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Front Mol Biosci ; 11: 1399225, 2024.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38962283

RESUMO

Periostin is a matricellular protein encoded by the POSTN gene that is alternatively spliced to produce ten different periostin isoforms with molecular weights ranging from 78 to 91 kDa. It is known to promote fibrillogenesis, organize the extracellular matrix, and bind integrin-receptors to induce cell signaling. As well as being a key component of the wound healing process, it is also known to participate in the pathogenesis of different diseases including atopic dermatitis, asthma, and cancer. In both health and disease, the functions of the different periostin isoforms are largely unknown. The ability to precisely determine the isoform profile of a given human sample is fundamental for characterizing their functional significance. Identification of periostin isoforms is most often carried out at the transcriptional level using RT-PCR based approaches, but due to high sequence homogeneity, identification on the protein level has always been challenging. Top-down proteomics, where whole proteins are measured by mass spectrometry, offers a fast and reliable method for isoform identification. Here we present a fully developed top-down mass spectrometry assay for the characterization of periostin splice isoforms at the protein level.

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J Am Soc Mass Spectrom ; 35(5): 902-911, 2024 May 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38609335

RESUMO

Traditionally, mass spectrometry (MS) output is the ion abundance plotted versus the ionic mass-to-charge ratio m/z. While employing only commercially available equipment, Charge Determination Analysis (CHARDA) adds a third dimension to MS, estimating for individual peaks their charge states z starting from z = 1 and color coding z in m/z spectra. CHARDA combines the analysis of ion signal decay rates in the time-domain data (transients) in Fourier transform (FT) MS with the interrogation of mass defects (fractional mass) of biopolymers. Being applied to individual isotopic peaks in a complex protein tandem (MS/MS) data set, CHARDA aids peptide mass spectra interpretation by facilitating charge-state deconvolution of large ionic species in crowded regions, estimating z even in the absence of an isotopic distribution (e.g., for monoisotopic mass spectra). CHARDA is fast, robust, and consistent with conventional FTMS and FTMS/MS data acquisition procedures. An effective charge-state resolution Rz ≥ 6 is obtained with the potential for further improvements.


Assuntos
Análise de Fourier , Espectrometria de Massas em Tandem , Espectrometria de Massas em Tandem/métodos , Biopolímeros/química , Biopolímeros/análise , Íons/química , Cor
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Proteomics ; 24(3-4): e2300069, 2024 Feb.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37480175

RESUMO

Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) have established themselves as the leading biopharmaceutical therapeutic modality. Once the developability of a mAb drug candidate has been assessed, an important step is to check its in vivo stability through pharmacokinetics (PK) studies. The gold standard is ligand-binding assay (LBA) and liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) performed at the peptide level (bottom-up approach). However, these analytical techniques do not allow to address the different mAb proteoforms that can arise from biotransformation. In recent years, top-down and middle-down mass spectrometry approaches have gained popularity to characterize proteins at the proteoform level but are not yet widely used for PK studies. We propose here a workflow based on an automated immunocapture followed by top-down and middle-down liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) approaches to characterize mAb proteoforms spiked in mouse plasma. We demonstrate the applicability of our workflow on a large concentration range using pembrolizumab as a model. We also compare the performance of two state-of-the-art Orbitrap platforms (Tribrid Eclipse and Exploris 480) for these studies. The added value of our workflow for an accurate and sensitive characterization of mAb proteoforms in mouse plasma is highlighted.


Assuntos
Peptídeos , Espectrometria de Massas em Tandem , Animais , Camundongos , Cromatografia Líquida/métodos , Espectrometria de Massas em Tandem/métodos , Plasma , Anticorpos Monoclonais/química , Anticorpos Monoclonais/farmacocinética
4.
Molecules ; 28(11)2023 May 26.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37298831

RESUMO

Newcastle disease virus (NDV) is one of the most serious contagions affecting domestic poultry and other avian species. It causes high morbidity and mortality, resulting in huge economic losses to the poultry industry worldwide. Despite vaccination, NDV outbreaks increase the need for alternative prevention and control means. In this study, we have screened fractions of Buthus occitanus tunetanus (Bot) scorpion venom and isolated the first scorpion peptide inhibiting the NDV multiplication. It showed a dose dependent effect on NDV growth in vitro, with an IC50 of 0.69 µM, and a low cytotoxicity on cultured Vero cells (CC50 > 55 µM). Furthermore, tests carried out in specific pathogen-free embryonated chicken eggs demonstrated that the isolated peptide has a protective effect on chicken embryos against NDV, and reduced by 73% the virus titer in allantoic fluid. The N-terminal sequence, as well as the number of cysteine residues of the isolated peptide, showed that it belongs to the scorpion venom Chlorotoxin-like peptides family, which led us to designate it "BotCl". Interestingly, at 10 µg/mL, BotCl showed an inhibiting effect three times higher than its analogue AaCtx, from Androctonus australis (Aa) scorpion venom, on NDV development. Altogether, our results highlight the chlorotoxin-like peptides as a new scorpion venom AMPs family.


Assuntos
Vírus da Doença de Newcastle , Venenos de Escorpião , Animais , Chlorocebus aethiops , Embrião de Galinha , Células Vero , Peptídeos/química , Venenos de Escorpião/farmacologia , Venenos de Escorpião/química , Galinhas , Escorpiões
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BMC Biol ; 21(1): 21, 2023 02 03.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36737754

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: In a range of human disorders such as multiple myeloma (MM), immunoglobulin light chains (IgLCs) can be produced at very high concentrations. This can lead to pathological aggregation and deposition of IgLCs in different tissues, which in turn leads to severe and potentially fatal organ damage. However, IgLCs can also be highly soluble and non-toxic. It is generally thought that the cause for this differential solubility behaviour is solely found within the IgLC amino acid sequences, and a variety of individual sequence-related biophysical properties (e.g. thermal stability, dimerisation) have been proposed in different studies as major determinants of the aggregation in vivo. Here, we investigate biophysical properties underlying IgLC amyloidogenicity. RESULTS: We introduce a novel and systematic workflow, Thermodynamic and Aggregation Fingerprinting (ThAgg-Fip), for detailed biophysical characterisation, and apply it to nine different MM patient-derived IgLCs. Our set of pathogenic IgLCs spans the entire range of values in those parameters previously proposed to define in vivo amyloidogenicity; however, none actually forms amyloid in patients. Even more surprisingly, we were able to show that all our IgLCs are able to form amyloid fibrils readily in vitro under the influence of proteolytic cleavage by co-purified cathepsins. CONCLUSIONS: We show that (I) in vivo aggregation behaviour is unlikely to be mechanistically linked to any single biophysical or biochemical parameter and (II) amyloidogenic potential is widespread in IgLC sequences and is not confined to those sequences that form amyloid fibrils in patients. Our findings suggest that protein sequence, environmental conditions and presence and action of proteases all determine the ability of light chains to form amyloid fibrils in patients.


Assuntos
Cadeias Leves de Imunoglobulina , Mieloma Múltiplo , Humanos , Cadeias Leves de Imunoglobulina/química , Cadeias Leves de Imunoglobulina/metabolismo , Amiloide/metabolismo , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Proteólise
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J Proteomics ; 277: 104853, 2023 04 15.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36804625

RESUMO

MOTIVATION: There are several well-established paradigms for identifying and pinpointing discriminative peptides/proteins using shotgun proteomic data; examples are peptide-spectrum matching, de novo sequencing, open searches, and even hybrid approaches. Such an arsenal of complementary paradigms can provide deep data coverage, albeit some unidentified discriminative peptides remain. RESULTS: We present DiagnoMass, software tool that groups similar spectra into spectral clusters and then shortlists those clusters that are discriminative for biological conditions. DiagnoMass then communicates with proteomic tools to attempt the identification of such clusters. We demonstrate the effectiveness of DiagnoMass by analyzing proteomic data from Escherichia coli, Salmonella, and Shigella, listing many high-quality discriminative spectral clusters that had thus far remained unidentified by widely adopted proteomic tools. DiagnoMass can also classify proteomic profiles. We anticipate the use of DiagnoMass as a vital tool for pinpointing biomarkers. AVAILABILITY: DiagnoMass and related documentation, including a usage protocol, are available at http://www.diagnomass.com.


Assuntos
Proteômica , Software , Proteômica/métodos , Proteínas/química , Peptídeos/química , Escherichia coli , Algoritmos , Bases de Dados de Proteínas
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Metallomics ; 14(9)2022 09 12.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36002005

RESUMO

Acquisition and homeostasis of essential metals during host colonization by bacterial pathogens rely on metal uptake, trafficking, and storage proteins. How these factors have evolved within bacterial pathogens is poorly defined. Urease, a nickel enzyme, is essential for Helicobacter pylori to colonize the acidic stomach. Our previous data suggest that acquisition of nickel transporters and a histidine-rich protein (HRP) involved in nickel storage in H. pylori and gastric Helicobacter spp. have been essential evolutionary events for gastric colonization. Using bioinformatics, proteomics, and phylogenetics, we extended this analysis to determine how evolution has framed the repertoire of HRPs among 39 Epsilonproteobacteria; 18 gastric and 11 non-gastric enterohepatic (EH) Helicobacter spp., as well as 10 other Epsilonproteobacteria. We identified a total of 213 HRPs distributed in 22 protein families named orthologous groups (OGs) with His-rich domains, including 15 newly described OGs. Gastric Helicobacter spp. are enriched in HRPs (7.7 ± 1.9 HRPs/strain) as compared to EH Helicobacter spp. (1.9 ± 1.0 HRPs/strain) with a particular prevalence of HRPs with C-terminal histidine-rich domains in gastric species. The expression and nickel-binding capacity of several HRPs was validated in five gastric Helicobacter spp. We established the evolutionary history of new HRP families, such as the periplasmic HP0721-like proteins and the HugZ-type heme oxygenases. The expansion of histidine-rich extensions in gastric Helicobacter spp. proteins is intriguing but can tentatively be associated with the presence of the urease nickel enzyme. We conclude that this HRP expansion is associated with unique properties of organisms that rely on large intracellular nickel amounts for their survival.


Assuntos
Helicobacter pylori , Helicobacter , Proteínas de Bactérias/metabolismo , Helicobacter/metabolismo , Helicobacter pylori/metabolismo , Histidina/metabolismo , Níquel/metabolismo , Proteínas , Estômago , Urease/metabolismo
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Anal Chem ; 93(30): 10627-10634, 2021 08 03.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34292722

RESUMO

In multiple myeloma diseases, monoclonal immunoglobulin light chains (LCs) are abundantly produced, with, as a consequence in some cases, the formation of deposits affecting various organs, such as the kidney, while in other cases remaining soluble up to concentrations of several g·L-1 in plasma. The exact factors crucial for the solubility of LCs are poorly understood, but it can be hypothesized that their amino acid sequence plays an important role. Determining the precise sequences of patient-derived LCs is therefore highly desirable. We establish here a novel de novo sequencing workflow for patient-derived LCs, based on the combination of bottom-up and top-down proteomics without database search. PEAKS is used for the de novo sequencing of peptides that are further assembled into full length LC sequences using ALPS. Top-down proteomics provides the molecular masses of proteoforms and allows the exact determination of the amino acid sequence including all posttranslational modifications. This pipeline is then used for the complete de novo sequencing of LCs extracted from the urine of 10 patients with multiple myeloma. We show that for the bottom-up part, digestions with trypsin and Nepenthes digestive fluid are sufficient to produce overlapping peptides able to generate the best sequence candidates. Top-down proteomics is absolutely required to achieve 100% final sequence coverage and characterize clinical samples containing several LCs. Our work highlights an unexpected range of modifications.


Assuntos
Mieloma Múltiplo , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Humanos , Cadeias Leves de Imunoglobulina/genética , Peptídeos/genética , Proteômica , Análise de Sequência de Proteína
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Nat Commun ; 11(1): 1941, 2020 04 22.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32321914

RESUMO

Cytokinesis requires the constriction of ESCRT-III filaments on the side of the midbody, where abscission occurs. After ESCRT recruitment at the midbody, it is not known how the ESCRT-III machinery localizes to the abscission site. To reveal actors involved in abscission, we obtained the proteome of intact, post-abscission midbodies (Flemmingsome) and identified 489 proteins enriched in this organelle. Among these proteins, we further characterized a plasma membrane-to-ESCRT module composed of the transmembrane proteoglycan syndecan-4, ALIX and syntenin, a protein that bridges ESCRT-III/ALIX to syndecans. The three proteins are highly recruited first at the midbody then at the abscission site, and their depletion delays abscission. Mechanistically, direct interactions between ALIX, syntenin and syndecan-4 are essential for proper enrichment of the ESCRT-III machinery at the abscission site, but not at the midbody. We propose that the ESCRT-III machinery must be physically coupled to a membrane protein at the cytokinetic abscission site for efficient scission, uncovering common requirements in cytokinesis, exosome formation and HIV budding.


Assuntos
Proteínas de Ligação ao Cálcio/metabolismo , Proteínas de Ciclo Celular/metabolismo , Membrana Celular/metabolismo , Citocinese , Complexos Endossomais de Distribuição Requeridos para Transporte/metabolismo , Organelas/metabolismo , Sindecana-4/metabolismo , Sinteninas/metabolismo , Proteínas de Ligação ao Cálcio/genética , Proteínas de Ciclo Celular/genética , Membrana Celular/genética , Complexos Endossomais de Distribuição Requeridos para Transporte/genética , Endossomos/genética , Endossomos/metabolismo , Células HeLa , Humanos , Organelas/genética , Ligação Proteica , Sindecana-4/genética , Sinteninas/genética
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Nat Protoc ; 13(3): 431-458, 2018 03.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29388937

RESUMO

Cross-linking coupled with mass spectrometry (XL-MS) has emerged as a powerful strategy for the identification of protein-protein interactions, characterization of interaction regions, and obtainment of structural information on proteins and protein complexes. In XL-MS, proteins or complexes are covalently stabilized with cross-linkers and digested, followed by identification of the cross-linked peptides by tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS). This provides spatial constraints that enable modeling of protein (complex) structures and regions of interaction. However, most XL-MS approaches are not capable of differentiating intramolecular from intermolecular links in multimeric complexes, and therefore they cannot be used to study homodimer interfaces. We have recently developed an approach that overcomes this limitation by stable isotope-labeling of one of the two monomers, thereby creating a homodimer with one 'light' and one 'heavy' monomer. Here, we describe a step-by-step protocol for stable isotope-labeling, followed by controlled denaturation and refolding in the presence of the wild-type protein. The resulting light-heavy dimers are cross-linked, digested, and analyzed by mass spectrometry. We show how to quantitatively analyze the corresponding data with SIM-XL, an XL-MS software with a module tailored toward the MS/MS data from homodimers. In addition, we provide a video tutorial of the data analysis with this protocol. This protocol can be performed in ∼14 d, and requires basic biochemical and mass spectrometry skills.


Assuntos
Marcação por Isótopo/métodos , Espectrometria de Massas em Tandem/métodos , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Reagentes de Ligações Cruzadas , Peptídeos , Conformação Proteica , Proteínas , Software
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Toxicon ; 149: 37-44, 2018 Jul.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29337218

RESUMO

The adenylate cyclase toxin (CyaA) plays an essential role in the early stages of respiratory tract colonization by Bordetella pertussis, the causative agent of whooping cough. Once secreted, CyaA invades eukaryotic cells, leading to cell death. The cell intoxication process involves a unique mechanism of translocation of the CyaA catalytic domain directly across the plasma membrane of the target cell. Herein, we review our recent results describing how calcium is involved in several steps of this intoxication process. In conditions mimicking the low calcium environment of the crowded bacterial cytosol, we show that the C-terminal, calcium-binding Repeat-in-ToXin (RTX) domain of CyaA, RD, is an extended, intrinsically disordered polypeptide chain with a significant level of local, secondary structure elements, appropriately sized for transport through the narrow channel of the secretion system. Upon secretion, the high calcium concentration in the extracellular milieu induces the refolding of RD, which likely acts as a scaffold to favor the refolding of the upstream domains of the full-length protein. Due to the presence of hydrophobic regions, CyaA is prone to aggregate into multimeric forms in vitro, in the absence of a chaotropic agent. We have recently defined the experimental conditions required for CyaA folding, comprising both calcium binding and molecular confinement. These parameters are critical for CyaA folding into a stable, monomeric and functional form. The monomeric, calcium-loaded (holo) toxin exhibits efficient liposome permeabilization and hemolytic activities in vitro, even in a fully calcium-free environment. By contrast, the toxin requires sub-millimolar calcium concentrations in solution to translocate its catalytic domain across the plasma membrane, indicating that free calcium in solution is actively involved in the CyaA toxin translocation process. Overall, this data demonstrates the remarkable adaptation of bacterial RTX toxins to the diversity of calcium concentrations it is exposed to in the successive environments encountered in the course of the intoxication process.


Assuntos
Toxina Adenilato Ciclase/química , Cálcio/química , Modelos Biológicos , Coqueluche/microbiologia , Toxina Adenilato Ciclase/metabolismo , Bordetella pertussis , Células Eucarióticas/microbiologia , Domínios Proteicos , Dobramento de Proteína , Sistemas de Translocação de Proteínas , Transporte Proteico
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PLoS Biol ; 15(12): e2004486, 2017 12.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29287065

RESUMO

Once translocated into the cytosol of target cells, the catalytic domain (AC) of the adenylate cyclase toxin (CyaA), a major virulence factor of Bordetella pertussis, is potently activated by binding calmodulin (CaM) to produce supraphysiological levels of cAMP, inducing cell death. Using a combination of small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS), hydrogen/deuterium exchange mass spectrometry (HDX-MS), and synchrotron radiation circular dichroism (SR-CD), we show that, in the absence of CaM, AC exhibits significant structural disorder, and a 75-residue-long stretch within AC undergoes a disorder-to-order transition upon CaM binding. Beyond this local folding, CaM binding induces long-range allosteric effects that stabilize the distant catalytic site, whilst preserving catalytic loop flexibility. We propose that the high enzymatic activity of AC is due to a tight balance between the CaM-induced decrease of structural flexibility around the catalytic site and the preservation of catalytic loop flexibility, allowing for fast substrate binding and product release. The CaM-induced dampening of AC conformational disorder is likely relevant to other CaM-activated enzymes.


Assuntos
Toxina Adenilato Ciclase/química , Bordetella pertussis/química , Calmodulina/química , Toxina Adenilato Ciclase/metabolismo , Toxina Adenilato Ciclase/fisiologia , Bordetella pertussis/patogenicidade , Sinalização do Cálcio , Calmodulina/metabolismo , Calmodulina/fisiologia , Catálise , Domínio Catalítico , Dicroísmo Circular , AMP Cíclico/metabolismo , Medição da Troca de Deutério , Espectrometria de Massas , Modelos Moleculares , Ligação Proteica , Conformação Proteica , Espalhamento a Baixo Ângulo , Síncrotrons
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Structure ; 25(11): 1645-1656.e5, 2017 11 07.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28966015

RESUMO

Hearing relies on the transduction of sound-evoked vibrations into electric signals, occurring in the stereocilia bundle of hair cells. The bundle is organized in a staircase pattern formed by rows of packed stereocilia. This architecture is pivotal to transduction and involves a network of scaffolding proteins with hitherto uncharacterized features. Key interactions in this network are mediated by PDZ domains. Here, we describe the architecture of the first two PDZ domains of whirlin, a protein involved in these assemblies and associated with congenital deaf-blindness. C-terminal hairpin extensions of the PDZ domains mediate the transient supramodular assembly, which improves the binding capacity of the first domain. We determined a detailed structural model of the closed conformation of the PDZ tandem and characterized its equilibrium with an ensemble of open conformations. The structural and dynamic behavior of this PDZ tandem provides key insights into the regulatory mechanisms involved in the hearing machinery.


Assuntos
Proteínas de Membrana/química , Proteínas do Tecido Nervoso/química , Domínios PDZ , Peptídeos/química , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Animais , Sítios de Ligação , Clonagem Molecular , Escherichia coli/genética , Escherichia coli/metabolismo , Expressão Gênica , Vetores Genéticos/química , Vetores Genéticos/metabolismo , Células Ciliadas Auditivas/citologia , Células Ciliadas Auditivas/metabolismo , Proteínas de Membrana/genética , Proteínas de Membrana/metabolismo , Camundongos , Simulação de Dinâmica Molecular , Proteínas do Tecido Nervoso/genética , Proteínas do Tecido Nervoso/metabolismo , Peptídeos/síntese química , Ligação Proteica , Conformação Proteica em alfa-Hélice , Conformação Proteica em Folha beta , Dobramento de Proteína , Proteínas Recombinantes/química , Proteínas Recombinantes/genética , Proteínas Recombinantes/metabolismo , Alinhamento de Sequência , Homologia de Sequência de Aminoácidos , Termodinâmica
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PLoS Pathog ; 13(10): e1006697, 2017 Oct.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29084252

RESUMO

At the crossroad between the NF-κB and the MAPK pathways, the ternary complex composed of p105, ABIN2 and TPL2 is essential for the host cell response to pathogens. The matrix protein (M) of field isolates of rabies virus was previously shown to disturb the signaling induced by RelAp43, a NF-κB protein close to RelA/p65. Here, we investigated how the M protein disturbs the NF-κB pathway in a RelAp43-dependant manner and the potential involvement of the ternary complex in this mechanism. Using a tandem affinity purification coupled with mass spectrometry approach, we show that RelAp43 interacts with the p105-ABIN2-TPL2 complex and we observe a strong perturbation of this complex in presence of M protein. M protein interaction with RelAp43 is associated with a wide disturbance of NF-κB signaling, involving a modulation of IκBα-, IκBß-, and IκBε-RelAp43 interaction and a favored interaction of RelAp43 with the non-canonical pathway (RelB and p100/p52). Monitoring the interactions between host and viral proteins using protein-fragment complementation assay and bioluminescent resonance energy transfer, we further show that RelAp43 is associated to the p105-ABIN2-TPL2 complex as RelAp43-p105 interaction stabilizes the formation of a complex with ABIN2 and TPL2. Interestingly, the M protein interacts not only with RelAp43 but also with TPL2 and ABIN2. Upon interaction with this complex, M protein promotes the release of ABIN2, which ultimately favors the production of RelAp43-p50 NF-κB dimers. The use of recombinant rabies viruses further indicates that this mechanism leads to the control of IFNß, TNF and CXCL2 expression during the infection and a high pathogenicity profile in rabies virus infected mice. All together, our results demonstrate the important role of RelAp43 and M protein in the regulation of NF-κB signaling.


Assuntos
Proteínas Adaptadoras de Transdução de Sinal/metabolismo , MAP Quinase Quinase Quinases/metabolismo , Sistema de Sinalização das MAP Quinases , Complexos Multiproteicos/metabolismo , Subunidade p50 de NF-kappa B/metabolismo , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas/metabolismo , Vírus da Raiva/metabolismo , Raiva/metabolismo , Proteínas Adaptadoras de Transdução de Sinal/genética , Células HEK293 , Células HeLa , Humanos , MAP Quinase Quinase Quinases/genética , Complexos Multiproteicos/genética , Subunidade p50 de NF-kappa B/genética , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas/genética , Raiva/genética , Vírus da Raiva/genética , Fator de Transcrição RelA/genética , Fator de Transcrição RelA/metabolismo , Proteínas Virais/genética , Proteínas Virais/metabolismo
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Toxins (Basel) ; 9(10)2017 09 26.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28954396

RESUMO

Bordetella pertussis and Bordetella parapertussis are the causal agents of whooping cough in humans. They produce diverse virulence factors, including adenylate cyclase-hemolysin (AC-Hly), a secreted toxin of the repeat in toxins (RTX) family with cyclase, pore-forming, and hemolytic activities. Post-translational modifications (PTMs) are essential for the biological activities of the toxin produced by B. pertussis. In this study, we compared AC-Hly toxins from various clinical isolates of B. pertussis and B. parapertussis, focusing on (i) the genomic sequences of cyaA genes, (ii) the PTMs of partially purified AC-Hly, and (iii) the cytotoxic activity of the various AC-Hly toxins. The genes encoding the AC-Hly toxins of B. pertussis and B. parapertussis displayed very limited polymorphism in each species. Most of the sequence differences between the two species were found in the C-terminal part of the protein. Both toxins harbored PTMs, mostly corresponding to palmitoylations of the lysine 860 residue and palmoylations and myristoylations of lysine 983 for B. pertussis and AC-Hly and palmitoylations of lysine 894 and myristoylations of lysine 1017 for B. parapertussis AC-Hly. Purified AC-Hly from B. pertussis was cytotoxic to macrophages, whereas that from B. parapertussis was not.


Assuntos
Toxina Adenilato Ciclase , Bordetella parapertussis , Bordetella pertussis , Toxina Adenilato Ciclase/genética , Toxina Adenilato Ciclase/metabolismo , Toxina Adenilato Ciclase/toxicidade , Bordetella parapertussis/genética , Bordetella parapertussis/metabolismo , Bordetella pertussis/genética , Bordetella pertussis/metabolismo , Linhagem Celular , Macrófagos/efeitos dos fármacos , Processamento de Proteína Pós-Traducional
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Nature ; 544(7651): 446-451, 2017 04 27.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28424515

RESUMO

Human members of the solute carrier 1 (SLC1) family of transporters take up excitatory neurotransmitters in the brain and amino acids in peripheral organs. Dysregulation of the function of SLC1 transporters is associated with neurodegenerative disorders and cancer. Here we present crystal structures of a thermostabilized human SLC1 transporter, the excitatory amino acid transporter 1 (EAAT1), with and without allosteric and competitive inhibitors bound. The structures reveal architectural features of the human transporters, such as intra- and extracellular domains that have potential roles in transport function, regulation by lipids and post-translational modifications. The coordination of the allosteric inhibitor in the structures and the change in the transporter dynamics measured by hydrogen-deuterium exchange mass spectrometry reveal a mechanism of inhibition, in which the transporter is locked in the outward-facing states of the transport cycle. Our results provide insights into the molecular mechanisms underlying the function and pharmacology of human SLC1 transporters.


Assuntos
Regulação Alostérica/efeitos dos fármacos , Transportador 1 de Aminoácido Excitatório/antagonistas & inibidores , Transportador 1 de Aminoácido Excitatório/química , Sítio Alostérico/efeitos dos fármacos , Cristalização , Cristalografia por Raios X , Medição da Troca de Deutério , Transportador 1 de Aminoácido Excitatório/metabolismo , Humanos , Espectrometria de Massas , Modelos Moleculares , Domínios Proteicos/efeitos dos fármacos
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Vet Parasitol ; 220: 23-7, 2016 Apr 15.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26995717

RESUMO

Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is one of the most prevalent parasitic infection of the brain and the most common cause of seizures in adults in tropical countries. Cysticercosis is caused by larvae of Taenia solium, a human tapeworm. Pig or humans are infected by ingestion of eggs in food contaminated by human feces. Diagnosis and treatment of pigs is a pillar of the control of the disease in a country. However current diagnostic tests are based on ELISA and/or Western blot using native antigens needing laboratory facilities not available in rural areas. Development of a pen side diagnostic test for swines, makes sense. Immunochromatographic test should be adapted for this purpose. To design it we started a bio-guided identification of new proteins in cysticercus fluid. Proteins were analyzed using ion exchange chromatography and 2D separation and were selected by Western blot analysis using sera from infected/non infected pigs. Spots from the Coomassie-stained gel corresponding to these proteins were then analyzed by mass spectroscopy and proteins were identified using a bank of Expressed Sequence Tags (EST) of T. solium. Eighteen new proteins of interest were identified and nine were selected for further development.


Assuntos
Antígenos de Helmintos/sangue , Antígenos de Helmintos/genética , Cromatografia de Afinidade/veterinária , Cisticercose/diagnóstico , Cysticercus/genética , Doenças dos Suínos/diagnóstico , Animais , Antígenos de Helmintos/isolamento & purificação , Cromatografia de Afinidade/normas , Cisticercose/sangue , Polimorfismo Genético/genética , Suínos , Doenças dos Suínos/sangue
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Phys Chem Chem Phys ; 18(3): 2202-9, 2016 Jan 21.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26690386

RESUMO

The b2 structures of model systems Xxx-Flp-Ala (Flp = 4R-fluoroproline) and Xxx-flp-Ala (flp = 4S-fluoroproline) (where Xxx is Val or Tyr) were studied by action IRMPD spectroscopy. Proline ring substitutions influence the trans/cis isomerization of the precursor ion, resulting in different b2 fragment ion structures by collision induced dissociation. Vibrational spectra of the b2 ions of Val-Flp and Val-flp exhibit highly intense bands at ~1970 cm(-1), revealing that the dominant ion in each case is an oxazolone. The major difference between the spectra of b2 ions for R vs. S fluoroproline is a collection of peaks at 1690 and 1750 cm(-1), characteristic of a diketopiperazine structure, which were only present in the 4S-fluoroproline (flp) cases. This suggests only one b2 ion structure (oxazolone) is being formed for Flp-containing peptides, whereas flp-containing peptides produce a mixture of a dominant oxazolone with a lower population of diketopiperazine. In solution, Flp is known to possess a higher trans percentage in the N-terminally adjacent peptide bond, with flp inducing a greater proportion of the cis conformation. The diketopiperazine formation observed here correlates directly with the Ktrans/cis trend previously shown in solution, highlighting that the trans/cis isomerization likelihood for proline residues modified in the 4(th) position is retained in the gas-phase.


Assuntos
Flúor/química , Gases/química , Peptídeos/química , Prolina/química , Estereoisomerismo
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PLoS Pathog ; 11(9): e1005162, 2015 Sep.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26367394

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The ability of pathogens to cause disease depends on their aptitude to escape the immune system. Type IV pili are extracellular filamentous virulence factors composed of pilin monomers and frequently expressed by bacterial pathogens. As such they are major targets for the host immune system. In the human pathogen Neisseria meningitidis, strains expressing class I pilins contain a genetic recombination system that promotes variation of the pilin sequence and is thought to aid immune escape. However, numerous hypervirulent clinical isolates express class II pilins that lack this property. This raises the question of how they evade immunity targeting type IV pili. As glycosylation is a possible source of antigenic variation it was investigated using top-down mass spectrometry to provide the highest molecular precision on the modified proteins. Unlike class I pilins that carry a single glycan, we found that class II pilins display up to 5 glycosylation sites per monomer on the pilus surface. Swapping of pilin class and genetic background shows that the pilin primary structure determines multisite glycosylation while the genetic background determines the nature of the glycans. Absence of glycosylation in class II pilins affects pilus biogenesis or enhances pilus-dependent aggregation in a strain specific fashion highlighting the extensive functional impact of multisite glycosylation. Finally, molecular modeling shows that glycans cover the surface of class II pilins and strongly decrease antibody access to the polypeptide chain. This strongly supports a model where strains expressing class II pilins evade the immune system by changing their sugar structure rather than pilin primary structure. Overall these results show that sequence invariable class II pilins are cloaked in glycans with extensive functional and immunological consequences.


Assuntos
Endotélio Vascular/microbiologia , Proteínas de Fímbrias/metabolismo , Fímbrias Bacterianas/metabolismo , Evasão da Resposta Imune , Modelos Moleculares , Neisseria meningitidis/metabolismo , Processamento de Proteína Pós-Traducional , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Aderência Bacteriana , Linhagem Celular , Células Cultivadas , Sequência Conservada , Endotélio Vascular/citologia , Endotélio Vascular/imunologia , Endotélio Vascular/patologia , Proteínas de Fímbrias/química , Proteínas de Fímbrias/genética , Fímbrias Bacterianas/imunologia , Fímbrias Bacterianas/ultraestrutura , Deleção de Genes , Glicosilação , Interações Hospedeiro-Patógeno , Células Endoteliais da Veia Umbilical Humana/citologia , Células Endoteliais da Veia Umbilical Humana/imunologia , Células Endoteliais da Veia Umbilical Humana/microbiologia , Células Endoteliais da Veia Umbilical Humana/patologia , Humanos , Infecções Meningocócicas/imunologia , Infecções Meningocócicas/metabolismo , Infecções Meningocócicas/microbiologia , Infecções Meningocócicas/patologia , Microscopia Eletrônica de Transmissão , Neisseria meningitidis/imunologia , Neisseria meningitidis/ultraestrutura , Homologia de Sequência de Aminoácidos , Especificidade da Espécie , Propriedades de Superfície
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Cell Microbiol ; 17(12): 1699-720, 2015 Dec.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26084942

RESUMO

Salmonella invades epithelial cells and survives within a membrane-bound compartment, the Salmonella-containing vacuole (SCV). We isolated and determined the host protein composition of the SCV at 30 min and 3 h of infection to identify and characterize novel regulators of intracellular bacterial localization and growth. Quantitation of the SCV protein content revealed 392 host proteins specifically enriched at SCVs, out of which 173 associated exclusively with early SCVs, 124 with maturing SCV and 95 proteins during both time-points. Vacuole interactions with endoplasmic reticulum-derived coat protein complex II vesicles modulate early steps of SCV maturation, promoting SCV rupture and bacterial hyper-replication within the host cytosol. On the other hand, SCV interactions with VAMP7-positive lysosome-like vesicles promote Salmonella-induced filament formation and bacterial growth within the late SCV. Our results reveal that the dynamic communication between the SCV and distinct host organelles affects both intracellular Salmonella localization and growth at successive steps of host cell invasion.


Assuntos
Vesículas Revestidas pelo Complexo de Proteína do Envoltório/metabolismo , Células Epiteliais/microbiologia , Interações Hospedeiro-Patógeno , Lisossomos/metabolismo , Proteínas R-SNARE/metabolismo , Salmonella typhimurium/fisiologia , Vacúolos/microbiologia , Células Epiteliais/fisiologia , Células HeLa , Humanos , Salmonella typhimurium/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Vacúolos/química
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