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2006
Bianco Alberto, Fournel Sylvie, Wieckowski Sébastien, Hoebeke Johan, Guichard Gilles
Solid-phase synthesis of CD40L mimetics Article de journal
Dans: Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, vol. 4, no. 8, p. 1461–1463, 2006, ISSN: 1477-0520.
Résumé | Liens | BibTeX | Étiquettes: Apoptosis, CD40 Ligand, Cell Line, Chromatography, Combinatorial Chemistry Techniques, High Pressure Liquid, Humans, I2CT, Molecular Mimicry, Molecular Structure, Protein Binding, Team-Bianco, tumor
@article{bianco_solid-phase_2006,
title = {Solid-phase synthesis of CD40L mimetics},
author = {Alberto Bianco and Sylvie Fournel and Sébastien Wieckowski and Johan Hoebeke and Gilles Guichard},
doi = {10.1039/b601528j},
issn = {1477-0520},
year = {2006},
date = {2006-04-01},
journal = {Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry},
volume = {4},
number = {8},
pages = {1461--1463},
abstract = {The C3-symmetric molecule has been previously shown to mimic CD40 ligand (CD40L) homotrimers and to display effector functions. This molecule consists of a cyclic hexapeptide core containing the repetition of the D-Ala-L-Lys motif. The side chains of the lysine residues have been modified by appending the CD40L-derived sequence 143Lys-Gly-Tyr-Tyr146 via a 6-aminohexanoic acid residue as a spacer. The present report describes a general solid-phase synthesis approach to and related trimeric architectures. In addition, their CD40 binding properties as well as their effector functions have been evaluated.},
keywords = {Apoptosis, CD40 Ligand, Cell Line, Chromatography, Combinatorial Chemistry Techniques, High Pressure Liquid, Humans, I2CT, Molecular Mimicry, Molecular Structure, Protein Binding, Team-Bianco, tumor},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
The C3-symmetric molecule has been previously shown to mimic CD40 ligand (CD40L) homotrimers and to display effector functions. This molecule consists of a cyclic hexapeptide core containing the repetition of the D-Ala-L-Lys motif. The side chains of the lysine residues have been modified by appending the CD40L-derived sequence 143Lys-Gly-Tyr-Tyr146 via a 6-aminohexanoic acid residue as a spacer. The present report describes a general solid-phase synthesis approach to and related trimeric architectures. In addition, their CD40 binding properties as well as their effector functions have been evaluated.
Brough Peter, Klumpp Cedric, Bianco Alberto, Campidelli Stephane, Prato Maurizio
[60]fullerene-pyrrolidine-N-oxides Article de journal
Dans: The Journal of Organic Chemistry, vol. 71, no. 5, p. 2014–2020, 2006, ISSN: 0022-3263.
Résumé | Liens | BibTeX | Étiquettes: Chromatography, Fullerenes, High Pressure Liquid, I2CT, Nitrogen, Oxidation-Reduction, Oxides, Pyrrolidines, Spectrum Analysis, Team-Bianco
@article{brough_60fullerene-pyrrolidine-n-oxides_2006,
title = {[60]fullerene-pyrrolidine-N-oxides},
author = {Peter Brough and Cedric Klumpp and Alberto Bianco and Stephane Campidelli and Maurizio Prato},
doi = {10.1021/jo052388s},
issn = {0022-3263},
year = {2006},
date = {2006-03-01},
journal = {The Journal of Organic Chemistry},
volume = {71},
number = {5},
pages = {2014--2020},
abstract = {Eight members of a new family of fullerene derivatives, [60]fulleropyrrolidine-N-oxides, have been synthesized and characterized. Facile oxidation, by a peracid, of the parent [60]fulleropyrrolidine gave clean conversions into the product molecules, in which the tertiary amine is transformed into a quaternary amine bearing an oxygen atom. The reaction is very selective, favoring the nitrogen atom of the pyrrolidine ring in preference to epoxidation of the fullerene cage. The 1H NMR shows an AB quartet splitting pattern, characteristic of nonequivalent hydrogens in the pyrrolidine ring and at a chemical shift displacement of 0.8 ppm downfield. Other methods of characterization are described, including MS, differential scanning calorimetry, thermogravimetric analysis, HPLC, UV/vis, and IR. Conclusive evidence for the formation of an N-oxide moiety is provided by the synthesis, oxidation, and NMR characterization of a novel [60]fulleropyrrolidine containing a 15N isotope, showing an 85 ppm downfield heteroatom chemical shift. Preliminary details of the effects of substitution on the reactivity of the pyrrolidine ring are also reported.},
keywords = {Chromatography, Fullerenes, High Pressure Liquid, I2CT, Nitrogen, Oxidation-Reduction, Oxides, Pyrrolidines, Spectrum Analysis, Team-Bianco},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
Eight members of a new family of fullerene derivatives, [60]fulleropyrrolidine-N-oxides, have been synthesized and characterized. Facile oxidation, by a peracid, of the parent [60]fulleropyrrolidine gave clean conversions into the product molecules, in which the tertiary amine is transformed into a quaternary amine bearing an oxygen atom. The reaction is very selective, favoring the nitrogen atom of the pyrrolidine ring in preference to epoxidation of the fullerene cage. The 1H NMR shows an AB quartet splitting pattern, characteristic of nonequivalent hydrogens in the pyrrolidine ring and at a chemical shift displacement of 0.8 ppm downfield. Other methods of characterization are described, including MS, differential scanning calorimetry, thermogravimetric analysis, HPLC, UV/vis, and IR. Conclusive evidence for the formation of an N-oxide moiety is provided by the synthesis, oxidation, and NMR characterization of a novel [60]fulleropyrrolidine containing a 15N isotope, showing an 85 ppm downfield heteroatom chemical shift. Preliminary details of the effects of substitution on the reactivity of the pyrrolidine ring are also reported.
2005
Bianco Alberto
Efficient solid-phase synthesis of fullero-peptides using Merrifield strategy Article de journal
Dans: Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England), no. 25, p. 3174–3176, 2005, ISSN: 1359-7345.
Résumé | Liens | BibTeX | Étiquettes: Chromatography, Fullerenes, High Pressure Liquid, I2CT, Mass Spectrometry, Peptides, Team-Bianco
@article{bianco_efficient_2005,
title = {Efficient solid-phase synthesis of fullero-peptides using Merrifield strategy},
author = {Alberto Bianco},
doi = {10.1039/b504659a},
issn = {1359-7345},
year = {2005},
date = {2005-07-01},
journal = {Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England)},
number = {25},
pages = {3174--3176},
abstract = {Boc-protected l-fulleropyrrolidino-glutamic acid was readily prepared and employed for the synthesis of fullerene-containing peptides using the solid-phase Boc chemistry developed by Merrifield.},
keywords = {Chromatography, Fullerenes, High Pressure Liquid, I2CT, Mass Spectrometry, Peptides, Team-Bianco},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
Boc-protected l-fulleropyrrolidino-glutamic acid was readily prepared and employed for the synthesis of fullerene-containing peptides using the solid-phase Boc chemistry developed by Merrifield.
2003
Bianco Alberto, Pantarotto Davide, Hoebeke Johan, Briand Jean-Paul, Prato Maurizio
Solid-phase synthesis and characterization of a novel fullerene-peptide derived from histone H3 Article de journal
Dans: Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, vol. 1, no. 23, p. 4141–4143, 2003, ISSN: 1477-0520.
Résumé | Liens | BibTeX | Étiquettes: Chromatography, Epitopes, Fullerenes, Glutamic Acid, High Pressure Liquid, Histones, I2CT, Models, Molecular, Molecular Structure, Peptides, Protein Structure, Team-Bianco, Tertiary
@article{bianco_solid-phase_2003,
title = {Solid-phase synthesis and characterization of a novel fullerene-peptide derived from histone H3},
author = {Alberto Bianco and Davide Pantarotto and Johan Hoebeke and Jean-Paul Briand and Maurizio Prato},
doi = {10.1039/b311505d},
issn = {1477-0520},
year = {2003},
date = {2003-12-01},
journal = {Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry},
volume = {1},
number = {23},
pages = {4141--4143},
abstract = {A peptide analogue from a histone H3 protein containing the L-fulleropyrrolidino-glutamic acid has been prepared by a solid-phase approach and has been fully characterized. By molecular modelling it was verified that this peptide derivative is able to retain a binding capacity to the MHC (major histocompatibility complex) molecule similar to that of the cognate epitope.},
keywords = {Chromatography, Epitopes, Fullerenes, Glutamic Acid, High Pressure Liquid, Histones, I2CT, Models, Molecular, Molecular Structure, Peptides, Protein Structure, Team-Bianco, Tertiary},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
A peptide analogue from a histone H3 protein containing the L-fulleropyrrolidino-glutamic acid has been prepared by a solid-phase approach and has been fully characterized. By molecular modelling it was verified that this peptide derivative is able to retain a binding capacity to the MHC (major histocompatibility complex) molecule similar to that of the cognate epitope.
Pantarotto Davide, Partidos Charalambos D, Graff Roland, Hoebeke Johan, Briand Jean-Paul, Prato Maurizio, Bianco Alberto
Synthesis, structural characterization, and immunological properties of carbon nanotubes functionalized with peptides Article de journal
Dans: Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 125, no. 20, p. 6160–6164, 2003, ISSN: 0002-7863.
Résumé | Liens | BibTeX | Étiquettes: B-Lymphocyte, biomolecular, Capsid Proteins, carbon, Chromatography, Epitopes, Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus, High Pressure Liquid, I2CT, nanotechnology, Nanotubes, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Peptide Fragments, Team-Bianco
@article{pantarotto_synthesis_2003,
title = {Synthesis, structural characterization, and immunological properties of carbon nanotubes functionalized with peptides},
author = {Davide Pantarotto and Charalambos D Partidos and Roland Graff and Johan Hoebeke and Jean-Paul Briand and Maurizio Prato and Alberto Bianco},
doi = {10.1021/ja034342r},
issn = {0002-7863},
year = {2003},
date = {2003-05-01},
journal = {Journal of the American Chemical Society},
volume = {125},
number = {20},
pages = {6160--6164},
abstract = {Carbon nanotubes (NTs) are becoming highly attractive molecules for applications in medicinal chemistry. The main problem of insolubility in aqueous media has been solved by developing a synthetic protocol that allows highly water-soluble carbon NTs to be obtained. As a result, biologically active peptides can be easily linked through a stable covalent bond to carbon NTs. We have demonstrated that a bound peptide from the foot-and-mouth disease virus, corresponding to the 141-159 region of the viral envelope protein VP1, retained the structural integrity and was recognized by monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies. In addition, this peptide-NT conjugate is immunogenic, eliciting antibody responses of the right specificity. Such a system could be greatly advantageous for diagnostic purposes and could find future applications in vaccine delivery.},
keywords = {B-Lymphocyte, biomolecular, Capsid Proteins, carbon, Chromatography, Epitopes, Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus, High Pressure Liquid, I2CT, nanotechnology, Nanotubes, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Peptide Fragments, Team-Bianco},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
Carbon nanotubes (NTs) are becoming highly attractive molecules for applications in medicinal chemistry. The main problem of insolubility in aqueous media has been solved by developing a synthetic protocol that allows highly water-soluble carbon NTs to be obtained. As a result, biologically active peptides can be easily linked through a stable covalent bond to carbon NTs. We have demonstrated that a bound peptide from the foot-and-mouth disease virus, corresponding to the 141-159 region of the viral envelope protein VP1, retained the structural integrity and was recognized by monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies. In addition, this peptide-NT conjugate is immunogenic, eliciting antibody responses of the right specificity. Such a system could be greatly advantageous for diagnostic purposes and could find future applications in vaccine delivery.
2001
Lamberty M, Zachary Daniel, Lanot R, Bordereau C, Robert A, Hoffmann Jules A, Bulet Philippe
Insect immunity. Constitutive expression of a cysteine-rich antifungal and a linear antibacterial peptide in a termite insect. Article de journal
Dans: J. Biol. Chem., vol. 276, no. 6, p. 4085–4092, 2001, ISSN: 0021-9258.
Résumé | Liens | BibTeX | Étiquettes: Amino Acid, Animals, Anti-Bacterial Agents, Antifungal Agents, Base Sequence, Chromatography, Cysteine, DNA Primers, High Pressure Liquid, hoffmann, Immunohistochemistry, Isoptera, M3i, Peptides, Protein Conformation, Recombinant Proteins, Sequence Homology
@article{lamberty_insect_2001,
title = {Insect immunity. Constitutive expression of a cysteine-rich antifungal and a linear antibacterial peptide in a termite insect.},
author = {M Lamberty and Daniel Zachary and R Lanot and C Bordereau and A Robert and Jules A Hoffmann and Philippe Bulet},
doi = {10.1074/jbc.M002998200},
issn = {0021-9258},
year = {2001},
date = {2001-02-01},
journal = {J. Biol. Chem.},
volume = {276},
number = {6},
pages = {4085--4092},
abstract = {Two novel antimicrobial peptides, which we propose to name termicin and spinigerin, have been isolated from the fungus-growing termite Pseudacanthotermes spiniger (heterometabole insect, Isoptera). Termicin is a 36-amino acid residue antifungal peptide, with six cysteines arranged in a disulfide array similar to that of insect defensins. In contrast to most insect defensins, termicin is C-terminally amidated. Spinigerin consists of 25 amino acids and is devoid of cysteines. It is active against bacteria and fungi. Termicin and spinigerin show no obvious sequence similarities with other peptides. Termicin is constitutively present in hemocyte granules and in salivary glands. The presence of termicin and spinigerin in unchallenged termites contrasts with observations in evolutionary recent insects or insects undergoing complete metamorphosis, in which antimicrobial peptides are induced in the fat body and released into the hemolymph after septic injury.},
keywords = {Amino Acid, Animals, Anti-Bacterial Agents, Antifungal Agents, Base Sequence, Chromatography, Cysteine, DNA Primers, High Pressure Liquid, hoffmann, Immunohistochemistry, Isoptera, M3i, Peptides, Protein Conformation, Recombinant Proteins, Sequence Homology},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
Two novel antimicrobial peptides, which we propose to name termicin and spinigerin, have been isolated from the fungus-growing termite Pseudacanthotermes spiniger (heterometabole insect, Isoptera). Termicin is a 36-amino acid residue antifungal peptide, with six cysteines arranged in a disulfide array similar to that of insect defensins. In contrast to most insect defensins, termicin is C-terminally amidated. Spinigerin consists of 25 amino acids and is devoid of cysteines. It is active against bacteria and fungi. Termicin and spinigerin show no obvious sequence similarities with other peptides. Termicin is constitutively present in hemocyte granules and in salivary glands. The presence of termicin and spinigerin in unchallenged termites contrasts with observations in evolutionary recent insects or insects undergoing complete metamorphosis, in which antimicrobial peptides are induced in the fat body and released into the hemolymph after septic injury.
1999
Lamberty M, Ades S, Uttenweiler-Joseph S, Brookhart G, Bushey D, Hoffmann Jules A, Bulet Philippe
Insect immunity. Isolation from the lepidopteran Heliothis virescens of a novel insect defensin with potent antifungal activity Article de journal
Dans: J. Biol. Chem., vol. 274, no. 14, p. 9320–9326, 1999, ISSN: 0021-9258.
Résumé | BibTeX | Étiquettes: Amino Acid, Animals, Antifungal Agents, Capillary, Chromatography, Defensins, Electrophoresis, Escherichia coli, Hemolymph, High Pressure Liquid, hoffmann, Insect Proteins, Larva, Lepidoptera, M3i, Micrococcus luteus, Proteins, Sequence Homology
@article{lamberty_insect_1999,
title = {Insect immunity. Isolation from the lepidopteran Heliothis virescens of a novel insect defensin with potent antifungal activity},
author = {M Lamberty and S Ades and S Uttenweiler-Joseph and G Brookhart and D Bushey and Jules A Hoffmann and Philippe Bulet},
issn = {0021-9258},
year = {1999},
date = {1999-04-01},
journal = {J. Biol. Chem.},
volume = {274},
number = {14},
pages = {9320--9326},
abstract = {Lepidoptera have been reported to produce several antibacterial peptides in response to septic injury. However, in marked contrast to other insect groups, no inducible antifungal molecules had been described so far in this insect order. Surprisingly, also cysteine-rich antimicrobial peptides, which predominate in the antimicrobial defense of other insects, had not been discovered in Lepidoptera. Here we report the isolation from the hemolymph of immune induced larvae of the lepidopteran Heliothis virescens of a cysteine-rich molecule with exclusive antifungal activity. We have fully characterized this antifungal molecule, which has significant homology with the insect defensins, a large family of antibacterial peptides directed against Gram-positive strains. Interestingly, the novel peptide shows also similarities with the antifungal peptide drosomycin from Drosophila. Thus, Lepidoptera appear to have built their humoral immune response against bacteria on cecropins and attacins. In addition, we report that Lepidoptera have conferred antifungal properties to the well conserved structure of antibacterial insect defensins through amino acid replacements.},
keywords = {Amino Acid, Animals, Antifungal Agents, Capillary, Chromatography, Defensins, Electrophoresis, Escherichia coli, Hemolymph, High Pressure Liquid, hoffmann, Insect Proteins, Larva, Lepidoptera, M3i, Micrococcus luteus, Proteins, Sequence Homology},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
Lepidoptera have been reported to produce several antibacterial peptides in response to septic injury. However, in marked contrast to other insect groups, no inducible antifungal molecules had been described so far in this insect order. Surprisingly, also cysteine-rich antimicrobial peptides, which predominate in the antimicrobial defense of other insects, had not been discovered in Lepidoptera. Here we report the isolation from the hemolymph of immune induced larvae of the lepidopteran Heliothis virescens of a cysteine-rich molecule with exclusive antifungal activity. We have fully characterized this antifungal molecule, which has significant homology with the insect defensins, a large family of antibacterial peptides directed against Gram-positive strains. Interestingly, the novel peptide shows also similarities with the antifungal peptide drosomycin from Drosophila. Thus, Lepidoptera appear to have built their humoral immune response against bacteria on cecropins and attacins. In addition, we report that Lepidoptera have conferred antifungal properties to the well conserved structure of antibacterial insect defensins through amino acid replacements.
1998
Uttenweiler-Joseph S, Moniatte M, Lagueux Marie, Dorsselaer Van A, Hoffmann Jules A, Bulet Philippe
Differential display of peptides induced during the immune response of Drosophila: a matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry study Article de journal
Dans: Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., vol. 95, no. 19, p. 11342–11347, 1998, ISSN: 0027-8424.
Résumé | BibTeX | Étiquettes: Animals, bacteria, Chromatography, Cloning, Hemolymph, High Pressure Liquid, hoffmann, Immunity, Insect Proteins, M3i, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization, messenger, Molecular, Peptides, Protein Precursors, RNA, Sequence Analysis, Spectrometry, Time Factors
@article{uttenweiler-joseph_differential_1998,
title = {Differential display of peptides induced during the immune response of Drosophila: a matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry study},
author = {S Uttenweiler-Joseph and M Moniatte and Marie Lagueux and Van A Dorsselaer and Jules A Hoffmann and Philippe Bulet},
issn = {0027-8424},
year = {1998},
date = {1998-09-01},
journal = {Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.},
volume = {95},
number = {19},
pages = {11342--11347},
abstract = {We have developed an approach based on a differential mass spectrometric analysis to detect molecules induced during the immune response of Drosophila, regardless of their biological activities. For this, we have applied directly matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization MS to hemolymph samples from individual flies before and after an immune challenge. This method provided precise information on the molecular masses of immune-induced molecules and allowed the detection, in the molecular range of 1.5-11 kDa, of 24 Drosophila immune-induced molecules (DIMs). These molecules are all peptides, and four correspond to already characterized antimicrobial peptides. We have further analyzed the induction of the various peptides by immune challenge in wild-type flies and in mutants with a compromised antimicrobial response. We also describe a methodology combining matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight MS, HPLC, and Edman degradation, which yielded the peptide sequence of three of the DIMs. Finally, molecular cloning and Northern blot analyses revealed that one of the DIMs is produced as a prepropeptide and is inducible on a bacterial challenge.},
keywords = {Animals, bacteria, Chromatography, Cloning, Hemolymph, High Pressure Liquid, hoffmann, Immunity, Insect Proteins, M3i, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization, messenger, Molecular, Peptides, Protein Precursors, RNA, Sequence Analysis, Spectrometry, Time Factors},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
We have developed an approach based on a differential mass spectrometric analysis to detect molecules induced during the immune response of Drosophila, regardless of their biological activities. For this, we have applied directly matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization MS to hemolymph samples from individual flies before and after an immune challenge. This method provided precise information on the molecular masses of immune-induced molecules and allowed the detection, in the molecular range of 1.5-11 kDa, of 24 Drosophila immune-induced molecules (DIMs). These molecules are all peptides, and four correspond to already characterized antimicrobial peptides. We have further analyzed the induction of the various peptides by immune challenge in wild-type flies and in mutants with a compromised antimicrobial response. We also describe a methodology combining matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight MS, HPLC, and Edman degradation, which yielded the peptide sequence of three of the DIMs. Finally, molecular cloning and Northern blot analyses revealed that one of the DIMs is produced as a prepropeptide and is inducible on a bacterial challenge.
Taguchi S, Bulet Philippe, Hoffmann Jules A
A novel insect defensin from the ant Formica rufa Article de journal
Dans: Biochimie, vol. 80, no. 4, p. 343–346, 1998, ISSN: 0300-9084.
Résumé | BibTeX | Étiquettes: Amino Acid, Animals, Anti-Bacterial Agents, Ants, Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid, hoffmann, Insect Proteins, insects, M3i, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization, Protein Structure, Secondary, Sequence Alignment, Sequence Homology, Spectrometry
@article{taguchi_novel_1998,
title = {A novel insect defensin from the ant Formica rufa},
author = {S Taguchi and Philippe Bulet and Jules A Hoffmann},
issn = {0300-9084},
year = {1998},
date = {1998-04-01},
journal = {Biochimie},
volume = {80},
number = {4},
pages = {343--346},
abstract = {By combination of size exclusion and reversed-phase chromatography, we have isolated a novel member of insect defensin-type antimicrobial peptides from the entire bodies of bacteria-challenged Formica rufa (hymenoptera, formicidae). The molecular mass of the purified peptide was estimated to be 4120.42 by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-time of flight/mass spectrometry. Sequence analysis revealed that this peptide consisted of 40 amino acid residues with six cysteines engaged in the formation of three intramolecular disulfide bridges. This peptide is unique among the arthropod defensins in terms of the presence of asparatic acid and alanine at position 33 and as C-terminal residue, respectively. In addition, this novel defensin from Formica rufa has the particularity to have no C-terminal extension in contrast to those reported for other hymenoptera defensins.},
keywords = {Amino Acid, Animals, Anti-Bacterial Agents, Ants, Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid, hoffmann, Insect Proteins, insects, M3i, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization, Protein Structure, Secondary, Sequence Alignment, Sequence Homology, Spectrometry},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
By combination of size exclusion and reversed-phase chromatography, we have isolated a novel member of insect defensin-type antimicrobial peptides from the entire bodies of bacteria-challenged Formica rufa (hymenoptera, formicidae). The molecular mass of the purified peptide was estimated to be 4120.42 by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-time of flight/mass spectrometry. Sequence analysis revealed that this peptide consisted of 40 amino acid residues with six cysteines engaged in the formation of three intramolecular disulfide bridges. This peptide is unique among the arthropod defensins in terms of the presence of asparatic acid and alanine at position 33 and as C-terminal residue, respectively. In addition, this novel defensin from Formica rufa has the particularity to have no C-terminal extension in contrast to those reported for other hymenoptera defensins.
1996
Ehret-Sabatier L, Loew D, Goyffon M, Fehlbaum P, Hoffmann Jules A, van Dorsselaer A, Bulet Philippe
Characterization of novel cysteine-rich antimicrobial peptides from scorpion blood Article de journal
Dans: J. Biol. Chem., vol. 271, no. 47, p. 29537–29544, 1996, ISSN: 0021-9258.
Résumé | BibTeX | Étiquettes: Animals, Anti-Bacterial Agents, Chromatography, Cysteine, Electron, Hemolymph, Hemolysis, High Pressure Liquid, hoffmann, M3i, Mass Spectrometry, Microscopy, Peptides, Scorpions
@article{ehret-sabatier_characterization_1996,
title = {Characterization of novel cysteine-rich antimicrobial peptides from scorpion blood},
author = {L Ehret-Sabatier and D Loew and M Goyffon and P Fehlbaum and Jules A Hoffmann and A van Dorsselaer and Philippe Bulet},
issn = {0021-9258},
year = {1996},
date = {1996-11-01},
journal = {J. Biol. Chem.},
volume = {271},
number = {47},
pages = {29537--29544},
abstract = {We have isolated, from the hemolymph of unchallenged scorpions of the species Androctonus australis, three distinct antimicrobial peptides, which we have fully characterized by Edman degradation, electrospray ionization mass spectrometry, and matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry. Two are novel molecules: (i) androctonin, a 25-residue peptide with two disulfide bridges, active against both bacteria (Gram-positive and Gram-negative) and fungi and showing marked sequence homology to tachyplesins and polyphemusins from horseshoe crabs; and (ii) buthinin, a 34-residue antibacterial (Gram-positive and Gram-negative) peptide with three disulfide bridges. The third peptide contains 37 residues and three disulfide bridges and clearly belongs to the family of anti-Gram-positive insect defensins. We have synthesized androctonin and explored its activity spectrum and mode of action.},
keywords = {Animals, Anti-Bacterial Agents, Chromatography, Cysteine, Electron, Hemolymph, Hemolysis, High Pressure Liquid, hoffmann, M3i, Mass Spectrometry, Microscopy, Peptides, Scorpions},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
We have isolated, from the hemolymph of unchallenged scorpions of the species Androctonus australis, three distinct antimicrobial peptides, which we have fully characterized by Edman degradation, electrospray ionization mass spectrometry, and matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry. Two are novel molecules: (i) androctonin, a 25-residue peptide with two disulfide bridges, active against both bacteria (Gram-positive and Gram-negative) and fungi and showing marked sequence homology to tachyplesins and polyphemusins from horseshoe crabs; and (ii) buthinin, a 34-residue antibacterial (Gram-positive and Gram-negative) peptide with three disulfide bridges. The third peptide contains 37 residues and three disulfide bridges and clearly belongs to the family of anti-Gram-positive insect defensins. We have synthesized androctonin and explored its activity spectrum and mode of action.
Charlet Maurice, Chernysh S, Philippe H, Hetru Charles, Hoffmann Jules A, Bulet Philippe
Innate immunity. Isolation of several cysteine-rich antimicrobial peptides from the blood of a mollusc, Mytilus edulis Article de journal
Dans: J. Biol. Chem., vol. 271, no. 36, p. 21808–21813, 1996, ISSN: 0021-9258.
Résumé | BibTeX | Étiquettes: Amino Acid, Animals, Anti-Infective Agents, Antifungal Agents, Bivalvia, Blood Proteins, Chromatography, Cysteine, Defensins, High Pressure Liquid, hoffmann, M3i, Molecular Weight, Phylogeny, Sequence Homology
@article{charlet_innate_1996,
title = {Innate immunity. Isolation of several cysteine-rich antimicrobial peptides from the blood of a mollusc, Mytilus edulis},
author = {Maurice Charlet and S Chernysh and H Philippe and Charles Hetru and Jules A Hoffmann and Philippe Bulet},
issn = {0021-9258},
year = {1996},
date = {1996-09-01},
journal = {J. Biol. Chem.},
volume = {271},
number = {36},
pages = {21808--21813},
abstract = {We have isolated from the blood of immune-challenged and untreated mussels (Mytilus edulis) antibacterial and antifungal peptides. We have characterized two isoforms of a novel 34-residue, cysteine-rich, peptide with potent bactericidal activity and partially characterized a novel 6.2-kDa antifungal peptide containing 12 cysteines. We report the presence of two members of the insect defensin family of antibacterial peptides and provide a phylogenetic analysis that indicates that mollusc and arthropod defensins have a common ancestry. Our data argue that circulating antimicrobial peptides represent an ancient host defense mechanism that predated the separation between molluscs and arthropods at the root of the Cambrian, about 545 million years ago.},
keywords = {Amino Acid, Animals, Anti-Infective Agents, Antifungal Agents, Bivalvia, Blood Proteins, Chromatography, Cysteine, Defensins, High Pressure Liquid, hoffmann, M3i, Molecular Weight, Phylogeny, Sequence Homology},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
We have isolated from the blood of immune-challenged and untreated mussels (Mytilus edulis) antibacterial and antifungal peptides. We have characterized two isoforms of a novel 34-residue, cysteine-rich, peptide with potent bactericidal activity and partially characterized a novel 6.2-kDa antifungal peptide containing 12 cysteines. We report the presence of two members of the insect defensin family of antibacterial peptides and provide a phylogenetic analysis that indicates that mollusc and arthropod defensins have a common ancestry. Our data argue that circulating antimicrobial peptides represent an ancient host defense mechanism that predated the separation between molluscs and arthropods at the root of the Cambrian, about 545 million years ago.
1991
Bulet Philippe, Cociancich S, Dimarcq Jean-Luc, Lambert J, Reichhart Jean-Marc, Hoffmann Danièle, Hetru Charles, Hoffmann Jules A
Insect immunity. Isolation from a coleopteran insect of a novel inducible antibacterial peptide and of new members of the insect defensin family Article de journal
Dans: J. Biol. Chem., vol. 266, no. 36, p. 24520–24525, 1991, ISSN: 0021-9258.
Résumé | BibTeX | Étiquettes: Animals, Antibody Formation, Beetles, Blood Bactericidal Activity, Blood Proteins, Chromatography, Defensins, Hemolymph, High Pressure Liquid, hoffmann, Insect Hormones, Insect Proteins, M3i, reichhart
@article{bulet_insect_1991,
title = {Insect immunity. Isolation from a coleopteran insect of a novel inducible antibacterial peptide and of new members of the insect defensin family},
author = {Philippe Bulet and S Cociancich and Jean-Luc Dimarcq and J Lambert and Jean-Marc Reichhart and Danièle Hoffmann and Charles Hetru and Jules A Hoffmann},
issn = {0021-9258},
year = {1991},
date = {1991-12-01},
journal = {J. Biol. Chem.},
volume = {266},
number = {36},
pages = {24520--24525},
abstract = {Injection of heat-killed bacteria into larvae of the large tenebrionid beetle Zophobas atratus (Insecta, Endopterygota, Coleoptera) results in the appearance in the hemolymph of a potent antibacterial activity as evidenced by a plate growth inhibition assay. We have isolated three peptides (A-C) from this immune hemolymph which probably account for most of this activity. Their primary structures were established by a combination of peptide sequencing and molecular mass determination by mass spectrometry. Peptide A, which is bactericidal against Gram-negative cells, is a 74-residue glycine-rich molecule with no sequence homology to known peptides. We propose the name coleoptericin for this novel inducible antibacterial peptide. Peptides B and C are isoforms of a 43-residue peptide which contains 6 cysteines and shows significant sequence homology to insect defensins, initially reported from dipteran insects. This peptide is active against Gram-positive bacteria. The results are discussed in connection with recent studies on inducible antibacterial peptides present in the three other major orders of the endopterygote clade of insects: the Lepidoptera, Diptera, and Hymenoptera.},
keywords = {Animals, Antibody Formation, Beetles, Blood Bactericidal Activity, Blood Proteins, Chromatography, Defensins, Hemolymph, High Pressure Liquid, hoffmann, Insect Hormones, Insect Proteins, M3i, reichhart},
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Injection of heat-killed bacteria into larvae of the large tenebrionid beetle Zophobas atratus (Insecta, Endopterygota, Coleoptera) results in the appearance in the hemolymph of a potent antibacterial activity as evidenced by a plate growth inhibition assay. We have isolated three peptides (A-C) from this immune hemolymph which probably account for most of this activity. Their primary structures were established by a combination of peptide sequencing and molecular mass determination by mass spectrometry. Peptide A, which is bactericidal against Gram-negative cells, is a 74-residue glycine-rich molecule with no sequence homology to known peptides. We propose the name coleoptericin for this novel inducible antibacterial peptide. Peptides B and C are isoforms of a 43-residue peptide which contains 6 cysteines and shows significant sequence homology to insect defensins, initially reported from dipteran insects. This peptide is active against Gram-positive bacteria. The results are discussed in connection with recent studies on inducible antibacterial peptides present in the three other major orders of the endopterygote clade of insects: the Lepidoptera, Diptera, and Hymenoptera.
Hetru Charles, Li K W, Bulet Philippe, Lagueux Marie, Hoffmann Jules A
Isolation and structural characterization of an insulin-related molecule, a predominant neuropeptide from Locusta migratoria Article de journal
Dans: Eur. J. Biochem., vol. 201, no. 2, p. 495–499, 1991, ISSN: 0014-2956.
Résumé | BibTeX | Étiquettes: Animals, Chromatography, DNA, Female, Grasshoppers, High Pressure Liquid, hoffmann, Insect Hormones, Insulin, M3i, Mass Spectrometry, Neuropeptides, Proinsulin, Protein Conformation
@article{hetru_isolation_1991,
title = {Isolation and structural characterization of an insulin-related molecule, a predominant neuropeptide from Locusta migratoria},
author = {Charles Hetru and K W Li and Philippe Bulet and Marie Lagueux and Jules A Hoffmann},
issn = {0014-2956},
year = {1991},
date = {1991-10-01},
journal = {Eur. J. Biochem.},
volume = {201},
number = {2},
pages = {495--499},
abstract = {Neurohaemal lobes of corpora cardiaca of Locusta migratoria are an established storage site for neurohormones produced by the neurosecretory cells of the brain. As previously reported [Hietter, H., Van Dorsselaer, A., Green, B., Denoroy, L., Hoffmann, J.A. & Luu, B. (1990) Eur. J. Biochem. 187, 241-247], the isolation and characterization of a novel 5-kDa peptide from these lobes served as the basis for oligonucleotide screening of cDNA libraries prepared from poly(A) RNA from neurosecretory cells of the central nervous system. From subsequent cDNA cloning studies [Lagueux, M., Lwoff, L., Meister, M., Goltzené, F. & Hoffmann, J.A. (1990) Eur. J. Biochem. 187, 249-254], the existence of a 145-residue precursor protein was deduced, which contained, in addition to the 5-kDa peptide, amino-acid sequences with homology to the A and B chains of an insulin-related peptide. In the present study we have isolated the native molecule from corpora cardiaca of Locusta and characterized, by Edman degradation and plasma-desorption mass spectrometry, the two chains as follows: A chain, Gly-Val-Phe-Asp-Glu-Cys-Cys-Arg-Lys-Ser-Cys-Ser-Ile-Ser-Glu-Leu-Gln-Thr- Tyr-Cys - Gly (Ile, isoleucine); B chain, Ser-Gly-Ala-Pro-Gln-Pro-Val-Ala-Arg-Tyr-Cys-Gly-Glu-Lys-Leu-Ser-Asn-Ala- Leu-Lys - Leu-Val-Cys-Arg-Gly-Asn-Tyr-Asn-Thr-Met-Phe. Taken in conjunction with the previous cloning studies, our data lead to a clear picture of the processing of Locusta preproinsulin. They indicate that locusta corpora cardiaca contain remarkably large amounts of one single insulin form, in contrast to multiple insulin isoforms of Bombyx mori, the only other insect species from which insulin-related peptides have been isolated and characterized [Nagasawa, H., Kataoka, H., Isogai, A., Tamura, S., Suzuki, A., Mizoguchi, A., Fujiwara, Y., Suzuki, A., Takahashi, S. & Ishizaki, H. (1986) Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 83, 5840-5843].},
keywords = {Animals, Chromatography, DNA, Female, Grasshoppers, High Pressure Liquid, hoffmann, Insect Hormones, Insulin, M3i, Mass Spectrometry, Neuropeptides, Proinsulin, Protein Conformation},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
Neurohaemal lobes of corpora cardiaca of Locusta migratoria are an established storage site for neurohormones produced by the neurosecretory cells of the brain. As previously reported [Hietter, H., Van Dorsselaer, A., Green, B., Denoroy, L., Hoffmann, J.A. & Luu, B. (1990) Eur. J. Biochem. 187, 241-247], the isolation and characterization of a novel 5-kDa peptide from these lobes served as the basis for oligonucleotide screening of cDNA libraries prepared from poly(A) RNA from neurosecretory cells of the central nervous system. From subsequent cDNA cloning studies [Lagueux, M., Lwoff, L., Meister, M., Goltzené, F. & Hoffmann, J.A. (1990) Eur. J. Biochem. 187, 249-254], the existence of a 145-residue precursor protein was deduced, which contained, in addition to the 5-kDa peptide, amino-acid sequences with homology to the A and B chains of an insulin-related peptide. In the present study we have isolated the native molecule from corpora cardiaca of Locusta and characterized, by Edman degradation and plasma-desorption mass spectrometry, the two chains as follows: A chain, Gly-Val-Phe-Asp-Glu-Cys-Cys-Arg-Lys-Ser-Cys-Ser-Ile-Ser-Glu-Leu-Gln-Thr- Tyr-Cys - Gly (Ile, isoleucine); B chain, Ser-Gly-Ala-Pro-Gln-Pro-Val-Ala-Arg-Tyr-Cys-Gly-Glu-Lys-Leu-Ser-Asn-Ala- Leu-Lys - Leu-Val-Cys-Arg-Gly-Asn-Tyr-Asn-Thr-Met-Phe. Taken in conjunction with the previous cloning studies, our data lead to a clear picture of the processing of Locusta preproinsulin. They indicate that locusta corpora cardiaca contain remarkably large amounts of one single insulin form, in contrast to multiple insulin isoforms of Bombyx mori, the only other insect species from which insulin-related peptides have been isolated and characterized [Nagasawa, H., Kataoka, H., Isogai, A., Tamura, S., Suzuki, A., Mizoguchi, A., Fujiwara, Y., Suzuki, A., Takahashi, S. & Ishizaki, H. (1986) Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 83, 5840-5843].
1987
Debono M, Barnhart M, Carrell C B, Hoffmann Jules A, Occolowitz J L, Abbott B J, Fukuda D S, Hamill R L, Biemann K, Herlihy W C
A21978C, a complex of new acidic peptide antibiotics: isolation, chemistry, and mass spectral structure elucidation Article de journal
Dans: J. Antibiot., vol. 40, no. 6, p. 761–777, 1987, ISSN: 0021-8820.
Résumé | BibTeX | Étiquettes: Acylation, Amino Acids, Anti-Bacterial Agents, Chemical Phenomena, Chemistry, Chromatography, Cyclic, Fatty Acids, Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry, High Pressure Liquid, hoffmann, Hydrolysis, M3i, Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, Mass Spectrometry, Molecular Conformation, Peptides, Spectrophotometry, Streptomyces
@article{debono_a21978c_1987,
title = {A21978C, a complex of new acidic peptide antibiotics: isolation, chemistry, and mass spectral structure elucidation},
author = {M Debono and M Barnhart and C B Carrell and Jules A Hoffmann and J L Occolowitz and B J Abbott and D S Fukuda and R L Hamill and K Biemann and W C Herlihy},
issn = {0021-8820},
year = {1987},
date = {1987-01-01},
journal = {J. Antibiot.},
volume = {40},
number = {6},
pages = {761--777},
abstract = {A21978C, produced by Streptomyces roseosporus, NRRL 11379, is a complex of new acidic lipopeptolide antibiotics which inhibits Gram-positive bacteria. HPLC separation of the various components from the purified complex resulted in the isolation of A21978C1, -C2 and -C3 (major components) and -C4, -C5, and -C0 (minor components). Each of these components was fermented with cultures of Actinoplanes utahensis (NRRL 12052) to give the identical inactive peptide ("A21978C nucleus") by removal of the fatty acid acyl groups from the N-terminus. This peptide was composed of 13 amino acids: L-kynurenine, L-threo-3-methylglutamic acid, L-asparagine, L-aspartic acid (3 residues), glycine (2 residues), L-tryptophan, L-ornithine, D-alanine, D-serine and L-threonine. The amino acid sequence was determined using a combination of the Edman degradation and gas chromatography mass spectrum (GC-MS) analysis of appropriately derivatized peptides obtained from partial hydrolysis. Each major component was shown to be acylated with a branched chain fatty acid at the N-terminus and the structure of this fatty acid was determined by 1H NMR and mass spectral methods. A structure for A21978C was assigned on the basis of this degradative and physico-chemical information.},
keywords = {Acylation, Amino Acids, Anti-Bacterial Agents, Chemical Phenomena, Chemistry, Chromatography, Cyclic, Fatty Acids, Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry, High Pressure Liquid, hoffmann, Hydrolysis, M3i, Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, Mass Spectrometry, Molecular Conformation, Peptides, Spectrophotometry, Streptomyces},
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A21978C, produced by Streptomyces roseosporus, NRRL 11379, is a complex of new acidic lipopeptolide antibiotics which inhibits Gram-positive bacteria. HPLC separation of the various components from the purified complex resulted in the isolation of A21978C1, -C2 and -C3 (major components) and -C4, -C5, and -C0 (minor components). Each of these components was fermented with cultures of Actinoplanes utahensis (NRRL 12052) to give the identical inactive peptide ("A21978C nucleus") by removal of the fatty acid acyl groups from the N-terminus. This peptide was composed of 13 amino acids: L-kynurenine, L-threo-3-methylglutamic acid, L-asparagine, L-aspartic acid (3 residues), glycine (2 residues), L-tryptophan, L-ornithine, D-alanine, D-serine and L-threonine. The amino acid sequence was determined using a combination of the Edman degradation and gas chromatography mass spectrum (GC-MS) analysis of appropriately derivatized peptides obtained from partial hydrolysis. Each major component was shown to be acylated with a branched chain fatty acid at the N-terminus and the structure of this fatty acid was determined by 1H NMR and mass spectral methods. A structure for A21978C was assigned on the basis of this degradative and physico-chemical information.
1985
Meister Marie F, Dimarcq Jean-Luc, Kappler Christine, Hetru Charles, Lagueux Marie, Lanot R, Luu B, Hoffmann Jules A
Conversion of a radiolabelled ecdysone precursor, 2,22,25-trideoxyecdysone, by embryonic and larval tissues of Locusta migratoria Article de journal
Dans: Mol. Cell. Endocrinol., vol. 41, no. 1, p. 27–44, 1985, ISSN: 0303-7207.
Résumé | BibTeX | Étiquettes: Abdomen, Animals, Cholestenones, Chromatography, Ecdysone, Epidermis, Fat Body, Grasshoppers, Head, High Pressure Liquid, hoffmann, Hydroxylation, Larva, M3i, Malpighian Tubules, Thorax
@article{meister_conversion_1985,
title = {Conversion of a radiolabelled ecdysone precursor, 2,22,25-trideoxyecdysone, by embryonic and larval tissues of Locusta migratoria},
author = {Marie F Meister and Jean-Luc Dimarcq and Christine Kappler and Charles Hetru and Marie Lagueux and R Lanot and B Luu and Jules A Hoffmann},
issn = {0303-7207},
year = {1985},
date = {1985-06-01},
journal = {Mol. Cell. Endocrinol.},
volume = {41},
number = {1},
pages = {27--44},
abstract = {A high specific activity tritiated ecdysone precursor, 2,22,25-trideoxyecdysone, was used to probe the capacity of various embryonic and larval tissues to perform the last 3 hydroxylation steps in ecdysone biosynthesis. Embryos at early stages of development, prior to the differentiation of their endocrine glands and embryonic heads, thoraces and abdomens of later stages, were found to have the capacity to hydroxylate the precursor to ecdysone. Larval epidermis and fat body are also able to transform 2,22,25-trideoxyecdysone into ecdysone; Malpighian tubules and midgut hydroxylate the precursor at C-2 but are apparently unable to hydroxylate both at C-22 and C-25. Larval prothoracic glands convert the precursor to ecdysone at a very efficient rate, which is 1-2 magnitudes higher than that of the other tissues investigated; several data argue for the existence of a privileged sequence of hydroxylations, C-25, C-22, C-2, in the larval prothoracic glands.},
keywords = {Abdomen, Animals, Cholestenones, Chromatography, Ecdysone, Epidermis, Fat Body, Grasshoppers, Head, High Pressure Liquid, hoffmann, Hydroxylation, Larva, M3i, Malpighian Tubules, Thorax},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
A high specific activity tritiated ecdysone precursor, 2,22,25-trideoxyecdysone, was used to probe the capacity of various embryonic and larval tissues to perform the last 3 hydroxylation steps in ecdysone biosynthesis. Embryos at early stages of development, prior to the differentiation of their endocrine glands and embryonic heads, thoraces and abdomens of later stages, were found to have the capacity to hydroxylate the precursor to ecdysone. Larval epidermis and fat body are also able to transform 2,22,25-trideoxyecdysone into ecdysone; Malpighian tubules and midgut hydroxylate the precursor at C-2 but are apparently unable to hydroxylate both at C-22 and C-25. Larval prothoracic glands convert the precursor to ecdysone at a very efficient rate, which is 1-2 magnitudes higher than that of the other tissues investigated; several data argue for the existence of a privileged sequence of hydroxylations, C-25, C-22, C-2, in the larval prothoracic glands.
Hetru Charles, Luu B, Hoffmann Jules A
Ecdysone conjugates: isolation and identification Article de journal
Dans: Meth. Enzymol., vol. 111, p. 411–419, 1985, ISSN: 0076-6879.
BibTeX | Étiquettes: Animals, Bombyx, Chromatography, Ecdysone, Helix (Snails), High Pressure Liquid, hoffmann, Insect Hormones, M3i, Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, Mass Spectrometry, Spectrophotometry, Structure-Activity Relationship
@article{hetru_ecdysone_1985,
title = {Ecdysone conjugates: isolation and identification},
author = {Charles Hetru and B Luu and Jules A Hoffmann},
issn = {0076-6879},
year = {1985},
date = {1985-01-01},
journal = {Meth. Enzymol.},
volume = {111},
pages = {411--419},
keywords = {Animals, Bombyx, Chromatography, Ecdysone, Helix (Snails), High Pressure Liquid, hoffmann, Insect Hormones, M3i, Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, Mass Spectrometry, Spectrophotometry, Structure-Activity Relationship},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
1982
Tsoupras G, Luu B, Hoffmann Jules A
Isolation and identification of three ecdysteroid conjugates with a C-20 hydroxy group in eggs of Locusta migratoria Article de journal
Dans: Steroids, vol. 40, no. 5, p. 551–560, 1982, ISSN: 0039-128X.
Résumé | BibTeX | Étiquettes: Animals, Chromatography, Ecdysone, Ecdysterone, Female, Grasshoppers, High Pressure Liquid, hoffmann, M3i, Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, Ovum, Phosphates, Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet
@article{tsoupras_isolation_1982,
title = {Isolation and identification of three ecdysteroid conjugates with a C-20 hydroxy group in eggs of Locusta migratoria},
author = {G Tsoupras and B Luu and Jules A Hoffmann},
issn = {0039-128X},
year = {1982},
date = {1982-11-01},
journal = {Steroids},
volume = {40},
number = {5},
pages = {551--560},
abstract = {Three ecdysteroids conjugates with a hydroxy group at C-20 were isolated from developing eggs of locusta migratoria and identified as 22-phosphate conjugates of 2-deoxy-20-hydroxy-ecdysone, 20-hydroxyecdysone and 20-hydroxyecdysone acetate.},
keywords = {Animals, Chromatography, Ecdysone, Ecdysterone, Female, Grasshoppers, High Pressure Liquid, hoffmann, M3i, Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, Ovum, Phosphates, Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
Three ecdysteroids conjugates with a hydroxy group at C-20 were isolated from developing eggs of locusta migratoria and identified as 22-phosphate conjugates of 2-deoxy-20-hydroxy-ecdysone, 20-hydroxyecdysone and 20-hydroxyecdysone acetate.
Hetru Charles, Kappler Christine, Hoffmann Jules A, Nearn R, Bang Lee, Horn D H
The biosynthetic pathway of ecdysone: studies with vitellogenic ovaries of Locusta migratoria (Orthoptera) Article de journal
Dans: Mol. Cell. Endocrinol., vol. 26, no. 1-2, p. 51–80, 1982, ISSN: 0303-7207.
Résumé | BibTeX | Étiquettes: Animals, Chromatography, Ecdysone, Female, Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry, High Pressure Liquid, hoffmann, M3i, Orthoptera, Ovary
@article{hetru_biosynthetic_1982,
title = {The biosynthetic pathway of ecdysone: studies with vitellogenic ovaries of Locusta migratoria (Orthoptera)},
author = {Charles Hetru and Christine Kappler and Jules A Hoffmann and R Nearn and Lee Bang and D H Horn},
issn = {0303-7207},
year = {1982},
date = {1982-04-01},
journal = {Mol. Cell. Endocrinol.},
volume = {26},
number = {1-2},
pages = {51--80},
abstract = {Ovaries of adult females of Locusta migratoria synthesize impressive amounts of the steroid hormone ecdysone (and related ecdysteroids) during the late phases of vitellogenesis. The present study, aimed at elucidating the sequence of the biosynthetic steps that lead from cholesterol to ecdysone, has taken benefit of this remarkable biological model by using a double approach: (1) isolation and physico-chemical identification of endogenous biogenetic intermediates; (2) metabolic study of labelled putative precursor molecules. The data presented in this paper lead us to propose the following sequence of events: conversion of cholesterol to 3 beta-hydroxy-5 beta-cholest-7-en-6-one (via several intermediates not identified in this study) followed by 14 beta-hydroxylation to 3 beta, 14 alpha-dihydroxy-5 beta-cholest-7-en-6-one; hydroxylation on the side-chain at C-25 and C-22 (in this order) to 2-deoxyecdysone; hydroxylation at C-2 to ecdysone.},
keywords = {Animals, Chromatography, Ecdysone, Female, Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry, High Pressure Liquid, hoffmann, M3i, Orthoptera, Ovary},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
Ovaries of adult females of Locusta migratoria synthesize impressive amounts of the steroid hormone ecdysone (and related ecdysteroids) during the late phases of vitellogenesis. The present study, aimed at elucidating the sequence of the biosynthetic steps that lead from cholesterol to ecdysone, has taken benefit of this remarkable biological model by using a double approach: (1) isolation and physico-chemical identification of endogenous biogenetic intermediates; (2) metabolic study of labelled putative precursor molecules. The data presented in this paper lead us to propose the following sequence of events: conversion of cholesterol to 3 beta-hydroxy-5 beta-cholest-7-en-6-one (via several intermediates not identified in this study) followed by 14 beta-hydroxylation to 3 beta, 14 alpha-dihydroxy-5 beta-cholest-7-en-6-one; hydroxylation on the side-chain at C-25 and C-22 (in this order) to 2-deoxyecdysone; hydroxylation at C-2 to ecdysone.
1981
Lagueux Marie, Harry P, Hoffmann Jules A
Ecdysteroids are bound to vitellin in newly laid eggs of Locusta Article de journal
Dans: Mol. Cell. Endocrinol., vol. 24, no. 3, p. 325–338, 1981, ISSN: 0303-7207.
Résumé | BibTeX | Étiquettes: Animals, Chromatography, Ecdysteroids, Female, Grasshoppers, High Pressure Liquid, hoffmann, Invertebrate Hormones, Lipoproteins, M3i, Molecular Weight, Ovum, Peptide Hydrolases, Radioimmunoassay, Vitellogenins
@article{lagueux_ecdysteroids_1981,
title = {Ecdysteroids are bound to vitellin in newly laid eggs of Locusta},
author = {Marie Lagueux and P Harry and Jules A Hoffmann},
issn = {0303-7207},
year = {1981},
date = {1981-12-01},
journal = {Mol. Cell. Endocrinol.},
volume = {24},
number = {3},
pages = {325--338},
abstract = {The follicle cells of vitellogenic ovaries of Locusta migratoria have been reported to synthesize impressive amounts of ecdysteroids which accumulate inside the oöcytes where they persist during egg-laying; these ecdysteroids are conjugated to more than 95%, and it is believed that their hydrolysis in the egg is the source of the peaks of free ecdysone observed in early embryonic development. The present paper shows that, in the eggs, the ecdysteroid conjugates are bound to a 520 000-dalton macromolecule which shares several characteristics with the major yolk protein vitellin and is precipitated by an anti-vitellin antibody. The physiological relevance of the binding of ovarian ecdysteroid conjugates is discussed in respect to the transfer of maternal ecdysteroids to the embryo.},
keywords = {Animals, Chromatography, Ecdysteroids, Female, Grasshoppers, High Pressure Liquid, hoffmann, Invertebrate Hormones, Lipoproteins, M3i, Molecular Weight, Ovum, Peptide Hydrolases, Radioimmunoassay, Vitellogenins},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
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The follicle cells of vitellogenic ovaries of Locusta migratoria have been reported to synthesize impressive amounts of ecdysteroids which accumulate inside the oöcytes where they persist during egg-laying; these ecdysteroids are conjugated to more than 95%, and it is believed that their hydrolysis in the egg is the source of the peaks of free ecdysone observed in early embryonic development. The present paper shows that, in the eggs, the ecdysteroid conjugates are bound to a 520 000-dalton macromolecule which shares several characteristics with the major yolk protein vitellin and is precipitated by an anti-vitellin antibody. The physiological relevance of the binding of ovarian ecdysteroid conjugates is discussed in respect to the transfer of maternal ecdysteroids to the embryo.
