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Sikora H, Gruba N, Wysocka M, Piwkowska A, Lesner A. Optimization of fluorescent substrates for ADAM17 and their utility in the detection of diabetes. Anal Biochem 2023; 681:115337. [PMID: 37783443 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2023.115337] [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: 07/06/2023] [Revised: 09/28/2023] [Accepted: 09/29/2023] [Indexed: 10/04/2023]
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ADAM17 (a disintegrin and metalloproteinase 17) is a sheddase that releases various types of membrane-associated proteins, including adhesive molecules, cytokines and their receptors, and inflammatory mediators. Evidence suggests that the enzyme is involved in the proteolytic cleavage of antiaging transmembrane protein Klotho (KL). What is more, reduced serum and urinary KL levels are observed in the early stages of chronic kidney disease. This study aimed to optimise the ADAM17 specific and selective fluorescent substrates. Then, the obtained substrate was used to detect the enzyme in urine samples of patients diagnosed with diabetes. It turned out that in all cases we were able to detect proteolytic activity, which was the opposite of the healthy samples.
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- Honorata Sikora
- Department of Biomedical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdansk, Wita Stwosza 63, 80-308, Gdańsk, Poland
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- Department of Environmental Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdansk, Wita Stwosza 63 Street, PL, 80-308, Gdańsk, Poland.
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- Department of Biomedical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdansk, Wita Stwosza 63, 80-308, Gdańsk, Poland
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Nephrology, Mossakowski Medical Research Institute Polish Academy of Sciences, Wita Stwosza 63, 80-308, Gdansk, Poland; Department of Molecular Biotechnology, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdansk, Wita Stwosza 63, 80-308, Gdansk, Poland
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- Department of Environmental Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdansk, Wita Stwosza 63 Street, PL, 80-308, Gdańsk, Poland
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Rachubik P, Rogacka D, Audzeyenka I, Typiak M, Wysocka M, Szrejder M, Lesner A, Piwkowska A. Role of lysosomes in insulin signaling and glucose uptake in cultured rat podocytes. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2023; 679:145-159. [PMID: 37696068 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2023.09.012] [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: 07/07/2023] [Revised: 08/30/2023] [Accepted: 09/05/2023] [Indexed: 09/13/2023]
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Podocytes are sensitive to insulin, which governs the functional and structural integrity of podocytes that are essential for proper function of the glomerular filtration barrier. Lysosomes are acidic organelles that are implicated in regulation of the insulin signaling pathway. Cathepsin D (CTPD) and lysosome-associated membrane protein 1 (LAMP1) are major lysosomal proteins that reflect the functional state of lysosomes. However, the effect of insulin on lysosome activity and role of lysosomes in the regulation of insulin-dependent glucose uptake in podocytes are unknown. Our studies showed that the short-term incubation of podocytes with insulin decreased LAMP1 and CTPD mRNA levels. Insulin and bafilomycin A1 reduced both the amounts of LAMP1 and CTPD proteins and activity of CTPD, which were associated with a decrease in the fluorescence intensity of lysosomes that were labeled with LysoTracker. Bafilomycin A1 inhibited insulin-dependent endocytosis of the insulin receptor and increased the amounts of the insulin receptor and glucose transporter 4 on the cell surface of podocytes. Bafilomycin A1 also inhibited insulin-dependent glucose uptake despite an increase in the amount of glucose transporter 4 in the plasma membrane of podocytes. These results suggest that lysosomes are signaling hubs that may be involved in the coupling of insulin signaling with the regulation of glucose uptake in podocytes. The dysregulation of this mechanism can lead to the dysfunction of podocytes and development of insulin resistance.
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- Patrycja Rachubik
- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Nephrology, Mossakowski Medical Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wita Stwosza 63 St, Gdansk, 80-308, Poland.
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Nephrology, Mossakowski Medical Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wita Stwosza 63 St, Gdansk, 80-308, Poland; Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdansk, Wita Stwosza 63 St, Gdansk, 80-308, Poland.
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Nephrology, Mossakowski Medical Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wita Stwosza 63 St, Gdansk, 80-308, Poland; Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdansk, Wita Stwosza 63 St, Gdansk, 80-308, Poland.
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- Department of General and Medical Biochemistry, Faculty of Biology, University of Gdansk, Wita Stwosza 59 St, Gdansk, 80-308, Poland.
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdansk, Wita Stwosza 63 St, Gdansk, 80-308, Poland.
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Nephrology, Mossakowski Medical Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wita Stwosza 63 St, Gdansk, 80-308, Poland.
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdansk, Wita Stwosza 63 St, Gdansk, 80-308, Poland.
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Nephrology, Mossakowski Medical Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wita Stwosza 63 St, Gdansk, 80-308, Poland; Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdansk, Wita Stwosza 63 St, Gdansk, 80-308, Poland.
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Soussou S, Jablaoui A, Mariaule V, Kriaa A, Boudaya H, Wysocka M, Amouri A, Gargouri A, Lesner A, Maguin E, Rhimi M. Serine proteases and metalloproteases are highly increased in irritable bowel syndrome Tunisian patients. Sci Rep 2023; 13:17571. [PMID: 37845280 PMCID: PMC10579243 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-44454-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2023] [Accepted: 10/09/2023] [Indexed: 10/18/2023] Open
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Serine proteases are involved in many biological processes and are associated with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) pathology. An increase in serine protease activity has been widely reported in IBS patients. While most of the studies focused on host proteases, the contribution of microbial proteases are poorly studied. In the present study, we report the analysis of proteolytic activities in fecal samples from the first Tunisian cohort of IBS-M patients and healthy individuals. We demonstrated, for the first time, that metalloproteases activities were fourfold higher in fecal samples of IBS patients compared to controls. Of interest, the functional characterization of serine protease activities revealed a 50-fold increase in trypsin-like activities and a threefold in both elastase- and cathepsin G-like activities. Remarkably, we also showed a fourfold increase in proteinase 3-like activity in the case of IBS. This study also provides insight into the alteration of gut microbiota and its potential role in proteolytic modulation in IBS. Our results stressed the impact of the disequilibrium of serine proteases, metalloproteases and gut microbiota in IBS and the need of the further characterization of these targets to set out new therapeutic approaches.
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- Souha Soussou
- Microbiota Interaction With Human and Animal Team (MIHA), Micalis Institute-UMR1319, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, 78350, Jouy-en-Josas, France
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Eukaryotes, Center of Biotechnology of Sfax, University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia
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- Microbiota Interaction With Human and Animal Team (MIHA), Micalis Institute-UMR1319, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, 78350, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- Microbiota Interaction With Human and Animal Team (MIHA), Micalis Institute-UMR1319, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, 78350, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- Microbiota Interaction With Human and Animal Team (MIHA), Micalis Institute-UMR1319, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, 78350, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Eukaryotes, Center of Biotechnology of Sfax, University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Hedi Chaker University Hospital, Sfax, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Eukaryotes, Center of Biotechnology of Sfax, University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdansk, Gdańsk, Poland
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- Microbiota Interaction With Human and Animal Team (MIHA), Micalis Institute-UMR1319, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, 78350, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- Microbiota Interaction With Human and Animal Team (MIHA), Micalis Institute-UMR1319, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, 78350, Jouy-en-Josas, France.
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Wysocka M, Wysocki O, Zufferey M, Landers D, Freitas A. A systematic review of biologically-informed deep learning models for cancer: fundamental trends for encoding and interpreting oncology data. BMC Bioinformatics 2023; 24:198. [PMID: 37189058 DOI: 10.1186/s12859-023-05262-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2022] [Accepted: 03/30/2023] [Indexed: 05/17/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND There is an increasing interest in the use of Deep Learning (DL) based methods as a supporting analytical framework in oncology. However, most direct applications of DL will deliver models with limited transparency and explainability, which constrain their deployment in biomedical settings. METHODS This systematic review discusses DL models used to support inference in cancer biology with a particular emphasis on multi-omics analysis. It focuses on how existing models address the need for better dialogue with prior knowledge, biological plausibility and interpretability, fundamental properties in the biomedical domain. For this, we retrieved and analyzed 42 studies focusing on emerging architectural and methodological advances, the encoding of biological domain knowledge and the integration of explainability methods. RESULTS We discuss the recent evolutionary arch of DL models in the direction of integrating prior biological relational and network knowledge to support better generalisation (e.g. pathways or Protein-Protein-Interaction networks) and interpretability. This represents a fundamental functional shift towards models which can integrate mechanistic and statistical inference aspects. We introduce a concept of bio-centric interpretability and according to its taxonomy, we discuss representational methodologies for the integration of domain prior knowledge in such models. CONCLUSIONS The paper provides a critical outlook into contemporary methods for explainability and interpretability used in DL for cancer. The analysis points in the direction of a convergence between encoding prior knowledge and improved interpretability. We introduce bio-centric interpretability which is an important step towards formalisation of biological interpretability of DL models and developing methods that are less problem- or application-specific.
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- Magdalena Wysocka
- Digital Experimental Cancer Medicine Team, Cancer Biomarker Centre, CRUK Manchester Institute, University of Manchester, Oxford Rd, Manchester, M13 9 PL, UK.
- Department of Computer Science, University of Manchester, Oxford Rd, Manchester, M13 9 PL, UK.
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- Digital Experimental Cancer Medicine Team, Cancer Biomarker Centre, CRUK Manchester Institute, University of Manchester, Oxford Rd, Manchester, M13 9 PL, UK.
- Department of Computer Science, University of Manchester, Oxford Rd, Manchester, M13 9 PL, UK.
- Idiap Research Institute, National University of Sciences, Rue Marconi 19, CH - 1920, Martigny, Switzerland.
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- Idiap Research Institute, National University of Sciences, Rue Marconi 19, CH - 1920, Martigny, Switzerland
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- DeLondra Oncology Ltd, 38 Carlton Avenue, Wilmslow, SK9 4EP, UK
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- Digital Experimental Cancer Medicine Team, Cancer Biomarker Centre, CRUK Manchester Institute, University of Manchester, Oxford Rd, Manchester, M13 9 PL, UK
- Department of Computer Science, University of Manchester, Oxford Rd, Manchester, M13 9 PL, UK
- Idiap Research Institute, National University of Sciences, Rue Marconi 19, CH - 1920, Martigny, Switzerland
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Bogatu A, Wysocka M, Wysocki O, Butterworth H, Pillai M, Allison J, Landers D, Kilgour E, Thistlethwaite F, Freitas A. Meta-analysis informed machine learning: Supporting cytokine storm detection during CAR-T cell Therapy. J Biomed Inform 2023; 142:104367. [PMID: 37105509 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbi.2023.104367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2022] [Revised: 04/11/2023] [Accepted: 04/17/2023] [Indexed: 04/29/2023]
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Cytokine release syndrome (CRS), also known as cytokine storm, is one of the most consequential adverse effects of chimeric antigen receptor therapies that have shown otherwise promising results in cancer treatment. When emerging, CRS could be identified by the analysis of specific cytokine and chemokine profiles that tend to exhibit similarities across patients. In this paper, we exploit these similarities using machine learning algorithms and set out to pioneer a meta-review informed method for the identification of CRS based on specific cytokine peak concentrations and evidence from previous clinical studies. To this end we also address a widespread challenge of the applicability of machine learning in general: reduced training data availability. We do so by augmenting available (but often insufficient) patient cytokine concentrations with statistical knowledge extracted from domain literature. We argue that such methods could support clinicians in analyzing suspect cytokine profiles by matching them against the said CRS knowledge from past clinical studies, with the ultimate aim of swift CRS diagnosis. We evaluate our proposed methods under several design choices, achieving performance of more than 90% in terms of CRS identification accuracy, and showing that many of our choices outperform a purely data-driven alternative. During evaluation with real-world CRS clinical data, we emphasize the potential of our proposed method of producing interpretable results, in addition to being effective in identifying the onset of cytokine storm.
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- Alex Bogatu
- Department of Computer Science, The University of Manchester, United Kingdom; Digital Experimental Cancer Medicine Team, Cancer Biomarker Centre, CRUK Manchester Institute, United Kingdom.
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- Digital Experimental Cancer Medicine Team, Cancer Biomarker Centre, CRUK Manchester Institute, United Kingdom
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- Department of Computer Science, The University of Manchester, United Kingdom; Digital Experimental Cancer Medicine Team, Cancer Biomarker Centre, CRUK Manchester Institute, United Kingdom
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- Division of Cancer Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, UK
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- Division of Cancer Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, UK
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- Digital Experimental Cancer Medicine Team, Cancer Biomarker Centre, CRUK Manchester Institute, United Kingdom
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- Cancer Biomarker Centre, CRUK Manchester Institute, United Kingdom
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- Division of Cancer Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, UK; The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK
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- Department of Computer Science, The University of Manchester, United Kingdom; Digital Experimental Cancer Medicine Team, Cancer Biomarker Centre, CRUK Manchester Institute, United Kingdom; Idiap Research Institute, Switzerland
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Gołębiewska JE, Krawczyk B, Wysocka M, Dudziak A, Dębska-Ślizień A. Asymptomatic Bacteriuria in Kidney Transplant Recipients-A Narrative Review. Medicina (Kaunas) 2023; 59:medicina59020198. [PMID: 36837399 PMCID: PMC9958684 DOI: 10.3390/medicina59020198] [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] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2022] [Revised: 01/16/2023] [Accepted: 01/16/2023] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are the most prevalent complications in kidney transplant (KTx) recipients. The most frequent finding in this group of patients is asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB). Here, we provide an overview of the available evidence regarding ASB in KTx recipients, including its etiopathology, clinical impact and management. There is a growing body of evidence from clinical trials that screening for and treating ASB is not beneficial in most KTx recipients. However, there are insufficient data to recommend or discourage the use of a "screen-and-treat strategy" for ASB during the first 1-2 months post-transplant or in the case of an indwelling urinary catheter. Despite its frequency, ASB after KTx is still an understudied phenomenon.
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- Justyna E. Gołębiewska
- Department of Nephrology, Transplantology and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Gdańsk, 80-210 Gdańsk, Poland
- Correspondence:
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Microbiology, Faculty of Chemistry, Gdańsk University of Technology, 80-233 Gdańsk, Poland
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- Digital Experimental Cancer Medicine Team, Cancer Biomarker Centre, CRUK Manchester Institute, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK
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- Microbiology Laboratory, University Clinical Center, 80-952 Gdańsk, Poland
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- Department of Nephrology, Transplantology and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Gdańsk, 80-210 Gdańsk, Poland
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Krawczyk B, Wysocka M, Michalik M, Gołębiewska J. Urinary Tract Infections Caused by K. pneumoniae in Kidney Transplant Recipients – Epidemiology, Virulence and Antibiotic Resistance. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2022; 12:861374. [PMID: 35531341 PMCID: PMC9068989 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2022.861374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2022] [Accepted: 03/23/2022] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Urinary tract infections are the most common complication in kidney transplant recipients, possibly resulting in the deterioration of a long-term kidney allograft function and an increased risk of recipient’s death. K. pneumoniae has emerged as one of the most prevalent etiologic agents in the context of recurrent urinary tract infections, especially with multidrug resistant strains. This paper discusses the epidemiology and risk factors associated with urinary tract infections in kidney transplant recipients, multi-drug resistance of K. pneumoniae (ESBL, KPC, NDM), treatment and pathogenesis of K. pneumoniae infections, and possible causes of recurrent UTIs. It also addresses the issue of colonization/becoming a carrier of K. pneumoniae in the gastrointestinal tract and asymptomatic bacteriuria in relation to a symptomatic UTI development and epidemiology.
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- Beata Krawczyk
- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Microbiology, Faculty of Chemistry, Gdańsk University of Technology, Gdańsk, Poland
- *Correspondence: Beata Krawczyk,
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Microbiology, Faculty of Chemistry, Gdańsk University of Technology, Gdańsk, Poland
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- Department of Nephrology, Transplantology and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland
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Pianka J, Gruba N, Kitowska K, Mieczkowski K, Wysocka M, Sądej R, Lesner A. Simplified Theta-defensin [Ser 3,7,12,16] RTD-2 Analog Is Involved in Proteasomal Degradation Pathway in Breast Cancer. Anticancer Res 2021; 41:5415-5423. [PMID: 34732410 DOI: 10.21873/anticanres.15353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2021] [Revised: 10/17/2021] [Accepted: 10/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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BACKGROUND/AIM Antimicrobial peptides are part of the innate immune response, regulate inflammation and initiate acquired immunity. This study focused on theta-defensins that have been shown to have anticancer properties. MATERIALS AND METHODS RTD-2 analogs were synthesized on a peptide synthesizer. Cell viability was estimated using the MTT test. Immunoprecipitation assay was conducted to determine the molecular partner of the [Ser3,7,12,16]-RTD-2 analog. RESULTS Here, we present the biologically active [Ser3,7,12,16]-RTD-2 analog that selectively targets various types of breast cancer cells. Immunoprecipitation protein-protein interaction studies showed eleven proteins common to MDA-MB-231 and T47D cell lines. Taking into account their cellular location, it can be concluded that the synthesized peptide interacts mainly with nuclear proteins, which correlates with the obtained microscopic image. CONCLUSION Proteins that interact strongly with the [Ser3,7,12,16]-RTD-2 analog are closely related to the proteasomal protein degradation pathway. As the activity of the ubiquitin-proteasome system is markedly increased in patients with breast cancer, it is likely that selective modulation of this system may be a useful method for breast cancer treatment.
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- Joanna Pianka
- Department of Environmental Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
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- Department of Environmental Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland;
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- Department of Molecular Enzymology and Oncology, Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Gdansk and Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
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- Department of Molecular Enzymology and Oncology, Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Gdansk and Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
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- Department of Environmental Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
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- Department of Molecular Enzymology and Oncology, Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Gdansk and Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
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- Department of Environmental Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
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Wysocka M, Dzierzbicka K, Krawczyk B. Evaluating the antibacterial activity of muramyl dipeptide derivatives, retro-tuftsin derivatives, and anthraquinone oligopeptides against a range of pathogenic bacteria. Acta Biochim Pol 2021; 68:449-455. [PMID: 34460213 DOI: 10.18388/abp.2020_5757] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2021] [Accepted: 08/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Search for new and efficient antibiotic is crucial because of microbial drug resistance and problems with side effects of the administered medication. In this study, we evaluate the in vitro microbiological activity of muramyl dipeptide derivatives, retro-tuftsin derivatives (i.e., tuftsin with reversed amino acid sequences), and combinations of retro-tuftsin derivatives with substituted anthraquinones. The potency of the investigated derivatives towards methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA), methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Escherichia coli, and Klebsiella pneumoniae ESBL (extended-spectrum β-lactamases) was compared based on the spectroscopically-measured minimal inhibitory concentrations (MIC values). The bacterial growth have also been studied with different concentrations of compounds. Statistical analysis of the results revealed that certain modifications lead to promising activity against S. aureus (anthraquinone analogue - 3c and retro-tuftsin derivative - 2b), while other derivatives exhibit activity against P. aeruginosa (muramyl dipeptide derivative - 1d and retro-tuftsin derivative - 2b). The obtained results of microbiological activity indicate that the structure of the tested compounds may be the basis for further modifications.
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- Magdalena Wysocka
- Gdansk University of Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Microbiology, Gdańsk, Poland
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- Gdansk University of Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, Department of Organic Chemistry, Gdańsk, Poland
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- Gdansk University of Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Microbiology, Gdańsk
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Wysocka M, Zamudio R, Oggioni MR, Gołębiewska J, Bronk M, Krawczyk B. Genetic Background and Antibiotic Resistance Profiles of K. pneumoniae NDM-1 Strains Isolated from UTI, ABU, and the GI Tract, from One Hospital in Poland, in Relation to Strains Nationally and Worldwide. Genes (Basel) 2021; 12:genes12081285. [PMID: 34440459 PMCID: PMC8394471 DOI: 10.3390/genes12081285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2021] [Revised: 08/17/2021] [Accepted: 08/20/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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In recent years, there has been an observed increase in infections caused by carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumonia (Kp) strains. The aim of this study was the phenotypic and genotypic analysis of eight K. pneumoniae NDM (Kp NDM) isolates, recovered in Poland during the years 2016 and 2018 from seven patients with urinary tract infections (UTIs), asymptomatic bacteriuria (ABU), or colonization of the gut. PCR melting profile genotyping indicated a close relationship between the strains derived from 2018, which were not related to the strain isolated in 2016. WGS results were analyzed in relation to international Kp isolates. Clonal and phylogenetic analyses were performed based on multilocus sequence typing (MLST) and single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of the core genome. The metallo-β-lactamase was assigned to the NDM-1 type and the sequence was identified as ST11. Eleven antimicrobial resistance genes were detected, mostly from plasmid contigs. Unprecedented profiles of plasmid replicons were described with the IncFII/pKPX-1 dominant replicon. In terms of the KL24 and O2v1 capsular antigen profiles, these isolates corresponded to Greek strains. Strains isolated from UTI, ABU, and colonization GI tract patients were not carrying environment-specific virulence genes. Based on the assessment of strain relationships at the genome level and their direction of evolution, the international character of the sublines was demonstrated, with a documented epidemic potential in Poland and Greece. In conclusion, some groups of patients, e.g., renal transplant recipients or those with complicated UTIs, who are frequently hospitalized and undergoing antibiotic therapy, should be monitored not only for the risk of UTI, but also for colonization by Kp NDM strains.
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- Magdalena Wysocka
- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Microbiology, Faculty of Chemistry, Gdańsk University of Technology, ul. Narutowicza 11/12, 80-233 Gdańsk, Poland;
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- Department of Genetics and Genome Biology, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK; (R.Z.); (M.R.O.)
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- Department of Genetics and Genome Biology, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK; (R.Z.); (M.R.O.)
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- Department of Nephrology, Transplantology and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Gdańsk, ul. Dębinki 7, 80-952 Gdańsk, Poland;
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- Laboratory of Clinical Microbiology, University Centre for Laboratory Diagnostics, Medical University of Gdańsk Clinical Centre, ul. Dębinki 7, 80-952 Gdańsk, Poland;
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Microbiology, Faculty of Chemistry, Gdańsk University of Technology, ul. Narutowicza 11/12, 80-233 Gdańsk, Poland;
- Correspondence:
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Wysocka M, Monteiro T, de Pina C, Gonçalves D, de Pina S, Ludgero-Correia A, Moreno J, Zamudio R, Almebairik N, Gray LJ, Pareek M, Jenkins DR, De Sousa MA, De Lencastre H, Beleza S, Araujo II, Conceição T, Oggioni MR. Whole-genome analysis uncovers loss of blaZ associated with carriage isolates belonging to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) clone ST5-VI in Cape Verde. J Glob Antimicrob Resist 2021; 26:77-83. [PMID: 34052522 PMCID: PMC8440226 DOI: 10.1016/j.jgar.2021.04.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2020] [Revised: 04/01/2021] [Accepted: 04/14/2021] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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One of the first whole genome analyses of Staphylococcus aureus carriage isolates in an African country. Genome data allowed to place S. aureus isolates from Cape Verde in a phylogenetic context. Loss of blaZ-carrying plasmids and transposons is not rare, which is also evident in other international MRSA isolates. Steady increase in antimicrobial drug resistance in Cape Verde. Data provide genomic information for the design of intervention measures to decrease antimicrobial resistance.
Objectives Surveillance studies for Staphylococcus aureus carriage are a primary tool to survey the prevalence of methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) in the general population, patients and healthcare workers. We have previously reported S. aureus carriage in various African countries, including Cape Verde. Methods Whole-genome sequences of 106 S. aureus isolates from Cape Verde were determined. Results Staphylococcus aureus carriage isolates in Cape Verde show high genetic variability, with the detection of 27 sequence types (STs) and three primary genetic clusters associated with ST152, ST15 and ST5. One transmission event with less than eight core-genome single nucleotide polymorphisms (cgSNP) differences was detected among the ST5-VI MRSA lineage. Genetic analysis confirmed the phenotypic resistance and allowed the identification of six independent events of plasmid or transposon loss associated with the deletion of blaZ in nine isolates. In the four ST5 MRSA isolates, loss of the blaZ plasmid coincided with the acquisition of SCCmec type VI and an unusual penicillin phenotype with a minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) at the breakpoint, indicating an adaptation trend in this endemic lineage. Similar events of blaZ plasmid loss, with concomitant acquisition SCCmec elements, were detected among ST5 isolates from different geographical origins. Conclusion Overall, the genome data allowed to place isolates in a phylogenetic context and to identify different blaZ gene deletions associated with plasmid or transposon loss. Genomic analysis unveiled adaptation and evolution trends, namely among emerging MRSA lineages in the country, which deserve additional consideration in the design of future infection control protocols.
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- Magdalena Wysocka
- Department of Genetics and Genome Biology, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK; Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Microbiology, Gdansk University of Technology, Gdańsk, Poland
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- Universidade de Cabo Verde, Praia, Santiago, Cape Verde
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- Department of Genetics and Genome Biology, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
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- Department of Genetics and Genome Biology, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
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- Department of Health Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
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- Department of Respiratory Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
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- Department of Clinical Microbiology, Leicester University Hospitals, NHS Trust, Leicester, UK
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- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB-NOVA), Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal; Escola Superior de Saúde da Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB-NOVA), Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal; Laboratory of Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Genetics and Genome Biology, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
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- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB-NOVA), Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal.
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- Department of Genetics and Genome Biology, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK; Dipartimento di Farmacia e Biotecnologie, Universita' di Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
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Dziomba S, Wysocka M, Jońca J, Sola L, Steć A, Waleron K, Wielgomas B. Investigation of selected parameters of capillary zone electrophoresis method for analysis of isolates of outer membrane vesicles. Electrophoresis 2021; 42:2010-2017. [PMID: 34015152 DOI: 10.1002/elps.202000360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2020] [Revised: 05/05/2021] [Accepted: 05/11/2021] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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The capillary zone electrophoresis (CZE) has recently been proposed by our group as a novel technique for outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) characterization (J. Chromatography 1621 (2020) 461047). In present work the impact of selected parameters of CZE method on OMVs isolates analysis was assessed. It was shown that the extension of sample injection plug length significantly improves the detectability of macromolecular aggregates in CZE. Moreover, a negligible adsorption of OMVs to both uncoated and polymer-modified (poly(DMA-GMA-MAPS)) capillary walls was proven. Finally, the relaxation effect as well as deformation/polarization of vesicles were demonstrated to affect OMVs electrophoretic mobility. The significance of these findings was discussed.
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- Szymon Dziomba
- Department of Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
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- Department of Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
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- Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche "G. Natta", CNR, Italy
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- Department of Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
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- Department of Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
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Krawczyk B, Wysocka M, Kotłowski R, Bronk M, Michalik M, Samet A. Linezolid-resistant Enterococcus faecium strains isolated from one hospital in Poland -commensals or hospital-adapted pathogens? PLoS One 2020; 15:e0233504. [PMID: 32453777 PMCID: PMC7250452 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0233504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2019] [Accepted: 05/06/2020] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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One of the most pressing problems of enterococci infections is occurring resistance to linezolid, which is an antibiotic used in the treatment of infections caused by vancomycin-resistant strains (VRE). The main objective of our research was to investigate the relationship of 19 linezolid-resistant E. faecium isolates from 18 patients hospitalized at Clinical Hospital in Gdansk (Poland). One of the LZDREF was isolated in 2003 (K2003), and another 18 were collected from 2013 to 2017. Genotyping with PCR MP method indicated 14 main unrelated genetic profiles and no association with K2003 strain. Two isolates with the same genotype and genetically closely related two sub-types (2 isolates for each sub-type) were hospital-derived colonizations of patients. The other unrelated genotypes were discussed in the context of colonization, nosocomial infections, and commensal origin, taking into account prior exposure to linezolid. We determined the presence of a point mutation G2576T in six loci of 23S rDNA. There was also a significant correlation (p<0.0015) between the presence of MIC>32 value and the presence of G2576T point mutation on the sixth rrn. We also detected 5 virulence genes for all isolates: gelE, cylA, asa1, hyl, esp. Correlation (p≤0.0001) was observed between the presence of gelE gene encoding gelatinase and two other genes: cylA and asa1 encoding cytolysin and collagen binding protein responsible for aggregation of bacterial cells, respectively. Significant correlation was also observed between asa1 and cfr genes encoding 23S rRNA rybonuclease responsible for resistance to PhLOPSA antibiotics (p = 0.0004). The multidimensional analysis has also shown the correlation between cfr gene and GI-tract (p = 0, 0491), which suggests horizontal gene transfer inside the gut microbiota and the risk of colonization with linezolid-resistant strains without previously being treated with the antibiotic. The patient could have been colonized with LZDRVREF strains which in the absence of competitive microbiota quickly settle in ecological niches favourable for them and pose a risk for the patient.
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- Beata Krawczyk
- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Microbiology, Faculty of Chemistry, Gdańsk University of Technology, Gdańsk, Poland
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Microbiology, Faculty of Chemistry, Gdańsk University of Technology, Gdańsk, Poland
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Microbiology, Faculty of Chemistry, Gdańsk University of Technology, Gdańsk, Poland
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- Department of Clinical Microbiology, Clinical Hospital No 1, Medical University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland
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Monteiro T, Wysocka M, Tellez E, Monteiro O, Spencer L, Veiga E, Monteiro S, de Pina C, Gonçalves D, de Pina S, Ludgero-Correia A, Moreno J, Conceição T, Aires-de-Sousa M, de Lencastre H, Gray LJ, Pareek M, Jenkins DR, Beleza S, Oggioni MR, Araujo II. A five-year retrospective study shows increasing rates of antimicrobial drug resistance in Cabo Verde for both Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli. J Glob Antimicrob Resist 2020; 22:483-487. [PMID: 32348903 DOI: 10.1016/j.jgar.2020.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2019] [Revised: 03/31/2020] [Accepted: 04/03/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES Data on baseline drug resistance important in informing future antimicrobial stewardship programs. So far, no data on the antimicrobial drug resistance of clinical isolates available for the African archipelago of Cabo Verde. METHODS We performed a retrospective analysis over years (2013-17) of the drug susceptibility profiles of clinical isolates in the two main hospitals of Cabo Verde. For Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus, representing 47% and 26% of all clinical isolates, the antimicrobial drug resistance profile was reported for six representative drugs. RESULTS For E. coli we detected an increase in resistance to ampicillin, amoxicillin/clavulanic acid, ceftriaxone, ciprofloxacin and trimethoprim-and for S. aureus to methicillin, erythromycin and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole. This increase in both the most commonly isolated bacterial pathogens is alarm as it might compromise empirical treatment in a setting with limited access to laboratory testing. CONCLUSIONS When compared to the published low resistance rates in carriage isolates, the more alarming situation in clinical isolates for S. aureus might encourage antimicrobial stewardship programs to reduce in hospital settings, possibly as part of the Cabo Verdean national plan against antimicrobial drug resistance.
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- Tamar Monteiro
- Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade de Cabo Verde, Praia, Santiago, Cabo Verde
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- Department of Genetics and Genome Biology, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK; Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Microbiology, Gdansk University of Technology, Gdansk, Poland
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- Hospital Agostinho Neto, Ministério da Saúde e Segurança Social, Praia, Santiago, Cabo Verde
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- Hospital Agostinho Neto, Ministério da Saúde e Segurança Social, Praia, Santiago, Cabo Verde
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- Hospital Agostinho Neto, Ministério da Saúde e Segurança Social, Praia, Santiago, Cabo Verde
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- Hospital Agostinho Neto, Ministério da Saúde e Segurança Social, Praia, Santiago, Cabo Verde
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- Hospital Baptista de Sousa, Ministério da Saúde e Segurança Social, Mindelo, São Vicente, Cabo Verde
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- Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade de Cabo Verde, Praia, Santiago, Cabo Verde
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- Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade de Cabo Verde, Praia, Santiago, Cabo Verde
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- Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade de Cabo Verde, Praia, Santiago, Cabo Verde
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- Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade de Cabo Verde, Praia, Santiago, Cabo Verde
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- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB-NOVA), Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal
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- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB-NOVA), Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal
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- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB-NOVA), Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal; Laboratory of Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, The Rockefeller University, New York, USA
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- Department of Health Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
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- Department of Respiratory Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
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- Department of Clinical Microbiology, University Hospitals of Leicester, NHS Trust, Leicester, UK
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- Department of Genetics and Genome Biology, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
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- Department of Genetics and Genome Biology, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK.
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- Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade de Cabo Verde, Praia, Santiago, Cabo Verde
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Audzeyenka I, Rachubik P, Rogacka D, Typiak M, Kulesza T, Angielski S, Rychłowski M, Wysocka M, Gruba N, Lesner A, Saleem MA, Piwkowska A. Cathepsin C is a novel mediator of podocyte and renal injury induced by hyperglycemia. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Cell Res 2020; 1867:118723. [PMID: 32302668 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2020.118723] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2020] [Revised: 04/08/2020] [Accepted: 04/09/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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A growing body of evidence suggests a role of proteolytic enzymes in the development of diabetic nephropathy. Cathepsin C (CatC) is a well-known regulator of inflammatory responses, but its involvement in podocyte and renal injury remains obscure. We used Zucker rats, a genetic model of metabolic syndrome and insulin resistance, to determine the presence, quantity, and activity of CatC in the urine. In addition to the animal study, we used two cellular models, immortalized human podocytes and primary rat podocytes, to determine mRNA and protein expression levels via RT-PCR, Western blot, and confocal microscopy, and to evaluate CatC activity. The role of CatC was analyzed in CatC-depleted podocytes using siRNA and glycolytic flux parameters were obtained from extracellular acidification rate (ECAR) measurements. In functional analyses, podocyte and glomerular permeability to albumin was determined. We found that podocytes express and secrete CatC, and a hyperglycemic environment increases CatC levels and activity. Both high glucose and non-specific activator of CatC phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) diminished nephrin, cofilin, and GLUT4 levels and induced cytoskeletal rearrangements, increasing albumin permeability in podocytes. These negative effects were completely reversed in CatC-depleted podocytes. Moreover, PMA, but not high glucose, increased glycolytic flux in podocytes. Finally, we demonstrated that CatC expression and activity are increased in the urine of diabetic Zucker rats. We propose a novel mechanism of podocyte injury in diabetes, providing deeper insight into the role of CatC in podocyte biology.
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- Irena Audzeyenka
- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Nephrology, Mossakowski Medical Research Centre, Polish Academy of Sciences, Gdansk, Poland; Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdansk, Poland.
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Nephrology, Mossakowski Medical Research Centre, Polish Academy of Sciences, Gdansk, Poland
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Nephrology, Mossakowski Medical Research Centre, Polish Academy of Sciences, Gdansk, Poland; Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdansk, Poland
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Nephrology, Mossakowski Medical Research Centre, Polish Academy of Sciences, Gdansk, Poland
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Nephrology, Mossakowski Medical Research Centre, Polish Academy of Sciences, Gdansk, Poland
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Nephrology, Mossakowski Medical Research Centre, Polish Academy of Sciences, Gdansk, Poland
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- Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Gdansk - Medical University of Gdansk, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdansk, Poland
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- Bristol Renal, University of Bristol, United Kingdom
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Nephrology, Mossakowski Medical Research Centre, Polish Academy of Sciences, Gdansk, Poland; Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdansk, Poland
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Wysocka M, Romanowska A, Gruba N, Michalska M, Giełdoń A, Lesner A. A Peptidomimetic Fluorescent Probe to Detect the Trypsin β2 Subunit of the Human 20S Proteasome. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21072396. [PMID: 32244300 PMCID: PMC7177456 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21072396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2020] [Revised: 03/25/2020] [Accepted: 03/29/2020] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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This work describes the chemical synthesis, combinatorial selection, and enzymatic evaluation of peptidomimetic fluorescent substrates specific for the trypsin-like (β2) subunit of the 20S human proteasome. After deconvolution of a library comprising nearly 6000 compounds composed of peg substituted diaminopropionic acid DAPEG building blocks, the sequence ABZ–Dap(O2(Cbz))–Dap(GO1)–Dap(O2(Cbz))–Arg–ANB–NH2, where ABZ is 2-aminobenzoic acid, and ANB- 5 amino 2- nitro benzoic acid was selected. Its cleavage followed sigmoidal kinetics, characteristic for allosteric enzymes, with Km = 3.22 ± 0.02 μM, kcat = 245 s−1, and kcat/Km = 7.61 × 107 M−1 s−1. This process was practically halted when a selective inhibitor of the β2 subunit of the 20S human proteasome was supplemented to the reaction system. Titration of the substrate resulting in decreased amounts of proteasome 20S produced a linear signal up to 10−11 M. Using this substrate, we detected human proteasome 20S in human urine samples taken from the bladders of cancer patients. This observation could be useful for the noninvasive diagnosis of this severe disease.
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- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +48-585-235-095; Fax: +48-585-235-472
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N'Guessan K, Grzywa R, Seren S, Gabant G, Juliano MA, Moniatte M, van Dorsselaer A, Bieth JG, Kellenberger C, Gauthier F, Wysocka M, Lesner A, Sienczyk M, Cadene M, Korkmaz B. Human proteinase 3 resistance to inhibition extends to alpha-2 macroglobulin. FEBS J 2020; 287:4068-4081. [PMID: 31995266 DOI: 10.1111/febs.15229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2019] [Revised: 12/12/2019] [Accepted: 01/27/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Polymorphonuclear neutrophils contain at least four serine endopeptidases, namely neutrophil elastase (NE), proteinase 3 (PR3), cathepsin G (CatG), and NSP4, which contribute to the regulation of infection and of inflammatory processes. In physiological conditions, endogenous inhibitors including α2-macroglobulin (α2-M), serpins [α1-proteinase inhibitor (α1-PI)], monocyte neutrophil elastase inhibitor (MNEI), α1-antichymotrypsin, and locally produced chelonianins (elafin, SLPI) control excessive proteolytic activity of neutrophilic serine proteinases. In contrast to human NE (hNE), hPR3 is weakly inhibited by α1-PI and MNEI but not by SLPI. α2-M is a large spectrum inhibitor that traps a variety of proteinases in response to cleavage(s) in its bait region. We report here that α2-M was more rapidly processed by hNE than hPR3 or hCatG. This was confirmed by the observation that the association between α2-M and hPR3 is governed by a kass in the ≤ 105 m-1 ·s-1 range. Since α2-M-trapped proteinases retain peptidase activity, we first predicted the putative cleavage sites within the α2-M bait region (residues 690-728) using kinetic and molecular modeling approaches. We then identified by mass spectrum analysis the cleavage sites of hPR3 in a synthetic peptide spanning the 39-residue bait region of α2-M (39pep-α2-M). Since the 39pep-α2-M peptide and the corresponding bait area in the whole protein do not contain sequences with a high probability of specific cleavage by hPR3 and were indeed only slowly cleaved by hPR3, it can be concluded that α2-M is a poor inhibitor of hPR3. The resistance of hPR3 to inhibition by endogenous inhibitors explains at least in part its role in tissue injury during chronic inflammatory diseases and its well-recognized function of major target autoantigen in granulomatosis with polyangiitis.
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- Koffi N'Guessan
- INSERM UMR-1100, CEPR "Centre d'Etude des Pathologies Respiratoires", Tours, France.,Université de Tours, France
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Department of Organic and Medicinal Chemistry, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland
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- INSERM UMR-1100, CEPR "Centre d'Etude des Pathologies Respiratoires", Tours, France.,Université de Tours, France
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- Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire, UPR4301, CNRS, Affiliated with Université d'Orléans, Orléans, France
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- Departamento de Biofísica, Escola Paulista Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Proteomics Core Facility, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
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- LSMBO, CNRS UMR-7178 (CNRS-UdS), ECPM, Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien, Strasbourg, France
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- Laboratoire d'Enzymologie, INSERM U392, Université Louis Pasteur de Strasbourg, Illkirch, France
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- INSERM UMR-1100, CEPR "Centre d'Etude des Pathologies Respiratoires", Tours, France.,Université de Tours, France
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Department of Organic and Medicinal Chemistry, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland
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- Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire, UPR4301, CNRS, Affiliated with Université d'Orléans, Orléans, France
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- INSERM UMR-1100, CEPR "Centre d'Etude des Pathologies Respiratoires", Tours, France.,Université de Tours, France
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Jablaoui A, Kriaa A, Mkaouar H, Akermi N, Soussou S, Wysocka M, Wołoszyn D, Amouri A, Gargouri A, Maguin E, Lesner A, Rhimi M. Fecal Serine Protease Profiling in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2020; 10:21. [PMID: 32117798 PMCID: PMC7011180 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2020.00021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2019] [Accepted: 01/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Serine proteases are extensively known to play key roles in many physiological processes. However, their dysregulation is often associated to several diseases including inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). Here, we used specific substrates to monitor fecal protease activities in a large cohort of healthy and IBD patients. Of interest, serine protease activity was 10-fold higher in IBD fecal samples compared to healthy controls. Moreover, functional analysis of these fecal proteolytic activities revealed that the most increased activities are trypsin-like, elastase-like and cathepsin G-like. We also show for the first time, an increase of proteinase 3-like activity in these samples compared to controls. Results presented here will guide further investigations to better understand the relevance of these peptidases in IBD.
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- Amin Jablaoui
- Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, Micalis Institute, Microbiota Interaction with Human and Animal Team (MIHA), Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, Micalis Institute, Microbiota Interaction with Human and Animal Team (MIHA), Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, Micalis Institute, Microbiota Interaction with Human and Animal Team (MIHA), Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, Micalis Institute, Microbiota Interaction with Human and Animal Team (MIHA), Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, Micalis Institute, Microbiota Interaction with Human and Animal Team (MIHA), Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Hedi Chaker University Hospital, Sfax, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Eukaryotes, Center of Biotechnology of Sfax, University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia
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- Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, Micalis Institute, Microbiota Interaction with Human and Animal Team (MIHA), Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
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- Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, Micalis Institute, Microbiota Interaction with Human and Animal Team (MIHA), Jouy-en-Josas, France
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Zhang K, Wysocka M, Benoit B, Rook A. 1009 Optimizing immunological reinvigoration in leukemic cutaneous T-cell lymphoma through use of multiple immune checkpoint inhibitors. J Invest Dermatol 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2019.03.1085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Korkmaz B, Lesner A, Wysocka M, Gieldon A, Håkansson M, Gauthier F, Logan DT, Jenne DE, Lauritzen C, Pedersen J. Structure-based design and in vivo anti-arthritic activity evaluation of a potent dipeptidyl cyclopropyl nitrile inhibitor of cathepsin C. Biochem Pharmacol 2019; 164:349-367. [PMID: 30978322 DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2019.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2019] [Accepted: 04/07/2019] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Cathepsin C (CatC) is a dipeptidyl-exopeptidase which activates neutrophil serine protease precursors (elastase, proteinase 3, cathepsin G and NSP4) by removing their N-terminal propeptide in bone marrow cells at the promyelocytic stage of neutrophil differentiation. The resulting active proteases are implicated in chronic inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. Hence, inhibition of CatC represents a therapeutic strategy to suppress excessive protease activities in various neutrophil mediated diseases. We designed and synthesized a series of dipeptidyl cyclopropyl nitrile compounds as putative CatC inhibitors. One compound, IcatCXPZ-01 ((S)-2-amino-N-((1R,2R)-1-cyano-2-(4'-(4-methylpiperazin-1-ylsulfonyl)biphenyl-4-yl)cyclopropyl)butanamide)) was identified as a potent inhibitor of both human and rodent CatC. In mice, pharmacokinetic studies revealed that IcatCXPZ-01 accumulated in the bone marrow reaching levels suitable for CatC inhibition. Subcutaneous administration of IcatCXPZ-01 in a monoclonal anti-collagen antibody induced mouse model of rheumatoid arthritis resulted in statistically significant anti-arthritic activity with persistent decrease in arthritis scores and paw thickness.
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- Brice Korkmaz
- INSERM, UMR 1100, "Centre d'Etude des Pathologies Respiratoires", 37032 Tours, France; Université de Tours, 37032 Tours, France.
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdansk, 80-308 Gdansk, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdansk, 80-308 Gdansk, Poland
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- INSERM, UMR 1100, "Centre d'Etude des Pathologies Respiratoires", 37032 Tours, France; Université de Tours, 37032 Tours, France
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- Comprehensive Pneumology Center, Institute of Lung Biology and Disease, German Center for Lung Research (DZL), 81377 Munich, Germany; Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, 82152 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
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- Neuprozyme Therapeutics A/S, 2970 Hörsholm, Denmark.
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Gołębiewska JE, Krawczyk B, Wysocka M, Ewiak A, Komarnicka J, Bronk M, Rutkowski B, Dębska-Ślizień A. Host and pathogen factors in Klebsiella pneumoniae upper urinary tract infections in renal transplant patients. J Med Microbiol 2019; 68:382-394. [PMID: 30747620 DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.000942] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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PURPOSE To analyse the role of virulence factors (VFs) and host in Klebsiella pneumoniae upper urinary tract infections (UTIs) in renal transplant (RTx) recipients. METHODOLOGY Clinical and demographic data were registered prospectively. Phylogenetic background of K. pneumoniae isolates was analysed by PCR melting profiles (MP) and the following VFs genes: fimH-1, uge, kpn, ycfM, mrkD, rmpA, magA, hlyA, cnf-1, irp-1, irp-2, fyuA, entB, iutA, iroN by PCR. RESULTS We studied urine cultures and clinical data from 61 episodes of K. pneumoniae UTI in 54 RTx recipients. There were 32 cases of AB (53%), 10 cases of lower UTI (16%), 19 cases of AGPN (31%), including six cases of bacteraemia. In total, 74 % of strains were extended-spectrum beta-lactamase+, and there were two carbapenemase-producing strains. PCR MP typing showed a diverse population with 52 different genetic profiles of K. pneumoniae. Analysis of the DNA profiles indicated 45 unrelated, unique genotypes and 7 related (16 isolates from 15 patients) genotypes. Urine flow impairment emerged as an independent predictor of K. pneumoniae upper UTIs (OR 14.28, CI 2.7-75.56, P 0.002), while we did not find any association between the profile of VFs and developing upper UTIs. The prevalence of the uge gene was lower in RTx patients on everolimus when compared to isolates from patients not receiving mTOR inhibitors (33.3 % vs 82.8 % P<0.05). CONCLUSIONS K. pneumoniae upper UTI may be a marker of urine flow impairment. Bacterial VFs could not discriminate between upper and lower UTIs. However, immunosuppression may influence the selection of particular VFs.
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- Justyna E Gołębiewska
- 1 Department of Nephrology, Transplantology and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Gdańsk, ul. Dębinki 7, 80-952 Gdańsk, Poland
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- 2 Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Microbiology, Faculty of Chemistry, Gdańsk University of Technology, ul. Narutowicza 11/12, 80-233 Gdańsk, Poland
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- 2 Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Microbiology, Faculty of Chemistry, Gdańsk University of Technology, ul. Narutowicza 11/12, 80-233 Gdańsk, Poland
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- 3 Laboratory of Clinical Microbiology, University Centre for Laboratory Diagnostics, Medical University of Gdańsk Clinical Centre, ul. Dębinki 7, 80-952 Gdańsk, Poland
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- 3 Laboratory of Clinical Microbiology, University Centre for Laboratory Diagnostics, Medical University of Gdańsk Clinical Centre, ul. Dębinki 7, 80-952 Gdańsk, Poland
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- 3 Laboratory of Clinical Microbiology, University Centre for Laboratory Diagnostics, Medical University of Gdańsk Clinical Centre, ul. Dębinki 7, 80-952 Gdańsk, Poland
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- 1 Department of Nephrology, Transplantology and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Gdańsk, ul. Dębinki 7, 80-952 Gdańsk, Poland
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- 1 Department of Nephrology, Transplantology and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Gdańsk, ul. Dębinki 7, 80-952 Gdańsk, Poland
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Golda A, Kosikowska-Adamus P, Babyak O, Lech M, Wysocka M, Lesner A, Potempa J, Koziel J. Conjugate of Enkephalin and Temporin Peptides as a Novel Therapeutic Agent for Sepsis. Bioconjug Chem 2018; 29:4127-4139. [PMID: 30525485 DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.8b00763] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) exhibit a wide spectrum of actions, ranging from a direct bactericidal effect to multifunctional activities as immune effector molecules. The aim of this study was to examine the anti-inflammatory properties of a DAL-PEG-DK5 conjugate composed of a lysine-rich derivative of amphibian temporin-1CEb (DK5) and dalargin (DAL), the synthetic Leu-enkephalin analogue. Detailed study of the endotoxin-neutralizing activity of the peptide revealed that DAL-PEG-DK5 interacts with LPS and the LPS binding protein (LBP). Moreover, DAL-PEG-DK5 prevented dimerization of TLR4 at the macrophage surface upon LPS stimulation. This inhibited activation of the NF-κB signaling pathway and markedly reduced pro-inflammatory cytokine production. Finally, we showed that aggregation of DAL-PEG-DK5 into amyloid-like structures induced by LPS neutralized the endotoxin proinflammatory activity. Consequently, DAL-PEG-DK5 reduced morbidity and mortality in vivo, in a mouse model of endotoxin-induced septic shock. Collectively, the data suggest that DAL-PEG-DK5 is a promising therapeutic compound for sepsis.
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- A Golda
- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology , Jagiellonian University , 30-387 Krakow , Poland
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology , Jagiellonian University , 30-387 Krakow , Poland
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology , Jagiellonian University , 30-387 Krakow , Poland.,Department of Nephrology, Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik IV , Klinikum der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München , 80366 Munich , Germany
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- Faculty of Chemistry , University of Gdansk , 80-309 Gdansk , Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry , University of Gdansk , 80-309 Gdansk , Poland
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology , Jagiellonian University , 30-387 Krakow , Poland.,Center of Oral Health and Systemic Disease, University of Louisville School of Dentistry , University of Louisville , Louisville , Kentucky 40202 , United States
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology , Jagiellonian University , 30-387 Krakow , Poland
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Pluta D, Franik G, Blukacz Ł, Kowalczyk K, Witkowska A, Wysocka M, Madej P. The correlation between the concentration of hepcidin in serum and the occurrence of insulin resistance and hyperandrogenemia in women with polycystic ovary syndrome. Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci 2018; 22:7379-7384. [PMID: 30468484 DOI: 10.26355/eurrev_201811_16276] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Scarce clinical and experimental studies suggest that hepcidin can be a protein participating in the development of metabolic disorders, while its synthesis and concentration in the circulation outside of the iron metabolism parameters can be influenced by hormones. The aim of the present study was to determine the correlation between the concentration of hepcidin in serum and the occurrence of insulin resistance and hyperandrogenemia in women with PCOS. PATIENTS AND METHODS Five groups of women with PCOS were divided based on: correct body mass (17 without hyperandrogenemia and insulin resistance - G1; 17 with hyperandrogenemia and without insulin resistance - G2; 11 without hyperandrogenemia and with insulin resistance - G3; 10 with hyperandrogenemia and insulin resistance - G4), metabolic and hormonal parameters and selected markers of iron metabolism. RESULTS Serum glucose levels were significantly higher in the group G3 than G1 and in the group G4 than G1 and G2. Serum insulin levels and HOMA-IR values were significantly higher in the groups G3 and G4 than G1 and G2. Serum androstenedione levels were significantly higher in the group G2 than G1 and G3 than G2. Serum transferrin levels were significantly lower in the group G1 than in the reaming study groups. CONCLUSIONS It has been demonstrated that insulin resistance and hyperandrogenemia appear to be the factors decreasing the concentration of transferrin circulation, but not the remaining parameters of the iron metabolism in the studied women. No relationship between the concentration of hepcidin circulation and other studied parameters of the iron metabolism and the parameters of the carbohydrate metabolism was discovered. Androstenedione can stimulate hepcidin synthesis in women with PCOS with correct body mass.
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- D Pluta
- Department of Endocrinological Gynecology, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland.
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Helbig G, Armatys A, Boral K, Kopinska AJ, Wozniczka K, Dworaczek M, Chromik K, Koclega A, Panz-Klapuch M, Wysocka M, Janikowska A. Safety profile of a single pegylated asparaginase (PEG-ASP) dose in remission induction for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). Neoplasma 2018; 65:993-997. [PMID: 29940768 DOI: 10.4149/neo_2018_180214n121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2018] [Accepted: 05/02/2018] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The incorporation of pegylated asparaginase (PEG-ASP) in pediatric and adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) protocols remains a worldwide therapeutic approach. However the safety profile remains a challenge, and herein we report the toxicity of an intravenous single dose of 1000 IU/m2 PEG-ASP administered in remission induction for adult ALL patients. Thirty-two patients at median diagnostic age of 32 years (median of 19-65) were included in this analysis. Most patients had B-cell lymphoblastic leukemia (n=26; 78%) and 81% of cases were <55 years at study entry. 75% of patients had <30x109/l leukocyte count at diagnosis and median follow-up was 14 months (range 0.8-69). All grade 3/4 adverse events (AEs) after PEG-ASP administration were observed in 24 patients (75%). The most common grade 3/4 AEs were: decreased fibrinogen (58%), increased bilirubin (31%) and increased GGTP (27%). Clinical manifestations related to PEG-ASP were seen in 9 patients and included: abdominal pain (n=6), thrombosis (n=2), diarrhea (n=1) and pancreatitis (n=1). The median time from PEG-ASP administration to first toxic symptoms was 7 days (range 1-19), and there were also 4 (13%) early induction deaths. All deaths were observed in ≥50-year-old patients after a median of 5 days following PEG-ASP (range 1-9). Three of these four patients had massive obesity. While all expired patients had grade 4 neutropenia and thrombocytopenia at the time of death, sepsis was not present. Administration of PEG-ASP in induction remission for ALL patients resulted in a significant, but mostly reversible hepatotoxicity. This PEG-ASP treatment should be administered with caution for older, obese patients.
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- G Helbig
- Department of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, School of Medicine in Katowice, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
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- Department of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, School of Medicine in Katowice, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
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- Department of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, School of Medicine in Katowice, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
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- Department of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, School of Medicine in Katowice, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
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- Department of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, School of Medicine in Katowice, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
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- Department of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, School of Medicine in Katowice, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
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- Department of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, School of Medicine in Katowice, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
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- Department of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, School of Medicine in Katowice, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
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- Department of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, School of Medicine in Katowice, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
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- Department of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, School of Medicine in Katowice, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
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- Department of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, School of Medicine in Katowice, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
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Gruba N, Martinez JIR, Grzywa R, Wysocka M, Skoreński M, Dabrowska A, Łęcka M, Suder P, Sieńczyk M, Pyrc K, Lesner A. One Step Beyond: Design of Substrates Spanning Primed Positions of Zika Virus NS2B-NS3 Protease. ACS Med Chem Lett 2018; 9:1025-1029. [PMID: 30344911 DOI: 10.1021/acsmedchemlett.8b00316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2018] [Accepted: 08/28/2018] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Although the mosquito-borne Zika virus was discovered in the late 1940s of the 20th century, for years it was neglected, as the disease in humans was rare and relatively mild. Viral NS2B-NS3 protease is essential for virus replication, and except for maturation of viral proteins, it also modulates the infection microenvironment to facilitate virus invasion. Here, we report the combinatorial chemistry approach for the synthesis of internally quenched substrates of the Zika virus NS2B-NS3 protease that were optimized in prime positions of the peptide chain. Final substrate ABZ-Val-Lys-Lys-Arg-Ala-Ala-Trp-Tyr(3-NO2)-NH2 displays an excellent kinetic parameter (k cat/K M reaching nearly 1.26 × 108 M-1 × s-1), which is over 10 times greater than previously reported (7.7 × 106 M-1 × s-1) substrate. Moreover, it was found to be selective over West Nile virus protease.
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- Natalia Gruba
- University of Gdansk, Faculty of Chemistry, Wita Stwosza 63, 80-308 Gdansk, Poland
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- Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, Wybrzeze Wyspianskiego 27, 50-370 Wroclaw, Poland
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- University of Gdansk, Faculty of Chemistry, Wita Stwosza 63, 80-308 Gdansk, Poland
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- Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, Wybrzeze Wyspianskiego 27, 50-370 Wroclaw, Poland
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- Jagiellonian University, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Gronostajowa 7, 30-387 Krakow, Poland
- Jagiellonian University, Malopolska Centre of Biotechnology, Gronostajowa 7A, 30-387 Krakow, Poland
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- Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, Wybrzeze Wyspianskiego 27, 50-370 Wroclaw, Poland
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- AGH University of Science and Technology, Adama Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Kraków, Poland
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- Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, Wybrzeze Wyspianskiego 27, 50-370 Wroclaw, Poland
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- Jagiellonian University, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Gronostajowa 7, 30-387 Krakow, Poland
- Jagiellonian University, Malopolska Centre of Biotechnology, Gronostajowa 7A, 30-387 Krakow, Poland
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- University of Gdansk, Faculty of Chemistry, Wita Stwosza 63, 80-308 Gdansk, Poland
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Popow-Stellmaszyk J, Bajorowicz B, Malankowska A, Wysocka M, Klimczuk T, Zaleska-Medynska A, Lesner A. Design, Synthesis, and Enzymatic Evaluation of Novel ZnO Quantum Dot-Based Assay for Detection of Proteinase 3 Activity. Bioconjug Chem 2018; 29:1576-1583. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.8b00100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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- Department of Solid State Physics, Faculty of Applied Physics and Mathematics, Gdansk University of Technology, Gdansk 80-233, Poland
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Siebert A, Wysocka M, Krawczyk B, Cholewiński G, Rachoń J. Synthesis and antimicrobial activity of amino acid and peptide derivatives of mycophenolic acid. Eur J Med Chem 2018; 143:646-655. [PMID: 29216563 PMCID: PMC7173178 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2017.11.094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [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: 06/29/2017] [Revised: 11/10/2017] [Accepted: 11/28/2017] [Indexed: 11/01/2022]
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The series of 16 novel amino acid and peptide mycophenolic acid (MPA) derivatives was obtained as potential antibacterial agents. Coupling of MPA with respective amines was optimized with condensing reagents such as EDCI/DMAP and T3P/TEA. Amino acid analogs were received both as methyl esters and also with the free carboxylic group. The biological activity of the products was tested on five references bacterial strains: Klebsiella pneumoniae ATCC 700603 (ESBL), Escherichia coli ATCC 8739, Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 27853, Staphylococcus aureus MRSA ATCC 43300, Staphylococcus aureus MSSA ATCC 25923. Peptide derivatives proved to be the most versatile ones, their MIC values relative to most strains was lower than MPA alone. It has been noted that the activity of amino acid derivatives depends on the configuration at the chiral center in the amino acid unit and methyl esters indicated better antimicrobial activity than analogs with free carboxylic group.
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- Agnieszka Siebert
- Department of Organic Chemistry, Gdansk University of Technology, ul. G. Narutowicza 11/12, 80-233 Gdansk, Poland
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Microbiology, Gdansk University of Technology, ul. G. Narutowicza 11/12, 80-233 Gdansk, Poland
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Microbiology, Gdansk University of Technology, ul. G. Narutowicza 11/12, 80-233 Gdansk, Poland
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Gdansk University of Technology, ul. G. Narutowicza 11/12, 80-233 Gdansk, Poland.
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Gdansk University of Technology, ul. G. Narutowicza 11/12, 80-233 Gdansk, Poland
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Skubacz K, Chalupnik S, Urban P, Wysocka M. RADON CHAMBER IN THE CENTRAL MINING INSTITUTE-THE CALIBRATION FACILITY FOR RADON AND RADON PROGENY MONITORS. Radiat Prot Dosimetry 2017; 177:164-167. [PMID: 29036377 DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncx177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/18/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The article presents the advantages of the radon chamber with volume of 17 m3, that belongs to Silesian Centre for Environmental Radioactivity and its applicability for calibration of equipment designed to measure the radon concentration and its short-lived decay products. The chamber can be operated under controlled conditions in the range from -20 to 60°C and relative humidity from 20 to 90%. There is also discussed the influence of aerosol concentration and their size distribution on the calibration results. When calibrating the measuring devices in an atmosphere with a large contribution of ultrafine particles that are defined as particles with diameter <0.1 μm, their sensitivity may decrease by tens of percent.
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- K Skubacz
- Central Mining Institute, Plac Gwarków 1, 40-166 Katowice, Poland
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- Central Mining Institute, Plac Gwarków 1, 40-166 Katowice, Poland
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- Central Mining Institute, Plac Gwarków 1, 40-166 Katowice, Poland
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- Central Mining Institute, Plac Gwarków 1, 40-166 Katowice, Poland
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Chalupnik S, Skubacz K, Urban P, Wysocka M. MEASUREMENTS OF AIRBORNE CONCENTRATIONS OF RADON AND THORON DECAY PRODUCTS. Radiat Prot Dosimetry 2017; 177:45-48. [PMID: 29036704 DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncx164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Liquid scintillation counting (LSC) is a measuring technique, broadly applied in environmental monitoring of radionuclides. One of the possible applications of LSC is the measurement of radon and thoron decay products. But this method is suitable only for grab sampling. For long-term measurements a different technique can be applied-monitors of potential alpha energy concentration (PAEC) with thermoluminescent detectors (TLD). In these devices, called Alfa-2000 sampling probe, TL detectors (CaSO4:Dy) are applied for alpha particles counting. Three independent heads are placed over the membrane filter in a dust sampler's microcyclone. Such solution enables simultaneous measurements of PAEC and dust content. Moreover, the information which is stored in TLD chips is the energy of alpha particles, not the number of counted particles. Therefore, the readout of TL detector shows directly potential alpha energy, with no dependence on equilibrium factor, etc. This technique, which had been used only for radon decay products measurements, was modified by author to allow simultaneous measurements of radon and thoron PAEC. The LSC method can be used for calibration of portable radon decay products monitors. The LSC method has the advantage to be an absolute one, the TLD method to measure directly the (dose relevant) deposited energy.
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- S Chalupnik
- Silesian Centre for Environmental Radioactivity, Central Mining Institute, Pl. Gwarkow 1, 40-166 Katowice, Poland
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- Silesian Centre for Environmental Radioactivity, Central Mining Institute, Pl. Gwarkow 1, 40-166 Katowice, Poland
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- Silesian Centre for Environmental Radioactivity, Central Mining Institute, Pl. Gwarkow 1, 40-166 Katowice, Poland
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- Silesian Centre for Environmental Radioactivity, Central Mining Institute, Pl. Gwarkow 1, 40-166 Katowice, Poland
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Wysocka M, Sychowska K, Gruba N, Winiarski Ł, Skoreński M, Psurski M, Makowska J, Giełdoń A, Wenta T, Jarząb M, Glaza P, Zdancewicz J, Sieńczyk M, Lipińska B, Lesner A. Selection of Effective HTRA3 Activators Using Combinatorial Chemistry. ACS Comb Sci 2017; 19:565-573. [PMID: 28741928 DOI: 10.1021/acscombsci.7b00051] [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] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Herein, we report selection, synthesis, and enzymatic evaluation of a peptidomimetic library able to increase proteolytic activity of HtrA3 (high temperature requirement A) protease. Iterative deconvolution in solution of synthesized modified pentapeptides yielded two potent HtrA3 activators acting in the micromolar range (HCOO-CH2O-C6H4-OCH2-CO-Tyr-Asn-Phe-His-Asn-OH and HCOO-CH2O-C6H4-OCH2-CO-Tyr-Asn-Phe-His-Glu-OH). Both compounds increased proteolysis of an artificial HtrA3 substrate over 40-fold in a selective manner. On the basis of molecular modeling, the selected compounds bind strongly to the PDZ domain.
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- Faculty
of Chemistry, University of Gdansk, PL80952 Gdansk, Poland
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- Faculty
of Chemistry, University of Gdansk, PL80952 Gdansk, Poland
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- Faculty
of Chemistry, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, 50-370 Wroclaw, Poland
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- Faculty
of Chemistry, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, 50-370 Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department
of Experimental Oncology, Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental
Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, 53-114 Wroclaw, Poland
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- Faculty
of Chemistry, University of Gdansk, PL80952 Gdansk, Poland
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- Faculty
of Chemistry, University of Gdansk, PL80952 Gdansk, Poland
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- Faculty
of Biology, University of Gdansk, PL80952 Gdansk, Poland
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- Faculty
of Biology, University of Gdansk, PL80952 Gdansk, Poland
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- Faculty
of Biology, University of Gdansk, PL80952 Gdansk, Poland
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- Faculty
of Chemistry, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, 50-370 Wroclaw, Poland
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- Faculty
of Biology, University of Gdansk, PL80952 Gdansk, Poland
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- Faculty
of Chemistry, University of Gdansk, PL80952 Gdansk, Poland
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Korkmaz B, Lesner A, Guarino C, Wysocka M, Kellenberger C, Watier H, Specks U, Gauthier F, Jenne DE. Inhibitors and Antibody Fragments as Potential Anti-Inflammatory Therapeutics Targeting Neutrophil Proteinase 3 in Human Disease. Pharmacol Rev 2017; 68:603-30. [PMID: 27329045 DOI: 10.1124/pr.115.012104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Proteinase 3 (PR3) has received great scientific attention after its identification as the essential antigenic target of antineutrophil cytoplasm antibodies in Wegener's granulomatosis (now called granulomatosis with polyangiitis). Despite many structural and functional similarities between neutrophil elastase (NE) and PR3 during biosynthesis, storage, and extracellular release, unique properties and pathobiological functions have emerged from detailed studies in recent years. The development of highly sensitive substrates and inhibitors of human PR3 and the creation of PR3-selective single knockout mice led to the identification of nonredundant roles of PR3 in cell death induction via procaspase-3 activation in cell cultures and in mouse models. According to a study in knockout mice, PR3 shortens the lifespan of infiltrating neutrophils in tissues and accelerates the clearance of aged neutrophils in mice. Membrane exposure of active human PR3 on apoptotic neutrophils reprograms the response of macrophages to phagocytosed neutrophils, triggers secretion of proinflammatory cytokines, and undermines immune silencing and tissue regeneration. PR3-induced disruption of the anti-inflammatory effect of efferocytosis may be relevant for not only granulomatosis with polyangiitis but also for other autoimmune diseases with high neutrophil turnover. Inhibition of membrane-bound PR3 by endogenous inhibitors such as the α-1-protease inhibitor is comparatively weaker than that of NE, suggesting that the adverse effects of unopposed PR3 activity resurface earlier than those of NE in individuals with α-1-protease inhibitor deficiency. Effective coverage of PR3 by anti-inflammatory tools and simultaneous inhibition of both PR3 and NE should be most promising in the future.
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- Brice Korkmaz
- INSERM U-1100, Centre d'Etude des Pathologies Respiratoires and Université François Rabelais, Tours, France (B.K., C.G., F.G.); Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland (A.L., M.W.); Architecture et Fonction des Macromolécules Biologiques, Unité Mixte de Recherche 7257, Marseille, France (C.K.); Génétique, Immunothérapie, Chimie et Cancer, Unité Mixte de Recherche 7292, Université François Rabelais, Tours, France (H.W.); Thoracic Diseases Research Unit, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota (U.S.); Comprehensive Pneumology Center, Institute of Lung Biology and Disease, German Center for Lung Research, Munich, Germany (D.E.J.); and Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, Planegg-Martinsried, Germany (D.E.J.)
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- INSERM U-1100, Centre d'Etude des Pathologies Respiratoires and Université François Rabelais, Tours, France (B.K., C.G., F.G.); Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland (A.L., M.W.); Architecture et Fonction des Macromolécules Biologiques, Unité Mixte de Recherche 7257, Marseille, France (C.K.); Génétique, Immunothérapie, Chimie et Cancer, Unité Mixte de Recherche 7292, Université François Rabelais, Tours, France (H.W.); Thoracic Diseases Research Unit, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota (U.S.); Comprehensive Pneumology Center, Institute of Lung Biology and Disease, German Center for Lung Research, Munich, Germany (D.E.J.); and Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, Planegg-Martinsried, Germany (D.E.J.)
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- INSERM U-1100, Centre d'Etude des Pathologies Respiratoires and Université François Rabelais, Tours, France (B.K., C.G., F.G.); Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland (A.L., M.W.); Architecture et Fonction des Macromolécules Biologiques, Unité Mixte de Recherche 7257, Marseille, France (C.K.); Génétique, Immunothérapie, Chimie et Cancer, Unité Mixte de Recherche 7292, Université François Rabelais, Tours, France (H.W.); Thoracic Diseases Research Unit, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota (U.S.); Comprehensive Pneumology Center, Institute of Lung Biology and Disease, German Center for Lung Research, Munich, Germany (D.E.J.); and Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, Planegg-Martinsried, Germany (D.E.J.)
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- INSERM U-1100, Centre d'Etude des Pathologies Respiratoires and Université François Rabelais, Tours, France (B.K., C.G., F.G.); Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland (A.L., M.W.); Architecture et Fonction des Macromolécules Biologiques, Unité Mixte de Recherche 7257, Marseille, France (C.K.); Génétique, Immunothérapie, Chimie et Cancer, Unité Mixte de Recherche 7292, Université François Rabelais, Tours, France (H.W.); Thoracic Diseases Research Unit, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota (U.S.); Comprehensive Pneumology Center, Institute of Lung Biology and Disease, German Center for Lung Research, Munich, Germany (D.E.J.); and Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, Planegg-Martinsried, Germany (D.E.J.)
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- INSERM U-1100, Centre d'Etude des Pathologies Respiratoires and Université François Rabelais, Tours, France (B.K., C.G., F.G.); Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland (A.L., M.W.); Architecture et Fonction des Macromolécules Biologiques, Unité Mixte de Recherche 7257, Marseille, France (C.K.); Génétique, Immunothérapie, Chimie et Cancer, Unité Mixte de Recherche 7292, Université François Rabelais, Tours, France (H.W.); Thoracic Diseases Research Unit, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota (U.S.); Comprehensive Pneumology Center, Institute of Lung Biology and Disease, German Center for Lung Research, Munich, Germany (D.E.J.); and Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, Planegg-Martinsried, Germany (D.E.J.)
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- INSERM U-1100, Centre d'Etude des Pathologies Respiratoires and Université François Rabelais, Tours, France (B.K., C.G., F.G.); Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland (A.L., M.W.); Architecture et Fonction des Macromolécules Biologiques, Unité Mixte de Recherche 7257, Marseille, France (C.K.); Génétique, Immunothérapie, Chimie et Cancer, Unité Mixte de Recherche 7292, Université François Rabelais, Tours, France (H.W.); Thoracic Diseases Research Unit, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota (U.S.); Comprehensive Pneumology Center, Institute of Lung Biology and Disease, German Center for Lung Research, Munich, Germany (D.E.J.); and Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, Planegg-Martinsried, Germany (D.E.J.)
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- INSERM U-1100, Centre d'Etude des Pathologies Respiratoires and Université François Rabelais, Tours, France (B.K., C.G., F.G.); Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland (A.L., M.W.); Architecture et Fonction des Macromolécules Biologiques, Unité Mixte de Recherche 7257, Marseille, France (C.K.); Génétique, Immunothérapie, Chimie et Cancer, Unité Mixte de Recherche 7292, Université François Rabelais, Tours, France (H.W.); Thoracic Diseases Research Unit, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota (U.S.); Comprehensive Pneumology Center, Institute of Lung Biology and Disease, German Center for Lung Research, Munich, Germany (D.E.J.); and Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, Planegg-Martinsried, Germany (D.E.J.)
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- INSERM U-1100, Centre d'Etude des Pathologies Respiratoires and Université François Rabelais, Tours, France (B.K., C.G., F.G.); Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland (A.L., M.W.); Architecture et Fonction des Macromolécules Biologiques, Unité Mixte de Recherche 7257, Marseille, France (C.K.); Génétique, Immunothérapie, Chimie et Cancer, Unité Mixte de Recherche 7292, Université François Rabelais, Tours, France (H.W.); Thoracic Diseases Research Unit, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota (U.S.); Comprehensive Pneumology Center, Institute of Lung Biology and Disease, German Center for Lung Research, Munich, Germany (D.E.J.); and Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, Planegg-Martinsried, Germany (D.E.J.)
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- INSERM U-1100, Centre d'Etude des Pathologies Respiratoires and Université François Rabelais, Tours, France (B.K., C.G., F.G.); Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland (A.L., M.W.); Architecture et Fonction des Macromolécules Biologiques, Unité Mixte de Recherche 7257, Marseille, France (C.K.); Génétique, Immunothérapie, Chimie et Cancer, Unité Mixte de Recherche 7292, Université François Rabelais, Tours, France (H.W.); Thoracic Diseases Research Unit, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota (U.S.); Comprehensive Pneumology Center, Institute of Lung Biology and Disease, German Center for Lung Research, Munich, Germany (D.E.J.); and Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, Planegg-Martinsried, Germany (D.E.J.)
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Gruba N, Rodriguez Martinez JI, Grzywa R, Wysocka M, Skoreński M, Burmistrz M, Łęcka M, Lesner A, Sieńczyk M, Pyrć K. Substrate profiling of Zika virus NS2B-NS3 protease. FEBS Lett 2016; 590:3459-3468. [PMID: 27714789 DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.12443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2016] [Revised: 09/12/2016] [Accepted: 09/22/2016] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Zika virus (ZIKV), isolated from macaques in Uganda in 1947, was not considered to be a dangerous human pathogen. However, this view has recently changed as ZIKV infections are now associated with serious pathological disorders including microcephaly and Guillain-Barré syndrome. Similar to other viruses in the Flaviviridae family, ZIKV expresses the serine protease NS3 which is responsible for viral protein processing and replication. Herein, we report the expression of an active NS3pro domain fused with the NS2B cofactor (NS2BLN NS3pro ) in a prokaryotic expression system and profile its specificity for synthesized FRET-type substrate libraries. Our findings pave way for screening potential intracellular substrates of NS3 and for developing specific inhibitors of this ZIKV protease.
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- Natalia Gruba
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdansk, Poland
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- Division of Medicinal Chemistry and Microbiology, Faculty of Chemistry, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdansk, Poland
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- Division of Medicinal Chemistry and Microbiology, Faculty of Chemistry, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biochemistry Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland.,Malopolska Centre of Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
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- Division of Medicinal Chemistry and Microbiology, Faculty of Chemistry, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdansk, Poland.
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- Division of Medicinal Chemistry and Microbiology, Faculty of Chemistry, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Wroclaw, Poland.
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biochemistry Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland. .,Malopolska Centre of Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland.
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Gruba N, Wysocka M, Brzezińska M, Dębowski D, Sieńczyk M, Gorodkiewicz E, Guszcz T, Czaplewski C, Rolka K, Lesner A. Bladder cancer detection using a peptide substrate of the 20S proteasome. FEBS J 2016; 283:2929-48. [PMID: 27326540 DOI: 10.1111/febs.13786] [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] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2015] [Revised: 05/12/2016] [Accepted: 06/20/2016] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The 20S catalytic core of the human 26S proteasome can be secreted from cells, and high levels of extracellular 20S proteasome have been linked to many types of cancers and autoimmune diseases. Several diagnostic approaches have been developed that detect 20S proteasome activity in plasma, but these suffer from problems with efficiency and sensitivity. In this report, we describe the optimization and synthesis of an internally quenched fluorescent substrate of the 20S proteasome, and investigate its use as a potential diagnostic test in bladder cancer. This peptide, 2-aminobenzoic acid (ABZ)-Val-Val-Ser-Tyr-Ala-Met-Gly-Tyr(3-NO2 )-NH2 , is cleaved by the chymotrypsin 20S proteasome subunit and displays an excellent specificity constant value (9.7 × 10(5) m(-1) ·s(-1) ) and a high kcat (8 s(-1) ). Using this peptide, we identified chymotrypsin-like proteasome activity in the majority of urine samples obtained from patients with bladder cancer, whereas the proteasome activity in urine samples from healthy volunteers was below the detection limit (0.5 pm). These findings were confirmed by an inhibitory study and immunochemistry methods.
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland
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- Department of Electrochemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of Bialystok, Poland
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- Department of Urology, J. Sniadecki Provincial Hospital of Bialystok, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdansk, Poland
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Wysocka M, Gruba N, Grzywa R, Giełdoń A, Bąchor R, Brzozowski K, Sieńczyk M, Dieter J, Szewczuk Z, Rolka K, Lesner A. PEGylated substrates of NSP4 protease: A tool to study protease specificity. Sci Rep 2016; 6:22856. [PMID: 26955973 PMCID: PMC4783772 DOI: 10.1038/srep22856] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2015] [Accepted: 02/23/2016] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Herein we present the synthesis of a novel type of peptidomimetics composed of repeating diaminopropionic acid residues modified with structurally diverse heterobifunctional polyethylene glycol chains (abbreviated as DAPEG). Based on the developed compounds, a library of fluorogenic substrates was synthesized. Further library deconvolution towards human neutrophil serine protease 4 (NSP4) yielded highly sensitive and selective internally quenched peptidomimetic substrates. In silico analysis of the obtained peptidomimetics revealed the presence of an interaction network with distant subsites located on the enzyme surface.
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdansk, Gdansk Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Wroclaw Technical University, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdansk, Gdansk Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Wroclaw Technical University, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Comprehensive Pneumology Center, Institute of Lung Biology and Disease, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Munich, Germany
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdansk, Gdansk Poland
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Jarzab M, Wenta T, Zurawa-Janicka D, Polit A, Gieldon AJ, Wysocka M, Glaza P, Skorko-Glonek J, Ciarkowski J, Lesner A, Lipinska B. Intra- and intersubunit changes accompanying thermal activation of the HtrA2(Omi) protease homotrimer. Biochim Biophys Acta 2015; 1864:283-296. [PMID: 26702898 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2015.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2015] [Revised: 11/26/2015] [Accepted: 12/14/2015] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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HtrA2(Omi) protease is involved in the maintenance of mitochondrial homeostasis and stimulation of apoptosis as well as in development of cancer and neurodegenerative disorders. The protein is a homotrimer whose subunits comprise serine protease domain (PD) and PDZ regulatory domain. In the basal, inactive state, a tight interdomain interface limits access both to the PDZ peptide (carboxylate) binding site and to the PD catalytic center. The molecular mechanism of activation is not well understood. To further the knowledge of HtrA2 thermal activation we monitored the dynamics of the PDZ-PD interactions during temperature increase using tryptophan-induced quenching (TrIQ) method. The TrIQ results suggested that during activation the PDZ domain changed its position versus PD inside a subunit, including a prominent change affecting the L3 regulatory loop of PD, and also changed its interactions with the PD of the adjacent subunit (PD*), specifically with its L1* regulatory loop containing the active site serine. The α5 helix of PDZ was involved in both, the intra- and intersubunit changes of interactions and thus seems to play an important role in HtrA2 activation. The amino acid substitutions designed to decrease the PDZ interactions with the PD or PD* promoted protease activity at a wide range of temperatures, which supports the conclusions based on the TrIQ analysis. The model presented in this work describes PDZ movement in relation to PD and PD*, resulting in an increased access to the peptide binding and active sites, and conformational changes of the L3 and L1* loops.
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- Miroslaw Jarzab
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biology, University of Gdansk, Wita Stwosza 59, 80-308 Gdansk, Poland
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biology, University of Gdansk, Wita Stwosza 59, 80-308 Gdansk, Poland
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biology, University of Gdansk, Wita Stwosza 59, 80-308 Gdansk, Poland
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- Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 7, 30-387 Krakow, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdansk, Wita Stwosza 63, 80-952 Gdansk, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdansk, Wita Stwosza 63, 80-952 Gdansk, Poland
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biology, University of Gdansk, Wita Stwosza 59, 80-308 Gdansk, Poland
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biology, University of Gdansk, Wita Stwosza 59, 80-308 Gdansk, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdansk, Wita Stwosza 63, 80-952 Gdansk, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdansk, Wita Stwosza 63, 80-952 Gdansk, Poland
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biology, University of Gdansk, Wita Stwosza 59, 80-308 Gdansk, Poland.
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Gruba N, Wysocka M, Brzezińska M, Debowski D, Rolka K, Martin NI, Lesner A. Novel internally quenched substrate of the trypsin-like subunit of 20S eukaryotic proteasome. Anal Biochem 2015; 508:38-45. [PMID: 26314791 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2015.08.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2015] [Revised: 07/16/2015] [Accepted: 08/14/2015] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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This article describes the synthesis, using combinatorial chemistry, of internally quenched substrates of the trypsin-like subunit of human 20S proteasome. Such substrates were optimized in both the nonprime and prime regions of the peptide chain. Two were selected as the most susceptible for proteasomal proteolysis with excellent kinetic parameters: (i) ABZ-Val-Val-Ser-Arg-Ser-Leu-Gly-Tyr(3-NO2)-NH2 (kcat/KM = 934,000 M(-1) s(-1)) and (ii) ABZ-Val-Val-Ser-GNF-Ala-Met-Gly-Tyr(3-NO2)-NH2 (kcat/KM = 1,980,000 M(-1) s(-1)). Both compounds were efficiently hydrolyzed by the 20S proteasome at picomolar concentrations, demonstrating significant selectivity over other proteasome entities.
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- Natalia Gruba
- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdansk, 80-308 Gdansk, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdansk, 80-308 Gdansk, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdansk, 80-308 Gdansk, Poland
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- Faculty of Science, Utrecht University, 3512 JE Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdansk, 80-308 Gdansk, Poland.
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Wysocka M, Wojtysiak A, Okońska M, Gruba N, Jarząb M, Wenta T, Lipińska B, Grzywa R, Sieńczyk M, Rolka K, Lesner A. Design and synthesis of new substrates of HtrA2 protease. Anal Biochem 2015; 475:44-52. [PMID: 25640585 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2015.01.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2014] [Revised: 01/17/2015] [Accepted: 01/19/2015] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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HtrA2 belongs to the HtrA (high temperature requirement A) family of ATP-independent serine proteases. The primary function of HtrA2 includes maintaining the mitochondria homeostasis, cell death (by apoptosis, necrosis, or anoikis), and contribution to the cell signaling. Several recent reports have shown involvement of HtrA2 in development of cancer and neurodegenerative disorders. Here, we describe the profiling of HtrA2 protease substrate specificity via the combinatorial chemistry approach that led to the selection of novel intramolecularly quenched substrates. For all synthesized compounds, the highest HtrA2-mediated hydrolysis efficiency and selectivity among tested HtrA family members was observed for ABZ-Ile-Met-Thr-Abu-Tyr-Met-Phe-Tyr(3-NO2)-NH2, which displayed a specificity constant kcat/KM value of 14,535M(-1)s(-1).
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdansk, 80-308 Gdansk, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdansk, 80-308 Gdansk, Poland
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- Faculty of Biology, University of Gdansk, 80-308 Gdansk, Poland
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- Faculty of Biology, University of Gdansk, 80-308 Gdansk, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Wroclaw Technical University, 50-370 Wrocław, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Wroclaw Technical University, 50-370 Wrocław, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdansk, 80-308 Gdansk, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdansk, 80-308 Gdansk, Poland
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Guarino C, Legowska M, Epinette C, Kellenberger C, Dallet-Choisy S, Sieńczyk M, Gabant G, Cadene M, Zoidakis J, Vlahou A, Wysocka M, Marchand-Adam S, Jenne DE, Lesner A, Gauthier F, Korkmaz B. New selective peptidyl di(chlorophenyl) phosphonate esters for visualizing and blocking neutrophil proteinase 3 in human diseases. J Biol Chem 2014; 289:31777-31791. [PMID: 25288799 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.591339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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The function of neutrophil protease 3 (PR3) is poorly understood despite of its role in autoimmune vasculitides and its possible involvement in cell apoptosis. This makes it different from its structural homologue neutrophil elastase (HNE). Endogenous inhibitors of human neutrophil serine proteases preferentially inhibit HNE and to a lesser extent, PR3. We constructed a single-residue mutant PR3 (I217R) to investigate the S4 subsite preferences of PR3 and HNE and used the best peptide substrate sequences to develop selective phosphonate inhibitors with the structure Ac-peptidyl(P)(O-C6H4-4-Cl)2. The combination of a prolyl residue at P4 and an aspartyl residue at P2 was totally selective for PR3. We then synthesized N-terminally biotinylated peptidyl phosphonates to identify the PR3 in complex biological samples. These inhibitors resisted proteolytic degradation and rapidly inactivated PR3 in biological fluids such as inflammatory lung secretions and the urine of patients with bladder cancer. One of these inhibitors revealed intracellular PR3 in permeabilized neutrophils and on the surface of activated cells. They hardly inhibited PR3 bound to the surface of stimulated neutrophils despite their low molecular mass, suggesting that the conformation and reactivity of membrane-bound PR3 is altered. This finding is relevant for autoantibody binding and the subsequent activation of neutrophils in granulomatosis with polyangiitis (formerly Wegener disease). These are the first inhibitors that can be used as probes to monitor, detect, and control PR3 activity in a variety of inflammatory diseases.
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- Carla Guarino
- INSERM U-1100/EA-6305 Centre d'Etude des Pathologies Respiratoires and Université François Rabelais, 37032 Tours, France,; Comprehensive Pneumology Center, Institute of Lung Biology and Disease, German Center for Lung Research (DZL), 81377 Munich and Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, 82152 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdansk, 80-952, Gdansk, Poland
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- INSERM U-1100/EA-6305 Centre d'Etude des Pathologies Respiratoires and Université François Rabelais, 37032 Tours, France
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- Architecture et Fonction des Macromolécules Biologiques, CNRS-Unité Mixte de Recherche (UMR),13288 Marseille, France
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- INSERM U-1100/EA-6305 Centre d'Etude des Pathologies Respiratoires and Université François Rabelais, 37032 Tours, France
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- Wroclaw University of Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, Division of Medicinal Chemistry and Microbiology, 50-370 Wroclaw, Poland
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- Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire, UPR4301 CNRS, 45071 Orléans, France
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- Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire, UPR4301 CNRS, 45071 Orléans, France
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- Biotechnology Division, Biomedical Research Foundation, Academy of Athens, 11527 Athens, Greece, and
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- Biotechnology Division, Biomedical Research Foundation, Academy of Athens, 11527 Athens, Greece, and
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- INSERM U-1100/EA-6305 Centre d'Etude des Pathologies Respiratoires and Université François Rabelais, 37032 Tours, France
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- Comprehensive Pneumology Center, Institute of Lung Biology and Disease, German Center for Lung Research (DZL), 81377 Munich and Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, 82152 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdansk, 80-952, Gdansk, Poland
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- INSERM U-1100/EA-6305 Centre d'Etude des Pathologies Respiratoires and Université François Rabelais, 37032 Tours, France
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- INSERM U-1100/EA-6305 Centre d'Etude des Pathologies Respiratoires and Université François Rabelais, 37032 Tours, France,.
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Grzywa R, Burchacka E, Łęcka M, Winiarski Ł, Walczak M, Łupicka-Słowik A, Wysocka M, Burster T, Bobrek K, Csencsits-Smith K, Lesner A, Sieńczyk M. Synthesis of novel phosphonic-type activity-based probes for neutrophil serine proteases and their application in spleen lysates of different organisms. Chembiochem 2014; 15:2605-12. [PMID: 25236966 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201402360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2014] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Neutrophils are a type of granulocyte important in the "first line of defense" of the innate immune system. Upon activation, they facilitate the destruction of invading microorganisms by the production of superoxide radicals, as well as the release of the enzymatic contents of their lysozymes. These enzymes include specific serine proteases: cathepsin G, neutrophil elastase, proteinase 3, as well as the recently discovered neutrophil serine protease 4 (NSP4). Under normal conditions, the proteolytic activity of neutrophil proteases is tightly regulated by endogenous serpins; however, this mechanism can be subverted during tissue stress, thereby resulting in the uncontrolled activity of serine proteases, which induce chronic inflammation and subsequent pathology. Herein, we describe the development of low-molecular-weight activity-based probes that specifically target the active sites of neutrophil proteases.
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- Renata Grzywa
- Division Of Medicinal Chemistry and Microbiology, Faculty of Chemistry, Wroclaw University of Technology, Wybrzeże Wyspiańskiego 27, 50-370 Wroclaw (Poland)
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Lęgowska M, Wysocka M, Burster T, Pikuła M, Rolka K, Lesner A. Ultrasensitive internally quenched substrates of human cathepsin L. Anal Biochem 2014; 466:30-7. [PMID: 25151941 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2014.08.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2014] [Revised: 08/08/2014] [Accepted: 08/12/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Internally quenched cathepsin L (Cat L) substrate ABZ-Bip-Arg-Ala-Gln-Tyr(3-NO2)-NH2 with high specificity constant (kcat/KM=2.6×10(7)M(-1)s(-1)) was synthesized. The resultant compound displayed high selectivity over other members of the cathepsin family (B, S, X, V, C, K, H, F, D, and A). Activity of Cat L at picomolar (pM) concentrations was found using this substrate. Moreover, it was established that the presence of the selective Cat L inhibitor suppressed the proteolysis of the substrate to a non-detectable level. Incubation of the synthesized compound with a cell lysate of healthy and cancer cell lines indicated significant differences in Cat L activity. Based on the obtained results, it is proposed that this substrate could be used for selective monitoring of Cat L activity in biological systems.
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- Monika Lęgowska
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdansk, 80-952 Gdansk, Poland
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdansk, 80-952 Gdansk, Poland
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- Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, 53-114 Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department of Clinical Immunology and Transplantology, Medical University of Gdansk, 80-210 Gdansk, Poland
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdansk, 80-952 Gdansk, Poland
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdansk, 80-952 Gdansk, Poland.
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Wysocka M, Gruba N, Miecznikowska A, Popow-Stellmaszyk J, Gütschow M, Stirnberg M, Furtmann N, Bajorath J, Lesner A, Rolka K. Substrate specificity of human matriptase-2. Biochimie 2014; 97:121-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2013.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2013] [Accepted: 10/01/2013] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Lesner A, Karna N, Psurski M, Łęgowska A, Wysocka M, Guzow K, Sieradzan A, Sieńczyk M, Trzonkowski P, Pikuła M, Zieliński M, Kosikowska P, Łukajtis R, Łęgowska M, Dębowski D, Wiczk W, Rolka K. Fluorescent analogs of trypsin inhibitor SFTI-1 isolated from sunflower seeds-synthesis and applications. Biopolymers 2014; 102:124-35. [DOI: 10.1002/bip.22442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2013] [Revised: 10/15/2013] [Accepted: 11/07/2013] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Adam Lesner
- Faculty of Chemistry; Gdansk University; Wita Stwosza 63 80-952 Gdansk Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry; Gdansk University; Wita Stwosza 63 80-952 Gdansk Poland
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- Division of Medicinal Chemistry and Microbiology, Department of Chemistry; Wrocław University of Technology; Wybrzeze Wyspianskiego 27 50-370 Wroclaw Poland
- Department of Experimental Oncology; Ludwik Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences; R. Weigla St. 12 Wroclaw 53-114 Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry; Gdansk University; Wita Stwosza 63 80-952 Gdansk Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry; Gdansk University; Wita Stwosza 63 80-952 Gdansk Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry; Gdansk University; Wita Stwosza 63 80-952 Gdansk Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry; Gdansk University; Wita Stwosza 63 80-952 Gdansk Poland
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- Division of Medicinal Chemistry and Microbiology, Department of Chemistry; Wrocław University of Technology; Wybrzeze Wyspianskiego 27 50-370 Wroclaw Poland
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- Division of Clinical Immunology and Transplantology; Gdansk Medical University; Sklodowskiej Curie 3A 80-210 Gdansk Poland
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- Division of Clinical Immunology and Transplantology; Gdansk Medical University; Sklodowskiej Curie 3A 80-210 Gdansk Poland
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- Division of Clinical Immunology and Transplantology; Gdansk Medical University; Sklodowskiej Curie 3A 80-210 Gdansk Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry; Gdansk University; Wita Stwosza 63 80-952 Gdansk Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry; Gdansk University; Wita Stwosza 63 80-952 Gdansk Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry; Gdansk University; Wita Stwosza 63 80-952 Gdansk Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry; Gdansk University; Wita Stwosza 63 80-952 Gdansk Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry; Gdansk University; Wita Stwosza 63 80-952 Gdansk Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry; Gdansk University; Wita Stwosza 63 80-952 Gdansk Poland
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Klukowska A, Urasinski T, Janik-Moszant A, Bobrowska H, Balwierz W, Woznica-Karczmarz I, Dobaczewski G, Wlazlowski M, Koltan A, Badowska W, Dakowicz L, Karolczyk G, Kostrzewska M, Korczowski B, Wasinski D, Pietrys D, Laguna P, Wysocka M. Prophylaxis in children with haemophilia - the Polish experience. Haemophilia 2014; 20:e108-e110. [PMID: 24251651 DOI: 10.1111/hae.12327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [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] [Accepted: 10/21/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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- A Klukowska
- Department of Pediatrics, Haematology and Oncology, Warsaw Medical University, Warsaw, Poland
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Wysocka M, Cudziło D, Kawala B, Kopczyński P. Eating habits of patients with cleft lip and palate terated with fixed appliances. Dev Period Med 2014; 18:93-101. [PMID: 25171628] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Health education, built on the basis of various models as a lifelong process, has a considerable impact on eating habits. Correct nutritional patterns are particularly important during the period of intense growth and adolescence. The need to observe dietary recommendations concerns healthy, as well as sick persons, especially those with chronic diseases. To-date the data on the dietary habits of patients with cleft lip and palate during orthodontic treatment have been scarce. OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY The objective of the study was to determine the eating habits of patients with cleft lip and palate before and during orthodontic treatment with a fixed appliance. MATERIAL AND METHOD The study covered 125 patients with cleft lip and palate, aged 14 to 31. The research tool was an own questionnaire assessing the dietary behaviour and oral hygiene habits during the treatment with a fixed orthodontic appliance. RESULTS In the course of the orthodontic treatment with a fixed appliance, 79 patients (57.6%) did not change their eating patterns and 32 patients (24%) changed them to a moderate degree. The mean of 53 patients (42.7%) changed their hygienic habits considerably. The number of meals remained the same, however in the period when patients suffered pain after orthodontic adjustment appointments, the number of persons having 4-5 meals a day decreased by 32%. It is worth considering that no statistically significant changes were recorded as regards the habit of having sweet snacks and the insufficient consumption of fruit and vegetables. Difficulties with correct oral hygiene were reported after the consumption of e.g. spinach (59.8%), cucumber (57.6%), berries (54.4%), meat (58.2%). CONCLUSIONS Eating habits of a considerable percentage of patients with a cleft defect, before or during the treatment with a fixed appliance, do not comply with healthy nutrition recommendations. The dietary education of patients undergoing orthodontic treatment is necessary to ensure proper oral health and prevent diet-related illnesses.
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Popow-Stellmaszyk J, Wysocka M, Lesner A, Korkmaz B, Rolka K. A new proteinase 3 substrate with improved selectivity over human neutrophil elastase. Anal Biochem 2013; 442:75-82. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2013.07.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2013] [Revised: 07/16/2013] [Accepted: 07/19/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Zdzalik M, Kalinska M, Wysocka M, Stec-Niemczyk J, Cichon P, Stach N, Gruba N, Stennicke HR, Jabaiah A, Markiewicz M, Kedracka-Krok S, Wladyka B, Daugherty PS, Lesner A, Rolka K, Dubin A, Potempa J, Dubin G. Biochemical and structural characterization of SplD protease from Staphylococcus aureus. PLoS One 2013; 8:e76812. [PMID: 24130791 PMCID: PMC3793935 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0076812] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [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: 04/26/2013] [Accepted: 08/29/2013] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Staphylococcus aureus is a dangerous human pathogen. A number of the proteins secreted by this bacterium are implicated in its virulence, but many of the components of its secretome are poorly characterized. Strains of S. aureus can produce up to six homologous extracellular serine proteases grouped in a single spl operon. Although the SplA, SplB, and SplC proteases have been thoroughly characterized, the properties of the other three enzymes have not yet been investigated. Here, we describe the biochemical and structural characteristics of the SplD protease. The active enzyme was produced in an Escherichia coli recombinant system and purified to homogeneity. P1 substrate specificity was determined using a combinatorial library of synthetic peptide substrates showing exclusive preference for threonine, serine, leucine, isoleucine, alanine, and valine. To further determine the specificity of SplD, we used high-throughput synthetic peptide and cell surface protein display methods. The results not only confirmed SplD preference for a P1 residue, but also provided insight into the specificity of individual primed- and non-primed substrate-binding subsites. The analyses revealed a surprisingly narrow specificity of the protease, which recognized five consecutive residues (P4-P3-P2-P1-P1’) with a consensus motif of R-(Y/W)-(P/L)-(T/L/I/V)↓S. To understand the molecular basis of the strict substrate specificity, we crystallized the enzyme in two different conditions, and refined the structures at resolutions of 1.56 Å and 2.1 Å. Molecular modeling and mutagenesis studies allowed us to define a consensus model of substrate binding, and illustrated the molecular mechanism of protease specificity.
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- Michal Zdzalik
- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
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- Department of Analytical Biochemistry, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America
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- Department of Computational Biophysics and Bioinformatics, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
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- Department of Physical Biochemistry, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
- Malopolska Centre of Biotechnology, Krakow, Poland
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- Department of Analytical Biochemistry, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
- Malopolska Centre of Biotechnology, Krakow, Poland
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
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- Department of Analytical Biochemistry, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
- Center of Oral Health and Systemic Disease, School of Dentistry, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
- Malopolska Centre of Biotechnology, Krakow, Poland
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Debowski D, Łukajtis R, Filipowicz M, Strzelecka P, Wysocka M, Łęgowska A, Lesner A, Rolka K. Hybrid analogues of SFTI-1 modified in P1position by β- and γ-amino acids andN-substituted β-alanines. Biopolymers 2013; 100:154-9. [DOI: 10.1002/bip.22184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2012] [Revised: 10/16/2012] [Accepted: 10/20/2012] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- D. Debowski
- Department of Bioorganic Chemistry; Faculty of Chemistry; University of Gdansk; Sobieskiego 18; 80-952; Gdansk; Poland
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- Department of Bioorganic Chemistry; Faculty of Chemistry; University of Gdansk; Sobieskiego 18; 80-952; Gdansk; Poland
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- Department of Bioorganic Chemistry; Faculty of Chemistry; University of Gdansk; Sobieskiego 18; 80-952; Gdansk; Poland
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- Department of Bioorganic Chemistry; Faculty of Chemistry; University of Gdansk; Sobieskiego 18; 80-952; Gdansk; Poland
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- Department of Bioorganic Chemistry; Faculty of Chemistry; University of Gdansk; Sobieskiego 18; 80-952; Gdansk; Poland
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- Department of Bioorganic Chemistry; Faculty of Chemistry; University of Gdansk; Sobieskiego 18; 80-952; Gdansk; Poland
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- Department of Bioorganic Chemistry; Faculty of Chemistry; University of Gdansk; Sobieskiego 18; 80-952; Gdansk; Poland
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- Department of Bioorganic Chemistry; Faculty of Chemistry; University of Gdansk; Sobieskiego 18; 80-952; Gdansk; Poland
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Wysocka M, Lesner A, Popow J, Legowska M, Rolka K. Pegylated Fluorescent Peptides as Substrates of Proteolytic Enzymes. Protein Pept Lett 2012; 19:1237-44. [DOI: 10.2174/092986612803521684] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2012] [Revised: 05/09/2012] [Accepted: 05/11/2012] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Wysocka M, Lesner A, Gruba N, Korkmaz B, Gauthier F, Kitamatsu M, Łęgowska A, Rolka K. Three wavelength substrate system of neutrophil serine proteinases. Anal Chem 2012; 84:7241-8. [PMID: 22823539 DOI: 10.1021/ac301684w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Neutrophil serine proteases, including elastase, proteinase 3, and cathepsin G, are closely related enzymes stored in similar amounts in azurophil granules and released at the same time from triggered neutrophils at inflammatory sites. We have synthesized new fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) substrates with different fluorescence donor-acceptor pairs that allow all three proteases to be quantified at the same time and in the same reaction mixture. This was made possible because the fluorescence emission spectra of the fluorescence donors do not overlap and because the values of the specificity constants were in the same range. Thus, similar activities of proteases can be measured with the same sensitivity. In addition, these substrates contain an N-terminal 2-(2-(2-aminoethoxy)ethoxy)acetic acid (PEG) moiety that makes them cell permeable. Using the mixture of these selected substrates, we were able to detect the neutrophil serine protease (NSP) activity on the activated neutrophil membrane and in the neutrophil lysate in a single measurement. Also, using the substrate mixture, we were in a position to efficiently determine NSP activity in human serum of healthy individuals and patients with diagnosed Wegener disease or microscopic polyangiitis.
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- Magdalena Wysocka
- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdansk, Sobieskiego 18, 80-952 Gdansk, Poland
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