辅分子伴侣调控热休克蛋白HSP90功能的研究

热休克蛋白90(HSP90)是一类ATPase依赖性蛋白,作为分子伴侣,可在辅分子伴侣协助下,通过自身构象改变,参与众多细胞的生物学事件,从而协助新合成蛋白的正确折叠、成功装配、功能稳定及异常蛋白的降解过程。HSP90功能的发挥依赖于辅分子伴侣及氨基末端结合的核苷酸。辅分子伴侣是一类可与分子伴侣(如,HSP90)结合并调节其功能的蛋白,通过参与ATPase循环从而调节HSP90分子伴侣的功能。近年来,辅分子伴侣的研究得到越来越多的关注,本文就辅分子伴侣调控HSP90功能的作用进行综述。     

热带假丝酵母ctpxa1基因缺失菌的构建及对长链二元酸积累的影响

Pxa1p为酿酒酵母Saccharomyces cerevisiae过氧化物酶体上的膜蛋白,与Pxa2p组成二聚体,参与转运长链脂肪酸进入过氧化物酶体过程。热带假丝酵母能够发酵烷烃和脂肪酸生产长链二元酸,而过氧化物酶体中发生的β-氧化会消耗产生的长链二元酸造成产率降低。本研究以热带假丝酵母Candida tropicalis 1798为宿主菌,通过基于PCR片段的同源单交换法,快速构建ctpxa1基因敲除菌株C.tropicalis 1798-pxa1。利用半定量RT-PCR技术,检测ctpxa1基因在C.tropicalis 1798、C.tropicalis 1798-pxa1的表达量,灰度值比值为2.03,表明ctpxa1在C.tropicalis 1798-pxa1中的表达被弱化。经144 h发酵,C.tropicalis 1798-pxa1比C.tropicalis 1798的十二碳二元酸产量明显提升,其产出浓度为10.3 g/L,比野生型菌株C.tropicalis 1798提高了94.3%。     

Stimulated HSP90 binding to eNOS and activation of the PI3-Akt pathway contribute to globular adiponectin-induced NO production: vasorelaxation in response to globular adiponectin

The present study examined potential interactions between endothelial NO synthase (eNOS), heat shock protein (HSP)90, and Akt in vascular endothelial cells stimulated with globular adiponectin to produce nitric oxide (NO). Globular adiponectin-induced eNOS phosphorylation was accompanied by eNOS-HSP90-Akt complex formation, resulting in a dose-dependent increase in NO release. Globular adiponectin stimulated binding of HSP90 to eNOS, and inhibition of HSP90 significantly suppressed globular adiponectin-stimulated NO release. Globular adiponectin also caused Akt phosphorylation, and inhibition of PI3 kinase significantly suppressed globular adiponectin-stimulated NO release. This study also examined whether globular adiponectin really induces endothelial-dependent vasodilation using rings from rat thoracic aorta. It was observed that globular adiponectin caused dose-dependent vasorelaxation in the aorta. These results indicate that stimulated HSP90 binding to eNOS and activation of the PI3-Akt pathway contribute to globular adiponectin-induced eNOS phosphorylation and NO production, and to endothelium-dependent vasorelaxation.     

Intracellular localization of the 90 kDA heat shock protein (HSP90alpha) determined by expression of a EGFP-HSP90alpha-fusion protein in unstressed and heat stressed 3T3 cells

Heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90) is an abundant protein and essential for all eukaryotic cells. The expression of Hsp90 is further enhanced after exposure to stress factors, e.g. a heat shock. Many proteins interacting with Hsp90 as well as the various functions for Hsp90 have been described. In this study, an Hsp90alpha fusion protein along with the enhanced green fluorescence protein (EGFP) was expressed under the control of the human cytomegalovirus immediate early promoter. EGFP-Hsp90alpha was mainly localized in the cytoplasm, with only minor amounts inside the nuclei. No EGFP-Hsp90alpha could be detected inside the nucleoli. Following exposure to elevated temperatures, higher amounts of EGFP-Hsp90alpha are inside the nucleus, but not within the nucleoli. As the most remarkable finding under these conditions, an association of EGFP-Hsp90alpha with the nuclear membrane became visible.     

A subpopulation of Candida albicans and Candida tropicalis biofilm cells are highly tolerant to chelating agents

Many Candida spp. produce surface-adherent biofilm populations that are resistant to antifungal compounds and other environmental stresses. Recently, certain chelating agents have been recognized as having strong antimicrobial activity against biofilms of Candida species. This study investigated and characterized the concentration- and time-dependent killing of Candida biofilms by the chelators tetrasodium EDTA and sodium diethyldithiocarbamate. Here, Candida albicans and Candida tropicalis biofilms were cultivated in the Calgary Biofilm Device and then exposed to gradient arrays of these agents. Population survival was evaluated by viable cell counting and by confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) in conjunction with fluorescent viability staining. At concentrations of > or =2 mM, both EDTA and diethyldithiocarbamate killed c. 90-99.5% of the biofilm cell populations. Notably, a small fraction (c. 0.5-10%) of biofilm cells were able to withstand the highest concentrations of these antifungals that were tested (16 and 32 mM for EDTA and diethyldithiocarbamate, respectively). Interestingly, CLSM revealed that these surviving cells were irregularly distributed throughout the biofilm community. These data suggest that the use of chelating agents against biofilms of Candida spp. may be limited by the refractory nature of a variant cell subpopulation in the surface-adherent community.     

Identification of in vivo HSP90-interacting proteins reveals modularity of HSP90 complexes is dependent on the environment in psychrophilic bacteria

Heat shock protein 90 (HSP90) is a conserved molecular chaperone that functions as part of complexes in which different client proteins target it to diverse sets of substrates. In this paper, HSP90 complexes were investigated in γ-proteobacteria from mild (Shewanella oneidensis) and cold environments (Shewanella frigidimarina and Psychrobacter frigidicola), to determine changes in HSP90 interactions with client proteins in response to the adaptation to cold environments. HSP90 participation in cold adaptation was determined using the specific inhibitor 17-allylamino-geldanamycin. Then, HSP90 was immunoprecipitated from bacterial cultures, and the proteins in HSP90 complexes were analyzed by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis and identified by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry. According to HSP90-associated protein analysis, only 15 common proteins were found in both species from the same genus, S. oneidensis and S. frigidimarina, whereas a significant higher number of common proteins were found in both psychrophilic species S. frigidimarina and P. frigidicola 21 (p < 0.001). Only two HSP90-interacting proteins, the chaperone proteins DnaK and GroEL, were common to the three species. Interestingly, some proteins related to energy metabolism (isocitrate lyase, succinyl-CoA synthetase, alcohol dehydrogenase, NAD(+) synthase, and malate dehydrogenase) and some translation factors only interacted with HSP90 in psychrophilic bacteria. We can conclude that HSP90 and HSP90-associated proteins might take part in the mechanism of adaptation to cold environments, and interestingly, organisms living in similar environments conserve similar potential HSP90 interactors in opposition to phylogenetically closely related organisms of the same genus but from different environments.     

1例热带念珠菌脓肿误诊分析

报告1例热带念珠菌引起的腹腔脓肿瘘管真菌感染。患者女,78岁,因十二指肠球部穿孔并发腹膜炎,行腹腔镜术,术后伤口反复未完全愈合,有少量分泌物溢出。发现腹壁瘘管及腹腔脓肿入院,两次细菌培养均无菌生长,再次取分泌物直接镜检阳性,真菌培养鉴定为热带念珠菌。手术清理组织,病理示感染性肉芽肿改变,查见大量假菌丝及孢子。经口服伊曲康唑和两性霉素B溶液纱条引流治疗3个月后基本痊愈。     

一株耐高盐热带假丝酵母菌降解苯酚的研究

从含酚废水处理池污泥中驯化分离得到一株能以苯酚为唯一碳源的菌株FD-1。经18SrDNA和ITS序列的BLAST比对及系统发育分析,鉴定FD-1为热带假丝酵母(Candida tropicalis)的近缘种。FD-1对苯酚的降解能力较强,能够完全降解浓度为1 000mg·L-1的苯酚溶液。初步确定了FD-1在降解苯酚溶液时的最适温度为30~35℃,pH为6.0~7.0,并且通过探讨加入无机盐、培养基原料以及改变接种量三个因素对苯酚降解的影响,其耐受盐的浓度可达5%,对实践中应用微生物降解含酚废水具有积极的意义。     

Gambogic acid and gambogenic acid induce a thiol-dependent heat shock response and disrupt the interaction between HSP90 and HSF1 or HSF2

Cancer cells rely on heat shock proteins (HSPs) for growth and survival. Especially HSP90 has multiple client proteins and plays a critical role in malignant transformation, and therefore different types of HSP90 inhibitors are being developed. The bioactive natural compound gambogic acid (GB) is a prenylated xanthone with antitumor activity, and it has been proposed to function as an HSP90 inhibitor. However, there are contradicting reports whether GB induces a heat shock response (HSR), which is cytoprotective for cancer cells and therefore a potentially problematic feature for an anticancer drug. In this study, we show that GB and a structurally related compound, called gambogenic acid (GBA), induce a robust HSR, in a thiol-dependent manner. Using heat shock factor 1 (HSF1) or HSF2 knockout cells, we show that the GB or GBA-induced HSR is HSF1-dependent. Intriguingly, using closed form ATP-bound HSP90 mutants that can be co-precipitated with HSF1, a known facilitator of cancer, we show that also endogenous HSF2 co-precipitates with HSP90. GB and GBA treatment disrupt the interaction between HSP90 and HSF1 and HSP90 and HSF2. Our study implies that these compounds should be used cautiously if developed for cancer therapies, since GB and its derivative GBA are strong inducers of the HSR, in multiple cell types, by involving the dissociation of a HSP90-HSF1/HSF2 complex.     

钙离子对热带假丝酵母CT 1-12细胞生长影响的初步研究

研究了Ca^2 对热带假丝酵母增殖的影响,发现钙离子的加入对细胞增殖是有促进作用的,可以加快细胞周期,促进作用的强弱依Ca^2 浓度不同而异,最适浓度在10^-4-10^02mol/L之间。浓度过高（高于10^-1mol/L）会对生长起抑制作用。最佳钙离子浓度下同期菌浓比空白样高出34％。     

Synthesis and biological evaluation of C-ring truncated deguelin derivatives as heat shock protein 90 (HSP90) inhibitors

Based on the lead compound L-80 (compound 2), a potent heat shock protein 90 (HSP90) inhibitor, a series of C-ring truncated deguelin analogs were designed, synthesized and evaluated for Hypoxia Inducible Factor-1α (HIF-1α) inhibition as a primary screening method. Their structure–activity relationship was investigated in a systematic manner by varying the A/B ring, linker and D/E ring, respectively. Among the synthesized inhibitors, compound 5 exhibited potent HIF-1α inhibition in a dose-dependent manner and significant antitumor activity in human non-small cell lung carcinoma (H1299), with better activities than L-80. It also inhibited in vitro hypoxia-mediated angiogenic processes in human retinal microvascular endothelial cells (HRMEC). The docking study of 5 showed a similar binding mode as L-80: it occupied the C-terminal ATP-binding pocket of HSP90, indicating that the anticancer and antiangiogenic activities of 5 were derived from HIF-1α destabilization by inhibiting the C-terminal ATP-binding site of hHSP90.     

Identification of a new series of potent diphenol HSP90 inhibitors by fragment merging and structure-based optimization

Heat shock protein 90 (HSP90) is a molecular chaperone to fold and maintain the proper conformation of many signaling proteins, especially some oncogenic proteins and mutated unstable proteins. Inhibition of HSP90 was recognized as an effective approach to simultaneously suppress several aberrant signaling pathways, and therefore it was considered as a novel target for cancer therapy. Here, by integrating several techniques including the fragment-based drug discovery method, fragment merging, computer aided inhibitor optimization, and structure-based drug design, we were able to identify a series of HSP90 inhibitors. Among them, inhibitors 13, 32, 36 and 40 can inhibit HSP90 with IC₅₀ about 20–40 nM, which is at least 200-fold more potent than initial fragments in the protein binding assay. These new HSP90 inhibitors not only explore interactions with an under-studied subpocket, also offer new chemotypes for the development of novel HSP90 inhibitors as anticancer drugs.     

Characterization of the intron-containing citrate synthase gene from the alkanotrophic yeast Candida tropicalis: cloning and expression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Citrate synthase, an essential enzyme of the tricarboxylic acid cycle in mitochondria, was purified from acetate-grown Candida tropicalis. Results from SDS-PAGE and gel filtration showed that this enzyme was a dimer composed of 45-kDa subunits. A citrate synthase cDNA fragment was amplified by the 5′-RACE method. Nucleotide sequence analysis of this cDNA fragment revealed that the deduced amino acid sequence contained an extended leader sequence which is suggested to be a mitochondrial targeting signal, as judged from helical wheel analysis. Using this cDNA probe, one genomic citrate synthase clone was isolated from a yeast λEMBL3 library. The nucleotide sequence of the gene encoding C. tropicalis citrate synthase, CtCIT, revealed the presence of a 79-bp intron in the N-terminal region. Sequences essential as yeast splicing motifs were present in this intron. When the CtCIT gene including its intron was introduced into Saccharomyces cerevisiae using the promoter UPR-ICL, citrate synthase activity was highly induced, which strongly indicated that this intron was correctly spliced in S. cerevisiae. Received: 20 November 1996 / Accepted: 25 February 1997     

HSP90 mRNA在胃癌和大肠癌中表达的研究

目的为探讨胃癌和大肠癌细胞HSP90 mRNA表达的特点.方法利用核酸原位杂交技术,对79例胃肠癌组织进行检测.结果表明HSP90 mRNA在胃癌和大肠癌中的阳性率分别为55.56%(15/27)和69.23%(36/52).mRNA表达与病理类型、分化程度和有否淋巴结转移有相关性.结论 HSP90 mRNA在胃肠癌中有较高表达,检测HSP90 mRNA可以作为提示预后的重要临床指标.     

Disruption of the gene encoding the secreted acid protease (ACP) in the yeast Candida tropicalis

The gene for the secreted acid protease (ACP), a potential virulence factor of Candida species, was inactivated in Candida tropicalis by gene disruption. The disruption was performed by cotransformation of an ade2 C. tropicalis mutant with a linear DNA fragment carrying a deletion in ACP, and the replicative vector pMK16 which carries a selectable ADE2 gene marker. Few of the transformants exhibited lower protease secretion levels and were shown to have one deleted and one unaffected ACP copy, since C. tropicalis is a diploid yeast. These transformants were rendered homozygotic for this deletion by mild UV-treatment. One of the homozygotic acp deletion mutants obtained was completely devoid of extracellular protease activity and grew poorly on bovine serum albumin-containing medium. This mutant could be complemented by an ACP fragment inserted in pMK16, but also by an acid protease gene isolated from C. parapsilosis.