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Kisserli A, Tabary T, Cohen JHM, Duret V, Mahmoudi R. High-resolution Melting PCR for Complement Receptor 1 Length Polymorphism Genotyping: An Innovative Tool for Alzheimer's Disease Gene Susceptibility Assessment. J Vis Exp 2017. [PMID: 28745649 PMCID: PMC5612547 DOI: 10.3791/56012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Complement receptor 1 (CR1), a transmembrane glycoprotein that plays a key role in the innate immune system, is expressed on many cell types, but especially on red blood cells (RBCs). As a receptor for the complement components C3b and C4b, CR1 regulates the activation of the complement cascade and promotes the phagocytosis of immune complexes and cellular debris, as well as the amyloid-beta (Aβ) peptide in Alzheimer's disease (AD). Several studies have confirmed AD-associated single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), as well as a copy-number variation (CNV) in the CR1 gene. Here, we describe an innovative method for determining the length polymorphism of the CR1 receptor. The receptor includes three domains, called long homologous repeats (LHR)-LHR-A, LHR-C, and LHR-D-and an n domain, LHR-B, where n is an integer between 0 and 3. Using a single pair of specific primers, the genetic material is used to amplify a first fragment of the LHR-B domain (the variant amplicon B) and a second fragment of the LHR-C domain (the invariant amplicon). The variant amplicon B and the invariant amplicon display differences at five nucleotides outside of the hybridization areas of said primers. The numbers of variant amplicons B and of invariant amplicons is deduced using a quantitative tool (high-resolution melting (HRM) curves), and the ratio of the variant amplicon B to the invariant amplicon differs according to the CR1 length polymorphism. This method provides several advantages over the canonical phenotype method, as it does not require fresh material and is cheaper, faster, and therefore applicable to larger populations. Thus, the use of this method should be helpful to better understand the role of CR1 isoforms in the pathogenesis of diseases such as AD.
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- Aymric Kisserli
- Department of Immunology, Reims University Hospitals, Robert Debré Hospital; Faculty of Medicine, LRN EA 4682, University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne
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- Department of Immunology, Reims University Hospitals, Robert Debré Hospital; Faculty of Medicine, LRN EA 4682, University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne
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- Department of Immunology, Reims University Hospitals, Robert Debré Hospital; Faculty of Medicine, LRN EA 4682, University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne;
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- Department of Immunology, Reims University Hospitals, Robert Debré Hospital; Faculty of Medicine, LRN EA 4682, University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Reims University Hospitals, Maison Blanche Hospital; Faculty of Medicine, EA 3797, University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne
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Geographical distribution of complement receptor type 1 variants and their associated disease risk. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0175973. [PMID: 28520715 PMCID: PMC5435133 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0175973] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2017] [Accepted: 04/03/2017] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Background Pathogens exert selective pressure which may lead to substantial changes in host immune responses. The human complement receptor type 1 (CR1) is an innate immune recognition glycoprotein that regulates the activation of the complement pathway and removes opsonized immune complexes. CR1 genetic variants in exon 29 have been associated with expression levels, C1q or C3b binding and increased susceptibility to several infectious diseases. Five distinct CR1 nucleotide substitutions determine the Knops blood group phenotypes, namely Kna/b, McCa/b, Sl1/Sl2, Sl4/Sl5 and KCAM+/-. Methods CR1 variants were genotyped by direct sequencing in a cohort of 441 healthy individuals from Brazil, Vietnam, India, Republic of Congo and Ghana. Results The distribution of the CR1 alleles, genotypes and haplotypes differed significantly among geographical settings (p≤0.001). CR1 variants rs17047660A/G (McCa/b) and rs17047661A/G (Sl1/Sl2) were exclusively observed to be polymorphic in African populations compared to the groups from Asia and South-America, strongly suggesting that these two SNPs may be subjected to selection. This is further substantiated by a high linkage disequilibrium between the two variants in the Congolese and Ghanaian populations. A total of nine CR1 haplotypes were observed. The CR1*AGAATA haplotype was found more frequently among the Brazilian and Vietnamese study groups; the CR1*AGAATG haplotype was frequent in the Indian and Vietnamese populations, while the CR1*AGAGTG haplotype was frequent among Congolese and Ghanaian individuals. Conclusion The African populations included in this study might have a selective advantage conferred to immune genes involved in pathogen recognition and signaling, possibly contributing to disease susceptibility or resistance.
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Mahmoudi R, Kisserli A, Novella JL, Donvito B, Dramé M, Réveil B, Duret V, Jolly D, Pham BN, Cohen JH. Alzheimer's disease is associated with low density of the long CR1 isoform. Neurobiol Aging 2015; 36:1766.e5-1766.e12. [PMID: 25666996 DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2015.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2014] [Revised: 10/31/2014] [Accepted: 01/05/2015] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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The long complement receptor type 1 (CR1) isoform, CR1*2 (S), has been identified as being associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD) risk. We aimed to analyze the phenotypic structural and expression aspects (length and density) of CR1 in erythrocytes of 135 Caucasian subjects (100 AD and 35 controls). CR1 length polymorphism was assessed at protein and gene levels using Western blot and high-resolution melting, respectively. CR1 sites on erythrocytes were enumerated by flow cytometry. CR1 gene analysis, spotting the rs6656401 and rs3818361 polymorphisms, was performed by pyrosequencing. The CR1 density was significantly lower in AD patients expressing the CR1*2 isoform compared with the controls (p = 0.001), demonstrating lower expression of CR1 in CR1*2 carriers. Our data suggested the existence of silent CR1 alleles. Finally, rs6656401 and rs3818361 were strongly associated with CR1 length polymorphism (p < 0.0001). These observations indicate that AD susceptibility is associated with the long CR1 isoform (CR1*2), albeit at a lower density, suggesting that AD results from insufficient clearance of plaque deposits rather than increased inflammation.
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- Rachid Mahmoudi
- Champagne-Ardenne Resource and Research Memory Center (CMRR), Maison Blanche Hospital, Reims University Hospitals, Reims, France; Department of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Maison Blanche Hospital, Reims University Hospitals, Reims, France; Faculty of Medicine, University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne, EA 3797, Reims, France.
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- Department of Immunology, Robert Debré Hospital, Reims University Hospitals, Reims, France; Faculty of Medicine, University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne, LRN EA 4682, Reims, France
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- Champagne-Ardenne Resource and Research Memory Center (CMRR), Maison Blanche Hospital, Reims University Hospitals, Reims, France; Department of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Maison Blanche Hospital, Reims University Hospitals, Reims, France; Faculty of Medicine, University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne, EA 3797, Reims, France
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- Department of Immunology, Robert Debré Hospital, Reims University Hospitals, Reims, France; Faculty of Medicine, University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne, LRN EA 4682, Reims, France
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne, EA 3797, Reims, France; Department of Research and Innovation, Robert Debré Hospital, Reims University Hospitals, Reims, France
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- Department of Immunology, Robert Debré Hospital, Reims University Hospitals, Reims, France; Faculty of Medicine, University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne, LRN EA 4682, Reims, France
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- Department of Immunology, Robert Debré Hospital, Reims University Hospitals, Reims, France; Faculty of Medicine, University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne, LRN EA 4682, Reims, France
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne, EA 3797, Reims, France; Department of Research and Innovation, Robert Debré Hospital, Reims University Hospitals, Reims, France
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- Department of Immunology, Robert Debré Hospital, Reims University Hospitals, Reims, France; Faculty of Medicine, University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne, LRN EA 4682, Reims, France
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- Department of Immunology, Robert Debré Hospital, Reims University Hospitals, Reims, France; Faculty of Medicine, University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne, LRN EA 4682, Reims, France
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Park HJ, Guariento M, Maciejewski M, Hauhart R, Tham WH, Cowman AF, Schmidt CQ, Mertens HDT, Liszewski MK, Hourcade DE, Barlow PN, Atkinson JP. Using mutagenesis and structural biology to map the binding site for the Plasmodium falciparum merozoite protein PfRh4 on the human immune adherence receptor. J Biol Chem 2013; 289:450-63. [PMID: 24214979 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m113.520346] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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To survive and replicate within the human host, malaria parasites must invade erythrocytes. Invasion can be mediated by the P. falciparum reticulocyte-binding homologue protein 4 (PfRh4) on the merozoite surface interacting with complement receptor type 1 (CR1, CD35) on the erythrocyte membrane. The PfRh4 attachment site lies within the three N-terminal complement control protein modules (CCPs 1-3) of CR1, which intriguingly also accommodate binding and regulatory sites for the key complement activation-specific proteolytic products, C3b and C4b. One of these regulatory activities is decay-accelerating activity. Although PfRh4 does not impact C3b/C4b binding, it does inhibit this convertase disassociating capability. Here, we have employed ELISA, co-immunoprecipitation, and surface plasmon resonance to demonstrate that CCP 1 contains all the critical residues for PfRh4 interaction. We fine mapped by homologous substitution mutagenesis the PfRh4-binding site on CCP 1 and visualized it with a solution structure of CCPs 1-3 derived by NMR and small angle x-ray scattering. We cross-validated these results by creating an artificial PfRh4-binding site through substitution of putative PfRh4-interacting residues from CCP 1 into their homologous positions within CCP 8; strikingly, this engineered binding site had an ∼30-fold higher affinity for PfRh4 than the native one in CCP 1. These experiments define a candidate site on CR1 by which P. falciparum merozoites gain access to human erythrocytes in a non-sialic acid-dependent pathway of merozoite invasion.
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- Hyon Ju Park
- From the Washington University School of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110
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Jacquet M, Lacroix M, Ancelet S, Gout E, Gaboriaud C, Thielens NM, Rossi V. Deciphering complement receptor type 1 interactions with recognition proteins of the lectin complement pathway. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2013; 190:3721-31. [PMID: 23460739 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1202451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Complement receptor type 1 (CR1) is a membrane receptor expressed on a wide range of cells. It is involved in immune complex clearance, phagocytosis, and complement regulation. Its ectodomain is composed of 30 complement control protein (CCP) modules, organized into four long homologous repeats (A-D). In addition to its main ligands C3b and C4b, CR1 was reported to interact with C1q and mannan-binding lectin (MBL) likely through its C-terminal region (CCP22-30). To decipher the interaction of human CR1 with the recognition proteins of the lectin complement pathway, a recombinant fragment encompassing CCP22-30 was expressed in eukaryotic cells, and its interaction with human MBL and ficolins was investigated using surface plasmon resonance spectroscopy. MBL and L-ficolin were shown to interact with immobilized soluble CR1 and CR1 CCP22-30 with apparent dissociation constants in the nanomolar range, indicative of high affinity. The binding site for CR1 was located at or near the MBL-associated serine protease (MASP) binding site in the collagen stalks of MBL and L-ficolin, as shown by competition experiments with MASP-3. Accordingly, the mutation of an MBL conserved lysine residue essential for MASP binding (K55) abolished binding to soluble CR1 and CCP22-30. The CR1 binding site for MBL/ficolins was mapped to CCP24-25 of long homologous repeat D using deletion mutants. In conclusion, we show that ficolins are new CR1 ligands and propose that MBL/L-ficolin binding involves major ionic interactions between conserved lysine residues of their collagen stalks and surface exposed acidic residues located in CR1 CCP24 and/or CCP25.
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- Mickaël Jacquet
- Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique, Institut de Biologie Structurale Jean-Pierre Ebel, 38027 Grenoble Cedex 1, France
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Veldhuisen B, Ligthart PC, Vidarsson G, Roels I, Folman CC, van der Schoot CE, de Haas M. Molecular analysis of the York antigen of the Knops blood group system. Transfusion 2011; 51:1389-96. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2010.02999.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Pham BN, Kisserli A, Donvito B, Duret V, Reveil B, Tabary T, Le Pennec PY, Peyrard T, Rouger P, Cohen JH. Analysis of complement receptor Type 1 expression on red blood cells in negative phenotypes of the Knops blood group system, according to CR1 gene allotype polymorphisms. Transfusion 2010; 50:1435-43. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2010.02599.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Chen CH, Ghiran I, Beurskens FJM, Weaver G, Vincent JA, Nicholson-Weller A, Klickstein LB. Antibody CR1-2B11 recognizes a non-polymorphic epitope of human CR1 (CD35). Clin Exp Immunol 2007; 148:546-54. [PMID: 17493021 PMCID: PMC1941935 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2007.03355.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Measurement of erythrocyte [red blood cells (RBC)] complement receptor type 1 (CR1, CD35) has the potential to serve as a sensitive assessment of complement activation and immune complex clearance. All previously reported monoclonal antibodies (MoAb) to the extracellular region of CR1 recognize epitopes within the long homologous repeats (LHR) of CR1 and the epitopes for the most frequently used MoAbs are repeated at least twice per CR1 molecule. Furthermore, CR1 exhibits structural polymorphism characterized by a variable number of LHR per molecule. Thus, accurate enumeration of cell surface CR1 using currently available MoAb would require that the results be corrected for the number of antibody epitopes per CR1 molecule encoded by each individual's alleles. To obtain a MoAb to a non-polymorphic epitope on human CR1, hybridomas were generated from mice immunized with recombinant soluble CR1 (sCR1) and MoAb were screened for those that recognized the full-length extracellular domain but failed to bind to all four recombinant LHR fragments. A single antibody, CR1-2B11, was identified and was found to recognize an epitope located wholly within SCR29-30 of CR1, NH2-terminal to an elastase cleavage site. Like other CR1 MoAb, the CR1-2B11 epitope expression decreased on old erythrocytes compared to younger cells and CR1-2B11 did not identify a CR1 'stump' on RBC. Importantly, CR1-2B11 immunofluorescence did not change with storage or handling of RBC, unlike the apparent decrease in immunofluorescence observed with other MoAb. CR1-2B11 should be useful for the accurate enumeration of RBC CR1.
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- C-H Chen
- Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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A polymorphism in the type one complement receptor (CR1) involves an additional cysteine within the C3b/C4b binding domain that inhibits ligand binding. Mol Immunol 2007; 44:3510-6. [PMID: 17467802 DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2007.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2007] [Accepted: 03/14/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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The type one complement receptor (CR1) contains a variable number of binding domains for C3b and C4b, formed through a nearly identical set of repeating units known as short consensus repeats (SCRs). Each SCR contains four cysteines that, by forming two disulfide bonds, impart a conformation critical for function. In this study, we identified a CR1 single nucleotide polymorphism (1597C>T) that results in an additional cysteine (483R>C) in SCR 8 of the N-terminal C3b/C4b binding domain, and occurring sporadically in corresponding SCRs of other repeated C3b/C4b binding domains. The normal carrier frequency for 483-C was 6.3% in 175 African Americans, and 2.4% in 153 Caucasians. In expression constructs containing one C3b/C4b binding domain, the 483-C residue reduced binding to C3b, C3bi, and C4b by over 80% (each p<0.0001), versus the wildtype construct. Full-length CR1 from 483-C carriers also exhibited reduced binding to C3b and C4b, although the effect was influenced by the total number of binding domains present. Race-matched comparisons between SLE patients (86 African Americans, 228 Caucasians) and the normal cohort showed that 483-C carrier status alone is not a risk factor for SLE or lupus nephritis. The physiological role of this polymorphism remains to be determined.
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Krych-Goldberg M, Hauhart RE, Porzukowiak T, Atkinson JP. Synergy between two active sites of human complement receptor type 1 (CD35) in complement regulation: implications for the structure of the classical pathway C3 convertase and generation of more potent inhibitors. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2005; 175:4528-35. [PMID: 16177096 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.175.7.4528] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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The extracellular domain of the complement receptor type 1 (CR1; CD35) consists entirely of 30 complement control protein repeats (CCPs). CR1 has two distinct functional sites, site 1 (CCPs 1-3) and two copies of site 2 (CCPs 8-10 and CCPs 15-17). In this report we further define the structural requirements for decay-accelerating activity (DAA) for the classical pathway (CP) C3 and C5 convertases and, using these results, generate more potent decay accelerators. Previously, we demonstrated that both sites 1 and 2, tandemly arranged, are required for efficient DAA for C5 convertases. We show that site 1 dissociates the CP C5 convertase, whereas the role of site 2 is to bind the C3b subunit. The intervening CCPs between two functional sites are required for optimal DAA, suggesting that a spatial orientation of the two sites is important. DAA for the CP C3 convertase is increased synergistically if two copies of site 1, particularly those carrying DAA-increasing mutations, are contained within one protein. DAA in such constructs may exceed that of long homologous repeat A (CCPs 1-7) by up to 58-fold. To explain this synergy, we propose a dimeric structure for the CP C3 convertase on cell surfaces. We also extended our previous studies of the amino acid requirements for DAA of site 1 and found that the CCP 1/CCP 2 junction is critical and that Phe82 may contact the C3 convertases. These observations increase our understanding of the mechanism of DAA. In addition, a more potent decay-accelerating form of CR1 was generated.
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- Malgorzata Krych-Goldberg
- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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Soares DC, Gerloff DL, Syme NR, Coulson AFW, Parkinson J, Barlow PN. Large-scale modelling as a route to multiple surface comparisons of the CCP module family. Protein Eng Des Sel 2005; 18:379-88. [PMID: 15976010 DOI: 10.1093/protein/gzi039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Numerous mammalian proteins are constructed from a limited repertoire of module-types. Proteins belonging to the regulators of complement activation family--crucial for ensuring a complement-mediated immune response is targeted against infectious agents--are composed solely of complement control protein (CCP) modules. In the current study, CCP module sequences were grouped to allow selection of the most appropriate experimentally determined structures to serve as templates in an automated large-scale structure modelling procedure. The resulting 135 individual CCP module models, valuable in their own right, are available at the online database http://www.bru.ed.ac.uk/~dinesh/ccp-db.html. Comparisons of surface properties within a particular family of modules should be more informative than sequence alignments alone. A comparison of surface electrostatic features was undertaken for the first 28 CCP modules of complement receptor type 1 (CR1). Assignments to clusters based on surface properties differ from assignments to clusters based on sequences. This observation might reflect adaptive evolution of surface-exposed residues involved in protein-protein interactions. This illustrative example of a multiple surface-comparison was indeed able to pinpoint functional sites in CR1.
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- Dinesh C Soares
- Biocomputing Research Unit, Michael Swann Building, University of Edinburgh, The King's Buildings, Edinburgh EH9 3JJ, UK
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Thomas BN, Donvito B, Cockburn I, Fandeur T, Rowe JA, Cohen JHM, Moulds JM. A complement receptor-1 polymorphism with high frequency in malaria endemic regions of Asia but not Africa. Genes Immun 2005; 6:31-6. [PMID: 15578041 PMCID: PMC2877660 DOI: 10.1038/sj.gene.6364150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Complement receptor-1 (CR1) is a ligand for rosette formation, a phenomenon associated with cerebral malaria (CM). Binding is dependent on erythrocyte CR1 copy number. In Caucasians, low CR1 expressors have two linked mutations. We determined the Q981H and HindIII RFLP distribution in differing population groups to ascertain a possible role in adaptive evolution. We examined 194 Caucasians, 180 Choctaw Indians, 93 Chinese-Taiwanese, 304 Cambodians, 89 Papua New Guineans (PNG) and 366 Africans. PCR/RFLP used HindIII for CR1 expression and BstNI for the Q981H mutation. DNA sequencing and pyrosequencing were performed to resolve inconclusive results. Gene frequencies for the L allele were 0.15 in Africans, 0.16 in Choctaws, 0.18 in Caucasians, 0.29 in Chinese-Taiwanese, 0.47 in Cambodians and 0.58 in PNG. Allelic frequency for 981H were 0.07 in Africans, 0.15 in Caucasians, 0.18 in Choctaws, 0.29 in Chinese-Taiwanese, 0.47 in Cambodians and 0.54 in PNG. The Q981H polymorphism correlates with the HindIII RFLP in most groups except West Africans and appears to be part of a low CR1 expression haplotype. The gene frequency for the haplotype is highest in the malaria-endemic areas of Asia, suggesting that this haplotype may have evolved because it protects from rosetting and CM.
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- BN Thomas
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- PPDH, EA 3309, IFR 53, URCA, Reims, France
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- ICAPB, University of Edinburgh, Ashworth Laboratories, Edinburgh, UK
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- Institut Pasteur du Cambodge (IPC), Monivong Bd, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
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- ICAPB, University of Edinburgh, Ashworth Laboratories, Edinburgh, UK
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- PPDH, EA 3309, IFR 53, URCA, Reims, France
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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Mqadmi A, Abdullah Y, Yazdanbakhsh K. Characterization of complement receptor 1 domains for prevention of complement-mediated red cell destruction. Transfusion 2005; 45:234-44. [PMID: 15660833 DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2004.04163.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND Complement activation resulting in intravascular hemolysis can cause transfusion-associated mortality. We recently showed that a recombinant soluble form of complement receptor 1 (CR1) effectively reduces complement-mediated red blood cell (RBC) destruction in vitro and more importantly prolongs the survival of transfused human RBCs in mice. To determine CR1-active sites that prevent RBC destruction, structure-function analysis of its extracellular 1930-amino-acid domain has been performed. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS Several CR1-truncated soluble proteins were prepared and tested for their ability to prevent complement-mediated RBC destruction in vitro and in mice. RESULTS A 250-amino-acid region in CR1 that possesses antihemolytic activity and is effective in prolonging survival of transfused RBCs in vivo was identified. Mutation of two critical residues (D109N and E116K) in this 250-amino-acid domain, previously shown to improve complement-inhibitory functions of CR1 derivatives, resulted in a more potent inhibition of complement activation in vitro. In vivo, however, the activity of mutant proteins was comparable to the wild-type molecules. CONCLUSION Our structure-function studies have characterized smaller CR1-based complement inhibitors for future development of structure-derived transfusion therapeutics. Our studies underscore the importance of testing CR1 inhibitors in vivo.
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- Amina Mqadmi
- Complement Biology, New York Blood Center, New York, NY 10021, USA
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Clemenza L, Isenman DE. The C4A and C4B isotypic forms of human complement fragment C4b have the same intrinsic affinity for complement receptor 1 (CR1/CD35). THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2004; 172:1670-80. [PMID: 14734749 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.172.3.1670] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Several previous reports concluded that the C4b fragment of human C4A (C4Ab) binds with higher affinity to CR1 than does C4Bb. Because the isotypic residues, (1101)PCPVLD and (1101)LSPVIH in C4A and C4B, respectively, are located within the C4d region, one may have expected a direct binding contribution of C4d to the interaction with CR1. However, using surface plasmon resonance as our analytical tool, with soluble rCR1 immobilized on the biosensor chip, we failed to detect significant binding of C4d of either isotype. By contrast, binding of C4c was readily detectable. C4A and C4B, purified from plasma lacking one of the isotypes, were Cs converted to C4Ab and C4Bb. Spontaneously formed disulfide-linked dimers were separated from monomers and higher oligomers by sequential chromatographic steps. The binding sensorgrams of C4Ab and C4Bb monomers as analytes reached steady state plateaus, and these equilibrium data yielded essentially superimposable saturation curves that were well fit by a one-site binding model. Although a two-site model was required to fit the equilibrium-binding data for the dimeric forms of C4b, once again there was little difference in the K(D) values obtained for each isotype. Independent verification of our surface plasmon resonance studies came from ELISA-based inhibition experiments in which monomers of C4Ab and C4Bb were equipotent in inhibiting the binding of soluble CR1 to plate-bound C4b. Although divergent from previous reports, our results are consistent with recent C4Ad structural data that raised serious doubts about there being a conformational basis for the previously reported isotypic differences in the C4b-CR1 interaction.
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- Liliana Clemenza
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Logar CM, Chen W, Schmitt H, Yu CY, Birmingham DJ. A human CR1-like transcript containing sequence for a binding protein for iC4 is expressed in hematopoietic and fetal lymphoid tissue. Mol Immunol 2004; 40:831-40. [PMID: 14687939 DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2003.09.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Primate immune adherence receptors are erythrocyte complement receptors (E-CR) that favorably influence the clearance of circulating immune complexes (IC). The human E-CR is the type one complement receptor (CR1), most commonly expressed as a 220 kDa protein containing 30 short consensus repeats (SCRs). The chimpanzee E-CR is a 75 kDa protein composed of eight SCRs, and is encoded by an ortholog of human CR1-like (CR1L), a genetic element related to CR1. Human CR1L was previously identified from genomic clones that predict exons for seven SCRs, and there have been no reports of CR1L expression. The purpose of this study was to determine if human CR1L is expressed. Amplification of human bone marrow cDNA using primers specific for CR1/CR1L yielded a product similar to chimp CR1L encoding sequence. The first 6.5 SCRs matched 100% with the predicted human CR1L sequence, while the second half of SCR 7 was homologous to the comparable chimp CR1L sequence but with a stop codon. Expression in COS-7 cells yielded a human CR1L protein of approximately 50 kDa that exhibited binding specificity for iC4 but not for iC3. Neither northern nor western blot analysis of human bone marrow revealed the presence of the CR1L transcript or protein. However, northern blot analysis of various other lymphoid tissue identified a candidate CR1L transcript in human fetal liver. PCR amplification of a cDNA panel of human fetal tissue confirmed the presence of the CR1L transcript in fetal liver, and to a lesser extent in fetal spleen and thymus. Thus, expression of the CR1L transcript appears to be limited to hematopoietic and fetal lymphoid tissue.
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- Christine M Logar
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University, N210 Means Hall, 1654 Upham Dr, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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Yazdanbakhsh K, Kang S, Tamasauskas D, Sung D, Scaradavou A. Complement receptor 1 inhibitors for prevention of immune-mediated red cell destruction: potential use in transfusion therapy. Blood 2003; 101:5046-52. [PMID: 12576307 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2002-10-3068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Activation of complement cascade via the antibody-mediated classical pathway can initiate red blood cell (RBC) destruction, causing transfusion reactions and hemolytic anemia. In the present study, we have assessed the ability of a human recombinant soluble form of complement receptor 1 (sCR1) to inhibit complement-mediated RBC destruction in vitro and in vivo. Using an in vitro alloimmune incompatibility model, sCR1 inhibited complement activation and prevented hemolysis. Following transfusion of human group O RBCs into mice lacking detectable pre-existing antibodies against the transfused RBCs, systemic coadministration of 10 mg/kg sCR1, a dose well tolerated in human subjects for prevention of tissue injury, completely inhibited the in vivo clearance of the transfused RBCs and surface C3 deposition in the first hour after transfusion, correlating with the half-life of sCR1 in the circulation. Treatment with sCR1 increased the survival of transfused human group A RBCs in the circulation of mice with pre-existing anti-A for 2 hours after transfusion by 50%, reduced intravascular hemolysis, and lowered the levels of complement deposition (C3 and C4), but not immunoglobulin G (IgG) or IgM, on the transfused cells by 100-fold. We further identified potential functional domains in CR1 that can act to limit complement-mediated RBC destruction in vitro and in vivo. Collectively, our data highlight a potential use of CR1-based inhibitors for prevention of complement-dependent immune hemolysis.
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- Karina Yazdanbakhsh
- Complement Biology Research Program, New York Blood Center, New York 10021, USA.
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Lantéri M, Giordanengo V, Vidal F, Gaudray P, Lefebvre JC. A complete alpha1,3-galactosyltransferase gene is present in the human genome and partially transcribed. Glycobiology 2002; 12:785-92. [PMID: 12499400 DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwf087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The synthesis of Galalpha1-3Gal-terminated oligosaccharides (alpha-Gal) epitopes has been interrupted during the course of evolution, starting with Old World primates. Partial sequences similar to the alpha1,3-galactosyltransferase (alpha1,3GalT) gene, which governs the synthesis of alpha-Gal epitopes, have been detected in the human genome and were found to correspond to pseudogenes. We completed the sequence of the human alpha1,3GalT pseudogene present on chromosome 9 and found it to be organized like the murine alpha1,3GalT gene. In human cell lines and several normal and tumor tissues we detected truncated transcripts corresponding to this pseudogene. Considering these mRNAs, translation of an open reading frame containing the first four translated exons but missing the two catalytic exons could predict a truncated alpha1,3GalT polypeptide that should be enzymatically inactive. We show that transcription of human alpha1,3GalT is prematurely terminated at the level of a strong transcriptional stop signal in the middle of intron VII. We were able to reproduce this effect in vitro by subcloning the implicated DNA region upstream from a reporter cDNA. The premature transcriptional arrest of human alpha1,3-GalT gene leads to an ectopic splicing event and to the connection of a short intronic sequence downstream from translated exons. Finally, we show that these truncated transcripts are overexpressed in cell lines with modifications of O-glycans.
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- Marion Lantéri
- INSERM U526, IFR50, Faculté de Médecine, 06107 Nice Cedex 2, France
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Krych-Goldberg M, Moulds JM, Atkinson JP. Human complement receptor type 1 (CR1) binds to a major malarial adhesin. Trends Mol Med 2002; 8:531-7. [PMID: 12421687 DOI: 10.1016/s1471-4914(02)02419-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein 1 (PfEMP1), a major adhesin molecule expressed on Plasmodium-falciparum-infected erythrocytes, interacts with several receptors on endothelial cells and uninfected erythrocytes. This 'stickiness', known as rosetting, is a strategy used by the parasite to remain sequestered in the microvasculature to avoid destruction in the spleen and liver. Erythrocyte rosetting causes obstruction of the blood flow in microcapillaries. Recent data suggest a direct interaction between PfEMP1 and a functional site of complement receptor type 1 (CR1; CD35) on uninfected erythrocytes. Consistent with the hypothesis that CR1 is important in malaria pathogenesis is a 40-70-fold increase in the frequency of two CR1 blood-group antigens (at least one of which might rosette less efficiently) in malaria-exposed African populations. Furthermore, structural differences in erythrocyte CR1 between human and non-human primates are probably explained by the selective pressure of malaria.
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Langeggen H, Berge KE, Johnson E, Hetland G. Human umbilical vein endothelial cells express complement receptor 1 (CD35) and complement receptor 4 (CD11c/CD18) in vitro. Inflammation 2002; 26:103-10. [PMID: 12083416 DOI: 10.1023/a:1015585530204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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We have examined complement receptors on human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) and found that they express complement receptor 1 (CR1, CD35) and complement receptor 4 (CR4, CD11c/CD18), but not complement receptor 3 (CR3, CD11b/CD18). Binding of monoclonal antibodies against CR1 (CD35) and CR4 (CD11c/CD18) to HUVEC was demonstrated by flow cytometry. The presence of the corresponding mRNAs was confirmed by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and sequencing of the amplified cDNA fragments. When HUVEC were treated with inflammatory mediators, chemotactic agents or the secretagogue phorbol-12-myristate-13-acetate (PMA), no change in reactivity to CR1 (CD35) or CR4 (CD11c/CD18) monoclonal antibodies was detected on the surface of the cells compared with untreated cells. The presence of CR1 (CD35) and CR4 (CD1c/CD18) on HUVEC indicates that endothelial cells (EC) have the potential to bind C3b and iC3b, respectively, which both mediate biological effects in the course of complement activation.
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A novel simple method to purify recombinant soluble human complement receptor type 1 (sCR1) from CHO cell culture. BIOTECHNOL BIOPROC E 2002. [DOI: 10.1007/bf02935882] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Smith BO, Mallin RL, Krych-Goldberg M, Wang X, Hauhart RE, Bromek K, Uhrin D, Atkinson JP, Barlow PN. Structure of the C3b binding site of CR1 (CD35), the immune adherence receptor. Cell 2002; 108:769-80. [PMID: 11955431 DOI: 10.1016/s0092-8674(02)00672-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Complement receptor type 1 (CR1 or CD35) is a multiple modular protein that mediates the immune adherence phenomenon, a fundamental event for destroying microbes and initiating an immunological response. It fulfills this role through binding C3b/C4b-opsonized foreign antigens. The structure of the principal C3b/C4b binding site (residues 901-1095) of CR1 is reported, revealing three complement control protein modules (modules 15-17) in an extended head-to-tail arrangement with flexibility at the 16-17 junction. Structure-guided mutagenesis identified a positively charged surface region on module 15 that is critical for C4b binding. This patch, together with basic side chains of module 16 exposed on the same face of CR1, is required for C3b binding. These studies reveal the initial structural details of one of the first receptor-ligand interactions to be identified in immunobiology.
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- Brian O Smith
- Edinburgh Protein Interaction Centre, Joseph Black Chemistry Building, University of Edinburgh, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JR, United Kingdom
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Hourcade D, Liszewski MK, Krych-Goldberg M, Atkinson JP. Functional domains, structural variations and pathogen interactions of MCP, DAF and CR1. IMMUNOPHARMACOLOGY 2000; 49:103-16. [PMID: 10904110 DOI: 10.1016/s0162-3109(00)80296-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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The Regulators of Complement Activation (RCA) are a fascinating group of proteins that play important roles in innate and acquired immunity. In this review, we examine structure-function aspects of three membrane-bound RCA proteins and discuss the unique impact of their genetic organization on their evolution.
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- D Hourcade
- Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO 63110, USA
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Xiang L, Rundles JR, Hamilton DR, Wilson JG. Quantitative Alleles of CR1: Coding Sequence Analysis and Comparison of Haplotypes in Two Ethnic Groups. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 1999. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.163.9.4939] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The quantitative expression of complement receptor type 1 (CR1) on erythrocytes is regulated by two CR1 alleles that differ in having genomic HindIII fragments of either 7.4 or 6.9 kb and that determine high (H allele) or low (L allele) CR1 expression, respectively, across a 10-fold range. To investigate whether the product of the L allele may contain amino acid substitutions that make it more susceptible to proteolysis, cDNA sequence spanning the CR1 coding region was analyzed in two donors who were homozygous for the H and L alleles and differed by 7-fold in their mean numbers of CR1 per erythrocyte. Sequence differences were detected at 10 nucleotide positions, including 6 that would cause amino acid substitutions. The HindIII RFLP and 3 of the latter 6 sites were analyzed in genomic DNA of 85 Caucasians and 75 African Americans; sites encoding the other amino acid substitutions were analyzed less extensively. Two major haplotypes defined prototypic H and L alleles in both ethnic groups, suggesting that these alleles existed before the African and European populations diverged. Decreased erythrocyte CR1 expression is associated with impaired clearance of immune complexes from blood. Persistence of the L allele in all populations that have been analyzed may suggest a compensatory survival advantage, perhaps related to malaria or another infectious disease.
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- Lianbin Xiang
- *Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Departments of Medicine and Microbiology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS 39216; and
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- *Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Departments of Medicine and Microbiology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS 39216; and
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Krych-Goldberg M, Hauhart RE, Subramanian VB, Yurcisin BM, Crimmins DL, Hourcade DE, Atkinson JP. Decay accelerating activity of complement receptor type 1 (CD35). Two active sites are required for dissociating C5 convertases. J Biol Chem 1999; 274:31160-8. [PMID: 10531307 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.44.31160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The goal of this study was to identify the site(s) in CR1 that mediate the dissociation of the C3 and C5 convertases. To that end, truncated derivatives of CR1 whose extracellular part is composed of 30 tandem repeating modules, termed complement control protein repeats (CCPs), were generated. Site 1 (CCPs 1-3) alone mediated the decay acceleration of the classical and alternative pathway C3 convertases. Site 2 (CCPs 8-10 or the nearly identical CCPs 15-17) had one-fifth the activity of site 1. In contrast, for the C5 convertase, site 1 had only 0.5% of the decay accelerating activity, while site 2 had no detectable activity. Efficient C5 decay accelerating activity was detected in recombinants that carried both site 1 and site 2. The activity was reduced if the intervening repeats between site 1 and site 2 were deleted. The results indicate that, for the C5 convertases, decay accelerating activity is mediated primarily by site 1. A properly spaced site 2 has an important auxiliary role, which may involve its C3b binding capacity. Moreover, using homologous substitution mutagenesis, residues important in site 1 for dissociating activity were identified. Based on these results, we generated proteins one-fourth the size of CR1 but with enhanced decay accelerating activity for the C3 convertases.
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- M Krych-Goldberg
- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
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Mossakowska D, Dodd I, Pindar W, Smith RA. Structure-activity relationships within the N-terminal short consensus repeats (SCR) of human CR1 (C3b/C4b receptor, CD35): SCR 3 plays a critical role in inhibition of the classical and alternative pathways of complement activation. Eur J Immunol 1999; 29:1955-65. [PMID: 10382758 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1521-4141(199906)29:06<1955::aid-immu1955>3.0.co;2-o] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Genes coding for between one and four short consensus repeats (SCR) of the N-terminal region of human complement receptor 1 (CR1) were synthesized from oligonucleotides and those encoding SCR(1-2), SCR(1-3), SCR(1-4), SCR3 and SCR(3-4) were expressed as inclusion bodies in Escherichia coli. Following solubilization in urea, the proteins were partially purified and refolded and the activity of each protein was assessed in both classical and alternative pathway complement assays. All fragments showed a varying degree of activity with the general order being SCR(1-3) = SCR(1-4) > SCR(1-2). Addition of SCR3 to SCR(1-2) significantly improved potency, whereas the addition of SCR4 conferred no additional benefit. This observation, coupled with the ability of the single-domain SCR3 to inhibit classical pathway mediated lysis with an IH50% (inhibition of hemolysis by 50%) of 4.8 microM, demonstrates that SCR3 provides key binding interactions with activated complement components. SCR(1-3) was able to inhibit both classical and alternative pathways of complement activation, showing that the N-terminal SCR of CR1 retain the ability to interact with C3b. Assays for CR1-like cofactor activity for factor I using C4b-like C4 or C3b-like C3 as substrates showed that SCR(1-3) possessed such cofactor activity and that C4b-like C4 was a better substrate. When compared to full-length (30 SCR) soluble CR1 (sCR1), SCR(1-3) was significantly less potent in accord with a model involving multi-valent binding of C3b/C4b to CR1.
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Herrera AH, Xiang L, Martin SG, Lewis J, Wilson JG. Analysis of complement receptor type 1 (CR1) expression on erythrocytes and of CR1 allelic markers in Caucasian and African American populations. CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY AND IMMUNOPATHOLOGY 1998; 87:176-83. [PMID: 9614933 DOI: 10.1006/clin.1998.4529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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CR1 expression on erythrocytes (E) is regulated by an element that is tightly linked in Caucasians to the site of an RFLP of the CR1 gene. Genomic HindIII fragments of 7.4 and 6.9 kb identify alleles that are expressed in high (H allele) or low (L allele) amounts, respectively. When age-fractionated E of donors heterozygous for both the H and L alleles and for CR1 allotypes of differing molecular weights were analyzed in Western blots, the product of the L allele appeared to have an increased rate of loss during cell aging. A coding sequence polymorphism of CR1 predicted to cause a Pro-->Arg substitution in its proximal extramembranous region was tightly linked in Caucasians to the site of the HindIII RFLP. However, neither this polymorphism nor the HindIII RFLP correlated with CR1 expression among African Americans. Relative instability of CR1 encoded by the L allele thus may derive from another coding sequence polymorphism, or may require both the Pro-->Arg substitution and epistatic effects of another polymorphic gene.
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- A H Herrera
- Department of Medicine, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, USA
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Krych M, Hauhart R, Atkinson JP. Structure-function analysis of the active sites of complement receptor type 1. J Biol Chem 1998; 273:8623-9. [PMID: 9535836 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.273.15.8623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Two functionally distinct but homologous sites in complement receptor type 1 (CR1) (CD35) were further characterized by homologous substitution mutagenesis of two CR1 derivatives, each containing one site. In both sites, reducing negative and/or increasing positive charge augmented interaction with iC3/C3b and C4b, supporting a role of ionic forces in the binding reaction. In one case, substitution of Asp at the end of complement control protein repeat (CCP) 2 with an Asn transformed the protein, with negligible cofactor activity and iC3 binding, into a mutant with activities similar to native CR1. Consequently, this protein, one-fourth the size of CR1, is a therapeutic candidate for a complement inhibitor. Another important observation is that the residues between two CCPs contribute to activity, probably because they influence positioning of one CCP relative to the next. The initial characterization of the third CCP of an active site led to identification of three peptides necessary for binding. In line with earlier findings for the first two CCPs, interactions with iC3/C3b are similar but not identical to those with C4b, implying overlapping but distinct binding domains. Moreover, changes in cofactor activity usually, but not always, parallel alterations in binding, indicating that these two activities are separable. We also mapped epitopes for a blocking and a function enhancing monoclonal antibody. Their effects can be explained by epitope location. The first antibody binds near functionally important residues. The second may shield inhibitory (negatively charged) residues. These results represent a comprehensive analysis of the active sites of CR1, which is built of modules found in more than 50 mammalian proteins.
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- M Krych
- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
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Nickells M, Hauhart R, Krych M, Subramanian VB, Geoghegan-Barek K, Marsh HC, Atkinson JP. Mapping epitopes for 20 monoclonal antibodies to CR1. Clin Exp Immunol 1998; 112:27-33. [PMID: 9566786 PMCID: PMC1904933 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2249.1998.00549.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Complement receptor type one (CR1; CD35) binds and processes C3b and C4b opsonized immune complexes and regulates complement activation. We have characterized the epitopes of 13 previously reported and seven new MoAbs to human CR1. The MoAbs formed seven groups based on their reactivity with a panel of deletion forms of CR1. Seventeen of the MoAbs reacted with CR1 at more than one site, a consequence of its repetitive sequence. All five of the MoAbs recognizing epitopes in the nearly identical repeats 3, 10, and 17, as well as one MoAb which reacted with repeats 8 or 1/2 of 9 and 15 or 1/2 of 16, blocked cofactor activity for C3b. Knowledge of the repeats bearing the epitopes for these MoAbs should facilitate the further characterization of CR1.
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- M Nickells
- Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63110, USA
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Hamer I, Paccaud JP, Belin D, Maeder C, Carpentier JL. Soluble form of complement C3b/C4b receptor (CR1) results from a proteolytic cleavage in the C-terminal region of CR1 transmembrane domain. Biochem J 1998; 329 ( Pt 1):183-90. [PMID: 9405292 PMCID: PMC1219030 DOI: 10.1042/bj3290183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The complement C3b/C4b receptor (CR1) is an integral protein, anchored in the plasma membrane through a hydrophobic domain of 25 amino acids, but is also found in the plasma in soluble form (sCR1). A recombinant, soluble form of CR1 has been demonstrated to reduce complement-dependent tissue injury in animal models of ischaemia/reperfusion. In view of the important pathophysiological relevance of sCR1, we have investigated the mechanisms governing CR1 release by using various mutated and chimaeric receptors transiently expressed in COS cells. Pulse-chase experiments revealed that (1) sCR1 is produced by a proteolytic process, (2) the cleavage site lies within the C-terminus of CR1 transmembrane domain, (3) the proteolytic process involves a fully glycosylated CR1 form and (4) this process takes place in late secretory vesicles or at the plasma membrane.
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- I Hamer
- Department of Morphology Department of Pathology, University of Geneva, CMU, Rue Michel Servet, 1, CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland
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Edwalds-Gilbert G, Veraldi KL, Milcarek C. Alternative poly(A) site selection in complex transcription units: means to an end? Nucleic Acids Res 1997; 25:2547-61. [PMID: 9185563 PMCID: PMC146782 DOI: 10.1093/nar/25.13.2547] [Citation(s) in RCA: 410] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Many genes have been described and characterized which result in alternative polyadenylation site use at the 3'-end of their mRNAs based on the cellular environment. In this survey and summary article 95 genes are discussed in which alternative polyadenylation is a consequence of tandem arrays of poly(A) signals within a single 3'-untranslated region. An additional 31 genes are described in which polyadenylation at a promoter-proximal site competes with a splicing reaction to influence expression of multiple mRNAs. Some have a composite internal/terminal exon which can be differentially processed. Others contain alternative 3'-terminal exons, the first of which can be skipped in some cells. In some cases the mRNAs formed from these three classes of genes are differentially processed from the primary transcript during the cell cycle or in a tissue-specific or developmentally specific pattern. Immunoglobulin heavy chain genes have composite exons; regulated production of two different Ig mRNAs has been shown to involve B cell stage-specific changes in trans -acting factors involved in formation of the active polyadenylation complex. Changes in the activity of some of these same factors occur during viral infection and take-over of the cellular machinery, suggesting the potential applicability of at least some aspects of the Ig model. The differential expression of a number of genes that undergo alternative poly(A) site choice or polyadenylation/splicing competition could be regulated at the level of amounts and activities of either generic or tissue-specific polyadenylation factors and/or splicing factors.
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- G Edwalds-Gilbert
- Department of Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry and the Graduate Program in Immunology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15261-2072, USA
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Kaupmann K, Huggel K, Heid J, Flor PJ, Bischoff S, Mickel SJ, McMaster G, Angst C, Bittiger H, Froestl W, Bettler B. Expression cloning of GABA(B) receptors uncovers similarity to metabotropic glutamate receptors. Nature 1997; 386:239-46. [PMID: 9069281 DOI: 10.1038/386239a0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 736] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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GABA (gamma-amino-butyric acid), the principal inhibitory neurotransmitter in the brain, signals through ionotropic (GABA(A)/ GABA(c)) and metabotropic (GABA(B)) receptor systems. Here we report the cloning of GABA(B) receptors. Photoaffinity labelling experiments suggest that the cloned receptors correspond to two highly conserved GABA(B) receptor forms present in the vertebrate nervous system. The cloned receptors negatively couple to adenylyl cyclase and show sequence similarity to the metabotropic receptors for the excitatory neurotransmitter L-glutamate.
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- K Kaupmann
- Novartis Pharma Inc., Research Department, Therapeutic Area Nervous System, Basel, Switzerland
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Clemenza L, Subramanian B, Hourcade D, Nickells M, Atkinson J. Primary sequence of baboon CR1 demonstrates concerted evolution within the CR1 gene. Mol Immunol 1997; 34:297-304. [PMID: 9244342 DOI: 10.1016/s0161-5890(97)00040-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Complement receptor type one (CR1) in primates has several remarkable structural features including a size polymorphism (Mr 190000, 220000, 250000 and 280000) in man, multiple size variants (Mr 55000-220000) among non-human primates, and a partial amino-terminal duplication (CR1-like gene) that appears to encode the short (55000-70000) forms expressed on primate erythrocytes. In general, these short CR1 forms, some of which are GPI anchored, are expressed on erythrocytes and the 220000 molecular weight CR1 form is expressed on PBMC, except in man, where only the 220000 molecular weight form has been detected. In addition, the Mr 220000 human CR1 sequence carries several long internal repeats of up to 99% homology. It has been suggested that the highest homology is maintained by gene conversion and/or unequal crossover. To address further the evolutionary and biologic implications of these multiple forms, a 6 kb cDNA encoding baboon CR1(220) was identified by RTPCR using human CR1 primers. Its sequence contains the expected 30 complement control protein repeats (CCP) and demonstrates an overall homology to human CR1 of 95.4% at the nucleotide level and 93.2% at the amino acid level. As in human CR1, the first 28 CCP maintain the characteristic "seven CCP-long homologous repeats (LHR)" organization. Analysis of baboon CR1(220) indicates that horizontal or concerted evolution has maintained a high degree (> 98%) of identity between corresponding CCP within the LHRs from CCP 4 to CCP 19, while this homology region extends from CCP 3 to CCP 18 in man. In contrast, substitutions occurring in other CCP are not propagated to the corresponding sites of other LHR. Sequence differences in CCP 1, 2 and 3 are likely to be related to the acquisition of enhanced C3b binding capability by this amino-terminal region of the protein. Thus, the sequence data strongly support the hypotheses that gene conversion and or unequal crossover events have driven the evolution of the protein in regions of high homology while selective forces, probably ligand binding requirements, have maintained the regions of divergence.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Cell Line, Transformed
- Cell Transformation, Viral
- DNA, Complementary/chemistry
- DNA, Complementary/isolation & purification
- Evolution, Molecular
- Herpesvirus 4, Human
- Humans
- Leukocytes, Mononuclear/immunology
- Leukocytes, Mononuclear/metabolism
- Ligands
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Papio
- Protein Binding/immunology
- Receptors, Complement 3b/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Complement 3b/chemistry
- Receptors, Complement 3b/genetics
- Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
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- L Clemenza
- Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, U.S.A
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Ancian P, Lambeau G, Mattéi MG, Lazdunski M. The human 180-kDa receptor for secretory phospholipases A2. Molecular cloning, identification of a secreted soluble form, expression, and chromosomal localization. J Biol Chem 1995; 270:8963-70. [PMID: 7721806 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.270.15.8963] [Citation(s) in RCA: 154] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Secretory phospholipases A2 (sPLA2) are structurally related enzymes found in mammals as well as in insect and snake venoms. They have been associated with several physiological, pathological, and toxic processes. Some of these effects are apparently linked to the existence of specific receptors for both venom and mammalian sPLA2s. We report here the molecular cloning and expression of one of these sPLA2 receptors from human kidney. Two transcripts were detected. One encodes for a transmembrane form of the sPLA2 receptor and the other one is an alternatively processed transcript, caused by polyadenylation occurring at a site within an intron in the C terminus part of the transcriptional unit. This transcript encodes for a shortened secreted soluble sPLA2 receptor lacking the coding region for the transmembrane segment. Quantitative polymerase chain reaction experiments indicate a 1.6:1 ratio between the levels of transcripts encoding for the membrane-bound and soluble forms of the receptor, respectively. Soluble and membrane-bound human sPLA2 receptors both bind sPLA2 with high affinities. However, the binding properties of the human receptors are different from those obtained with the rabbit membrane-bound sPLA2 receptor. The 180-kDa human sPLA2 receptor gene has been mapped in the q23-q24 bands of chromosome 2.
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- P Ancian
- Institut de Pharmacologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Sophia Antipolis, Valbonne, France
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Kim YU, Kinoshita T, Molina H, Hourcade D, Seya T, Wagner LM, Holers VM. Mouse complement regulatory protein Crry/p65 uses the specific mechanisms of both human decay-accelerating factor and membrane cofactor protein. J Exp Med 1995; 181:151-9. [PMID: 7528766 PMCID: PMC2191854 DOI: 10.1084/jem.181.1.151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 175] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Normal host cells are protected from the destructive action of complement by cell surface complement regulatory proteins. In humans, decay-accelerating factor (DAF) and membrane cofactor protein (MCP) play such a biologic role by inhibiting C3 and C5 convertases. DAF and MCP accomplish this task by specific mechanisms designated decay-accelerating activity and factor I cofactor activity, respectively. In other species, including mice, structural and/or functional homologues of these proteins are not yet well characterized. Previous studies have shown that the mouse protein Crry/p65 has certain characteristics of self-protecting complement regulatory proteins. For example, Crry/p65 is expressed on a wide variety of murine cells, and when expressed on human K562 erythroleukemic cells, it prevents deposition of mouse C3 fragments on the cell surface during activation of either the classical or alternative complement pathway. We have now studied factor I cofactor and decay-accelerating activities of Crry/p65. Recombinant Crry/p65 demonstrates cofactor activity for factor I-mediated cleavage of both mouse C3b and C4b. Surprisingly, Crry/p65 also exhibits decay-accelerating activity for the classical pathway C3 convertase strongly and for the alternative pathway C3 convertase weakly. Therefore, mouse Crry/p65 uses the specific mechanisms of both human MCP and DAF. Although Crry/p65, like MCP and DAF, contains tandem short consensus repeats (SCR) characteristic of C3/C4 binding proteins, Crry/p65 is not considered to be a genetic homologue of either MCP or DAF. Thus, Crry/p65 is an example of evolutionary conservation of two specific activities in a single unique protein in one species that are dispersed to individual proteins in another. We propose that the repeating SCR motif in this family has allowed this unusual process of evolution to occur, perhaps driven by the use of MCP and DAF as receptors by human pathogens such as the measles virus.
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- Y U Kim
- Department of Immunoregulation, Osaka University, Japan
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Morgan BP, Meri S. Membrane proteins that protect against complement lysis. SPRINGER SEMINARS IN IMMUNOPATHOLOGY 1994; 15:369-96. [PMID: 8153873 DOI: 10.1007/bf01837366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 174] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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- B P Morgan
- Department of Medical Biochemistry, University of Wales College of Medicine, Heath Park, Cardiff, UK
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Krych M, Clemenza L, Howdeshell D, Hauhart R, Hourcade D, Atkinson J. Analysis of the functional domains of complement receptor type 1 (C3b/C4b receptor; CD35) by substitution mutagenesis. J Biol Chem 1994. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)36829-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Kalli KR, Hsu P, Fearon DT. Therapeutic uses of recombinant complement protein inhibitors. SPRINGER SEMINARS IN IMMUNOPATHOLOGY 1994; 15:417-31. [PMID: 8153875 PMCID: PMC7101590 DOI: 10.1007/bf01837368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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In conclusion, it is apparent that researchers are poised at the threshold of developing inhibitors of complement activation from the molecules in the RCA family. By creating soluble forms of these protective proteins for in vivo administration, or by making transgenic animals expressing these proteins or their derivatives, it may be possible to inhibit complement-mediated pathology stemming from autoimmune disease, reperfusion injuries, and physical trauma. This technology combined with current attempts to protect allografts from cellular rejection with monoclonal antibodies against members of the integrin family of adhesion molecules [52] makes it possible that the excessive mortality due to the severe shortage of human donor organs could be overcome by the use of xenografts.
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- K R Kalli
- Graduate Program in Immunology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205
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Sim RB, Day AJ, Moffatt BE, Fontaine M. Complement factor I and cofactors in control of complement system convertase enzymes. Methods Enzymol 1993; 223:13-35. [PMID: 8271948 DOI: 10.1016/0076-6879(93)23035-l] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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- R B Sim
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
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Makrides S, Scesney S, Ford P, Evans K, Carson G, Marsh H. Cell surface expression of the C3b/C4b receptor (CR1) protects Chinese hamster ovary cells from lysis by human complement. J Biol Chem 1992. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)35828-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Hourcade D, Garcia AD, Post TW, Taillon-Miller P, Holers VM, Wagner LM, Bora NS, Atkinson JP. Analysis of the human regulators of complement activation (RCA) gene cluster with yeast artificial chromosomes (YACs). Genomics 1992; 12:289-300. [PMID: 1740338 DOI: 10.1016/0888-7543(92)90376-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The human regulators of complement activation gene cluster (RCA cluster) have been partially characterized with yeast artificial chromosomes (YACs). While the data confirm many points previously elucidated, the finer resolution of YAC mapping has allowed the discovery and/or localization of partial gene duplications, the determination of gene orientations, and the measurement of gaps between known genes. Here nine overlapping YACs that encompass a genomic region of 800 kb, encoding four RCA genes and three gene-like elements, are described. The encoded genes and two of the gene-like elements share the same orientation and are ordered (5' to 3') DAF, CR2, CR1, MCP-like, CR1-like, and MCP. A C4bp-like region lies upstream from DAF and is likely to correspond to one recently observed by F. Pardo-Manuel, J. Rey-Campos, A. Hillarp, B. Dahlback, and S. Rodriguez de Cordoba (1990, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 87: 4529-4533). MCP-like, a new genetic element, was discovered and found to be homologous to the 5' portion of the MCP gene. Two large gaps of 85 kb (between CR2 and DAF) and 110 kb (between DAF and the C4bp-like element) could carry additional RCA genes. The arrangement of CR1, MCP-like, CR1-like, and MCP, in that order, strongly suggests that this region was generated by a single duplication of neighboring CR1/CR1-like and MCP/MCP-like forerunners. The RCA YACs will now serve as convenient DNA sources for the subcloning and further characterization of this region.
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- D Hourcade
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute Laboratories, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110
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Kalli KR, Hsu PH, Bartow TJ, Ahearn JM, Matsumoto AK, Klickstein LB, Fearon DT. Mapping of the C3b-binding site of CR1 and construction of a (CR1)2-F(ab')2 chimeric complement inhibitor. J Exp Med 1991; 174:1451-60. [PMID: 1836011 PMCID: PMC2119055 DOI: 10.1084/jem.174.6.1451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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CR1/CR2 chimeric receptors in which various short consensus repeats (SCRs) of CR1 were attached to CR2 were transiently expressed on COS cells, and assessed for the binding of polymerized C3b (pC3b) and anti-CR2 by immunofluorescence. Of COS cells expressing chimeras containing SCR 1-4, 1-3, 2-4, 1-2, and 2-3 of the long homologous repeats (LHRs) -B or -C, 96%, 66%, 23%, 0%, and 0%, respectively, bound pC3b. K562 cells were stably transfected with wild-type CR1, deletion mutants of CR1, and the CR1/CR2 chimeras, respectively, and assayed for binding of 125I-pC3b. The dissociation constants (Kd) for pC3b of wild-type CR1 and the LHR-BD and -CD constructs were in the range of 1.0-2.7 nM, and of the CR1/CR2 chimeras containing SCRs 1-4, 1-3, and 2-4 of LHR-B or -C were 1.8-2.4, 6-9, and 22-36 nM, respectively. The factor I-cofactor function of the CR1/CR2 chimeras paralleled the C3b-binding function of the constructs. A CR1/immunoglobulin (Ig) chimeric protein was prepared by fusing SCRs 1-4 of LHR-B to the heavy chains of a murine F(ab')2 anti-nitrophenacetyl (NP) monoclonal antibody. The (CR1)2-F(ab')2 chimera, which retained its specificity for NP, was as effective as soluble, full-length CR1 in binding pC3b, serving as a cofactor for factor I-mediated cleavage of C3b, and inhibiting activation of the alternative pathway, indicating that the bivalent expression of these SCRs reconstitutes the alternative pathway inhibitory function of CR1. The feasibility of creating CR1/Ig chimeras makes possible a new strategy of targeting complement inhibition by the use of Ig fusion partners having particular antigenic specificities.
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- K R Kalli
- Graduate Program in Immunology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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Carney D, Haviland D, Noack D, Wetsel R, Vik D, Tack B. Structural aspects of the human C5 gene. Intron/exon organization, 5'-flanking region features, and characterization of two truncated cDNA clones. J Biol Chem 1991. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)55131-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Krych M, Hourcade D, Atkinson JP. Sites within the complement C3b/C4b receptor important for the specificity of ligand binding. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1991; 88:4353-7. [PMID: 1827918 PMCID: PMC51657 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.88.10.4353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Cysteine-rich repeated units of 40-70 amino acids are building blocks of many mammalian proteins, including 12 proteins of the complement system. Human complement arranged motifs, designated short consensus repeats (SCRs), which constitute the entire extracellular portion of this protein. Klickstein et al. [Klickstein, L. B., Bartow, T. J., Miletic, V., Rabson, L. D., Smith, J. A. & Fearon, D. T. (1988) J. Exp. Med. 168, 1699-1717 (abstr.)] localized a C4b binding domain to SCR-1 and/or SCR-2 and a C3b binding domain to SCR-8 and/or SCR-9. These SCRs bind different ligands, although SCR-1 and SCR-8 are 55% homologous and SCR-2 and SCR-9 are 70% homologous. To examine if one or two SCRs are required for ligand binding and to define sites within the SCRs that determine specificity of binding, mutagenesis analysis of a truncated, secreted form of CR1, called CR1-4 by Hourcade et al. [Hourcade, D., Meisner, D. R., Atkinson, J. P. & Holers, V. M. (1988) J. Exp. Med. 168, 1255-1270], was undertaken. The latter, composed of the first eight and one-half amino-terminal SCRs of CR1, efficiently bound C4b but not iC3. SCR-1 and SCR-2 were necessary for this interaction. Analysis of the mutant CR1-4 proteins, in which amino acids in SCR-1 and SCR-2 were substituted a few at a time with the homologous amino acids of SCR-8 and SCR-9, led to the identification of one amino acid in SCR-1 and three amino acids in SCR-2 important for C4b binding. Furthermore, five amino acids at the end of SCR-9, if placed in the homologous positions of SCR-2, conferred iC3 binding and are likely essential for ligand binding activity of SCR-8 and SCR-9. This iC3 binding occurred only if SCR-1 was present, indicating that two contiguous SCRs are necessary for this interaction. These results provide identification of amino acids within SCRs that are important for ligand binding.
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- M Krych
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110
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Rodriguez de Cordoba S, Sanchez-Corral P, Rey-Campos J. Structure of the gene coding for the alpha polypeptide chain of the human complement component C4b-binding protein. J Exp Med 1991; 173:1073-82. [PMID: 2022920 PMCID: PMC2118859 DOI: 10.1084/jem.173.5.1073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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The human gene coding for the 70-kD polypeptide of the complement regulatory component C4b-binding protein (C4BP alpha) spans over 40 kb of DNA and is composed of twelve exons. Upon transcription in liver, or in Hep-G2 cells, this gene produces a single transcript of 2,262 nucleotides, excepting the poly A tail, that presents an unusually long 5' untranslated region (5' UTR) of 223 nucleotides. The C4BP alpha gene is organized as follows: the first exon codes for the first 198 nucleotides of the 5' UTR. It is separated by a large intron from the second exon including the remaining of the 5' UTR and the coding region for the signal peptide. Each of the eight 60-amino acid repeats (short consensus repeats [SCRs]) that compose the C4BP alpha polypeptide chain is encoded by a single exon, except for the second SCR, which is split in two exons. At the 3' end of the C4BP alpha gene, the twelfth exon codes for the COOH-terminal 57 amino acids of the mature protein, which have no similarities to the SCRs, and the 245 nucleotides of the 3' UTR. Examination of the nucleotide sequence of the first exon revealed an interesting characteristic, strongly suggesting that this exon may specify a functional domain of the C4BP alpha transcript. It includes two in-phase ATG codons, in a different frame respect to that coding the C4BP alpha polypeptide, followed by an in-frame termination codon, also within the first exon. Comparison between mouse and human C4BP alpha transcripts indicates conservation of this structure within the 5' UTR. C4BP is expressed in the liver and is an acute phase protein. A computer search of the genomic sequences upstream the transcription start site demonstrates the presence of potential cis-acting regulatory elements similar to those found in the promoters of other liver-expressed and/or acute phase genes.
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Purcell DF, Russell SM, Deacon NJ, Brown MA, Hooker DJ, McKenzie IF. Alternatively spliced RNAs encode several isoforms of CD46 (MCP), a regulator of complement activation. Immunogenetics 1991; 33:335-44. [PMID: 2050389 DOI: 10.1007/bf00216692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Five alternative cDNA clones were isolated for CD46, also known as the membrane cofactor protein (MCP) for the factor I-mediated cleavage of the complement convertases. One of these cDNA clones (a) was identical to an earlier MCP clone. The other four CD46 clones contained the four NH2-terminal short consensus repeat (SCR) units of MCP, but differed at the region encoding the carboxyl-terminal of the protein which includes an extracellular segment rich in Ser, Thr, and Pro residues, a hydrophobic membrane-spanning domain, and a 33 amino acid cytoplasmic tail. The different CD46 cDNAs have variously: (b) inserted a 93 base pair (bp) exon resulting in a new cytoplasmic tail of 26 amino acids; (c) deleted a 42 bp exon from the extracellular Ser/Thr rich region: (d) used a cryptic splice acceptor sequence to delete 37 bp from an exon encoding transmembrane sequence; or (e) failed to splice the intron after the four SCR units. These were shown by northern blot and polymerase chain reaction to arise by alternative splicing of CD46 RNA. Forms (a), (b), and (c) of CD46 RNA are common in placental RNA, but (d) was rare, and (e) was incompletely processed and therefore aberrant. The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was used to map the sites of the intron/exon junctions and demonstrate further possible splice variants of CD46. The alternative RNAs for CD46 may correlate to the different isoforms of CD46 found in different tissues, tumors, and in serum.
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- D F Purcell
- Department of Pathology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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Genomic organization of the alpha chain of the human C4b-binding protein gene. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1991; 174:222-7. [PMID: 1989602 DOI: 10.1016/0006-291x(91)90509-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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C4b-binding protein (C4bp) is a serum glycoprotein that is one of the regulators of the complement activation (RCA) family. This protein is composed of structurally related 70-kDa (alpha chain) and 45-kDa (beta chain) polypeptides. The alpha chain of C4bp (C4bp alpha) consists of eight short consensus repeats (SCR), which constitute the amino-terminal 491 residues. Human C4bp is also one of the acute-phase reactants. In order to clarify the genetic basis of the SCR and to understand the regulatory mechanisms of C4bp synthesis, we isolated 6 genomic DNA clones covering all of the human C4bp alpha gene. This gene consists of 12 exons and spans about 40 kb. Each of the SCRs is encoded by a single exon, except for the second SCR (SCR II), which is encoded by two separate exons, demonstrating that human C4bp alpha has a split SCR at the genomic level. The 5' flanking region was sequenced up to 380 bases upstream from the putative transcription initiation site. Several possible binding sites for transcription factors were identified.
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Pardo-Manuel F, Rey-Campos J, Hillarp A, Dahlbäck B, Rodriguez de Cordoba S. Human genes for the alpha and beta chains of complement C4b-binding protein are closely linked in a head-to-tail arrangement. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1990; 87:4529-32. [PMID: 2352933 PMCID: PMC54149 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.87.12.4529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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C4b-binding protein (C4BP) is an important component in the regulation of the complement system and also binds the anticoagulant vitamin K-dependent protein S. These activities are performed by distinct, although structurally related, polypeptides of 70 kDa (alpha chain) and 45 kDa (beta chain), respectively. In this report we have investigated the genetic relationships between these polypeptides. Using pulsed field gel electrophoresis analysis we demonstrate that the genes coding for the alpha (C4BP alpha) and beta (C4BP beta) chains are closely linked within the regulator of complement activation gene cluster. In addition, we have determined that the 3' end of the C4BP beta gene lies 3.5-5 kilobases from the 5' end of the C4BP alpha gene. These findings support the concept that the C4BP alpha and C4BP beta genes are the result of a gene duplication event.
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- F Pardo-Manuel
- Unidad de Immunologia, Centro de Investigaciones Biologicas (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas), Madrid, Spain
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Cordier M, Calender A, Billaud M, Zimber U, Rousselet G, Pavlish O, Banchereau J, Tursz T, Bornkamm G, Lenoir GM. Stable transfection of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) nuclear antigen 2 in lymphoma cells containing the EBV P3HR1 genome induces expression of B-cell activation molecules CD21 and CD23. J Virol 1990; 64:1002-13. [PMID: 2154588 PMCID: PMC249210 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.64.3.1002-1013.1990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 132] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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A set of B-cell activation molecules, including the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) receptor CR2 (CD21) and the B-cell activation antigen CD23 (Blast2/Fc epsilon RII), is turned on by infecting EBV-negative B-lymphoma cell lines with immortalizing strains of the viruslike B95-8 (BL/B95 cells). This up regulation may represent one of the mechanisms involved in EBV-mediated B-cell immortalization. The P3HR1 nonimmortalizing strain of the virus, which is deleted for the entire Epstein-Barr nuclear antigen 2 (EBNA2) protein open reading frame, is incapable of inducing the expression of CR2 and CD23, suggesting a crucial role for EBNA2 in the activation of these molecules. In addition, lymphoma cells containing the P3HR1 genome (BL/P3HR1 cells) do not express the viral latent membrane protein (LMP), which is regularly expressed in cells infected with immortalizing viral strains. Using electroporation, we have transfected the EBNA2 gene cloned in an episomal vector into BL/P3HR1 cells and have obtained cell clones that stably express the EBNA2 protein. In these clones, EBNA2 expression was associated with an increased amount of CR2 and CD23 steady-state RNAs. Of the three species of CD23 mRNAs described, the Fc epsilon RIIa species was preferentially expressed in these EBNA2-expressing clones. An increased cell surface expression of CR2 but not of CD23 was observed, and the soluble form of CD23 molecule (SCD23) was released. We were, however, not able to detect any expression of LMP in these cell clones. These data demonstrate that EBNA2 gene is able to complement P3HR1 virus latent functions to induce the activation of CR2 and CD23 expression, and they emphasize the role of EBNA2 protein in the modulation of cellular gene implicated in B-cell proliferation and hence in EBV-mediated B-cell immortalization. Nevertheless, EBNA2 expression in BL/P3HR1 cells is not able to restore the level of CR2 and CD23 expression observed in BL/B95 cells, suggesting that other cellular or viral proteins may also have an important role in the activation of these molecules: the viral LMP seems to be a good candidate.
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MESH Headings
- Antigens, CD/immunology
- Antigens, Differentiation, B-Lymphocyte/genetics
- Antigens, Viral/genetics
- B-Lymphocytes/immunology
- Cell Line
- Complement C3d/immunology
- Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
- Epstein-Barr Virus Nuclear Antigens
- Gene Expression
- Genes, Viral
- Herpesvirus 4, Human/genetics
- Herpesvirus 4, Human/immunology
- Humans
- Lymphocyte Activation
- Lymphoma
- Plasmids
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- Receptors, Complement/genetics
- Receptors, Complement 3d
- Receptors, Fc/genetics
- Receptors, IgE
- Transcription, Genetic
- Transfection
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- M Cordier
- International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
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