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Matoba Y, Oda K, Wataeda M, Kanemori H, Matsuo K. pH-dependent regulation of an acidophilic O-acetylhomoserine sulfhydrylase from Lactobacillus plantarum. Appl Environ Microbiol 2024; 90:e0011824. [PMID: 38568076 PMCID: PMC11107162 DOI: 10.1128/aem.00118-24] [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: 01/23/2024] [Accepted: 03/16/2024] [Indexed: 05/22/2024] Open
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Bacteria have two routes for the l-methionine biosynthesis. In one route called the direct sulfuration pathway, acetylated l-homoserine is directly converted into l-homocysteine. The reaction using H2S as the second substrate is catalyzed by a pyridoxal 5'-phosphate-dependent enzyme, O-acetylhomoserine sulfhydrylase (OAHS). In the present study, we determined the enzymatic functions and the structures of OAHS from Lactobacillus plantarum (LpOAHS). The LpOAHS enzyme exhibited the highest catalytic activity under the weak acidic pH condition. In addition, crystallographic analysis revealed that the enzyme takes two distinct structures, open and closed forms. In the closed form, two acidic residues are sterically clustered. The proximity may cause the electrostatic repulsion, inhibiting the formation of the closed form under the neutral to the basic pH conditions. We concluded that the pH-dependent regulation mechanism using the two acidic residues contributes to the acidophilic feature of the enzyme. IMPORTANCE In the present study, we can elucidate the pH-dependent regulation mechanism of the acidophilic OAHS. The acidophilic feature of the enzyme is caused by the introduction of an acidic residue to the neighborhood of the key acidic residue acting as a switch for the structural interconversion. The strategy may be useful in the field of protein engineering to change the optimal pH of the enzymes. In addition, this study may be useful for the development of antibacterial drugs because the l-methionine synthesis essential for bacteria is inhibited by the OAHS inhibitors. The compounds that can inhibit the interconversion between the open and closed forms of OAHS may become antibacterial drugs.
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- Yasuyuki Matoba
- Faculty of Pharmacy, Yasuda Women’s University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Yasuda Women’s University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Yasuda Women’s University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Yasuda Women’s University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Hiroshima Synchrotron Radiation Center, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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Sirichoat A, Dornlakorn O, Saenno R, Aranarochana A, Sritawan N, Pannangrong W, Wigmore P, Welbat JU. Caffeic acid protects against l-methionine induced reduction in neurogenesis and cognitive impairment in a rat model. Heliyon 2024; 10:e26919. [PMID: 38455532 PMCID: PMC10918208 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e26919] [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] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2023] [Revised: 02/21/2024] [Accepted: 02/21/2024] [Indexed: 03/09/2024] Open
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l-methionine (L-met) is a substantial non-polar amino acid for normal development. L-met is converted to homocysteine that leads to hyperhomocysteinemia and subsequent excessive homocysteine in serum resulting in stimulating oxidative stress and vascular dementia. Several studies have found that hyperhomocysteine causes neuronal cell damage, which leads to memory impairment. Caffeic acid is a substrate in phenolic compound discovered in plant biosynthesis. Caffeic acid contains biological antioxidant and neuroprotective properties. The neuroprotective reaction of caffeic acid can protect against the brain disruption from hydrogen peroxide produced by oxidative stress. It also enhances GSH and superoxide dismutase activities, which protect against neuron cell loss caused by oxidative stress in the hippocampus. Hence, we investigated the protective role of caffeic acid in hippocampal neurogenesis and cognitive impairment induced by L-met in rats. Six groups of Sprague Dawley rats were assigned including control, L-met (1.7 g/kg/day), caffeic acid (20, 40 mg/kg), and L-met + caffeic acid (20, 40 mg/kg) groups. Spatial and recognition memories were subsequently examined using novel object location (NOL) and novel object recognition (NOR) tests. Moreover, the immunofluorescence technique was performed to detect Ki-67/RECA-1, bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU)/NeuN and p21 markers to represent hippocampal neurogenesis changes. The results revealed decreases in vasculature related cell proliferation and neuronal cell survival. By contrast, cell cycle arrest was increased in the L-met group. These results showed the association of the spatial and recognition memory impairments. However, the deterioration can be restored by co-administration with caffeic acid.
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- Apiwat Sirichoat
- Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, 40002, Thailand
- Neurogenesis Research Group, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, 40002, Thailand
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- Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, 40002, Thailand
- Neurogenesis Research Group, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, 40002, Thailand
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- Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, 40002, Thailand
- Neurogenesis Research Group, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, 40002, Thailand
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- Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, 40002, Thailand
- Neurogenesis Research Group, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, 40002, Thailand
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- Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, 40002, Thailand
- Neurogenesis Research Group, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, 40002, Thailand
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- Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, 40002, Thailand
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- School of Life Sciences, Medical School, Queen's Medical Centre, The University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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- Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, 40002, Thailand
- Neurogenesis Research Group, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, 40002, Thailand
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Pal S, Kabeer SW, Sharma S, Tikoo K. l-Methionine potentiates anticancer activity of Sorafenib by epigenetically altering DUSP3/ERK pathway in hepatocellular carcinoma. J Biochem Mol Toxicol 2024; 38:e23663. [PMID: 38367245 DOI: 10.1002/jbt.23663] [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: 08/14/2023] [Revised: 12/29/2023] [Accepted: 02/01/2024] [Indexed: 02/19/2024]
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Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the third most common cancer-related cause of death worldwide. Although Sorafenib is the standard systemic therapy for treating HCC, but it develops resistance very quickly, leading to poor prognosis. The current study was planned to explore the effect of l-methionine on the anticancer activity of Sorafenib in HCC. Ten millimolar of l-methionine treatment significantly reduced the IC50 of Sorafenib from 5.513 ± 0.171 to 0.8095 ± 0.0465 µM in HepG2 cell line. It also resulted in concomitant increase in oxidative stress and deactivation of ERK/AMPK/AKT pathway. Additionally, it also resulted in the increased expression of dual specificity phosphatase 3 (DUSP3). In a rat model of sorafenib-resistant HCC induced by diethylnitrosamine (DEN) (100 mg/L/day) and Sorafenib (10 mg/kg), l-methionine (300 and 500 mg/kg/day) supplementation overcame the drug resistance, as indicated by the reduced formation of surface tumor nodules, prevention of cellular hypertrophy, hyperplasia and inflammation, and improved animal survival. Furthermore, l-methionine in combination with Sorafenib also inhibited AMPK/AKT and ERK pathway. At chromatin level, l-methionine supplementation prevented global methylation of H3K27me3, an inactivation mark, and demethylation of H3K36me2, an activation mark. Interestingly, our findings suggest that inhibition of the ERK pathway via increased activity of DUSP3 is epigenetically regulated. Besides, chromatin immunoprecipitation data exhibited augmented H3K36me2 (an activation mark) levels on the DUSP3 promoter region. To the best of our knowledge, we are the first to report that l-methionine supplementation improves the chemosensitivity in Sorafenib-resistant HCC via modulating the epigenetic landscape and can be a potential therapeutic strategy.
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- Swagata Pal
- Laboratory of Epigenetics and Diseases, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), S.A.S. Nagar (Mohali), Punjab, India
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- Laboratory of Epigenetics and Diseases, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), S.A.S. Nagar (Mohali), Punjab, India
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- Laboratory of Epigenetics and Diseases, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), S.A.S. Nagar (Mohali), Punjab, India
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- Laboratory of Epigenetics and Diseases, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), S.A.S. Nagar (Mohali), Punjab, India
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Niu K, Fu Q, Mei ZL, Ge LR, Guan AQ, Liu ZQ, Zheng YG. High-Level Production of l-Methionine by Dynamic Deregulation of Metabolism with Engineered Nonauxotroph Escherichia coli. ACS Synth Biol 2023; 12:492-501. [PMID: 36701126 DOI: 10.1021/acssynbio.2c00481] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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l-Methionine is the only sulfur-containing amino acid among the essential amino acids, and it is mainly produced by the chemical method in industry so far. The fermentation production of l-methionine by genetically engineered strains is an attractive alternative. Due to the complex metabolic mechanism and multilevel regulation of the synthesis pathway in the organism, the fermentation production of l-methionine by genetically engineered strains was still not satisfied. In this study, the biosynthesis pathway of l-methionine was regulated based on the previous studies. As the competitive pathway and an essential amino acid for cell growth, the biosynthesis pathway of l-lysine was first repaired by complementation of the lysA gene in situ on the genome and then replaced the in situ promoter with the dynamically regulated promoter PfliA to construct a nonauxotroph strain. In addition, the central metabolic pathway and l-cysteine catabolism pathway were further modified to promote the cell growth and enhance the l-methionine production. Finally, the l-methionine fermentation yield in a 5 L bioreactor reached 17.74 g/L without adding exogenous amino acids. These strategies can effectively balance the contradiction between cell growth and l-methionine production and alleviate the complexity of fermentation operation and the cost with auxotroph strains, which provide a reference for the industrial production of l-methionine by microbial fermentation.
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- Kun Niu
- Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Synthesis of Zhejiang Province, College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Synthesis of Zhejiang Province, College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Synthesis of Zhejiang Province, College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Synthesis of Zhejiang Province, College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Synthesis of Zhejiang Province, College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Synthesis of Zhejiang Province, College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Synthesis of Zhejiang Province, College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, P. R. China
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Wang H, Li Y, Che Y, Yang D, Wang Q, Yang H, Boutet J, Huet R, Yin S. Production of l-Methionine from 3-Methylthiopropionaldehyde and O-Acetylhomoserine by Catalysis of the Yeast O-Acetylhomoserine Sulfhydrylase. J Agric Food Chem 2021; 69:7932-7937. [PMID: 34232654 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.1c02419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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l-Methionine is an essential bioactive amino acid with high commercial value for diverse applications. Sustained attentions have been paid to efficient and economical preparation of l-methionine. In this work, a novel method for l-methionine production was established using O-acetyl-homoserine (OAH) and 3-methylthiopropionaldehyde (MMP) as substrates by catalysis of the yeast OAH sulfhydrylase MET17. The OAH sulfhydrylase gene Met17 was cloned from Saccharomyces cerevisiae S288c and overexpressed in Escherichia coli BL21. A 49 kDa MET17 was detected in the supernatant of the recombinant E. coli strain BL21-Met17 lysate with IPTG induction, which exhibited the biological activity of l-methionine biosynthesis from OAH and MMP. The recombinant MET17 was then purified from E. coli BL21-Met17 and used for in vitro biosynthesis of l-methionine. The maximal conversion rate (86%) of OAH to l-methionine catalyzed by purified MET17 was achieved by optimization of the molar ratio of OAH to MMP. The method proposed in this study provides a possible novel route for the industrial production of l-methionine.
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- Hui Wang
- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, Beijing Technology & Business University, Beijing 100048, China
- Beijing Engineering and Technology Research Center of Food Additives, Beijing Technology & Business University, Beijing 100048, China
- School of Food & Health, Beijing Technology & Business University, Beijing 100048, China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, Beijing Technology & Business University, Beijing 100048, China
- Beijing Engineering and Technology Research Center of Food Additives, Beijing Technology & Business University, Beijing 100048, China
- School of Food & Health, Beijing Technology & Business University, Beijing 100048, China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, Beijing Technology & Business University, Beijing 100048, China
- Beijing Engineering and Technology Research Center of Food Additives, Beijing Technology & Business University, Beijing 100048, China
- School of Food & Health, Beijing Technology & Business University, Beijing 100048, China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, Beijing Technology & Business University, Beijing 100048, China
- Beijing Engineering and Technology Research Center of Food Additives, Beijing Technology & Business University, Beijing 100048, China
- School of Food & Health, Beijing Technology & Business University, Beijing 100048, China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, Beijing Technology & Business University, Beijing 100048, China
- Beijing Engineering and Technology Research Center of Food Additives, Beijing Technology & Business University, Beijing 100048, China
- School of Food & Health, Beijing Technology & Business University, Beijing 100048, China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, Beijing Technology & Business University, Beijing 100048, China
- Beijing Engineering and Technology Research Center of Food Additives, Beijing Technology & Business University, Beijing 100048, China
- School of Food & Health, Beijing Technology & Business University, Beijing 100048, China
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- Adisseo France SAS, Antony Parc 2, 10 Place du Général de Gaulle, F-92160 Antony, France
- Bluestar Adisseo Nanjing Co., Ltd., 389 Changfenghe Road, Nanjing Chemical Industry Park, Jiangsu Province, Nanjing 210047, China
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- Adisseo France SAS, Antony Parc 2, 10 Place du Général de Gaulle, F-92160 Antony, France
- Bluestar Adisseo Nanjing Co., Ltd., 389 Changfenghe Road, Nanjing Chemical Industry Park, Jiangsu Province, Nanjing 210047, China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, Beijing Technology & Business University, Beijing 100048, China
- Beijing Engineering and Technology Research Center of Food Additives, Beijing Technology & Business University, Beijing 100048, China
- School of Food & Health, Beijing Technology & Business University, Beijing 100048, China
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Nsanzamahoro S, Wang WF, Zhang Y, Shi YP, Yang JL. Synthesis of orange-emissive silicon nanoparticles as "off-on" fluorescence probe for sensitive and selective detection of l-methionine and copper. Talanta 2021; 231:122369. [PMID: 33965034 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2021.122369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2021] [Revised: 03/18/2021] [Accepted: 03/22/2021] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Fluorescent silicon nanoparticles (Si NPs) are of great interest as they are free of heavy ions. However, most of Si NPs exhibit blue or green emission, while orange or red-emitting Si NPs are required for an extensive range of applications. Copper ion (Cu2+) and l-methionine (L-Met) detection is critically valuable point since their abnormal level is an indicator of various diseases. In this work, we illustrate an "off-on" method for sensitively and selectively determination of Cu2+ and L-Met using Si NPs as fluorescent probe. The Si NPs emitting orange fluorescence with the quantum yield of 2.23% were prepared via one and easy step of hydrothermal treatment of 3(2-aminoethylamino) propyl (dimethoxymethylsilane) (AEAPDMMS) and 2-aminophenol as precursors. The fluorescence of Si NPs was quenched in the presence of Cu2+ due to the strong metal-ligand coordination and electrostatic interactions between the large amount of amino and hydroxyl groups on the surface of Si NPs and Cu2+. Surprisingly, the resulted non-fluorescent Si NPs-Cu2+ complex displayed a fluorescence "turn-on" toward L-Met, due to the competitive coordination of Cu2+ between L-Met and Si NPs which leads to the unique "off-on" response to L-Met after the release of free Si NPs. The as-proposed approach is fast, simple, low cost and environmental-friendly. More importantly, it has been applied in the determination of Cu2+ and L-Met in water and urine samples, respectively with satisfactory recoveries. Furthermore, the approach could detect Cu2+ and L-Met with detection limit of 0.012 μM and 0.07 μM, which are lower than the level of Cu2+ in drinking water and of L-Met in human urine sample (maximum ~20 μM and ~5.9 μM, respectively).
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- Stanislas Nsanzamahoro
- CAS Key Laboratory of Chemistry of Northwestern Plant Resources, Key Laboratory for Natural Medicine of Gansu Province, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Lanzhou, 730000, PR China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, PR China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Chemistry of Northwestern Plant Resources, Key Laboratory for Natural Medicine of Gansu Province, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Lanzhou, 730000, PR China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Chemistry of Northwestern Plant Resources, Key Laboratory for Natural Medicine of Gansu Province, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Lanzhou, 730000, PR China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Chemistry of Northwestern Plant Resources, Key Laboratory for Natural Medicine of Gansu Province, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Lanzhou, 730000, PR China.
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Chemistry of Northwestern Plant Resources, Key Laboratory for Natural Medicine of Gansu Province, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Lanzhou, 730000, PR China.
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Alshehri WA. Bacterium Hafnia alvei secretes l-methioninase enzyme: Optimization of the enzyme secretion conditions. Saudi J Biol Sci 2020; 27:1222-1227. [PMID: 32346328 PMCID: PMC7182987 DOI: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2020.02.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2019] [Revised: 02/06/2020] [Accepted: 02/09/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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I isolated bacteria from blue cheese in order to find bacterial strains secreting l-methioninase enzyme, and optimized the conditions for the most efficient enzyme secretion. The efficient isolate, identified according to the 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis, was Hafnia alvei belonging to Enterobacteriaceae. I confirmed that the H. alvei strain harbored the methionase gene, mdeA (1194 bp). The environmental (pH, temperature) and nutritional (carbon and nitrogen sources and Mg concentration) factors influencing the l-methioninase production of H. alvei were optimized. The highest yield of l-methioninase enzyme was reached after 48 h of incubation when the acidity of the growing medium was adjusted to pH 7.5 and the temperature was 35 °C. The following concentrations of the supplements increased the l-methioninase yield in the medium: galactose (2.0 g L-1), MgSO4 (0.25 g L-1), l-methionine as an inducer (2.0 g L-1), and l-asparagine as an additional N source (1.5 g L-1). I introduce a bacterial strain of H. alvei that is previously unreported to secrete l-methioninase enzyme and show that a carbon source is a mandatory supplement whereas l-methionine is not a mandatory supplement for l-methioninase enzyme production of H. alvei.
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- Wafa A. Alshehri
- University of Jeddah, College of Science, Department of Biology, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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Navik U, Sheth VG, Kabeer SW, Tikoo K. Dietary Supplementation of Methyl Donor l-Methionine Alters Epigenetic Modification in Type 2 Diabetes. Mol Nutr Food Res 2019; 63:e1801401. [PMID: 31532875 DOI: 10.1002/mnfr.201801401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [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] [Received: 12/20/2018] [Revised: 08/17/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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SCOPE The aim of the current study is to evaluate whether l-methionine supplementation (l-Met-S) improves type 2 diabetes-induced alterations in glucose and lipid metabolism by modulating one-carbon metabolism and methylation status. METHODS AND RESULTS Diabetes is induced in male Sprague-Dawley rats using high-fat diet and low dose streptozotocin. At the end of study, various biochemical parameters, immunoblotting, qRT-PCR and ChIP-qPCR are performed. The first evidence that l-Met-S activates p-AMPK and SIRT1, very similar to "metformin," is provided. l-Met-S improves the altered key one-carbon metabolites in diabetic rats by modulating methionine adenosyl transferase 1A and cystathione β synthase expression. qRT-PCR shows that l-Met-S alleviates diabetes-induced increase in Forkhead transcription factor 1 expression and thereby regulating genes involved in glucose (G6pc, Pdk4, Pklr) and lipid metabolism (Fasn). Interestingly, l-Met-S inhibits the increased expression of DNMT1 and also prevents methylation of histone H3K36me2 under diabetic condition. ChIP assay shows that persistent increase in abundance of histone H3K36me2 on the promoter region of FOXO1 in diabetic rats and it is recovered by l-Met-S. CONCLUSION The first evidence that dietary supplementation of l-Met prevents diabetes-induced epigenetic alterations and regulating methionine levels can be therapeutically exploited for the treatment of metabolic diseases is provided.
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- Umashanker Navik
- Laboratory of Epigenetics and Diseases, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, S.A.S. Nagar, Mohali, Punjab, 160062, India
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- Laboratory of Epigenetics and Diseases, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, S.A.S. Nagar, Mohali, Punjab, 160062, India
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- Laboratory of Epigenetics and Diseases, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, S.A.S. Nagar, Mohali, Punjab, 160062, India
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- Laboratory of Epigenetics and Diseases, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, S.A.S. Nagar, Mohali, Punjab, 160062, India
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Wang Z, Liang M, Li H, Cai L, He H, Wu Q, Yang L. l-Methionine activates Nrf2-ARE pathway to induce endogenous antioxidant activity for depressing ROS-derived oxidative stress in growing rats. J Sci Food Agric 2019; 99:4849-4862. [PMID: 31001831 DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.9757] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2018] [Revised: 04/08/2019] [Accepted: 04/10/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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BACKGROUND Methionine is an essential sulfur-containing amino acid. To elucidate the influence of l-methionine on activation of the nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2-antioxidant responsive element (Nrf2-ARE) antioxidant pathway to stimulate the endogenous antioxidant activity for depressing reactive oxygen species (ROS)-derived oxidative stress, male Wistar rats were orally administered l-methionine daily for 14 days. RESULTS With the intake of l-methionine, Nrf2 was activated by l-methionine through depressing Keap1 and Cul3, resulting in upregulation of ARE-driven antioxidant expression (glutamate cysteine ligase catalytic subunit, glutamate cysteine ligase modulatory subunit, glutathione synthase (GS), catalase (CAT), superoxide dismutase (SOD), heme oxygenase 1, NAD(P)H:quinone oxidoreductase 1, glutathione reductase (GR), glutathione S-transferase (GST), glutathione peroxidase (GPx)) with increasing l-methionine availability. Upon activation of Nrf2, glutathione synthesis was increased through upregulated expression of methionine adenosyltransferase, S-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase, cystathionine β-synthase, cystathionine γ-lyse, glutamate cysteine ligase (GCL) and GS, while hepatic expressions of methionine sulfoxide reductases (MsrA, MsrB2, MsrB3) and hepatic enzyme activities (CAT, SOD, GCL, GR, GST, GPx) were uniformly stimulated with increasing consumption of l-methionine. As a result, hepatic content of ROS and MDA were effectively reduced by l-methionine intake. CONCLUSION The present study demonstrates that methionine availability plays a critical role in activation of the Nrf2-ARE pathway to induce an endogenous antioxidant response for depressing ROS-derived oxidative stress, which is primarily attributed to the stimulation of methionine sulfoxide reductase expression and glutathione synthesis. © 2019 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Zhengxuan Wang
- Department of Food Science and Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China
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- Department of Food Science and Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China
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- Department of Food Science and Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China
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- Department of Food Science and Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China
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- School of Life Science and Biotechnology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China
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- School of Life Science and Biotechnology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China
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- Department of Food Science and Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China
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Huang JF, Shen ZY, Mao QL, Zhang XM, Zhang B, Wu JS, Liu ZQ, Zheng YG. Systematic Analysis of Bottlenecks in a Multibranched and Multilevel Regulated Pathway: The Molecular Fundamentals of l-Methionine Biosynthesis in Escherichia coli. ACS Synth Biol 2018; 7:2577-2589. [PMID: 30274509 DOI: 10.1021/acssynbio.8b00249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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To produce chemicals and fuels from renewable resources, various strategies and genetic tools have been developed to redesign pathways and optimize the metabolic flux in microorganisms. However, in most successful cases, the target chemicals are synthesized through a linear pathway, and regular methodologies for the identification of bottlenecks and metabolic flux optimization in multibranched and multilevel regulated pathways, such as the l-methionine biosynthetic pathway, have rarely been reported. In the present study, a systematic analysis strategy was employed to gradually reveal and remove the potential bottlenecks limiting the l-methionine biosynthesis in E. coli. 80 genes in central metabolism and selected amino acids biosynthetic pathways were first repressed or upregulated to probe their effects on l-methionine accumulation. The l-methionine biosynthetic pathway was then modularized and iteratively genetic modifications were performed to uncover the multiple layers of limitations and stepwise improve the l-methionine titer. The metabolomics data further revealed a more evenly distributed metabolic flux in l-methionine biosynthesis pathway of the optimal strain and provided valuable suggestions for further optimization. The optimal strain produced 16.86 g/L of l-methionine in 48 h by fed-batch fermentation. This work is the first to our knowledge to systematically elucidate the molecular fundamentals of multilevel regulation of l-methionine biosynthesis. It also demonstrated that the systematic analysis strategy can boost our ability to identify the potential bottlenecks and optimize the metabolic flux in multibranched and multilevel regulated pathways for the production of corresponding chemicals.
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- Jian-Feng Huang
- Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Synthesis of Zhejiang Province, College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, The People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Synthesis of Zhejiang Province, College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, The People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Synthesis of Zhejiang Province, College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, The People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Synthesis of Zhejiang Province, College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, The People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Synthesis of Zhejiang Province, College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, The People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Synthesis of Zhejiang Province, College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, The People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Synthesis of Zhejiang Province, College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, The People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Synthesis of Zhejiang Province, College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, The People’s Republic of China
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Wu Y, Zha M, Yin S, Yang H, Boutet J, Huet R, Wang C, Sun B. Novel Method for l-Methionine Production Catalyzed by the Aminotransferase ARO8 from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J Agric Food Chem 2018; 66:6116-6122. [PMID: 29806462 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.8b01451] [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] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The aminotransferase ARO8 was proved to play an efficient role in conversion of l-methionine into methionol via the Ehrlich pathway in Saccharomyces cerevisiae in our previous work. In this work, the reversible transamination activity of ARO8 for conversion of α-keto-γ-(methylthio) butyric acid (KMBA) into l-methionine was confirmed in vitro. ARO8 was cloned from S. cerevisiae S288c and overexpressed in Escherichia coli BL21. A 2-fold higher aminotransferase activity was detected in the recombinant strain ARO8-BL21, and ARO8 was detected in the supernatant of ARO8-BL21 lysate with IPTG induction by SDS-PAGE analysis. The recombinant ARO8 was then purified and used for transforming KMBA into l-methionine. An approximately 100% conversion rate of KMBA into l-methionine was achieved by optimized enzymatic reaction catalyzed by ARO8. This work fulfilled l-methionine biosynthesis catalyzed by the aminotransferase ARO8 using glutamate and KMBA, which provided a novel method for l-methionine production by enzymatic catalysis with the potential application prospect in industry.
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- Yiping Wu
- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health , Beijing Technology & Business University , Beijing 100048 , China
- Beijing Engineering and Technology Research Center of Food Additives , Beijing Technology & Business University , Beijing 100048 , China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health , Beijing Technology & Business University , Beijing 100048 , China
- Beijing Engineering and Technology Research Center of Food Additives , Beijing Technology & Business University , Beijing 100048 , China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health , Beijing Technology & Business University , Beijing 100048 , China
- Beijing Engineering and Technology Research Center of Food Additives , Beijing Technology & Business University , Beijing 100048 , China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health , Beijing Technology & Business University , Beijing 100048 , China
- Beijing Engineering and Technology Research Center of Food Additives , Beijing Technology & Business University , Beijing 100048 , China
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- Adisseo France SAS, Antony Parc 2 , 10 Place du Général de Gaulle , F-92160 Antony , France
- Bluestar Adisseo Nanjing Co., LTD , 389 Changfenghe Road, Nanjing Chemical Industry Park , Jiangsu Province , Nanjing 210047 , China
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- Adisseo France SAS, Antony Parc 2 , 10 Place du Général de Gaulle , F-92160 Antony , France
- Bluestar Adisseo Nanjing Co., LTD , 389 Changfenghe Road, Nanjing Chemical Industry Park , Jiangsu Province , Nanjing 210047 , China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health , Beijing Technology & Business University , Beijing 100048 , China
- Beijing Engineering and Technology Research Center of Food Additives , Beijing Technology & Business University , Beijing 100048 , China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health , Beijing Technology & Business University , Beijing 100048 , China
- Beijing Engineering and Technology Research Center of Food Additives , Beijing Technology & Business University , Beijing 100048 , China
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Cho DY, Lim DJ, Mackey C, Weeks CG, Peña Garcia JA, Skinner D, Grayson JW, Hill HS, Alexander DK, Zhang S, Woodworth BA. l-Methionine anti-biofilm activity against Pseudomonas aeruginosa is enhanced by the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator potentiator, ivacaftor. Int Forum Allergy Rhinol 2018; 8:577-583. [PMID: 29412515 DOI: 10.1002/alr.22088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [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: 08/01/2017] [Revised: 12/30/2017] [Accepted: 01/04/2018] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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BACKGROUND Biofilms may contribute to refractory chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS), as they lead to antibiotic resistance and failure of effective clinical treatment. l-Methionine is an amino acid with reported biofilm-inhibiting properties. Ivacaftor is a cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) potentiator with mild antimicrobial activity via inhibition of bacterial DNA gyrase and topoisomerase IV. The objective of this study was to evaluate whether co-treatment with ivacaftor and l-methionine can reduce the formation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms. METHODS P aeruginosa (PAO-1 strain) biofilms were studied in the presence of l-methionine and/or ivacaftor. For static biofilm assays, PAO-1 was cultured in a 48-well plate for 72 hours with stepwise combinations of these agents. Relative biofilm inhibitions were measured according to optical density of crystal violet stain at 590 nm. Live/dead assays (BacTiter-Glo™ assay, Promega) were imaged with laser scanning confocal microscopy. An agar diffusion test was used to confirm antibacterial effects of the drugs. RESULTS l-Methionine (0.5 μM) significantly reduced PAO-1 biofilm mass (32.4 ± 18.0%; n = 4; p < 0.001) compared with controls. Low doses of ivacaftor alone (4, 8, and 12 μg/mL) had no effect on biofilm formation. When combined with ivacaftor (4 μg/mL), a synergistic anti-biofilm effect was noted at 0.05 μM and 0.5 μM of l-methionine (two-way analysis of variane, p = 0.0415) compared with corresponding concentrations of l-methionine alone. CONCLUSION Ivacaftor enhanced the anti-biofilm activity of l-methionine against the PAO-1 strain of P aeruginosa. Further studies evaluating the efficacy of ivacaftor/l-methionine combinations for P aeruginosa sinusitis are planned.
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- Do-Yeon Cho
- Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL.,Gregory Fleming James Cystic Fibrosis Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL.,Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL.,Gregory Fleming James Cystic Fibrosis Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
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Cystathionine γ-synthase (MetB) condenses O-acetyl-l-homoserine (OAHS) or O-succinyl-l-homoserine (OSHS) with cysteine to produce cystathionine. To investigate the molecular mechanisms and substrate specificity of MetB from Corynebacterium glutamicum (CgMetB), we determined its crystal structure at 1.5 Å resolution. The pyridoxal phosphate cofactor is covalently bound to Lys204 via a Schiff base linkage in the deep cavity. Superposition with the structure of MetB from Nicotiana tabacum in complex with its inhibitor dl-(E)-2-amino-5-phosphono-3-pentenoic acid revealed that Thr347 from the β10-β11 connecting loop, located at the entrance of the active site, is speculated to be a main contributor for stabilization of the acetyl group of OAHS. Moreover, on the basis of structural comparison of CgMetB with EcMetB utilizing OSHS as a main substrate, we propose that the conformation of the β10-β11 connecting loops determines the size and shape of the acetyl- or succinyl-group binding site and ultimately determines the substrate specificity of MetBs toward OAHS or OSHS.
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- Hye-Young Sagong
- KNU Creative BioResearch Group, School of Life Sciences, Kyungpook National University , Daehak-ro 80, Buk-ku, Daegu 702-701, Korea
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- KNU Creative BioResearch Group, School of Life Sciences, Kyungpook National University , Daehak-ro 80, Buk-ku, Daegu 702-701, Korea
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Singh AK, Singh M. Electrochemical and piezoelectric monitoring of taurine via electropolymerized molecularly imprinted films. J Mol Recognit 2017; 30. [PMID: 28703408 DOI: 10.1002/jmr.2652] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [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: 11/10/2016] [Revised: 04/22/2017] [Accepted: 06/11/2017] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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A molecularly imprinted electrochemical quartz crystal microbalance (EQCM) sensor is fabricated here for taurine, a β-amino acid significant for functioning of almost all vital organs. The polymeric film of l-methionine was electrochemically deposited on gold-coated EQCM electrode. Experimental parameters were optimized for controlling the performance of molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP)-modified sensor such as ratio of monomer and template, number of electropolymerization cycles, mass deposited in each cycle, and pH. Thus, fabricated MIP-EQCM sensor was successfully applied for estimation of taurine in solutions with varying matrices, such as aqueous, human blood plasma, milk from cow, buffalo, and milk powder. Under optimized parameters, response of MIP sensor to taurine was linearly proportional to its concentration with limit of detection as 0.12μM. Hence, a highly sensitive and selective piezoelectric sensor for taurine has been reported here via imprinting approach.
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- Department of Chemistry, MMV, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
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Chinnakkannu Vijayakumar S, Venkatakrishnan K, Tan B. SERS Active Nanobiosensor Functionalized by Self-Assembled 3D Nickel Nanonetworks for Glutathione Detection. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2017; 9:5077-5091. [PMID: 28117567 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b13576] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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We introduce a "non-noble metal" based SERS active nanobiosensor using a self-assembled 3D hybrid nickel nanonetwork. A tunable biomolecule detector fabricated by a bottom-up approach was functionalized using a multiphoton ionization energy mechanism to create a self-assembled 3D hybrid nickel nanonetwork. The nanonetwork was tested for SERS detection of crystal violet (CV) and glutathione (GSH) at two excitation wavelengths, 532 and 785 nm. The results reveal indiscernible peaks with a limit of detection (LOD) of 1 picomolar (pM) concentration. An enhancement factor (EF) of 9.3 × 108 was achieved for the chemical molecule CV and 1.8 × 109 for the biomolecule GSH, which are the highest reported values so far. The two results, one being the CV molecule proved that nickel nanonetwork is indeed SERS active and the second being the GSH biomolecule detection at both 532 and 785 nm, confirm that the nanonetwork is a biosensor which has potential for both in vivo and in vitro sensing. In addition, the selectivity and versatility of this biosensor is examined with biomolecules such as l-Cysteine, l-Methionine, and sensing GSH in cell culture medium which mimics the complex biological environment. The functionalized self-assembled 3D hybrid nickel nanonetwork exhibits electromagnetic and charge transfer based SERS activation mechanisms.
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- Sivaprasad Chinnakkannu Vijayakumar
- Micro/Nanofabrication facility, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Ryerson University , 350 Victoria street, Toronto, Ontario M5B 2K3, Canada
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- Micro/Nanofabrication facility, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Ryerson University , 350 Victoria street, Toronto, Ontario M5B 2K3, Canada
- Affiliate Scientist, Keenan Research Center, St. Michael's Hospital , 209 Victoria Street, Toronto, Ontario M5B 1T8, Canada
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- Nanocharacterization Laboratory, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Ryerson University , 350 Victoria Street, Toronto, Ontario M5B 2K3, Canada
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Hemanth Kumar B, Arun Reddy R, Mahesh Kumar J, Dinesh Kumar B, Diwan PV. Effects of fisetin on hyperhomocysteinemia-induced experimental endothelial dysfunction and vascular dementia. Can J Physiol Pharmacol 2016; 95:32-42. [PMID: 27901381 DOI: 10.1139/cjpp-2016-0147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [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: 11/22/2022]
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This study was designed to investigate the effects of fisetin (FST) on hyperhomocysteinemia (HHcy)-induced experimental endothelial dysfunction (ED) and vascular dementia (VaD) in rats. Wistar rats were randomly divided into 8 groups: control, vehicle control, l-methionine, FST (5, 10, and 25 mg/kg, p.o.), FST-per se (25 mg/kg, p.o.), and donepezil (0.1 mg/kg, p.o.). l-Methionine administration (1.7 g/kg, p.o.) for 32 days induced HHcy. ED and VaD induced by HHcy were determined by vascular reactivity measurements, behavioral analysis using Morris water maze and Y-maze, along with a biochemical and histological evaluation of thoracic aorta and brain tissues. Administration of l-methionine developed behavioral deficits; triggered brain lipid peroxidation (LPO); compromised brain acetylcholinesterase activity (AChE); and reduced the levels of brain superoxide dismutase (SOD), brain catalase (CAT), brain reduced glutathione (GSH), and serum nitrite; and increased serum homocysteine and cholesterol levels. These effects were accompanied by decreased vascular NO bioavailability, marked intimal thickening of the aorta, and multiple necrotic foci in brain cortex. HHcy-induced alterations in the activities of SOD, CAT, GSH, AChE, LPO, behavioral deficits, ED, and histological aberrations were significantly attenuated by treatment with fisetin in a dose-dependent manner. Collectively, our results indicate that fisetin exerts endothelial and neuroprotective effects against HHcy-induced ED and VaD.
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- Boyina Hemanth Kumar
- a Department of Pharmacology, Anurag Group of Institutions (Formerly Lalitha College of Pharmacy), Hyderabad, Telangana, India.,b Center for Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research and Development Cell, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
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- a Department of Pharmacology, Anurag Group of Institutions (Formerly Lalitha College of Pharmacy), Hyderabad, Telangana, India.,c Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Rowan University, Stratford, NJ 08084, USA
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- d Animal House Facility, CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad, Telangana 500007, India
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- e National Institute of Nutrition (ICMR), Food & Drug Toxicology Research Centre (FDTRC), Hyderabad, Telangana 500007, India
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- a Department of Pharmacology, Anurag Group of Institutions (Formerly Lalitha College of Pharmacy), Hyderabad, Telangana, India.,f Maratha Mandal Central Research Laboratory, Belagavi-590010, Karnataka, India
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Qin T, Hu X, Hu J, Wang X. Metabolic engineering of Corynebacterium glutamicum strain ATCC13032 to produce L-methionine. Biotechnol Appl Biochem 2014; 62:563-73. [PMID: 25196586 DOI: 10.1002/bab.1290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [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: 07/15/2014] [Accepted: 09/01/2014] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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L-Methionine-producing strain QW102/pJYW-4-hom(m) -lysC(m) -brnFE was developed from Corynebacterium glutamicum strain ATCC13032, using metabolic engineering strategies. These strategies involved (i) deletion of the gene thrB encoding homoserine kinase to increase the precursor supply, (ii) deletion of the gene mcbR encoding the regulator McbR to release the transcriptional repression to various genes in the l-methionine biosynthetic pathway, (iii) overexpression of the gene lysC(m) encoding feedback-resistant aspartate kinase and the gene hom(m) encoding feedback-resistant homoserine dehydrogenase to further increase the precursor supply, and (iv) overexpression of the gene cluster brnF and brnE encoding the export protein complex BrnFE to increase extracellular l-methionine concentration. QW102/pJYW-4-hom(m) -lysC(m) -brnFE produced 42.2 mM (6.3 g/L) l-methionine after 64-H fed-batch fermentation. These results suggest that l-methionine-producing strains can be developed from wild-type C. glutamicum strains by rationally metabolic engineering.
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- Tianyu Qin
- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, People's Republic of China.,School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, People's Republic of China
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- School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, People's Republic of China.,Synergetic Innovation Center of Food Safety and Nutrition, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, People's Republic of China
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Mota É, Sousa F, Queiroz JA, Cruz C. Quantitative analysis of the interaction between l-methionine derivative and oligonucleotides. J Biochem 2014; 157:261-70. [PMID: 25425656 DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvu073] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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This study explores the use of l-methionine derivative as a potential affinity ligand for nucleic acids purification. The l-methionine derivative is synthesized by activation of the carboxylic acid group with 1-ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl) carbodiimide/N-hydroxysuccinimide follow by immobilization on amine sensor surface, previously activated and treated with ethylenediamine. Their affinity towards oligonucleotides has been determined by surface plasmon resonance biosensor. The highest affinity is found for cytosine and thymine, followed by adenine, whereas the lowest affinity is found for guanine. For hetero-oligonucleotides the affinity order is CCCTTT > CCCAAA ≈ AAATTT > GGGTTT, showing that nucleotides with cytosine have the highest affinity, and the presence of guanine reduces the affinity, corroborating with the results obtained with homo-oligonucleotides.
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- Élia Mota
- CICS-UBI - Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde, Universidade da Beira Interior, Av. Infante D. Henrique, 6200-506 Covilhã, Portugal
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- CICS-UBI - Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde, Universidade da Beira Interior, Av. Infante D. Henrique, 6200-506 Covilhã, Portugal
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- CICS-UBI - Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde, Universidade da Beira Interior, Av. Infante D. Henrique, 6200-506 Covilhã, Portugal
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- CICS-UBI - Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde, Universidade da Beira Interior, Av. Infante D. Henrique, 6200-506 Covilhã, Portugal
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A chiral pentadecapeptide, l-gramicidine, has been shown to undergo specific adsorption onto gold surfaces modified by chiral amino acids, d- and l-methionine, upon adsorption in the liquid phase. There is a chiral recognition only between the slightly anionic l-peptide and the l-modified surface exhibiting cationic molecules. However, whatever the probe and target molecule charges, very weak recognition was observed between molecules of opposite chirality.
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- Vincent Humblot
- Laboratoire de Réactivité de Surface, UMR CNRS 7197, Université Pierre et Marie Curie - UPMC case 178, 4 place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Réactivité de Surface, UMR CNRS 7197, Université Pierre et Marie Curie - UPMC case 178, 4 place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France
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Araújo JR, Correia-Branco A, Ramalho C, Gonçalves P, Pinho MJ, Keating E, Martel F. L-methionine placental uptake: characterization and modulation in gestational diabetes mellitus. Reprod Sci 2013; 20:1492-507. [PMID: 23653387 DOI: 10.1177/1933719113488442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Our aim was to investigate the influence of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and GDM-associated conditions upon the placental uptake of (14)C-l-methionine ((14)C-l-Met). The (14)C-l-Met uptake by human trophoblasts (TBs) obtained from normal pregnancies (normal trophoblast [NTB] cells) is mainly system l-type amino acid transporter 1 (LAT1 [L])-mediated, although a small contribution of system y(+)LAT2 is also present. Comparison of (14)C-l-Met uptake by NTB and by human TBs obtained from GDM pregnancies (diabetic trophoblast [DTB] cells) reveals similar kinetics, but a contribution of systems A, LAT2, and b(0+) and a greater contribution of system y(+)LAT1 appears to exist in DTB cells. Short-term exposure to insulin and long-term exposure to high glucose, tumor necrosis factor-α, and leptin decrease (14)C-l-Met uptake in a human TB (Bewo) cell line. The effect of leptin was dependent upon phosphoinositide 3-kinase, extracellular-signal-regulated kinase 1/2 (ERK/MEK 1/2), and p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase. In conclusion, GDM does not quantitatively alter (14)C-l-Met placental uptake, although it changes the nature of transporters involved in that process.
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- João R Araújo
- 1Department of Biochemistry (U38-FCT), Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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