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2. A new function for the serine protease HtrA2 in controlling radiation‐induced senescence in cancer cells
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Liat Hammer, Vered Levin‐Salomon, Naama Yaeli‐Slonim, Moria Weiss, Naama P. Dekel‐Bird, Tsviya Olender, Ziv Porat, Sabina Winograd‐Katz, Alon Savidor, Yishai Levin, Shani Bialik, Benjamin Geiger, and Adi Kimchi
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Proteomics ,Cancer Research ,Apoptosis ,General Medicine ,High-Temperature Requirement A Serine Peptidase 2 ,Mitochondrial Proteins ,Oncology ,Neoplasms ,Tumor Cells, Cultured ,Genetics ,Humans ,Vimentin ,Molecular Medicine ,Cellular Senescence - Abstract
Radiation therapy can induce cellular senescence in cancer cells, leading to short-term tumor growth arrest but increased long-term recurrence. To better understand the molecular mechanisms involved, we developed a model of radiation-induced senescence in cultured cancer cells. The irradiated cells exhibited a typical senescent phenotype, including upregulation of p53 and its main target, p21, followed by a sustained reduction in cellular proliferation, changes in cell size and cytoskeleton organization, and senescence-associated beta-galactosidase activity. Mass spectrometry-based proteomic profiling of the senescent cells indicated downregulation of proteins involved in cell cycle progression and DNA repair, and upregulation of proteins associated with malignancy. A functional siRNA screen using a cell death-related library identified mitochondrial serine protease HtrA2 as being necessary for sustained growth arrest of the senescent cells. In search of direct HtrA2 substrates following radiation, we determined that HtrA2 cleaves the intermediate filament protein vimentin, affecting its cytoplasmic organization. Ectopic expression of active cytosolic HtrA2 resulted in similar changes to vimentin filament assembly. Thus, HtrA2 is involved in the cytoskeletal reorganization that accompanies radiation-induced senescence and the continuous maintenance of proliferation arrest.
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- 2022
3. Spatial discordances between mRNAs and proteins in the intestinal epithelium
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Yotam Harnik, Lisa Buchauer, Shani Ben-Moshe, Inna Averbukh, Yishai Levin, Alon Savidor, Raya Eilam, Andreas E. Moor, and Shalev Itzkovitz
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Male ,Proteomics ,Proteome ,Protein Stability ,Gene Expression Profiling ,RNA Stability ,Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism ,Cell Biology ,Immunohistochemistry ,Mice ,Enterocytes ,Gene Expression Regulation ,Physiology (medical) ,Internal Medicine ,Animals ,Intestinal Mucosa ,Transcriptome - Abstract
The use of transcriptomes as reliable proxies for cellular proteomes is controversial. In the small intestine, enterocytes operate for 4 days as they migrate along villi, which are highly graded microenvironments. Spatial transcriptomics have demonstrated profound zonation in enterocyte gene expression, but how this variability translates to protein content is unclear. Here we show that enterocyte proteins and messenger RNAs along the villus axis are zonated, yet often spatially discordant. Using spatial sorting with zonated surface markers, together with a Bayesian approach to infer protein translation and degradation rates from the combined spatial profiles, we find that, while many genes exhibit proteins zonated toward the villus tip, mRNA is zonated toward the villus bottom. Finally, we demonstrate that space-independent protein synthesis delays can explain many of the mRNA-protein discordances. Our work provides a proteomic spatial blueprint of the intestinal epithelium, highlighting the importance of protein measurements for inferring cell states in tissues that operate outside of steady state.
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- 2021
4. Utilization of diverse organophosphorus pollutants by marine bacteria
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Dragana Despotović, Einav Aharon, Olena Trofimyuk, Artem Dubovetskyi, Kesava Phaneendra Cherukuri, Yacov Ashani, Or Eliason, Martin Sperfeld, Haim Leader, Andrea Castelli, Laura Fumagalli, Alon Savidor, Yishai Levin, Liam M. Longo, Einat Segev, and Dan S. Tawfik
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Aquatic Organisms ,Multidisciplinary ,Bacteria ,anthropogenic organophosphorus compounds ,bioremediation ,marine bacteria ,phosphotriesterases ,Biodegradation, Environmental ,Escherichia coli ,Indian Ocean ,Mediterranean Sea ,Phosphorus ,Seawater ,Environmental Pollutants ,Organophosphorus Compounds ,Phosphoric Triester Hydrolases ,Settore CHIM/08 - Chimica Farmaceutica ,Environmental ,Biodegradation - Abstract
Anthropogenic organophosphorus compounds (AOPCs), such as phosphotriesters, are used extensively as plasticizers, flame retardants, nerve agents, and pesticides. To date, only a handful of soil bacteria bearing a phosphotriesterase (PTE), the key enzyme in the AOPC degradation pathway, have been identified. Therefore, the extent to which bacteria are capable of utilizing AOPCs as a phosphorus source, and how widespread this adaptation may be, remains unclear. Marine environments with phosphorus limitation and increasing levels of pollution by AOPCs may drive the emergence of PTE activity. Here, we report the utilization of diverse AOPCs by four model marine bacteria and 17 bacterial isolates from the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea. To unravel the details of AOPC utilization, two PTEs from marine bacteria were isolated and characterized, with one of the enzymes belonging to a protein family that, to our knowledge, has never before been associated with PTE activity. When expressed in Escherichia coli with a phosphodiesterase, a PTE isolated from a marine bacterium enabled growth on a pesticide analog as the sole phosphorus source. Utilization of AOPCs may provide bacteria a source of phosphorus in depleted environments and offers a prospect for the bioremediation of a pervasive class of anthropogenic pollutants.
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- 2022
5. DAP5 drives translation of specific mRNA targets with upstream ORFs in human embryonic stem cells
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Maya David, Tsviya Olender, Orel Mizrahi, Shira Weingarten-Gabbay, Gilgi Friedlander, Sara Meril, Nadav Goldberg, Alon Savidor, Yishai Levin, Vered Salomon, Noam Stern-Ginossar, Shani Bialik, and Adi Kimchi
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Open Reading Frames ,Protein Biosynthesis ,Human Embryonic Stem Cells ,Histone Methyltransferases ,Humans ,Proteins ,RNA, Messenger ,Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-4G ,Molecular Biology - Abstract
Death associated protein 5 (DAP5/eIF4G2/NAT1) is a member of the eIF4G translation initiation factors that has been shown to mediate noncanonical and/or cap-independent translation. It is essential for embryonic development and for differentiation of embryonic stem cells (ESCs), specifically its ability to drive translation of specific target mRNAs. In order to expand the repertoire of DAP5 target mRNAs, we compared ribosome profiles in control and DAP5 knockdown (KD) human ESCs (hESCs) to identify mRNAs with decreased ribosomal occupancy upon DAP5 silencing. A cohort of 68 genes showed decreased translation efficiency in DAP5 KD cells. Mass spectrometry confirmed decreased protein abundance of a significant portion of these targets. Among these was KMT2D, a histone methylase previously shown to be essential for ESC differentiation and embryonic development. We found that nearly half of the cohort of DAP5 target mRNAs displaying reduced translation efficiency of their main coding sequences upon DAP5 KD contained upstream open reading frames (uORFs) that are actively translated independently of DAP5. This is consistent with previously suggested mechanisms by which DAP5 mediates leaky scanning through uORFs and/or reinitiation at the main coding sequence. Crosslinking protein–RNA immunoprecipitation experiments indicated that a significant subset of DAP5 mRNA targets bound DAP5, indicating that direct binding between DAP5 protein and its target mRNAs is a frequent but not absolute requirement for DAP5-dependent translation of the main coding sequence. Thus, we have extended DAP5's function in translation of specific mRNAs in hESCs by a mechanism allowing translation of the main coding sequence following upstream translation of short ORFs.
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- 2022
6. Redifferentiated cardiomyocytes retain residual dedifferentiation signatures and are protected against ischaemic injury
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Avraham Shakked, Zachary Petrover, Alla Aharonov, Matteo Ghiringhelli, Kfir-Baruch Umansky, Phong Dang Nguyen, David Kain, Jacob Elkahal, Yalin Divinsky, Shoval Miyara, Gilgi Friedlander, Alon Savidor, Lingling Zhang, Dahlia Perez, Nathaniel Kastan, Daria Lendengolts, Yishai Levin, Jeroen Bakkers, Lior Gepstein, and Eldad Tzahor
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Cardiomyocyte renewal by dedifferentiation and proliferation has fueled the field of regenerative cardiology in recent years, while the reverse process of redifferentiation remains largely unexplored. Redifferentiation is characterised by the restoration of function that is lost during dedifferentiation and is key to the healing process following injury. Previously, we showed that ERBB2-mediated heart regeneration has these two distinct phases: dedifferentiation, followed by redifferentiation. Here, using temporal RNAseq and proteomics, we survey the landscape of the dedifferentiation-redifferentiation process in the adult mouse heart. We find well characterised dedifferentiation pathways, such as reduced oxphos, increased proliferation and increased EMT-like features, largely return to normal, though elements of residual dedifferentiation remain, even after contractile function is restored. These hearts appeared rejuvenated and showed robust resistance to ischaemic injury. We find that redifferentiation is driven by negative feedback signalling, notably through LATS1/2 Hippo pathway activity. Disabling LATS1/2 in dedifferentiated cardiomyocytes augments dedifferentiation in vitro and prevents redifferentiation in vivo. Taken together, our data reveal the non-trivial nature of redifferentiation, whereby elements of dedifferentiation linger in a surprisingly beneficial manner. This cycle of dedifferentiation-redifferentiation protects against future insult, in what could become a novel prophylactic treatment against ischemic heart disease for at-risk patients.
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- 2022
7. ERBB2 drives YAP activation and EMT-like processes during cardiac regeneration
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Daria Lendengolts, Or-Yam Revach, Alon Savidor, Alla Aharonov, James F. Martin, Eldad Tzahor, Benjamin Geiger, Kfir Baruch Umansky, Alexander Genzelinakh, Yuka Morikawa, Avraham Shakked, Jixin Dong, Yishai Levin, and David Kain
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MAPK/ERK pathway ,Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition ,Receptor, ErbB-2 ,Myocardial Infarction ,Cell Cycle Proteins ,Mice, Transgenic ,Mechanotransduction, Cellular ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Mediator ,Animals ,Regeneration ,Myocyte ,Myocytes, Cardiac ,Epithelial–mesenchymal transition ,Phosphorylation ,Mechanotransduction ,Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases ,Cytoskeleton ,Cells, Cultured ,health care economics and organizations ,Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing ,Cell Proliferation ,030304 developmental biology ,Heart Failure ,0303 health sciences ,Cell growth ,Chemistry ,YAP-Signaling Proteins ,Cell Biology ,Fibrosis ,Cell biology ,Disease Models, Animal ,Crosstalk (biology) ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis - Abstract
Cardiomyocyte loss after injury results in adverse remodelling and fibrosis, inevitably leading to heart failure. The ERBB2-Neuregulin and Hippo-YAP signalling pathways are key mediators of heart regeneration, yet the crosstalk between them is unclear. We demonstrate that transient overexpression of activated ERBB2 in cardiomyocytes (OE CMs) promotes cardiac regeneration in a heart failure model. OE CMs present an epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT)-like regenerative response manifested by cytoskeletal remodelling, junction dissolution, migration and extracellular matrix turnover. We identified YAP as a critical mediator of ERBB2 signalling. In OE CMs, YAP interacts with nuclear-envelope and cytoskeletal components, reflecting an altered mechanical state elicited by ERBB2. We identified two YAP-activating phosphorylations on S352 and S274 in OE CMs, which peak during metaphase, that are ERK dependent and Hippo independent. Viral overexpression of YAP phospho-mutants dampened the proliferative competence of OE CMs. Together, we reveal a potent ERBB2-mediated YAP mechanotransduction signalling, involving EMT-like characteristics, resulting in robust heart regeneration.
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- 2020
8. Identification and characterization of the key enzyme in the biosynthesis of the neurotoxin β-ODAP in grass pea
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Moshe Goldsmith, Shiri Barad, Maor Knafo, Alon Savidor, Shifra Ben-Dor, Alexander Brandis, Tevie Mehlman, Yoav Peleg, Shira Albeck, Orly Dym, Efrat Ben-Zeev, Ranjit S. Barbole, Asaph Aharoni, and Ziv Reich
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Molecular Docking Simulation ,Lathyrus ,Acetyltransferases ,Neurotoxins ,Amino Acids, Diamino ,Cell Biology ,Molecular Biology ,Biochemistry - Abstract
Grass pea (Lathyrus sativus L.) is a grain legume commonly grown in Asia and Africa for food and forage. It is a highly nutritious and robust crop, capable of surviving both droughts and floods. However, it produces a neurotoxic compound, β-N-oxalyl-L-α,β-diaminopropionic acid (β-ODAP), which can cause a severe neurological disorder when consumed as a primary diet component. While the catalytic activity associated with β-ODAP formation was demonstrated more than 50 years ago, the enzyme responsible for this activity has not been identified. Here, we report on the identity, activity, 3D structure, and phylogenesis of this enzyme-β-ODAP synthase (BOS). We show that BOS belongs to the benzylalcohol O-acetyltransferase, anthocyanin O-hydroxycinnamoyltransferase, anthranilate N-hydroxycinnamoyl/benzoyltransferase, deacetylvindoline 4-O-acetyltransferase superfamily of acyltransferases and is structurally similar to hydroxycinnamoyl transferase. Using molecular docking, we propose a mechanism for its catalytic activity, and using heterologous expression in tobacco leaves (Nicotiana benthamiana), we demonstrate that expression of BOS in the presence of its substrates is sufficient for β-ODAP production in vivo. The identification of BOS may pave the way toward engineering β-ODAP-free grass pea cultivars, which are safe for human and animal consumption.
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- 2021
9. Widespread Utilization of Diverse Organophosphate Pollutants by Marine Bacteria
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Alon Savidor, Olena Trofimyuk, Andrea Castelli, Dan S. Tawfik, Yishai Levin, Artem Dubovetskyi, Liam M. Longo, Yacov Ashani, Dragana Despotovic, Einat Segev, Einav Aharon, Laura Fumagalli, Haim Leader, and Kesava Phaneendra Cherukuri
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Pollutant ,biology ,Phosphorus ,Organophosphate ,chemistry.chemical_element ,Pesticide ,biology.organism_classification ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Marine bacteriophage ,Bioremediation ,chemistry ,Environmental chemistry ,Environmental science ,Anthropogenic pollutants ,Bacteria - Abstract
Anthropogenic organophosphates (AOPs), such as phosphotriesters, are used extensively as plasticizers, flame retardants, nerve agents and pesticides. Soil bacteria bearing a phosphotriesterase (PTE) can degrade AOPs, but whether bacteria are capable of utilizing AOPs as a phosphorus source, and how widespread PTEs are in nature, remains unclear. Here, we report the utilization of diverse AOPs by four model marine bacteria and seventeen bacterial isolates from seawater samples. To unravel the details of AOP utilization, two novel PTEs from marine bacteria were isolated and characterized. When expressed in E. coli, these PTEs enabled growth on a pesticide analog as the sole phosphorus source. Utilization of AOPs provides bacteria with a source of phosphorus in depleted environments and offers a new prospect for the bioremediation of a pervasive class of anthropogenic pollutants.One sentence summaryWidespread utilization of diverse organophosphate pollutants by over 20 marine bacterial strains represents a new hope for ocean bioremediation.
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- 2021
10. Host transcriptome signatures in human faecal-washes predict histological remission in patients with IBD
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Bella Ungar, Miri Yavzori, Ella Fudim, Orit Picard, Uri Kopylov, Rami Eliakim, Dror Shouval, Yishai Levin, Alon Savidor, Shani Ben-Moshe, Rita Manco, Stav Dan, Adi Egozi, Keren Bahar Halpern, Chen Mayer, Iris Barshack, Shomron Ben-Horin, and Shalev Itzkovitz
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Gastroenterology - Abstract
BackgroundColonoscopy is the gold standard for evaluation of inflammation in inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs), yet entails cumbersome preparations and risks of injury. Existing non-invasive prognostic tools are limited in their diagnostic power. Moreover, transcriptomics of colonic biopsies have been inconclusive in their association with clinical features.AimsTo assess the utility of host transcriptomics of faecal wash samples of patients with IBD compared with controls.MethodsIn this prospective cohort study, we obtained biopsies and faecal-wash samples from patients with IBD and controls undergoing lower endoscopy. We performed RNAseq of biopsies and matching faecal-washes, and associated them with endoscopic and histological inflammation status. We also performed faecal mass-spectrometry proteomics on a subset of samples. We inferred cell compositions using computational deconvolution and used classification algorithms to identify informative genes.ResultsWe analysed biopsies and faecal washes from 39 patients (20 IBD, 19 controls). Host faecal-transcriptome carried information that was distinct from biopsy RNAseq and faecal proteomics. Transcriptomics of faecal washes, yet not of biopsies, from patients with histological inflammation were significantly correlated to one another (p=5.3×10−12). Faecal-transcriptome had significantly higher statistical power in identifying histological inflammation compared with transctiptome of intestinal biopsies (150 genes with area under the curve >0.9 in faecal samples vs 10 genes in biopsy RNAseq). These results were replicated in a validation cohort of 22 patients (10 IBD, 12 controls). Faecal samples were enriched in inflammatory monocytes, regulatory T cells, natural killer-cells and innate lymphoid cells.ConclusionsFaecal wash host transcriptome is a statistically powerful biomarker reflecting histological inflammation. Furthermore, it opens the way to identifying important correlates and therapeutic targets that may be obscured using biopsy transcriptomics.
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- 2021
11. SPEAR: a proteomics approach for simultaneous protein expression and redox analysis
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Alon Savidor, Nardy Lampl, Shilo Rosenwasser, Alexandra Gabashvili, Shani Doron, Corine Katina, and Yishai Levin
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Proteomics ,Proteome ,biology ,Oxidative phosphorylation ,Subcellular localization ,biology.organism_classification ,Biochemistry ,Redox ,Protein structure ,Physiology (medical) ,Arabidopsis ,Biophysics ,Cysteine ,Oxidation-Reduction ,Protein Processing, Post-Translational - Abstract
Oxidation and reduction of protein cysteinyl thiols serve as molecular switches, which is considered the most central mechanism for redox regulation of biological processes, altering protein structure, biochemical activity, subcellular localization, and binding affinity. Redox proteomics allows for the global identification of redox-modified cysteine (Cys) sites and quantification of their oxidation/reduction responses, serving as a hypothesis-generating platform to stimulate redox biology mechanistic research. Here, we developed Simultaneous Protein Expression and Redox (SPEAR) analysis, a new redox-proteomics approach based on differential labeling of oxidized and reduced cysteines with light and heavy isotopic forms of commercially available isotopically-labeled N-ethylmaleimide (NEM). The presented method does not require enrichment for labeled peptides, thus enabling simultaneous quantification of Cys oxidation state and protein abundance. Using SPEAR, we were able to quantify the in-vivo oxidation state of thousands of cysteines across the Arabidopsis proteome under steady-state and oxidative stress conditions. Functional assignment of the identified redox-sensitive proteins demonstrated the widespread effect of oxidative conditions on various cellular functions and highlighted the enrichment of chloroplast-targeted proteins. SPEAR provides a simple, straightforward, and cost-effective means of studying redox proteome dynamics. The presented data provide a global quantitative view of cysteine oxidation of well-known redox-regulated active sites and many novel redox-sensitive sites whose role in plant acclimation to stress conditions remains to be further explored.
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- 2021
12. P032 Host transcriptome signatures in human fecal-washes predict histological remission in IBD patients
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B Ungar, M Yavzori, E Fudim, O Picard, U Kopylov, R Eliakim, D Shouval, Y Levin, A Savidor, S Ben-Moshe, R Manco, S Dan, A Egozi, K Bahar Halpern, C Mayer, I Barshak, S Ben-Horin, and S Itzkovitz
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Gastroenterology ,General Medicine - Abstract
Background Colonoscopy is the gold standard for evaluation of inflammation in inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), yet entails cumbersome preparations and risks of injury. Existing non-invasive prognostic tools are limited in their diagnostic power. Moreover, transcriptomics of colonic biopsies have been inconclusive in their association with clinical features. Our aim was to assess the utility of host transcriptomics of fecal wash samples of IBD patients compared to controls. Methods In this prospective cohort study, we obtained biopsies and fecal-wash samples from IBD patients and controls undergoing lower endoscopy. We performed RNAseq of biopsies and matching fecal-washes, and associated them with endoscopic and histological inflammation status. We also performed fecal mass-spectrometry proteomics on a subset of samples. We inferred cell compositions using computational deconvolution and used classification algorithms to identify informative genes. Results We analyzed biopsies and fecal washes from 39 patients (19 IBD, 20 controls). Host fecal-transcriptome carried information that was distinct from biopsy RNAseq and fecal proteomics. Transcriptomics of fecal washes, yet not of biopsies, from patients with histological inflammation were significantly correlated to one another (p=5.3*10–12). Fecal-transcriptome was significantly more powerful in identifying histological inflammation compared to transcriptome of intestinal biopsies (150 genes with area-under-the-curve >0.9 in fecal samples versus 10 genes in biopsy RNAseq). Fecal samples were enriched in inflammatory monocytes, regulatory T cells, natural killer-cells and innate lymphoid cells. Figure 1 - Fecal-wash host transcriptome predicts histological inflammation. A) Study layout, B) Clustergram of fecal-wash host cell mRNA signatures, demonstrating that patients with histological inflammation (red) are clustered when measuring fecal wash transcriptome yet not biopsy transcriptomes. C-D) Principle Component Analysis demonstrating improved separation of inflamed patients based on fecal host transcriptomes. E, F) Expression of host genes in fecal washes has higher statistical power (Area under the Curve, AUC) in classifying histological inflammation compared to biopsies. D shows NFKBIA as an example, E shows the AUC of the 5% best classifying genes, F shows the overall AUC based on biopsies or washes. Gray areas have AUC>0.9. G) UMAP of cells obtained from scRNAseq of mouse small intestine fecal washes. Conclusion Fecal wash host transcriptome is a powerful biomarker reflecting histological inflammation. Furthermore, it opens the way to identifying important correlates and therapeutic targets that may be obscure using biopsy transctriptomics.
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- 2022
13. The Serine Protease HtrA2 mediates radiation-induced senescence in cancer cells
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Tsviya Olender, Yishai Levin, Alon Savidor, Benjamin Geiger, Liat Hammer, Shani Bialik, Vered Levin-Salomon, Moria Weiss, Sabina Winograd-Katz, Ziv Porat, Adi Kimchi, Naama Yaeli-Slonim, and Naama Pnina Dekel-Bird
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Senescence ,biology ,Cytoskeleton organization ,DNA repair ,Cell growth ,Chemistry ,Cell ,Vimentin ,Cell biology ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Downregulation and upregulation ,Cancer cell ,medicine ,biology.protein - Abstract
Radiation therapy can induce cellular senescence in cancer cells leading to short-term tumor growth arrest, yet increased long-term recurrence. To better understand the molecular mechanisms involved, we developed a model of radiation-induced senescence in cultured cancer cells, which exhibited a typical senescent phenotype, including upregulation of p53 and its target p21, followed by sustained reduction in cellular proliferation, changes in cell size and cytoskeleton organization, and senescence-associated beta-galactosidase activity. A functional siRNA screen using a cell death-related library identified the mitochondrial Ser protease HtrA2 as necessary for senescence development. Mass spectrometry-based proteomic profiling of the senescent cells indicated downregulation of proteins involved in cell cycle progression and DNA repair, and upregulation of proteins associated with malignancy, while irradiation with HtrA2 inhibition upregulated cell proliferation components. In search of direct HtrA2 substrates following radiation, we determined that HtrA2 cleaves the intermediate filament protein vimentin, affecting its cytoplasmic organization. Ectopic expression of active cytosolic HtrA2 resulted in similar changes to vimentin filament assembly. Thus HtrA2, contributes to several hallmarks of senescence and is involved in the cytoskeletal reorganization that accompanies radiation-induced senescence.SummaryHere the authors identify the Ser protease HtrA2 as a novel mediator of radiation-induced senescence, necessary for sustained proliferation arrest and reorganization of the vimentin filament network.
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- 2021
14. A nuclear role for ARGONAUTE-2 in regulation of neuronal alternative polyadenylation
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Eran Hornstein, Eran Yanowski, Revital Ravid, Alon Savidor, Gregor Rot, Chen Eitan, Natalia Rivkin, Aviad Siany, Gunter Meister, Yishai Levin, and Hagai Marmor-Kollet
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Messenger RNA ,Polyadenylation ,biology ,RNA-induced silencing complex ,Effector ,microRNA ,Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor ,biology.protein ,Argonaute ,Receptor tyrosine kinase ,Cell biology - Abstract
Argonaute 2 (AGO2), the effector protein partner of microRNAs (miRNAs) in the cytoplasmic RNA induced silencing complex, is further involved in nuclear RNA processing. However, a role for AGO2 in regulation of alternative polyadenylation was not yet demonstrated. Here, we reveal unexpected abundance of AGO2 in mouse neuronal nuclei and characterize nuclear AGO2 interactors by mass spectrometry. We discover that AGO2 broadly regulated alternative polyadenylation (APA) in neuronal cells. Specifically, we demonstrate how two isoforms of Ret mRNA, which encodes a receptor tyrosine kinase are regulated by AGO2-depenent APA, affecting downstream GDNF signaling in primary motor neurons.
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- 2020
15. Bringing BOS to light: Uncovering the key enzyme in the biosynthesis of the neurotoxin β-ODAP in Grass Pea (Lathyrus sativusL.)
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Tevie Mehlman, Barad S, Alexander Brandis, Moshe Goldsmith, Orly Dym, Alon Savidor, Shira Albeck, Efrat Ben-Zeev, Yoav Peleg, Knafo M, Shifra Ben-Dor, and Ziv Reich
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chemistry.chemical_classification ,biology ,food and beverages ,biology.organism_classification ,Crop ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Enzyme ,Biosynthesis ,chemistry ,Acyltransferase ,Botany ,Protein purification ,Lathyrus ,Cultivar ,Legume - Abstract
Grass pea (Lathyrus sativusL.) is a grain legume commonly grown in parts of Asia and Africa for food and forage. While being a highly nutritious and robust crop, able to survive both drought and floods, it produces a neurotoxic compound, β-N-oxalyl-L-α,β-diaminopropionic acid (β-ODAP), which can cause a severe neurological disorder if consumed as a main diet component. So far, the enzyme that catalyzes the formation of β-ODAP has not been identified. By combining protein purification and enzymatic assays with transcriptomic and proteomic analyses, we were able to identify the enzyme β-ODAP synthetase (BOS) from grass pea. We show that BOS is an HXXXD-type acyltransferase of the BAHD superfamily and that its crystal structure is highly similar to that of plant hydroxycinnamoyl transferases. The identification of BOS, more than 50 years after it was proposed, paves the way towards the generation of non-toxic grass pea cultivars safe for human and animal consumption.
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- 2020
16. A tecpr2 knockout mouse exhibits age-dependent neuroaxonal dystrophy associated with autophagosome accumulation
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Oren Shatz, Bat-Chen Tamim-Yecheskel, Christian Behrends, Alon Savidor, Saskia Freud, Nili Dezorella, Zvulun Elazar, Milana Fraiberg, Nemanja Subic, Raya Eilam-Altstadter, Gali Heimer, Ori Brenner, Michael Tsoory, Kamilya Kokabi, Inbal E. Biton, Letizia Marvaldi, and Bruria Ben-Zeev
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0301 basic medicine ,Autophagosome ,medicine.medical_specialty ,SPG49 ,Neuroaxonal Dystrophies ,Nerve Tissue Proteins ,Biology ,03 medical and health sciences ,Mice ,Internal medicine ,Lysosome ,Intellectual disability ,medicine ,Spastic ,Autophagy ,Animals ,Humans ,Hereditary Neurodegenerative Disorder ,Molecular Biology ,TECPR2 ,Mice, Knockout ,030102 biochemistry & molecular biology ,Neurodegeneration ,neurodegeneration ,Autophagosomes ,axonal dystrophy ,lysosome ,Cell Biology ,medicine.disease ,nervous system diseases ,030104 developmental biology ,Endocrinology ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Knockout mouse ,Carrier Proteins ,Research Paper - Abstract
Mutations in the coding sequence of human TECPR2 were recently linked to spastic paraplegia type 49 (SPG49), a hereditary neurodegenerative disorder involving intellectual disability, autonomic-sensory neuropathy, chronic respiratory disease and decreased pain sensitivity. Here, we report the generation of a novel CRISPR-Cas9 tecpr2 knockout (tecpr2(−/−)) mouse that exhibits behavioral pathologies observed in SPG49 patients. tecpr2(−/−) mice develop neurodegenerative patterns in an age-dependent manner, manifested predominantly as neuroaxonal dystrophy in the gracile (GrN) and cuneate nuclei (CuN) of the medulla oblongata in the brainstem and dorsal white matter column of the spinal cord. Age-dependent correlation with accumulation of autophagosomes suggests compromised targeting to lysosome. Taken together, our findings establish the tecpr2 knockout mouse as a potential model for SPG49 and ascribe a new role to TECPR2 in macroautophagy/autophagy-related neurodegenerative disorders.
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- 2020
17. ERBB2 drives YAP activation and EMT-like processes during cardiac regeneration
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Alon Savidor, Jixin Dong, Avraham Shakked, Eldad Tzahor, Alla Aharonov, Daria Lendengolts, James F. Martin, Or-Yam Revach, Yuka Morikawa, Yishai Levin, David Kain, Benjamin Geiger, and Kfir Baruch Umansky
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0303 health sciences ,Chemistry ,medicine.disease ,Cell biology ,03 medical and health sciences ,Crosstalk (biology) ,0302 clinical medicine ,Mediator ,Fibrosis ,medicine ,Phosphorylation ,Signal transduction ,Cytoskeleton ,Metaphase ,Mitosis ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery ,030304 developmental biology - Abstract
SummaryCardiomyocyte (CM) loss after injury results in adverse remodelling and fibrosis, which inevitably lead to heart failure. ERBB2-Neuregulin and Hippo-YAP signaling pathways are key mediators of CM proliferation and regeneration, yet the crosstalk between these pathways is unclear. Here, we demonstrate in adult mice that transient over-expression (OE) of activated ERBB2 in CMs promotes cardiac regeneration in a heart failure model. OE CMs present an EMT-like regenerative response manifested by cytoskeletal remodelling, junction dissolution, migration, and ECM turnover. Molecularly, we identified YAP as a critical mediator of ERBB2 signaling. In OE CMs, YAP interacts with nuclear envelope and cytoskeletal components, reflecting the altered mechanic state elicited by ERBB2. Hippo-independent activating phosphorylation on YAP at S352 and S274 were enriched in OE CMs, peaking during metaphase, and viral overexpression of YAP phospho-mutants dampened the proliferative competence of OE CMs. Taken together, we demonstrate a potent ERBB2-mediated YAP mechanosensory signaling, involving EMT-like characteristics, resulting in heart regeneration.HighlightsERBB2-driven regeneration of scarred hearts recapitulates core-EMT processesYAP is activated and required downstream to ERBB2 signaling in CMsYAP activity is mechanically driven by cytoskeleton and nuclear envelope remodelingYAP S274 and S352 phosphorylation is essential for CM mitosis
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- 2020
18. BcXYG1, a Secreted Xyloglucanase from Botrytis cinerea, Triggers Both Cell Death and Plant Immune Responses
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Anna Minz-Dub, Mordechi Ronen, Kyle Bowler, Alon Savidor, Oliver Valerius, Nir Ben-Tal, Elad Eizner, Wenjun Zhu, Itai Sharon, Amir Sharon, Gal Masrati, Yonatan Gur, Gerhard H. Braus, and Maor Bar-Peled
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0106 biological sciences ,0301 basic medicine ,Programmed cell death ,Necrosis ,Physiology ,Mutant ,Cell ,Plant Science ,01 natural sciences ,03 medical and health sciences ,Immune system ,Gene expression ,Botany ,Genetics ,medicine ,Botrytis cinerea ,biology ,fungi ,food and beverages ,biology.organism_classification ,Cell biology ,030104 developmental biology ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,medicine.symptom ,Signal transduction ,010606 plant biology & botany - Abstract
In search of Botrytis cinerea cell death-inducing proteins, we found a xyloglucanase (BcXYG1) that induced strong necrosis and a resistance response in dicot plants. Expression of the BcXYG1 gene was strongly induced during the first 12 h post inoculation, and analysis of disease dynamics using PathTrack showed that a B. cinerea strain overexpressing BcXYG1 produced early local necrosis, supporting a role of BcXYG1 as an early cell death-inducing factor. The xyloglucanase activity of BcXYG1 was not necessary for the induction of necrosis and plant resistance, as a mutant of BcXYG1 lacking the xyloglucanase enzymatic activity retained both functions. Residues in two exposed loops on the surface of BcXYG1 were found to be necessary for the induction of cell death but not to induce plant resistance. Further analyses showed that BcXYG1 is apoplastic and possibly interacts with the proteins of the plant cell membrane and also that the BcXYG1 cell death-promoting signal is mediated by the leucine-rich repeat receptor-like kinases BAK1 and SOBIR1. Our findings support the role of cell death-inducing proteins in establishing the infection of necrotrophic pathogens and highlight the recognition of fungal apoplastic proteins by the plant immune system as an important mechanism of resistance against this class of pathogens.
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- 2017
19. Diadenosine tetraphosphate (Ap4A) - anE. colialarmone or a damage metabolite?
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Alon Savidor, Dan S. Tawfik, Laura Fumagalli, Alexander Brandis, Yishai Levin, and Dragana Despotovic
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Lysine-tRNA Ligase ,0301 basic medicine ,Metabolite ,Biology ,medicine.disease_cause ,Biochemistry ,03 medical and health sciences ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Stress, Physiological ,Side product ,Escherichia coli ,medicine ,Homeostasis ,Molecular Biology ,030102 biochemistry & molecular biology ,Escherichia coli Proteins ,Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial ,Cell Biology ,Metabolism ,Acid Anhydride Hydrolases ,Heat stress ,Zinc ,Zinc homeostasis ,030104 developmental biology ,chemistry ,Ap4A ,Dinucleoside Phosphates ,Signal Transduction ,Alarmone - Abstract
Under stress, metabolism is changing: specific up- or down-regulation of proteins and metabolites occurs as well as side effects. Distinguishing specific stress-signaling metabolites (alarmones) from side products (damage metabolites) is not trivial. One example is diadenosine tetraphosphate (Ap4A) - a side product of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases found in all domains of life. The earliest observations suggested that Ap4A serves as an alarmone for heat stress in Escherichia coli. However, despite 50 years of research, the signaling mechanisms associated with Ap4A remain unknown. We defined a set of criteria for distinguishing alarmones from damage metabolites to systematically classify Ap4A. In a nutshell, no indications for a signaling cascade that is triggered by Ap4A were found; rather, we found that Ap4A is efficiently removed in a constitutive, nonregulated manner. Several fold perturbations in Ap4A concentrations have no effect, yet accumulation at very high levels is toxic due to disturbance of zinc homeostasis, and also because Ap4A's structural overlap with ATP can result in spurious binding and inactivation of ATP-binding proteins. Overall, Ap4A met all criteria for a damage metabolite. While we do not exclude any role in signaling, our results indicate that the damage metabolite option should be considered as the null hypothesis when examining Ap4A and other metabolites whose levels change upon stress.
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- 2017
20. Label-free deep shotgun proteomics reveals protein dynamics during tomato fruit tissues development
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Jedrzej Szymanski, Asaph Aharoni, Alon Savidor, Louise Chappell-Maor, Yishai Levin, Nadine Töpfer, Uwe Heinig, and Dario Breitel
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Proteomics ,0106 biological sciences ,0301 basic medicine ,Proteome ,Metabolic network ,Plant Science ,Computational biology ,Biology ,01 natural sciences ,Transcriptome ,03 medical and health sciences ,Metabolomics ,Solanum lycopersicum ,Gene Expression Regulation, Plant ,Botany ,Genetics ,Shotgun proteomics ,Transcription factor ,Plant Proteins ,food and beverages ,Cell Biology ,Metabolic pathway ,030104 developmental biology ,Fruit ,010606 plant biology & botany - Abstract
Current innovations in mass-spectrometry-based technologies allow deep coverage of protein expression. Despite its immense value and in contrast to transcriptomics, only a handful of studies in crop plants engaged with global proteome assays. Here, we present large-scale shotgun proteomics profiling of tomato fruit across two key tissues and five developmental stages. A total of 7738 individual protein groups were identified and reliably measured at least in one of the analyzed tissues or stages. The depth of our assay enabled identification of 61 differentially expressed transcription factors, including renowned ripening-related regulators and elements of ethylene signaling. Significantly, we measured proteins involved in 83% of all predicted enzymatic reactions in the tomato metabolic network. Hence, proteins representing almost the complete set of reactions in major metabolic pathways were identified, including the cytosolic and plastidic isoprenoid and the phenylpropanoid pathways. Furthermore, the data allowed us to discern between protein isoforms according to expression patterns, which is most significant in light of the weak transcript-protein expression correspondence. Finally, visualization of changes in protein abundance associated with a particular process provided us with a unique view of skin and flesh tissues in developing fruit. This study adds a new dimension to the existing genomic, transcriptomic and metabolomic resources. It is therefore likely to promote translational and post-translational research in tomato and additional species, which is presently focused on transcription.
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- 2017
21. Loss of the Periplasmic Chaperone Skp and Mutations in the Efflux Pump AcrAB-TolC Play a Role in Acquired Resistance to Antimicrobial Peptides in
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Shir Ferrera, Reut Nuri, Roman G. Gerlach, Alon Savidor, Christiane Schmidt, Adi Danin, Gal Kapach, and Yechiel Shai
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Microbiology (medical) ,Antimicrobial peptides ,lcsh:QR1-502 ,Microbiology ,lcsh:Microbiology ,03 medical and health sciences ,Antibiotic resistance ,ddc:610 ,030304 developmental biology ,Original Research ,periplasm ,0303 health sciences ,AcrAB-TolC ,biology ,030306 microbiology ,Chemistry ,Periplasmic space ,bacterial resistance ,Skp ,biology.organism_classification ,Salmonella enterica ,Chaperone (protein) ,biology.protein ,efflux pump ,Efflux ,antimicrobial peptide (AMPs) ,ramR ,Bacterial outer membrane ,610 Medizin und Gesundheit ,Bacteria - Abstract
Bacterial resistance to antibiotics is a major concern worldwide, leading to an extensive search for alternative drugs. Promising candidates are antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), innate immunity molecules, shown to be highly efficient against multidrug resistant bacteria. Therefore, it is essential to study bacterial resistance mechanisms against them. For that purpose, we used experimental evolution, and isolated a Salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium-resistant line to the AMP 4DK5L7. This AMP displayed promising features including widespread activity against Gram-negative bacteria and protection from proteolytic degradation. However, the resistance that evolved in the isolated strain was particularly high. Whole genome sequencing revealed that five spontaneous mutations had evolved. Of these, three are novel in the context of acquired AMP resistance. Two mutations are related to the AcrAB-TolC multidrug efflux pump. One occurred in AcrB, the substrate-binding domain of the system, and the second in RamR, a transcriptional regulator of the system. Together, the mutations increased the minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) by twofold toward this AMP. Moreover, the mutation in AcrB induced hypersusceptibility toward ampicillin and colistin. The last mutation occurred in Skp, a periplasmic chaperone that participates in the biogenesis of outer membrane proteins (OMPs). This mutation increased the MIC by twofold to 4DK5L7 and by fourfold to another AMP, seg5D. Proteomic analysis revealed that the mutation abolished Skp expression, reduced OMP abundance, and increased DegP levels. DegP, a protease that was reported to have an additional chaperone activity, escorts OMPs through the periplasm along with Skp, but is also associated with AMP resistance. In conclusion, our data demonstrate that both loss of Skp and manipulation of the AcrAB-TolC system are alternative strategies of AMP acquired resistance in Salmonella typhimurium and might represent a common mechanism in other Gram-negative bacteria.
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- 2019
22. High Levels of CO 2 Induce Spoilage by Leuconostoc mesenteroides by Upregulating Dextran Synthesis Genes
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Alon Savidor, Shlomo Sela, Paula Teper-Bamnolker, Avinoam Daus, Dani Eshel, Yael Lampert, Noa Sela, Barak Dror, Shmuel Carmeli, and Bolaji Babajide Salam
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Exudate ,0303 health sciences ,Ecology ,biology ,030306 microbiology ,Chemistry ,Lactobacillales ,Food spoilage ,food and beverages ,biology.organism_classification ,Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology ,Dextransucrase ,03 medical and health sciences ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Dextran ,Leuconostoc mesenteroides ,medicine ,Leuconostoc ,Food science ,medicine.symptom ,Bacteria ,Food Science ,Biotechnology - Abstract
During nonventilated storage of carrots, CO2 gradually accumulates to high levels and causes modifications in the carrot9s microbiome toward dominance of Lactobacillales and Enterobacteriales. The lactic acid bacterium Leuconostoc mesenteroides secretes a slimy exudate over the surface of the carrots. The objective of this study was to characterize the slime components and the potential cause for its secretion under high CO2 levels. A proteomic analysis of the exudate revealed bacterial glucosyltransferases as the main proteins, specifically, dextransucrase. A chemical analysis of the exudate revealed high levels of dextran and several simple sugars. The exudate volume and dextran amount were significantly higher when L. mesenteroides was incubated under high CO2 levels than when incubated in an aerated environment. The treatment of carrot medium plates with commercial dextransucrase or exudate protein extract resulted in similar sugar profiles and dextran production. Transcriptome analysis demonstrated that dextran production is related to the upregulation of the L. mesenteroides dextransucrase-encoding genes dsrD and dsrT during the first 4 to 8 h of exposure to high CO2 levels compared to aerated conditions. A phylogenetic analysis of L. mesenteroides YL48 dsrD revealed a high similarity to other dsr genes harbored by different Leuconostoc species. The ecological benefit of dextran production under elevated CO2 requires further investigation. However, this study implies an overlooked role of CO2 in the physiology and fitness of L. mesenteroides in stored carrots, and perhaps in other food items, during storage under nonventilated conditions. IMPORTANCE The bacterium Leuconostoc mesenteroides is known to cause spoilage of different types of foods by secreting a slimy fluid that damages the quality and appearance of the produce. Here, we identified a potential mechanism by which high levels of CO2 affect the spoilage caused by this bacterium by upregulating dextran synthesis genes. These results have broader implications for the study of the physiology, degradation ability, and potential biotechnological applications of Leuconostoc.
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- 2019
23. Influence of short-term exposure to high light on photosynthesis and proteins involved in photo-protective processes in tomato leaves
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Alon Savidor, Elinor Aviv-Sharon, Yishai Levin, Dominika Bednarczyk, and Dana Charuvi
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0106 biological sciences ,0301 basic medicine ,Antioxidant ,Photoinhibition ,biology ,Photosystem II ,Chemistry ,medicine.medical_treatment ,food and beverages ,Plant Science ,Photosynthesis ,01 natural sciences ,Acclimatization ,Tetrapyrrole ,03 medical and health sciences ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,030104 developmental biology ,Biochemistry ,medicine ,biology.protein ,Agronomy and Crop Science ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,010606 plant biology & botany ,Peroxidase ,Photosystem - Abstract
Plants in natural environments have to cope with fluctuations in light conditions on different timescales, ranging from seconds to days. Toward this, plants employ both adaptive and protective mechanisms. Here, we studied the response of low-light-grown tomato plants to short-term high light (HL) exposure followed by a recovery period using large-scale proteomic profiling, photosynthetic- and biochemical measurements. We found that following a 6-h HL treatment, plants exhibited photosystem II photoinhibition, a tendency toward a reduced electron transport and induction of non-photochemical quenching (NPQ). The proteomic data showed that key enzymes of the Mg-branch of the tetrapyrrole pathway, leading to chlorophyll biosynthesis, were significantly down-regulated by HL. Nonetheless, no changes in chlorophyll content or in the levels of most photosynthetic proteins, including all identified photosystem and light-harvesting antenna proteins, were detected. Notably, we observed that following a recovery period (24 h), plants were characterized by higher electron transport and an increased NPQ capacity, indicative of an acclimation that resulted in better photosynthetic performance. Our proteomic analysis also revealed prominent up-regulation of several enzymes of the flavonoid pathway, as well as of enzymatic components of other plant antioxidant systems. In accord with these, we found significant increases in the content of flavonoids and ascorbate, and in the activity of ascorbate peroxidase following the HL and recovery. Together, the results highlight the key alterations involved in photo-protection and detoxification of reactive oxygen species which take part in the short-term response to HL.
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- 2020
24. Disturbance of the bacterial cell wall specifically interferes with biofilm formation
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Alon Savidor, Tabitha Bucher, Ilana Kolodkin-Gal, Yaara Oppenheimer-Shaanan, and Zohar Bloom-Ackermann
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Teichoic acid ,Biofilm ,Bacterial Physiological Phenomena ,Biology ,Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous) ,Bacterial cell structure ,Cell biology ,Cell wall ,Extracellular matrix ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,chemistry ,Biochemistry ,Protein biosynthesis ,Peptidoglycan ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics - Abstract
In nature, bacteria communicate via chemical cues and establish complex communities referred to as biofilms, wherein cells are held together by an extracellular matrix. Much research is focusing on small molecules that manipulate and prevent biofilm assembly by modifying cellular signalling pathways. However, the bacterial cell envelope, presenting the interface between bacterial cells and their surroundings, is largely overlooked. In our study, we identified specific targets within the biosynthesis pathways of the different cell wall components (peptidoglycan, wall teichoic acids and teichuronic acids) hampering biofilm formation and the anchoring of the extracellular matrix with a minimal effect on planktonic growth. In addition, we provide convincing evidence that biofilm hampering by transglycosylation inhibitors and D-Leucine triggers a highly specific response without changing the overall protein levels within the biofilm cells or the overall levels of the extracellular matrix components. The presented results emphasize the central role of the Gram-positive cell wall in biofilm development, resistance and sustainment.
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- 2015
25. Ribonucleotide reductase from Fusarium oxysporum does not Respond to DNA replication stress
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Sushma Sharma, Rotem Cohen, Alon Savidor, Shira Milo, and Shay Covo
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DNA Replication ,0303 health sciences ,biology ,DNA replication ,Cell Biology ,biology.organism_classification ,Rate-determining step ,Biochemistry ,Cell biology ,03 medical and health sciences ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,0302 clinical medicine ,Ribonucleotide reductase ,Fusarium ,Biosynthesis ,chemistry ,Transcription (biology) ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Ribonucleotide Reductases ,Fusarium oxysporum ,Urea ,Molecular Biology ,DNA Damage ,030304 developmental biology - Abstract
Ribonucleotide reductase (RNR) catalyzes the rate limiting step in dNTP biosynthesis and is tightly regulated at the transcription and activity levels. One of the best characterized responses of yeast to DNA damage is up-regulation of RNR transcription and activity and consequently, elevation of the dNTP pools. Hydroxyurea is a universal inhibitor of RNR that causes S phase arrest. It is used in the clinic to treat certain types of cancers. Here we studied the response of the fungal plant pathogen Fusarium oxysporum to hydroxyurea in order to generate hypotheses that can be used in the future in development of a new class of pesticides. F. oxysporum causes severe damage to more than 100 agricultural crops and specifically threatens banana cultivation world-wide. Although the recovery of F. oxysporum from transient hydroxyurea exposure was similar to the one of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, colony formation was strongly inhibited in F. oxysporum in comparison with S. cerevisiae. As expected, genomic and phosphoproteomic analyses of F. oxysporum conidia (spores) exposed to hydroxyurea showed hallmarks of DNA replication perturbation and activation of recombination. Unexpectedly and strikingly, RNR was not induced by either hydroxyurea or the DNA-damaging agent methyl methanesulfonate as determined at the RNA and protein levels. Consequently, dNTP concentrations were significantly reduced, even in response to a low dose of hydroxyurea. Methyl methanesulfonate treatment did not induce dNTP pools in F. oxysporum, in contrast to the response of RNR and dNTP pools to DNA damage and hydroxyurea in several tested organisms. Our results are important because the lack of a feedback mechanism to increase RNR expression in F. oxysporum is expected to sensitize the pathogen to a fungal-specific ribonucleotide inhibitor. The potential impact of our observations on F. oxysporum genome stability and genome evolution is discussed.
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- 2019
26. High Levels of CO
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Barak, Dror, Alon, Savidor, Bolaji Babajide, Salam, Noa, Sela, Yael, Lampert, Paula, Teper-Bamnolker, Avinoam, Daus, Shmuel, Carmeli, Shlomo, Sela Saldinger, and Dani, Eshel
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Plant Microbiology ,Bacterial Proteins ,Food Storage ,Genes, Bacterial ,Glucosyltransferases ,food and beverages ,Dextrans ,Leuconostoc mesenteroides ,Carbon Dioxide ,Phylogeny ,Daucus carota ,Up-Regulation - Abstract
During nonventilated storage of carrots, CO(2) gradually accumulates to high levels and causes modifications in the carrot's microbiome toward dominance of Lactobacillales and Enterobacteriales. The lactic acid bacterium Leuconostoc mesenteroides secretes a slimy exudate over the surface of the carrots. The objective of this study was to characterize the slime components and the potential cause for its secretion under high CO(2) levels. A proteomic analysis of the exudate revealed bacterial glucosyltransferases as the main proteins, specifically, dextransucrase. A chemical analysis of the exudate revealed high levels of dextran and several simple sugars. The exudate volume and dextran amount were significantly higher when L. mesenteroides was incubated under high CO(2) levels than when incubated in an aerated environment. The treatment of carrot medium plates with commercial dextransucrase or exudate protein extract resulted in similar sugar profiles and dextran production. Transcriptome analysis demonstrated that dextran production is related to the upregulation of the L. mesenteroides dextransucrase-encoding genes dsrD and dsrT during the first 4 to 8 h of exposure to high CO(2) levels compared to aerated conditions. A phylogenetic analysis of L. mesenteroides YL48 dsrD revealed a high similarity to other dsr genes harbored by different Leuconostoc species. The ecological benefit of dextran production under elevated CO(2) requires further investigation. However, this study implies an overlooked role of CO(2) in the physiology and fitness of L. mesenteroides in stored carrots, and perhaps in other food items, during storage under nonventilated conditions. IMPORTANCE The bacterium Leuconostoc mesenteroides is known to cause spoilage of different types of foods by secreting a slimy fluid that damages the quality and appearance of the produce. Here, we identified a potential mechanism by which high levels of CO(2) affect the spoilage caused by this bacterium by upregulating dextran synthesis genes. These results have broader implications for the study of the physiology, degradation ability, and potential biotechnological applications of Leuconostoc.
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- 2018
27. MS1-Based Label-Free Proteomics Using a Quadrupole Orbitrap Mass Spectrometer
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Tali Shalit, Alon Savidor, Dalia Elinger, Alexandra Gabashvili, and Yishai Levin
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Proteomics ,Chromatography ,Chemistry ,Quantitative proteomics ,Computational Biology ,General Chemistry ,Computational biology ,Orbitrap ,Mass spectrometry ,Biochemistry ,Mass Spectrometry ,law.invention ,Data set ,Benchmarking ,Gene Expression Regulation ,law ,Proteome ,Quadrupole ,Escherichia coli ,Humans ,Instrumentation (computer programming) ,HeLa Cells - Abstract
Presented is a data set for benchmarking MS1-based label-free quantitative proteomics using a quadrupole orbitrap mass spectrometer. Escherichia coli digest was spiked into a HeLa digest in four different concentrations, simulating protein expression differences in a background of an unchanged complex proteome. The data set provides a unique opportunity to evaluate the proteomic platform (instrumentation and software) in its ability to perform MS1-intensity-based label-free quantification. We show that the presented combination of informatics and instrumentation produces high precision and quantification accuracy. The data were also used to compare different quantitative protein inference methods such as iBAQ and Hi-N. The data can also be used as a resource for development and optimization of proteomics informatics tools, thus the raw data have been deposited to ProteomeXchange with identifier PXD001385.
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- 2015
28. BcXYG1, a Secreted Xyloglucanase from
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Wenjun, Zhu, Mordechi, Ronen, Yonatan, Gur, Anna, Minz-Dub, Gal, Masrati, Nir, Ben-Tal, Alon, Savidor, Itai, Sharon, Elad, Eizner, Oliver, Valerius, Gerhard H, Braus, Kyle, Bowler, Maor, Bar-Peled, and Amir, Sharon
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Phaseolus ,Glycoside Hydrolases ,fungi ,Arabidopsis ,food and beverages ,Articles ,Plant Leaves ,Bacterial Proteins ,Solanum lycopersicum ,Tobacco ,Plant Immunity ,Botrytis ,Triticum ,Plant Diseases ,Signal Transduction - Abstract
A cell death-inducing apoplastic protein facilitates necrosis and establishment of the pathogen Botrytis cinerea but also is recognized by the plant immune system and triggers a defense response.
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- 2017
29. Front Cover: The Disordered Landscape of the 20S Proteasome Substrates Reveals Tight Association with Phase Separated Granules
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Nadav Myers, Tsviya Olender, Alon Savidor, Yishai Levin, Nina Reuven, and Yosef Shaul
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Molecular Biology ,Biochemistry - Published
- 2018
30. Adipose-Induced Retroperitoneal Soft Tissue Sarcoma Tumorigenesis: A Potential Crosstalk between Sarcoma and Fat Cells
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Alon Savidor, Yishai Levin, Shelly Loewenstein, Eran Nizri, Guy Lahat, Osnat Sher, Nir Lubezky, Meir Zemel, and Joseph M. Klausner
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0301 basic medicine ,Leiomyosarcoma ,Proteomics ,Cancer Research ,Cell Survival ,Adipose tissue ,Tissue Culture Techniques ,03 medical and health sciences ,Paracrine signalling ,Mice ,0302 clinical medicine ,Adipokines ,Cell Movement ,Tandem Mass Spectrometry ,Cell Line, Tumor ,Paracrine Communication ,medicine ,Adipocytes ,Tumor Microenvironment ,Animals ,Humans ,Retroperitoneal Neoplasms ,Molecular Biology ,Cell Proliferation ,Tube formation ,Tumor microenvironment ,Chemistry ,Soft tissue sarcoma ,Cell migration ,Neoplasms, Experimental ,medicine.disease ,030104 developmental biology ,Oncology ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Culture Media, Conditioned ,Cancer cell ,Cancer research ,Sarcoma ,Chromatography, Liquid - Abstract
Previous data demonstrated that high retroperitoneal visceral fat content increases retroperitoneal soft-tissue sarcoma (RSTS) local recurrence and patients' mortality. Most RSTS tumors initiate and recur within visceral fat. The objective of the current study was to evaluate potential paracrine effects of visceral fat on RSTS. A xenograft model was used to evaluate in vivo effects of human visceral fat on STS growth. Tissue explants were prepared from visceral fat, and their conditioned medium (CM) was utilized for various in vitro experiments designed to evaluate growth, survival, migration, and invasion of STS and endothelial cells. Visceral fat–secreted protumorigenic factors were identified by mass spectrometry. The in vivo experiments demonstrated a significant increase in STS tumor growth rate when SK-LMS-1 leiomyosarcoma cells were colocalized with human visceral fat compared with subcutaneous injection of cancer cells only. The in vitro model demonstrated that visceral fat CM increased STS cellular growth and reduced doxorubicin-induced apoptosis. Visceral fat also enhanced STS cellular migration and invasion. In addition, visceral fat CM significantly increased endothelial cell tube formation, suggesting its role as a proangiogenic factor in the STS tumor microenvironment (TME). Using a robust proteomic approach, liquid chromatography and tandem mass spectrometry resolved various molecules within the visceral fat CM, of which a subset was associated with protumorigenic biologic processes. These results suggest that visceral fat directly interacts with STS cells by secreting specific adipokines into the TME, thus augmenting STS tumor cell proliferation and invasiveness. Fat-induced STS molecular deregulations should be studied to identify new potential prognostic and therapeutic targets. Implications: Visceral fat induces protumorigenic effects, in STS, through various secreted factors that should be investigated to improve our understanding of adipose–cancer cell interactions. Mol Cancer Res; 14(12); 1254–65. ©2016 AACR.
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- 2016
31. The Disordered Landscape of the 20S Proteasome Substrates Reveals Tight Association with Phase Separated Granules
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Nina Reuven, Alon Savidor, Nadav Myers, Tsviya Olender, Yosef Shaul, and Yishai Levin
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0301 basic medicine ,Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex ,Messenger RNA ,Chemistry ,RNA-binding protein ,Translation (biology) ,Plasma protein binding ,Cytoplasmic Granules ,Intrinsically disordered proteins ,Biochemistry ,Intrinsically Disordered Proteins ,03 medical and health sciences ,030104 developmental biology ,0302 clinical medicine ,Proteostasis ,Proteasome ,Proteolysis ,RNA splicing ,Biophysics ,Molecular Biology ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery - Abstract
Proteasomal degradation is the main route of regulated proteostasis. The 20S proteasome is the core particle (CP) responsible for the catalytic activity of all proteasome complexes. Structural constraints mean that only unfolded, extended polypeptide chains may enter the catalytic core of the 20S proteasome. It has been previously shown that the 20S CP is active in degradation of certain intrinsically disordered proteins (IDP) lacking structural constrains. Here, a comprehensive analysis of the 20S CP substrates in vitro is conducted. It is revealed that the 20S CP substrates are highly disordered. However, not all the IDPs are 20S CP substrates. The group of the IDPs that are 20S CP substrates, termed 20S-IDPome are characterized by having significantly more protein binding partners, more posttranslational modification sites, and are highly enriched for RNA binding proteins. The vast majority of them are involved in splicing, mRNA processing, and translation. Remarkably, it is found that low complexity proteins with prion-like domain (PrLD), which interact with GR or PR di-peptide repeats, are the most preferential 20S CP substrates. The finding suggests roles of the 20S CP in gene transcription and formation of phase-separated granules.
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- 2018
32. Redox-Dependent Structural Differences in Putidaredoxin Derived from Homologous Structure Refinement via Residual Dipolar Couplings
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Elina Tjioe, James Boulie, Nitin Jain, and and Alon Savidor
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Models, Molecular ,endocrine system ,Cytochrome ,biology ,Pseudomonas putida ,Crystal structure ,Crystallography, X-Ray ,Biochemistry ,Redox ,Electron transport chain ,Protein Structure, Tertiary ,Hydroxylation ,Electron transfer ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Crystallography ,chemistry ,Structural Homology, Protein ,Oxidation state ,biology.protein ,Ferredoxins ,Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular ,Oxidation-Reduction ,Ferredoxin - Abstract
Structural differences in the [2Fe-2S] ferredoxin, putidaredoxin (Pdx), from the camphor hydroxylation pathway of Pseudomonas putida have been investigated as a function of oxidation state of the iron cluster. Pdx is involved in biological electron transfer to cytochrome P450(cam) (CYP101). Redox-dependent differences have been observed previously for Pdx in terms of binding affinities to CYP101, NMR spectral differences, and dynamic properties. To further characterize these differences, structure refinement of both oxidized and reduced Pdx has been carried out using a hybrid approach utilizing paramagnetic distance restraints and NMR orientational restraints in the form of backbone (15)N residual dipolar couplings. Use of these new restraints has improved the structure of oxidized Pdx considerably over the earlier solution NMR structure without RDC restraints, with the new structure now much closer in overall fold to the recently published X-ray crystal structures. We now observe better defined relative orientations of the major secondary structure elements as also of the conformation of the metal binding loop region. Extension of this approach to structure calculation of reduced Pdx has identified structural differences that are primarily localized for residues in the C-terminal interaction domain consisting of the functionally important residue Trp 106 and regions near the metal binding loop in Pdx. These redox-dependent structural differences in Pdx correlate to dynamic changes observed before and may be linked to differences in binding and electron transfer properties between oxidized and reduced Pdx.
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- 2005
33. Quantification of proteins by label-free LC-MS(E.)
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Alon, Savidor and Yishai, Levin
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Tandem Mass Spectrometry ,Proteins ,Chromatography, Liquid - Abstract
Quantitative proteomics by LC-MS/MS is a widely used approach for quantifying a significant portion of any complex proteome. Among the different techniques used for this purpose, one is by use of Data Independent Acquisition (DIA). We present a descriptive protocol for label-free quantitation of proteins by one DIA method termed LC-MS(E), which facilitates large-scale quantification of proteins without the need for isotopic labelling and with no theoretical limit to the number of samples included in an experiment.
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- 2014
34. Quantification of Proteins by Label-Free LC-MSE
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Alon Savidor and Yishai Levin
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- 2014
35. The Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis-tomato interactome reveals the perception of pathogen by the host and suggests mechanisms of infection
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Robert L. Hettich, Helena Tews, Doron Teper, Richard J. Giannone, Rudolf Eichenlaub, Alon Savidor, Kerstin Mayer, Isaac Barash, Karl-Heinz Gartemann, Guido Sessa, Shulamit Manulis-Sasson, and Laura Chalupowicz
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0106 biological sciences ,Proteomics ,Proteases ,comparative analysis ,Proteome ,Clavibacter michiganensis subsp ,NSAF ,interactome ,Solanum lycopersicum (tomato) ,01 natural sciences ,Biochemistry ,Interactome ,Microbiology ,03 medical and health sciences ,Bacterial Proteins ,Solanum lycopersicum ,Tandem Mass Spectrometry ,Actinomycetales ,multidimensional protein identification ,Pathogen ,Gene ,mass spectrometry ,030304 developmental biology ,Plant Diseases ,Plant Proteins ,0303 health sciences ,biology ,fungi ,food and beverages ,michiganensis (Cmm) ,General Chemistry ,Ethylenes ,biology.organism_classification ,secretion ,annotation ,technology (MudPIT) ,Host-Pathogen Interactions ,Solanum ,Clavibacter michiganensis ,Software ,010606 plant biology & botany ,Signal Transduction - Abstract
The Gram-positive bacterium Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis (Cmm) causes wilt and canker disease of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum). Mechanisms of Cmm pathogenicity and tomato response to Cmm infection are not well understood. To explore the interaction between Cmm and tomato, multidimensional protein identification technology (MudPIT) and tandem mass spectrometry were used to analyze in vitro and in planta generated samples. The results show that during infection Cmm senses the plant environment, transmits signals, induces, and then secretes multiple hydrolytic enzymes, including serine proteases of the Pat-1, Ppa, and Sbt familes, the CelA, XysA, and NagA glycosyl hydrolases, and other cell wall-degrading enzymes. Tomato induction of pathogenesis-related (PR) proteins, LOX1, and other defense-related proteins during infection indicates that the plant senses the invading bacterium and mounts a basal defense response, although partial with some suppressed components including class III peroxidases and a secreted serine peptidase. The tomato ethylene-synthesizing enzyme ACC-oxidase was induced during infection with the wild-type Cmm but not during infection with an endophytic Cmm strain, identifying Cmm-triggered host synthesis of ethylene as an important factor in disease symptom development. The proteomic data were also used to improve Cmm genome annotation, and thousands of Cmm gene models were confirmed or expanded.
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- 2011
36. Global Proteomics andPhytophthora
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Alon Savidor
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Genetics ,biology ,Phytophthora ,Computational biology ,biology.organism_classification ,Proteomics - Published
- 2009
37. Phytophthora genome sequences uncover evolutionary origins and mechanisms of pathogenesis
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Bruno W. S. Sobral, Mark Gijzen, Alon Savidor, Brett M. Tyler, Sam Rash, Francine Govers, Rays H. Y. Jiang, Paul Morris, Mi-Kyung Lee, Kurt Lamour, Anne E. Dorrance, Sucheta Tripathy, C. M. B. Damasceno, Donald J. Maclean, Richard W. Jones, Matteo Garbelotto, Sophien Kamoun, Yasuko Sakihama, Daniel S. Rokhsar, Trudy Torto-Alalibo, Stuart G. Gordon, MoÌnica Medina, Jocelyn K. C. Rose, Daolong Dou, Astrid Terry, Harold J. G. Meijer, Hong-Bin Zhang, Brian M. Smith, Zhanyou Xu, Igor V. Grigoriev, Konstantinos Krampis, Eric K. Nordberg, Niklaus J. Grünwald, Jim Beynon, Vipaporn Phuntumart, Laura Baxter, Felipe D. Arredondo, Chantel F. Scheuring, Andrea Aerts, Jarrod Chapman, Wayne Huang, W. Hayes McDonald, Paramvir S. Dehal, Joe Win, Inna Dubchak, Manuel D. Ospina-Giraldo, Douda Bensasson, Asaf Salamov, Nicholas H. Putnam, Allan W. Dickerman, Kelly Ivors, Jeffrey L. Boore, and Xuemin Zhang
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Phytophthora ,Protein family ,Sequence analysis ,Hydrolases ,effector proteins ,Genome ,avirulence ,Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide ,resistance ,DNA, Algal ,Phylogenetics ,Phytophthora ramorum ,Botany ,expression ,Phytophthora sojae ,Photosynthesis ,genes ,Symbiosis ,Phylogeny ,Plant Diseases ,Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid ,Toxins, Biological ,Genetics ,Oomycete ,locus ,Multidisciplinary ,biology ,EPS-2 ,downy mildew ,fungi ,Algal Proteins ,food and beverages ,Sequence Analysis, DNA ,biology.organism_classification ,Physical Chromosome Mapping ,Biological Evolution ,Laboratorium voor Phytopathologie ,virulence ,arabidopsis ,Genes ,Laboratory of Phytopathology ,sojae - Abstract
Draft genome sequences have been determined for the soybean pathogen Phytophthora sojae and the sudden oak death pathogen Phytophthora ramorum . OoÌmycetes such as these Phytophthora species share the kingdom Stramenopila with photosynthetic algae such as diatoms, and the presence of many Phytophthora genes of probable phototroph origin supports a photosynthetic ancestry for the stramenopiles. Comparison of the two species' genomes reveals a rapid expansion and diversification of many protein families associated with plant infection such as hydrolases, ABC transporters, protein toxins, proteinase inhibitors, and, in particular, a superfamily of 700 proteins with similarity to known ooÌmycete avirulence genes.
- Published
- 2006
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