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Yogeshwar SM, Muñiz-Castrillo S, Sabater L, Peris-Sempere V, Mallajosyula V, Luo G, Yan H, Yu E, Zhang J, Lin L, Fagundes Bueno F, Ji X, Picard G, Rogemond V, Pinto AL, Heidbreder A, Höftberger R, Graus F, Dalmau J, Santamaria J, Iranzo A, Schreiner B, Giannoccaro MP, Liguori R, Shimohata T, Kimura A, Ono Y, Binks S, Mariotto S, Dinoto A, Bonello M, Hartmann CJ, Tambasco N, Nigro P, Prüss H, McKeon A, Davis MM, Irani SR, Honnorat J, Gaig C, Finke C, Mignot E. HLA-DQB1*05 subtypes and not DRB1*10:01 mediates risk in anti-IgLON5 disease. Brain 2024; 147:2579-2592. [PMID: 38425314 PMCID: PMC11224611 DOI: 10.1093/brain/awae048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2023] [Revised: 10/09/2023] [Accepted: 01/21/2024] [Indexed: 03/02/2024] Open
Abstract
Anti-IgLON5 disease is a rare and likely underdiagnosed subtype of autoimmune encephalitis. The disease displays a heterogeneous phenotype that includes sleep, movement and bulbar-associated dysfunction. The presence of IgLON5-antibodies in CSF/serum, together with a strong association with HLA-DRB1*10:01∼DQB1*05:01, supports an autoimmune basis. In this study, a multicentric human leukocyte antigen (HLA) study of 87 anti-IgLON5 patients revealed a stronger association with HLA-DQ than HLA-DR. Specifically, we identified a predisposing rank-wise association with HLA-DQA1*01:05∼DQB1*05:01, HLA-DQA1*01:01∼DQB1*05:01 and HLA-DQA1*01:04∼DQB1*05:03 in 85% of patients. HLA sequences and binding cores for these three DQ heterodimers were similar, unlike those of linked DRB1 alleles, supporting a causal link to HLA-DQ. This association was further reflected in an increasingly later age of onset across each genotype group, with a delay of up to 11 years, while HLA-DQ-dosage dependent effects were also suggested by reduced risk in the presence of non-predisposing DQ1 alleles. The functional relevance of the observed HLA-DQ molecules was studied with competition binding assays. These proof-of-concept experiments revealed preferential binding of IgLON5 in a post-translationally modified, but not native, state to all three risk-associated HLA-DQ receptors. Further, a deamidated peptide from the Ig2-domain of IgLON5 activated T cells in two patients, compared with one control carrying HLA-DQA1*01:05∼DQB1*05:01. Taken together, these data support a HLA-DQ-mediated T-cell response to IgLON5 as a potentially key step in the initiation of autoimmunity in this disease.
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Affiliation(s)
- Selina M Yogeshwar
- Stanford Center for Sleep Sciences and Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
- Department of Neurology and Experimental Neurology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität Berlin, 10117, Berlin, Germany
- Einstein Center for Neurosciences Berlin, Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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- Stanford Center for Sleep Sciences and Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Neuroimmunology Program, Fundació de Recerca Clínic Barcelona-Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer, Caixa Research Institute, Universitat de Barcelona, 08036, Barcelona, Spain
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- Stanford Center for Sleep Sciences and Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Institute for Immunity, Transplantation, and Infection, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Stanford Center for Sleep Sciences and Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Stanford Center for Sleep Sciences and Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Stanford Center for Sleep Sciences and Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Stanford Center for Sleep Sciences and Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Stanford Center for Sleep Sciences and Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Stanford Center for Sleep Sciences and Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Human Immune Monitoring Center, Institute for Immunity, Transplantation, and Infection, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- French Reference Center on Paraneoplastic Neurological Syndrome and Autoimmune Encephalitis, Hospices Civils de Lyon, 69677, Lyon, France
- Institut MeLiS INSERM U1314/CNRS UMR 5284, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, 69372 Lyon, France
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- French Reference Center on Paraneoplastic Neurological Syndrome and Autoimmune Encephalitis, Hospices Civils de Lyon, 69677, Lyon, France
- Institut MeLiS INSERM U1314/CNRS UMR 5284, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, 69372 Lyon, France
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- French Reference Center on Paraneoplastic Neurological Syndrome and Autoimmune Encephalitis, Hospices Civils de Lyon, 69677, Lyon, France
- Institut MeLiS INSERM U1314/CNRS UMR 5284, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, 69372 Lyon, France
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- Kepler University Hospital, Department of Neurology, Johannes Kepler University, 4020 Linz, Austria
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- Division of Neuropathology and Neurochemistry, Department of Neurology, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Neurology Service, Hospital Clínic of Barcelona, Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBAPS), 08036 Barcelona, Spain
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- Neurology Service, Hospital Clínic of Barcelona, Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBAPS), 08036 Barcelona, Spain
- Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA), 08010 Barcelona, Spain
- Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
- Spanish National Network for Research on Rare Diseases (CIBERER), 28029 Madrid, Spain
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- Neurology Service, Hospital Clínic of Barcelona, Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBAPS), 08036 Barcelona, Spain
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- Neurology Service, Hospital Clínic of Barcelona, Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBAPS), 08036 Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital Zurich, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland
- Institute of Experimental Immunology, University of Zurich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna, UOC Clinica Neurologica, 40139 Bologna, Italy
- Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche e Neuromotorie, Università di Bologna, 40100 Bologna, Italy
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- IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna, UOC Clinica Neurologica, 40139 Bologna, Italy
- Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche e Neuromotorie, Università di Bologna, 40100 Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Neurology, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, 501-1194 Gifu, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, 501-1194 Gifu, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, 501-1194 Gifu, Japan
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- Oxford Autoimmune Neurology Group, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK
- Department of Neurology, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK
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- Neurology Unit, Department of Neurosciences, Biomedicine, and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, 37124 Verona, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, Department of Neurosciences, Biomedicine, and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, 37124 Verona, Italy
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- Department of Neurology, The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust, L9 7LJ, Liverpool, UK
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- Department of Neurology, Medical Faculty and University Hospital Düsseldorf, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
- Institute of Clinical Neuroscience and Medical Psychology, Medical Faculty and University Hospital Düsseldorf, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Movement Disorders Center, Neurology Department, Perugia General Hospital and University of Perugia, 06156 Perugia, Italy
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- Movement Disorders Center, Neurology Department, Perugia General Hospital and University of Perugia, 06156 Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Neurology and Experimental Neurology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität Berlin, 10117, Berlin, Germany
- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) Berlin, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
- Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
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- Institute for Immunity, Transplantation, and Infection, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK
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- French Reference Center on Paraneoplastic Neurological Syndrome and Autoimmune Encephalitis, Hospices Civils de Lyon, 69677, Lyon, France
- Institut MeLiS INSERM U1314/CNRS UMR 5284, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, 69372 Lyon, France
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- Neurology Service, Hospital Clínic of Barcelona, Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBAPS), 08036 Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Neurology and Experimental Neurology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität Berlin, 10117, Berlin, Germany
- Berlin Center for Advanced Neuroimaging, Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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- Stanford Center for Sleep Sciences and Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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Sadiki A, Liu S, Vaidya SR, Kercher EM, Lang RT, McIsaac J, Spring BQ, Auclair JR, Zhou ZS. Site-Specific Conjugation of Native Antibody: Transglutaminase-Mediated Modification of a Conserved Glutamine While Maintaining the Primary Sequence and Core Fc Glycan via Trimming with an Endoglycosidase. Bioconjug Chem 2024; 35:465-471. [PMID: 38499390 PMCID: PMC11036358 DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.4c00013] [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: 01/15/2024] [Revised: 03/12/2024] [Accepted: 03/14/2024] [Indexed: 03/20/2024]
Abstract
A versatile chemo-enzymatic tool to site-specifically modify native (nonengineered) antibodies is using transglutaminase (TGase, E.C. 2.3.2.13). With various amines as cosubstrates, this enzyme converts the unsubstituted side chain amide of glutamine (Gln or Q) in peptides and proteins into substituted amides (i.e., conjugates). A pleasant surprise is that only a single conserved glutamine (Gln295) in the Fc region of IgG is modified by microbial TGase (mTGase, EC 2.3.2.13), thereby providing a highly specific and generally applicable conjugation method. However, prior to the transamidation (access to the glutamine residue by mTGase), the steric hindrance from the nearby conserved N-glycan (Asn297 in IgG1) must be reduced. In previous approaches, amidase (PNGase F, EC 3.5.1.52) was used to completely remove the N-glycan. However, PNGase F also converts a net neutral asparagine (Asn297) to a negatively charged aspartic acid (Asp297). This charge alteration may markedly change the structure, function, and immunogenicity of an IgG antibody. In contrast, in our new method presented herein, the N-glycan is trimmed by an endoglycosidase (EndoS2, EC 3.2.1.96), hence retaining both the core N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc) moiety and the neutral asparaginyl amide. The trimmed glycan also reduces or abolishes Fc receptor-mediated functions, which results in better imaging agents by decreasing nonspecific binding to other cells (e.g., immune cells). Moreover, the remaining core glycan allows further derivatization such as glycan remodeling and dual conjugation. Practical and robust, our method generates conjugates in near quantitative yields, and both enzymes are commercially available.
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- Amissi Sadiki
- Department
of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Barnett Institute of Chemical and
Biological Analysis, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Barnett Institute of Chemical and
Biological Analysis, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Barnett Institute of Chemical and
Biological Analysis, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
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- Translational
Biophotonics Cluster, Department of Physics, Department of Bioengineering, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
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- Translational
Biophotonics Cluster, Department of Physics, Department of Bioengineering, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Barnett Institute of Chemical and
Biological Analysis, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
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- Translational
Biophotonics Cluster, Department of Physics, Department of Bioengineering, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Barnett Institute of Chemical and
Biological Analysis, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Barnett Institute of Chemical and
Biological Analysis, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
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Ertelt M, Mulligan VK, Maguire JB, Lyskov S, Moretti R, Schiffner T, Meiler J, Schoeder CT. Combining machine learning with structure-based protein design to predict and engineer post-translational modifications of proteins. PLoS Comput Biol 2024; 20:e1011939. [PMID: 38484014 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1011939] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2023] [Revised: 03/26/2024] [Accepted: 02/20/2024] [Indexed: 03/27/2024] Open
Abstract
Post-translational modifications (PTMs) of proteins play a vital role in their function and stability. These modifications influence protein folding, signaling, protein-protein interactions, enzyme activity, binding affinity, aggregation, degradation, and much more. To date, over 400 types of PTMs have been described, representing chemical diversity well beyond the genetically encoded amino acids. Such modifications pose a challenge to the successful design of proteins, but also represent a major opportunity to diversify the protein engineering toolbox. To this end, we first trained artificial neural networks (ANNs) to predict eighteen of the most abundant PTMs, including protein glycosylation, phosphorylation, methylation, and deamidation. In a second step, these models were implemented inside the computational protein modeling suite Rosetta, which allows flexible combination with existing protocols to model the modified sites and understand their impact on protein stability as well as function. Lastly, we developed a new design protocol that either maximizes or minimizes the predicted probability of a particular site being modified. We find that this combination of ANN prediction and structure-based design can enable the modification of existing, as well as the introduction of novel, PTMs. The potential applications of our work include, but are not limited to, glycan masking of epitopes, strengthening protein-protein interactions through phosphorylation, as well as protecting proteins from deamidation liabilities. These applications are especially important for the design of new protein therapeutics where PTMs can drastically change the therapeutic properties of a protein. Our work adds novel tools to Rosetta's protein engineering toolbox that allow for the rational design of PTMs.
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- Moritz Ertelt
- Institute for Drug Discovery, Leipzig University Medical Faculty, Leipzig, Germany
- Center for Scalable Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence ScaDS.AI, Dresden/Leipzig, Germany
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- Center for Computational Biology, Flatiron Institute, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Program in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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- Department of Chemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
- Center for Structural Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Institute for Drug Discovery, Leipzig University Medical Faculty, Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute for Drug Discovery, Leipzig University Medical Faculty, Leipzig, Germany
- Center for Scalable Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence ScaDS.AI, Dresden/Leipzig, Germany
- Department of Chemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
- Center for Structural Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Institute for Drug Discovery, Leipzig University Medical Faculty, Leipzig, Germany
- Center for Scalable Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence ScaDS.AI, Dresden/Leipzig, Germany
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Hidayah SN, Biabani A, Gaikwad M, Nissen P, Voß H, Riedner M, Schlüter H, Siebels B. Application of sample displacement batch chromatography for fractionation of proteoforms. Proteomics 2024; 24:e2200424. [PMID: 37750450 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.202200424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2023] [Revised: 09/06/2023] [Accepted: 09/07/2023] [Indexed: 09/27/2023]
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Fractionation of proteoforms is currently the most challenging topic in the field of proteoform analysis. The need for considering the existence of proteoforms in experimental approaches is not only important in Life Science research in general but especially in the manufacturing of therapeutic proteins (TPs) like recombinant therapeutic antibodies (mAbs). Some of the proteoforms of TPs have significantly decreased actions or even cause side effects. The identification and removal of proteoforms differing from the main species, having the desired action, is challenging because the difference in the composition of atoms is often very small and their concentration in comparison to the main proteoform can be low. In this study, we demonstrate that sample displacement batch chromatography (SDBC) is an easy-to-handle, economical, and efficient method for fractionating proteoforms. As a model sample a commercial ovalbumin fraction was used, containing many ovalbumin proteoforms. The most promising parameters for the SDBC were determined by a screening approach and applied for a 10-segment fractionation of ovalbumin with cation exchange chromatography resins. Mass spectrometry of intact proteoforms was used for characterizing the SDBC fractionation process. By SDBC, a significant separation of different proteoforms was obtained.
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- Siti Nurul Hidayah
- Section Mass Spectrometric Proteomics, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Sleman, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
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- Section Mass Spectrometric Proteomics, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Section Mass Spectrometric Proteomics, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Section Mass Spectrometric Proteomics, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Section Mass Spectrometric Proteomics, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Technology Platform Mass Spectrometry, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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- Section Mass Spectrometric Proteomics, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Section Mass Spectrometric Proteomics, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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Curran AM, Girgis AA, Jang Y, Crawford JD, Thomas MA, Kawalerski R, Coller J, Bingham CO, Na CH, Darrah E. Citrullination modulates antigen processing and presentation by revealing cryptic epitopes in rheumatoid arthritis. Nat Commun 2023; 14:1061. [PMID: 36828807 PMCID: PMC9958131 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-36620-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2022] [Accepted: 02/06/2023] [Indexed: 02/26/2023] Open
Abstract
Cryptic peptides, hidden from the immune system under physiologic conditions, are revealed by changes to MHC class II processing and hypothesized to drive the loss of immune tolerance to self-antigens in autoimmunity. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease characterized by immune responses to citrullinated self-antigens, in which arginine residues are converted to citrullines. Here, we investigate the hypothesis that citrullination exposes cryptic peptides by modifying protein structure and proteolytic cleavage. We show that citrullination alters processing and presentation of autoantigens, resulting in the generation of a unique citrullination-dependent repertoire composed primarily of native sequences. This repertoire stimulates T cells from RA patients with anti-citrullinated protein antibodies more robustly than controls. The generation of this unique repertoire is achieved through altered protease cleavage and protein destabilization, rather than direct presentation of citrulline-containing epitopes, suggesting a novel paradigm for the role of protein citrullination in the breach of immune tolerance in RA.
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- Ashley M Curran
- Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
- Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Neurology, Institute for Cell Engineering, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
- Laboratory of Immunology, Office of Biotechnology Products, Center for Drugs Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD, USA
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- Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
- Molecular Biology and Genetics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Molecular Biology and Genetics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
- Biology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Neurology, Institute for Cell Engineering, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
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Differential T cell immune responses to deamidated adeno-associated virus vector. Mol Ther Methods Clin Dev 2022; 24:255-267. [PMID: 35211638 PMCID: PMC8829777 DOI: 10.1016/j.omtm.2022.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2021] [Accepted: 01/16/2022] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
Abstract
Despite the high safety profile demonstrated in clinical trials, the immunogenicity of adeno-associated virus (AAV)-mediated gene therapy remains a major hurdle. Specifically, T-cell-mediated immune responses to AAV vectors are related to loss of efficacy and potential liver toxicities. As post-translational modifications in T cell epitopes have the potential to affect immune reactions, the cellular immune responses to peptides derived from spontaneously deamidated AAV were investigated. Here, we report that highly deamidated sites in AAV9 contain CD4 T cell epitopes with a Th1 cytokine pattern in multiple human donors with diverse human leukocyte antigen (HLA) backgrounds. Furthermore, some peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) samples demonstrated differential T cell activation to deamidated or non-deamidated epitopes. Also, in vitro and in silico HLA binding assays showed differential binding to the deamidated or non-deamidated peptides in some HLA alleles. This study provides critical attributes to vector-immune-mediated responses, as AAV deamidation can impact the immunogenicity, safety, and efficacy of AAV-mediated gene therapy in some patients.
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Cunningham O, Scott M, Zhou ZS, Finlay WJJ. Polyreactivity and polyspecificity in therapeutic antibody development: risk factors for failure in preclinical and clinical development campaigns. MAbs 2021; 13:1999195. [PMID: 34780320 PMCID: PMC8726659 DOI: 10.1080/19420862.2021.1999195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Antibody-based drugs, which now represent the dominant biologic therapeutic modality, are used to modulate disparate signaling pathways across diverse disease indications. One fundamental premise that has driven this therapeutic antibody revolution is the belief that each monoclonal antibody exhibits exquisitely specific binding to a single-drug target. Herein, we review emerging evidence in antibody off-target binding and relate current key findings to the risk of failure in therapeutic development. We further summarize the current state of understanding of structural mechanisms underpining the different phenomena that may drive polyreactivity and polyspecificity, and highlight current thinking on how de-risking studies may be best implemented in the screening triage. We conclude with a summary of what we believe to be key observations in the field to date, and a call for the wider antibody research community to work together to build the tools needed to maximize our understanding in this nascent area.
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- Department of Biopharm Discovery, GlaxoSmithKline Research & Development, Hertfordshire, UK
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Barnett Institute for Chemical and Biological Analysis, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Sang-Aroon W, Phatchana R, Tontapha S, Ruangpornvisuti V. A DFT calculation on nonenzymatic degradation of isoaspartic residue. J Mol Model 2021; 27:300. [PMID: 34570254 DOI: 10.1007/s00894-021-04920-z] [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] [Received: 07/23/2021] [Accepted: 09/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
βAsp is an isomer of Asp that can be formed by either deamidation of Asn or isomerization of Asp and known as biological clock. The presence of βAsp affects the proteolytic stability of the protein. Formation of the isomerized Asp plays a diverse and crucial role in aging, cancer, autoimmune, neurodegenerative, and other diseases. A number of methods have been developed to detect βAsp, and they are usually used in conjunction. Because of identical mass, differentiation of βAsp and Asp residues is challenged. Degradation of βAsp is still unclear and needed to be explored. The energetics and mechanism of five possible pathways for cleavages at βAsp in peptide model have been investigated by DFT/B3LYP/6-311 + + G(d,p) level of the theory. The calculations show that peptide bond cleavage at α-chain (amino side) due to αOC → αCN ring closure is the most favorable reaction. The result is in agreement with experiment utilizing PSD/CRF method. The second most favorable pathway is due to αOC → βC ring closure results in β-chain cleavage. The cleavage products βAsp and Asp fragments can be used to signify an abundance of βAsp residue in nonenzymatic condition. Other three cyclizations initiated by either α- or β-amino nitrogen result in various cleavages, isomerization to Asp, and reconversion to original βAsp. These three cyclization pathways are obstructed because they require mostly high activation barriers and their intermediates are quite less thermodynamically stable. Thus, computational results also confirm that βAsp → Asp is prohibited in case of nonenzymatic condition which means that protein L-isoaspartyl O-methyl transferase (PIMT) is needed for this modification.
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- Wichien Sang-Aroon
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Rajamangala University of Technology Isan, KhonKaen Campus, Khon Kaen, 40000, Thailand.
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Rajamangala University of Technology Isan, KhonKaen Campus, Khon Kaen, 40000, Thailand
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- Post Doctoral Research Fellow, Integrated Nanotechnology Research Center, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, KhonKaen University, Khon Kaen, 40001, Thailand
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- Supramolecular Chemistry Research Unit, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Pathumwan, Bangkok, 10320, Thailand
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Lorenzo R, Defelipe LA, Aliperti L, Niebling S, Custódio TF, Löw C, Schwarz JJ, Remans K, Craig PO, Otero LH, Klinke S, García-Alai M, Sánchez IE, Alonso LG. Deamidation drives molecular aging of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein receptor-binding motif. J Biol Chem 2021; 297:101175. [PMID: 34499924 PMCID: PMC8421091 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2021.101175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2021] [Revised: 09/03/2021] [Accepted: 09/03/2021] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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The spike protein is the main protein component of the SARS-CoV-2 virion surface. The spike receptor-binding motif mediates recognition of the human angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 receptor, a critical step in infection, and is the preferential target for spike-neutralizing antibodies. Posttranslational modifications of the spike receptor-binding motif have been shown to modulate viral infectivity and host immune response, but these modifications are still being explored. Here we studied asparagine deamidation of the spike protein, a spontaneous event that leads to the appearance of aspartic and isoaspartic residues, which affect both the protein backbone and its charge. We used computational prediction and biochemical experiments to identify five deamidation hotspots in the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein. Asparagine residues 481 and 501 in the receptor-binding motif deamidate with a half-life of 16.5 and 123 days at 37 °C, respectively. Deamidation is significantly slowed at 4 °C, indicating a strong dependence of spike protein molecular aging on environmental conditions. Deamidation of the spike receptor-binding motif decreases the equilibrium constant for binding to the human angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 receptor more than 3.5-fold, yet its high conservation pattern suggests some positive effect on viral fitness. We propose a model for deamidation of the full SARS-CoV-2 virion illustrating how deamidation of the spike receptor-binding motif could lead to the accumulation on the virion surface of a nonnegligible chemically diverse spike population in a timescale of days. Our findings provide a potential mechanism for molecular aging of the spike protein with significant consequences for understanding virus infectivity and vaccine development.
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- Ramiro Lorenzo
- Centro de Investigación Veterinaria de Tandil (CIVETAN), CONICET-CICPBA-UNCPBA, Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad Nacional del Centro (FCV-UNCPBA), Tandil, Argentina
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Hamburg Unit, Hamburg, Germany
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- Laboratorio de Fisiología de Proteínas, Instituto de Química Biológica de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (IQUIBICEN), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Hamburg Unit, Hamburg, Germany; Centre for Structural Systems Biology, Hamburg, Germany
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Hamburg Unit, Hamburg, Germany; Centre for Structural Systems Biology, Hamburg, Germany
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Hamburg Unit, Hamburg, Germany; Centre for Structural Systems Biology, Hamburg, Germany
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Departamento de Química Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Instituto de Química Biológica de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (IQUIBICEN), CONICET-Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Fundación Instituto Leloir, IIBBA-CONICET, and Plataforma Argentina de Biología Estructural y Metabolómica PLABEM, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Fundación Instituto Leloir, IIBBA-CONICET, and Plataforma Argentina de Biología Estructural y Metabolómica PLABEM, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Hamburg Unit, Hamburg, Germany; Centre for Structural Systems Biology, Hamburg, Germany
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- Laboratorio de Fisiología de Proteínas, Instituto de Química Biológica de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (IQUIBICEN), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Nanobiotecnologıa (NANOBIOTEC), UBA-CONICET-Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Yang ML, Sodré FMC, Mamula MJ, Overbergh L. Citrullination and PAD Enzyme Biology in Type 1 Diabetes - Regulators of Inflammation, Autoimmunity, and Pathology. Front Immunol 2021; 12:678953. [PMID: 34140951 PMCID: PMC8204103 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.678953] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2021] [Accepted: 05/11/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
Abstract
The generation of post-translational modifications (PTMs) in human proteins is a physiological process leading to structural and immunologic variety in proteins, with potentially altered biological functions. PTMs often arise through normal responses to cellular stress, including general oxidative changes in the tissue microenvironment and intracellular stress to the endoplasmic reticulum or immune-mediated inflammatory stresses. Many studies have now illustrated the presence of 'neoepitopes' consisting of PTM self-proteins that induce robust autoimmune responses. These pathways of inflammatory neoepitope generation are commonly observed in many autoimmune diseases including systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, and type 1 diabetes (T1D), among others. This review will focus on one specific PTM to self-proteins known as citrullination. Citrullination is mediated by calcium-dependent peptidylarginine deiminase (PAD) enzymes, which catalyze deimination, the conversion of arginine into the non-classical amino acid citrulline. PADs and citrullinated peptides have been associated with different autoimmune diseases, notably with a prominent role in the diagnosis and pathology of rheumatoid arthritis. More recently, an important role for PADs and citrullinated self-proteins has emerged in T1D. In this review we will provide a comprehensive overview on the pathogenic role for PADs and citrullination in inflammation and autoimmunity, with specific focus on evidence for their role in T1D. The general role of PADs in epigenetic and transcriptional processes, as well as their crucial role in histone citrullination, neutrophil biology and neutrophil extracellular trap (NET) formation will be discussed. The latter is important in view of increasing evidence for a role of neutrophils and NETosis in the pathogenesis of T1D. Further, we will discuss the underlying processes leading to citrullination, the genetic susceptibility factors for increased recognition of citrullinated epitopes by T1D HLA-susceptibility types and provide an overview of reported autoreactive responses against citrullinated epitopes, both of T cells and autoantibodies in T1D patients. Finally, we will discuss recent observations obtained in NOD mice, pointing to prevention of diabetes development through PAD inhibition, and the potential role of PAD inhibitors as novel therapeutic strategy in autoimmunity and in T1D in particular.
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- Mei-Ling Yang
- Section of Rheumatology, Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States
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- Department of Chronic Diseases, Metabolism and Ageing, Laboratory of Clinical and Experimental Endocrinology (CEE), KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Section of Rheumatology, Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States
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- Department of Chronic Diseases, Metabolism and Ageing, Laboratory of Clinical and Experimental Endocrinology (CEE), KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Zhu HJ, Liu D, Tran VP, Wu Z, Jiang K, Zhu H, Zhang J, Gibbons C, Xue B, Shi H, Wang PG. N-Linked Glycosylation Prevents Deamidation of Glycopeptide and Glycoprotein. ACS Chem Biol 2020; 15:3197-3205. [PMID: 33270417 DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.0c00734] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Deamidation has been recognized as a common spontaneous pathway of protein degradation and a prevalent concern in the pharmaceutical industry; deamidation caused the reduction of protein/peptide drug efficacy and shelf life in several cases. More importantly, deamidation of physiological proteins is related to several human diseases and considered a "timer" for the diseases. N-linked glycosylation has a variety of significant biological functions, and it interestingly occurs right on the deamidation site-asparagine. It has been perceived that N-glycosylation could prevent deamidation, but experimental support is still lacking for clearly understanding the role of N-glycosylation on deamidation. Our results presented that deamidation is prevented by naturally occurring N-linked glycosylation. Glycopeptides and corresponding nonglycosylated peptides were used to compare their deamidation rates. All the nonglycosylated peptides have different half-lives ranging from one to 20 days, for the corresponding glycosylated peptides; all the results showed that the deamidation reaction was significantly reduced by the introduction of N-linked glycosylation. A glycoprotein, RNase B, also showed a significantly elongated deamidation half-life compared to nonglycosylated protein RNase A. At last, N-linked glycosylation on INGAP-P, a therapeutic peptide, increased the deamidation half-life of INGAP-P as well as its therapeutic potency.
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- Hailiang Joshua Zhu
- Department of Chemistry, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, United States
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- Department of Biology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, United States
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- Department of Biology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, United States
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- Department of Biology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, United States
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Kremer AN, Bausenwein J, Lurvink E, Kremer AE, Rutten CE, van Bergen CAM, Kretschmann S, van der Meijden E, Honders MW, Mazzeo D, Watts C, Mackensen A, Falkenburg JHF, Griffioen M. Discovery and Differential Processing of HLA Class II-Restricted Minor Histocompatibility Antigen LB-PIP4K2A-1S and Its Allelic Variant by Asparagine Endopeptidase. Front Immunol 2020; 11:381. [PMID: 32218783 PMCID: PMC7078166 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.00381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2019] [Accepted: 02/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
Abstract
Minor histocompatibility antigens are the main targets of donor-derived T-cells after allogeneic stem cell transplantation. Identification of these antigens and understanding their biology are a key requisite for more insight into how graft vs. leukemia effect and graft vs. host disease could be separated. We here identified four new HLA class II-restricted minor histocompatibility antigens using whole genome association scanning. For one of the new antigens, i.e., LB-PIP4K2A-1S, we measured strong T-cell recognition of the donor variant PIP4K2A-1N when pulsed as exogenous peptide, while the endogenously expressed variant in donor EBV-B cells was not recognized. We showed that lack of T-cell recognition was caused by intracellular cleavage by a protease named asparagine endopeptidase (AEP). Furthermore, microarray gene expression analysis showed that PIP4K2A and AEP are both ubiquitously expressed in a wide variety of healthy tissues, but that expression levels of AEP were lower in primary acute myeloid leukemia (AML). In line with that, we confirmed low activity of AEP in AML cells and demonstrated that HLA-DRB1*03:01 positive primary AML expressing LB-PIP4K2A-1S or its donor variant PIP4K2A-1N were both recognized by specific T-cells. In conclusion, LB-PIP4K2A-1S not only represents a novel minor histocompatibility antigen but also provides evidence that donor T-cells after allogeneic stem cell transplantation can target the autologous allelic variant as leukemia-associated antigen. Furthermore, it demonstrates that endopeptidases can play a role in cell type-specific intracellular processing and presentation of HLA class II-restricted antigens, which may be explored in future immunotherapy of AML.
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- Anita N Kremer
- Department of Internal Medicine 5, Hematology/Oncology, Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine 5, Hematology/Oncology, Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine 1, Gastroenterology, Pneumology and Endocrinology, Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine 5, Hematology/Oncology, Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine 5, Hematology/Oncology, Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Division of Cell Signaling & Immunology, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom
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- Division of Cell Signaling & Immunology, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom
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- Department of Internal Medicine 5, Hematology/Oncology, Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
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Ferreira LMR, Muller YD, Bluestone JA, Tang Q. Next-generation regulatory T cell therapy. Nat Rev Drug Discov 2019; 18:749-769. [PMID: 31541224 PMCID: PMC7773144 DOI: 10.1038/s41573-019-0041-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 287] [Impact Index Per Article: 57.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/01/2019] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
Abstract
Regulatory T cells (Treg cells) are a small subset of immune cells that are dedicated to curbing excessive immune activation and maintaining immune homeostasis. Accordingly, deficiencies in Treg cell development or function result in uncontrolled immune responses and tissue destruction and can lead to inflammatory disorders such as graft-versus-host disease, transplant rejection and autoimmune diseases. As Treg cells deploy more than a dozen molecular mechanisms to suppress immune responses, they have potential as multifaceted adaptable smart therapeutics for treating inflammatory disorders. Indeed, early-phase clinical trials of Treg cell therapy have shown feasibility, tolerability and potential efficacy in these disease settings. In the meantime, progress in the development of chimeric antigen receptors and in genome editing (including the application of CRISPR-Cas9) over the past two decades has facilitated the genetic optimization of primary T cell therapy for cancer. These technologies are now being used to enhance the specificity and functionality of Treg cells. In this Review, we describe the key advances and prospects in designing and implementing Treg cell-based therapy in autoimmunity and transplantation.
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- Leonardo M R Ferreira
- Department of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Diabetes Center, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Sean N. Parker Autoimmune Research Laboratory, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Diabetes Center, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
- Sean N. Parker Autoimmune Research Laboratory, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
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- Department of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
- Diabetes Center, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
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Gamage CL, Hageman TS, Weis DD. Rapid Prediction of Deamidation Rates of Proteins to Assess Their Long-Term Stability Using Hydrogen Exchange–Mass Spectrometry. J Pharm Sci 2019; 108:1964-1972. [DOI: 10.1016/j.xphs.2019.01.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2018] [Revised: 01/14/2019] [Accepted: 01/17/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Zarkar N, Khalili MAN, Ahmadpour F, Khodadadi S, Zeinoddini M. In Silico and in Vitro Evaluation of Deamidation Effects on the Stability of the Fusion Toxin DAB389IL-2. CURR PROTEOMICS 2019. [DOI: 10.2174/1570164616666190131150033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Abstract
Background:
DAB389IL-2 (Denileukin diftitox) as an immunotoxin is a targeted pharmaceutical
protein and is the first immunotoxin approved by FDA. It is used for the treatment of various
kinds of cancer such as CTCL lymphoma, melanoma, and Leukemia but among all of these, treatment
of CTCL has special importance. DAB389IL-2 consists of two distinct parts; the catalytic domain of
Diphtheria Toxin (DT) that genetically fused to the whole IL-2. Deamidation is the most important reaction
for chemical instability of proteins occurs during manufacture and storage. Deamidation of asparagine
residues occurs at a higher rate than glutamine residues. The structure of proteins, temperature
and pH are the most important factors that influence the rate of deamidation.
Methods:
Since there is not any information about deamidation of DAB389IL-2, we studied in silico
deamidation by Molecular Dynamic (MD) simulations using GROMACS software. The 3D model of
fusion protein DAB389IL-2 was used as a template for deamidation. Then, the stability of deamidated
and native form of the drug was calculated.
Results:
The results of MD simulations were showed that the deamidated form of DAB389IL-2 is more
unstable than the normal form. Also, deamidation was carried by incubating DAB389IL-2, 0.3 mg/ml in
ammonium hydrogen carbonate for 24 h at 37o C in order to in vitro experiment.
Conclusion:
The results of in vitro experiment were confirmed outcomes of in silico study. In silico
and in vitro experiments were demonstrated that DAB389IL-2 is unstable in deamidated form.
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- Nasrin Zarkar
- Department of Biosciences & Biotechnology, Malek Ashtar University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
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- Trauma Research Centre, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Biosciences & Biotechnology, Malek Ashtar University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Biosciences & Biotechnology, Malek Ashtar University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
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Yang ML, Doyle HA, Clarke SG, Herold KC, Mamula MJ. Oxidative Modifications in Tissue Pathology and Autoimmune Disease. Antioxid Redox Signal 2018; 29:1415-1431. [PMID: 29088923 PMCID: PMC6166690 DOI: 10.1089/ars.2017.7382] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
Abstract
SIGNIFICANCE Various autoimmune syndromes are characterized by abnormalities found at the level of tissues and cells, as well as by microenvironmental influences, such as reactive oxygen species (ROS), that alter intracellular metabolism and protein expression. Moreover, the convergence of genetic, epigenetic, and even environmental influences can result in B and T lymphocyte autoimmunity and tissue pathology. Recent Advances: This review describes how oxidative stress to cells and tissues may alter post-translational protein modifications, both directly and indirectly, as well as potentially lead to aberrant gene expression. For example, it has been clearly observed in many systems how oxidative stress directly amplifies carbonyl protein modifications. However, ROS also lead to a number of nonenzymatic spontaneous modifications including deamidation and isoaspartate modification as well as to enzyme-mediated citrullination of self-proteins. ROS have direct effects on DNA methylation, leading to influences in gene expression, chromosome inactivation, and the silencing of genetic elements. Finally, ROS can alter many other cellular pathways, including the initiation of apoptosis and NETosis, triggering the release of modified intracellular autoantigens. CRITICAL ISSUES This review will detail specific post-translational protein modifications, the pathways that control autoimmunity to modified self-proteins, and how products of ROS may be important biomarkers of tissue pathogenesis. FUTURE DIRECTIONS A clear understanding of the many pathways affected by ROS will lead to potential therapeutic manipulations to alter the onset and/or progression of autoimmune disease.
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- Mei-Ling Yang
- 1 Section of Rheumatology, Yale University School of Medicine , New Haven, Connecticut.,2 Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine , New Haven, Connecticut
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- 1 Section of Rheumatology, Yale University School of Medicine , New Haven, Connecticut.,2 Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine , New Haven, Connecticut
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- 3 Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California , Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
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- 2 Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine , New Haven, Connecticut.,4 Department of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine , New Haven, Connecticut
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- 1 Section of Rheumatology, Yale University School of Medicine , New Haven, Connecticut.,2 Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine , New Haven, Connecticut
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James EA, Pietropaolo M, Mamula MJ. Immune Recognition of β-Cells: Neoepitopes as Key Players in the Loss of Tolerance. Diabetes 2018; 67:1035-1042. [PMID: 29784651 PMCID: PMC5961411 DOI: 10.2337/dbi17-0030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2017] [Accepted: 02/27/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Abstract
Prior to the onset of type 1 diabetes, there is progressive loss of immune self-tolerance, evidenced by the accumulation of islet autoantibodies and emergence of autoreactive T cells. Continued autoimmune activity leads to the destruction of pancreatic β-cells and loss of insulin secretion. Studies of samples from patients with type 1 diabetes and of murine disease models have generated important insights about genetic and environmental factors that contribute to susceptibility and immune pathways that are important for pathogenesis. However, important unanswered questions remain regarding the events that surround the initial loss of tolerance and subsequent failure of regulatory mechanisms to arrest autoimmunity and preserve functional β-cells. In this Perspective, we discuss various processes that lead to the generation of neoepitopes in pancreatic β-cells, their recognition by autoreactive T cells and antibodies, and potential roles for such responses in the pathology of disease. Emerging evidence supports the relevance of neoepitopes generated through processes that are mechanistically linked with β-cell stress. Together, these observations support a paradigm in which neoepitope generation leads to the activation of pathogenic immune cells that initiate a feed-forward loop that can amplify the antigenic repertoire toward pancreatic β-cell proteins.
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- Eddie A James
- Translational Research Program, Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason, Seattle, WA
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- Diabetes Research Center, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
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- Section of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
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Riggs DL, Gomez SV, Julian RR. Sequence and Solution Effects on the Prevalence of d-Isomers Produced by Deamidation. ACS Chem Biol 2017; 12:2875-2882. [PMID: 28984444 PMCID: PMC5696650 DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.7b00686] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
Deamidation of asparagine is a spontaneous and irreversible post-translational modification associated with a growing list of human diseases. While pervasive, deamidation is often overlooked because it represents a relatively minor chemical change. Structural and functional characterization of this modification is complicated because deamidation of asparagine yields four isomeric forms of Asp. Herein, radical directed dissociation (RDD), in conjunction with mass spectrometry, is used to identify and quantify all four isomers in a series of model peptides that were subjected to various deamidation conditions. Although primary sequence significantly influences the rate of deamidation, it has little impact on the relative proportions of the product isomers. Furthermore, the addition of ammonia can be used to increase the rate of deamidation without significantly perturbing isomer populations. Conversely, external factors such as buffer conditions and temperature alter product distributions but exhibit less dramatic effects on the deamidation rate. Strikingly, the common laboratory and biologically significant bicarbonate buffer is found to strongly promote racemization, yielding increased amounts of d-Asp and d-isoAsp. These outcomes following deamidation have broad implications in human aging and should be considered during the development of protein-based therapeutics.
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- Dylan L. Riggs
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, United States
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Wang H, Shu Q, Frieden C, Gross ML. Deamidation Slows Curli Amyloid-Protein Aggregation. Biochemistry 2017; 56:2865-2872. [PMID: 28497950 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.7b00241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Abstract
Nonenzymatic deamidation of asparagine and glutamine in peptides and proteins is a frequent modification both in vivo and in vitro. The biological effect is not completely understood, but it is often associated with protein degradation and loss of biological function. Here we describe the deamidation of CsgA, the major protein subunit of curli, which are important proteinaceous components of biofilms. CsgA has a high content of Asn and Gln, a feature seen in a few proteins that self-aggregate. We have implemented an approach to monitor deamidation rapidly by following the globally centroid mass shift, providing guidance for studies at the residue level. From the global mass measurement, we identified, using LC-MS/MS, extensive deamidation of several Asn residues and discovered three "Asn-Gly" sites to be the hottest spots for deamidation. The fibrillization of deamidated CsgA was measured using thioflavin T (ThT) fluorescence, circular dichroism (CD), and a previously reported hydrogen-deuterium exchange (HDX) platform. Deamidated proteins exhibit a longer lag phase and lower final ThT fluorescence, strongly suggesting slower and less amyloid fibril formation. CD spectra show that extensively deamidated CsgA remains unstructured and loses its ability to form amyloids. Mass-spectrometry-based HDX also shows that deamidated CsgA aggregates more slowly than wild-type CsgA. Taken together, the results show that deamidation of CsgA slows its fibrillization and disrupts its function, suggesting an opportunity to modulate CsgA fibrillization and affect curli and biofilm formation.
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- Hanliu Wang
- Department of Chemistry, Washington University in St. Louis , St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Washington University School of Medicine , St. Louis, Missouri 63110, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Washington University School of Medicine , St. Louis, Missouri 63110, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Washington University in St. Louis , St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
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Park JH, Jin JH, Lim MS, An HJ, Kim JW, Lee GM. Proteomic Analysis of Host Cell Protein Dynamics in the Culture Supernatants of Antibody-Producing CHO Cells. Sci Rep 2017; 7:44246. [PMID: 28281648 PMCID: PMC5345005 DOI: 10.1038/srep44246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2016] [Accepted: 02/06/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells are the most common cell line used for the production of therapeutic proteins including monoclonal antibodies (mAbs). Host cell proteins (HCPs), secreted and released from lysed cells, accumulate extracellularly during the cultures of recombinant CHO (rCHO) cells, potentially impairing product quality. In an effort to maintain good mAb quality during the cultures, HCPs accumulated extracellularly in batch and fed-batch cultures of a mAb-producing rCHO cell line were identified and quantified by nanoflow liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry, followed by their gene ontology and functional analysis. Due to higher cell concentration and longer culture duration, more HCPs were identified and quantitated in fed-batch culture (2145 proteins identified and 1673 proteins quantified) than in batch culture (1934 proteins identified and 1486 proteins quantified). Clustering analysis of HCPs showed that the concentration profiles of HCPs affecting mAb quality (Lgmn, Ctsd, Gbl1, and B4galt1) correlated with changes in mAb quality attributes such as aggregation, charge variants, and N-glycosylation during the cultures. Taken together, the dataset of HCPs obtained in this study provides insights into determining the appropriate target proteins to be removed during both the cultures and purification steps for ensuring good mAb quality.
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- Jin Hyoung Park
- Department of Biological Sciences, KAIST, 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
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- New Drug Development Center, 123 Osongsaengmyeng-ro, Cheongju-si, Chungbuk 28160, Republic of Korea
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- New Drug Development Center, 123 Osongsaengmyeng-ro, Cheongju-si, Chungbuk 28160, Republic of Korea
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- Graduate School of Analytical Science &Technology, Chungnam National University, 99 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejon 34134, Republic of Korea
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- New Drug Development Center, 123 Osongsaengmyeng-ro, Cheongju-si, Chungbuk 28160, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences, KAIST, 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
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Yin S, Zhang C, Li Z, Wang Q, Shi H, Yu R, Liu Y, Su Z. Identification, characterization, and stabilization of the deamidation degradation of recombinant human tumor necrosis factor-α. Process Biochem 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.procbio.2016.11.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Zhang Z, Xie M, Ye K. Asparagine endopeptidase is an innovative therapeutic target for neurodegenerative diseases. Expert Opin Ther Targets 2016; 20:1237-45. [PMID: 27115710 DOI: 10.1080/14728222.2016.1182990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Asparagine endopeptidase (AEP) is a pH-dependent endolysosomal cysteine protease that cleaves its substrates after asparagine residues. Our most recent study identifies that it possesses the delta-secretase activity, and that it is implicated in numerous neurological diseases such as Alzheimer's disease (AD) and stroke. Accumulating evidence supports that the inhibition of AEP exhibits beneficial effects for treating these devastating diseases. AREAS COVERED Based on recent evidence, it is clear that AEP cleaves its substrate, such as amyloid precursor protein (APP), tau and SET, and plays a critical role in neuronal cell death in various neurodegenerative diseases and stroke. In this article, the basic biology of AEP, its knockout phenotypes in mouse models, its substrates in neurodegenerative diseases, and its small peptidyl inhibitors and prodrugs are discussed. In addition, we discuss the potential of AEP as a novel therapeutic target for neurodegenerative diseases. EXPERT OPINION AEP plays a unique role in numerous biological processes, depending on both pH and context. Most striking is our most recent finding; that AEP is activated in an age-dependent manner and simultaneously cleaves both APP and tau, thereby unifying both major pathological events in AD. Thus, AEP acts as an innovative trigger for neurodegenerative diseases. Inhibition of AEP will provide a disease-modifying treatment for neurodegenerative diseases including AD.
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- Zhentao Zhang
- a Department of Neurology , Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University , Wuhan , China.,b Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine , Emory University School of Medicine , Atlanta , GA , USA
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- b Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine , Emory University School of Medicine , Atlanta , GA , USA
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- b Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine , Emory University School of Medicine , Atlanta , GA , USA
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Mechanistic Analysis of the Effect of Deamidation on the Immunogenicity of Anthrax Protective Antigen. CLINICAL AND VACCINE IMMUNOLOGY : CVI 2016; 23:396-402. [PMID: 26912784 DOI: 10.1128/cvi.00701-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2015] [Accepted: 02/18/2016] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The spontaneous modification of proteins, such as deamidation of asparagine residues, can significantly affect the immunogenicity of protein-based vaccines. Using a "genetically deamidated" form of recombinant protective antigen (rPA), we have previously shown that deamidation can decrease the immunogenicity of rPA, the primary component of new-generation anthrax vaccines. In this study, we investigated the biochemical and immunological mechanisms by which deamidation of rPA might decrease the immunogenicity of the protein. We found that loss of the immunogenicity of rPA vaccine was independent of the presence of adjuvant. We assessed the effect of deamidation on the immunodominant neutralizing B-cell epitopes of rPA and found that these epitopes were not significantly affected by deamidation. In order to assess the effect of deamidation on T-cell help for antibody production elicited by rPA vaccine, we examined the ability of the wild-type and genetically deamidated forms of rPA to serve as hapten carriers. We found that when wild-type and genetically deamidated rPA were modified to similar extents with 2,4-dinitrophenyl hapten (DNP) and then used to immunize mice, higher levels of anti-DNP antibodies were elicited by wild-type DNP-rPA than those elicited by the genetically deamidated DNP-rPA, indicating that wild-type rPA elicits more T-cell help than the genetically deamidated form of the protein. These results suggest that a decrease in the ability of deamidated rPA to elicit T-cell help for antibody production is a possible contributor to its lower immunogenicity.
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Interferon Beta: From Molecular Level to Therapeutic Effects. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2016; 326:343-72. [DOI: 10.1016/bs.ircmb.2016.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Structure and function of legumain in health and disease. Biochimie 2015; 122:126-50. [PMID: 26403494 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2015.09.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 190] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2015] [Accepted: 09/18/2015] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The last years have seen a steady increase in our understanding of legumain biology that is driven from two largely uncoupled research arenas, the mammalian and the plant legumain field. Research on legumain, which is also referred to as asparaginyl endopeptidase (AEP) or vacuolar processing enzyme (VPE), is slivered, however. Here we summarise recent important findings and put them into a common perspective. Legumain is usually associated with its cysteine endopeptidase activity in lysosomes where it contributes to antigen processing for class II MHC presentation. However, newly recognized functions disperse previously assumed boundaries with respect to their cellular compartmentalisation and enzymatic activities. Legumain is also found extracellularly and even translocates to the cytosol and the nucleus, with seemingly incompatible pH and redox potential. These different milieus translate into changes of legumain's molecular properties, including its (auto-)activation, conformational stability and enzymatic functions. Contrasting its endopeptidase activity, legumain can develop a carboxypeptidase activity which remains stable at neutral pH. Moreover, legumain features a peptide ligase activity, with intriguing mechanistic peculiarities in plant and human isoforms. In pathological settings, such as cancer or Alzheimer's disease, the proper association of legumain activities with the corresponding cellular compartments is breached. Legumain's increasingly recognized physiological and pathological roles also indicate future research opportunities in this vibrant field.
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Bhanuramanand K, Ahmad S, Rao NM. Engineering deamidation-susceptible asparagines leads to improved stability to thermal cycling in a lipase. Protein Sci 2014; 23:1479-90. [PMID: 25043738 DOI: 10.1002/pro.2516] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2014] [Revised: 07/09/2014] [Accepted: 07/10/2014] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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At high temperatures, protein stability is influenced by chemical alterations; most important among them is deamidation of asparagines. Deamidation kinetics of asparagines depends on the local sequence, solvent, pH, temperature, and the tertiary structure. Suitable replacement of deamidated asparagines could be a viable strategy to improve deamidation-mediated loss in protein properties, specifically protein thermostability. In this study, we have used nano RP-HPLC coupled ESI MS/MS approach to identify residues susceptible to deamidation in a lipase (6B) on heat treatment. Out of 15 asparagines and six glutamines in 6B, only five asparagines were susceptible to deamidation at temperatures higher than 75°C. These five positions were subjected to site saturation mutagenesis followed by activity screen to identify the most suitable substitutions. Only three of the five asparagines were found to be tolerant to substitutions. Best substitutions at these positions were combined into a mutant. The resultant lipase (mutC) has near identical secondary structure and improved thermal tolerance as compared to its parent. The triple mutant has shown almost two-fold higher residual activity compared to 6B after four cycles at 90°C. MutC has retained more than 50% activity even after incubation at 100°C. Engineering asparagines susceptible to deamidation would be a potential strategy to improve proteins to withstand very high temperatures.
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- K Bhanuramanand
- Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CSIR-CCMB), Hyderabad, 500007, India
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Sahoo L, Singhamahapatra A, Ramkumar V, Loganathan D. Regioselective opening of unsymmetrical cyclic anhydrides: synthesis of N-glycosylated isoasparagine and isoglutamine conjugates. RSC Adv 2014. [DOI: 10.1039/c4ra01234h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Doyle HA, Yang ML, Raycroft MT, Gee RJ, Mamula MJ. Autoantigens: novel forms and presentation to the immune system. Autoimmunity 2013; 47:220-33. [PMID: 24191689 DOI: 10.3109/08916934.2013.850495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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It is clear that lupus autoimmunity is marked by a variety of abnormalities, including those found at a macroscopic scale, cells and tissues, as well as more microenvironmental influences, originating at the individual cell surface through to the nucleus. The convergence of genetic, epigenetic, and perhaps environmental influences all lead to the overt clinical expression of disease, reflected by the presences of autoantibodies and tissue pathology. This review will address several specific areas that fall among the non-genetic factors that contribute to lupus autoimmunity and related syndromes. In particular, we will discuss the importance of understanding various protein post-translational modifications (PTMs), mechanisms that mediate the ability of "modified self" to trigger autoimmunity, and how these PTMs influence lupus diagnosis. Finally, we will discuss altered pathways of autoantigen presentation that may contribute to the perpetuation of chronic autoimmune disease.
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- Hester A Doyle
- Section of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine , New Haven, CT , USA
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Malek-Sabet N, Masoumian MR, Zeinali M, Khalilzadeh R, Mousaabadi JM. PRODUCTION, PURIFICATION, AND CHEMICAL STABILITY OF RECOMBINANT HUMAN INTERFERON-γ IN LOW OXYGEN TENSION CONDITION: A FORMULATION APPROACH. Prep Biochem Biotechnol 2013; 43:586-600. [DOI: 10.1080/10826068.2012.762716] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Theoretical study on isomerization and peptide bond cleavage at aspartic residue. J Mol Model 2013; 19:3627-36. [DOI: 10.1007/s00894-013-1889-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2012] [Accepted: 05/12/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Mikkat S, Kischstein T, Kreutzer M, Glocker MO. Mass spectrometric peptide analysis of 2DE-separated mouse spinal cord and rat hippocampus proteins suggests an NGxG motif of importance for in vivo deamidation. Electrophoresis 2013; 34:1610-8. [DOI: 10.1002/elps.201200682] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2012] [Revised: 02/11/2013] [Accepted: 02/20/2013] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- Oscar Langendorff Institute of Physiology; University Medicine Rostock; Rostock; Germany
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- Proteome Center Rostock; University Medicine Rostock; Rostock; Germany
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Verma A, McNichol B, Domínguez-Castillo RI, Amador-Molina JC, Arciniega JL, Reiter K, Meade BD, Ngundi MM, Stibitz S, Burns DL. Use of site-directed mutagenesis to model the effects of spontaneous deamidation on the immunogenicity of Bacillus anthracis protective antigen. Infect Immun 2013; 81:278-84. [PMID: 23115046 PMCID: PMC3536148 DOI: 10.1128/iai.00863-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2012] [Accepted: 10/25/2012] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Long-term stability is a desired characteristic of vaccines, especially anthrax vaccines, which must be stockpiled for large-scale use in an emergency situation; however, spontaneous deamidation of purified vaccine antigens has the potential to adversely affect vaccine immunogenicity over time. In order to explore whether spontaneous deamidation of recombinant protective antigen (rPA)--the major component of new-generation anthrax vaccines--affects vaccine immunogenicity, we created a "genetically deamidated" form of rPA using site-directed mutagenesis to replace six deamidation-prone asparagine residues, at positions 408, 466, 537, 601, 713, and 719, with either aspartate, glutamine, or alanine residues. We found that the structure of the six-Asp mutant rPA was not significantly altered relative to that of the wild-type protein as assessed by circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy and biological activity. In contrast, immunogenicity of aluminum-adjuvanted six-Asp mutant rPA, as measured by induction of toxin-neutralizing antibodies, was significantly lower than that of the corresponding wild-type rPA vaccine formulation. The six-Gln and six-Ala mutants also exhibited lower immunogenicity than the wild type. While the wild-type rPA vaccine formulation exhibited a high level of immunogenicity initially, its immunogenicity declined significantly upon storage at 25°C for 4 weeks. In contrast, the immunogenicity of the six-Asp mutant rPA vaccine formulation was low initially but did not change significantly upon storage. Taken together, results from this study suggest that spontaneous deamidation of asparagine residues predicted to occur during storage of rPA vaccines would adversely affect vaccine immunogenicity and therefore the storage life of vaccines.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Anthrax/immunology
- Anthrax/prevention & control
- Anthrax Vaccines/genetics
- Anthrax Vaccines/immunology
- Anthrax Vaccines/metabolism
- Antibodies, Bacterial/biosynthesis
- Antibodies, Bacterial/immunology
- Antibodies, Neutralizing/biosynthesis
- Antibodies, Neutralizing/immunology
- Antibody Formation/genetics
- Antibody Formation/immunology
- Antigens, Bacterial/chemistry
- Antigens, Bacterial/genetics
- Antigens, Bacterial/immunology
- Antigens, Bacterial/metabolism
- Asparagine/immunology
- Asparagine/metabolism
- Bacillus anthracis/genetics
- Bacillus anthracis/immunology
- Bacillus anthracis/metabolism
- Cells, Cultured
- Female
- Macrophages/immunology
- Macrophages/metabolism
- Mice
- Mutagenesis, Site-Directed/methods
- Vaccines, Synthetic/genetics
- Vaccines, Synthetic/immunology
- Vaccines, Synthetic/metabolism
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- Anita Verma
- Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Laboratory of Malaria Immunology and Vaccinology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, USA
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- Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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Anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis antibody binding is dependent on amino acid identity of a small region within the GluN1 amino terminal domain. J Neurosci 2012; 32:11082-94. [PMID: 22875940 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.0064-12.2012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 196] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Anti-NMDA receptor (NMDAR) encephalitis is a newly identified autoimmune disorder that targets NMDARs, causing severe neurological symptoms including hallucinations, psychosis, and seizures, and may result in death (Dalmau et al., 2008). However, the exact epitope to which these antibodies bind is unknown. A clearly defined antigenic region could provide more precise testing, allow for comparison of immunogenicity between patients to explore potential clinically relevant variations, elucidate the functional effects of antibodies, and make patients' antibodies a more effective tool with which to study NMDAR function. Here, we use human CSF to explore the antigenic region of the NMDAR. We created a series of mutants within the amino terminal domain of GluN1 that change patient antibody binding in transfected cells in stereotyped ways. These mutants demonstrate that the N368/G369 region of GluN1 is crucial for the creation of immunoreactivity. Mass spectrometry experiments show that N368 is glycosylated in transfected cells and rat brain regions; however, this glycosylation is not directly required for epitope formation. Mutations of residues N368/G369 change the closed time of the receptor in single channel recordings; more frequent channel openings correlates with the degree of antibody staining, and acute antibody exposure prolongs open time of the receptor. The staining pattern of mutant receptors is similar across subgroups of patients, indicating consistent immunogenicity, although we have identified one region that has a variable role in epitope formation. These findings provide tools for detailed comparison of antibodies across patients and suggest an interaction between antibody binding and channel function.
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Du Y, Wang F, May K, Xu W, Liu H. Determination of Deamidation Artifacts Introduced by Sample Preparation Using 18O-Labeling and Tandem Mass Spectrometry Analysis. Anal Chem 2012; 84:6355-60. [DOI: 10.1021/ac3013362] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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- Yi Du
- Merck Research Laboratory, 1011
Morris Avenue, Union, New Jersey 07083, United States
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- Merck Research Laboratory, 1011
Morris Avenue, Union, New Jersey 07083, United States
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- Merck Research Laboratory, 1011
Morris Avenue, Union, New Jersey 07083, United States
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- Merck Research Laboratory, 1011
Morris Avenue, Union, New Jersey 07083, United States
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- Merck Research Laboratory, 1011
Morris Avenue, Union, New Jersey 07083, United States
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Johnson R, Jiskoot W. Models for evaluation of relative immunogenic potential of protein particles in biopharmaceutical protein formulations. J Pharm Sci 2012; 101:3586-92. [PMID: 22736238 DOI: 10.1002/jps.23248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2012] [Accepted: 06/08/2012] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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An immune response to a therapeutic protein that compromises the biopharmaceutical activity or cross-reacts with an endogenous protein is a serious clinical event. The role of protein aggregates and particles in biopharmaceutical formulations in mediating this immune response has gained considerable attention over the recent past. Model systems that could consistently and reliably predict the relative immunogenicity of biopharmaceutical protein formulations would be extremely valuable. Several approaches have been developed in an attempt to provide this insight, including in silico algorithms, in vitro tests utilizing human leukocytes and in vivo animal models. This commentary provides an update of these various approaches as well as the author's perspectives on the pros and cons of these different methods.
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- Richard Johnson
- Medical Products Division, Baxter Healthcare Corporation, Round Lake, Illinois, USA.
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Jha SK, Deepalakshmi PD, Udgaonkar JB. Characterization of deamidation of barstar using electrospray ionization quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry, which stabilizes an equilibrium unfolding intermediate. Protein Sci 2012; 21:633-46. [PMID: 22431291 DOI: 10.1002/pro.2047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2011] [Revised: 02/01/2012] [Accepted: 02/13/2012] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Deamidation of asparaginyl residues is a common posttranslational modification in proteins and has been studied extensively because of its important biological effects, such as those on enzymatic activity, protein folding, and proteolytic degradation. However, characterization of the sites of deamidation of a protein has been a difficult analytical problem. In this study, mass spectrometry has been used as an analytical tool to characterize the deamidation of barstar, an RNAse inhibitor. Upon incubation of the protein at alkaline pH for 5 h, intact mass analysis of barstar, using electrospray ionization quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry (ESI QToF MS), indicated an increase in the mass of +2 Da, suggesting possible deamidation of the protein. The sites of deamidation have been identified using the conventional bottom-up approach using a capillary liquid chromatography connected on line to an ESI QToF mass spectrometer and top down approach by direct infusion of the intact protein and fragmenting inside MS. These chemical modifications are shown to lead to stabilization of an unfolding intermediate, which can be observed in equilibrium unfolding studies.
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- Santosh Kumar Jha
- National Centre for Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bangalore 560065, India
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Karle AC, Oostingh GJ, Mutschlechner S, Ferreira F, Lackner P, Bohle B, Fischer GF, Vogt AB, Duschl A. Nitration of the pollen allergen bet v 1.0101 enhances the presentation of bet v 1-derived peptides by HLA-DR on human dendritic cells. PLoS One 2012; 7:e31483. [PMID: 22348091 PMCID: PMC3279363 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2011] [Accepted: 01/09/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Nitration of pollen derived allergens can occur by NO2 and ozone in polluted air and it has already been shown that nitrated major birch (Betula verrucosa) pollen allergen Bet v 1.0101 (Bet v 1) exhibits an increased potency to trigger an immune response. However, the mechanisms by which nitration might contribute to the induction of allergy are still unknown. In this study, we assessed the effect of chemically induced nitration of Bet v 1 on the generation of HLA-DR associated peptides. Human dendritic cells were loaded with unmodified Bet v 1 or nitrated Bet v 1, and the naturally processed HLA-DR associated peptides were subsequently identified by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry. Nitration of Bet v 1 resulted in enhanced presentation of allergen-derived HLA-DR-associated peptides. Both the copy number of Bet v 1 derived peptides as well as the number of nested clusters was increased. Our study shows that nitration of Bet v 1 alters antigen processing and presentation via HLA-DR, by enhancing both the quality and the quantity of the Bet v 1-specific peptide repertoire. These findings indicate that air pollution can contribute to allergic diseases and might also shed light on the analogous events concerning the nitration of self-proteins.
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- Anette C. Karle
- Immunosafety, Non-Clinical Drug Safety, F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Christian Doppler Laboratory for Immunomodulation, Department of Pathophysiology, Center of Physiology, Pathophysiology and Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Christian Doppler Laboratory for Allergy Diagnosis and Therapy, 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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- Christian Doppler Laboratory for Immunomodulation, Department of Pathophysiology, Center of Physiology, Pathophysiology and Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Clinical Department for Blood Group Serology, University Clinic for Blood Group Serology and Transfusion Medicine, Vienna, Austria
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- Immunosafety, Non-Clinical Drug Safety, F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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Catterall JB, Hsueh MF, Stabler TV, McCudden CR, Bolognesi M, Zura R, Jordan JM, Renner JB, Feng S, Kraus VB. Protein modification by deamidation indicates variations in joint extracellular matrix turnover. J Biol Chem 2012; 287:4640-51. [PMID: 22179616 PMCID: PMC3281605 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111.249649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2011] [Revised: 11/25/2011] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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As extracellular proteins age, they undergo and accumulate nonenzymatic post-translational modifications that cannot be repaired. We hypothesized that these could be used to systemically monitor loss of extracellular matrix due to chronic arthritic diseases such as osteoarthritis (OA). To test this, we predicted sites of deamidation in cartilage oligomeric matrix protein (COMP) and confirmed, by mass spectroscopy, the presence of deamidated (Asp(64)) and native (Asn(64)) COMP epitopes (mean 0.95% deamidated COMP (D-COMP) relative to native COMP) in cartilage. An Asp(64), D-COMP-specific ELISA was developed using a newly created monoclonal antibody 6-1A12. In a joint replacement study, serum D-COMP (p = 0.017), but not total COMP (p = 0.5), declined significantly after replacement demonstrating a joint tissue source for D-COMP. In analyses of 450 participants from the Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project controlled for age, gender, and race, D-COMP was associated with radiographic hip (p < 0.0001) but not knee (p = 0.95) OA severity. In contrast, total COMP was associated with radiographic knee (p < 0.0001) but not hip (p = 0.47) OA severity. D-COMP was higher in soluble proteins extracted from hip cartilage proximal to OA lesions compared with remote from lesions (p = 0.007) or lesional and remote OA knee (p < 0.01) cartilage. Total COMP in cartilage did not vary by joint site or proximity to the lesion. This study demonstrates the presence of D-COMP in articular cartilage and the systemic circulation, and to our knowledge, it is the first biomarker to show specificity for a particular joint site. We believe that enrichment of deamidated epitope in hip OA cartilage indicates a lesser repair response of hip OA compared with knee OA cartilage.
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MESH Headings
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived/chemistry
- Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip
- Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee
- Asparagine/metabolism
- Aspartic Acid/metabolism
- Cartilage/metabolism
- Cartilage/pathology
- Cartilage/surgery
- Cartilage Oligomeric Matrix Protein
- Cohort Studies
- Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
- Extracellular Matrix Proteins/metabolism
- Female
- Glycoproteins/metabolism
- Humans
- Male
- Mass Spectrometry
- Matrilin Proteins
- Middle Aged
- Osteoarthritis, Hip/metabolism
- Osteoarthritis, Hip/pathology
- Osteoarthritis, Hip/surgery
- Osteoarthritis, Knee/metabolism
- Osteoarthritis, Knee/pathology
- Osteoarthritis, Knee/surgery
- Protein Processing, Post-Translational
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- the Thurston Arthritis Research Center and
- Departments of Medicine
- Orthopaedics, and
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- the Thurston Arthritis Research Center and
- Radiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514
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- Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710 and
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Doyle HA, Mamula MJ. Autoantigenesis: the evolution of protein modifications in autoimmune disease. Curr Opin Immunol 2011; 24:112-8. [PMID: 22209691 DOI: 10.1016/j.coi.2011.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2011] [Revised: 12/05/2011] [Accepted: 12/12/2011] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
Abstract
Protein targets in autoimmune disease vary in location, originating within cells as in system lupus erythematosus (SLE), or found on cell surfaces or in extracellular spaces. The term 'autoantigenesis' is first defined here as the changes that arise in self-proteins as they break self-tolerance and trigger autoimmune B and/or T cell responses. As illustrated in many studies, between 50 and 90% of the proteins in the human body acquire post-translational modification. In some cases, it may be that these modifications are necessary for the biological functions of proteins of the cells in which they reside or as extracellular mediators. Summarized herein, it is clear that some post-translational modifications can create new self-antigens by altering immunologic processing and presentation. While many protein modifications exist, we will focus on those created, amplified, or altered in the context of inflammation or other immune system responses. Finally, we will address how post-translational modifications in self-antigens may affect the analyses of B and T cell specificity, current diagnostic techniques, and/or the development of immunotherapies for autoimmune diseases.
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- Hester A Doyle
- Section of Rheumatology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States
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Liu M, Cheetham J, Cauchon N, Ostovic J, Ni W, Ren D, Zhou ZS. Protein Isoaspartate Methyltransferase-Mediated 18O-Labeling of Isoaspartic Acid for Mass Spectrometry Analysis. Anal Chem 2011; 84:1056-62. [DOI: 10.1021/ac202652z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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- Min Liu
- Analytical Research and Development, Amgen, One Amgen Center Drive, Thousand Oaks, California
91320, United States
- Department
of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University, 360 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts
02115, United States
- Barnett Institute of Chemical
and Biological Analysis, Northeastern University, 360 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
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- Analytical Research and Development, Amgen, One Amgen Center Drive, Thousand Oaks, California
91320, United States
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- Analytical Research and Development, Amgen, One Amgen Center Drive, Thousand Oaks, California
91320, United States
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- Analytical Research and Development, Amgen, One Amgen Center Drive, Thousand Oaks, California
91320, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University, 360 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts
02115, United States
- Barnett Institute of Chemical
and Biological Analysis, Northeastern University, 360 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
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- Process and Product Development, Amgen, One Amgen Center Drive, Thousand Oaks, California
91320, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University, 360 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts
02115, United States
- Barnett Institute of Chemical
and Biological Analysis, Northeastern University, 360 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
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Kumar S, Singh SK, Wang X, Rup B, Gill D. Coupling of Aggregation and Immunogenicity in Biotherapeutics: T- and B-Cell Immune Epitopes May Contain Aggregation-Prone Regions. Pharm Res 2011; 28:949-61. [DOI: 10.1007/s11095-011-0414-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2010] [Accepted: 03/01/2011] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Ni W, Dai S, Karger BL, Zhou ZS. Analysis of isoaspartic Acid by selective proteolysis with Asp-N and electron transfer dissociation mass spectrometry. Anal Chem 2011; 82:7485-91. [PMID: 20712325 DOI: 10.1021/ac101806e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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A ubiquitous yet underappreciated protein post-translational modification, isoaspartic acid (isoAsp, isoD, or beta-Asp), generated via the deamidation of asparagine or isomerization of aspartic acid in proteins, plays a diverse and crucial role in aging, as well as autoimmune, cancer, neurodegeneration, and other diseases. In addition, formation of isoAsp is a major concern in protein pharmaceuticals, as it may lead to aggregation or activity loss. The scope and significance of isoAsp have, up to now, not been fully explored, as an unbiased screening of isoAsp at low abundance remains challenging. This difficulty is due to the subtle difference in the physicochemical properties between isoAsp and Asp, e.g., identical mass. In contrast, endoprotease Asp-N (EC 3.4.24.33) selectively cleaves aspartyl peptides but not the isoaspartyl counterparts. As a consequence, isoaspartyl peptides can be differentiated from those containing Asp and also enriched by Asp-N digestion. Subsequently, the existence and site of isoaspartate can be confirmed by electron transfer dissociation (ETD) mass spectrometry. As little as 0.5% of isoAsp was detected in synthetic beta-amyloid and cytochrome c peptides, even though both were initially assumed to be free of isoAsp. Taken together, our approach should expedite the unbiased discovery of isoAsp.
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- Wenqin Ni
- Barnett Institute of Chemical and Biological Analysis and Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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Stoeckle C, Tolosa E. Antigen processing and presentation in multiple sclerosis. Results Probl Cell Differ 2010; 51:149-72. [PMID: 19582405 DOI: 10.1007/400_2009_22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/10/2023]
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CD4(+) T cells play a central role in the pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis (MS). Generation, activation and effector function of these cells crucially depends on their interaction with MHC II-peptide complexes displayed by antigen presenting cells (APC). Processing and presentation of self antigens by different APC therefore influences the disease course at all stages. Selection by thymic APC leads to the generation of autoreactive T cells, which can be activated by peripheral APC. Reactivation by central nervous system APC leads to the initiation of the inflammatory response resulting in demyelination. In this review we will focus on how MHC class II antigenic epitopes are created by different APC from the thymus, the periphery and from the brain, and will discuss the relevance of the balance between creation and destruction of such epitopes in the context of MS. A solid understanding of these processes offers the possibility for designing future therapeutic strategies.
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- Christina Stoeckle
- Department of General Neurology, Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research, Otfried-Mueller-Str. 27, 72076, Tuebingen, Germany.
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Yang H, Zubarev RA. Mass spectrometric analysis of asparagine deamidation and aspartate isomerization in polypeptides. Electrophoresis 2010; 31:1764-72. [PMID: 20446295 PMCID: PMC3104603 DOI: 10.1002/elps.201000027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 131] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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One of the most frequent modifications in proteins and peptides is the deamidation of asparagine, a spontaneous non-enzymatic reaction leading to a mixture of L,D-succinimidyl, L,D-aspartyl, and L,D-isoaspartyl forms, with L-isoaspartyl dominating. Spontaneous isomerization of L-Asp yields the same products. In vivo, these unusual forms of aspartate are repaired by the protein L-isoaspartyl O-methyltransferase enzyme, with the balance between isomerization and repair affecting the organism physiology. Mass spectrometric analysis of this balance involves isomer separation, iso-Asp/Asp quantification, and iso-Asp site identification. This review highlights the issues associated with these steps and discusses the prospects of high-throughput iso-Asp analysis.
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- Hongqian Yang
- Division of Molecular Biometry, Department of Medicinal Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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Manning MC, Chou DK, Murphy BM, Payne RW, Katayama DS. Stability of protein pharmaceuticals: an update. Pharm Res 2010; 27:544-75. [PMID: 20143256 DOI: 10.1007/s11095-009-0045-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 737] [Impact Index Per Article: 52.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2009] [Accepted: 12/27/2009] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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In 1989, Manning, Patel, and Borchardt wrote a review of protein stability (Manning et al., Pharm. Res. 6:903-918, 1989), which has been widely referenced ever since. At the time, recombinant protein therapy was still in its infancy. This review summarizes the advances that have been made since then regarding protein stabilization and formulation. In addition to a discussion of the current understanding of chemical and physical instability, sections are included on stabilization in aqueous solution and the dried state, the use of chemical modification and mutagenesis to improve stability, and the interrelationship between chemical and physical instability.
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The development of immune tolerance is dependent on the expression of self-peptides in the thymus and bone marrow during lymphocyte development. However, not all self-antigens are expressed in the thymus, particularly for proteins that become post-translationally modified during other biological processes in a cell. We have found that one such post-translational modification, the spontaneous conversion of an aspartic acid to isoaspartic acid (isoAsp), causes ignored self-antigens to become immunogenic. In order to determine the mechanism for this autoimmune response, pigeon cytochrome c peptide 88-104 (PCC p88-104) was synthesized with and without an isoaspartyl residue. Each form was digested with cathepsin D, an enzyme involved in antigen processing. The products of cathepsin digestion were dramatically different between the two forms of self-protein suggesting that cryptic self-peptides may be revealed to the immune system by natural modifications to self-proteins. This observation also held true if whole PCC protein contained isoaspartyl residues was digested with cathespsin D. Additionally, AND transgenic TCR T cells (recognizing PCC 88-104) proliferated to a greater extent in response to isoaspartyl PCC as compared to the normal form of PCC. These finding demonstrate the importance of post-translational modifications in shaping autoimmune responses in and the development of tolerance to self-proteins.
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- Hester A Doyle
- Section of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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Wägner AM, Cloos P, Bergholdt R, Eising S, Brorsson C, Stalhut M, Christgau S, Nerup J, Pociot F. Posttranslational Protein Modifications in Type 1 Diabetes - Genetic Studies with PCMT1, the Repair Enzyme Protein Isoaspartate Methyltransferase (PIMT) Encoding Gene. Rev Diabet Stud 2009; 5:225-31. [PMID: 19290383 DOI: 10.1900/rds.2008.5.225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Posttranslational protein modifications have been implicated in the development of autoimmunity. Protein L-isoaspartate (D-aspartate) O-methyltransferase (PIMT) repairs modified proteins and is encoded by PCMT1, located in a region linked to type 1 diabetes (T1D), namely IDDM5. AIM To evaluate the association between genetic variations in the PCMT1 gene and T1D. METHODS Firstly, PCMT1 was sequenced in 26 patients with T1D (linked to IDDM5) and 10 control subjects. The variations found in PCMT1 were then tested (alone and interacting with a functional polymorphism in SUMO4 and with HLA) for association with T1D in 253 families (using transmission disequilibrium test). In a third step, the association of the functional variation in PCMT1 (rs4816) with T1D was analyzed in 778 T1D patients and 749 controls (using chi-square test). In vitro promoter activity was assessed by transfecting INS-1E cells with PCMT1 promoter constructs and a reporter gene, with or without cytokine stimulation. RESULTS Four polymorphisms in complete linkage disequilibrium were identified in PCMT1 (5' to the gene (rs11155676), exon 5 (rs4816) and exon 8 (rs7818 and rs4552)). In the whole cohort of 253 families, the allele associated with increased PIMT enzyme activity (rs4816, allele A) was less frequently transmitted to the affected than to the non-affected offspring (46% vs. 53%, p = 0.099). This finding was even more evident in the subset of families where the proband had high-risk SUMO4 (p = 0.069) or low-risk HLA (p = 0.086). Surprisingly, in the case-control study with 778 cases and 749 controls, an inverse trend was found (40.36% of patients and 36.98% of controls had the allele, p = 0.055). PCMT1 promoter activity increased with cytokine stimulation, but no differences were detected between the constructs adjacent to rs11155676. CONCLUSION PCMT1 was virtually associated with T1D in groups defined by other risk genes (SUMO4 and HLA). A general association in a not further defined sample of T1D patients was not evident. Verification in a larger population is needed.
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Zhao R, Follows GA, Beer PA, Scott LM, Huntly BJP, Green AR, Alexander DR. Inhibition of the Bcl-xL deamidation pathway in myeloproliferative disorders. N Engl J Med 2008; 359:2778-89. [PMID: 19109573 DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa0804953] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND The myeloproliferative disorders are clonal disorders with frequent somatic gain-of-function alterations affecting tyrosine kinases. In these diseases, there is an increase in DNA damage and a risk of progression to acute leukemia. The molecular mechanisms in myeloproliferative disorders that prevent apoptosis induced by damaged DNA are obscure. METHODS We searched for abnormalities of the proapoptotic Bcl-x(L) deamidation pathway in primary cells from patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) or polycythemia vera, myeloproliferative disorders associated with the BCR-ABL fusion kinase and the Janus tyrosine kinase 2 (JAK2) V617F mutation, respectively. RESULTS The Bcl-x(L) deamidation pathway was inhibited in myeloid cells, but not T cells, in patients with CML or polycythemia vera. DNA damage did not increase levels of the amiloride-sensitive sodium-hydrogen exchanger isoform 1 (NHE-1), intracellular pH, Bcl-x(L) deamidation, and apoptosis. Inhibition of the pathway was reversed by enforced alkalinization or overexpression of NHE-1, leading to a restoration of apoptosis. In patients with CML, the pathway was blocked in CD34+ progenitor cells and mature myeloid cells. Imatinib or JAK2 inhibitors reversed inhibition of the pathway in cells from patients with CML and polycythemia vera, respectively, but not in cells from a patient with resistance to imatinib because of a mutation in the BCR-ABL kinase domain. CONCLUSIONS BCR-ABL and mutant JAK2 inhibit the Bcl-x(L) deamidation pathway and the apoptotic response to DNA damage in primary cells from patients with CML or polycythemia vera.
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MESH Headings
- Apoptosis
- Cation Transport Proteins/genetics
- Cell Line, Tumor
- DNA Damage/genetics
- Deamination
- Fusion Proteins, bcr-abl/genetics
- Fusion Proteins, bcr-abl/physiology
- Gene Transfer Techniques
- Genes, abl/genetics
- Humans
- Janus Kinase 2/genetics
- Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive/blood
- Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive/genetics
- Leukocytes, Mononuclear
- Myeloproliferative Disorders/blood
- Myeloproliferative Disorders/genetics
- Polycythemia Vera/blood
- Polycythemia Vera/genetics
- Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/genetics
- Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/physiology
- Signal Transduction/genetics
- Sodium-Hydrogen Exchanger 1
- Sodium-Hydrogen Exchangers/genetics
- bcl-X Protein/genetics
- bcl-X Protein/physiology
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- Rui Zhao
- Laboratory of Lymphocyte Signalling and Development, Babraham Institute, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
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Liu Z, Jang SW, Liu X, Cheng D, Peng J, Yepes M, Li XJ, Matthews S, Watts C, Asano M, Hara-Nishimura I, Luo HR, Ye K. Neuroprotective actions of PIKE-L by inhibition of SET proteolytic degradation by asparagine endopeptidase. Mol Cell 2008; 29:665-78. [PMID: 18374643 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2008.02.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2007] [Revised: 01/10/2008] [Accepted: 02/11/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Ischemia and seizure cause excessive neuronal excitation that is associated with brain acidosis and neuronal cell death. However, the molecular mechanism of acidification-triggered neuronal injury is incompletely understood. Here, we show that asparagine endopeptidase (AEP) is activated under acidic condition, cuts SET, an inhibitor of DNase, and triggers DNA damage in brain, which is inhibited by PIKE-L. SET, a substrate of caspases, was cleaved by acidic cytosolic extract independent of caspase activation. Fractionation of the acidic cellular extract yielded AEP that is required for SET cleavage. We found that kainate provoked AEP activation and SET cleavage at N175, triggering DNA nicking in wild-type, but not AEP null, mice. PIKE-L strongly bound SET and prevented its degradation by AEP, leading to resistance of neuronal cell death. Moreover, AEP also mediated stroke-provoked SET cleavage and cell death in brain. Thus, AEP might be one of the proteinases activated by acidosis triggering neuronal injury during neuroexcitotoxicity or ischemia.
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- Zhixue Liu
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, 615 Michael Street, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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