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Hu Z, Chin Y, Yuan C, Ge Y, Hang Y, Wang D, Yao Q, Hu Y. The luxS deletion reduces the spoilage ability of Shewanella putrefaciens: An analysis focusing on quorum sensing and activated methyl cycle. Food Microbiol 2024; 120:104467. [PMID: 38431319 DOI: 10.1016/j.fm.2024.104467] [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: 11/13/2023] [Revised: 01/02/2024] [Accepted: 01/08/2024] [Indexed: 03/05/2024]
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The luxS mutant strains of Shewanella putrefaciens (SHP) were constructed to investigate the regulations of gene luxS in spoilage ability. The potential regulations of AI-2 quorum sensing (QS) system and activated methyl cycle (AMC) were studied by analyzing the supplementation roles of key circulating substances mediated via luxS, including S-adenosylmethionine (SAM), S-adenosylhomocysteine (SAH), methionine (Met), homocysteine (Hcy) and 4,5-dihydroxy-2,3-pentanedione (DPD). Growth experiments revealed that the luxS deletion led to certain growth limitations of SHP, which were associated with culture medium and exogenous additives. Meanwhile, the decreased biofilm formation and diminished hydrogen sulfide (H2S) production capacity of SHP were observed after luxS deletion. The relatively lower total volatile base nitrogen (TVB-N) contents and higher sensory scores of fish homogenate with luxS mutant strain inoculation also indicated the weaker spoilage-inducing effects after luxS deletion. However, these deficiencies could be offset with the exogenous supply of circulating substances mentioned above. Our findings suggested that the luxS deletion would reduce the spoilage ability of SHP, which was potentially attributed to the disorder of AMC and AI-2 QS system.
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- Zhiheng Hu
- College of Food Science and Engineering, Hainan Tropical Ocean University, Yazhou Bay Innovation Institute, Marine Food Engineering Technology Research Center of Hainan Province, Collaborative Innovation Center of Marine Food Deep Processing, Sanya 572022, China; United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Ueda 3-8-18, Morioka, Iwate 020-8550, Japan
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- College of Food Science and Engineering, Hainan Tropical Ocean University, Yazhou Bay Innovation Institute, Marine Food Engineering Technology Research Center of Hainan Province, Collaborative Innovation Center of Marine Food Deep Processing, Sanya 572022, China
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, Ueda 3-8-18, Morioka, Iwate 020-8550, Japan; Agri-Innovation Center, Iwate University, Ueda 3-8-18, Morioka, Iwate 020-8550, Japan
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- College of Food Science and Engineering, Hainan Tropical Ocean University, Yazhou Bay Innovation Institute, Marine Food Engineering Technology Research Center of Hainan Province, Collaborative Innovation Center of Marine Food Deep Processing, Sanya 572022, China
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- College of Food Science and Engineering, Hainan Tropical Ocean University, Yazhou Bay Innovation Institute, Marine Food Engineering Technology Research Center of Hainan Province, Collaborative Innovation Center of Marine Food Deep Processing, Sanya 572022, China
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- College of Food Science and Engineering, Hainan Tropical Ocean University, Yazhou Bay Innovation Institute, Marine Food Engineering Technology Research Center of Hainan Province, Collaborative Innovation Center of Marine Food Deep Processing, Sanya 572022, China
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- Key Laboratory of Medicinal and Edible Plants Resources Development of Sichuan Education Department, Sichuan Industrial Institute of Antibiotics, School of Pharmacy, Chengdu University, Chengdu 610106, China
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- College of Food Science and Engineering, Hainan Tropical Ocean University, Yazhou Bay Innovation Institute, Marine Food Engineering Technology Research Center of Hainan Province, Collaborative Innovation Center of Marine Food Deep Processing, Sanya 572022, China.
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Kim JM, Jung J. Highly chromophoric fluorescent-labeled methionyl-initiator tRNAs applicable in living cells. Biotechnol J 2024; 19:e2300579. [PMID: 38494424 DOI: 10.1002/biot.202300579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2023] [Revised: 02/05/2024] [Accepted: 02/12/2024] [Indexed: 03/19/2024]
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Fluorescent initiator tRNAs (tRNAi) play a crucial role in studying protein synthesis, yet generating highly fluorescent tRNAi complexes remains challenging. We present an optimized strategy to effectively generate highly fluorescent initiator-tRNA complexes in living cells. Our strategy allows the generation of Fluo-Met-tRNAiMet complexes. These complexes can have highly chromogenic N-terminal labeling. For generating such complexes, we use either purified fluorescent methionine (PFM) or non-purified fluorescently labeled methionine (NPFM). Furthermore, PFM promotes the active generation of endogenous tRNAi in cells, leading to highly efficient Fluo-Met-tRNAiMet complexes. Finally, PFM-tRNAiMet complexes also facilitate the visualization of native fluorescently labeled Tat binding to beads. This demonstrates the potential of our approach to advance precision protein engineering and biotechnology applications.
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- Jung Min Kim
- Ojeong Resilience Institute, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Clemmensen FK, Areskeviciute A, Lund EL, Roos P. Variably protease-sensitive prionopathy with methionine homozygosity at codon 129 in the prion protein gene. BMJ Case Rep 2024; 17:e258199. [PMID: 38388201 PMCID: PMC10884235 DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2023-258199] [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] [Indexed: 02/24/2024] Open
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Variably protease-sensitive prionopathy (VPSPr) is a recently characterised rare subtype of sporadic prion disease, mainly affecting individuals with valine homozygosity at codon 129 in the prion protein gene, with only seven methionine homozygote cases reported to date. This case presents clinical, neuropathological and biochemical features of the eighth VPSPr case worldwide with methionine homozygosity at codon 129 and compares the features with the formerly presented cases.The patient, a woman in her 70s, presented with cognitive decline, impaired balance and frequent falls. Medical history and clinical presentation were suggestive of a rapidly progressive dementia disorder. MRI showed bilateral thalamic hyperintensity. Cerebrospinal fluid real-time quaking-induced conversion was negative, and the electroencephalogram was unremarkable. The diagnosis was established through post-mortem pathological examinations. VPSPr should be suspected in rapidly progressive dementia lacking typical features or paraclinical results of protein misfolding diseases.
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- Frederikke Kragh Clemmensen
- Danish Dementia Research Centre, Department of Neurology, Copenhagen University Hospital - Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Danish Reference Centre for Prion Disease, Department of Pathology, Copenhagen University Hospital - Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Danish Reference Centre for Prion Disease, Department of Pathology, Copenhagen University Hospital - Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Danish Dementia Research Centre, Department of Neurology, Copenhagen University Hospital - Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Duo H, Chhabra R, Muthusamy V, Zunjare RU, Hossain F. Assessing sequence variation, haplotype analysis and molecular characterisation of aspartate kinase2 (ask2) gene regulating methionine biosynthesis in diverse maize inbreds. Mol Genet Genomics 2024; 299:7. [PMID: 38349549 DOI: 10.1007/s00438-024-02096-8] [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: 03/05/2023] [Accepted: 11/02/2023] [Indexed: 02/15/2024]
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Traditional maize grain is deficient in methionine, an essential amino acid required for proper growth and development in humans and poultry birds. Thus, development of high methionine maize (HMM) assumes great significance in alleviating malnutrition through sustainable and cost-effective approach. Of various genetic loci, aspartate kinase2 (ask2) gene plays a pivotal role in regulating methionine accumulation in maize. Here, we sequenced the entire ask2 gene of 5394 bp with 13 exons in five wild and five mutant maize inbreds to understand variation at nucleotide level. Sequence analysis revealed that an SNP in exon-13 caused thymine to adenine transversion giving rise to a favourable mutant allele associated with leucine to glutamine substitution in mutant ASK2 protein. Gene-based diversity analysis with 11 InDel markers grouped 48 diverse inbreds into three major clusters with an average genetic dissimilarity of 0.570 (range, 0.0-0.9). The average major allele frequency, gene diversity and PIC are 0.693, 0.408 and 0.341, respectively. A total of 45 haplotypes of the ask2 gene were identified among the maize inbreds. Evolutionary relationship analysis performed among 22 orthologues grouped them into five major clusters. The number of exons varied from 7 to 17, with length varying from 12 to 495 bp among orthologues. ASK2 protein with 565 amino acids was predicted to be in homo-dimeric state with lysine and tartaric acid as binding ligands. Amino acid kinase and ACT domains were found to be conserved in maize and orthologues. The study depicted the presence of enough genetic diversity in ask2 gene in maize, and development of HMM can be accelerated through introgression of favourable allele of ask2 into the parental lines of elite hybrids using molecular breeding.
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- Hriipulou Duo
- ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India
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- ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India
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- ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India.
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Norikane T, Mitamura K, Yamamoto Y, Manabe Y, Murao M, Arai-Okuda H, Hatakeyama T, Miyake K, Nishiyama Y. Comparative evaluation of 11C-methionine and 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography for distinguishing between primary central nervous system lymphoma and isocitrate dehydrogenase-wildtype glioblastoma. J Neurooncol 2024; 166:195-201. [PMID: 38160415 DOI: 10.1007/s11060-023-04534-w] [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: 11/12/2023] [Accepted: 12/07/2023] [Indexed: 01/03/2024]
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PURPOSE Distinguishing between primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL) and isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH)-wildtype glioblastoma is important for therapeutic decision-making. This study aimed to compare the performance of 11C-methionine (MET) and 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) for distinguishing between these two major malignant brain tumors. METHODS We retrospectively conducted qualitative and semiquantitative analyses of pre-treatment MET and FDG PET/computed tomography (CT) images of 22 patients with PCNSL and 64 patients with IDH-wildtype glioblastoma. For semiquantitative analysis, we calculated the tumor-to-normal tissue (T/N) ratio by dividing the maximum standardized uptake value (SUV) for the tumor (T) by the average SUV for the normal tissue (N). For performance evaluation, we employed receiver operating characteristic curve analysis and calculated the areas under the curve (AUC) values. RESULTS In the qualitative analysis, all PCNSLs and IDH-wildtype glioblastomas were MET-positive, while 95% and 84% of PCNSLs and IDH-wildtype glioblastomas, respectively, were FDG-positive. Eleven patients were excluded from the FDG PET/CT semiquantitative analysis because of hyperglycemia. There was no difference in MET T/N ratio between PCNSL and IDH-wildtype glioblastoma (p = 0.37). FDG T/N ratio was significantly higher in PCNSL than in IDH-wildtype glioblastoma (p < 0.001). The AUC value for distinguishing PCNSL from IDH-wildtype glioblastoma was significantly higher for the FDG T/N ratio (0.871) than for the MET T/N ratio (0.565) (p = 0.0027). CONCLUSION MET PET could detect both PCNSL and IDH-wildtype glioblastoma, but unlike FDG PET, it could not distinguish between these two major malignant brain tumors.
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- Takashi Norikane
- Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, 1750-1 Ikenobe, Miki-cho, Kita-gun, Kagawa, 761-0793, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, 1750-1 Ikenobe, Miki-cho, Kita-gun, Kagawa, 761-0793, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, 1750-1 Ikenobe, Miki-cho, Kita-gun, Kagawa, 761-0793, Japan.
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- Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, 1750-1 Ikenobe, Miki-cho, Kita-gun, Kagawa, 761-0793, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, 1750-1 Ikenobe, Miki-cho, Kita-gun, Kagawa, 761-0793, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, 1750-1 Ikenobe, Miki-cho, Kita-gun, Kagawa, 761-0793, Japan
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Miki-cho, Kagawa, Japan
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Miki-cho, Kagawa, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, 1750-1 Ikenobe, Miki-cho, Kita-gun, Kagawa, 761-0793, Japan
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Vega AA, Marshall EA, Noonan AJC, Filho FSL, Yang J, Stewart GL, Johnson FD, Vucic EA, Pewarchuk ME, Shah PP, Clem BF, Nislow C, Lam S, Lockwood WW, Hallam SJ, Leung JM, Beverly LJ, Lam WL. Methionine-producing tumor micro(be) environment fuels growth of solid tumors. Cell Oncol (Dordr) 2023; 46:1659-1673. [PMID: 37318751 DOI: 10.1007/s13402-023-00832-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [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] [Accepted: 05/17/2023] [Indexed: 06/16/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Recent studies have uncovered the near-ubiquitous presence of microbes in solid tumors of diverse origins. Previous literature has shown the impact of specific bacterial species on the progression of cancer. We propose that local microbial dysbiosis enables certain cancer phenotypes through provisioning of essential metabolites directly to tumor cells. METHODS 16S rDNA sequencing of 75 patient lung samples revealed the lung tumor microbiome specifically enriched for bacteria capable of producing methionine. Wild-type (WT) and methionine auxotrophic (metA mutant) E. coli cells were used to condition cell culture media and the proliferation of lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) cells were measured using SYTO60 staining. Further, colony forming assay, Annexin V Staining, BrdU, AlamarBlue, western blot, qPCR, LINE microarray and subcutaneous injection with methionine modulated feed were used to analyze cellular proliferation, cell-cycle, cell death, methylation potential, and xenograft formation under methionine restriction. Moreover, C14-labeled glucose was used to illustrate the interplay between tumor cells and bacteria. RESULTS/DISCUSSION Our results show bacteria found locally within the tumor microenvironment are enriched for methionine synthetic pathways, while having reduced S-adenosylmethionine metabolizing pathways. As methionine is one of nine essential amino acids that mammals are unable to synthesize de novo, we investigated a potentially novel function for the microbiome, supplying essential nutrients, such as methionine, to cancer cells. We demonstrate that LUAD cells can utilize methionine generated by bacteria to rescue phenotypes that would otherwise be inhibited due to nutrient restriction. In addition to this, with WT and metA mutant E. coli, we saw a selective advantage for bacteria with an intact methionine synthetic pathway to survive under the conditions induced by LUAD cells. These results would suggest that there is a potential bi-directional cross-talk between the local microbiome and adjacent tumor cells. In this study, we focused on methionine as one of the critical molecules, but we also hypothesize that additional bacterial metabolites may also be utilized by LUAD. Indeed, our radiolabeling data suggest that other biomolecules are shared between cancer cells and bacteria. Thus, modulating the local microbiome may have an indirect effect on tumor development, progression, and metastasis.
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- Alexis A Vega
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA
- Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville School of Medicine, 505 S. Hancock St. Rm 204, Louisville, KY, 40202, USA
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- Integrative Oncology, BC Cancer Research Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- Interdisciplinary Oncology Program, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Genome Science and Technology Program, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- ECOSCOPE Training Program, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Centre for Heart Lung Innovation, St Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Integrative Oncology, BC Cancer Research Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- Interdisciplinary Oncology Program, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Integrative Oncology, BC Cancer Research Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- Interdisciplinary Oncology Program, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Integrative Oncology, BC Cancer Research Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- Interdisciplinary Oncology Program, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville School of Medicine, 505 S. Hancock St. Rm 204, Louisville, KY, 40202, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA
- Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville School of Medicine, 505 S. Hancock St. Rm 204, Louisville, KY, 40202, USA
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Integrative Oncology, BC Cancer Research Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Integrative Oncology, BC Cancer Research Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- Interdisciplinary Oncology Program, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Genome Science and Technology Program, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- ECOSCOPE Training Program, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- Bioinformatics Program, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- Biofactorial High-Throughput Biology Facility, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Centre for Heart Lung Innovation, St Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville School of Medicine, 505 S. Hancock St. Rm 204, Louisville, KY, 40202, USA.
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- Integrative Oncology, BC Cancer Research Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- Interdisciplinary Oncology Program, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Ling Y, Jinshi Z, Yilu Q, Jinjin L, Mei L, Weilin Z. Transcriptome profiling reveals ethylene formation in rice seeds by trichloroisocyanuric acid. Plant Cell Rep 2023; 42:1721-1732. [PMID: 37594528 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-023-03058-x] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2023] [Accepted: 08/03/2023] [Indexed: 08/19/2023]
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KEY MESSAGE Ethylene formation via methionine reacting with trichloroisocyanuric acid under FeSO4 condition in a non-enzymatical manner provides one economically and efficiently novel ethylene-forming approach in planta. Rice seed germination can be stimulated by trichloroisocyanuric acid (TCICA). However, the molecular basis of TCICA in stimulating rice seed germination remains unclear. In this study, the molecular mechanism on how TCICA stimulated rice seed germination was examined via comparative transcriptome. Results showed that clustering of transcripts of TCICA-treated seeds, water-treated seeds, and dry seeds was clearly separated. Twenty-two and three hundred differentially expressed genes were identified as TCICA treatment responsive genes and TCICA treatment potentially responsive genes, respectively. Two and one TCICA treatment responsive genes were involved in ethylene signal transduction and iron homeostasis, respectively. Seventeen of the three hundred TCICA treatment potentially responsive genes were significantly annotated to iron ion binding. Meanwhile, level of methionine (ethylene precursor) showed a 73.9% decrease in response to TCICA treatment. Ethylene was then proved to produce via methionine reacting with TCICA under FeSO4 condition in vitro. Revealing ethylene formation by TCICA not only may bring novel insights into crosstalk between ethylene and other phytohormones during rice seed germination, but also may provide one economically and efficiently novel approach to producing ethylene in planta independently of the ethylene biosynthesis in plants and thereby may broaden its applications in investigational and applied purposes.
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- Yang Ling
- College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, 321004, People's Republic of China
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- College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, 321004, People's Republic of China
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- College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, 321004, People's Republic of China
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- College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, 321004, People's Republic of China
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- Analysis Center of Agrobiology and Environmental Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, People's Republic of China.
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- College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, 321004, People's Republic of China.
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Serdyukova K, Swearingen AR, Coradin M, Nevo M, Tran H, Bajric E, Brumbaugh J. Leveraging dominant-negative histone H3 K-to-M mutations to study chromatin during differentiation and development. Development 2023; 150:dev202169. [PMID: 37846748 PMCID: PMC10617616 DOI: 10.1242/dev.202169] [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] [Indexed: 10/18/2023]
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Histone modifications are associated with regulation of gene expression that controls a vast array of biological processes. Often, these associations are drawn by correlating the genomic location of a particular histone modification with gene expression or phenotype; however, establishing a causal relationship between histone marks and biological processes remains challenging. Consequently, there is a strong need for experimental approaches to directly manipulate histone modifications. A class of mutations on the N-terminal tail of histone H3, lysine-to-methionine (K-to-M) mutations, was identified as dominant-negative inhibitors of histone methylation at their respective and specific residues. The dominant-negative nature of K-to-M mutants makes them a valuable tool for studying the function of specific methylation marks on histone H3. Here, we review recent applications of K-to-M mutations to understand the role of histone methylation during development and homeostasis. We highlight important advantages and limitations that require consideration when using K-to-M mutants, particularly in a developmental context.
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- Ksenia Serdyukova
- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
- University of Colorado Cancer Center, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
- Charles C. Gates Center for Regenerative Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
- University of Colorado Cancer Center, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
- Charles C. Gates Center for Regenerative Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
- University of Colorado Cancer Center, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
- Charles C. Gates Center for Regenerative Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
- University of Colorado Cancer Center, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
- Charles C. Gates Center for Regenerative Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
- University of Colorado Cancer Center, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
- Charles C. Gates Center for Regenerative Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
- University of Colorado Cancer Center, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
- Charles C. Gates Center for Regenerative Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
- University of Colorado Cancer Center, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
- Charles C. Gates Center for Regenerative Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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Hertenstein E, Kuhn M, Landmann N, Maier JG, Schneider CL, Fehér KD, Frase L, Riemann D, Feige B, Nissen C. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor genetic polymorphism rs6265 and creativity. PLoS One 2023; 18:e0291397. [PMID: 37703265 PMCID: PMC10499242 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0291397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2023] [Accepted: 08/25/2023] [Indexed: 09/15/2023] Open
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The protein brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) promotes neural plasticity of the central nervous system and plays an important role for learning and memory. A single nucleotide polymorphism (rs6265) at position 66 in the pro-region of the human BDNF gene, resulting in a substitution of the amino acid valine (val) with methionine (met), leads to attenuated BDNF secretion and has been associated with reduced neurocognitive function. Inhomogeneous results have been found regarding the effect of the BDNF genotype on behavior. We determined the BDNF genotype and performance on the Compound Remote Associate (CRA) task as a common measure of creativity in 76 healthy university students. In our main analyses, we did not find significant differences between met-carriers (n = 30) and non-met carriers (n = 46). In a secondary analysis, we found that met-carriers had a slower solution time (medium effect size) for items of medium difficulty. Our results suggest that met-carriers and non-met-carriers do not generally differ regarding their creativity, but non-met-carriers may have a certain advantage when it comes to moderately difficult problems. The wider literature suggests that both genetic variants come with advantages and disadvantages. Future research needs to sharpen our understanding of the disadvantages and, potentially, advantages met allele carriers may have.
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- Elisabeth Hertenstein
- Faculty of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
- University Hospital of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Faculty of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical Center–University of Freiburg, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Faculty of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical Center–University of Freiburg, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- University Hospital of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Faculty of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical Center–University of Freiburg, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
- Faculty of Medicine, Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Medical Center–University of Freiburg, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Faculty of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical Center–University of Freiburg, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Faculty of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical Center–University of Freiburg, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Faculty of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
- Division of Psychiatric Specialties, Department of Psychiatry, Geneva University Hospitals (HUG), Geneva, Switzerland
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Işıldak U, Dönertaş HM. Evolutionary paths to mammalian longevity through the lens of gene expression. EMBO J 2023; 42:e114879. [PMID: 37519235 PMCID: PMC10476271 DOI: 10.15252/embj.2023114879] [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: 06/29/2023] [Accepted: 07/18/2023] [Indexed: 08/01/2023] Open
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The natural variation in mammalian longevity and its underlying mechanisms remain an active area of aging research. In the latest issue of The EMBO Journal, Liu et al (2023) analyze gene expression levels in 103 mammalian species across three tissues, revealing tissue-specific associations between gene expression patterns and longevity. Remarkably, the study suggests that methionine restriction, a strategy shown to increase lifespan, may extend beyond artificial interventions and is similarly employed by natural selection.
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- Ulaş Işıldak
- Leibniz Institute on Aging ‐ Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI)LeibnizGermany
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Li H, Mo P, Zhang J, Xie Z, Liu X, Chen H, Yang L, Liu M, Zhang H, Wang P, Zhang Z. Methionine biosynthesis enzyme MoMet2 is required for rice blast fungus pathogenicity by promoting virulence gene expression via reducing 5mC modification. PLoS Genet 2023; 19:e1010927. [PMID: 37733784 PMCID: PMC10547190 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1010927] [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: 04/12/2023] [Revised: 10/03/2023] [Accepted: 08/20/2023] [Indexed: 09/23/2023] Open
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The emergence of fungicide resistance severely threatens crop production by limiting the availability and application of established fungicides. Therefore, it is urgent to identify new fungicidal targets for controlling plant diseases. Here, we characterized the function of a conserved homoserine O-acetyltransferase (HOA) from the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae that could serve as the candidate antifungal target. Deletion of the MoMET2 and MoCYS2 genes encoding HOAs perturbed the biosynthesis of methionine and S-adenyl methionine, a methyl group donor for epigenetic modifications, and severely attenuated the development and virulence of M. oryzae. The ∆Momet2 mutant is significantly increased in 5-methylcytosine (5mC) modification that represses the expression of genes required for pathogenicity, including MoGLIK and MoCDH-CYT. We further showed that host-induced gene silencing (HIGS) targeting MoMET2 and MoCYS2 effectively controls rice blasts. Our studies revealed the importance of HOA in the development and virulence of M. oryzae, which suggests the potential feasibility of HOA as new targets for novel anti-rice blast measurements.
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- Huimin Li
- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, and Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests, Ministry of Education, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, and Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests, Ministry of Education, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, and Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests, Ministry of Education, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, and Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests, Ministry of Education, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, and Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests, Ministry of Education, Nanjing, China
- The Key Laboratory of Plant Immunity, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, and Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests, Ministry of Education, Nanjing, China
- The Key Laboratory of Plant Immunity, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, and Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests, Ministry of Education, Nanjing, China
- The Key Laboratory of Plant Immunity, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, and Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests, Ministry of Education, Nanjing, China
- The Key Laboratory of Plant Immunity, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, and Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests, Ministry of Education, Nanjing, China
- The Key Laboratory of Plant Immunity, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Parasitology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
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- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, and Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests, Ministry of Education, Nanjing, China
- The Key Laboratory of Plant Immunity, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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Rahikainen M. Behind the seeds: Genetically engineered methionine-rich Arabidopsis seeds show altered metabolism and DNA methylation. Plant Physiol 2023; 193:179-181. [PMID: 37369094 PMCID: PMC10469355 DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiad367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2023] [Revised: 06/15/2023] [Accepted: 06/17/2023] [Indexed: 06/29/2023]
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- Moona Rahikainen
- Plant Physiology, American Society of Plant Biologists, Rockville, MD, USA
- Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki FI-00014, Finland
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Fang L, Hao Y, Yu H, Gu X, Peng Q, Zhuo H, Li Y, Liu Z, Wang J, Chen Y, Zhang J, Tian H, Gao Y, Gao R, Teng H, Shan Z, Zhu J, Li Z, Liu Y, Zhang Y, Yu F, Lin Z, Hao Y, Ge X, Yuan J, Hu HG, Ma Y, Qin HL, Wang P. Methionine restriction promotes cGAS activation and chromatin untethering through demethylation to enhance antitumor immunity. Cancer Cell 2023; 41:1118-1133.e12. [PMID: 37267951 DOI: 10.1016/j.ccell.2023.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2021] [Revised: 01/08/2023] [Accepted: 05/08/2023] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Cyclic GMP-AMP synthase (cGAS) is the major sensor for cytosolic DNA and activates type I interferon signaling and plays an essential role in antitumor immunity. However, it remains unclear whether the cGAS-mediated antitumor activity is affected by nutrient status. Here, our study reports that methionine deprivation enhances cGAS activity by blocking its methylation, which is catalyzed by methyltransferase SUV39H1. We further show that methylation enhances the chromatin sequestration of cGAS in a UHRF1-dependent manner. Blocking cGAS methylation enhances cGAS-mediated antitumor immunity and suppresses colorectal tumorigenesis. Clinically, cGAS methylation in human cancers correlates with poor prognosis. Thus, our results indicate that nutrient stress promotes cGAS activation via reversible methylation, and suggest a potential therapeutic strategy for targeting cGAS methylation in cancer treatment.
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- Lan Fang
- Tongji University Cancer Center, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai 200072, China.
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- Tongji University Cancer Center, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai 200072, China
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- Tongji University Cancer Center, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai 200072, China
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- Tongji University Cancer Center, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai 200072, China
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- Tongji University Cancer Center, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai 200072, China
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- Tongji University Cancer Center, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai 200072, China
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- Tongji University Cancer Center, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai 200072, China
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- Tongji University Cancer Center, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai 200072, China
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- Tongji University Cancer Center, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai 200072, China
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- Tongji University Cancer Center, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai 200072, China
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- Tongji University Cancer Center, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai 200072, China
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- Tongji University Cancer Center, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai 200072, China
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- Tongji University Cancer Center, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai 200072, China
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- Tongji University Cancer Center, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai 200072, China
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- Tongji University Cancer Center, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai 200072, China
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- Tongji University Cancer Center, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai 200072, China
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- Tongji University Cancer Center, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai 200072, China
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- Tongji University Cancer Center, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai 200072, China
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- Tongji University Cancer Center, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai 200072, China
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- Tongji University Cancer Center, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai 200072, China
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- Institute of Nuclear Medicine, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200072, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oncogenes and Related Genes, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200032, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oncogenes and Related Genes, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Tongji University Cancer Center, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai 200072, China
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- Tongji University Cancer Center, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai 200072, China
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- Insititute of Translational Medicine, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- Department of Colorectal Surgery, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Tongji University Cancer Center, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai 200072, China
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- Tongji University Cancer Center, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai 200072, China.
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Ozawa H, Kambe A, Hibi K, Murakami S, Oikawa A, Handa T, Fujiki K, Nakato R, Shirahige K, Kimura H, Shiraki N, Kume S. Transient Methionine Deprivation Triggers Histone Modification and Potentiates Differentiation of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells. Stem Cells 2023; 41:271-286. [PMID: 36472570 DOI: 10.1093/stmcls/sxac082] [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: 03/29/2022] [Accepted: 11/03/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) require high levels of methionine (Met). Met deprivation results in a rapid decrease in intracellular S-adenosyl-methionine (SAM), poising human iPSCs for differentiation and leading to the apoptosis of undifferentiated cells. Met deprivation triggers rapid metabolic changes, including SAM, followed by reversible epigenetic modifications. Here, we show that short-term Met deprivation impairs the pluripotency network through epigenetic modification in a 3D suspension culture. The trimethylation of lysine 4 on histone H3 (H3K4me3) was drastically affected compared with other histone modifications. Short-term Met deprivation specifically affects the transcription start site (TSS) region of genes, such as those involved in the transforming growth factor β pathway and cholesterol biosynthetic process, besides key pluripotent genes such as NANOG and POU5F1. The expression levels of these genes decreased, correlating with the loss of H3K4me3 marks. Upon differentiation, Met deprivation triggers the upregulation of various lineage-specific genes, including key definitive endoderm genes, such as GATA6. Upon differentiation, loss of H3K27me3 occurs in many endodermal genes, switching from a bivalent to a monovalent (H3K4me3) state. In conclusion, Met metabolism maintains the pluripotent network with histone marks, and their loss potentiates differentiation.
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- Hiroki Ozawa
- School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Cell Biology Center, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
- Cell Biology Center, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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Zhu L, Chen L, Wu C, Shan W, Cai D, Lin Z, Wei W, Chen J, Lu W, Kuang J. Methionine oxidation and reduction of the ethylene signaling component MaEIL9 are involved in banana fruit ripening. J Integr Plant Biol 2023; 65:150-166. [PMID: 36103229 DOI: 10.1111/jipb.13363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2022] [Accepted: 09/02/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The ethylene insensitive 3/ethylene insensitive 3-like (EIN3/EIL) plays an indispensable role in fruit ripening. However, the regulatory mechanism that links post-translational modification of EIN3/EIL to fruit ripening is largely unknown. Here, we studied the expression of 13 MaEIL genes during banana fruit ripening, among which MaEIL9 displayed higher enhancement particularly in the ripening stage. Consistent with its transcript pattern, abundance of MaEIL9 protein gradually increased during the ripening process, with maximal enhancement in the ripening. DNA affinity purification (DAP)-seq analysis revealed that MaEIL9 directly targets a subset of genes related to fruit ripening, such as the starch hydrolytic genes MaAMY3D and MaBAM1. Stably overexpressing MaEIL9 in tomato fruit hastened fruit ripening, whereas transiently silencing this gene in banana fruit retarded the ripening process, supporting a positive role of MaEIL9 in fruit ripening. Moreover, oxidation of methionines (Met-129, Met-130, and Met-282) in MaEIL9 resulted in the loss of its DNA-binding capacity and transcriptional activation activity. Importantly, we identified MaEIL9 as a potential substrate protein of methionine sulfoxide reductase A MaMsrA4, and oxidation of Met-129, Met-130, and Met-282 in MaEIL9 could be restored by MaMsrA4. Collectively, our findings reveal a novel regulatory network controlling banana fruit ripening, which involves MaMsrA4-mediated redox regulation of the ethylene signaling component MaEIL9.
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- Lisha Zhu
- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources/Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Postharvest Science of Fruits and Vegetables/Engineering Research Center of Southern Horticultural Products Preservation, Ministry of Education, College of Horticulture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops (South China), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Horticulture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources/Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Postharvest Science of Fruits and Vegetables/Engineering Research Center of Southern Horticultural Products Preservation, Ministry of Education, College of Horticulture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources/Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Postharvest Science of Fruits and Vegetables/Engineering Research Center of Southern Horticultural Products Preservation, Ministry of Education, College of Horticulture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources/Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Postharvest Science of Fruits and Vegetables/Engineering Research Center of Southern Horticultural Products Preservation, Ministry of Education, College of Horticulture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources/Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Postharvest Science of Fruits and Vegetables/Engineering Research Center of Southern Horticultural Products Preservation, Ministry of Education, College of Horticulture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources/Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Postharvest Science of Fruits and Vegetables/Engineering Research Center of Southern Horticultural Products Preservation, Ministry of Education, College of Horticulture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources/Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Postharvest Science of Fruits and Vegetables/Engineering Research Center of Southern Horticultural Products Preservation, Ministry of Education, College of Horticulture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources/Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Postharvest Science of Fruits and Vegetables/Engineering Research Center of Southern Horticultural Products Preservation, Ministry of Education, College of Horticulture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources/Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Postharvest Science of Fruits and Vegetables/Engineering Research Center of Southern Horticultural Products Preservation, Ministry of Education, College of Horticulture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China
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Wang D, Meng Y, Meng F. Genome-centric metagenomics insights into functional divergence and horizontal gene transfer of denitrifying bacteria in anammox consortia. Water Res 2022; 224:119062. [PMID: 36116192 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2022.119062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2022] [Revised: 08/21/2022] [Accepted: 09/03/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Denitrifying bacteria with high abundances in anammox communities play crucial roles in achieving stable anammox-based systems. Despite the relative constant composition of denitrifying bacteria, their functional diversity remains to be explored in anammox communities. Herein, a total of 77 high-quality metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs) of denitrifying bacteria were recovered from the anammox community in a full-scale swine wastewater treatment plant. Among these microbes, a total of 26 MAGs were affiliated with the seven dominant denitrifying genera that have total abundances higher than 1%. A meta-analysis of these species suggested that external organics reduced the abundances of genus Ignavibacterium and species MAG.305 of UTPRO2 in anammox communities. Comparative genome analysis revealed functional divergence across different denitrifying bacteria, largely owing to their distinct capabilities for carbohydrate (including endogenous and exogenous) utilization and vitamin (e.g., pantothenate and thiamine) biosynthesis. Serval microbes in this system contained fewer genes encoding biotin, pantothenate and methionine biosynthesis compared with their related species from other habitats. In addition, the genes encoding energy production and conversion (73 genes) and inorganic ion transport (53 genes) putatively transferred from other species to denitrifying bacteria, while these denitrifying bacteria (especially genera UTPRO2 and SCN-69-89) likely donated the genes encoding nutrients (e.g., inorganic ion and amino acid) transporter (64 genes) for other members to utilize new metabolites. Collectively, these findings highlighted the functional divergence of these denitrifying bacteria and speculated that the genetic interactions within anammox communities through horizontal gene transfer may be one of the reasons for their functional divergence.
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- Depeng Wang
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, PR China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control and Remediation Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, PR China; National Engineering Laboratory for Pollution Control and Waste Utilization in Livestock and Poultry Production, Changsha, Hunan 410125, PR China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, PR China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control and Remediation Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, PR China; National Engineering Laboratory for Pollution Control and Waste Utilization in Livestock and Poultry Production, Changsha, Hunan 410125, PR China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, PR China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control and Remediation Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, PR China; National Engineering Laboratory for Pollution Control and Waste Utilization in Livestock and Poultry Production, Changsha, Hunan 410125, PR China.
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Elderdery AY, Tebein EM, Alenazy FO, Elkhalifa AME, Shalabi MG, Abbas AM, Alhassan HH, Davuljigari CB, Mills J. Impact of Methionine Synthase Reductase Polymorphisms in Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Patients. Genes (Basel) 2022; 13:genes13101729. [PMID: 36292614 PMCID: PMC9602384 DOI: 10.3390/genes13101729] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2022] [Revised: 09/15/2022] [Accepted: 09/23/2022] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Introduction: Metabolism methionine and of folate play a vital function in cellular methylation reactions, DNA synthesis and epigenetic process.However, polymorphisms of methionine have received much attention in recent medical genetics research. Objectives: To ascertain whether the common polymorphisms of the MTRR (Methionine Synthase Reductase) A66G gene could play a role in affecting susceptibility to Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML) in Sudanese individuals. Methods: In a case-controlled study, we extracted and analyzed DNA from 200 CML patients and 100 healthy control subjects by the PCR-RFLP method. Results: We found no significant difference in age orgender between the patient group and controls. The MTRR A66G genotypes were distributed based on the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium (p > 0.05). The variation of MTRR A66G was less significantly frequent in cases with CML (68.35%) than in controls (87%) (OR = 0.146, 95% CI = 0.162−0.662, p < 0.002). Additionally, AG and GG genotypes and G allele were reducing the CML risk (Odds ratio [OR] = 0.365; 95% CI [0.179−0.746]; p = 0.006; OR = 0.292; 95% CI [0.145−0.590]; p = 0.001 and OR = 0.146; 95% CI [0.162−0.662]; p = 0.002 and OR = 2.0; 95% CI [1.3853−2.817]; respectively, (p = 0.000)). Conclusions: Our data demonstrated that heterozygous and homozygous mutant genotypes of MTRR polymorphisms were associated with decreased risk of developing CML in the Sudanese population.
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- Abozer Y. Elderdery
- Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Jouf University, Sakaka 72388, Saudi Arabia
- Health Sciences Research Unit, Jouf University, Sakaka 72388, Saudi Arabia
- Correspondence: (A.Y.E.); (C.B.D.)
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- College of Applied Medical Sciences, Shaqra University, Shaqra 11961, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Jouf University, Sakaka 72388, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Saudi Electronic University, Riyadh 11673, Saudi Arabia
- Department of Haematology, Faculty of Medical Laboratory Sciences, University of El Imam El Mahdi, Kosti 11588, Sudan
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Jouf University, Sakaka 72388, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Jouf University, Sakaka 72388, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Jouf University, Sakaka 72388, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Zoology, College of Sciences, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati 517502, Andhra Pradesh, India
- Correspondence: (A.Y.E.); (C.B.D.)
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- School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth PO1 2UP, UK
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Zeng WL, Liang JE, Liu YX, Wang Y. [Functional characteristics of YAP-positive hepatocytes expression in an early stage of NASH with transcriptome sequence analysis]. Zhonghua Gan Zang Bing Za Zhi 2022; 30:649-655. [PMID: 36038328 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn501113-20200702-00364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Objective: To analyze and compare the differentially expressed genes (DEGs) of Yes-associated protein (YAP)-positive and negative hepatocytes and further understand the preliminary functional characteristics of YAP-positive hepatocytes in an early mouse model of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) with transcriptome sequence (RNA-Seq). Methods: C57BL/6 mice were fed with methionine-choline deficiency (MCD) diet for 2 weeks to establish an early NASH model, and the control group was fed with normal diet. Liver tissue was stained with hematoxylin-eosin (HE) and Sirius red, and the pathological score was recorded. The expression of YAP and P-YAP were determined by immunohistochemistry (IHC) in liver tissues. Primary hepatocytes with viability greater than 90% were isolated and purified by collagenase perfusion combined with Percoll density gradient centrifugation. YAP-positive and negative hepatocytes were assessed by YAP antibody, flow cytometry and RNA-Seq analyses. Sequencing results were screened by GO, KEGG and interaction network analysis methods. RT-PCR was used to verify the expression levels of YAP and some DEGs in liver tissue model group. Two samples mean was compared by independent samples t-test. Results: Compared with the control group, the HE-stained liver tissue of MCD-induced mice at 2 weeks showed steatosis (pathological score 1.07±0.21), accompanied by lobular inflammation (pathological score 1.13±0.32) and ballooned hepatocyte (pathological score 0.80) ±0.20). Sirius red staining showed non-significant liver fibrosis (pathological score 0.40±0.40). IHC showed partial YAP-positive hepatocytes expression in an early stage of NASH. RNA-Seq analysis showed that clean reads of YAP-positive and negative hepatocytes were 49 310 604 and 5 4820 036, respectively. Compared with YAP-negative hepatocytes, YAP-positive hepatocytes had differential expression of 5 565 genes, including 1 662 up-regulated genes and 3 903 down-regulated genes. GO analysis of up-regulated genes showed that the metabolic processes related to mitochondrial functions, such as purine nucleoside triphosphate and nucleoside triphosphate were significantly enriched in biological processes (BP), while down-regulated gene analysis showed that olfactory-related receptor were significantly enriched in BP. KEGG analysis showed that DEGs were enriched in 292 pathways, and oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) pathway was significantly enriched in signaling pathway. RT-PCR validated that inflammatory factors (interleukin-1β, interleukin-6), YAP and its target genes (Cyr61, Ankrd1), and Cox5b and Sdhc genes were significantly up-regulated in the OXPHOS pathway, which was consistent with the sequencing results. In addition, eight key genes with interaction network analysis were predicted. Conclusion: Changes in hepatocyte metabolic levels may be associated with increased YAP activity in an early stage of NASH.
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- W L Zeng
- Southern Medical University School of Pharmaceutical Science, Southern Medical University Biomedical Research Center, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- Southern Medical University School of Pharmaceutical Science, Southern Medical University Biomedical Research Center, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- Southern Medical University School of Pharmaceutical Science, Southern Medical University Biomedical Research Center, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- Southern Medical University School of Pharmaceutical Science, Southern Medical University Biomedical Research Center, Guangzhou 510515, China
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Cha E, Ahn HJ, Kang W, Jung KI, Ohn SH, Bashir S, Yoo WK. Correlations between COMT polymorphism and brain structure and cognition in elderly subjects: An observational study. Medicine (Baltimore) 2022; 101:e29214. [PMID: 35550471 PMCID: PMC9276462 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000029214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2020] [Accepted: 03/14/2022] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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The catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) gene has been noted to play an important role in individual variations in the aging process. We investigated whether COMT polymorphism could influence cognition related to white matter networks. More specifically, we examined whether methionine (Met) allele loading is associated with better individual cognitive performance. Thirty-four healthy elderly participants were recruited; each participant's COMT genotype was determined, and Korean version of Montreal Cognitive Assessment scores and a diffusion tensor image were obtained for all participants. The Met carrier group showed significantly lower mean diffusivity, axial diffusivity, and radial diffusivity values for the right hippocampus, thalamus, uncinate fasciculus, and left caudate nucleus than the valine homozygote group. The Met carrier group also scored higher for executive function and attention on the Korean version of Montreal Cognitive Assessment. Based on these results, we can assume that the COMT Met allele has a protective effect on cognitive decline contributing to individual differences in cognitive function in late life period.
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- Eunsil Cha
- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Anyang, Republic of Korea
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- Hallym Institute of Translational Genomics & Bioinformatics, Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, Anyang, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Anyang, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Anyang, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Anyang, Republic of Korea
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- Neuroscience Center, King Fahad Specialist Hospital Dammam, Dammam, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Anyang, Republic of Korea
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Golbourn BJ, Halbert ME, Halligan K, Varadharajan S, Krug B, Mbah NE, Kabir N, Stanton ACJ, Locke AL, Casillo SM, Zhao Y, Sanders LM, Cheney A, Mullett SJ, Chen A, Wassell M, Andren A, Perez J, Jane EP, Premkumar DRD, Koncar RF, Mirhadi S, McCarl LH, Chang YF, Wu YL, Gatesman TA, Cruz AF, Zapotocky M, Hu B, Kohanbash G, Wang X, Vartanian A, Moran MF, Lieberman F, Amankulor NM, Wendell SG, Vaske OM, Panigrahy A, Felker J, Bertrand KC, Kleinman CL, Rich JN, Friedlander RM, Broniscer A, Lyssiotis C, Jabado N, Pollack IF, Mack SC, Agnihotri S. Loss of MAT2A compromises methionine metabolism and represents a vulnerability in H3K27M mutant glioma by modulating the epigenome. Nat Cancer 2022; 3:629-648. [PMID: 35422502 PMCID: PMC9551679 DOI: 10.1038/s43018-022-00348-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2020] [Accepted: 02/18/2022] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Diffuse midline gliomas (DMGs) bearing driver mutations of histone 3 lysine 27 (H3K27M) are incurable brain tumors with unique epigenomes. Here, we generated a syngeneic H3K27M mouse model to study the amino acid metabolic dependencies of these tumors. H3K27M mutant cells were highly dependent on methionine. Interrogating the methionine cycle dependency through a short-interfering RNA screen identified the enzyme methionine adenosyltransferase 2A (MAT2A) as a critical vulnerability in these tumors. This vulnerability was not mediated through the canonical mechanism of MTAP deletion; instead, DMG cells have lower levels of MAT2A protein, which is mediated by negative feedback induced by the metabolite decarboxylated S-adenosyl methionine. Depletion of residual MAT2A induces global depletion of H3K36me3, a chromatin mark of transcriptional elongation perturbing oncogenic and developmental transcriptional programs. Moreover, methionine-restricted diets extended survival in multiple models of DMG in vivo. Collectively, our results suggest that MAT2A presents an exploitable therapeutic vulnerability in H3K27M gliomas.
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- Brian J Golbourn
- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- John G. Rangos Sr. Research Center, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- John G. Rangos Sr. Research Center, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- Pediatrics, Division of Hematology-Oncology Program, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Cancer and Hematology Centers, Dan L. Duncan Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Human Genetics, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Department of Pediatrics, McGill University, The Research Institute of the McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Human Genetics, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Lady Davis Research Institute, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- John G. Rangos Sr. Research Center, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- John G. Rangos Sr. Research Center, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Cancer and Hematology Centers, Dan L. Duncan Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA, USA
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- Department of Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA, USA
- University of California Santa Cruz Genomics Institute, Santa Cruz, CA, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- John G. Rangos Sr. Research Center, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Etiological Biology, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou, PR China
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- John G. Rangos Sr. Research Center, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- John G. Rangos Sr. Research Center, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- John G. Rangos Sr. Research Center, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- John G. Rangos Sr. Research Center, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- John G. Rangos Sr. Research Center, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- John G. Rangos Sr. Research Center, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Developmental Biology, University of Pittsburgh and Rangos Research Center Animal Imaging Core, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- John G. Rangos Sr. Research Center, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- John G. Rangos Sr. Research Center, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Second Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and University Hospital Motol, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- John G. Rangos Sr. Research Center, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- John G. Rangos Sr. Research Center, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Neurology, Adult Neurooncology Program, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA, USA
- University of California Santa Cruz Genomics Institute, Santa Cruz, CA, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Program, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Human Genetics, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Lady Davis Research Institute, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- John G. Rangos Sr. Research Center, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- Pediatrics, Division of Hematology-Oncology Program, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Human Genetics, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Department of Pediatrics, McGill University, The Research Institute of the McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- John G. Rangos Sr. Research Center, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Cancer and Hematology Centers, Dan L. Duncan Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
- Department of Developmental Neurobiology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA.
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
- John G. Rangos Sr. Research Center, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
- Department of Neurobiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
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Prías-Blanco M, Chappell TM, Freed EF, Illa-Berenguer E, Eckert CA, Parrott WA. An Agrobacterium strain auxotrophic for methionine is useful for switchgrass transformation. Transgenic Res 2022; 31:661-676. [PMID: 36239844 PMCID: PMC9747830 DOI: 10.1007/s11248-022-00328-4] [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] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2022] [Accepted: 09/26/2022] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Auxotrophic strains of Agrobacterium tumefaciens can contribute to the development of more efficient transformation systems, especially for crops historically considered recalcitrant. Homologous recombination was used to derive methionine auxotrophs of two common A. tumefaciens strains, LBA4404 and EHA105. The EHA105 strains were more efficient for switchgrass transformation, while both the EHA105 and LBA4404 strains worked equally well for the rice control. Event quality, as measured by transgene copy number, was not affected by auxotrophy, but was higher for the LBA4404 strains than the EHA105 strains. Ultimately, the use of auxotrophs reduced bacterial overgrowth during co-cultivation and decreased the need for antibiotics.
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- Mónica Prías-Blanco
- Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
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- Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
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- Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute (RASEI), University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA
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- Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute (RASEI), University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA
- Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA
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- Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA.
- Center for Applied Genetic Technologies, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA.
- Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA.
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Shen Y, Zhang H, Yao S, Su F, Wang H, Yin J, Fang Y, Tan L, Zhang K, Fan X, Zhong M, Zhou Q, He J, Zhang Z. Methionine oxidation of CLK4 promotes the metabolic switch and redox homeostasis in esophageal carcinoma via inhibiting MITF selective autophagy. Clin Transl Med 2022; 12:e719. [PMID: 35092699 PMCID: PMC8800482 DOI: 10.1002/ctm2.719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2021] [Revised: 01/08/2022] [Accepted: 01/14/2022] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Metabolic reprogramming and redox homeostasis contribute to esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). CDC-like kinase 4 (CLK4) is a dual-specificity kinase that can phosphorylate substrates' tyrosine or serine/threonine residue. However, the role and mechanism of CLK4 in ESCC remain unknown. METHODS CLK4 expression was analysed using publicly available datasets and confirmed in ESCC tissues and cell lines. The biological roles of CLK4 were studied with gain and loss-of-function experiments. Mass spectrometry was employed to examine the effects of CLK4 on metabolic profiling. In vitro kinase assay, co-immunoprecipitation, glutathione S-transferase pulldown, chromatin immunoprecipitation and luciferase reporter were used to elucidate the relationship among CLK4, microphthalmia-associated transcription factor (MITF), COP1 and ZRANB1. RESULTS CLK4 down-regulation was observed in ESCC cell lines and clinical samples and associated with the methylation of its promoter. Low levels of CLK4 promoted ESCC development by affecting the purine synthesis pathway and nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH)/nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADP+ ) ratio. Interestingly, CLK4 inhibited ESCC development by blocking MITF-enhanced de novo purine synthesis and redox balance. Mechanistically, wild type CLK4 (WT-CLK4) but not kinase-dead CLK4-K189R mutant phosphorylated MITF at Y360. This modification promoted its interaction with E3 ligase COP1 and its K63-linked ubiquitination at K308/K372, leading to sequestosome 1 recognition and autophagic degradation. However, the deubiquitinase ZRANB1 rescued MITF ubiquitination and degradation. In turn, MITF bound to E- rather than M-boxes in CLK4 promoter and transcriptionally down-regulated its expression in ESCC. Clinically, the negative correlations were observed between CLK4, MITF, and purine metabolic markers, which predicts a poor clinical outcome of ESCC patients. Notably, CLK4 itself was a redox-sensitive kinase, and its methionine oxidation at M307 impaired kinase activity, enhanced mitochondria length and inhibited lipid peroxidation, contributing to ESCC. CONCLUSIONS Our data highlight the potential role of CLK4 in modulating redox status and nucleotide metabolism, suggesting potential therapeutic targets in ESCC treatment.
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- Yaxing Shen
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Xiang Ya School of Medicine, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Navy Military Medical University Affiliated Changhai Hospital, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Digestive Disease, The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC (Anhui Provincial Hospital), Hefei, China
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- Department of Pathology, The affiliated Drum Tower Hospital, Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital, Harbin, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- National Center for International Research of Biological Targeting Diagnosis and Therapy (Guangxi Key Laboratory of Biological Targeting Diagnosis and Therapy Research), Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China
- Department of Surgery, Robert-Wood-Johnson Medical School University Hospital, Rutgers University, State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
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Brennecke N, Cali I, Mok TH, Speedy H, Hosszu LLP, Stehmann C, Cracco L, Puoti G, Prior TW, Cohen ML, Collins SJ, Mead S, Appleby BS. Characterization of Prion Disease Associated with a Two-Octapeptide Repeat Insertion. Viruses 2021; 13:1794. [PMID: 34578375 PMCID: PMC8473248 DOI: 10.3390/v13091794] [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] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2021] [Revised: 08/31/2021] [Accepted: 09/04/2021] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Genetic prion disease accounts for 10-15% of prion disease. While insertion of four or more octapeptide repeats are clearly pathogenic, smaller repeat insertions have an unclear pathogenicity. The goal of this case series was to provide an insight into the characteristics of the 2-octapeptide repeat genetic variant and to provide insight into the risk for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in asymptomatic carriers. 2-octapeptide repeat insertion prion disease cases were collected from the National Prion Disease Pathology Surveillance Center (US), the National Prion Clinic (UK), and the National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Registry (Australia). Three largescale population genetic databases were queried for the 2-octapeptide repeat insertion allele. Eight cases of 2-octapeptide repeat insertion were identified. The cases were indistinguishable from the sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob cases of the same molecular subtype. Western blot characterization of the prion protein in the absence of enzymatic digestion with proteinase K revealed that 2-octapeptide repeat insertion and sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease have distinct prion protein profiles. Interrogation of large-scale population datasets suggested the variant is of very low penetrance. The 2-octapeptide repeat insertion is at most a low-risk genetic variant. Predictive genetic testing for asymptomatic blood relatives is not likely to be justified given the low risk.
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- Nicholas Brennecke
- Department of Neurology, Case Western Reserve University & University Hospitals Cleveland Medical, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA; (N.B.); (M.L.C.)
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- Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA;
- National Prion Disease Pathology Surveillance Center (NPDPSC), Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
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- MRC Prion Unit at University College London, Institute of Prion Diseases, London W1W 7FF, UK; (T.H.M.); (H.S.); (L.L.P.H.); (S.M.)
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- MRC Prion Unit at University College London, Institute of Prion Diseases, London W1W 7FF, UK; (T.H.M.); (H.S.); (L.L.P.H.); (S.M.)
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- MRC Prion Unit at University College London, Institute of Prion Diseases, London W1W 7FF, UK; (T.H.M.); (H.S.); (L.L.P.H.); (S.M.)
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- Australian National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Registry, The Florey Institute, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia; (C.S.); (S.J.C.)
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA;
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- Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, 81100 Caserta, Italy;
- Prion Disease Diagnosis and Surveillance Center (PDDSC), University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, 81100 Caserta, Italy
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- Center for Human Genetics Laboratory, Case Western Reserve University & University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA;
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- Department of Neurology, Case Western Reserve University & University Hospitals Cleveland Medical, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA; (N.B.); (M.L.C.)
- Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA;
- National Prion Disease Pathology Surveillance Center (NPDPSC), Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
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- Australian National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Registry, The Florey Institute, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia; (C.S.); (S.J.C.)
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- MRC Prion Unit at University College London, Institute of Prion Diseases, London W1W 7FF, UK; (T.H.M.); (H.S.); (L.L.P.H.); (S.M.)
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- Department of Neurology, Case Western Reserve University & University Hospitals Cleveland Medical, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA; (N.B.); (M.L.C.)
- Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA;
- National Prion Disease Pathology Surveillance Center (NPDPSC), Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, Case Western Reserve University & University Hospitals, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
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Henderson LM, Hopkins SE, Boyer BB, Thornton TA, Rettie AE, Thummel KE. In Vivo Functional Effects of CYP2C9 M1L, a Novel and Common Variant in the Yup'ik Alaska Native Population. Drug Metab Dispos 2021; 49:345-352. [PMID: 33632714 PMCID: PMC8008381 DOI: 10.1124/dmd.120.000301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2020] [Accepted: 02/04/2021] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Alaska Native people are under-represented in genetic research but have unique gene variation that may critically impact their response to pharmacotherapy. Full resequencing of CYP2C9 in a cross-section of this population identified CYP2C9 Met1Leu (M1L), a novel, relatively common single nucleotide polymorphism hypothesized to confer CYP2C9 poor metabolizer phenotype by disrupting the start codon. M1L is present at a minor allele frequency of 6.3% in Yup'ik Alaska Native people and thus can contribute to the risk of an adverse drug response from narrow-therapeutic-index CYP2C9 substrates such as (S)-warfarin. This study's objective was to characterize the catalytic efficiency of the Leu1 variant enzyme in vivo by evaluating the pharmacokinetic behavior of naproxen, a probe substrate for CYP2C9 activity, in genotyped Yup'ik participants. We first confirmed the selectivity of (S)-naproxen O-demethylation by CYP2C9 using activity-phenotyped human liver microsomes and selective cytochrome P450 inhibitors and then developed and validated a novel liquid chromatography mass spectrometry method for simultaneous quantification of (S)-naproxen, (S)-O-desmethylnaproxen, and naproxen acyl glucuronide in human urine. The average ratio of (S)-O-desmethylnaproxen to unchanged (S)-naproxen in urine was 18.0 ± 8.0 (n = 11) for the homozygous CYP2C9Met1 reference group and 10.3 ± 6.6 (n = 11) for the Leu1 variant carrier group (P = 0.011). The effect of M1L variation on CYP2C9 function and its potential to alter the pharmacokinetics of drugs metabolized by the enzyme has clinical implications and should be included in a variant screening panel when pharmacogenetic testing in the Alaska Native population is warranted. SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT: The novel CYP2C9 Met1Leu variant in Alaska Native people was recently identified. This study validated (S)-naproxen as a CYP2C9 probe substrate to characterize the in vivo functional activity of the CYP2C9 Leu1 variant. The results of this pharmacogenetic-pharmacokinetic study suggest that the CYP2C9 Leu1 variant exhibits loss of enzyme activity. This finding may be important to consider when administering narrow-therapeutic-index medications metabolized by CYP2C9 and also compels further investigation to characterize novel genetic variation in understudied populations.
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- Lindsay M Henderson
- Departments of Pharmaceutics (L.M.H., K.E.T.), Biostatistics (T.A.T.), and Medicinal Chemistry (A.E.R.), University of Washington, Seattle, Washington; and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (S.E.H., B.B.B.), Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon
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- Departments of Pharmaceutics (L.M.H., K.E.T.), Biostatistics (T.A.T.), and Medicinal Chemistry (A.E.R.), University of Washington, Seattle, Washington; and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (S.E.H., B.B.B.), Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon
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- Departments of Pharmaceutics (L.M.H., K.E.T.), Biostatistics (T.A.T.), and Medicinal Chemistry (A.E.R.), University of Washington, Seattle, Washington; and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (S.E.H., B.B.B.), Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon
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- Departments of Pharmaceutics (L.M.H., K.E.T.), Biostatistics (T.A.T.), and Medicinal Chemistry (A.E.R.), University of Washington, Seattle, Washington; and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (S.E.H., B.B.B.), Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon
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- Departments of Pharmaceutics (L.M.H., K.E.T.), Biostatistics (T.A.T.), and Medicinal Chemistry (A.E.R.), University of Washington, Seattle, Washington; and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (S.E.H., B.B.B.), Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon
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- Departments of Pharmaceutics (L.M.H., K.E.T.), Biostatistics (T.A.T.), and Medicinal Chemistry (A.E.R.), University of Washington, Seattle, Washington; and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (S.E.H., B.B.B.), Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon
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Ferrera D, Mercado F, Peláez I, Martínez-Iñigo D, Fernandes-Magalhaes R, Barjola P, Écija C, Díaz-Gil G, Gómez-Esquer F. Fear of pain moderates the relationship between self-reported fatigue and methionine allele of catechol-O-methyltransferase gene in patients with fibromyalgia. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0250547. [PMID: 33909692 PMCID: PMC8081450 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0250547] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2020] [Accepted: 04/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Previous research has shown a consistent association among genetic factors, psychological symptoms and pain associated with fibromyalgia. However, how these symptoms interact to moderate genetic factors in fibromyalgia has rarely been studied to date. The present research investigates whether psychological symptoms can moderate the effects of catechol-O-methyltransferase on pain and fatigue. A total of 108 women diagnosed with fibromyalgia and 77 healthy control participants took part in the study. Pain, fatigue, and psychological symptoms (anxiety, depression, pain catastrophizing, fear of pain and fear of movement) were measured by self-report questionnaires. Two types of statistical analyses were performed; the first was undertaken to explore the influences of COMT genotypes on clinical symptoms by comparing patients with fibromyalgia and healthy controls. In the second analysis, moderation analyses to explore the role of psychological symptoms as potential factors that moderate the relationship between pain/fatigue and COMT genotypes were performed. The main results indicated that patients carrying the Met/Met genotype reported significantly higher levels of fatigue than heterozygote carriers (i.e., Met/Val genotype) and higher levels of fatigue, but not significantly different, than Val homozygote carriers. Among patients with fibromyalgia carrying methionine alleles (i.e., Met/Met + Met/Val carriers), only those who scored high on medical fear of pain, experienced an intensified feeling of fatigue. Thus, the present research suggests that fear of pain, as a psychological symptom frequently described in fibromyalgia may act as a moderating factor in the relationship between the Met allele of the COMT gene and the increase or decrease in self-reported fatigue. Although further research with wider patient samples is needed to confirm the present findings, these results point out that the use of psychological interventions focused on affective symptomatology might be a useful tool to reduce the severity of fibromyalgia.
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- David Ferrera
- Department of Psychology, School of Health Sciences, Rey Juan Carlos University, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Psychology, School of Health Sciences, Rey Juan Carlos University, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Psychology, School of Health Sciences, Rey Juan Carlos University, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Psychology, School of Health Sciences, Rey Juan Carlos University, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Psychology, School of Health Sciences, Rey Juan Carlos University, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Psychology, School of Health Sciences, Rey Juan Carlos University, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Basic Health Sciences, School of Health Sciences, Rey Juan Carlos University, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Basic Health Sciences, School of Health Sciences, Rey Juan Carlos University, Madrid, Spain
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Wallis KF, Morehead LC, Bird JT, Byrum SD, Miousse IR. Differences in cell death in methionine versus cysteine depletion. Environ Mol Mutagen 2021; 62:216-226. [PMID: 33615565 PMCID: PMC8130902 DOI: 10.1002/em.22428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2020] [Revised: 02/13/2021] [Accepted: 02/17/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Restriction of the sulfur amino acids methionine and cysteine has recently been proposed as potential adjuvant therapy in cancer. While cysteine depletion has been associated with ferroptotic cell death, methionine depletion has not. We hypothesized that comparing the response of melanoma cell lines to depletion of the amino acids methionine and cysteine would give us insight into the critical role in cancer of these two closely related amino acids. We analyzed the response to three conditions: methionine depletion, methionine replacement with homocysteine, and cysteine depletion. In cancer cells, the transcription factor ATF4 was induced by all three tested conditions. The replacement of methionine with homocysteine produced a strong ferroptotic gene signature. We also detected an activation of the NRF2 antioxidant pathway by both methionine and cysteine depletion. Total glutathione levels were decreased by 42% in melanoma cells grown without methionine, and by 95% in cells grown without cysteine. Lipid peroxidation was increased in cells grown without cysteine, but not in cells grown without methionine. Despite the large degree of overlap in gene expression between methionine and cysteine depletion, methionine depletion and replacement of methionine with homocysteine was associated with apoptosis while cysteine depletion was associated with ferroptosis. Glutamine depletion produced comparable gene expression patterns and was associated with a 28% decrease in glutathione. Apoptosis was detected in these cells. In this experiment, a strong ATF4-driven ferroptotic gene signature was insufficient to induce ferroptosis without a concomitant profound decrease in glutathione levels.
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- Katherine F. Wallis
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas
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- Bioinformatics Core, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas
- Bioinformatics Core, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas
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Luukkonen PK, Qadri S, Lehtimäki TE, Juuti A, Sammalkorpi H, Penttilä AK, Hakkarainen A, Orho-Melander M, Arola J, Yki-Järvinen H. The PNPLA3-I148M Variant Confers an Antiatherogenic Lipid Profile in Insulin-resistant Patients. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2021; 106:e300-e315. [PMID: 33064150 DOI: 10.1210/clinem/dgaa729] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2020] [Accepted: 10/14/2020] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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CONTEXT The I148M (rs738409-G) variant in PNPLA3 increases liver fat content but may be protective against cardiovascular disease. Insulin resistance (IR) amplifies the effect of PNPLA3-I148M on liver fat. OBJECTIVE To study whether PNPLA3-I148M confers an antihyperlipidemic effect in insulin-resistant patients. DESIGN Cross-sectional study comparing the impact of PNPLA3-I148M on plasma lipids and lipoproteins in 2 cohorts, both divided into groups based on rs738409-G allele carrier status and median HOMA-IR. SETTING Tertiary referral center. PATIENTS A total of 298 obese patients who underwent a liver biopsy during bariatric surgery (bariatric cohort: age 49 ± 9 years, body mass index [BMI] 43.2 ± 6.8 kg/m2), and 345 less obese volunteers in whom liver fat was measured by proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (nonbariatric cohort: age 45 ± 14 years, BMI 29.7 ± 5.7 kg/m2). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Nuclear magnetic resonance profiling of plasma lipids, lipoprotein particle subclasses and their composition. RESULTS In both cohorts, individuals carrying the PNPLA3-I148M variant had significantly higher liver fat content than noncarriers. In insulin-resistant and homozygous carriers, PNPLA3-I148M exerted a distinct antihyperlipidemic effect with decreased very-low-density lipoprotein (VLDL) and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) particles and their constituents, and increased high-density lipoprotein particles and their constituents, compared with noncarriers. VLDL particles were smaller and LDL particles larger in PNPLA3-I148M carriers. These changes were geometrically opposite to those due to IR. PNPLA3-I148M did not have a measurable effect in patients with lower IR, and its effect was smaller albeit still significant in the less obese than in the obese cohort. CONCLUSIONS PNPLA3-I148M confers an antiatherogenic plasma lipid profile particularly in insulin-resistant individuals.
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- Panu K Luukkonen
- Department of Medicine, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
- Minerva Foundation Institute for Medical Research, Helsinki, Finland
- Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
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- Department of Medicine, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
- Minerva Foundation Institute for Medical Research, Helsinki, Finland
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- HUS Medical Imaging Center, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Abdominal Center, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Abdominal Center, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Abdominal Center, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- HUS Medical Imaging Center, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Pathology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Medicine, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
- Minerva Foundation Institute for Medical Research, Helsinki, Finland
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Hansen AR, Borgwardt L, Rasmussen ÅK, Godballe C, Poulsen MM, Vieira FG, Mathiesen JS, Rossing M. Germline RET Leu56Met Variant Is Likely Not Causative of Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2021; 12:764512. [PMID: 34925234 PMCID: PMC8672160 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2021.764512] [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] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2021] [Accepted: 11/02/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Activating variants in the receptor tyrosine kinase REarranged during Transfection (RET) cause multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 (MEN 2), an autosomal dominantly inherited cancer-susceptibility syndrome. The variant c.166C>A, p.Leu56Met in RET was recently reported in two patients with medullary thyroid cancer (MTC). The presence of a pheochromocytoma in one of the patients, suggested a possible pathogenic role of the variant in MEN 2A. Here, we present clinical follow up of a Danish RET Leu56Met cohort. Patients were evaluated for signs of MEN 2 according to a set of predefined criteria. None of the seven patients in our cohort exhibited evidence of MEN 2. Furthermore, we found the Leu56Met variant in our in-house diagnostic cohort with an allele frequency of 0.59%, suggesting that it is a common variant in the population. Additionally, none of the patients who harbored the allele were listed in the Danish MTC and MEN 2 registries. In conclusion, our findings do not support a pathogenic role of the Leu56Met variant in MEN 2.
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- Anna Reimer Hansen
- Center for Genomic Medicine, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Center for Genomic Medicine, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery and Audiology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
- Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Department of Endocrinology and Internal Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Center for Genomic Medicine, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery and Audiology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
- Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Center for Genomic Medicine, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
- *Correspondence: Maria Rossing,
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Malle S, Eskandari M, Morrison M, Belzile F. Genome-wide association identifies several QTLs controlling cysteine and methionine content in soybean seed including some promising candidate genes. Sci Rep 2020; 10:21812. [PMID: 33311570 PMCID: PMC7733516 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-78907-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2019] [Accepted: 11/26/2020] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Soybean is an important source of protein, oil and carbohydrates, as well as other beneficial nutrients. A major function of proteins in nutrition is to supply adequate amounts of amino acids. Although they are essential for human nutrition, the sulfur-containing amino acids cysteine (Cys) and methionine (Met) are often limited and the genetic control of their content in soybean seeds is poorly characterized. This study aimed to characterize the phenotypic variation and identify quantitative trait loci (QTL) associated with Cys and Met content in a core set of 137 soybean lines, representative of the genetic diversity among Canadian short-season soybean, spanning maturity groups 000-II (MG000-II). Significant phenotypic differences were found among these lines for Cys, Met and Cys + Met content. Using both a mixed linear model and six multi-locus methods with a catalogue of 2.18 M SNPs, we report a total of nine QTLs and seventeen QTNs of which seven comprise promising candidate genes. This work allowed us to reproducibly detect multiple novel loci associated with sulfur-containing amino acid content. The markers and genes identified in this study may be useful for soybean genetic improvement aiming to increase Cys and Met content.
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- Sidiki Malle
- Département de Phytologie, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences and Institute for Integrative and Systems Biology (IBIS), Laval University, Quebec City, QC, Canada
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- Department of Plant Agriculture, University of Guelph, Ridgetown, ON, Canada
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- Ottawa Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Département de Phytologie, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences and Institute for Integrative and Systems Biology (IBIS), Laval University, Quebec City, QC, Canada.
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Goda K, Dönmez-Cakil Y, Tarapcsák S, Szalóki G, Szöllősi D, Parveen Z, Türk D, Szakács G, Chiba P, Stockner T. Human ABCB1 with an ABCB11-like degenerate nucleotide binding site maintains transport activity by avoiding nucleotide occlusion. PLoS Genet 2020; 16:e1009016. [PMID: 33031417 PMCID: PMC7544095 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1009016] [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] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2019] [Accepted: 07/29/2020] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Several ABC exporters carry a degenerate nucleotide binding site (NBS) that is unable to hydrolyze ATP at a rate sufficient for sustaining transport activity. A hallmark of a degenerate NBS is the lack of the catalytic glutamate in the Walker B motif in the nucleotide binding domain (NBD). The multidrug resistance transporter ABCB1 (P-glycoprotein) has two canonical NBSs, and mutation of the catalytic glutamate E556 in NBS1 renders ABCB1 transport-incompetent. In contrast, the closely related bile salt export pump ABCB11 (BSEP), which shares 49% sequence identity with ABCB1, naturally contains a methionine in place of the catalytic glutamate. The NBD-NBD interfaces of ABCB1 and ABCB11 differ only in four residues, all within NBS1. Mutation of the catalytic glutamate in ABCB1 results in the occlusion of ATP in NBS1, leading to the arrest of the transport cycle. Here we show that despite the catalytic glutamate mutation (E556M), ABCB1 regains its ATP-dependent transport activity, when three additional diverging residues are also replaced. Molecular dynamics simulations revealed that the rescue of ATPase activity is due to the modified geometry of NBS1, resulting in a weaker interaction with ATP, which allows the quadruple mutant to evade the conformationally locked pre-hydrolytic state to proceed to ATP-driven transport. In summary, we show that ABCB1 can be transformed into an active transporter with only one functional catalytic site by preventing the formation of the ATP-locked pre-hydrolytic state in the non-canonical site. ABC transporters are one of the largest membrane protein superfamilies, present in all organisms from archaea to humans. They transport a wide range of molecules including amino acids, sugars, vitamins, nucleotides, peptides, lipids, metabolites, antibiotics, and xenobiotics. ABC transporters energize substrate transport by hydrolyzing ATP in two symmetrically arranged nucleotide binding sites (NBSs). The human multidrug resistance transporter ABCB1 has two active NBSs, and it is generally believed that integrity and cooperation of both sites are needed for transport. Several human ABC transporters, such as the bile salt transporter ABCB11, have one degenerate NBS, which has significantly reduced ATPase activity. Interestingly, unilateral mutations affecting one of the two NBSs completely abolish the function of symmetrical ABC transporters. Here we engineered an ABCB1 variant with a degenerate, ABCB11-like NBS1, which can nevertheless transport substrates. Our results indicate that ABCB1 can mediate active transport with a single active site, questioning the validity of models assuming strictly alternating catalysis.
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- Katalin Goda
- Department of Biophysics and Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Egyetem tér, Debrecen, Hungary
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- Institute of Pharmacology, Center for Physiology and Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringerstrasse, Vienna, Austria
- Department of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Maltepe University, Maltepe, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Biophysics and Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Egyetem tér, Debrecen, Hungary
- Doctoral School of Molecular Cell and Immune Biology, University of Debrecen, Egyetem tér, Debrecen, Hungary
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- Department of Biophysics and Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Egyetem tér, Debrecen, Hungary
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- Institute of Pharmacology, Center for Physiology and Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringerstrasse, Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Medical Chemistry, Center for Pathobiochemistry and Genetics, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringerstrasse, Vienna, Austria
- Department of Biochemistry, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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- Institute of Enzymology, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Magyar Tudósok körútja, Budapest, Hungary
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- Institute of Enzymology, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Magyar Tudósok körútja, Budapest, Hungary
- Institute of Cancer Research, Medical University of Vienna, Borschkegasse, Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Medical Chemistry, Center for Pathobiochemistry and Genetics, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringerstrasse, Vienna, Austria
- * E-mail: (PC); (TS)
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- Institute of Pharmacology, Center for Physiology and Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringerstrasse, Vienna, Austria
- * E-mail: (PC); (TS)
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Saloner R, Cherner M, Sundermann EE, Watson CWM, Iudicello JE, Letendre SL, Kumar A, Ellis RJ. COMT val158met genotype alters the effects of methamphetamine dependence on dopamine and dopamine-related executive function: preliminary findings. Psychiatry Res 2020; 292:113269. [PMID: 32739643 PMCID: PMC7530039 DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2020.113269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2020] [Revised: 06/24/2020] [Accepted: 06/30/2020] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The Met-allele of the COMT Val158Met polymorphism slows metabolism and increases bioavailability of dopamine (DA) in the prefrontal cortex compared to the Val-allele. Healthy Met-carriers outperform Val-carriers on executive function (EF) tests, yet this 'advantage' disappears in methamphetamine (METH) dependence. Met-carriers may be disproportionately vulnerable to METH-related perturbations of DA, yet it is unknown whether COMT modulates METH effects on CSF DA biomarkers. Participants were 75 METH+ and 47 METH- men who underwent neurocognitive testing, COMT genotyping, and lumbar puncture. CSF was assayed for DA and its metabolite, homovanillic acid (HVA). Separate linear models regressed DA, HVA, and HVA/DA ratios on COMT, METH and their interaction. Pearson correlations examined associations between DA and EF. Significant interactions indicated that METH+ had lower DA and higher HVA/DA ratios among Met/Met, but not Val/Met-or Val/Val. Met/Met-exhibited the highest DA levels among METH-, whereas DA levels were comparable between Met/Met-and Val-carriers among METH+. Higher DA correlated with better EF in METH- Met/Met, but did not predict EF in the entire sample. DA was expectedly higher in METH- Met/Met, yet a discordant genotype-phenotype profile emerged in METH+ Met/Met, consistent with the notion that slow DA clearance exacerbates METH-associated DA dysregulation.
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- Rowan Saloner
- San Diego State University/University of California, San Diego Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, San Diego, CA, USA; Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, HIV Neurobehavioral Research Program, San Diego, CA, USA.
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, HIV Neurobehavioral Research Program, San Diego, CA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, HIV Neurobehavioral Research Program, San Diego, CA, USA
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- San Diego State University/University of California, San Diego Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, San Diego, CA, USA; Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, HIV Neurobehavioral Research Program, San Diego, CA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, HIV Neurobehavioral Research Program, San Diego, CA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, HIV Neurobehavioral Research Program, San Diego, CA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, HIV Neurobehavioral Research Program, San Diego, CA, USA; Department of Neurosciences, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
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Brandel JP, Vlaicu MB, Culeux A, Belondrade M, Bougard D, Grznarova K, Denouel A, Plu I, Bouaziz-Amar E, Seilhean D, Levasseur M, Haïk S. Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Diagnosed 7.5 Years after Occupational Exposure. N Engl J Med 2020; 383:83-85. [PMID: 32609989 DOI: 10.1056/nejmc2000687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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- Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
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Azoulay D, Abed S, Sfadi A, Sheleg O, Shaoul E, Shehadeh M, Kaykov E, Nodelman M, Bashkin A. Low brain-derived neurotrophic factor protein levels and single-nucleotide polymorphism Val66Met are associated with peripheral neuropathy in type II diabetic patients. Acta Diabetol 2020; 57:891-898. [PMID: 32124075 DOI: 10.1007/s00592-020-01508-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2019] [Accepted: 02/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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BACKGROUND Studies by our group demonstrated brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) levels in blood and BDNF-Val66met-SNP as potential biomarkers in chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy. Here, we evaluate symptoms of peripheral neuropathy (PN) and depression in patients with type II diabetes mellitus in search of an association with serum BDNF levels and the Val66Met-SNP. METHODS In total, 90 patients enrolled in the study; 23 (25.6%) had known PN, as determined by nerve conduction studies (NCS-PN), and 67 (74.4%) were not diagnosed with PN (U-PN). PN symptoms were assessed and graded in these groups using the total neuropathy score (TNSr) and DN4 scales. Small nerve fiber testing of sensitivity thresholds to cold, warm and hot pain signals was performed using the Q-sense device. Depression was assessed using the PHQ9 questionnaire. BDNF protein levels and Val66Met-SNP were determined with ELISA and Sanger sequencing, respectively. RESULTS NCS-PN patients showed lower serum BDNF levels alongside significantly higher TNSr, DN4 and PHQ9 scores and lower hot pain sensitivity thresholds as compared to U-PN patients. Patients with Met-BDNF-SNP showed increased TNSr scores and lower hot pain sensitivity thresholds as compared to patients with Val-BDNF-SNP. Depression showed a weaker correlation with sensitivity thresholds to hot pain signals as compared to TNSr and DN4 scores. CONCLUSIONS Diminished peripheral BDNF resources and Met-BDNF-SNP genotype are associated with augmented symptoms of PN in patients with type II diabetes mellitus. Sensitivity thresholds to hot pain signals may be less influenced by depression and possibly more accurately detect PN symptoms in diabetic patients.
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- David Azoulay
- Hematology Unit and Laboratories, Galilee Medical Center, P.O. Box 21, 22100, Naharia, Israel.
- Azrieli Faculty of Medicine, Bar-Ilan University, Safed, Israel.
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- Department of Geriatric Medicine, Galilee Medical Center, Naharia, Israel
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- Department of Neurology, Galilee Medical Center, Naharia, Israel
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- Hematology Unit and Laboratories, Galilee Medical Center, P.O. Box 21, 22100, Naharia, Israel
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- Hematology Unit and Laboratories, Galilee Medical Center, P.O. Box 21, 22100, Naharia, Israel
- Azrieli Faculty of Medicine, Bar-Ilan University, Safed, Israel
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- Azrieli Faculty of Medicine, Bar-Ilan University, Safed, Israel
- Biochemistry and Endocrinology Laboratory, Galilee Medical Center, Naharia, Israel
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- Department of Geriatric Medicine, Galilee Medical Center, Naharia, Israel
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- Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism Unit, Galilee Medical Center, Naharia, Israel
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- Azrieli Faculty of Medicine, Bar-Ilan University, Safed, Israel
- Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism Unit, Galilee Medical Center, Naharia, Israel
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Yang JH, Presby RE, Cayer S, Rotolo RA, Perrino PA, Fitch RH, Correa M, Chesler EJ, Salamone JD. Effort-related decision making in humanized COMT mice: Effects of Val 158Met polymorphisms and possible implications for negative symptoms in humans. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 2020; 196:172975. [PMID: 32593787 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2020.172975] [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] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2020] [Revised: 06/05/2020] [Accepted: 06/21/2020] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Catechol-o-methyltransferase (COMT) is an enzyme that metabolizes catecholamines, and is crucial for clearance of dopamine (DA) in prefrontal cortex. Val158Met polymorphism, which causes a valine (Val) to methionine (Met) substitution at codon 158, is reported to be associated with human psychopathologies in some studies. The Val/Val variant of the enzyme results in higher dopamine metabolism, which results in reduced dopamine transmission. Thus, it is important to investigate the relation between Val158Met polymorphisms using rodent models of psychiatric symptoms, including negative symptoms such as motivational dysfunction. In the present study, humanized COMT transgenic mice with two genotype groups (Val/Val (Val) and Met/Met (Met) homozygotes) and wild-type (WT) mice from the S129 background were tested using a touchscreen effort-based choice paradigm. Mice were trained to choose between delivery of a preferred liquid diet that reinforced panel pressing on various fixed ratio (FR) schedules (high-effort alternative), vs. intake of pellets concurrently available in the chamber (low-effort alternative). Panel pressing requirements were controlled by varying the FR levels (FR1, 2, 4, 8, 16) in ascending and descending sequences across weeks of testing. All mice were able to acquire the initial touchscreen operant training, and there was an inverse relationship between the number of reinforcers delivered by panel pressing and pellet intake across different FR levels. There was a significant group x FR level interaction in the ascending limb, with panel presses in the Val group being significantly lower than the WT group in FR1-8, and lower than Met in FR4. These findings indicate that the humanized Val allele in mice modulates FR/pellet-choice performance, as marked by lower levels of panel pressing in the Val group when the ratio requirement was moderately high. These studies may contribute to the understanding of the role of COMT polymorphisms in negative symptoms such as motivational dysfunctions in schizophrenic patients.
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- Jen-Hau Yang
- Behavioral Neuroscience Division, Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA; Present address: Dept. of Psychiatry, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Behavioral Neuroscience Division, Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
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- Behavioral Neuroscience Division, Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
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- Behavioral Neuroscience Division, Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
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- Behavioral Neuroscience Division, Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
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- Behavioral Neuroscience Division, Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
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- Behavioral Neuroscience Division, Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA; Area de Psicobiologia, Universitat Jaume I, Castelló, Spain
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- Behavioral Neuroscience Division, Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA.
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Teshima T, Yamada N, Yokota Y, Sayama T, Inagaki K, Koeduka T, Uefune M, Ishimoto M, Matsui K. Suppressed Methionine γ-Lyase Expression Causes Hyperaccumulation of S-Methylmethionine in Soybean Seeds. Plant Physiol 2020; 183:943-956. [PMID: 32345769 PMCID: PMC7333717 DOI: 10.1104/pp.20.00254] [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] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2020] [Accepted: 04/16/2020] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Several soybean (Glycine max) germplasms, such as Nishiyamahitashi 98-5 (NH), have an intense seaweed-like flavor after cooking because of their high seed S-methylmethionine (SMM) content. In this study, we compared the amounts of amino acids in the phloem sap, leaves, pods, and seeds between NH and the common soybean cultivar Fukuyutaka. This revealed a comparably higher SMM content alongside a higher free Met content in NH seeds, suggesting that the SMM-hyperaccumulation phenotype of NH soybean was related to Met metabolism in seeds. To investigate the molecular mechanism behind SMM hyperaccumulation, we examined the phenotype-associated gene locus in NH plants. Analyses of the quantitative trait loci in segregated offspring of the cross between NH and the common soybean cultivar Williams 82 indicated that one locus on chromosome 10 explains 71.4% of SMM hyperaccumulation. Subsequent fine-mapping revealed that a transposon insertion into the intron of a gene, Glyma.10g172700, is associated with the SMM-hyperaccumulation phenotype. The Glyma.10g172700-encoded recombinant protein showed Met-γ-lyase (MGL) activity in vitro, and the transposon-insertion mutation in NH efficiently suppressed Glyma.10g172700 expression in developing seeds. Exogenous administration of Met to sections of developing soybean seeds resulted in transient increases in Met levels, followed by continuous increases in SMM concentrations, which was likely caused by Met methyltransferase activity in the seeds. Accordingly, we propose that the SMM-hyperaccumulation phenotype is caused by suppressed MGL expression in developing soybean seeds, resulting in transient accumulation of Met, which is converted into SMM to avoid the harmful effects caused by excess free Met.
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- Takuya Teshima
- Division of Agricultural Sciences, Graduate School of Sciences and Technology for Innovation, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi 753-8515, Japan
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- Nagano Vegetable and Ornamental Crops Experiment Station, Shiojiri, Nagano 399-6461, Japan
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- Institute of Crop Science, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8518, Japan
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- Institute of Crop Science, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8518, Japan
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- Department of Biofunctional Chemistry, Graduate School of Environmental and Life Science, Okayama University, Okayama700-8530, Japan
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- Division of Agricultural Sciences, Graduate School of Sciences and Technology for Innovation, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi 753-8515, Japan
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- Department of Agrobiological Resources, Faculty of Agriculture, Meijo University, Nagoya, Aichi 468-8502, Japan
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- Institute of Crop Science, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8518, Japan
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- Division of Agricultural Sciences, Graduate School of Sciences and Technology for Innovation, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi 753-8515, Japan
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AbstractThe Val158Met polymorphism of the COMT gene is functional, easily detectable, and significantly related to metabolism of catecholamines, which underlie pathogenesis of a significant number of mental disorders. Evidence for the role of this polymorphism in schizophrenia, substance dependence, bipolar disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, anorexia nervosa and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is summed up in this review article. The results make it unlikely that the COMT gene plays an important role in these mental disorders, although a minor effect can not be excluded. Future studies on the COMT gene in mentally ill subjects should be stratified by clinical subtypes of the disorder, gender and ethnicity. Studies of endophenotypes instead of the complex disorder seem to be another promising research strategy. Gene-gene and gene-environment interactions should also be considered. The COMT gene is probably not “a gene for” any mental disorder, but the Val158Met polymorphism appears to have pleiotropic effects on human behavior.
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- Ladislav Hosák
- Department of Psychiatry, Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové, Czech Republic.
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Haws SA, Yu D, Ye C, Wille CK, Nguyen LC, Krautkramer KA, Tomasiewicz JL, Yang SE, Miller BR, Liu WH, Igarashi K, Sridharan R, Tu BP, Cryns VL, Lamming DW, Denu JM. Methyl-Metabolite Depletion Elicits Adaptive Responses to Support Heterochromatin Stability and Epigenetic Persistence. Mol Cell 2020; 78:210-223.e8. [PMID: 32208170 PMCID: PMC7191556 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2020.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2019] [Revised: 02/05/2020] [Accepted: 02/28/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) is the methyl-donor substrate for DNA and histone methyltransferases that regulate epigenetic states and subsequent gene expression. This metabolism-epigenome link sensitizes chromatin methylation to altered SAM abundance, yet the mechanisms that allow organisms to adapt and protect epigenetic information during life-experienced fluctuations in SAM availability are unknown. We identified a robust response to SAM depletion that is highlighted by preferential cytoplasmic and nuclear mono-methylation of H3 Lys 9 (H3K9) at the expense of broad losses in histone di- and tri-methylation. Under SAM-depleted conditions, H3K9 mono-methylation preserves heterochromatin stability and supports global epigenetic persistence upon metabolic recovery. This unique chromatin response was robust across the mouse lifespan and correlated with improved metabolic health, supporting a significant role for epigenetic adaptation to SAM depletion in vivo. Together, these studies provide evidence for an adaptive response that enables epigenetic persistence to metabolic stress.
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- Spencer A Haws
- Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, SMPH, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA; Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53715, USA
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- William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Madison, WI 53705, USA; Department of Medicine, SMPH, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53705, USA; Molecular & Environmental Toxicology Center, SMPH, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53705, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53715, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai 980-8575, Japan
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- Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, SMPH, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA; Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53715, USA
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- William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Madison, WI 53705, USA
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- William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Madison, WI 53705, USA; Department of Medicine, SMPH, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53705, USA
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- William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Madison, WI 53705, USA; Department of Medicine, SMPH, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53705, USA
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- Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, SMPH, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA; Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53715, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai 980-8575, Japan; Center for Regulatory Epigenome and Diseases, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai 980-8575, Japan
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- Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53715, USA; Department of Cell and Regenerative Biology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53705, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Department of Medicine, SMPH, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53705, USA; Molecular & Environmental Toxicology Center, SMPH, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53705, USA; University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center, Madison, WI 53792, USA
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- William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Madison, WI 53705, USA; Department of Medicine, SMPH, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53705, USA; Molecular & Environmental Toxicology Center, SMPH, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53705, USA; University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center, Madison, WI 53792, USA
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- Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, SMPH, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA; Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53715, USA.
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Llorens F, Villar-Piqué A, Hermann P, Schmitz M, Calero O, Stehmann C, Sarros S, Moda F, Ferrer I, Poleggi A, Pocchiari M, Catania M, Klotz S, O’Regan C, Brett F, Heffernan J, Ladogana A, Collins SJ, Calero M, Kovacs GG, Zerr I. Diagnostic Accuracy of Prion Disease Biomarkers in Iatrogenic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease. Biomolecules 2020; 10:E290. [PMID: 32059611 PMCID: PMC7072321 DOI: 10.3390/biom10020290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2019] [Revised: 01/30/2020] [Accepted: 02/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Human prion diseases are classified into sporadic, genetic, and acquired forms. Within this last group, iatrogenic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (iCJD) is caused by human-to-human transmission through surgical and medical procedures. After reaching an incidence peak in the 1990s, it is believed that the iCJD historical period is probably coming to an end, thanks to lessons learnt from past infection sources that promoted new prion prevention and decontamination protocols. At this point, we sought to characterise the biomarker profile of iCJD and compare it to that of sporadic CJD (sCJD) for determining the value of available diagnostic tools in promptly recognising iCJD cases. To that end, we collected 23 iCJD samples from seven national CJD surveillance centres and analysed the electroencephalogram and neuroimaging data together with a panel of seven CSF biomarkers: 14-3-3, total tau, phosphorylated/total tau ratio, alpha-synuclein, neurofilament light, YKL-40, and real-time quaking induced conversion of prion protein. Using the cut-off values established for sCJD, we found the sensitivities of these biomarkers for iCJD to be similar to those described for sCJD. Given the limited relevant information on this issue to date, the present study validates the use of current sCJD biomarkers for the diagnosis of future iCJD cases.
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- Franc Llorens
- Department of Neurology, National Reference Center for CJD Surveillance, University Medical Centre Göttingen, 37075 Göttingen, Germany
- Network Center for Biomedical Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED), L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, 08908 Llobregat, Spain
- Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, 08908 Llobregat, Spain
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- Network Center for Biomedical Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED), L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, 08908 Llobregat, Spain
- Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, 08908 Llobregat, Spain
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- Department of Neurology, National Reference Center for CJD Surveillance, University Medical Centre Göttingen, 37075 Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, National Reference Center for CJD Surveillance, University Medical Centre Göttingen, 37075 Göttingen, Germany
- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), 37075 Göttingen, Germany
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- Chronic Disease Programme (UFIEC)-CROSADIS, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28029 Madrid, Spain
- Network Center for Biomedical Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED), 28031 Madrid, Spain
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- Australian National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Registry, Florey Institute, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne 3010, Australia
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- Australian National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Registry, Florey Institute, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne 3010, Australia
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- Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Unit of Neurology 5 and Neuropathology, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- Network Center for Biomedical Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED), L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, 08908 Llobregat, Spain
- Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, 08908 Llobregat, Spain
- Department of Pathology and Experimental Therapeutics, University of Barcelona, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, 08907 Llobregat, Spain
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- Department of Neuroscience, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, 00161 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, 00161 Rome, Italy
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- Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Unit of Neurology 5 and Neuropathology, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- Institute of Neurology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna 1097, Austria
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- Department of Neuropathology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, Ireland
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- Department of Neuropathology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, Ireland
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- Department of Neuroscience, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, 00161 Rome, Italy
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- Australian National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Registry, Florey Institute, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne 3010, Australia
- Department of Medicine (RMH), The University of Melbourne, Melbourne 3050, Australia
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- Chronic Disease Programme (UFIEC)-CROSADIS, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28029 Madrid, Spain
- Network Center for Biomedical Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED), 28031 Madrid, Spain
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- Institute of Neurology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna 1097, Austria
- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology and Tanz Centre for Research in Neurodegenerative Disease, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5T 0S8, Canada
- Laboratory Medicine Program, University Health Network, Toronto, ON M5G 2C4, Canada
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- Department of Neurology, National Reference Center for CJD Surveillance, University Medical Centre Göttingen, 37075 Göttingen, Germany
- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), 37075 Göttingen, Germany
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Kumar P, Rai V. Catechol-O-methyltransferase gene Val158Met polymorphism and obsessive compulsive disorder susceptibility: a meta-analysis. Metab Brain Dis 2020; 35:241-251. [PMID: 31879835 DOI: 10.1007/s11011-019-00495-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2019] [Accepted: 09/12/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a common psychiatric disorder that affects approximately 1-3% of the general population. It is characterized by disabling obsessions (intrusive unwanted thoughts) and/or compulsions (ritualized repetitive behaviors). Catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) enzyme has an important role in inactivation of dopamine and higher dopamine levels may be implicated in OCD, hence COMT gene is a suitable candidate for OCD. Several case-control studies have evaluated the role of COMT Val 158Met (rs4680;472G- > A) polymorphism as a risk factor for OCD but the results remained inconclusive, hence present meta-analysis was designed to find out correct assessment. All studies that investigated the association of COMT gene Val158Met polymorphism with OCD risk, were considered in the present meta-analysis. Statistical analysis was performed with the software program MetaAnalyst. In the current meta-analysis, 14 case-control studies with 1435 OCD cases and 2753 healthy controls were included. The results indicated significant association between COMT Val158Met polymorphism and OCD risk using allele contrast, homozygote and dominant models (ORA vs G = 1.14; 95% CI = 1.02-1.27; p = 0.01; ORAAvs.GG = 1.33; 95% CI = 1.09-1.62, p = 0.004; ORAA + AGvs.GG = 1.14; 95% CI = 1.0-1.32; p = 0.04). In subgroup analysis based on case gender, meta-analysis of male cases showed significant association using all five genetic models (ORAAvsGG = 1.99; 95%CI = 1.42-2.59; p = <0.001; ORAA + AGvs.GG = 1.59; 95% CI = 1.20-2.10; p = 0.001), but did not show any association between COMT Val 158Met polymorphism and OCD risk in females. In conclusion, results of present meta-analysis supports that the COMT Val158Met polymorphism is a risk factor for OCD especially for males.
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- Pradeep Kumar
- VBS Purvanchal University, Jaunpur, Jaunpur, UP, India
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- VBS Purvanchal University, Jaunpur, Jaunpur, UP, India.
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Stonnington CM, Velgos SN, Chen Y, Syed S, Huentelman M, Thiyyagura P, Lee W, Richholt R, Caselli RJ, Locke DE, Lu B, Reiman EM, Su Y, Chen K. Interaction Between BDNF Val66Met and APOE4 on Biomarkers of Alzheimer's Disease and Cognitive Decline. J Alzheimers Dis 2020; 78:721-734. [PMID: 33044176 PMCID: PMC10416650 DOI: 10.3233/jad-200132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [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] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND Whether brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) Met carriage impacts the risk or progression of Alzheimer's disease (AD) is unknown. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the interaction of BDNF Met and APOE4 carriage on cerebral metabolic rate for glucose (CMRgl), amyloid burden, hippocampus volume, and cognitive decline among cognitively unimpaired (CU) adults enrolled in the Arizona APOE cohort study. METHODS 114 CU adults (mean age 56.85 years, 38% male) with longitudinal FDG PET, magnetic resonance imaging, and cognitive measures were BDNF and APOE genotyped. A subgroup of 58 individuals also had Pittsburgh B (PiB) PET imaging. We examined baseline CMRgl, PiB PET amyloid burden, CMRgl, and hippocampus volume change over time, and rate of change in cognition over an average of 15 years. RESULTS Among APOE4 carriers, BDNF Met carriers had significantly increased amyloid deposition and accelerated CMRgl decline in regions typically affected by AD, but without accompanying acceleration of cognitive decline or hippocampal volume changes and with higher baseline frontal CMRgl and slower frontal decline relative to the Val/Val group. The BDNF effects were not found among APOE4 non-carriers. CONCLUSION Our preliminary studies suggest that there is a weak interaction between BDNF Met and APOE4 on amyloid-β plaque burden and longitudinal PET measurements of AD-related CMRgl decline in cognitively unimpaired late-middle-aged and older adults, but with no apparent effect upon rate of cognitive decline. We suggest that cognitive effects of BDNF variants may be mitigated by compensatory increases in frontal brain activity-findings that would need to be confirmed in larger studies.
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- Cynthia M. Stonnington
- Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Mayo Clinic Arizona. 13400 E. Shea Boulevard, Scottsdale, AZ, 85259, USA
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- Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Clinical and Translational Science Track. 13400 E. Shea Boulevard, Scottsdale, AZ, 85259, USA
- Translational neuroscience and Aging Laboratory, Mayo Clinic Arizona. 13400 E. Shea Boulevard, Scottsdale, AZ, 85259, USA
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- Banner Alzheimer’s Institute. 901 E. Willetta St. Fl 3, Phoenix, AZ 85006, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Mayo Clinic Arizona. 13400 E. Shea Boulevard, Scottsdale, AZ, 85259, USA
- Midwestern University. 19555 N. 59 Ave, Glendale, AZ 85308, USA
- Department of Medicine. University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, 11100 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 44106
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- The Translational Genomics Research Institute, 445 N 5th St, Phoenix, AZ 85004
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- Banner Alzheimer’s Institute. 901 E. Willetta St. Fl 3, Phoenix, AZ 85006, USA
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- Banner Alzheimer’s Institute. 901 E. Willetta St. Fl 3, Phoenix, AZ 85006, USA
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- The Translational Genomics Research Institute, 445 N 5th St, Phoenix, AZ 85004
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- Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic Arizona. 13400 E. Shea Boulevard, Scottsdale, AZ, 85259, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Mayo Clinic Arizona. 13400 E. Shea Boulevard, Scottsdale, AZ, 85259, USA
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tsinghua University. 30 Shuangqing Rd., Haidian Qu, Beijing Shi, China
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- Banner Alzheimer’s Institute. 901 E. Willetta St. Fl 3, Phoenix, AZ 85006, USA
- The Translational Genomics Research Institute, 445 N 5th St, Phoenix, AZ 85004
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- Banner Alzheimer’s Institute. 901 E. Willetta St. Fl 3, Phoenix, AZ 85006, USA
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- Banner Alzheimer’s Institute. 901 E. Willetta St. Fl 3, Phoenix, AZ 85006, USA
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Lai L, Sun J, Tarafdar S, Liu C, Murphy E, Kim G, Levine RL. Loss of methionine sulfoxide reductases increases resistance to oxidative stress. Free Radic Biol Med 2019; 145:374-384. [PMID: 31606431 PMCID: PMC6891793 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2019.10.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2019] [Revised: 10/07/2019] [Accepted: 10/08/2019] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Oxidation of methionine residues to methionine sulfoxide scavenges reactive species, thus protecting against oxidative stress. Reduction of the sulfoxide back to methionine by methionine sulfoxide reductases creates a cycle with catalytic efficiency. Protection by the methionine sulfoxide reductases is well documented in cultured cells, from microorganisms to mammals. However, knocking out one or two of the 4 mammalian reductases had little effect in mice that were not stressed. We hypothesized that the minimal effect is due to redundancy provided by the 4 reductases. We tested the hypothesis by creating a transgenic mouse line lacking all 4 reductases and predicted that this mouse would be exceptionally sensitive to oxidative stress. The mutant mice were phenotypically normal at birth, exhibited normal post-natal growth, and were fertile. Surprisingly, rather than being more sensitive to oxidative stress, they were more resistant to both cardiac ischemia-reperfusion injury and to parenteral paraquat, a redox-cycling agent. Resistance was not a result of hormetic induction of the antioxidant transcription factor Nrf2 nor activation of Akt. The mechanism of protection may be novel.
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- Lo Lai
- Laboratory of Biochemistry, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD, 20892, United States
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- Laboratory of Cardiac Physiology, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD, 20892, United States
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- Laboratory of Biochemistry, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD, 20892, United States
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- Transgenic Core Facility, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD, 20892, United States
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- Laboratory of Cardiac Physiology, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD, 20892, United States
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- Laboratory of Biochemistry, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD, 20892, United States
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- Laboratory of Biochemistry, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD, 20892, United States.
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Hamid M, Zargan Nezhad E, Galehdari H, Alihossein A, Shariati G, Sedaghat A. A First Report of Hb Alesha [β67(E11)Val>Met, GTG>ATG] in an Iranian Patient. ibj 2019. [PMID: 30316205 PMCID: PMC6800534 DOI: 10.29252/ibj.23.6.429] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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- Mohammad Hamid
- Department of Molecular Medicine, Biotechnology Research Center, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran
- Corresponding Author: Mohammad Hamid and Gholamreza Shariati, Department of Molecular Medicine, Biotechnology Research Center, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran; Tel. & Fax: (+98-21) 66480780; E-mail: ,Department of Medical Genetic, Faculty of medicine, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran; Tel. (+98-611) 3336681; Fax: (+98-611) 3336682; E-mail:
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- Department of Medical Genetics, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Medical Genetic, Faculty of Medicine, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
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- Department of Medical Genetic, Faculty of Medicine, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
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- Department of Medical Genetic, Faculty of Medicine, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
- Narges Medical Genetics & PND Laboratory, No. 18, East Mihan Ave., Kianpars, Ahvaz, Iran
- Corresponding Author: Mohammad Hamid and Gholamreza Shariati, Department of Molecular Medicine, Biotechnology Research Center, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran; Tel. & Fax: (+98-21) 66480780; E-mail: ,Department of Medical Genetic, Faculty of medicine, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran; Tel. (+98-611) 3336681; Fax: (+98-611) 3336682; E-mail:
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- Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
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Barve A, Vega A, Shah PP, Ghare S, Casson L, Wunderlich M, Siskind LJ, Beverly LJ. Perturbation of Methionine/S-adenosylmethionine Metabolism as a Novel Vulnerability in MLL Rearranged Leukemia. Cells 2019; 8:cells8111322. [PMID: 31717699 PMCID: PMC6912509 DOI: 10.3390/cells8111322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2019] [Revised: 10/21/2019] [Accepted: 10/24/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Leukemias bearing mixed lineage leukemia (MLL) rearrangement (MLL-R) resulting in expression of oncogenic MLL fusion proteins (MLL-FPs) represent an especially aggressive disease subtype with the worst overall prognoses and chemotherapeutic response. MLL-R leukemias are uniquely dependent on the epigenetic function of the H3K79 methyltransferase DOT1L, which is misdirected by MLL-FPs activating gene expression, driving transformation and leukemogenesis. Given the functional necessity of these leukemias to maintain adequate methylation potential allowing aberrant activating histone methylation to proceed, driving leukemic gene expression, we investigated perturbation of methionine (Met)/S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) metabolism as a novel therapeutic paradigm for MLL-R leukemia. Disruption of Met/SAM metabolism, by either methionine deprivation or pharmacologic inhibition of downstream metabolism, reduced overall cellular methylation potential, reduced relative cell numbers, and induced apoptosis selectively in established MLL-AF4 cell lines or MLL-AF6-expressing patient blasts but not in BCR-ABL-driven K562 cells. Global histone methylation dynamics were altered, with a profound loss of requisite H3K79 methylation, indicating inhibition of DOT1L function. Relative occupancy of the repressive H3K27me3 modification was increased at the DOT1L promoter in MLL-R cells, and DOT1L mRNA and protein expression was reduced. Finally, pharmacologic inhibition of Met/SAM metabolism significantly prolonged survival in an advanced, clinically relevant patient–derived MLL-R leukemia xenograft model, in combination with cytotoxic induction chemotherapy. Our findings provide support for further investigation into the development of highly specific allosteric inhibitors of enzymatic mediators of Met/SAM metabolism or dietary manipulation of methionine levels. Such inhibitors may lead to enhanced treatment outcomes for MLL-R leukemia, along with cytotoxic chemotherapy or DOT1L inhibitors.
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- Aditya Barve
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40202, USA; (A.B.); (L.J.S.)
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40202, USA;
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- James Graham Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40202, USA;
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- Department of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40202, USA; (S.G.); (L.C.)
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- Department of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40202, USA; (S.G.); (L.C.)
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- Department of Experimental Hematology and Cancer Biology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA;
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40202, USA; (A.B.); (L.J.S.)
- James Graham Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40202, USA;
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40202, USA; (A.B.); (L.J.S.)
- James Graham Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40202, USA;
- Department of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40202, USA; (S.G.); (L.C.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +01-502-852-8968
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Hashemi MM, Mousavi E, Arab-Bafrani Z, Nezhadebrahimi A, Marjani A. The most effective polymorphisms of paraoxonase-1 gene on enzyme activity and concentration of paraoxonase-1 protein in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients and non-diabetic individuals: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Diabetes Res Clin Pract 2019; 152:135-145. [PMID: 31102685 DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2019.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2019] [Revised: 04/25/2019] [Accepted: 05/09/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Many studies have evaluated the association of paraoxonase-1 (PON1) gene polymorphisms with enzyme activity and concentration in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). However, the exact impact of these polymorphisms is not still obvious. Hence, we conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to clarify the association of PON1 polymorphisms with its enzyme characteristics in T2DM patients and non-diabetic individuals. METHODS We searched electronic databases including PubMed, Web of Science, Embase and Scopus for publications by April 2018. The pooled response ratio (rr) for the association and their corresponding 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated using a fixed-effect model. RESULTS Fifteen relevant studies fulfilled our inclusion criteria. The results showed a 1.25-fold increase in total PON1 activity in non-diabetic group against T2DM patients (p-value = 0.024). Also, only Q192R and L55M polymorphisms had sufficient studies to be included in the meta-analysis. All three genotypes of Q192R polymorphism showed significantly different activities between the study groups with the highest pooled effect size for RR genotype (rrQQ < rrQR < rrRR) while this difference was seen only in LL genotype of L55M polymorphism. Therefore, Q192R polymorphism was more correlated with type 2 diabetes mellitus. In case of concentration, there was no significant differences between two groups (p-value = 0.897). CONCLUSION Current meta-analysis suggested that the observed difference of total PON1 activity was due to the different activity of various genotypes of PON1 enzyme in case of L55M and Q192R polymorphisms so that LL and RR genotypes had the most important role in the establishment of mentioned difference.
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
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- Metabolic Disorders Research Center, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran; Stem Cell Research Center, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgān, Iran; Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran.
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- Metabolic Disorders Research Center, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran
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- Metabolic Disorders Research Center, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran
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Dashti S, Taherian-Esfahani Z, Keshtkar A, Ghafouri-Fard S. Associations between XRCC3 Thr241Met polymorphisms and breast cancer risk: systematic-review and meta-analysis of 55 case-control studies. BMC Med Genet 2019; 20:79. [PMID: 31077156 PMCID: PMC6511159 DOI: 10.1186/s12881-019-0809-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2019] [Accepted: 04/16/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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BACKGROUND The X-ray repair cross-complementing group 3 (XRCC3) is an efficient component of homologous recombination and is required for the preservation of chromosomal integrity in mammalian cells. The association between Thr241Met single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in this gene and susceptibility to breast cancer has been assessed in several studies. Yet, reports are controversial. The present meta-analysis has been designed to identify whether this SNP is associated with susceptibility to breast cancer. METHODS We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis for retrieving the case-control studies on the associations between T241 M SNP and the risk of breast cancer. Crude odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated to verify the association in dominant, recessive, and homozygote inheritance models. RESULTS We included 55 studies containing 30,966 sporadic breast cancer cases, 1174 familial breast cancer cases and 32,890 controls in the meta-analysis. In crude analyses, no association was detected between the mentioned SNP and breast cancer risk in recessive, homozygote or dominant models. However, ethnic based analysis showed that in sporadic breast cancer, the SNP was associated with breast cancer risk in Arab populations in homozygous (OR (95% CI) = 3.649 (2.029-6.563), p = 0.0001) and recessive models (OR (95% CI) = 4.092 (1.806-9.271), p = 0.001). The association was significant in Asian population in dominant model (OR (95% CI) = 1.296, p = 0.029). However, the associations was significant in familial breast cancer in mixed ethnic-based subgroup in homozygote and recessive models (OR (95% CI) = 0.451 (0.309-0.659), p = 0.0001, OR (95% CI) = 0.462 (0.298-0.716), p = 0.001 respectively). CONCLUSIONS Taken together, our results in a large sample of both sporadic and familial cases of breast cancer showed insignificant role of Thr241Met in the pathogenesis of this type of malignancy. Such results were more conclusive in sporadic cases. In familial cases, future studies are needed to verify our results.
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- Sepideh Dashti
- Department of Medical Genetics, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Health Sciences Education Development, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Sanz MA, Almela EG, García-Moreno M, Marina AI, Carrasco L. A viral RNA motif involved in signaling the initiation of translation on non-AUG codons. RNA 2019; 25:431-452. [PMID: 30659060 PMCID: PMC6426287 DOI: 10.1261/rna.068858.118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2018] [Accepted: 01/11/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Noncanonical translation, and particularly initiation on non-AUG codons, are frequently used by viral and cellular mRNAs during virus infection and disease. The Sindbis virus (SINV) subgenomic mRNA (sgRNA) constitutes a unique model system to analyze the translation of a capped viral mRNA without the participation of several initiation factors. Moreover, sgRNA can initiate translation even when the AUG initiation codon is replaced by other codons. Using SINV replicons, we examined the efficacy of different codons in place of AUG to direct the synthesis of the SINV capsid protein. The substitution of AUG by CUG was particularly efficient in promoting the incorporation of leucine or methionine in similar percentages at the amino terminus of the capsid protein. Additionally, valine could initiate translation when the AUG is replaced by GUG. The ability of sgRNA to initiate translation on non-AUG codons was dependent on the integrity of a downstream stable hairpin (DSH) structure located in the coding region. The structural requirements of this hairpin to signal the initiation site on the sgRNA were examined in detail. Of interest, a virus bearing CUG in place of AUG in the sgRNA was able to infect cells and synthesize significant amounts of capsid protein. This virus infects the human haploid cell line HAP1 and the double knockout variant that lacks eIF2A and eIF2D. Collectively, these findings indicate that leucine-tRNA or valine-tRNA can participate in the initiation of translation of sgRNA by a mechanism dependent on the DSH. This mechanism does not involve the action of eIF2, eIF2A, or eIF2D.
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MESH Headings
- Capsid Proteins/biosynthesis
- Capsid Proteins/genetics
- Cell Line, Tumor
- Codon, Initiator/genetics
- Codon, Initiator/metabolism
- Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-2/deficiency
- Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-2/genetics
- Fibroblasts/metabolism
- Fibroblasts/virology
- Gene Expression Regulation
- Haploidy
- Host-Pathogen Interactions/genetics
- Humans
- Inverted Repeat Sequences
- Leucine/genetics
- Leucine/metabolism
- Methionine/genetics
- Methionine/metabolism
- Nucleic Acid Conformation
- Protein Biosynthesis
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- RNA, Transfer, Leu/genetics
- RNA, Transfer, Leu/metabolism
- RNA, Transfer, Val/genetics
- RNA, Transfer, Val/metabolism
- RNA, Viral/genetics
- RNA, Viral/metabolism
- Replicon
- Signal Transduction/genetics
- Sindbis Virus/genetics
- Sindbis Virus/metabolism
- Valine/genetics
- Valine/metabolism
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- Miguel Angel Sanz
- Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa (CSIC-UAM), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa (CSIC-UAM), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa (CSIC-UAM), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa (CSIC-UAM), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa (CSIC-UAM), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco 28049 Madrid, Spain
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Mutualisms are essential for life, yet it is unclear how they arise. A two-stage process has been proposed for the evolution of mutualisms that involve exchanges of two costly resources. First, costly provisioning by one species may be selected for if that species gains a benefit from costless byproducts generated by a second species, and cooperators get disproportionate access to byproducts. Selection could then drive the second species to provide costly resources in return. Previously, a synthetic consortium evolved the first stage of this scenario: Salmonella enterica evolved costly production of methionine in exchange for costless carbon byproducts generated by an auxotrophic Escherichia coli Growth on agar plates localized the benefits of cooperation around methionine-secreting S. enterica Here, we report that further evolution of these partners on plates led to hypercooperative E. coli that secrete the sugar galactose. Sugar secretion arose repeatedly across replicate communities and is costly to E. coli producers, but enhances the growth of S. enterica The tradeoff between individual costs and group benefits led to maintenance of both cooperative and efficient E. coli genotypes in this spatially structured environment. This study provides an experimental example of de novo, bidirectional costly mutualism evolving from byproduct consumption. The results validate the plausibility of costly cooperation emerging from initially costless exchange, a scenario widely used to explain the origin of the mutualistic species interactions that are central to life on Earth.
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- William R Harcombe
- Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108;
- BioTechnology Institute, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108
- Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108
- BioTechnology Institute, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108
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- BioTechnology Institute, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55108
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- Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138
- Department of Biology, University of Missouri-St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63121
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- Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138;
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844
- Institute for Bioinformatics and Evolutionary Studies, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844
- Center for Modeling Complex Interactions, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844
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Castel D, Philippe C, Kergrohen T, Sill M, Merlevede J, Barret E, Puget S, Sainte-Rose C, Kramm CM, Jones C, Varlet P, Pfister SM, Grill J, Jones DTW, Debily MA. Transcriptomic and epigenetic profiling of 'diffuse midline gliomas, H3 K27M-mutant' discriminate two subgroups based on the type of histone H3 mutated and not supratentorial or infratentorial location. Acta Neuropathol Commun 2018; 6:117. [PMID: 30396367 PMCID: PMC6219253 DOI: 10.1186/s40478-018-0614-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [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: 10/08/2018] [Accepted: 10/10/2018] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Diffuse midline glioma (DMG), H3 K27M-mutant, is a new entity in the updated WHO classification grouping together diffuse intrinsic pontine gliomas and infiltrating glial neoplasms of the midline harboring the same canonical mutation at the Lysine 27 of the histones H3 tail.Two hundred and fifteen patients younger than 18 years old with centrally-reviewed pediatric high-grade gliomas (pHGG) were included in this study. Comprehensive transcriptomic (n = 140) and methylation (n = 80) profiling was performed depending on the material available, in order to assess the biological uniqueness of this new entity compared to other midline and hemispheric pHGG.Tumor classification based on gene expression (GE) data highlighted the similarity of K27M DMG independently of their location along the midline. T-distributed Stochastic Neighbor Embedding (tSNE) analysis of methylation profiling confirms the discrimination of DMG from other well defined supratentorial tumor subgroups. Patients with diffuse intrinsic pontine gliomas (DIPG) and thalamic DMG exhibited a similarly poor prognosis (11.1 and 10.8 months median overall survival, respectively). Interestingly, H3.1-K27M and H3.3-K27M primary tumor samples could be distinguished based both on their GE and DNA methylation profiles, suggesting that they might arise from a different precursor or from a different epigenetic reorganization.These differences in DNA methylation profiles were conserved in glioma stem-like cell culture models of DIPG which mimicked their corresponding primary tumor. ChIP-seq profiling of H3K27me3 in these models indicate that H3.3-K27M mutated DIPG stem cells exhibit higher levels of H3K27 trimethylation which are correlated with fewer genes expressed by RNAseq. When considering the global distribution of the H3K27me3 mark, we observed that intergenic regions were more trimethylated in the H3.3-K27M mutated cells compared to the H3.1-K27M mutated ones.H3 K27M-mutant DMG represent a homogenous group of neoplasms compared to other pediatric gliomas that could be further separated based on the type of histone H3 variant mutated and their respective epigenetic landscapes. As these characteristics drive different phenotypes, these findings may have important implication for the design of future trials in these specific types of neoplasms.
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- David Castel
- UMR8203,Vectorologie et Nouvelles Thérapies Anticancéreuses, CNRS, Gustave Roussy, Univ. Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, 94805, Villejuif, France.
- Département de Cancérologie de l'Enfant et de l'Adolescent, Institut de Cancérologie Gustave Roussy, Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, 114 rue Édouard Vaillant, 94805, Villejuif Cedex, France.
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- UMR8203,Vectorologie et Nouvelles Thérapies Anticancéreuses, CNRS, Gustave Roussy, Univ. Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, 94805, Villejuif, France
- NeuroSpin/UNATI, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- UMR8203,Vectorologie et Nouvelles Thérapies Anticancéreuses, CNRS, Gustave Roussy, Univ. Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, 94805, Villejuif, France
- Département de Cancérologie de l'Enfant et de l'Adolescent, Institut de Cancérologie Gustave Roussy, Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, 114 rue Édouard Vaillant, 94805, Villejuif Cedex, France
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- Hopp Children's Cancer Center at the NCT Heidelberg (KiTZ), Heidelberg, Germany
- Division of Pediatric Neurooncology (B062), German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- UMR8203,Vectorologie et Nouvelles Thérapies Anticancéreuses, CNRS, Gustave Roussy, Univ. Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, 94805, Villejuif, France
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- UMR8203,Vectorologie et Nouvelles Thérapies Anticancéreuses, CNRS, Gustave Roussy, Univ. Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, 94805, Villejuif, France
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- Department of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Université Paris V Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- Department of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Université Paris V Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, University Medical Center Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany
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- Divisions of Molecular Pathology and Cancer Therapeutics, The Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, Surrey, UK
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- Department of Neuropathology, Hôpital Sainte-Anne, Université Paris V Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- Hopp Children's Cancer Center at the NCT Heidelberg (KiTZ), Heidelberg, Germany
- Division of Pediatric Neurooncology (B062), German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
- Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
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- UMR8203,Vectorologie et Nouvelles Thérapies Anticancéreuses, CNRS, Gustave Roussy, Univ. Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, 94805, Villejuif, France
- Département de Cancérologie de l'Enfant et de l'Adolescent, Institut de Cancérologie Gustave Roussy, Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, 114 rue Édouard Vaillant, 94805, Villejuif Cedex, France
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- Hopp Children's Cancer Center at the NCT Heidelberg (KiTZ), Heidelberg, Germany
- Pediatric Glioma Research Group, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- UMR8203,Vectorologie et Nouvelles Thérapies Anticancéreuses, CNRS, Gustave Roussy, Univ. Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, 94805, Villejuif, France.
- Université Evry, Université Paris-Saclay, 91057, Evry Cedex, France.
- Univ. Evry, Université Paris-Saclay, 91057, Evry Cedex, France.
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Fox NG, Martelli A, Nabhan JF, Janz J, Borkowska O, Bulawa C, Yue WW. Zinc(II) binding on human wild-type ISCU and Met140 variants modulates NFS1 desulfurase activity. Biochimie 2018; 152:211-218. [PMID: 30031876 PMCID: PMC6098246 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2018.07.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2018] [Accepted: 07/18/2018] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
Abstract
Human de novo iron-sulfur (Fe-S) assembly complex consists of cysteine desulfurase NFS1, accessory protein ISD11, acyl carrier protein ACP, scaffold protein ISCU, and allosteric activator frataxin (FXN). FXN binds the NFS1-ISD11-ACP-ISCU complex (SDAU), to activate the desulfurase activity and Fe-S cluster biosynthesis. In the absence of FXN, the NFS1-ISD11-ACP (SDA) complex was reportedly inhibited by binding of recombinant ISCU. Recent studies also reported a substitution at position Met141 on the yeast ISCU orthologue Isu, to Ile, Leu, Val, or Cys, could bypass the requirement of FXN for Fe-S cluster biosynthesis and cell viability. Here, we show that recombinant human ISCU binds zinc(II) ion, as previously demonstrated with the E. coli orthologue IscU. Surprisingly, the relative proportion between zinc-bound and zinc-depleted forms varies among purification batches. Importantly the presence of zinc in ISCU impacts SDAU desulfurase activity. Indeed, removal of zinc(II) ion from ISCU causes a moderate but significant increase in activity compared to SDA alone, and FXN can activate both zinc-depleted and zinc-bound forms of ISCU complexed to SDA. Taking into consideration the inhibition of desulfurase activity by zinc-bound ISCU, we characterized wild type ISCU and the M140I, M140L, and M140V variants under both zinc-bound and zinc-depleted conditions, and did not observe significant differences in the biochemical and biophysical properties between wild-type and variants. Importantly, in the absence of FXN, ISCU variants behaved like wild-type and did not stimulate the desulfurase activity of the SDA complex. This study therefore identifies an important regulatory role for zinc-bound ISCU in modulation of the human Fe-S assembly system in vitro and reports no 'FXN bypass' effect on mutations at position Met140 in human ISCU. Furthermore, this study also calls for caution in interpreting studies involving recombinant ISCU by taking into consideration the influence of the bound zinc(II) ion on SDAU complex activity.
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- Nicholas G Fox
- Structural Genomics Consortium, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, OX3 7DQ, UK
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- Pfizer Rare Disease Research Unit, Worldwide Research and Development, Pfizer Inc., 610 Main Street, Cambridge, MA, 02139, United States
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- Pfizer Rare Disease Research Unit, Worldwide Research and Development, Pfizer Inc., 610 Main Street, Cambridge, MA, 02139, United States
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- Pfizer Rare Disease Research Unit, Worldwide Research and Development, Pfizer Inc., 610 Main Street, Cambridge, MA, 02139, United States
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- Structural Genomics Consortium, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, OX3 7DQ, UK
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- Pfizer Rare Disease Research Unit, Worldwide Research and Development, Pfizer Inc., 610 Main Street, Cambridge, MA, 02139, United States.
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- Structural Genomics Consortium, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, OX3 7DQ, UK.
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Jain S, Sekonyela R, Knox BP, Palmer JM, Huttenlocher A, Kabbage M, Keller NP. Selenate sensitivity of a laeA mutant is restored by overexpression of the bZIP protein MetR in Aspergillus fumigatus. Fungal Genet Biol 2018; 117:1-10. [PMID: 29753128 PMCID: PMC6064392 DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2018.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2018] [Revised: 05/07/2018] [Accepted: 05/08/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
Abstract
LaeA is a conserved global regulator of secondary metabolism and development in filamentous fungi. Examination of Aspergillus fumigatus transcriptome data of laeA deletion mutants have been fruitful in identifying genes and molecules contributing to the laeA mutant phenotype. One of the genes significantly down regulated in A. fumigatus ΔlaeA is metR, encoding a bZIP DNA binding protein required for sulfur and methionine metabolism in fungi. LaeA and MetR deletion mutants exhibit several similarities including down regulation of sulfur assimilation and methionine metabolism genes and ability to grow on the toxic sulfur analog, sodium selenate. However, unlike ΔmetR, ΔlaeA strains are able to grow on sulfur, sulfite, and cysteine. To examine if any parameter of the ΔlaeA phenotype is due to decreased metR expression, an over-expression allele (OE::metR) was placed in a ΔlaeA background. The OE::metR allele could not significantly restore expression of MetR regulated genes in ΔlaeA but did restore sensitivity to sodium selenate. In A. nidulans a second bZIP protein, MetZ, also regulates sulfur and methionine metabolism genes. However, addition of an OE::metZ construct to the A. fumigatus ΔlaeA OE::metR strain still was unable to rescue the ΔlaeA phenotype to wildtype with regards gliotoxin synthesis and virulence in a zebrafish aspergillosis model.
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- Sachin Jain
- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, United States
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- Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, United States
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, United States
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, United States
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, United States
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, United States
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- Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, United States; Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, United States.
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