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  1. Article ; Online: Preference of Proteomonas sulcata anion channelrhodopsin for NO3 − revealed using a pH electrode method

    Chihiro Kikuchi / Hina Kurane / Takuma Watanabe / Makoto Demura / Takashi Kikukawa / Takashi Tsukamoto

    Scientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-

    2021  Volume 13

    Abstract: Abstract Ion channel proteins are physiologically important molecules in living organisms. Their molecular functions have been investigated using electrophysiological methods, which enable quantitative, precise and advanced measurements and thus require ... ...

    Abstract Abstract Ion channel proteins are physiologically important molecules in living organisms. Their molecular functions have been investigated using electrophysiological methods, which enable quantitative, precise and advanced measurements and thus require complex instruments and experienced operators. For simpler and easier measurements, we measured the anion transport activity of light-gated anion channelrhodopsins (ACRs) using a pH electrode method, which has already been established for ion pump rhodopsins. Using that method, we successfully measured the anion transport activity and its dependence on the wavelength of light, i.e. its action spectra, and on the anion species, i.e. its selectivity or preference, of several ACRs expressed in yeast cells. In addition, we identified the strong anion transport activity and the preference for NO3 − of an ACR from a marine cryptophyte algae Proteomonas sulcata, named PsuACR_353. Such a preference was discovered for the first time in microbial pump- or channel-type rhodopsins. Nitrate is one of the most stable forms of nitrogen and is used as a nitrogen source by most organisms including plants. Therefore, PsuACR_353 may play a role in NO3 − transport and might take part in NO3 − -related cellular functions in nature. Measurements of a mutant protein revealed that a Thr residue in the 3rd transmembrane helix, which corresponds to Cys102 in GtACR1, contributed to the preference for NO3 − . These findings will be helpful to understand the mechanisms of anion transport, selectivity and preference of PsuACR_353.
    Keywords Medicine ; R ; Science ; Q
    Subject code 580
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-04-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Nature Portfolio
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  2. Article ; Online: Implications for the impairment of the rapid channel closing of Proteomonas sulcata anion channelrhodopsin 1 at high Cl− concentrations

    Takashi Tsukamoto / Chihiro Kikuchi / Hiromu Suzuki / Tomoyasu Aizawa / Takashi Kikukawa / Makoto Demura

    Scientific Reports, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 1-

    2018  Volume 11

    Abstract: Abstract Natural anion channelrhodopsins (ACRs) have recently received increased attention because of their effectiveness in optogenetic manipulation for neuronal silencing. In this study, we focused on Proteomonas sulcata ACR1 (PsuACR1), which has rapid ...

    Abstract Abstract Natural anion channelrhodopsins (ACRs) have recently received increased attention because of their effectiveness in optogenetic manipulation for neuronal silencing. In this study, we focused on Proteomonas sulcata ACR1 (PsuACR1), which has rapid channel closing kinetics and a rapid recovery to the initial state of its anion channel function that is useful for rapid optogenetic control. To reveal the anion concentration dependency of the channel function, we investigated the photochemical properties of PsuACR1 using spectroscopic techniques. Recombinant PsuACR1 exhibited a Cl− dependent spectral red-shift from 531 nm at 0.1 mM to 535 nm at 1000 mM, suggesting that it binds Cl− in the initial state with a K d of 5.5 mM. Flash-photolysis experiments revealed that the photocycle was significantly changed at high Cl− concentrations, which led not only to suppression of the accumulation of the M-intermediate involved in the Cl− non-conducting state but also to a drastic change in the equilibrium state of the other photo-intermediates. Because of this, the Cl− conducting state is protracted by one order of magnitude, which implies an impairment of the rapid channel closing of PsuACR1 in the presence of high concentrations of Cl−.
    Keywords Medicine ; R ; Science ; Q
    Subject code 541
    Language English
    Publishing date 2018-09-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Nature Portfolio
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  3. Article ; Online: Quantitation of the neural silencing activity of anion channelrhodopsins in Caenorhabditis elegans and their applicability for long-term illumination

    Taro Yamanashi / Misayo Maki / Keiichi Kojima / Atsushi Shibukawa / Takashi Tsukamoto / Srikanta Chowdhury / Akihiro Yamanaka / Shin Takagi / Yuki Sudo

    Scientific Reports, Vol 9, Iss 1, Pp 1-

    2019  Volume 11

    Abstract: Abstract Ion pumps and channels are responsible for a wide variety of biological functions. Ion pumps transport only one ion during each stimulus-dependent reaction cycle, whereas ion channels conduct a large number of ions during each cycle. Ion pumping ...

    Abstract Abstract Ion pumps and channels are responsible for a wide variety of biological functions. Ion pumps transport only one ion during each stimulus-dependent reaction cycle, whereas ion channels conduct a large number of ions during each cycle. Ion pumping rhodopsins such as archaerhodopsin-3 (Arch) are often utilized as light-dependent neural silencers in animals, but they require a high-density light illumination of around 1 mW/mm2. Recently, anion channelrhodopsins -1 and -2 (GtACR1 and GtACR2) were discovered as light-gated anion channels from the cryptophyte algae Guillardia theta. GtACRs are therefore expected to silence neural activity much more efficiently than Arch. In this study, we successfully expressed GtACRs in neurons of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) and quantitatively evaluated how potently GtACRs can silence neurons in freely moving C. elegans. The results showed that the light intensity required for GtACRs to cause locomotion paralysis was around 1 µW/mm2, which is three orders of magnitude smaller than the light intensity required for Arch. As attractive features, GtACRs are less harmfulness to worms and allow stable neural silencing effects under long-term illumination. Our findings thus demonstrate that GtACRs possess a hypersensitive neural silencing activity in C. elegans and are promising tools for long-term neural silencing.
    Keywords Medicine ; R ; Science ; Q
    Subject code 571
    Language English
    Publishing date 2019-05-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Nature Publishing Group
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  4. Article: Molecular and evolutionary aspects of microbial sensory rhodopsins

    Inoue, Keiichi / Takashi Tsukamoto / Yuki Sudo

    Biochimica et biophysica acta. 2014 May, v. 1837, no. 5

    2014  

    Abstract: Retinal proteins (~rhodopsins) are photochemically reactive membrane-embedded proteins, with seven transmembrane α-helices which bind the chromophore retinal (vitamin A aldehyde). They are widely distributed through all three biological kingdoms, eukarya, ...

    Abstract Retinal proteins (~rhodopsins) are photochemically reactive membrane-embedded proteins, with seven transmembrane α-helices which bind the chromophore retinal (vitamin A aldehyde). They are widely distributed through all three biological kingdoms, eukarya, bacteria and archaea, indicating the biological significance of the retinal proteins. Light absorption by the retinal proteins triggers a photoisomerization of the chromophore, leading to the biological function, light-energy conversion or light-signal transduction. This article reviews molecular and evolutionary aspects of the light-signal transduction by microbial sensory receptors and their related proteins. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Retinal Proteins - You can teach an old dog new tricks.
    Keywords absorption ; bacteria ; retinaldehyde ; rhodopsin ; sensory receptors ; vitamin A
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2014-05
    Size p. 562-577.
    Publishing place Elsevier B.V.
    Document type Article
    ZDB-ID 282711-6
    ISSN 0005-2728 ; 0304-4173
    ISSN 0005-2728 ; 0304-4173
    DOI 10.1016/j.bbabio.2013.05.005
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  5. Article ; Online: Functional importance of the oligomer formation of the cyanobacterial H+ pump Gloeobacter rhodopsin

    Azusa Iizuka / Kousuke Kajimoto / Tomotsumi Fujisawa / Takashi Tsukamoto / Tomoyasu Aizawa / Naoki Kamo / Kwang-Hwan Jung / Masashi Unno / Makoto Demura / Takashi Kikukawa

    Scientific Reports, Vol 9, Iss 1, Pp 1-

    2019  Volume 12

    Abstract: Abstract Many microbial rhodopsins self-oligomerize, but the functional consequences of oligomerization have not been well clarified. We examined the effects of oligomerization of a H+ pump, Gloeobacter rhodopsin (GR), by using nanodisc containing ... ...

    Abstract Abstract Many microbial rhodopsins self-oligomerize, but the functional consequences of oligomerization have not been well clarified. We examined the effects of oligomerization of a H+ pump, Gloeobacter rhodopsin (GR), by using nanodisc containing trimeric and monomeric GR. The monomerization did not appear to affect the unphotolyzed GR. However, we found a significant impact on the photoreaction: The monomeric GR showed faint M intermediate formation and negligible H+ transfer reactions. These changes reflected the elevated pKa of the Asp121 residue, whose deprotonation is a prerequisite for the functional photoreaction. Here, we focused on His87, which is a neighboring residue of Asp121 and conserved among eubacterial H+ pumps but replaced by Met in an archaeal H+ pump. We found that the H87M mutation removes the “monomerization effects”: Even in the monomeric state, H87M contained the deprotonated Asp121 and showed both M formation and distinct H+ transfer reactions. Thus, for wild-type GR, monomerization probably strengthens the Asp121-His87 interaction and thereby elevates the pKa of Asp121 residue. This strong interaction might occur due to the loosened protein structure and/or the disruption of the interprotomer interaction of His87. Thus, the trimeric assembly of GR enables light-induced H+ transfer reactions through adjusting the positions of key residues.
    Keywords Medicine ; R ; Science ; Q
    Language English
    Publishing date 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Nature Publishing Group
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  6. Article: High Thermal Stability of Oligomeric Assemblies of Thermophilic Rhodopsin in a Lipid Environment

    Shionoya, Tomomi / Hayato Seki / Izuru Kawamura / Keiichi Kojima / Kento Ikeda / Mikihiro Shibata / Misao Mizuno / Takashi Tsukamoto / Yasuhisa Mizutani / Yuki Sudo

    Journal of physical chemistry. 2018 June 12, v. 122, no. 27

    2018  

    Abstract: Thermophilic rhodopsin (TR) is a light-driven proton pump from the extreme thermophile Thermus thermophilus JL-18. Previous studies on TR solubilized with detergent showed that the protein exhibits high thermal stability and forms a trimer at room ... ...

    Abstract Thermophilic rhodopsin (TR) is a light-driven proton pump from the extreme thermophile Thermus thermophilus JL-18. Previous studies on TR solubilized with detergent showed that the protein exhibits high thermal stability and forms a trimer at room temperature but irreversibly dissociates into monomers when incubated at physiological temperature (75 °C). In the present study, we used resonance Raman (RR) spectroscopy, solid-state NMR spectroscopy, and high-speed atomic force microscopy to analyze the oligomeric structure of TR in a lipid environment. The obtained spectra and microscopic images demonstrate that TR adopts a pentameric form in a lipid environment and that this assembly is stable at the physiological temperature, in contrast to the behavior of the protein in the solubilized state. These results indicate that the thermal stability of the oligomeric assembly of TR is higher in a lipid environment than in detergent micelles. The observed RR spectra also showed that the retinal chromophore is strongly hydrogen bonded to an internal water molecule via a protonated Schiff base, which is characteristic of proton-pumping rhodopsins. The obtained data strongly suggest that TR functions in the pentameric form at physiological temperature in the extreme thermophile T. thermophilus JL-18. We utilized the high thermal stability of the monomeric form of solubilized TR and here report the first RR spectra of the monomeric form of a microbial rhodopsin. The observed RR spectra revealed that the monomerization of TR alters the chromophore structure: there are changes in the bond alternation of the polyene chain and in the hydrogen-bond strength of the protonated Schiff base. The present study revealed the high thermal stability of oligomeric assemblies of TR in the lipid environment and suggested the importance of using TR embedded in lipid membrane for elucidation of its functional mechanism.
    Keywords ambient temperature ; atomic force microscopy ; detergents ; hydrogen bonding ; lipids ; micelles ; nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy ; proton pump ; rhodopsin ; schiff bases ; solubilization ; thermal stability ; thermophilic microorganisms ; Thermus thermophilus
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2018-0612
    Size p. 6945-6953.
    Publishing place American Chemical Society
    Document type Article
    ISSN 1520-5207
    DOI 10.1021/acs.jpcb.8b04894
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  7. Article ; Online: Role of S-palmitoylation on IFITM5 for the interaction with FKBP11 in osteoblast cells.

    Takashi Tsukamoto / Xianglan Li / Hiromi Morita / Takashi Minowa / Tomoyasu Aizawa / Nobutaka Hanagata / Makoto Demura

    PLoS ONE, Vol 8, Iss 9, p e

    2013  Volume 75831

    Abstract: Recently, one of the interferon-induced transmembrane (IFITM) family proteins, IFITM3, has become an important target for the activity against influenza A (H1N1) virus infection. In this protein, a post-translational modification by fatty acids ... ...

    Abstract Recently, one of the interferon-induced transmembrane (IFITM) family proteins, IFITM3, has become an important target for the activity against influenza A (H1N1) virus infection. In this protein, a post-translational modification by fatty acids covalently attached to cysteine, termed S-palmitoylation, plays a crucial role for the antiviral activity. IFITM3 possesses three cysteine residues for the S-palmitoylation in the first transmembrane (TM1) domain and in the cytoplasmic (CP) loop. Because these cysteines are well conserved in the mammalian IFITM family proteins, the S-palmitoylation on these cysteines is significant for their functions. IFITM5 is another IFITM family protein and interacts with the FK506-binding protein 11 (FKBP11) to form a higher-order complex in osteoblast cells, which induces the expression of immunologically relevant genes. In this study, we investigated the role played by S-palmitoylation of IFITM5 in its interaction with FKBP11 in the cells, because this interaction is a key process for the gene expression. Our investigations using an established reporter, 17-octadecynoic acid (17-ODYA), and an inhibitor for the S-palmitoylation, 2-bromopalmitic acid (2BP), revealed that IFITM5 was S-palmitoylated in addition to IFITM3. Specifically, we found that cysteine residues in the TM1 domain and in the CP loop were S-palmitoylated in IFITM5. Then, we revealed by immunoprecipitation and western blot analyses that the interaction of IFITM5 with FKBP11 was inhibited in the presence of 2BP. The mutant lacking the S-palmitoylation site in the TM1 domain lost the interaction with FKBP11. These results indicate that the S-palmitoylation on IFITM5 promotes the interaction with FKBP11. Finally, we investigated bone nodule formation in osteoblast cells in the presence of 2BP, because IFITM5 was originally identified as a bone formation factor. The experiment resulted in a morphological aberration of the bone nodule. This also indicated that the S-palmitoylation contributes to bone formation.
    Keywords Medicine ; R ; Science ; Q
    Subject code 570
    Language English
    Publishing date 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Public Library of Science (PLoS)
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  8. Article: Probing the Cl−-pumping photocycle of pharaonis halorhodopsin: Examinations with bacterioruberin, an intrinsic dye, and membrane potential-induced modulation of the photocycle

    Kikukawa, Takashi / Chikara Kusakabe / Asami Kokubo / Takashi Tsukamoto / Masakatsu Kamiya / Tomoyasu Aizawa / Kunio Ihara / Naoki Kamo / Makoto Demura

    Biochimica et biophysica acta. 2015 Aug., v. 1847, no. 8

    2015  

    Abstract: Halorhodopsin (HR) functions as a light-driven inward Cl− pump. The Cl− transfer process of HR from Natronomonas pharaonis (NpHR) was examined utilizing a mutant strain, KM-1, which expresses large amount of NpHR in a complex with the carotenoid ... ...

    Abstract Halorhodopsin (HR) functions as a light-driven inward Cl− pump. The Cl− transfer process of HR from Natronomonas pharaonis (NpHR) was examined utilizing a mutant strain, KM-1, which expresses large amount of NpHR in a complex with the carotenoid bacterioruberin (Brub). When Cl− was added to unphotolyzed Cl−-free NpHR–Brub complex, Brub caused the absorption spectral change in response to the Cl− binding to NpHR through the altered electrostatic environment and/or distortion of its own configuration. During the Cl−-puming photocycle, on the other hand, oppositely directed spectral change of Brub appeared during the O intermediate formation and remained until the decay of the last intermediate NpHR′. These results indicate that Cl− is released into the cytoplasmic medium during the N to O transition, and that the subsequent NpHR′ still maintains an altered protein conformation while another Cl− already binds in the vicinity of the Schiff base. Using the cell envelope vesicles, the effect of the interior negative membrane potential on the photocycle was examined. The prominent effect appeared in the shift of the N–O quasi-equilibrium toward N, supporting Cl− release during the N to O transition. The membrane potential had a much larger effect on the Cl− transfer in the cytoplasmic half channel compared to that in the extracellular half channel. This result may reflect the differences in dielectric constants and/or lengths of the pathways for Cl− transfers during N to O and O to NpHR′ transitions.
    Keywords absorption ; carotenoids ; chlorides ; membrane potential ; mutants ; protein conformation ; schiff bases
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2015-08
    Size p. 748-758.
    Publishing place Elsevier B.V.
    Document type Article
    ZDB-ID 282711-6
    ISSN 0005-2728 ; 0304-4173
    ISSN 0005-2728 ; 0304-4173
    DOI 10.1016/j.bbabio.2015.05.002
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  9. Article ; Online: DPTIP, a newly identified potent brain penetrant neutral sphingomyelinase 2 inhibitor, regulates astrocyte-peripheral immune communication following brain inflammation

    Camilo Rojas / Elena Barnaeva / Ajit G. Thomas / Xin Hu / Noel Southall / Juan Marugan / Amrita Datta Chaudhuri / Seung-Wan Yoo / Niyada Hin / Ondrej Stepanek / Ying Wu / Sarah C. Zimmermann / Alexandra G. Gadiano / Takashi Tsukamoto / Rana Rais / Norman Haughey / Marc Ferrer / Barbara S. Slusher

    Scientific Reports, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 1-

    2018  Volume 11

    Abstract: Abstract Brain injury and inflammation induces a local release of extracellular vesicles (EVs) from astrocytes carrying proteins, RNAs, and microRNAs into the circulation. When these vesicles reach the liver, they stimulate the secretion of cytokines ... ...

    Abstract Abstract Brain injury and inflammation induces a local release of extracellular vesicles (EVs) from astrocytes carrying proteins, RNAs, and microRNAs into the circulation. When these vesicles reach the liver, they stimulate the secretion of cytokines that mobilize peripheral immune cell infiltration into the brain, which can cause secondary tissue damage and impair recovery. Recent studies suggest that suppression of EV biosynthesis through neutral sphingomyelinase 2 (nSMase2) inhibition may represent a new therapeutic strategy. Unfortunately, currently available nSMase2 inhibitors exhibit low potency (IC50 ≥ 1 μM), poor solubility and/or limited brain penetration. Through a high throughput screening campaign of >365,000 compounds against human nSMase2 we identified 2,6-Dimethoxy-4-(5-Phenyl-4-Thiophen-2-yl-1H-Imidazol-2-yl)-Phenol (DPTIP), a potent (IC50 30 nM), selective, metabolically stable, and brain penetrable (AUCbrain/AUCplasma = 0.26) nSMase2 inhibitor. DPTIP dose-dependently inhibited EV release in primary astrocyte cultures. In a mouse model of brain injury conducted in GFAP-GFP mice, DPTIP potently (10 mg/kg IP) inhibited IL-1β-induced astrocyte-derived EV release (51 ± 13%; p < 0.001). This inhibition led to a reduction of cytokine upregulation in liver and attenuation of the infiltration of immune cells into the brain (80 ± 23%; p < 0.01). A structurally similar but inactive analog had no effect in vitro or in vivo.
    Keywords Medicine ; R ; Science ; Q
    Language English
    Publishing date 2018-12-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Nature Publishing Group
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  10. Article ; Online: Arginine Deprivation Inhibits the Warburg Effect and Upregulates Glutamine Anaplerosis and Serine Biosynthesis in ASS1-Deficient Cancers

    Jeff Charles Kremer / Bethany Cheree Prudner / Sara Elaine Stubbs Lange / Gregory Richard Bean / Matthew Bailey Schultze / Caitlyn Brook Brashears / Megan DeAnna Radyk / Nathan Redlich / Shin-Cheng Tzeng / Kenjiro Kami / Laura Shelton / Aixiao Li / Zack Morgan / John Stephen Bomalaski / Takashi Tsukamoto / Jon McConathy / Loren Scott Michel / Jason Matthew Held / Brian Andrew Van Tine

    Cell Reports, Vol 18, Iss 4, Pp 991-

    2017  Volume 1004

    Abstract: Targeting defects in metabolism is an underutilized strategy for the treatment of cancer. Arginine auxotrophy resulting from the silencing of argininosuccinate synthetase 1 (ASS1) is a common metabolic alteration reported in a broad range of aggressive ... ...

    Abstract Targeting defects in metabolism is an underutilized strategy for the treatment of cancer. Arginine auxotrophy resulting from the silencing of argininosuccinate synthetase 1 (ASS1) is a common metabolic alteration reported in a broad range of aggressive cancers. To assess the metabolic effects that arise from acute and chronic arginine starvation in ASS1-deficient cell lines, we performed metabolite profiling. We found that pharmacologically induced arginine depletion causes increased serine biosynthesis, glutamine anaplerosis, oxidative phosphorylation, and decreased aerobic glycolysis, effectively inhibiting the Warburg effect. The reduction of glycolysis in cells otherwise dependent on aerobic glycolysis is correlated with reduced PKM2 expression and phosphorylation and upregulation of PHGDH. Concurrent arginine deprivation and glutaminase inhibition was found to be synthetic lethal across a spectrum of ASS1-deficient tumor cell lines and is sufficient to cause in vivo tumor regression in mice. These results identify two synthetic lethal therapeutic strategies exploiting metabolic vulnerabilities of ASS1-negative cancers.
    Keywords sarcoma ; cancer metabolism ; Warburg effect ; glutamine anaplerosis ; serine biosynthesis ; argininosuccinate synthetase 1 ; arginine deprivation ; serine ; arginine ; glutamine ; Biology (General) ; QH301-705.5
    Subject code 571
    Language English
    Publishing date 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Elsevier
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