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Biochemistry ; 40(27): 8092-100, 2001 Jul 10.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11434778

ABSTRACT

Beta2-glycoprotein I (beta2-GPI), which consists of four complement control protein modules and a distinctly folded fifth C-terminal domain, is an essential cofactor for the binding to phospholipids of anti-cardiolipin antibodies, isolated from patients with anti-phospholipid antibody syndrome, and its fifth domain has attracted attention as a specific phospholipid-binding site. We focused on the fifth domain of beta2-GPI (Domain V) and examined the interaction of intact Domain V, Domains IV-V, and nicked Domain V with various hydrophobic ligands, as a model molecule of phospholipid. We found that electrostatic and hydrophobic interactions are important for Domain V binding to the ligand molecules. We also found that, while Domain IV has no significant effect on the interactions with ligands, the nicked Domain V with cleavage in the flexible loop decreases the affinity, indicating that the flexible loop region is the binding site of the hydrophobic ligands. The synthetic peptide corresponding to the loop region was disordered and interacted with bis-ANS, confirming the critical role of the loop region. To clarify the nature of the interaction between the loop region and hydrophobic compounds, we prepared the reduced and alkylated Domain V, which was denatured but was assumed to be a collapsed state. Alkylation by iodoacetic acid decreased the interaction of Domain V with bis-ANS, probably because the protein net charge was decreased by the six introduced carboxyl groups and consequently the electrostatic interactions were decreased. In contrast, Domain V alkylated by iodoacetamide, therefore retaining a high positive net charge, bound bis-ANS more strongly than the intact Domain V. These results suggested that the interaction of Domain V with hydrophobic compounds through the flexible loop is similar to the binding of hydrophobic compounds to the protein folding intermediate.


Subject(s)
Glycoproteins/chemistry , Glycoproteins/metabolism , Alkylation , Amino Acid Sequence , Anilino Naphthalenesulfonates/metabolism , Disulfides/metabolism , Fluorescent Dyes/metabolism , Glycoproteins/genetics , Humans , Ligands , Molecular Sequence Data , Peptide Fragments/chemistry , Peptide Fragments/metabolism , Protein Binding , Protein Conformation , Protein Structure, Tertiary , Recombinant Proteins/chemistry , Recombinant Proteins/metabolism , Spectrometry, Fluorescence , Urea/chemistry , beta 2-Glycoprotein I
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Toxicology ; 162(1): 61-8, 2001 Apr 12.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11311459

ABSTRACT

Lead (Pb(2+)) is known to decrease or block nitric oxide (NO) production by mature macrophages (mphi). Bone marrow cells were treated with various doses of lead in vitro and the morphological and functional changes were observed. Bone marrow cells were treated with various doses of lead (1, 10, 20 and 50 microM) at the start of culture with mphi growth factor (CSF-1), and after 6-7 days of culture, the resultant mphi (bone marrow-derived mphi, BMDM) showed decreased NO production. Unexpectedly, BMDM from the lowest does of lead treatment (1.0 microM) showed increased NO production. The increased NO production was due to increased expression of the iNOS gene and concurrent enhanced transcript levels of proinflammatory cytokines such as IL-1beta and IL-6, but not TNF-alpha. Lead treatment on mature BMDM showed decreased NO production in a dose-dependent manner. These results suggest that a low dose of lead affects developmental characteristics of BMDM through different proinflammatory cytokines, and the lead effects on precursor cells of mphi and mature mphi are different.


Subject(s)
Bone Marrow Cells/drug effects , Cytokines/biosynthesis , Lead/pharmacology , Macrophages/metabolism , Nitric Oxide/biosynthesis , Animals , Bone Marrow Cells/cytology , Bone Marrow Cells/enzymology , Cell Differentiation/drug effects , Cell Division/drug effects , Cytokines/genetics , Dose-Response Relationship, Drug , Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic/drug effects , Lead/toxicity , Macrophages/enzymology , Male , Mice , Mice, Inbred BALB C , Nitric Oxide Synthase/biosynthesis , Nitric Oxide Synthase/genetics , Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II , Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction , Specific Pathogen-Free Organisms
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J Chromatogr B Biomed Sci Appl ; 743(1-2): 203-13, 2000 Jun 23.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10942287

ABSTRACT

We examined quantitatively the effect of alcohols on protein and reverse micellar structure. We used circular dichroism (CD) to compare the effects of various alcohols on the protein structure, and percolation phenomena to evaluate the effects of various alcohols on reverse micellar structure. Upon the addition of alcohols to the bulk aqueous phase, proteins were denatured significantly, depending on the alcohol species and concentration, suggesting that use of alcohol directly to the stripping solution is not effective in back-extraction processes of proteins. In the present study, a new method, a small amount of alcohol is added to the surfactant-organic solution to improve the back-extraction behaviors of proteins. Practically, in the back-extraction process, the alcohols suppressing the cluster formation of reverse micelles (high value of beta1), remarkably improved the back-extraction behavior of proteins. In addition, the same alcohol molecules showed a positive effect on the rate and fraction of protein back-extraction. From a result of the CD measurement of the back-extracted proteins, it was known that the alcohols added to reverse micellar solution allowed the proteins to back-extract safely without causing structural changes. These results show that the values of beta(t), defined by the variation of percolation processes, and the back-extraction behaviors of proteins have a good relationship, suggesting that the back-extraction processes were controlled by the micellar-micellar and protein-micellar interactions.


Subject(s)
Proteins/isolation & purification , Alcohols/chemistry , Circular Dichroism , Dioctyl Sulfosuccinic Acid/chemistry , Micelles , Octanes/chemistry , Protein Structure, Secondary , Solubility
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Cancer Lett ; 148(1): 95-103, 2000 Jan 01.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10680598

ABSTRACT

Recent genetic studies of tumorigenesis have strongly suggested an existence of tumor suppressor gene(s) on murine chromosome 12 and human chromosome 14q32. We previously described that putative tumor suppressor gene(s) might reside between D12Mit53 and D12Mit233. We analyzed three genes, Tcl1, Yy1 and Tnfalphaip2, which had been mapped around the region, as the candidates in radiation lymphomagenesis of (BALB/c x MSM/Ms)F1 hybrid mice. The locus order and distances of the three genes and microsatellite loci were estimated as follows: [centromere] - Tcl1-(> or =0.085 cM)-D12Mit50-(0.085 cM)D12Mit132-(1.96 cM)D12Mit122-(0.085 cM)D12Mit53-(1.37 cM)-[D12Mit233,D12Mit279,Yy1]-(0.085 cM)-D12Mit181-(> or =0.17 cM)-Tnfalphaip2 - [telomere]. Allele losses at Tcl1, Yy1 genes and D12Mit233 were observed in 94(45%), 143(68%) and 147(70%) of 210 lymphomas, respectively. In semi-quantitative analysis of Yy1 mRNA levels by RT-PCR, kinetics of the yield of the Yy1-cDNA-specific PCR products showed almost the same profiles among thymic lymphomas with allelic loss at Yy1, lymphomas with both alleles retained and normal thymus. These results suggest that Tcl1, Yy1 and Tnfalphaip2 genes are not predominantly involved in radiation lymphomagenesis of mice. In further analysis of the common allelic loss region, we found new loci, Y152pR1 and Y184pR2, from YACs which located in the hot region between D12Mit53 and D12Mit233, and the highest frequency of allelic loss (71%) was observed at the Y184pR2 locus. The LOH patterns of individual lymphomas suggest that putative tumor suppressor gene(s) lies between Y152pR1 and Y184pR2.


Subject(s)
Genes, Tumor Suppressor/genetics , Loss of Heterozygosity , Lymphoma/genetics , Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced/genetics , Proto-Oncogene Proteins , Animals , Chromosome Mapping , DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics , Erythroid-Specific DNA-Binding Factors , Female , Haplotypes , Lymphoma/etiology , Male , Mice , Mice, Inbred BALB C , Mice, Inbred Strains , Microsatellite Repeats/genetics , RNA, Messenger/genetics , RNA, Messenger/metabolism , Recombination, Genetic/genetics , Testis/metabolism , Thymus Gland/metabolism , Thymus Gland/pathology , Thymus Gland/radiation effects , Transcription Factors/genetics , Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/genetics , YY1 Transcription Factor
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