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Ohnuma S Chufan E Nandigama K Jenkins LM Durell SR Appella E Sauna ZE Ambudkar SV 《Biochemistry》2011,50(18):3724-3735
5'-Fluorosulfonylbenzonyl 5'-adenosine (FSBA) is an ATP analogue that covalently modifies several residues in the nucleotide-binding domains (NBDs) of several ATPases, kinases, and other proteins. P-glycoprotein (P-gp, ABCB1) is a member of the ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter superfamily that utilizes energy from ATP hydrolysis for the efflux of amphipathic anticancer agents from cancer cells. We investigated the interactions of FSBA with P-gp to study the catalytic cycle of ATP hydrolysis. Incubation of P-gp with FSBA inhibited ATP hydrolysis (IC(50 )= 0.21 mM) and the binding of 8-azido[α-(32)P]ATP (IC(50) = 0.68 mM). In addition, (14)C-FSBA cross-links to P-gp, suggesting that FSBA-mediated inhibition of ATP hydrolysis is irreversible due to covalent modification of P-gp. However, when the NBDs were occupied with a saturating concentration of ATP prior to treatment, FSBA stimulated ATP hydrolysis by P-gp. Furthermore, FSBA inhibited the photo-cross-linking of P-gp with [(125)I]iodoarylazidoprazosin (IAAP; IC(50) = 0.17 mM). As IAAP is a transport substrate for P-gp, this suggests that FSBA affects not only the NBDs but also the transport-substrate site in the transmembrane domains. Consistent with these results, FSBA blocked efflux of rhodamine 123 from P-gp-expressing cells. Additionally, mass spectrometric analysis identified FSBA cross-links to residues within or nearby the NBDs but not in the transmembrane domains, and docking of FSBA in a homology model of human P-gp NBDs supports the biochemical studies. Thus, FSBA is an ATP analogue that interacts with both the drug-binding and ATP-binding sites of P-gp, but fluorosulfonyl-mediated cross-linking is observed only at the NBDs. 相似文献
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Diabetes mellitus is a heterogeneous metabolic disorder characterized by hyperglycaemia resulting in defective insulin secretion,
resistance to insulin action or both. The use of biguanides, sulphonylurea and other drugs are valuable in the treatment of
diabetes mellitus; their use, however, is restricted by their limited action, pharmaco-kinetic properties, secondary failure
rates and side effects. Trigonella foenum-graecum, commonly known as fenugreek, is a plant that has been extensively used as a source of antidiabetic compounds from its seeds
and leaf extracts. Preliminary human trials and animal experiments suggest possible hypoglycaemic and anti-hyperlipedemic
properties of fenugreek seed powder taken orally. Our results show that the action of fenugreek in lowering blood glucose
levels is almost comparable to the effect of insulin. Combination with trace metal showed that vanadium had additive effects
and manganese had additive effects with insulin on in vitro system in control and diabetic animals of young and old ages using adipose tissue. The Trigonella and vanadium effects were studied in a number of tissues including liver, kidney, brain peripheral nerve, heart, red blood
cells and skeletal muscle. Addition of Trigonella to vanadium significantly removed the toxicity of vanadium when used to reduce blood glucose levels. Administration of the
various combinations of the antidiabetic compounds to diabetic animals was found to reverse most of the diabetic effects studied
at physiological, biochemical, histochemical and molecular levels. Results of the key enzymes of metabolic pathways have been
summarized together with glucose transporter, Glut-4 and insulin levels. Our findings illustrate and elucidate the antidiabetic/insulin
mimetic effects of Trigonella, manganese and vanadium. 相似文献
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Marije Oosting Kathrin Buffen Subbarao RK Malireddi Patrick Sturm Ineke Verschueren Marije I Koenders Frank L van de Veerdonk Jos WM van der Meer Mihai G Netea Thirumala-Devi Kanneganti Leo AB Joosten 《Arthritis research & therapy》2012,14(6):R247
Introduction
The protein platform called the NOD-like-receptor -family member (NLRP)-3 inflammasome needs to be activated to process intracellular caspase-1. Active caspase-1 is able to cleave pro-Interleukin (IL)-1β, resulting in bioactive IL-1β. IL-1β is a potent proinflammatory cytokine, and thought to play a key role in the pathogenesis of Lyme arthritis, a common manifestation of Borrelia burgdorferi infection. The precise pathways through which B. burgdorferi recognition leads to inflammasome activation and processing of IL-1β in Lyme arthritis has not been elucidated. In the present study, we investigated the contribution of several pattern recognition receptors and inflammasome components in a novel murine model of Lyme arthritis.Methods
Lyme arthritis was elicited by live B. burgdorferi, injected intra-articularly in knee joints of mice. To identify the relevant pathway components, the model was applied to wild-type, NLRP3-/-, ASC-/-, caspase-1-/-, NOD1-/-, NOD2-/-, and RICK-/- mice. As a control, TLR2-/-, Myd88-/- and IL-1R-/- mice were used. Peritoneal macrophages and bone marrow-derived macrophages were used for in vitro cytokine production and inflammasome activation studies. Joint inflammation was analyzed in synovial specimens and whole knee joints. Mann-Whitney U tests were used to detect statistical differences.Results
We demonstrate that ASC/caspase-1-driven IL-1β is crucial for induction of B. burgdorferi-induced murine Lyme arthritis. In addition, we show that B. burgdorferi-induced murine Lyme arthritis is less dependent on NOD1/NOD2/RICK pathways while the TLR2-MyD88 pathway is crucial.Conclusions
Murine Lyme arthritis is strongly dependent on IL-1 production, and B. burgdorferi induces inflammasome-mediated caspase-1 activation. Next to that, murine Lyme arthritis is ASC- and caspase-1-dependent, but NLRP3, NOD1, NOD2, and RICK independent. Also, caspase-1 activation by B. burgdorferi is dependent on TLR2 and MyD88. Based on present results indicating that IL-1 is one of the major mediators in Lyme arthritis, there is a rationale to propose that neutralizing IL-1 activity may also have beneficial effects in chronic Lyme arthritis. 相似文献34.
Background
Previously it has been shown that insulin-mediated tyrosine phosphorylation of myosin heavy chain is concomitant with enhanced association of C-terminal SRC kinase during skeletal muscle differentiation. We sought to identify putative site(s) for this phosphorylation event. 相似文献35.
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The transport cycle of ABC transporters in general and P-glycoprotein in particular has been extensively studied, but the molecular mechanism remains controversial. We identify stable reaction intermediates in the progression of the P-glycoprotein-mediated ATPase reaction equivalent to the enzyme-substrate (E.S, P-glycoprotein.ATP) and enzyme-product (E.P, P-glycoprotein.ADP.P(i)) reaction intermediates. These have been characterized using the photoaffinity analog 8-azido-[alpha-32P]ATP as well as under equilibrium conditions using [alpha-32P]ATP, in which a cross-linking step is not involved. Similar results were obtained when 8-azido-[alpha-32P]ATP or [alpha-32P]ATP was used. The reaction intermediates were characterized based on their kinetic properties and the nature (triphosphate/diphosphate) of the trapped nucleotide. Using this defined framework and the Walker B E556Q/E1201Q mutant that traps nucleotide in the absence of vanadate or beryllium fluoride, the high to low affinity switch in the transport substrate binding site can be attributed to the formation of the E.S reaction intermediate of the ATPase reaction. Importantly, the posthydrolysis E.P state continues to have low affinity for substrate, suggesting that conformational changes that form the E.S complex are coupled to the conformational change at the transport substrate site to do mechanical work. Thus, the formation of E.S reaction intermediate during a single turnover of the catalytic cycle appears to provide the initial power stroke for movement of drug substrate from inner leaflet to outer leaflet of lipid bilayer. This novel approach applies transition state theory to elucidate the mechanism of P-glycoprotein and other ABC transporters and has wider applications in testing cause-effect hypotheses in coupled systems. 相似文献
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Multidrug resistance protein 4 (MRP4/ABCC4), transports cyclic nucleoside monophosphates, nucleoside analog drugs, chemotherapeutic agents, and prostaglandins. In this study we characterize ATP hydrolysis by human MRP4 expressed in insect cells. MRP4 hydrolyzes ATP (Km, 0.62 mm), which is inhibited by orthovanadate and beryllium fluoride. However, unlike ATPase activity of P-glycoprotein, which is equally sensitive to both inhibitors, MRP4-ATPase is more sensitive to beryllium fluoride than to orthovanadate. 8-Azido[alpha-32P]ATP binds to MRP4 (concentration for half-maximal binding approximately 3 microm) and is displaced by ATP or by its non-hydrolyzable analog AMPPNP (concentrations for half-maximal inhibition of 13.3 and 308 microm). MRP4 substrates, the prostaglandins E1 and E2, stimulate ATP hydrolysis 2- to 3-fold but do not affect the Km for ATP. Several other substrates, azidothymidine, 9-(2-phosphonylmethoxyethyl)adenine, and methotrexate do not stimulate ATP hydrolysis but inhibit prostaglandin E2-stimulated ATP hydrolysis. Although both post-hydrolysis transition states MRP4.8-azido[alpha-32P]ADP.Vi and MRP4.8-azido[alpha-32P]ADP.beryllium fluoride can be generated, nucleotide trapping is approximately 4-fold higher with beryllium fluoride. The divalent cations Mg2+ and Mn2+ support comparable levels of nucleotide binding, hydrolysis, and trapping. However, Co2+ increases 8-azido[alpha-32P]ATP binding and beryllium fluoride-induced 8-azido[alpha-32P]ADP trapping but does not support steady-state ATP hydrolysis. ADP inhibits basal and prostaglandin E2-stimulated ATP hydrolysis (concentrations for half-maximal inhibition 0.19 and 0.25 mm, respectively) and beryllium fluoride-induced 8-azido[alpha-32P]ADP trapping, whereas Pi has no effect up to 20 mm. In aggregate, our results demonstrate that MRP4 exhibits substrate-stimulated ATP hydrolysis, and we propose a kinetic scheme suggesting that ADP release from the post-hydrolysis transition state may be the rate-limiting step during the catalytic cycle. 相似文献
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Previously it has been shown that insulin-mediated tyrosine phosphorylation of myosin heavy chain is concomitant with enhanced association of C-terminal SRC kinase during skeletal muscle differentiation. We sought to identify putative site(s) for this phosphorylation event. A combined bioinformatics approach of motif prediction and evolutionary and structural analyses identified tyrosines163 and 1856 of the skeletal muscle heavy chain as the leading candidate for the sites of insulin-mediated tyrosine phosphorylation. Our work is suggestive that tyrosine phosphorylation of myosin heavy chain, whether in skeletal muscle or in platelets, is a significant event that may initiate cytoskeletal reorganization of muscle cells and platelets. Our studies provide a good starting point for further functional analysis of MHC phosphor-signalling events within different cells. 相似文献
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Worldwide patterns of mitochondrial DNA differentiation in the harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) 总被引:3,自引:0,他引:3
Stanley HF; Casey S; Carnahan JM; Goodman S; Harwood J; Wayne RK 《Molecular biology and evolution》1996,13(2):368-382
The harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) has one of the broadest geographic
distributions of any pinniped, stretching from the east Baltic, west across
the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans to southern Japan. Although individuals may
travel several hundred kilometers on annual feeding migrations, harbor
seals are generally believed to be philopatric, returning to the same areas
each year to breed. Consequently, seals from different areas are likely to
be genetically differentiated, with levels of genetic divergence increasing
with distance. Differentiation may also be caused by long-standing
topographic barriers such as the polar sea ice. We analyzed samples of 227
harbor seals from 24 localities and defined 34 genotypes based on 435 bp of
control region sequence. Phylogenetic analysis and analysis of molecular
variance showed that populations in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and
east and west coast populations of these oceans are significantly
differentiated. Within these four regions, populations that are
geographically farthest apart generally are the most differentiated and
often do not share genotypes or differ in genotype frequency. The average
corrected sequence divergence between populations in the Atlantic and
Pacific Oceans is 3.28% +/- 0.38% and those among populations within each
of these oceans are 0.75% +/- 0.69% and 1.19% +/- 0.65%, respectively. Our
results suggest that harbor seals are regionally philopatric, on the scale
of several hundred kilometers. However, genetic discontinuities may exist,
even between neighboring populations such as those on the Scottish and east
English coasts or the east and west Baltic. The mitochondrial data are
consistent with an ancient isolation of populations in both oceans, due to
the development of polar sea ice. In the Atlantic and Pacific, populations
appear to have been colonized from west to east with the European
populations showing the most recent common ancestry. We suggest the recent
ancestry of European seal populations may reflect recolonization from Ice
Age refugia after the last glaciation.
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