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Cell ; 185(26): 4971-4985.e16, 2022 12 22.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36462505

RESUMO

Intraflagellar transport (IFT) trains are massive molecular machines that traffic proteins between cilia and the cell body. Each IFT train is a dynamic polymer of two large complexes (IFT-A and -B) and motor proteins, posing a formidable challenge to mechanistic understanding. Here, we reconstituted the complete human IFT-A complex and obtained its structure using cryo-EM. Combined with AlphaFold prediction and genome-editing studies, our results illuminate how IFT-A polymerizes, interacts with IFT-B, and uses an array of ß-propeller and TPR domains to create "carriages" of the IFT train that engage TULP adaptor proteins. We show that IFT-A⋅TULP carriages are essential for cilia localization of diverse membrane proteins, as well as ICK-the key kinase regulating IFT train turnaround. These data establish a structural link between IFT-A's distinct functions, provide a blueprint for IFT-A in the train, and shed light on how IFT evolved from a proto-coatomer ancestor.


Assuntos
Cílios , Cinesinas , Humanos , Cílios/metabolismo , Transporte Biológico , Cinesinas/metabolismo , Dineínas/metabolismo , Proteínas de Membrana/metabolismo , Transporte Proteico , Flagelos/metabolismo
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EMBO J ; 43(7): 1257-1272, 2024 Apr.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38454149

RESUMO

Dynein-2 is a large multiprotein complex that powers retrograde intraflagellar transport (IFT) of cargoes within cilia/flagella, but the molecular mechanism underlying this function is still emerging. Distinctively, dynein-2 contains two identical force-generating heavy chains that interact with two different intermediate chains (WDR34 and WDR60). Here, we dissect regulation of dynein-2 function by WDR34 and WDR60 using an integrative approach including cryo-electron microscopy and CRISPR/Cas9-enabled cell biology. A 3.9 Å resolution structure shows how WDR34 and WDR60 use surprisingly different interactions to engage equivalent sites of the two heavy chains. We show that cilia can assemble in the absence of either WDR34 or WDR60 individually, but not both subunits. Dynein-2-dependent distribution of cargoes depends more strongly on WDR60, because the unique N-terminal extension of WDR60 facilitates dynein-2 targeting to cilia. Strikingly, this N-terminal extension can be transplanted onto WDR34 and retain function, suggesting it acts as a flexible tether to the IFT "trains" that assemble at the ciliary base. We discuss how use of unstructured tethers represents an emerging theme in IFT train interactions.


Assuntos
Cílios , Dineínas , Dineínas/metabolismo , Microscopia Crioeletrônica , Transporte Biológico , Cílios/metabolismo , Flagelos/metabolismo
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Cell ; 150(5): 975-86, 2012 Aug 31.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22939623

RESUMO

The lissencephaly protein Lis1 has been reported to regulate the mechanical behavior of cytoplasmic dynein, the primary minus-end-directed microtubule motor. However, the regulatory mechanism remains poorly understood. Here, we address this issue using purified proteins from Saccharomyces cerevisiae and a combination of techniques, including single-molecule imaging and single-particle electron microscopy. We show that rather than binding to the main ATPase site within dynein's AAA+ ring or its microtubule-binding stalk directly, Lis1 engages the interface between these elements. Lis1 causes individual dynein motors to remain attached to microtubules for extended periods, even during cycles of ATP hydrolysis that would canonically induce detachment. Thus, Lis1 operates like a "clutch" that prevents dynein's ATPase domain from transmitting a detachment signal to its track-binding domain. We discuss how these findings provide a conserved mechanism for dynein functions in living cells that require prolonged microtubule attachments.


Assuntos
1-Alquil-2-acetilglicerofosfocolina Esterase/metabolismo , Dineínas/metabolismo , Proteínas Associadas aos Microtúbulos/metabolismo , 1-Alquil-2-acetilglicerofosfocolina Esterase/química , 1-Alquil-2-acetilglicerofosfocolina Esterase/genética , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Animais , Dineínas/química , Humanos , Proteínas Associadas aos Microtúbulos/química , Proteínas Associadas aos Microtúbulos/genética , Microtúbulos/metabolismo , Modelos Moleculares , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Estrutura Terciária de Proteína , Saccharomyces cerevisiae/metabolismo , Proteínas de Saccharomyces cerevisiae/metabolismo
4.
J Cell Sci ; 137(8)2024 04 15.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38533689

RESUMO

Primary cilia are essential eukaryotic organelles required for signalling and secretion. Dynein-2 is a microtubule-motor protein complex and is required for ciliogenesis via its role in facilitating retrograde intraflagellar transport (IFT) from the cilia tip to the cell body. Dynein-2 must be assembled and loaded onto IFT trains for entry into cilia for this process to occur, but how dynein-2 is assembled and how it is recycled back into a cilium remain poorly understood. Here, we identify centrosomal protein of 170 kDa (CEP170) as a dynein-2-interacting protein in mammalian cells. We show that loss of CEP170 perturbs intraflagellar transport and hedgehog signalling, and alters the stability of dynein-2 holoenzyme complex. Together, our data indicate a role for CEP170 in supporting cilia function and dynein-2 assembly.


Assuntos
Cílios , Proteínas Associadas aos Microtúbulos , Cílios/metabolismo , Humanos , Proteínas Associadas aos Microtúbulos/metabolismo , Proteínas Associadas aos Microtúbulos/genética , Animais , Dineínas/metabolismo , Dineínas/genética , Proteínas Hedgehog/metabolismo , Proteínas Hedgehog/genética , Transdução de Sinais , Camundongos , Flagelos/metabolismo
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J Cell Sci ; 136(5)2023 03 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36268591

RESUMO

The primary cilium is a sensory organelle, receiving signals from the external environment and relaying them into the cell. Mutations in proteins required for transport in the primary cilium result in ciliopathies, a group of genetic disorders that commonly lead to the malformation of organs such as the kidney, liver and eyes and skeletal dysplasias. The motor proteins dynein-2 and kinesin-2 mediate retrograde and anterograde transport, respectively, in the cilium. WDR34 (also known as DYNC2I2), a dynein-2 intermediate chain, is required for the maintenance of cilia function. Here, we investigated WDR34 mutations identified in Jeune syndrome, short-rib polydactyly syndrome and asphyxiating thoracic dysplasia patients. There is a poor correlation between genotype and phenotype in these cases, making diagnosis and treatment highly complex. We set out to define the biological impacts on cilia formation and function of WDR34 mutations by stably expressing the mutant proteins in WDR34-knockout cells. WDR34 mutations led to different spectrums of phenotypes. Quantitative proteomics demonstrated changes in dynein-2 assembly, whereas initiation and extension of the axoneme, localization of intraflagellar transport complex-B proteins, transition zone integrity and Hedgehog signalling were also affected.


Assuntos
Dineínas , Síndrome de Ellis-Van Creveld , Humanos , Dineínas/genética , Dineínas/metabolismo , Proteínas de Transporte/metabolismo , Proteínas Hedgehog/metabolismo , Síndrome de Ellis-Van Creveld/genética , Síndrome de Ellis-Van Creveld/metabolismo , Cílios/genética , Cílios/metabolismo , Mutação/genética
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Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol ; 14(11): 713-26, 2013 Nov.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24064538

RESUMO

Fuelled by ATP hydrolysis, dyneins generate force and movement on microtubules in a wealth of biological processes, including ciliary beating, cell division and intracellular transport. The large mass and complexity of dynein motors have made elucidating their mechanisms a sizable task. Yet, through a combination of approaches, including X-ray crystallography, cryo-electron microscopy, single-molecule assays and biochemical experiments, important progress has been made towards understanding how these giant motor proteins work. From these studies, a model for the mechanochemical cycle of dynein is emerging, in which nucleotide-driven flexing motions within the AAA+ ring of dynein alter the affinity of its microtubule-binding stalk and reshape its mechanical element to generate movement.


Assuntos
Dineínas/metabolismo , Animais , Dineínas/química , Humanos , Modelos Biológicos
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Cell ; 136(3): 485-95, 2009 Feb 06.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19203583

RESUMO

Dynein ATPases power diverse microtubule-based motilities. Each dynein motor domain comprises a ring-like head containing six AAA+ modules and N- and C-terminal regions, together with a stalk that binds microtubules. How these subdomains are arranged and generate force remains poorly understood. Here, using electron microscopy and image processing of tagged and truncated Dictyostelium cytoplasmic dynein constructs, we show that the heart of the motor is a hexameric ring of AAA+ modules, with the stalk emerging opposite the primary ATPase site (AAA1). The C-terminal region is not an integral part of the ring but spans between AAA6 and near the stalk base. The N-terminal region includes a lever-like linker whose N terminus swings by approximately 17 nm during the ATPase cycle between AAA2 and the stalk base. Together with evidence of stalk tilting, which may communicate changes in microtubule binding affinity, these findings suggest a model for dynein's structure and mechanism.


Assuntos
Dictyostelium/ultraestrutura , Dineínas/metabolismo , Proteínas de Protozoários/metabolismo , Animais , Dictyostelium/metabolismo , Dineínas/ultraestrutura , Proteínas de Fluorescência Verde/metabolismo , Microscopia Eletrônica , Proteínas de Protozoários/ultraestrutura
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Semin Cell Dev Biol ; 107: 82-90, 2020 11.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32684327

RESUMO

Intraflagellar transport (IFT) sculpts the proteome of cilia and flagella; the antenna-like organelles found on the surface of virtually all human cell types. By delivering proteins to the growing ciliary tip, recycling turnover products, and selectively transporting signalling molecules, IFT has critical roles in cilia biogenesis, quality control, and signal transduction. IFT involves long polymeric arrays, termed IFT trains, which move to and from the ciliary tip under the power of the microtubule-based motor proteins kinesin-II and dynein-2. Recent top-down and bottom-up structural biology approaches are converging on the molecular architecture of the IFT train machinery. Here we review these studies, with a focus on how kinesin-II and dynein-2 assemble, attach to IFT trains, and undergo precise regulation to mediate bidirectional transport.


Assuntos
Flagelos/metabolismo , Proteínas Motores Moleculares/metabolismo , Animais , Transporte Biológico , Humanos , Microtúbulos/metabolismo , Modelos Biológicos
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J Biol Chem ; 297(5): 101063, 2021 11.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34375637

RESUMO

Plasmodium parasites cause malaria and are responsible annually for hundreds of thousands of deaths. Kinesins are a superfamily of microtubule-dependent ATPases that play important roles in the parasite replicative machinery, which is a potential target for antiparasite drugs. Kinesin-5, a molecular motor that cross-links microtubules, is an established antimitotic target in other disease contexts, but its mechanism in Plasmodium falciparum is unclear. Here, we characterized P. falciparum kinesin-5 (PfK5) using cryo-EM to determine the motor's nucleotide-dependent microtubule-bound structure and introduced 3D classification of individual motors into our microtubule image processing pipeline to maximize our structural insights. Despite sequence divergence in PfK5, the motor exhibits classical kinesin mechanochemistry, including ATP-induced subdomain rearrangement and cover neck bundle formation, consistent with its plus-ended directed motility. We also observed that an insertion in loop5 of the PfK5 motor domain creates a different environment in the well-characterized human kinesin-5 drug-binding site. Our data reveal the possibility for selective inhibition of PfK5 and can be used to inform future exploration of Plasmodium kinesins as antiparasite targets.


Assuntos
Cinesinas , Plasmodium falciparum , Proteínas de Protozoários , Antimaláricos/química , Microscopia Crioeletrônica , Humanos , Cinesinas/metabolismo , Cinesinas/ultraestrutura , Plasmodium falciparum/química , Plasmodium falciparum/metabolismo , Plasmodium falciparum/ultraestrutura , Proteínas de Protozoários/química , Proteínas de Protozoários/metabolismo , Proteínas de Protozoários/ultraestrutura
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J Cell Sci ; 133(6)2020 03 30.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32229580

RESUMO

Cytoplasmic dynein-2 is a motor protein complex that drives the movement of cargoes along microtubules within cilia, facilitating the assembly of these organelles on the surface of nearly all mammalian cells. Dynein-2 is crucial for ciliary function, as evidenced by deleterious mutations in patients with skeletal abnormalities. Long-standing questions include how the dynein-2 complex is assembled, regulated, and switched between active and inactive states. A combination of model organisms, in vitro cell biology, live-cell imaging, structural biology and biochemistry has advanced our understanding of the dynein-2 motor. In this Cell Science at a Glance article and the accompanying poster, we discuss the current understanding of dynein-2 and its roles in ciliary assembly and function.


Assuntos
Dineínas do Citoplasma , Dineínas , Animais , Transporte Biológico , Cílios/metabolismo , Dineínas do Citoplasma/genética , Dineínas do Citoplasma/metabolismo , Dineínas/genética , Dineínas/metabolismo , Humanos , Cinesinas/metabolismo , Microtúbulos/metabolismo
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PLoS Pathog ; 15(10): e1008048, 2019 10.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31600347

RESUMO

Kinesin-8 proteins are microtubule motors that are often involved in regulation of mitotic spindle length and chromosome alignment. They move towards the plus ends of spindle microtubules and regulate the dynamics of these ends due, at least in some species, to their microtubule depolymerization activity. Plasmodium spp. exhibit an atypical endomitotic cell division in which chromosome condensation and spindle dynamics in the different proliferative stages are not well understood. Genome-wide shared orthology analysis of Plasmodium spp. revealed the presence of two kinesin-8 motor proteins, kinesin-8X and kinesin-8B. Here we studied the biochemical properties of kinesin-8X and its role in parasite proliferation. In vitro, kinesin-8X has motility and depolymerization activities like other kinesin-8 motors. To understand the role of Plasmodium kinesin-8X in cell division, we used fluorescence-tagging and live cell imaging to define its location, and gene targeting to analyse its function, during all proliferative stages of the rodent malaria parasite P. berghei life cycle. The results revealed a spatio-temporal involvement of kinesin-8X in spindle dynamics and an association with both mitotic and meiotic spindles and the putative microtubule organising centre (MTOC). Deletion of the kinesin-8X gene revealed a defect in oocyst development, confirmed by ultrastructural studies, suggesting that this protein is required for oocyst development and sporogony. Transcriptome analysis of Δkinesin-8X gametocytes revealed modulated expression of genes involved mainly in microtubule-based processes, chromosome organisation and the regulation of gene expression, supporting a role for kinesin-8X in cell division. Kinesin-8X is thus required for parasite proliferation within the mosquito and for transmission to the vertebrate host.


Assuntos
Cinesinas/metabolismo , Malária/parasitologia , Malária/transmissão , Oocistos/citologia , Plasmodium/fisiologia , Proteínas de Protozoários/metabolismo , Fuso Acromático/fisiologia , Animais , Segregação de Cromossomos , Feminino , Cinesinas/genética , Masculino , Camundongos Endogâmicos BALB C , Microtúbulos/metabolismo , Mitose , Oocistos/fisiologia , Proteínas de Protozoários/genética
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Biochem Soc Trans ; 46(4): 967-982, 2018 08 20.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30065109

RESUMO

Two classes of dynein power long-distance cargo transport in different cellular contexts. Cytoplasmic dynein-1 is responsible for the majority of transport toward microtubule minus ends in the cell interior. Dynein-2, also known as intraflagellar transport dynein, moves cargoes along the axoneme of eukaryotic cilia and flagella. Both dyneins operate as large ATP-driven motor complexes, whose dysfunction is associated with a group of human disorders. But how similar are their mechanisms of action and regulation? To examine this question, this review focuses on recent advances in dynein-1 and -2 research, and probes to what extent the emerging principles of dynein-1 transport could apply to or differ from those of the less well-understood dynein-2 mechanoenzyme.


Assuntos
Cílios/metabolismo , Citoplasma/metabolismo , Dineínas/metabolismo , Trifosfato de Adenosina/metabolismo , Axonema/metabolismo , Transporte Proteico
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Eur Phys J E Soft Matter ; 39(10): 95, 2016 10.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27771859

RESUMO

A self-consistent model is developed to investigate attachment/detachment kinetics of two static, deformable microspheres with irregular surface and coated with flexible binding ligands. The model highlights how the microscale binding kinetics of these ligands as well as the attractive/repulsive potential of the charged surface affects the macroscale static deformed configuration of the spheres. It is shown that in the limit of smooth, neutrally charged surface (i.e., the dimensionless inverse Debye length, [Formula: see text]), interacting via elastic binders (i.e., the dimensionless stiffness coefficient, [Formula: see text]) the adhesion mechanics approaches the regime of application of the JKR theory, and in this particular limit, the contact radius, Rc, scales with the particle radius, R, according to the scaling law, [Formula: see text]. We show that static, deformed, highly charged, ligand-coated surface of micro-spheres exhibit strong adhesion. Normal stress distribution within the contact area adjusts with the binder stiffness coefficient, from a maximum at the center to a maximum at the periphery of the region. Although reported in some in vitro experiments involving particle adhesion, until now a physical interpretation for this variation of the stress distribution for deformable, charged, ligand-coated microspheres is missing. Surface roughness results in a diminished adhesion with a distinct reduction in the pull-off force, larger separation gap, weaker normal stress and limited area of adhesion. These results are in agreement with the published experimental findings.

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J Math Biol ; 73(4): 1035-52, 2016 10.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26965247

RESUMO

We present a unified, multiscale model to study the attachment/detachment dynamics of two deforming, charged, near spherical cells, coated with binding ligands and subject to a slow, homogeneous shear flow in a viscous, ionic fluid medium. The binding ligands on the surface of the cells experience both attractive and repulsive forces in an ionic medium and exhibit finite resistance to rotation via bond tilting. The microscale drag forces and couples describing the fluid flow inside the small separation gap between the cells, are calculated using a combination of methods in lubrication theory and previously published numerical results. For a selected range of material and fluid parameters, a hysteretic transition of the sticking probability curves (i.e., the function [Formula: see text]) between the adhesion phase (when [Formula: see text]) and the fragmentation phase (when [Formula: see text]) is attributed to a nonlinear relation between the total nanoscale binding forces and the separation gap between the cells. We show that adhesion is favoured in highly ionic fluids, increased deformability of the cells, elastic binders and a higher fluid shear rate (until a critical threshold value of shear rate is reached). Within a selected range of critical shear rates, the continuation of the limit points (i.e., the turning points where the slope of [Formula: see text] changes sign) predict a bistable region, indicating an abrupt switching between the adhesion and the fragmentation regimes. Although, bistability in the adhesion-fragmentation phase diagram of two deformable, charged cells immersed in an ionic aqueous environment has been identified by some in vitro experiments, but until now, has not been quantified theoretically.


Assuntos
Fenômenos Biofísicos , Adesão Celular/fisiologia , Ligantes , Modelos Biológicos
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Trop Med Int Health ; 19(3): 284-292, 2014 Mar.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24382344

RESUMO

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate how an intervention, which combined hand washing promotion aimed at 5-year-olds with provision of free soap, affected illnesses among the children and their families and children's school absenteeism. METHODS: We monitored illnesses, including diarrhoea and acute respiratory infections (ARIs), school absences and soap consumption for 41 weeks in 70 low-income communities in Mumbai, India (35 communities per arm). RESULTS: Outcomes from 847 intervention households (containing 847 5-year-olds and 4863 subjects in total) and 833 control households (containing 833 5-year-olds and 4812 subjects) were modelled using negative binomial regression. Intervention group 5-year-olds had fewer episodes of diarrhoea (-25%, 95% confidence intervals [CI] = -37%, -2%), ARIs (-15%, 95% CI = -30%, -8%), school absences due to illnesses (-27%, 95% CI = -41%, -18%) and eye infections (-46%, 95% CI = -58%, -31%). Further, there were fewer episodes of diarrhoea and ARIs in the intervention group for 'whole families' (-31%, 95% CI = -37%, -5%; and -14%, 95% CI = -23%, -6%, respectively), 6- to 15-year-olds (-30%, 95% CI = -39%, -7%; and -15%, 95% CI = -24%, -6%) and under 5 s (-32%, 95% CI = -41%, -4%; and -20%, 95% CI = -29%, -8%). CONCLUSIONS: Direct-contact hand washing interventions aimed at younger school-aged children can affect the health of the whole family. These may be scalable through public-private partnerships and classroom-based campaigns. Further work is required to understand the conditions under which health benefits are transferred and the mechanisms for transference.


Assuntos
Absenteísmo , Diarreia/prevenção & controle , Saúde da Família , Desinfecção das Mãos/métodos , Infecções Respiratórias/prevenção & controle , Sabões/uso terapêutico , Doença Aguda , Adolescente , Adulto , Criança , Pré-Escolar , Diarreia/epidemiologia , Educação em Saúde/métodos , Humanos , Higiene , Índia/epidemiologia , Mães , Pobreza , Avaliação de Programas e Projetos de Saúde , Parcerias Público-Privadas , Análise de Regressão , Infecções Respiratórias/epidemiologia , Instituições Acadêmicas , Conformidade Social , Resultado do Tratamento , População Urbana
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Nat Commun ; 13(1): 6988, 2022 11 16.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36384964

RESUMO

Plasmodium species cause malaria and kill hundreds of thousands annually. The microtubule-based motor kinesin-8B is required for development of the flagellated Plasmodium male gamete, and its absence completely blocks parasite transmission. To understand the molecular basis of kinesin-8B's essential role, we characterised the in vitro properties of kinesin-8B motor domains from P. berghei and P. falciparum. Both motors drive ATP-dependent microtubule gliding, but also catalyse ATP-dependent microtubule depolymerisation. We determined these motors' microtubule-bound structures using cryo-electron microscopy, which showed very similar modes of microtubule interaction in which Plasmodium-distinct sequences at the microtubule-kinesin interface influence motor function. Intriguingly however, P. berghei kinesin-8B exhibits a non-canonical structural response to ATP analogue binding such that neck linker docking is not induced. Nevertheless, the neck linker region is required for motility and depolymerisation activities of these motors. These data suggest that the mechanochemistry of Plasmodium kinesin-8Bs is functionally tuned to support flagella formation.


Assuntos
Malária , Parasitos , Plasmodium , Masculino , Animais , Cinesinas , Parasitos/metabolismo , Microscopia Crioeletrônica , Ligação Proteica/fisiologia , Plasmodium/metabolismo , Trifosfato de Adenosina/metabolismo
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EMBO Mol Med ; 13(11): e13818, 2021 11 08.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34661376

RESUMO

Infectious diseases caused by apicomplexan parasites remain a global public health threat. The presence of multiple ligand-binding sites in tubulin makes this protein an attractive target for anti-parasite drug discovery. However, despite remarkable successes as anti-cancer agents, the rational development of protozoan parasite-specific tubulin drugs has been hindered by a lack of structural and biochemical information on protozoan tubulins. Here, we present atomic structures for a protozoan tubulin and microtubule and delineate the architectures of apicomplexan tubulin drug-binding sites. Based on this information, we rationally designed the parasite-specific tubulin inhibitor parabulin and show that it inhibits growth of parasites while displaying no effects on human cells. Our work presents for the first time the rational design of a species-specific tubulin drug providing a framework to exploit structural differences between human and protozoa tubulin variants enabling the development of much-needed, novel parasite inhibitors.


Assuntos
Antiparasitários , Parasitos , Animais , Antiparasitários/farmacologia , Sítios de Ligação , Proliferação de Células , Humanos , Microtúbulos/metabolismo , Parasitos/metabolismo , Tubulina (Proteína) , Moduladores de Tubulina/farmacologia
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Nat Struct Mol Biol ; 26(9): 823-829, 2019 09.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31451806

RESUMO

Dynein-2 assembles with polymeric intraflagellar transport (IFT) trains to form a transport machinery that is crucial for cilia biogenesis and signaling. Here we recombinantly expressed the ~1.4-MDa human dynein-2 complex and solved its cryo-EM structure to near-atomic resolution. The two identical copies of the dynein-2 heavy chain are contorted into different conformations by a WDR60-WDR34 heterodimer and a block of two RB and six LC8 light chains. One heavy chain is steered into a zig-zag conformation, which matches the periodicity of the anterograde IFT-B train. Contacts between adjacent dyneins along the train indicate a cooperative mode of assembly. Removal of the WDR60-WDR34-light chain subcomplex renders dynein-2 monomeric and relieves autoinhibition of its motility. Our results converge on a model in which an unusual stoichiometry of non-motor subunits controls dynein-2 assembly, asymmetry, and activity, giving mechanistic insight into the interaction of dynein-2 with IFT trains and the origin of diverse functions in the dynein family.


Assuntos
Dineínas/metabolismo , Dineínas/ultraestrutura , Multimerização Proteica , Microscopia Crioeletrônica , Humanos , Conformação Proteica , Transporte Proteico
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J Vis Exp ; (133)2018 03 07.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29578499

RESUMO

Given their potential for significant property improvements relative to their large grained counterparts, much work has been devoted to the continued development of nanocrystalline metals. Despite these efforts, the transition of these materials from the lab bench to actual applications has been blocked by the inability to produce large scale parts that retain the desired nanocrystalline microstructures. Following the development of a method proven to stabilize the nanosized grain structure to temperatures approaching that of the melting point for the given metal, the US Army Research Laboratory (ARL) has progressed to the next stage in the development of these materials - namely the production of large scale parts suitable for testing and evaluation in a range of relevant test environments. This report provides a broad overview of the ongoing efforts in the processing, characterization, and consolidation of these materials at ARL. In particular, focus is placed on the methodology used for producing the nanocrystalline metal powders, in both small and large-scale amounts, that are at the center of ongoing research efforts.


Assuntos
Academias e Institutos/normas , Cristalização/métodos , Hospitais Militares/normas , Laboratórios/normas , Teste de Materiais/métodos , Estados Unidos
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