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Nat Rev Immunol ; 24(3): 193-212, 2024 Mar.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37758850

RESUMEN

Immune receptors are not randomly distributed at the plasma membrane of lymphocytes but are segregated into specialized domains that function as platforms to initiate signalling, as exemplified by the B cell or T cell receptor complex and the immunological synapse. 'Membrane-organizing proteins' and, in particular, tetraspanins and galectins, are crucial for controlling the spatiotemporal organization of immune receptors and other signalling proteins. Deficiencies in specific tetraspanins and galectins result in impaired immune synapse formation, lymphocyte proliferation, antibody production and migration, which can lead to impaired immunity, tumour development and autoimmunity. In contrast to conventional ligand-receptor interactions, membrane organizers interact in cis (on the same cell) and modulate receptor clustering, receptor dynamics and intracellular signalling. New findings have uncovered their complex and dynamic nature, revealing shared binding partners and collaborative activity in determining the composition of membrane domains. Therefore, immune receptors should not be envisaged as independent entities and instead should be studied in the context of their spatial organization in the lymphocyte membrane. We advocate for a novel approach to study lymphocyte function by globally analysing the role of membrane organizers in the assembly of different membrane complexes and discuss opportunities to develop therapeutic approaches that act via the modulation of membrane organization.


Asunto(s)
Galectinas , Tetraspaninas , Humanos , Galectinas/análisis , Galectinas/metabolismo , Tetraspaninas/análisis , Tetraspaninas/química , Tetraspaninas/metabolismo , Proteínas de la Membrana/metabolismo , Membrana Celular/metabolismo , Transducción de Señal
2.
Curr Pharm Des ; 28(46): 3649-3657, 2022.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36173052

RESUMEN

The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which originated in Wuhan, the Hubei region of China, has become a pandemic worldwide. It can transmit through droplets and enter via oral, nasal, and eye mucous membranes. It consists of single-stranded RNA (positive-sense), nonstructural proteins including enzymes and transcriptional proteins, and structural proteins such as Spike, Membrane, Envelope, and Nucleocapsid -proteins. SARS-CoV-2 mediates S-proteins entry and exit via binding to host cell surface proteins like tetraspanins. The transmembrane tetraspanins, CD151, CD9, and tetraspanin 8 (TSPAN8), facilitate the entry of novel coronaviruses by scaffolding host cell receptors and proteases. Also, CD151 was reported to increase airway hyperresponsiveness to calcium and nuclear viral export signaling. They may facilitate entry and exit by activating the serine proteases required to prime S-proteins in tetraspanin-enriched microdomains (TEMs). This article updates recent advances in structural proteins, their epitopes and putative receptors, and their regulation by proteases associated with TEMs. This review furnishes recent updates on the role of CD151 in the pathophysiology of SARS-CoV-2. We describe the role of CD151 in a possible mechanism of entry and exit in the airway, a major site for infection of SARS-CoV-2. We also updated current knowledge on the role of CD9 and TSPAN 8 in the entry and exit mechanism of coronaviruses. Finally, we discussed the importance of some small molecules which target CD151 as possible targeted therapeutics for COVID-19. In conclusion, this study could identify new targets and specific therapeutics to control emerging virus infections.


Asunto(s)
COVID-19 , SARS-CoV-2 , Humanos , SARS-CoV-2/metabolismo , Tetraspaninas/química , Tetraspaninas/metabolismo , Membrana Celular/metabolismo , Péptido Hidrolasas , Tetraspanina 24 , Tetraspanina 29/metabolismo
3.
Int J Mol Sci ; 23(5)2022 Feb 23.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35269584

RESUMEN

The platelet-activating collagen receptor GPVI represents the focus of clinical trials as an antiplatelet target for arterial thrombosis, and soluble GPVI is a plasma biomarker for several human diseases. A disintegrin and metalloproteinase 10 (ADAM10) acts as a 'molecular scissor' that cleaves the extracellular region from GPVI and many other substrates. ADAM10 interacts with six regulatory tetraspanin membrane proteins, Tspan5, Tspan10, Tspan14, Tspan15, Tspan17 and Tspan33, which are collectively termed the TspanC8s. These are emerging as regulators of ADAM10 substrate specificity. Human platelets express Tspan14, Tspan15 and Tspan33, but which of these regulates GPVI cleavage remains unknown. To address this, CRISPR/Cas9 knockout human cell lines were generated to show that Tspan15 and Tspan33 enact compensatory roles in GPVI cleavage, with Tspan15 bearing the more important role. To investigate this mechanism, a series of Tspan15 and GPVI mutant expression constructs were designed. The Tspan15 extracellular region was found to be critical in promoting GPVI cleavage, and appeared to achieve this by enabling ADAM10 to access the cleavage site at a particular distance above the membrane. These findings bear implications for the regulation of cleavage of other ADAM10 substrates, and provide new insights into post-translational regulation of the clinically relevant GPVI protein.


Asunto(s)
Proteína ADAM10/metabolismo , Secretasas de la Proteína Precursora del Amiloide/metabolismo , Proteínas de la Membrana/metabolismo , Glicoproteínas de Membrana Plaquetaria/genética , Tetraspaninas/genética , Tetraspaninas/metabolismo , Plaquetas/metabolismo , Sistemas CRISPR-Cas , Técnicas de Inactivación de Genes , Células HEK293 , Humanos , Glicoproteínas de Membrana Plaquetaria/metabolismo , Dominios Proteicos , Proteolisis , Especificidad por Sustrato , Tetraspaninas/química
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J Helminthol ; 96: e23, 2022 Mar 24.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35321773

RESUMEN

Tetraspanins are a superfamily of transmembrane proteins that in flatworms have structural roles in the development, maturation or stability of the tegument. Several tetraspanins are considered as potential candidates for vaccines or drugs against helminths. Monopisthocotylean monogeneans are ectoparasites of fish that are health hazards for farmed fish. The aim of this study was to identify in silico putative tetraspanins in the genomic datasets of four monopisthocotylean species. The analysis predicted and classified 40 tetraspanins in Rhabdosynochus viridisi, 39 in Scutogyrus longicornis, 22 in Gyrodactylus salaris and 13 in Neobenedenia melleni, belonging to 13 orthologous groups. The high divergence of tetraspanins made it difficult to annotate their function. However, a conserved group was identified in different metazoan taxa. According to this study, metazoan tetraspanins can be divided into 17 monophyletic groups. Of the 114 monogenean tetraspanins, only seven were phylogenetically close to tetraspanins from non-platyhelminth metazoans, which suggests that this group of proteins shows rapid sequence divergence. The similarity of the monopisthocotylean tetraspanins was highest with trematodes, followed by cestodes and then free-living platyhelminths. In total, 27 monopisthocotylean-specific and 34 flatworm-specific tetraspanins were identified. Four monogenean tetraspanins were orthologous to TSP-1, which is a candidate for the development of vaccines and a potential pharmacological target in trematodes and cestodes. Although studies of tetraspanins in parasitic flatworms are scarce, this is an interesting group of proteins for the development of new methods to control monogeneans.


Asunto(s)
Enfermedades de los Peces , Platelmintos , Tetraspaninas , Animales , Enfermedades de los Peces/parasitología , Peces , Filogenia , Platelmintos/genética , Platelmintos/metabolismo , Tetraspaninas/química , Tetraspaninas/clasificación , Tetraspaninas/genética
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Structure ; 30(2): 203-205, 2022 02 03.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35120595

RESUMEN

Tetraspanins are proteins that organize cell membranes via interactions with partner proteins mediated by their large ectodomain. In this issue of Structure, Lipper et al., 2022 have elucidated the structure of the first C8 tetraspanin and expand functional insight into how C8 tetraspanins regulate substrate specificity for the transmembrane protease ADAM10.


Asunto(s)
Secretasas de la Proteína Precursora del Amiloide , Proteínas de la Membrana , Proteína ADAM10/metabolismo , Secretasas de la Proteína Precursora del Amiloide/química , Secretasas de la Proteína Precursora del Amiloide/metabolismo , Membrana Celular/metabolismo , Proteínas de la Membrana/química , Tetraspaninas/química , Tetraspaninas/genética , Tetraspaninas/metabolismo
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Structure ; 30(2): 206-214.e4, 2022 02 03.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34739841

RESUMEN

Tetraspanins are four-pass transmembrane proteins that function by regulating trafficking of partner proteins and organizing signaling complexes in the membrane. Tspan15, one of a six-member TspanC8 subfamily, forms a complex that regulates the trafficking, maturation, and substrate selectivity of the transmembrane protease ADAM10, an essential enzyme in mammalian physiology that cleaves a wide variety of membrane-anchored substrates, including Notch receptors, amyloid precursor protein, cadherins, and growth factors. We present here crystal structures of the Tspan15 large extracellular loop (LEL) required for functional association with ADAM10 both in isolation and in complex with the Fab fragment of an anti-Tspan15 antibody. Comparison of the Tspan15 LEL with other tetraspanin LEL structures shows that a core helical framework buttresses a variable region that structurally diverges among LELs. Using co-immunoprecipitation and a cellular N-cadherin cleavage assay, we identify a site on Tspan15 required for both ADAM10 binding and promoting substrate cleavage.


Asunto(s)
Proteína ADAM10/metabolismo , Secretasas de la Proteína Precursora del Amiloide/metabolismo , Antígenos CD/metabolismo , Cadherinas/metabolismo , Proteínas de la Membrana/metabolismo , Mutación , Tetraspaninas/química , Tetraspaninas/metabolismo , Sitios de Unión , Línea Celular , Cristalografía por Rayos X , Técnicas de Inactivación de Genes , Humanos , Modelos Moleculares , Unión Proteica , Estructura Secundaria de Proteína , Tetraspaninas/genética
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Adv Sci (Weinh) ; 8(23): e2101166, 2021 12.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34672117

RESUMEN

Lipid-based nanoparticles have been applied extensively in drug delivery and vaccine strategies and are finding diverse applications in the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic-from vaccine-component encapsulation to modeling the virus, itself. High-throughput, highly flexible methods for characterization are of great benefit to the development of liposomes featuring surface proteins. DNA-directed patterning is one such method that offers versatility in immobilizing and segregating lipid-based nanoparticles for subsequent analysis. Here, oligonucleotides are selectively conjugated onto a glass substrate and then hybridized to complementary oligonucleotides tagged to liposomes, patterning them with great control and precision. The power of DNA-directed patterning is demonstrated by characterizing a novel recapitulative lipid-based nanoparticle model of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)-S-liposomes-that presents the SARS-CoV-2 spike (S) protein on its surface. Patterning a mixture of S-liposomes and liposomes that display the tetraspanin CD63 to discrete regions of a substrate shows that angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) specifically binds to S-liposomes. Subsequent introduction of S-liposomes to ACE2-expressing cells tests the biological function of S-liposomes and shows agreement with DNA-directed patterning-based assays. Finally, multiplexed patterning of S-liposomes verifies the performance of commercially available neutralizing antibodies against the two S variants. Overall, DNA-directed patterning enables a wide variety of custom assays for the characterization of any lipid-based nanoparticle.


Asunto(s)
Enzima Convertidora de Angiotensina 2/metabolismo , COVID-19/diagnóstico , Liposomas/química , Nanopartículas/química , Oligonucleótidos/química , SARS-CoV-2/metabolismo , Glicoproteína de la Espiga del Coronavirus/metabolismo , Enzima Convertidora de Angiotensina 2/genética , Anticuerpos Neutralizantes/química , Anticuerpos Neutralizantes/inmunología , COVID-19/virología , Colorantes Fluorescentes/química , Células HEK293 , Humanos , Liposomas/metabolismo , Microscopía Confocal , Oligonucleótidos/metabolismo , Unión Proteica , SARS-CoV-2/aislamiento & purificación , Glicoproteína de la Espiga del Coronavirus/química , Glicoproteína de la Espiga del Coronavirus/inmunología , Tetraspaninas/química , Tetraspaninas/metabolismo
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Biochem J ; 478(19): 3643-3654, 2021 10 15.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34524408

RESUMEN

The spatial distribution of proteins in cell membranes is crucial for signal transduction, cell communication and membrane trafficking. Members of the Tetraspanin family organize functional protein clusters within the plasma membrane into so-called Tetraspanin-enriched microdomains (TEMs). Direct interactions between Tetraspanins are believed to be important for this organization. However, studies thus far have utilized mainly co-immunoprecipitation methods that cannot distinguish between direct and indirect, through common partners, interactions. Here we study Tetraspanin 8 homointeractions in living cells via quantitative fluorescence microscopy. We demonstrate that Tetraspanin 8 exists in a monomer-dimer equilibrium in the plasma membrane. Tetraspanin 8 dimerization is described by a high dissociation constant (Kd = 14 700 ± 1100 Tspan8/µm2), one of the highest dissociation constants measured for membrane proteins in live cells. We propose that this high dissociation constant, and thus the short lifetime of the Tetraspanin 8 dimer, is critical for Tetraspanin 8 functioning as a master regulator of cell signaling.


Asunto(s)
Microdominios de Membrana/química , Microdominios de Membrana/metabolismo , Transducción de Señal/genética , Tetraspaninas/química , Tetraspaninas/metabolismo , Transferencia Resonante de Energía de Fluorescencia/métodos , Células HEK293 , Humanos , Lipoilación , Microdominios de Membrana/genética , Microscopía Fluorescente/métodos , Multimerización de Proteína , Tetraspaninas/genética , Termodinámica , Transfección
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Int J Mol Sci ; 22(13)2021 Jun 23.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34201472

RESUMEN

The ubiquitously expressed transmembrane protein a disintegrin and metalloproteinase 10 (ADAM10) functions as a "molecular scissor", by cleaving the extracellular regions from its membrane protein substrates in a process termed ectodomain shedding. ADAM10 is known to have over 100 substrates including Notch, amyloid precursor protein, cadherins, and growth factors, and is important in health and implicated in diseases such as cancer and Alzheimer's. The tetraspanins are a superfamily of membrane proteins that interact with specific partner proteins to regulate their intracellular trafficking, lateral mobility, and clustering at the cell surface. We and others have shown that ADAM10 interacts with a subgroup of six tetraspanins, termed the TspanC8 subgroup, which are closely related by protein sequence and comprise Tspan5, Tspan10, Tspan14, Tspan15, Tspan17, and Tspan33. Recent evidence suggests that different TspanC8/ADAM10 complexes have distinct substrates and that ADAM10 should not be regarded as a single scissor, but as six different TspanC8/ADAM10 scissor complexes. This review discusses the published evidence for this "six scissor" hypothesis and the therapeutic potential this offers.


Asunto(s)
Proteína ADAM10/fisiología , Tetraspaninas/fisiología , Secretasas de la Proteína Precursora del Amiloide/fisiología , Animales , Cadherinas/metabolismo , Humanos , Proteínas de la Membrana/metabolismo , Proteínas de la Membrana/fisiología , Terapia Molecular Dirigida/métodos , Tetraspaninas/química
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Cell Microbiol ; 22(12): e13260, 2020 12.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32902857

RESUMEN

Tetraspanins, a wide family composed of 33 transmembrane proteins, are associated with different types of proteins through which they arbitrate important cellular processes such as fusion, adhesion, invasion, tissue differentiation and immunological responses. Tetraspanins share a comparable structural design, which consists of four hydrophobic transmembrane domains with cytoplasmic and extracellular loops. They cooperate with different proteins, including other tetraspanins, receptors or signalling proteins to compose functional complexes at the cell surface, designated tetraspanin-enriched microdomains (TEM). Increasing evidences establish that tetraspanins are exploited by numerous intracellular pathogens as a doorway for entering and replicating within human cells. Although previous surveys focused mainly on viruses and parasites, it is now becoming clear that bacteria interact with tetraspanins, using TEM as a "gateway" to infection. In this review, we examine the biological functions of tetraspanins that are relevant to bacterial infective procedures and consider the available data that reveal how different bacteria benefit from host cell tetraspanins in infection and in the pathogenesis of diseases. We will also emphasise the stimulating potentials of targeting tetraspanins for preventing bacterial infectious diseases, using specific neutralising antibodies or anti-adhesion peptide-based therapies. Such innovative therapeutic opportunities may deliver alternatives for fighting difficult-to-manage and drug-resistant bacterial pathogens.


Asunto(s)
Infecciones Bacterianas/microbiología , Proteínas de la Membrana/metabolismo , Tetraspaninas/química , Tetraspaninas/metabolismo , Animales , Membrana Celular/metabolismo , Humanos , Ratones
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Molecules ; 25(14)2020 Jul 13.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32668792

RESUMEN

Single-molecule localization microscopy has boosted our understanding of biological samples by offering access to subdiffraction resolution using fluorescence microscopy methods. While in standard mammalian cells this approach has found wide-spread use, its application to filamentous fungi has been scarce. This is mainly due to experimental challenges that lead to high amounts of background signal because of ample autofluorescence. Here, we report the optimization of labeling, imaging and data analysis protocols to yield the first single-molecule localization microscopy images of the filamentous fungus Trichoderma atroviride. As an example, we show the spatial distribution of the Sur7 tetraspanin-family protein Sfp2 required for hyphal growth and cell wall stability in this mycoparasitic fungus.


Asunto(s)
Pared Celular/química , Proteínas Fúngicas/química , Hypocreales/química , Proteínas de la Membrana/química , Imagen Individual de Molécula/métodos , Tetraspaninas/química
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J Biol Chem ; 295(28): 9299-9312, 2020 07 10.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32371390

RESUMEN

Pleckstrin homology domain-containing A7 (PLEKHA7) is a cytoplasmic protein at adherens junctions that has been implicated in hypertension, glaucoma, and responses to Staphylococcus aureus α-toxin. Complex formation between PLEKHA7, PDZ domain-containing 11 (PDZD11), tetraspanin 33, and the α-toxin receptor ADAM metallopeptidase domain 10 (ADAM10) promotes junctional clustering of ADAM10 and α-toxin-mediated pore formation. However, how the N-terminal region of PDZD11 interacts with the N-terminal tandem WW domains of PLEKHA7 and how this interaction promotes tetraspanin 33 binding to the WW1 domain is unclear. Here, we used site-directed mutagenesis, glutathione S-transferase pulldown experiments, immunofluorescence, molecular modeling, and docking experiments to characterize the mechanisms driving these interactions. We found that Asp-30 of WW1 and His-75 of WW2 interact through a hydrogen bond and, together with Thr-35 of WW1, form a binding pocket that accommodates a polyproline stretch within the N-terminal PDZD11 region. By strengthening the interactions of the ternary complex, the WW2 domain stabilized the WW1 domain and cooperatively promoted the interaction with PDZD11. Modeling results indicated that, in turn, PDZD11 binding induces a conformational rearrangement, which strengthens the ternary complex, and contributes to enlarging a "hydrophobic hot spot" region on the WW1 domain. The last two lipophilic residues of tetraspanin 33, Trp-283 and Tyr-282, were required for its interaction with PLEKHA7. Docking of the tetraspanin 33 C terminus revealed that it fits into the hydrophobic hot spot region of the accessible surface of WW1. We conclude that communication between the two tandem WW domains of PLEKHA7 and the PLEKHA7-PDZD11 interaction modulate the ligand-binding properties of PLEKHA7.


Asunto(s)
Proteínas Portadoras/química , Tetraspaninas/química , Animales , Proteínas Portadoras/genética , Proteínas Portadoras/metabolismo , Línea Celular , Humanos , Enlace de Hidrógeno , Ratones , Ratones Noqueados , Simulación del Acoplamiento Molecular , Dominios Proteicos , Estructura Cuaternaria de Proteína , Tetraspaninas/genética , Tetraspaninas/metabolismo
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Cell Adh Migr ; 14(1): 57-68, 2020 12.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32091301

RESUMEN

Alterations of cell adhesion are involved in cancer progression, but the mechanisms underlying the progression and cell adhesion have remained poorly understood. Focusing on the complex between EpCAM, claudins and tetraspanins, we described a sequence of events by which of the molecules associate each other in ovarian cancer. The interactions between molecules were evaluated by immunoprecipitations and then immunoblotting. To identify the effects of complex formation on the ovarian cancer progression, the different types of ovarian cancer cell lines were compared. In this study, we report the identification of the EpCAM-claudin-4 or -7-CD82 complex in the ovarian cancer progression and metastasis in vitro. Additionally, we demonstrated palmitoylation and intra- or extra-cellular regions are critically required for the complex formation. These results represent the first direct evidence for the link between the dynamism of cell adhesion molecules and ovarian cancer progression.


Asunto(s)
Claudinas/metabolismo , Progresión de la Enfermedad , Resistencia a Antineoplásicos , Molécula de Adhesión Celular Epitelial/metabolismo , Neoplasias Ováricas/metabolismo , Neoplasias Ováricas/patología , Tetraspaninas/metabolismo , Animales , Línea Celular Tumoral , Claudinas/química , Femenino , Humanos , Lipoilación , Ratones Endogámicos BALB C , Ratones Desnudos , Dominios Proteicos , Isoformas de Proteínas/metabolismo , Tetraspaninas/química
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Acta Trop ; 204: 105355, 2020 Apr.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31991114

RESUMEN

Opisthorchiasis is a serious public health problem in East Asia and Europe. The pathology involves hepatobiliary abnormalities such as cholangitis, choledocholithiasis and tissue fibrosis that can develop into cholangiocarcinoma. Prevention of infection is difficult as multiple social and behavioral factors are involved, thus, progress on a prophylactic vaccine against opisthorchiasis is urgently needed. Opisthorchis viverrini tetraspanin-2 (Ov-TSP-2) was previously described as a potential vaccine candidate conferring partial protection against O. viverrini infections in hamsters. In this study, we generated a recombinant chimeric form of the large extracellular loop of Ov-TSP-2 and O. viverrini leucine aminopeptidase, designated rOv-TSP-2-LAP. Hamsters were vaccinated with 100 and 200 µg of rOv-TSP-2-LAP formulated with alum-CpG adjuvant via intraperitoneal injection and evaluated the level of protection against O. viverrini infection. Our results demonstrated that the number of worms recovered from hamsters vaccinated with either 100 or 200 µg of rOv-TSP-2-LAP were significantly reduced by 27% compared to the adjuvant control group. Furthermore, the average length of worms recovered from animals vaccinated with 200 µg of rOv-TSP-2-LAP was significantly shorter than those from the control adjuvant group. Immunized hamsters showed significantly increased serum levels of anti-rOv-TSP-2 IgG and IgG1 compared to adjuvant control group, suggesting that rOv-TSP-2-LAP vaccination induces a mixed Th1/Th2 immune response in hamsters. Therefore, the development of a suitable vaccine against opisthorchiasis requires further work involving new vaccine technologies to improve immunogenicity and protective efficacy.


Asunto(s)
Opistorquiasis/prevención & control , Opisthorchis/inmunología , Vacunas de Subunidad , Animales , Cricetinae , Modelos Animales de Enfermedad , Leucil Aminopeptidasa/química , Leucil Aminopeptidasa/inmunología , Masculino , Mesocricetus , Tetraspaninas/química , Tetraspaninas/inmunología , Vacunación
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Genes (Basel) ; 10(11)2019 11 03.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31684194

RESUMEN

Tetraspanins are membrane proteins involved in intra- and/or intercellular signaling, and membrane protein complex formation. In some organisms, their role is associated with virulence and pathogenesis. Here, we investigate known and potential tetraspanins in the human intestinal protozoan parasite Entamoeba histolytica. We conducted sequence similarity searches against the proteome data of E. histolytica and newly identified nine uncharacterized proteins as potential tetraspanins in E. histolytica. We found three subgroups within known and potential tetraspanins, as well as subgroup-associated features in both their amino acid and nucleotide sequences. We also examined the subcellular localization of a few representative tetraspanins that might be potentially related to pathogenicity. The results in this study could be useful resources for further understanding and downstream analyses of tetraspanins in Entamoeba.


Asunto(s)
Entamoeba histolytica/genética , Proteínas Protozoarias/genética , Tetraspaninas/genética , Proteínas Protozoarias/química , Homología de Secuencia , Tetraspaninas/química
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Parasit Vectors ; 12(1): 508, 2019 Oct 30.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31666116

RESUMEN

BACKGROUND: New candidate protective antigens for tick vaccine development may be identified by selecting and testing antigen candidates that play key biological functions. After blood-feeding, tick midgut overexpresses proteins that play essential functions in tick survival and disease transmission. Herein, Ornithodoros erraticus midgut transcriptomic and proteomic data were examined in order to select functionally significant antigens upregulated after feeding to be tested as vaccine candidate antigens. METHODS: Transcripts annotated as chitinases, tetraspanins, ribosomal protein P0 and secreted proteins/peptides were mined from the recently published O. erraticus midgut transcriptome and filtered in a second selection step using criteria based on upregulation after feeding, predicted antigenicity and expression in the midgut proteome. Five theoretical candidate antigens were selected, obtained as recombinant proteins and used to immunise rabbits: one chitinase (CHI), two tetraspanins (TSPs), the ribosomal protein P0 (RPP0) and one secreted protein PK-4 (PK4). RESULTS: Rabbit vaccination with individual recombinant candidates induced strong humoral responses that mainly reduced nymph moulting and female reproduction, providing 30.2% (CHI), 56% (TSPs), 57.5% (RPP0) and 57.8% (PK4) protection to O. erraticus infestations and 19.6% (CHI), 11.1% (TSPs), 0% (RPP0) and 8.1% (PK4) cross-protection to infestations by the African tick Ornithodoros moubata. The joint vaccine efficacy of the candidates was assessed in a second vaccine trial reaching 66.3% protection to O. erraticus and 25.6% cross-protection to O. moubata. CONCLUSIONS: These results (i) indicate that argasid chitinases and RPP0 are promising protective antigens, as has already been demonstrated for ixodid chitinases and RPP0, and could be included in vaccines targeting multiple tick species; (ii) reveal novel protective antigens tetraspanins and secreted protein PK-4, never tested before as protective antigens in ticks; and (iii) demonstrate that multi-antigenic vaccines increased vaccine efficacy compared with individual antigens. Lastly, our data emphasize the value of the tick midgut as a source of protective candidate antigens in argasids for tick control.


Asunto(s)
Proteínas de Artrópodos/inmunología , Ornithodoros/química , Vacunas/inmunología , Secuencia de Aminoácidos , Animales , Antígenos/inmunología , Quitinasas/química , Epítopos/química , Femenino , Glicósido Hidrolasas/química , Ornithodoros/clasificación , Ornithodoros/inmunología , Filogenia , Señales de Clasificación de Proteína , Conejos , Proteínas Recombinantes/inmunología , Proteínas Ribosómicas/inmunología , Alineación de Secuencia , Tetraspaninas/química , Tetraspaninas/inmunología , Tetraspaninas/aislamiento & purificación
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Cell Rep ; 29(5): 1130-1146.e8, 2019 10 29.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31665629

RESUMEN

Tetraspanins are a class of evolutionarily conserved transmembrane proteins with 33 members identified in mammals that have the ability to organize specific membrane domains, named tetraspanin-enriched microdomains (TEMs). Despite the relative abundance of different tetraspanins in the CNS, few studies have explored their role at synapses. Here, we investigate the function of TSPAN5, a member of the tetraspanin superfamily for which mRNA transcripts are found at high levels in the mouse brain. We demonstrate that TSPAN5 is localized in dendritic spines of pyramidal excitatory neurons and that TSPAN5 knockdown induces a dramatic decrease in spine number because of defects in the spine maturation process. Moreover, we show that TSPAN5 interacts with the postsynaptic adhesion molecule neuroligin-1, promoting its correct surface clustering. We propose that membrane compartmentalization by tetraspanins represents an additional mechanism for regulating excitatory synapses.


Asunto(s)
Moléculas de Adhesión Celular Neuronal/metabolismo , Espinas Dendríticas/metabolismo , Microdominios de Membrana/metabolismo , Tetraspaninas/química , Tetraspaninas/metabolismo , Animales , Técnicas de Silenciamiento del Gen , Células HEK293 , Células HeLa , Hipocampo/metabolismo , Humanos , Ratones Endogámicos C57BL , Unión Proteica , Células Piramidales/metabolismo , Ratas Wistar , Sinapsis/metabolismo
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Sci Rep ; 9(1): 14075, 2019 10 01.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31575878

RESUMEN

Tetraspanins emerge as a family of membrane proteins mediating an exceptional broad diversity of functions. The naming refers to their four transmembrane segments, which define the tetraspanins' typical membrane topology. In this study, we analyzed alternative splicing of tetraspanins. Besides isoforms with four transmembrane segments, most mRNA sequences are coding for isoforms with one, two or three transmembrane segments, representing structurally mono-, di- and trispanins. Moreover, alternative splicing may alter transmembrane topology, delete parts of the large extracellular loop, or generate alternative N- or C-termini. As a result, we define structure-based classes of non-conventional tetraspanins. The increase in gene products by alternative splicing is associated with an unexpected high structural variability of tetraspanins. We speculate that non-conventional tetraspanins have roles in regulating ER exit and modulating tetraspanin-enriched microdomain function.


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Empalme Alternativo , Tetraspaninas/metabolismo , Retículo Endoplásmico/metabolismo , Humanos , Isomerismo , Proteínas de la Membrana/química , Proteínas de la Membrana/metabolismo , Proteómica , Relación Estructura-Actividad , Tetraspaninas/química
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PLoS One ; 14(8): e0219765, 2019.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31437164

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Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and rhizobia association with plants are two of the most successful plant-microbe associations that allow the assimilation of P and N by plants, respectively. These mutualistic interactions require a molecular dialogue, i.e., legume roots exude flavonoids or strigolactones which induce the Nod factors or Myc factors synthesis and secretion from the rhizobia or fungi, respectively. These Nod or Myc factors trigger several responses in the plant root, including calcium oscillations, and reactive oxygen species (ROS). Furthermore, superoxide and H2O2 have emerged as key components that regulate the transitions from proliferation to differentiation in the plant meristems. Similar to the root meristem, the nodule meristem accumulates superoxide and H2O2. Tetraspanins are transmembrane proteins that organize into tetraspanin web regions, where they recruit specific proteins into platforms required for signal transduction, membrane fusion, cell trafficking and ROS generation. Plant tetraspanins are scaffolding proteins associated with root radial patterning, biotic and abiotic stress responses, cell fate determination, and hormonal regulation and recently have been reported as a specific marker of exosomes in animal and plant cells and key players at the site of plant fungal infection. In this study, we conducted transcriptional profiling of the tetraspanin family in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L. var. Negro Jamapa) to determine the specific expression patterns and subcellular localization of tetraspanins during nodulation or under mycorrhizal association. Our results demonstrate that the tetraspanins are transcriptionally modulated during the mycorrhizal association, but are also expressed in the infection thread and nodule meristem development. Subcellular localization indicates that tetraspanins have a key role in vesicular trafficking, cell division, and root hair polar growth.


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Phaseolus/genética , Phaseolus/fisiología , Proteínas de Plantas/genética , Simbiosis/genética , Simbiosis/fisiología , Tetraspaninas/genética , Regulación de la Expresión Génica de las Plantas , Micorrizas/fisiología , Phaseolus/microbiología , Filogenia , Proteínas de Plantas/química , Proteínas de Plantas/metabolismo , Raíces de Plantas/metabolismo , Plantas Modificadas Genéticamente , Especies Reactivas de Oxígeno/metabolismo , Rhizobium/fisiología , Nódulos de las Raíces de las Plantas/metabolismo , Fracciones Subcelulares/metabolismo , Tetraspaninas/química , Tetraspaninas/metabolismo , Transcriptoma
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Blood ; 134(12): 946-950, 2019 09 19.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31366619

RESUMEN

Tetraspanin CD37 is predominantly expressed on the cell surface of mature B lymphocytes and is currently being studied as novel therapeutic target for B-cell lymphoma. Recently, we demonstrated that loss of CD37 induces spontaneous B-cell lymphoma in Cd37-knockout mice and correlates with inferior survival in patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL). Here, CD37 mutation analysis was performed in a cohort of 137 primary DLBCL samples, including 44 primary immune-privileged site-associated DLBCL (IP-DLBCL) samples originating in the testis or central nervous system. CD37 mutations were exclusively identified in IP-DLBCL cases (10/44, 23%) but absent in non-IP-DLBCL cases. The aberrations included 10 missense mutations, 1 deletion, and 3 splice-site CD37 mutations. Modeling and functional analysis of CD37 missense mutations revealed loss of function by impaired CD37 protein expression at the plasma membrane of human lymphoma B cells. This study provides novel insight into the molecular pathogenesis of IP-DLBCL and indicates that anti-CD37 therapies will be more beneficial for DLBCL patients without CD37 mutations.


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Antígenos de Neoplasias/genética , Privilegio Inmunológico , Linfoma de Células B Grandes Difuso/genética , Linfoma de Células B Grandes Difuso/inmunología , Tetraspaninas/genética , Antígenos de Neoplasias/química , Antígenos de Neoplasias/inmunología , Sistema Nervioso Central/inmunología , Sistema Nervioso Central/patología , Neoplasias del Sistema Nervioso Central/genética , Neoplasias del Sistema Nervioso Central/inmunología , Neoplasias del Sistema Nervioso Central/patología , Estudios de Cohortes , Análisis Mutacional de ADN , Femenino , Frecuencia de los Genes , Silenciador del Gen , Humanos , Privilegio Inmunológico/genética , Linfoma de Células B Grandes Difuso/epidemiología , Linfoma de Células B Grandes Difuso/patología , Masculino , Mutación , Neoplasias Testiculares/genética , Neoplasias Testiculares/inmunología , Neoplasias Testiculares/patología , Testículo/inmunología , Testículo/patología , Tetraspaninas/química , Tetraspaninas/inmunología , Escape del Tumor/genética , Escape del Tumor/inmunología
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