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Ribosome inactivating proteins (RIPs)

A special issue of Toxins (ISSN 2072-6651).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2019) | Viewed by 6749

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PD Dr. Alexander Weng

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Institut für Pharmazie, Freie Universität Berlin

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Ribosome-inactivating proteins (RIPs) are natural products that are synthesized by plants, as well as by microorganisms. They exhibit N-glycosidase (EC 3.2.2.22) activity and remove an essential purine base from the ribosomal RNA, thus inhibiting protein synthesis. In general, RIPs exhibit high turnover frequencies and inhibit protein synthesis in the pico- and nanomolar range. Despite their high enzymatic activity, a high number of RIPs are less toxic. This is often due to the incapability of RIPs to escape from intracellular compartments into the cytosol. However, once delivered into the cytosol of eukaryotic cells RIPs induce cell death by irreversible inactivation of protein synthesis. For this reason, RIPs are used as toxin moieties for targeted anti-tumour toxins.

The range of this Special Issue is broad, and authors are encouraged to submit their manuscripts. This Special Issue will include studies dealing with the isolation and characterization of RIPs, generating RIP-based anti-tumours agents and describing technologies that enhance the cytotoxicity of RIPs and related anti-tumor toxins.

PD Dr. Alexander Weng
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • RIP
  • isolation
  • characterization
  • targeted toxins
  • technologies enhancing cytotoxicity

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Structure and Activity of a Cytosolic Ribosome-Inactivating Protein from Rice
by Jeroen De Zaeytijd, Pierre Rougé, Guy Smagghe and Els J.M. Van Damme
Toxins 2019, 11(6), 325; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/toxins11060325 - 06 Jun 2019
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Ribosome-inactivating proteins (RIPs) are cytotoxic enzymes that inhibit protein translation by depurinating ribosomal RNA. Although most plant RIPs are synthesized with leader sequences that sequester them away from the host ribosomes, several RIPs from cereals lack these signal peptides and therefore probably reside [...] Read more.
Ribosome-inactivating proteins (RIPs) are cytotoxic enzymes that inhibit protein translation by depurinating ribosomal RNA. Although most plant RIPs are synthesized with leader sequences that sequester them away from the host ribosomes, several RIPs from cereals lack these signal peptides and therefore probably reside in the cytosol near the plant ribosomes. More than 30 RIP genes have been identified in the rice (Oryza sativa spp. japonica) genome, many of them lacking a signal peptide. This paper focuses on a presumed cytosolic type-1 RIP from rice, referred to as OsRIP1. Using 3D modeling it is shown that OsRIP1 structurally resembles other cereal RIPs and has an active site that meets the requirements for activity. Furthermore, localization studies indicate that OsRIP1-eGFP fusion proteins reside in the nucleocytoplasmic space when expressed in epidermal cells of Nicotiana benthamiana or Arabidopsis thaliana suspension cells. Finally, OsRIP1 was recombinantly produced in Escherichia coli and was demonstrated to possess catalytic activity. Interestingly, this recombinant RIP inactivates wheat ribosomes far less efficiently than rabbit ribosomes in an in vitro system. These findings raise some interesting questions concerning the mode of action and physiological role of OsRIP1. This is the first time a RIP from rice is investigated at protein level and is shown to possess biological activity. Full article
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Dianthin and Its Potential in Targeted Tumor Therapies
by Hendrik Fuchs
Toxins 2019, 11(10), 592; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/toxins11100592 - 11 Oct 2019
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Dianthin enzymes belong to ribosome-inactivating proteins (RIPs) of type 1, i.e., they only consist of a catalytic domain and do not have a cell binding moiety. Dianthin-30 is very similar to saporin-S3 and saporin-S6, two RIPs often used to design targeted toxins for [...] Read more.
Dianthin enzymes belong to ribosome-inactivating proteins (RIPs) of type 1, i.e., they only consist of a catalytic domain and do not have a cell binding moiety. Dianthin-30 is very similar to saporin-S3 and saporin-S6, two RIPs often used to design targeted toxins for tumor therapy and already tested in some clinical trials. Nevertheless, dianthin enzymes also exhibit differences to saporin with regard to structure, efficacy, toxicity, immunogenicity and production by heterologous expression. Some of the distinctions might make dianthin more suitable for targeted tumor therapies than other RIPs. The present review provides an overview of the history of dianthin discovery and illuminates its structure, function and role in targeted toxins. It further discusses the option to increase the efficacy of dianthin by endosomal escape enhancers. Full article
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