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Špačková A, Vávra O, Raček T, Bazgier V, Sehnal D, Damborský J, Svobodová R, Bednář D, Berka K. ChannelsDB 2.0: a comprehensive database of protein tunnels and pores in AlphaFold era. Nucleic Acids Res 2024; 52:D413-D418. [PMID: 37956324 PMCID: PMC10767935 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkad1012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2023] [Revised: 10/12/2023] [Accepted: 10/23/2023] [Indexed: 11/15/2023] Open
Abstract
ChannelsDB 2.0 is an updated database providing structural information about the position, geometry and physicochemical properties of protein channels-tunnels and pores-within deposited biomacromolecular structures from PDB and AlphaFoldDB databases. The newly deposited information originated from several sources. Firstly, we included data calculated using a popular CAVER tool to complement the data obtained using original MOLE tool for detection and analysis of protein tunnels and pores. Secondly, we added tunnels starting from cofactors within the AlphaFill database to enlarge the scope of the database to protein models based on Uniprot. This has enlarged available channel annotations ∼4.6 times as of 1 September 2023. The database stores information about geometrical features, e.g. length and radius, and physico-chemical properties based on channel-lining amino acids. The stored data are interlinked with the available UniProt mutation annotation data. ChannelsDB 2.0 provides an excellent resource for deep analysis of the role of biomacromolecular tunnels and pores. The database is available free of charge: https://channelsdb2.biodata.ceitec.cz.
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- Anna Špačková
- Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, tř. 17. listopadu 12, 771 46 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Loschmidt Laboratories, Department of Experimental Biology and RECETOX, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic
- International Clinical Research Center, St. Anne's University Hospital Brno, Pekařská 53, 656 91 Brno, Czech Republic
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- CEITEC – Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University Brno, Kamenice 5, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic
- National Centre for Biomolecular Research, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University Brno, Kamenice 5, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, tř. 17. listopadu 12, 771 46 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- CEITEC – Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University Brno, Kamenice 5, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic
- National Centre for Biomolecular Research, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University Brno, Kamenice 5, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Loschmidt Laboratories, Department of Experimental Biology and RECETOX, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic
- International Clinical Research Center, St. Anne's University Hospital Brno, Pekařská 53, 656 91 Brno, Czech Republic
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- CEITEC – Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University Brno, Kamenice 5, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic
- National Centre for Biomolecular Research, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University Brno, Kamenice 5, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Loschmidt Laboratories, Department of Experimental Biology and RECETOX, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic
- International Clinical Research Center, St. Anne's University Hospital Brno, Pekařská 53, 656 91 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, tř. 17. listopadu 12, 771 46 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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Chareshneu A, Midlik A, Ionescu CM, Rose A, Horský V, Cantara A, Svobodová R, Berka K, Sehnal D. Mol* Volumes and Segmentations: visualization and interpretation of cell imaging data alongside macromolecular structure data and biological annotations. Nucleic Acids Res 2023:7167304. [PMID: 37194693 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkad411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2023] [Revised: 04/18/2023] [Accepted: 05/03/2023] [Indexed: 05/18/2023] Open
Abstract
Segmentation helps interpret imaging data in a biological context. With the development of powerful tools for automated segmentation, public repositories for imaging data have added support for sharing and visualizing segmentations, creating the need for interactive web-based visualization of 3D volume segmentations. To address the ongoing challenge of integrating and visualizing multimodal data, we developed Mol* Volumes and Segmentations (Mol*VS), which enables the interactive, web-based visualization of cellular imaging data supported by macromolecular data and biological annotations. Mol*VS is fully integrated into Mol* Viewer, which is already used for visualization by several public repositories. All EMDB and EMPIAR entries with segmentation datasets are accessible via Mol*VS, which supports the visualization of data from a wide range of electron and light microscopy experiments. Additionally, users can run a local instance of Mol*VS to visualize and share custom datasets in generic or application-specific formats including volumes in .ccp4, .mrc, and .map, and segmentations in EMDB-SFF .hff, Amira .am, iMod .mod, and Segger .seg. Mol*VS is open source and freely available at https://molstarvolseg.ncbr.muni.cz/.
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- Aliaksei Chareshneu
- National Centre for Biomolecular Research, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic
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- National Centre for Biomolecular Research, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic
- Biological Data Management and Analysis Core Facility, Centre for Structural Biology, CEITEC - Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic
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- National Centre for Biomolecular Research, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic
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- National Centre for Biomolecular Research, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic
- Biological Data Management and Analysis Core Facility, Centre for Structural Biology, CEITEC - Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic
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- National Centre for Biomolecular Research, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic
- Biological Data Management and Analysis Core Facility, Centre for Structural Biology, CEITEC - Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic
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- National Centre for Biomolecular Research, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic
- Biological Data Management and Analysis Core Facility, Centre for Structural Biology, CEITEC - Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Palacký University Olomouc, 779 00 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- National Centre for Biomolecular Research, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic
- Biological Data Management and Analysis Core Facility, Centre for Structural Biology, CEITEC - Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic
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Schindler O, Berka K, Cantara A, Křenek A, Tichý D, Raček T, Svobodová R. αCharges: partial atomic charges for AlphaFold structures in high quality. Nucleic Acids Res 2023:7157525. [PMID: 37158246 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkad349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2023] [Revised: 03/17/2023] [Accepted: 04/24/2023] [Indexed: 05/10/2023] Open
Abstract
The AlphaFold2 prediction algorithm opened up the possibility of exploring proteins' structural space at an unprecedented scale. Currently, >200 million protein structures predicted by this approach are deposited in AlphaFoldDB, covering entire proteomes of multiple organisms, including humans. Predicted structures are, however, stored without detailed functional annotations describing their chemical behaviour. Partial atomic charges, which map electron distribution over a molecule and provide a clue to its chemical reactivity, are an important example of such data. We introduce the web application αCharges: a tool for the quick calculation of partial atomic charges for protein structures from AlphaFoldDB. The charges are calculated by the recent empirical method SQE+qp, parameterised for this class of molecules using robust quantum mechanics charges (B3LYP/6-31G*/NPA) on PROPKA3 protonated structures. The computed partial atomic charges can be downloaded in common data formats or visualised via the powerful Mol* viewer. The αCharges application is freely available at https://alphacharges.ncbr.muni.cz with no login requirement.
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- Ondřej Schindler
- CEITEC - Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic
- National Centre for Biomolecular Research, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Palacký University Olomouc, 779 00 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- CEITEC - Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic
- National Centre for Biomolecular Research, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Computer Science, Masaryk University, 602 00 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University, 602 00 Brno, Czech Republic
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- CEITEC - Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic
- National Centre for Biomolecular Research, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic
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- CEITEC - Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic
- National Centre for Biomolecular Research, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic
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Midlik A, Vařeková IH, Hutař J, Chareshneu A, Berka K, Svobodová R. OverProt: secondary structure consensus for protein families. Bioinformatics 2022; 38:3648-3650. [PMID: 35674374 DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btac384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2022] [Revised: 04/24/2022] [Accepted: 06/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
Abstract
SUMMARY Every protein family has a set of characteristic secondary structures. However, due to individual variations, a single structure is not enough to represent the whole family. OverProt can create a secondary structure consensus, showing the general fold of the family as well as its variation. Our server provides precomputed results for all CATH superfamilies and user-defined computations, visualized by an interactive viewer, which shows the SSE type, length, frequency of occurrence, spatial variability, and β-connectivity. AVAILABILITY AND IMPLEMENTATION OverProt Server is freely available at https://overprot.ncbr.muni.cz. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.
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- Adam Midlik
- CEITEC-Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Czech Republic 625 00 Brno.,National Centre for Biomolecular Research, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Czech Republic 625 00 Brno
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- National Centre for Biomolecular Research, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Czech Republic 625 00 Brno.,Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University, Czech Republic 602 00 Brno.,Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Czech Republic 771 46 Olomouc
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- National Centre for Biomolecular Research, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Czech Republic 625 00 Brno
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- CEITEC-Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Czech Republic 625 00 Brno.,National Centre for Biomolecular Research, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Czech Republic 625 00 Brno
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Czech Republic 771 46 Olomouc
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- CEITEC-Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Czech Republic 625 00 Brno.,National Centre for Biomolecular Research, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Czech Republic 625 00 Brno
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Sehnal D, Bittrich S, Deshpande M, Svobodová R, Berka K, Bazgier V, Velankar S, Burley SK, Koča J, Rose AS. Mol* Viewer: modern web app for 3D visualization and analysis of large biomolecular structures. Nucleic Acids Res 2021; 49:W431-W437. [PMID: 33956157 PMCID: PMC8262734 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkab314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 430] [Impact Index Per Article: 143.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2021] [Revised: 04/12/2021] [Accepted: 04/26/2021] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
Abstract
Large biomolecular structures are being determined experimentally on a daily basis using established techniques such as crystallography and electron microscopy. In addition, emerging integrative or hybrid methods (I/HM) are producing structural models of huge macromolecular machines and assemblies, sometimes containing 100s of millions of non-hydrogen atoms. The performance requirements for visualization and analysis tools delivering these data are increasing rapidly. Significant progress in developing online, web-native three-dimensional (3D) visualization tools was previously accomplished with the introduction of the LiteMol suite and NGL Viewers. Thereafter, Mol* development was jointly initiated by PDBe and RCSB PDB to combine and build on the strengths of LiteMol (developed by PDBe) and NGL (developed by RCSB PDB). The web-native Mol* Viewer enables 3D visualization and streaming of macromolecular coordinate and experimental data, together with capabilities for displaying structure quality, functional, or biological context annotations. High-performance graphics and data management allows users to simultaneously visualise up to hundreds of (superimposed) protein structures, stream molecular dynamics simulation trajectories, render cell-level models, or display huge I/HM structures. It is the primary 3D structure viewer used by PDBe and RCSB PDB. It can be easily integrated into third-party services. Mol* Viewer is open source and freely available at https://molstar.org/.
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- David Sehnal
- CEITEC - Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Brno 625 00, Czech Republic.,National Centre for Biomolecular Research, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno 602 00, Czech Republic.,Protein Data Bank in Europe (PDBe), European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton CB10 1SD, UK
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- Research Collaboratory for Structural Bioinformatics (RCSB), San Diego Supercomputer Center, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA 92093-0743, USA
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- Protein Data Bank in Europe (PDBe), European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton CB10 1SD, UK
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- CEITEC - Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Brno 625 00, Czech Republic.,National Centre for Biomolecular Research, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno 602 00, Czech Republic
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Palacký University Olomouc, Olomouc 771 46, Czech Republic
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Palacký University Olomouc, Olomouc 771 46, Czech Republic
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- Protein Data Bank in Europe (PDBe), European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton CB10 1SD, UK
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- Research Collaboratory for Structural Bioinformatics Protein Data Bank (RCSB PDB), Institute for Quantitative Biomedicine and Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8076, USA.,Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ 08903-2681, USA.,Research Collaboratory for Structural Bioinformatics Protein Data Bank (RCSB PDB), San Diego Supercomputer Center and Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA 92093-0654, USA
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- CEITEC - Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Brno 625 00, Czech Republic.,National Centre for Biomolecular Research, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno 602 00, Czech Republic
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- Research Collaboratory for Structural Bioinformatics (RCSB), San Diego Supercomputer Center, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA 92093-0743, USA
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Schindler O, Raček T, Maršavelski A, Koča J, Berka K, Svobodová R. Correction to: Optimized SQE atomic charges for peptides accessible via a web application. J Cheminform 2021; 13:52. [PMID: 34261537 PMCID: PMC8281690 DOI: 10.1186/s13321-021-00531-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
Abstract
A Correction to this paper has been published: 10.1186/s13321-021-00528-w
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- Ondřej Schindler
- CEITEC-Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, 602 00, Brno, Czech Republic.,National Centre for Biomolecular Research, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, 625 00, Brno, Czech Republic
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- CEITEC-Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, 602 00, Brno, Czech Republic.,National Centre for Biomolecular Research, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, 625 00, Brno, Czech Republic.,Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University, Botanická 68a, 602 00, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Division of Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Horvatovac 102a, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia
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- CEITEC-Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, 602 00, Brno, Czech Republic.,National Centre for Biomolecular Research, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, 625 00, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Palacký University Olomouc, 17, listopadu 1192/12, 771 46, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- CEITEC-Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, 602 00, Brno, Czech Republic. .,National Centre for Biomolecular Research, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, 625 00, Brno, Czech Republic.
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Hutařová Vařeková I, Hutař J, Midlik A, Horský V, Hladká E, Svobodová R, Berka K. 2DProts: Database of Family-Wide Protein Secondary Structure Diagrams. Bioinformatics 2021; 37:4599-4601. [PMID: 34244700 PMCID: PMC8652034 DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btab505] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2021] [Revised: 06/28/2021] [Accepted: 07/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Summary Secondary structures provide a deep insight into the protein architecture. They can serve for comparison between individual protein family members. The most straightforward way how to deal with protein secondary structure is its visualization using 2D diagrams. Several software tools for the generation of 2D diagrams were developed. Unfortunately, they create 2D diagrams based on only a single protein. Therefore, 2D diagrams of two proteins from one family markedly differ. For this reason, we developed the 2DProts database, which contains secondary structure 2D diagrams for all domains from the CATH and all proteins from PDB databases. These 2D diagrams are generated based on a whole protein family, and they also consider information about the 3D arrangement of secondary structure elements. Moreover, 2DProts database contains multiple 2D diagrams, which provide an overview of a whole protein family's secondary structures. 2DProts is updated weekly and is integrated into CATH. Availability and Implementation Freely accessible at https://2dprots.ncbr.muni.cz. The web interface was implemented in JavaScript. The database was implemented in Python. Supplementary information Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.
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- Ivana Hutařová Vařeková
- National Centre for Biomolecular Research, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, 625 00, Czech Republic.,CEITEC-Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Brno, 625 00, Czech Republic.,Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University, Brno, 602 00, Czech Republic
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- National Centre for Biomolecular Research, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, 625 00, Czech Republic.,CEITEC-Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Brno, 625 00, Czech Republic
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- National Centre for Biomolecular Research, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, 625 00, Czech Republic.,CEITEC-Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Brno, 625 00, Czech Republic
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- National Centre for Biomolecular Research, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, 625 00, Czech Republic.,CEITEC-Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Brno, 625 00, Czech Republic
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- Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University, Brno, 602 00, Czech Republic
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- National Centre for Biomolecular Research, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, 625 00, Czech Republic.,CEITEC-Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Brno, 625 00, Czech Republic
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Palacký University Olomouc, Olomouc, 771 46, Czech Republic
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Schindler O, Raček T, Maršavelski A, Koča J, Berka K, Svobodová R. Optimized SQE atomic charges for peptides accessible via a web application. J Cheminform 2021; 13:45. [PMID: 34193251 PMCID: PMC8243439 DOI: 10.1186/s13321-021-00528-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2021] [Accepted: 06/18/2021] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
Abstract
Background Partial atomic charges find many applications in computational chemistry, chemoinformatics, bioinformatics, and nanoscience. Currently, frequently used methods for charge calculation are the Electronegativity Equalization Method (EEM), Charge Equilibration method (QEq), and Extended QEq (EQeq). They all are fast, even for large molecules, but require empirical parameters. However, even these advanced methods have limitations—e.g., their application for peptides, proteins, and other macromolecules is problematic. An empirical charge calculation method that is promising for peptides and other macromolecular systems is the Split-charge Equilibration method (SQE) and its extension SQE+q0. Unfortunately, only one parameter set is available for these methods, and their implementation is not easily accessible. Results In this article, we present for the first time an optimized guided minimization method (optGM) for the fast parameterization of empirical charge calculation methods and compare it with the currently available guided minimization (GDMIN) method. Then, we introduce a further extension to SQE, SQE+qp, adapted for peptide datasets, and compare it with the common approaches EEM, QEq EQeq, SQE, and SQE+q0. Finally, we integrate SQE and SQE+qp into the web application Atomic Charge Calculator II (ACC II), including several parameter sets. Conclusion The main contribution of the article is that it makes SQE methods with their parameters accessible to the users via the ACC II web application (https://acc2.ncbr.muni.cz) and also via a command-line application. Furthermore, our improvement, SQE+qp, provides an excellent solution for peptide datasets. Additionally, optGM provides comparable parameters to GDMIN in a markedly shorter time. Therefore, optGM allows us to perform parameterizations for charge calculation methods with more parameters (e.g., SQE and its extensions) using large datasets. Graphic Abstract ![]()
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- Ondřej Schindler
- CEITEC-Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, 602 00, Brno, Czech Republic.,National Centre for Biomolecular Research, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, 625 00, Brno, Czech Republic
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- CEITEC-Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, 602 00, Brno, Czech Republic.,National Centre for Biomolecular Research, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, 625 00, Brno, Czech Republic.,Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University, Botanická 68a, 602 00, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Division of Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Horvatovac 102a, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia
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- CEITEC-Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, 602 00, Brno, Czech Republic.,National Centre for Biomolecular Research, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, 625 00, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Palacký University Olomouc, 17. listopadu 1192/12, 771 46, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- CEITEC-Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, 602 00, Brno, Czech Republic. .,National Centre for Biomolecular Research, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, 625 00, Brno, Czech Republic.
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Protein structural families are groups of homologous proteins defined by the organization of secondary structure elements (SSEs). Nowadays, many families contain vast numbers of structures, and the SSEs can help to orient within them. Communities around specific protein families have even developed specialized SSE annotations, always assigning the same name to the equivalent SSEs in homologous proteins. A detailed analysis of the groups of equivalent SSEs provides an overview of the studied family and enriches the analysis of any particular protein at hand. We developed a workflow for the analysis of the secondary structure anatomy of a protein family. We applied this analysis to the model family of cytochromes P450 (CYPs)-a family of important biotransformation enzymes with a community-wide used SSE annotation. We report the occurrence, typical length and amino acid sequence for the equivalent SSE groups, the conservation/variability of these properties and relationship to the substrate recognition sites. We also suggest a generic residue numbering scheme for the CYP family. Comparing the bacterial and eukaryotic part of the family highlights the significant differences and reveals a well-known anomalous group of bacterial CYPs with some typically eukaryotic features. Our workflow for SSE annotation for CYP and other families can be freely used at address https://sestra.ncbr.muni.cz .
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- Adam Midlik
- CEITEC - Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Brno, 625 00, Czech Republic
- National Centre for Biomolecular Research, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, 625 00, Czech Republic
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Olomouc, 771 46, Czech Republic
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- CEITEC - Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Brno, 625 00, Czech Republic
- National Centre for Biomolecular Research, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, 625 00, Czech Republic
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- CEITEC - Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Brno, 625 00, Czech Republic
- National Centre for Biomolecular Research, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, 625 00, Czech Republic
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- CEITEC - Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Brno, 625 00, Czech Republic.
- National Centre for Biomolecular Research, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, 625 00, Czech Republic.
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Olomouc, 771 46, Czech Republic.
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Sehnal D, Svobodová R, Berka K, Rose AS, Burley SK, Velankar S, Koča J. High-performance macromolecular data delivery and visualization for the web. Corrigendum. Acta Crystallogr D Struct Biol 2021; 77:126. [PMID: 33404533 PMCID: PMC7787108 DOI: 10.1107/s205979832001606x] [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] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The article by Sehnal et al. [(2020), Acta Cryst. D76, 1167–1173] is corrected. Two citations in the article by Sehnal et al. [(2020), Acta Cryst. D76, 1167–1173] are corrected.
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- David Sehnal
- CEITEC - Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Kamenice 753/5, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic
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- CEITEC - Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Kamenice 753/5, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Palacký University Olomouc, Šlechtitelů 241/27, 779 00 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Research Collaboratory for Structural Bioinformatics (RCSB), San Diego Supercomputer Center, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, San Diego, CA 92093-0743, USA
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- RCSB Protein Data Bank, Institute for Quantitative Biomedicine and Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 174 Frelinghuysen Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8076, USA
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- Protein Data Bank in Europe (PDBe), European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton CB10 1SD, United Kingdom
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- CEITEC - Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Kamenice 753/5, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic
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Sehnal D, Svobodová R, Berka K, Rose AS, Burley SK, Velankar S, Koča J. High-performance macromolecular data delivery and visualization for the web. Acta Crystallogr D Struct Biol 2020; 76:1167-1173. [PMID: 33263322 PMCID: PMC7709201 DOI: 10.1107/s2059798320014515] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2020] [Accepted: 11/01/2020] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Biomacromolecular structural data make up a vital and crucial scientific resource that has grown not only in terms of its amount but also in its size and complexity. Furthermore, these data are accompanied by large and increasing amounts of experimental data. Additionally, the macromolecular data are enriched with value-added annotations describing their biological, physicochemical and structural properties. Today, the scientific community requires fast and fully interactive web visualization to exploit this complex structural information. This article provides a survey of the available cutting-edge web services that address this challenge. Specifically, it focuses on data-delivery problems, discusses the visualization of a single structure, including experimental data and annotations, and concludes with a focus on the results of molecular-dynamics simulations and the visualization of structural ensembles.
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- David Sehnal
- CEITEC – Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Kamenice 753/5, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic
- National Centre for Biomolecular Research, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kamenice 753/5, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic
- Protein Data Bank in Europe (PDBe), European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL–EBI), Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton CB10 1SD, United Kingdom
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- CEITEC – Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Kamenice 753/5, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic
- National Centre for Biomolecular Research, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kamenice 753/5, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Palacký University Olomouc, Šlechtitelů 241/27, 779 00 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Research Collaboratory for Structural Bioinformatics (RCSB), San Diego Supercomputer Center, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, San Diego, CA 92093-0743, USA
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- RCSB Protein Data Bank, Institute for Quantitative Biomedicine and Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 174 Frelinghuysen Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8076, USA
- Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 195 Little Albany Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08903-2681, USA
- RCSB Protein Data Bank, San Diego Supercomputer Center and Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0654, USA
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- Protein Data Bank in Europe (PDBe), European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL–EBI), Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton CB10 1SD, United Kingdom
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- CEITEC – Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Kamenice 753/5, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic
- National Centre for Biomolecular Research, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kamenice 753/5, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic
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Raček T, Schindler O, Toušek D, Horský V, Berka K, Koča J, Svobodová R. Atomic Charge Calculator II: web-based tool for the calculation of partial atomic charges. Nucleic Acids Res 2020; 48:W591-W596. [PMID: 32402071 PMCID: PMC7319571 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkaa367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [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: 03/10/2020] [Revised: 04/27/2020] [Accepted: 04/28/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Partial atomic charges serve as a simple model for the electrostatic distribution of a molecule that drives its interactions with its surroundings. Since partial atomic charges are frequently used in computational chemistry, chemoinformatics and bioinformatics, many computational approaches for calculating them have been introduced. The most applicable are fast and reasonably accurate empirical charge calculation approaches. Here, we introduce Atomic Charge Calculator II (ACC II), a web application that enables the calculation of partial atomic charges via all the main empirical approaches and for all types of molecules. ACC II implements 17 empirical charge calculation methods, including the highly cited (QEq, EEM), the recently published (EQeq, EQeq+C), and the old but still often used (PEOE). ACC II enables the fast calculation of charges even for large macromolecular structures. The web server also offers charge visualization, courtesy of the powerful LiteMol viewer. The calculation setup of ACC II is very straightforward and enables the quick calculation of high-quality partial charges. The application is available at https://acc2.ncbr.muni.cz.
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- Tomáš Raček
- CEITEC - Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Brno 625 00, Czech Republic.,National Centre for Biomolecular Research, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno 602 00, Czech Republic.,Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University, Brno 602 00, Czech Republic
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- CEITEC - Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Brno 625 00, Czech Republic.,National Centre for Biomolecular Research, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno 602 00, Czech Republic
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- CEITEC - Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Brno 625 00, Czech Republic.,National Centre for Biomolecular Research, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno 602 00, Czech Republic
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- CEITEC - Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Brno 625 00, Czech Republic.,National Centre for Biomolecular Research, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno 602 00, Czech Republic
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- Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Palacký University Olomouc, Olomouc 771 46, Czech Republic
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- CEITEC - Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Brno 625 00, Czech Republic.,National Centre for Biomolecular Research, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno 602 00, Czech Republic
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- CEITEC - Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Brno 625 00, Czech Republic.,National Centre for Biomolecular Research, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno 602 00, Czech Republic
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Horský V, Bendová V, Toušek D, Koča J, Svobodová R. ValTrendsDB: bringing Protein Data Bank validation information closer to the user. Bioinformatics 2020; 35:5389-5390. [PMID: 31263870 PMCID: PMC6954638 DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btz532] [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] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2019] [Revised: 06/01/2019] [Accepted: 06/28/2019] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Summary Structures in PDB tend to contain errors. This is a very serious issue for authors that rely on such potentially problematic data. The community of structural biologists develops validation methods as countermeasures, which are also included in the PDB deposition system. But how are these validation efforts influencing the structure quality of subsequently published data? Which quality aspects are improving, and which remain problematic? We developed ValTrendsDB, a database that provides the results of an extensive exploratory analysis of relationships between quality criteria, size and metadata of biomacromolecules. Key input data are sourced from PDB. The discovered trends are presented via precomputed information-rich plots. ValTrendsDB also supports the visualization of a set of user-defined structures on top of general quality trends. Therefore, ValTrendsDB enables users to see the quality of structures published by selected author, laboratory or journal, discover quality outliers, etc. ValTrendsDB is updated weekly. Availability and implementation Freely accessible at http://ncbr.muni.cz/ValTrendsDB. The web interface was implemented in JavaScript. The database was implemented in C++. Supplementary information Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.
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- Vladimír Horský
- National Centre for Biomolecular Research, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.,CEITEC - Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
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- National Centre for Biomolecular Research, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.,CEITEC - Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.,Institute of Mathematics and Statistics, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
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- National Centre for Biomolecular Research, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.,CEITEC - Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
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- National Centre for Biomolecular Research, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.,CEITEC - Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
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- National Centre for Biomolecular Research, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.,CEITEC - Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
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Mišunová M, Svitálková T, Pleštilová L, Kryštufková O, Tegzová D, Svobodová R, Hušáková M, Tomčík M, Bečvář R, Závada J, Mann H, Kolesár L, Slavčev A, Vencovský J, Novota P. Molecular markers of systemic autoimmune disorders: the expression of MHC-located HSP70 genes is significantly associated with autoimmunity development. Clin Exp Rheumatol 2017; 35:33-42. [PMID: 28032847] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2015] [Accepted: 04/04/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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OBJECTIVES To analyse the expression regulation of two inducible HSP70 genes - HSPA1A and HSPA1B - located within the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) in patients with various systemic autoimmune diseases and to prove the reliability of MHC-located HSP70 genes as molecular markers reflecting the autoimmune process. METHODS 94 adult patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathy (IIM, n=31), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE, n=31) or systemic sclerosis (SSc, n=32) and 37 healthy individuals were analysed. The mRNA expression level was determined using quantitative real-time PCR method. The expression of intracellular HSP70 was established by flow cytometry, the extracellular HSP70 protein was measured in plasma samples using a commercially available sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). RESULTS The expression of HSPA1A gene was significantly up-regulated in patients with autoimmune diseases (SLE: p<0.01; SSc: p<0.01; IIM: p<0.0001) compared to healthy controls. The expression of HSPA1B gene was increased only in patients with myositis (p<0.05). Furthermore, the HSPA1B gene expression is associated with the HLA-DRB1*03 risk allele in patients with IIM. In addition, we have found a relation between HSPA1A gene expression regulation and the presence of disease specific autoantibodies in patients with SLE and myositis. The level of intracellular HSP70 was not increased; however, the level of extracellular HSP70 protein was increased in patients suffering from SSc and IIM as compared to controls. CONCLUSIONS The results suggest an involvement of the MHC-linked HSP70 genes in the pathology of studied autoimmune disorders. Therefore, the HSPA1A and HSPA1B genes might serve as an interesting candidate molecule for development of distinct types of autoimmunities.
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- Martina Mišunová
- Department of Rheumatology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and Rheumatology Institute, Prague, Czech Republic.
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- Department of Rheumatology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and Rheumatology Institute, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Rheumatology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and Rheumatology Institute, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Rheumatology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and Rheumatology Institute, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Rheumatology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and Rheumatology Institute, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Rheumatology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and Rheumatology Institute, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Rheumatology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and Rheumatology Institute, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Rheumatology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and Rheumatology Institute, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Rheumatology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and Rheumatology Institute, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Rheumatology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and Rheumatology Institute, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Rheumatology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and Rheumatology Institute, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Rheumatology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and Rheumatology Institute, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Rheumatology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and Rheumatology Institute, Prague, Czech Republic
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Závada J, Uher M, Svobodová R, Olejárová M, Hušáková M, Ciferská H, Hulejová H, Tomčík M, Šenolt L, Vencovský J. Serum tenascin-C discriminates patients with active SLE from inactive patients and healthy controls and predicts the need to escalate immunosuppressive therapy: a cohort study. Arthritis Res Ther 2015; 17:341. [PMID: 26608564 PMCID: PMC4660660 DOI: 10.1186/s13075-015-0862-4] [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] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2015] [Accepted: 11/13/2015] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION The aim of this study was to examine whether circulating levels of the proinflammatory glycoprotein tenascin-C (TNC) are useful as an activity-specific or predictive biomarker in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). METHODS Serum TNC levels were determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay at inception visit in a prospective cohort of 59 SLE patients, and in 65 healthy controls (HC). SLE patients were followed for a mean of 11 months, disease activity was assessed using the Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Disease Activity Index 2000 (SLEDAI-2 K) and British Isles Lupus Assessment Group disease activity index (BILAG-2004), clinical and laboratory data were recorded every 3-6 months, and changes in glucocorticoids (GC) and immunosuppressants (IS) were recorded serially. We examined cross-sectionally the relationships between serum concentrations of TNC and SLE status, SLEDAI-2 K scores, strata of disease activity, and levels of conventional biomarkers [anti-double-stranded DNA (dsDNA), anti-nucleosome antibodies, C3 and C4]. We also explored the utility of TNC levels for predicting disease flares, defined as (i) new/increased GC, (ii) new/increased GC or IS, and (iii) increase in SLEDAI by ≥3 or (iv) BILAG A or B flare. RESULTS There was no significant difference in the mean levels of TNC between the SLE patients and HC. However, in SLE patients with active disease (SLEDAI ≥6), the TNC levels were significantly higher than in the HC (p = 0.004) or in patients with no/low disease activity (p = 0.004). In SLE patients, TNC levels were significantly associated with positivity of anti-dsDNA (p = 0.03) and anti-nucleosome antibodies (p = 0.008). Flares defined by a need to escalate immunosuppressive therapy were captured more frequently and earlier than flares defined by standard activity indices. Higher baseline levels of serum TNC presented a significantly greater risk of flare (i) [hazard ratio (HR) 1.39, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.11-1.73] or (ii) (HR 1.25, 95% CI 1.02-1.52) but not of flares (iii) or (iv). The baseline serum TNC level was the single most important independent predictor of flare (i) compared with conventional biomarkers. CONCLUSIONS TNC is not disease-specific, but it seems to indicate the activity of SLE and may predict the need to escalate immunosuppressive therapy. TNC levels may thus serve as a useful activity-specific and predictive biomarker in SLE.
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- Jakub Závada
- Institute of Rheumatology, Prague, and Department of Rheumatology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, Na Slupi 4, Praha 2, 12850, Prague, Czech Republic.
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- Institute of Biostatistics and Analyses, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.
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- Institute of Rheumatology, Prague, and Department of Rheumatology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, Na Slupi 4, Praha 2, 12850, Prague, Czech Republic.
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- Institute of Rheumatology, Prague, and Department of Rheumatology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, Na Slupi 4, Praha 2, 12850, Prague, Czech Republic.
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- Institute of Rheumatology, Prague, and Department of Rheumatology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, Na Slupi 4, Praha 2, 12850, Prague, Czech Republic.
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- Institute of Rheumatology, Prague, and Department of Rheumatology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, Na Slupi 4, Praha 2, 12850, Prague, Czech Republic.
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- Institute of Rheumatology, Prague, and Department of Rheumatology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, Na Slupi 4, Praha 2, 12850, Prague, Czech Republic.
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- Institute of Rheumatology, Prague, and Department of Rheumatology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, Na Slupi 4, Praha 2, 12850, Prague, Czech Republic.
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- Institute of Rheumatology, Prague, and Department of Rheumatology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, Na Slupi 4, Praha 2, 12850, Prague, Czech Republic.
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- Institute of Rheumatology, Prague, and Department of Rheumatology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, Na Slupi 4, Praha 2, 12850, Prague, Czech Republic.
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Klein M, Jarosová K, Forejtová S, Bečvář R, Sedová L, Pavelka K, Simková G, Svobodová R, Hviscová K, Mann H, Půtová I, Vencovský J. Quantiferon TB Gold and tuberculin skin tests for the detection of latent tuberculosis infection in patients treated with tumour necrosis factor alpha blocking agents. Clin Exp Rheumatol 2013; 31:111-117. [PMID: 23101473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2012] [Accepted: 04/19/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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OBJECTIVES The risk of activation of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) is increased in patients treated with anti-TNF-α drugs. Tuberculin skin test (TST) and Quantiferon-TB Gold test (QFT) are used to detect LTBI before and during anti-TNF-α treatment. We describe here a relation of these tests at various timepoints and also longitudinal QFT data. METHODS Study group consisted of 305 patients with several rheumatic inflammatory diseases treated and/or scheduled for anti-TNF-α drugs. The QFT was performed in 303 patients during therapy and in 177 patients also during screening. The TST was used in 284 patients. Both tests simultaneously were utilised in 360 instances. RESULTS Twenty-two patients were QFT positive; 3.9% before and 5.9% during anti-TNF-α treatment. Two patients who became QFT positive developed active tuberculosis. The TST was positive in 42% and 38% of patients before and during treatment, respectively. There was poor agreement between the two tests. Patients on glucocorticoids had a negative TST more frequently. The IFN-γ response to mycobacterial antigens significantly increased after application of tuberculin, but never reached the positive threshold. There was a significant increase in mitogen-induced IFN-γ production after initiation of anti-TNF-α therapy. CONCLUSIONS Poor correlation between the QFT and TST renders the TST non-specific for LTBI. QFT is more specific to detect LTBI and conversion to a positive result may predict active TB. An increase in IFN-γ production in response to mycobacterial antigens is seen when the TST is performed before the QFT. Mitogen-induced IFN-γ production increases after initiation of anti-TNF-α therapy.
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- Martin Klein
- Institute of Rheumatology, Praha , Czech Republic.
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Závada J, Nytrová P, Wandinger KP, Jarius S, Svobodová R, Probst C, Peterová V, Tegzová D, Pavelka K, Vencovský J. Seroprevalence and specificity of NMO-IgG (anti-aquaporin 4 antibodies) in patients with neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus. Rheumatol Int 2011; 33:259-63. [PMID: 22038193 DOI: 10.1007/s00296-011-2176-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2011] [Accepted: 10/18/2011] [Indexed: 10/15/2022]
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Neuropsychiatric manifestations are present in 30-40% of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Recently, antibodies to aquaporin-4 (termed AQP4-Ab, or NMO-IgG), a water channel protein, were reported to be present in a subset of patients with SLE and neurological involvement. To evaluate the syndrome specificity and prevalence of serum NMO-IgG/anti-AQP4 antibodies in patients with neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus (NPSLE). Sera of 76 patients with SLE and neurological symptoms, 50 of whom met the ACR case definitions of NPSLE, were tested for AQP4-Ab in an indirect immunofluorescence assay employing HEK293 cells transfected with recombinant human AQP4. Only one of the examined sera was positive for NMO-IgG/AQP4-Ab. This patient suffered from TM, ranging over two vertebral segments on spinal MRI. None of the 75 NPSLE without TM was found to be seropositive for NMO-IgG/AQP4-Ab. NMO-IgG/AQP4-Ab in NPSLE were present only in a patient with TM and were not detectable in NPSLE patients with other neurological manifestations. Testing for NMO-IgG/AQP4-Ab positivity should be considered in patients presenting with SLE and TM. Non-longitudinally extensive lesions do no not exclude NMO-IgG/AQP4-Ab in patients presenting with SLE and TM.
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- Jakub Závada
- Institute of Rheumatology and First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, Na Slupi 4, 128 50, Praha 2, Czech Republic.
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Senolt L, Housa D, Vernerová Z, Jirásek T, Svobodová R, Veigl D, Anderlová K, Müller-Ladner U, Pavelka K, Haluzík M. Resistin in rheumatoid arthritis synovial tissue, synovial fluid and serum. Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 66:458-63. [PMID: 17040961 PMCID: PMC1856051 DOI: 10.1136/ard.2006.054734] [Citation(s) in RCA: 180] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND Resistin is a newly identified adipocytokine which has demonstrated links between obesity and insulin resistance in rodents. In humans, proinflammatory properties of resistin are superior to its insulin resistance-inducing effects. OBJECTIVES To assess resistin expression in synovial tissues, serum and synovial fluid from patients with rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis and spondylarthropathies (SpA), and to study its relationship with inflammatory status and rheumatoid arthritis disease activity. METHODS Resistin expression and localisation in synovial tissue was determined by immunohistochemistry and confocal microscopy. Serum and synovial fluid resistin, leptin, interleukin (IL)1beta, IL6, IL8, tumour necrosis factor alpha, and monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 levels were measured. The clinical activity of patients with rheumatoid arthritis was assessed according to the 28 joint count Disease Activity Score (DAS28). RESULTS Resistin was detected in the synovium in both rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis. Staining in the sublining layer was more intensive in patients with rheumatoid arthritis compared with those with osteoarthritis. In rheumatoid arthritis, macrophages (CD68), B lymphocytes (CD20) and plasma cells (CD138) but not T lymphocytes (CD3) showed colocalisation with resistin. Synovial fluid resistin was higher in patients with rheumatoid arthritis than in those with SpA or osteoarthritis (both p<0.001). In patients with rheumatoid arthritis and SpA, serum resistin levels were higher than those with osteoarthritis (p<0.01). Increased serum resistin in patients with rheumatoid arthritis correlated with both CRP (r=0.53, p<0.02), and DAS28 (r=0.44, p<0.05), but not with selected (adipo) cytokines. CONCLUSION The upregulated resistin at local sites of inflammation and the link between serum resistin, inflammation and disease activity suggest a role for resistin in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis.
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- L Senolt
- Institute of Rheumatology, 1st Medical Faculty, Charles University, Na Slupi 4, 12850 Prague 2, Czech Republic, and University Hospital Giessen, Department of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Germany.
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Svobodová R, Ehrig J, Muska K. [Various comments on the occurrence, diagnosis and therapeutic results in peripheral facial-nerve paralyses]. Cesk Otolaryngol 1978; 27:285-9. [PMID: 709659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Masek J, Hais K, Medek T, Svobodová R. [The arsenic in the light ashes and cow milk in Ostrava region]. Cesk Hyg 1965; 10:497-501. [PMID: 5842606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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