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Constanze Lamprecht Mathias Gehrmann Josef Madl Winfried Römer Gabriele Multhoff Andreas Ebner 《Cell stress & chaperones》2018,23(4):673-683
Hsp70-1A—the major stress-inducible member of the HSP70 chaperone family—is being implicated in cancer diseases with the development of resistances to standard therapies. In normal cells, the protein is purely cytosolic, but in a growing number of tumor cells, a significant fraction can be identified on to the cell surface. The anchoring mechanism is still under debate, as Hsp70-1A lacks conventional signaling sequences for translocation from the cytosol to exoplasmic leaflet of the plasma membrane and common membrane binding domains. Recent reports propose a lipid-mediated anchoring mechanism based on a specific interaction with charged, saturated lipids such as dipalmitoyl phosphatidylserine (DPPS). Here, we prepared planar supported lipid bilayers (SLBs) to visualize the association of Hsp70-1A directly and on the single molecule level by atomic force microscopy (AFM). The single molecule sensitivity of our approach allowed us to explore the low concentration range of 0.05 to 1.0 μg/ml of Hsp70-1A which was not studied before. We compared the binding of the protein to bilayers with 20% DPPS lipid content both in the absence and presence of cholesterol. Hsp70-1A inserted exclusively into DPPS domains and assembled in clusters with increasing protein density. A critical density was reached for incubation with 0.5 μg/ml (7 nM); at higher concentrations, membrane defects were observed that originated from cluster centers. In the presence of cholesterol, this critical concentration leads to the formation of membrane blebs, which burst at higher concentrations supporting a previously proposed non-classical pathway for the export of Hsp70-1A by tumor cells. In the discussion of our data, we attempt to link the lipid-mediated plasma membrane localization of Hsp70-1A to its potential involvement in the development of resistances to radiation and chemotherapy based on our own findings and the current literature. 相似文献
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Claudia Schiffczyk Barbara Romero Christina Jonas Constanze Lahmeyer Friedemann Müller Matthias W Riepe 《BMC neurology》2010,10(1):48
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Quality of life (QoL) is increasingly used to characterize the impact of disease and the efficacy of interventions. 相似文献283.
Thomas Horn Igor Ivanov Almerinda Di Venere Kumar Reddy Kakularam Pallu Reddanna Melanie L. Conrad Constanze Richter Patrick Scheerer Hartmut Kuhn 《Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)/Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids》2013,1831(12):1702-1713
Mammalian lipoxygenases belong to a family of lipid-peroxidizing enzymes, which have been implicated in cardiovascular, hyperproliferative and neurodegenerative diseases. Here we report that a naturally occurring mutation in the hALOX15 gene leads to expression of a catalytically near-null enzyme variant (hGly422Glu). The inactivity may be related to severe misfolding of the enzyme protein, which was concluded from CD-spectra as well as from thermal and chemical stability assays. In silico mutagenesis experiments suggest that most mutations at hGly422 have the potential to induce sterical clash, which might be considered a reason for protein misfolding. hGly422 is conserved among ALOX5, ALOX12 and ALOX15 isoforms and corresponding hALOX12 and hALOX5 mutants also exhibited a reduced catalytic activity. Interestingly, in the hALOX5 Gly429Glu mutants the reaction specificity of arachidonic acid oxygenation was shifted from 5S- to 8S- and 12R-H(p)ETE formation. Taken together, our data indicate that the conserved glycine is of functional importance for these enzyme variants and most mutants at this position lose catalytic activity. 相似文献
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Grohmann Constanze Hartmann Jan Niko Kovalev Alexander Gorb Stanislav N. 《Plant and Soil》2019,441(1-2):399-408
Plant and Soil - Green roofs are important novel urban ecosystems, but their shallow substrates can create plant water deficits in dry climates. Physiological approaches can improve green roof... 相似文献
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Constanze Seidel Sergio David Moreno-Velásquez Meritxell Riquelme Reinhard Fischer 《Eukaryotic cell》2013,12(7):1020-1032
Biological motors are molecular nanomachines, which convert chemical energy into mechanical forces. The combination of mechanoenzymes with structural components, such as the cytoskeleton, enables eukaryotic cells to overcome entropy, generate molecular gradients, and establish polarity. Hyphae of filamentous fungi are among the most polarized cells, and polarity defects are most obvious. Here, we studied the role of the kinesin-3 motor, NKIN2, in Neurospora crassa. We found that NKIN2 localizes as fast-moving spots in the cytoplasm of mature hyphae. To test whether the spots represented early endosomes, the Rab5 GTPase YPT52 was used as an endosomal marker. NKIN2 colocalized with YPT52. Deletion of nkin2 caused strongly reduced endosomal movement. Combined, these results confirm the involvement of NKIN2 in early endosome transport. Introduction of a rigor mutation into NKIN2 labeled with green fluorescent protein (GFP) resulted in decoration of microtubules. Interestingly, NKIN2rigor was associated with a subpopulation of microtubules, as had been shown earlier for the Aspergillus nidulans orthologue UncA. Other kinesins did not show this specificity. 相似文献