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Sci Rep ; 10(1): 9095, 2020 06 04.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32499602

RESUMEN

The biological processes that are associated with the physiological fitness state of a cell comprise a diverse set of molecular events. Reactive oxygen species (ROS), mitochondrial dysfunction, telomere shortening, genomic instability, epigenetic changes, protein aggregation, and down-regulation of quality control mechanisms are all hallmarks of cellular decline. Stress-related and decline-related changes can be assayed, but usually through means that are highly disruptive to living cells and tissues. Biomarkers for organismal decline and aging are urgently needed for diagnostic and drug development. Our goal in this study is to provide a proof-of-concept for a non-invasive assay of global molecular events in the cytoplasm of living animals. We show that Microwave Dielectric Spectroscopy (MDS) can be used to determine the hydration state of the intracellular environment in live C. elegans worms. MDS spectra were correlative with altered states in the cellular protein folding environment known to be associated with previously described mutations in the C. elegans lifespan and stress-response pathways.


Asunto(s)
Envejecimiento/metabolismo , Biomarcadores/metabolismo , Agua Corporal/metabolismo , Caenorhabditis elegans/genética , Caenorhabditis elegans/metabolismo , Citoplasma/metabolismo , Longevidad/genética , Envejecimiento/genética , Animales , Caenorhabditis elegans/citología , Caenorhabditis elegans/fisiología , Espectroscopía Dieléctrica , Inestabilidad Genómica , Estrés Oxidativo/genética , Pliegue de Proteína , Proteínas/metabolismo , Especies Reactivas de Oxígeno/metabolismo , Acortamiento del Telómero
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Neurosci Res ; 70(4): 435-41, 2011 Aug.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21616100

RESUMEN

A broad range of neurodegenerative disorders result from the cytotoxicity conferred by aberrantly folded mutant proteins. Intriguingly, the cytotoxicity and aggregation property of a few mutant proteins are known to be modulated by the flanking sequences. One of such modulators is the proline repeat tract. Using a mammalian cellular model, we show here that proline repeat tract, both in cis- and in trans-positions, ameliorate the cytotoxicity of wide range of misfolded proteins coded by synthetic constructs. We further show that the proline repeat tract could possibly confer protection against the cytotoxicity of misfolded proteins by altering their conformation at the time of their synthesis. Thus, our study elucidates the mechanism by which the proline repeat tract might ameliorate the toxicity of misfolded proteins, and opens up new therapeutic modalities for disorders caused by cytotoxic misfolded proteins.


Asunto(s)
Prolina/química , Pliegue de Proteína , Deficiencias en la Proteostasis , Secuencia de Aminoácidos , Animales , Células COS , Chlorocebus aethiops , Datos de Secuencia Molecular , Mutación/genética , Prolina/genética , Proteínas/antagonistas & inhibidores , Proteínas/toxicidad , Deficiencias en la Proteostasis/genética , Secuencias Repetitivas de Aminoácido/genética , Estereoisomerismo
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J Genet ; 89(4): 437-47, 2010 Dec.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21273694

RESUMEN

We investigated the promoter polymorphisms of the pituitary growth hormone gene (GH1) and exon 3 deletion polymorphism (GHRd3) in its receptor gene (GHR) in 299 angiographically proven patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) and 231 asymptomatic controls enrolled in the ongoing Indian Atherosclerosis Research Study. Real time PCR based analysis of the GHR variant showed significant association of the GHRd3 deletion allele with CAD (OR 0.48, 95% CI: 0.30-0.76, P = 0.0014) and a dominant model of inheritance (Akaike information criterion = 482). The deletion allele showed significant association with high plasma HDL-c levels (P = 0.001). Sequencing of the proximal promoter region of GH1 revealed 12 novel polymorphisms and a TAGA haplotype constituted by the functional SNPs rs2005171, rs11568828, rs2005172 and rs6171, that showed significant association with CAD alone (adjusted OR of 3.31 (95% CI = 1.33-8.29, P = 0.011) and in CAD patients with diabetes (P = 0.019). Mean standardized height was associated with three of the four haplotype-tagging SNPs in the cohort (P ≤ 0.03). Eleven of the 12 polymorphic promoter SNPs contributed to 14.7% of variation in height in females in the whole dataset (P = 0.029). CAD patients with history of stroke exhibited marginally significantly lower mean height as compared to rest of the cohort (P < 0.006). In conclusion, genetic polymorphisms in the GHR gene and its ligand, GH1, may modulate the risk of CAD in the Asian Indian population.


Asunto(s)
Enfermedad de la Arteria Coronaria/genética , Hormona del Crecimiento/genética , Polimorfismo Genético , Receptores de Somatotropina/genética , Alelos , Pueblo Asiatico/genética , Aterosclerosis/genética , Estudios de Casos y Controles , HDL-Colesterol/sangre , Estudios de Cohortes , Angiografía Coronaria , Enfermedad de la Arteria Coronaria/diagnóstico por imagen , Femenino , Genes Reguladores , Predisposición Genética a la Enfermedad , Haplotipos , Humanos , India , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Polimorfismo de Nucleótido Simple , Accidente Cerebrovascular/complicaciones
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Biochem Biophys Res Commun ; 380(2): 382-6, 2009 Mar 06.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19250635

RESUMEN

Proteins with homopolymeric repeat tracts are very common in the human proteome. Intriguingly, some but not all repeat tracts show length variation in the population and, in a few, the expansion of repeat tract beyond the normal length is associated with neurodegenerative and developmental disorders. In this study we have addressed questions such as why some amino acid residues are favored in longer repeat tracts and why repeat tracts show terminal bias. Using cell biological assays for repeat tracts fused to green fluorescent protein we show here that homopolymeric repeats that are beyond their naturally occurring length in the proteome are cytotoxic in nature. This toxicity is further modulated by the length of the peptide that bears the repeat and the spatial location of the repeat within the peptide. Thus, the cellular toxicity appears to be one of the selective processes that regulate the evolution of homopolymeric repeats in the proteome.


Asunto(s)
Evolución Molecular , Proteínas/metabolismo , Proteínas/toxicidad , Proteoma , Secuencias Repetitivas de Aminoácido , Animales , Células COS , Chlorocebus aethiops , Proteínas Fluorescentes Verdes/genética , Proteínas Fluorescentes Verdes/metabolismo , Proteínas Fluorescentes Verdes/toxicidad , Humanos , Proteínas/genética
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Hum Mol Genet ; 18(4): 688-700, 2009 Feb 15.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19036738

RESUMEN

Lafora disease (LD), a progressive form of inherited epilepsy, is associated with widespread neurodegeneration and the formation of polyglucosan bodies in the neurons. Laforin, a protein phosphatase, and malin, an E3 ubiquitin ligase, are two of the proteins that are defective in LD. We have shown recently that laforin and malin (referred together as LD proteins) are recruited to aggresome upon proteasomal blockade, possibly to clear misfolded proteins through the ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS). Here we test this possibility using a variety of cytotoxic misfolded proteins, including the expanded polyglutamine protein, as potential substrates. Laforin and malin, together with Hsp70 as a functional complex, suppress the cellular toxicity of misfolded proteins, and all the three members of this complex are required for this function. Laforin and malin interact with misfolded proteins and promote their degradation through the UPS. LD proteins are recruited to the polyglutamine aggregates and reduce the frequency of aggregate-positive cells. Taken together, our results suggest that the malin-laforin complex is a novel player in the neuronal response to misfolded proteins and could be potential therapeutic targets for neurodegenerative disorders associated with cytotoxic proteins.


Asunto(s)
Proteínas Portadoras/metabolismo , Enfermedad de Lafora/metabolismo , Complejo de la Endopetidasa Proteasomal/metabolismo , Pliegue de Proteína , Proteínas Tirosina Fosfatasas no Receptoras/metabolismo , Ubiquitina/metabolismo , Animales , Células COS , Proteínas Portadoras/genética , Chlorocebus aethiops , Proteínas HSP70 de Choque Térmico/genética , Proteínas HSP70 de Choque Térmico/metabolismo , Humanos , Enfermedad de Lafora/genética , Ratones , Ratones Transgénicos , Complejo de la Endopetidasa Proteasomal/genética , Unión Proteica , Proteínas Tirosina Fosfatasas no Receptoras/genética , Ubiquitina/genética , Ubiquitina-Proteína Ligasas
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Front Biosci ; 13: 4467-84, 2008 May 01.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18508523

RESUMEN

One of the most compelling reasons for the study of repetitive DNA sequence in the human genome has been the instability of simple repeat sequences associating with a growing and an interesting group of disorders affecting the neurological, neuromuscular or developmental processes. As a result, the molecular processes that underlie this unique form of mutation and the pathological pathways that lead to the disorders are being uncovered rapidly and are being intensively investigated. Genes with expanded repeats exhibit either loss-of-function or gain-of-function effect at the protein and/or RNA level. In this review, we aim to provide an overview of the recent advances in molecular pathology of disorders associated with heritable changes in the length of the repeat sequences, and examine how dynamism in these repeats is regulated.


Asunto(s)
Evolución Molecular , Enfermedades Genéticas Congénitas/genética , Secuencias Repetitivas de Ácidos Nucleicos , Inestabilidad Cromosómica/genética , ADN/genética , Reparación del ADN , Replicación del ADN , Código Genético , Genoma Humano , Humanos , Péptidos/genética , ARN/genética , Transcripción Genética
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Mol Biol Evol ; 23(7): 1357-69, 2006 Jul.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16618963

RESUMEN

Mutations causing expansion of amino acid repeats are responsible for 19 hereditary disorders. Repeats in several other proteins also show length variations. These observations prompted us to identify single amino acid repeat-containing proteins (SARPs) in humans and to understand their functional and evolutionary significance. We identified 8812 SARPs containing 17 146 repeat domains, each harboring 4 or more residues. In all, 5% of SARPs (471) showed repeat length variations, and nearly 84% of them (394) have repeats of 10 residues or less. We find that SARPs are involved in functions that require formation of multiprotein complexes. Nearly 78% (6859) of the SARPs did not find a paralogue in the human proteome, and such proteins are considered as orphan SARPs. Orphan SARPs show longer repeat stretches, longer peptide length, and lower expression levels as compared with SARPs belonging to protein family. Because the intensity of gene expression is known to relate inversely with the rate of protein sequence evolution, our results suggest that the orphan SARPs evolve faster than the familial forms and therefore are under a weaker selection pressure. We also find that while GC-rich codons are favored for coding the repeat tracts of SARPs, specific codons and not nucleotide motifs per se are selected, suggesting functional constraints placed on the usage of codons. One of the constraints could be the mRNA stability as clustering of rare codons is known to destabilize the transcripts and rare codons are not favored for coding repeat tracts. Genes encoding polymorphic SARPs show preferential localization toward the telomeric segments. Further, the sex-specific recombination rates of the chromosomal locus strongly correlate with the parental gender that influence the repeat instability in disorder caused by dynamic mutation. Therefore, instability associated with repeats might be driven by processes that are specific to sperm or oocyte development, and the recombination frequency might play a positive role in this process.


Asunto(s)
Evolución Molecular , Genómica , Proteínas/genética , Secuencias Repetitivas de Aminoácido/genética , Secuencia de Bases , Codón/genética , Biología Computacional/métodos , Femenino , Secuencia Rica en GC/genética , Frecuencia de los Genes , Genoma Humano/genética , Humanos , Masculino , Polimorfismo Genético/genética , Expansión de Repetición de Trinucleótido/genética , Repeticiones de Trinucleótidos/genética
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