scholarly journals Inhibition of Interactions Between NDPK-B and NDPK-C in Presence of Graphene Oxide

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrey Zaznaev ◽  
Isaac Macwan
Keyword(s):  
Heart Failure ◽  
Graphene Oxide ◽  
Hydrogen Bonds ◽  
G Protein ◽  
Center Of Mass ◽  
Water Molecules ◽  
Salt Bridges ◽  
Guanine Nucleotide Binding Protein ◽  
Camp Formation

During a heart failure, higher amount of nucleoside diphosphate kinase (NDPK) enzyme in the sarcolemma membrane inhibits the synthesis of second messenger cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP), which is required for the regulation of the calcium ion balance for normal functioning of the heart. In a dependent pathway, NDPK normally phosphorylates the stimulatory guanosine diphosphate, GDP(s), to a guanosine triphosphate, GTP(s), on the heterotrimeric (α, β and γ subunits) guanine nucleotide binding protein (G protein), resulting in the stimulation of the cAMP formation. In case of a heart failure, an increased quantity of NDPK also reacts with the inhibitory GDP(i), which is converted to a GTP(i), resulting in the inhibition of the cAMP formation. Typically, the βγ dimer of the G protein binds with hexameric NDPK-B/C complex and receives the phosphate at the residue His266 from residue His118 of NDPK-B. It is known that NDPK-C is required for NDPK-B to phosphorylate the G protein. In this work, the interactions between NDPK-B and NDPK-C are quantified in the presence and absence of graphene oxide (GO) as well as those between NDPK-B and GO through stability analysis involving hydrogen bonds, center of mass (COM), root mean square deviation (RMSD), and salt bridges, and energetics analysis involving van der Waals (VDW) and electrostatic energies. Furthermore, the role of water molecules at the interface of NDPK-B and NDPK-C as well as between NDPK-B and GO is investigated to understand the nature of interactions. It is found that the adsorption of NDPK-B on GO triggers a potential conformational change in the structure of NDPK-B, resulting in a diminished interaction with NDPK-C. This is confirmed through a reduced center of mass (COM) distance between NDPK-B and GO (from 40 Å to 30 Å) and an increased COM distance between NDPK-B and NDPK-C (from 50 Å to 60 Å). Furthermore, this is also supported by fewer salt bridges between NDPK-B and NDPK-C, and an increased number of hydrogen bonds formed by the interfacial water molecules. As NDPK-C is crucial to be complexed with NDPK-B for successful interaction of NDPK-B with the G protein, this finding shows that GO can suppress the interactions between NDPK-B/C and G proteins, thereby providing an additional insight into the role of GO in the heart failure mechanism.

Role of hydrogen bonds in thermal conductance at the graphene oxide-H2O interface

2022 ◽  
Vol 183 ◽  
pp. 122125
Author(s):  
Shanchen Li ◽  
Yang Chen ◽  
Zhihui Li ◽  
Junhua Zhao ◽  
Ning Wei
Keyword(s):  
Graphene Oxide ◽  
Hydrogen Bonds ◽  
Thermal Conductance

scholarly journals Platelet proteome changes in dogs with congestive heart failure

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Pinar Levent ◽  
Meriç Kocaturk ◽  
Emel Akgun ◽  
Ahmet Saril ◽  
Ozge Cevik ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heart Failure ◽  
Congestive Heart Failure ◽  
Inflammatory Responses ◽  
Heart Diseases ◽  
Label Free ◽  
Canis Lupus Familiaris ◽  
Protein Database ◽  
Guanine Nucleotide Binding Protein ◽  
Radiographic Findings

Abstract Background Platelets play a central role in the development of cardiovascular diseases and changes in their proteins are involved in the pathophysiology of heart diseases in humans. There is lack of knowledge about the possible role of platelets in congestive heart failure (CHF) in dogs. Thus, this study aimed to investigate the changes in global platelet proteomes in dogs with CHF, to clarify the possible role of platelets in the physiopathology of this disease. Healthy-dogs (n = 10) and dogs with acute CHF due to myxomatous mitral valve disease (MMVD, n = 10) were used. Acute CHF was defined based on the clinical (increased respiratory rate or difficulty breathing) and radiographic findings of pulmonary edema. Dogs Blood samples were collected into tubes with acid-citrate-dextrose, and platelet-pellets were obtained by centrifuge and washing steps. Platelet-proteomes were identified using LC-MS based label-free differential proteome expression analysis method and matched according to protein database for Canis lupus familiaris. Results Totally 104 different proteins were identified in the platelets of the dogs being 4 out of them were significantly up-regulated and 6 down-regulated in acute CHF dogs. Guanine-nucleotide-binding protein, apolipoproteins (A-II and C-III) and clusterin levels increased, but CXC-motif-chemokine-10, cytochrome-C-oxidase-subunit-2, cathepsin-D, serine/threonine-protein-phosphatase-PP1-gamma-catalytic-subunit, creatine-kinase-B-type and myotrophin levels decreased in acute CHF dogs. These proteins are associated with several molecular functions, biological processes, signaling systems and immune-inflammatory responses. Conclusion This study describes by first time the changes in the protein composition in platelets of dogs with acute CHF due to MMVD. Our findings provide a resource for increase the knowledge about the proteome of canine platelets and their roles in CHF caused by MMVD and could be a tool for further investigations about the prevention and treatment of this disease.

scholarly journals Regulator of G protein signaling 5 is a determinant of gestational hypertension and preeclampsia

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (290) ◽  
pp. 290ra88-290ra88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vasyl Holobotovskyy ◽  
Yee Seng Chong ◽  
Jennifer Burchell ◽  
Bo He ◽  
Michael Phillips ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
G Protein ◽  
Vascular Function ◽  
Gestational Hypertension ◽  
Peroxisome Proliferator ◽  
Protein Signaling ◽  
Current Standard ◽  
Guanine Nucleotide Binding Protein ◽  
Peroxisome Proliferator Activated Receptor

Preeclampsia is a systemic vascular disorder of pregnancy and is associated with increased sensitivity to angiotensin II (AngII) and hypertension. The cause of preeclampsia remains unknown. We identified the role of regulator of G protein (heterotrimeric guanine nucleotide–binding protein) signaling 5 (RGS5) in blood pressure regulation during pregnancy and preeclampsia. RGS5 expression in human myometrial vessels is markedly suppressed in gestational hypertension and/or preeclampsia. In pregnant RGS5-deficient mice, reduced vascular RGS5 expression causes gestational hypertension by enhancing vascular sensitivity to AngII. Further challenge by increasing AngII results in preeclampsia-like symptoms, namely, more severe hypertension, proteinuria, placental pathology, and reduced birth weight. In pregnant heterozygote null mice, treatment with peroxisome proliferator–activated receptor (PPAR) agonists normalizes vascular function and blood pressure through effects on RGS5. These findings highlight a key role of RGS5 at the interface between AngII and PPAR signaling. Because preeclampsia is refractory to current standard therapies, our study opens an unrecognized and urgently needed opportunity for treatment of gestational hypertension and preeclampsia.

scholarly journals Platelet proteome changes in dogs with congestive heart failure

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pinar LEVENT ◽  
Meriç KOCATÜRK ◽  
Emel AKGÜN ◽  
Ahmet SARIL ◽  
Ozge ÇEVİK ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heart Failure ◽  
Congestive Heart Failure ◽  
Inflammatory Responses ◽  
Heart Diseases ◽  
Label Free ◽  
Canis Lupus Familiaris ◽  
Protein Database ◽  
Guanine Nucleotide Binding Protein ◽  
Radiographic Findings

Abstract Background: Platelets play a central role in the development of cardiovascular diseases and changes in their proteins are involved in the pathophysiology of heart diseases in humans. There is lack of knowledge about the possible role of platelets in congestive heart failure (CHF) in dogs. Thus, this study aimed to investigate the changes in global platelet proteomes in dogs with CHF, to clarify the possible role of platelets in the physiopathology of this disease. Healthy-dogs (n=10) and dogs with acute CHF due to myxomatous mitral valve disease (MMVD, n=10) were used. Acute CHF was defined based on the clinical (increased respiratory rate or difficulty breathing) and radiographic findings of pulmonary edema. Dogs Blood samples were collected into tubes with acid-citrate-dextrose, and platelet-pellets were obtained by centrifuge and washing steps. Platelet-proteomes were identified using LC-MS based label-free differential proteome expression analysis method and matched according to protein database for Canis lupus familiaris. Results: Totally 107 different proteins were identified in the platelets of the dogs being 4 out of them were significantly up-regulated and 6 down-regulated in acute CHF dogs. Guanine-nucleotide-binding protein, apolipoproteins (A-II and C-III) and clusterin levels increased, but CXC-motif-chemokine-10, cytochrome-C-oxidase-subunit-2, cathepsin-D, serine/threonine-protein-phosphatase-PP1-gamma-catalytic-subunit, creatine-kinase-B-type and myotrophin levels decreased in acute CHF dogs. These proteins are associated with several molecular functions, biological processes, signaling systems and immune-inflammatory responses.Conclusion: This study describes by first time the changes in the protein composition in platelets of dogs with acute CHF due to MMVD. Our findings provide a resource for increase the knowledge about the proteome of canine platelets and their roles in CHF caused by MMVD and could be a tool for further investigations about the prevention and treatment of this disease.

scholarly journals Platelet proteome changes in dogs with congestive heart failure

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pinar LEVENT ◽  
Meriç KOCATÜRK ◽  
Emel AKGÜN ◽  
Ahmet SARIL ◽  
Ozge ÇEVİK ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heart Failure ◽  
Congestive Heart Failure ◽  
Inflammatory Responses ◽  
Heart Diseases ◽  
Label Free ◽  
Canis Lupus Familiaris ◽  
Protein Database ◽  
Guanine Nucleotide Binding Protein ◽  
Radiographic Findings

Abstract Background: Platelets play a central role in the development of cardiovascular diseases and changes in their proteins are involved in the pathophysiology of heart diseases in humans. There is lack of knowledge about the possible role of platelets in congestive heart failure (CHF) in dogs. Thus, this study aimed to investigate the changes in global platelet proteomes in dogs with CHF, to clarify the possible role of platelets in the physiopathology of this disease. Healthy-dogs (n=10) and dogs with acute CHF due to myxomatous mitral valve disease (MMVD, n=10) were used. Acute CHF was defined based on the clinical (increased respiratory rate or difficulty breathing) and radiographic findings of pulmonary edema. Dogs Blood samples were collected into tubes with acid-citrate-dextrose, and platelet-pellets were obtained by centrifuge and washing steps. Platelet-proteomes were identified using LC-MS based label-free differential proteome expression analysis method and matched according to protein database for Canis lupus familiaris. Results: Totally 107 different proteins were identified in the platelets of the dogs being 4 out of them were significantly up-regulated and 6 down-regulated in acute CHF dogs. Guanine-nucleotide-binding protein, apolipoproteins (A-II and C-III) and clusterin levels increased, but CXC-motif-chemokine-10, cytochrome-C-oxidase-subunit-2, cathepsin-D, serine/threonine-protein-phosphatase-PP1-gamma-catalytic-subunit, creatine-kinase-B-type and myotrophin levels decreased in acute CHF dogs. These proteins are associated with several molecular functions, biological processes, signaling systems and immune-inflammatory responses.Conclusion: This study describes by first time the changes in the protein composition in platelets of dogs with acute CHF due to MMVD. Our findings provide a resource for increase the knowledge about the proteome of canine platelets and their roles in CHF caused by MMVD and could be a tool for further investigations about the prevention and treatment of this disease.

G PROTEIN REGULATORS OF PHOSPHOLIPASE C AND ADENYLATE CYCLASE IN PLATELETS

1987 ◽  
Author(s):  
L F Brass ◽  
D R Manning ◽  
M J Woolkalis
Keyword(s):  
Adenylate Cyclase ◽  
Phospholipase C ◽  
G Protein ◽  
Pertussis Toxin ◽  
Platelet Activating Factor ◽  
Protein Band ◽  
2D Electrophoresis ◽  
Guanine Nucleotide Binding Protein ◽  
Pi Hydrolysis ◽  
Camp Formation

The hydrolysis of polyphosphoinositides (PI) by phospholipase C during platelet activation produces two key intracellular messengers, inositol triphosphate and diacylglycerol. This process is thought to be regulated by a guanine nucleotide binding protein referred to as Gp. Although the evidence that Gp exists is compelling, to date it has not been isolated. Uncertainty about its identity has been compounded by variations between tissues in the susceptibility of Gp to pertussis toxin and by reconstitution studies which show that pertussis toxin-inhibited PI hydrolysis can be restored by purified Gi, the pertussis toxin-sensitive G protein which inhibits adenylate cyclase. Therefore, it remains unclear whether Gp represents a new G protein or a second role for Gj. When platelets permeabilized with saponin were incubated with pertussis toxin and 32P-NAD, a single 42 kDa protein was 32P-ADP-ribosylated which co-migrated with the purified a subunit of Gi. Preincubating the platelets with an agonist inhibited labeling of this protein by dissociating the G protein into subunits. The extent of inhibition correlated with the number of toxin-sensitive functions caused by the agonist. Labeling was abolished by thrombin, which inhibited cAMP formation and caused toxin-inhibitable PI hydrolysis. Labeling was partially inhibited by vasopressin and platelet activating factor, which caused toxin-inhibitable PI hydrolysis, but had no effect on cAMP formation and by epinephrine, which inhibited cAMP formation, but did not cause PI hydrolysis. Labeling was unaffected by the TxA2 analog U46619, which neither caused toxin-sensitive PI hydrolysis nor inhibited cAMP formation. These observations suggest that the 42 kDa band may contain a subunits from both Gp and Gi and, in fact, 2D electrophoresis resolved the 42 kDa protein band into two proteins with distinct pi. However, those agonists linked functionally only to Gp or only to Gi decreased the labeling of both proteins. Therefore, our data suggest (1) that Gj and Gp are the same protein and (2) that whether a aiven platelet agonist affects adenylate cyclase or phospholipase C or both depends upon factors extrinsic to the G protein.

Role of hydrogen bonds in molecular packing of photoreactive crystals: templating photodimerization of protonated stilbazoles in crystalline state with a combination of water molecules and chloride ions

2014 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. 1509-1520 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barnali Mondal ◽  
Tingting Zhang ◽  
Rajeev Prabhakar ◽  
Burjor Captain ◽  
V. Ramamurthy
Keyword(s):  
Solid State ◽  
Hydrogen Bonds ◽  
Crystalline State ◽  
Chloride Ions ◽  
Molecular Packing ◽  
Water Molecules

A combination of water molecules and chloride ions pre-orient protonated stilbazole molecules towards photodimerization the solid state.

scholarly journals Molecular Mechanisms on the Selectivity Enhancement of Ascorbic Acid, Dopamine, and Uric Acid by Serine Oligomers Decoration on Graphene Oxide: A Molecular Dynamics Study

Molecules ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (10) ◽  
pp. 2876
Author(s):  
Threrawee Sanglaow ◽  
Pattanan Oungkanitanon ◽  
Piyapong Asanithi ◽  
Thana Sutthibutpong
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Ascorbic Acid ◽  
Uric Acid ◽  
Graphene Oxide ◽  
Hydrogen Bonds ◽  
In Silico ◽  
Molecular Mechanisms ◽  
Simultaneous Detection

The selectivity in the simultaneous detection of ascorbic acid (AA), dopamine (DA), and uric acid (UA) has been an open problem in the biosensing field. Many surface modification methods were carried out for glassy carbon electrodes (GCE), including the use of graphene oxide and amino acids as a selective layer. In this work, molecular dynamics (MD) simulations were performed to investigate the role of serine oligomers on the selectivity of the AA, DA, and UA analytes. Our models consisted of a graphene oxide (GO) sheet under a solvent environment. Serine tetramers were added into the simulation box and were adsorbed on the GO surface. Then, the adsorption of each analyte on the mixed surface was monitored from MD trajectories. It was found that the adsorption of AA was preferred by serine oligomers due to the largest number of hydrogen-bond forming functional groups of AA, causing a 10-fold increase of hydrogen bonds by the tetraserine adsorption layer. UA was the least preferred due to its highest aromaticity. Finally, the role of hydrogen bonds on the electron transfer selectivity of biosensors was discussed with some previous studies. AA radicals received electrons from serine through hydrogen bonds that promoted oxidation reaction and caused the negative shifts and separation of the oxidation potential in experiments, as DA and UA were less affected by serine. Agreement of the in vitro and in silico results could lead to other in silico designs of selective layers to detect other types of analyte molecules.

scholarly journals Multiple interfacial hydration of dihydro-sphingomyelin bilayer reported by the Laurdan fluorescence

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Watanabe (N. W.) ◽  
Y. Goto (Y. G) ◽  
K. Suga (K. S.) ◽  
T. Nyholm (T. N.) ◽  
J. P. Slotte (J. P. S.) ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Bonds ◽  
Lipid Bilayer ◽  
Fluorescence Probe ◽  
Center Of Mass ◽  
Emission Spectra ◽  
Careful Analysis ◽  
Water Molecules ◽  
Hydration Properties ◽  
Head Groups ◽  
Laurdan Fluorescence

AbstractThe hydration properties of the lipid bilayer interface are important for determining membrane characteristics. The hydration properties of different lipid bilayer species were evaluated using the solvent sensitive fluorescence probe, 6-lauroyl-2-dimethylamino naphthalene (Laurdan). Sphingolipids, D-erythro-N-palmitoyl-sphingosylphosphorylcholine (PSM) and D-erythro-N-palmitoyl-dihydrosphingomyelin (DHPSM) showed specific, interfacial hydration properties stemming from their intra- and intermolecular hydrogen bonds. As control, the bilayers of glycerophospholipids, such as 1-palmitoyl-2-palmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DPPC) and 1-oleoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DOPC), were also evaluated. The fluorescence properties of Laurdan in sphingolipids indicated multiple excited states according to the results obtained from the emission spectra, fluorescence anisotropy, and the center of mass spectra during the decay time. Deconvolution of the Laurdan emission spectra into four components enabled us to identify the variety of hydration and the configurational states derived from intermolecular hydrogen bonding in sphingolipids. Particularly, the Laurdan in DHPSM revealed more hydrated properties compared to the case in PSM, even though DHPSM has a higher Tm than PSM. Since DHPSM forms hydrogen bonds with water molecules (in 2NH configurational functional groups) and the different flexibility among the head groups compared with PSM, which could modulate space to retain a high amount of water molecules. The careful analysis of Laurdan such as the deconvolution of emission spectra into four components performed in this study gives the important view for understanding the membrane hydration property.

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