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Kaffashi K, Dréau D, Nesmelova IV. Heterodimers Are an Integral Component of Chemokine Signaling Repertoire. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:11639. [PMID: 37511398 PMCID: PMC10380872 DOI: 10.3390/ijms241411639] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2023] [Revised: 07/10/2023] [Accepted: 07/11/2023] [Indexed: 07/30/2023] Open
Abstract
Chemokines are a family of signaling proteins that play a crucial role in cell-cell communication, cell migration, and cell trafficking, particularly leukocytes, under both normal and pathological conditions. The oligomerization state of chemokines influences their biological activity. The heterooligomerization occurs when multiple chemokines spatially and temporally co-localize, and it can significantly affect cellular responses. Recently, obligate heterodimers have emerged as tools to investigate the activities and molecular mechanisms of chemokine heterodimers, providing valuable insights into their functional roles. This review focuses on the latest progress in understanding the roles of chemokine heterodimers and their contribution to the functioning of the chemokine network.
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Affiliation(s)
- Kimia Kaffashi
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC 28223, USA
- Department of Physics and Optical Sciences, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC 28223, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC 28223, USA
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- Department of Physics and Optical Sciences, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC 28223, USA
- School of Data Science, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC 28223, USA
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Li JY, Chen YC, Lee YZ, Huang CH, Sue SC. N-terminal Backbone Pairing Shifts in CCL5- 12AAA 14 Dimer Interface: Structural Significance of the FAY Sequence. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21051689. [PMID: 32121575 PMCID: PMC7084690 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21051689] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2020] [Revised: 02/24/2020] [Accepted: 02/26/2020] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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CC-type chemokine ligand 5 (CCL5) has been known to regulate immune responses by mediating the chemotaxis of leukocytes. Depending on the environment, CCL5 forms different orders of oligomers to interact with targets and create functional diversity. A recent CCL5 trimer structure revealed that the N-terminal conversed F12-A13-Y14 (12FAY14) sequence is involved in CCL5 aggregation. The CCL5-12AAA14 mutant with two mutations had a deficiency in the formation of high-order oligomers. In the study, we clarify the respective roles of F12 and Y14 through NMR analysis and structural determination of the CCL5-12AAA14 mutant where F12 is involved in the dimer assembly and Y14 is involved in aggregation. The CCL5-12AAA14 structure contains a unique dimer packing. The backbone pairing shifts for one-residue in the N-terminal interface, when compared to the native CCL5 dimer. This difference creates a new structural orientation and leads to the conclusion that F12 confines the native CCL5 dimer configuration. Without F12 anchoring in the position, the interfacial backbone pairing is permitted to slide. Structural plasticity occurs in the N-terminal interaction. This is the first case to report this structural rearrangement through mutagenesis. The study provides a new idea for chemokine engineering and complements the understanding of CCL5 oligomerization and the role of the 12FAY14 sequence.
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- Jin-Ye Li
- Institute of Bioinformatics and Structural Biology, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan; (J.-Y.L.); (Y.-C.C.); (Y.-Z.L.)
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- Institute of Bioinformatics and Structural Biology, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan; (J.-Y.L.); (Y.-C.C.); (Y.-Z.L.)
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- Institute of Bioinformatics and Structural Biology, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan; (J.-Y.L.); (Y.-C.C.); (Y.-Z.L.)
- Instrument Center, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan
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- Protein Diffraction Group, Experimental Facility Division, National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Hsinchu 30076, Taiwan;
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- Institute of Bioinformatics and Structural Biology, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan; (J.-Y.L.); (Y.-C.C.); (Y.-Z.L.)
- Department of Life Science, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +886-3-5742025; Fax: +886-3-5715934
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Rajarathnam K, Schnoor M, Richardson RM, Rajagopal S. How do chemokines navigate neutrophils to the target site: Dissecting the structural mechanisms and signaling pathways. Cell Signal 2019; 54:69-80. [PMID: 30465827 PMCID: PMC6664297 DOI: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2018.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 142] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2018] [Revised: 11/07/2018] [Accepted: 11/08/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Chemokines play crucial roles in combating microbial infection and initiating tissue repair by recruiting neutrophils in a timely and coordinated manner. In humans, no less than seven chemokines (CXCL1, CXCL2, CXCL3, CXCL5, CXCL6, CXCL7, and CXCL8) and two receptors (CXCR1 and CXCR2) mediate neutrophil functions but in a context dependent manner. Neutrophil-activating chemokines reversibly exist as monomers and dimers, and their receptor binding triggers conformational changes that are coupled to G-protein and β-arrestin signaling pathways. G-protein signaling activates a variety of effectors including Ca2+ channels and phospholipase C. β-arrestin serves as a multifunctional adaptor and is coupled to several signaling hubs including MAP kinase and tyrosine kinase pathways. Both G-protein and β-arrestin signaling pathways play important non-overlapping roles in neutrophil trafficking and activation. Functional studies have established many similarities but distinct differences for a given chemokine and between chemokines at the level of monomer vs. dimer, CXCR1 vs. CXCR2 activation, and G-protein vs. β-arrestin pathways. We propose that two forms of the ligand binding two receptors and activating two signaling pathways enables fine-tuned neutrophil function compared to a single form, a single receptor, or a single pathway. We summarize the current knowledge on the molecular mechanisms by which chemokine monomers/dimers activate CXCR1/CXCR2 and how these interactions trigger G-protein/β-arrestin-coupled signaling pathways. We also discuss current challenges and knowledge gaps, and likely advances in the near future that will lead to a better understanding of the relationship between the chemokine-CXCR1/CXCR2-G-protein/β-arrestin axis and neutrophil function.
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- Krishna Rajarathnam
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Sealy Center for Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA.
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- Department for Molecular Biomedicine, Cinvestav-IPN, 07360 Mexico City, Mexico
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- Julius L. Chambers Biomedical/Biotechnology Research Institute, North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC 27707, USA
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Rajarathnam K, Sepuru KM, Joseph PRB, Sawant KV, Brown AJ. Glycosaminoglycan Interactions Fine-Tune Chemokine-Mediated Neutrophil Trafficking: Structural Insights and Molecular Mechanisms. J Histochem Cytochem 2018; 66:229-239. [PMID: 29290145 PMCID: PMC5958375 DOI: 10.1369/0022155417739864] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2017] [Accepted: 10/10/2017] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Circulating neutrophils, rapidly recruited in response to microbial infection, form the first line in host defense. Humans express ~50 chemokines, of which a subset of seven chemokines, characterized by the conserved "Glu-Leu-Arg" motif, mediate neutrophil recruitment. Neutrophil-activating chemokines (NACs) share similar structures, exist as monomers and dimers, activate the CXCR2 receptor on neutrophils, and interact with tissue glycosaminoglycans (GAGs). Considering cellular assays have shown that NACs have similar CXCR2 activity, the question has been and remains, why do humans express so many NACs? In this review, we make the case that NACs are not redundant and that distinct GAG interactions determine chemokine-specific in vivo functions. Structural studies have shown that the GAG-binding interactions of NACs are distinctly different, and that conserved and specific residues in the context of structure determine geometries that could not have been predicted from sequences alone. Animal studies indicate recruitment profiles of monomers and dimers are distinctly different, monomer-dimer equilibrium regulates recruitment, and that recruitment profiles vary between chemokines and between tissues, providing evidence that GAG interactions orchestrate neutrophil recruitment. We propose in vivo GAG interactions impact several chemokine properties including gradients and lifetime, and that these interactions fine-tune and define the functional response of each chemokine that can vary between different cell and tissue types for successful resolution of inflammation.
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- Krishna Rajarathnam
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas
- Sealy Center for Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas
- Sealy Center for Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas
- Sealy Center for Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas
- Sealy Center for Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas
- Sealy Center for Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas
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Brown AJ, Sepuru KM, Sawant KV, Rajarathnam K. Platelet-Derived Chemokine CXCL7 Dimer Preferentially Exists in the Glycosaminoglycan-Bound Form: Implications for Neutrophil-Platelet Crosstalk. Front Immunol 2017; 8:1248. [PMID: 29038657 PMCID: PMC5630695 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2017.01248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2017] [Accepted: 09/20/2017] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
Abstract
Platelet-derived chemokine CXCL7 (also known as NAP-2) plays a crucial role in orchestrating neutrophil recruitment in response to vascular injury. CXCL7 exerts its function by activating the CXC chemokine receptor 2 (CXCR2) receptor and binding sulfated glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) that regulate receptor activity. CXCL7 exists as monomers, dimers, and tetramers, and previous studies have shown that the monomer dominates at lower and the tetramer at higher concentrations. These observations then raise the question: what, if any, is the role of the dimer? In this study, we make a compelling observation that the dimer is actually the favored form in the GAG-bound state. Further, we successfully characterized the structural basis of dimer binding to GAG heparin using solution nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. The chemical shift assignments were obtained by exploiting heparin binding-induced NMR spectral changes in the WT monomer and dimer and also using a disulfide-linked obligate dimer. We observe that the receptor interactions of the dimer are similar to the monomer and that heparin-bound dimer is occluded from receptor interactions. Cellular assays also show that the heparin-bound CXCL7 is impaired for CXCR2 activity. We conclude that the dimer–GAG interactions play an important role in neutrophil–platelet crosstalk, and that these interactions regulate gradient formation and the availability of the free monomer for CXCR2 activation and intrathrombus neutrophil migration to the injury site.
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- Aaron J Brown
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, United States.,Sealy Center for Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, United States.,Sealy Center for Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, United States.,Sealy Center for Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, United States.,Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, United States
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Brown AJ, Joseph PRB, Sawant KV, Rajarathnam K. Chemokine CXCL7 Heterodimers: Structural Insights, CXCR2 Receptor Function, and Glycosaminoglycan Interactions. Int J Mol Sci 2017; 18:ijms18040748. [PMID: 28368308 PMCID: PMC5412333 DOI: 10.3390/ijms18040748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2017] [Revised: 03/27/2017] [Accepted: 03/29/2017] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
Chemokines mediate diverse fundamental biological processes, including combating infection. Multiple chemokines are expressed at the site of infection; thus chemokine synergy by heterodimer formation may play a role in determining function. Chemokine function involves interactions with G-protein-coupled receptors and sulfated glycosaminoglycans (GAG). However, very little is known regarding heterodimer structural features and receptor and GAG interactions. Solution nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and molecular dynamics characterization of platelet-derived chemokine CXCL7 heterodimerization with chemokines CXCL1, CXCL4, and CXCL8 indicated that packing interactions promote CXCL7-CXCL1 and CXCL7-CXCL4 heterodimers, and electrostatic repulsive interactions disfavor the CXCL7-CXCL8 heterodimer. As characterizing the native heterodimer is challenging due to interference from monomers and homodimers, we engineered a “trapped” disulfide-linked CXCL7-CXCL1 heterodimer. NMR and modeling studies indicated that GAG heparin binding to the heterodimer is distinctly different from the CXCL7 monomer and that the GAG-bound heterodimer is unlikely to bind the receptor. Interestingly, the trapped heterodimer was highly active in a Ca2+ release assay. These data collectively suggest that GAG interactions play a prominent role in determining heterodimer function in vivo. Further, this study provides proof-of-concept that the disulfide trapping strategy can serve as a valuable tool for characterizing the structural and functional features of a chemokine heterodimer.
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- Aaron J Brown
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Sealy Center for Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Sealy Center for Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Sealy Center for Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Sealy Center for Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA.
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Brown AJ, Sepuru KM, Rajarathnam K. Structural Basis of Native CXCL7 Monomer Binding to CXCR2 Receptor N-Domain and Glycosaminoglycan Heparin. Int J Mol Sci 2017; 18:ijms18030508. [PMID: 28245630 PMCID: PMC5372524 DOI: 10.3390/ijms18030508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2017] [Revised: 02/14/2017] [Accepted: 02/21/2017] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
Abstract
CXCL7, a chemokine highly expressed in platelets, orchestrates neutrophil recruitment during thrombosis and related pathophysiological processes by interacting with CXCR2 receptor and sulfated glycosaminoglycans (GAG). CXCL7 exists as monomers and dimers, and dimerization (~50 μM) and CXCR2 binding (~10 nM) constants indicate that CXCL7 is a potent agonist as a monomer. Currently, nothing is known regarding the structural basis by which receptor and GAG interactions mediate CXCL7 function. Using solution nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, we characterized the binding of CXCL7 monomer to the CXCR2 N-terminal domain (CXCR2Nd) that constitutes a critical docking site and to GAG heparin. We found that CXCR2Nd binds a hydrophobic groove and that ionic interactions also play a role in mediating binding. Heparin binds a set of contiguous basic residues indicating a prominent role for ionic interactions. Modeling studies reveal that the binding interface is dynamic and that GAG adopts different binding geometries. Most importantly, several residues involved in GAG binding are also involved in receptor interactions, suggesting that GAG-bound monomer cannot activate the receptor. Further, this is the first study that describes the structural basis of receptor and GAG interactions of a native monomer of the neutrophil-activating chemokine family.
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- Aaron J Brown
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Sealy Center for Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Sealy Center for Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Sealy Center for Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA.
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Gulati K, Poluri KM. Deciphering the in vitro homo and hetero oligomerization characteristics of CXCL1/CXCL2 chemokines. RSC Adv 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c6ra01884j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Murine GRO chemokines CXCL1(mKC)/CXCL2(MIP2) forms heterodimers and thus adding another layer of regulatory mechanism for leukocyte trafficking during infection/inflammation.
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- Khushboo Gulati
- Department of Biotechnology
- Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
- Roorkee-247667
- India
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- Department of Biotechnology
- Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
- Roorkee-247667
- India
- Centre for Nanotechnology
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Herring CA, Singer CM, Ermakova EA, Khairutdinov BI, Zuev YF, Jacobs DJ, Nesmelova IV. Dynamics and thermodynamic properties of CXCL7 chemokine. Proteins 2015; 83:1987-2007. [PMID: 26297927 DOI: 10.1002/prot.24913] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2015] [Revised: 08/05/2015] [Accepted: 08/18/2015] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Chemokines form a family of signaling proteins mainly responsible for directing the traffic of leukocytes, where their biological activity can be modulated by their oligomerization state. We characterize the dynamics and thermodynamic stability of monomer and homodimer structures of CXCL7, one of the most abundant platelet chemokines, using experimental methods that include circular dichroism (CD) and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, and computational methods that include the anisotropic network model (ANM), molecular dynamics (MD) simulations and the distance constraint model (DCM). A consistent picture emerges for the effects of dimerization and Cys5-Cys31 and Cys7-Cys47 disulfide bonds formation. The presence of disulfide bonds is not critical for maintaining structural stability in the monomer or dimer, but the monomer is destabilized more than the dimer upon removal of disulfide bonds. Disulfide bonds play a key role in shaping the characteristics of native state dynamics. The combined analysis shows that upon dimerization flexibly correlated motions are induced between the 30s and 50s loop within each monomer and across the dimer interface. Interestingly, the greatest gain in flexibility upon dimerization occurs when both disulfide bonds are present, and the homodimer is least stable relative to its two monomers. These results suggest that the highly conserved disulfide bonds in chemokines facilitate a structural mechanism that is tuned to optimally distinguish functional characteristics between monomer and dimer.
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- Charles A Herring
- Department of Physics and Optical Science, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, North Carolina, 28223
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- Department of Physics and Optical Science, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, North Carolina, 28223
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- Kazan Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Kazan, 40111, Russia
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- Kazan Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Kazan, 40111, Russia
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- Department of Physics and Optical Science, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, North Carolina, 28223.,Center for Biomedical Engineering, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, North Carolina, 28223
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- Department of Physics and Optical Science, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, North Carolina, 28223.,Center for Biomedical Engineering, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, North Carolina, 28223
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Dykstra AB, Sweeney MD, Leary JA. Structural Evidence for the Tetrameric Assembly of Chemokine CCL11 and the Glycosaminoglycan Arixtra™. Biomolecules 2013; 3:905-22. [PMID: 24970196 PMCID: PMC4030970 DOI: 10.3390/biom3040905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2013] [Revised: 10/23/2013] [Accepted: 10/29/2013] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
Abstract
Understanding chemokine interactions with glycosaminoglycans (GAG) is critical as these interactions have been linked to a number of inflammatory medical conditions, such as arthritis and asthma. To better characterize in vivo protein function, comprehensive knowledge of multimeric species, formed by chemokines under native conditions, is necessary. Herein is the first report of a tetrameric assembly of the human chemokine CCL11, which was shown bound to the GAG Arixtra™. Isothermal titration calorimetry data indicated that CCL11 interacts with Arixtra, and ion mobility mass spectrometry (IM-MS) was used to identify ions corresponding to the CCL11 tetrameric species bound to Arixtra. Collisional cross sections (CCS) of the CCL11 tetramer-Arixtra noncovalent complex were compared to theoretical CCS values calculated using a preliminary structure of the complex deduced using X-ray crystallography. Experimental CCS values were in agreement with theoretical values, strengthening the IM-MS evidence for the formation of the noncovalent complex. Tandem mass spectrometry data of the complex indicated that the tetramer-GAG complex dissociates into a monomer and a trimer-GAG species, suggesting that two CC-like dimers are bridged by Arixtra. As development of chemokine inhibitors is of utmost importance to treatment of medical inflammatory conditions, these results provide vital insights into chemokine-GAG interactions.
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- Andrew B Dykstra
- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, 521 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
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- Perspectives, Inc., 2231 Garden Highway, Sacramento, CA 95833, USA.
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, 1 Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
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Poluri KM, Joseph PRB, Sawant KV, Rajarathnam K. Molecular basis of glycosaminoglycan heparin binding to the chemokine CXCL1 dimer. J Biol Chem 2013; 288:25143-25153. [PMID: 23864653 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m113.492579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Glycosaminoglycan (GAG)-bound and soluble chemokine gradients in the vasculature and extracellular matrix mediate neutrophil recruitment to the site of microbial infection and sterile injury in the host tissue. However, the molecular principles by which chemokine-GAG interactions orchestrate these gradients are poorly understood. This, in part, can be directly attributed to the complex interrelationship between the chemokine monomer-dimer equilibrium and binding geometry and affinities that are also intimately linked to GAG length. To address some of this missing knowledge, we have characterized the structural basis of heparin binding to the murine CXCL1 dimer. CXCL1 is a neutrophil-activating chemokine and exists as both monomers and dimers (Kd = 36 μm). To avoid interference from monomer-GAG interactions, we designed a trapped dimer (dCXCL1) by introducing a disulfide bridge across the dimer interface. We characterized the binding of GAG heparin octasaccharide to dCXCL1 using solution NMR spectroscopy. Our studies show that octasaccharide binds orthogonally to the interhelical axis and spans the dimer interface and that heparin binding enhances the structural integrity of the C-terminal helical residues and stability of the dimer. We generated a quadruple mutant (H20A/K22A/K62A/K66A) on the basis of the binding data and observed that this mutant failed to bind heparin octasaccharide, validating our structural model. We propose that the stability enhancement of dimers upon GAG binding regulates in vivo neutrophil trafficking by increasing the lifetime of "active" chemokines, and that this structural knowledge could be exploited for designing inhibitors that disrupt chemokine-GAG interactions and neutrophil homing to the target tissue.
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- Krishna Mohan Poluri
- From the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,; Sealy Center for Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics, and
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- From the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,; Sealy Center for Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics, and
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- From the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
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- From the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,; Sealy Center for Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics, and; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas 77555.
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Lee SW, Kim G, Kim S. Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase-interacting multi-functional protein 1/p43: an emerging therapeutic protein working at systems level. Expert Opin Drug Discov 2013; 3:945-57. [PMID: 23484969 DOI: 10.1517/17460441.3.8.945] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND Drug discovery programs are based on the presumption of one drug-one action-one disease, which is frustrated by the complexity of biological systems. Because the aberration of a single gene often leads to multiple pathological symptoms, we should understand the functional network of the disease-related proteins to develop effective therapy. OBJECTIVES To describe how activities of proteins are reflected in phenotypes and their pathological implications using aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase-interacting multi-functional protein 1 (AIMP1). METHODS The physiological activities of AIMP1 are unveiled through in vitro approaches and in vivo phenotyptic investigation. Bioinformatics tool was used to combine all AIMP1-target proteins. CONCLUSION Although a cytosolic protein, AIMP1 can be secreted as a cytokine to control immune response, angiogenesis and wound healing, and as a glucagon-like hormone for glucose homeostasis. It is involved in the regulation of autoimmune control and TGF-β signaling within the cells. AIMP1-deficient mice developed multiple phenotypes in immune systems, metabolism and body growth. The therapeutic potential of this multi-functional protein with associated biological activities are discussed.
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- Sang Won Lee
- Seoul National University of Education, Department of Science and Technology Education for Life, 1650, Seocho-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul 137-742, Korea
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Chemokine oligomerization in cell signaling and migration. PROGRESS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE 2013; 117:531-78. [PMID: 23663982 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-386931-9.00020-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
Abstract
Chemokines are small proteins best known for their role in controlling the migration of diverse cells, particularly leukocytes. Upon binding to their G-protein-coupled receptors on the leukocytes, chemokines stimulate the signaling events that cause cytoskeletal rearrangements involved in cell movement, and migration of the cells along chemokine gradients. Depending on the cell type, chemokines also induce many other types of cellular responses including those related to defense mechanisms, cell proliferation, survival, and development. Historically, most research efforts have focused on the interaction of chemokines with their receptors, where monomeric forms of the ligands are the functionally relevant state. More recently, however, the importance of chemokine interactions with cell surface glycosaminoglycans has come to light, and in most cases appears to involve oligomeric chemokine structures. This review summarizes existing knowledge relating to the structure and function of chemokine oligomers, and emerging methodology for determining structures of complex chemokine assemblies in the future.
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Nguyen LT, Vogel HJ. Structural perspectives on antimicrobial chemokines. Front Immunol 2012; 3:384. [PMID: 23293636 PMCID: PMC3531597 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2012.00384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2012] [Accepted: 11/30/2012] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Chemokines are best known as signaling proteins in the immune system. Recently however, a large number of human chemokines have been shown to exert direct antimicrobial activity. This moonlighting activity appears to be related to the net high positive charge of these immune signaling proteins. Chemokines can be divided into distinct structural elements and some of these have been studied as isolated peptide fragments that can have their own antimicrobial activity. Such peptides often encompass the α-helical region found at the C-terminal end of the parent chemokines, which, similar to other antimicrobial peptides, adopt a well-defined membrane-bound amphipathic structure. Because of their relatively small size, intact chemokines can be studied effectively by NMR spectroscopy to examine their structures in solution. In addition, NMR relaxation experiments of intact chemokines can provide detailed information about the intrinsic dynamic behavior; such analyses have helped for example to understand the activity of TC-1, an antimicrobial variant of CXCL7/NAP-2. With chemokine dimerization and oligomerization influencing their functional properties, the use of NMR diffusion experiments can provide information about monomer-dimer equilibria in solution. Furthermore, NMR chemical shift perturbation experiments can be used to map out the interface between self-associating subunits. Moreover, the unusual case of XCL1/lymphotactin presents a chemokine that can interconvert between two distinct folds in solution, both of which have been elucidated. Finally, recent advances have allowed for the determination of the structures of chemokines in complex with glycosaminoglycans, a process that could interfere with their antimicrobial activity. Taken together, these studies highlight several different structural facets that contribute to the way in which chemokines exert their direct microbicidal actions.
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- Leonard T Nguyen
- Biochemistry Research Group, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary Calgary, AB, Canada
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Thomas JM, Chakraborty B, Sen D, Yu HZ. Analyte-driven switching of DNA charge transport: de novo creation of electronic sensors for an early lung cancer biomarker. J Am Chem Soc 2012; 134:13823-33. [PMID: 22835075 DOI: 10.1021/ja305458u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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A general approach is described for the de novo design and construction of aptamer-based electrochemical biosensors, for potentially any analyte of interest (ranging from small ligands to biological macromolecules). As a demonstration of the approach, we report the rapid development of a made-to-order electronic sensor for a newly reported early biomarker for lung cancer (CTAP III/NAP2). The steps include the in vitro selection and characterization of DNA aptamer sequences, design and biochemical testing of wholly DNA sensor constructs, and translation to a functional electrode-bound sensor format. The working principle of this distinct class of electronic biosensors is the enhancement of DNA-mediated charge transport in response to analyte binding. We first verify such analyte-responsive charge transport switching in solution, using biochemical methods; successful sensor variants were then immobilized on gold electrodes. We show that using these sensor-modified electrodes, CTAP III/NAP2 can be detected with both high specificity and sensitivity (K(d) ~1 nM) through a direct electrochemical reading. To investigate the underlying basis of analyte binding-induced conductivity switching, we carried out Förster Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET) experiments. The FRET data establish that analyte binding-induced conductivity switching in these sensors results from very subtle structural/conformational changes, rather than large scale, global folding events. The implications of this finding are discussed with respect to possible charge transport switching mechanisms in electrode-bound sensors. Overall, the approach we describe here represents a unique design principle for aptamer-based electrochemical sensors; its application should enable rapid, on-demand access to a class of portable biosensors that offer robust, inexpensive, and operationally simplified alternatives to conventional antibody-based immunoassays.
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- Jason M Thomas
- Department of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia V5A 1S6, Canada
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Rajasekaran D, Keeler C, Syed MA, Jones MC, Harrison JK, Wu D, Bhandari V, Hodsdon ME, Lolis EJ. A model of GAG/MIP-2/CXCR2 interfaces and its functional effects. Biochemistry 2012; 51:5642-54. [PMID: 22686371 DOI: 10.1021/bi3001566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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MIP-2/CXCL2 is a murine chemokine related to human chemokines that possesses the Glu-Leu-Arg (ELR) activation motif and activates CXCR2 for neutrophil chemotaxis. We determined the structure of MIP-2 to 1.9 Å resolution and created a model with its murine receptor CXCR2 based on the coordinates of human CXCR4. Chemokine-induced migration of cells through specific G-protein coupled receptors is regulated by glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) that oligomerize chemokines. MIP-2 GAG-binding residues were identified that interact with heparin disaccharide I-S by NMR spectroscopy. A model GAG/MIP-2/CXCR2 complex that supports a 2:2 complex between chemokine and receptor was created. Mutants of these disaccharide-binding residues were made and tested for heparin binding, in vitro neutrophil chemotaxis, and in vivo neutrophil recruitment to the mouse peritoneum and lung. The mutants have a 10-fold decrease in neutrophil chemotaxis in vitro. There is no difference in neutrophil recruitment between wild-type MIP-2 and mutants in the peritoneum, but all activity of the mutants is lost in the lung, supporting the concept that GAG regulation of chemokines is tissue-dependent.
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- Deepa Rajasekaran
- Departments of Pharmacology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520-8066, USA
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Kwakman PHS, Krijgsveld J, de Boer L, Nguyen LT, Boszhard L, Vreede J, Dekker HL, Speijer D, Drijfhout JW, te Velde AA, Crielaard W, Vogel HJ, Vandenbroucke-Grauls CMJE, Zaat SAJ. Native thrombocidin-1 and unfolded thrombocidin-1 exert antimicrobial activity via distinct structural elements. J Biol Chem 2011; 286:43506-14. [PMID: 22025617 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111.248641] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Chemokines (chemotactic cytokines) can have direct antimicrobial activity, which is apparently related to the presence of a distinct positively charged patch on the surface. However, chemokines can retain antimicrobial activity upon linearization despite the loss of their positive patch, thus questioning the importance of this patch for activity. Thrombocidin-1 (TC-1) is a microbicidal protein isolated from human blood platelets. TC-1 only differs from the chemokine NAP-2/CXCL7 by a two-amino acid C-terminal deletion, but this truncation is crucial for antimicrobial activity. We assessed the structure-activity relationship for antimicrobial activity of TC-1. Reduction of the charge of the TC-1-positive patch by replacing lysine 17 with alanine reduced the activity against bacteria and almost abolished activity against the yeast Candida albicans. Conversely, augmentation of the positive patch by increasing charge density or size resulted in a 2-3-fold increased activity against Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, and Bacillus subtilis but did not substantially affect activity against C. albicans. Reduction of TC-1 resulted in loss of the folded conformation, but this disruption of the positive patch did not affect antimicrobial activity. Using overlapping 15-mer synthetic peptides, we demonstrate peptides corresponding to the N-terminal part of TC-1 to have similar antimicrobial activity as intact TC-1. Although we demonstrate that the positive patch is essential for activity of folded TC-1, unfolded TC-1 retained antimicrobial activity despite the absence of a positive patch. This activity is probably exerted by a linear peptide stretch in the N-terminal part of the molecule. We conclude that intact TC-1 and unfolded TC-1 exert antimicrobial activity via distinct structural elements.
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- Paulus H S Kwakman
- Department of Medical Microbiology, Center for Infection and Immunity Amsterdam, Academic Medical Center, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Nguyen LT, Kwakman PHS, Chan DI, Liu Z, de Boer L, Zaat SAJ, Vogel HJ. Exploring platelet chemokine antimicrobial activity: nuclear magnetic resonance backbone dynamics of NAP-2 and TC-1. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2011; 55:2074-83. [PMID: 21321145 PMCID: PMC3088234 DOI: 10.1128/aac.01351-10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2010] [Accepted: 02/04/2011] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The platelet chemokines neutrophil-activating peptide-2 (NAP-2) and thrombocidin-1 (TC-1) differ by only two amino acids at their carboxy-terminal ends. Nevertheless, they display a significant difference in their direct antimicrobial activities, with the longer NAP-2 being inactive and TC-1 being active. In an attempt to rationalize this difference in activity, we studied the structure and the dynamics of both proteins by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. Using 15N isotope-labeled protein, we confirmed that the two monomeric proteins essentially have the same overall structure in aqueous solution. However, NMR relaxation measurements provided evidence that the negatively charged carboxy-terminal residues of NAP-2 experience a restricted motion, whereas the carboxy-terminal end of TC-1 moves in an unrestricted manner. The same behavior was also seen in molecular dynamic simulations of both proteins. Detailed analysis of the protein motions through model-free analysis, as well as a determination of their overall correlation times, provided evidence for the existence of a monomer-dimer equilibrium in solution, which seemed to be more prevalent for TC-1. This finding was supported by diffusion NMR experiments. Dimerization generates a larger cationic surface area that would increase the antimicrobial activities of these chemokines. Moreover, these data also show that the negatively charged carboxy-terminal end of NAP-2 (which is absent in TC-1) folds back over part of the positively charged helical region of the protein and, in doing so, interferes with the direct antimicrobial activity.
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- Leonard T. Nguyen
- Biochemistry Research Group, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Centre for Infection and Immunity Amsterdam, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Biochemistry Research Group, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Biochemistry Research Group, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Centre for Infection and Immunity Amsterdam, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Centre for Infection and Immunity Amsterdam, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Biochemistry Research Group, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Structure-function studies of chemokine-derived carboxy-terminal antimicrobial peptides. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2009; 1798:1062-72. [PMID: 20004172 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2009.11.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2009] [Revised: 11/23/2009] [Accepted: 11/30/2009] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Recent reports which show that several chemokines can act as direct microbicidal agents have drawn renewed attention to these chemotactic signalling proteins. Here we present a structure-function analysis of peptides derived from the human chemokines macrophage inflammatory protein-3alpha (MIP-3alpha/CCL20), interleukin-8 (IL-8), neutrophil activating protein-2 (NAP-2) and thrombocidin-1 (TC-1). These peptides encompass the C-terminal alpha-helices of these chemokines, which have been suggested to be important for the direct antimicrobial activities. Far-UV CD spectroscopy showed that the peptides are unstructured in aqueous solution and that a membrane mimetic solvent is required to induce a helical secondary structure. A co-solvent mixture was used to determine solution structures of the peptides by two-dimensional (1)H-NMR spectroscopy. The highly cationic peptide, MIP-3alpha(51-70), had the most pronounced antimicrobial activity and displayed an amphipathic structure. A shorter version of this peptide, MIP-3alpha(59-70), remained antimicrobial but its structure and mechanism of action were unlike that of the former peptide. The NAP-2 and TC-1 proteins differ in their sequences only by the deletion of two C-terminal residues in TC-1, but intact TC-1 is a very potent antimicrobial while NAP-2 is inactive. The corresponding C-terminal peptides, NAP-2(50-70) and TC-1(50-68), had very limited and no bactericidal activity, respectively. This suggests that other regions of TC-1 contribute to its bactericidal activity. Altogether, this work provides a rational structural basis for the biological activities of these peptides and proteins and highlights the importance of experimental characterization of peptide fragments as distinct entities because their activities and structural properties may differ substantially from their parent proteins.
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Wang YS, Liao KW, Chen MF, Huang YC, Chu RM, Chi KH. Canine CXCL7 and its functional expression in dendritic cells undergoing maturation. Vet Immunol Immunopathol 2009; 135:128-136. [PMID: 20022386 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2009.11.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2009] [Revised: 11/17/2009] [Accepted: 11/23/2009] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Many cells, including leucocytes and stromal cells, express CXCL7, a member of the CXC chemokine family, also known as platelet basic protein. CXCL7 is a potent chemoattractant and activator of neutrophil function. Dendritic cells (DCs) play a pivotal role in antigen processing and presentation. Very little information is available on the ability of DCs to recruit neutrophils by producing chemokines. In this work, we have cloned canine CXCL7. Based on the predicted gene sequence and using the 3'RACE technique, the full-length gene was amplified from LPS-treated canine peripheral blood mononuclear cells. The cloned cDNA sequence consisted of 357 nucleotides and encoded a 118 amino acid protein, including a 38 amino acid signal peptide. The use of CXCL7-containing supernatants from CXCL7-transfected BALB/3T3 in the neutrophil migration assay confirmed that canine CXCL7 had chemoattractive activity for neutrophils. We then used canine monocyte-derived DCs to generate CXCL7 for the rest of the experiment. Expression of CXCL7 by DCs treated with LPS, IL-1beta, IL-6, TGF-beta, TNF-alpha, or IFN-gamma was compared using real-time RT-PCR and Western blotting. When treated with IL-1beta, IL-6, TNF-alpha, or TGF-beta, canine DCs expressed significantly higher levels of CXCL7 mRNA and protein than when treated with IFN-gamma or LPS. It is concluded that dog DCs express high levels of the neutrophil chemotactic factor CXCL7 when stimulated by proinflammatory cytokines, including IL-1beta, IL-6, TNF-alpha, or TGF-beta, and may play an important role in modulating inflammatory responses.
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- Yu-Shan Wang
- Animal Cancer Center, School of Veterinary Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC; Department of Radiation Therapy and Oncology, Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
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- Department of Biological Sciences and Technology, College of Life Sciences, Hsin-Chu, Taiwan, ROC
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- Animal Cancer Center, School of Veterinary Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
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- Animal Cancer Center, School of Veterinary Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
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- Animal Cancer Center, School of Veterinary Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
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- Department of Radiation Therapy and Oncology, Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
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Cai Z, Gao C, Zhang Y, Xing K. Functional characterization of the ELR motif in piscine ELR+CXC-like chemokine. MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2009; 11:505-512. [PMID: 19048342 DOI: 10.1007/s10126-008-9165-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2008] [Accepted: 11/04/2008] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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To elucidate the functional role of piscine incomplete ELR motif, the recombinant CXC and its mutants (mELR and mLoop) were produced in Escherichia coli M15 based on the predicted mature peptide coding sequence of the black sea bream CXC (BS CXC) chemokine. Assays showed that the BS rCXC proteins displayed strong ability to induce fish blood neutrophils and head kidney (HK) macrophage migration in a dose-independent manner (10 to 200 ng), both in black sea bream and common carp. Although the ELR motif and the N-terminal loop of ELR(+)CXC chemokines are essential for chemotactic activity and receptor binding in mammals, the mELR and mLoop mutants showed no significant difference in their induction of chemotaxis of fish blood neutrophils compared with the full-length rCXC at the same dose. Human recombinant IL-8 (hrIL-8) can clearly induce piscine blood neutrophil migration and has no effect on macrophages, whereas the BS rCXC cannot induce chemotaxis in higher vertebrates, such as rat blood neutrophils or macrophages, even if the incomplete ELR motif in rCXC was mutated to ELR. The BS CXC and its mutants can promote the phagocytosis ability of piscine blood neutrophils and HK macrophages both in black sea bream and common carp, but have no effect on rat neutrophils or macrophages. Results showed that the piscine ELR(+)CXC-like chemokine represents an ancient version of a CXC chemokine; the ELR motif still does not show the higher specific polarization of function as found in mammalian.
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- Zhonghua Cai
- Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, People's Republic of China.
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Sun PD, Boyington JC. Overview of protein folds in the immune system. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008; Appendix 1:Appendix 1N. [PMID: 18432648 DOI: 10.1002/0471142735.ima01ns44] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The rapid advancement of X-ray crystallography and nuclear magnetic resonance techniques in recent years has resulted in the solution of macromolecular structures at an unprecedented rate. This review aims at providing a comprehensive description of structures and folds related to the function of the immune system. Focus is placed on immunologically relevant proteins such as immunoreceptors and major histocompatibility complexes. Information is also provided regarding protein structure data banks.
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- P D Sun
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, Rockville, Maryland, USA
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Jabeen T, Leonard P, Jamaluddin H, Acharya KR. Structure of mouse IP-10, a chemokine. ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA. SECTION D, BIOLOGICAL CRYSTALLOGRAPHY 2008; 64:611-9. [PMID: 18560148 PMCID: PMC2665906 DOI: 10.1107/s0907444908007026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2007] [Accepted: 03/13/2008] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Interferon-gamma-inducible protein (IP-10) belongs to the CXC class of chemokines and plays a significant role in the pathophysiology of various immune and inflammatory responses. It is also a potent angiostatic factor with antifibrotic properties. The biological activities of IP-10 are exerted by interactions with the G-protein-coupled receptor CXCR3 expressed on Th1 lymphocytes. IP-10 thus forms an attractive target for structure-based rational drug design of anti-inflammatory molecules. The crystal structure of mouse IP-10 has been determined and reveals a novel tetrameric association. In the tetramer, two conventional CXC chemokine dimers are associated through their N-terminal regions to form a 12-stranded elongated beta-sheet of approximately 90 A in length. This association differs significantly from the previously studied tetramers of human IP-10, platelet factor 4 and neutrophil-activating peptide-2. In addition, heparin- and receptor-binding residues were mapped on the surface of IP-10 tetramer. Two heparin-binding sites were observed on the surface and were present at the interface of each of the two beta-sheet dimers. The structure supports the formation of higher order oligomers of IP-10, as observed in recent in vivo studies with mouse IP-10, which will have functional relevance.
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- Talat Jabeen
- Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath BA2 7AY, England
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- Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath BA2 7AY, England
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- Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath BA2 7AY, England
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- Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath BA2 7AY, England
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This overview provides an illustrated, comprehensive survey of some commonly observed protein‐fold families and structural motifs, chosen for their functional significance. It opens with descriptions and definitions of the various elements of protein structure and associated terminology. Following is an introduction into web‐based structural bioinformatics that includes surveys of interactive web servers for protein fold or domain annotation, protein‐structure databases, protein‐structure‐classification databases, structural alignments of proteins, and molecular graphics programs available for personal computers. The rest of the overview describes selected families of protein folds in terms of their secondary, tertiary, and quaternary structural arrangements, including ribbon‐diagram examples, tables of representative structures with references, and brief explanations pointing out their respective biological and functional significance.
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- Peter D Sun
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, USA
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Chan DI, Hunter HN, Tack BF, Vogel HJ. Human macrophage inflammatory protein 3alpha: protein and peptide nuclear magnetic resonance solution structures, dimerization, dynamics, and anti-infective properties. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2008; 52:883-94. [PMID: 18086840 PMCID: PMC2258517 DOI: 10.1128/aac.00805-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2007] [Revised: 07/30/2007] [Accepted: 12/07/2007] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Human macrophage inflammatory protein 3alpha (MIP-3alpha), also known as CCL20, is a 70-amino-acid chemokine which exclusively binds to chemokine receptor 6. In addition, the protein also has direct antimicrobial, antifungal, and antiviral activities. The solution structure of MIP-3alpha was solved by the use of two-dimensional homonuclear proton nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). The structure reveals the characteristic chemokine fold, with three antiparallel beta strands followed by a C-terminal alpha helix. In contrast to the crystal structures of MIP-3alpha, the solution structure was found to be monomeric. Another difference between the NMR and crystal structures lies in the angle of the alpha helix with respect to the beta strands, which measure 69 and approximately 56.5 degrees in the two structures, respectively. NMR diffusion and pH titration studies revealed a distinct tendency for MIP-3alpha to form dimers at neutral pH and monomers at lower pH, dependent on the protonation state of His40. Molecular dynamics simulations of both the monomeric and the dimeric forms of MIP-3alpha supported the notion that the chemokine undergoes a change in helix angle upon dimerization and also highlighted the important hydrophobic and hydrogen bonding contacts made by His40 in the dimer interface. Moreover, a constrained N terminus and a smaller binding groove were observed in dimeric MIP-3alpha simulations, which could explain why monomeric MIP-3alpha may be more adept at receptor binding and activation. The solution structure of a synthetic peptide consisting of the last 20 residues of MIP-3alpha displayed a highly amphipathic alpha helix, reminiscent of various antimicrobial peptides. Antimicrobial assays with this peptide revealed strong and moderate bactericidal activities against Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus, respectively. This confirms that the C-terminal alpha-helical region of MIP-3alpha plays a significant part in its broad anti-infective activity.
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- David I Chan
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, Canada
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Luz JG, Yu M, Su Y, Wu Z, Zhou Z, Sun R, Wilson IA. Crystal structure of viral macrophage inflammatory protein I encoded by Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus at 1.7A. J Mol Biol 2005; 352:1019-28. [PMID: 16140327 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2005.08.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2005] [Revised: 08/03/2005] [Accepted: 08/11/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Viral macrophage inflammatory protein I (vMIP-I) is a chemokine encoded by the Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) that selectively activates the CC chemokine receptor 8 (CCR8), for which the endogenous ligand is CCL1. The crystal structure of vMIP-I was determined at 1.7A for comparison with other chemokines, especially those that bind CCR8, such as vMIP-II from KSHV, a CCR8 antagonist and the closest homolog (40% identical). vMIP-I has a typical chemokine fold consisting of an extended N-terminal loop, followed by a three-stranded antiparallel beta-sheet and a C-terminal alpha-helix. The four molecules in the asymmetric unit comprise two MIP-1beta-like dimers. Electrostatic surface representations of CCR8-binding chemokines reveal only minor areas of correlating surface potential, which must be reconciled with promiscuity in receptor and glycosaminoglycan (GAG) binding. In addition, the biological relevance of chemokine oligomerization is examined by comparing the oligomeric states of all chemokine structures deposited to date in the RCSB PDB.
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- John G Luz
- Department of Molecular Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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El Golli N, Issertial O, Rosa JP, Briquet-Laugier V. Evidence for a granule targeting sequence within platelet factor 4. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:30329-35. [PMID: 15964840 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m503847200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Platelets achieve bleeding arrest at sites of vascular injury via secretion of secretory proteins from their storage granules, termed alpha-granules. We have recently analyzed granule targeting of platelet factor 4 (PF4), a secretory alpha-granule chemokine, and demonstrated that PF4 alpha-granule storage relied upon determinants within PF4 mature sequence. To define these determinants, PF4 mutants fused to the fluorescent reporter protein green fluorescent protein were generated by progressive deletions and site-directed mutagenesis. They were then transfected in AtT20 cells and assessed for granule targeting by colocalization with ACTH-containing granules, using laser scanning confocal microscopy. This strategy identified the amino acid 41-50 (LIATLKNGRK) sequence as most critical for PF4 granule targeting and/or storage; its deletion from PF4 induced a marked decrease in granule storage (from 81 +/- 2% to 17 +/- 3%, p < or = 0.0001). Ala-scanning mutagenesis of LIATLKNGRK narrowed down the targeting motif to LKNG. A direct role for LKNG in alpha-granule targeting was confirmed in the thrombopoietin-induced human megakaryocytic Dami cells, in which the LKNG-green fluorescent protein chimera exhibited an 82.5 +/- 1.8% colocalization with the alpha-granule proteins von Willebrand factor and P-selectin. LKNG is poorly conserved within the chemokine family. However three-dimensional alignments of the human alpha-granule chemokines Nap-2 (neutrophil-activating peptide) and RANTES (Regulated upon Activation Normal T Cell Expressed and Secreted) with PF4 revealed that LKNG, a surface-exposed hydrophilic turn/loop, matched Nap-2 (LKDG) and RANTES (TRKN) peptides with similar features. Moreover Nap-2 and RANTES peptides exhibited the same alpha-granule targeting efficiency than LKNG. We therefore postulate that the three-dimensional and physicochemical characteristics of PF4 LKNG are of general relevance to alpha-granule targeting of chemokines and possibly of other alpha-granule proteins.
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- Nargès El Golli
- Laboratory of Hemostasis and Thrombosis, Cardiovascular Research Center Inserm Lariboisière, U689-E6 INSERM, IFR139, Université Paris 7, Hôpital Lariboisière, 2 rue Ambroise Paré, 75010 Paris, France
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Swaminathan GJ, Holloway DE, Colvin RA, Campanella GK, Papageorgiou AC, Luster AD, Acharya KR. Crystal structures of oligomeric forms of the IP-10/CXCL10 chemokine. Structure 2003; 11:521-32. [PMID: 12737818 DOI: 10.1016/s0969-2126(03)00070-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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We have determined the structure of wild-type IP-10 from three crystal forms. The crystals provide eight separate models of the IP-10 chain, all differing substantially from a monomeric IP-10 variant examined previously by NMR spectroscopy. In each crystal form, IP-10 chains form conventional beta sheet dimers, which, in turn, form a distinct tetrameric assembly. The M form tetramer is reminiscent of platelet factor 4, whereas the T and H forms feature a novel twelve-stranded beta sheet. Analytical ultracentrifugation indicates that, in free solution, IP-10 exists in a monomer-dimer equilibrium with a dissociation constant of 9 microM. We propose that the tetrameric structures may represent species promoted by the binding of glycosaminoglycans. The binding sites for several IP-10-neutralizing mAbs have also been mapped.
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- G Jawahar Swaminathan
- Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath BA2 7AY, United Kingdom
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Yang XL, Skene RJ, McRee DE, Schimmel P. Crystal structure of a human aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase cytokine. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2002; 99:15369-74. [PMID: 12427973 PMCID: PMC137723 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.242611799] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/09/2002] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The 20 aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases catalyze the first step of protein synthesis and establish the rules of the genetic code through aminoacylation reactions. Biological fragments of two human enzymes, tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase (TyrRS) and tryptophanyl-tRNA synthetase, connect protein synthesis to cell-signaling pathways including angiogenesis. Alternative splicing or proteolysis produces these fragments. The proangiogenic N-terminal fragment mini-TyrRS has IL-8-like cytokine activity that, like other CXC cytokines, depends on a Glu-Leu-Arg motif. Point mutations in this motif abolish cytokine activity. The full-length native TyrRS lacks cytokine activity. No structure has been available for any mammalian tRNA synthetase that, in turn, might give insight into why mini-TyrRS and not TyrRS has cytokine activities. Here, the structure of human mini-TyrRS, which contains both the catalytic and the anticodon recognition domain, is reported to a resolution of 1.18 A. The critical Glu-Leu-Arg motif is located on an internal alpha-helix of the catalytic domain, where the guanidino side chain of R is part of a hydrogen-bonding network tethering the anticodon-recognition domain back to the catalytic site. Whereas the catalytic domains of the human and bacterial enzymes superimpose, the spatial disposition of the anticodon recognition domain relative to the catalytic domain is unique in mini-TyrRS relative to the bacterial orthologs. This unique orientation of the anticodon-recognition domain can explain why the fragment mini-TyrRS, and not full-length native TyrRS, is active in cytokine-signaling pathways.
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- Xiang-Lei Yang
- The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, BCC-379, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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Li ZQ, Liu W, Park KS, Sachais BS, Arepally GM, Cines DB, Poncz M. Defining a second epitope for heparin-induced thrombocytopenia/thrombosis antibodies using KKO, a murine HIT-like monoclonal antibody. Blood 2002; 99:1230-6. [PMID: 11830470 DOI: 10.1182/blood.v99.4.1230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia/thrombosis (HIT/T) is a common complication of heparin therapy that is caused by antibodies to platelet factor 4 (PF4) complexed with heparin. The immune response is polyclonal and polyspecific, ie, more than one neoepitope on PF4 is recognized by HIT/T antibodies. One such epitope has been previously identified; it involves the domain between the third and fourth cysteine residues in PF4 (site 1). However, the binding sites for other HIT/T antibodies remain to be defined. To explore this issue, the binding site of KKO, an HIT/T-like murine monoclonal antibody, was defined. KKO shares a binding site with many HIT/T antibodies on PF4/heparin, but does not bind to site 1 or recognize mouse PF4/heparin. Therefore, the binding of KKO to a series of mouse/human PF4 chimeras complexed with heparin was examined. KKO recognizes a site that requires both the N terminus of PF4 and Pro34, which immediately precedes the third cysteine. Both regions lie on the surface of the PF4 tetramer in sufficient proximity (within 0.74 nm) to form a contiguous antigenic determinant. The 10 of 14 HIT/T sera that require the N terminus of PF4 for antigen recognition also require Pro34 to bind. This epitope, termed site 2, lies adjacent to site 1 in the crystal structure of the PF4 tetramer. Yet sites 1 and 2 can be recognized by distinct populations of antibodies. These studies further help to define a portion of the PF4 tetramer to which self-reactive antibodies develop in patients exposed to heparin.
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- Zhong Q Li
- Department of Pathology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, USA
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Lortat-Jacob H, Grosdidier A, Imberty A. Structural diversity of heparan sulfate binding domains in chemokines. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2002; 99:1229-34. [PMID: 11830659 PMCID: PMC122172 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.032497699] [Citation(s) in RCA: 194] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Heparan sulfate (HS) molecules are ubiquitous in animal tissues where they function as ligands that are dramatically involved in the regulation of the proteins they bind. Of these, chemokines are a family of small proteins with many biological functions. Their well-conserved monomeric structure can associate in various oligomeric forms especially in the presence of HS. Application of protein surface analysis and energy calculations to all known chemokine structures leads to the proposal that four different binding modes are created by the folding and oligomerization of these proteins. So, based on the present state of our knowledge, four different clusters of amino acids should be involved in the recognition process. Our results help to rationalize how unique sequences of HS specifically bind any given chemokine. The conclusions open the route for a rational design of compounds of therapeutical interest that could influence chemokine activity.
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- Hugues Lortat-Jacob
- Institut de Biologie Structurale, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique-Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique-Université Joseph Fourier, Laboratoire de Biophysique Moléculaire, 41 Rue Horowitz, 38027 Grenoble Cedex 01, France
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Shao W, Fernandez E, Sachpatzidis A, Wilken J, Thompson DA, Schweitzer BI, Lolis E. CCR2 and CCR5 receptor-binding properties of herpesvirus-8 vMIP-II based on sequence analysis and its solution structure. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2001; 268:2948-59. [PMID: 11358512 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.2001.02184.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Human herpesvirus-8 (HHV-8) is the infectious agent responsible for Kaposi's sarcoma and encodes a protein, macrophage inflammatory protein-II (vMIP-II), which shows sequence similarity to the human CC chemokines. vMIP-II has broad receptor specificity that crosses chemokine receptor subfamilies, and inhibits HIV-1 viral entry mediated by numerous chemokine receptors. In this study, the solution structure of chemically synthesized vMIP-II was determined by nuclear magnetic resonance. The protein is a monomer and possesses the chemokine fold consisting of a flexible N-terminus, three antiparallel beta strands, and a C-terminal alpha helix. Except for the N-terminal residues (residues 1-13) and the last two C-terminal residues (residues 73-74), the structure of vMIP-II is well-defined, exhibiting average rmsd of 0.35 and 0.90 A for the backbone heavy atoms and all heavy atoms of residues 14-72, respectively. Taking into account the sequence differences between the various CC chemokines and comparing their three-dimensional structures allows us to implicate residues that influence the quaternary structure and receptor binding and activation of these proteins in solution. The analysis of the sequence and three-dimensional structure of vMIP-II indicates the presence of epitopes involved in binding two receptors CCR2 and CCR5. We propose that vMIP-II was initially specific for CCR5 and acquired receptor-binding properties to CCR2 and other chemokine receptors.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Binding Sites
- Chemokines/chemistry
- Chemokines/metabolism
- Chemokines, CC/chemistry
- Dimerization
- Epitopes
- Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
- Models, Chemical
- Models, Molecular
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Peptide Biosynthesis
- Protein Binding
- Protein Conformation
- Protein Folding
- Protein Structure, Secondary
- Receptors, CCR2
- Receptors, CCR5/chemistry
- Receptors, CCR5/metabolism
- Receptors, Chemokine/chemistry
- Receptors, Chemokine/metabolism
- Sequence Analysis, Protein
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
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- W Shao
- Walt Disney Memorial Cancer Institute at Florida Hospital, Orlando, FL, USA
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Pérez-Cañadillas JM, Zaballos A, Gutiérrez J, Varona R, Roncal F, Albar JP, Márquez G, Bruix M. NMR solution structure of murine CCL20/MIP-3alpha, a chemokine that specifically chemoattracts immature dendritic cells and lymphocytes through its highly specific interaction with the beta-chemokine receptor CCR6. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:28372-9. [PMID: 11373289 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m103121200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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CCL20/MIP-3alpha is a beta-chemokine expressed in the thymus, skin, and intestinal epithelial cells that exclusively binds and activates the CCR6 receptor in both mice and humans. The strict receptor binding specificity of CCL20 is exceptional; other chemokines and their receptors bind promiscuously with multiple partners. Toward determining the structural basis for the selective receptor specificity of CCL20, we have determined its three-dimensional structure by 1H NMR spectroscopy. CCL20 exhibits the same monomeric structure previously described for other chemokines: a three-stranded beta-sheet and an overlying alpha-helix. The CCL20 receptor selectivity could arise from the rigid conformation of the N-terminal DCCL motif as well as the groove between the N-loop and the beta2-beta3 hairpin, which is significantly narrower in CCL20 than in other chemokines. Similar structural features are seen in human beta-defensin 2, a small nonchemokine polypeptide reported to selectively bind and activate CCR6, which stresses their importance for the specific binding of both CCL20 and beta-defensin 2 to CCR6. CCL20's structure will be useful to design tools aimed to modulate its important biological functions.
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- J M Pérez-Cañadillas
- Instituto de Estructura de la Materia, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Serrano 119, 28006 Madrid, Spain
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Guan E, Wang J, Norcross MA. Identification of human macrophage inflammatory proteins 1alpha and 1beta as a native secreted heterodimer. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:12404-9. [PMID: 11278300 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m006327200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Chemokines are secreted proteins that function as chemoattractants for leukocytes. The chemokines macrophage inflammatory protein 1alpha and 1beta (MIP-1alpha and MIP-1beta) now have been shown to be secreted from activated human monocytes and peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBLs) as a heterodimer. Immunoprecipitation and immunoblot analysis revealed that antibodies to either MIP-1alpha or MIP-1beta precipitated a protein complex containing both MIP-1alpha and MIP-1beta under normal conditions from culture supernatants and lysates of these cells. Mass spectrometry of the complexes, precipitated from the culture supernatants of monocytes and PBLs, revealed the presence of NH(2)-terminal truncated MIP-1alpha (residues 5-70) together with either intact MIP-1beta or NH(2)-terminal truncated MIP-1beta (residues 3-69), respectively. The secreted MIP-1alpha/beta heterodimers were dissociated into their component monomers under acidic conditions. Exposure of monocytes or PBLs to monensin induced the accumulation of heterodimers composed of NH(2)-terminal truncated MIP-1alpha and full-length MIP-1beta in the Golgi complex. The mixing of recombinant chemokines in vitro demonstrated that heterodimerization of MIP-1alpha and MIP-1beta is specific and that it occurs at physiological conditions, pH 7.4, and in the range of nanomolar concentrations. The data presented here provide the first biochemical evidence for the existence of chemokine heterodimers under natural conditions. Formation of heterodimers of MIP-1alpha/beta may have an impact on intracellular signaling events that contribute to CCR5 and possibly to other chemokine receptor functions.
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- E Guan
- Laboratory of Gene Regulation, Division of Therapeutic Proteins, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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Metzler DE, Metzler CM, Sauke DJ. Biochemical Defense Mechanisms. Biochemistry 2001. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-012492543-4/50034-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Stoeckelhuber M, Dobner P, Baumgartner P, Ehlert J, Brandt E, Mentele R, Adam D, Engelmann B. Stimulation of cellular sphingomyelin import by the chemokine connective tissue-activating peptide III. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:37365-72. [PMID: 10956644 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m003709200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The selective import of phospholipids into cells could be mediated by proteins secreted from the cells into the extracellular compartment. We observed that the supernatants obtained from suspensions of thrombin-activated platelets stimulated the exchange of pyrene (py)-labeled sphingomyelin between lipid vesicles in vitro. The proteins with sphingomyelin transfer activity were purified and identified as the chemokine connective tissue-activating peptide III (CTAP-III) and platelet basic protein. Isolated CTAP-III stimulated the exchange of py-sphingomyelin between lipid vesicles but did not affect the translocations of py-labeled phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylethanolamine. CTAP-III rapidly increased the transfer of py-sphingomyelin from low density lipoproteins into peripheral blood lymphocytes, other immune cells, and fibroblasts. In the presence of heparin, CTAP-III was unable to insert sphingomyelin into the peripheral blood lymphocytes. The activation energy of the py-sphingomyelin transfer suggested that the translocation proceeded entirely in a hydrophobic environment. [(3)H]Sphingomyelin transferred to the cells by CTAP-III was hydrolyzed to [(3)H]ceramide and [(3)H]sphingosine after activation with tumor necrosis factor alpha. The generation of the [(3)H]sphingolipid messengers was catalyzed by acid sphingomyelinase. Our results identify CTAP-III as the first mediator of the selective (endocytosis-independent) cellular import of sphingomyelin allowing the paracrine modulation of the sphingolipid signaling.
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- M Stoeckelhuber
- Physiologisches Institut der Universität München, Schillerstrasse 44, 80336 München, Germany
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Blaszczyk J, Coillie EV, Proost P, Damme JV, Opdenakker G, Bujacz GD, Wang JM, Ji X. Complete crystal structure of monocyte chemotactic protein-2, a CC chemokine that interacts with multiple receptors. Biochemistry 2000; 39:14075-81. [PMID: 11087354 DOI: 10.1021/bi0009340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Monocyte chemotactic protein 2 (MCP-2) is a CC chemokine that utilizes multiple cellular receptors to attract and activate human leukocytes. MCP-2 is a potent inhibitor of HIV-1 by virtue of its high-affinity binding to the receptor CCR5, one of the major coreceptors for HIV-1. Although a few structures of CC chemokines have been reported, none of these was determined with the N-terminal pyroglutamic acid residue (pGlu1) and a complete C-terminus. pGlu1 is essential for the chemotactic activity of MCP-2. Recombinant MCP-2 has Gln1 at the N terminus, 12-15% of which cyclizes automatically and forms pGlu1. The chemotactic activity of such MCP-2 mixture, which contains 12-15% pGlu1-form and 85-88% Gln1-form protein, is approximately 10 times lower when compared with that of fully cyclized MCP-2 preparation. Therefore, this chemokine is practically inactive without pGlu1. We have determined the complete crystal structure of MCP-2 that contains both pGlu1 and an intact C-terminus. With the existence of pGlu1, the conformation of the N-terminus allows two additional interactions between the two subunits of MCP-2 dimer: a hydrogen bond between pGlu1 and Asn17 and a salt bridge between Asp3 and Arg18. Consequently, both pGlu1 are anchored and buried, and thereby, both N-terminal regions are protected against protease degradation. We have also observed not previously reported extended helical nature of the C terminal region, which covers residues 58-74.
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- J Blaszczyk
- Program in Structural Biology and Laboratory of Molecular Immunoregulation, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland 21702, USA
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Xiong J, Lubkowski J, Nussinov R. Homology modeling and molecular dynamics simulations of lymphotactin. Protein Sci 2000; 9:2192-9. [PMID: 11152129 PMCID: PMC2144500 DOI: 10.1110/ps.9.11.2192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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We have modeled the structure of human lymphotactin (hLpnt), by homology modeling and molecular dynamics simulations. This chemokine is unique in having a single disulfide bond and a long C-terminal tail. Because other structural classes of chemokines have two pairs of Cys residues, compared to one in Lpnt, and because it has been shown that both disulfide bonds are required for stability and function, the question arises how the Lpnt maintains its structural integrity. The initial structure of hLpnt was constructed by homology modeling. The first 63 residues in the monomer of hLpnt were modeled using the structure of the human CC chemokine, RANTES, whose sequence appeared most similar. The structure of the long C-terminal tail, missing in RANTES, was taken from the human muscle fatty-acid binding protein. In a Protein Data Bank search, this protein was found to contain a sequence that was most homologous to the long tail. Consequently, the modeled hLpnt C-terminal tail consisted of both alpha-helical and beta-motifs. The complete model of the hLpnt monomer consisted of two alpha-helices located above the five-stranded beta-sheet. Molecular dynamics simulations of the solvated initial model have indicated that the stability of the predicted fold is related to the geometry of Pro78. The five-stranded beta-sheet appeared to be preserved only when Pro78 was modeled in the cis conformation. Simulations were also performed both for the C-terminal truncated forms of the hLpnt that contained one or two (CC chemokine-like) disulfide bonds, and for the chicken Lpnt (cLpnt). Our MD simulations indicated that the turn region (T30-G34) in hLpnt is important for the interactions with the receptor, and that the long C-terminal region stabilizes both the turn (T30-G34) and the five-stranded beta-sheet. The major conclusion from our theoretical studies is that the lack of one disulfide bond and the extension of the C-terminus in hLptn are mutually complementary. It is very likely that removal of two Cys residues sufficiently destabilizes the structure of a chemokine molecule, particularly the core beta-sheet, to abolish its biological function. However, this situation is rectified by the long C-terminal segment. The role of this long region is most likely to stabilize the first beta-turn region and alpha-helix H1, explaining how this chemokine can function with a single disulfide bond.
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Ashfield JT, Meyers T, Lowne D, Varley PG, Arnold JR, Tan P, Yang JC, Czaplewski LG, Dudgeon T, Fisher J. Chemical modification of a variant of human MIP-1alpha; implications for dimer structure. Protein Sci 2000; 9:2047-53. [PMID: 11106181 PMCID: PMC2144463 DOI: 10.1110/ps.9.10.2047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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A sequence variant of human MIP-1alpha, in which Asp26 has been replaced by Al alpha, has been chemically modified by the addition of 13C-labeled methyl groups at each of the lysine residues and the N-terminus. The sites of methylation have been verified by a combination of MALDI-TOF mass spectrometric experiments and tryptic digestion followed by N-terminal mapping. The effect of the modification on the structure and activity of the protein have been determined by analytical ultra-centrifugation, 13C NMR spectroscopy and receptor binding studies. The results of these experiments suggest that huMIP-alpha D26A (BB10010), when present as a dimer, adopts a globular structure, like MCP-3, rather than the elongated or cylindrical structure determined for dimers of huMIP-1beta and RANTES.
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- J T Ashfield
- School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, United Kingdom
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Kim Y, Shin J, Li R, Cheong C, Kim K, Kim S. A Novel Anti-tumor Cytokine Contains an RNA Binding Motif Present in Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthetases. J Biol Chem 2000. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)61480-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Krijgsveld J, Zaat SA, Meeldijk J, van Veelen PA, Fang G, Poolman B, Brandt E, Ehlert JE, Kuijpers AJ, Engbers GH, Feijen J, Dankert J. Thrombocidins, microbicidal proteins from human blood platelets, are C-terminal deletion products of CXC chemokines. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:20374-81. [PMID: 10877842 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.275.27.20374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 246] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Antibacterial proteins are components of the innate immune system found in many organisms and produced by a variety of cell types. Human blood platelets contain a number of antibacterial proteins in their alpha-granules that are released upon thrombin activation. The present study was designed to purify these proteins obtained from human platelets and to characterize them chemically and biologically. Two antibacterial proteins were purified from platelet granules in a two-step protocol using cation exchange chromatography and continuous acid urea polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and were designated thrombocidin (TC)-1 and TC-2. Characterization of these proteins using mass spectrometry and N-terminal sequencing revealed that TC-1 and TC-2 are variants of the CXC chemokines neutrophil-activating peptide-2 and connective tissue-activating peptide-III, respectively. TC-1 and TC-2 differ from these chemokines by a C-terminal truncation of 2 amino acids. Both TCs, but not neutrophil-activating peptide-2 and connective tissue-activating peptide-III, were bactericidal for Bacillus subtilis, Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, and Lactococcus lactis and fungicidal for Cryptococcus neoformans. Killing of B. subtilis by either TC appeared to be very rapid. Because TCs were unable to dissipate the membrane potential of L. lactis, the mechanism of TC-mediated killing most probably does not involve pore formation.
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- J Krijgsveld
- Department of Medical Microbiology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Keizer DW, Crump MP, Lee TW, Slupsky CM, Clark-Lewis I, Sykes BD. Human CC chemokine I-309, structural consequences of the additional disulfide bond. Biochemistry 2000; 39:6053-9. [PMID: 10821677 DOI: 10.1021/bi000089l] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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I-309 is a member of the CC subclass of chemokines and is one of only three human chemokines known to contain an additional, third disulfide bond. The three-dimensional solution structure of I-309 was determined by (1)H nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and dynamic simulated annealing. The structure of I-309, which remains monomeric at high concentrations, was determined on the basis of 978 experimental restraints. The N-terminal region of I-309 was disordered, as has been previously observed for the CC chemokine eotaxin but not others such as MCP-1 and RANTES. This was followed in I-309 by a well-ordered region between residues 13 and 69 that consisted of a 3(10)-helix, a triple-stranded antiparallel beta-sheet, and finally a C-terminal alpha-helix. Root-mean-square deviations of 0.61 and 1.16 were observed for the backbone and heavy atoms, respectively. A comparison of I-309 to eotaxin and HCC-2 revealed a significant structural change in the C-terminal region of the protein. The alpha-helix normally present in chemokines was terminated early and was followed by a short section of extended strand. These changes were a direct result of the additional disulfide bond present in this protein. An examination of the I-309 structure will aid in an understanding of the specificity of this protein with its receptor, CCR8.
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- D W Keizer
- Protein Engineering Network Centres of Excellence (PENCE) and Department of Biochemistry, 713 Heritage Medical Research Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2S2
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Mildner AM, Paddock DJ, LeCureux LW, Leone JW, Anderson DC, Tomasselli AG, Heinrikson RL. Production of chemokines CTAPIII and NAP/2 by digestion of recombinant ubiquitin-CTAPIII with yeast ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolase and human immunodeficiency virus protease. Protein Expr Purif 1999; 16:347-54. [PMID: 10419831 DOI: 10.1006/prep.1999.1081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Recombinant yeast ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolase (YUH1), which has an N-terminal (His)(6) tag, and an autolysis-resistant mutant of the human immunodeficiency virus-1 protease (HIV-1 Pr) have been used as specific proteases to yield peptides from a ubiquitin conjugate. In the present example, connective tissue-activating peptide (CTAPIII) and neutrophil-activating peptide 2 (NAP/2) were generated by digestion of a ubiquitin-CTAPIII conjugate with YUH1 and HIV Pr, respectively, as indicated below: [see text] YUH1 cleaved at the peptide bond formed by the C-terminal Gly(76) of ubiquitin (Ub) and the N-terminal Asn(1) of the 85-residue peptide CTAPIII. The HIV-1 Pr cleaved between Tyr(15) and Ala(16), the N-terminal Ala of the 70-residue peptide NAP/2. Both enzymes produced authentic peptides from the Ub fusion protein, with a nearly 100% yield. The liberated CTAPIII and NAP/2 were separated from (His)(6)-Ub, the trace amounts of unreacted (His)(6)-Ub-CTAPIII, HIV-1 Pr, and the (His)(6)-YUH1 by passage over a nickel-chelate column; the final yield was about 10 mg of peptide/liter of cell culture. (His)(6)-YUH1, the HIV Pr mutant, and the (His)(6)-Ub-CTAPIII substrate were all expressed individually in Escherichia coli. (His)(6)-YUH1 and (His)(6)-Ub-CTAPIII were highly expressed in a soluble form, but about 75% of the total (His)(6)-YUH1 was also found in inclusion bodies. Both proteins from the soluble fractions were easily purified in a single step by immobilized metal ion affinity chromatography with a yield of about 27 mg of (His)(6)-Ub-CTAPIII and 13.6 mg of (His)(6)-YUH1 protein/liter of cell culture. Chemotactic factor activity, as assessed by the neutrophil shape change assay, was observed for NAP/2, but not for CTAPIII. This strategy, which employs YUH1 and the HIV-1 Pr as tools for the highly selective cleavage of the chimeric substrate, should be applicable to the large-scale production of a variety of peptides.
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- A M Mildner
- Protein Science, Cell and Molecular Biology, Pharmacia and Upjohn, 301 Henrietta Street, Kalamazoo, Michigan 49007, USA
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Sticht H, Escher SE, Schweimer K, Forssmann WG, Rösch P, Adermann K. Solution structure of the human CC chemokine 2: A monomeric representative of the CC chemokine subtype. Biochemistry 1999; 38:5995-6002. [PMID: 10320325 DOI: 10.1021/bi990065i] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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HCC-2, a 66-amino acid residue human CC chemokine, was reported to induce chemotaxis on monocytes, T-lymphocytes, and eosinophils. The three-dimensional structure of HCC-2 has been determined by 1H nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy and restrained molecular dynamics calculations on the basis of 871 experimental restraints. The structure is well-defined, exhibiting average root-mean-square deviations of 0.58 and 0.96 A for the backbone heavy atoms and all heavy atoms of residues 5-63, respectively. In contrast to most other chemokines, subtle structural differences impede dimer formation of HCC-2 in a concentration range of 0.1 microM to 2 mM. HCC-2, however, exhibits the same structural elements as the other chemokines, i.e., a triple-stranded antiparallel beta-sheet covered by an alpha-helix, showing that the chemokine fold is not influenced by quaternary interactions. Structural investigations with a HCC-2 mutant prove that a third additional disulfide bond present in wild-type HCC-2 is not necessary for maintaining the relative orientation of the helix and the beta-sheet.
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- H Sticht
- Lehrstuhl für Biopolymere, Universität Bayreuth, D-95440 Bayreuth, Germany.
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Ehlert JE, Gerdes J, Flad HD, Brandt E. Novel C-Terminally Truncated Isoforms of the CXC Chemokine β-Thromboglobulin and Their Impact on Neutrophil Functions. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 1998. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.161.9.4975] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The neutrophil agonist neutrophil-activating peptide-2 (NAP-2) arises through proteolytic processing of platelet-derived N-terminally extended inactive precursors, the most abundant one being connective tissue-activating peptide-III (CTAP-III). Apart from N-terminal processing, C-terminal processing also appears to participate in the functional regulation of NAP-2, as indicated by our recent identification of an isoform missing four C-terminal amino acids, NAP-2 (1–66), which was about threefold more potent than full-size NAP-2. In the present study, we report on the discovery and identification of natural NAP-2 (1–63), an isoform truncated by seven C-terminal residues. Functional and receptor-binding analyses demonstrated that NAP-2 (1–63) represents the most active isoform, being about fivefold more potent than full-size NAP-2. Analyses of rNAP-2 isoforms successively truncated at the C terminus by up to eight residues suggest functionally important roles for acidic residues and for the leucine at position 63, a residue highly conserved within CXC chemokines. Finally, we report on a novel C-terminally truncated isoform of CTAP-III (CTAP-III (1–81)) representing the potential precursor of NAP-2 (1–66). We show that C-terminal truncation in CTAP-III enhances its potency to desensitize chemokine-induced neutrophil activation, indicating that C-terminal processing might not only serve to enhance neutrophil activation, but might as well participate in the down-regulation of an inflammatory response.
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- Jan Erik Ehlert
- Department of Immunology and Cell Biology, Forschungszentrum Borstel, Borstel, Germany
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- Department of Immunology and Cell Biology, Forschungszentrum Borstel, Borstel, Germany
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- Department of Immunology and Cell Biology, Forschungszentrum Borstel, Borstel, Germany
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- Department of Immunology and Cell Biology, Forschungszentrum Borstel, Borstel, Germany
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Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) is a potentially serious complication of heparin therapy. Antibodies to platelet factor 4 (PF4)/heparin complexes have been implicated in the pathogenesis of this disorder, but the antigenic epitope(s) on the protein have not been defined. To address this issue, we studied the binding of HIT antibodies to a series of recombinant proteins containing either point mutations in PF4 or chimeras containing various domains of PF4 and the related protein, neutrophil activating peptide-2 (NAP-2). Serum samples from 50 patients with a positive 14C-serotonin release assay (14C-SRA) and a clinical diagnosis of HIT and 20 normal controls were studied. HIT antibodies reacted strongly with wild-type (WT) PF4/heparin complexes, but reacted little, if at all, with NAP-2/heparin complexes (optical density [OD]405 = 2.5 and 0.2, respectively). Alanine substitutions at three of the four lysine residues implicated in heparin binding, K62, K65, and K66, had little effect on recognition by HIT antibodies (OD405 = 2.2, 2.8, and 2.0, respectively), whereas an alanine substitution at position K61 led to reduced, but still significant binding (OD405 = 1.0). Similar studies involving chimeras between PF4 and NAP-2 localized a major antigenic site to the region between the third and fourth cysteine residues for more than half of the sera tested. This site appears to involve a series of amino acids immediately after the third cysteine residue beginning with P37. Thus our studies suggest that whereas the C-terminal lysine residues of PF4 are important for heparin binding, they do not comprise a critical antigenic site for most HIT antibodies. Rather, we propose that maintaining a region near the third cysteine residue of PF4, distal from the proposed heparin-binding domain, is required to form the epitope recognized by many HIT antibodies.© 1998 by The American Society of Hematology.
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Defining an Antigenic Epitope on Platelet Factor 4 Associated With Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia. Blood 1998. [DOI: 10.1182/blood.v92.9.3250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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AbstractHeparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) is a potentially serious complication of heparin therapy. Antibodies to platelet factor 4 (PF4)/heparin complexes have been implicated in the pathogenesis of this disorder, but the antigenic epitope(s) on the protein have not been defined. To address this issue, we studied the binding of HIT antibodies to a series of recombinant proteins containing either point mutations in PF4 or chimeras containing various domains of PF4 and the related protein, neutrophil activating peptide-2 (NAP-2). Serum samples from 50 patients with a positive 14C-serotonin release assay (14C-SRA) and a clinical diagnosis of HIT and 20 normal controls were studied. HIT antibodies reacted strongly with wild-type (WT) PF4/heparin complexes, but reacted little, if at all, with NAP-2/heparin complexes (optical density [OD]405 = 2.5 and 0.2, respectively). Alanine substitutions at three of the four lysine residues implicated in heparin binding, K62, K65, and K66, had little effect on recognition by HIT antibodies (OD405 = 2.2, 2.8, and 2.0, respectively), whereas an alanine substitution at position K61 led to reduced, but still significant binding (OD405 = 1.0). Similar studies involving chimeras between PF4 and NAP-2 localized a major antigenic site to the region between the third and fourth cysteine residues for more than half of the sera tested. This site appears to involve a series of amino acids immediately after the third cysteine residue beginning with P37. Thus our studies suggest that whereas the C-terminal lysine residues of PF4 are important for heparin binding, they do not comprise a critical antigenic site for most HIT antibodies. Rather, we propose that maintaining a region near the third cysteine residue of PF4, distal from the proposed heparin-binding domain, is required to form the epitope recognized by many HIT antibodies.© 1998 by The American Society of Hematology.
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Dealwis C, Fernandez EJ, Thompson DA, Simon RJ, Siani MA, Lolis E. Crystal structure of chemically synthesized [N33A] stromal cell-derived factor 1alpha, a potent ligand for the HIV-1 "fusin" coreceptor. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1998; 95:6941-6. [PMID: 9618518 PMCID: PMC22694 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.95.12.6941] [Citation(s) in RCA: 134] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/1997] [Accepted: 04/02/1998] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Stromal cell-derived factor-1alpha (SDF-1alpha ) is a member of the chemokine superfamily and functions as a growth factor and chemoattractant through activation of CXCR4/LESTR/Fusin, a G protein-coupled receptor. This receptor also functions as a coreceptor for T-tropic syncytium-inducing strains of HIV-1. SDF-1alpha antagonizes infectivity of these strains by competing with gp120 for binding to the receptor. The crystal structure of a variant SDF-1alpha ([N33A]SDF-1alpha ) prepared by total chemical synthesis has been refined to 2.2-A resolution. Although SDF-1alpha adopts a typical chemokine beta-beta-beta-alpha topology, the packing of the alpha-helix against the beta-sheet is strikingly different. Comparison of SDF-1alpha with other chemokine structures confirms the hypothesis that SDF-1alpha may be either an ancestral protein from which all other chemokines evolved or the chemokine that is the least divergent from a primordial chemokine. The structure of SDF-1alpha reveals a positively charged surface ideal for binding to the negatively charged extracellular loops of the CXCR4 HIV-1 coreceptor. This ionic complementarity is likely to promote the interaction of the mobile N-terminal segment of SDF-1alpha with interhelical sites of the receptor, resulting in a biological response.
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- C Dealwis
- Department of Pharmacology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven CT 06510, USA
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Shao W, Jerva LF, West J, Lolis E, Schweitzer BI. Solution structure of murine macrophage inflammatory protein-2. Biochemistry 1998; 37:8303-13. [PMID: 9622482 DOI: 10.1021/bi980112r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The solution structure of murine macrophage inflammatory protein-2 (MIP-2), a heparin-binding chemokine that is secreted in response to inflammatory stimuli, has been determined using two-dimensional homonuclear and heteronuclear NMR spectroscopy. Structure calculations were carried out by means of torsion-angle molecular dynamics using the program X-PLOR. The structure is based on a total of 2390 experimental restraints, comprising 2246 NOE-derived distance restraints, 44 distance restraints for 22 hydrogen bonds, and 100 torsion angle restraints. The structure is well-defined, with the backbone (N, Calpha, C) and heavy atom atomic rms distribution about the mean coordinates for residues 9-69 of the dimer being 0.57 +/- 0.16 A and 0.96 +/- 0.12 A, respectively. The N- and C-terminal residues (1-8 and 70-73, respectively) are disordered. The overall structure of the MIP-2 dimer is similar to that reported previously for the NMR structures of MGSA and IL-8 and consists of a six-stranded antiparallel beta-sheet (residue 25-29, 39-44, and 48-52) packed against two C-terminal antiparallel alpha-helices. A best fit superposition of the NMR structure of MIP-2 on the structures of MGSA, NAP-2, and the NMR and X-ray structures of IL-8 are 1.11, 1.02, 1.27, and 1.19 A, respectively, for the monomers, and 1.28, 1.10, 1.55, and 1.36 A, respectively, for the dimers (IL-8 residues 7-14 and 16-67, NAP-2 residues 25-84). At the tertiary level, the main differences between the MIP-2 solution structure and the IL-8, MGSA, and NAP-2 structures involve the N-terminal loop between residues 9-23 and the loops formed by residues 30-38 and residues 53-58. At the quaternary level, the difference between MIP-2 and IL-8, MGSA, or NAP-2 results from differing interhelical angles and separations.
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- W Shao
- Walt Disney Memorial Cancer Institute at Florida Hospital, Orlando 32826, USA
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Rajarathnam K, Kay CM, Clark-Lewis I, Sykes BD. Characterization of quaternary structure of interleukin-8 and functional implications. Methods Enzymol 1997; 287:89-105. [PMID: 9330317 DOI: 10.1016/s0076-6879(97)87009-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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- K Rajarathnam
- Protein Engineering Network of Centres of Excellence (PENCE), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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