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Apoptosis in macrophages is responsible for immune-depression and pathological effects during malaria. Phagocytosis of PRBC causes induction of apoptosis in macrophages through release of cytosolic factors from infected cells. Heme polymer or β-hematin causes dose-dependent death of macrophages with LC50 of 132 µg/ml and 182 µg/ml respectively. The toxicity of hemin or heme polymer was amplified several folds in the presence of non-toxic concentration of methemoglobin. β-hematin uptake in macrophage through phagocytosis is crucial for enhanced toxicological effects in the presence of methemoglobin. Higher accumulation of β-hematin is observed in macrophages treated with β-hematin along with methemoglobin. Light and scanning electron microscopic observations further confirm accumulation of β-hematin with cellular toxicity. Toxicological potentiation of pro-oxidant molecules toward macrophages depends on generation of H2O2 and independent to release of free iron from pro-oxidant molecules. Methemoglobin oxidizes β-hematin to form oxidized β-hematin (βH*) through single electron transfer mechanism. Pre-treatment of reaction mixture with spin-trap Phenyl-N-t-butyl-nitrone dose-dependently reverses the β-hematin toxicity, indicates crucial role of βH* generation with the toxicological potentiation. Acridine orange/ethidium bromide staining and DNA fragmentation analysis indicate that macrophage follows an oxidative stress dependent apoptotic pathway to cause death. In summary, current work highlights mutual co-operation between methemoglobin and different pro-oxidant molecules to enhance toxicity towards macrophages. Hence, methemoglobin peroxidase activity can be probed for subduing cellular toxicity of pro-oxidant molecules and it may in-turn make up for host immune response against the malaria parasite. 相似文献
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Auxin Polar Transport Is Essential for the Establishment of Bilateral Symmetry during Early Plant Embryogenesis 总被引:21,自引:0,他引:21 下载免费PDF全文
We used an in vitro culture system to investigate the effects of three auxin polar transport inhibitors (9-hydroxyfluorene-9-carboxylic acid, trans-cinnamic acid, and 2,3,5-triiodobenzoic acid) on the development of early globular to heart-shaped stage embryos of Indian mustard (Brassica juncea) plants. Although the effective concentrations vary with the different inhibitors, all of them induced the formation of fused cotyledons in globular ([less than or equal to]60 [mu]m) but not heart-shaped embryos. Inhibitor-treated Brassica embryos phenocopy embryos of the Arabidopsis pin-formed mutant pin1-1, which has reduced auxin polar transport activity in inflorescence axes, as well as embryos of the Arabidopsis emb30 (gnom) mutant. These results indicate that the polar transport of auxin in early globular embryos is essential for the establishment of bilateral symmetry during plant embryogenesis. Based on these observations, we propose two possible models for the action of auxin during cotyledon formation. 相似文献
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Amy H. Zhao Lan N. Tu Chinatsu Mukai Madhu P. Sirivelu Viju V. Pillai Kanako Morohaku Roy Cohen Vimal Selvaraj 《The Journal of biological chemistry》2016,291(4):1591-1603
Function of the mammalian translocator protein (TSPO; previously known as the peripheral benzodiazepine receptor) remains unclear because its presumed role in steroidogenesis and mitochondrial permeability transition established using pharmacological methods has been refuted in recent genetic studies. Protoporphyrin IX (PPIX) is considered a conserved endogenous ligand for TSPO. In bacteria, TSPO was identified to regulate tetrapyrrole metabolism and chemical catalysis of PPIX in the presence of light, and in vertebrates, TSPO function has been linked to porphyrin transport and heme biosynthesis. Positive correlation between high TSPO expression in cancer cells and susceptibility to photodynamic therapy based on their increased ability to convert the precursor 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) to PPIX appeared to reinforce this mechanism. In this study, we used TSPO knock-out (Tspo−/−) mice, primary cells, and different tumor cell lines to examine the role of TSPO in erythropoiesis, heme levels, PPIX biosynthesis, phototoxic cell death, and mitochondrial bioenergetic homeostasis. In contrast to expectations, our results demonstrate that TSPO deficiency does not adversely affect erythropoiesis, heme biosynthesis, bioconversion of ALA to PPIX, and porphyrin-mediated phototoxic cell death. TSPO expression levels in cancer cells do not correlate with their ability to convert ALA to PPIX. In fibroblasts, we observed that TSPO deficiency decreased the oxygen consumption rate and mitochondrial membrane potential (ΔΨm) indicative of a cellular metabolic shift, without a negative impact on porphyrin biosynthetic capability. Based on these findings, we conclude that mammalian TSPO does not have a critical physiological function related to PPIX and heme biosynthesis. 相似文献
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Tae Hoon Kim Jung-Yoon Yoo Zhong Wang John P. Lydon Shikha Khatri Shannon M. Hawkins Richard E. Leach Asgerally T. Fazleabas Steven L. Young Bruce A. Lessey Bon Jeong Ku Jae-Wook Jeong 《PLoS genetics》2015,11(9)
AT-rich interactive domain 1A gene (ARID1A) loss is a frequent event in endometriosis-associated ovarian carcinomas. Endometriosis is a disease in which tissue that normally grows inside the uterus grows outside the uterus, and 50% of women with endometriosis are infertile. ARID1A protein levels were significantly lower in the eutopic endometrium of women with endometriosis compared to women without endometriosis. However, an understanding of the physiological effects of ARID1A loss remains quite poor, and the function of Arid1a in the female reproductive tract has remained elusive. In order to understand the role of Arid1a in the uterus, we have generated mice with conditional ablation of Arid1a in the PGR positive cells (Pgr
cre/+
Arid1a
f/f; Arid1a
d/d). Ovarian function and uterine development of Arid1a
d/d mice were normal. However, Arid1a
d/d mice were sterile due to defective embryo implantation and decidualization. The epithelial proliferation was significantly increased in Arid1a
d/d mice compared to control mice. Enhanced epithelial estrogen activity and reduced epithelial PGR expression, which impedes maturation of the receptive uterus, was observed in Arid1a
d/d mice at the peri-implantation period. The microarray analysis revealed that ARID1A represses the genes related to cell cycle and DNA replication. We showed that ARID1A positively regulates Klf15 expression with PGR to inhibit epithelial proliferation at peri-implantation. Our results suggest that Arid1a has a critical role in modulating epithelial proliferation which is a critical requisite for fertility. This finding provides a new signaling pathway for steroid hormone regulation in female reproductive biology and furthers our understanding of the molecular mechanisms that underlie dysregulation of hormonal signaling in human reproductive disorders such as endometriosis. 相似文献
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Franziska Krajinski Pierre-Emmanuel Courty Daniela Sieh Philipp Franken Haoqiang Zhang Marcel Bucher Nina Gerlach Igor Kryvoruchko Daniela Zoeller Michael Udvardi Bettina Hause 《The Plant cell》2014,26(4):1808-1817
A key feature of arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis is improved phosphorus nutrition of the host plant via the mycorrhizal pathway, i.e., the fungal uptake of Pi from the soil and its release from arbuscules within root cells. Efficient transport of Pi from the fungus to plant cells is thought to require a proton gradient across the periarbuscular membrane (PAM) that separates fungal arbuscules from the host cell cytoplasm. Previous studies showed that the H+-ATPase gene HA1 is expressed specifically in arbuscule-containing root cells of Medicago truncatula. We isolated a ha1-2 mutant of M. truncatula and found it to be impaired in the development of arbuscules but not in root colonization by Rhizophagus irregularis hyphae. Artificial microRNA silencing of HA1 recapitulated this phenotype, resulting in small and truncated arbuscules. Unlike the wild type, the ha1-2 mutant failed to show a positive growth response to mycorrhizal colonization under Pi-limiting conditions. Uptake experiments confirmed that ha1-2 mutants are unable to take up phosphate via the mycorrhizal pathway. Increased pH in the apoplast of abnormal arbuscule-containing cells of the ha1-2 mutant compared with the wild type suggests that HA1 is crucial for building a proton gradient across the PAM and therefore is indispensible for the transfer of Pi from the fungus to the plant. 相似文献
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ShmR Is Essential for Utilization of Heme as a Nutritional Iron Source in Sinorhizobium meliloti 下载免费PDF全文
The bacterium Sinorhizobium meliloti is able to use heme as a nutritional iron source. Here, we show that the iron-regulated shmR gene encodes an outer membrane protein required for growth on heme. Furthermore, an shmR mutant is resistant to the toxic heme analog gallium protoporphyrin. Thus, the receptor protein of the heme transport system has been identified in S. meliloti. 相似文献
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Viswanathan Arun Nagaraj Balamurugan Sundaram Nandan Mysore Varadarajan Pradeep Annamalai Subramani Devaiah Monnanda Kalappa Susanta Kumar Ghosh Govindarajan Padmanaban 《PLoS pathogens》2013,9(8)
Heme metabolism is central to malaria parasite biology. The parasite acquires heme from host hemoglobin in the intraerythrocytic stages and stores it as hemozoin to prevent free heme toxicity. The parasite can also synthesize heme de novo, and all the enzymes in the pathway are characterized. To study the role of the dual heme sources in malaria parasite growth and development, we knocked out the first enzyme, δ-aminolevulinate synthase (ALAS), and the last enzyme, ferrochelatase (FC), in the heme-biosynthetic pathway of Plasmodium berghei (Pb). The wild-type and knockout (KO) parasites had similar intraerythrocytic growth patterns in mice. We carried out in vitro radiolabeling of heme in Pb-infected mouse reticulocytes and Plasmodium falciparum-infected human RBCs using [4-14C] aminolevulinic acid (ALA). We found that the parasites incorporated both host hemoglobin-heme and parasite-synthesized heme into hemozoin and mitochondrial cytochromes. The similar fates of the two heme sources suggest that they may serve as backup mechanisms to provide heme in the intraerythrocytic stages. Nevertheless, the de novo pathway is absolutely essential for parasite development in the mosquito and liver stages. PbKO parasites formed drastically reduced oocysts and did not form sporozoites in the salivary glands. Oocyst production in PbALASKO parasites recovered when mosquitoes received an ALA supplement. PbALASKO sporozoites could infect mice only when the mice received an ALA supplement. Our results indicate the potential for new therapeutic interventions targeting the heme-biosynthetic pathway in the parasite during the mosquito and liver stages. 相似文献
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Nuclear Transport of the Major Capsid Protein Is Essential for Adeno-Associated Virus Capsid Formation 下载免费PDF全文
Mainul Hoque Ken-ichiro Ishizu Akiko Matsumoto Song-Iee Han Fumio Arisaka Makoto Takayama Kenji Suzuki Kenzo Kato Tadahito Kanda Hajime Watanabe Hiroshi Handa 《Journal of virology》1999,73(9):7912-7915
Adeno-associated virus capsids are composed of three proteins, VP1, VP2, and VP3. Although VP1 is necessary for viral infection, it is not essential for capsid formation. The other capsid proteins, VP2 and VP3, are sufficient for capsid formation, but the functional roles of each protein are still not well understood. By analyzing a series of deletion mutants of VP2, we identified a region necessary for nuclear transfer of VP2 and found that the efficiency of nuclear localization of the capsid proteins and the efficiency of virus-like particle (VLP) formation correlated well. To confirm the importance of the nuclear localization of the capsid proteins, we fused the nuclear localization signal of simian virus 40 large T antigen to VP3 protein. We show that this fusion protein could form VLP, indicating that the VP2-specific region located on the N-terminal side of the protein is not structurally required. This finding suggests that VP3 has sufficient information for VLP formation and that VP2 is necessary only for nuclear transfer of the capsid proteins. 相似文献
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Carol S. Bookwalter Matthew Lord Kathleen M. Trybus 《Molecular biology of the cell》2009,20(14):3414-3421
Myo4p, a single-headed and nonprocessive class V myosin in budding yeast, transports >20 different mRNAs asymmetrically to the bud. Here, we determine the features of the Myo4p motor that are necessary for correct localization of ASH1 mRNA to the daughter cell, a process that also requires the adapter protein She3p and the dimeric mRNA-binding protein She2p. The rod region of Myo4p, but not the globular tail, is essential for correct localization of ASH1 mRNA, confirming that the rod contains the primary binding site for She3p. The requirement for both the rod region and She3p can be bypassed by directly coupling the mRNA-binding protein She2p to Myo4p. ASH1 mRNA was also correctly localized when one motor was bound per dimeric She2p, or when two motors were joined together by a leucine zipper. Because multiple mRNAs are cotransported to the bud, it is likely that this process involves multiple motor transport regardless of the number of motors per zip code. Our results show that the most important feature for correct localization is the retention of coupling between all the members of the complex (Myo4p–She3p–She2p–ASH1 mRNA), which is aided by She3p being a tightly bound subunit of Myo4p. 相似文献
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Molecular Motor KIF1C Is Not Essential for Mouse Survival and Motor-Dependent Retrograde Golgi Apparatus-to-Endoplasmic Reticulum Transport 下载免费PDF全文
Kazuo Nakajima Yosuke Takei Yosuke Tanaka Terunaga Nakagawa Takao Nakata Yasuko Noda Mitsutoshi Setou Nobutaka Hirokawa 《Molecular and cellular biology》2002,22(3):866-873
KIF1C is a new member of the kinesin superfamily of proteins (KIFs), which act as microtubule-based molecular motors involved in intracellular transport. We cloned full-length mouse kif1C cDNA, which turned out to have a high homology to a mitochondrial motor KIF1Balpha and to be expressed ubiquitously. To investigate the in vivo significance of KIF1C, we generated kif1C(-/-) mice by knocking in the beta-galactosidase gene into the motor domain of kif1C gene. On staining of LacZ, we detected its expression in the heart, liver, hippocampus, and cerebellum. Unexpectedly, kif1C(-/-) mice were viable and showed no obvious abnormalities. Because immunocytochemistry showed partial colocalization of KIF1C with the Golgi marker protein, we compared the organelle distribution in primary lung fibroblasts from kif1C(+/+) and kif1C(-/-) mice. We found that there was no significant difference in the distribution of the Golgi apparatus or in the transport from the Golgi apparatus to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) facilitated by brefeldin A between the two cells. This retrograde membrane transport was further confirmed to be normal by time-lapse analysis. Consequently, KIF1C is dispensable for the motor-dependent retrograde transport from the Golgi apparatus to the ER. 相似文献
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Xiaowen He Jie Liu Yanmei Qi Cord Brakebusch Anna Chrostek-Grashoff David Edgar Peter D. Yurchenco Siobhan A. Corbett Stephen F. Lowry Alan M. Graham Yaling Han Shaohua Li 《Molecular and cellular biology》2010,30(14):3569-3581
During murine peri-implantation development, the egg cylinder forms from a solid cell mass by the apoptotic removal of inner cells that do not contact the basement membrane (BM) and the selective survival of the epiblast epithelium, which does. The signaling pathways that mediate this fundamental biological process are largely unknown. Here we demonstrate that Rac1 ablation in embryonic stem cell-derived embryoid bodies (EBs) leads to massive apoptosis of epiblast cells in contact with the BM. Expression of wild-type Rac1 in the mutant EBs rescues the BM-contacting epiblast, while expression of a constitutively active Rac1 additionally blocks the apoptosis of inner cells and cavitation, indicating that the spatially regulated activation of Rac1 is required for epithelial cyst formation. We further show that Rac1 is activated through integrin-mediated recruitment of the Crk-DOCK180 complex and mediates BM-dependent epiblast survival through activating the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)-Akt signaling pathway. Our results reveal a signaling cascade triggered by cell-BM interactions essential for epithelial morphogenesis.All epithelial sheets and tubes rest upon a basement membrane (BM), a thin mat of specialized extracellular matrix (ECM) consisting of laminins, type IV collagens, perlecan, and nidogens. The BM provides essential survival signals to protect epithelial cells from apoptosis, in addition to its role in cell adhesion, migration, proliferation, and polarity orientation. In the developing chick retina, removal of the retinal BM by collagenase digestion resulted in severe apoptosis of retinal neuroepithelial cells (17). In mice, targeted deletion of the genes for the BM component laminins or perlecan caused BM defects and various degrees of apoptosis of cells that attach to the BM (34, 41, 42). Also, mammary epithelial cells can survive for a long period of time when grown on a reconstituted basement membrane derived from Engelbreth-Holmof Swarm (EHS) tumor (Matrigel), but they die by apoptosis when grown on plastic, fibronectin, or type I collagen despite their firm attachment on these substrates (2, 11, 36). A similar response of keratinocytes to BM type IV collagen versus non-BM matrix proteins was observed in bioengineered human skin equivalents (40). These results suggest that the BM provides a unique microenvironment for the survival of associated epithelial cells.Embryoid body (EB) differentiation has been used to study epithelial morphogenesis and early embryogenesis. When cultured in suspension as small aggregates, mouse embryonic stem (ES) cells adhere strongly together and form spherical EBs. The outer cells of the EB differentiate to become endoderm cells, which secrete laminins, type IV collagen, perlecan, and other BM components that assemble into an underlying BM equivalent to the embryonic BM separating extraembryonic endoderm from the epiblast. Integrin α6β1 in the epiblast cells and integrin α5β1 in the endoderm cells redistribute from a pericellular location to a predominantly sub-basement membrane location (28). Following BM formation, the epiblast cells adjacent to the BM polarize to become a pseudostratified columnar epithelium (the epiblast epithelium), whereas the inner cells not in contact with the BM undergo apoptosis and are selectively removed by phagocytosis/autophagy, creating a proamniotic-like cavity. That the BM is essential for these sequential processes is evidenced by the observation that targeted deletion of the laminin γ1 gene in EBs blocks BM assembly, subsequent epiblast epithelialization, and then apoptosis-dependent cavitation (32, 42). These differentiation processes recapitulate peri-implantation development and provide a tractable in vitro model for the study of apoptosis and BM-dependent cell survival during epithelial morphogenesis.While BM-dependent cell survival is often coupled with apoptotic removal of centrally located cells not in contact with the BM during morphogenesis of epithelial cysts such as mammary glandular acini and embryonic mouse egg cylinders (7, 29), the molecular mechanisms underlying this fundamental process are poorly understood. Elegant studies on teratocarcinoma cell-derived EBs have suggested that formation of an epithelial cyst as they develop is the result of the interplay of two signals (7). One is a death signal from the endoderm that induces apoptosis of the centrally located cells to create a cavity; the other is a rescue signal mediated by contact with the BM and is required for the survival of the newly formed epiblast epithelium. Subsequent studies have revealed that bone morphogenetic protein 2 (BMP-2) is highly expressed in the endoderm and that expression of a dominant-negative (DN) BMP receptor in EBs blocked cavitation, suggesting BMP-2 to be a death factor (6). The survival signals from the interaction of the epiblast cells with the BM were studied by treating the EBs with polyclonal antiserum against membrane glycoproteins consisting of ECM adhesion receptors. The antiserum treatment induced programmed cell death in the BM-contacting epiblast layer. However, the identities of the receptors and the downstream signaling molecules involved have not been explored.In this study, we utilized EBs differentiated from genetically modified ES cells to investigate the mechanisms of BM-dependent cell survival. We show that targeted deletion of the Rac1 gene in EBs leads to massive apoptosis of epiblast cells in contact with the BM. Rac1 is activated in a BM- and integrin-dependent fashion. Stable expression of wild-type Rac1 in the mutant EBs rescues the BM-contacting epiblast, while expression of a constitutively active Rac1 also blocks the apoptosis of inner cells and cavitation. These results suggest that the spatial activation of Rac1 is essential not only for BM-dependent epiblast survival but also for apoptosis-mediated cavitation. We further show that Crk mediates Rac1 activation by recruiting the Rac1-specific activator DOCK180 to the cell-BM adhesions and that the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)-Akt pathway acts downstream of Rac1 to promote BM-dependent survival. Collectively, our results have established a key role for Rac1 in embryonic epithelial morphogenesis and have uncovered a signaling pathway that mediates BM-dependent epithelial survival. 相似文献
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Penicillin-Binding Protein 1 of Staphylococcus aureus Is Essential for Growth 总被引:3,自引:0,他引:3 下载免费PDF全文
pbpA, a gene encoding penicillin-binding protein (PBP) 1 of Staphylococcus aureus, was cloned in an Escherichia coli MC1061 transformant which grew on a plate containing 512 μg of vancomycin per ml. This gene encodes a 744-amino-acid sequence which conserves three motifs of PBPs, SXXK, SXN, and KTG. The chromosomal copy of pbpA could be disrupted only when RN4220, a methicillin-sensitive S. aureus strain, had additional copies of pbpA in its episome. Furthermore, these episomal copies of pbpA could not be eliminated by an incompatible plasmid when the chromosomal copy of pbpA was disrupted beforehand. Based on these observations, we concluded that pbpA is essential for the growth of methicillin-sensitive S. aureus. 相似文献
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Hsuan-Wen Hwang Jay-Ron Lee Kuan-Yu Chou Ching-Shu Suen Ming-Jing Hwang Chinpan Chen Ru-Chi Shieh Lee-Young Chau 《The Journal of biological chemistry》2009,284(34):22672-22679
Heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1), a stress-inducible enzyme anchored in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) by a single transmembrane segment (TMS) located at the C terminus, interacts with NADPH cytochrome P450 reductase and biliverdin reductase to catalyze heme degradation to biliverdin and its metabolite, bilirubin. Previous studies suggested that HO-1 functions as a monomer. Using chemical cross-linking, co-immunoprecipitation, and fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) experiments, here we showed that HO-1 forms dimers/oligomers in the ER. However, oligomerization was not observed with a truncated HO-1 lacking the C-terminal TMS (amino acids 266–285), which exhibited cytosolic and nuclear localization, indicating that the TMS is essential for the self-assembly of HO-1 in the ER. To identify the interface involved in the TMS-TMS interaction, residue Trp-270, predicted by molecular modeling as a potential interfacial residue of TMS α-helices, was mutated, and the effects on protein subcellular localization and activity assessed. The results showed that the W270A mutant was present exclusively in the ER and formed oligomers with similar activity to those of the wild type HO-1. Interestingly, the W270N mutant was localized not only in the ER, but also in the cytosol and nucleus, suggesting it is susceptible to proteolytic cleavage. Moreover, the microsomal HO activity of the W270N mutant was significantly lower than that of the wild type. The W270N mutation appears to interfere with the oligomeric state, as revealed by a lower FRET efficiency. Collectively, these data suggest that oligomerization, driven by TMS-TMS interactions, is crucial for the stabilization and function of HO-1 in the ER.Heme oxygenase (HO)3 catalyzes the NADPH cytochrome P450 reductase-dependent oxidative degradation of cellular heme to biliverdin, carbon monoxide (CO), and free iron (1, 2). Biliverdin is subsequently converted to bilirubin by biliverdin reductase in the cytosol. Two HO isoforms have been identified in mammalian systems. HO-1 is a 288 amino acid protein and is expressed at high amounts in a variety of pathological conditions associated with cellular stress. There is compelling evidence that HO-1 induction represents an important cytoprotective defense mechanism against oxidative insults by virtue of the anti-oxidant properties of the bilirubin and the anti-inflammatory effect of the CO produced (2). HO-1 is anchored in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) through a single transmembrane segment (TMS) located at the C terminus, while the rest of the molecule is cytoplasmic (3). HO-1 is sensitive to proteolytic cleavage (4), and it was recently shown that HO-1 can be proteolytically cleaved from the ER and translocated to the nucleus under certain stress conditions (5). Although the catalytic site in the cytoplasmic domain remains intact, the activity of soluble HO-1 is drastically reduced (5), indicating that ER localization is important for its full enzymatic function.Self-assembly to form dimers and higher oligomers is a common phenomenon in many membrane proteins (6, 7). Numerous studies have revealed that interactions between TMSs play an important role in the structure and function of many membrane proteins. Examples include receptors, enzymes, neurotransmitter transporters, and ion channels, in which oligomerization is crucial for their proper cellular localization and function (8). HO-1 does not contain any cysteine residues and has therefore been assumed to function as a monomer (1). To determine whether HO-1 forms oligomers in native membranes, in the present study, we performed chemical cross-linking, co-immunoprecipitation, and FRET analysis using fluorescent protein tags fused to the N terminus of HO-1. The results showed that HO-1 formed dimers/oligomers in the ER and that the TMS provided the interface for the protein-protein interactions. Interference with the TMS-TMS interaction resulted in destabilization of HO-1 and a reduction in enzymatic function. 相似文献
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A Dynein Light Chain Is Essential for the Retrograde Particle Movement of Intraflagellar Transport (IFT) 总被引:18,自引:3,他引:18 下载免费PDF全文
Gregory J. Pazour Curtis G. Wilkerson George B. Witman 《The Journal of cell biology》1998,141(4):979-992
Several enzymes, including cytoplasmic and flagellar outer arm dynein, share an Mr 8,000 light chain termed LC8. The function of this chain is unknown, but it is highly conserved between a wide variety of organisms. We have identified deletion alleles of the gene (fla14) encoding this protein in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. These mutants have short, immotile flagella with deficiencies in radial spokes, in the inner and outer arms, and in the beak-like projections in the B tubule of the outer doublet microtubules. Most dramatically, the space between the doublet microtubules and the flagellar membrane contains an unusually high number of rafts, the particles translocated by intraflagellar transport (IFT) (Kozminski, K.G., P.L. Beech, and J.L. Rosenbaum. 1995. J. Cell Biol. 131:1517–1527). IFT is a rapid bidirectional movement of rafts under the flagellar membrane along axonemal microtubules. Anterograde IFT is dependent on a kinesin whereas the motor for retrograde IFT is unknown. Anterograde IFT is normal in the LC8 mutants but retrograde IFT is absent; this undoubtedly accounts for the accumulation of rafts in the flagellum. This is the first mutation shown to specifically affect retrograde IFT; the fact that LC8 loss affects retrograde IFT strongly suggests that cytoplasmic dynein is the motor that drives this process. Concomitant with the accumulation of rafts, LC8 mutants accumulate proteins that are components of the 15-16S IFT complexes (Cole, D.G., D.R. Deiner, A.L. Himelblau, P.L. Beech, J.C. Fuster, and J.L. Rosenbaum. 1998. J. Cell Biol. 141:993–1008), confirming that these complexes are subunits of the rafts. Polystyrene microbeads are still translocated on the surface of the flagella of LC8 mutants, indicating that the motor for flagellar surface motility is different than the motor for retrograde IFT. 相似文献