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Sci Rep ; 9(1): 19585, 2019 12 20.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31863054

RESUMEN

Potential inhibitors of a target biomolecule, NAD-dependent deacetylase Sirtuin 1, were identified by a contest-based approach, in which participants were asked to propose a prioritized list of 400 compounds from a designated compound library containing 2.5 million compounds using in silico methods and scoring. Our aim was to identify target enzyme inhibitors and to benchmark computer-aided drug discovery methods under the same experimental conditions. Collecting compound lists derived from various methods is advantageous for aggregating compounds with structurally diversified properties compared with the use of a single method. The inhibitory action on Sirtuin 1 of approximately half of the proposed compounds was experimentally accessed. Ultimately, seven structurally diverse compounds were identified.

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Sci Signal ; 11(544)2018 08 21.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30131369

RESUMEN

Leukotriene B4 (LTB4) receptor type 1 (BLT1) is abundant in phagocytic and immune cells and plays crucial roles in various inflammatory diseases. BLT1 is phosphorylated at several serine and threonine residues upon stimulation with the inflammatory lipid LTB4 Using Phos-tag gel electrophoresis to separate differentially phosphorylated forms of BLT1, we identified two distinct types of phosphorylation, basal and ligand-induced, in the carboxyl terminus of human BLT1. In the absence of LTB4, the basal phosphorylation sites were modified to various degrees, giving rise to many different phosphorylated forms of BLT1. Different concentrations of LTB4 induced distinct phosphorylation events, and these ligand-induced modifications facilitated additional phosphorylation events at the basal phosphorylation sites. Because neutrophils migrate toward inflammatory sites along a gradient of LTB4, the degree of BLT1 phosphorylation likely increases in parallel with the increase in LTB4 concentration as the cells migrate. At high concentrations of LTB4, deficiencies in these two types of phosphorylation events impaired chemotaxis and ß-hexosaminidase release, a proxy for degranulation, in Chinese hamster ovary (CHO-K1) and rat basophilic leukemia (RBL-2H3) cells, respectively. These results suggest that an LTB4 gradient around inflammatory sites enhances BLT1 phosphorylation in a stepwise manner to facilitate the precise migration of phagocytic and immune cells and the initiation of local responses, including degranulation.


Asunto(s)
Leucotrieno B4/farmacología , Neutrófilos/efectos de los fármacos , Receptores de Leucotrieno B4/metabolismo , Transducción de Señal/efectos de los fármacos , Animales , Células CHO , Línea Celular , Línea Celular Tumoral , Movimiento Celular/efectos de los fármacos , Cricetinae , Cricetulus , Células HL-60 , Células HeLa , Humanos , Leucotrieno B4/metabolismo , Ratones , Neutrófilos/citología , Neutrófilos/metabolismo , Fosforilación/efectos de los fármacos , Ratas , Receptores de Leucotrieno B4/genética
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J Biosci Bioeng ; 126(3): 363-370, 2018 Sep.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29655915

RESUMEN

G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) are involved in many diseases and important biological phenomena; elucidating the mechanisms underlying regulation of their signal transduction potentially provides both novel targets for drug discovery and insight into living systems. A proton-sensing GPCR, ovarian cancer G protein-coupled receptor 1 (OGR1), has been reported to be related to acidosis and diseases that cause tissue acidification, but the mechanism of proton-induced activation of OGR1-mediated signal transduction in acidic conditions remains unclear. Here, pH-dependent intracellular trafficking of OGR1 was visualized in living leukocytes by a real-time fluorescence microscopic method based on sortase A-mediated pulse labeling of OGR1. OGR1 labeled on the cell surface with a small fluorescent dye was clearly observed to remain in the plasma membrane during incubation in mildly acidic medium (pH 6.6) and to be internalized to the intracellular compartments on changing the medium to slightly basic pH (7.7). Quantitative single-cell image analysis showed that most of the internalized OGR1s were then recycled to the plasma membrane for signal transduction if the extracellular pH was returned to the mildly acidic state. However, in a minor population of cells (40%), the internalized OGR1s were retained in endosomes or transported to lysosomes and degraded, leading to low efficiency of their recycling to the plasma membrane. Thus, the present live-cell monitoring strongly suggests that the signal transduction activity of OGR1 is regulated by pH-dependent internalization and recycling to the plasma membrane.


Asunto(s)
Sistemas de Computación , Leucocitos/metabolismo , Imagen Molecular/métodos , Receptores Acoplados a Proteínas G/metabolismo , Aminoaciltransferasas/química , Aminoaciltransferasas/metabolismo , Animales , Proteínas Bacterianas/química , Proteínas Bacterianas/metabolismo , Membrana Celular/metabolismo , Células Cultivadas , Cisteína Endopeptidasas/química , Cisteína Endopeptidasas/metabolismo , Citoplasma/metabolismo , Concentración de Iones de Hidrógeno , Ratones , Transporte de Proteínas , Coloración y Etiquetado/métodos
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Sci Rep ; 7(1): 14962, 2017 11 02.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29097751

RESUMEN

Molecular networks on the cytoplasmic faces of cellular plasma membranes are critical research topics in biological sciences and medicinal chemistry. However, the selective permeability of the cell membrane restricts the researchers from accessing to the intact intracellular factors on the membrane from the outside. Here, a microfluidic method to prepare cell membrane sheets was developed as a promising tool for direct examination of the cytoplasmic faces of cell membranes. Mammalian cells immobilized on a poly(ethylene glycol)-lipid coated substrate were rapidly and efficiently fractured, with the sheer stress of laminar flow in microchannels, resulting in isolation of the bottom cell membrane sheets with exposed intact cytoplasmic faces. On these faces of the cell membrane sheets, both ligand-induced phosphorylation of receptor tyrosine kinases and selective enzymatic modification of a G-protein coupling receptor were directly observed. Thus, the present cell membrane sheet should serve as a unique platform for studies providing new insights into juxta-membrane molecular networks and drug discovery.


Asunto(s)
Membrana Celular/metabolismo , Citoplasma/metabolismo , Dispositivos Laboratorio en un Chip , Micromanipulación/instrumentación , Animales , Biocatálisis , Línea Celular , Membrana Celular/ultraestructura , Citoplasma/ultraestructura , Diseño de Equipo , Humanos , Ratones , Microscopía Confocal , Microscopía Electrónica de Rastreo , Fosforilación
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Lab Chip ; 17(11): 1933-1938, 2017 05 31.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28475195

RESUMEN

G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are important targets in medical and pharmaceutical research fields, because they play key roles in a variety of biological processes. Recently, intracellular trafficking of GPCRs involving endosomal internalization and recycling to the plasma membrane has been studied as a regulation mechanism for GPCR activities. However, the absence of a quantitative single-cell analysis method has hampered conditional GPCR trafficking studies and the possibility of gaining significant insights into the mechanism of regulation of GPCR signaling. Here, we report a facile image cytometry method to analyze the trafficking of GPCRs. In this method, GPCR-expressing cells were arrayed with a photo-responsive cell-immobilizing reagent in a single-cell manner, and the tagged GPCR was visualized by pulse-labeling with a fluorescent dye through sortase-mediated peptide-tag ligation. We quantified the intracellular distribution changes of a pH-dependent GPCR, G2A, by time-course observation under mildly acidic and slightly basic pH conditions. The difference in pH-dependent G2A trafficking between individual cells was automatically detected by an image analysis custom software program, and simultaneously, the average distribution ratios were also determined for understanding the properties of G2A. The present method should be applicable for investigating the dynamic intracellular trafficking of a wide variety of GPCRs under various conditions in a high-throughput manner.


Asunto(s)
Citoplasma/metabolismo , Citometría de Imagen/métodos , Receptores Acoplados a Proteínas G/metabolismo , Análisis de la Célula Individual/métodos , Animales , Células Cultivadas , Células Inmovilizadas , Citoplasma/química , Colorantes Fluorescentes/análisis , Colorantes Fluorescentes/química , Humanos , Microscopía Confocal , Transporte de Proteínas/fisiología , Receptores Acoplados a Proteínas G/análisis , Análisis de la Célula Individual/instrumentación
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FASEB J ; 28(9): 3965-74, 2014 Sep.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24891524

RESUMEN

G2A (from G2 accumulation) receptor is a member of the proton-sensing G-protein coupled receptor (GPCR) family and induces signal transduction events that regulate the cell cycle, proliferation, oncogenesis, and immunity. The mechanism by which G2A-mediated signal transduction is regulated by the extracellular pH remains unresolved. Here, we first visualize the pH-dependent G2A distribution change in living cells by a sortase A-mediated pulse labeling technology: the short-peptide tag-fused human G2A on human embryo kidney HEK293T cell surfaces was labeled with a small fluorescent dye in the presence of lysophosphatidylcholine, and the labeled G2A was chased at acidic and neutral pHs in real time by microscope time course observations. G2A internalization from cell surfaces into intracellular compartments was observed to be inhibited under acidic pH conditions, and this inhibition was relieved at neutral pH. Additionally, the internalized G2A was redistributed onto cell surfaces by jumping from a neutral to an acidic pH. From quantitative image analysis data, we conclude the amount of G2A on the cell surface was controlled by suppressing the G2A internalization rate by one-tenth in response to the extracellular acidic pH, and this acidic pH-induced G2A accumulation on cell surfaces may be explained by proton-induced dissociation of G2A from endocytic machinery.


Asunto(s)
Membrana Celular/metabolismo , Técnica del Anticuerpo Fluorescente , Colorantes Fluorescentes , Fragmentos de Péptidos/metabolismo , Receptores Acoplados a Proteínas G/metabolismo , Aminoaciltransferasas/metabolismo , Proteínas Bacterianas/metabolismo , Cisteína Endopeptidasas/metabolismo , Células HEK293 , Humanos , Concentración de Iones de Hidrógeno , Procesamiento de Imagen Asistido por Computador , Lisofosfatidilcolinas/metabolismo , Microscopía Confocal , Modelos Estadísticos , Fragmentos de Péptidos/química , Fagocitosis , Transporte de Proteínas , Transducción de Señal
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