, Iran
- Computer Science Department, Mathematical Sciences Faculty, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
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- Medicinal Plants and Drugs Research Institute, Shahid Beheshti University, G.C., Evin, Tehran, Iran
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- Medicinal Plants and Drugs Research Institute, Shahid Beheshti University, G.C., Evin, Tehran, Iran
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- Computer Science Department, Mathematical Sciences Faculty, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
- School of Biological Sciences, Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences (IPM), Tehran, Iran
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- Medicinal Plants and Drugs Research Institute, Shahid Beheshti University, G.C., Evin, Tehran, Iran
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- RockGen Therapeutics, LLC, Little Rock, AR, 72205, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, 72205, USA.
- Department of Neurology, College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, 72205, USA.
- Department of Geriatrics, College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, 72205, USA.
- RockGen Therapeutics, LLC, Little Rock, AR, 72205, USA.
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- Medicinal Plants and Drugs Research Institute, Shahid Beheshti University, G.C., Evin, Tehran, Iran.
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Sadr AS, Eslahchi C, Ghassempour A, Kiaei M. In silico studies reveal structural deviations of mutant profilin-1 and interaction with riluzole and edaravone in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Sci Rep 2021; 11:6849. [PMID: 33767237 PMCID: PMC7994392 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-86211-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2020] [Accepted: 03/11/2021] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
Abstract
This study aimed to investigate four of the eight PFN-1 mutations that are located near the actin-binding domain and determine the structural changes due to each mutant and unravel how these mutations alter protein structural behavior. Swapaa's command in UCSF chimera for generating mutations, FTMAP were employed and the data was analyzed by RMSD, RMSF graphs, Rg, hydrogen bonding analysis, and RRdisMaps utilizing Autodock4 and GROMACS. The functional changes and virtual screening, structural dynamics, and chemical bonding behavior changes, molecular docking simulation with two current FDA-approved drugs for ALS were investigated. The highest reduction and increase in Rg were found to exist in the G117V and M113T mutants, respectively. The RMSF data consistently shows changes nearby to this site. The in silico data described indicate that each of the mutations is capable of altering the structure of PFN-1 in vivo. The potential effect of riluzole and edaravone two FDA approved drugs for ALS, impacting the structural deviations and stabilization of the mutant PFN-1 is evaluated using in silico tools. Overall, the analysis of data collected reveals structural changes of mutant PFN-1 protein that may explain the neurotoxicity and the reason(s) for possible loss and gain of function of PFN-1 in the neurotoxic model of ALS.
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- Ahmad Shahir Sadr
- Department of Computer and Data Sciences, Faculty of Mathematical Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Computer and Data Sciences, Faculty of Mathematical Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran.
- School of Biological Sciences, Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences (IPM), 193955746, Tehran, Iran.
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- Department of Phytochemistry, Medicinal Plants and Drugs Research Institute, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, 72205, USA.
- Department of Neurology, College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, 72205, USA.
- Department of Geriatrics, College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, 72205, USA.
- RockGen Therapeutics, LLC., c/o Bioventures, LLC, 4301 W. Markham St., #831, Little Rock, AR, 72205, USA.
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O'Malley A, Kapingidza AB, Hyduke N, Dolamore C, Kowal K, Chruszcz M. Crystal structure of timothy grass allergen Phl p 12.0101 reveals an unusual profilin dimer. Acta Biochim Pol 2021; 68:15-22. [PMID: 33720678 DOI: 10.18388/abp.2020_5587] [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] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2021] [Accepted: 03/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Timothy grass pollen is a source of potent allergens. Among them, Phl p 1 and Phl p 5 are thought to be the most important, as a majority of timothy grass-allergic individuals have IgE antibodies directed against these two allergens. The profilin from timothy grass (Phl p 12) has been registered as a minor allergen, with up to 35% of individuals in populations of grass pollen allergic patients showing IgE binding to Phl p 12. Profilins are primarily minor allergens and are known for a high likelihood of co-sensitization as well as cross-reactivity situations caused by their sequence and structure similarity. The crystal structure of Phl p 12.0101 was determined and it revealed that this allergen may form an unusual dimer not previously observed among any profilins. For example, the Phl p 12 dimer has a completely different geometry and interface when compared with the latex profilin (Hev b 8) dimer that has its crystal structure determined. The structure of Phl p 12.0101 is described in the context of allergenic sensitization and allergy diagnostics. Moreover, the structure of the Phl p 12.0101 dimer is discussed, taking into account the production of recombinant allergens and their storage.
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- Andrea O'Malley
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
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- 1Department of Allergology and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystok 15-276, Poland; 2Department of Experimental Allergology and Immunology, Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystok 15-276, Poland
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
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Ree R, Kind L, Kaziales A, Varland S, Dai M, Richter K, Drazic A, Arnesen T. PFN2 and NAA80 cooperate to efficiently acetylate the N-terminus of actin. J Biol Chem 2020; 295:16713-16731. [PMID: 32978259 PMCID: PMC7864067 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra120.015468] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2020] [Revised: 09/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
Abstract
The actin cytoskeleton is of profound importance to cell shape, division, and intracellular force generation. Profilins bind to globular (G-)actin and regulate actin filament formation. Although profilins are well-established actin regulators, the distinct roles of the dominant profilin, profilin 1 (PFN1), versus the less abundant profilin 2 (PFN2) remain enigmatic. In this study, we use interaction proteomics to discover that PFN2 is an interaction partner of the actin N-terminal acetyltransferase NAA80, and further confirm this by analytical ultracentrifugation. Enzyme assays with NAA80 and different profilins demonstrate that PFN2 binding specifically increases the intrinsic catalytic activity of NAA80. NAA80 binds PFN2 through a proline-rich loop, deletion of which abrogates PFN2 binding. Small-angle X-ray scattering shows that NAA80, actin, and PFN2 form a ternary complex and that NAA80 has partly disordered regions in the N-terminus and the proline-rich loop, the latter of which is partly ordered upon PFN2 binding. Furthermore, binding of PFN2 to NAA80 via the proline-rich loop promotes binding between the globular domains of actin and NAA80, and thus acetylation of actin. However, the majority of cellular NAA80 is stably bound to PFN2 and not to actin, and we propose that this complex acetylates G-actin before it is incorporated into filaments. In conclusion, we reveal a functionally specific role of PFN2 as a stable interactor and regulator of the actin N-terminal acetyltransferase NAA80, and establish the modus operandi for NAA80-mediated actin N-terminal acetylation, a modification with a major impact on cytoskeletal dynamics.
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- Rasmus Ree
- Department of Biomedicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
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- Department of Biomedicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Chemistry, Technische Universität München, Garching, Germany
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- Department of Biomedicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway; Department of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Biomedicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Chemistry, Technische Universität München, Garching, Germany
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- Department of Biomedicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
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- Department of Biomedicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway; Department of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway; Department of Surgery, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
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Srinivasan E, Rajasekaran R. A Systematic and Comprehensive Review on Disease-Causing Genes in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. J Mol Neurosci 2020; 70:1742-1770. [PMID: 32415434 DOI: 10.1007/s12031-020-01569-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2020] [Accepted: 04/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Abstract
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disorder and is characterized by degeneration and axon loss from the upper motor neuron, that descends from the lower motor neuron in the brain. Over the period, assorted outcomes from medical findings, molecular pathogenesis, and structural and biophysical studies have abetted in providing thoughtful insights underlying the importance of disease-causing genes in ALS. Consequently, numerous mechanisms were proposed for the pathogenesis of ALS, considering protein mutations, aggregation, and misfolding. Besides, the answers to the majority of ALS cases that happen to be sporadic still remain obscure. The application in discovering susceptibility factors in ALS contemplating the genetic factors is to be further dissevered in the future years with innovation in research studies. Hence, this review targets in revisiting the breakthroughs on the disease-causing genes related with ALS.
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- E Srinivasan
- Bioinformatics Lab, Department of Biotechnology, School of Bio Sciences and Technology, Vellore Institute of Technology (deemed to be university), Vellore, Tamil Nadu, 632014, India
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- Bioinformatics Lab, Department of Biotechnology, School of Bio Sciences and Technology, Vellore Institute of Technology (deemed to be university), Vellore, Tamil Nadu, 632014, India.
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Cudowska B, Kapingidza AB, Pawłowicz M, Pampuch A, Hyduke N, Pote S, Schlachter CR, Lebensztejn DM, Chruszcz M, Kowal K. Production and Use of Recombinant Profilins Amb a 8, Art v 4, Bet v 2, and Phl p 12 for Allergenic Sensitization Studies. Molecules 2020; 25:molecules25020369. [PMID: 31963206 PMCID: PMC7024262 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25020369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [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: 12/19/2019] [Revised: 01/08/2020] [Accepted: 01/13/2020] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
Abstract
Four recombinant (r) allergens (rAmb a 8.0101, rArt v 4.0101, rBet v 2.0101, and rPhl p 12.0101) were successfully produced and used for sensitization studies. The allergens belong to the profilin family which is one of the most numerous allergen families. These four proteins represent allergens originating from pollen of weeds (rAmb a 8.0101 and rArt v 4.0101), tree (rBet v 2.0101) and grass (rPhl p 12.0101). The recombinant allergens were characterized using various biochemical and biophysical methods and tested for their ability to bind patient-derived antibodies. One hundred patients aged 2 to 50 years sensitized to pollen and plant-derived food allergens (IgE > 0.35 kU/L) were included. Sensitization to individual allergen sources and components of birch and timothy pollens was evaluated using multiparameter immunoblots. The presence of IgE to pollen-derived recombinant profilins rAmb a 8.0101, rArt v 4.0101, rBet v 2.0101, and rPhl p 12.0101 in serum was evaluated using ELISA method. The presence of IgE against pollen profilins was detected in 20 out of 100 studied patients. High correlation was seen between IgE ELISA results with individual pollen profilins. In summary, it was shown that the recombinant versions of the four allergenic profilins can be used for sensitization studies and for component-resolved allergy diagnostics.
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- Beata Cudowska
- Department of Pediatrics, Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Nutrition and Allergology, Medical University of Bialystok, 15-276 Bialystok, Poland; (B.C.); (M.P.); (D.M.L.)
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA; (A.B.K.); (N.H.); (S.P.); (C.R.S.)
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- Department of Pediatrics, Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Nutrition and Allergology, Medical University of Bialystok, 15-276 Bialystok, Poland; (B.C.); (M.P.); (D.M.L.)
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- Department of Allergology and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Bialystok, 15-276 Bialystok, Poland;
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA; (A.B.K.); (N.H.); (S.P.); (C.R.S.)
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA; (A.B.K.); (N.H.); (S.P.); (C.R.S.)
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA; (A.B.K.); (N.H.); (S.P.); (C.R.S.)
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- Department of Pediatrics, Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Nutrition and Allergology, Medical University of Bialystok, 15-276 Bialystok, Poland; (B.C.); (M.P.); (D.M.L.)
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA; (A.B.K.); (N.H.); (S.P.); (C.R.S.)
- Correspondence: (M.C.); (K.K.); Tel.: +1-803-777-7399 (M.C.); +48-85-6865153 (K.K.)
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- Department of Allergology and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Bialystok, 15-276 Bialystok, Poland;
- Department of Experimental Allergology and Immunology, Medical University of Bialystok, 15-276 Bialystok, Poland
- Correspondence: (M.C.); (K.K.); Tel.: +1-803-777-7399 (M.C.); +48-85-6865153 (K.K.)
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Ni T, Jiao F, Yu X, Aden S, Ginger L, Williams SI, Bai F, Pražák V, Karia D, Stansfeld P, Zhang P, Munson G, Anderluh G, Scheuring S, Gilbert RJC. Structure and mechanism of bactericidal mammalian perforin-2, an ancient agent of innate immunity. Sci Adv 2020; 6:eaax8286. [PMID: 32064340 PMCID: PMC6989145 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aax8286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2019] [Accepted: 11/21/2019] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Perforin-2 (MPEG1) is thought to enable the killing of invading microbes engulfed by macrophages and other phagocytes, forming pores in their membranes. Loss of perforin-2 renders individual phagocytes and whole organisms significantly more susceptible to bacterial pathogens. Here, we reveal the mechanism of perforin-2 activation and activity using atomic structures of pre-pore and pore assemblies, high-speed atomic force microscopy, and functional assays. Perforin-2 forms a pre-pore assembly in which its pore-forming domain points in the opposite direction to its membrane-targeting domain. Acidification then triggers pore formation, via a 180° conformational change. This novel and unexpected mechanism prevents premature bactericidal attack and may have played a key role in the evolution of all perforin family proteins.
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- Tao Ni
- Division of Structural Biology, Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford OX3 7BN, UK
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Weill Cornell Medical College, 1300 York Ave., New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Division of Structural Biology, Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford OX3 7BN, UK
- Calleva Research Centre for Evolution and Human Sciences, Magdalen College, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 4AU, UK
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Nanobiotechnology, National Institute of Chemistry, Hajdrihova 19, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Division of Structural Biology, Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford OX3 7BN, UK
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- Division of Structural Biology, Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford OX3 7BN, UK
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QU, UK
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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- Division of Structural Biology, Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford OX3 7BN, UK
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- Division of Structural Biology, Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford OX3 7BN, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QU, UK
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- Division of Structural Biology, Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford OX3 7BN, UK
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Nanobiotechnology, National Institute of Chemistry, Hajdrihova 19, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Weill Cornell Medical College, 1300 York Ave., New York, NY 10065, USA
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Weill Cornell Medical College, 1300 York Ave., New York, NY 10065, USA
- Corresponding author. (S.S.); (R.J.C.G.)
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- Division of Structural Biology, Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford OX3 7BN, UK
- Calleva Research Centre for Evolution and Human Sciences, Magdalen College, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 4AU, UK
- Corresponding author. (S.S.); (R.J.C.G.)
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Profilin 1 (PFN1) protein plays key roles in neuronal growth and differentiation, membrane trafficking, and regulation of the actin cytoskeleton. Four natural variants of PFN1 were described as related to ALS, the most common adult-onset motor neuron disorder. However, the pathological mechanism of PFN1 in ALS is not yet completely understood. The goal of this work is to thoroughly analyze the effects of the ALS-related mutations on PFN1 structure and function using computational simulations. Here, PhD-SNP, PMUT, PolyPhen-2, SIFT, SNAP, SNPS&GO, SAAP, nsSNPAnalyzer, SNPeffect4.0 and I-Mutant2.0 were used to predict the functional and stability effects of PFN1 mutations. ConSurf was used for the evolutionary conservation analysis, and GROMACS was used to perform the MD simulations. The mutations C71G, M114T, and G118V, but not E117G, were predicted as deleterious by most of the functional prediction algorithms that were used. The stability prediction indicated that the ALS-related mutations could destabilize PFN1. The ConSurf analysis indicated that the mutation C71G, M114T, E117G, and G118V occur in highly conserved positions. The MD results indicated that the studied mutations could affect the PFN1 flexibility at the actin and PLP-binding domains, and consequently, their intermolecular interactions. It may be therefore related to the functional impairment of PFN1 upon C71G, M114T, E117G and G118V mutations, and their involvement in ALS development. We also developed a database, SNPMOL (http://www.snpmol.org/), containing the results presented on this paper for biologists and clinicians to exploit PFN1 and its natural variants.
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- Gabriel Rodrigues Coutinho Pereira
- Department of Genetics and Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Laboratory, Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO), Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Department of Genetics and Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Laboratory, Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO), Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Department of Genetics and Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Laboratory, Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO), Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Nekouei M, Ghezellou P, Aliahmadi A, Arjmand S, Kiaei M, Ghassempour A. Changes in biophysical characteristics of PFN1 due to mutation causing amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Metab Brain Dis 2018; 33:1975-1984. [PMID: 30203378 PMCID: PMC6230493 DOI: 10.1007/s11011-018-0305-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [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] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2018] [Accepted: 08/12/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Single amino acid mutations in profilin 1 (PFN1) have been found to cause amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Recently, we developed a mouse model for ALS using a PFN1 mutation (glycine 118 to valine, G118V), and we are now interested in understanding how PFN1 becomes toxically lethal with only one amino acid substitution. Therefore, we studied mutation-related changes in the PFN1 protein and hypothesized that such changes significantly disturb its structure. Initially, we expressed and studied the purified PFN1WT and PFN1G118V proteins from bacterial culture. We found that the PFN1G118V protein has a different mean residue ellipticity, as measured by far-UV circular dichroism, accompanied by a spectral shift. The intrinsic fluorescence of PFN1G118V showed a small fluctuation in maximum fluorescence absorption and intensity. Moreover, we examined the time course of PFN1 aggregation using SDS-PAGE, western blotting, and MALDI-TOF/TOF and found that compared with PFN1WT, PFN1G118V had an increased tendency to form aggregates. Dynamic light scattering data confirmed this, showing a larger size distribution for PFN1G118V. Our data explain why PFN1G118V tends to aggregate, a phenotype that may be the basis for its neurotoxicity.
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- Mina Nekouei
- Department of Phytochemistry, Medicinal Plants and Drugs Research Institute, Shahid Beheshti University, G.C., Evin, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Phytochemistry, Medicinal Plants and Drugs Research Institute, Shahid Beheshti University, G.C., Evin, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Biology, Medicinal Plants and Drugs Research Institute, Shahid Beheshti University, G.C., Evin, Tehran, Iran
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- Protein Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University, G.C., Evin, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Department of Neurology, Department of Geriatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, 72205, USA.
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- Department of Phytochemistry, Medicinal Plants and Drugs Research Institute, Shahid Beheshti University, G.C., Evin, Tehran, Iran.
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Posey AE, Ruff KM, Harmon TS, Crick SL, Li A, Diamond MI, Pappu RV. Profilin reduces aggregation and phase separation of huntingtin N-terminal fragments by preferentially binding to soluble monomers and oligomers. J Biol Chem 2018; 293:3734-3746. [PMID: 29358329 PMCID: PMC5846159 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra117.000357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.2] [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: 10/12/2017] [Revised: 01/16/2018] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Huntingtin N-terminal fragments (Htt-NTFs) with expanded polyglutamine tracts form a range of neurotoxic aggregates that are associated with Huntington's disease. Here, we show that aggregation of Htt-NTFs, irrespective of polyglutamine length, yields at least three phases (designated M, S, and F) that are delineated by sharp concentration thresholds and distinct aggregate sizes and morphologies. We found that monomers and oligomers make up the soluble M phase, ∼25-nm spheres dominate in the soluble S phase, and long, linear fibrils make up the insoluble F phase. Previous studies showed that profilin, an abundant cellular protein, reduces Htt-NTF aggregation and toxicity in cells. We confirm that profilin achieves its cellular effects through direct binding to the C-terminal proline-rich region of Htt-NTFs. We show that profilin preferentially binds to Htt-NTF M-phase species and destabilizes aggregation and phase separation by shifting the concentration boundaries for phase separation to higher values through a process known as polyphasic linkage. Our experiments, aided by coarse-grained computer simulations and theoretical analysis, suggest that preferential binding of profilin to the M-phase species of Htt-NTFs is enhanced through a combination of specific interactions between profilin and polyproline segments and auxiliary interactions between profilin and polyglutamine tracts. Polyphasic linkage may be a general strategy that cells utilize to regulate phase behavior of aggregation-prone proteins. Accordingly, detailed knowledge of phase behavior and an understanding of how ligands modulate phase boundaries may pave the way for developing new therapeutics against a variety of aggregation-prone proteins.
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- Ammon E Posey
- From the Department of Biomedical Engineering and Center for Biological Systems Engineering, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130
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- From the Department of Biomedical Engineering and Center for Biological Systems Engineering, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130
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- From the Department of Biomedical Engineering and Center for Biological Systems Engineering, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130
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- From the Department of Biomedical Engineering and Center for Biological Systems Engineering, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130
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- the Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63108
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- the Center for Alzheimer's and Neurodegenerative Diseases, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390, and
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- From the Department of Biomedical Engineering and Center for Biological Systems Engineering, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130,
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Del Poggetto E, Gori L, Chiti F. Biophysical analysis of three novel profilin-1 variants associated with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis indicates a correlation between their aggregation propensity and the structural features of their globular state. Biol Chem 2017; 397:927-37. [PMID: 27101547 DOI: 10.1515/hsz-2016-0154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2016] [Accepted: 04/14/2016] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Profilin-1 is a small protein involved in actin-mediated cytoskeleton rearrangement. Recently, mutations of profilin-1 have been associated with familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. It was previously reported that pathogenic mutations of profilin-1 increase the aggregation propensity of this protein, leaving its function unaffected. However, it is not clear if the mutations act by decreasing the conformational stability or by promoting structural perturbations of the folded state of this protein. In this work we have purified three novel profilin-1 mutants that were recently discovered and have investigated their conformational stability, structural features and aggregation behaviour in vitro. Analysis of the data obtained with the three novel variants, and a global statistical analysis with all profilin-1 mutants so far characterised, indicate significant correlations between aggregation propensity and structural perturbations of the folded state, rather than its conformational stability, in this group of mutants.
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Gau D, Veon W, Zeng X, Yates N, Shroff SG, Koes DR, Roy P. Threonine 89 Is an Important Residue of Profilin-1 That Is Phosphorylatable by Protein Kinase A. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0156313. [PMID: 27228149 PMCID: PMC4882052 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0156313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [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: 12/14/2015] [Accepted: 05/12/2016] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Objective Dynamic regulation of actin cytoskeleton is at the heart of all actin-based cellular events. In this study, we sought to identify novel post-translational modifications of Profilin-1 (Pfn1), an important regulator of actin polymerization in cells. Methodology We performed in vitro protein kinase assay followed by mass-spectrometry to identify Protein Kinase A (PKA) phosphorylation sites of Pfn1. By two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2D-GE) analysis, we further examined the changes in the isoelectric profile of ectopically expressed Pfn1 in HEK-293 cells in response to forskolin (FSK), an activator of cAMP/PKA pathway. Finally, we combined molecular dynamics simulations (MDS), GST pull-down assay and F-actin analyses of mammalian cells expressing site-specific phosphomimetic variants of Pfn1 to predict the potential consequences of phosphorylation of Pfn1. Results and Significance We identified several PKA phosphorylation sites of Pfn1 including Threonine 89 (T89), a novel site. Consistent with PKA’s ability to phosphorylate Pfn1 in vitro, FSK stimulation increased the pool of the most negatively charged form of Pfn1 in HEK-293 cells which can be attenuated by PKA inhibitor H89. MDS predicted that T89 phosphorylation destabilizes an intramolecular interaction of Pfn1, potentially increasing its affinity for actin. The T89D phosphomimetic mutation of Pfn1 elicits several changes that are hallmarks of proteins folded into alternative three-dimensional conformations including detergent insolubility, protein aggregation and accelerated proteolysis, suggesting that T89 is a structurally important residue of Pfn1. Expression of T89D-Pfn1 induces actin:T89D-Pfn1 co-clusters and dramatically reduces overall actin polymerization in cells, indicating an actin-sequestering action of T89D-Pfn1. Finally, rendering T89 non-phosphorylatable causes a positive charge shift in the isoelectric profile of Pfn1 in a 2D gel electrophoresis analysis of cell extracts, a finding that is consistent with phosphorylation of a certain pool of intracellular Pfn1 on the T89 residue. In summary, we propose that T89 phosphorylation could have major functional consequences on Pfn1. This study paves the way for further investigation of the potential role of Pfn1 phosphorylation in PKA-mediated regulation of actin-dependent biological processes.
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- David Gau
- Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Biomedical Mass Spectrometry Center, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Biomedical Mass Spectrometry Center, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Department of Cell Biology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Computational and Systems Biology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Department of Cell Biology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Sekhar BC, Sachin C, Raman BV, Bondili JS. Molecular characterization and In silico analysis of Sorghum Panallergens: Profilin and Polcalin. Indian J Exp Biol 2015; 53:726-731. [PMID: 26669015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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In India, 20-30% of the human population suffer from allergic rhinitis and 15% of them develop asthma. Plant pollens are one of the causative aeroallergens and are mixture of a number of molecules including major and minor allergens (Panallergens). Profilin and polcalcin are the known pollen specific panallergens. Allergenicity of the Sorghum plant in Andhra Pradesh was found to be 54.9%. But the allergens responsible have not been characterized well. This study highlights identification and molecular characterization of Sorghum bicolor profilin (Sorb PF) and S. bicolor polcalcin (Sorb PC) allergen genes based on homology. The coding sequences of the two genes were PCR amplified from the cDNA constructed from Sorghum pollen total RNA. The gene sequences were deposited in NCBI, KC427126 and KC427125. Recombinantly expressed histidine tag (His-tag) purified Sorghum polcalcin and profilin confirmed 9 and 14 kDa proteins, respectively. Based on multiple sequence alignment and phylogenetic analysis, Sorghum polcalcin and profilin were found to be closely related with Cynodon dactylon, Phleum pratense and Oryza sativa grass species. In silico Algpred based screening of SorbPF and SorbPC showed an allergenicity score of 1.149 and 0.879, respectively. The structure of two Ef-hand sequences (DTNGDGKISLSEL and DTDGDGFIDFNEF) of SorbPC showed an exact match with Phlp7. It is concluded that Sorghum recombinant profilin and polcalcin proteins can be of potential use in developing diagnostic kits for allergenicity to Sorghum pollen grains.
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Pečar Fonović U, Kos J. Cathepsin X Cleaves Profilin 1 C-Terminal Tyr139 and Influences Clathrin-Mediated Endocytosis. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0137217. [PMID: 26325675 PMCID: PMC4567178 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0137217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [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: 02/19/2015] [Accepted: 07/18/2015] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Cathepsin X, a cysteine carboxypeptidase, is upregulated in several types of cancer. Its molecular target in tumor cells is profilin 1, a known tumor suppressor and regulator of actin cytoskeleton dynamics. Cathepsin X cleaves off the C-terminal Tyr139 of profilin 1, affecting binding of poly-L-proline ligands and, consequently, tumor cell migration and invasion. Profilin 1 with mutations at the C-terminus, transiently expressed in prostate cancer cells PC-3, showed that Tyr139 is important for proper function of profilin 1 as a tumor suppressor. Cleaving off Tyr139 prevents the binding of clathrin, a poly-L-proline ligand involved in endocytosis. More profilin 1—clathrin complexes were present in PC-3 cells when cathepsin X was inhibited by its specific inhibitor AMS36 or silenced by siRNA. As a consequence, the endocytosis of FITC-labeled dextran and transferrin conjugate was significantly increased. These results constitute the first report of the regulation of clathrin-mediated endocytosis in tumor cells through proteolytic processing of profilin 1.
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Department of Biotechnology, Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Vervaet N, Kallio JP, Meier S, Salmivaara E, Eberhardt M, Zhang S, Sun X, Wu Z, Kursula P, Kursula I. Recombinant production, crystallization and preliminary structural characterization of Schistosoma japonicum profilin. Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun 2013; 69:1264-7. [PMID: 24192365 PMCID: PMC3818049 DOI: 10.1107/s174430911302647x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2013] [Accepted: 09/24/2013] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Helminthic parasites of the genus Schistosoma contain a tegumental membrane, which is of crucial importance for modulation of the host immune response and parasite survival. The actin cytoskeleton plays an important role in the function of the tegument. Profilins are among the most important proteins regulating actin dynamics. Schistosoma japonicum possesses one profilin-like protein, which has been characterized as a potential vaccine candidate. Notably, profilins are highly immunogenic molecules in many organisms. Here, the profilin from S. japonicum was expressed, purified and crystallized. A native data set to 1.91 Å resolution and a single-wavelength anomalous diffraction (SAD) data set to a resolution of 2.2 Å were collected. The crystals belonged to space group P2(1)2(1)2(1), with unit-cell parameters a = 31.82, b = 52.17, c = 59.79 Å and a = 35.29, b = 52.15, c = 59.82 Å, respectively.
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- Nele Vervaet
- Centre for Structural Systems Biology, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research and German Electron Synchrotron (DESY), Notkestrasse 85, Bldg. 25b, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Centre for Structural Systems Biology, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research and German Electron Synchrotron (DESY), Notkestrasse 85, Bldg. 25b, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Centre for Structural Systems Biology, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research and German Electron Synchrotron (DESY), Notkestrasse 85, Bldg. 25b, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Centre for Structural Systems Biology, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research and German Electron Synchrotron (DESY), Notkestrasse 85, Bldg. 25b, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oulu, PO Box 3000, 90014 Oulu, Finland
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oulu, PO Box 3000, 90014 Oulu, Finland
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- Department of Parasitology, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Parasitology, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Parasitology, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oulu, PO Box 3000, 90014 Oulu, Finland
- Biocenter Oulu, University of Oulu, PO Box 3000, 90014 Oulu, Finland
- Department of Chemistry, University of Hamburg, DESY, Notkestrasse 85, Bldg. 25b, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Centre for Structural Systems Biology, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research and German Electron Synchrotron (DESY), Notkestrasse 85, Bldg. 25b, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oulu, PO Box 3000, 90014 Oulu, Finland
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Jimenez-Lopez JC, Rodríguez-García MI, Alché JD. Analysis of the effects of polymorphism on pollen profilin structural functionality and the generation of conformational, T- and B-cell epitopes. PLoS One 2013; 8:e76066. [PMID: 24146818 PMCID: PMC3798325 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0076066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [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: 06/28/2013] [Accepted: 08/19/2013] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
Abstract
An extensive polymorphism analysis of pollen profilin, a fundamental regulator of the actin cytoskeleton dynamics, has been performed with a major focus in 3D-folding maintenance, changes in the 2-D structural elements, surface residues involved in ligands-profilin interactions and functionality, and the generation of conformational and lineal B- and T-cell epitopes variability. Our results revealed that while the general fold is conserved among profilins, substantial structural differences were found, particularly affecting the special distribution and length of different 2-D structural elements (i.e. cysteine residues), characteristic loops and coils, and numerous micro-heterogeneities present in fundamental residues directly involved in the interacting motifs, and to some extension these residues nearby to the ligand-interacting areas. Differential changes as result of polymorphism might contribute to generate functional variability among the plethora of profilin isoforms present in the olive pollen from different genetic background (olive cultivars), and between plant species, since biochemical interacting properties and binding affinities to natural ligands may be affected, particularly the interactions with different actin isoforms and phosphoinositides lipids species. Furthermore, conspicuous variability in lineal and conformational epitopes was found between profilins belonging to the same olive cultivar, and among different cultivars as direct implication of sequences polymorphism. The variability of the residues taking part of IgE-binding epitopes might be the final responsible of the differences in cross-reactivity among olive pollen cultivars, among pollen and plant-derived food allergens, as well as between distantly related pollen species, leading to a variable range of allergy reactions among atopic patients. Identification and analysis of commonly shared and specific epitopes in profilin isoforms is essential to gain knowledge about the interacting surface of these epitopes, and for a better understanding of immune responses, helping design and development of rational and effective immunotherapy strategies for the treatment of allergy diseases.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Antigens, Plant/chemistry
- Epitopes, B-Lymphocyte/chemistry
- Epitopes, B-Lymphocyte/classification
- Epitopes, B-Lymphocyte/genetics
- Epitopes, B-Lymphocyte/immunology
- Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte/chemistry
- Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte/classification
- Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte/genetics
- Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte/immunology
- Food Hypersensitivity/immunology
- Humans
- Models, Molecular
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Olea/chemistry
- Phylogeny
- Plant Proteins/chemistry
- Pollen/chemistry
- Polymorphism, Genetic/immunology
- Profilins/chemistry
- Profilins/classification
- Profilins/genetics
- Profilins/immunology
- Protein Structure, Tertiary
- Sequence Alignment
- Structural Homology, Protein
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- Jose C. Jimenez-Lopez
- Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology of plants, Estación Experimental del Zaidín (EEZ), High Council for Scientific Research (CSIC), Granada, Spain
- * E-mail: (JCJL); (JDA)
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- Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology of plants, Estación Experimental del Zaidín (EEZ), High Council for Scientific Research (CSIC), Granada, Spain
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- Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology of plants, Estación Experimental del Zaidín (EEZ), High Council for Scientific Research (CSIC), Granada, Spain
- * E-mail: (JCJL); (JDA)
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Kardos R, Nevalainen E, Nyitrai M, Hild G. The effect of ADF/cofilin and profilin on the dynamics of monomeric actin. Biochim Biophys Acta 2013; 1834:2010-9. [PMID: 23845993 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2013.06.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2012] [Revised: 05/22/2013] [Accepted: 06/13/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The main goal of the work was to uncover the dynamical changes in actin induced by the binding of cofilin and profilin. The change in the structure and flexibility of the small domain and its function in the thermodynamic stability of the actin monomer were examined with fluorescence spectroscopy and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The structure around the C-terminus of actin is slightly affected by the presence of cofilin and profilin. Temperature dependent fluorescence resonance energy transfer measurements indicated that both actin binding proteins decreased the flexibility of the protein matrix between the subdomains 1 and 2. Time resolved anisotropy decay measurements supported the idea that cofilin and profilin changed similarly the dynamics around the fluorescently labeled Cys-374 and Lys-61 residues in subdomains 1 and 2, respectively. DSC experiments indicated that the thermodynamic stability of actin increased by cofilin and decreased in the presence of profilin. Based on the information obtained it is possible to conclude that while the small domain of actin acts uniformly in the presence of cofilin and profilin the overall stability of actin changes differently in the presence of the studied actin binding proteins. The results support the idea that the small domain of actin behaves as a rigid unit during the opening and closing of the nucleotide binding pocket in the presence of profilin and cofilin as well. The structural arrangement of the nucleotide binding cleft mainly influences the global stability of actin while the dynamics of the different segments can change autonomously.
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- Roland Kardos
- University of Pécs, Medical School, Department of Biophysics, Szigeti str. 12, Pécs H-7624, Hungary; Szentágothai Research Center, Ifjúság str. 34, Pécs H-7624, Hungary
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Wang Y, Fu TJ, Howard A, Kothary MH, McHugh TH, Zhang Y. Crystal structure of peanut (Arachis hypogaea) allergen Ara h 5. J Agric Food Chem 2013; 61:1573-1578. [PMID: 23350842 DOI: 10.1021/jf303861p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Profilins from numerous species are known to be allergens, including food allergens, such as peanut ( Arachis hypogaea ) allergen Ara h 5, and pollen allergens, such as birch allergen Bet v 2. Patients with pollen allergy can also cross-react to peanut. Structural characterization of allergens will allow a better understanding of the allergenicity of food allergens and their cross-reactivities. The three-dimensional structures of most known food allergens remain to be elucidated. Here, we report the first crystallographic study of a food allergen in the profilin family. The structure of peanut allergen Ara h 5 was determined, and the resolution of the final refined structure was 1.1 Å. Structure alignment revealed that Ara h 5 is more similar to Bet v 2 than to Hev b 8, although sequence alignment suggested that Ara h 5 is more closely related to Hev b 8 than to Bet v 2, indicating that homology-model-based prediction of immunoglobulin E epitopes needs to be interpreted with caution.
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- Yang Wang
- Department of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois 60616, United States
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Iorio RA, Del Duca S, Calamelli E, Pula C, Lodolini M, Scamardella F, Pession A, Ricci G. Citrus allergy from pollen to clinical symptoms. PLoS One 2013; 8:e53680. [PMID: 23308273 PMCID: PMC3537725 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053680] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2012] [Accepted: 12/04/2012] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Allergy to citrus fruits is often associated with pollinosis and sensitization to other plants due to a phenomenon of cross-reactivity. The aims of the present study were to highlight the cross-reactivity among citrus and the major allergenic pollens/fruits, throughout clinical and molecular investigations, and to evaluate the sensitization frequency to citrus fruits in a population of children and adults with pollinosis. We found a relevant percentage of sensitisation (39%) to citrus fruits in the patients recruited and in all of them the IgE-mediated mechanism has been confirmed by the positive response to the prick-to-prick test. RT-PCR experiments showed the expression of Cit s 1, Cit s 3 and a profilin isoform, already described in apple, also in Citrus clementine pollen. Data of multiple sequence alignments demonstrated that Citrus allergens shared high percentage identity values with other clinically relevant species (i.e. Triticum aestivum, Malus domestica), confirming the possible cross-allergenicity citrus/grasses and citrus/apple. Finally, a novelty of the present work has been the expression of two phospholipaseA2 isoforms (PLA2 α and β) in Citrus as well as in Triticum pollens; being PLA2 able to generate pro-inflammatory factors, this enzyme could participate in the activation of the allergenic inflammatory cascade.
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- Rosa Anna Iorio
- Department of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Pediatric Allergology of the Women's, Children's and Adolescents' Health Gozzadini Children's Hospital Sant'Orsola-Malpighi, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Pediatric Allergology of the Women's, Children's and Adolescents' Health Gozzadini Children's Hospital Sant'Orsola-Malpighi, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Laboratory Analysis Unit. Maggiore Hospital, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Pediatric Allergology of the Women's, Children's and Adolescents' Health Gozzadini Children's Hospital Sant'Orsola-Malpighi, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Pediatric Allergology of the Women's, Children's and Adolescents' Health Gozzadini Children's Hospital Sant'Orsola-Malpighi, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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Fan T, Zhai H, Shi W, Wang J, Jia H, Xiang Y, An L. Overexpression of profilin 3 affects cell elongation and F-actin organization in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Cell Rep 2013; 32:149-60. [PMID: 23052593 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-012-1349-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2012] [Revised: 08/06/2012] [Accepted: 09/18/2012] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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KEY MESSAGE : Reduced levels of profilin 3 do not have a noticeable phenotypic effect; however, elevated profilin 3 levels result in decreased hypocotyl length due to a reduction in cell elongation and F-actin reorganization. The actin cytoskeleton is critical for a variety of cellular processes. The small actin monomer proteins, profilins (PRFs), are encoded by five highly conserved isoforms in Arabidopsis thaliana. PRF3, one of the vegetative isoforms, has 36 more N-terminal amino acid residues than the other four PRFs; however, the functions of PRF3 are mostly unknown. In this study, we demonstrated that PRF3 was strongly expressed in young seedlings, rosette leaves, and cauline leaves, but was weakly expressed in 14-day-old seedlings and flowers. Our data also showed that PRF3 could increase the critical concentration (Cc) of actin assembly in vitro. Overexpression of the full-length PRF3 cDNA resulted in a decrease in the lengths of roots and hypocotyls and delayed seed germination, but PRF3-ΔN36 transgenic plants and prf3 mutant plants showed normal growth when compared with wild-type plants. Microscopy observation revealed that cell elongation was inhibited in the hypocotyl and that F-actin was reorganized by destabilizing microfilaments. These results suggest that the dwarf phenotype of the PRF3 overexpression seedlings may be related to a reduction in cell length and F-actin rearrangement.
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- Tingting Fan
- School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, PR China.
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Jeong KY, Han IS, Choi SY, Lee JH, Lee JS, Hong CS, Park JW. Allergenicity of recombinant profilins from Japanese hop, Humulus japonicus. J Investig Allergol Clin Immunol 2013; 23:345-350. [PMID: 24260980] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Pollen from Japanese hop, Humulusjaponicus, is a major cause of pollinosis in Korea. Profilin (15 kDa) from Humulus scandens has been associated with strong allergenicity in allergic Chinese patients. Profilin has also been detected in pollen extract from Korean Japanese hop by proteomic analysis and immunoglobulin (Ig) E immunoblotting. However, the allergenicity of allergens isolated from Japanese hop has not been investigated in Korean individuals. This study was undertaken to produce recombinant profilin from Japanese hop and evaluate its allergenicity. METHODS Complementary DNA sequences encoding 2 isoallergens were cloned by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction and their recombinant proteins expressed in Escherichia coli. The IgE-binding reactivities of the recombinant allergens were assessed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. RESULTS The deduced amino acid sequences of the H. japonicus profilins were 68.7% to 80.2% homologous with profilins from mugwort (Art v 4), ragweed (Amb a 14), and birch (Bet v 2). Two isoallergens of profilin from H. japonicus were 78.2% identical. Notably, the cDNA sequences of these 2 isoallergens were 98.5% (AY268422) and 98.7% (AY268424) identical to those of H. scandens. Serum samples from Japanese hop-sensitized individuals showed 12.9% IgE reactivity to both of the recombinant profilin isoallergens from H. japonicus, indicating that profilin may not be an allergenically dominant component of Japanese hop pollen. The recombinant profilins showed only 0% to 9.3% inhibition of the crude extract. CONCLUSIONS Two isoallergens of profilin that are highly conserved with those of mugwort, ragweed, and birch were identified in H. japonicus. Profilins from Japanese hop pollen may play a minor role in the pathogenesis of pollinosis in Koreans.
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- K Y Jeong
- Department of Internal Medicine and Institute of Allergy, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Jégou A, Niedermayer T, Orbán J, Didry D, Lipowsky R, Carlier MF, Romet-Lemonne G. Individual actin filaments in a microfluidic flow reveal the mechanism of ATP hydrolysis and give insight into the properties of profilin. PLoS Biol 2011; 9:e1001161. [PMID: 21980262 PMCID: PMC3181223 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [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: 01/18/2011] [Accepted: 08/18/2011] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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A novel microfluidic approach allows the analysis of the dynamics of individual actin filaments, revealing both their local ADP/ADP-Pi-actin composition and that Pi release is a random mechanism. The hydrolysis of ATP associated with actin and profilin-actin polymerization is pivotal in cell motility. It is at the origin of treadmilling of actin filaments and controls their dynamics and mechanical properties, as well as their interactions with regulatory proteins. The slow release of inorganic phosphate (Pi) that follows rapid cleavage of ATP gamma phosphate is linked to an increase in the rate of filament disassembly. The mechanism of Pi release in actin filaments has remained elusive for over 20 years. Here, we developed a microfluidic setup to accurately monitor the depolymerization of individual filaments and determine their local ADP-Pi content. We demonstrate that Pi release in the filament is not a vectorial but a random process with a half-time of 102 seconds, irrespective of whether the filament is assembled from actin or profilin-actin. Pi release from the depolymerizing barbed end is faster (half-time of 0.39 seconds) and further accelerated by profilin. Profilin accelerates the depolymerization of both ADP- and ADP-Pi-F-actin. Altogether, our data show that during elongation from profilin-actin, the dissociation of profilin from the growing barbed end is not coupled to Pi release or to ATP cleavage on the terminal subunit. These results emphasize the potential of microfluidics in elucidating actin regulation at the scale of individual filaments. Actin proteins assemble into microfilaments that control cell shape and movement by polymerizing or depolymerizing. These actin monomers can bind ATP or ADP molecules. The incorporation of an ATP-actin monomer into a growing filament results in rapid cleavage of ATP into ADP and inorganic phosphate (Pi), followed by a slower release of Pi. As a consequence, actin filaments are composed mainly of ADP- and ADP-Pi-actin subunits, which have different depolymerization kinetics and mechanical properties, and can be targeted specifically by regulatory proteins that affect filament function. Hence, the understanding of many cellular processes requires a knowledge of the ADP/ADP-Pi composition of actin filaments at a molecular scale. This has so far remained elusive because traditional studies rely on measuring an average over many filaments in solution. To address this issue, we developed a microfluidics setup to monitor individual filaments with light microscopy while rapidly changing their chemical environment. We find that depolymerization accelerates progressively and corresponds to an exponential ADP-Pi-actin profile in the filament, meaning that each subunit releases its Pi with the same rate. Our method also provides novel insight into the function of profilin, a protein important for regulation of actin dynamics in cells, thus demonstrating the method's potential in the functional analysis of actin regulators.
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- Antoine Jégou
- Laboratoire d'Enzymologie et Biochimie Structurales, Centre de Recherche de Gif, CNRS, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Theory and Biosystems, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam, Germany
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- Laboratoire d'Enzymologie et Biochimie Structurales, Centre de Recherche de Gif, CNRS, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Laboratoire d'Enzymologie et Biochimie Structurales, Centre de Recherche de Gif, CNRS, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Theory and Biosystems, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam, Germany
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- Laboratoire d'Enzymologie et Biochimie Structurales, Centre de Recherche de Gif, CNRS, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Laboratoire d'Enzymologie et Biochimie Structurales, Centre de Recherche de Gif, CNRS, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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Bourry D, Sinnaeve D, Gheysen K, Fritzinger B, Vandenborre G, Van Damme EJM, Wieruszeski JM, Lippens G, Ampe C, Martins JC. Intermolecular interaction studies using small volumes. Magn Reson Chem 2011; 49:9-15. [PMID: 21162136 DOI: 10.1002/mrc.2699] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2010] [Revised: 09/15/2010] [Accepted: 10/13/2010] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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We present the use of 1-mm room-temperature probe technology to perform intermolecular interaction studies using chemical shift perturbation methods and saturation transfer difference (STD) spectroscopy using small sample volumes. The use of a small sample volume (5-10 µl) allows for an alternative titration protocol where individual samples are prepared for each titration point, rather than the usual protocol used for a 5-mm probe setup where the ligand is added consecutively to the solution containing the protein or host of interest. This allows for considerable economy in the consumption and cost of the protein and ligand amounts required for interaction studies. For titration experiments, the use of the 1-mm setup consumes less than 10% of the ligand amount required using a 5-mm setup. This is especially significant when complex ligands that are only available in limited quantities, typically because they are obtained from natural sources or through elaborate synthesis efforts, need to be investigated. While the use of smaller volumes does increase the measuring time, we demonstrate that the use of commercial small volume probes allows the study of interactions that would otherwise be impossible to address by NMR.
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- David Bourry
- Department of Chemistry, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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Kucera K, Koblansky AA, Saunders LP, Frederick KB, De La Cruz EM, Ghosh S, Modis Y. Structure-based analysis of Toxoplasma gondii profilin: a parasite-specific motif is required for recognition by Toll-like receptor 11. J Mol Biol 2010; 403:616-29. [PMID: 20851125 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2010.09.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [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: 06/09/2010] [Revised: 09/02/2010] [Accepted: 09/08/2010] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Profilins promote actin polymerization by exchanging ADP for ATP on monomeric actin and delivering ATP-actin to growing filament barbed ends. Apicomplexan protozoa such as Toxoplasma gondii invade host cells using an actin-dependent gliding motility. Toll-like receptor (TLR) 11 generates an innate immune response upon sensing T. gondii profilin (TgPRF). The crystal structure of TgPRF reveals a parasite-specific surface motif consisting of an acidic loop, followed by a long β-hairpin. A series of structure-based profilin mutants show that TLR11 recognition of the acidic loop is responsible for most of the interleukin (IL)-12 secretion response to TgPRF in peritoneal macrophages. Deletion of both the acidic loop and the β-hairpin completely abrogates IL-12 secretion. Insertion of the T. gondii acidic loop and β-hairpin into yeast profilin is sufficient to generate TLR11-dependent signaling. Substitution of the acidic loop in TgPRF with the homologous loop from the apicomplexan parasite Cryptosporidium parvum does not affect TLR11-dependent IL-12 secretion, while substitution with the acidic loop from Plasmodium falciparum results in reduced but significant IL-12 secretion. We conclude that the parasite-specific motif in TgPRF is the key molecular pattern recognized by TLR11. Unlike other profilins, TgPRF slows nucleotide exchange on monomeric rabbit actin and binds rabbit actin weakly. The putative TgPRF actin-binding surface includes the β-hairpin and diverges widely from the actin-binding surfaces of vertebrate profilins.
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- Kaury Kucera
- Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, 266 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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Luo HM, Xiao J, Wu YL, Liu ZG, Jun L, Xu H. [Spectroscopic studies on refolding process in vitro of pan-allergen profilin in coco pollen]. Guang Pu Xue Yu Guang Pu Fen Xi 2010; 30:2428-2432. [PMID: 21105411] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Recombinant proteins expressed by prokaryotic expression system are normally in the form of inclusion. In the present paper, refolding process of recombinant pan-allergen profilin protein induced by urea has been investigated by using circular dichroism spectra, fluorescence spectra, synchronous fluorescence spectra systematically. And the spectral characteristics of the renaturation were obtained. In addition, bioinformatics methods including predications of secondary and tertiary structures have also been used to explain the spectral characteristics and analyze the conformational changes of the protein during renaturation in vitro. Results from this study should be useful to the establishment of a spectral method examining the extent of protein renaturation, and be helpful to the understanding of the mechanism of renaturation of recombinant protein.
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- Hai-mei Luo
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China.
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Varasteh AR, Moghadam M, Vahedi F, Kermani T, Sankian M. Cloning and expression of the allergen Cro s 2 profilin from saffron (Crocus sativus). Allergol Int 2009; 58:429-35. [PMID: 19628979 DOI: 10.2332/allergolint.09-oa-0088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2009] [Accepted: 03/13/2009] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Profilin is a panallergen that is recognized by IgE in allergic patients. Allergy to saffron (Crocus sativus) pollen has been described in people exposed to its pollen. Saffron contains a profilin that may cause allergic reactions in atopic subjects. The aim of this study was to describe the cloning, expression and purification of saffron profilin from pollen. METHODS Cloning of saffron profilin was performed by polymerase chain reaction using specific primers from saffron pollen RNA. Expression was carried out in Escherichia coli BL21 (DE3) using a vector pET-102- TOPO. A recombinant fusion protein was expressed and the recombinant profilin was purified by metal precipitation. Immunological characterization was performed by immunoblotting experiments. RESULTS The 34kDa- recombinant saffron profilin, Cro s 2, as a fusion protein was purified. Immunoblotting tested with the sera of allergic patients showed a specific reaction with the recombinant Cro s 2 band. CONCLUSIONS The sequence of Cro s 2 showed a high degree of identity and similarity to other plant profilins and the recombinant saffron profilin, Cro s 2, may be used for target-specific diagnosis and structural analyses and investigation of cross reactivity of Cro s 2 with other plant profilins.
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- Abdol-Reza Varasteh
- Immunobiochemistry Lab, Immunology Research Center, Avicenna Research Institute, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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Profilin from bovine spleen was nitrated with peroxynitrite; immunoblotting and spectrophotometric quantitation of nitrotyrosine residues suggested nitration of a single tyrosine residue in profilin with a stoichiometry of 0.6 mol of nitrotyrosine/mole of profilin. A decrease in the nitrotyrosine immunoreactivity of nitroprofilin during digestion with carboxypeptidase Y indicated that nitrotyrosine is located at the C-terminus of profilin. Nitroprofilin interaction with ligands such as phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate, actin and poly (l-proline) was analyzed by monitoring the tryptophan fluorescence. Scatchard plot and binding isotherm data obtained revealed no significant difference in affinity of nitroprofilin to phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (K(d) of 4.8 +/- 0.5 muM for profilin, and K(d) of 5.7 +/- 0.6 muM for nitroprofilin), while poly (l-proline) binding studies revealed a twenty-fold increase in the affinity of profilin to poly (l-proline) upon nitration (K(d) of 21.8 +/- 1.7 muM for profilin, and K(d) of 1.1 +/- 0.1 muM for nitroprofilin). Actin polymerization studies involving pyrene-labeled actin indicated that profilin nitration inhibits the actin sequestering property of profilin. The critical actin monomer concentration (C(c)) was 150 and 250 nM in the presence of nitroprofilin and profilin, respectively. Thus, nitric oxide and free radicals produced under different conditions could alter the functions of profilin through nitration, such as its interaction with actin and poly (l-proline).
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- S Kasina
- Hansen's Life Sciences Research Building, Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47906, USA
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Bok E, Hryniewicz-Jankowska A, Sikorski AF. [The interactions of actin cell and membrane skeleton proteins with lipids]. Postepy Biochem 2009; 55:207-222. [PMID: 19824478] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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The results of many studies indicate that many cytoskeletal proteins interact with lipids, or are regulated by phosphoinositides. Proteins may associate with membranes through specific domains, amphipathic helices and undefined motifs that interact through electrostatic or hydrophobic interactions. The interaction between specific proteins and certain lipids affect stabilization of lipid microdomains, which may provide an anchor for cytoskeletal proteins. In vitro, proteins that sever or depolymerize actin filaments, such as gelsolin, villin, cofilin and profilin, are inactivated by PI(4,5)P2. Conversely, proteins like e.g. vinculin, talin, alpha-actinin, ezrin, N-WASP, WAVE that promote actin polymerization and link actin filaments to each other, are activated by this lipid. The major components of red blood cell membrane skeleton: spectrin and protein 4.1, also their nonerythroid counterparts interact with lipids, and those interactions may be regulated by phosphoinositides.
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- Ewa Bok
- Uniwersytet Zielonogórski, Wydział Nauk Biologicznych, Katedra Biologii Molekularnej, Zielona Góra
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Okada T, Sano M, Yamamoto Y, Muramatsu H. Evaluation of interaction forces between profilin and designed peptide probes by atomic force microscopy. Langmuir 2008; 24:4050-5. [PMID: 18335966 DOI: 10.1021/la703344u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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We evaluated the binding affinity of peptide probes for profilin (protein) using force curve measurement techniques and atomic force microscopy (AFM). The peptide probes designed and synthesized for this investigation were H-A3GP5GP5GP5G-OH (1), H-A3GP5G-OH (2), H-A3G7-OH (3), and H-A3G-OH (4). Each peptide probe was immobilized on a cantilever tip, and the interaction force to profilin, immobilized on a mica substrate, was examined by force curve measurements. The retraction forces obtained showed a sequence-dependent affinity of the peptide probe for profilin. The retraction force for peptide probe 1 was the largest of the four probes examined, and it confirmed that peptide probe 1 has high affinity for profilin. The single molecular retraction force between peptide probe 1 and profilin was estimated to be 96 pN, as determined by Gaussian fitting to the histogram of the retraction forces.
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- Tomoko Okada
- School of Bionics, Tokyo University of Technology, Katakura, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan
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Ju T, Peti W. Backbone and sidechain (1)H, (15)N and (13)C assignments of the human G-actin binding protein profilin IIa. Biomol NMR Assign 2007; 1:205-207. [PMID: 19636866 DOI: 10.1007/s12104-007-9057-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2007] [Accepted: 10/18/2007] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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The resonance assignment of the human profilin IIa have been determined, based on triple-resonance experiments using uniformly [(13)C,(15)N]-labeled protein. These assignments facilitate further studies of interactions between profilin IIa and its poly-L: -proline rich ligands.
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- Tingting Ju
- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Physiology and Biotechnology, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA
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Vidali L, Augustine RC, Kleinman KP, Bezanilla M. Profilin is essential for tip growth in the moss Physcomitrella patens. Plant Cell 2007; 19:3705-22. [PMID: 17981997 PMCID: PMC2174871 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.107.053413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2007] [Revised: 10/05/2007] [Accepted: 10/10/2007] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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The actin cytoskeleton is critical for tip growth in plants. Profilin is the main monomer actin binding protein in plant cells. The moss Physcomitrella patens has three profilin genes, which are monophyletic, suggesting a single ancestor for plant profilins. Here, we used RNA interference (RNAi) to determine the loss-of-function phenotype of profilin. Reduction of profilin leads to a complete loss of tip growth and a partial inhibition of cell division, resulting in plants with small rounded cells and fewer cells. We silenced all profilins by targeting their 3' untranslated region sequences, enabling complementation analyses by expression of profilin coding sequences. We show that any moss or a lily (Lilium longiflorum) profilin support tip growth. Profilin with a mutation in its actin binding site is unable to rescue profilin RNAi, while a mutation in the poly-l-proline binding site weakly rescues. We show that moss tip growing cells contain a prominent subapical cortical F-actin structure composed of parallel actin cables. Cells lacking profilin lose this structure; instead, their F-actin is disorganized and forms polarized cortical patches. Plants expressing the actin and poly-l-proline binding mutants exhibited similar F-actin disorganization. These results demonstrate that profilin and its binding to actin are essential for tip growth. Additionally, profilin is not needed for formation of F-actin, but profilin and its interactions with actin and poly-l-proline ligands are required to properly organize F-actin.
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- Luis Vidali
- Biology Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
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Ferron F, Rebowski G, Lee SH, Dominguez R. Structural basis for the recruitment of profilin-actin complexes during filament elongation by Ena/VASP. EMBO J 2007; 26:4597-606. [PMID: 17914456 PMCID: PMC2063483 DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7601874] [Citation(s) in RCA: 185] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.9] [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: 07/18/2007] [Accepted: 09/10/2007] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Cells sustain high rates of actin filament elongation by maintaining a large pool of actin monomers above the critical concentration for polymerization. Profilin-actin complexes constitute the largest fraction of polymerization-competent actin monomers. Filament elongation factors such as Ena/VASP and formin catalyze the transition of profilin-actin from the cellular pool onto the barbed end of growing filaments. The molecular bases of this process are poorly understood. Here we present structural and energetic evidence for two consecutive steps of the elongation mechanism: the recruitment of profilin-actin by the last poly-Pro segment of vasodilator-stimulated phosphoprotein (VASP) and the binding of profilin-actin simultaneously to this poly-Pro and to the G-actin-binding (GAB) domain of VASP. The actin monomer bound at the GAB domain is proposed to be in position to join the barbed end of the growing filament concurrently with the release of profilin.
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- François Ferron
- Department of Physiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Physiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Physiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Physiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Department of Physiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, A507 Richards Building, 3700 Hamilton Walk, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6058, USA. Tel.: +1 215 573 4559; Fax: +1 215 573 5851; E-mail:
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This review summarizes what is known about the biochemical and biophysical mechanisms that initiate the assembly of actin filaments in cells. Assembly and disassembly of these filaments contribute to many types of cellular movements. Numerous proteins regulate actin assembly, but Arp2/3 complex and formins are the focus of this review because more is known about them than other proteins that stimulate the formation of new filaments. Arp2/3 complex is active at the leading edge of motile cells, where it produces branches on the sides of existing filaments. Growth of these filaments produces force to protrude the membrane. Crystal structures, reconstructions from electron micrographs, and biophysical experiments have started to map out the steps through which proteins called nucleation-promoting factors stimulate the formation of branches. Formins nucleate and support the elongation of unbranched actin filaments for cytokinesis and various types of actin filament bundles. Formins associate processively with the fast-growing ends of filaments and protect them from capping.
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- Thomas D Pollard
- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8103, USA.
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Sankian M, Yousefi M, Pazouki N, Varasteh A. One-step purification of histidine-tagged profilin with high purity and yield by using metal precipitation. Biotechnol Appl Biochem 2007; 47:185-9. [PMID: 17313372 DOI: 10.1042/ba20060214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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A simple one-step method for the purification of recombinant His-tagged profilin from the bacterial cell lysate is reported. Noting the greater ease with which hexahistidine-tagged proteins can be metalprecipitated compared with unwanted protein impurities, we investigated the effect of lysis-buffer additives and optimization of other conditions to recover selectively desired proteins in a one-step metal precipitation without using biopolymers. Purification of the His-tagged melon (Cucumis melo) profilin was used to demonstrate the utility of this method and up to 80% recovery with a purity of 98% was achieved. This method obtained a yield of the protein nearly comparable with that obtained using metal-affinity chromatography. This purification procedure can reduce the time and cost of the purification process, especially on a large scale.
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- Mojtaba Sankian
- Immunobiochemistry Laboratory, Immunology Research Center, Bu-Ali Research Institute, Ferdossi Square, Bu-Ali Square, Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
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Clavero-Salas A, Sotelo-Mundo RR, Gollas-Galván T, Hernández-López J, Peregrino-Uriarte AB, Muhlia-Almazán A, Yepiz-Plascencia G. Transcriptome analysis of gills from the white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei infected with White Spot Syndrome Virus. Fish Shellfish Immunol 2007; 23:459-72. [PMID: 17337210 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2007.01.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2006] [Revised: 12/22/2006] [Accepted: 01/10/2007] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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We report the analysis of 872 cDNA clones from a WSSV-infected white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei gill cDNA library. Comparison against the GenBank protein and nucleotide sequences identified 87% (E < or = 10(-2)) as previously known genes, while 13% are novel sequences. The 601 ESTs (87%) represent transcripts of 276 genes. These genes were categorized into 12 groups according to their functions. The more abundant categories were (1) ribosomal proteins (21%), (2) WSSV transcripts and sequences without homology to proteins deposited in the non-redundant database (15%), (3) hypothetical proteins (12%) which include genes never described in shrimp and (4) metabolism related proteins (9%). We also found genes involved in stress and immune response; and only one involved in ion transport. Full-length sequences of keratinocyte associated protein 2 (KCP2), selenoprotein M (SelM), chicadae, prohibitin and oncoprotein nm23 are reported. Their mRNAs steady state levels in addition to ferritin, changed at different times post-WSSV infection as estimated by RT-PCR. These results suggest that WSSV alters gene expression in gills and has led to the identification of novel white shrimp specific genes.
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- Alejandra Clavero-Salas
- Aquatic Molecular Biology, Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo, Hermosillo, Sonora 83000, México
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Septin filaments form ordered hourglass and ring-shaped structures in close apposition to the yeast bud-neck membrane. The septin hourglass scaffolds the asymmetric localization of many essential cell division proteins. However, it is unknown whether the septin structures have an overall polarity along the mother-daughter axis that determines the asymmetric protein localization. Here we engineered rigid septin- green fluorescent protein (GFP) fusions with various fluorescence dipole directions by changing the position of the GFP beta-barrel relative to the septin filament axis. We then used polarized fluorescence microscopy to detect potential asymmetries in the filament organization. We found that both the hourglass and ring filament assemblies have sub-resolution C(2) symmetry and lack net polarity along the mother-daughter axis. The hourglass filaments have an additional degree of symmetry relative to the ring filaments, most likely due to a twist in their higher-order structure. We previously reported that during the hourglass to rings transition septin filaments change their direction. Here we show that the filaments also undergo a change in their lateral organization, consistent with filament untwisting. The lack of net septin polarity along the mother-daughter axis suggests that there are no septin-based structural reasons for the observed asymmetry of other proteins. We discuss possible anisotropic processes that could break the septin symmetry and establish the essential bud-neck asymmetry.
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- Alina M Vrabioiu
- Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, 200 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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López-Torrejón G, Díaz-Perales A, Rodríguez J, Sánchez-Monge R, Crespo JF, Salcedo G, Pacios LF. An experimental and modeling-based approach to locate IgE epitopes of plant profilin allergens. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2007; 119:1481-8. [PMID: 17397911 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2007.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2007] [Revised: 01/30/2007] [Accepted: 02/07/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND Plant profilins are actin-binding proteins that form a well-known panallergen family responsible for cross-sensitization between plant foods and pollens. Melon profilin, Cuc m 2, is the major allergen of this fruit. OBJECTIVE We sought to map IgE epitopes on the 3-dimensional structure of Cuc m 2. METHODS IgE binding to synthetic peptides spanning the full Cuc m 2 amino acid sequence was assayed by using a serum pool and individual sera from 10 patients with melon allergy with significant specific IgE levels to this allergen. Three-dimensional modeling and potential epitope location were based on analysis of both solvent exposure and electrostatic properties of the Cuc m 2 surface. RESULTS Residues included in synthetic peptides that exerted the strongest IgE-binding capacity defined 2 major epitopes (E1, consisting of residues 66-75 and 81-93, and E2, consisting of residues 95-99 and 122-131) that partially overlapped with the actin-binding site of Cuc m 2. Two additional epitopes (E3, including residues 2-10, and E4, including residues 35-45) that should show weaker putative antigen-antibody associations and shared most residues with synthetic peptides with low IgE-binding capacity were predicted on theoretical grounds. CONCLUSIONS Strong and weak IgE epitopes have been uncovered in melon profilin, Cuc m 2. CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS The different types of IgE epitopes located in the 3-dimensional structure of melon profilin can constitute the molecular basis to explain the sensitization and cross-reactivity exhibited by this panallergen family.
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- Gema López-Torrejón
- Unidad de Bioquímica, Departamento de Biotecnología, E. T. S. Ingenieros Agrónomos, Madrid, Spain
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The acid-induced unfolding of human platelet profilin (HPP) can be minimally modeled as a three-state process. Equilibrium unfolding studies have been performed on human platelet profilin1 (HPP) and monitored by far-UV circular dichroism, tryptophan fluorescence, ANS binding, and NMR spectroscopy. Far-UV CD measurements obtained by acid titration demonstrate that HPP unfolds via a three-state mechanism (N --> I --> U), with a highly populated intermediate between pH 4 and 5. Approximately 80% of native helical secondary structural content remains at pH 4, as indicated by monitoring the CD signal at 222 nm. The stability (DeltaGH2O) of the native conformation at pH 7.0 (obtained by monitoring the change in tryptophan signal as a function of urea concentration) is 5.56 +/- 0.51 kcal mol-1; however, the DeltaGH2O for the intermediate species at pH 4 is 2.01 +/- 0.47 kcal mol-1. The calculated m-values for the pH 7.0 and pH 4.0 species were 1.64 +/- 0.15 and 1.34 +/- 0.17 kcal mol-1 M-1, respectively, which is an indication that the native and intermediate species are similarly compact. Additionally, translational diffusion measurements obtained by NMR spectroscopy and ANS binding studies are consistent with a globular and compact conformation at both pH 7.0 and 4.0. The pKa values for the two histidine (His) residues located on helix 4 of HPP were determined to be 5.6 and 5.7 pH units. These pKa values coincide with the midpoint of the far-UV CD acid titration curve and suggest that the protonation of one or both His residues may play a role in the formation of the unfolding intermediate. Stable intermediate species populate the 2D 1H-15N HSQC NMR spectra between pH 4 and 5. A number of backbone and side-chain resonances show significant perturbations relative to the native spectrum; however, considerable nativelike tertiary contacts remain. Interestingly, the residues on HPP that are significantly altered at low pH coincide with segments of the G-actin binding surface and poly-l-proline binding interface. The earlier reports that a decrease in pH below 6.0 induces structural alterations in profilin, favoring dissociation of the profilin-actin complex, corresponds with the structural alterations observed in the partially unfolded species. Our findings suggest that a novel mechanism for pH induced disruption of the profilin-G-actin complex involve a nativelike unfolding intermediate of profilin.
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- Glendon D McLachlan
- Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, New York 10461, USA
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Lassing I, Schmitzberger F, Björnstedt M, Holmgren A, Nordlund P, Schutt CE, Lindberg U. Molecular and structural basis for redox regulation of beta-actin. J Mol Biol 2007; 370:331-48. [PMID: 17521670 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.04.056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2007] [Revised: 04/18/2007] [Accepted: 04/18/2007] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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An essential consequence of growth factor-mediated signal transduction is the generation of intracellular H(2)O(2). It operates as a second messenger in the control of actin microfilament dynamics, causing rapid and dramatic changes in the morphology and motile activity of stimulated cells. Little is understood about the molecular mechanisms causing these changes in the actin system. Here, it is shown that H(2)O(2) acts directly upon several levels of this system, and some of the mechanistic effects are detailed. We describe the impact of oxidation on the polymerizability of non-muscle beta/gamma-actin and compare with that of muscle alpha-actin. Oxidation of beta/gamma-actin can cause a complete loss of polymerizability, crucially, reversible by the thioredoxin system. Further, oxidation of the actin impedes its interaction with profilin and causes depolymerization of filamentous actin. The effects of oxidation are critically dependent on the nucleotide state and the concentration of Ca(2+). We have determined the crystal structure of oxidized beta-actin to a resolution of 2.6 A. The arrangement in the crystal implies an antiparallel homodimer connected by an intermolecular disulfide bond involving cysteine 374. Our data indicate that this dimer forms under non-polymerizing and oxidizing conditions. We identify oxidation of cysteine 272 in the crystallized actin dimer, likely to a cysteine sulfinic acid. In beta/gamma-actin, this is the cysteine residue most reactive towards H(2)O(2) in solution, and we suggest plausible structural determinants for its reactivity. No other oxidative modification was obvious in the structure, highlighting the specificity of the oxidation by H(2)O(2). Possible consequences of the observed effects in a cellular context and their potential relevance are discussed.
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- Ingrid Lassing
- Department of Microbiology, Tumor Biology, and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, SE-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden
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Song J, Zhang H, Liu Z, Ran P. Mango profilin: cloning, expression and cross-reactivity with birch pollen profilin Bet v 2. Mol Biol Rep 2007; 35:231-7. [PMID: 17417721 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-007-9075-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2006] [Accepted: 02/26/2007] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Mango can cause severe anaphylactic reactions. Profilin has been assumed partly responsible for the cross-reactivity between mango fruit and other allergens but has not been finally clarified. In this study, two isoforms of mango fruits profilin were amplified by RT-PCR and 3'RACE from total RNA. Each mango profilin cDNA includes an open reading frame coding for 131 amino acids. The deduced amino acid sequence of the corresponding protein show high identity with other allergenic profilins. Expression of the recombinant mango profilin was carried out in Escherichia coli BL21(DE3) using vector PET28a and the purification of the recombinant protein was performed via affinity chromatography with Ni+ coupled to sepharose. IgE reactivity of recombinant mango profilin was investigated by immunoblot and 8 of 18 mango-allergic patients tested presented specific IgE-antibodies to recombinant mango profilin. IgE-inhibition and ELISA inhibition experiments were performed to analyze mango profilin cross-reactivity with profilins from birch pollen and high cross-reactivities have been found.
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- Juanjuan Song
- College of life science, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China
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Romero S, Didry D, Larquet E, Boisset N, Pantaloni D, Carlier MF. How ATP hydrolysis controls filament assembly from profilin-actin: implication for formin processivity. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:8435-45. [PMID: 17210567 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m609886200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Formins catalyze rapid filament growth from profilin-actin, by remaining processively bound to the elongating barbed end. The sequence of elementary reactions that describe filament assembly from profilin-actin at either free or formin-bound barbed ends is not fully understood. Specifically, the identity of the transitory complexes between profilin and actin terminal subunits is not known; and whether ATP hydrolysis is directly or indirectly coupled to profilin-actin assembly is not clear. We have analyzed the effect of profilin on actin assembly at free and FH1-FH2-bound barbed ends in the presence of ADP and non-hydrolyzable CrATP. Profilin blocked filament growth by capping the barbed ends in ADP and CrATP/ADP-Pi states, with a higher affinity when formin is bound. We confirm that, in contrast, profilin accelerates depolymerization of ADP-F-actin, more efficiently when FH1-FH2 is bound to barbed ends. To reconcile these data with effective barbed end assembly from profilin-MgATP-actin, the nature of nucleotide bound to both terminal and subterminal subunits must be considered. All data are accounted for quantitatively by a model in which a barbed end whose two terminal subunits consist of profilin-ATP-actin cannot grow until ATP has been hydrolyzed and Pi released from the penultimate subunit, thus promoting the release of profilin and allowing further elongation. Formin does not change the activity of profilin but simply uses it for its processive walk at barbed ends. Finally, if profilin release from actin is prevented by a chemical cross-link, formin processivity is abolished.
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- Stéphane Romero
- Laboratoire d'Enzymologie et Biochimie Structurales, CNRS, Avenue de la Terrasse, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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Polet D, Lambrechts A, Vandepoele K, Vandekerckhove J, Ampe C. On the origin and evolution of vertebrate and viral profilins. FEBS Lett 2006; 581:211-7. [PMID: 17187785 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2006.12.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2006] [Accepted: 12/06/2006] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The three dimensional structures of profilins from invertebrates and vertebrates are remarkably similar despite low sequence similarity. Their evolutionary relationship remains thus enigmatic. A phylogenetic analysis of profilins from Deuterostoma indicates that profilin III and IV isoforms each form distinct groups. Profilin IV is most related to invertebrate profilins and originated prior to vertebrate evolution whereas separation of profilin I, II and III isoforms occurred early in vertebrate evolution. Viral profilins are most similar to profilin III. In silico analysis of representative profilin gene structures corroborates the phylogenetic result and we discuss this in terms of biochemical differences.
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- Debby Polet
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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Vrabioiu AM, Mitchison TJ. Structural insights into yeast septin organization from polarized fluorescence microscopy. Nature 2006; 443:466-9. [PMID: 17006515 DOI: 10.1038/nature05109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 168] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [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: 03/30/2006] [Accepted: 07/24/2006] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Septins are polymerizing GTPases that function in cortical organization and cell division. In Saccharomyces cerevisiae they localize at the isthmus between the mother and the daughter cells, where they undergo a transition from a non-dynamic hourglass-shaped assembly to two separate rings, at the onset of cytokinesis. Septins form filaments as pure protein and in vivo, but the filament organization within the hourglass and ring structures is controversial. Here, we use polarized fluorescence microscopy of orientationally constrained green fluorescent protein to determine septin filament organization and dynamics in living yeast. We found that the hourglass is made of filaments aligned along the yeast bud neck. During the transition from hourglass to rings the filaments rotate through 90 degrees in the membrane plane and become circumferential. These data resolve a long-standing controversy in the field and provide strong evidence that septins have a mechanical function in cell division.
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- Alina M Vrabioiu
- Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, 200 Longwood Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
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The mechanical and dynamical properties of the actin network are essential for many cellular processes like motility or division, and there is a growing body of evidence that they are also important for adhesion and trafficking. The leading edge of migrating cells is pushed out by the polymerization of actin networks, a process orchestrated by cross-linkers and other actin-binding proteins. In vitro physical characterizations show that these same proteins control the elastic properties of actin gels. Here we use a biomimetic system of Listeria monocytogenes, beads coated with an activator of actin polymerization, to assess the role of various actin-binding proteins in propulsion. We find that the properties of actin-based movement are clearly affected by the presence of cross-linkers. By monitoring the evolution of marked parts of the comet, we provide direct experimental evidence that the actin gel continuously undergoes deformations during the growth of the comet. Depending on the protein composition in the motility medium, deformations arise from either gel elasticity or monomer diffusion through the actin comet. Our findings demonstrate that actin-based movement is governed by the mechanical properties of the actin network, which are fine-tuned by proteins involved in actin dynamics and assembly.
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- Ewa Paluch
- Laboratoire Physico-Chimie Curie, UMR 168, Institut Curie/Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique/University Paris 6th, Paris, France
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Chereau D, Dominguez R. Understanding the role of the G-actin-binding domain of Ena/VASP in actin assembly. J Struct Biol 2006; 155:195-201. [PMID: 16684607 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2006.01.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [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: 11/27/2005] [Accepted: 01/22/2006] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The Ena/VASP and WASP family of proteins play distinct roles in actin cytoskeleton remodeling. Ena/VASP is linked to actin filament elongation, whereas WASP plays a role in filament nucleation and branching mediated by Arp2/3 complex. The molecular mechanisms controlling both processes are only emerging. Both Ena/VASP and WASP are multidomain proteins. They both present poly-Pro regions, which mediate the binding of profilin-actin, followed by G-actin-binding (GAB) domains of the WASP-homology 2 (WH2) type. However, the WH2 of Ena/VASP is somewhat different from that of WASP, and has been poorly characterized. Here we demonstrate that this WH2 binds profilin-actin with higher affinity than actin alone. The results are consistent with a model whereby allosteric modulation of affinity drives the transition of profilin-actin from the poly-Pro region to the WH2 and then to the barbed end of the filament during elongation. Therefore, the function of the WH2 in Ena/VASP appears to be to "process" profilin-actin for its incorporation at the barbed end of the growing filament. Conformational changes in the newly incorporated actin subunit, resulting either from nucleotide hydrolysis or from the G- to F-actin transition, may serve as a "sensor" for the processive stepping of Ena/VASP. Conserved domain architecture suggests that WASP may work similarly.
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- David Chereau
- Boston Biomedical Research Institute, 64 Grove Street, Watertown, MA 02472, USA
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Yarmola EG, Bubb MR. Profilin: emerging concepts and lingering misconceptions. Trends Biochem Sci 2006; 31:197-205. [PMID: 16542844 DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2006.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2005] [Revised: 02/03/2006] [Accepted: 02/23/2006] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Conflicting data suggest that profilin might function to promote either actin polymerization or depolymerization in cells. There are theoretical reasons and supportive data to suggest that profilin might do both. Perhaps the most accurate description of profilin emphasizes its ability to augment actin-filament dynamics, both in polymerization and in depolymerization. The effect of profilin on the critical concentration of actin, its ability to depolymerize filaments at the barbed end and the formation of a ternary complex with thymosin beta(4) all need to be accurately represented in any attempt to determine a model for profilin function.
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- Elena G Yarmola
- The Research Service, Malcom Randall Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Gainesville, FL 32608, USA
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