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J Biol Chem ; 298(3): 101707, 2022 03.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35150740

RESUMO

Despite extensive basic and clinical research on immune checkpoint regulatory pathways, little is known about the effects of the ionic tumor microenvironment on immune checkpoint expression and function. Here we describe a mechanistic link between Na+/K+-ATPase (NKA) inhibition and activity of the immune checkpoint protein indoleamine-pyrrole 2',3'-dioxygenase 1 (IDO1). We found that IDO1 was necessary and sufficient for production of kynurenine, a downstream tryptophan metabolite, in cancer cells. We developed a spectrophotometric assay to screen a library of 31 model ion transport-targeting compounds for potential effects on IDO1 function in A549 lung and MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells. This revealed that the cardiac glycosides ouabain and digoxin inhibited kynurenine production at concentrations that did not affect cell survival. NKA inhibition by ouabain and digoxin resulted in increased intracellular Na+ levels and downregulation of IDO1 mRNA and protein levels, which was consistent with the reduction in kynurenine levels. Knockdown of ATP1A1, the ɑ1 subunit of the NKA and target of cardiac glycosides, increased Na+ levels to a lesser extent than cardiac glycoside treatment and did not affect IDO1 expression. However, ATP1A1 knockdown significantly enhanced the effect of cardiac glycosides on IDO1 expression and kynurenine production. Mechanistically, we show that cardiac glycoside treatment resulted in curtailing the length of phosphorylation-mediated stabilization of STAT1, a transcriptional regulator of IDO1 expression, an effect enhanced by ATP1A1 knockdown. Our findings reveal cross talk between ionic modulation via cardiac glycosides and immune checkpoint protein expression in cancer cells with broad mechanistic and clinical implications.


Assuntos
Glicosídeos Cardíacos , Indolamina-Pirrol 2,3,-Dioxigenase , Neoplasias , Fator de Transcrição STAT1 , ATPase Trocadora de Sódio-Potássio , Células A549 , Glicosídeos Cardíacos/farmacologia , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Digoxina/farmacologia , Humanos , Proteínas de Checkpoint Imunológico , Indolamina-Pirrol 2,3,-Dioxigenase/antagonistas & inibidores , Indolamina-Pirrol 2,3,-Dioxigenase/biossíntese , Cinurenina/metabolismo , Neoplasias/patologia , Ouabaína/metabolismo , Ouabaína/farmacologia , Fator de Transcrição STAT1/metabolismo , ATPase Trocadora de Sódio-Potássio/antagonistas & inibidores , ATPase Trocadora de Sódio-Potássio/metabolismo
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Biochemistry ; 60(46): 3455-3469, 2021 11 23.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34196546

RESUMO

Since the establishment of site-specific mutagenesis of single amino acids to interrogate protein function in the 1970s, biochemists have sought to tailor protein structure in the native cell environment. Fine-tuning the chemical properties of proteins is an indispensable way to address fundamental mechanistic questions. Unnatural amino acids (UAAs) offer the possibility to expand beyond the 20 naturally occurring amino acids in most species and install new and useful chemical functions. Here, we review the literature about advances in UAA incorporation technology from chemoenzymatic aminoacylation of modified tRNAs to in vitro translation systems to genetic encoding of UAAs in the native cell environment and whole organisms. We discuss innovative applications of the UAA technology to challenges in bioengineering and medicine.


Assuntos
Bioquímica/história , Código Genético , Aminoácidos/genética , Aminoácidos/metabolismo , Bioquímica/métodos , Bioquímica/tendências , História do Século XX , História do Século XXI , Mutagênese Sítio-Dirigida , RNA de Transferência/genética , RNA de Transferência/metabolismo
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Biophys J ; 117(7): 1352-1363, 2019 10 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31521331

RESUMO

Nav1.5 inactivation is necessary for healthy conduction of the cardiac action potential. Genetic mutations of Nav1.5 perturb inactivation and cause potentially fatal arrhythmias associated with long QT syndrome type 3. The exact structural dynamics of the inactivation complex is unknown. To sense inactivation gate conformational change in live mammalian cells, we incorporated the solvatochromic fluorescent noncanonical amino acid 3-((6-acetylnaphthalen-2-yl)amino)-2-aminopropanoic acid (ANAP) into single sites in the Nav1.5 inactivation gate. ANAP was incorporated in full-length and C-terminally truncated Nav1.5 channels using mammalian cell synthetase-tRNA technology. ANAP-incorporated channels were expressed in mammalian cells, and they exhibited pathophysiological function. A spectral imaging potassium depolarization assay was designed to detect ANAP emission shifts associated with Nav1.5 conformational change. Site-specific intracellular ANAP incorporation affords live-cell imaging and detection of Nav1.5 inactivation gate conformational change in mammalian cells.


Assuntos
Aminoácidos/metabolismo , Mamíferos/metabolismo , Canal de Sódio Disparado por Voltagem NAV1.5/química , Aminoácidos/química , Animais , Fluorescência , Células HEK293 , Humanos , Interações Hidrofóbicas e Hidrofílicas , Ativação do Canal Iônico , Conformação Proteica
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Nat Nanotechnol ; 8(12): 959-68, 2013 Dec.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24270641

RESUMO

Understanding molecular recognition is of fundamental importance in applications such as therapeutics, chemical catalysis and sensor design. The most common recognition motifs involve biological macromolecules such as antibodies and aptamers. The key to biorecognition consists of a unique three-dimensional structure formed by a folded and constrained bioheteropolymer that creates a binding pocket, or an interface, able to recognize a specific molecule. Here, we show that synthetic heteropolymers, once constrained onto a single-walled carbon nanotube by chemical adsorption, also form a new corona phase that exhibits highly selective recognition for specific molecules. To prove the generality of this phenomenon, we report three examples of heteropolymer-nanotube recognition complexes for riboflavin, L-thyroxine and oestradiol. In each case, the recognition was predicted using a two-dimensional thermodynamic model of surface interactions in which the dissociation constants can be tuned by perturbing the chemical structure of the heteropolymer. Moreover, these complexes can be used as new types of spatiotemporal sensors based on modulation of the carbon nanotube photoemission in the near-infrared, as we show by tracking riboflavin diffusion in murine macrophages.


Assuntos
Nanotubos de Carbono/química , Polímeros/química , Adsorção , Animais , Estradiol/química , Estradiol/isolamento & purificação , Camundongos , Nanotubos de Carbono/ultraestrutura , Riboflavina/química , Riboflavina/isolamento & purificação , Tiroxina/química , Tiroxina/isolamento & purificação
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