Recognized sequence and conformation in design of linear peptides as a competitive inhibitor for HMG-CoA reductase

2007 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 197-203 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valeriy V. Pak ◽  
Minseon Koo ◽  
Lyubov Yun ◽  
Dae Young Kwon
2008 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 224-232 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valeriy V. Pak ◽  
Minseon Koo ◽  
Min Jung Kim ◽  
Hye Jeong Yang ◽  
Lyubov Yun ◽  
...  

2001 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 108-113 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naima Gueddari-Pouzols ◽  
Patrick Duriez ◽  
Christine Chomienne ◽  
Aurélie Trussardi ◽  
Jean Claude Jardillier

Alltransretinoic acid (ATRA) is a potent inducer of differentiation of HL-60 cell line. The pretreatment of the cells by compactin, a competitive inhibitor of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl (HMG) CoA reductase, during 24 hours, enhances the ATRA-induced cell differentiation. At 50 nM, the percentage of cell differentiation is 34.9% ± 2 and 73% ± 2.96 in the control and compactin-treated cells, respectively. The removal of compactin boosts the level of HMG-CoA reductase and therefore the biosynthesis of sterol and nonsterol isoprenoid compounds. The participation of sterol and nonsterol pathway was then investigated. The supply of an excess of cholesterol (up to 80 μg/ml of LDL) leads to a significant decrease of cell differentiation by ATRA from 78% ±0.1 to 54% ±2.8. A concomitant decrease of cell growth (51% ± 6.4) was observed. The pretreatment of cells by the geranylgeranyltransferase inhibitor (GGTI-298) has no effect on the cell differentiation process. By contrast, the farnesyltransferase inhibitors (FTI-II and FTI-277) completely abolish theATRA-induced differentiation, thus confirming the involvement of farnesylated proteins in the differentiation mechanism.


Author(s):  
Valeriy V. Pak ◽  
Dae Yong Kwon ◽  
Olim K. Khojimatov ◽  
Aleksandr V. Pak ◽  
Shomansur Sh. Sagdullaev

Biopolymers ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 84 (6) ◽  
pp. 586-594 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valeriy V. Pak ◽  
Sung Hee Kim ◽  
Minseon Koo ◽  
Nari Lee ◽  
K. M. Shakhidoyatov ◽  
...  

Hepatology ◽  
1988 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 1147-1150 ◽  
Author(s):  
William C. Duane ◽  
Donald B. Hunninghake ◽  
Martin L. Freeman ◽  
Pete A. Pooler ◽  
Linda A. Schlasner ◽  
...  

1983 ◽  
Vol 63 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
R.G. Anderson ◽  
L. Orci ◽  
M.S. Brown ◽  
L.M. Garcia-Segura ◽  
J.L. Goldstein

The crystalloid endoplasmic reticulum (ER) consists of hexagonally packed membrane tubules that contain 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase (HMG CoA reductase), an intrinsic membrane protein that catalyses the rate-limiting step in cholesterol synthesis. The crystalloid ER appears in a clone of Chinese hamster ovary cells, designated UT-1, that contain high levels of HMG CoA reductase as a result of growth in the presence of compactin, a competitive inhibitor of the reductase. In the present studies, we have used ultrastructural morphometry to estimate that the crystalloid ER: (1) occupies about 15% of the volume of UT-1 cells; (2) contains 3.4-fold more membrane area than the plasma membrane; and (3) contains less than 700 subunits of HMG CoA reductase per micrometer2 of membrane surface. The crystalloid ER tubules contain 2000 intramembrane particles per micrometer2 with a mean diameter of 10.4 nm, as determined by freeze-fracture. The crystalloid ER membranes are low in cholesterol, as indicated by the small number of filipin-cholesterol complexes in freeze-fracture images after treatment with filipin. The addition of cholesterol or related sterols to UT-1 cells promoted a rapid and stepwise disappearance of the crystalloid ER. Initially, the crystalloid ER fragmented into randomly arranged vesicles and tubules. Subsequently, membrane-bound structures disappeared from the cell so that after incubation with cholesterol for 24–72 h, the cells appeared completely normal. We found no morphological evidence that autophagic vacuoles participate in the degradation. We conclude: (1) that the crystalloid ER is more extensive than necessary merely to support HMG CoA reductase; and (2) that upon exposure to cholesterol the crystalloid ER is degraded by a process that does not involve autophagy.


Amino Acids ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 43 (5) ◽  
pp. 2015-2025 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valeriy V. Pak ◽  
Minseon Koo ◽  
Dae Young Kwon ◽  
Lyubov Yun

2008 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 202-203
Author(s):  
A RIAD ◽  
S BIEN ◽  
F ESCHER ◽  
D WESTERMANN ◽  
U LANDMESSER ◽  
...  

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