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Prema Subbarayal Karthika Karunakaran Ann-Cathrin Winkler Marion Rother Erik Gonzalez Thomas F. Meyer Thomas Rudel 《PLoS pathogens》2015,11(4)
The obligate intracellular bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis invades into host cells to replicate inside a membrane-bound vacuole called inclusion. Multiple different host proteins are recruited to the inclusion and are functionally modulated to support chlamydial development. Invaded and replicating Chlamydia induces a long-lasting activation of the PI3 kinase signaling pathway that is required for efficient replication. We identified the cell surface tyrosine kinase EphrinA2 receptor (EphA2) as a chlamydial adherence and invasion receptor that induces PI3 kinase (PI3K) activation, promoting chlamydial replication. Interfering with binding of C. trachomatis serovar L2 (Ctr) to EphA2, downregulation of EphA2 expression or inhibition of EphA2 activity significantly reduced Ctr infection. Ctr interacts with and activates EphA2 on the cell surface resulting in Ctr and receptor internalization. During chlamydial replication, EphA2 remains active accumulating around the inclusion and interacts with the p85 regulatory subunit of PI3K to support the activation of the PI3K/Akt signaling pathway that is required for normal chlamydial development. Overexpression of full length EphA2, but not the mutant form lacking the intracellular cytoplasmic domain, enhanced PI3K activation and Ctr infection. Despite the depletion of EphA2 from the cell surface, Ctr infection induces upregulation of EphA2 through the activation of the ERK pathway, which keeps the infected cell in an apoptosis-resistant state. The significance of EphA2 as an entry and intracellular signaling receptor was also observed with the urogenital C. trachomatis-serovar D. Our findings provide the first evidence for a host cell surface receptor that is exploited for invasion as well as for receptor-mediated intracellular signaling to facilitate chlamydial replication. In addition, the engagement of a cell surface receptor at the inclusion membrane is a new mechanism by which Chlamydia subverts the host cell and induces apoptosis resistance. 相似文献
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Control of host cell death is of paramount importance for the survival and replication of obligate intracellular bacteria. Among these, human pathogenic Chlamydia induces the inhibition of apoptosis in a variety of different host cells by directly interfering with cell death signaling. However, the evolutionary conservation of cell death regulation has not been investigated in the order Chlamydiales, which also includes Chlamydia-like organisms with a broader host spectrum. Here, we investigated the apoptotic response of human cells infected with the Chlamydia-like organism Simkania negevensis (Sn). Simkania infected cells exhibited strong resistance to apoptosis induced by intrinsic stress or by the activation of cell death receptors. Apoptotic signaling was blocked upstream of mitochondria since Bax translocation, Bax and Bak oligomerisation and cytochrome c release were absent in these cells. Infected cells turned on pro-survival pathways like cellular Inhibitor of Apoptosis Protein 2 (cIAP-2) and the Akt/PI3K pathway. Blocking any of these inhibitory pathways sensitized infected host cell towards apoptosis induction, demonstrating their role in infection-induced apoptosis resistance. Our data support the hypothesis of evolutionary conserved signaling pathways to apoptosis resistance as common denominators in the order Chlamydiales. 相似文献
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Karthika Balasubramaniam Kedar Sharma Aruna Rani Vikky Rajulapati Arun Goyal 《Annals of microbiology》2018,68(6):409-418
Heparinases are widely used for production of clinically and therapeutically important bioactive oligosaccharides and in analyzing the polydisperse, heterogeneous, and complex structures of heparin/heparan sulfate. In the present study, the gene (1911 bp) encoding heparinase II/III of family 12 polysaccharide lyase (PsPL12a) from Pseudopedobacter saltans was cloned, expressed, and biochemically and functionally characterized. The purified enzyme PsPL12a of molecular size approximately 76 kDa exhibited maximum activity in the temperature range 45–50 °C and at pH 6.0. PsPL12a gave maximum activity at 1% (w/v) heparin under optimum conditions. The kinetic parameters, K m and Vmax, for PsPL12a were 4.6?±?0.5 mg/ml and 70?±?2 U/mg, respectively. Ten millimolars of each Mg2+ and Mn2+ ions enhanced PsPL12a activity by 80%, whereas Ni2+ inhibited by 75% and Co2+ by 10%, and EDTA completely inactivated the enzyme. Protein melting curve of PsPL12a gave a single peak at 55 °C and 10 mM Mg2+ ions and shifted the peak to 60 °C. The secondary structure analysis of PsPL12a by CD showed 65.12% α-helix, 11.84% β-strand, and 23.04% random coil. The degradation products of heparin by PsPL12a analyzed by ESI-MS spectra displayed peaks corresponding to heparin di-, tetra-, penta-, and hexa-saccharides revealing the endolytic mode of enzyme action. Heparinase II/III (PsPL12a) from P. saltans can be used for production of low molecular weight heparin oligosaccharides for their utilization as anticoagulants. This is the first report on heparinase cloned from P. saltans. 相似文献
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Singaravelu K Nelson C Bakowski D de Brito OM Ng SW Di Capite J Powell T Scorrano L Parekh AB 《The Journal of biological chemistry》2011,286(14):12189-12201
Store-operated Ca2+ channels in the plasma membrane (PM) are activated by the depletion of Ca2+ from the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and constitute a widespread and highly conserved Ca2+ influx pathway. After store emptying, the ER Ca2+ sensor STIM1 forms multimers, which then migrate to ER-PM junctions where they activate the Ca2+ release-activated Ca2+ channel Orai1. Movement of an intracellular protein to such specialized sites where it gates an ion channel is without precedence, but the fundamental question of how STIM1 migrates remains unresolved. Here, we show that trafficking of STIM1 to ER-PM junctions and subsequent Ca2+ release-activated Ca2+ channel activity is impaired following mitochondrial depolarization. We identify the dynamin-related mitochondrial protein mitofusin 2, mutations of which causes the inherited neurodegenerative disease Charcot-Marie-Tooth IIa in humans, as an important component of this mechanism. Our results reveal a molecular mechanism whereby a mitochondrial fusion protein regulates protein trafficking across the endoplasmic reticulum and reveals a homeostatic mechanism whereby mitochondrial depolarization can inhibit store-operated Ca2+ entry, thereby reducing cellular Ca2+ overload. 相似文献
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Nirupa Nagaratnam Eric Hamilton Karunanayake Kamani Hemamala Tennekoon Sameera Ranganath Samarakoon Karthika Mayan 《Bioinformation》2014,10(8):512-517
Human lymphatic filariasis (HLF) is a neglected tropical disease which threatens nearly 1.4 billion people in 73 countries
worldwide. Wuchereria bancrofti is the major causative agent of HLF and it closely resembles cattle filarial parasite Setaria digitata.
Due to difficulties in procuring W. bancrofti parasite material, S. digitata cDNA library has been constructed to identify novel drug
targets against HLF and many of the cDNA sequences are yet to be assigned structure and function. In this study, a 549 bp long
cDNA (sdrbp) has been sequenced and characterized in silico. The shortest ORF of 249 bp from the isolated cDNA encodes a
polypeptide of 82 amino acids and shows an amino acid identity of 54% with the RRM domain of human cleavage stimulation
factor-64 kDa subunit (CstF-64). Structure of the protein (sdRBP) obtained by homology modelling using RRM of CstF-64 as
template adopts classical RRM topology (β1α1β2β3α2β4). sdRBP model built was validated by superimposition tools and
Ramachandran plot analysis. CstF-64 plays an important role in pre-mRNA polyadenylation by interacting with specific GU-rich
downstream sequence element. Molecular docking studies of sdRBP with different RNA molecules revealed that sdRBP has greater
binding affinity to GU-rich RNA and comparable results were obtained upon similar docking of RRM of CstF-64 with the same
RNA molecules. Therefore, sdRBP is likely to perform homologous function in S. digitata. This study brings new dimensions to the
functional analysis of RNA binding proteins of S. digitata and their evaluation as new drug targets against HLF. 相似文献
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Phosphoglucomutase (EC 2.7.5.1, PGM) was purified to homogeneity from maize (Zea mays L.) leaves. The enzyme had specific activity 11. 7 U/mg protein and molecular mass (determined by gel-chromatography) of 133 +/- 4 kD. The molecular mass of PGM subunits determined by SDS-electrophoresis was 66 +/- 3 kD. The enzyme had Km for glucose-1-phosphate and glucose-1,6-diphosphate of 20.0 +/- 0.9 and 16.0 +/- 0.8 &mgr;M, respectively. Concentrations of glucose-1-phosphate and glucose-1,6-diphosphate above 3 and 0.4 mM, respectively, cause substrate inhibition. The enzyme activity was maximal at pH 8.0 and temperature 35 degreesC. Magnesium ions activate the enzyme and manganese ions inhibit it. 3-Phosphoglycerate is an uncompetitive inhibitor of the enzyme (Ki = 1.22 +/- 0.05 mM). Fructose-6-phosphate, 6-phosphogluconate, and ADP activate PGM, whereas ATP, UTP, and AMP inhibit the enzyme. Citrate was also a potent inhibitor, inhibitory effects of isocitrate and cis-aconitate being less pronounced. 相似文献
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Mylsamy Karthika Ramasamy Kanakaraju Lakshmipathi Senthilkumar 《Journal of molecular modeling》2013,19(4):1835-1851
The structure, spectral properties and the hydrogen bond interactions of 8-aza analogues of xanthine, theophylline and caffeine have been studied by using quantum chemical methods. The time-dependent density functional theory (TD-DFT) and the singly excited configuration interaction (CIS) methods are employed to optimize the excited state geometries of isolated 8-azaxanthine, 8-azatheophylline tautomers and 8-azacaffeine in both the gas and solvent phases. The solvent phase calculations are performed using the polarizable continuum model (PCM). The absorption and emission spectra are calculated using the time-dependent density functional theory (TD-DFT) method. The results from the TD-DFT calculations reveal that the excitation spectra are red shifted relative to absorption in aqueous medium. These changes in the transition energies are qualitatively comparable to the experimental data. The examination of molecular orbital reveals that the molecules with a small H→L energy gap possess maximum absorption and emission wavelength. The relative stability and hydrogen bonded interactions of mono and heptahydrated 8-azaxanthine, 8-azatheophylline tautomers and 8-azacaffeine have been studied using the density functional theory (DFT) and Møller Plesset perturbation theory (MP2) implementing the 6-311++G(d,p) basis set. The formation of strong N-H…O bond has resulted in the highest interaction energy among the monohydrates. Hydration does not show any significant impact on the stability of heptahydrated complexes. The atoms in molecule (AIM) and natural bonding orbital (NBO) analyses have been performed to elucidate the nature of the hydrogen bond interactions in these complexes. Figure
Absorption and emission spectra of 8-aza analogues of xanthine, theophylline and caffeine in methanol medium 相似文献