氧化还原作用对热休克转录因子1结构和功能的调控

为了评价半胱氨酸巯基氧化还原介导剂对人热休克转录因子 1(hHSF1)的氧化还原、结构和功能的作用 ,在体外用浓度为 0 .3～ 0 .5mmol/L的巯基氧化型介导剂二酰胺 (diamideDM )处理hHSF1;在体内用浓度为0 .1mmol/L的γ 谷氨酰半胱氨酸合成酶抑制剂丁硫堇处理HeLa细胞 ,都可形成一种致密的、分子内二硫键交联的氧化型hHSF1(ox hHSF1) ,使hHSF1三体形成和活化被阻断。二酰胺的这种作用呈剂量依赖 ;在电泳前加入浓度为 0 .4～ 0 .5mmol/L的巯基还原剂二硫苏糖醇 (DTT)到DM处理过的标本中再培育 ,能迅速和完全逆转这种作用。HSF1单体和三体功能域α 螺旋卷曲结构的计算机模型显示 ,在hHSF1单体N端和C端的疏水重复区中 ,半胱氨酸C1(第 15 3位氨基酸 )与半胱氨酸C4(第 373位氨基酸 )、C5(第 378位氨基酸 )非常接近 ,在合适的氧化作用下很容易形成二硫键 ,使HSF1单体形式较为稳定 ,不能形成三体并活化。结果表明 ,hHSF1的结构和功能与半胱氨酸上巯基的氧化还原化学性能相关 ;氧化作用和转录因子分子内巯基二硫键交联形成ox HSF1单体 ,可能是衰老细胞热体克转录反应呈渐减性的原因。     

氧化还原对NDPK-A及突变体磷酸转移酶活性的影响

对核苷二磷酸激酶A(NDPK-A)及其4种半胱氨酸突变体进行诱导表达及纯化,测定它们在氧化还原条件及正常条件下的磷酸转移酶活性,研究氧化还原及二硫键异构对NDPK-A及突变体活性的影响。将实验室之前构建成功的野生型NDPK-A(PBV-NDPK-A)及4种突变型NDPK-A基因(PBV-NDPK-A C4S,PBV-NDPK-A C109S,PBV-NDPK-A C145S,PBV-NDPK-A C4/109/145S)在大肠杆菌中高效表达;以DEAE-sepharose Fast Flow离子交换层析与Cibacron Blue 3GA Sepharose CL-4B亲和层析技术纯化目的蛋白;HPLC法测定比较野生型NDPK-A及突变体在氧化还原和正常环境下磷酸转移酶活性。结果显示,NDPK-A及突变体在大肠杆菌中高效表达;经纯化分别获得了均一的NDPK-A蛋白及突变体蛋白,纯度均达到98%;在还原环境下NDPK-A及突变体的磷酸转移酶活性均高于正常环境下的活性,但是在氧化环境下的磷酸转移酶活性明显低于正常环境下。氧化还原环境对NDPK-A结构异构及磷酸转移酶活性有一定的影响,提示氧化还原环境可能调控NDPK-A二硫键的形成,影响蛋白的聚集状态,从而影响蛋白的磷酸转移酶活性,并且NDPK-A结构中可能有更为复杂的氧化还原调控酶活性机制。     

黑曲霉硫氧还蛋白的克隆表达纯化及其酶活位点特征分析

首次从黑曲霉Aspergillus niger全基因组中克隆出黑曲霉硫氧还原蛋白基因AnTrx,并对其编码蛋白的第33-37位保守区的活性位点实施定点突变C34S、C37S及C34S-C37S,获得相应的3个定点突变基因。将野生型AnTrx及其突变子分别在大肠杆菌Escherichia coli中诱导表达,比浊法测定纯化的各表达产物还原牛胰岛素α与β链之间二硫键的活性。结果表明,AnTrx的3个突变体都不表现明显催化活性。当突变型与野生型AnTrx等量混合后,发现突变型AnTrx-C34S可显著提高野生型AnTrx的催化效率,而突变型AnTrx-C37S却无此功能。由此证明,AnTrx活性结构域的第37位Cys残基上的巯基能参与攻击硫氧还蛋白和底物蛋白所形成的二硫键而释放被还原的底物蛋白,而第34位Cys残基同其他微生物的同一活性域一样参与硫氧化还蛋白与底物的结合。这一结果有助于认识真菌硫氧还蛋白第37位活性位点的作用。     

玉米过氧化物还原蛋白BAS1的原核表达及其功能研究

植物过氧化物还原蛋白BAS1是巯基依赖的过氧化物酶,通过催化的Cys残基还原过氧化氢,依赖NADPH的叶绿体硫氧还蛋白还原酶保持BAS1的还原态。玉米含有两种BAS1:2-Cys PrxA和2-Cys PrxB。利用RT-PCR方法从玉米幼叶中克隆了编码成熟2-Cys PrxA的基因,并将蛋白Cys34残基突变成Ser34。SDS-PAGE显示纯化的野生型和突变体蛋白为一条主带,分子量约为23kDa;体外蛋白结合实验表明纯化的叶绿体硫氧还蛋白还原酶通过分子间二硫键结合纯化的2Cys PrxA的C34S突变体,非还原SDS-PAGE显示纯化的野生型2Cys PrxA含有分子间二硫键组成的二体,而纯化的C34S突变体呈现单体,巯基专一性标记化合物AMS修饰及活性分析表明纯化的BAS1还原态是催化还原过氧化氢所所必须的,它由硫氧还蛋白还原酶及其辅酶NADPH所催化。     

NDPK-A C4/109/145 S突变体降低磷酸转移酶活性但增加DNase活性

核苷二磷酸激酶A( nucleoside diphosphate kinase A, NDPK-A）有广泛的生物学活性,在肿瘤转移和调控中起重要作用.单独抑制NDPK-A中任何1个Cys所形成的二硫键,不会降低NDPK-A的磷酸转移酶活性和DNase活性.本实验通过构建C4/109/145S突变体并研究其生物学效应,为NDPK A结构与功能的研究提供参考.用定点突变法将NDPK-A 的4位、109位和145位Cys突变为Ser,构建pBV220-NDPK-A C4/109/145S和pEGFP-NDPK-A C4/109/145S两种重组质粒.在大肠杆菌中高效表达NDPK-A C4/109/145S突变体,纯化后可获得均一的重组NDPK-A C4/109/145S突变体蛋白.HPLC法和DNA消化法测定发现,C4/109/145S突变体磷酸转移酶活性低于野生型NDPK-A,而DNase活性高于野生型NDPK-A.以A549细胞作为模式细胞的流式细胞仪周期检测表明,C4/109/145S突变体与野生型NDPK-A一致,均可将细胞周期延滞在S期和G2/M期.这些结果证实,NDPK A结构异构与其磷酸转移酶活性密切相关,其酶活性至少需要1个Cys残基存在,NDPK-A结构中的二硫键也可能是其DNase活性的负调控机制之一,胞内NDPK-A的氧化还原异构可能对细胞周期无显著影响.     

核苷二磷酸激酶A的定点突变及C4S突变体的制备和活性研究

目的:对核苷二磷酸激酶A(NDPK-A)二硫键异构的关键残基C4进行定点突变,构建、表达并纯化C4S突变体,测定其磷酸转移酶活性和DNase活性,研究二硫键异构对NDPK-A活性的影响。方法:以pBV220-nm23-H1质粒作为模板,通过设计合适的引物对NDPK-A进行定点突变,将第4位半胱氨酸突变为丝氨酸,构建NDPK-AC4S突变体;在大肠杆菌BL21中表达,DEAE-sepharose Fas tFlow与Cibacron Blue 3GA Sepharose CL-4B纯化目的蛋白,获得均一重组蛋白,纯度达到98%;DNA序列测定及重组蛋白的肽质量指纹图谱(PMF)分析均证明构建正确突变体;高效液相色谱法(HPLC)与DNA消化法分别测定野生型NDPK-A与C4S突变体的磷酸转移酶活性与DNase活性差异。结果:NDPK-AC4S突变体的磷酸基转移酶与DNase酶活性均高于野生型NDPK-A。结论:NDPK-A缺失二硫键后,活性增高。NDPK-A形成链内二硫键可能是其活性负调控模式之一。     

霍乱弧菌ToxS蛋白间的互作增强ToxR蛋白诱导毒力基因的表达

【目的】阐明霍乱弧菌ToxR蛋白功能调控的分子机制。【方法】利用巯基捕获(thiol-trapping)的方法分析DsbA蛋白对ToxR周质空间结构域半胱氨酸残基的氧化作用;采用定点突变的方法构建ToxR半胱氨酸突变株(ToxR_(C236/293S));利用荧光素酶基因作为报告基因分析ToxR野生型(ToxR_(wt))和半胱氨酸突变体(ToxR_(C236/293S))诱导下游基因表达的活性;通过细菌双杂交系统分析ToxR_(wt)和ToxR_(C236/293S)蛋白之间、ToxR与ToxS之间以及ToxS之间的相互作用。【结果】ToxR周质空间结构域半胱氨酸残基确实可以被DsbA蛋白氧化,且当ToxR与ToxS共表达时,ToxR诱导ctxAB转录表达的活性显著增强,且在dsbA基因缺失突变株中ToxR诱导ctxAB转录表达的活性更高;成功构建株霍乱弧菌ToxR半胱氨酸突变株(ToxR_(C236/293S)),在没有ToxS存在的条件下,ToxR_(C236/293S)诱导毒力基因表达的活性与ToxRwt相当;细菌双杂交系统分析发现当ToxR与ToxS共转录表达时,ToxS极大增强ToxR蛋白之间的互作;在dsbA基因缺失突变株中,ToxS之间的相互作用显著增强。【结论】ToxR蛋白本身的氧还状态对其诱导毒力基因表达的活性没有影响;ToxS通过增强ToxR形成二聚体的能力从而增强其诱导毒力基因的表达,而DsbA对ToxS蛋白之间的相互作用具有抑制作用,DsbA通过影响ToxS的蛋白互作从而影响ToxR蛋白的功能。本文为进一步阐明霍乱弧菌毒力基因表达调控的分子机制提供重要的理论依据。     

单增李斯特菌氧化还原蛋白系统研究进展

单增李斯特菌是重要的食源性病原微生物,抗氧化应激是李斯特菌生存和致病的关键机制之一。活性氧(reactive oxygen species,ROS)浓度升高会破坏氧化还原平衡,使机体处于氧化胁迫的应激状态,进而导致生物大分子如蛋白质的损伤。蛋白质中半胱氨酸等含硫氨基酸对ROS尤其敏感,半胱氨酸残基脱氢氧化生成二硫键,可以稳定蛋白质空间构象,增加蛋白质的半衰期,进而使蛋白质免受损坏。抗氧化修复通常指的是对半胱氨酸残基的氧化还原过程,即二硫键的形成与打开。硫氧还蛋白家族包含硫氧还蛋白、谷氧还蛋白和Dsb-样蛋白系统,是生物体中常见的氧化还原修复系统。本文根据现有的文献报道,结合本课题组的研究进展,对单增李斯特菌硫氧还蛋白家族进行综述,以期为完善单增李斯特菌硫氧还蛋白调控系统提供参考。     

人载脂蛋白A-Ⅰ半胱氨酸突变体的二级结构和脂质结合能力的比较

为探讨人载脂蛋白A-Ⅰ(apoA-Ⅰ,apolipoproteinA-Ⅰ)α螺旋不同位点的半胱氨酸突变后,对蛋白二级结构和脂质结合能力的影响,利用定点诱变技术构建apoA-Ⅰ的天然半胱氨酸突变体apoA-ⅠMilano(R173C),及其它α螺旋片段上的半胱氨酸突变体,分别为apoA-Ⅰ(S52C),apoA-Ⅰ(N74C),apoA-Ⅰ(L107C),apoA-Ⅰ(K129C),和apoA-Ⅰ(L195C).观察比较各种野生型及突变apoA-Ⅰ单体蛋白的α螺旋含量和二级结构稳定性及其脂质结合能力.结果显示,野生型apoA-Ⅰ,apoA-Ⅰ(S52C),apoA-Ⅰ(N74C),apoA-Ⅰ(L107C),apoA-Ⅰ(K129C),apoA-ⅠMilano和apoA-Ⅰ(L195C)的α螺旋含量分别为54±4%,49±4%,50±2%,51±6%,56±4%,52±3%,和54±1%,各种蛋白的α螺旋含量无显著性差异(P>0.05).野生型apoA-Ⅰ的变性标准自由能(ΔG0D)为10.5kJ/mol;apoA-Ⅰ(S52C)和apoA-ⅠMilano的ΔG0D比野生型低2.1kJ/mol;而apoA-Ⅰ(K129C)的ΔG0D比野生型apoA-Ⅰ高1.6kJ/mol.与野生型apoA-Ⅰ相比,apoA-Ⅰ(K129C)和apoA-Ⅰ(L195C)两个突变体与脂质结合能力明显下降(P<0.05),而其它半胱氨酸突变体(包括apoA-ⅠMilano)在脂质结合动力学方面与野生型apoA-Ⅰ无明显差异.以上结果提示,不同位点发生的半胱氨酸突变对apoA-Ⅰ单体蛋白的α螺旋含量无明显影响,但对蛋白的二级结构稳定性和脂质结合能力影响不尽相同.     

热休克因子1通过上调蛋白质C减轻脓毒症凝血功能障碍保护小鼠急性肺损伤

目的 探讨热休克因子1 （HSF1）减轻脓毒症凝血功能障碍,保护小鼠急性肺损伤的机制。方法 本研究采用盲肠结扎穿孔术（cecal ligation and puncture,CLP）制备脓毒症小鼠模型,检测凝血相关指标和观察小鼠肺部病理变化,通过酶联免疫吸附实验（ELISA）、q RT-PCR和蛋白质印迹法（Western blot）等方法检测蛋白质C表达水平,通过质粒转染抑制或增强HSF1表达从而观察蛋白质C表达水平的变化,并利用生物信息学、凝胶电泳迁移实验（EMSA）和双荧光素酶报告基因实验探讨HSF1调节蛋白质C转录的机制。结果 在CLP脓毒症小鼠模型中,HSF-/-组小鼠的凝血活性与HSF1^+/+组相比明显增强,肺损伤明显加重。ELISA、qRT-PCR和Western blot检测发现,HSF^-/-脓毒症小鼠血浆和肺组织中的蛋白质C表达水平显著低于野生型小鼠。体外bEnd.3血管内皮细胞的实验结果显示,HSF1抑制脂多糖（LPS）诱导的蛋白质C表达,HSF1过表达则增强蛋白质C表达。生物信息学数据分析提示,蛋白质C启动子区含有HSF...     

Resolution, detection, and characterization of redox conformers of human HSF1

We describe here an experimental protocol for the resolution, detection, and quantitation of the reduced and oxidized conformers of human heat shock factor 1 (hHSF1) and report on the effects in vitro and in vivo of redox-active agents on the redox status, structure, and function of hHSF1. We showed that diamide, a reagent that promotes disulfide bond formation, caused a loss of immunorecognition of the monomeric hHSF1 protein in a standard Western blot detection procedure. Modification of the Western blot procedure to include dithiothreitol in the equilibration and transfer buffers after gel electrophoresis allowed for the detection of a compact, intramolecularly disulfide cross-linked oxidized hHSF1 (ox-hHSF1) in the diamide-treated sample. The effect of diamide was blocked by pretreatment with N-ethylmaleimide and was reversed by dithiothreitol added to the sample prior to gel electrophoresis. Incubation with nitrosoglutathione at 42 degrees C also promoted the conversion of HSF1 to ox-HSF1; at 25 degrees C, however, nitrosoglutathione was by itself without effect but blocked the formation of ox-hHSF1 in the presence of diamide. The disulfide cross-linked ox-hHSF1 was monomeric and resistant to the in vitro heat-induced trimerization and activation. The possibility that ox-HSF1 may occur in oxidatively stressed cells was evaluated. Treatment of HeLa cells with 2 mm l-buthionine sulfoximine promoted the formation of ox-HSF1 and blocked the heat-induced activation of HSF DNA binding activity. Our result suggests that hHSF1 may have integrated redox chemistry of cysteine sulfhydryl into its functional responses.     

Redox state-dependent interaction of HMGB1 and cisplatin-modified DNA

HMGB1, one of the most abundant nuclear proteins, has a strong binding affinity for cisplatin-modified DNA. It has been proposed that HMGB1 enhances the anticancer efficacy of cisplatin by shielding platinated DNA lesions from repair. Two cysteine residues in HMGB1 domain A form a reversible disulfide bond under mildly oxidizing conditions. The reduced domain A protein binds to a 25-bp DNA probe containing a central 1,2-d(GpG) intrastrand cross-link, the major platinum-DNA adduct, with a 10-fold greater binding affinity than the oxidized domain A. The binding affinities of singly and doubly mutated HMGB1 domain A, respectively deficient in one or both cysteine residues that form the disulfide bond, are unaffected by changes in external redox conditions. The redox-dependent nature of the binding of HMGB1 domain A to cisplatin-modified DNA suggests that formation of the intradomain disulfide bond induces a conformational change that disfavors binding to cisplatin-modified DNA. Hydroxyl radical footprinting analyses of wild-type domain A bound to platinated DNA under different redox conditions revealed identical cleavage patterns, implying that the asymmetric binding mode of the protein across from the platinated lesion is conserved irrespective of the redox state. The results of this study reveal that the cellular redox environment can influence the interaction of HMGB1 with the platinated DNA and suggest that the redox state of the A domain is a potential factor in regulating the role of the protein in modulating the activity of cisplatin as an anticancer drug.     

Identification of potential inter-domain disulfides in three higher plant mitochondrial citrate synthases: Paradoxical differences in redox-sensitivity as compared with the animal enzyme

The mitochondrial citrate synthases (EC 4.1.3.7) of pummelo, potato and Arabidopsis are activated in crude extracts by dithiothreitol treatment and/or inactivated by the strong oxidizing agent diamide. Surprisingly, homology modeling reveals a potential disulfide involving two cysteine residues which are also present in the redox-insensitive model enzyme, pig heart citrate synthase. Energy minimization calculations suggest that differences in the charge distribution enhance disulfide bond formation in the plant mitochondrial citrate synthase and inhibit disulfide bond formation in the mammalian enzyme.     

Interdomain but not intermolecular interactions observed in CFTR channels.

Gating of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) channels requires interdomain and/or intermolecular interactions involving different parts of the protein, yet the exact nature of those interactions remains unclear. In this study we report that treating wild type CFTR-expressing cells with oxidizing agents results in a significant reduction in the gel mobility of the protein indicative of the formation of disulfide bonds. In contrast, mutant CFTR channels in which cysteine residues in both nucleotide binding domains (NBDs) were mutated to serine, showed little change in gel mobility in oxidizing conditions. Mutation of the two cysteine residues in either the first or the second NBD alone also eliminates the change in gel mobility in oxidizing conditions. Wild type channels treated with oxidizing agents did not appear to form disulfide bonds with other proteins, suggesting that the close association that allows the formation of disulfide bonds occurs only within single proteins and not between separate channels interacting in a multimer.     

Use of an in situ disulfide cross-linking strategy to map proximities between amino acid residues in transmembrane domains I and VII of the M3 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor

In this study, we employed an in situ disulfide cross-linking strategy to gain insight into the structure of the inactive and active state of the M(3) muscarinic acetylcholine receptor. Specifically, this study was designed to identify residues in TM I that are located in close to Cys532 (position 7.42), an endogenous cysteine residue present in the central portion of TM VII. Cysteine residues were substituted, one at a time, into 10 consecutive positions of TM I (Ala71-Val80) of a modified version of the M(3) muscarinic receptor that lacked most endogenous cysteine residues and contained a factor Xa cleavage site within the third intracellular loop. Following their expression in COS-7 cells, the 10 resulting cysteine mutant receptors were oxidized in their native membrane environment, either in the absence or in the presence of muscarinic ligands. Disulfide cross-link formation was monitored by examining changes in the electrophoretic mobility of oxidized and factor Xa-digested receptors on SDS gels. When molecular iodine was used as the oxidizing agent, the L77C receptor (position 1.42) was the only mutant receptor that displayed significant disulfide cross-linking, either in the absence or in the presence of muscarinic agonists or antagonists. On the other hand, when the Cu(II)-(1,10-phenanthroline)(3) complex served as the redox catalyst, muscarinic ligands inhibited disulfide cross-linking of the L77C receptor, probably because of impaired access of this relatively bulky oxidizing agent to the ligand binding crevice. The iodine cross-linking data suggest that M(3) muscarinic receptor activation is not associated with significant changes in the relative orientations of the outer and/or central segments of TM I and VII. In bovine rhodopsin, the residues present at the positions corresponding to Cys532 and Leu77 in the rat M(3) muscarinic receptor are not located directly adjacent to each other, raising the possibility that the relative orientations of TM I and VII are not identical among different class I GPCRs. Alternatively, dynamic protein backbone fluctuation may occur, enabling Cys532 to move within cross-linking distance of Leu77 (Cys77).     

Reversible redox- and zinc-dependent dimerization of the Escherichia coli fur protein

Fur is a bacterial regulator using iron as a cofactor to bind to specific DNA sequences. This protein exists in solution as several oligomeric states, of which the dimer is generally assumed to be the biologically relevant one. We describe the equilibria that exist between dimeric Escherichia coli Fur and higher oligomers. The dissociation constant for the dimer-tetramer equilibrium is estimated to be in the millimolar range. Oligomerization is enhanced at low ionic strength and pH. The as-isolated monomeric form of Fur is not in equilibrium with the dimer and contains two disulfide bridges (C92-C95 and C132-C137). Binding of the monomer to DNA is metal-dependent and sequence specific with an apparent affinity 5.5 times lower than that of the dimer. Size exclusion chromatography, EDC cross-linking, and CD spectroscopy show that reconstitution of the dimer from the monomer requires reduction of the disulfide bridges and coordination of Zn2+. Reduction of the disulfide bridges or Zn2+ alone does not promote dimerization. EDC and DMA cross-links reveal that the N-terminal NH2 group of one subunit is in an ionic interaction with acidic residues of the C-terminal tail and close to Lys76 and Lys97 of the other. Furthermore, the yields of cross-link drastically decrease upon binding of metal in the activation site, suggesting that the N-terminus is involved in the conformational change. Conversely, oxidizing reagents, H2O2 or diamide, disrupt the dimeric structure leading to monomer formation. These results establish that coordination of the zinc ion and the redox state of the cysteines are essential for holding E. coli Fur in a dimeric state.