Roles of Long-range Electrostatic Domain Interactions and K+ in Phosphoenzyme Transition of Ca2+-ATPase

Sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca²⁺-ATPase couples the motions and rearrangements of three cytoplasmic domains (A, P, and N) with Ca²⁺ transport. We explored the role of electrostatic force in the domain dynamics in a rate-limiting phosphoenzyme (EP) transition by a systematic approach combining electrostatic screening with salts, computer analysis of electric fields in crystal structures, and mutations. Low KCl concentration activated and increasing salt above 0.1 m inhibited the EP transition. A plot of the logarithm of the transition rate versus the square of the mean activity coefficient of the protein gave a linear relationship allowing division of the activation energy into an electrostatic component and a non-electrostatic component in which the screenable electrostatic forces are shielded by salt. Results show that the structural change in the transition is sterically restricted, but that strong electrostatic forces, when K⁺ is specifically bound at the P domain, come into play to accelerate the reaction. Electric field analysis revealed long-range electrostatic interactions between the N and P domains around their hinge. Mutations of the residues directly involved and other charged residues at the hinge disrupted in parallel the electric field and the structural transition. Favorable electrostatics evidently provides a low energy path for the critical N domain motion toward the P domain, overcoming steric restriction. The systematic approach employed here is, in general, a powerful tool for understanding the structural mechanisms of enzymes.     

正肝化症方联合隔姜灸对原发性肝癌行经肝动脉化疗栓塞术患者肝功能和免疫功能的影响

目的:探讨正肝化症方联合隔姜灸对原发性肝癌(PHC)行经肝动脉化疗栓塞术(TACE)患者肝功能和免疫功能的影响。方法:选取2015年2月～2018年11月期间广东省第二人民医院收治的PHC患者121例,根据数表法将患者随机分为对照组(n=60)和研究组(n=61),其中对照组予以TACE治疗,研究组在对照组基础上予以正肝化症方联合隔姜灸治疗,比较两组患者临床疗效、生活质量及肝功能、免疫功能指标水平,记录两组治疗期间不良反应发生情况。结果:研究组治疗后临床总有效率为75.41%(46/61),高于对照组患者的56.67%(34/60)(P0.05)。两组患者治疗后谷氨酸氨基转移酶(ALT)、天冬氨酸氨基转移酶(AST)、总胆红素(TBIL)均较治疗前降低,且研究组低于对照组(P0.05)。两组患者治疗后CD4~+、CD4~+/CD8~+均较治疗前升高,且研究组高于对照组(P0.05);CD8~+较治疗前降低,且研究组低于对照组(P0.05)。两组患者治疗后健康调查简表(SF-36)评分较治疗前升高,且研究组高于对照组(P0.05)。研究组不良反应总发生率低于对照组(P0.05)。结论:正肝化症方联合隔姜灸辅助TACE治疗PHC患者,疗效确切,可有效改善患者肝功能以及免疫功能,提高患者生活质量,减少不良反应发生率。     

microRNA-222 Attenuates Mitochondrial Dysfunction During Transmissible Gastroenteritis Virus Infection

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• •microRNA-222 attenuates TGEV-induced mitochondrial dysfunction.
• •microRNA-222 downregulates THBS1 and CD47.
• •THBS1 is the target of microRNA-222 during TGEV infection.
• •THBS1 and CD47 increase mitochondrial Ca²⁺ level and reduced mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP).

     

Quantitative Proteomics of the Mitotic Chromosome Scaffold Reveals the Association of BAZ1B with Chromosomal Axes,

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• •Quantitative proteomics of mitotic chromosome scaffold isolated from chicken DT40 cells.
• •BAZ1B identified in the isolated mitotic chromosome scaffold localizes to mitotic chromosome axes.
• •BAZ1B knockout caused prophase delay because of altered chromosome condensation timing and impaired mitosis progression.
• •BAZ1B knockout did not affect prometaphase chromosome structure.

     

Delineation of critical amino acids in activation function 1 of progesterone receptor for recruitment of transcription coregulators

The activation functions AF1 and AF2 of nuclear receptors mediate the recruitment of coregulators in gene regulation. AF1 is mapped to the highly variable and intrinsically unstructured N terminal domain and AF2 lies in the conserved ligand binding domain. The unstructured nature of AF1 offers structural plasticity and hence functional versatility in gene regulation. However, little is known about the key functional residues of AF1 that mediates its interaction with coregulators. This study focuses on the progesterone receptor (PR) and reports the identification of K464, K481 and R492 (KKR) as the key functional residues of PR AF1. The KKR are monomethylated and function cooperatively. The combined mutations of KKR to QQQ render PR isoform B (PRB) hyperactive, whereas KKR to FFF mutations abolishes as much as 80% of PR activity. Furthermore, the hyperactive QQQ mutation rescues the loss of PR activity due to E911A mutation in AF2. The study also finds that the magnitudes of the mutational effect differ in different cell types as a result of differential effects on the functional interaction with coregulators. Furthermore, KKR provides the interface for AF1 to physically interact with p300 and SRC-1, and with AF2 at E911. Intriguingly, the inactive FFF mutant interacts strikingly stronger with both SRC-1 and AF2 than wt PRB. We propose a tripartite model to describe the dynamic interactions between AF1, AF2 and SRC-1 with KKR of AF1 and E911 of AF2 as the interface. An overly stable interaction would hamper the dynamics of disassembly of the receptor complex.     

Helianthus maximiliani and species fine‐scale spatial pattern affect diversity interactions in reconstructed tallgrass prairies

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