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1.
bioRxiv ; 2024 Jul 12.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-39026731

RESUMO

The circulation of seasonal influenza A viruses (IAVs) in humans relies on effective evasion and subversion of the host immune response. While the evolution of seasonal H1N1 and H3N2 viruses to avoid humoral immunity is well characterized, relatively little is known about the evolution of innate immune antagonism phenotypes in these viruses. Numerous studies have established that only a small subset of infected cells is responsible for initiating the type I and type III interferon (IFN) response during IAV infection, emphasizing the importance of single cell studies to accurately characterize the IFN response during infection. We developed a flow cytometry-based method to examine transcriptional changes in IFN and interferon stimulated gene (ISG) expression at the single cell level. We observed that NS segments derived from seasonal H3N2 viruses are more efficient at antagonizing IFN signaling but less effective at suppressing IFN induction, compared to the pdm2009 H1N1 lineage. We compared a collection of NS segments spanning the natural history of the current seasonal IAV lineages and demonstrate long periods of stability in IFN antagonism potential, punctuated by occasional phenotypic shifts. Altogether, our data reveal significant differences in how seasonal and pandemic H1N1 and H3N2 viruses antagonize the human IFN response at the single cell level.

2.
Mol Microbiol ; 113(4): 718-727, 2020 04.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31774609

RESUMO

Characterizing the molecular interactions of viruses in natural microbial populations offers insights into virus-host dynamics in complex ecosystems. We identify the resistance of Sulfolobus islandicus to Sulfolobus spindle-shaped virus (SSV9) conferred by chromosomal deletions of pilin genes, pilA1 and pilA2 that are individually able to complement resistance. Mutants with deletions of both pilA1 and pilA2 or the prepilin peptidase, PibD, show the reduction in the number of pilins observed in TEM and reduced surface adherence but still adsorb SSV9. The proteinaceous outer S-layer proteins, SlaA and SlaB, are not required for adsorption nor infection demonstrating that the S-layer is not the primary receptor for SSV9 surface binding. Strains lacking both pilins are resistant to a broad panel of SSVs as well as a panel of unrelated S. islandicus rod-shaped viruses (SIRVs). Unlike SSV9, we show that pilA1 or pilA2 is required for SIRV8 adsorption. In sequenced Sulfolobus strains from around the globe, one copy of each pilA1 and pilA2 is maintained and show codon-level diversification, demonstrating their importance in nature. By characterizing the molecular interactions at the initiation of infection between S. islandicus and two different types of viruses we hope to increase the understanding of virus-host interactions in the archaeal domain.


Assuntos
Resistência à Doença/genética , Proteínas de Fímbrias/metabolismo , Fuselloviridae/fisiologia , Interações entre Hospedeiro e Microrganismos , Rudiviridae/fisiologia , Sulfolobus , Proteínas de Fímbrias/genética , Fímbrias Bacterianas/metabolismo , Sulfolobus/genética , Sulfolobus/virologia , Ligação Viral
3.
Curr Opin Chem Biol ; 42: 76-85, 2018 02.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29169048

RESUMO

Lipoylation is a rare, but highly conserved lysine posttranslational modification. To date, it is known to occur on only four multimeric metabolic enzymes in mammals, yet these proteins are staples in the core metabolic landscape. The dysregulation of these mitochondrial proteins is linked to a range of human metabolic disorders. Perhaps most striking is that lipoylation itself, the proteins that add or remove the modification, as well as the proteins it decorates are all evolutionarily conserved from bacteria to humans, highlighting the importance of this essential cofactor. Here, we discuss the biological significance of protein lipoylation, the importance of understanding its regulation in health and disease states, and the advances in mass spectrometry-based proteomic technologies that can aid these studies.


Assuntos
Lipoilação , Doenças Metabólicas/metabolismo , Processamento de Proteína Pós-Traducional , Proteínas/metabolismo , Bactérias/metabolismo , Proteínas de Bactérias/metabolismo , Humanos , Lisina/metabolismo , Espectrometria de Massas/métodos , Proteínas Mitocondriais/metabolismo , Proteômica
4.
mBio ; 8(5)2017 09 12.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28900027

RESUMO

Lipoic acid is an essential metabolic cofactor added as a posttranslational modification on several multimeric enzyme complexes. These protein complexes, evolutionarily conserved from bacteria to humans, are core regulators of cellular metabolism. While the multistep enzymatic process of adding lipoyl modifications has been well characterized in Escherichia coli, the enzyme required for the removal of these lipoyl moieties (i.e., a lipoamidase or delipoylase) has not yet been identified. Here, we describe our discovery of sirtuins as lipoamidases in bacteria and establish their conserved substrates. Specifically, by using a series of knockout, overexpression, biochemical, in vitro, proteomic, and functional assays, we determined the substrates of sirtuin CobB in E. coli as components of the pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH), α-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase (KDH), and glycine cleavage (GCV) complexes. In vitro assays provided direct evidence for this specific CobB activity and its NAD+ dependence, a signature of all sirtuins. By designing a targeted quantitative mass spectrometry method, we further measured sirtuin-dependent, site-specific lipoylation on these substrates. The biological significance of CobB-modulated lipoylation was next established by its inhibition of both PDH and KDH activities. By restricting the carbon sources available to E. coli, we demonstrated that CobB regulates PDH and KDH under several growth conditions. Additionally, we found that SrtN, the sirtuin homolog in Gram-positive Bacillus subtilis, can also act as a lipoamidase. By demonstrating the evolutionary conservation of lipoamidase activity across sirtuin homologs, along with the conservation of common substrates, this work emphasizes the significance of protein lipoylation in regulating central metabolic processes.IMPORTANCE Here, we demonstrate that sirtuin lipoamidase activity exists in both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria and establishing its conservation from bacteria to humans. Specifically, we discovered that CobB and SrtN act as lipoamidases in E. coli and B. subtilis, respectively. Intriguingly, not only is this sirtuin enzymatic activity conserved, but also the lipoylated substrates and functions are conserved, as bacterial sirtuins negatively regulate the lipoylation levels and activities of PDH and KDH. Considering that PDH and KDH regulate two carbon entry points into the tricarboxylic acid cycle, our finding highlights lipoylation as a conserved molecular toggle that regulates central metabolic pathways. Indeed, our findings from tests in which we limited nutrient availability support this. Furthermore, this study illustrates how the integration of technologies from different disciplines provides avenues to uncover enzymatic activities at the core of cellular metabolism regulation.


Assuntos
Amidoidrolases/metabolismo , Bacillus subtilis/enzimologia , Proteínas de Escherichia coli/metabolismo , Escherichia coli/enzimologia , Complexos Multienzimáticos/metabolismo , Sirtuínas/metabolismo , Acilação , Amidoidrolases/química , Amidoidrolases/genética , Bacillus subtilis/genética , Bacillus subtilis/metabolismo , Escherichia coli/genética , Escherichia coli/metabolismo , Proteínas de Escherichia coli/genética , Regulação Bacteriana da Expressão Gênica , Técnicas de Inativação de Genes , Espectrometria de Massas , Complexos Multienzimáticos/genética , Proteômica , Complexo Piruvato Desidrogenase/metabolismo , Sirtuínas/química , Sirtuínas/genética , Ácido Tióctico
5.
J Acoust Soc Am ; 141(4): 2715, 2017 04.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28464628

RESUMO

African forest elephants (Loxodonta cyclotis) occupy large ranges in dense tropical forests and often use far-reaching vocal signals to coordinate social behavior. Elephant populations in Central Africa are in crisis, having declined by more than 60% in the last decade. Methods currently used to monitor these populations are expensive and time-intensive, though acoustic monitoring technology may offer an effective alternative if signals of interest can be efficiently extracted from the sound stream. This paper proposes an automated elephant call detection algorithm that was tested on nearly 4000 h of field recordings collected from five forest clearings in Central Africa, including sites both inside protected areas and in logging concessions. Recordings were obtained in different seasons, years, and under diverse weather conditions. The detector achieved an 83.2% true positive rate when the false positive rate is 5.5% (approximately 20 false positives per hour). These results suggest that this algorithm can enable analysis of long-term recording datasets or facilitate near-real-time monitoring of elephants in a wide range of settings and conditions.


Assuntos
Acústica , Elefantes/psicologia , Espécies em Perigo de Extinção , Monitoramento Ambiental/métodos , Florestas , Processamento de Sinais Assistido por Computador , Vocalização Animal , Algoritmos , Animais , Automação , República Centro-Africana , Elefantes/classificação , Gabão , Estações do Ano , Comportamento Social , Espectrografia do Som , Fatores de Tempo , Vocalização Animal/classificação , Tempo (Meteorologia)
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Nat Commun ; 7: 10194, 2016 Jan 07.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26738816

RESUMO

Engineered nucleases have transformed biological research and offer great therapeutic potential by enabling the straightforward modification of desired genomic sequences. While many nuclease platforms have proven functional, all can produce unanticipated off-target lesions and have difficulty discriminating between homologous sequences, limiting their therapeutic application. Here we describe a multi-reporter selection system that allows the screening of large protein libraries to uncover variants able to discriminate between sequences with substantial homology. We have used this system to identify zinc-finger nucleases that exhibit high cleavage activity (up to 60% indels) at their targets within the CCR5 and HBB genes and strong discrimination against homologous sequences within CCR2 and HBD. An unbiased screen for off-target lesions using a novel set of CCR5-targeting nucleases confirms negligible CCR2 activity and demonstrates minimal off-target activity genome wide. This system offers a straightforward approach to generate nucleases that discriminate between similar targets and provide exceptional genome-wide specificity.


Assuntos
Desoxirribonucleases/metabolismo , Regulação Enzimológica da Expressão Gênica/fisiologia , Receptores CCR5/metabolismo , Dedos de Zinco , Animais , Proteínas de Ligação a DNA/genética , Desoxirribonucleases/genética , Genes Reporter , Genoma , Humanos , Biblioteca de Peptídeos , Receptores CCR2/metabolismo
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J Virol ; 90(1): 5-8, 2016 01 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26491165

RESUMO

For a number of years, sirtuin enzymes have been appreciated as effective "sensors" of the cellular environment to rapidly transmit information to diverse cellular pathways. Much effort was placed into exploring their roles in human cancers and aging. However, a growing body of literature brings these enzymes to the spotlight in the field of virology. Here, we discuss sirtuin functions in the context of viral infection, which provide regulatory points for therapeutic intervention against pathogens.


Assuntos
Interações Hospedeiro-Patógeno , Sirtuínas/metabolismo , Viroses/imunologia , Animais , Humanos , Redes e Vias Metabólicas , Modelos Biológicos
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Nucleic Acids Res ; 43(3): 1965-84, 2015 Feb 18.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25593323

RESUMO

Cys2His2 zinc fingers (C2H2-ZFs) comprise the largest class of metazoan DNA-binding domains. Despite this domain's well-defined DNA-recognition interface, and its successful use in the design of chimeric proteins capable of targeting genomic regions of interest, much remains unknown about its DNA-binding landscape. To help bridge this gap in fundamental knowledge and to provide a resource for design-oriented applications, we screened large synthetic protein libraries to select binding C2H2-ZF domains for each possible three base pair target. The resulting data consist of >160 000 unique domain-DNA interactions and comprise the most comprehensive investigation of C2H2-ZF DNA-binding interactions to date. An integrated analysis of these independent screens yielded DNA-binding profiles for tens of thousands of domains and led to the successful design and prediction of C2H2-ZF DNA-binding specificities. Computational analyses uncovered important aspects of C2H2-ZF domain-DNA interactions, including the roles of within-finger context and domain position on base recognition. We observed the existence of numerous distinct binding strategies for each possible three base pair target and an apparent balance between affinity and specificity of binding. In sum, our comprehensive data help elucidate the complex binding landscape of C2H2-ZF domains and provide a foundation for efforts to determine, predict and engineer their DNA-binding specificities.


Assuntos
Cisteína/química , DNA/metabolismo , Histidina/química , Dedos de Zinco , Sítios de Ligação , DNA/química , Coleta de Dados
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Cell ; 159(7): 1615-25, 2014 Dec 18.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25525879

RESUMO

Sirtuins (SIRTs) are critical enzymes that govern genome regulation, metabolism, and aging. Despite conserved deacetylase domains, mitochondrial SIRT4 and SIRT5 have little to no deacetylase activity, and a robust catalytic activity for SIRT4 has been elusive. Here, we establish SIRT4 as a cellular lipoamidase that regulates the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex (PDH). Importantly, SIRT4 catalytic efficiency for lipoyl- and biotinyl-lysine modifications is superior to its deacetylation activity. PDH, which converts pyruvate to acetyl-CoA, has been known to be primarily regulated by phosphorylation of its E1 component. We determine that SIRT4 enzymatically hydrolyzes the lipoamide cofactors from the E2 component dihydrolipoyllysine acetyltransferase (DLAT), diminishing PDH activity. We demonstrate SIRT4-mediated regulation of DLAT lipoyl levels and PDH activity in cells and in vivo, in mouse liver. Furthermore, metabolic flux switching via glutamine stimulation induces SIRT4 lipoamidase activity to inhibit PDH, highlighting SIRT4 as a guardian of cellular metabolism.


Assuntos
Proteínas Mitocondriais/metabolismo , Complexo Piruvato Desidrogenase/metabolismo , Sirtuínas/metabolismo , Amidoidrolases/metabolismo , Animais , Técnicas de Silenciamento de Genes , Glutamina/metabolismo , Humanos , Fígado/metabolismo , Camundongos , Mitocôndrias/metabolismo , Proteínas Mitocondriais/genética , Ratos , Sirtuínas/genética , Ácido Tióctico/análogos & derivados , Ácido Tióctico/metabolismo
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PLoS Genet ; 10(6): e1004299, 2014 Jun.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24901438

RESUMO

Homologous recombination (HR) is critical for the repair of double strand breaks and broken replication forks. Although HR is mostly error free, inherent or environmental conditions that either suppress or induce HR cause genomic instability. Despite its importance in carcinogenesis, due to limitations in our ability to detect HR in vivo, little is known about HR in mammalian tissues. Here, we describe a mouse model in which a direct repeat HR substrate is targeted to the ubiquitously expressed Rosa26 locus. In the Rosa26 Direct Repeat-GFP (RaDR-GFP) mice, HR between two truncated EGFP expression cassettes can yield a fluorescent signal. In-house image analysis software provides a rapid method for quantifying recombination events within intact tissues, and the frequency of recombinant cells can be evaluated by flow cytometry. A comparison among 11 tissues shows that the frequency of recombinant cells varies by more than two orders of magnitude among tissues, wherein HR in the brain is the lowest. Additionally, de novo recombination events accumulate with age in the colon, showing that this mouse model can be used to study the impact of chronic exposures on genomic stability. Exposure to N-methyl-N-nitrosourea, an alkylating agent similar to the cancer chemotherapeutic temozolomide, shows that the colon, liver and pancreas are susceptible to DNA damage-induced HR. Finally, histological analysis of the underlying cell types reveals that pancreatic acinar cells and liver hepatocytes undergo HR and also that HR can be specifically detected in colonic somatic stem cells. Taken together, the RaDR-GFP mouse model provides new understanding of how tissue and age impact susceptibility to HR, and enables future studies of genetic, environmental and physiological factors that modulate HR in mammals.


Assuntos
Envelhecimento , Reparo do DNA/genética , Proteínas de Fluorescência Verde/genética , Recombinação Homóloga/genética , RNA não Traduzido/genética , Fatores Etários , Animais , Proteínas de Bactérias/genética , Encéfalo/citologia , Colo/citologia , Quebras de DNA de Cadeia Dupla , Instabilidade Genômica/genética , Fígado/citologia , Proteínas Luminescentes/genética , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Camundongos Transgênicos , Pâncreas/citologia
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Proteomics ; 14(19): 2156-66, 2014 Oct.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24920159

RESUMO

Class IIa histone deacetylases (HDACs) are critical transcriptional regulators, shuttling between nuclear and cytoplasmic cellular compartments. Within the nucleus, these HDACs repress transcription as components of multiprotein complexes, such as the nuclear corepressor and beclin-6 corepressor (BCoR) complexes. Cytoplasmic relocalization relieves this transcriptional repressive function. Class IIa HDAC shuttling is controlled, in part, by phosphorylations flanking the nuclear localization signal (NLS). Furthermore, we have reported that phosphorylation within the NLS by the kinase Aurora B modulates the localization and function of the class IIa HDAC5 during mitosis. While we identified numerous additional HDAC5 phosphorylations, their regulatory functions remain unknown. Here, we studied phosphorylation sites within functional HDAC5 domains, including the deacetylation domain (DAC, Ser755), nuclear export signal (NES, Ser1108), and an acidic domain (AD, Ser611). We have generated phosphomutant cell lines to investigate how absence of phosphorylation at these sites impacts HDAC5 localization, enzymatic activity, and protein interactions. Combining molecular biology and quantitative MS, we have defined the interactions and HDAC5-containing complexes mediated by site-specific phosphorylation and quantified selected changes using parallel reaction monitoring. These results expand the current understanding of HDAC regulation, and the functions of this critical family of proteins within human cells.


Assuntos
Histona Desacetilases/química , Histona Desacetilases/metabolismo , Fosfoproteínas/química , Fosfoproteínas/metabolismo , Mapas de Interação de Proteínas/fisiologia , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Linhagem Celular , Humanos , Fatores de Transcrição MEF2/química , Fatores de Transcrição MEF2/metabolismo , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Fosforilação , Estrutura Terciária de Proteína , Alinhamento de Sequência
12.
Nucleic Acids Res ; 42(3): 1497-508, 2014 Feb.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24214968

RESUMO

The Cys2His2 zinc finger (ZF) is the most frequently found sequence-specific DNA-binding domain in eukaryotic proteins. The ZF's modular protein-DNA interface has also served as a platform for genome engineering applications. Despite decades of intense study, a predictive understanding of the DNA-binding specificities of either natural or engineered ZF domains remains elusive. To help fill this gap, we developed an integrated experimental-computational approach to enrich and recover distinct groups of ZFs that bind common targets. To showcase the power of our approach, we built several large ZF libraries and demonstrated their excellent diversity. As proof of principle, we used one of these ZF libraries to select and recover thousands of ZFs that bind several 3-nt targets of interest. We were then able to computationally cluster these recovered ZFs to reveal several distinct classes of proteins, all recovered from a single selection, to bind the same target. Finally, for each target studied, we confirmed that one or more representative ZFs yield the desired specificity. In sum, the described approach enables comprehensive large-scale selection and characterization of ZF specificities and should be a great aid in furthering our understanding of the ZF domain.


Assuntos
Proteínas de Ligação a DNA/química , Fatores de Transcrição/química , Dedos de Zinco , Sítios de Ligação , Biologia Computacional/métodos , Proteínas de Ligação a DNA/genética , Proteínas de Ligação a DNA/metabolismo , Biblioteca Gênica , Sequenciamento de Nucleotídeos em Larga Escala , Mutagênese , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase , Fatores de Transcrição/genética , Fatores de Transcrição/metabolismo
13.
Cell Cycle ; 12(6): 907-15, 2013 Mar 15.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23422001

RESUMO

A key modality of non-surgical cancer management is DNA damaging therapy that causes DNA double-strand breaks that are preferentially toxic to rapidly dividing cancer cells. Double-strand break repair capacity is recognized as an important mechanism in drug resistance and is therefore a potential target for adjuvant chemotherapy. Additionally, spontaneous and environmentally induced DSBs are known to promote cancer, making DSB evaluation important as a tool in epidemiology, clinical evaluation and in the development of novel pharmaceuticals. Currently available assays to detect double-strand breaks are limited in throughput and specificity and offer minimal information concerning the kinetics of repair. Here, we present the CometChip, a 96-well platform that enables assessment of double-strand break levels and repair capacity of multiple cell types and conditions in parallel and integrates with standard high-throughput screening and analysis technologies. We demonstrate the ability to detect multiple genetic deficiencies in double-strand break repair and evaluate a set of clinically relevant chemical inhibitors of one of the major double-strand break repair pathways, non-homologous end-joining. While other high-throughput repair assays measure residual damage or indirect markers of damage, the CometChip detects physical double-strand breaks, providing direct measurement of damage induction and repair capacity, which may be useful in developing and implementing treatment strategies with reduced side effects.


Assuntos
Quebras de DNA de Cadeia Dupla/efeitos dos fármacos , Reparo do DNA/efeitos dos fármacos , Ensaios de Triagem em Larga Escala/métodos , Neoplasias/tratamento farmacológico , Animais , Células CHO , Linhagem Celular , Cromonas/farmacologia , Cricetinae , Dano ao DNA , Proteína Quinase Ativada por DNA/antagonistas & inibidores , Resistencia a Medicamentos Antineoplásicos , Inibidores Enzimáticos/farmacologia , Humanos , Morfolinas/farmacologia , Neoplasias/genética
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J Neurochem ; 116(5): 900-8, 2011 Mar.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21214567

RESUMO

In addition to supporting rapid nerve conduction, myelination nurtures and stabilizes axons and protects them from acute toxic insults. One myelin molecule that protects and sustains axons is myelin-associated glycoprotein (MAG). MAG is expressed on the innermost wrap of myelin, apposed to the axon surface, where it interacts with axonal receptors that reside in lateral membrane domains including gangliosides, the glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored Nogo receptors, and ß1-integrin. We report here that MAG protection extends beyond the axon to the neurons from which those axons emanate, protecting them from excitotoxicity. Compared to wild type mice, Mag-null mice displayed markedly increased seizure activity in response to intraperitoneal injection of kainic acid, an excitotoxic glutamate receptor agonist. Mag-null mice also had larger lesion volumes in response to intrastriatal injection of the excitotoxin NMDA. Prior injection of a soluble form of MAG partially protected Mag-null mice from NMDA-induced lesions. Hippocampal neurons plated on proteins extracted from wild-type rat or mouse myelin were resistant to kainic acid-induced excitotoxicity, whereas neurons plated on proteins from Mag-null myelin were not. Protection was reversed by anti-MAG antibody and replicated by addition of soluble MAG. MAG-mediated protection from excitotoxicity was dependent on Nogo receptors and ß1-integrin. We conclude that MAG engages membrane-domain resident neuronal receptors to protect neurons from excitotoxicity, and that soluble MAG mitigates excitotoxic damage in vivo.


Assuntos
Agonistas de Aminoácidos Excitatórios/toxicidade , Ácido Caínico/toxicidade , N-Metilaspartato/toxicidade , Receptores de Superfície Celular/uso terapêutico , Convulsões/prevenção & controle , Animais , Anticorpos/farmacologia , Células Cultivadas , Modelos Animais de Doenças , Suscetibilidade a Doenças/induzido quimicamente , Suscetibilidade a Doenças/metabolismo , Suscetibilidade a Doenças/patologia , Suscetibilidade a Doenças/terapia , Inibidores Enzimáticos/farmacologia , Hipocampo/citologia , Humanos , Técnicas In Vitro , Cadeias beta de Integrinas/imunologia , Imageamento por Ressonância Magnética/métodos , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Camundongos Knockout , Proteínas da Mielina/farmacologia , Glicoproteína Associada a Mielina , Neurônios/efeitos dos fármacos , Fragmentos de Peptídeos/farmacologia , Fosfoinositídeo Fosfolipase C/farmacologia , Receptores de Superfície Celular/deficiência , Convulsões/induzido quimicamente , Convulsões/patologia , Transdução de Sinais/efeitos dos fármacos , Transdução de Sinais/genética , Tubulina (Proteína)/metabolismo
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Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol ; 44(2): 238-43, 2011 Feb.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20395633

RESUMO

Sialic acid-binding immunoglobulin-like lectin (Siglec)-F, an inhibitory receptor on mouse eosinophils, preferentially recognizes the glycan ligand 6'-sulfated sialyl Lewis X, but little is known about the requirements for its lung expression. RT-PCR and immunohistochemistry were used to detect and localize the sulfotransferase keratin sulfate galactose 6-O sulfotransferase (KSGal6ST, also known as carbohydrate sulfotransferase 1; gene name, Chst1) that is putatively required for 6'-sulfated Sialyl Lewis X synthesis. RT-PCR detected the greatest constitutive expression of Chst1 in lung, liver, and spleen tissue. Immunohistochemistry localized the expression of KSGal6ST in lung tissue primarily to airway epithelium. Siglec-F-Ig fusion protein selectively bound in a similar pattern, and was unaffected in lung tissue treated with methanol or deficient in Type 2 α2,3 sialyltransferase (St3gal2), but was eliminated by proteinase K or sialidase, and was absent in tissue deficient in the Type 3 α2,3 sialyltransferase (St3gal3). Binding of the Siglec-F-Ig fusion protein was similar in pattern to, and completely blocked by, a plant lectin recognizing α2,3-linked sialic acid. Thus, α2,3-linked sialic acid-containing glycoprotein Siglec-F ligands and the enzymes required for their synthesis are constitutively expressed in murine lungs, especially by airway epithelium. St3gal3, but not St3gal2, is required for constitutive Siglec-F ligand synthesis. The survival of eosinophils entering the lung may be shortened by encountering these Siglec-F sialoside ligands.


Assuntos
Antígenos de Diferenciação Mielomonocítica/metabolismo , Pulmão/imunologia , Pulmão/metabolismo , Polissacarídeos/imunologia , Polissacarídeos/metabolismo , Animais , Anticorpos Anti-Idiotípicos , Anticorpos Monoclonais/metabolismo , Anticorpos Monoclonais Humanizados , Sequência de Bases , Primers do DNA/genética , Feminino , Ligantes , Masculino , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Camundongos Knockout , Omalizumab , RNA Mensageiro/genética , RNA Mensageiro/metabolismo , Proteínas Recombinantes de Fusão/metabolismo , Mucosa Respiratória/imunologia , Mucosa Respiratória/metabolismo , Lectinas Semelhantes a Imunoglobulina de Ligação ao Ácido Siálico , Sialiltransferases/deficiência , Sialiltransferases/genética , Sialiltransferases/metabolismo , Sulfotransferases/genética , Sulfotransferases/metabolismo , beta-Galactosídeo alfa-2,3-Sialiltransferase , Carboidrato Sulfotransferases
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Conserv Biol ; 24(6): 1578-85, 2010 Dec.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20666800

RESUMO

Most evaluations of the effects of human activities on wild animals have focused on estimating changes in abundance and distribution of threatened species; however, ecosystem disturbances also affect aspects of animal behavior such as short-term movement, activity budgets, and reproduction. It may take a long time for changes in behavior to manifest as changes in abundance or distribution. Therefore, it is important to have methods with which to detect short-term behavioral responses to human activity. We used continuous acoustic and seismic monitoring to evaluate the short-term effects of seismic prospecting for oil on forest elephants (Loxodonta cyclotis) in Gabon, Central Africa. We monitored changes in elephant abundance and activity as a function of the frequency and intensity of acoustic and seismic signals from dynamite detonation and human activity. Elephants did not flee the area being explored; the relative number of elephants increased in a seasonal pattern typical of elsewhere in the ecosystem. In the exploration area, however, they became more nocturnal. Neither the intensity nor the frequency of dynamite blasts affected the frequency of calling or the daily pattern of elephant activity. Nevertheless, the shift of activity to nocturnal hours became more pronounced as human activity neared each monitored area of forest. This change in activity pattern and its likely causes would not have been detected through standard monitoring methods, which are not sensitive to behavioral changes over short time scales (e.g., dung transects, point counts) or cover a limited area (e.g., camera traps). Simultaneous acoustic monitoring of animal communication, human, and environmental sounds allows the documentation of short-term behavioral changes in response to human disturbance.


Assuntos
Comportamento Animal , Ecossistema , Elefantes/fisiologia , Monitoramento Ambiental/métodos , Atividades Humanas , Acústica , Animais , Gabão , Ruído , Árvores , Vibração , Vocalização Animal
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J Clin Pharmacol ; 45(12): 1413-21, 2005 Dec.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16291717

RESUMO

The effects of a common oral contraceptive preparation on the activity of 7 drug-metabolizing enzymes were investigated using the validated Cooperstown 5+1 Cocktail. In a randomized crossover fashion, 10 premenopausal women received caffeine, dextromethorphan, omeprazole, intravenous midazolam, and warfarin + vitamin K with and without a triphasic oral contraceptive (ethinyl estradiol 35 microg) and varying doses of daily norgestimate (0.18, 0.215, and 0.25 mg). Bioequivalence testing showed nonequivalence in drug versus no-drug treatment on the activity of drug-metabolizing enzymes (as reflected by metabolite ratios following probe drug administration); the activity of CYP1A2, CYP2C19, and NAT-2 decreased following the oral contraceptive, whereas the activity of CYP2C9 and CYP2D6 increased. No effects on xanthine oxidase or hepatic CYP3A were seen. Application of a non-parametric statistical testing approach revealed a significant difference only for CYP1A2 and CYP2C19. This triphasic oral contraceptive may have a clinically significant effect on the activity of some drug-metabolizing enzymes.


Assuntos
Arilamina N-Acetiltransferase/metabolismo , Anticoncepcionais Orais/farmacocinética , Sistema Enzimático do Citocromo P-450/metabolismo , Etinilestradiol/farmacocinética , Norgestrel/análogos & derivados , Adulto , Cafeína/administração & dosagem , Cafeína/farmacocinética , Anticoncepcionais Orais/administração & dosagem , Estudos Cross-Over , Sistema Enzimático do Citocromo P-450/genética , Dextrometorfano/administração & dosagem , Dextrometorfano/farmacocinética , Combinação de Medicamentos , Interações Medicamentosas , Etinilestradiol/administração & dosagem , Feminino , Genótipo , Humanos , Midazolam/administração & dosagem , Midazolam/farmacocinética , Norgestrel/administração & dosagem , Norgestrel/farmacocinética , Omeprazol/administração & dosagem , Omeprazol/farmacocinética , Equivalência Terapêutica , Vitamina K/administração & dosagem , Vitamina K/farmacocinética , Varfarina/administração & dosagem , Varfarina/farmacocinética , Xantina Oxidase/metabolismo
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J Clin Pharmacol ; 44(6): 570-6, 2004 Jun.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15145963

RESUMO

S-warfarin area under the concentration-time curve (AUC(0- infinity )) and clearance are used as measures of cytochrome p450 (CYP) 2C9 activity. In addition, warfarin S/R ratios are used to assess CYP2C9 activity. The determination of S-warfarin AUC(0- infinity ) requires multiple blood samples. Limited sampling strategy (LSS) is a validated technique that estimates AUC(0- infinity ) using limited blood samples. The objective of this study was to evaluate LSS of S-warfarin concentrations and warfarin S/R ratios to predict S-warfarin AUC(0- infinity ) during CYP2C9 baseline activity and inhibition with fluvastatin. Fifty-one healthy subjects, genotyped as CYP2C9 extensive metabolizers, were administered oral warfarin 10 mg. Blood samples were collected over 96 hours. S-warfarin AUC(0- infinity ) equations were derived from a training set of 20 subjects using multiple linear regression. Validation of the equations used data from the remaining 31 subjects. All derived equations were within acceptable limits for measures of bias and precision. Single-point and two-point S-warfarin concentrations, but not warfarin S/R ratios, were predictive of S-warfarin AUC(0- infinity ) during CYP2C9 baseline activity and inhibition. No correlation was observed between CYP2C9(*)1/(*)1 and (*)1/(*)2 genotypes and either S-warfarin concentrations or warfarin S/R ratios. The equation using two-point S-warfarin concentrations at 24 and 48 hours was the most accurate predictor of S-warfarin AUC(0- infinity ). LSS using S-warfarin concentrations is an efficient and accurate technique to evaluate S-warfarin AUC(0- infinity ) when using warfarin as a CYP2C9 probe drug.


Assuntos
Anticoagulantes/farmacocinética , Hidrocarboneto de Aril Hidroxilases/antagonistas & inibidores , Coleta de Amostras Sanguíneas , Varfarina/farmacocinética , Adulto , Anticoagulantes/sangue , Área Sob a Curva , Hidrocarboneto de Aril Hidroxilases/genética , Citocromo P-450 CYP2C9 , Feminino , Genótipo , Humanos , Masculino , Taxa de Depuração Metabólica , Estereoisomerismo , Varfarina/sangue
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Clin Pharmacol Ther ; 74(5): 437-47, 2003 Nov.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-14586384

RESUMO

Previously, we have validated a 4-drug phenotyping cocktail, the "Cooperstown cocktail," using caffeine (cytochrome p450 [CYP] 1A2, N-acetyltransferase-2 [NAT2], and xanthine oxidase [XO]), dextromethorphan (CYP2D6), omeprazole (CYP2C19), and intravenous midazolam (hepatic CYP3A). Data suggest that warfarin can be used as a safe and accurate biomarker for CYP2C9, and if warfarin is administered with vitamin K, the pharmacodynamic effect is ablated. Twelve subjects received the Cooperstown cocktail, warfarin plus vitamin K, and both sets of biomarkers (Cooperstown 5+1 cocktail) in a randomized crossover fashion. On the basis of log-transformed data and a paired t test, no significant difference was seen for S-warfarin area under the serum concentration-time curve from time 0 to infinity (P =.09), omeprazole metabolic ratio (P =.374), caffeine metabolic ratio (P =.169 for CYP1A2 activity), midazolam plasma clearance (P =.573), or dextromethorphan metabolic ratio (P =.747) with the Cooperstown cocktail, warfarin plus vitamin K alone, or the Cooperstown 5+1 cocktail. During drug administration, the only side effect was mild and short-lived sedation after intravenous midazolam administration. Phenotypic measurements were in concordance with the subject's CYP2C9, CYP2C19, and CYP2D6 genotypes. The Cooperstown 5+1 cocktail may be used to simultaneously assess the activities of CYP1A2, CYP2C9, CYP2C19, CYP2D6, CYP3A, NAT2, and XO.


Assuntos
Sistema Enzimático do Citocromo P-450/metabolismo , Acetiltransferases/genética , Acetiltransferases/metabolismo , Adulto , Hidrocarboneto de Aril Hidroxilases/genética , Hidrocarboneto de Aril Hidroxilases/metabolismo , Biomarcadores , Cafeína , Citocromo P-450 CYP1A2/genética , Citocromo P-450 CYP1A2/metabolismo , Citocromo P-450 CYP2C19 , Citocromo P-450 CYP2C9 , Citocromo P-450 CYP2D6/genética , Citocromo P-450 CYP2D6/metabolismo , Citocromo P-450 CYP3A , Sistema Enzimático do Citocromo P-450/genética , Dextrometorfano , Combinação de Medicamentos , Genótipo , Humanos , Midazolam , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Oxigenases de Função Mista/genética , Oxigenases de Função Mista/metabolismo , Omeprazol , Oxirredutases N-Desmetilantes/genética , Oxirredutases N-Desmetilantes/metabolismo , Fenótipo , Inibidores de Fosfodiesterase , Reprodutibilidade dos Testes , Vitaminas/farmacocinética , Varfarina , Xantina Oxidase/genética , Xantina Oxidase/metabolismo
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