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  1. Article ; Online: Computational Structure Prediction for Antibody-Antigen Complexes From Hydrogen-Deuterium Exchange Mass Spectrometry

    Minh H. Tran / Clara T. Schoeder / Kevin L. Schey / Jens Meiler

    Frontiers in Immunology, Vol

    Challenges and Outlook

    2022  Volume 13

    Abstract: Although computational structure prediction has had great successes in recent years, it regularly fails to predict the interactions of large protein complexes with residue-level accuracy, or even the correct orientation of the protein partners. The ... ...

    Abstract Although computational structure prediction has had great successes in recent years, it regularly fails to predict the interactions of large protein complexes with residue-level accuracy, or even the correct orientation of the protein partners. The performance of computational docking can be notably enhanced by incorporating experimental data from structural biology techniques. A rapid method to probe protein-protein interactions is hydrogen-deuterium exchange mass spectrometry (HDX-MS). HDX-MS has been increasingly used for epitope-mapping of antibodies (Abs) to their respective antigens (Ags) in the past few years. In this paper, we review the current state of HDX-MS in studying protein interactions, specifically Ab-Ag interactions, and how it has been used to inform computational structure prediction calculations. Particularly, we address the limitations of HDX-MS in epitope mapping and techniques and protocols applied to overcome these barriers. Furthermore, we explore computational methods that leverage HDX-MS to aid structure prediction, including the computational simulation of HDX-MS data and the combination of HDX-MS and protein docking. We point out challenges in interpreting and incorporating HDX-MS data into Ab-Ag complex docking and highlight the opportunities they provide to build towards a more optimized hybrid method, allowing for more reliable, high throughput epitope identification.
    Keywords hydrogen-deuterium exchange mass spectrometry (HDX-MS) ; antibody-antigen interaction ; epitope-paratope identification ; protein-protein docking ; structure modeling ; integrative structural biology ; Immunologic diseases. Allergy ; RC581-607
    Subject code 540 ; 612
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-05-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Frontiers Media S.A.
    Document type Article ; Online
    Database BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (life sciences selection)

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  2. Article ; Online: Insight into the Mammalian Aquaporin Interactome

    Susanna Törnroth-Horsefield / Clara Chivasso / Helin Strandberg / Claudia D’Agostino / Carla V. T. O’Neale / Kevin L. Schey / Christine Delporte

    International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Vol 23, Iss 9615, p

    2022  Volume 9615

    Abstract: Aquaporins (AQPs) are a family of transmembrane water channels expressed in all living organisms. AQPs facilitate osmotically driven water flux across biological membranes and, in some cases, the movement of small molecules (such as glycerol, urea, CO 2 , ...

    Abstract Aquaporins (AQPs) are a family of transmembrane water channels expressed in all living organisms. AQPs facilitate osmotically driven water flux across biological membranes and, in some cases, the movement of small molecules (such as glycerol, urea, CO 2 , NH 3 , H 2 O 2 ). Protein–protein interactions play essential roles in protein regulation and function. This review provides a comprehensive overview of the current knowledge of the AQP interactomes and addresses the molecular basis and functional significance of these protein–protein interactions in health and diseases. Targeting AQP interactomes may offer new therapeutic avenues as targeting individual AQPs remains challenging despite intense efforts.
    Keywords aquaporin ; interactome ; protein–protein interaction ; trafficking ; function ; mammalian ; Biology (General) ; QH301-705.5 ; Chemistry ; QD1-999
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-08-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher MDPI AG
    Document type Article ; Online
    Database BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (life sciences selection)

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  3. Article ; Online: Novel mitochondrial derived Nuclear Excisosome degrades nuclei during differentiation of prosimian Galago (bush baby) monkey lenses.

    M Joseph Costello / Kurt O Gilliland / Ashik Mohamed / Kevin L Schey / Sönke Johnsen / Lisa A Brennan / Marc Kantorow

    PLoS ONE, Vol 15, Iss 11, p e

    2020  Volume 0241631

    Abstract: The unique cellular organization and transparent function of the ocular lens depend on the continuous differentiation of immature epithelial cells on the lens anterior surface into mature elongated fiber cells within the lens core. A ubiquitous event ... ...

    Abstract The unique cellular organization and transparent function of the ocular lens depend on the continuous differentiation of immature epithelial cells on the lens anterior surface into mature elongated fiber cells within the lens core. A ubiquitous event during lens differentiation is the complete elimination of organelles required for mature lens fiber cell structure and transparency. Distinct pathways have been identified to mediate the elimination of non-nuclear organelles and nuclei. Recently, we reported the discovery of a unique structure in developing fiber cells of the chick embryo lens, called the Nuclear Excisosome, that is intractably associated with degrading nuclei during lens fiber cell differentiation. In the chick lens, the Nuclear Excisosome is derived from projections of adjacent cells contacting the nuclear envelope during nuclear elimination. Here, we demonstrate that, in contrast to the avian model, Nuclear Excisosomes in a primate model, Galago (bush baby) monkeys, are derived through the recruitment of mitochondria to form unique linear assemblies that define a novel primate Nuclear Excisosome. Four lenses from three monkeys aged 2-5 years were fixed in formalin, followed by paraformaldehyde, then processed for Airyscan confocal microscopy or transmission electron microscopy. For confocal imaging, fluorescent dyes labelled membranes, carbohydrate in the extracellular space, filamentous actin and nuclei. Fiber cells from Galago lenses typically displayed prominent linear structures within the cytoplasm with a distinctive cross-section of four membranes and lengths up to 30 μm. The outer membranes of these linear structures were observed to attach to the outer nuclear envelope membrane to initiate degradation near the organelle-free zone. The origin of these unique structures was mitochondria in the equatorial epithelium (not from plasma membranes of adjacent cells as in the chick embryo model). Early changes in mitochondria appeared to be the collapse of the cristae and modification of one side ...
    Keywords Medicine ; R ; Science ; Q
    Subject code 571
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Public Library of Science (PLoS)
    Document type Article ; Online
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  4. Article ; Online: The Role of Aquaporins in Ocular Lens Homeostasis

    Kevin L. Schey / Rosica S. Petrova / Romell B. Gletten / Paul J. Donaldson

    International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Vol 18, Iss 12, p

    2017  Volume 2693

    Abstract: Abstract: Aquaporins (AQPs), by playing essential roles in the maintenance of ocular lens homeostasis, contribute to the establishment and maintenance of the overall optical properties of the lens over many decades of life. Three aquaporins, AQP0, AQP1 ... ...

    Abstract Abstract: Aquaporins (AQPs), by playing essential roles in the maintenance of ocular lens homeostasis, contribute to the establishment and maintenance of the overall optical properties of the lens over many decades of life. Three aquaporins, AQP0, AQP1 and AQP5, each with distinctly different functional properties, are abundantly and differentially expressed in the different regions of the ocular lens. Furthermore, the diversity of AQP functionality is increased in the absence of protein turnover by age-related modifications to lens AQPs that are proposed to alter AQP function in the different regions of the lens. These regional differences in AQP functionality are proposed to contribute to the generation and directionality of the lens internal microcirculation; a system of circulating ionic and fluid fluxes that delivers nutrients to and removes wastes from the lens faster than could be achieved by passive diffusion alone. In this review, we present how regional differences in lens AQP isoforms potentially contribute to this microcirculation system by highlighting current areas of investigation and emphasizing areas where future work is required.
    Keywords microcirculation ; hydrostatic pressure ; regulation ; post-translational modification ; Biology (General) ; QH301-705.5 ; Chemistry ; QD1-999
    Subject code 535
    Language English
    Publishing date 2017-12-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher MDPI AG
    Document type Article ; Online
    Database BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (life sciences selection)

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  5. Article: MALDI (matrix assisted laser desorption ionization) Imaging Mass Spectrometry (IMS) of skin: aspects of sample preparation

    de Macedo, Cristiana Santos / David M. Anderson / Kevin L. Schey

    Talanta. 2017,

    2017  

    Abstract: MALDI (matrix assisted laser desorption ionization) Imaging Mass Spectrometry (IMS) allows molecular analysis of biological materials making possible the identification and localization of molecules in tissues, and has been applied to address many ... ...

    Abstract MALDI (matrix assisted laser desorption ionization) Imaging Mass Spectrometry (IMS) allows molecular analysis of biological materials making possible the identification and localization of molecules in tissues, and has been applied to address many questions on skin pathophysiology, as well as on studies about drug absorption and metabolism. Sample preparation for MALDI IMS is the most important part of the workflow, comprising specimen collection and preservation, tissue embedding, cryosectioning, washing, and matrix application. These steps must be carefully optimized for specific analytes of interest (lipids, proteins, drugs, etc.), representing a challenge for skin analysis. In this review, critical parameters for MALDI IMS sample preparation of skin samples will be described. In addition, specific applications of MALDI IMS of skin samples will be presented including wound healing, neoplasia, and infection.
    Keywords chemical elements ; desorption ; drugs ; image analysis ; ionization ; lipids ; mass spectrometry ; neoplasms ; pathophysiology ; pharmacokinetics ; proteins ; tissue repair ; tissues ; washing
    Language English
    Size p. .
    Publishing place Elsevier B.V.
    Document type Article
    Note Pre-press version
    ZDB-ID 1500969-5
    ISSN 1873-3573 ; 0039-9140
    ISSN (online) 1873-3573
    ISSN 0039-9140
    DOI 10.1016/j.talanta.2017.06.018
    Database NAL-Catalogue (AGRICOLA)

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  6. Article: Old Proteins in Man: A Field in its Infancy

    Truscott, Roger J.W / Kevin L. Schey / Michael G. Friedrich

    Trends in biochemical sciences. 2016 Aug., v. 41, no. 8

    2016  

    Abstract: It has only recently been appreciated that the human body contains many long-lived proteins (LLPs). Their gradual degradation over time contributes to human aging and probably also to a range of age-related disorders. Indeed, the role of progressive ... ...

    Abstract It has only recently been appreciated that the human body contains many long-lived proteins (LLPs). Their gradual degradation over time contributes to human aging and probably also to a range of age-related disorders. Indeed, the role of progressive damage of proteins in aging may be indicated by the fact that many neurological diseases do not appear until after middle age. A major factor responsible for the deterioration of old proteins is the spontaneous breakdown of susceptible amino acid residues resulting in racemization, truncation, deamidation, and crosslinking. When proteins decompose in this way, their structures and functions may be altered and novel epitopes can be formed that can induce an autoimmune response.
    Keywords amino acids ; autoimmunity ; crosslinking ; deamidation ; epitopes ; humans ; nervous system diseases ; proteins
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2016-08
    Size p. 654-664.
    Publishing place Elsevier Ltd
    Document type Article
    ZDB-ID 194220-7
    ISSN 0968-0004 ; 0376-5067
    ISSN 0968-0004 ; 0376-5067
    DOI 10.1016/j.tibs.2016.06.004
    Database NAL-Catalogue (AGRICOLA)

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  7. Article ; Online: Unraveling Human AQP5-PIP Molecular Interaction and Effect on AQP5 Salivary Glands Localization in SS Patients

    Clara Chivasso / Veronika Nesverova / Michael Järvå / Anne Blanchard / Kristie L Rose / Fredrik Kryh Öberg / Zhen Wang / Maud Martin / Florent Lhotellerie / Egor Zindy / Bruna Junqueira / Karelle Leroy / Benoit Vanhollebeke / Valérie Delforge / Nargis Bolaky / Jason Perret / Muhammad Shahnawaz Soyfoo / Stefania Moscato / Chiara Baldini /
    François Chaumont / Letizia Mattii / Kevin L Schey / Yvonne Myal / Susanna Törnroth-Horsefield / Christine Delporte

    Cells, Vol 10, Iss 2108, p

    2021  Volume 2108

    Abstract: Saliva secretion requires effective translocation of aquaporin 5 (AQP5) water channel to the salivary glands (SGs) acinar apical membrane. Patients with Sjögren’s syndrome (SS) display abnormal AQP5 localization within acinar cells from SGs that ... ...

    Abstract Saliva secretion requires effective translocation of aquaporin 5 (AQP5) water channel to the salivary glands (SGs) acinar apical membrane. Patients with Sjögren’s syndrome (SS) display abnormal AQP5 localization within acinar cells from SGs that correlate with sicca manifestation and glands hypofunction. Several proteins such as Prolactin-inducible protein (PIP) may regulate AQP5 trafficking as observed in lacrimal glands from mice. However, the role of the AQP5-PIP complex remains poorly understood. In the present study, we show that PIP interacts with AQP5 in vitro and in mice as well as in human SGs and that PIP misexpression correlates with an altered AQP5 distribution at the acinar apical membrane in PIP knockout mice and SS hMSG. Furthermore, our data show that the protein-protein interaction involves the AQP5 C-terminus and the N-terminal of PIP (one molecule of PIP per AQP5 tetramer). In conclusion, our findings highlight for the first time the role of PIP as a protein controlling AQP5 localization in human salivary glands but extend beyond due to the PIP-AQP5 interaction described in lung and breast cancers.
    Keywords aquaporin-5 ; Sjögren’s syndrome ; prolactin-inducible protein ; salivary gland ; Biology (General) ; QH301-705.5
    Subject code 570
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-08-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher MDPI AG
    Document type Article ; Online
    Database BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (life sciences selection)

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  8. Article ; Online: Ezrin Is a Novel Protein Partner of Aquaporin-5 in Human Salivary Glands and Shows Altered Expression and Cellular Localization in Sjögren’s Syndrome

    Clara Chivasso / Carl Johan Hagströmer / Kristie L. Rose / Florent Lhotellerie / Lionel Leblanc / Zhen Wang / Stefania Moscato / Clément Chevalier / Egor Zindy / Maud Martin / Benoit Vanhollebeke / Françoise Gregoire / Nargis Bolaky / Jason Perret / Chiara Baldini / Muhammad Shahnawaz Soyfoo / Letizia Mattii / Kevin L. Schey / Susanna Törnroth-Horsefield /
    Christine Delporte

    International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Vol 22, Iss 9213, p

    2021  Volume 9213

    Abstract: Sjögren’s syndrome (SS) is an exocrinopathy characterized by the hypofunction of salivary glands (SGs). Aquaporin-5 (AQP5); a water channel involved in saliva formation; is aberrantly distributed in SS SG acini and contributes to glandular dysfunction. ... ...

    Abstract Sjögren’s syndrome (SS) is an exocrinopathy characterized by the hypofunction of salivary glands (SGs). Aquaporin-5 (AQP5); a water channel involved in saliva formation; is aberrantly distributed in SS SG acini and contributes to glandular dysfunction. We aimed to investigate the role of ezrin in AQP5 mislocalization in SS SGs. The AQP5–ezrin interaction was assessed by immunoprecipitation and proteome analysis and by proximity ligation assay in immortalized human SG cells. We demonstrated, for the first time, an interaction between ezrin and AQP5. A model of the complex was derived by computer modeling and in silico docking; suggesting that AQP5 interacts with the ezrin FERM-domain via its C-terminus. The interaction was also investigated in human minor salivary gland (hMSG) acini from SS patients (SICCA-SS); showing that AQP5–ezrin complexes were absent or mislocalized to the basolateral side of SG acini rather than the apical region compared to controls (SICCA-NS). Furthermore, in SICCA-SS hMSG acinar cells, ezrin immunoreactivity was decreased at the acinar apical region and higher at basal or lateral regions, accounting for altered AQP5–ezrin co-localization. Our data reveal that AQP5–ezrin interactions in human SGs could be involved in the regulation of AQP5 trafficking and may contribute to AQP5-altered localization in SS patients
    Keywords Sjögren’s syndrome ; aquaporin-5 ; ezrin ; salivary glands ; protein–protein interaction ; Biology (General) ; QH301-705.5 ; Chemistry ; QD1-999
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-08-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher MDPI AG
    Document type Article ; Online
    Database BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (life sciences selection)

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  9. Article ; Online: L-type calcium channels play a critical role in maintaining lens transparency by regulating phosphorylation of aquaporin-0 and myosin light chain and expression of connexins.

    Rupalatha Maddala / Tharkika Nagendran / Gustaaf G de Ridder / Kevin L Schey / Ponugoti Vasantha Rao

    PLoS ONE, Vol 8, Iss 5, p e

    2013  Volume 64676

    Abstract: Homeostasis of intracellular calcium is crucial for lens cytoarchitecture and transparency, however, the identity of specific channel proteins regulating calcium influx within the lens is not completely understood. Here we examined the expression and ... ...

    Abstract Homeostasis of intracellular calcium is crucial for lens cytoarchitecture and transparency, however, the identity of specific channel proteins regulating calcium influx within the lens is not completely understood. Here we examined the expression and distribution profiles of L-type calcium channels (LTCCs) and explored their role in morphological integrity and transparency of the mouse lens, using cDNA microarray, RT-PCR, immunoblot, pharmacological inhibitors and immunofluorescence analyses. The results revealed that Ca (V) 1.2 and 1.3 channels are expressed and distributed in both the epithelium and cortical fiber cells in mouse lens. Inhibition of LTCCs with felodipine or nifedipine induces progressive cortical cataract formation with time, in association with decreased lens weight in ex-vivo mouse lenses. Histological analyses of felodipine treated lenses revealed extensive disorganization and swelling of cortical fiber cells resembling the phenotype reported for altered aquaporin-0 activity without detectable cytotoxic effects. Analysis of both soluble and membrane rich fractions from felodipine treated lenses by SDS-PAGE in conjunction with mass spectrometry and immunoblot analyses revealed decreases in β-B1-crystallin, Hsp-90, spectrin and filensin. Significantly, loss of transparency in the felodipine treated lenses was preceded by an increase in aquaporin-0 serine-235 phosphorylation and levels of connexin-50, together with decreases in myosin light chain phosphorylation and the levels of 14-3-3ε, a phosphoprotein-binding regulatory protein. Felodipine treatment led to a significant increase in gene expression of connexin-50 and 46 in the mouse lens. Additionally, felodipine inhibition of LTCCs in primary cultures of mouse lens epithelial cells resulted in decreased intracellular calcium, and decreased actin stress fibers and myosin light chain phosphorylation, without detectable cytotoxic response. Taken together, these observations reveal a crucial role for LTCCs in regulation of expression, activity ...
    Keywords Medicine ; R ; Science ; Q
    Subject code 572
    Language English
    Publishing date 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Public Library of Science (PLoS)
    Document type Article ; Online
    Database BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (life sciences selection)

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  10. Article ; Online: Iron deficiency linked to altered bile acid metabolism promotes Helicobacter pylori–induced inflammation–driven gastric carcinogenesis

    Jennifer M. Noto / M. Blanca Piazuelo / Shailja C. Shah / Judith Romero-Gallo / Jessica L. Hart / Chao Di / James D. Carmichael / Alberto G. Delgado / Alese E. Halvorson / Robert A. Greevy / Lydia E. Wroblewski / Ayushi Sharma / Annabelle B. Newton / Margaret M. Allaman / Keith T. Wilson / M. Kay Washington / M. Wade Calcutt / Kevin L. Schey / Bethany P. Cummings /
    Charles R. Flynn / Joseph P. Zackular / Richard M. Peek Jr.

    The Journal of Clinical Investigation, Vol 132, Iss

    2022  Volume 10

    Abstract: Gastric carcinogenesis is mediated by complex interactions among Helicobacter pylori, host, and environmental factors. Here, we demonstrate that H. pylori augmented gastric injury in INS-GAS mice under iron-deficient conditions. Mechanistically, these ... ...

    Abstract Gastric carcinogenesis is mediated by complex interactions among Helicobacter pylori, host, and environmental factors. Here, we demonstrate that H. pylori augmented gastric injury in INS-GAS mice under iron-deficient conditions. Mechanistically, these phenotypes were not driven by alterations in the gastric microbiota; however, discovery-based and targeted metabolomics revealed that bile acids were significantly altered in H. pylori–infected mice with iron deficiency, with significant upregulation of deoxycholic acid (DCA), a carcinogenic bile acid. The severity of gastric injury was further augmented when H. pylori–infected mice were treated with DCA, and, in vitro, DCA increased translocation of the H. pylori oncoprotein CagA into host cells. Conversely, bile acid sequestration attenuated H. pylori–induced injury under conditions of iron deficiency. To translate these findings to human populations, we evaluated the association between bile acid sequestrant use and gastric cancer risk in a large human cohort. Among 416,885 individuals, a significant dose-dependent reduction in risk was associated with cumulative bile acid sequestrant use. Further, expression of the bile acid receptor transmembrane G protein–coupled bile acid receptor 5 (TGR5) paralleled the severity of carcinogenic lesions in humans. These data demonstrate that increased H. pylori–induced injury within the context of iron deficiency is tightly linked to altered bile acid metabolism, which may promote gastric carcinogenesis.
    Keywords Gastroenterology ; Infectious disease ; Medicine ; R
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-05-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher American Society for Clinical Investigation
    Document type Article ; Online
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