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Microorganisms ; 12(1)2024 Jan 05.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38257939

RESUMO

Several microaerophilic parasites such as Giardia lamblia, Trichomonas vaginalis, and Plasmodium falciparum are major disease-causing organisms and are responsible for spreading infections worldwide. Despite significant progress made in understanding the metabolism and molecular biology of microaerophilic parasites, chemotherapeutic treatment to control it has seen limited progress. A current proposed strategy for drug discovery against parasitic diseases is the identification of essential key enzymes of metabolic pathways associated with the parasite's survival. In these organisms, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase::6-phosphogluconolactonase (G6PD:: 6PGL), the first enzyme of the pentose phosphate pathway (PPP), is essential for its metabolism. Since G6PD:: 6PGL provides substrates for nucleotides synthesis and NADPH as a source of reducing equivalents, it could be considered an anti-parasite drug target. This review analyzes the anaerobic energy metabolism of G. lamblia, T. vaginalis, and P. falciparum, with a focus on glucose metabolism through the pentose phosphate pathway and the significance of the fused G6PD:: 6PGL enzyme as a therapeutic target in the search for new drugs.

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Int J Mol Sci ; 18(11)2017 Oct 26.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29072585

RESUMO

Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) is a key regulatory enzyme that plays a crucial role in the regulation of cellular energy and redox balance. Mutations in the gene encoding G6PD cause the most common enzymopathy that drives hereditary nonspherocytic hemolytic anemia. To gain insights into the effects of mutations in G6PD enzyme efficiency, we have investigated the biochemical, kinetic, and structural changes of three clinical G6PD variants, the single mutations G6PD A+ (Asn126AspD) and G6PD Nefza (Leu323Pro), and the double mutant G6PD A- (Asn126Asp + Leu323Pro). The mutants showed lower residual activity (≤50% of WT G6PD) and displayed important kinetic changes. Although all Class III mutants were located in different regions of the three-dimensional structure of the enzyme and were not close to the active site, these mutants had a deleterious effect over catalytic activity and structural stability. The results indicated that the G6PD Nefza mutation was mainly responsible for the functional and structural alterations observed in the double mutant G6PD A-. Moreover, our study suggests that the G6PD Nefza and G6PD A- mutations affect enzyme functions in a similar fashion to those reported for Class I mutations.


Assuntos
Deficiência de Glucosefosfato Desidrogenase/genética , Glucosefosfato Desidrogenase/genética , Mutação , Alelos , Substituição de Aminoácidos , Ativação Enzimática/efeitos dos fármacos , Glucosefosfato Desidrogenase/química , Glucosefosfato Desidrogenase/isolamento & purificação , Humanos , Cinética , Modelos Moleculares , Mutagênese , Conformação Proteica , Estabilidade Proteica , Proteínas Recombinantes/química , Proteínas Recombinantes/genética , Proteínas Recombinantes/isolamento & purificação , Análise Espectral , Termodinâmica
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Genes (Basel) ; 7(12)2016 Dec 20.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27999395

RESUMO

Stem-loop quantitative reverse transcription PCR (RT-qPCR) is a molecular technique used for identification and quantification of individual small RNAs in cells. In this work, we used a Universal ProbeLibrary (UPL)-based design to detect-in a rapid, sensitive, specific, and reproducible way-the small nucleolar RNA (snoRNA) GlsR17 and its derived miRNA (miR2) of Giardia lamblia using a stem-loop RT-qPCR approach. Both small RNAs could be isolated from both total RNA and small RNA samples. Identification of the two small RNAs was carried out by sequencing the PCR-amplified small RNA products upon ligation into the pJET1.2/blunt vector. GlsR17 is constitutively expressed during the 72 h cultures of trophozoites, while the mature miR2 is present in 2-fold higher abundance during the first 48 h than at 72 h. Because it has been suggested that miRNAs in G. lamblia have an important role in the regulation of gene expression, the use of the stem-loop RT-qPCR method could be valuable for the study of miRNAs of G. lamblia. This methodology will be a powerful tool for studying gene regulation in G. lamblia, and will help to better understand the features and functions of these regulatory molecules and how they work within the RNA interference (RNAi) pathway in G. lamblia.

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Int J Mol Sci ; 17(12)2016 Dec 09.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27941691

RESUMO

Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) is a key regulatory enzyme in the pentose phosphate pathway which produces nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) to maintain an adequate reducing environment in the cells and is especially important in red blood cells (RBC). Given its central role in the regulation of redox state, it is understandable that mutations in the gene encoding G6PD can cause deficiency of the protein activity leading to clinical manifestations such as neonatal jaundice and acute hemolytic anemia. Recently, an extensive review has been published about variants in the g6pd gene; recognizing 186 mutations. In this work, we review the state of the art in G6PD deficiency, describing 217 mutations in the g6pd gene; we also compile information about 31 new mutations, 16 that were not recognized and 15 more that have recently been reported. In order to get a better picture of the effects of new described mutations in g6pd gene, we locate the point mutations in the solved three-dimensional structure of the human G6PD protein. We found that class I mutations have the most deleterious effects on the structure and stability of the protein.


Assuntos
Glucosefosfato Desidrogenase/genética , Glucosefosfato Desidrogenase/metabolismo , Biologia Computacional , Glucosefosfato Desidrogenase/química , Humanos , Mutação , Espécies Reativas de Oxigênio/metabolismo
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Int J Mol Sci ; 17(5)2016 May 21.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27213370

RESUMO

Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency in humans causes severe disease, varying from mostly asymptomatic individuals to patients showing neonatal jaundice, acute hemolysis episodes or chronic nonspherocytic hemolytic anemia. In order to understand the effect of the mutations in G6PD gene function and its relation with G6PD deficiency severity, we report the construction, cloning and expression as well as the detailed kinetic and stability characterization of three purified clinical variants of G6PD that present in the Mexican population: G6PD Zacatecas (Class I), Vanua-Lava (Class II) and Viangchan (Class II). For all the G6PD mutants, we obtained low purification yield and altered kinetic parameters compared with Wild Type (WT). Our results show that the mutations, regardless of the distance from the active site where they are located, affect the catalytic properties and structural parameters and that these changes could be associated with the clinical presentation of the deficiency. Specifically, the structural characterization of the G6PD Zacatecas mutant suggests that the R257L mutation have a strong effect on the global stability of G6PD favoring an unstable active site. Using computational analysis, we offer a molecular explanation of the effects of these mutations on the active site.


Assuntos
Indígena Americano ou Nativo do Alasca/genética , Deficiência de Glucosefosfato Desidrogenase/genética , Glucosefosfato Desidrogenase/química , Glucosefosfato Desidrogenase/genética , Mutação , Domínio Catalítico , Clonagem Molecular , Biologia Computacional/métodos , Cristalografia por Raios X , Glucosefosfato Desidrogenase/metabolismo , Humanos , Cinética , México , Modelos Moleculares , Estabilidade Proteica , Estrutura Terciária de Proteína , Proteínas Recombinantes/química , Proteínas Recombinantes/metabolismo
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Int J Mol Sci ; 16(12): 28657-68, 2015 Dec 02.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26633385

RESUMO

Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency is the most common enzymopathy in the world. More than 160 mutations causing the disease have been identified, but only 10% of these variants have been studied at biochemical and biophysical levels. In this study we report on the functional and structural characterization of three naturally occurring variants corresponding to different classes of disease severity: Class I G6PD Durham, Class II G6PD Santa Maria, and Class III G6PD A+. The results showed that the G6PD Durham (severe deficiency), and the G6PD Santa Maria and A+ (less severe deficiency) (Class I, II and III, respectively) affect the catalytic efficiency of these enzymes, are more sensitive to temperature denaturing, and affect the stability of the overall protein when compared to the wild type WT-G6PD. In the variants, the exposure of more and buried hydrophobic pockets was induced and monitored with 8-Anilinonaphthalene-1-sulfonic acid (ANS) fluorescence, directly affecting the compaction of structure at different levels and probably reducing the stability of the protein. The degree of functional and structural perturbation by each variant correlates with the clinical severity reported in different patients.


Assuntos
Variação Genética , Glucosefosfato Desidrogenase/química , Glucosefosfato Desidrogenase/genética , Modelos Moleculares , Conformação Molecular , Mutação , Catálise , Ativação Enzimática , Expressão Gênica , Glucosefosfato Desidrogenase/metabolismo , Humanos , Cinética , Estabilidade Proteica , Proteínas Recombinantes , Relação Estrutura-Atividade , Termodinâmica
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Toxicon ; 82: 112-6, 2014 May.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24593961

RESUMO

Palythoa caribaeorum is a zoanthid (Phylum Cnidaria, class Anthozoa) commonly found in shallow waters of coral reefs along the Mexican Atlantic coast. Little is known on the pharmacological and biochemical properties of the venom components of this animal group. Toxin peptides from other cnidarian venoms, like sea anemones, target sodium and potassium voltage-gated channels. In this study, we tested the activity of a low molecular weight fraction from the venom of P. caribaeorum on voltage-gated sodium channels of the superior cervical ganglion (SCG) neurons of the rat. Our results showed that this fraction delays tetrodotoxin (TTX)-sensitive sodium channel inactivation indicated by a reversible 2-fold increase of the current at the decay. A peptide responsible for this activity was isolated and characterized. Its sequence showed that it does not resemble any previously reported toxin. Together, these results evidence the presence of neurotoxins in P. caribaeorum that act on sodium channels.


Assuntos
Venenos de Cnidários/toxicidade , Neurônios/efeitos dos fármacos , Neurotoxinas/toxicidade , Canais de Sódio/efeitos dos fármacos , Sistema Nervoso Simpático/efeitos dos fármacos , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Animais , Venenos de Cnidários/química , Gânglios Simpáticos/citologia , Gânglios Simpáticos/efeitos dos fármacos , Masculino , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Canal de Sódio Disparado por Voltagem NAV1.7/efeitos dos fármacos , Técnicas de Patch-Clamp , Ratos , Ratos Wistar , Sistema Nervoso Simpático/citologia
8.
Appl Microbiol Biotechnol ; 84(3): 499-510, 2009 Sep.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19390852

RESUMO

Tobacco aroma compounds were generated via lutein cleavage by the combined action of a yeast and a bacterium identified as Trichosporon asahii and Paenibacillus amylolyticus, respectively. In this study, an inverse relationship between glucose concentration and the generation of three compounds, present in the tobacco aroma profile, was observed in mixed cultures. In order to identify the organism sensitive to the sugar effect, both were grown separately. The presence of glucose suppressed beta-ionone production by T. asahii grown with lutein. However, the biotransformation of the ionone into its reduced derivatives (7,8-dihydro-beta-ionone and 7,8-dihydro-beta-ionol) by P. amylolyticus was not affected by the sugar. This pointed to the cleavage of lutein, a step within the process necessary for the synthesis of beta-ionone, as the target of the glucose effect. In vitro studies with crude extracts and concentrated cell-free medium derived from T. asahii cultures showed that the carotenoid breakdown activity was located extracellularly and only detected in supernatants from yeast cells grown in the absence of the sugar. Rather than an inhibition or a mechanism affecting the enzyme secretion, the glucose effect on lutein degradation comprised another regulatory level. Further experiments showed that the enzyme responsible for lutein breakdown and susceptible to the sugar effect exhibited a high degree of identity to fungal peroxidases, studied as well, for their involvement in carotenoid cleavage.


Assuntos
Carotenoides/metabolismo , Proteínas Fúngicas/antagonistas & inibidores , Glucose/farmacologia , Luteína/metabolismo , Peroxidase/antagonistas & inibidores , Trichosporon/efeitos dos fármacos , Trichosporon/enzimologia , Bactérias/classificação , Bactérias/enzimologia , Bactérias/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Bactérias/metabolismo , Meios de Cultura/química , Proteínas Fúngicas/genética , Proteínas Fúngicas/metabolismo , Glucose/metabolismo , Norisoprenoides/metabolismo , Odorantes , Peroxidase/metabolismo , Nicotiana , Trichosporon/classificação , Trichosporon/crescimento & desenvolvimento
9.
Appl Microbiol Biotechnol ; 68(2): 174-82, 2005 Aug.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15660215

RESUMO

The generation of aroma compounds by carotenoid cleavage in the 9-10 position was studied, due to the importance of these compounds in the flavor and fragrance industry. The bioconversion of the carotenoid lutein to C(13) norisoprenoids utilizing a microbial mixture composed of Trichosporon asahii and Paenibacillus amylolyticus was carried out by a fermentation process. Applying an experimental design methodology, the effects of nutritional factors on the production of aroma compounds present in the tobacco profile were studied. After an assessment of the significance of each nutritional factor, the levels of the variables yielding the maximum response were calculated. Glucose, tryptone, and yeast extract exerted a strong negative effect over the objective function, with glucose being the strongest. Lutein possessed a positive effect over the tobacco aroma production, while sodium chloride and trace elements showed no influence over the process. The yield attained after culture medium manipulation was almost ten-fold higher, compared with the base medium; and the aroma mixture was characterized as: 7,8-dihydro-beta-ionol (95.2%), 7,8-dihydro-beta-ionone (3.7%), and beta-ionone (1.1%).


Assuntos
Bacillus/enzimologia , Luteína/metabolismo , Nicotiana , Odorantes , Trichosporon/enzimologia , Bacillus/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Hidroxitolueno Butilado/metabolismo , Meios de Cultura , Glucose , Norisoprenoides/metabolismo , Peptonas , Projetos de Pesquisa , Trichosporon/crescimento & desenvolvimento
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