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George V. Sharonov Eduard V. Bocharov Peter M. Kolosov Maria V. Astapova Alexander S. Arseniev Alexey V. Feofanov 《The Journal of biological chemistry》2014,289(21):14955-14964
The EphA2 receptor tyrosine kinase plays a central role in the regulation of cell adhesion and guidance in many human tissues. The activation of EphA2 occurs after proper dimerization/oligomerization in the plasma membrane, which occurs with the participation of extracellular and cytoplasmic domains. Our study revealed that the isolated transmembrane domain (TMD) of EphA2 embedded into the lipid bicelle dimerized via the heptad repeat motif L535X3G539X2A542X3V546X2L549 rather than through the alternative glycine zipper motif A536X3G540X3G544 (typical for TMD dimerization in many proteins). To evaluate the significance of TMD interactions for full-length EphA2, we substituted key residues in the heptad repeat motif (HR variant: G539I, A542I, G553I) or in the glycine zipper motif (GZ variant: G540I, G544I) and expressed YFP-tagged EphA2 (WT, HR, and GZ variants) in HEK293T cells. Confocal microscopy revealed a similar distribution of all EphA2-YFP variants in cells. The expression of EphA2-YFP variants and their kinase activity (phosphorylation of Tyr588 and/or Tyr594) and ephrin-A3 binding were analyzed with flow cytometry on a single cell basis. Activation of any EphA2 variant is found to occur even without ephrin stimulation when the EphA2 content in cells is sufficiently high. Ephrin-A3 binding is not affected in mutant variants. Mutations in the TMD have a significant effect on EphA2 activity. Both ligand-dependent and ligand-independent activities are enhanced for the HR variant and reduced for the GZ variant compared with the WT. These findings allow us to suggest TMD dimerization switching between the heptad repeat and glycine zipper motifs, corresponding to inactive and active receptor states, respectively, as a mechanism underlying EphA2 signal transduction. 相似文献
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mtDNA diversity in rhesus monkeys reveals overestimates of divergence time and paraphyly with neighboring species 总被引:4,自引:0,他引:4
Reconstructions of the human-African great ape phylogeny by using
mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) have been subject to considerable debate. One
confounding factor may be the lack of data on intraspecific variation. To
test this hypothesis, we examined the effect of intraspecific mtDNA
diversity on the phylogenetic reconstruction of another Plio- Pleistocene
radiation of higher primates, the fascicularis group of macaque (Macaca)
monkey species. Fifteen endonucleases were used to identify 10 haplotypes
of 40-47 restriction sites in M. mulatta, which were compared with similar
data for the other members of this species group. Interpopulational,
intraspecific mtDNA diversity was large (0.5%- 4.5%), and estimates of
divergence time and branching order incorporating this variation were
substantially different from those based on single representatives of each
species. We conclude that intraspecific mtDNA diversity is substantial in
at least some primate species. Consequently, without prior information on
the extent of genetic diversity within a particular species, intraspecific
variation must be assessed and accounted for when reconstructing primate
phylogenies. Further, we question the reliability of hominoid mtDNA
phylogenies, based as they are on one or a few representatives of each
species, in an already depauperate superfamily of primates.
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Dranitsyna S. M. Kostanyan I. A. Astapova M. V. Surina E. A. Lipkin V. M. 《Russian Journal of Bioorganic Chemistry》2002,28(1):74-76
The nuclease activity of human interleukin-10, an immunosuppressive cytokine, was predicted on the basis of structural homology between the 97–105 sequence of human interleukin-10 and the DNA/RNA-hydrolyzing fragment of the endogenous differentiation factor for the HL-60 line of human promyelocyte leukemia cells. The human recombinant interleukin-10 was shown to cleave all forms of plasmid DNA. The role of interleukin-10 in the apoptosis induction in monocytic cells was hypothesized. 相似文献
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Yanvarev DV Shirokova EA Astapova MV Skoblov YS 《Nucleosides, nucleotides & nucleic acids》2007,26(1):23-36
Biochemical and metabolic transformations of 3'-azido-3'-deoxythymidine 5'-choline phosphate (1) were studied using its 32P-labelled counterpart for the evaluation of possible reasons for its enhanced anti-HIV activity. An effective synthesis of 32P-labelled 1 with a specific activity >1,000 Ci/mmol was developed by esterification of 32P-phosphoric acid with choline in the presence of BrCN followed by the coupling of the resulting choline phosphate with 3'-azido-3'-deoxythymidine (AZT). Chemical and enzymatic stabilities of 1 as well as the dynamics of penetration through HL-60 cell membranes were studied at the concentrations comparable to its antiviral concentrations. The products of intracellular transformations of the studied nucleotide were identified. 相似文献
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Sharonov GV Feofanov AV Bocharova OV Astapova MV Dedukhova VI Chernyak BV Dolgikh DA Arseniev AS Skulachev VP Kirpichnikov MP 《Apoptosis : an international journal on programmed cell death》2005,10(4):797-808
A non-traumatic electroporation procedure was developed to load exogenous cytochrome c into the cytoplasm and to study the apoptotic effect of cytochrome c, its K72-substitued mutants and “yeast → horse” hybrid cytochrome c in living WEHI-3 cells. The minimum apoptosis-activating intracellular concentration of horse heart cytochrome c was estimated to be 2.7 ± 0.5 μM (47 ± 9 fg/cell). The equieffective concentrations of the K72A-, K72E- and K72L-substituted mutants of cytochrome c were five-, 15- and 70-fold higher. The “yeast → horse” hybrid created by introducing S2D, K4E, A7K, T8K, and K11V substitutions (horse protein numbering) and deleting five N-terminal residues in yeast cytochrome c did not evoke apoptotic activity in mammalian cells. The apoptotic function of cytochrome c was abolished by the K72W substitution. The K72W-substituted cytochrome c possesses reduced affinity to the apoptotic protease activating factor-1 (Apaf-1) and forms an inactive complex. This mutant is competent as a respiratory-chain electron carrier and well suited for knock-in studies of cytochrome c-mediated apoptosis. 相似文献
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Alexey V Osipov Maria V Astapova Victor I Tsetlin Yuri N Utkin 《European journal of biochemistry》2004,271(10):2018-2027
There are different glycosylated proteins in snake venoms, but no glycosylated representatives of a large family of three-fingered toxins have previously been detected. A new glycoprotein was isolated from the venom of the Thai cobra Naja kaouthia. MALDI MS of the glycoprotein contained an array of peaks in the range from approximately 8900 to approximately 9400 Da indicating its microheterogeneity. Carbohydrate analysis showed the presence of mannose, galactose, N-acetylglucosamine, fucose and neuraminic acid. The N-terminal sequence of the glycoprotein was identical to that of cytotoxin 3 (CX3) from N. kaouthia, and CD spectra of the glycoprotein and CX3 were almost the same. Cleavage of a glycan moiety by N-glycosidase F gave a protein of molecular mass practically coinciding with that of CX3. MALDI MS of the tryptic digest of reduced glycoprotein S-pyridylethylated at cysteine residues, contained peaks corresponding to all tryptic fragments of CX3, with the exception of fragment 24-30. The peak corresponding to this peptide appeared in the mass-spectrum of similarly treated deglycosylated glycoprotein. These data show that the potential N-glycosylation site at Asn29 in CX3 is utilized for glycan attachment and that the glycoprotein is glycosylated CX3. In vivo toxicity of the glycoprotein to the cricket Gryllus assimilis was twofold lower than that of CX3. The cytotoxic activity of the glycoprotein towards HL60 cells was about two orders of magnitude lower than that of CX3, but could be made equal to the CX3 cytotoxicity by deglycosylation. Thus for the first time we have isolated a glycosylated three-fingered snake venom toxin wherein glycosylation appears to modulate its biological activity. 相似文献
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Kristen R. Vella Preeti Ramadoss Ricardo H. Costa-e-Sousa Inna Astapova Felix D. Ye Kaila A. Holtz Jamie C. Harris Anthony N. Hollenberg 《Molecular and cellular biology》2014,34(9):1564-1575
Resistance to thyroid hormone (RTH), a human syndrome, is characterized by high thyroid hormone (TH) and thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) levels. Mice with mutations in the thyroid hormone receptor beta (TRβ) gene that cannot bind steroid receptor coactivator 1 (SRC-1) and Src-1−/− mice both have phenotypes similar to that of RTH. Conversely, mice expressing a mutant nuclear corepressor 1 (Ncor1) allele that cannot interact with TRβ, termed NCoRΔID, have low TH levels and normal TSH. We hypothesized that Src-1−/− mice have RTH due to unopposed corepressor action. To test this, we crossed NCoRΔID and Src-1−/− mice to create mice deficient for coregulator action in all cell types. Remarkably, NCoRΔID/ΔID
Src-1−/− mice have normal TH and TSH levels and are triiodothryonine (T3) sensitive at the level of the pituitary. Although absence of SRC-1 prevented T3 activation of key hepatic gene targets, NCoRΔID/ΔID
Src-1−/− mice reacquired hepatic T3 sensitivity. Using in vivo chromatin immunoprecipitation assays (ChIP) for the related coactivator SRC-2, we found enhanced SRC-2 recruitment to TR-binding regions of genes in NCoRΔID/ΔID
Src-1−/− mice, suggesting that SRC-2 is responsible for T3 sensitivity in the absence of NCoR1 and SRC-1. Thus, T3 targets require a critical balance between NCoR1 and SRC-1. Furthermore, replacement of NCoR1 with NCoRΔID corrects RTH in Src-1−/− mice through increased SRC-2 recruitment to T3 target genes. 相似文献
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I. A. Kostanyan S. S. Zhokhov M. V. Astapova S. M. Dranitsyna A. P. Bogachuk L. K. Baidakova I. L. Rodionov I. I. Baskin O. N. Golubeva J. Tombran-Tink V. M. Lipkin 《Russian Journal of Bioorganic Chemistry》2000,26(9):505-511
It was shown that the full-size neurotrophic factor from pigment epithelium (PEDF) induces the cell differentiation of the
human promyelocyte leukemia cell line HL-60. A structural analysis of PEDF revealed in itsC-terminal region a six-membered peptide fragment PEDF-(352-357) (PEDF-6) whose sequence is highly homologous to the 41–46
fragment of the active site of the human leukocyte differentiation factor HLDF (HLDF-6). The biological effect of PEDF and
synthetic peptides PEDF-6 and HLDF-6 on the HL-60 cells and the early gastrula ectoderm ofXenopus laevis embryos was studied. On the basis of the structural and functional homologies of HLDF, PEDF, and their homologous peptides
and the computer models of the spatial structures of the full-size PEDF and the PEDF with theC-terminal fragment split off tby the cleavage of the Leu380-Thr381 bond in the serpin loop, a hypothesis on the functional role of the serpin loop in PEDF was put forward. 相似文献