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Schmidt-Ott KM Chen X Paragas N Levinson RS Mendelsohn CL Barasch J 《Developmental biology》2006,299(1):238-249
Early inductive events in mammalian nephrogenesis depend on an interaction between the ureteric bud and the metanephric mesenchyme. However, mounting evidence points towards an involvement of additional cell types--such as stromal cells and angioblasts--in growth and patterning of the nephron. In this study, through analysis of the stem cell factor (SCF)/c-kit ligand receptor pair, we describe an additional distinct cell population in the early developing kidney. While SCF is restricted to the ureteric bud, c-kit-positive cells are located within the renal interstitium, but are negative for Foxd1, an established marker of stromal cells. In fact, the c-kit-positive domain is continuous with a central mesodermal cell mass ventral and lateral to the dorsal aorta, while Foxd1-expressing stromal cells are continuous with a dorsal perisomitic cell population suggesting distinct intraembryonic origins for these cell types. A subset of c-kit-positive cells expresses Flk-1 and podocalyxin, suggesting that this cell population includes angioblasts and their progenitors. c-kit activation is not required for the survival of these cells in vivo, because white spotting (c-kit(W/W)) mice, carrying a natural inactivating mutation of c-kit, display normal intrarenal distribution of the c-kit-positive cells at E13.5. In addition, early kidney development in these mutants is preserved up to the stage when anemia compromises global embryonic development. In contrast, under defined conditions in organ cultures of metanephric kidneys, c-kit-positive cells, including the Flk-1-positive subset, undergo apoptosis after treatment with STI-571, an inhibitor of c-kit tyrosine phosphorylation. This is associated with reductions in ureteric bud branching and nephron number. Conversely, exogenous SCF expands the c-kit-positive population, including Flk-1-positive angioblasts, and accelerates kidney development in vitro. These data suggest that ureteric bud-derived SCF elicits growth-promoting effects in the metanephric kidney by expanding one or more components of the interstitial c-kit-positive progenitor pool. 相似文献
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Human apolipoprotein A-I (apo A-I) and its engineered constructs form discoidal lipid bilayers upon interaction with lipids in vitro. We now report the cloning, expression, and purification of apo A-I derived from zebrafish (Danio rerio), which combines with phospholipids to form similar discoidal bilayers and may prove to be superior to human apo A-I constructs for rapid reconstitution of seven-transmembrane helix receptors into nanoscale apolipoprotein bound bilayers (NABBs). We characterized NABBs by gel-filtration chromatography, native polyacrylamide gradient gel electrophoresis, UV-visible photobleaching difference spectroscopy, and fluorescence spectroscopy. We used electron microscopy to determine the stoichiometry and orientation of rhodopsin (rho)-containing NABBs prepared under various conditions and correlated stability and signaling efficiency of rho in NABBs with either one or two receptors. We discovered that the specific activity of G protein coupling for single rhos sequestered in individual NABBs was nearly identical with that of two rhos per NABB under conditions where stoichiometry and orientation could be inferred by electron microscopy imaging. Thermal stability of rho in NABBs was superior to that of rho in various commonly used detergents. We conclude that the NABB system using engineered zebrafish apo A-I is a native-like membrane mimetic system for G-protein-coupled receptors and discuss strategies for rapid incorporation of expressed membrane proteins into NABBs. 相似文献
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Huang CS Kawamura T Peng X Tochigi N Shigemura N Billiar TR Nakao A Toyoda Y 《Biochemical and biophysical research communications》2011,(2):253-258
Entry of enveloped viruses into cells is initiated by binding of their envelope glycoproteins (Envs) to cell surface-associated receptors. The Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV) has two Envs, Gn and Gc, with poorly understood role in binding to susceptible cells. We expressed codon optimized Gn and Gc, and identified independently folded soluble Env fragments, one of which (Gc residues 180–300) bound CCHFV susceptible cells supposedly by interacting with a putative receptor. This receptor binding domain (RBD) was used to identify its interacting partner by coimmunoprecipitation and mass spectrometry. Thus we identified the human cell surface nucleolin as a putative CCHFV entry factor. Nucleolin was expressed on all susceptible cells tested but not on the surface of cells resistant to CCHFV infection. Further studies are needed to explore the nucleolin function as a plausible CCHFV receptor and the molecular mechanisms of the Gc-nucleolin interactions. The identification of the CCHFV RBD and its binding partner could provide novel targets for therapy and tools for prevention as well as more complete understanding of the mechanisms of CCHFV entry and pathogenesis. 相似文献
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A glucosamine O,N-disulfate O-sulfohydrolase with a probable role in mammalian catabolism of heparan sulfate 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
A trisaccharide of sequence: (glucosamine O,N-disulfate)-(iduronic acid O-sulfate)-(3H-anhydromannitol O-sulfate) was prepared from degradation products of heparin and was used as a substrate to demonstrate, in rat and bovine tissues, a novel O,N-disulfoglucosamine O-sulfatase. The enzyme, purified 720-fold from extracts of beef kidney, has optimal activity at pH 4.1. It is distinct from arylsulfatases A or B, N-acetylglucosamine 6-sulfate sulfatase, and urinary 3,N-disulfoglucosamine 3-O-sulfatase. Data are given on the substrate specificities of the presently described O-sulfatase, of heparin sulfamidase, and of α-L-iduronidase. 相似文献
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An ovicide and a larval growth inhibitor against Drosophila melanogaster were isolated from leaves of Eupatorium japonicum. The ovicide was identified as coumarin. The structure of the larval growth inhibitor, a new naturally occurring guaianolide named euponin, was elucidated on the basis of spectral and chemical evidence. The inhibitory effects of these agents on the egg and larva were also described. 相似文献
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Inka Brockhausen Thomas Dowler Hans Paulsen 《Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)/General Subjects》2009
Background
The assembly of Ser/Thr-linked O-glycans of mucins with core 2 structures is initiated by polypeptide GalNAc-transferase (ppGalNAc-T), followed by the action of core 1 β3-Gal-transferase (C1GalT) and core 2 β6-GlcNAc-transferase (C2GnT). β4-Gal-transferase (β4GalT) extends core 2 and forms the backbone structure for biologically important epitopes. O-glycan structures are often abnormal in chronic diseases. The goal of this work is to determine if the activity and specificity of these enzymes are directed by the sequences and glycosylation of substrates.Methods
We studied the specificities of four enzymes that synthesize extended O-glycan core 2 using as acceptor substrates synthetic mucin derived peptides and glycopeptides, substituted with GalNAc or O-glycan core structures 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6.Results
Specific Thr residues were found to be preferred sites for the addition of GalNAc, and Pro in the + 3 position was found to especially enhance primary glycosylation. An inverse relationship was found between the size of adjacent glycans and the rate of GalNAc addition. All four enzymes could distinguish between substrates having different amino acid sequences and O-glycosylated sites. A short glycopeptide Galβ1–3GalNAcα-TAGV was identified as an efficient C2GnT substrate.Conclusions
The activities of four enzymes assembling the extended core 2 structure are affected by the amino acid sequence and presence of carbohydrates on nearby residues in acceptor glycopeptides. In particular, the sequences and O-glycosylation patterns direct the addition of the first and second sugar residues by ppGalNAc-T and C1GalT which act in a site directed fashion.General significance
Knowledge of site directed processing enhances our understanding of the control of O-glycosylation in normal cells and in disease. 相似文献7.
Wipa Suginta Chomphunuch Songsiriritthigul Archara Kobdaj Rodjana Opassiri Jisnuson Svasti 《Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)/General Subjects》2007
Point mutations of the active-site residues Trp168, Tyr171, Trp275, Trp397, Trp570 and Asp392 were introduced to Vibrio carchariae chitinase A. The modeled 3D structure of the enzyme illustrated that these residues fully occupied the substrate binding cleft and it was found that their mutation greatly reduced the hydrolyzing activity against pNP-[GlcNAc]2 and colloidal chitin. Mutant W397F was the only exception, as it instead enhanced the hydrolysis of the pNP substrate to 142% and gave no activity loss towards colloidal chitin. The kinetic study with the pNP substrate demonstrated that the mutations caused impaired Km and kcat values of the enzyme. A chitin binding assay showed that mutations of the aromatic residues did not change the binding equilibrium. Product analysis by thin layer chromatography showed higher efficiency of W275G and W397F in G4–G6 hydrolysis over the wild type enzyme. Though the time course of colloidal chitin hydrolysis displayed no difference in the cleavage behavior of the chitinase variants, the time course of G6 hydrolysis exhibited distinct hydrolytic patterns between wild-type and mutants W275G and W397F. Wild type initially hydrolyzed G6 to G4 and G2, and finally G2 was formed as the major end product. W275G primarily created G2–G5 intermediates, and later G2 and G3 were formed as stable products. In contrast, W397F initially produced G1–G5, and then the high-Mr intermediates (G3–G5) were broken down to G1 and G2 end products. This modification of the cleavage patterns of chitooligomers suggested that residues Trp275 and Trp397 are involved in defining the binding selectivity of the enzyme to soluble substrates. 相似文献
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Takayoshi Tagami Masayuki Okuyama Hiroyuki Nakai Young-Min Kim Haruhide Mori Kazunori Taguchi Birte Svensson Atsuo Kimura 《Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Proteins and Proteomics》2013,1834(1):329-335
Glycoside hydrolase family 31 α-glucosidases (31AGs) show various specificities for maltooligosaccharides according to chain length. Aspergillus niger α-glucosidase (ANG) is specific for short-chain substrates with the highest kcat/Km for maltotriose, while sugar beet α-glucosidase (SBG) prefers long-chain substrates and soluble starch. Multiple sequence alignment of 31AGs indicated a high degree of diversity at the long loop (N-loop), which forms one wall of the active pocket. Mutations of Phe236 in the N-loop of SBG (F236A/S) decreased kcat/Km values for substrates longer than maltose. Providing a phenylalanine residue at a similar position in ANG (T228F) altered the kcat/Km values for maltooligosaccharides compared with wild-type ANG, i.e., the mutant enzyme showed the highest kcat/Km value for maltotetraose. Subsite affinity analysis indicated that modification of subsite affinities at + 2 and + 3 caused alterations of substrate specificity in the mutant enzymes. These results indicated that the aromatic residue in the N-loop contributes to determining the chain-length specificity of 31AGs. 相似文献
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Yin Gao Rajindra P. Aryal Tongzhong Ju Richard D. Cummings Gagandeep Gahlay Donald L. Jarvis Khushi L. Matta Jason Z. Vlahakis Walter A. Szarek Inka Brockhausen 《Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)/General Subjects》2013