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Oyama K, Ueda T. Relationship between protein conformational stability and its immunogenicity when administering antigens to mice using adjuvants-Analysis employed the CH2 domain in human antibodies. PLoS One 2024; 19:e0307320. [PMID: 39038003 PMCID: PMC11262634 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0307320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/25/2023] [Accepted: 07/02/2024] [Indexed: 07/24/2024] Open
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Antigen-presenting cells (APCs) play a crucial role in the immune system by breaking down antigens into peptide fragments that subsequently bind to major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules. Previous studies indicate that stable proteins can impede CD4+ T cell stimulation by hindering antigen processing and presentation. Conversely, certain proteins require stabilization in order to activate the immune response. Several factors, including the characteristics of the protein and the utilization of different adjuvants in animal experiments, may contribute to this disparity. In this study, we investigated the impact of adjuvants on antigen administration in mice, specifically focusing on the stability of the CH2 domain. Consequently, the CH2 domain induced a stronger IgG response in comparison to the stabilized one when using Alum and PBS (without adjuvant). On the other hand, animal experiment using Freund's adjuvant showed the opposite results. These findings indicate the significance of considering the intrinsic conformational stability of a protein when eliciting its immunogenicity, particularly within the context of vaccine development.
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- Kosuke Oyama
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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Jacquet A, Soh WT. Spatiotemporal proteolytic susceptibility of allergens: positive or negative effects on the allergic sensitization? FRONTIERS IN ALLERGY 2024; 5:1426816. [PMID: 39044859 PMCID: PMC11263110 DOI: 10.3389/falgy.2024.1426816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2024] [Accepted: 06/21/2024] [Indexed: 07/25/2024] Open
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From their expression in their respective allergenic source to their processing by antigen presenting cells, allergens continuously encounter proteases. The ability of allergens to resist to proteolysis by digestive enzymes or host-cell/microbial proteases is considered as an important property that influences their allergenic potential. However, the relationship between proteolytic stability and allergenicity is much more complex and depends on various factors, such as the protein structure dynamics, the exposure level, the route of sensitization, and their respective protease susceptibility. In this review, we summarize and discuss the current knowledge on several aspects of allergen proteolytic stability in different environments including the allergenic sources, routes of sensitization (skin, respiratory tract, gastrointestinal tract) and endolysosomal compartment of antigen-presenting cells. Proteolytic stability alone cannot represent a definitive criterion to allergenicity. The proteolytic susceptibility of allergens in processed extracts can affect allergy diagnosis and immunotherapy. Furthermore, the fine tuning of allergen stability during antigen processing can be exploited for the development of novel immunotherapeutic strategies.
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- Alain Jacquet
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Research Group of Quantitative and Systems Biology, Max-Planck-Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Göttingen, Germany
- Faculty of Applied Sciences, UCSI University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Ueda T. [Modulation of Aggregation and Immunogenicity of a Protein: Based on the Study of Hen Lysozyme]. YAKUGAKU ZASSHI 2024; 144:299-310. [PMID: 38432940 DOI: 10.1248/yakushi.23-00192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/05/2024]
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This study focuses on the modulation of protein aggregation and immunogenicity. As a starting point for investigating long-range interactions within a non-native protein, the effects of perturbing denatured protein states on their aggregation, including the formation of amyloid fibrils, were evaluated. The effects of adducts, sugar modifications, and stabilization on protein aggregation were then examined. We also investigated how protein immunogenicity was affected by enhancing protein conformational stability and other factors.
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- Tadashi Ueda
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University
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van Leeuwen T, Araman C, Pieper Pournara L, Kampstra ASB, Bakkum T, Marqvorsen MHS, Nascimento CR, Groenewold GJM, van der Wulp W, Camps MGM, Janssen GMC, van Veelen PA, van Westen GJP, Janssen APA, Florea BI, Overkleeft HS, Ossendorp FA, Toes REM, van Kasteren SI. Bioorthogonal protein labelling enables the study of antigen processing of citrullinated and carbamylated auto-antigens. RSC Chem Biol 2021; 2:855-862. [PMID: 34212151 PMCID: PMC8190914 DOI: 10.1039/d1cb00009h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2021] [Accepted: 02/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Proteolysis is fundamental to many biological processes. In the immune system, it underpins the activation of the adaptive immune response: degradation of antigenic material into short peptides and presentation thereof on major histocompatibility complexes, leads to activation of T-cells. This initiates the adaptive immune response against many pathogens. Studying proteolysis is difficult, as the oft-used polypeptide reporters are susceptible to proteolytic sequestration themselves. Here we present a new approach that allows the imaging of antigen proteolysis throughout the processing pathway in an unbiased manner. By incorporating bioorthogonal functionalities into the protein in place of methionines, antigens can be followed during degradation, whilst leaving reactive sidechains open to templated and non-templated post-translational modifications, such as citrullination and carbamylation. Using this approach, we followed and imaged the post-uptake fate of the commonly used antigen ovalbumin, as well as the post-translationally citrullinated and/or carbamylated auto-antigen vinculin in rheumatoid arthritis, revealing differences in antigen processing and presentation.
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- Tyrza van Leeuwen
- Division of Bio-organic Synthesis, Leiden Institute of Chemistry and the Institute of Chemical Immunology, Leiden University Leiden The Netherlands
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- Division of Bio-organic Synthesis, Leiden Institute of Chemistry and the Institute of Chemical Immunology, Leiden University Leiden The Netherlands
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- Division of Bio-organic Synthesis, Leiden Institute of Chemistry and the Institute of Chemical Immunology, Leiden University Leiden The Netherlands
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- Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center P.O. Box 9600 2300 RC Leiden The Netherlands
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- Division of Bio-organic Synthesis, Leiden Institute of Chemistry and the Institute of Chemical Immunology, Leiden University Leiden The Netherlands
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- Division of Bio-organic Synthesis, Leiden Institute of Chemistry and the Institute of Chemical Immunology, Leiden University Leiden The Netherlands
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- Division of Bio-organic Synthesis, Leiden Institute of Chemistry and the Institute of Chemical Immunology, Leiden University Leiden The Netherlands
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- Division of Bio-organic Synthesis, Leiden Institute of Chemistry and the Institute of Chemical Immunology, Leiden University Leiden The Netherlands
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- Division of Bio-organic Synthesis, Leiden Institute of Chemistry and the Institute of Chemical Immunology, Leiden University Leiden The Netherlands
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- Department of Immunology, Leiden University Medical Center P.O. Box 9600 2300 RC Leiden The Netherlands
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- Center for Proteomics and Metabolomics, Leiden University Medical Center P.O. Box 9600 2300 RC Leiden The Netherlands
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- Center for Proteomics and Metabolomics, Leiden University Medical Center P.O. Box 9600 2300 RC Leiden The Netherlands
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- Computational Drug Discovery, Drug Discovery and Safety, LACDR, Leiden University Leiden The Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Physiology, Leiden Institute of Chemistry and the Oncode Institute, Leiden University Leiden The Netherlands
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- Division of Bio-organic Synthesis, Leiden Institute of Chemistry and the Institute of Chemical Immunology, Leiden University Leiden The Netherlands
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- Division of Bio-organic Synthesis, Leiden Institute of Chemistry and the Institute of Chemical Immunology, Leiden University Leiden The Netherlands
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- Department of Immunology, Leiden University Medical Center P.O. Box 9600 2300 RC Leiden The Netherlands
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- Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center P.O. Box 9600 2300 RC Leiden The Netherlands
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- Division of Bio-organic Synthesis, Leiden Institute of Chemistry and the Institute of Chemical Immunology, Leiden University Leiden The Netherlands
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Winter P, Stubenvoll S, Scheiblhofer S, Joubert IA, Strasser L, Briganser C, Soh WT, Hofer F, Kamenik AS, Dietrich V, Michelini S, Laimer J, Lackner P, Horejs-Hoeck J, Tollinger M, Liedl KR, Brandstetter J, Huber CG, Weiss R. In silico Design of Phl p 6 Variants With Altered Fold-Stability Significantly Impacts Antigen Processing, Immunogenicity and Immune Polarization. Front Immunol 2020; 11:1824. [PMID: 33013833 PMCID: PMC7461793 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.01824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2020] [Accepted: 07/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Introduction: Understanding, which factors determine the immunogenicity and immune polarizing properties of proteins, is an important prerequisite for designing better vaccines and immunotherapeutics. While extrinsic immune modulatory factors such as pathogen associated molecular patterns are well-understood, far less is known about the contribution of protein inherent features. Protein fold-stability represents such an intrinsic feature contributing to immunogenicity and immune polarization by influencing the amount of peptide-MHC II complexes (pMHCII). Here, we investigated how modulation of the fold-stability of the grass pollen allergen Phl p 6 affects its ability to stimulate immune responses and T cell polarization. Methods: MAESTRO software was used for in silico prediction of stabilizing or destabilizing point mutations. Mutated proteins were expressed in E. coli, and their thermal stability and resistance to endolysosomal proteases was determined. Resulting peptides were analyzed by mass spectrometry. The structure of the most stable mutant protein was assessed by X-ray crystallography. We evaluated the capacity of the mutants to stimulate T cell proliferation in vitro, as well as antibody responses and T cell polarization in vivo in an adjuvant-free BALB/c mouse model. Results: In comparison to wild-type protein, stabilized or destabilized mutants displayed changes in thermal stability ranging from -5 to +14°. While highly stabilized mutants were degraded very slowly, destabilization led to faster proteolytic processing in vitro. This was confirmed in BMDCs, which processed and presented the immunodominant epitope from a destabilized mutant more efficiently compared to a highly stable mutant. In vivo, stabilization resulted in a shift in immune polarization from TH2 to TH1/TH17 as indicated by higher levels of IgG2a and increased secretion of TNF-α, IFN-γ, IL-17, and IL-21. Conclusion: MAESTRO software was very efficient in detecting single point mutations that increase or reduce fold-stability. Thermal stability correlated well with the speed of proteolytic degradation and presentation of peptides on the surface of dendritic cells in vitro. This change in processing kinetics significantly influenced the polarization of T cell responses in vivo. Modulating the fold-stability of proteins thus has the potential to optimize and polarize immune responses, which opens the door to more efficient design of molecular vaccines.
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- Petra Winter
- Department of Biosciences, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Biosciences, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Biosciences, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Biosciences, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Biosciences, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Center of Molecular Biosciences & Institute of General, Inorganic and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Center of Molecular Biosciences & Institute of General, Inorganic and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Center of Molecular Biosciences & Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Biosciences, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Biosciences, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Biosciences, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Center of Molecular Biosciences & Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Center of Molecular Biosciences & Institute of General, Inorganic and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Biosciences, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Biosciences, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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Ma X, Liang R, Xing Q, Lozano‐Ojalvo D. Can food processing produce hypoallergenic egg? J Food Sci 2020; 85:2635-2644. [DOI: 10.1111/1750-3841.15360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2019] [Revised: 06/15/2020] [Accepted: 06/19/2020] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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- Xiaojuan Ma
- School of Public Health Zunyi Medical University Zunyi 563000 China
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- School of Public Health Zunyi Medical University Zunyi 563000 China
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- Department of Pediatrics The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University Zunyi 563000 China
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- Instituto de Investigación en Ciencias de la Alimentación (CSIC‐UAM) Madrid 28049 Spain
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de Oliveira FFM, Mamillapalli S, Gonti S, Brey RN, Li H, Schiffer J, Casadevall A, Bann JG. Binding of the von Willebrand Factor A Domain of Capillary Morphogenesis Protein 2 to Anthrax Protective Antigen Vaccine Reduces Immunogenicity in Mice. mSphere 2020; 5:e00556-19. [PMID: 31941807 PMCID: PMC6968648 DOI: 10.1128/msphere.00556-19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2019] [Accepted: 12/09/2019] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
Abstract
Protective antigen (PA) is a component of anthrax toxin that can elicit toxin-neutralizing antibody responses. PA is also the major antigen in the current vaccine to prevent anthrax, but stability problems with recombinant proteins have complicated the development of new vaccines containing recombinant PA. The relationship between antigen physical stability and immunogenicity is poorly understood, but there are theoretical reasons to think that this parameter can affect immune responses. We investigated the immunogenicity of anthrax PA, in the presence and absence of the soluble von Willebrand factor A domain of the human form of receptor capillary morphogenesis protein 2 (sCMG2), to elicit antibodies to PA in BALB/c mice. Prior studies showed that sCMG2 stabilizes the 83-kDa PA structure to pH, chemical denaturants, temperature, and proteolysis and slows the hydrogen-deuterium exchange rate of histidine residues far from the binding interface. In contrast to a vaccine containing PA without adjuvant, we found that mice immunized with PA in stable complex with sCMG2 showed markedly reduced antibody responses to PA, including toxin-neutralizing antibodies and antibodies to domain 4, which correlated with fewer toxin-neutralizing antibodies. In contrast, mice immunized with PA in concert with a nonbinding mutant of sCMG2 (D50A) showed anti-PA antibody responses similar to those observed with PA alone. Our results suggest that addition of sCMG2 to a PA vaccine formulation is likely to result in a significantly diminished immune response, but we discuss the multitude of factors that could contribute to reduced immunogenicity.IMPORTANCE The anthrax toxin PA is the major immunogen in the current anthrax vaccine (anthrax vaccine adsorbed). Improving the anthrax vaccine for avoidance of a cold chain necessitates improvements in the thermodynamic stability of PA. We address how stabilizing PA using sCMG2 affects PA immunogenicity in BALB/c mice. Although the stability of PA is increased by binding to sCMG2, PA immunogenicity is decreased. This study emphasizes that, while binding of a ligand retains or improves conformational stability without affecting the native sequence, epitope recognition or processing may be affected, abrogating an effective immune response.
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- Fabiana Freire Mendes de Oliveira
- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas, USA
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- Division of Bacterial Disease, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Division of Bacterial Disease, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas, USA
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Moss DL, Park HW, Mettu RR, Landry SJ. Deimmunizing substitutions in Pseudomonas exotoxin domain III perturb antigen processing without eliminating T-cell epitopes. J Biol Chem 2019; 294:4667-4681. [PMID: 30683694 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra118.006704] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2018] [Revised: 01/23/2019] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Effective adaptive immune responses depend on activation of CD4+ T cells via the presentation of antigen peptides in the context of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II. The structure of an antigen strongly influences its processing within the endolysosome and potentially controls the identity of peptides that are presented to T cells. A recombinant immunotoxin, comprising exotoxin A domain III (PE-III) from Pseudomonas aeruginosa and a cancer-specific antibody fragment, has been developed to manage cancer, but its effectiveness is limited by the induction of neutralizing antibodies. Here, we observed that this immunogenicity is substantially reduced by substituting six residues within PE-III. Although these substitutions targeted T-cell epitopes, we demonstrate that reduced conformational stability and protease resistance were responsible for the reduced antibody titer. Analysis of mouse T-cell responses coupled with biophysical studies on single-substitution versions of PE-III suggested that modest but comprehensible changes in T-cell priming can dramatically perturb antibody production. The most strongly responsive PE-III epitope was well-predicted by a structure-based algorithm. In summary, single-residue substitutions can drastically alter the processing and immunogenicity of PE-III but have only modest effects on CD4+ T-cell priming in mice. Our findings highlight the importance of structure-based processing constraints for accurate epitope prediction.
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- Daniel L Moss
- From the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112 and
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- From the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112 and
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- the Department of Computer Science, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana 70118
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- From the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112 and
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Thermal unfolding of human lysozyme induces aggregation: Recognition of the aggregates by antisera against the native protein. Int J Biol Macromol 2018; 113:976-982. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2018.02.095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2018] [Revised: 02/12/2018] [Accepted: 02/14/2018] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Schiffner T, Pallesen J, Russell RA, Dodd J, de Val N, LaBranche CC, Montefiori D, Tomaras GD, Shen X, Harris SL, Moghaddam AE, Kalyuzhniy O, Sanders RW, McCoy LE, Moore JP, Ward AB, Sattentau QJ. Structural and immunologic correlates of chemically stabilized HIV-1 envelope glycoproteins. PLoS Pathog 2018; 14:e1006986. [PMID: 29746590 PMCID: PMC5944921 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1006986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2017] [Accepted: 03/21/2018] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
Abstract
Inducing broad spectrum neutralizing antibodies against challenging pathogens such as HIV-1 is a major vaccine design goal, but may be hindered by conformational instability within viral envelope glycoproteins (Env). Chemical cross-linking is widely used for vaccine antigen stabilization, but how this process affects structure, antigenicity and immunogenicity is poorly understood and its use remains entirely empirical. We have solved the first cryo-EM structure of a cross-linked vaccine antigen. The 4.2 Å structure of HIV-1 BG505 SOSIP soluble recombinant Env in complex with a CD4 binding site-specific broadly neutralizing antibody (bNAb) Fab fragment reveals how cross-linking affects key properties of the trimer. We observed density corresponding to highly specific glutaraldehyde (GLA) cross-links between gp120 monomers at the trimer apex and between gp120 and gp41 at the trimer interface that had strikingly little impact on overall trimer conformation, but critically enhanced trimer stability and improved Env antigenicity. Cross-links were also observed within gp120 at sites associated with the N241/N289 glycan hole that locally modified trimer antigenicity. In immunogenicity studies, the neutralizing antibody response to cross-linked trimers showed modest but significantly greater breadth against a global panel of difficult-to-neutralize Tier-2 heterologous viruses. Moreover, the specificity of autologous Tier-2 neutralization was modified away from the N241/N289 glycan hole, implying a novel specificity. Finally, we have investigated for the first time T helper cell responses to next-generation soluble trimers, and report on vaccine-relevant immunodominant responses to epitopes within BG505 that are modified by cross-linking. Elucidation of the structural correlates of a cross-linked viral glycoprotein will allow more rational use of this methodology for vaccine design, and reveals a strategy with promise for eliciting neutralizing antibodies needed for an effective HIV-1 vaccine.
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MESH Headings
- AIDS Vaccines/chemistry
- AIDS Vaccines/immunology
- Animals
- Antibodies, Neutralizing/immunology
- Antibody Specificity
- Antigen-Antibody Reactions/immunology
- Cross-Linking Reagents
- Cryoelectron Microscopy
- HIV Antibodies/immunology
- HIV Antigens/chemistry
- HIV Antigens/immunology
- HIV Antigens/ultrastructure
- HIV-1/chemistry
- HIV-1/immunology
- Host-Pathogen Interactions/immunology
- Humans
- Immunodominant Epitopes/chemistry
- Immunodominant Epitopes/immunology
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Models, Molecular
- Protein Conformation
- Protein Stability
- Protein Structure, Quaternary
- Rabbits
- T-Lymphocytes, Helper-Inducer/immunology
- Vaccines, Synthetic/chemistry
- Vaccines, Synthetic/immunology
- env Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus/chemistry
- env Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus/immunology
- env Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus/ultrastructure
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Affiliation(s)
- Torben Schiffner
- The Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, The University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Department of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, IAVI Neutralizing Antibody Center, Collaboration for AIDS Vaccine Discovery and Center for HIV/AIDS Vaccine Immunology and Immunogen Discovery, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America
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- The Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, The University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- The Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, The University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Center for Molecular Microscopy (CMM), National Cancer Institute (NCI), Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc., Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
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- Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- Duke Human Vaccine Institute, Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- Departments of Immunology and Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Duke Human Vaccine Institute, Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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- The Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, The University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- The Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, The University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Center for HIV/AIDS Vaccine Immunology and Immunogen Discovery (CHAVI-ID), The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America
- IAVI Neutralizing Antibody Center and the Collaboration for AIDS Vaccine Discovery (CAVD), The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, IAVI Neutralizing Antibody Center, Collaboration for AIDS Vaccine Discovery and Center for HIV/AIDS Vaccine Immunology and Immunogen Discovery, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America
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- The Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, The University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Scheiblhofer S, Laimer J, Machado Y, Weiss R, Thalhamer J. Influence of protein fold stability on immunogenicity and its implications for vaccine design. Expert Rev Vaccines 2017; 16:479-489. [PMID: 28290225 PMCID: PMC5490637 DOI: 10.1080/14760584.2017.1306441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
Abstract
INTRODUCTION In modern vaccinology and immunotherapy, recombinant proteins more and more replace whole organisms to induce protective or curative immune responses. Structural stability of proteins is of crucial importance for efficient presentation of antigenic peptides on MHC, which plays a decisive role for triggering strong immune reactions. Areas covered: In this review, we discuss structural stability as a key factor for modulating the potency of recombinant vaccines and its importance for antigen proteolysis, presentation, and stimulation of B and T cells. Moreover, the impact of fold stability on downstream events determining the differentiation of T cells into effector cells is reviewed. We summarize studies investigating the impact of protein fold stability on the outcome of the immune response and provide an overview on computational methods to estimate the effects of point mutations on protein stability. Expert commentary: Based on this information, the rational design of up-to-date vaccines is discussed. A model for predicting immunogenicity of proteins based on their conformational stability at different pH values is proposed.
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- Sandra Scheiblhofer
- a Department of Molecular Biology , University of Salzburg , Salzburg , Austria
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- a Department of Molecular Biology , University of Salzburg , Salzburg , Austria
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- a Department of Molecular Biology , University of Salzburg , Salzburg , Austria
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- a Department of Molecular Biology , University of Salzburg , Salzburg , Austria
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- a Department of Molecular Biology , University of Salzburg , Salzburg , Austria
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Nakamura H, Ohkuri T, So T, Ueda T. Relationship between the magnitude of IgE production in mice and conformational stability of the house dust mite allergen, Der p 2. Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj 2016; 1860:2279-84. [PMID: 27108391 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2016.04.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2015] [Revised: 03/20/2016] [Accepted: 04/17/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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BACKGROUND Protein antigens are degraded by endosomal protease in antigen presentation cell. T cells recognize peptides derived from antigen proteins bound to class II major histocompatibility complex molecules. We previously reported that an increase in the conformational stability of an antigen depressed its immunogenicity. However, there is little information on antigens with differences in molecular properties such as net charges and molecular weight. METHODS Denaturation experiments against guanidine hydrochloride. The serum IgE levels to protein antigens at 35days after the first immunization analyzed using ELISA. RESULTS The Der p 2 mutations in which Ile13 is mutated to Ala (I13A) and Ala122 is mutated to Ile (A122I) were shown to have lower and higher conformational stability than the wild-type, respectively, by denaturation experiments. The amount of IgE production by the less stable I13A mutant was higher and that of the stable A122I mutant was lower than that of the wild-type. CONCLUSION Our results suggest that the increased conformational stability of Der p 2 depressed the IgE production in mice. GENERAL SIGNIFICANCE These findings should provide a milestone for the engineering of allergen vaccines.
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- Hitomi Nakamura
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University, Japan; Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sojo University, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University, Japan; Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sojo University, Japan
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- Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University, Japan.
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Benedé S, López-Expósito I, Molina E, López-Fandiño R. Egg proteins as allergens and the effects of the food matrix and processing. Food Funct 2016; 6:694-713. [PMID: 25598200 DOI: 10.1039/c4fo01104j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Hen eggs are an important and inexpensive source of high-quality proteins in the human diet. Egg, either as a whole or its constituents (egg yolk and white), is a key ingredient in many food products by virtue of its nutritional value and unique functional properties, such as emulsifying, foaming, and gelling. Nevertheless, egg is also known because of its allergenic potential and, in fact, it is the second most frequent source of allergic reactions, particularly in children. This review deals with the structural or functional properties of egg proteins that make them strong allergens. Their ability to sensitize and/or elicit allergic reactions is linked to their resistance to gastroduodenal digestion, which ultimately allows them to interact with the intestinal mucosa where absorption occurs. The factors that affect protein digestibility, whether increasing it, decreasing it, or inducing a different proteolysis pattern, and their influence on their capacity to induce or trigger an allergic reaction are discussed. Special attention is paid to the effect of the food matrix and the processing practices on the capacity of egg proteins to modulate the immune response.
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- S Benedé
- Instituto de Investigación en Ciencias de la Alimentación (CIAL, CSIC-UAM), Nicolás Cabrera 9, 28049 Madrid, Spain.
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Machado Y, Freier R, Scheiblhofer S, Thalhamer T, Mayr M, Briza P, Grutsch S, Ahammer L, Fuchs JE, Wallnoefer HG, Isakovic A, Kohlbauer V, Hinterholzer A, Steiner M, Danzer M, Horejs-Hoeck J, Ferreira F, Liedl KR, Tollinger M, Lackner P, Johnson CM, Brandstetter H, Thalhamer J, Weiss R. Fold stability during endolysosomal acidification is a key factor for allergenicity and immunogenicity of the major birch pollen allergen. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2015; 137:1525-34. [PMID: 26559323 PMCID: PMC4877439 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2015.09.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2015] [Revised: 08/30/2015] [Accepted: 09/08/2015] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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BACKGROUND The search for intrinsic factors, which account for a protein's capability to act as an allergen, is ongoing. Fold stability has been identified as a molecular feature that affects processing and presentation, thereby influencing an antigen's immunologic properties. OBJECTIVE We assessed how changes in fold stability modulate the immunogenicity and sensitization capacity of the major birch pollen allergen Bet v 1. METHODS By exploiting an exhaustive virtual mutation screening, we generated mutants of the prototype allergen Bet v 1 with enhanced thermal and chemical stability and rigidity. Structural changes were analyzed by means of x-ray crystallography, nuclear magnetic resonance, and molecular dynamics simulations. Stability was monitored by using differential scanning calorimetry, circular dichroism, and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. Endolysosomal degradation was simulated in vitro by using the microsomal fraction of JAWS II cells, followed by liquid chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry. Immunologic properties were characterized in vitro by using a human T-cell line specific for the immunodominant epitope of Bet v 1 and in vivo in an adjuvant-free BALB/c mouse model. RESULTS Fold stabilization of Bet v 1 was pH dependent and resulted in resistance to endosomal degradation at a pH of 5 or greater, affecting presentation of the immunodominant T-cell epitope in vitro. These properties translated in vivo into a strong allergy-promoting TH2-type immune response. Efficient TH2 cell activation required both an increased stability at the pH of the early endosome and efficient degradation at lower pH in the late endosomal/lysosomal compartment. CONCLUSIONS Our data indicate that differential pH-dependent fold stability along endosomal maturation is an essential protein-inherent determinant of allergenicity.
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- Yoan Machado
- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Center of Molecular Biosciences & Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Center of Molecular Biosciences & Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Center of Molecular Biosciences & Institute of General, Inorganic and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Center of Molecular Biosciences & Institute of General, Inorganic and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Austrian Red Cross, Blood Transfusion Service for Upper Austria, Linz, Austria
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- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Center of Molecular Biosciences & Institute of General, Inorganic and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Center of Molecular Biosciences & Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria.
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Gause KT, Yan Y, Cui J, O'Brien-Simpson NM, Lenzo JC, Reynolds EC, Caruso F. Physicochemical and immunological assessment of engineered pure protein particles with different redox states. ACS NANO 2015; 9:2433-2444. [PMID: 25714702 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b00393] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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The development of subunit antigen delivery formulations has become an important research endeavor, especially in cases where a whole cell vaccine approach has significant biosafety issues. Particle-based systems have shown particular efficacy due to their inherent immunogenicity. In some cases, fabrication techniques can lead to changes in the redox states of encapsulated protein antigens. By employing a uniform, well-characterized, single-protein system, it is possible to elucidate how the molecular details of particle-based protein antigens affect their induced immune responses. Using mesoporous silica-templated, amide bond-stabilized ovalbumin particles, three types of particles were fabricated from native, reduced, and oxidized ovalbumin, resulting in particles with different physicochemical properties and immunogenicity. Phagocytosis, transcription factor activation, and cytokine secretion by a mouse macrophage cell line did not reveal significant differences between the three types of particles. Oxidation of the ovalbumin, however, was shown to inhibit the intracellular degradation of the particles compared with native and reduced ovalbumin particles. Slow intracellular degradation of the oxidized particles was correlated with inefficient antigen presentation and insignificant levels of T cell priming and antibody production in vivo. In contrast, particles fabricated from native and reduced ovalbumin were rapidly degraded after internalization by macrophages in vitro and resulted in significant T cell and B cell immune responses in vivo. Taken together, the current study demonstrates how the redox state of a protein antigen significantly impacts the immunogenicity of the particulate vaccine formulations.
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- Katelyn T Gause
- †ARC Centre of Excellence in Convergent Bio-Nano Science and Technology, and the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
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- †ARC Centre of Excellence in Convergent Bio-Nano Science and Technology, and the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
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- †ARC Centre of Excellence in Convergent Bio-Nano Science and Technology, and the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
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- ‡Melbourne Dental School, Oral Health CRC, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
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- ‡Melbourne Dental School, Oral Health CRC, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
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- ‡Melbourne Dental School, Oral Health CRC, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
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- †ARC Centre of Excellence in Convergent Bio-Nano Science and Technology, and the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
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Jiménez-Saiz R, Benedé S, Miralles B, López-Expósito I, Molina E, López-Fandiño R. Immunological behavior of in vitro digested egg-white lysozyme. Mol Nutr Food Res 2013; 58:614-24. [DOI: 10.1002/mnfr.201300442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2013] [Revised: 07/29/2013] [Accepted: 08/06/2013] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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- Rodrigo Jiménez-Saiz
- Instituto de Investigación en Ciencias de la Alimentación (CIAL), CSIC-UAM; Madrid Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación en Ciencias de la Alimentación (CIAL), CSIC-UAM; Madrid Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación en Ciencias de la Alimentación (CIAL), CSIC-UAM; Madrid Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación en Ciencias de la Alimentación (CIAL), CSIC-UAM; Madrid Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación en Ciencias de la Alimentación (CIAL), CSIC-UAM; Madrid Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación en Ciencias de la Alimentación (CIAL), CSIC-UAM; Madrid Spain
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Buchanan A, Ferraro F, Rust S, Sridharan S, Franks R, Dean G, McCourt M, Jermutus L, Minter R. Improved drug-like properties of therapeutic proteins by directed evolution. Protein Eng Des Sel 2012; 25:631-8. [PMID: 22942395 PMCID: PMC3449403 DOI: 10.1093/protein/gzs054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2012] [Revised: 05/25/2012] [Accepted: 08/06/2012] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Many natural human proteins have functional properties that make them useful as therapeutic drugs. However, not all these proteins are compatible with large-scale manufacturing processes or sufficiently stable to be stored for long periods prior to use. In this study, we focus on small four-helix bundle proteins and employ ribosome display in conjunction with three parallel selection pressures to favour the isolation of variant proteins with improved expression, solubility and stability. This in vitro evolution strategy was applied to two human proteins with known drug development issues, granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) and erythropoietin (EPO). In the case of G-CSF, the soluble expression levels in Escherichia coli were improved 1000-fold, while for EPO the level of aggregation in an accelerated shelf-life study was reduced from over 80% to undetectable levels. These results exemplify the general utility of our in vitro evolution strategy for improving the drug-like properties of therapeutic proteins.
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Introducing site-specific glycosylation using protein engineering techniques reduces the immunogenicity of β-lactoglobulin. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2012; 76:478-85. [PMID: 22451388 DOI: 10.1271/bbb.110753] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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To reduce the immunogenicity of β-lactoglobulin (BLG), we prepared wild-type bovine BLG variant A (wt) and three site-specifically glycosylated BLGs (D28N, D137N/A139S, and P153A), and expressed them in the methylotrophic yeast Pichia pastoris by fusion of the cDNA to the sequence coding for the α-factor signal peptide from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) analysis indicated that the glycosylated BLGs were conjugated with a ~4 kDa high-mannose chain. Each glycosylated BLG retained ∼80% of the retinol-binding activity of BLG. Structural analyses by intrinsic fluorescence, CD spectra, and ELISA with monoclonal antibodies indicated that the surface structure was slightly changed by using protein engineering techniques, but that the site-specifically glycosylated BLGs were covered by high-mannose chains without substantial disruption of wt conformation. Antibody responses to the glycosylated BLGs tended to be weaker in BALB/c, C57BL/6, and C3H/He mice. We conclude that site-specific glycosylation is an effective method to reduce the immunogenicity of BLG, and that masking of epitopes by high-mannose chains is effective to reduce immunogenicity.
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Arancibia S, Del Campo M, Nova E, Salazar F, Becker MI. Enhanced structural stability of Concholepas hemocyanin increases its immunogenicity and maintains its non-specific immunostimulatory effects. Eur J Immunol 2012; 42:688-99. [PMID: 22144228 DOI: 10.1002/eji.201142011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Hemocyanins, which boost the immune system of mammals, have been used as carrier-adjuvants to promote Ab production against haptens and peptides, as immunostimulants during therapy for bladder carcinoma and as a component in therapeutic vaccines for cancer. These biomedical applications have led to growing interest in obtaining hemocyanins with high immunogenicity. Here, we study the immunological properties of a modified oxidized Concholepas concholepas hemocyanin (Ox-CCH) obtained by the oxidation of its carbohydrates using sodium periodate. We assessed the internalization of Ox-CCH into DCs and its immunogenicity and antitumor effects. Transmission electron microscopy showed no changes in Ox-CCH quaternary structure with respect to native CCH, although proteolytic treatment followed by SDS-PAGE analysis demonstrated that Schiff bases were formed. Interestingly, DCs internalized Ox-CCH faster than CCH, mainly through macropinocytosis. During this process, Ox-CCH remained inside endosome-like structures for a longer period. Mouse immunization experiments demonstrated that Ox-CCH is more immunogenic and a better carrier than CCH. Moreover, Ox-CCH showed a significant antitumor effect in the B16F10 melanoma model similar to that produced by CCH, inducing IFN-γ secretion. Together, these data demonstrate that the aldehydes formed by the periodate oxidation of sugar moieties stabilizes the CCH structure, increasing its adjuvant/immunostimulatory carrier effects.
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Bates JT, Graff AH, Phipps JP, Grayson JM, Mizel SB. Enhanced antigen processing of flagellin fusion proteins promotes the antigen-specific CD8+ T cell response independently of TLR5 and MyD88. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2011; 186:6255-62. [PMID: 21515787 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1001855] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Flagellin is a highly effective adjuvant for CD4(+) T cell and humoral immune responses. However, there is conflicting data in the literature regarding the ability of flagellin to promote a CD8(+) T cell response. In this article, we report that immunization of wild-type, TLR5(-/-), and MyD88(-/-) adoptive transfer recipient mice revealed the ability of flagellin fusion proteins to promote OVA-specific CD8(+) T cell proliferation independent of TLR5 or MyD88 expression by the recipient animal. Wild-type and TLR5(-/-) APCs were able to stimulate high levels of OVA-specific CD8(+) T cell proliferation in vitro in response to a flagellin fusion protein containing full-length OVA or the SIINFEKL epitope and 10 flanking amino acids (OVAe), but not to OVA and flagellin added as separate proteins. This effect was independent of the conserved regions of flagellin and occurred in response to OVAe alone. Comparison of IFN-γ production by CD8(+) effector cells revealed higher levels of SIINFEKL peptide-MHC I complexes on the surface of APCs that had been pulsed with OVAe-flagellin fusion proteins than on cells pulsed with OVA. Inhibition of the proteasome significantly reduced Ag-specific proliferation in response to OVAe fusion proteins. In summary, our data are consistent with the conclusion that flagellin-OVA fusion proteins induce an epitope-specific CD8(+) T cell response by facilitating Ag processing and not through stimulatory signaling via TLR5 and MyD88. Our findings raise the possibility that flagellin might be an efficient Ag carrier for Ags that are poorly processed in their native state.
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- John T Bates
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA
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Ohkuri T, Nagatomo S, Oda K, So T, Imoto T, Ueda T. A Protein’s Conformational Stability Is an Immunologically Dominant Factor: Evidence That Free-Energy Barriers for Protein Unfolding Limit the Immunogenicity of Foreign Proteins. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2010; 185:4199-205. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.0902249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Kohyama K, Matsumoto T, Imoto T. Refolding of an unstable lysozyme by gradient removal of a solubilizer and gradient addition of a stabilizer. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009; 147:427-31. [DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvp184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Dagenais TR, Demick KP, Bangs JD, Forest KT, Paulnock DM, Mansfield JM. T-cell responses to the trypanosome variant surface glycoprotein are not limited to hypervariable subregions. Infect Immun 2009; 77:141-51. [PMID: 18936180 PMCID: PMC2612290 DOI: 10.1128/iai.00729-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2008] [Revised: 07/13/2008] [Accepted: 10/13/2008] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Variable subregions within the variant surface glycoprotein (VSG) coat displayed by African trypanosomes are predicted sites for T- and B-cell recognition. Hypervariable subregion 1 (HV-1) is localized to an internal amphipathic alpha helix in VSG monomers and may have evolved due to selective pressure by host T-cell responses to epitopes within this subregion. The prediction of T-cell receptor-reactive sites and major histocompatibility complex class II binding motifs within the HV-1 subregion, coupled with the conservation of amino acid residues in other regions of the molecule sufficient to maintain secondary and tertiary VSG structure, prompted us to test the hypothesis that Th cells may preferentially recognize HV-1 subregion peptides. Thus, we examined the fine specificity of VSG-specific T-cell lines, T-cell hybridomas, and Th cells activated during infection. Our results demonstrate that T-cell epitopes are distributed throughout the N-terminal domain of VSG but are not clustered exclusively within HV-1 or other hypervariable subregions. In contrast, T-cell-reactive sites were not detected within the relatively conserved C-terminal domain of VSG. Overall, this study is the first to dissect the fine specificity of T-cell responses to the trypanosome VSG and suggests that evolution of a conserved HV-1 region may be unrelated to selective pressures exerted by host T-cell responses. This study also demonstrates that T cells do not recognize the relatively invariant C-terminal region of the VSG molecule during infection, suggesting that it could serve as a potential subunit vaccine to provide variant cross-specific immunity for African trypanosomiasis.
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- Taylor R Dagenais
- Department of Bacteriology, Microbial Sciences Building, 1550 Linden Drive, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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Flobakk M, Rasmussen IB, Lunde E, Frigstad T, Berntzen G, Michaelsen TE, Bogen B, Sandlie I. Processing of an Antigenic Sequence from IgG Constant Domains for Presentation by MHC Class II. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2008; 181:7062-72. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.181.10.7062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Monteiro KM, Zaha A, Ferreira HB. Recombinant subunits as tools for the structural and functional characterization of Echinococcus granulosus antigen B. Exp Parasitol 2008; 119:490-498. [DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2008.04.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2007] [Revised: 04/15/2008] [Accepted: 04/17/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Mine Y, Yang M. Recent advances in the understanding of egg allergens: basic, industrial, and clinical perspectives. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2008; 56:4874-4900. [PMID: 18543935 DOI: 10.1021/jf8001153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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The emergence of egg allergy has had both industrial and clinical implications. In industrialized countries, egg allergy accounts for one of the most prevalent food hypersensitivities, especially in children. Atopic dermatitis represents the most common clinical manifestation in infancy; however, the range of clinical signs is broad and encompasses life-threatening anaphylaxis. The dominant egg allergens are proteins and are mainly present in the egg white, for example, ovalbumin, ovomucoid, ovotransferrin, and lysozyme. However, egg yolk also displays low-level allergenicity, for example, alpha-livetin. Strict avoidance of the offending food remains the most common recommendation for egg-allergic individuals. Nevertheless, the omnipresence of egg-derived components in prepackaged or prepared foods makes it difficult. Therefore, more efficient preventive approaches are investigated to protect consumers from inadvertent exposure and ensuing adverse reactions. On the one hand, commercial kits have become readily available that allow for the detection of egg contaminants at trace levels. On the other hand, attempts to produce hypoallergenic egg-containing products through food-processing techniques have met with promising results, but the approach is limited due to its potentially undesirable effects on the unique functional and sensory attributes of egg proteins. Therefore, the development of preventive or curative strategies for egg allergy remains strongly warranted. Pilot studies have suggested that oral immunotherapy (IT) with raw or cooked preparations of egg may represent a safe alternative, immediately available to allergic subjects, but remains applicable to only nonanaphylactic patients. Due to the limitations of conventional IT, novel forms of immunotherapy are sought based on information obtained from the molecular characterization of major egg allergens. In the past decade, promising approaches to the treatment and prevention of egg allergy have been explored and include, among others, the production of hypoallergenic recombinant egg proteins, the development of customized peptides, and bacterial-mediated immunotherapy. Nonspecific approaches have also been evaluated, and preliminary trials with the use of probiotic bacteria have yielded encouraging results. The current understanding of egg allergens offers novel approaches toward the making of food products safe for human consumption and the development of efficient immunotherapeutic strategies.
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- Yoshinori Mine
- Department of Food Science, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G2W1, Canada.
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Lecoq A, Moine G, Bellanger L, Drevet P, Thai R, Lajeunesse E, Ménez A, Léonetti M. Increasing the humoral immunogenic properties of the HIV-1 Tat protein using a ligand-stabilizing strategy. Vaccine 2008; 26:2615-26. [PMID: 18394763 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2008.02.057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2007] [Revised: 02/19/2008] [Accepted: 02/27/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Tat is regarded as an attractive target for the development of an AIDS vaccine. However, works suggest that Tat is a poorly immunogenic protein and therefore we attempted to increase its immunogenic potency. As we observed that Tat is highly sensitive to enzymatic degradation in vitro we tried to make it less susceptible to proteolysis using ligands. We complexed Tat101 with various sulfated sugars and observed that some of these ligands made the protein more resistant to proteolysis and more immunogenic. In a more thorough study, we observed that a low-molecular-weight heparin fragment, called Hep6000, altered both the cell-binding capacity and transactivating activity of Tat101, suggesting that this sulfated polysaccharide can make the protein less toxic. Sera raised against Tat101 and Tat101/Hep6000 similarly bound mainly to the N-terminal region of the protein, indicating that formation of the complex does not alter the B-cell immunodominant region. Anti-Tat101/Hep6000 antisera neutralized the transactivating activity of Tat101 more efficiently than anti-Tat101 antisera. Altogether, these results indicate that stabilization of Tat101 using sulfated sugars increases its immunogenicity and might be of value in increasing its vaccine efficacy.
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- Alain Lecoq
- Commissariat de l'Energie Atomique, DSV, iBiTec-S, SIMOPRO, LCV, Gif-Sur-Yvette, France
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Three-dimensional structure determines the pattern of CD4+ T-cell epitope dominance in influenza virus hemagglutinin. J Virol 2007; 82:1238-48. [PMID: 18057238 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.02026-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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The structural context of a CD4(+) T-cell epitope is known to influence immunodominance at the level of antigen processing, but general rules have not emerged. Dominant epitopes of influenza virus hemagglutinin are found to be localized to the C-terminal flanks of conformationally stable segments identified by low crystallographic B-factors or high COREX residue stabilities. The bias toward C-terminal flanks is distinctive for antigens from the influenza virus. Dominant epitopes in antigens/allergens from other sources also localize to the flanks of stable segments but are found on either N- or C-terminal flanks. Thus, dominance arises from preferential endoproteolytic nicking between stable segments followed by loading of fragment terminal regions into antigen-presenting proteins. This mechanism probably arose in order to direct CD4(+) responses onto sequences that are conserved for structure and function. Structure-guided presentation could enhance protection against genetically drifting influenza virus variants but most likely reduces protection against new viral subtypes.
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Immunogenicity of protein therapeutics. Trends Immunol 2007; 28:482-90. [DOI: 10.1016/j.it.2007.07.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 359] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2007] [Revised: 07/31/2007] [Accepted: 07/31/2007] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Peek LJ, Martin TT, Elk Nation C, Pegram SA, Middaugh CR. Effects of stabilizers on the destabilization of proteins upon adsorption to aluminum salt adjuvants. J Pharm Sci 2007; 96:547-57. [PMID: 17080408 DOI: 10.1002/jps.20762] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Excipients for protein-based vaccines are currently identified by evaluating the stability of the protein in solution. In most cases, however, the protein is adsorbed to the surface of an aluminum salt adjuvant in the final vaccine formulation. Previous studies showed that model protein antigens may be structurally altered and less thermally stable upon adsorption to aluminum salt adjuvants [Jones LS, Peek LJ, Power J, Markham A, Yazzie B, Middaugh CR, 2005, J Biol Chem 280:13406-13414]. The work presented herein provides evidence that compounds that stabilize the protein in solution also stabilize the adsorbed protein; however, the stability of the adsorbed protein in the presence of the stabilizer remains lower than that of the protein in solution. Potential implications of the reduced stability on the approach used to select excipients during formulation development are discussed.
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- Laura J Peek
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Kansas, 2030 Becker Drive, Lawrence, Kansas 66047, USA
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Monteiro KM, Scapin SMN, Navarro MVAS, Zanchin NIT, Cardoso MB, da Silveira NP, Gonçalves PFB, Stassen HK, Zaha A, Ferreira HB. Self-assembly and structural characterization of Echinococcus granulosus antigen B recombinant subunit oligomers. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2007; 1774:278-85. [PMID: 17188949 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2006.11.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2006] [Revised: 11/07/2006] [Accepted: 11/08/2006] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Echinococcus granulosus antigen B is an oligomeric protein of 120-160 kDa composed by 8-kDa (AgB8) subunits. Here, we demonstrated that the AgB8 recombinant subunits AgB8/1, AgB8/2 and AgB8/3 are able to self-associate into high order homo-oligomers, showing similar properties to that of parasite-produced AgB, making them valuable tools to study AgB structure. Dynamic light scattering, size exclusion chromatography and cross-linking assays revealed approximately 120- to 160-kDa recombinant oligomers, with a tendency to form populations with different aggregation states. Recombinant oligomers showed helical circular dichroism spectra and thermostability similar to those of purified AgB. Cross-linking and limited proteolysis experiments indicated different degrees of stability and compactness between the recombinant oligomers, with the AgB8/3 one showing a more stable and compact structure. We have also built AgB8 subunit structural models in order to predict the surfaces possibly involved in electrostatic and hydrophobic interactions during oligomerization.
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- Karina M Monteiro
- Laboratório de Biologia Molecular de Cestódeos, Centro de Biotecnologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Cx. Postal 15005, 91501-970, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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NODAKE Y, SAKAKIBARA R, YAMASAKI N. Overview of the Lysozyme-Monomethoxypolyethylene Glycol Conjugate as a Model for Protein Tailoring. KOBUNSHI RONBUNSHU 2007. [DOI: 10.1295/koron.64.716] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Delamarre L, Couture R, Mellman I, Trombetta ES. Enhancing immunogenicity by limiting susceptibility to lysosomal proteolysis. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 203:2049-55. [PMID: 16908625 PMCID: PMC2118388 DOI: 10.1084/jem.20052442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 154] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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T cells recognize protein antigens as short peptides processed and displayed by antigen-presenting cells. However, the mechanism of peptide selection is incompletely understood, and, consequently, the differences in the immunogenicity of protein antigens remain largely unpredictable and difficult to manipulate. In this paper we show that the susceptibility of protein antigens to lysosomal proteolysis plays an important role in determining immunogenicity in vivo. We compared the immunogenicity of proteins with the same sequence (same T cell epitopes) and structure (same B cell epitopes) but with different susceptibilities to lysosomal proteolysis. After immunizing mice with each of the proteins adsorbed onto aluminum hydroxide as adjuvant, we measured serum IgG responses as a physiological measure of the antigen's ability to be presented on major histocompatibility complex class II molecules and to prime CD4+ T cells in vivo. For two unrelated model antigens (RNase and horseradish peroxidase), we found that only the less digestible forms were immunogenic, inducing far more efficient T cell priming and antibody responses. These findings suggest that stability to lysosomal proteolysis may be an important factor in determining immunogenicity, with potential implications for vaccine design.
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- Lélia Delamarre
- Department of Cell Biology and Section of Immunobiology, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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Carmicle S, Steede NK, Landry SJ. Antigen three-dimensional structure guides the processing and presentation of helper T-cell epitopes. Mol Immunol 2006; 44:1159-68. [PMID: 16893568 DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2006.06.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2006] [Revised: 06/28/2006] [Accepted: 06/30/2006] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Antigen three-dimensional structure potentially controls presentation of CD4(+) T-cell epitopes by limiting the access of proteolytic enzymes and MHC class II antigen-presenting proteins. The protease-sensitive mobile loops of Hsp10s from mycobacteria, Escherichia coli, and bacteriophage T4 (T4Hsp10) are associated with adjacent immunodominant helper T-cell epitopes, and a mobile-loop deletion in T4Hsp10 eliminated the protease sensitivity and the associated epitope immunodominance. In the present work, protease-sensitivity and epitope presentation was analyzed in a group of T4Hsp10 variants. Two mobile-loop sequence variants of T4Hsp10 were constructed by replacing different segments of the mobile loop with an irrelevant sequence from hen egg lysozyme. The variant proteins retained native-like structure, and the mobile loops retained protease sensitivity. Mobile-loop deletion and reconstruction affected the presentation of two epitopes according to whether the epitope was protease-independent or protease-dependent. The protease-independent epitope lies within the mobile loop, and the protease-dependent epitope lies in a well-ordered segment on the carboxy-terminal flank of the mobile loop. The results are consistent with a model for processing of the protease-dependent epitope in which an endoproteolytic nick in the mobile-loop unlocks T4Hsp10 three-dimensional structure, and then the epitope becomes available for binding to the MHC protein.
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- Stephanie Carmicle
- Department of Biochemistry, Tulane University Health Sciences Center, 1430 Tulane Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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Brady LJ. Antibody-mediated immunomodulation: a strategy to improve host responses against microbial antigens. Infect Immun 2005; 73:671-8. [PMID: 15664904 PMCID: PMC547018 DOI: 10.1128/iai.73.2.671-678.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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- L Jeannine Brady
- Department of Oral Biology, University of Florida, PO Box 100424, Gainesville, FL 32610-0424, USA.
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Jones LS, Peek LJ, Power J, Markham A, Yazzie B, Middaugh CR. Effects of adsorption to aluminum salt adjuvants on the structure and stability of model protein antigens. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:13406-14. [PMID: 15684430 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m500687200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 141] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The effect of adsorption onto aluminum salt adjuvants on the structure and stability of three model protein antigens was studied using fluorescence and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopies, as well as isothermal titration and differential scanning calorimetric techniques. Lysozyme was preferentially adsorbed to aluminum phosphate (Adju-Phos), whereas ovalbumin and bovine serum albumin were better adsorbed to aluminum hydroxide (Alhydrogel). A linearized Langmuir adsorption isotherm was used to obtain information regarding the binding interactions between proteins and adjuvants. Binding energetics and stoichiometry data obtained from isothermal titration calorimetry measurements were complex. Based on the spectroscopic and differential scanning calorimetry studies, the structure of all three proteins, when adsorbed to the surface of an aluminum salt, was altered in such a way as to render the proteins less thermally stable. Besides the pharmaceutical significance of this destabilization, we consider the possibility that this phenomenon may facilitate the presentation of antigens and thus contribute to the adjuvant activity of the aluminum salts.
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- LaToya S Jones
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66047, USA.
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Oli MW, Rhodin N, McArthur WP, Brady LJ. Redirecting the humoral immune response against Streptococcus mutans antigen P1 with monoclonal antibodies. Infect Immun 2004; 72:6951-60. [PMID: 15557617 PMCID: PMC529146 DOI: 10.1128/iai.72.12.6951-6960.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The adhesin P1 of Streptococcus mutans has been studied as an anticaries vaccine antigen. An anti-P1 monoclonal antibody (MAb) bound to S. mutans prior to mucosal immunization of mice was shown previously to alter the amount, specificity, isotype, and biological activity of anti-P1 antibodies. The present study was undertaken to screen this and four additional anti-P1 MAbs for immunomodulatory activity when complexed with S. mutans and administered by a systemic route and to evaluate sera from immunized mice for the ability to inhibit adherence of S. mutans to immobilized human salivary agglutinin. All five MAbs tested influenced murine anti-P1 serum antibody responses in terms of subclass distribution and/or specificity. The effects varied depending on which MAb was used and its coating concentration. Two MAbs promoted a more effective, and two others a less effective, adherence inhibition response. An inverse relationship was observed between the ability of the MAbs themselves to inhibit adherence and the ability of antibodies elicited following immunization with immune complexes to inhibit adherence. Statistically significant correlations were demonstrated between the levels of anti-P1 serum immunoglobulin G2a (IgG2a) and IgG2b, but not of IgG1 or IgG3, and the ability of sera from immunized animals to inhibit bacterial adherence. These results indicate that multiple anti-P1 MAbs can mediate changes in the immune response and that certain alterations are potentially more biologically relevant than others. Immunomodulation by anti-P1 MAbs represents a useful strategy to improve the beneficial immune response against S. mutans.
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- Monika W Oli
- Department of Oral Biology, P.O. Box 100424, Health Science Center, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610-0424, USA
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Thai R, Moine G, Desmadril M, Servent D, Tarride JL, Ménez A, Léonetti M. Antigen Stability Controls Antigen Presentation. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:50257-66. [PMID: 15364925 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m405738200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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We investigated whether protein stability controls antigen presentation using a four disulfide-containing snake toxin and three derivatives carrying one or two mutations (L1A, L1A/H4Y, and H4Y). These mutations were anticipated to increase (H4Y) or decrease (L1A) the antigen non-covalent stabilizing interactions, H4Y being naturally and frequently observed in neurotoxins. The chemically synthesized derivatives shared similar three-dimensional structure, biological activity, and T epitope pattern. However, they displayed differential thermal unfolding capacities, ranging from 65 to 98 degrees C. Using these differentially stable derivatives, we demonstrated that antigen stability controls antigen proteolysis, antigen processing in antigen-presenting cells, T cell stimulation, and kinetics of expression of T cell determinants. Therefore, non-covalent interactions that control the unfolding capacity of an antigen are key parameters in the efficacy of antigen presentation. By affecting the stabilizing interaction network of proteins, some natural mutations may modulate the subsequent T-cell stimulation and might help microorganisms to escape the immune response.
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- Robert Thai
- Département d'Ingénierie et d'Etudes des Protéines, Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique, C.E. Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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Chang SH, Kim J, Lee KY, Kim HJ, Chung YJ, Park CU, Kim BS, Jang YS. Modification of the Inhibitory Amino Acid for Epitope Peptide Binding onto Major Histocompatibility Complex Class II Molecules Enhances Immunogenicity of the Antigen. Scand J Immunol 2004; 59:123-32. [PMID: 14871288 DOI: 10.1111/j.0300-9475.2004.01364.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Previously, the arginine at hen egg-white lysozyme 61 (HEL 61) was characterized as inhibiting T-lymphocyte stimulation due to the inefficient binding of the arginine-containing epitope peptide to the corresponding major histocompatibility complex class II molecules in C57BL/6 mice. In this study, we produced recombinant HEL, with arginine or alanine at HEL 61, and compared its ability to induce immune responses in mice to see whether modification of an inhibitory amino acid could enhance the immunogenicity of an inefficient antigen. Immunization of the mice with modified HEL induced strong antibody and T-cell immune responses against the native antigen. The enhanced T-cell immune response was due to a more specific elevation of the T-cell responses to the HEL 46-61 epitope region than to other epitope regions, although recognition of the other epitope peptides of HEL was generally increased. Mass spectrometric analyses of the epitope peptides generated by splenic antigen-presenting cells indicated that production of the epitope peptides encompassing HEL 46-61 was efficient using the modified antigen. These results suggest that modification of the critical amino acid residue(s) involved in hampering induction of an efficient immune response is an effective method to improve the immunogenicity of an inefficient antigen.
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- S-H Chang
- Division of Biological Sciences and the Institute for Molecular Biology and Genetics, Chonbuk National University, Chonju, Korea
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Rhodin NR, Van Tilburg MLJA, Oli MW, McArthur WP, Brady LJ. Further characterization of immunomodulation by a monoclonal antibody against Streptococcus mutans antigen P1. Infect Immun 2004; 72:13-21. [PMID: 14688075 PMCID: PMC343944 DOI: 10.1128/iai.72.1.13-21.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2003] [Revised: 07/01/2003] [Accepted: 09/25/2003] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We demonstrated previously that mucosal immunization of mice with Streptococcus mutans coated with the monoclonal antibody (MAb) 6-11A directed against the major surface adhesin protein P1 results in changes in the amount, isotype distribution, and specificity of serum antibodies compared with animals immunized with bacteria only. We now show that the specificity of the mucosal secretory IgA response was also influenced by this MAb. Changes in antibody specificity were associated with changes in biological activity. Serum samples which differed in antibody reactivity with P1 polypeptides generated by partial digestion with N-chlorosuccinimide but not in isotype distribution or overall reactivity with S. mutans or intact P1 demonstrated a statistically significant difference in the ability to inhibit bacterial adherence to salivary-agglutinin-coated hydroxyapatite beads. Serum IgG antibodies against P1 from mice immunized with either S. mutans alone or S. mutans coated with 6-11A were shown to recognize antigenic determinants dependent on the presence of the central proline-rich repeat domain, a segment necessary for the structural integrity of the molecule. However, no statistically significant differences were observed in antibody reactivity with a panel of six partial P1 polypeptides encoded by overlapping spaP subclones, suggesting that the targets of biologically relevant antibodies involve complex epitopes not reconstituted by the recombinant products tested. Lastly, we show that binding of MAb 6-11A to P1 on the surface of S. mutans alters P1's susceptibility to proteolytic digestion. Hence, changes in antigen processing and presentation may contribute to the immunomodulatory effects of this MAb.
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- Nikki R Rhodin
- Department of Oral Biology, College of Dentistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610-0424, USA
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Ametani A, Sakurai T, Katakura Y, Kuhara S, Hirakawa H, Hosoi T, Dosako SI, Kaminogawa S. Amino acid residue substitution at T-cell determinant-flanking sites in beta-lactoglobulin modulates antigen presentation to T cells through subtle conformational change. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2003; 67:1507-14. [PMID: 12913294 DOI: 10.1271/bbb.67.1507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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We compared T-cell responses to regions in residues 21-40 of A and B variants of bovine milk beta-lactoglobulin (beta-LG) that vary by two different amino acid residues at 64 and 118. Results showed that T cells from C57/BL6 and C3H/HeN mice immunized with peptide 21-40 or BALB/c mice immunized with peptide 21-32 or 25-40 responded more vigorously to beta-LG B than to beta-LG A. This difference in response to 25-40 in BALB/c mice was not observed when beta-LGs B and A were denatured, suggesting that the conformation difference affects display of the determinant 25-40. Reactivity of anti-beta-LG monoclonal antibodies and molecular modeling using molecular dynamics calculations revealed subtle differences in the three-dimensional structure of these two variants. Furthermore, substitution of two amino acid residues at sites distant from the T-cell determinant induced differential determinant display on antigen-presenting cells, possibly due to subtle conformational changes in beta-LG.
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- Akio Ametani
- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, The University of Tokyo, Japan
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Imoto T. [Foundation of the bases for protein research and its application to the pharmaceutical science field]. YAKUGAKU ZASSHI 2002; 122:537-46. [PMID: 12187769 DOI: 10.1248/yakushi.122.537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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This paper reviews the results of basic research conducted by the author's group to determine appropriate methods to develop protein-based drugs. These include production strategies, elucidation of physiologic function, improving existing pharmaceuticals, de novo design, and protein reconstruction. The antigenicity of modified proteins and methods to induce antigenic protein tolerance are also described.
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- Taiji Imoto
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University, Maidashi 3-1-1 Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
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The goal of this research was to determine whether the site-specific attachment of poly(ethylene glycol) to insulin could enhance the physical and pharmacological properties of insulin without negatively affecting its biological activity or immunological properties. Electrophilically activated derivatives of low-molecular-weight monomethoxypoly(ethylene glycol) (mPEG) were chemically coupled to insulin via its amino groups at positions phenylalanine-B1 or lysine-B29, with an amide bond being formed between the polymer and protein. The site-specific attachment of mPEG to insulin did not substantially alter insulin's secondary/tertiary structure, self-association behavior, or potency in vivo. However, mPEG attachment did significantly enhance insulin's resistance to aggregation. In addition, the pegylation of insulin almost completely eliminates the resultant conjugate's immunogenicity, allergenicity, and antigenicity. Finally, the conjugates were observed to remain in the systemic circulation for longer periods of time than unmodified insulin after subcutaneous administration.
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- Kenneth D Hinds
- Department of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry/CCCD, University of Utah, 20 South 2030 East Rm. 201, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
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Carmicle S, Dai G, Steede NK, Landry SJ. Proteolytic sensitivity and helper T-cell epitope immunodominance associated with the mobile loop in Hsp10s. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:155-60. [PMID: 11673463 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m107624200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Antigen three-dimensional structure potentially limits antigen processing and presentation to helper T-cell epitopes. The association of helper T-cell epitopes with the mobile loop in Hsp10s from mycobacteria and bacteriophage T4 suggests that the mobile loop facilitates proteolytic processing and presentation of adjacent sequences. Sites of initial proteolytic cleavage were mapped in divergent Hsp10s after treatment with a variety of proteases including cathepsin S. Each protease preferentially cleaved the Hsp10s in the mobile loop. Flexibility in the 22-residue mobile loop most probably allows it to conform to protease active sites. Three variants of the bacteriophage T4 Hsp10 were constructed with deletions in the mobile loop to test the hypothesis that shorter loops would be less sensitive to proteolysis. The two largest deletions effectively inhibited proteolysis by several proteases. Circular dichroism spectra and chemical cross-linking of the deletion variants indicate that the secondary and quaternary structures of the variants are native-like, and all three variants were more thermostable than the wild-type Hsp10. Local structural flexibility appears to be a general requirement for proteolytic sensitivity, and thus, it could be an important factor in antigen processing and helper T-cell epitope immunogenicity.
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- Stephanie Carmicle
- Department of Biochemistry, Tulane University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112-2699, USA
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Maric M, Arunachalam B, Phan UT, Dong C, Garrett WS, Cannon KS, Alfonso C, Karlsson L, Flavell RA, Cresswell P. Defective antigen processing in GILT-free mice. Science 2001; 294:1361-5. [PMID: 11701933 DOI: 10.1126/science.1065500] [Citation(s) in RCA: 218] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Processing of proteins for major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II-restricted presentation to CD4-positive T lymphocytes occurs after they are internalized by antigen-presenting cells (APCs). Antigenic proteins frequently contain disulfide bonds, and their reduction in the endocytic pathway facilitates processing. In humans, a gamma interferon-inducible lysosomal thiol reductase (GILT) is constitutively present in late endocytic compartments of APCs. Here, we identified the mouse homolog of GILT and generated a GILT knockout mouse. GILT facilitated the processing and presentation to antigen-specific T cells of protein antigens containing disulfide bonds. The response to hen egg lysozyme, a model antigen with a compact structure containing four disulfide bonds, was examined in detail.
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- M Maric
- Section of Immunobiology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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So T, Ito HO, Hirata M, Ueda T, Imoto T. Contribution of conformational stability of hen lysozyme to induction of type 2 T-helper immune responses. Immunology 2001; 104:259-68. [PMID: 11722640 PMCID: PMC1783307 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2567.2001.01314.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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It is important to identify characteristics that confer on proteins the potential to induce allergenic sensitization and allergenic disease. Protein allergens carry T-cell epitopes that are capable of inducing a type 2 T helper (Th2) cell response. There is limited information regarding factors that govern the allergenicity of proteins. We previously reported that a decrease in the conformational stability of hen-egg lysozyme (HEL) enhanced its capacity to activate HEL-specific T cells owing to the increased susceptibility to intracellular antigen processing. To determine whether the conformational stability of HEL makes for a critical contribution to allergenic sensitization in vivo, we immunized BALB/c mice with HEL derivatives of different conformational stability, but which retained a similar three-dimensional structure. The magnitude of in vivo T-cell responses, evaluated by ex vivo proliferative responses of lymph node T cells from mice primed with various HEL derivatives, was inversely correlated with conformational stability, as was interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) and interleukin-4 (IL-4) production by splenic T cells in response to HEL. Immunization of the least stable derivative led to a potent IL-4 response and to immunoglobulin E (IgE) antibody production. We propose that the intrinsic allergenicity of proteins can be determined by the degree of conformational stability.
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- Takanori So
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu UniversityFukuoka, Japan
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, Faculty of Dental Science and Station for Collaborative Research, Kyushu UniversityFukuoka, Japan
- Department of Preventive Dentistry, Kagoshima University Dental SchoolKagoshima, Japan
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, Faculty of Dental Science and Station for Collaborative Research, Kyushu UniversityFukuoka, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu UniversityFukuoka, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu UniversityFukuoka, Japan
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Schneider SC, Ohmen J, Fosdick L, Gladstone B, Guo J, Ametani A, Sercarz EE, Deng H. Cutting edge: introduction of an endopeptidase cleavage motif into a determinant flanking region of hen egg lysozyme results in enhanced T cell determinant display. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2000; 165:20-3. [PMID: 10861030 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.165.1.20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The choice of which determinants of a whole Ag will be presented on cell surface MHC class II molecules after uptake and processing by APC is the result of the interplay between structural characteristics of the Ag and the processing machinery of the APC. In this study, we demonstrate that introduction of a dibasic motif adjacent to a subdominant determinant enhances the presentation of this determinant from the whole molecule. This is the first report showing that a single amino acid substitution in a whole Ag, designed to introduce an endopeptidase recognition site, enhances display of class II-restricted determinants, most likely by creating a peptide chain cleavage in the antigenic molecule. Our findings have important implications for the understanding of immunodominance and for vaccine design.
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- S C Schneider
- Division of Immune Regulation, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, San Diego, CA 92121, USA.
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So T, Ito HO, Tsujihata Y, Hirata M, Ueda T, Imoto T. The molecular weight ratio of monomethoxypolyethylene glycol (mPEG) to protein determines the immunotolerogenicity of mPEG proteins. PROTEIN ENGINEERING 1999; 12:701-5. [PMID: 10469832 DOI: 10.1093/protein/12.8.701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
Abstract
Immunotolerogenic activity of monomethoxypolyethylene glycol- (mPEG) conjugated proteins is a beneficial property in protein pharmaceutics. However, procedures for the preparation of tolerogenic mPEG proteins have not yet been defined. We prepared mPEG proteins with different mPEG contents using three proteins, hen egg lysozyme, ovalbumin and bovine gamma globulin, and their tolerogenicities to antigen-specific T and B cell responses were examined. We found the most appropriate ratio of tolerance induction to be 1.5-2.0, which is the molecular weight ratio of conjugated total mPEGs to protein. This value may assist in the preparation of tolerogenic mPEG proteins.
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Affiliation(s)
- T So
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
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