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Chang Ho Kang Byeong Cheol Moon Hyeong Cheol Park Sung Cheol Koo Yong Hun Chi Yong Hwa Cheong Byung-Dae Yoon Sang Yeol Lee Cha Young Kim 《Molecules and cells》2013,35(5):381-387
We previously reported that OsERG1 and OsERG3 encode rice small C2-domain proteins with different biochemical properties in Ca2+- and phospholipid-binding assays. Os-ERG1 exhibited Ca2+-dependent phospholipid binding, which was not observed with OsERG3. In the present study, we show that both OsERG1 and OsERG3 proteins exhibit oligomerization properties as determined by native polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE) and glutaraldehyde cross-linking experiments. Furthermore, in vitro phosphorylation assays reveal the phosphorylation of OsERG1 and OsERG3 by a rice calcium-dependent protein kinase, OsCDPK5. Our mutation analysis on putative serine phosphorylation sites shows that the first serine (Ser) at position 41 of OsERG1 may be an essential residue for phosphorylation by OsCDPK5. Mutation of Ser41 to alanine (OsERG1S41A) and aspartate (OsERG1S41D) abolishes the ability of OsERG1 to bind phospholipids regardless of the presence or absence of Ca2+ ions. In addition, unlike the OsERG1 wild-type form, the mutant OsERG1 (S41A)::smGFP construct lost the ability to translocate from the cytosol to the plasma membrane in response to calcium ions or fungal elicitor. These results indicate that Ser41 may be essential for the function of OsERG1. 相似文献
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Santosh Kumar Sahu Gopala Krishna Aradhyam Sathyanarayana N. Gummadi 《Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)/General Subjects》2009
Background
Phospholipid scramblases are a group of four homologous proteins conserved from C. elegans to human. In human, two members of the scramblase family, hPLSCR1 and hPLSCR3 are known to bring about Ca2+ dependent translocation of phosphatidylserine and cardiolipin respectively during apoptotic processes. However, affinities of Ca2+/Mg2+ binding to human scramblases and conformational changes taking place in them remains unknown.Methods
In the present study, we analyzed the Ca2+ and Mg2+ binding to the calcium binding motifs of hPLSCR1–4 and hPLSCR1 by spectroscopic methods and isothermal titration calorimetry.Results
The results in this study show that (i) affinities of the peptides are in the order hPLSCR1 > hPLSCR3 > hPLSCR2 > hPLSCR4 for Ca2+ and in the order hPLSCR1 > hPLSCR2 > hPLSCR3 > hPLSCR4 for Mg2+, (ii) binding of ions brings about conformational change in the secondary structure of the peptides. The affinity of Ca2+ and Mg2+ binding to protein hPLSCR1 was similar to that of the peptide I. A sequence comparison shows the existence of scramblase-like motifs among other protein families.Conclusions
Based on the above results, we hypothesize that the Ca2+ binding motif of hPLSCR1 is a novel type of Ca2+ binding motif.General significance
Our findings will be relevant in understanding the calcium dependent scrambling activity of hPLSCRs and their biological function. 相似文献3.
Roberto Moscatiello Mattia Zaccarin Flavia Ercolin Ernesto Damiani Andrea Squartini Antonella Roveri Lorella Navazio 《BMC microbiology》2015,15(1)
Background
Legumes establish with rhizobial bacteria a nitrogen-fixing symbiosis which is of the utmost importance for both plant nutrition and a sustainable agriculture. Calcium is known to act as a key intracellular messenger in the perception of symbiotic signals by both the host plant and the microbial partner. Regulation of intracellular free Ca2+ concentration, which is a fundamental prerequisite for any Ca2+-based signalling system, is accomplished by complex mechanisms including Ca2+ binding proteins acting as Ca2+ buffers. In this work we investigated the occurrence of Ca2+ binding proteins in Mesorhizobium loti, the specific symbiotic partner of the model legume Lotus japonicus.Results
A soluble, low molecular weight protein was found to share several biochemical features with the eukaryotic Ca2+-binding proteins calsequestrin and calreticulin, such as Stains-all blue staining on SDS-PAGE, an acidic isoelectric point and a Ca2+-dependent shift of electrophoretic mobility. The protein was purified to homogeneity by an ammonium sulfate precipitation procedure followed by anion-exchange chromatography on DEAE-Cellulose and electroendosmotic preparative electrophoresis. The Ca2+ binding ability of the M. loti protein was demonstrated by 45Ca2+-overlay assays. ESI-Q-TOF MS/MS analyses of the peptides generated after digestion with either trypsin or endoproteinase AspN identified the rhizobial protein as ferredoxin II and confirmed the presence of Ca2+ adducts.Conclusions
The present data indicate that ferredoxin II is a major Ca2+ binding protein in M. loti that may participate in Ca2+ homeostasis and suggest an evolutionarily ancient origin for protein-based Ca2+ regulatory systems.Electronic supplementary material
The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12866-015-0352-5) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. 相似文献4.
Takafumi Kawai Hideki AbeKen-ichi Wakabayashi Yoshitaka Oka 《Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)/General Subjects》2009,1790(12):1681-1688
Background
The olfactory nonsensory cells contribute to the maintenance of normal functions of the olfactory epithelium (OE). Specifically, the ciliated nonsensory cells of teleosts play important roles in the odorant detection by OE in aqueous environment. Their cilia show strong beating activities and cause water flow at the OE surface, making the detection of odorants by OE more efficient. Because intracellular Ca2+ level has been reported to play an important role in ciliary beating, the ciliary beating activity may be regulated by intracellular Ca2+ dynamics of these ciliated nonsensory cells.Methods
We performed Ca2+ imaging experiments to analyze the Ca2+ dynamics in acutely dissociated OE cells of the goldfish. Furthermore, we examined the contribution of the Ca2+ dynamics to the ciliary beating frequency (CBF) at the surface of the intact OE.Results
Olfactory nonsensory cells showed both spontaneous intracellular Ca2+ oscillations and propagating intercellular Ca2+ waves. Application of 2-aminoethoxydiphenylborate (2-APB), which antagonizes IP3-induced Ca2+ release from intracellular stores suppressed these Ca2+ oscillations. Furthermore, 2-APB application to the intact OE lamellae resulted in the decrease of CBF at the surface of the OE.Conclusions
These results indicate that spontaneous intracellular calcium oscillations persistently up-regulate the ciliary beating at the surface of the OE in teleosts.General significance
Ciliary beating activity at the surface of OE can be regulated by the Ca2+ dynamics of olfactory nonsensory cells. Because this ciliary movement causes inflow of external fluid into the nostril, this regulation is suggested to influence the efficiency of odorant detection by OE. 相似文献5.
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Shulong Yang Yingyuan FuXiuzhen Wu Zhixing ZhouJing Xu Xiaoping ZengNanzhen Kuang Yurong Zeng 《Biochemical and biophysical research communications》2014
Background
These experiments were employed to explore the mechanisms underlying baicalin action on Candida albicans.Methodology and principal findings
We detected the baicalin inhibition effects on three isotope-labeled precursors of 3H-UdR, 3H-TdR and 3H-leucine incorporation into C. albicans using the isotope incorporation technology. The activities of Succinate Dehydrogenase (SDH), cytochrome oxidase (CCO) and Ca2+–Mg2+ ATPase, cytosolic Ca2+ concentration, the cell cycle and apoptosis, as well as the ultrastructure of C.albicans were also tested. We found that baicalin inhibited 3H-UdR, 3H-TdR and 3H-leucine incorporation into C.albicans (P < 0.005). The activities of the SDH and Ca2+–Mg2+ ATPase of C.albicans in baicalin groups were lower than those in control group (P < 0.05). Ca2+ concentrations of C. albicans in baicalin groups were much higher than those in control group (P < 0.05). The ratio of C.albicans at the G0/G1 stage increased in baicalin groups in dose dependent manner (P < 0.01). There were a significant differences in the apoptosis rate of C.albicans between baicalin and control groups (P < 0.01). After 12–48 h incubation with baicalin (1 mg/ml), C. albicans shown to be markedly damaged under transmission electron micrographs.Innovation and significance
Baicalin can increase the apoptosis rate of C. albicans. These effects of Baicalin may involved in its inhibiting the activities of the SDH and Ca2+–Mg2+ ATPase, increasing cytosolic Ca2+ content and damaging the ultrastructure of C. albicans. 相似文献7.
Alhondra Solares-Pérez Jorge A. Sánchez Alejandro Zentella-Dehesa María C. García Ramón M. Coral-Vázquez 《Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)/General Subjects》2010
Background
δ-Sarcoglycan (δ-SG) knockout (KO) mice develop skeletal muscle histopathological alterations similar to those in humans with limb muscular dystrophy. Membrane fragility and increased Ca2+ permeability have been linked to muscle degeneration. However, little is known about the mechanisms by which genetic defects lead to disease.Methods
Isolated skeletal muscle fibers of wild-type and δ-SG KO mice were used to investigate whether the absence of δ-SG alters the increase in intracellular Ca2+ during single twitches and tetani or during repeated stimulation. Immunolabeling, electrical field stimulation and Ca2+ transient recording techniques with fluorescent indicators were used.Results
Ca2+ transients during single twitches and tetani generated by muscle fibers of δ-SG KO mice are similar to those of wild-type mice, but their amplitude is greatly decreased during protracted stimulation in KO compared to wild-type fibers. This impairment is independent of extracellular Ca2+ and is mimicked in wild-type fibers by blocking store-operated calcium channels with 2-aminoethoxydiphenyl borate (2-APB). Also, immunolabeling indicates the localization of a δ-SG isoform in the sarcoplasmic reticulum of the isolated skeletal muscle fibers of wild-type animals, which may be related to the functional differences between wild-type and KO muscles.Conclusions
δ-SG has a role in calcium homeostasis in skeletal muscle fibers.General significance
These results support a possible role of δ-SG on calcium homeostasis. The alterations caused by the absence of δ-SG may be related to the pathogenesis of muscular dystrophy. 相似文献8.
Ana Paula Zanatta Leila Zanatta Renata Gonçalves Ariane Zamoner Fátima Regina Mena Barreto Silva 《Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)/General Subjects》2013
Background
The secretory activity of Sertoli cells (SC) is dependent on ion channel functions and protein synthesis and is critical to ongoing spermatogenesis. The aim of this study was to investigate the mechanism of action associated with a non-metabolizable amino acid [14C]-MeAIB (α-(methyl-amino)isobutyric acid) accumulation stimulated by T4 and the role of the integrin receptor in this event, and also to clarify whether the T4 effect on MeAIB accumulation and on Ca2+ influx culminates in cell secretion.Methods
We have studied the rapid and plasma membrane initiated effects of T4 by using 45Ca2+ uptake and [45C]-MeAIB accumulation assays, respectively. Thymidine incorporation into DNA was used to monitor nuclear activity and quinacrine to analyze the secretory activity on SC.Results
The stimulation of MeAIB accumulation by T4 appears to be mediated by the integrin receptor in the plasma membrane since tetrac and RGD peptide were able to nullify the effect of this hormone. In addition, T4 increases extracellular Ca2+ uptake and Ca2+ from intracellular stocks to enhance nuclear activity, but this genomic action seems not to influence SC secretion mediated by T4. Also, the cytoskeleton and ClC-3 chloride channel contribute to the membrane-associated responses of SC.Conclusions
T4 integrin receptor activation ultimately determines the plasma membrane responses on amino acid transport in SC, but it is not involved in calcium influx, cell secretion or the nuclear effect of the hormone.General significance
The integrin receptor activation by T4 may take a role in plasma membrane processes involved in the male reproductive system. 相似文献9.
Thanutchaporn Kumrungsee Tomomi SaikiSayaka Akiyama Kentaro NakashimaMitsuru Tanaka Yutaro KobayashiToshiro Matsui 《Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)/General Subjects》2014
Background
Tryptophan-histidine (Trp-His) was found to suppress the activity of the Ca2 +/calmodulin (CaM)-dependent protein kinases II (CaMKII), which requires the Ca2 +-CaM complex for an initial activation. In this study, we attempted to clarify whether Trp-His inhibits Ca2 +-CaM complex formation, a CaMKII activator.Methods
The ability of Trp-His and other peptides to inhibit Ca2 +-CaM complex formation was investigated by a Ca2 +-encapsulation fluorescence assay. The peptide-CaM interactions were illustrated by molecular dynamic simulation.Results
We showed that Trp-His inhibited Ca2 +-CaM complex formation with a 1:1 binding stoichiometry of the peptide to CaM, considering that Trp-His reduced Hill coefficient of Ca2 +-CaM binding from 2.81 to 1.92. His-Trp also showed inhibitory activity, whereas Trp + His, 3-methyl His-Trp, and Phe-His did not show significant inhibitory activity, suggesting that the inhibitory activity was due to a peptide skeleton (irrespective of the sequence), a basic amino acid, a His residue, the N hydrogen atom of its imidazole ring, and Trp residue. In silico studies suggested the possibility that Trp-His and His-Trp interacted with the Ca2 +-binding site of CaM by forming hydrogen bonds with key Ca2 +-binding residues of CaM, with a binding free energy of − 49.1 and − 68.0 kJ/mol, respectively.Conclusions
This is the first study demonstrating that the vasoactive dipeptide Trp-His possesses inhibitory activity against Ca2 +-CaM complex formation, which may elucidate how Trp-His inhibited CaMKII in a previous study.General significance
The results provide a basic idea that could lead to the development of small peptides binding with high affinity to CaM and inhibiting Ca2 +-CaM complex formation in the future. 相似文献10.
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Background
Stomatal guard cells are the regulators of gas exchange between plants and the atmosphere. Ca2+-dependent and Ca2+-independent mechanisms function in these responses. Key stomatal regulation mechanisms, including plasma membrane and vacuolar ion channels have been identified and are regulated by the free cytosolic Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]cyt).Scope
Here we show that CO2-induced stomatal closing is strongly impaired under conditions that prevent intracellular Ca2+ elevations. Moreover, Ca2+ oscillation-induced stomatal closing is partially impaired in knock-out mutations in several guard cell-expressed Ca2+-dependent protein kinases (CDPKs) here, including the cpk4cpk11 double and cpk10 mutants; however, abscisic acid-regulated stomatal movements remain relatively intact in the cpk4cpk11 and cpk10 mutants. We further discuss diverse studies of Ca2+ signalling in guard cells, discuss apparent peculiarities, and pose novel open questions. The recently proposed Ca2+ sensitivity priming model could account for many of the findings in the field. Recent research shows that the stomatal closing stimuli abscisic acid and CO2 enhance the sensitivity of stomatal closing mechanisms to intracellular Ca2+, which has been termed ‘calcium sensitivity priming’. The genome of the reference plant Arabidopsis thaliana encodes for over 250 Ca2+-sensing proteins, giving rise to the question, how can specificity in Ca2+ responses be achieved? Calcium sensitivity priming could provide a key mechanism contributing to specificity in eukaryotic Ca2+ signal transduction, a topic of central interest in cell signalling research. In this article we further propose an individual stomatal tracking method for improved analyses of stimulus-regulated stomatal movements in Arabidopsis guard cells that reduces noise and increases fidelity in stimulus-regulated stomatal aperture responses ( Box 1). This method is recommended for stomatal response research, in parallel to previously adopted blind analyses, due to the relatively small and diverse sizes of stomatal apertures in the reference plant Arabidopsis thaliana.Box 1. Improved resolution of stimulus-induced stomatal movements in guard cells by tracking of individual stomatal apertures
Arabidopsis guard cells have become a prime model system for analysing signal transduction, since early research combining genetic and ion channel analyses in this system (Ichida et al., 1997; Pei et al., 1997, 1998; Roelfsema and Prins, 1997). Arabidopsis stomata are small relative to other stomatal model systems and stomatal apertures of various plant types including Arabidopsis are known to show variability in the size of individual stomatal complexes and also variability in the opening apertures of stomata of similar size in a given leaf (Gorton et al., 1988; Mott and Buckley, 2000; Mott and Peak, 2007). Thus stomatal aperture measurements are expected to show a clear degree of statistical variation. Use of blind experiments, in which the genotype and, when possible, the stimulus being applied to guard cells is unknown to the experimenter (Murata et al., 2001) has been employed by several laboratories, has become a standard in the field and has aided in addressing the above limitations of the range of stomatal aperture sizes found under any given condition.Research in our laboratory has shown that a major additional improvement in experiments can be made, by adding imaging of the same individual stomatal apertures over time (Allen et al., 2001; Mori et al., 2006; Vahisalu et al., 2008; Siegel et al., 2009), while performing blind experiments. In such ‘stomatal tracking’ experiments the lower side of a leaf is attached to a glass coverslip in an extracellular incubation medium (Webb et al., 2001; Young et al., 2006). The mesophyll and upper leaf epidermis are removed surgically for better optical resolution of stomatal apertures in the intact lower leaf epidermis (Young et al., 2006). For stimulus-induced stomatal closing analyses, a field of well-opened stomata is located and images are captured (e.g. using Scion Image software) for later analyses and data storage. The bottom (dry side) of coverslips can be marked with colour marker pens to label grids in the regions where apertures where imaged, for finding these same stomata subsequently if needed. Images of the same stomatal apertures are taken over time and can be stored for later analyses of individual stomatal apertures and for deposition of image files. While this approach has been used as a standard for imposed Ca2+ oscillation studies (Allen et al., 2001; Mori et al., 2006; Vahisalu et al., 2008; Fig. 4), we have found that this method also substantially improves stomatal movement response analyses to any given stimulus (Siegel et al., 2009; see Figs 1 and 4 and, Box Fig. 1). For example, while individual stomata are known to have diverse apertures (e.g. Box Fig. 1C), the relative responses of wide open stomata and smaller stomatal apertures to ABA or to CO2 were comparable (Fig. 1 and Box Fig. 1; Siegel et al., 2009). Note that this method has previously been proposed and used in Vicia faba (Gorton et al., 1988), for which stomata exhibit relatively weak ABA and CO2 responses, compared with, for example, Arabidopsis. We propose that this simple image-capturing approach, together with blind analyses, be used as a standard for stomatal response research in arabidopsis. Our research experience with this method shows that this approach will aid in greatly improving resolution and robustness and in defining the functions of individual Ca2+-independent and Ca2+-dependent components and mechanisms in stomatal response analyses. Open in a separate windowBox Fig. 1.ABA-induced stomatal closing of individually tracked stomatal apertures. (A) Average individually tracked stomatal apertures in the presence of 50 µm Ca2+ (open triangles) and in the presence of 200 nm free Ca2+ (open squares) in the bath solution from three experiments are shown and were normalized to the stomatal apertures at time = 0. (B, C) ABA-induced stomatal closing in the presence of 50 µm Ca2+ in five individually tracked stomatal apertures. In (A; open triangles) normalized stomatal apertures of the same stomata depicted in (B) and (C) are shown. Methods used in these experiments tracking individual stomatal apertures are described in Siegel et al. (2009). ABA-induced stomatal closing experiments are reproduced from Siegel et al. (2009) with permission of the publisher. 相似文献12.
Pierre Andreoletti Jean-Marie Mouesca Patrice Gouet Michel Jaquinod Chantal Capeillère-Blandin Hélène Marie Jouve 《Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)/General Subjects》2009
Background
Heme oxidative degradation has been extensively investigated in peroxidases but not in catalases. The verdoheme formation, a product of heme oxidation which inactivates the enzyme, was studied in Proteus mirabilis catalase.Methods
The verdoheme was generated by adding peracetic acid and analyzed by mass spectrometry and spectrophotometry.Results
Kinetics follow-up of different catalase reactional intermediates shows that i) the formation of compound I always precedes that of verdoheme, ii) compound III is never observed, iii) the rate of compound II decomposition is not compatible with that of verdoheme formation, and iv) dithiothreitol prevents the verdoheme formation but not that of compound II, whereas NADPH prevents both of them. The formation of verdoheme is strongly inhibited by EDTA but not increased by Fe3+ or Cu2+ salts. The generation of verdoheme is facilitated by the presence of protein radicals as observed in the F194Y mutated catalase. The inability of the inactive variant (H54F) to form verdoheme, indicates that the heme oxidation is fully associated to the enzyme catalysis.Conclusion
These data, taken together, strongly suggest that the verdoheme formation pathway originates from compound I rather than from compound II.General significance
The autocatalytic verdoheme formation is likely to occur in vivo. 相似文献13.
Iveta Uhliariková Mária Vršanská Barry V. McCleary Peter Biely 《Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)/General Subjects》2013
Background
Microbial degradation of acetylated plant hemicelluloses involves besides enzymes cleaving the glycosidic linkages also deacetylating enzymes. A detailed knowledge of the mode of action of these enzymes is important in view of the development of efficient bioconversion of plant materials that did not undergo alkaline pretreatment leading to hydrolysis of ester linkages.Methods
In this work deacetylation of hardwood acetylglucuronoxylan by acetylxylan esterases from Streptomyces lividans (carbohydrate esterase family 4) and Orpinomyces sp. (carbohydrate esterase family 6) was monitored by 1H-NMR spectroscopy.Results
The 1H-NMR resonances of all acetyl groups in the polysaccharide were fully assigned. The targets of both enzymes are 2- and 3-monoacetylated xylopyranosyl residues and, in the case of the Orpinomyces sp. enzyme, also the 2,3-di-O-acetylated xylopyranosyl residues. Both enzymes do not recognize as a substrate the 3-O-acetyl group on xylopyranosyl residues α-1,2-substituted with 4-O-methyl-d-glucuronic acid.Conclusions
The 1H-NMR spectroscopy approach to study positional and substrate specificity of AcXEs outlined in this work appears to be a simple way to characterize catalytic properties of enzymes belonging to various CE families.Significance
The results contribute to development of efficient and environmentally friendly procedures for enzymatic degradation of plant biomass. 相似文献14.
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Christina L. Jablonski Samuel Ferguson Ambra Pozzi Andrea L. Clark 《Biochemical and biophysical research communications》2014
Background/purpose
The goal of this study was to determine the role of the collagen binding receptor integrin α1β1 in regulating osmotically induced [Ca2+]i transients in chondrocytes.Method
The [Ca2+]i transient response of chondrocytes to osmotic stress was measured using real-time confocal microscopy. Chondrocytes from wildtype and integrin α1-null mice were imaged ex vivo (in the cartilage of intact murine femora) and in vitro (isolated from the matrix, attached to glass coverslips). Immunocytochemistry was performed to detect the presence of the osmosensor, transient receptor potential vanilloid-4 (TRPV4), and the agonist GSK1016790A (GSK101) was used to test for its functionality on chondrocytes from wildtype and integrin α1-null mice.Results/interpretation
Deletion of the integrin α1 subunit inhibited the ability of chondrocytes to respond to a hypo-osmotic stress with [Ca2+]i transients ex vivo and in vitro. The percentage of chondrocytes responding ex vivo was smaller than in vitro and of the cells that responded, more single [Ca2+]i transients were observed ex vivo compared to in vitro. Immunocytochemistry confirmed the presence of TRPV4 on wildtype and integrin α1-null chondrocytes, however application of GSK101 revealed that TRPV4 could be activated on wildtype but not integrin α1-null chondrocytes. Integrin α1β1 is a key participant in chondrocyte transduction of a hypo-osmotic stress. Furthermore, the mechanism by which integrin α1β1 influences osmotransduction is independent of matrix binding, but likely dependent on the chondrocyte osmosensor TRPV4. 相似文献16.
Hideaki Tagashira Yasuharu Shinoda Norifumi Shioda Kohji Fukunaga 《Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)/General Subjects》2014
Background
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a disease caused by motor neuron degeneration. Recently, a novel SIGMAR1 gene variant (p.E102Q) was discovered in some familial ALS patients.Methods
We address mechanisms underlying neurodegeneration caused by the mutation using Neuro2A cells overexpressing σ1RE102Q, a protein of a SIGMAR1 gene variant (p.E102Q) and evaluate potential amelioration by ATP production via methyl pyruvate (MP) treatment.Results
σ1RE102Q overexpression promoted dissociation of the protein from the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membrane and cytoplasmic aggregation, which in turn impaired mitochondrial ATP production and proteasome activity. Under ER stress conditions, overexpression of wild-type σ1R suppressed ER stress-induced mitochondrial injury, whereas σ1RE102Q overexpression aggravated mitochondrial damage and induced autophagic cell death. Moreover, σ1RE102Q-overexpressing cells showed aberrant extra-nuclear localization of the TAR DNA-binding protein (TDP-43), a condition exacerbated by ER stress. Treatment of cells with the mitochondrial Ca2 + transporter inhibitor Ru360 mimicked the effects of σ1RE102Q overexpression, indicating that aberrant σ1R-mediated mitochondrial Ca2 + transport likely underlies TDP-43 extra-nuclear localization, segregation in inclusion bodies, and ubiquitination. Finally, enhanced ATP production promoted by methyl pyruvate (MP) treatment rescued proteasome impairment and TDP-43 extra-nuclear localization caused by σ1RE102Q overexpression.Conclusions
Our observations suggest that neurodegeneration seen in some forms of ALS are due in part to aberrant mitochondrial ATP production and proteasome activity as well as TDP-43 mislocalization resulting from the SIGMAR1 mutation.General significance
ATP supplementation by MP represents a potential therapeutic strategy to treat ALS caused by SIGMAR1 mutation. 相似文献17.
Toshitaka Ikehara Hirotaka Nishisako Yuki Minami Hiromi Ichinose Tairo Shiraishi Mitsuo Kitamura Masayuki Shono Hitoshi Houchi Kazuyoshi Kawazoe Kazuo Minakuchi Kazuo Yoshizaki Yohsuke Kinouchi Hiroshi Miyamoto 《Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)/General Subjects》2010
Background
It has been reported that exposure to electromagnetic fields influences intracellular signal transduction. We studied the effects of exposure to a time-varying 1.5 T magnetic field on membrane properties, membrane cation transport and intracellular Ca2+ mobilization in relation to signals. We also studied the mechanism of the effect of exposure to the magnetic field on intracellular Ca2+ release from Ca2+ stores in adrenal chromaffin cells.Methods
We measured the physiological functions of ER, actin protein, and mitochondria with respect to a neurotransmitter-induced increase in Ca2+ in chromaffin cells exposed to the time-varying 1.5 T magnetic field for 2 h.Results
Exposure to the magnetic field significantly reduced the increase in [Ca2+]i. The exposure depolarized the mitochondria membrane and lowered oxygen uptake, but did not reduce the intracellular ATP content. Magnetic field-exposure caused a morphological change in intracellular F-actin. F-actin in exposed cells seemed to be less dense than in control cells, but the decrease was smaller than that in cytochalasin D-treated cells. The increase in G-actin (i.e., the decrease in F-actin) due to exposure was recovered by jasplakinolide, but inhibition of Ca2+ release by the exposure was unaffected.Conclusions and general significance
These results suggest that the magnetic field-exposure influenced both the ER and mitochondria, but the inhibition of Ca2+ release from ER was not due to mitochondria inhibition. The effect of eddy currents induced in the culture medium may indirectly influence intracellular actin and suppress the transient increase in [Ca2+]i. 相似文献18.
Amy W.-S. Ma John Y. DongDengbo Ma James W. Wells 《Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)/General Subjects》2011
Background
G protein-coupled receptors fused to a Gα-subunit are functionally similar to their unfused counterparts. They offer an intriguing view into the nature of the receptor–G protein complex, but their usefulness depends upon the stability of the fusion.Methods
Fusion proteins of the M2 muscarinic receptor and the α-subunit of Gi1 were expressed in CHO and Sf9 cells, extracted in digitonin–cholate, and examined for their binding properties and their electrophoretic mobility on western blots.Results
Receptor fused to native αi1 underwent proteolysis near the point of fusion to release a fragment with the mobility of αi1. The cleavage was prevented by truncation of the α-subunit at position 18. Binding of the agonist oxotremorine-M to the stable fusion protein from Sf9 cells was biphasic, and guanylylimidodiphosphate promoted an apparent interconversion of sites from higher to lower affinity. With receptor from CHO cells, the apparent capacity for N-[3H]methylscopolamine was 60% of that for [3H]quinuclidinylbenzilate; binding at saturating concentrations of the latter was inhibited in a noncompetitive manner at low concentrations of unlabeled N-methylscopolamine.Conclusions
A stable fusion protein of the M2 receptor and truncated αi1 resembles the native receptor–G protein complex with respect to the guanyl nucleotide-sensitive binding of agonists and the noncompetitive binding of antagonists.General significance
Release of the α-subunit is likely to occur with other such fusion proteins, rendering the data ambiguous or misleading. The properties of a chemically stable fusion protein support the notion that signaling proceeds via a stable multimeric complex of receptor and G protein. 相似文献19.
Catalina Carrasco-Pozo Edgar Pastene Carola Vergara Moises Zapata Cristian Sandoval Martin Gotteland 《Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)/General Subjects》2012
Background
The effect of indomethacin (INDO) on Ca2 + mobilization, cytotoxicity, apoptosis and caspase activation and the potential protective effect of quercetin (QUE), resveratrol (RES) and rutin (RUT) were determined in Caco-2 cells.Methods
Caco-2 cells were incubated with INDO in the presence or absence of QUE, RES or RUT. The concentrations of Ca2 + in the cytosol (Fluo-3 AM) and mitochondria (Rhod-2 AM) were determined as well as the cytotoxicity (MTT reduction and LDH leakage), apoptosis (TUNEL) and caspase-3 and 9 activities.Results
INDO promoted Ca2 + efflux from the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), resulting in an early, but transient, increment of cytosolic Ca2 + at 3.5 min, followed by a subsequent increment of intra-mitochondrial Ca2 + at 24 min. INDO also induced cytotoxicity, apoptosis, and increased caspase activities and cytochrome c release. All these alterations were prevented by the inhibitors of the IP3R and RyR receptors, 2-Aminoethoxydiphenyl borate (2-APB) and dantrolene. QUE was the most efficient polyphenol in preventing Ca2 + mobilization induced by INDO and all of its consequences including cytotoxicity and apoptosis.Conclusions
In Caco-2 cells, INDO stimulates ER Ca2 + mobilization, probably through the activation of IP3R and RyR receptors, and the subsequent entry of Ca2 + into the mitochondria. Polyphenols protected the cells against the Ca2 + mobilization induced by INDO and its consequences on cytotoxicity and apoptosis.General significance
These results confirm the possibility of using polyphenols and particularly QUE for the protection of the gastroduodenal mucosa in subjects consuming NSAIDs. 相似文献20.
Julia Knöckel Rositsa Jordanova Ingrid B. Müller Carsten Wrenger Matthew R. Groves 《Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)/General Subjects》2009