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  1. Article ; Online: Ligandability of E3 Ligases for Targeted Protein Degradation Applications.

    Belcher, Bridget P / Ward, Carl C / Nomura, Daniel K

    Biochemistry

    2021  Volume 62, Issue 3, Page(s) 588–600

    Abstract: Targeted protein degradation (TPD) using proteolysis targeting chimeras (PROTACs) and molecular glue degraders has arisen as a powerful therapeutic modality for eliminating disease-causing proteins from cells. PROTACs and molecular glue degraders employ ... ...

    Abstract Targeted protein degradation (TPD) using proteolysis targeting chimeras (PROTACs) and molecular glue degraders has arisen as a powerful therapeutic modality for eliminating disease-causing proteins from cells. PROTACs and molecular glue degraders employ heterobifunctional or monovalent small molecules, respectively, to chemically induce the proximity of target proteins with E3 ubiquitin ligases to ubiquitinate and degrade specific proteins via the proteasome. Whereas TPD is an attractive therapeutic strategy for expanding the druggable proteome, only a relatively small number of E3 ligases out of the >600 E3 ligases encoded by the human genome have been exploited by small molecules for TPD applications. Here we review the existing E3 ligases that have thus far been successfully exploited for TPD and discuss chemoproteomics-enabled covalent screening strategies for discovering new E3 ligase recruiters. We also provide a chemoproteomic map of reactive cysteines within hundreds of E3 ligases that may represent potential ligandable sites that can be pharmacologically interrogated to uncover additional E3 ligase recruiters.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases/metabolism ; Proteolysis ; Proteins/metabolism ; Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex/metabolism ; Ubiquitination
    Chemical Substances Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases (EC 2.3.2.27) ; Proteins ; Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex (EC 3.4.25.1)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-09-02
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Review ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 1108-3
    ISSN 1520-4995 ; 0006-2960
    ISSN (online) 1520-4995
    ISSN 0006-2960
    DOI 10.1021/acs.biochem.1c00464
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  2. Article ; Online: NHS-Esters As Versatile Reactivity-Based Probes for Mapping Proteome-Wide Ligandable Hotspots.

    Ward, Carl C / Kleinman, Jordan I / Nomura, Daniel K

    ACS chemical biology

    2017  Volume 12, Issue 6, Page(s) 1478–1483

    Abstract: Most of the proteome is considered undruggable, oftentimes hindering translational efforts for drug discovery. Identifying previously unknown druggable hotspots in proteins would enable strategies for pharmacologically interrogating these sites with ... ...

    Abstract Most of the proteome is considered undruggable, oftentimes hindering translational efforts for drug discovery. Identifying previously unknown druggable hotspots in proteins would enable strategies for pharmacologically interrogating these sites with small molecules. Activity-based protein profiling (ABPP) has arisen as a powerful chemoproteomic strategy that uses reactivity-based chemical probes to map reactive, functional, and ligandable hotspots in complex proteomes, which has enabled inhibitor discovery against various therapeutic protein targets. Here, we report an alkyne-functionalized N-hydroxysuccinimide-ester (NHS-ester) as a versatile reactivity-based probe for mapping the reactivity of a wide range of nucleophilic ligandable hotspots, including lysines, serines, threonines, and tyrosines, encompassing active sites, allosteric sites, post-translational modification sites, protein interaction sites, and previously uncharacterized potential binding sites. Surprisingly, we also show that fragment-based NHS-ester ligands can be made to confer selectivity for specific lysine hotspots on specific targets including Dpyd, Aldh2, and Gstt1. We thus put forth NHS-esters as promising reactivity-based probes and chemical scaffolds for covalent ligand discovery.
    MeSH term(s) Aldehyde Dehydrogenase, Mitochondrial/metabolism ; Alkynes/chemistry ; Binding Sites ; Esters/chemistry ; Glutathione Transferase/metabolism ; Humans ; Ligands ; Lysine/metabolism ; Molecular Probes/chemistry ; Proteome/metabolism ; Succinimides
    Chemical Substances Alkynes ; Esters ; Ligands ; Molecular Probes ; Proteome ; Succinimides ; ALDH2 protein, human (EC 1.2.1.3) ; Aldehyde Dehydrogenase, Mitochondrial (EC 1.2.1.3) ; glutathione S-transferase T1 (EC 2.5.1.-) ; Glutathione Transferase (EC 2.5.1.18) ; Lysine (K3Z4F929H6) ; N-hydroxysuccinimide (MJE3791M4T)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2017-05-01
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
    ISSN 1554-8937
    ISSN (online) 1554-8937
    DOI 10.1021/acschembio.7b00125
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  3. Article ; Online: Activity-based protein profiling for mapping and pharmacologically interrogating proteome-wide ligandable hotspots.

    Roberts, Allison M / Ward, Carl C / Nomura, Daniel K

    Current opinion in biotechnology

    2017  Volume 43, Page(s) 25–33

    Abstract: Despite the completion of human genome sequencing efforts nearly 15 years ago that brought with it the promise of genome-based discoveries that would cure human diseases, most protein targets that control human diseases have remained largely untranslated, ...

    Abstract Despite the completion of human genome sequencing efforts nearly 15 years ago that brought with it the promise of genome-based discoveries that would cure human diseases, most protein targets that control human diseases have remained largely untranslated, in-part because they represent difficult protein targets to drug. In addition, many of these protein targets lack screening assays or accessible binding pockets, making the development of small-molecule modulators very challenging. Here, we discuss modern methods for activity-based protein profiling-based chemoproteomic strategies to map 'ligandable' hotspots in proteomes using activity and reactivity-based chemical probes to allow for pharmacological interrogation of these previously difficult targets. We will showcase several recent examples of how these technologies have been used to develop highly selective small-molecule inhibitors against disease-related protein targets.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Biomarkers/analysis ; Biomarkers/metabolism ; Drug Design ; Humans ; Protein Array Analysis ; Proteins/analysis ; Proteins/metabolism ; Proteome/analysis ; Proteome/metabolism
    Chemical Substances Biomarkers ; Proteins ; Proteome
    Language English
    Publishing date 2017-02
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 1052045-4
    ISSN 1879-0429 ; 0958-1669
    ISSN (online) 1879-0429
    ISSN 0958-1669
    DOI 10.1016/j.copbio.2016.08.003
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  4. Article: Role of Long Non-coding RNAs in Reprogramming to Induced Pluripotency

    Kanwal, Shahzina / Guo, Xiangpeng / Ward, Carl / Volpe, Giacomo / Qin, Baoming / Esteban, Miguel A / Bao, Xichen

    Genomics, proteomics & bioinformatics. 2020 Feb., v. 18, no. 1

    2020  

    Abstract: The generation of induced pluripotent stem cells through somatic cell reprogramming requires a global reorganization of cellular functions. This reorganization occurs in a multi-phased manner and involves a gradual revision of both the epigenome and ... ...

    Abstract The generation of induced pluripotent stem cells through somatic cell reprogramming requires a global reorganization of cellular functions. This reorganization occurs in a multi-phased manner and involves a gradual revision of both the epigenome and transcriptome. Recent studies have shown that the large-scale transcriptional changes observed during reprogramming also apply to long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs), a type of traditionally neglected RNA species that are increasingly viewed as critical regulators of cellular function. Deeper understanding of lncRNAs in reprogramming may not only help to improve this process but also have implications for studying cell plasticity in other contexts, such as development, aging, and cancer. In this review, we summarize the current progress made in profiling and analyzing the role of lncRNAs in various phases of somatic cell reprogramming, with emphasis on the re-establishment of the pluripotency gene network and X chromosome reactivation.
    Keywords bioinformatics ; epigenome ; genes ; genomics ; plasticity ; proteomics ; somatic cells ; transcription (genetics) ; transcriptome
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2020-02
    Size p. 16-25.
    Publishing place Elsevier B.V.
    Document type Article
    Note NAL-AP-2-clean
    ZDB-ID 2240213-5
    ISSN 2210-3244 ; 1672-0229
    ISSN (online) 2210-3244
    ISSN 1672-0229
    DOI 10.1016/j.gpb.2019.06.003
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  5. Article ; Online: In Vitro Screening Platforms for Identifying Autophagy Modulators in Mammalian Cells.

    Seranova, Elena / Ward, Carl / Chipara, Miruna / Rosenstock, Tatiana R / Sarkar, Sovan

    Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)

    2019  Volume 1880, Page(s) 389–428

    Abstract: Autophagy is a vital homeostatic pathway essential for cellular survival and human health. It primarily functions as an intracellular degradation process for the turnover of aggregation-prone proteins and unwanted organelles. Dysregulation of autophagy ... ...

    Abstract Autophagy is a vital homeostatic pathway essential for cellular survival and human health. It primarily functions as an intracellular degradation process for the turnover of aggregation-prone proteins and unwanted organelles. Dysregulation of autophagy underlying diverse human diseases reduces cell viability, whereas stimulation of autophagy is cytoprotective in a number of transgenic disease models including neurodegenerative disorders. Thus, therapeutic exploitation of autophagy is considered a potential treatment strategy in certain human diseases, and therefore, chemical inducers of autophagy have tremendous biomedical relevance. In this review, we describe the in vitro screening platforms to identify autophagy modulators in mammalian cells using various methodologies including fluorescence and high-content imaging, flow cytometry, fluorescence and luminescence detection by microplate reader, immunoblotting, and immunofluorescence. The commonly used autophagy reporters in these screening platforms are either based on autophagy marker like LC3 or autophagy substrate such as aggregation-prone proteins or p62/SQSTM1. The reporters and assays for monitoring autophagy are evolving over time to become more sensitive in measuring autophagic flux with the capability of high-throughput applications for drug discovery. Here we highlight these developments and also describe the stringent secondary autophagy assays for characterizing the autophagy modulators arising from the primary screen. Since autophagy is implicated in myriad human physiological and pathological conditions, these technologies will enable identifying novel chemical modulators or genetic regulators of autophagy that will be of biomedical and fundamental importance to human health.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Autophagy/physiology ; Autophagy-Related Proteins/metabolism ; Biological Assay/instrumentation ; Biological Assay/methods ; Cell Culture Techniques/instrumentation ; Cell Culture Techniques/methods ; Cell Line ; Flow Cytometry/instrumentation ; Flow Cytometry/methods ; Genes, Reporter/genetics ; Humans ; Luminescent Proteins/chemistry ; Luminescent Proteins/genetics ; Microscopy, Fluorescence/instrumentation ; Microscopy, Fluorescence/methods ; Microtubule-Associated Proteins ; Sequestosome-1 Protein/metabolism ; Transfection/instrumentation ; Transfection/methods
    Chemical Substances Autophagy-Related Proteins ; Luminescent Proteins ; Microtubule-Associated Proteins ; Sequestosome-1 Protein
    Language English
    Publishing date 2019-01-04
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Review
    ISSN 1940-6029
    ISSN (online) 1940-6029
    DOI 10.1007/978-1-4939-8873-0_26
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  6. Article ; Online: Improving prime editing with an endogenous small RNA-binding protein.

    Yan, Jun / Oyler-Castrillo, Paul / Ravisankar, Purnima / Ward, Carl C / Levesque, Sébastien / Jing, Yangwode / Simpson, Danny / Zhao, Anqi / Li, Hui / Yan, Weihao / Goudy, Laine / Schmidt, Ralf / Solley, Sabrina C / Gilbert, Luke A / Chan, Michelle M / Bauer, Daniel E / Marson, Alexander / Parsons, Lance R / Adamson, Britt

    Nature

    2024  Volume 628, Issue 8008, Page(s) 639–647

    Abstract: Prime editing enables the precise modification of genomes through reverse transcription of template sequences appended to the 3' ends of CRISPR-Cas guide ... ...

    Abstract Prime editing enables the precise modification of genomes through reverse transcription of template sequences appended to the 3' ends of CRISPR-Cas guide RNAs
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; CRISPR-Cas Systems/genetics ; Gene Editing/methods ; K562 Cells ; Poly U/genetics ; Poly U/metabolism ; RNA Polymerase III/metabolism ; RNA, Guide, CRISPR-Cas Systems/genetics ; RNA, Guide, CRISPR-Cas Systems/metabolism ; RNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism
    Chemical Substances Poly U (27416-86-0) ; RNA Polymerase III (EC 2.7.7.6) ; RNA, Guide, CRISPR-Cas Systems ; RNA-Binding Proteins
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-04-03
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 120714-3
    ISSN 1476-4687 ; 0028-0836
    ISSN (online) 1476-4687
    ISSN 0028-0836
    DOI 10.1038/s41586-024-07259-6
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  7. Article: Global Profiling of the Lysine Crotonylome in Different Pluripotent States

    Lv, Yuan / Bu, Chen / Meng, Jin / Ward, Carl / Volpe, Giacomo / Hu, Jieyi / Jiang, Mengling / Guo, Lin / Chen, Jiekai / Esteban, Miguel A / Bao, Xichen / Cheng, Zhongyi

    Genomics, proteomics & bioinformatics. 2021 Jan. 27,

    2021  

    Abstract: Pluripotent stem cells (PSCs) can be expanded in vitro in different culture conditions, resulting in a spectrum of cell states with distinct properties. Understanding how PSCs transition from one state to another, ultimately leading to lineage-specific ... ...

    Abstract Pluripotent stem cells (PSCs) can be expanded in vitro in different culture conditions, resulting in a spectrum of cell states with distinct properties. Understanding how PSCs transition from one state to another, ultimately leading to lineage-specific differentiation, is important for developmental biology and regenerative medicine. Although there is significant information regarding gene expression changes controlling these transitions, less is known about post-translational modifications of proteins. Protein crotonylation is a newly discovered post-translational modification where lysine residues are modified with a crotonyl group. Here, we employed affinity purification of crotonylated peptides and liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC–MS/MS) to systematically profile protein crotonylation in mouse PSCs in different states including ground, metastable, and primed states, as well as metastable PSCs undergoing early pluripotency exit. We successfully identified 3628 high-confidence crotonylated sites in 1426 proteins. These crotonylated proteins are enriched for factors involved in functions/processes related to pluripotency such as RNA biogenesis, central carbon metabolism, and proteasome function. Moreover, we found that increasing the cellular levels of crotonyl-coenzyme A (crotonyl-CoA) through crotonic acid treatment promotes proteasome activity in metastable PSCs and delays their differentiation, consistent with previous observations showing that enhanced proteasome activity helps to sustain pluripotency. Our atlas of protein crotonylation will be valuable for further studies of pluripotency regulation and may also provide insights into the role of metabolism in other cell fate transitions.
    Keywords RNA ; acid treatment ; biogenesis ; bioinformatics ; carbon metabolism ; gene expression ; genomics ; liquid chromatography ; lysine ; medicine ; mice ; peptides ; post-translational modification ; proteasome endopeptidase complex ; proteomics ; tandem mass spectrometry
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2021-0127
    Publishing place Elsevier B.V.
    Document type Article
    Note NAL-AP-2-clean ; Pre-press version
    ZDB-ID 2240213-5
    ISSN 2210-3244 ; 1672-0229
    ISSN (online) 2210-3244
    ISSN 1672-0229
    DOI 10.1016/j.gpb.2021.01.004
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  8. Article ; Online: Formaldehyde regulates

    Pham, Vanha N / Bruemmer, Kevin J / Toh, Joel D W / Ge, Eva J / Tenney, Logan / Ward, Carl C / Dingler, Felix A / Millington, Christopher L / Garcia-Prieto, Carlos A / Pulos-Holmes, Mia C / Ingolia, Nicholas T / Pontel, Lucas B / Esteller, Manel / Patel, Ketan J / Nomura, Daniel K / Chang, Christopher J

    Science (New York, N.Y.)

    2023  Volume 382, Issue 6670, Page(s) eabp9201

    Abstract: One-carbon metabolism is an essential branch of cellular metabolism that intersects with epigenetic regulation. In this work, we show how formaldehyde (FA), a one-carbon unit derived from both endogenous sources and environmental exposure, regulates one- ... ...

    Abstract One-carbon metabolism is an essential branch of cellular metabolism that intersects with epigenetic regulation. In this work, we show how formaldehyde (FA), a one-carbon unit derived from both endogenous sources and environmental exposure, regulates one-carbon metabolism by inhibiting the biosynthesis of
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Mice ; Carbon/metabolism ; Epigenesis, Genetic/drug effects ; Protein Isoforms/antagonists & inhibitors ; Protein Isoforms/metabolism ; S-Adenosylmethionine/antagonists & inhibitors ; S-Adenosylmethionine/metabolism ; Formaldehyde/metabolism ; Formaldehyde/toxicity ; Environmental Exposure ; Methionine Adenosyltransferase/antagonists & inhibitors ; Methionine Adenosyltransferase/genetics ; Methionine Adenosyltransferase/metabolism ; Cysteine/metabolism ; Humans ; Hep G2 Cells
    Chemical Substances Carbon (7440-44-0) ; Protein Isoforms ; S-Adenosylmethionine (7LP2MPO46S) ; Formaldehyde (1HG84L3525) ; Mat1a protein, mouse (EC 2.5.1.6) ; Methionine Adenosyltransferase (EC 2.5.1.6) ; Cysteine (K848JZ4886) ; MAT1A protein, human (EC 2.5.1.6)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-11-03
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 128410-1
    ISSN 1095-9203 ; 0036-8075
    ISSN (online) 1095-9203
    ISSN 0036-8075
    DOI 10.1126/science.abp9201
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  9. Article ; Online: Ectopic expression of meiotic cohesin generates chromosome instability in cancer cell line.

    Boukaba, Abdelhalim / Liu, Jian / Ward, Carl / Wu, Qiongfang / Arnaoutov, Alexei / Liang, Jierong / Pugacheva, Elena M / Dasso, Mary / Lobanenkov, Victor / Esteban, Miguel / Strunnikov, Alexander V

    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

    2022  Volume 119, Issue 40, Page(s) e2204071119

    Abstract: Many tumors express meiotic genes that could potentially drive somatic chromosome instability. While germline cohesin subunits SMC1B, STAG3, and REC8 are widely expressed in many cancers, messenger RNA and protein for RAD21L subunit are expressed at very ...

    Abstract Many tumors express meiotic genes that could potentially drive somatic chromosome instability. While germline cohesin subunits SMC1B, STAG3, and REC8 are widely expressed in many cancers, messenger RNA and protein for RAD21L subunit are expressed at very low levels. To elucidate the potential of meiotic cohesins to contribute to genome instability, their expression was investigated in human cell lines, predominately in DLD-1. While the induction of the REC8 complex resulted in a mild mitotic phenotype, the expression of the RAD21L complex produced an arrested but viable cell pool, thus providing a source of DNA damage, mitotic chromosome missegregation, sporadic polyteny, and altered gene expression. We also found that genomic binding profiles of ectopically expressed meiotic cohesin complexes were reminiscent of their corresponding specific binding patterns in testis. Furthermore, meiotic cohesins were found to localize to the same sites as BORIS/CTCFL, rather than CTCF sites normally associated with the somatic cohesin complex. These findings highlight the existence of a germline epigenomic memory that is conserved in cells that normally do not express meiotic genes. Our results reveal a mechanism of action by unduly expressed meiotic cohesins that potentially links them to aneuploidy and chromosomal mutations in affected cells.
    MeSH term(s) Cell Cycle Proteins/genetics ; Cell Cycle Proteins/metabolism ; Cell Line ; Chromosomal Instability/genetics ; Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone ; Chromosome Segregation ; DNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism ; Ectopic Gene Expression ; Humans ; Male ; Meiosis/genetics ; Neoplasms/genetics ; Nuclear Proteins/metabolism ; Phosphoproteins/metabolism ; RNA, Messenger ; Cohesins
    Chemical Substances CTCFL protein, human ; Cell Cycle Proteins ; Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone ; DNA-Binding Proteins ; Nuclear Proteins ; Phosphoproteins ; RNA, Messenger ; STAG3 protein, human
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-09-30
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 209104-5
    ISSN 1091-6490 ; 0027-8424
    ISSN (online) 1091-6490
    ISSN 0027-8424
    DOI 10.1073/pnas.2204071119
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  10. Article ; Online: Role of Long Non-coding RNAs in Reprogramming to Induced Pluripotency.

    Kanwal, Shahzina / Guo, Xiangpeng / Ward, Carl / Volpe, Giacomo / Qin, Baoming / Esteban, Miguel A / Bao, Xichen

    Genomics, proteomics & bioinformatics

    2020  Volume 18, Issue 1, Page(s) 16–25

    Abstract: The generation of induced pluripotent stem cells through somatic cell reprogramming requires a global reorganization of cellular functions. This reorganization occurs in a multi-phased manner and involves a gradual revision of both the epigenome and ... ...

    Abstract The generation of induced pluripotent stem cells through somatic cell reprogramming requires a global reorganization of cellular functions. This reorganization occurs in a multi-phased manner and involves a gradual revision of both the epigenome and transcriptome. Recent studies have shown that the large-scale transcriptional changes observed during reprogramming also apply to long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs), a type of traditionally neglected RNA species that are increasingly viewed as critical regulators of cellular function. Deeper understanding of lncRNAs in reprogramming may not only help to improve this process but also have implications for studying cell plasticity in other contexts, such as development, aging, and cancer. In this review, we summarize the current progress made in profiling and analyzing the role of lncRNAs in various phases of somatic cell reprogramming, with emphasis on the re-establishment of the pluripotency gene network and X chromosome reactivation.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Cellular Reprogramming/genetics ; Humans ; Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells/cytology ; Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells/metabolism ; Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells/physiology ; RNA, Long Noncoding/genetics ; RNA, Long Noncoding/physiology ; Transcriptome ; X Chromosome
    Chemical Substances RNA, Long Noncoding
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-05-21
    Publishing country China
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Review
    ZDB-ID 2240213-5
    ISSN 2210-3244 ; 1672-0229
    ISSN (online) 2210-3244
    ISSN 1672-0229
    DOI 10.1016/j.gpb.2019.06.003
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