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In vivo and in vitro expression of the plasminogen activators and urokinase type plasminogen activator receptor (u-PAR) in the pig oviduct. Anim Reprod Sci 2012; 136:90-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2012.09.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2011] [Revised: 09/17/2012] [Accepted: 09/19/2012] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Clark GF, Grassi P, Pang PC, Panico M, Lafrenz D, Drobnis EZ, Baldwin MR, Morris HR, Haslam SM, Schedin-Weiss S, Sun W, Dell A. Tumor biomarker glycoproteins in the seminal plasma of healthy human males are endogenous ligands for DC-SIGN. Mol Cell Proteomics 2012; 11:M111.008730. [PMID: 21986992 PMCID: PMC3270097 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m111.008730] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2011] [Revised: 09/06/2011] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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DC-SIGN is an immune C-type lectin that is expressed on both immature and mature dendritic cells associated with peripheral and lymphoid tissues in humans. It is a pattern recognition receptor that binds to several pathogens including HIV-1, Ebola virus, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Candida albicans, Helicobacter pylori, and Schistosoma mansoni. Evidence is now mounting that DC-SIGN also recognizes endogenous glycoproteins, and that such interactions play a major role in maintaining immune homeostasis in humans and mice. Autoantigens (neoantigens) are produced for the first time in the human testes and other organs of the male urogenital tract under androgenic stimulus during puberty. Such antigens trigger autoimmune orchitis if the immune response is not tightly regulated within this system. Endogenous ligands for DC-SIGN could play a role in modulating such responses. Human seminal plasma glycoproteins express a high level of terminal Lewis(x) and Lewis(y) carbohydrate antigens. These epitopes react specifically with the lectin domains of DC-SIGN. However, because the expression of these sequences is necessary but not sufficient for interaction with DC-SIGN, this study was undertaken to determine if any seminal plasma glycoproteins are also endogenous ligands for DC-SIGN. Glycoproteins bearing terminal Lewis(x) and Lewis(y) sequences were initially isolated by lectin affinity chromatography. Protein sequencing established that three tumor biomarker glycoproteins (clusterin, galectin-3 binding glycoprotein, prostatic acid phosphatase) and protein C inhibitor were purified by using this affinity method. The binding of DC-SIGN to these seminal plasma glycoproteins was demonstrated in both Western blot and immunoprecipitation studies. These findings have confirmed that human seminal plasma contains endogenous glycoprotein ligands for DC-SIGN that could play a role in maintaining immune homeostasis both in the male urogenital tract and the vagina after coitus.
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- Gary F. Clark
- From the ‡Division of Reproductive and Perinatal Research, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women's Health, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211
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- §Division of Molecular Biosciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Imperial College London, SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- §Division of Molecular Biosciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Imperial College London, SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- §Division of Molecular Biosciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Imperial College London, SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- From the ‡Division of Reproductive and Perinatal Research, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women's Health, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211
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- ¶Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women's Health, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211
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- ‖Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211
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- §Division of Molecular Biosciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Imperial College London, SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- §Division of Molecular Biosciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Imperial College London, SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- **Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- **Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- §Division of Molecular Biosciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Imperial College London, SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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Sun W, Parry S, Ubhayasekera W, Engström A, Dell A, Schedin-Weiss S. Further insight into the roles of the glycans attached to human blood protein C inhibitor. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2010; 403:198-202. [PMID: 21056543 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2010.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2010] [Accepted: 11/01/2010] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Protein C inhibitor (PCI) is a 57-kDa glycoprotein that exists in many tissues and secretions in human. As a member of the serpin superfamily of proteins it displays unusually broad protease specificity. PCI is implicated in the regulation of a wide range of processes, including blood coagulation, fertilization, prevention of tumors and pathogen defence. It has been reported that PCI isolated from human blood plasma is highly heterogeneous, and that this heterogeneity is caused by differences in N-glycan structures, N-glycosylation occupancy, and the presence of two forms that differ by the presence or absence of 6 amino acids at the amino-terminus. In this study we have verified that such heterogeneity exists in PCI purified from single individuals, and that individuals of two different ethnicities possess a similar PCI pattern, verifying that the micro-heterogeneity is conserved among humans. Furthermore, we have provided experimental evidence that PCI in both individuals is O-glycosylated on Thr20 with a core type 1 O-glycan, which is mostly NeuAcGalGalNAc. Modeling suggested that the O-glycan attachment site is located in proximity to several ligand-binding sites of the inhibitor.
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- Wei Sun
- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, Box 582, Uppsala SE-751 23, Sweden
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Cesari A, Monclus MDLA, Tejón GP, Clementi M, Fornes MW. Regulated serine proteinase lytic system on mammalian sperm surface: There must be a role. Theriogenology 2010; 74:699-711.e1-5. [DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2010.03.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2009] [Revised: 03/25/2010] [Accepted: 03/27/2010] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Van Walderveen MC, Berry LR, Chan AKC. Effect of covalent antithrombin-heparin on activated protein C inactivation by protein C inhibitor. J Biochem 2010; 148:255-60. [DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvq060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Sun W, Eriksson AS, Schedin-Weiss S. Heparin Enhances the Inhibition of Factor Xa by Protein C Inhibitor in the Presence but Not in the Absence of Ca2+. Biochemistry 2009; 48:1094-8. [DOI: 10.1021/bi802138m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Wei Sun
- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, Box 582, SE-751 23 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, Box 582, SE-751 23 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, Box 582, SE-751 23 Uppsala, Sweden
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Li W, Huntington JA. The Heparin Binding Site of Protein C Inhibitor Is Protease-dependent. J Biol Chem 2008; 283:36039-45. [DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m805974200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Wong JH, Dukes J, Levy RE, Sos B, Mason SE, Fong TS, Weiss EJ. Sex differences in thrombosis in mice are mediated by sex-specific growth hormone secretion patterns. J Clin Invest 2008; 118:2969-78. [PMID: 18618017 DOI: 10.1172/jci34957] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2008] [Accepted: 05/27/2008] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Sex differences in thrombosis are well described, but their underlying mechanism(s) are not completely understood. Coagulation proteins are synthesized in the liver, and liver gene expression is sex specific and depends on sex differences in growth hormone (GH) secretion--males secrete GH in a pulsatile fashion, while females secrete GH continuously. Accordingly, we tested the hypothesis that sex-specific GH secretion patterns cause sex differences in thrombosis. Male mice were more susceptible to thrombosis than females in the thromboplastin-induced pulmonary embolism model and showed shorter clotting times ex vivo. GH-deficient little (lit) mice were protected from thrombosis, and pulsatile GH given to lit mice restored the male clotting phenotype. Moreover, pulsatile GH administration resulted in a male clotting phenotype in control female mice, while continuous GH caused a female clotting phenotype in control male mice. Expression of the coagulation inhibitors Proc, Serpinc1, Serpind1, and Serpina5 were strongly modulated by sex-specific GH patterns, and GH modulated resistance to activated protein C. These results reveal what we believe to be a novel mechanism whereby sex-specific GH patterns mediate sex differences in thrombosis through coordinated changes in the expression of coagulation inhibitor genes in the liver.
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- Joshua H Wong
- Cardiovascular Research Institute, Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, UCSF, San Francisco, California 94143-0124, USA
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Sun W, Parry S, Panico M, Morris HR, Kjellberg M, Engström A, Dell A, Schedin-Weiss S. N-glycans and the N terminus of protein C inhibitor affect the cofactor-enhanced rates of thrombin inhibition. J Biol Chem 2008; 283:18601-11. [PMID: 18467335 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m800608200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Protein C inhibitor (PCI) is a serine protease inhibitor, displaying broad protease specificity, found in blood and other tissues. In blood, it is capable of inhibiting both procoagulant and anticoagulant proteases. Mechanisms that provide specificity to PCI remain largely unrevealed. In this study we have for the first time provided a full explanation for the marked size heterogeneity of blood-derived PCI and identified functional differences between naturally occurring PCI variants. The heterogeneity was caused by differences in N-glycan structures, N-glycosylation occupancy, and the presence of a Delta6-N-cleaved form. Bi-, tri-, and tetra-antennary complex N-glycans were identified. Fucose residues were identified both on the core GlcNAc and as parts of sialyl-Le(a/x) epitopes. Moreover, a glycan with a composition that implied a di-sialyl antenna was observed. PCI was N-glycosylated at all three potential N-glycosylation sites, Asn-230, Asn-243, and Asn-319, but a small fraction of PCI lacked the N-glycan at Asn-243. The overall removal of N-glycans affected the maximal heparin- and thrombomodulin-enhanced rates of thrombin inhibition differently in different solution conditions. In contrast, the Delta6-N-region increased both the heparin- and the thrombomodulin-enhanced rates of thrombin inhibition at all conditions examined. These results thus demonstrate that the N-linked glycans and the N-terminal region of blood-derived PCI in different ways affect the cofactor-enhanced rates of thrombin inhibition and provide information on the mechanisms by which this may be achieved. The findings are medically important, in view of the documented association of PCI with atherosclerotic plaques and the promising effect of PCI on reducing hypercoagulability states.
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- Wei Sun
- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, Box 582, Uppsala SE-751 23, Sweden
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Li W, Adams TE, Kjellberg M, Stenflo J, Huntington JA. Structure of native protein C inhibitor provides insight into its multiple functions. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:13759-68. [PMID: 17337440 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m701074200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Protein C inhibitor (PCI) is a multifunctional serpin with wide ranging protease inhibitory functions, unique cofactor binding activities, and potential non-inhibitory functions akin to the hormone-transporting serpins. To gain insight into the molecular mechanisms utilized by PCI we developed a robust expression system in Escherichia coli and solved the crystal structure of PCI in its native state. The five monomers obtained from our two crystal forms provide an NMR-like ensemble revealing regions of inherent flexibility. The reactive center loop (RCL) of PCI is long and highly flexible with no evidence of hinge region incorporation into beta-sheet A, as seen for other heparin-binding serpins. We adapted an extrinsic fluorescence method for determining dissociation constants for heparin and find that the N-terminal tail of PCI and residues adjacent to helix H are not involved in heparin binding. The minimal heparin length capable of tight binding to PCI was determined to be chains of eight monosaccharide units. A large hydrophobic pocket occupied by hydrophobic crystal contacts was found in an analogous position to the hormone-binding site in thyroxine-binding globulin. In conclusion, the data presented here provide important insights into the mechanisms by which PCI exercises its multiple inhibitory and non-inhibitory functions.
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- Wei Li
- Department of Haematology, Division of Structural Medicine, Thrombosis Research Unit, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge, Wellcome Trust/MRC Building, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2XY, United Kingdom
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Beaulieu LM, Church FC. Is protein C inhibitor antithrombotic and protective in pulmonary hypertension? J Thromb Haemost 2006; 4:2327-30. [PMID: 16981887 PMCID: PMC4070371 DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2006.02214.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- L M Beaulieu
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Carolina Cardiovascular Biology Center, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7035, USA
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A novel ELISA for mouse activated protein C in plasma. J Immunol Methods 2006; 314:174-81. [PMID: 16828789 DOI: 10.1016/j.jim.2006.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2006] [Revised: 05/11/2006] [Accepted: 05/16/2006] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The Protein C pathway plays a crucial role in the regulation of thrombosis and inflammation. One of the tools that researchers presently use to elucidate mechanisms of action of activated protein C (APC) is the use of transgenic or gene deletion murine models. To correlate observations in these murine models with the APC levels, there is a need for a sensitive and specific assay for circulating murine APC in plasma. We developed an immunological assay to measure the physiological and pharmacologic levels of circulating murine APC. The sandwich ELISA uses an anti-murine anti-protein C antibody capture antibody and human protein C inhibitor (PCI) as a detection reagent, taking advantage of the facts that the mouse lacks plasma PCI and that human PCI forms a 1/1 stable complex with mouse APC. The amount of complex APC:PCI is detected with an anti-human PCI monoclonal antibody. The assay shows improved sensitivity versus enzyme immunocapture assays commonly used to detect human APC and considerably reduces the processing time.
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Réhault SM, Zechmeister-Machhart M, Fortenberry YM, Malleier J, Binz NM, Cooper ST, Geiger M, Church FC. Characterization of recombinant human protein C inhibitor expressed in Escherichia coli. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2005; 1748:57-65. [PMID: 15752693 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2004.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2004] [Revised: 12/10/2004] [Accepted: 12/15/2004] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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The serine protease inhibitor (serpin) protein C inhibitor (PCI; also named plasminogen activator inhibitor-3) regulates serine proteases in hemostasis, fibrinolysis, and reproduction. The biochemical activity of PCI is not fully defined partly due to the lack of a convenient expression system for active rPCI. Using pET-15b plasmid, Ni(2+)-chelate and heparin-Sepharose affinity chromatography steps, we describe here the expression, purification and characterization of wild-type recombinant (wt-rPCI) and two inactive mutants, R354A (P1 residue) and T341R (P14 residue), expressed in Escherichia coli. Wild-type rPCI, but not the two mutants, formed a stable bimolecular complex with thrombin, activated protein C and urokinase. In the absence of heparin, wt-rPCI-thrombin, -activated protein C, and -urokinase inhibition rates were 56.7, 3.4, and 2.3 x 10(4) M(-1) min(-1), respectively, and the inhibition rates were accelerated 25-, 71-, and 265-fold in the presence of 10 mug/mL heparin for each respective inhibition reaction. The stoichiometry of inhibition (SI) for wt-rPCI-thrombin was 2.0, which is comparable to plasma-derived PCI. The present report describes for the first time the expression and characterization of recombinant PCI in a bacterial expression system and demonstrates the feasibility of using this system to obtain adequate amounts of biologically active rPCI for future structure-function studies.
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- Sophie M Réhault
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Carolina Cardiovascular Biology Center, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7035, USA
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Cucnik S, Krizaj I, Rozman B, Kveder T, Bozic B. Concomitant isolation of protein C inhibitor and unnicked beta2-glycoprotein I. Clin Chem Lab Med 2004; 42:171-4. [PMID: 15061356 DOI: 10.1515/cclm.2004.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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beta2-Glycoprotein I (beta2GPI) is the major target molecule for so-called anticardiolipin antibodies. We evaluated the isolation procedure of beta2GPI from human plasma with special emphasis on the time of precipitation, composition of different isolated fractions and their antigenic properties. The isolation was initiated by perchloric acid precipitation for either 3, 18 or 50 min, followed by heparin affinity and cationic exchange chromatography. The properties of isolated proteins were tested by rocket electrophoresis, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, immunoblotting and N-terminal sequencing. Each isolation procedure, regardless of the perchloric acid precipitation duration, resulted in three distinct protein peaks, differing in protein composition qualitatively. Comparing sequential peaks between the isolations of different precipitation times, we found that all the three first peaks (set of peaks No. 1), all the three second peaks (set No. 2) as well as the three third peaks (set No. 3) consisted of identical proteins but in different quantities. Set No. 1 was composed of immunoglobulins and a lesser amount of beta2GPI. In set No. 2 only unnicked beta2GPI was detected. Protein C inhibitor was found in addition to smaller amounts of unnicked betaGPI in set No. 3. Oxidation or degradation of beta2GPI during the isolation procedure did not result in a mixture of different forms of beta2GPI but rather in a lower yield of wild-type beta2GPI. The co-existence of beta2GPI and protein C inhibitor in the isolated fractions may suggest their protein-protein interactions in vivo.
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- Sasa Cucnik
- Department of Rheumatology, University Medical Centre, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Huntington JA, Kjellberg M, Stenflo J. Crystal structure of protein C inhibitor provides insights into hormone binding and heparin activation. Structure 2003; 11:205-15. [PMID: 12575940 DOI: 10.1016/s0969-2126(02)00944-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Protein C inhibitor (PCI) is a member of the serpin family that has many biological functions. In blood it acts as a procoagulant, and, in the seminal vesicles, it is required for spermatogenesis. The activity of PCI is affected by heparin binding in a manner unique among the heparin binding serpins, and, in addition, PCI binds hydrophobic hormones with apparent specificity for retinoids. Here we present the 2.4 A crystallographic structure of reactive center loop (RCL) cleaved PCI. A striking feature of the structure is a two-turn N-terminal shortening of helix A, which creates a large hydrophobic pocket that docking studies indicate to be the retinoid binding site. On the basis of surface electrostatic properties, a novel mechanism for heparin activation is proposed.
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- James A Huntington
- Department of Haematology, Division of Structural Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, Wellcome Trust/MRC Building, Hills Road, CB2 2XY, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
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Cho SH, Anderson AJ, Oh CK. Importance of mast cells in the pathophysiology of asthma. Clin Rev Allergy Immunol 2002; 22:161-74. [PMID: 11975421 DOI: 10.1385/criai:22:2:161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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- Seong H Cho
- Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, School of Medicine, Bldg. N25, 1000 W. Carson St., University of California, Los Angeles, Torrance, CA 90509, USA
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Jerabek I, Zechmeister-Machhart M, Binder BR, Geiger M. Binding of retinoic acid by the inhibitory serpin protein C inhibitor. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 2001; 268:5989-96. [PMID: 11722589 DOI: 10.1046/j.0014-2956.2001.02560.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The serpin superfamily includes inhibitors of serine proteases and noninhibitory members with other functions (e.g. the hormone precursor angiotensinogen and the hormone carriers corticosteroid-binding globulin and thyroxine-binding globulin). It is not known whether inhibitory serpins have additional, noninhibitory functions. We studied binding of (3)H-labeled hydrophobic hormones (estradiol, progesterone, testosterone, cortisol, aldosterone, and all-trans-retinoic acid) to the inhibitory serpins antithrombin III, heparin cofactor II, plasminogen activator inhibitor-1, and protein C inhibitor (PCI). All-trans-[(3)H]retinoic acid bound in a specific dose-dependent and time-dependent way to PCI (apparent K(d) = 2.43 microm, 0.8 binding sites per molecule of PCI). We did not observe binding of other hormones to serpins. Intact and protease-cleaved PCI bound retinoic acid equally well, and retinoic acid did not influence inhibition of tissue kallikrein by PCI. Gel filtration confirmed binding of retinoic acid to PCI in purified systems and suggested that PCI may also function as a retinoic acid-binding protein in seminal plasma. Therefore, our present data, together with the fact that PCI is abundantly expressed in tissues requiring retinoic acid for differentiation processes (e.g. the male reproductive tract, epithelia in various organs), suggest an additional biological role for PCI as a retinoic acid-binding and/or delivering serpin.
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- I Jerabek
- Department of Vascular Biology and Thrombosis Research, University of Vienna, Austria
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Cho SH, Tam SW, Demissie-Sanders S, Filler SA, Oh CK. Production of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 by human mast cells and its possible role in asthma. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2000; 165:3154-61. [PMID: 10975829 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.165.6.3154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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The plasminogen activator inhibitor type 1 (PAI-1) has an essential role in tissue remodeling. The PAI-1 gene was induced by a combination of phorbol ester and calcium ionophore at the highest level among the inducible human mast cell genes that we have analyzed on a DNA microarray. PAI-1 was secreted by both a human mast cell line (HMC)-1 and primary cultured human mast cells upon stimulation, whereas PAI-1 was undetectable in either group of unstimulated cells. The secretion of PAI-1 was due to de novo synthesis of PAI-1 rather than secretion of preformed PAI-1. The functional significance of PAI-1 secretion was demonstrated by complete inhibition of tissue-type plasminogen activator activity with supernatants of stimulated HMC-1 cells. Furthermore, we were able to regulate PAI-1 gene expression in HMC-1 cells by known therapeutic agents. High-dose (1 microM) dexamethasone induced PAI-1 mRNA expression. Cyclosporin down-regulated the expression of the PAI-1 gene. Cycloheximide abrogated PAI-1 mRNA expression, suggesting that transcription of the PAI-1 gene requires de novo synthesis of early gene products, including transcription factors. Finally, we demonstrated PAI-1 in lung mast cells from a patient with asthmatic attack by double-immunofluorescence study. This is the first report demonstrating that activated human mast cells release a striking amount of functionally active PAI-1. These results suggest that PAI-1 could play an important role in airway remodeling of asthma, and inhibition of PAI-1 activity could represent a novel therapeutic approach in the management of airway remodeling.
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- S H Cho
- Department of Pediatrics, and Division of Infectious Diseases, Torrance, CA 90509, USA
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Shu H, Wramsby M, Bokarewa M, Blombäck M, Bremme K. Decrease in protein C inhibitor activity and acquired APC resistance during normal pregnancy. J Thromb Thrombolysis 2000; 9:277-81. [PMID: 10728028 DOI: 10.1023/a:1018726930407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND Since protein C inhibitor (PCI) inhibits activated protein C (APC) and a number of proteases, one would expect lower concentrations of PCI in a hypercoagulable state due to increased consumption of the inhibitor. Normal pregnancy is associated with a state of activated hemostasis, where response to APC is depressed. We aimed to study whether PCI function varies during normal pregnancy, and assess the relationship between this inhibitor and acquired APC resistance. METHODS PCI activity in plasma was tested during pregnancy and postpartum in 28 healthy pregnant women without factor V Leiden Arg(506) - Gln mutation and in 14 non-pregnant female controls. The PCI levels determined in the present study was compared to the APC ratio (APC-r), we investigated previously, in the same samples. RESULTS The levels of PCI in the pregnant group, as compared to that in the control group (4.74 +/- 0.48), gradually decreased from the first to the third trimester, i.e., 3.30 +/- 1.31 microg/mL in week 12 (p < 0.001), 2.66 +/- 1.44 microg/mL in week 20 (p < 0.001), 1.92 +/- 1.18 microg/mL in week 28 (p < 0.001), 1.30 +/- 0.94 microg/mL in week 32 (p < 0.001) and 1.49 +/- 1.12 microg/mL in week 37 (p < 0.001). After delivery, they rose to 5.02 +/- 1.93 microg/mL, similar to that in the controls (p > 0.05). The values of APC-r showed the same tendency during gestation and postpartum. CONCLUSION With advance of normal pregnancy, decreasing PCI function corresponds to increasing APC resistance, probably due to that activated hemostasis acts as a link connecting the two variables.
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- H Shu
- Department of Laboratory Medicine/Coagulation Research, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Krebs M, Uhrin P, Vales A, Prendes-Garcia MJ, Wojta J, Geiger M, Binder BR. Protein C inhibitor is expressed in keratinocytes of human skin. J Invest Dermatol 1999; 113:32-7. [PMID: 10417615 DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1747.1999.00644.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
Abstract
Protein C inhibitor is a member of the serpin family that inhibits a variety of serine proteases. Protein C inhibitor is present in numerous body fluids and is produced in the liver and by various epithelial cells. To determine if this epithelial serpin is present in skin, immunohistochemical studies were performed that showed strong staining for protein C inhibitor antigen in the epidermis. Protein C inhibitor mRNA was detected in the keratinocyte cell line HaCaT and the epidermoid carcinoma cell line A431 using reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction suggesting that also in normal skin protein C inhibitor is derived from keratinocytes. Conditioned media from these cell lines were analyzed on immunoblots, which revealed a protein C inhibitor-antigen band that comigrated with protein C inhibitor derived from the hepatoma cell line HepG2. Using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay specific for total protein C inhibitor antigen the accumulation of protein C inhibitor in the cell culture supernatants of HaCaT keratinocytes was found to be 0.3 ng per h per 1 million cells. This is similar to the amount of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 produced by these cells, which also produce tissue plasminogen activator and urokinase. Fluorescence-activated cell sorter analysis revealed similar expression of intracellular protein C inhibitor antigen in proliferating and confluent HaCaT cells. These findings demonstrate that protein C inhibitor antigen is present in the normal epidermis and that protein C inhibitor is constitutively expressed by keratinocytes in culture. Therefore, protein C inhibitor may provide protease inhibitory activity not only to internal, but also to the external surface of the body. Additionally, protein C inhibitor could contribute to the regulation of retinoid supply in the epidermis, as we have shown recently that retinoic acid binds specifically to protein C inhibitor.
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- M Krebs
- Department of Vascular Biology and Thrombosis Research, University of Vienna, Austria
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Ecke S, Geiger M, Binder BR. Heparin binding of protein-C inhibitor--analysis of the effect of heparin on the interaction of protein-C inhibitor with tissue kallikrein. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1997; 248:475-80. [PMID: 9346305 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1997.00475.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The non-specific serine-protease inhibitor protein-C inhibitor (PCI) inactivates its target enzymes by forming stable 1:1 complexes. Heparin stimulates most PCI/protease reactions, but interferes with the inhibition of tissue kallikrein by PCI by a hitherto unknown mechanism. In this study we analyzed the inhibitory effect of heparin on the tissue-kallikrein-PCI interaction. Free PCI and tissue-kallikrein x PCI complexes but not free tissue kallikrein bound to heparin-Sepharose, implying that the inhibitory effect of heparin cannot be caused by a tissue-kallikrein-heparin interaction. Heparin did not dissociate tissue-kallikrein x PCI complexes, making it unlikely that in the presence of heparin PCI becomes a substrate for, rather than an inhibitor of, tissue kallikrein. However, heparin-bound PCI, which was able to form complexes with 125I-urokinase, did not form complexes with 125I-tissue-kallikrein. This suggests that the inhibitory effect of heparin is either based on the neutralization of positive charges in the PCI molecule, which might be required for the interaction of PCI with the acidic protease tissue kallikrein, or on a change in reactivity of PCI upon heparin binding, making heparin-bound PCI no longer a tissue-kallikrein inhibitor. Neutralization of basic amino acids in the PCI molecule by glutamic acid, which prevented in a dose-dependent way the inhibitory effect of heparin, did not have any effect on the tissue-kallikrein-PCI interaction. Therefore, direct involvement of basic amino acid residues present in the heparin-binding site of PCI in the tissue-kallikrein-PCI interaction can be excluded. Heparin binding might rather cause a change in reactivity of PCI (e.g. by inducing a conformational change or by steric interference), thereby preventing its interaction with tissue kallikrein.
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- S Ecke
- Department of Vascular Biology and Thrombosis Research, University of Vienna, Austria
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