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Nucleic Acids Res ; 51(19): 10606-10618, 2023 10 27.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37742077

RESUMO

Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (aaRSs) are essential enzymes that ligate amino acids to tRNAs, and often require editing to ensure accurate protein synthesis. Recessive mutations in aaRSs cause various neurological disorders in humans, yet the underlying mechanism remains poorly understood. Pathogenic aaRS mutations frequently cause protein destabilization and aminoacylation deficiency. In this study, we report that combined aminoacylation and editing defects cause severe proteotoxicity. We show that the ths1-C268A mutation in yeast threonyl-tRNA synthetase (ThrRS) abolishes editing and causes heat sensitivity. Surprisingly, experimental evolution of the mutant results in intragenic mutations that restore heat resistance but not editing. ths1-C268A destabilizes ThrRS and decreases overall Thr-tRNAThr synthesis, while the suppressor mutations in the evolved strains improve aminoacylation. We further show that deficiency in either ThrRS aminoacylation or editing is insufficient to cause heat sensitivity, and that ths1-C268A impairs ribosome-associated quality control. Our results suggest that aminoacylation deficiency predisposes cells to proteotoxic stress.


Assuntos
Aminoacil-tRNA Sintetases , Estresse Proteotóxico , Humanos , Aminoacil-tRNA Sintetases/genética , Aminoacil-tRNA Sintetases/metabolismo , Aminoacilação , Mutação , RNA de Transferência/genética , RNA de Transferência/metabolismo , Saccharomyces cerevisiae/metabolismo , Treonina-tRNA Ligase/genética
2.
Hum Genet ; 143(3): 279-291, 2024 Mar.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38451290

RESUMO

Biallelic pathogenic variants in MAP3K20, which encodes a mitogen-activated protein kinase, are a rare cause of split-hand foot malformation (SHFM), hearing loss, and nail abnormalities or congenital myopathy. However, heterozygous variants in this gene have not been definitively associated with a phenotype. Here, we describe the phenotypic spectrum associated with heterozygous de novo variants in the linker region between the kinase domain and leucine zipper domain of MAP3K20. We report five individuals with diverse clinical features, including craniosynostosis, limb anomalies, sensorineural hearing loss, and ectodermal dysplasia-like phenotypes who have heterozygous de novo variants in this specific region of the gene. These individuals exhibit both shared and unique clinical manifestations, highlighting the complexity and variability of the disorder. We propose that the involvement of MAP3K20 in endothelial-mesenchymal transition provides a plausible etiology of these features. Together, these findings characterize a disorder that both expands the phenotypic spectrum associated with MAP3K20 and highlights the need for further studies on its role in early human development.


Assuntos
Craniossinostoses , Displasia Ectodérmica , Perda Auditiva Neurossensorial , Heterozigoto , Humanos , Displasia Ectodérmica/genética , Displasia Ectodérmica/patologia , Perda Auditiva Neurossensorial/genética , Perda Auditiva Neurossensorial/patologia , Masculino , Feminino , Craniossinostoses/genética , Fenótipo , Pré-Escolar , Deformidades Congênitas dos Membros/genética , Criança , Mutação , Lactente , MAP Quinase Quinase Quinases/genética
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Am J Hum Genet ; 108(12): 2368-2384, 2021 12 02.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34800363

RESUMO

The 2-oxoglutarate dehydrogenase-like (OGDHL) protein is a rate-limiting enzyme in the Krebs cycle that plays a pivotal role in mitochondrial metabolism. OGDHL expression is restricted mainly to the brain in humans. Here, we report nine individuals from eight unrelated families carrying bi-allelic variants in OGDHL with a range of neurological and neurodevelopmental phenotypes including epilepsy, hearing loss, visual impairment, gait ataxia, microcephaly, and hypoplastic corpus callosum. The variants include three homozygous missense variants (p.Pro852Ala, p.Arg244Trp, and p.Arg299Gly), three compound heterozygous single-nucleotide variants (p.Arg673Gln/p.Val488Val, p.Phe734Ser/p.Ala327Val, and p.Trp220Cys/p.Asp491Val), one homozygous frameshift variant (p.Cys553Leufs∗16), and one homozygous stop-gain variant (p.Arg440Ter). To support the pathogenicity of the variants, we developed a novel CRISPR-Cas9-mediated tissue-specific knockout with cDNA rescue system for dOgdh, the Drosophila ortholog of human OGDHL. Pan-neuronal knockout of dOgdh led to developmental lethality as well as defects in Krebs cycle metabolism, which was fully rescued by expression of wild-type dOgdh. Studies using the Drosophila system indicate that p.Arg673Gln, p.Phe734Ser, and p.Arg299Gly are severe loss-of-function alleles, leading to developmental lethality, whereas p.Pro852Ala, p.Ala327Val, p.Trp220Cys, p.Asp491Val, and p.Arg244Trp are hypomorphic alleles, causing behavioral defects. Transcript analysis from fibroblasts obtained from the individual carrying the synonymous variant (c.1464T>C [p.Val488Val]) in family 2 showed that the synonymous variant affects splicing of exon 11 in OGDHL. Human neuronal cells with OGDHL knockout exhibited defects in mitochondrial respiration, indicating the essential role of OGDHL in mitochondrial metabolism in humans. Together, our data establish that the bi-allelic variants in OGDHL are pathogenic, leading to a Mendelian neurodevelopmental disease in humans.


Assuntos
Ataxia/genética , Epilepsia/genética , Perda Auditiva/genética , Complexo Cetoglutarato Desidrogenase/genética , Mutação , Transtornos do Neurodesenvolvimento/genética , Transtornos da Visão/genética , Alelos , Animais , Células Cultivadas , Criança , Estudos de Coortes , Análise Mutacional de DNA , Drosophila melanogaster/genética , Saúde da Família , Feminino , Fibroblastos , Humanos , Masculino , Splicing de RNA
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Genet Med ; 25(2): 100332, 2023 02.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36520152

RESUMO

PURPOSE: This study aimed to establish the genetic cause of a novel autosomal recessive neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by global developmental delay, movement disorder, and metabolic abnormalities. METHODS: We performed a detailed clinical characterization of 4 unrelated individuals from consanguineous families with a neurodevelopmental disorder. We used exome sequencing or targeted-exome sequencing, cosegregation, in silico protein modeling, and functional analyses of variants in HEK293 cells and Drosophila melanogaster, as well as in proband-derived fibroblast cells. RESULTS: In the 4 individuals, we identified 3 novel homozygous variants in oxoglutarate dehydrogenase (OGDH) (NM_002541.3), which encodes a subunit of the tricarboxylic acid cycle enzyme α-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase. In silico homology modeling predicts that c.566C>T:p.(Pro189Leu) and c.890C>A:p.(Ser297Tyr) variants interfere with the structure and function of OGDH. Fibroblasts from individual 1 showed that the p.(Ser297Tyr) variant led to a higher degradation rate of the OGDH protein. OGDH protein with p.(Pro189Leu) or p.(Ser297Tyr) variants in HEK293 cells showed significantly lower levels than the wild-type protein. Furthermore, we showed that expression of Drosophila Ogdh (dOgdh) carrying variants homologous to p.(Pro189Leu) or p.(Ser297Tyr), failed to rescue developmental lethality caused by loss of dOgdh. SpliceAI, a variant splice predictor, predicted that the c.935G>A:p.(Arg312Lys)/p.(Phe264_Arg312del) variant impacts splicing, which was confirmed through a mini-gene assay in HEK293 cells. CONCLUSION: We established that biallelic variants in OGDH cause a neurodevelopmental disorder with metabolic and movement abnormalities.


Assuntos
Transtornos dos Movimentos , Transtornos do Neurodesenvolvimento , Animais , Humanos , Drosophila melanogaster/genética , Drosophila melanogaster/metabolismo , Células HEK293 , Complexo Cetoglutarato Desidrogenase/genética , Complexo Cetoglutarato Desidrogenase/metabolismo , Transtornos do Neurodesenvolvimento/genética
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Proteins ; 90(6): 1242-1246, 2022 06.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35122310

RESUMO

Hsp100 is an ATP-dependent unfoldase that promotes protein disaggregation or facilitates the unfolding of aggregation-prone polypeptides marked for degradation. Recently, new Hsp100 functions are emerging. In Plasmodium, an Hsp100 drives malaria protein export, presenting a novel drug target. Whether Hsp100 has a similar function in other protists is unknown. We present the 1.06 Å resolution crystal structure of the Hsp100 N-domain from Leishmania spp., the causative agent of leishmaniasis in humans. Our structure reveals a network of methionines and aromatic amino acids that define the putative substrate-binding site and likely evolved to protect Hsp100 from oxidative damage in host immune cells.


Assuntos
Proteínas de Choque Térmico , Leishmania , Sítios de Ligação , Proteínas de Choque Térmico/química , Humanos , Leishmania/metabolismo , Chaperonas Moleculares/química , Peptídeos/química
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Biochem Soc Trans ; 50(6): 1725-1736, 2022 12 16.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36454589

RESUMO

Hsp100 chaperones, also known as Clp proteins, constitute a family of ring-forming ATPases that differ in 3D structure and cellular function from other stress-inducible molecular chaperones. While the vast majority of ATP-dependent molecular chaperones promote the folding of either the nascent chain or a newly imported polypeptide to reach its native conformation, Hsp100 chaperones harness metabolic energy to perform the reverse and facilitate the unfolding of a misfolded polypeptide or protein aggregate. It is now known that inside cells and organelles, different Hsp100 members are involved in rescuing stress-damaged proteins from a previously aggregated state or in recycling polypeptides marked for degradation. Protein degradation is mediated by a barrel-shaped peptidase that physically associates with the Hsp100 hexamer to form a two-component system. Notable examples include the ClpA:ClpP (ClpAP) and ClpX:ClpP (ClpXP) proteases that resemble the ring-forming FtsH and Lon proteases, which unlike ClpAP and ClpXP, feature the ATP-binding and proteolytic domains in a single polypeptide chain. Recent advances in electron cryomicroscopy (cryoEM) together with single-molecule biophysical studies have now provided new mechanistic insight into the structure and function of this remarkable group of macromolecular machines.


Assuntos
Proteínas de Escherichia coli , Proteínas de Escherichia coli/metabolismo , Especificidade por Substrato , Chaperonas Moleculares/metabolismo , Proteínas de Choque Térmico/metabolismo , Peptídeos , Trifosfato de Adenosina/metabolismo
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J Inherit Metab Dis ; 44(2): 388-400, 2021 03.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32383294

RESUMO

2-Oxoglutarate dehydrogenase (OGDH) is a rate-limiting enzyme in the mitochondrial TCA cycle, encoded by the OGDH gene. α-Ketoglutarate dehydrogenase (OGDH) deficiency was previously reported in association with developmental delay, hypotonia, and movement disorders and metabolic decompensation, with no genetic data provided. Using whole exome sequencing, we identified two individuals carrying a homozygous missense variant c.959A>G (p.N320S) in the OGDH gene. These individuals presented with global developmental delay, elevated lactate, ataxia and seizure. Fibroblast analysis and modeling of the mutation in Drosophila were used to evaluate pathogenicity of the variant. Skin fibroblasts from subject # 2 showed a decrease in both OGDH protein and enzyme activity. Transfection of human OGDH cDNA in HEK293 cells carrying p.N320S also produced significantly lower protein levels compared to those with wild-type cDNA. Loss of Drosophila Ogdh (dOgdh) caused early developmental lethality, rescued by expressing wild-type dOgdh (dOgdhWT ) or human OGDH (OGDHWT ) cDNA. In contrast, expression to the mutant OGDH (OGDHN320S ) or dOgdh carrying homologous mutations to human OGDH p.N320S variant (dOgdhN324S ) failed to rescue lethality of dOgdh null mutants. Knockdown of dOgdh in the nervous system resulted in locomotion defects which were rescued by dOgdhWT expression but not by dOgdhN324S expression. Collectively, the results indicate that c.959A>G variant in OGDH leads to an amino acid change (p.N320S) causing a severe loss of OGDH protein function. Our study establishes in the first time a genetic link between an OGDH gene mutation and OGDH deficiency.


Assuntos
Complexo Cetoglutarato Desidrogenase/genética , Doenças Mitocondriais/genética , Doenças do Sistema Nervoso/genética , Adolescente , Animais , Criança , Pré-Escolar , DNA/genética , Drosophila , Feminino , Expressão Gênica , Técnicas de Silenciamento de Genes , Predisposição Genética para Doença , Células HEK293 , Homozigoto , Humanos , Complexo Cetoglutarato Desidrogenase/deficiência , Masculino , Mutação de Sentido Incorreto , Adulto Jovem
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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ; 113(11): 2952-7, 2016 Mar 15.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26929380

RESUMO

Heat-shock protein of 90 kDa (Hsp90) is an essential molecular chaperone that adopts different 3D structures associated with distinct nucleotide states: a wide-open, V-shaped dimer in the apo state and a twisted, N-terminally closed dimer with ATP. Although the N domain is known to mediate ATP binding, how Hsp90 senses the bound nucleotide and facilitates dimer closure remains unclear. Here we present atomic structures of human mitochondrial Hsp90N (TRAP1N) and a composite model of intact TRAP1 revealing a previously unobserved coiled-coil dimer conformation that may precede dimer closure and is conserved in intact TRAP1 in solution. Our structure suggests that TRAP1 normally exists in an autoinhibited state with the ATP lid bound to the nucleotide-binding pocket. ATP binding displaces the ATP lid that signals the cis-bound ATP status to the neighboring subunit in a highly cooperative manner compatible with the coiled-coil intermediate state. We propose that TRAP1 is a ligand-activated molecular chaperone, which couples ATP binding to dramatic changes in local structure required for protein folding.


Assuntos
Trifosfato de Adenosina/metabolismo , Proteínas de Choque Térmico HSP90/metabolismo , Mitocôndrias/metabolismo , Trifosfato de Adenosina/química , Regulação Alostérica , Sítio Alostérico , Motivos de Aminoácidos , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Substituição de Aminoácidos , Animais , Sítios de Ligação , Simulação por Computador , Cristalografia por Raios X , Proteínas de Choque Térmico HSP70/metabolismo , Proteínas de Choque Térmico HSP90/química , Humanos , Modelos Moleculares , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Ligação Proteica , Conformação Proteica , Dobramento de Proteína , Coelhos , Proteínas Recombinantes de Fusão/química , Proteínas Recombinantes de Fusão/metabolismo , Homologia de Sequência de Aminoácidos
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Biochem Biophys Res Commun ; 495(1): 1201-1207, 2018 01 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29180014

RESUMO

Prompt removal of misfolded membrane proteins and misassembled membrane protein complexes is essential for membrane homeostasis. However, the elimination of these toxic proteins from the hydrophobic membrane environment has high energetic barriers. The transmembrane protein, FtsH, is the only known ATP-dependent protease responsible for this task. The mechanisms by which FtsH recognizes, unfolds, translocates, and proteolyzes its substrates remain unclear. The structure and function of the ATPase and protease domains of FtsH have been previously characterized while the role of the FtsH periplasmic domain has not clearly identified. Here, we report the 1.5-1.95 Å resolution crystal structures of the Thermotoga maritima FtsH periplasmic domain (tmPD) and describe the dynamic features of tmPD oligomerization.


Assuntos
Proteases Dependentes de ATP/química , Proteases Dependentes de ATP/ultraestrutura , Peptídeo Hidrolases/química , Peptídeo Hidrolases/ultraestrutura , Multimerização Proteica , Thermotoga maritima/enzimologia , Sítios de Ligação , Simulação por Computador , Ativação Enzimática , Modelos Químicos , Modelos Moleculares , Ligação Proteica , Conformação Proteica , Domínios Proteicos , Relação Estrutura-Atividade
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Mol Cell ; 35(5): 574-85, 2009 Sep 11.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19748354

RESUMO

Ring-shaped AAA+ ATPases control a variety of cellular processes by substrate unfolding and remodeling of macromolecular structures. However, how ATP hydrolysis within AAA+ rings is regulated and coupled to mechanical work is poorly understood. Here we demonstrate coordinated ATP hydrolysis within m-AAA protease ring complexes, conserved AAA+ machines in the inner membrane of mitochondria. ATP binding to one AAA subunit inhibits ATP hydrolysis by the neighboring subunit, leading to coordinated rather than stochastic ATP hydrolysis within the AAA ring. Unbiased genetic screens define an intersubunit signaling pathway involving conserved AAA motifs and reveal an intimate coupling of ATPase activities to central AAA pore loops. Coordinated ATP hydrolysis between adjacent subunits is required for membrane dislocation of substrates, but not for substrate processing. These findings provide insight into how AAA+ proteins convert energy derived from ATP hydrolysis into mechanical work.


Assuntos
Adenosina Trifosfatases/metabolismo , Trifosfato de Adenosina/metabolismo , Proteínas Fúngicas/metabolismo , Metaloendopeptidases/metabolismo , Membranas Mitocondriais/enzimologia , Transdução de Sinais , Leveduras/enzimologia , Proteases Dependentes de ATP , ATPases Associadas a Diversas Atividades Celulares , Adenosina Trifosfatases/química , Adenosina Trifosfatases/genética , Regulação Alostérica , Motivos de Aminoácidos , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Sítios de Ligação , Domínio Catalítico , Sequência Conservada , Metabolismo Energético , Proteínas Fúngicas/química , Proteínas Fúngicas/genética , Humanos , Hidrólise , Cinética , Metaloendopeptidases/química , Metaloendopeptidases/genética , Modelos Moleculares , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Mutação Puntual , Subunidades Proteicas , Relação Estrutura-Atividade , Especificidade por Substrato , Leveduras/genética , Leveduras/crescimento & desenvolvimento
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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ; 110(21): 8513-8, 2013 May 21.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23650362

RESUMO

Heat shock protein (Hsp) 104 is a ring-forming, protein-remodeling machine that harnesses the energy of ATP binding and hydrolysis to drive protein disaggregation. Although Hsp104 is an active ATPase, the recovery of functional protein requires the species-specific cooperation of the Hsp70 system. However, like Hsp104, Hsp70 is an active ATPase, which recognizes aggregated and aggregation-prone proteins, making it difficult to differentiate the mechanistic roles of Hsp104 and Hsp70 during protein disaggregation. Mapping the Hsp70-binding sites in yeast Hsp104 using peptide array technology and photo-cross-linking revealed a striking conservation of the primary Hsp70-binding motifs on the Hsp104 middle-domain across species, despite lack of sequence identity. Remarkably, inserting a Strep-Tactin binding motif at the spatially conserved Hsp70-binding site elicits the Hsp104 protein disaggregating activity that now depends on Strep-Tactin but no longer requires Hsp70/40. Consistent with a Strep-Tactin-dependent activation step, we found that full-length Hsp70 on its own could activate the Hsp104 hexamer by promoting intersubunit coordination, suggesting that Hsp70 is an activator of the Hsp104 motor.


Assuntos
Proteínas de Choque Térmico HSP70/metabolismo , Proteínas de Choque Térmico/metabolismo , Proteínas de Saccharomyces cerevisiae/metabolismo , Saccharomyces cerevisiae/metabolismo , Motivos de Aminoácidos , Sítios de Ligação , Proteínas de Choque Térmico HSP70/genética , Proteínas de Choque Térmico/genética , Mapeamento de Peptídeos , Ligação Proteica , Saccharomyces cerevisiae/genética , Proteínas de Saccharomyces cerevisiae/genética
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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ; 109(31): 12515-20, 2012 Jul 31.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22802670

RESUMO

ClpB is a ring-forming, ATP-dependent protein disaggregase that cooperates with the cognate Hsp70 system to recover functional protein from aggregates. How ClpB harnesses the energy of ATP binding and hydrolysis to facilitate the mechanical unfolding of previously aggregated, stress-damaged proteins remains unclear. Here, we present crystal structures of the ClpB D2 domain in the nucleotide-bound and -free states, and the fitted cryoEM structure of the D2 hexamer ring, which provide a structural understanding of the ATP power stroke that drives protein translocation through the ClpB hexamer. We demonstrate that the conformation of the substrate-translocating pore loop is coupled to the nucleotide state of the cis subunit, which is transmitted to the neighboring subunit via a conserved but structurally distinct intersubunit-signaling pathway common to diverse AAA+ machines. Furthermore, we found that an engineered, disulfide cross-linked ClpB hexamer is fully functional biochemically, suggesting that ClpB deoligomerization is not required for protein disaggregation.


Assuntos
Proteínas de Bactérias/química , Proteínas de Choque Térmico HSP70/química , Multimerização Proteica , Thermus thermophilus/química , Trifosfato de Adenosina/química , Trifosfato de Adenosina/metabolismo , Proteínas de Bactérias/metabolismo , Cristalografia por Raios X , Proteínas de Choque Térmico HSP70/metabolismo , Estrutura Quaternária de Proteína , Estrutura Terciária de Proteína , Transdução de Sinais , Thermus thermophilus/metabolismo
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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ; 107(18): 8135-40, 2010 May 04.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20404203

RESUMO

Hsp104 is a ring-forming AAA+ machine that recognizes both aggregated proteins and prion-fibrils as substrates and, together with the Hsp70 system, remodels substrates in an ATP-dependent manner. Whereas the ability to disaggregate proteins is dependent on the Hsp104 M-domain, the location of the M-domain is controversial and its exact function remains unknown. Here we present cryoEM structures of two Hsp104 variants in both crosslinked and noncrosslinked form, in addition to the structure of a functional Hsp104 chimera harboring T4 lysozyme within the M-domain helix L2. Unexpectedly, we found that our Hsp104 chimera has gained function and can solubilize heat-aggregated beta-galactosidase (beta-gal) in the absence of the Hsp70 system. Our fitted structures confirm that the subunit arrangement of Hsp104 is similar to other AAA+ machines, and place the M-domains on the Hsp104 exterior, where they can potentially interact with large, aggregated proteins.


Assuntos
Proteínas de Choque Térmico/química , Proteínas de Choque Térmico/ultraestrutura , Proteínas de Saccharomyces cerevisiae/química , Proteínas de Saccharomyces cerevisiae/ultraestrutura , Saccharomyces cerevisiae/química , Microscopia Crioeletrônica , Estabilidade Enzimática , Proteínas de Choque Térmico/genética , Proteínas de Choque Térmico/metabolismo , Modelos Moleculares , Mutação , Multimerização Proteica , Estrutura Quaternária de Proteína , Estrutura Terciária de Proteína , Saccharomyces cerevisiae/metabolismo , Proteínas de Saccharomyces cerevisiae/genética , Proteínas de Saccharomyces cerevisiae/metabolismo , beta-Galactosidase/metabolismo
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Nat Commun ; 14(1): 2028, 2023 04 11.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37041140

RESUMO

Mitochondria are critical to cellular and organismal health. To prevent damage, mitochondria have evolved protein quality control machines to survey and maintain the mitochondrial proteome. SKD3, also known as CLPB, is a ring-forming, ATP-fueled protein disaggregase essential for preserving mitochondrial integrity and structure. SKD3 deficiency causes 3-methylglutaconic aciduria type VII (MGCA7) and early death in infants, while mutations in the ATPase domain impair protein disaggregation with the observed loss-of-function correlating with disease severity. How mutations in the non-catalytic N-domain cause disease is unknown. Here, we show that the disease-associated N-domain mutation, Y272C, forms an intramolecular disulfide bond with Cys267 and severely impairs SKD3Y272C function under oxidizing conditions and in living cells. While Cys267 and Tyr272 are found in all SKD3 isoforms, isoform-1 features an additional α-helix that may compete with substrate-binding as suggested by crystal structure analyses and in silico modeling, underscoring the importance of the N-domain to SKD3 function.


Assuntos
Erros Inatos do Metabolismo , Humanos , Lactente , Erros Inatos do Metabolismo/genética , Mitocôndrias , Mutação , Domínios Proteicos , Proteínas de Choque Térmico/metabolismo
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iScience ; 26(12): 108308, 2023 Dec 15.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38025772

RESUMO

Low response rates and immune-related adverse events limit the remarkable impact of cancer immunotherapy. To improve clinical outcomes, preclinical studies have shown that combining immunotherapies with N-terminal Hsp90 inhibitors resulted in improved efficacy, even though induction of an extensive heat shock response (HSR) and less than optimal dosing of these inhibitors limited their clinical efficacy as monotherapies. We discovered that the natural product Enniatin A (EnnA) targets Hsp90 and destabilizes its client oncoproteins without inducing an HSR. EnnA triggers immunogenic cell death in triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) syngeneic mouse models and exhibits superior antitumor activity compared to Hsp90 N-terminal inhibitors. EnnA reprograms the tumor microenvironment (TME) to promote CD8+ T cell-dependent antitumor immunity by reducing PD-L1 levels and activating the chemokine receptor CX3CR1 pathway. These findings provide strong evidence for transforming the immunosuppressive TME into a more tumor-hostile milieu by engaging Hsp90 with therapeutic agents involving novel mechanisms of action.

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J Struct Biol ; 179(2): 172-80, 2012 Aug.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22634726

RESUMO

Hsp104 is a double ring-forming AAA+ ATPase, which harnesses the energy of ATP binding and hydrolysis to rescue proteins from a previously aggregated state. Like other AAA+ machines, Hsp104 features conserved cis- and trans-acting elements, which are hallmarks of AAA+ members and are essential to Hsp104 function. Despite these similarities, it was recently proposed that Hsp104 is an atypical AAA+ ATPase, which markedly differs in 3D structure from other AAA+ machines. Consequently, it was proposed that arginines found in the non-conserved M-domain, but not the predicted Arg-fingers, serve the role of the critical trans-acting element in Hsp104. While the structural discrepancy has been resolved, the role of the Arg-finger residues in Hsp104 remains controversial. Here, we exploited the ability of Hsp104 variants featuring mutations in one ring to retain ATPase and chaperone activities, to elucidate the functional role of the predicted Arg-finger residues. We found that the evolutionarily conserved Arg-fingers are absolutely essential for ATP hydrolysis but are dispensable for hexamer assembly in Hsp104. On the other hand, M-domain arginines are not strictly required for ATP hydrolysis and affect the ATPase and chaperone activities in a complex manner. Our results confirm that Hsp104 is not an atypical AAA+ ATPase, and uses conserved structural elements common to diverse AAA+ machines to drive the mechanical unfolding of aggregated proteins.


Assuntos
Adenosina Trifosfatases/genética , Adenosina Trifosfatases/metabolismo , Proteínas de Choque Térmico/genética , Proteínas de Choque Térmico/metabolismo , Adenosina Trifosfatases/química , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Cromatografia em Gel , Proteínas de Choque Térmico/química , Humanos , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Mutagênese Sítio-Dirigida , Estrutura Secundária de Proteína , Estrutura Terciária de Proteína , Homologia de Sequência de Aminoácidos
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J Biol Chem ; 286(6): 4404-11, 2011 Feb 11.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21147776

RESUMO

FtsH-related AAA proteases are conserved membrane-anchored, ATP-dependent molecular machines, which mediate the processing and turnover of soluble and membrane-embedded proteins in eubacteria, mitochondria, and chloroplasts. Homo- and hetero-oligomeric proteolytic complexes exist, which are composed of homologous subunits harboring an ATPase domain of the AAA family and an H41 metallopeptidase domain. Mutations in subunits of mitochondrial m-AAA proteases have been associated with different neurodegenerative disorders in human, raising questions on the functional differences between homo- and hetero-oligomeric AAA proteases. Here, we have analyzed the hetero-oligomeric yeast m-AAA protease composed of homologous Yta10 and Yta12 subunits. We combined genetic and structural approaches to define the molecular determinants for oligomer assembly and to assess functional similarities between Yta10 and Yta12. We demonstrate that replacement of only two amino acid residues within the metallopeptidase domain of Yta12 allows its assembly into homo-oligomeric complexes. To provide a molecular explanation, we determined the 12 Å resolution structure of the intact yeast m-AAA protease with its transmembrane domains by electron cryomicroscopy (cryo-EM) and atomic structure fitting. The full-length m-AAA protease has a bipartite structure and is a hexamer in solution. We found that residues in Yta12, which facilitate homo-oligomerization when mutated, are located at the interface between neighboring protomers in the hexamer ring. Notably, the transmembrane and intermembrane space domains are separated from the main body, creating a passage on the matrix side, which is wide enough to accommodate unfolded but not folded polypeptides. These results suggest a mechanism regarding how proteins are recognized and degraded by m-AAA proteases.


Assuntos
Metaloendopeptidases/metabolismo , Mitocôndrias/metabolismo , Membranas Mitocondriais/enzimologia , Proteínas Mitocondriais/metabolismo , Dobramento de Proteína , Saccharomyces cerevisiae/enzimologia , Adenosina Trifosfatases/genética , Adenosina Trifosfatases/metabolismo , Animais , Microscopia Crioeletrônica , Humanos , Metaloendopeptidases/genética , Mitocôndrias/genética , Proteínas Mitocondriais/genética , Mutação , Doenças Neurodegenerativas/enzimologia , Doenças Neurodegenerativas/genética , Multimerização Proteica/fisiologia , Estrutura Terciária de Proteína , Saccharomyces cerevisiae/genética , Saccharomyces cerevisiae/ultraestrutura , Proteínas de Saccharomyces cerevisiae/genética , Proteínas de Saccharomyces cerevisiae/metabolismo
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J Korean Med Sci ; 26(7): 900-5, 2011 Jul.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21738343

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Whether the metabolic syndrome (MetS) has prognostic value for coronary artery disease (CAD) beyond its individual components is controversial. We compared the relationship between the number of MetS components and CAD severity as assessed by angiography in non-diabetic and diabetic subjects. We consecutively enrolled 527 patients who underwent their first coronary angiography. Patients were divided into four groups according to the number of MetS components: 0/1, 2, 3, and 4/5. A coronary atherosclerosis score was used to quantify the extent of atherosclerotic involvement. The relationship between the MetS score and angiographic CAD severity or clinical presentation was compared between non-diabetic and diabetic subjects. Individuals with the MetS (n = 327) had a higher prevalence of CAD (60% vs 32%, P < 0.001), multi-vessel disease (34% vs 16%, P < 0.001), and acute coronary syndromes (49% vs 26%, P < 0.001) than those without the MetS. In the non-diabetic group, atherosclerosis score increased with the MetS score (1.0 ± 2.1, 2.0 ± 2.9, 2.8 ± 2.9, and 3.6 ± 3.9, P < 0.001) whereas there was no significant difference in the diabetic group (0.5 ± 1.0, 5.2 ± 4.7, 4.2 ± 2.9, and 4.4 ± 3.5, P = 0.102). The MetS score is related to CAD severity in non-diabetic patients but the association between the MetS score and angiographic CAD severity may be obscured in the presence of diabetes.


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Angiografia Coronária , Doença da Artéria Coronariana/diagnóstico por imagem , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2/complicações , Síndrome Metabólica/complicações , Índice de Gravidade de Doença , Adulto , Idoso , Doença da Artéria Coronariana/complicações , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Síndrome Metabólica/diagnóstico , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Razão de Chances , Prognóstico , República da Coreia , Fatores de Risco
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J Med Chem ; 64(15): 10934-10950, 2021 08 12.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34309393

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Previously, we reported that immunoproteasome (iP)-targeting linear peptide epoxyketones improve cognitive function in mouse models of Alzheimer's disease (AD) in a manner independent of amyloid ß. However, these compounds' clinical prospect for AD is limited due to potential issues, such as poor brain penetration and metabolic instability. Here, we report the development of iP-selective macrocyclic peptide epoxyketones prepared by a ring-closing metathesis reaction between two terminal alkenes attached at the P2 and P3/P4 positions of linear counterparts. We show that a lead macrocyclic compound DB-60 (20) effectively inhibits the catalytic activity of iP in ABCB1-overexpressing cells (IC50: 105 nM) and has metabolic stability superior to its linear counterpart. DB-60 (20) also lowered the serum levels of IL-1α and ameliorated cognitive deficits in Tg2576 mice. The results collectively suggest that macrocyclic peptide epoxyketones have improved CNS drug properties than their linear counterparts and offer promising potential as an AD drug candidate.


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Doença de Alzheimer/tratamento farmacológico , Compostos Macrocíclicos/farmacologia , Complexo de Endopeptidases do Proteassoma/metabolismo , Inibidores de Proteassoma/farmacologia , Doença de Alzheimer/metabolismo , Animais , Células Cultivadas , Relação Dose-Resposta a Droga , Humanos , Compostos Macrocíclicos/síntese química , Compostos Macrocíclicos/química , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Camundongos Transgênicos , Estrutura Molecular , Inibidores de Proteassoma/síntese química , Inibidores de Proteassoma/química , Relação Estrutura-Atividade
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Cancers (Basel) ; 13(4)2021 Feb 17.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33671345

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Multiple myeloma and its precursor plasma cell dyscrasias affect 3% of the elderly population in the US. Proteasome inhibitors are an essential part of several standard drug combinations used to treat this incurable cancer. These drugs interfere with the main pathway of protein degradation and lead to the accumulation of damaged proteins inside cells. Despite promising initial responses, multiple myeloma cells eventually become drug resistant in most patients. The biology behind relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma is complex and poorly understood. Several studies provide evidence that in addition to the proteasome, mitochondrial proteases can also contribute to protein quality control outside of mitochondria. We therefore hypothesized that mitochondrial proteases might counterbalance protein degradation in cancer cells treated with proteasome inhibitors. Using clinical and experimental data, we found that overexpression of the mitochondrial matrix protease LonP1 (Lon Peptidase 1) reduces the efficacy of proteasome inhibitors. Some proteasome inhibitors partially crossinhibit LonP1. However, we show that the resistance effect of LonP1 also occurs when using drugs that do not block this protease, suggesting that LonP1 can compensate for loss of proteasome activity. These results indicate that targeting both the proteasome and mitochondrial proteases such as LonP1 could be beneficial for treatment of multiple myeloma.

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