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J Nutr Biochem ; 120: 109409, 2023 10.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37364792

ABSTRACT

Tissue/cellular actions of butyrate on energy metabolism and intestinal barrier in normal metabolic conditions or prediabetes are still unclear. In this work, we investigated the beneficial effect of dietary supplementation with sodium butyrate on energy metabolism, body mass composition, and intestinal epithelial barrier mediated by tight junction (TJ) in chow diet-fed normal and high-fat diet (HF)-fed prediabetic mice, considering the well-known butyrate action as an epigenetic and inflammatory regulator. Butyrate significantly reduced the fat/lean mass ratio, slightly ameliorated dyslipidemia, restored oral glucose tolerance, and increased basal energy expenditure in prediabetic HF-fed mice but had no effect on control animals. Such effects were observed in the absence of significant alterations in the hypothalamic expression of orexigenic and anorexigenic genes and motor activity. Also, butyrate suppressed the whitening effect of HF on brown adipose tissue but did not affect cell bioenergetics in immortalized UCP1-positive adipocytes in vitro. Butyrate reinforced the intestinal epithelial barrier in HF-fed mice and in Caco-2 monolayers, which involved higher trafficking of TJ proteins to the cell-cell contact region of the intestinal epithelia, without affecting TJ gene expression or the acetylation level of histones H3 and H4 in vivo. All metabolic and intestinal effects of butyrate in prediabetic mice occurred in the absence of detectable changes in systemic or local inflammation, or alterations in endotoxemia markers. Butyrate has no effect on chow diet-fed mice but, in the context of HF-induced prediabetes, it prevents metabolic and intestinal dysfunctions independently of its anti-inflammatory and epigenetic actions.


Subject(s)
Prediabetic State , Humans , Mice , Animals , Prediabetic State/metabolism , Caco-2 Cells , Tight Junctions/metabolism , Butyric Acid/pharmacology , Energy Metabolism , Anti-Inflammatory Agents/metabolism , Epigenesis, Genetic , Mice, Inbred C57BL , Diet, High-Fat/adverse effects
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Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22691782

ABSTRACT

The ORF XF2234 in the Xylella fastidiosa genome was identified as encoding a small heat-shock protein of 17.9 kDa (HSP17.9). HSP17.9 was found as one of the proteins that are induced during X. fastidiosa proliferation and infection in citrus culture. Recombinant HSP17.9 was crystallized and surface atomic force microscopy experiments were conducted with the aim of better characterizing the HSP17.9 crystals. X-ray diffraction data were collected at 2.7 Šresolution. The crystal belonged to space group P4(3)22, with unit-cell parameters a = 68.90, b = 68.90, c = 72.51 Å, and is the first small heat-shock protein to crystallize in this space group.


Subject(s)
Heat-Shock Proteins, Small/chemistry , Xylella/chemistry , Crystallography, X-Ray , Heat-Shock Proteins, Small/ultrastructure , Microscopy, Atomic Force
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Arch Biochem Biophys ; 453(2): 143-50, 2006 Sep 15.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16919232

ABSTRACT

The Xylella fastidiosa genome program generated a large number of gene sequences that belong to pathogenicity, virulence and adaptation categories from this important plant pathogen. One of these genes (XF1729) encodes a protein similar to a superfamily of aldo-keto reductase together with a number of structurally and functionally related NADPH-dependent oxidoreductases. In this work, the similar sequence XF1729 from X. fastidiosa was cloned onto the pET32Xa/LIC vector in order to overexpress a recombinant His-tag fusion protein in Escherichia coli BL21(DE3). The expressed protein in the soluble fraction was purified by immobilized metal affinity chromatography (agarose-IDA-Ni resin). Secondary structure contents were verified by circular dichroism spectroscopy. Small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) measurements furnish general structural parameters and provide a strong indication that the protein has a monomeric form in solution. Also, ab initio calculations show that the protein has some similarities with a previously crystallized aldo-keto reductase protein. The recombinant XF1729 purified to homogeneity catalyzed the reduction of dl-glyceraldehyde (K(cat) 2.26s(-1), Km 8.20+/-0.98 mM) and 2-nitrobenzaldehyde (K(cat) 11.74 s(-1), Km 0.14+/-0.04 mM) in the presence of NADPH. The amino acid sequence deduced from XF1729 showed the highest identity (40% or higher) with several functional unknown proteins. Among the identified AKRs, we found approximately 29% of identity with YakC (AKR13), 30 and 28% with AKR11A and AKR11B, respectively. The results establish XF1729 as the new member of AKR family, AKR13B1. Finally, the first characterization by gel filtration chromatography assays indicates that the protein has an elongated shape, which generates an apparent higher molecular weight. The study of this protein is an effort to fight X. fastidiosa, which causes tremendous losses in many economically important plants.


Subject(s)
Alcohol Oxidoreductases/chemistry , Alcohol Oxidoreductases/isolation & purification , Models, Chemical , Models, Molecular , Xylella/enzymology , Alcohol Oxidoreductases/metabolism , Aldehyde Reductase , Aldo-Keto Reductases , Amino Acid Sequence , Computer Simulation , Enzyme Activation , Molecular Sequence Data , Molecular Weight , Protein Conformation , Xylella/genetics , Xylella/metabolism
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Genet. mol. biol ; 29(1): 83-89, 2006. ilus
Article in English | LILACS | ID: lil-424741

ABSTRACT

The potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) mitochondrial cox3/sdh4/pseudo-cox2 gene cluster has previously been identified by heterologous hybridization using a Marchantia polymorpha sdh4 probe. In our present study we used Southern blotting using sdh4 and cox2 probes to show that the sdh4 and cox2 genes are clustered in the mitochondria of potato, soybean and pea. Northern blotting revealed cotranscription of sdh4 and cox2 in potato but not in cauliflower, indicating that these genes are not clustered in cauliflower. A putative recombination point was detected downstream of the cox2 pseudogene (pseudo-cox2) in potato mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA). This sequence corresponds to a 32 bp sequence which appears to be well-conserved and is adjacent to the terminals of some mitochondrial genes in Citrullus lanatus, Beta vulgaris and Arabidopsis thaliana and is probably involved in the genic rearrangements. It is possible the potato mtDNA pseudo-cox2 gene was generated by recombination during evolution in the same way as that of several other mitochondrial genes and remains as an inactive partial copy of the functional cox2 which was also detected in potato mtDNA.


Subject(s)
Cyclooxygenase 2 , DNA, Mitochondrial , Solanum tuberosum/genetics , Evolution, Molecular , Phenotype , Plants, Edible/genetics
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Protein Expr Purif ; 33(2): 297-303, 2004 Feb.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-14711518

ABSTRACT

The small heat shock proteins (smHSPs) belong to a family of proteins that function as molecular chaperones by preventing protein aggregation and are also known to contain a conserved region termed alpha-crystallin domain. Here, we report the expression, purification, and partial characterization of a novel smHSP (HSP17.9) from the phytopathogen Xylella fastidiosa, causal agent of the citrus variegated chlorosis (CVC). The gene was cloned into a pET32-Xa/LIC vector to over-express the protein coupled with fusion tags in Escherichia coli BL21(DE3). The expressed HSP17.9 was purified by immobilized metal affinity chromatography (IMAC) and had its identity determined by mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF). The correct folding of the purified recombinant protein was verified by circular dichroism spectroscopy. Finally, the HSP17.9 protein also proved to efficiently prevent induced aggregation of insulin, strongly indicating a chaperone-like activity.


Subject(s)
Heat-Shock Proteins/isolation & purification , Heat-Shock Proteins/metabolism , Xylella/genetics , Amino Acid Sequence , Circular Dichroism , Escherichia coli/cytology , Escherichia coli/genetics , Gene Expression , Genetic Vectors , Heat-Shock Proteins/chemistry , Insulin/metabolism , Molecular Sequence Data , Oligonucleotides/chemistry , Plasmids , Recombinant Proteins/chemistry , Recombinant Proteins/isolation & purification , Recombinant Proteins/metabolism , Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization , Structure-Activity Relationship , Time Factors , Transformation, Bacterial
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