Optical Control of Translation with a Puromycin Photoswitch.

Autor: Ko T; Department of Chemistry, New York University, New York, New York 10003, United States., Oliveira MM; Center for Neural Science, New York University, New York, New York 10003, United States., Alapin JM; Center for Neural Science, New York University, New York, New York 10003, United States., Morstein J; Department of Chemistry, New York University, New York, New York 10003, United States., Klann E; Center for Neural Science, New York University, New York, New York 10003, United States., Trauner D; Department of Chemistry, New York University, New York, New York 10003, United States.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of the American Chemical Society [J Am Chem Soc] 2022 Nov 30; Vol. 144 (47), pp. 21494-21501. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Nov 17.
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c07374
Abstrakt: Translation is an elementary cellular process that involves a large number of factors interacting in a concerted fashion with the ribosome. Numerous natural products have emerged that interfere with the ribosomal function, such as puromycin, which mimics an aminoacyl tRNA and causes premature chain termination. Here, we introduce a photoswitchable version of puromycin that, in effect, puts translation under optical control. Our compound, termed puroswitch , features a diazocine that allows for reversible and nearly quantitative isomerization and pharmacological modulation. Its synthesis involves a new photoswitchable amino acid building block. Puroswitch shows little activity in the dark and becomes substantially more active and cytotoxic, in a graded fashion, upon irradiation with various wavelengths of visible light. In vitro translation assays confirm that puroswitch inhibits translation with a mechanism similar to that of puromycin itself. Once incorporated into nascent proteins, puroswitch reacts with standard puromycin antibodies, which allows for tracking de novo protein synthesis using western blots and immunohistochemistry. As a cell-permeable small molecule, puroswitch can be used for nascent proteome profiling in a variety of cell types, including primary mouse neurons. We envision puroswitch as a useful biochemical tool for the optical control of translation and for monitoring newly synthesized proteins in defined locations and at precise time points.
Databáze: MEDLINE