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2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Krishnendu Roy ◽  
Thomas Pucadyil

Dynamin-related protein1 (Drp1) functions to divide mitochondria and peroxisomes by binding specific adaptor proteins and lipids, both of which are integral to the limiting organellar membrane. In efforts to understand how such multivalent interactions regulate Drp1 functions, in vitro reconstitution schemes rely on recruiting soluble portions of the adaptors appended with genetically encoded polyhistidine tags onto membranes containing Ni2+-bound chelator lipids. These strategies are facile and circumvent the challenge in working with membrane proteins but assume that binding is specific to proteins carrying the polyhistidine tag. Here, we find using chelator lipids and chelator beads that both native and recombinant Drp1 directly bind Ni2+ ions. Unlike that seen with the native mitochondrial lipid cardiolipin, metal-bound chelator lipids recruit Drp1 to the membrane but is rendered functionally inactive in membrane fission. Metal-bound chelator beads also recruit Drp1 and represents a potential strategy to deplete or purify the protein from native tissue lysates.


Author(s):  
İbrahim Mert Erbaş ◽  
Ahu Paketçi ◽  
Serkan Turan ◽  
Ali Rıza Şişman ◽  
Korcan Demir ◽  
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PLoS ONE ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. e0258557
Author(s):  
Kristy L. Thomas ◽  
Callie L. Root ◽  
Jonathan M. Peterson

Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality from hepatic complications. C1q/TNF-related protein 3 (CTRP3) is an adiponectin paralog and, in male mice, increased levels of circulating CTRP3 prevents ALD. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to replicate the observed hepatoprotective effect of elevated circulating CTRP3 levels in female mice. Twelve-week-old female wildtype and CTRP3 overexpressing transgenic mice were fed the Lieber-DeCarli alcohol-containing liquid diet (5% vol/vol) for 6 weeks. Unlike the previous study with male mice, CTRP3 overexpression provided no attenuation to alcohol-induced hepatic lipid accumulation, cytokine production, or overall mortality. In conclusion, there appears to be a clear sex-specific effect of CTRP3 in response to alcohol consumption that needs to be explored further.


2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yani YU ◽  
Hui DONG ◽  
Yue ZHANG ◽  
Jingyi SUN ◽  
Baoshuang LI ◽  
...  

Abstract Hepatitis B virus (HBV) and its related protein, HBV X (HBx), play an important role in podocyte injury in HBV-associated glomerulonephritis (HBV-GN). MiR-223 is expressed in several diseases, including HBV-associated disease, while nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-like receptor protein 3 (NLRP3) inflammasome plays a major role in pyroptosis. This study aims to determine the potential function and related mechanism of miR-223 in HBx-induced podocyte pyroptosis. We observed that the results of polymerase chain reaction indicated that miR-223 was downregulated in HBx-transfected podocytes. Transfection of miR-223 mimic eliminated the expression of NLRP3 inflammasome and its related cytokines released by NLRP3 overexpression. Moreover, the transfection of HBx and NLRP3-overexpressing plasmids increased the expression of pyroptosis-related proteins especially in the presence of miR-223 inhibitors. In conclusion, miR-223 downregulation plays an important role in HBx-induced podocyte pyroptosis by targeting the NLRP3 inflammasome, suggesting that miR-223 is a potential therapeutic target for alleviating HBV-GN inflammation.


2022 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Liping Meng ◽  
Hui Lin ◽  
Xingxiao Huang ◽  
Jingfan Weng ◽  
Fang Peng ◽  
...  

AbstractN6-methyladenosine (m6A) is one of the most important epigenetic regulation of RNAs, such as lncRNAs. However, the underlying regulatory mechanism of m6A in diabetic cardiomyopathy (DCM) is very limited. In this study, we sought to define the role of METTL14-mediated m6A modification in pyroptosis and DCM progression. DCM rat model was established and qRT-PCR, western blot, and immunohistochemistry (IHC) were used to detect the expression of METTL14 and TINCR. Gain-and-loss functional experiments were performed to define the role of METTL14-TINCR-NLRP3 axis in pyroptosis and DCM. RNA pulldown and RNA immunoprecipitation (RIP) assays were carried out to verify the underlying interaction. Our results showed that pyroptosis was tightly involved in DCM progression. METTL14 was downregulated in cardiomyocytes and hear tissues of DCM rat tissues. Functionally, METTL14 suppressed pyroptosis and DCM via downregulating lncRNA TINCR, which further decreased the expression of key pyroptosis-related protein, NLRP3. Mechanistically, METTL14 increased m6A methylation level of TINCR gene, resulting in its downregulation. Moreover, the m6A reader protein YTHDF2 was essential for m6A methylation and mediated the degradation of TINCR. Finally, TINCR positively regulated NLRP3 by increasing its mRNA stability. To conclude, our work revealed the novel role of METTL14-mediated m6A methylation and lncRNA regulation in pyroptosis and DCM, which could help extend our understanding the epigenetic regulation of pyroptosis in DCM progression.


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