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2. Stroke genetics informs drug discovery and risk prediction across ancestries

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Mishra, A, Malik, R, Hachiya, T, Jurgenson, T, Namba, S, Posner, DC, Kamanu, FK, Koido, M, Le Grand, Q, Shi, M, He, Y, Georgakis, MK, Caro, I, Krebs, K, Liaw, Y-C, Vaura, FC, Lin, K, Winsvold, BS, Srinivasasainagendra, V, Parodi, L, Bae, H-J, Chauhan, G, Chong, MR, Tomppo, L, Akinyemi, R, Roshchupkin, GV, Habib, N, Jee, YH, Thomassen, JQ, Abedi, V, Carcel-Marquez, J, Nygaard, M, Leonard, HL, Yang, C, Yonova-Doing, E, Knol, MJ, Lewis, AJ, Judy, RL, Ago, T, Amouyel, P, Armstrong, ND, Bakker, MK, Bartz, TM, Bennett, DA, Bis, JC, Bordes, C, Borte, S, Cain, A, Ridker, PM, Cho, K, Chen, Z, Cruchaga, C, Cole, JW, de Jager, PL, de Cid, R, Endres, M, Ferreira, LE, Geerlings, MI, Gasca, NC, Gudnason, V, Hata, J, He, J, Heath, AK, Ho, Y-L, Havulinna, AS, Hopewell, JC, Hyacinth, HI, Inouye, M, Jacob, MA, Jeon, CE, Jern, C, Kamouchi, M, Keene, KL, Kitazono, T, Kittner, SJ, Konuma, T, Kumar, A, Lacaze, P, Launer, LJ, Lee, K-J, Lepik, K, Li, J, Li, L, Manichaikul, A, Markus, HS, Marston, NA, Meitinger, T, Mitchell, BD, Montellano, FA, Morisaki, T, Mosley, TH, Nalls, MA, Nordestgaard, BG, O'Donnell, MJ, Okada, Y, Onland-Moret, NC, Ovbiagele, B, Peters, A, Psaty, BM, Rich, SS, Rosand, J, Sabatine, MS, Sacco, RL, Saleheen, D, Sandset, EC, Salomaa, V, Sargurupremraj, M, Sasaki, M, Satizabal, CL, Schmidt, CO, Shimizu, A, Smith, NL, Sloane, KL, Sutoh, Y, Sun, YV, Tanno, K, Tiedt, S, Tatlisumak, T, Torres-Aguila, NP, Tiwari, HK, Tregouet, D-A, Trompet, S, Tuladhar, AM, Tybjaerg-Hansen, A, van Vugt, M, Vibo, R, Verma, SS, Wiggins, KL, Wennberg, P, Woo, D, Wilson, PWF, Xu, H, Yang, Q, Yoon, K, Millwood, IY, Gieger, C, Ninomiya, T, Grabe, HJ, Jukema, JW, Rissanen, IL, Strbian, D, Kim, YJ, Chen, P-H, Mayerhofer, E, Howson, JMM, Irvin, MR, Adams, H, Wassertheil-Smoller, S, Christensen, K, Ikram, MA, Rundek, T, Worrall, BB, Lathrop, GM, Riaz, M, Simonsick, EM, Korv, J, Franca, PHC, Zand, R, Prasad, K, Frikke-Schmidt, R, de Leeuw, F-E, Liman, T, Haeusler, KG, Ruigrok, YM, Heuschmann, PU, Longstreth, WT, Jung, KJ, Bastarache, L, Pare, G, Damrauer, SM, Chasman, DI, Rotter, JI, Anderson, CD, Zwart, J-A, Niiranen, TJ, Fornage, M, Liaw, Y-P, Seshadri, S, Fernandez-Cadenas, I, Walters, RG, Ruff, CT, Owolabi, MO, Huffman, JE, Milani, L, Kamatani, Y, Dichgans, M, Debette, S, Lee, J-M, Cheng, Y-C, Meschia, JF, Chen, WM, Sale, MM, Zonderman, AB, Evans, MK, Wilson, JG, Correa, A, Traylor, M, Lewis, CM, Reiner, A, Haessler, J, Langefeld, CD, Gottesman, RF, Yaffe, K, Liu, YM, Kooperberg, C, Lange, LA, Furie, KL, Arnett, DK, Benavente, OR, Grewal, RP, Peddareddygari, LR, Hveem, K, Lindstrom, S, Wang, L, Smith, EN, Gordon, W, Vlieg, AVH, de Andrade, M, Brody, JA, Pattee, JW, Brumpton, BM, Suchon, P, Chen, M-H, Frazer, KA, Turman, C, Germain, M, MacDonald, J, Braekkan, SK, Armasu, SM, Pankratz, N, Jackson, RD, Nielsen, JB, Giulianin, F, Puurunen, MK, Ibrahim, M, Heckbert, SR, Bammler, TK, McCauley, BM, Taylor, KD, Pankow, JS, Reiner, AP, Gabrielsen, ME, Deleuze, J-F, O'Donnell, CJ, Kim, J, McKnight, B, Kraft, P, Hansen, J-B, Rosendaal, FR, Heit, JA, Tang, W, Morange, P-E, Johnson, AD, Kabrhel, C, van Dijk, EJ, Koudstaal, PJ, Luijckx, G-J, Nederkoorn, PJ, van Oostenbrugge, RJ, Visser, MC, Wermer, MJH, Kappelle, LJ, Esko, T, Metspalu, A, Magi, R, Nelis, M, Levi, CR, Maguire, J, Jimenez-Conde, J, Sharma, P, Sudlow, CLM, Rannikmae, K, Schmidt, R, Slowik, A, Pera, J, Thijs, VNS, Lindgren, AG, Ilinca, A, Melander, O, Engstrom, G, Rexrode, KM, Rothwell, PM, Stanne, TM, Johnson, JA, Danesh, J, Butterworth, AS, Heitsch, L, Boncoraglio, GB, Kubo, M, Pezzini, A, Rolfs, A, Giese, A-K, Weir, D, Ross, OA, Lemmons, R, Soderholm, M, Cushman, M, Jood, K, McDonough, CW, Bell, S, Linkohr, B, Lee, T-H, Putaala, J, Lopez, OL, Carty, CL, Jian, X, Schminke, U, Cullell, N, Delgado, P, Ibanez, L, Krupinski, J, Lioutas, V, Matsuda, K, Montaner, J, Muino, E, Roquer, J, Sarnowski, C, Sattar, N, Sibolt, G, Teumer, A, Rutten-Jacobs, L, Kanai, M, Gretarsdottir, S, Rost, NS, Yusuf, S, Almgren, P, Ay, H, Bevan, S, Brown, RD, Carrera, C, Buring, JE, Chen, W-M, Cotlarciuc, I, de Bakker, PIW, DeStefano, AL, den Hoed, M, Duan, Q, Engelter, ST, Falcone, GJ, Gustafsson, S, Hassan, A, Holliday, EG, Howard, G, Hsu, F-C, Ingelsson, E, Harris, TB, Kissela, BM, Kleindorfer, DO, Langenberg, C, Leys, D, Lin, W-Y, Lorentzen, E, Magnusson, PK, McArdle, PF, Pulit, SL, Rice, K, Sakaue, S, Sapkota, BR, Tanislav, C, Thorleifsson, G, Thorsteinsdottir, U, Tzourio, C, van Duijn, CM, Walters, M, Wareham, NJ, Amin, N, Aparicio, HJ, Attia, J, Beiser, AS, Berr, C, Bustamante, M, Caso, V, Choi, SH, Chowhan, A, Dartigues, J-F, Delavaran, H, Dorr, M, Ford, I, Gurpreet, WS, Hamsten, A, Hozawa, A, Ingelsson, M, Iwasaki, M, Kaffashian, S, Kalra, L, Kjartansson, O, Kloss, M, Labovitz, DL, Laurie, CC, Lind, L, Lindgren, CM, Makoto, H, Minegishi, N, Morris, AP, Mueller-Nurasyid, M, Norrving, B, Ogishima, S, Parati, EA, Pedersen, NL, Perola, M, Jousilahti, P, Pileggi, S, Rabionet, R, Riba-Llena, I, Ribases, M, Romero, JR, Rudd, AG, Sarin, A-P, Sarju, R, Satoh, M, Sawada, N, Sigurdsson, A, Smith, A, Stine, OC, Stott, DJ, Strauch, K, Takai, T, Tanaka, H, Touze, E, Tsugane, S, Uitterlinden, AG, Valdimarsson, EM, van der Lee, SJ, Wakai, K, Williams, SR, Wolfe, CDA, Wong, Q, Yamaji, T, Sanghera, DK, Stefansson, K, Martinez-Majander, N, Sobue, K, Soriano-Tarraga, C, Volzke, H, Akpa, O, Sarfo, FS, Akpalu, A, Obiako, R, Wahab, K, Osaigbovo, G, Owolabi, L, Komolafe, M, Jenkins, C, Arulogun, O, Ogbole, G, Adeoye, AM, Akinyemi, J, Agunloye, A, Fakunle, AG, Uvere, E, Olalere, A, Adebajo, OJ, Chen, J, Clarke, R, Collins, R, Guo, Y, Wang, C, Lv, J, Peto, R, Chen, Y, Fairhurst-Hunter, Z, Hill, M, Pozarickij, A, Schmidt, D, Stevens, B, Turnbull, I, Yu, C, Nagai, A, Murakami, Y, Shiroma, EJ, Sigurdsson, S, Ghanbari, M, Boerwinkle, E, Fongang, B, Wang, R, Ikram, MK, Volker, U, de Laat, KF, van Norden, AGW, de Kort, PL, Vermeer, SE, Brouwers, PJAM, Gons, RAR, den Heijer, T, van Dijk, GW, van Rooij, FGW, Aamodt, AH, Skogholt, AH, Willer, CJ, Heuch, I, Hagen, K, Fritsche, LG, Pedersen, LM, Ellekjaer, H, Zhou, W, Martinsen, AE, Kristoffersen, ES, Thomas, LF, Kleinschnitz, C, Frantz, S, Ungethum, K, Gallego-Fabrega, C, Lledos, M, Llucia-Carol, L, Sobrino, T, Campos, F, Castillo, J, Freijo, M, Arenillas, JF, Obach, V, Alvarez-Sabin, J, Molina, CA, Ribo, M, Munoz-Narbona, L, Lopez-Cancio, E, Millan, M, Diaz-Navarro, R, Vives-Bauza, C, Serrano-Heras, G, Segura, T, Dhar, R, Delgado-Mederos, R, Prats-Sanchez, L, Camps-Renom, P, Blay, N, Sumoy, L, Marti-Fabregas, J, Schnohr, P, Jensen, GB, Benn, M, Afzal, S, Kamstrup, PR, van Setten, J, van der Laan, SW, Vonk, JMJ, Kim, B-J, Curtze, S, Tiainen, M, Kinnunen, J, Menon, V, Sung, YJ, Saillour-Glenisson, F, Gravel, S, Mishra, A, Malik, R, Hachiya, T, Jurgenson, T, Namba, S, Posner, DC, Kamanu, FK, Koido, M, Le Grand, Q, Shi, M, He, Y, Georgakis, MK, Caro, I, Krebs, K, Liaw, Y-C, Vaura, FC, Lin, K, Winsvold, BS, Srinivasasainagendra, V, Parodi, L, Bae, H-J, Chauhan, G, Chong, MR, Tomppo, L, Akinyemi, R, Roshchupkin, GV, Habib, N, Jee, YH, Thomassen, JQ, Abedi, V, Carcel-Marquez, J, Nygaard, M, Leonard, HL, Yang, C, Yonova-Doing, E, Knol, MJ, Lewis, AJ, Judy, RL, Ago, T, Amouyel, P, Armstrong, ND, Bakker, MK, Bartz, TM, Bennett, DA, Bis, JC, Bordes, C, Borte, S, Cain, A, Ridker, PM, Cho, K, Chen, Z, Cruchaga, C, Cole, JW, de Jager, PL, de Cid, R, Endres, M, Ferreira, LE, Geerlings, MI, Gasca, NC, Gudnason, V, Hata, J, He, J, Heath, AK, Ho, Y-L, Havulinna, AS, Hopewell, JC, Hyacinth, HI, Inouye, M, Jacob, MA, Jeon, CE, Jern, C, Kamouchi, M, Keene, KL, Kitazono, T, Kittner, SJ, Konuma, T, Kumar, A, Lacaze, P, Launer, LJ, Lee, K-J, Lepik, K, Li, J, Li, L, Manichaikul, A, Markus, HS, Marston, NA, Meitinger, T, Mitchell, BD, Montellano, FA, Morisaki, T, Mosley, TH, Nalls, MA, Nordestgaard, BG, O'Donnell, MJ, Okada, Y, Onland-Moret, NC, Ovbiagele, B, Peters, A, Psaty, BM, Rich, SS, Rosand, J, Sabatine, MS, Sacco, RL, Saleheen, D, Sandset, EC, Salomaa, V, Sargurupremraj, M, Sasaki, M, Satizabal, CL, Schmidt, CO, Shimizu, A, Smith, NL, Sloane, KL, Sutoh, Y, Sun, YV, Tanno, K, Tiedt, S, Tatlisumak, T, Torres-Aguila, NP, Tiwari, HK, Tregouet, D-A, Trompet, S, Tuladhar, AM, Tybjaerg-Hansen, A, van Vugt, M, Vibo, R, Verma, SS, Wiggins, KL, Wennberg, P, Woo, D, Wilson, PWF, Xu, H, Yang, Q, Yoon, K, Millwood, IY, Gieger, C, Ninomiya, T, Grabe, HJ, Jukema, JW, Rissanen, IL, Strbian, D, Kim, YJ, Chen, P-H, Mayerhofer, E, Howson, JMM, Irvin, MR, Adams, H, Wassertheil-Smoller, S, Christensen, K, Ikram, MA, Rundek, T, Worrall, BB, Lathrop, GM, Riaz, M, Simonsick, EM, Korv, J, Franca, PHC, Zand, R, Prasad, K, Frikke-Schmidt, R, de Leeuw, F-E, Liman, T, Haeusler, KG, Ruigrok, YM, Heuschmann, PU, Longstreth, WT, Jung, KJ, Bastarache, L, Pare, G, Damrauer, SM, Chasman, DI, Rotter, JI, Anderson, CD, Zwart, J-A, Niiranen, TJ, Fornage, M, Liaw, Y-P, Seshadri, S, Fernandez-Cadenas, I, Walters, RG, Ruff, CT, Owolabi, MO, Huffman, JE, Milani, L, Kamatani, Y, Dichgans, M, Debette, S, Lee, J-M, Cheng, Y-C, Meschia, JF, Chen, WM, Sale, MM, Zonderman, AB, Evans, MK, Wilson, JG, Correa, A, Traylor, M, Lewis, CM, Reiner, A, Haessler, J, Langefeld, CD, Gottesman, RF, Yaffe, K, Liu, YM, Kooperberg, C, Lange, LA, Furie, KL, Arnett, DK, Benavente, OR, Grewal, RP, Peddareddygari, LR, Hveem, K, Lindstrom, S, Wang, L, Smith, EN, Gordon, W, Vlieg, AVH, de Andrade, M, Brody, JA, Pattee, JW, Brumpton, BM, Suchon, P, Chen, M-H, Frazer, KA, Turman, C, Germain, M, MacDonald, J, Braekkan, SK, Armasu, SM, Pankratz, N, Jackson, RD, Nielsen, JB, Giulianin, F, Puurunen, MK, Ibrahim, M, Heckbert, SR, Bammler, TK, McCauley, BM, Taylor, KD, Pankow, JS, Reiner, AP, Gabrielsen, ME, Deleuze, J-F, O'Donnell, CJ, Kim, J, McKnight, B, Kraft, P, Hansen, J-B, Rosendaal, FR, Heit, JA, Tang, W, Morange, P-E, Johnson, AD, Kabrhel, C, van Dijk, EJ, Koudstaal, PJ, Luijckx, G-J, Nederkoorn, PJ, van Oostenbrugge, RJ, Visser, MC, Wermer, MJH, Kappelle, LJ, Esko, T, Metspalu, A, Magi, R, Nelis, M, Levi, CR, Maguire, J, Jimenez-Conde, J, Sharma, P, Sudlow, CLM, Rannikmae, K, Schmidt, R, Slowik, A, Pera, J, Thijs, VNS, Lindgren, AG, Ilinca, A, Melander, O, Engstrom, G, Rexrode, KM, Rothwell, PM, Stanne, TM, Johnson, JA, Danesh, J, Butterworth, AS, Heitsch, L, Boncoraglio, GB, Kubo, M, Pezzini, A, Rolfs, A, Giese, A-K, Weir, D, Ross, OA, Lemmons, R, Soderholm, M, Cushman, M, Jood, K, McDonough, CW, Bell, S, Linkohr, B, Lee, T-H, Putaala, J, Lopez, OL, Carty, CL, Jian, X, Schminke, U, Cullell, N, Delgado, P, Ibanez, L, Krupinski, J, Lioutas, V, Matsuda, K, Montaner, J, Muino, E, Roquer, J, Sarnowski, C, Sattar, N, Sibolt, G, Teumer, A, Rutten-Jacobs, L, Kanai, M, Gretarsdottir, S, Rost, NS, Yusuf, S, Almgren, P, Ay, H, Bevan, S, Brown, RD, Carrera, C, Buring, JE, Chen, W-M, Cotlarciuc, I, de Bakker, PIW, DeStefano, AL, den Hoed, M, Duan, Q, Engelter, ST, Falcone, GJ, Gustafsson, S, Hassan, A, Holliday, EG, Howard, G, Hsu, F-C, Ingelsson, E, Harris, TB, Kissela, BM, Kleindorfer, DO, Langenberg, C, Leys, D, Lin, W-Y, Lorentzen, E, Magnusson, PK, McArdle, PF, Pulit, SL, Rice, K, Sakaue, S, Sapkota, BR, Tanislav, C, Thorleifsson, G, Thorsteinsdottir, U, Tzourio, C, van Duijn, CM, Walters, M, Wareham, NJ, Amin, N, Aparicio, HJ, Attia, J, Beiser, AS, Berr, C, Bustamante, M, Caso, V, Choi, SH, Chowhan, A, Dartigues, J-F, Delavaran, H, Dorr, M, Ford, I, Gurpreet, WS, Hamsten, A, Hozawa, A, Ingelsson, M, Iwasaki, M, Kaffashian, S, Kalra, L, Kjartansson, O, Kloss, M, Labovitz, DL, Laurie, CC, Lind, L, Lindgren, CM, Makoto, H, Minegishi, N, Morris, AP, Mueller-Nurasyid, M, Norrving, B, Ogishima, S, Parati, EA, Pedersen, NL, Perola, M, Jousilahti, P, Pileggi, S, Rabionet, R, Riba-Llena, I, Ribases, M, Romero, JR, Rudd, AG, Sarin, A-P, Sarju, R, Satoh, M, Sawada, N, Sigurdsson, A, Smith, A, Stine, OC, Stott, DJ, Strauch, K, Takai, T, Tanaka, H, Touze, E, Tsugane, S, Uitterlinden, AG, Valdimarsson, EM, van der Lee, SJ, Wakai, K, Williams, SR, Wolfe, CDA, Wong, Q, Yamaji, T, Sanghera, DK, Stefansson, K, Martinez-Majander, N, Sobue, K, Soriano-Tarraga, C, Volzke, H, Akpa, O, Sarfo, FS, Akpalu, A, Obiako, R, Wahab, K, Osaigbovo, G, Owolabi, L, Komolafe, M, Jenkins, C, Arulogun, O, Ogbole, G, Adeoye, AM, Akinyemi, J, Agunloye, A, Fakunle, AG, Uvere, E, Olalere, A, Adebajo, OJ, Chen, J, Clarke, R, Collins, R, Guo, Y, Wang, C, Lv, J, Peto, R, Chen, Y, Fairhurst-Hunter, Z, Hill, M, Pozarickij, A, Schmidt, D, Stevens, B, Turnbull, I, Yu, C, Nagai, A, Murakami, Y, Shiroma, EJ, Sigurdsson, S, Ghanbari, M, Boerwinkle, E, Fongang, B, Wang, R, Ikram, MK, Volker, U, de Laat, KF, van Norden, AGW, de Kort, PL, Vermeer, SE, Brouwers, PJAM, Gons, RAR, den Heijer, T, van Dijk, GW, van Rooij, FGW, Aamodt, AH, Skogholt, AH, Willer, CJ, Heuch, I, Hagen, K, Fritsche, LG, Pedersen, LM, Ellekjaer, H, Zhou, W, Martinsen, AE, Kristoffersen, ES, Thomas, LF, Kleinschnitz, C, Frantz, S, Ungethum, K, Gallego-Fabrega, C, Lledos, M, Llucia-Carol, L, Sobrino, T, Campos, F, Castillo, J, Freijo, M, Arenillas, JF, Obach, V, Alvarez-Sabin, J, Molina, CA, Ribo, M, Munoz-Narbona, L, Lopez-Cancio, E, Millan, M, Diaz-Navarro, R, Vives-Bauza, C, Serrano-Heras, G, Segura, T, Dhar, R, Delgado-Mederos, R, Prats-Sanchez, L, Camps-Renom, P, Blay, N, Sumoy, L, Marti-Fabregas, J, Schnohr, P, Jensen, GB, Benn, M, Afzal, S, Kamstrup, PR, van Setten, J, van der Laan, SW, Vonk, JMJ, Kim, B-J, Curtze, S, Tiainen, M, Kinnunen, J, Menon, V, Sung, YJ, Saillour-Glenisson, F, and Gravel, S

Abstract

Previous genome-wide association studies (GWASs) of stroke - the second leading cause of death worldwide - were conducted predominantly in populations of European ancestry1,2. Here, in cross-ancestry GWAS meta-analyses of 110,182 patients who have had a stroke (five ancestries, 33% non-European) and 1,503,898 control individuals, we identify association signals for stroke and its subtypes at 89 (61 new) independent loci: 60 in primary inverse-variance-weighted analyses and 29 in secondary meta-regression and multitrait analyses. On the basis of internal cross-ancestry validation and an independent follow-up in 89,084 additional cases of stroke (30% non-European) and 1,013,843 control individuals, 87% of the primary stroke risk loci and 60% of the secondary stroke risk loci were replicated (P < 0.05). Effect sizes were highly correlated across ancestries. Cross-ancestry fine-mapping, in silico mutagenesis analysis3, and transcriptome-wide and proteome-wide association analyses revealed putative causal genes (such as SH3PXD2A and FURIN) and variants (such as at GRK5 and NOS3). Using a three-pronged approach4, we provide genetic evidence for putative drug effects, highlighting F11, KLKB1, PROC, GP1BA, LAMC2 and VCAM1 as possible targets, with drugs already under investigation for stroke for F11 and PROC. A polygenic score integrating cross-ancestry and ancestry-specific stroke GWASs with vascular-risk factor GWASs (integrative polygenic scores) strongly predicted ischaemic stroke in populations of European, East Asian and African ancestry5. Stroke genetic risk scores were predictive of ischaemic stroke independent of clinical risk factors in 52,600 clinical-trial participants with cardiometabolic disease. Our results provide insights to inform biology, reveal potential drug targets and derive genetic risk prediction tools across ancestries.

Published
2022

3. Stroke genetics informs drug discovery and risk prediction across ancestries (vol 611, pg 115, 2022)

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Mishra, A, Malik, R, Hachiya, T, Jurgenson, T, Namba, S, Posner, DC, Kamanu, FK, Koido, M, Le Grand, Q, Shi, M, He, Y, Georgakis, MK, Caro, I, Krebs, K, Liaw, Y-C, Vaura, FC, Lin, K, Winsvold, BS, Srinivasasainagendra, V, Parodi, L, Bae, H-J, Chauhan, G, Chong, MR, Tomppo, L, Akinyemi, R, Roshchupkin, GV, Habib, N, Jee, YH, Thomassen, JQ, Abedi, V, Carcel-Marquez, J, Nygaard, M, Leonard, HL, Yang, C, Yonova-Doing, E, Knol, MJ, Lewis, AJ, Judy, RL, Ago, T, Amouyel, P, Armstrong, ND, Bakker, MK, Bartz, TM, Bennett, DA, Bis, JC, Bordes, C, Borte, S, Cain, A, Ridker, PM, Cho, K, Chen, Z, Cruchaga, C, Cole, JW, de Jager, PL, de Cid, R, Endres, M, Ferreira, LE, Geerlings, MI, Gasca, NC, Gudnason, V, Hata, J, He, J, Heath, AK, Ho, Y-L, Havulinna, AS, Hopewell, JC, Hyacinth, IH, Inouye, M, Jacob, MA, Jeon, CE, Jern, C, Kamouchi, M, Keene, KL, Kitazono, T, Kittner, SJ, Konuma, T, Kumar, A, Lacaze, P, Launer, LJ, Lee, K-J, Lepik, K, Li, J, Li, L, Manichaikul, A, Markus, HS, Marston, NA, Meitinger, T, Mitchell, BD, Montellano, FA, Morisaki, T, Mosley, TH, Nalls, MA, Nordestgaard, BG, O'Donnell, MJ, Okada, Y, Onland-Moret, NC, Ovbiagele, B, Peters, A, Psaty, BM, Rich, SS, Rosand, J, Sabatine, MS, Sacco, RL, Saleheen, D, Sandset, EC, Salomaa, V, Sargurupremraj, M, Sasaki, M, Satizabal, CL, Schmidt, CO, Shimizu, A, Smith, NL, Sloane, KL, Sutoh, Y, Sun, YV, Tanno, K, Tiedt, S, Tatlisumak, T, Torres-Aguila, NP, Tiwari, HK, Tregouet, D-A, Trompet, S, Tuladhar, AM, Tybjaerg-Hansen, A, van Vugt, M, Vibo, R, Verma, SS, Wiggins, KL, Wennberg, P, Woo, D, Wilson, PWF, Xu, H, Yang, Q, Yoon, K, Millwood, IY, Gieger, C, Ninomiya, T, Grabe, HJ, Jukema, JW, Rissanen, IL, Strbian, D, Kim, YJ, Chen, P-H, Mayerhofer, E, Howson, JMM, Irvin, MR, Adams, H, Wassertheil-Smoller, S, Christensen, K, Ikram, MA, Rundek, T, Worrall, BB, Lathrop, GM, Riaz, M, Simonsick, EM, Korv, J, Franca, PHC, Zand, R, Prasad, K, Frikke-Schmidt, R, de Leeuw, F-E, Liman, T, Haeusler, KG, Ruigrok, YM, Heuschmann, PU, Longstreth, WT, Jung, KJ, Bastarache, L, Pare, G, Damrauer, SM, Chasman, DI, Rotter, JI, Anderson, CD, Zwart, J-A, Niiranen, TJ, Fornage, M, Liaw, Y-P, Seshadri, S, Fernandez-Cadenas, I, Walters, RG, Ruff, CT, Owolabi, MO, Huffman, JE, Milani, L, Kamatani, Y, Dichgans, M, Debette, S, Mishra, A, Malik, R, Hachiya, T, Jurgenson, T, Namba, S, Posner, DC, Kamanu, FK, Koido, M, Le Grand, Q, Shi, M, He, Y, Georgakis, MK, Caro, I, Krebs, K, Liaw, Y-C, Vaura, FC, Lin, K, Winsvold, BS, Srinivasasainagendra, V, Parodi, L, Bae, H-J, Chauhan, G, Chong, MR, Tomppo, L, Akinyemi, R, Roshchupkin, GV, Habib, N, Jee, YH, Thomassen, JQ, Abedi, V, Carcel-Marquez, J, Nygaard, M, Leonard, HL, Yang, C, Yonova-Doing, E, Knol, MJ, Lewis, AJ, Judy, RL, Ago, T, Amouyel, P, Armstrong, ND, Bakker, MK, Bartz, TM, Bennett, DA, Bis, JC, Bordes, C, Borte, S, Cain, A, Ridker, PM, Cho, K, Chen, Z, Cruchaga, C, Cole, JW, de Jager, PL, de Cid, R, Endres, M, Ferreira, LE, Geerlings, MI, Gasca, NC, Gudnason, V, Hata, J, He, J, Heath, AK, Ho, Y-L, Havulinna, AS, Hopewell, JC, Hyacinth, IH, Inouye, M, Jacob, MA, Jeon, CE, Jern, C, Kamouchi, M, Keene, KL, Kitazono, T, Kittner, SJ, Konuma, T, Kumar, A, Lacaze, P, Launer, LJ, Lee, K-J, Lepik, K, Li, J, Li, L, Manichaikul, A, Markus, HS, Marston, NA, Meitinger, T, Mitchell, BD, Montellano, FA, Morisaki, T, Mosley, TH, Nalls, MA, Nordestgaard, BG, O'Donnell, MJ, Okada, Y, Onland-Moret, NC, Ovbiagele, B, Peters, A, Psaty, BM, Rich, SS, Rosand, J, Sabatine, MS, Sacco, RL, Saleheen, D, Sandset, EC, Salomaa, V, Sargurupremraj, M, Sasaki, M, Satizabal, CL, Schmidt, CO, Shimizu, A, Smith, NL, Sloane, KL, Sutoh, Y, Sun, YV, Tanno, K, Tiedt, S, Tatlisumak, T, Torres-Aguila, NP, Tiwari, HK, Tregouet, D-A, Trompet, S, Tuladhar, AM, Tybjaerg-Hansen, A, van Vugt, M, Vibo, R, Verma, SS, Wiggins, KL, Wennberg, P, Woo, D, Wilson, PWF, Xu, H, Yang, Q, Yoon, K, Millwood, IY, Gieger, C, Ninomiya, T, Grabe, HJ, Jukema, JW, Rissanen, IL, Strbian, D, Kim, YJ, Chen, P-H, Mayerhofer, E, Howson, JMM, Irvin, MR, Adams, H, Wassertheil-Smoller, S, Christensen, K, Ikram, MA, Rundek, T, Worrall, BB, Lathrop, GM, Riaz, M, Simonsick, EM, Korv, J, Franca, PHC, Zand, R, Prasad, K, Frikke-Schmidt, R, de Leeuw, F-E, Liman, T, Haeusler, KG, Ruigrok, YM, Heuschmann, PU, Longstreth, WT, Jung, KJ, Bastarache, L, Pare, G, Damrauer, SM, Chasman, DI, Rotter, JI, Anderson, CD, Zwart, J-A, Niiranen, TJ, Fornage, M, Liaw, Y-P, Seshadri, S, Fernandez-Cadenas, I, Walters, RG, Ruff, CT, Owolabi, MO, Huffman, JE, Milani, L, Kamatani, Y, Dichgans, M, and Debette, S

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2022

7. Factors Contributing towards Loss to Follow Up among Tuberculosis Patients in Sabah

Author

Liaw Y. C., Richard A., Mohammad Saffree J., and Valentine J. G.

Subjects
General Medicine
Abstract

Introduction Sabah is a high tuberculosis (TB) burden area with incidence rate of 120 – 138 per 100,000 population. Until now, TB is still unable to control due to high loss to follow up rates. Loss to follow up TB treatment can cause to increase notification rate, prolonged infection, recurrent TB infections, increase multiple drug-resistance, and increase morbidity and mortality rates. To know the factors that contribute towards loss to follow up will better understand the epidemiology of treatment outcome and guide for appropriate strategies planning to improve the situation. Previous study by Liew et al. indicated that, incidence rate for loss to follow up in 2012 in Malaysia was 10.5%.

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2019
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28. Fatal pulmonary fibrosis associated with BCNU: the relative role of platelet-derived growth factor-B, insulin-like growth factor I, transforming growth factor-ß1 and cyclooxygenase-2.

Author

Shen, Y.-C., Chiu, C.-F., Chow, K.-C., Chen, C.-L., Liaw, Y.-C., and Yeh, S.-P.

Subjects
PULMONARY fibrosis, PLATELET-derived growth factor, GROWTH factors, INSULIN, CELL transformation, CYCLOOXYGENASE 2
Abstract

Summary:Pulmonary fibrosis is a severe complication associated with bis-chloronitrosourea (BCNU) therapy. However, the pathogenetic mechanism has never been well investigated. We report here a 26-year-old female with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma who died of severe pulmonary fibrosis 81 days after the administration of high-dose BCNU (600?mg/m2). Thoracoscopic wedge resection of left upper lung performed 10 days before patient's death showed severe pulmonary fibrosis with prominent hyperplasia of alveolar macrophages and type II pneumocytes. We further used immunohistochemistry (IHC) to examine the relative role of platelet-derived growth factor-B (PDGF-B), insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I), transforming growth factor-ß1 (TGF-ß1) and cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) in the pathogenesis of BCNU-related pulmo-nary fibrosis. Strong expressions of PDGF-B and IGF-1 on alveolar macrophages and type II pneumocytes were clearly demonstrated, but in contrast, the expressions of TGF-ß1 and COX-2 were almost undetectable. In conclusion, pulmonary fibrosis can develop early and progress rapidly after the administration of high-dose BCNU. The markedly increased expression of fibrogenic factors PDGF-B and IGF-1 on hyperplastic alveolar macrophages and hyperplastic type II pneumocytes may play an important role in the fibrogenesis of this disease. These novel findings may offer specific therapeutic targets in the treatment of BCNU-associated pulmonary fibrosis.Bone Marrow Transplantation (2004) 34, 609-614. doi:10.1038/sj.bmt.1704616 Published online 2 August 2004 [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2004
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29. Structural Basis of Binding and Inhibition of Novel Tarantula Toxins in Mammalian Voltage-Dependent Potassium Channels

Author

Shiau, Y.-S., Huang, P.-T., Liou, H.-H., Liaw, Y.-C., Shiau, Y.-Y., and Lou, K.-L.

Abstract

Voltage-dependent potassium channel Kv2.1 is widely expressed in mammalian neurons and was suggested responsible for mediating the delayed rectifier (IK) currents. Further investigation of the central role of this channel requires the development of specific pharmacology, for instance, the utilization of spider venom toxins. Most of these toxins belong to the same structural family with a short peptide reticulated by disulfide bridges and share a similar mode of action. Hanatoxin 1 (HaTx1) from a Chilean tarantula was one of the earliest discussed tools regarding this and has been intensively applied to characterize the channel blocking not through the pore domain. Recently, more related novel toxins from African tarantulas such as heteroscordratoxins (HmTx) and stromatoxin 1 (ScTx1) were isolated and shown to act as gating modifiers such as HaTx on Kv2.1 channels with electrophysiological recordings. However, further interaction details are unavailable due to the lack of high-resolution structures of voltage-sensing domains in such mammalian Kv channels. Therefore, in the present study, we explored structural observation via molecular docking simulation between toxins and Kv2.1 channels based upon the solution structures of HaTx1 and a theoretical basis of an individual S3C helical channel fragment in combination with homology modeling for other novel toxins. Our results provide precise chemical details for the interactions between these tarantula toxins and channel, reasonably correlating the previously reported pharmacological properties to the three-dimensional structural interpretation. In addition, it is suggested that certain subtle structural variations on the interaction surface of toxins may discriminate between the related toxins with different affinities for Kv channels. Evolutionary links between spider peptide toxins and a “voltage sensor paddles” mechanism most recently found in the crystal structure of an archaebacterial K+ channel, KvAP, are also delineated in this paper.

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2003

30. Synthesis and Cytotoxic Evaluation of Substituted Sulfonyl-N-hydroxyguanidine Derivatives as Potential Antitumor Agents

Author

Chern, J.-W., Leu, Y.-L., Wang, S.-S., Jou, R., Lee, C.-F., Tsou, P.-C., Hsu, S.-C., Liaw, Y.-C., and Lin, H.-M.

Abstract

A series of sulfonyl-N-hydroxyguanidine derivatives was designed and synthesized for cytotoxic evaluation as potential anticancer agents on the basis of the lead compound LY-181984. Replacement of the ureido moiety of the lead compound with hydroxyguanidine provided a stable cytotoxic agent. The conformation of sulfonyl-N-hydroxyguanidine derivatives, such as N-(4-chlorophenyl)-N‘-[(benzo[2,1,3]thiadiazol-4-yl)sulfonyl]-N‘‘-hydroxyguanidine (4g), investigated utilizing HMBC NMR, theoretical calculations, and X-ray crystallography, indicated stacking of the two aromatic rings. The derivatives were evaluated for in vitro cytoxicity against five human tumor cell lines, including HepG2, TSGH 8302, COLO 205, KB, and MOLT-4. The cytotoxic activities of the derived compounds against the human tumor cell lines were equal to or greater than that of the lead compound. N-(4-Chlorophenyl)-N‘-[[3,5-dichloro-4-(4-nitrophenoxy)phenyl]sulfonyl]-N‘‘-hydroxyguanidine (4n) and N-(4-chlorophenyl)-N‘-[[3,5-dichloro-4-(2-chloro-4-nitrophenoxy)phenyl]sulfonyl]-N‘‘-hydroxyguanidine (4o) exhibited the greatest growth inhibition of solid tumor cell lines. Compound 4o was found to possess antitumor activity against murine K1735/M2 melanoma xenografts.

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1997

31. Selective contact during TCR recognition.

Author

Feng, M H, Shen, Y C, Chou, D L, Lai, M Z, and Liaw, Y C

Abstract

Recent structural analysis of the peptide-MHC complex reveals that an antigenic peptide binds to MHC in only one conformation and that side chains anchoring in the binding pocket would not contact TCR. The identification of all the MHC-anchoring residues on an antigenic peptide is a prerequisite to understand how a given peptide interacts with the TCR. In a combination of binding analysis and model simulation, model peptide lambda repressor cl 16-26 was shown to bind to I-Ek through four anchor residues (Leu18, IIe21, Glu23 and Lys26), a pattern found in many I-Ek-binding peptides. TCR reactivity analysis clearly indicates a great variation in the interaction with cl 16-26 by T cells generated from different strains of I-Ek-bearing mice. Most of the T cell generated from A/J mice reacted with the central regions of cl 16-26, while there is a great diversity on the recognition of cl 16-26 by T cells from C3H and B10.BR mice. Despite the diverse interactions with antigenic peptide by these T cells, most TCR-E-k contacts are limited to the central region of the I-Ek beta-chain. T cells recognizing only the N-terminal part of cl 16-26 were found to contact I-Ek at nearly the same residues as T cells interacting with the C-terminal of cl 16-26. TCR-I-Ek recognition was apparently independent of TCR-cl 16-26 contact. The discordant TCR-peptide and TCR-MHC interaction may represent a unique feature of TCR recognition.

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1996
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36. Significance of local electrostatic interactions in staphylococcal nuclease studied by site-directed mutagenesis.

Author

Leung KW, Liaw YC, Chan SC, Lo HY, Musayev FN, Chen JZ, Fang HJ, and Chen HM

Subjects
Calorimetry, Differential Scanning, Circular Dichroism, Crystallography, X-Ray, Micrococcal Nuclease genetics, Models, Molecular, Mutagenesis, Site-Directed, Protein Structure, Secondary, Spectrometry, Fluorescence, Micrococcal Nuclease chemistry, Static Electricity
Abstract

In this paper, we show that amino acids Glu(73) and Asp(77) of staphylococcal nuclease cooperate unequally with Glu(75) to stabilize its structure located between the C-terminal helix and beta-barrel of the protein. Amino acid substitutions E73G and D77G cause losses of the catalytic efficiency of 24 and 16% and cause thermal stability losses of 22 and 26%, respectively, in comparison with the wild type (WT) protein. However, these changes do not significantly change global and local secondary structures, based on measurements of fluorescence and CD(222 nm). Furthermore, x-ray diffraction analysis of the E75G protein shows that the overall structure of mutant and WT proteins is similar. However, this mutation does cause a loss of essential hydrogen bonding and charge interactions between Glu(75) and Lys(9), Tyr(93), and His(121). In experiments using double point mutations, E73G/D77G, E73G/E75G, and E75G/D77G, significant changes are seen in all mutants in comparison with WT protein as measured by fluorescence and CD spectroscopy. The losses of thermal stability are 47, 59, and 58%, for E73G/D77G, E73G/E75G, and E75G/D77G, respectively. The triple mutant, E73G/E75G/D77G, results in fluorescence intensity and CD(222 nm) close to those of the denatured state and in a thermal stability loss of 65% relative to the WT protein. Based on these results, we propose a model in which significant electrostatic interactions result in the formation of a locally stable structure in staphylococcal nuclease.

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2001
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37. Backbone dynamics of Escherichia coli thioesterase/protease I: evidence of a flexible active-site environment for a serine protease.

Author

Huang YT, Liaw YC, Gorbatyuk VY, and Huang TH

Subjects
Anisotropy, Binding Sites, Crystallography, X-Ray, Diffusion, Hydrogen metabolism, Kinetics, Ligands, Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, Models, Molecular, Motion, Nitrogen metabolism, Pliability, Protein Structure, Secondary, Protein Structure, Tertiary, Rotation, Structure-Activity Relationship, Tryptophan metabolism, Escherichia coli enzymology, Serine Endopeptidases chemistry, Serine Endopeptidases metabolism, Thiolester Hydrolases chemistry, Thiolester Hydrolases metabolism
Abstract

Escherichia coli thioesterase/protease I (TEP-I) is a member of a novel subclass of the lipolytic enzymes with a distinctive GDSLS motif. In addition to possessing thioesterase and protease activities, TEP-I also exhibits arylesterase activity. We have determined the (15)N nuclear magnetic spin relaxation rates, R(1) and R(2), and the steady state (1)H-(15)N heteronuclear Overhauser effect, measured at both 11.74 T and 14.09 T, of (u-(15)N) TEP-I. These data were analyzed using model-free formalism (with axially symmetric rotational diffusion anisotropy) to extract the backbone dynamics of TEP-I. The results reveal that the core structure of the central beta-sheet and the long alpha-helices are rigid, while the binding pocket appears to be rather flexible. The rigid core serves as a scaffold to anchor the essential loops, which form the binding pocket. The most flexible residues display large amplitude fast (ps/ns time-scale) motion and lie on one stripe whose orientation is presumed to be the ligand-binding orientation. We also detected the presence of several residues displaying slow (microseconds/ms time-scale) conformational exchanging processes. These residues lie around the binding pocket and are oriented perpendicularly to the orientation of the flexible stripe. Two of the putative catalytic triads, Ser10 and His157, and their neighbors show motion on the microseconds/ms time-scale, suggesting that their slow motion may have a role in catalysis, in addition to their possible roles in ligand binding. The presence of a flexible substrate-binding pocket may also facilitate binding to a wide range of substrates and confer the versatile functional property of this protein., (Copyright 2001 Academic Press.)

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2001
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38. Crystal structures of the chromosomal proteins Sso7d/Sac7d bound to DNA containing T-G mismatched base-pairs.

Author

Su S, Gao YG, Robinson H, Liaw YC, Edmondson SP, Shriver JW, and Wang AH

Subjects
Amino Acid Sequence, Base Pairing, Base Sequence, Binding Sites, Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone chemistry, Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone metabolism, Crystallography, X-Ray, DNA chemistry, DNA genetics, Hydrogen Bonding, Intercalating Agents chemistry, Intercalating Agents metabolism, Models, Molecular, Molecular Sequence Data, Protein Binding, Protein Structure, Secondary, Sequence Alignment, Static Electricity, Sulfolobus acidocaldarius chemistry, Water metabolism, Archaeal Proteins, Base Pair Mismatch genetics, DNA metabolism, DNA-Binding Proteins chemistry, DNA-Binding Proteins metabolism, Sulfolobus chemistry
Abstract

Sso7d and Sac7d are two small chromatin proteins from the hyperthermophilic archaeabacterium Sulfolobus solfataricus and Sulfolobus acidocaldarius, respectively. The crystal structures of Sso7d-GTGATCGC, Sac7d-GTGATCGC and Sac7d-GTGATCAC have been determined and refined at 1.45 A, 2.2 A and 2.2 A, respectively, to investigate the DNA binding property of Sso7d/Sac7d in the presence of a T-G mismatch base-pair. Detailed structural analysis revealed that the intercalation site includes the T-G mismatch base-pair and Sso7d/Sac7d bind to that mismatch base-pair in a manner similar to regular DNA. In the Sso7d-GTGATCGC complex, a new inter-strand hydrogen bond between T2O4 and C14N4 is formed and well-order bridging water molecules are found. The results suggest that the less stable DNA stacking site involving a T-G mismatch may be a preferred site for protein side-chain intercalation., (Copyright 2000 Academic Press.)

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2000
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39. Crystallization of agglutinin from the seeds of Abrus precatorius.

Author

Panneerselvam K, Lin SC, Liu CL, Liaw YC, Lin JY, and Lu TH

Subjects
Crystallization, Crystallography, X-Ray, Protein Conformation, Tumor Cells, Cultured, Lectins chemistry, Plant Lectins
Abstract

Agglutinin protein purified from the seeds of Abrus precatorius has a high antitumour activity and was crystallized at room temperature with polyethylene glycol 8000 as the precipitant. The agglutinin crystal diffracted to 3.45 A and belongs to one of two possible tetragonal space groups, P4(1)2(1)2 or P4(3)2(1)2, with unit-cell parameters a = b = 141.91, c = 105.63 A. The asymmetric unit contains a heterotetrameric protein molecule of molecular weight 134 kDa and has a solvent content of approximately 38%.

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2000
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40. Three-dimensional modelling of the catalytic domain of Streptococcus mutans glucosyltransferase GtfB.

Author

Tsai YW, Chia JS, Shiau YY, Chou HC, Liaw YC, and Lou KL

Subjects
Amino Acid Sequence, Binding Sites, Catalytic Domain, Glucosyltransferases metabolism, Humans, Models, Molecular, Molecular Sequence Data, Protein Conformation, Sequence Alignment, Streptococcus mutans chemistry, Sucrose metabolism, Glucosyltransferases chemistry, Glucosyltransferases genetics, Streptococcus mutans enzymology
Abstract

Glucosyltransferases (GtfB/C/D) of Streptococcus mutans, a pathogen for human dental caries, synthesize water-insoluble glucan through the hydrolysis of sucrose. Genetic and biochemical approaches have identified several active sites of these enzymes, but no three-dimensional (3D) structural evidence is yet available to elucidate the subdomain arrangement and molecular mechanism of catalysis. Based on a combined sequence and secondary structure alignment against known crystal structures of segments from closely related proteins, we propose here the 3D model of an N-terminal domain essential for the sucrose binding and splitting in GtfB. A Tim-barrel of (alpha/beta)(8) structural characteristics is revealed and the structural correlation for two peptides is described.

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2000
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41. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray crystallographic analysis of thioesterase I from Escherichia coli.

Author

Lo YC, Lee YL, Shaw JF, and Liaw YC

Subjects
Amino Acid Motifs, Consensus Sequence, Crystallization, Crystallography, X-Ray, Escherichia coli metabolism, Lipolysis, Palmitoyl-CoA Hydrolase metabolism, Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, Software, Escherichia coli enzymology, Palmitoyl-CoA Hydrolase chemistry
Abstract

The Escherichia coli thioesterase I specifically catalyzes the deacylation of fatty acyl-CoA thioesters, especially those with long acyl groups (C(12)-C(18)). Single crystals of thioesterase I (E.C. 3. 1.2.2) from E. coli have been obtained using methoxypolyethylene glycol 5000 (PEG-MME 5K) as a precipitant at room temperature in 21 d. The crystals belong to the tetragonal space group P4(1)2(1)2 or its enantiomorph P4(3)2(1)2, with unit-cell parameters a = b = 50.85 (7), c = 171.5 (1) A. The crystals diffract to beyond 2.4 A resolution. There is one molecule of molecular weight 20.5 kDa in the asymmetric unit, with a solvent content of 55%.

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2000
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42. Structure determination of porcine haemoglobin.

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Lu TH, Panneerselvam K, Liaw YC, Kan P, and Lee CJ

Subjects
Amino Acid Sequence, Animals, Crystallization, Crystallography, X-Ray, Heme chemistry, Hemoglobins isolation & purification, Humans, Models, Molecular, Molecular Sequence Data, Protein Conformation, Protein Structure, Secondary, Sequence Alignment, Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, Species Specificity, Static Electricity, Hemoglobins chemistry, Swine blood
Abstract

To investigate a potential candidate material for making artificial red blood cells to supplement blood transfusion, the X-ray structure of porcine haemoglobin at 1.8 A resolution was determined as part of research towards synthesizing human blood. Porcine haemoglobin was crystallized by the vapor-diffusion method, producing crystals of dimensions 0.3-0.5 mm after successive seeding. The crystals belong to the orthorhombic space group P2(1)2(1)2(1), with unit-cell parameters a = 68.10, b = 72.27, c = 114.85 A. The initial phase was determined by the molecular-replacement method, using human oxyhaemoglobin as a model. The final R factor was 21.1% for 36 820 reflections after validation of 574 water molecules. The r.m.s. deviations of bond lengths, angles, torsion angles and improper angles from their ideal values are 0.017 A, 3.0, 20.6 and 1.8 degrees, respectively. The average B factor is 33.63 A(2) for the haemoglobin molecule and 50.53 A(2) for the water molecules. The structure could be superimposed on a 2.8 A resolution structure with an r.m.s. difference of 0.59 A in main-chain atomic positions and 1. 27 A in side-chain atomic positions. Porcine and human haemoglobins are compared. A tentative model for artificial blood is proposed based on the complementarity relationship of the surface charges between haemoglobin and the surrounding cell membrane.

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2000
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43. Molecular structure of two crystal forms of cyclic triadenylic acid at 1A resolution.

Author

Gao YG, Robinson H, Guan Y, Liaw YC, van Boom JH, van der Marel GA, and Wang AH

Subjects
Crystallography, X-Ray, Adenine Nucleotides chemistry, Nucleic Acid Conformation, Nucleotides, Cyclic chemistry
Abstract

The three dimensional structures of cyclic deoxytriadenylic acid, c-d(ApApAp), from two different trigonal crystal forms (space groups P3 and R32) have been determined by x-ray diffraction analysis at 1A resolution. Both structures were solved by direct methods and refined by anisotropic least squares refinement to R-factors of 0.109 and 0.137 for the P3 and R32 forms, respectively. In both crystal forms, each of the two independent c-d(ApApAp) molecules sits on the crystallographic 3-fold axis. All four independent c-d(ApApAp) molecules have similar backbone conformations. The deoxyriboses are in the S-type pucker with pseudorotation angles ranging from 156.7 degrees to 168.6 degrees and the bases have anti glycosyl torsion angles (chi falling in two ranges, one at -104.3 degrees and the other ranging from -141.0 degrees to -143.8 degrees). In the R32 form, a hexahydrated cobalt(II) ion is found to coordinate through bridging water molecules to N1, N3, and N7 atoms of three adjacent adenines and oxygen atoms of phosphates. Comparison with other structures of cyclic oligonucleotides indicates that the sugar adopts N-type pucker in cyclic dinucleotides and S-type pucker in cyclic trinucleotides, regardless whether the sugar is a ribose or a deoxyribose.

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1998
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44. Characterization of chicken-liver glutathione S-transferase (GST) A1-1 and A2-2 isoenzymes and their site-directed mutants heterologously expressed in Escherichia coli: identification of Lys-15 and Ser-208 on cGSTA1-1 as residues interacting with ethacrynic acid.

Author

Liu LF, Liaw YC, and Tam MF

Subjects
Amino Acid Sequence, Amino Acid Substitution, Animals, Base Sequence, Binding Sites, Catalysis, Chickens, Cloning, Molecular, DNA Primers, Escherichia coli, Glutathione Transferase biosynthesis, Humans, Isoenzymes biosynthesis, Kinetics, Models, Molecular, Molecular Sequence Data, Mutagenesis, Site-Directed, Recombinant Proteins biosynthesis, Recombinant Proteins chemistry, Recombinant Proteins metabolism, Sequence Alignment, Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, Ethacrynic Acid metabolism, Glutathione Transferase chemistry, Glutathione Transferase metabolism, Isoenzymes chemistry, Isoenzymes metabolism, Liver enzymology, Lysine, Protein Conformation, Serine
Abstract

Escherichia coli-expressed chicken-liver glutathione S-transferase, cGSTA1-1, displays high ethacrynic acid (EA)-conjugating activity. Molecular modelling of cGSTA1-1 with EA in the substrate binding site reveals that the side chain of Phe-111 protrudes into the substrate binding site and possibly interacts with EA. Replacement of Phe-111 with alanine resulted in an enzyme (F111A mutant) with a 4.5-fold increase in EA-conjugating activity (9.2 mmol/min per mg), and an incremental Gibbs free energy (DeltaDeltaG) of 4.0 kJ/mol lower than that of the wild-type cGSTA1-1. Two other amino acid residues that possibly interact with EA are Ser-208 and Lys-15. Substitution of Ser-208 with methionine generated a cGSTA1-1(F111AS208M) double mutant that has low EA-conjugating activity (2.0 mmol/min per mg) and an incremental Gibbs free energy of +3.9 kJ/mol greater than the cGSTA1-1(F111A) single mutant. The cGSTA1-1(F111A) mutant, with an additional Lys-15-to-leucine substitution, lost 90% of the EA-conjugating activity (0.55 mmol/min per mg). The Km values of the cGSTA1-1(F111A) and cGSTA1-1(F111AK15L) mutants for EA are nearly identical. The wild-type cGSTA2-2 isoenzyme has a low EA-conjugating activity (0.56 mmol/min per mg). The kcat of this reaction can be increased 2. 5-fold by substituting Arg-15 and Glu-104 with lysine and glycine respectively. The KmEA of the cGSTA2-2(R15KE104G) double mutant is nearly identical with that of the wild-type enzyme. Another double mutant, cGSTA2-2(E104GL208S), has a KmEA that is 3.3-fold lower and a kcat that is 1.8-fold higher than that of the wild-type enzyme. These results, taken together, illustrate the interactions of Lys-15 and Ser-208 on cGSTA1-1 with EA.

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1997
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45. Probing the domain structure of abrin-a by tryptic digestion.

Author

Lin SH, Chow LP, Chen YL, Liaw YC, Chen JK, and Lin JY

Subjects
Abrin genetics, Abrin toxicity, Amino Acid Sequence, Animals, Cross-Linking Reagents, HeLa Cells, In Vitro Techniques, Models, Molecular, Molecular Sequence Data, Molecular Structure, Molecular Weight, Peptide Fragments chemistry, Peptide Fragments genetics, Peptide Fragments toxicity, Protein Biosynthesis, Protein Conformation, Rabbits, Reticulocytes drug effects, Reticulocytes metabolism, Trypsin, Abrin chemistry
Abstract

Abrin-a is a potent plant toxin that consists of A and B chains linked by a disulfide bond. The abrin-a A chain (AaTA) has N-glycosidase activity while the abrin-a B chain (AaTB) has galactose-binding activity. By partial tryptic digestion, the domain structure of abrin-a was investigated. Seven tryptic fragments with molecular masses greater than 3500 Da were isolated and characterized. One fragment, designated T-21 and consisting of 153 amino acid residues, contained the major part of the second domain of AaTB and, after cross-linking of T-21 with glutaraldehyde, the reaction product had the same level of hemagglutinating activity as native abrin. When the T-21 fragment was conjugated with AaTA, the conjugate inhibited protein biosynthesis in HeLa cells. This suggests that the T-21 fragment is able to bind specifically to cells; its conjugate facilitates membrane translocation of AaTA into cells and consequently inhibits protein biosynthesis. T-21, with a molecular mass less than AaTB, is therefore a potentially useful substance for the preparation of immunotoxins.

Published
1996
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46. Overproduction, purification and characterization of M.EcoHK31I, a bacterial methyltransferase with two polypeptides.

Author

Lee KF, Liaw YC, and Shaw PC

Subjects
Amino Acid Sequence, DNA metabolism, DNA-Cytosine Methylases genetics, DNA-Cytosine Methylases isolation & purification, Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel, Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial genetics, Genes, Overlapping, Kinetics, Methylation, Molecular Sequence Data, Molecular Weight, Peptides chemistry, Peptides isolation & purification, Peptides metabolism, Protein Conformation, Recombinant Proteins chemistry, Recombinant Proteins isolation & purification, Recombinant Proteins metabolism, S-Adenosylmethionine metabolism, DNA-Cytosine Methylases chemistry, DNA-Cytosine Methylases metabolism, Escherichia coli enzymology
Abstract

The two overlapping genes coding for EcoHK31I methyltransferase have previously been cloned, sequenced and expressed [Lee, Kam and Shaw (1995) Nucleic Acids Res. 23, 103-108]. Here we describe protocols developed to purify polypeptides alpha and beta together or separately, to apparent homogeneity by various chromatographic media. M.EcoHK31I is a heterodimer with a native molecular mass of 61 kDa. Its specific activity towards non-methylated lambda DNA was 3.0 x 10(5) units per mg of protein. The respective denatured molecular masses of polypeptides alpha and beta were 38 and 23 kDa, and their pI values were 8.7 and 6.8. Initial rate kinetic parameters of the native enzyme were 2.0 nM, 0.58 microM and 3 min-1 for KmDNA, KmAdoMet and kcat. respectively, where AdoMet stands for S-adenosyl-L-methionine. Fully active enzyme was reconstituted by co-purifying the two separately synthesized polypeptides, and activity assays confirmed our previous finding that two polypeptides were needed to methylate substrate DNA.

Published
1996
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47. Crystallization and preliminary x-ray analysis of volvatoxin A2 from Volvariella volvacea.

Author

Lin SC, Lin JY, and Liaw YC

Subjects
Crystallography, X-Ray methods, Humans, Basidiomycota chemistry, Fungal Proteins chemistry, Mycotoxins, Toxins, Biological chemistry
Abstract

Volvatoxin A2, an ion channel disturbed cardiotoxic and hemolytic protein from the edible mushroom, Volvarilla volvacea, has been crystallized by the vapor diffusion method using polyethylene glycol 4000 and ammonium sulfate in sodium acetate buffer pH 4.6. The best crystals belong to the monoclinic space group C2 with unit cell dimensions a = 155.25 angstroms, b = 58.06 angstroms, c = 116.92 angstroms, and beta = 119.5 degrees. These crystals diffract to at least 2.2 angstroms and there are four molecules of molecular weight 24 kDa per asymmetric unit with a solvent content of 48%.

Published
1996
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48. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray crystallographic analysis of arylesterase from Vibrio mimicus.

Author

Musayev FN, Lee YL, Shaw JF, and Liaw YC

Subjects
Ammonium Sulfate, Chemical Precipitation, Crystallization, Hydrogen-Ion Concentration, Carboxylic Ester Hydrolases chemistry, Crystallography, X-Ray, Vibrio enzymology
Abstract

Single crystals of arylesterase (EC 3.1.1.2) from Vibrio mimicus have been obtained from ammonium sulfate as a precipitant at room temperature for 2 months. The present crystals diffract up to 2.2 A resolution and belong to monoclinic space group P2(1). The cell dimensions are a = 55.65(1) A, b = 53.46(1) A, c = 65.79(1) A, and beta = 106.54(1) degrees. There are two molecules of molecular weight 22 kDa in an asymmetric unit with a solvent content of 43%.

Published
1995
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49. Crystal structure of abrin-a at 2.14 A.

Author

Tahirov TH, Lu TH, Liaw YC, Chen YL, and Lin JY

Subjects
Abrin genetics, Amino Acid Sequence, Binding Sites, Carbohydrate Sequence, Crystallography, X-Ray, Glycoproteins chemistry, Hydrogen Bonding, Models, Molecular, Molecular Sequence Data, Plant Lectins, Protein Folding, Seeds chemistry, Sequence Alignment, Abrin chemistry, Protein Conformation
Abstract

The crystal structure of abrin-a, a type II ribosome-inactivating protein from the seeds of Abrus precatorius, has been determined from a novel crystalline form by the molecular replacement method using the coordinates of ricin. The structure has been refined at 2.14 A to a R-factor of 18.9%. The root-mean-square deviations of bond lengths and angles from the standard values are 0.013 A and 1.82 degrees, respectively. The overall protein folding is similar to that of ricin, but there are differences in the secondary structure, mostly of the A-chain. Several parts of the molecular surface differ significantly; some of them are quite near the active site cleft, and probably influence ribosome recognition. The positions of invariant active site residues remain the same, except the position of Tyr74. Two water molecules of hydrogen-bonded active site residues have been located in the active site cleft. Both of them may be responsible for hydrolyzing the N-C glycosidic bond. The current abrin-a structure is lactose free; this is probably essential for abrin-a crystallization. The B-chain is a glycoprotein, and the positions of several sugar residues of two sugar chains linked to earlier predicted glycosylation sites were determined. One of the sugar chains is a bridge between two neighboring molecules, since one of its mannose residues is connected to the galactose binding site of the neighboring molecule. Another sugar chain covers the surface of the B-chain.

Published
1995
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50. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of GAP 31. A protein which inhibits the life cycle of HIV-1.

Author

Lee-Huang S, Kung HF, Chen HC, Huang PL, Rybak SM, Huang PL, Bourinbaiar AS, Musayev F, and Liaw YC

Subjects
Antiviral Agents isolation & purification, Antiviral Agents toxicity, Crystallization, Crystallography, X-Ray methods, HIV-1 physiology, Plant Proteins isolation & purification, Ribosome Inactivating Proteins, Type 1, Virus Replication drug effects, Antiviral Agents chemistry, HIV-1 drug effects, Plant Proteins chemistry, Plant Proteins toxicity, Protein Conformation
Abstract

GAP 31 is an anti-HIV plant protein that we have identified and purified to homogeneity from Gelonium multiflorum. It is the first reported example of an anti-HIV agent capable of acting against multiple stages of the viral life cycle, on viral infection and viral replication. GAP 31 is a unique paragon of multi-functional protein. In addition to anti-HIV activity, it also exhibits anti-tumor action, DNA binding, RNA binding and ribosome inactivation. The present crystals diffract up to 2.0 A resolution and belong to monoclinic space group P2(1). The cell dimensions are a = 49.30(2) A, b = 44.57(2) A, c = 137.78(7) A and beta = 98.32(3) degrees. There are two molecules of molecular weight 31 kDa in an asymmetric unit with a solvent content of 49%.

Published
1994
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