Flavonoids affect actin functions in cytoplasm and nucleus
| Autor: | Andrea Sokoll, Markus Böhl, Sineej Madathil, Karim Fahmy, Simon Tietze, Joannis Apostolakis, Frank Pfennig, Herwig O. Gutzeit |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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Molecular Cytoplasm binding studies Protein Conformation Biophysics Plasma protein binding Biology Protein structure Humans heterocyclic compounds Computer Simulation Actin-binding protein Binding site infrared spectroscopy Actin Cell Nucleus Flavonoids Binding Sites fungi food and beverages Proteins fluorescence spectroscopy Actins molecular modelling Biochemistry Models Chemical biology.protein Flavonoid binding Target protein HeLa Cells Protein Binding |
| Zdroj: | Biophysical Journal 93(2007), 2765-2780 |
| ISSN: | 0006-3495 |
| Popis: | Based on the identification of actin as a target protein for the flavonol quercetin, the binding affinities of quercetin and structurally related flavonoids were determined by flavonoid-dependent quenching of tryptophan fluorescence from actin. Irrespective of differences in the hydroxyl pattern, similar Kd values in the 20μM range were observed for six flavonoids encompassing members of the flavonol, isoflavone, flavanone, and flavane group. The potential biological relevance of the flavonoid/actin interaction in the cytoplasm and the nucleus was addressed using an actin polymerization and a transcription assay, respectively. In contrast to the similar binding affinities, the flavonoids exert distinct and partially opposing biological effects: although flavonols inhibit actin functions, the structurally related flavane epigallocatechin promotes actin activity in both test systems. Infrared spectroscopic evidence reveals flavonoid-specific conformational changes in actin which may mediate the different biological effects. Docking studies provide models of flavonoid binding to the known small molecule-binding sites in actin. Among these, the mostly hydrophobic tetramethylrhodamine-binding site is a prime candidate for flavonoid binding and rationalizes the high efficiency of quenching of the two closely located fluorescent tryptophans. The experimental and theoretical data consistently indicate the importance of hydrophobic, rather than H-bond-mediated, actin-flavonoid interactions. Depending on the rigidity of the flavonoid structures, different functionally relevant conformational changes are evoked through an induced fit. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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