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The calcium pump of plasma membranes is an ATPase of the E1E2 type; that is, it forms a phosphoenzyme during the reaction cycle and is inhibited by vanadate. It differs from the Ca2+-transporting ATPase of sarcoplasmic reticulum in molecular mass, immunological properties and Ca2+/ATP stoichiometry. Its affinity for calcium, which is low in the absence of calmodulin (Km, 10-20 microM), is increased by the latter (to a Km of about 0.5 microM). The effect of calmodulin is mimicked by acidic phospholipids (including the phosphorylated products of phosphatidylinositol), long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids, and controlled treatment with a number of proteases. The ATPase has been purified to homogeneity from a number of plasma membranes using calmodulin affinity chromatography. The purified enzyme (a single polypeptide of molecular mass 138 kDa) pumps calcium into reconstituted liposomes in exchange for protons. Controlled trypsin proteolysis has shown that about one-third of the enzyme mass can be removed without impairing calcium transport. It has also indicated that the ability to bind calmodulin and to respond to it resides in a 9 kDa sequence of the enzyme molecule. The sequence contains a 4 kDa domain that binds calmodulin, and a 5 kDa domain which is essential for the stimulation.
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Hexham JM, King V, Dudas D, Graff P, Mahnke M, Wang YK, Goetschy JF, Plattner D, Zurini M, Bitsch F, Lake P, Digan ME. Optimization of the anti-(human CD3) immunotoxin DT389-scFv(UCHT1) N-terminal sequence to yield a homogeneous protein. Biotechnol Appl Biochem 2001; 34:183-7. [PMID: 11730486 DOI: 10.1042/ba20010073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The production and regulatory approval processes for biopharmaceuticals require detailed characterization of potential products. Therapeutic proteins should preferably be homogeneous, although limited, reproducible, heterogeneity may be tolerated. A diphtheria toxin-based anti-(human CD3) immunotoxin, DT389-scFv(UCHT1), was expressed in Escherichia coli and purified following refolding [DT389 corresponds to amino acids 1-389 of diphtheria toxin, scFv is single-chain variable-region antibody fragment and UCHT1is an anti-(human CD3) monoclonal antibody]. Biochemical characterization of this molecule by MS and N-terminal sequencing by Edman degradation revealed that the protein was heterogeneous at the N-terminus, containing species both with (60%) and without (40%) the initiator methionine residue. In an attempt to generate an N-terminally homogeneous molecule, a panel of seven N-terminal variants was designed, based on the published specificity of bacterial methionine aminopeptidase. Following bacterial expression, partial purification and separation on SDS/PAGE, these proteins were subjected to N-terminal sequencing by Edman degradation. Three of the mutants yielded a 100% homogeneous amino acid sequence. By contrast, the original DT389-scFv(UCHT1) protein and four variant proteins yielded two sequences with varying ratios corresponding to species with and without methionine. The N-terminal sequences of the three homogeneous clones were MLADD and MLDD, where the methionine was completely retained, and SADD, where the methionine was completely removed. One of the homogeneous mutants (SADD) was expressed, refolded and purified and found to be equipotent with the parent immunotoxin. Thus, using a rational mutagenesis approach, three N-terminally homogeneous variants of DT389-scFv(UCHT1) have been identified, at least one of which is functionally indistinguishable from the parent immunotoxin. This approach is generally applicable to biopharmaceutical production and immunotoxin development in particular.
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- J M Hexham
- Transplantation Research, Novartis Pharmaceuticals, 556 Morris Ave, Summit, NJ 07901, U.S.A.
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Zenke G, Strittmatter U, Fuchs S, Quesniaux VF, Brinkmann V, Schuler W, Zurini M, Enz A, Billich A, Sanglier JJ, Fehr T. Sanglifehrin A, a novel cyclophilin-binding compound showing immunosuppressive activity with a new mechanism of action. J Immunol 2001; 166:7165-71. [PMID: 11390463 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.166.12.7165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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We report here on the characterization of the novel immunosuppressant Sanglifehrin A (SFA). SFA is a representative of a class of macrolides produced by actinomycetes that bind to cyclophilin A (CypA), the binding protein of the fungal cyclic peptide cyclosporin A (CsA). SFA interacts with high affinity with the CsA binding side of CypA and inhibits its peptidyl-prolyl isomerase activity. The mode of action of SFA is different from known immunosuppressive drugs. It has no effect on the phosphatase activity of calcineurin, the target of the immunosuppressants CsA and FK506 when complexed to their binding proteins CypA and FK binding protein, respectively. Moreover, its effects are independent of binding of cyclophilin. SFA inhibits alloantigen-stimulated T cell proliferation but acts at a later stage than CsA and FK506. In contrast to these drugs, SFA does not affect IL-2 transcription or secretion. However, it blocks IL-2-dependent proliferation and cytokine production of T cells, in this respect resembling rapamycin. SFA inhibits the proliferation of mitogen-activated B cells, but, unlike rapamycin, it has no effect on CD154/IL-4-induced Ab synthesis. The activity of SFA is also different from that of other known late-acting immunosuppressants, e.g., mycophenolate mofetil or brequinar, as it does not affect de novo purine and pyrimidine biosynthesis. In summary, we have identified a novel immunosuppressant, which represents, in addition to CsA, FK506 and rapamycin, a fourth class of immunophilin-binding metabolites with a new, yet undefined mechanism of action.
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- G Zenke
- Transplantation Research, Core Technology, and Nervous System Research, Novartis Pharma, Basel, Switzerland.
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Papageorgiou C, Albert R, Andersen E, Zurini M, Hungerford V, Floersheim P, Schreier MH. Inhibition of cyclosporin-resistant B-cell antigen responses by pyrazoles: a tool for the identification of novel molecular mechanisms of B-cell activation. Transplant Proc 2001; 33:2263-5. [PMID: 11377522 DOI: 10.1016/s0041-1345(01)01984-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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- C Papageorgiou
- Department of Transplantation Research, Basel, Switzerland
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Fearns C, Kline L, Gram H, Di Padova F, Zurini M, Han J, Ulevitch RJ. Coordinate activation of endogenous p38alpha, beta, gamma, and delta by inflammatory stimuli. J Leukoc Biol 2000; 67:705-11. [PMID: 10811012 DOI: 10.1002/jlb.67.5.705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [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] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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The p38 family of mitogen-activated protein kinases is believed to mediate a variety of leukocyte responses to pro-inflammatory stimuli. There are four members of the p38 family, and although activation of the different members has been studied in transiently transfected cells much less is known about activation of the endogenous p38s, particularly in myeloid lineage cells. To investigate activation of endogenous p38s, we have made monoclonal antibodies specific for each p38 and have used these antibodies to study p38 activation by pro-inflammatory stimuli in several human monocytic cell lines. Without stimulation endogenous p38alpha kinase activity was readily detectable, whereas that of p38beta, gamma, and delta was barely measurable. In response to inflammatory stimuli, we observed a time- and dose-dependent activation of all four p38s. The kinetics of activation of each of the p38s were similar for each stimulus used, suggesting a common upstream activation pathway. Simultaneous activation of the p38s suggests that all four may be important in inflammation.
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- C Fearns
- Department of Immunology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, USA.
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Tschopp C, Knauf U, Brauchle M, Zurini M, Ramage P, Glueck D, New L, Han J, Gram H. Phosphorylation of eIF-4E on Ser 209 in response to mitogenic and inflammatory stimuli is faithfully detected by specific antibodies. Mol Cell Biol Res Commun 2000; 3:205-211. [PMID: 10891393 DOI: 10.1006/mcbr.2000.0217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Phosphorylation of Ser 209 is thought to modulate the activity of the cap-binding factor eIF-4E which is a crucial component in the initiation complex for cap-dependent translation of mRNA. We report here the full reconstitution of the p38 Map kinase cascade leading to phosphorylation of eIF-4E in vitro and the generation of antibodies specific for phospho-serine 209 in eIF-4E. These antibodies were used to probe the phosphorylation of eIF-4E in mammalian cells stimulated with mitogens and pro-inflammatory cytokines. Treatment of human dermal fibroblasts with FCS led to a transient hyperphosphorylation, followed by hypophosphorylation and return to normal state phosphorylation at 16 h after the initial stimulation. By using a potent small molecular weight inhibitor of Mnk1, the upstream kinase for eIF-4E, we observed a rapid dephosphorylation of eIF-4E within 45 min after addition of the inhibitor, suggesting a high turnover of phosphate on eIF-4E mediated by Mnk1 and a yet unidentified phosphatase.
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- C Tschopp
- NOVARTIS Pharma AG, Basel, CH-4002, Switzerland
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Wu JJ, Yarwood DR, Sills MA, Chaudhuri B, Muller L, Zurini M, Sills MA. Measurement of cdk4 kinase activity using an affinity peptide-tagging technology. Comb Chem High Throughput Screen 2000; 3:27-36. [PMID: 10702611 DOI: 10.2174/1386207003327774] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Cyclin-dependent kinases such as Cdk4 are involved in the control of cell cycle progression, and misregulation of Cdk4 has been implicated in many types of cancers. In the present study, we report the development of a novel homogeneous assay using an affinity peptide-tagging technology for rapidly discovering Cdk4 inhibitors. The DNA sequence encoding a streptavidin recognition motif, or StrepTag (AWRHPQFGG), was cloned and expressed at the C-terminus of a fusion protein of a 152-amino acid hyperphosphorylation domain (Rb152) of the retinoblastoma protein (Rb) linked to GST at the N-terminus. This affinity peptide-tagged protein (GST-Rb152-StrepTag), which contains the two known phosphorylation sites of Rb, specifically phosphorylated by Cdk4 in vivo, was used as a substrate in the current in vitro kinase assay. After phosphorylation, scintillation proximity assay (SPA) scintillant beads coated with streptavidin were added. Radiolabeled GST-Rb152-StrepTag was brought in close proximity to the SPA scintillant beads through the interaction between StrepTag and streptavidin, resulting in the emission of light from beads. By applying the affinity peptide-tagging technology, we have eliminated the separation and wash steps which are normally required in a radioactive filtration assay. Therefore, this homogeneous method is simple, robust, and highly amenable to high-throughput screening of Cdk4-specific inhibitors. Furthermore, the affinity peptide tagging technique reported here is a simple, generic method that can be applied to many recombinant proteins for the development of kinase and protein-protein interaction assays.
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- J J Wu
- Novartis Institute for Biomedical Research, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, Summit, NJ 07901, USA.
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Dalvit C, Floersheim P, Zurini M, Widmer A. Use of organic solvents and small molecules for locating binding sites on proteins in solutions. J Biomol NMR 1999; 14:23-32. [PMID: 10419292 DOI: 10.1023/a:1008378929578] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [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: 05/23/2023]
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Application of a modified ePHOGSY and other NMR experiments to an H2O-DMSO solution of the protein FKBP12 identified the presence of one molecule of DMSO bound in the substrate binding site. It occupies the same spatial region occupied by the pipecolidine moiety of the immunosuppressive drugs FK506 and Rapamycin complexed to the protein. The binding constant K(D) for ths DMSO molecule was only 275 mM. A substructure search of small molecules similar to DMSO resulted in the identification of molecules with improved binding affinity. This work represents a clear example of the powerful interplay of molecular modelling and NMR.
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- C Dalvit
- NOVARTIS Pharma AG, CH-4002 Basel, Switzerland.
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Ettmayer P, France D, Gounarides J, Jarosinski M, Martin MS, Rondeau JM, Sabio M, Topiol S, Weidmann B, Zurini M, Bair KW. Structural and conformational requirements for high-affinity binding to the SH2 domain of Grb2(1). J Med Chem 1999; 42:971-80. [PMID: 10090780 DOI: 10.1021/jm9811007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Following earlier work on cystine-bridged peptides, cyclic phosphopeptides containing nonreducible mimics of cystine were synthesized that show high affinity and specificity toward the Src homology (SH2) domain of the growth factor receptor-binding protein (Grb2). Replacement of the cystine in the cyclic heptapeptide cyclo(CYVNVPC) by D-alpha-acetylthialysine or D-alpha-lysine gave cyclo(YVNVP(D-alpha-acetyl-thiaK)) (22) and cyclo(YVNVP(D-alpha-acetyl-K)) (30), which showed improved binding 10-fold relative to that of the control peptide KPFYVNVEF (1). NMR spectroscopy and molecular modeling experiments indicate that a beta-turn conformation centered around YVNV is essential for high-affinity binding. X-ray structure analyses show that the linear peptide 1 and the cyclic compound 21 adopt a similar binding mode with a beta-turn conformation. Our data confirm the unique structural requirements of the ligand binding site of the SH2 domain of Grb2. Moreover, the potency of our cyclic lactams can be explained by the stabilization of the beta-turn conformation by three intramolecular hydrogen bonds (one mediated by an H2O molecule). These stable and easily accessible cyclic peptides can serve as templates for the evaluation of phosphotyrosine surrogates and further chemical elaboration.
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- P Ettmayer
- Novartis Forschungsinstitut, Brunnerstrasse 59, Vienna A-1235, Austria.
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Lhoëst GJ, de Jong AP, Meiring HD, Maton N, Latinne D, Verbeeck RK, Otte JB, Zurini M. Isolation, identification and immunosuppressive activity of a new IMM-125 metabolite from human liver microsomes. Identification of its cyclophilin A-IMM-125 metabolite complex by nanospray tandem mass spectrometry. J Mass Spectrom 1998; 33:936-942. [PMID: 9821326 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-9888(1998100)33:10<936::aid-jms702>3.0.co;2-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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The isolation from human liver microsomes and identification by electrospray mass spectrometry and tandem mass spectrometry of a new metabolite of IMM-125 resulting from the biotransformation of the amino acid 1 vinylic methyl group to a carboxylic acid, called the IMM-125-COOH metabolite, is described. It was found that the complex of this new metabolite with cyclophilin A is formed less easily than the corresponding cyclophilin A-IMM-125-CH2OH main metabolite and cyclophilin A-IMM-125 complexes. However, when formed, the IMM-125-COOH metabolite-cyclophilin A complex requires more collision-induced dissociation (CID) to dissociate the complex than the complexes formed with the two other ligands. The nanospray tandem mass spectrum of the IMM-125-COOH metabolite-cyclophilin A complex (m/z 1755) gives rise to cyclophilin A-ligand complexes of m/z 1751 by elimination of CO2 and of m/z 1749 by loss of CO2 and H2O or glycerol. Since immunosuppressive activity is known to be dependent on the formation of a binary complex between cyclophilin A and the drug and since the target for the binary complex was found to be the calcium- and calmodulin-dependent protein phosphatase, calcineurin, it could be interesting to measure for structurally related immunosuppressive drugs the CID energy necessary to dissociate the binary complexes in order to evaluate whether a correlation with the phosphatase activity could be derived.
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- G J Lhoëst
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences-UCL Pharmacokinetics and Metabolism Unit-FATC Laboratory of Mass Spectrometry, Brussels, Belgium.
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Intracellular protein phosphorylation by protein kinase C (PKC) plays a major role in the translation of extracellular signals into cellular events. Speculations on the structural basis for PKC activation are based on sequence homology between their cysteine-rich domains (CRD) and the DNA-binding 'zinc-fingers'. We produced a fragment comprising the second CRD (CRD2) of rat PKC-alpha and determined its three-dimensional structure in solution by NMR spectroscopy. This revealed that CRD2 adopts a globular fold allowing two non-consecutive sets of zinc-binding residues to form two separate metal-binding sites. The fold is different to those previously proposed and allows insight into the molecular topology of a family of homologous proteins.
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- U Hommel
- SANDOZ PHARMA AG, Basel, Switzerland
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Tapparelli C, Metternich R, Ehrhardt C, Zurini M, Claeson G, Scully MF, Stone SR. In vitro and in vivo characterization of a neutral boron-containing thrombin inhibitor. J Biol Chem 1993; 268:4734-41. [PMID: 8444849] [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: 01/30/2023] Open
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Peptide boronic acid derivatives have proven to be very potent inhibitors of serine proteases with boroarginine derivatives being particularly potent thrombin inhibitors. The importance of the charged side chain of arginine has been investigated by synthesizing a derivative in which this side chain has been replaced by a neutral one. This boronic acid derivative, D-benzyloxycarbonyl (Z)-Phe-Pro-methoxypropylglycine-pinanediol (MpgC10H16), inhibited thrombin by a competitive mechanism with an inhibition constant (Ki) of 8.9 nM. In comparison to boroarginine derivatives, Z-D-Phe-Pro-boroMpgC10H16 displayed higher selectivity for thrombin over trypsin (Ki = 1.1 microM) and plasmin (Ki = 15.7 microM). Prolongation of thrombin time and activated partial thromboplastin time were observed with micromolar concentrations of Z-D-Phe-Pro-boroMpgC10H16. In a thrombin-dependent in vitro aggregation assay with human platelets, Z-D-Phe-Pro-boroMpgC10H16 inhibited aggregation with an IC50 of 85 nM. When tested in a thrombin-dependent platelet accumulation model in the rat, a bolus injection of (Z)-D-Phe-Pro-boroMpgC10H16 (0.3-3 mg/kg) inhibited platelet accumulation. Thus, the substitution of the charged guanidino group in the P1 side chain by the neutral methoxy group resulted in a potent and highly selective thrombin inhibitor with an interesting pharmacological profile with in vitro as well as in vivo models.
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Tapparelli C, Metternich R, Ehrhardt C, Zurini M, Claeson G, Scully M, Stone S. In vitro and in vivo characterization of a neutral boron-containing thrombin inhibitor. J Biol Chem 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)53458-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Walkinshaw MD, Kallen J, Weber HP, Widmer A, Widmer H, Zurini M. Immunophilin structure: a template for immunosuppressive drug design? Transplant Proc 1992; 24:8-13. [PMID: 1496694] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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- M D Walkinshaw
- Preclinical Research, Sandoz Pharma, Ltd, Basel, Switzerland
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Zurini M, Kallen J, Mikol V, Pfluegl G, Jansonius JN, Walkinshaw MD. Crystallisation and preliminary X-ray diffraction studies of cyclophilin-tetrapeptide and cyclophilin-cyclosporin complexes. FEBS Lett 1990; 276:63-6. [PMID: 2265714 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(90)80507-f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Recombinant human cyclophilin has been co-crystallised with a number of peptides to give crystals suitable for X-ray analysis. The crystal complexes for which heavy-atom derivatives have been prepared and X-ray data collected are: cyclophilin with N-acetyl-Ala-Ala-Pro-Ala-amidomethyl-coumarin (I) which crystallises in space group P2(1)2(1)2(1) with a = 108.2, b = 123.0, c = 35.8 A, and cyclophilin with cyclosporin (II) which crystallises as tetragonal plates in space group P4(1)2(1)2 or P4(3)2(1)2 with a = b = 94.98, c = 278.55 A.
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- M Zurini
- Preclinical Research, Sandoz Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland
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Niggli V, Zurini M, Carafoli E. Purification, reconstitution, and molecular characterization of the Ca2+ pump of plasma membranes. Methods Enzymol 1987; 139:791-808. [PMID: 2953953 DOI: 10.1016/0076-6879(87)39127-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Slevin JT, Kasarskis EJ, Vanaman TC, Zurini M. Excitatory amino acids and divalent cations in the kindling model of epilepsy. Adv Exp Med Biol 1986; 203:587-98. [PMID: 3024462 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4684-7971-3_45] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Benaim G, Zurini M, Carafoli E. Different conformational states of the purified Ca2+-ATPase of the erythrocyte plasma membrane revealed by controlled trypsin proteolysis. J Biol Chem 1984; 259:8471-7. [PMID: 6234313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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The purified Ca2+-pumping ATPase of the erythrocyte membrane has been exposed to trypsin at 37 degrees C, in the presence of different effectors of its activity. The control proteolytic pattern is characterized by a number of transient and of limit polypeptides (Zurini, M., Krebs, J., Penniston, J. T., and Carafoli, E. (1984) J. Biol. Chem. 259, 618-627). The effectors influence the pattern in the Mr region 90,000-76,000, which contains the calmodulin binding domain and the active site of the enzyme. In this region, polypeptides of 90, 85, 81, and 76 kDa are clearly visible in the controls. 1) Calmodulin plus Ca2+ induces the faster disappearance of the 90-kDa product and the relative accumulation of the 85-kDa with respect to the 81-kDa polypeptide. 2) Vanadate plus Mg2+ also accelerates the disappearance of the 90-kDa product. However, they induce the relative accumulation of the 81-kDa polypeptide. 3) Linoleic acid, which stimulates the activity of the enzyme to the same levels obtained with calmodulin, greatly accelerates the rate of trypsin proteolysis, causing the virtual disappearance of all polypeptides in the 90-76-kDa region. 4) The 81-kDa polypeptide has maximal ATPase activity and is insensitive to calmodulin; the 85-kDa polypeptide has lower ATPase activity and binds calmodulin, but is not stimulated (or is stimulated only negligibly) by the activator.
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Benaim G, Zurini M, Carafoli E. Different conformational states of the purified Ca2+-ATPase of the erythrocyte plasma membrane revealed by controlled trypsin proteolysis. J Biol Chem 1984. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)39754-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Chiesi M, Zurini M, Carafoli E. ATP synthesis catalyzed by the purified erythrocyte Ca-ATPase in the absence of calcium gradients. Biochemistry 1984; 23:2595-600. [PMID: 6235847 DOI: 10.1021/bi00307a009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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The Ca2+-transporting ATPase of erythrocytes was isolated by calmodulin affinity chromatography. The backward reaction of the ATPase was investigated. The phosphorylation of the solubilized enzyme by Pi required Mg and was inhibited by Ca and vanadate in the micromolar concentration range. Significant amounts of phosphoenzyme could be obtained only in a medium containing high dimethyl sulfoxide concentrations (greater than 25%) in order to diminish water activity at the phosphorylation site. The phosphoenzyme formed in this way could not phosphorylate ADP. However, upon addition of Ca2+ ions and dilution of dimethyl sulfoxide in the phosphorylated preparation (water activity jump), a highly reactive phosphoenzyme species was obtained which could transfer phosphate in nearly stoichiometric amounts to ADP to form ATP.
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Zurini M, Krebs J, Penniston JT, Carafoli E. Controlled proteolysis of the purified Ca2+-ATPase of the erythrocyte membrane. A correlation between the structure and the function of the enzyme. J Biol Chem 1984; 259:618-27. [PMID: 6231286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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The purified Ca2+-pumping ATPase of the erythrocyte plasma membrane has been subjected to a controlled proteolytic treatment with trypsin. The treatment has been previously shown to shift the enzyme from low to high Ca2+ affinity in the absence of calmodulin. The treatment leads to the fragmentation of the ATPase molecule into a number of products and to the accumulation of major limit polypeptides having Mr of 14,000, 28,000, 33,500, 48,000, and 76,000. The 33,500 Mr fragment reacts with 3(trifluoromethyl)-3 (m-[125I]iodophenyl)-diazirine, suggesting that it contains intramembrane regions of the enzyme. A number of minor fragmentation products were also formed, among them a polypeptide of Mr = 90,000 which is rapidly degraded further and a limit polypeptide of Mr about 25,000. [125I]Iodoazidocalmodulin cross-linked only to the original ATPase and to the fragments with Mr = 90,000 and Mr about 25,000. The Mr = 90,000 fragment can be isolated on calmodulin-Sepharose and on phenothiazine affinity columns. It retains the functional properties of the intact pump; it has a calmodulin-responsive ATPase activity and it actively accumulates Ca2+ upon incorporation into liposomes. Further proteolysis of the Mr = 90,000 fragment produces a fragment of Mr = 81,000-76,000 which forms an acylphosphate intermediate, which does not bind to calmodulin-Sepharose, and which seems to be responsible for the calmodulin-insensitive activity which appears as it is produced. A model is presented which postulates a major and a minor degradation pattern and rationalizes the pattern of proteolysis and of the [125I]iodoazidocalmodulin binding observed.
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Zurini M, Krebs J, Penniston JT, Carafoli E. Controlled proteolysis of the purified Ca2+-ATPase of the erythrocyte membrane. A correlation between the structure and the function of the enzyme. J Biol Chem 1984. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)43707-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Gmaj P, Zurini M, Murer H, Carafoli E. A high-affinity, calmodulin-dependent Ca2+ pump in the basal-lateral plasma membranes of kidney cortex. Eur J Biochem 1983; 136:71-6. [PMID: 6311550 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1983.tb07706.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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A purified preparation of kidney basolateral membrane vesicles is capable of ATP-dependent Ca2+ uptake. The reaction has high affinity for Ca2+ (Km about 0.1 microM) and a V of 5.8 nmol Ca2+ X mg-1 protein X min-1 in the predominantly right-side-out vesicular preparation used. It is inhibited by vanadate (K0.5 about 5 microM) and by anti-calmodulin drugs. A stimulatory effect of calmodulin is visible in membranes depleted of the activator. Exposure of basolateral membranes to 125I-azido-modified calmodulin results in the specific labeling of a membrane protein of Mr 141 000, which is tentatively suggested to be the Ca2+-pumping ATPase.
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Caroni P, Zurini M, Clark A, Carafoli E. Further characterization and reconstitution of the purified Ca2+-pumping ATPase of heart sarcolemma. J Biol Chem 1983; 258:7305-10. [PMID: 6223026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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The Ca2+-pumping ATPase has been isolated from calf heart sarcolemma by calmodulin affinity chromatography (Caroni, P., and Carafoli, E. (1981) J. Biol. Chem. 256, 3263-3270) as a polypeptide of Mr about 140,000. The purified enzyme has high affinity for Ca2+ in the presence of calmodulin (Km about 0.4 microM) but shifts to a low affinity state (Km about 20 microM) in its absence. Calmodulin increases also the Vmax of the enzyme. The effects of calmodulin are mimicked by phosphatidylserine and by a limited proteolytic treatment of the enzyme with trypsin. The purified ATPase can be reconstituted in asolectin liposomes, where it pumps Ca2+ with an approximate stoichiometry to ATP of 1. The purified (and reconstituted) enzyme is not phosphorylated by added ATP and cAMP-dependent protein kinase under conditions where the enzyme in situ is stimulated concomitant with the phosphorylation of the sarcolemmal membrane (Caroni, P., and Carafoli, E. (1981) J. Biol. Chem. 256, 9371-9373). Hence, the target of the regulatory phosphorylation system is not the ATPase molecule. The purified ATPase cross-reacts with an antibody raised against the erythrocyte Ca2+-pumping ATPase. Under the same conditions, the purified sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase does not react. The proteolytic splitting pattern of the purified heart sarcolemma and erythrocyte enzymes are similar but not identical.
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Caroni P, Zurini M, Clark A, Carafoli E. Further characterization and reconstitution of the purified Ca2+-pumping ATPase of heart sarcolemma. J Biol Chem 1983. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)32178-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Graf E, Verma AK, Gorski JP, Lopaschuk G, Niggli V, Zurini M, Carafoli E, Penniston JT. Molecular properties of calcium-pumping ATPase from human erythrocytes. Biochemistry 1982; 21:4511-6. [PMID: 6215062 DOI: 10.1021/bi00261a049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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The Ca2+-pumping ATPase from human erythrocyte membranes, purified by the method previously reported [Niggli, V., Penniston, J. T., & Carafoli, E. (1979) J. Biol. Chem. 254, 9955-9958], was freed of minor impurities by extensive washing while bound to the calmodulin-Sepharose column. The pure enzyme showed a single band of Mr 138000, which contained no stainable carbohydrate. The enzyme retained calmodulin-stimulable ATPase activity; with appropriate assay conditions, an activity of 21.2 mumol/(mg x min) was obtained. Amino acid analysis showed that the ATPase had a larger proportion of polar amino acids than do other integral membrane proteins. Despite this, the ATPase showed a tendency to form dimers and higher aggregates even in the presence of sodium dodecyl sulfate and urea. The enzyme required Mg2+ but showed little activity unless a second ion was added. With regard to this second ion, the enzyme responded to alkaline earth metal ions in the order Ca2+ greater than Sr2+ much greater than Ba2+. It was highly specific for ATP and was stimulated by Na+ or K+; in all of these properties it resembled the enzyme in unfractionated membranes. Limited proteolysis using trypsin yielded, at short times, many fragments of various molecular weights; continued proteolysis resulted in two trypsin-resistant fragments of Mr 81000 and 33500. Analysis of the time course of proteolysis indicated that the ATPase existed in two or more conformations that had differing susceptibilities to proteolysis. It is suggested that these correspond to active and inactive conformers of the enzyme.
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The inner membrane of rat liver mitochondria contains a highly active phospholipase A2 which has alkaline pH optimum and requires Ca2+ in the micromolar range. The phospholipase is particularly active on the endogenous phosphatidylethanolamine and release relatively high amounts of docosahexanoic acid. The phospholipase A2 of mitochondria or mitoplasts is not dependent on calmodulin. Using fluorescamine-labelled mitoplasts there are indications that the enzyme is localized on both sides of the inner membrane.
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