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Wong A, Bryzek D, Dobosz E, Scavenius C, Svoboda P, Rapala-Kozik M, Lesner A, Frydrych I, Enghild J, Mydel P, Pohl J, Thompson PR, Potempa J, Koziel J. A Novel Biological Role for Peptidyl-Arginine Deiminases: Citrullination of Cathelicidin LL-37 Controls the Immunostimulatory Potential of Cell-Free DNA. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2018; 200:2327-2340. [PMID: 29475987 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1701391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2017] [Accepted: 01/24/2018] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
Abstract
LL-37, the only human cathelicidin that is released during inflammation, is a potent regulator of immune responses by facilitating delivery of oligonucleotides to intracellular TLR-9, thereby enhancing the response of human plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs) to extracellular DNA. Although important for pathogen recognition, this mechanism may facilitate development of autoimmune diseases. In this article, we show that citrullination of LL-37 by peptidyl-arginine deiminases (PADs) hindered peptide-dependent DNA uptake and sensing by pDCs. In contrast, carbamylation of the peptide (homocitrullination of Lys residues) had no effect. The efficiency of LL-37 binding to oligonucleotides and activation of pDCs was found to be inversely proportional to the number of citrullinated residues in the peptide. Similarly, preincubation of carbamylated LL-37 with PAD2 abrogated the peptide's ability to bind DNA. Conversely, LL-37 with Arg residues substituted by homoarginine, which cannot be deiminated, elicited full activity of native LL-37 regardless of PAD2 treatment. Taken together, the data showed that citrullination abolished LL-37 ability to bind DNA and altered the immunomodulatory function of the peptide. Both activities were dependent on the proper distribution of guanidinium side chains in the native peptide sequence. Moreover, our data suggest that cathelicidin/LL-37 is citrullinated by PADs during NET formation, thus affecting the inflammatory potential of NETs. Together this may represent a novel mechanism for preventing the breakdown of immunotolerance, which is dependent on the response of APCs to self-molecules (including cell-free DNA); overactivation may facilitate development of autoimmunity.
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- Alicia Wong
- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University in Krakow, 30-387 Krakow, Poland
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University in Krakow, 30-387 Krakow, Poland
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University in Krakow, 30-387 Krakow, Poland
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- Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark.,Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark
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- Division of Scientific Resources, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30329
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- Department of Comparative Biochemistry and Bioanalytics, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University in Krakow, 30-387 Krakow, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdansk, 80-309 Gdansk, Poland
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- Institute of Molecular and Translational Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacky University, 77126 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark.,Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University in Krakow, 30-387 Krakow, Poland.,Broegelmann Research Laboratory, Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, 5020 Bergen, Norway
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- Division of Scientific Resources, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30329
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, UMass Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605; and
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University in Krakow, 30-387 Krakow, Poland; .,Center for Oral Health and Systemic Disease, University of Louisville School of Dentistry, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40202
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University in Krakow, 30-387 Krakow, Poland;
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Vušurović J, Schneeberger E, Breuker K. Interactions of Protonated Guanidine and Guanidine Derivatives with Multiply Deprotonated RNA Probed by Electrospray Ionization and Collisionally Activated Dissociation. ChemistryOpen 2017; 6:739-750. [PMID: 29226062 PMCID: PMC5715244 DOI: 10.1002/open.201700143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2017] [Revised: 10/06/2017] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Interactions of ribonucleic acid (RNA) with guanidine and guanidine derivatives are important features in RNA-protein and RNA-drug binding. Here we have investigated noncovalently bound complexes of an 8-nucleotide RNA and six different ligands, all of which have a guanidinium moiety, by using electrospray ionization (ESI) and collisionally activated dissociation (CAD) mass spectrometry (MS). The order of complex stability correlated almost linearly with the number of ligand atoms that can potentially be involved in hydrogen-bond or salt-bridge interactions with the RNA, but not with the proton affinity of the ligands. However, ligand dissociation of the complex ions in CAD was generally accompanied by proton transfer from ligand to RNA, which indicated conversion of salt-bridge into hydrogen-bond interactions. The relative stabilities and dissociation pathways of [RNA+m L-n H] n- complexes with different stoichiometries (m=1-5) and net charge (n= 2-5) revealed both specific and unspecific ligand binding to the RNA.
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- Jovana Vušurović
- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Center for Molecular Biosciences Innsbruck (CMBI)University of InnsbruckInnrain 80–826020InnsbruckAustria
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Center for Molecular Biosciences Innsbruck (CMBI)University of InnsbruckInnrain 80–826020InnsbruckAustria
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Center for Molecular Biosciences Innsbruck (CMBI)University of InnsbruckInnrain 80–826020InnsbruckAustria
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Cohrt AE, Nielsen TE. Solid-phase synthesis of peptide thioureas and thiazole-containing macrocycles through Ru-catalyzed ring-closing metathesis. ACS COMBINATORIAL SCIENCE 2014; 16:71-7. [PMID: 24377264 DOI: 10.1021/co400102v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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N-Terminally modified α-thiourea peptides can selectively be synthesized on solid support under mild reaction conditions using N,N'-di-Boc-thiourea and Mukaiyama's reagent (2-chloro-1-methyl-pyridinium iodide). This N-terminal modification applies to the 20 proteinogenic amino acid residues on three commonly used resins for solid-phase synthesis. Complementary methods for the synthesis of α-guanidino peptides have also been developed. The thiourea products underwent quantitative reactions with α-halo ketones to form thiazoles in excellent purities and yields. When strategically installed between two alkene moieties, said thiazole core was conveniently embedded in peptide macrocycles via Ru-catalyzed ring-closing metathesis reactions. Various 15-17 membered macrocycles were easily accessible in all diastereomeric forms using this methodology. The developed "build/couple/pair" strategy is well suited for the generation of larger and stereochemically complete screening libraries of thiazole-containing peptide macrocycles.
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- A. Emil Cohrt
- Department
of Chemistry, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Kongens
Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department
of Chemistry, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Kongens
Lyngby, Denmark
- Singapore
Centre on Environmental Life Sciences Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637551
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Alegre-Requena JV, Marqués-López E, Herrera RP. Guanidine Motif in Biologically Active Peptides. Aust J Chem 2014. [DOI: 10.1071/ch14043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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In the past decade, guanidines have attracted attention as valuable hydrogen bond-based catalysts while they have long been considered as organic superbases with a broad scope of synthetic applicability. Their easy modification has also expanded their capacity to form complexes with a wide range of metal salts as effective metal scavengers. All these attractive aspects have promoted a huge growth in the field of organic synthesis involving guanidines and examples of such reactions have been collected in numerous reviews and some books. Moreover, this structural motif is also present in a large number of natural products and biologically active compounds that exhibit appealing properties and play important roles in medicinal chemistry. In this highlight, we will only cover the synthesis and properties of biologically active guanidine-containing peptides reported in the past 3 years.
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Pandey AK, Naduthambi D, Thomas KM, Zondlo NJ. Proline editing: a general and practical approach to the synthesis of functionally and structurally diverse peptides. Analysis of steric versus stereoelectronic effects of 4-substituted prolines on conformation within peptides. J Am Chem Soc 2013; 135:4333-63. [PMID: 23402492 PMCID: PMC4209921 DOI: 10.1021/ja3109664] [Citation(s) in RCA: 137] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Functionalized proline residues have diverse applications. Herein we describe a practical approach, proline editing, for the synthesis of peptides with stereospecifically modified proline residues. Peptides are synthesized by standard solid-phase peptide synthesis to incorporate Fmoc-hydroxyproline (4R-Hyp). In an automated manner, the Hyp hydroxyl is protected and the remainder of the peptide synthesized. After peptide synthesis, the Hyp protecting group is orthogonally removed and Hyp selectively modified to generate substituted proline amino acids, with the peptide main chain functioning to "protect" the proline amino and carboxyl groups. In a model tetrapeptide (Ac-TYPN-NH2), 4R-Hyp was stereospecifically converted to 122 different 4-substituted prolyl amino acids, with 4R or 4S stereochemistry, via Mitsunobu, oxidation, reduction, acylation, and substitution reactions. 4-Substituted prolines synthesized via proline editing include incorporated structured amino acid mimetics (Cys, Asp/Glu, Phe, Lys, Arg, pSer/pThr), recognition motifs (biotin, RGD), electron-withdrawing groups to induce stereoelectronic effects (fluoro, nitrobenzoate), handles for heteronuclear NMR ((19)F:fluoro; pentafluorophenyl or perfluoro-tert-butyl ether; 4,4-difluoro; (77)SePh) and other spectroscopies (fluorescence, IR: cyanophenyl ether), leaving groups (sulfonate, halide, NHS, bromoacetate), and other reactive handles (amine, thiol, thioester, ketone, hydroxylamine, maleimide, acrylate, azide, alkene, alkyne, aryl halide, tetrazine, 1,2-aminothiol). Proline editing provides access to these proline derivatives with no solution-phase synthesis. All peptides were analyzed by NMR to identify stereoelectronic and steric effects on conformation. Proline derivatives were synthesized to permit bioorthogonal conjugation reactions, including azide-alkyne, tetrazine-trans-cyclooctene, oxime, reductive amination, native chemical ligation, Suzuki, Sonogashira, cross-metathesis, and Diels-Alder reactions. These proline derivatives allowed three parallel bioorthogonal reactions to be conducted in one solution.
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- Anil K. Pandey
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware, Newark DE 19716
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware, Newark DE 19716
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware, Newark DE 19716
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware, Newark DE 19716
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