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Rami M, Shafique M, Sarma SP. Structural, Functional, and Mutational Studies of a Potent Subtilisin Inhibitor from Budgett's Frog, Lepidobatrachus laevis. Biochemistry 2023; 62:2952-2969. [PMID: 37796763 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.3c00252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/07/2023]
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Subtilases play a significant role in microbial pathogen infections by degrading the host proteins. Subtilisin inhibitors are crucial in fighting against these harmful microorganisms. LL-TIL, from skin secretions of Lepidobatrachus laevis, is a cysteine-rich peptide belonging to the I8 family of inhibitors. Protease inhibitory assays demonstrated that LL-TIL acts as a slow-tight binding inhibitor of subtilisin Carlsberg and proteinase K with inhibition constants of 91 pM and 2.4 nM, respectively. The solution structures of LL-TIL and a mutant peptide reveal that they adopt a typical TIL-type fold with a canonical conformation of a reactive site loop (RSL). The structure of the LL-TIL-subtilisin complex and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations provided an in-depth view of the structural basis of inhibition. NMR relaxation data and molecular dynamics simulations indicated a rigid conformation of RSL, which does not alter significantly upon subtilisin binding. The energy calculation for subtilisin inhibition predicted Ile31 as the highest contributor to the binding energy, which was confirmed experimentally by site-directed mutagenesis. A chimeric mutant of LL-TIL broadened the inhibitory profile and attenuated subtilisin inhibition by 2 orders of magnitude. These results provide a template to engineer more specific and potent TIL-type subtilisin inhibitors.
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- Mihir Rami
- Molecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Karnataka 560012, India
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- Molecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Karnataka 560012, India
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- Molecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Karnataka 560012, India
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Walvekar VA, Ramesh K, Jobichen C, Kannan M, Sivaraman J, Kini RM, Mok YK. Crystal structure of Aedes aegypti trypsin inhibitor in complex with μ-plasmin reveals role for scaffold stability in Kazal-type serine protease inhibitor. Protein Sci 2022; 31:470-484. [PMID: 34800067 PMCID: PMC8820117 DOI: 10.1002/pro.4245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2021] [Revised: 11/11/2021] [Accepted: 11/12/2021] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Kazal-type protease inhibitor specificity is believed to be determined by sequence of the reactive-site loop that make most, if not all, contacts with the serine protease. Here, we determined the complex crystal structure of Aedes aegypti trypsin inhibitor (AaTI) with μ-plasmin, and compared its reactivities with other Kazal-type inhibitors, infestin-1 and infestin-4. We show that the shortened 99-loop of plasmin creates an S2 pocket, which is filled by phenylalanine at the P2 position of the reactive-site loop of infestin-4. In contrast, AaTI and infestin-1 retain a proline at P2, rendering the S2 pocket unfilled, which leads to lower plasmin inhibitions. Furthermore, the protein scaffold of AaTI is unstable, due to an elongated Cys-V to Cys-VI region leading to a less compact hydrophobic core. Chimeric study shows that the stability of the scaffold can be modified by swapping of this Cys-V to Cys-VI region between AaTI and infestin-4. The scaffold instability causes steric clashing of the bulky P2 residue, leading to significantly reduced inhibition of plasmin by AaTI or infestin-4 chimera. Our findings suggest that surface loops of protease and scaffold stability of Kazal-type inhibitor are both necessary for specific protease inhibition, in addition to reactive site loop sequence. PDB ID code: 7E50.
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- Department of Biological SciencesNational University of SingaporeSingapore,Present address:
Department of Biophysics and BiochemistryUT Southwestern Medical CentreDallasTXUSA
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- Department of Biological SciencesNational University of SingaporeSingapore
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- Department of Biological SciencesNational University of SingaporeSingapore
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- Department of Biological SciencesNational University of SingaporeSingapore
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- Department of Biological SciencesNational University of SingaporeSingapore,Department of PharmacologyYong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of SingaporeSingapore
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- Department of Biological SciencesNational University of SingaporeSingapore
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Lavy O, Gophna U, Ayali A, Gihaz S, Fishman A, Gefen E. The maternal foam plug constitutes a reservoir for the desert locust's bacterial symbionts. Environ Microbiol 2021; 23:2461-2472. [PMID: 33645872 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.15448] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2020] [Accepted: 02/26/2021] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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A hallmark of the desert locust's ancient and deserved reputation as a devastating agricultural pest is that of the long-distance, multi-generational migration of locust swarms to new habitats. The bacterial symbionts that reside within the locust gut comprise a key aspect of its biology, augmenting its immunity and having also been reported to be involved in the swarming phenomenon through the emission of attractant volatiles. However, it is still unclear whether and how these beneficial symbionts are transmitted vertically from parent to offspring. Using comparative 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing and direct experiments with engineered bacteria, we provide evidence for vertical transmission of locust gut bacteria. The females may perform this activity by way of inoculation of the egg-pod's foam plug, through which the larvae pass upon hatching. Furthermore, analysis of the composition of the foam revealed chitin to be its major component, along with immunity-related proteins such as lysozyme, which could be responsible for the inhibition of some bacteria in the foam while allowing other, more beneficial, strains to proliferate. Our findings reveal a potential vector for the transgenerational transmission of symbionts in locusts, which contributes to the locust swarm's ability to invade and survive in new territories.
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- Omer Lavy
- School of Zoology, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- The Shmunis School of Biomedicine and Cancer Research The George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- School of Zoology, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Biotechnology and Food Engineering, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
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- Department of Biotechnology and Food Engineering, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
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- Department of Biology and Environment, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Haifa- Oranim, Kiryat Tivon, 3600600, Israel
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A Novel Kunitzin-Like Trypsin Inhibitor Isolated from Defensive Skin Secretion of Odorrana versabilis. Biomolecules 2019; 9:biom9070254. [PMID: 31261722 PMCID: PMC6681348 DOI: 10.3390/biom9070254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2019] [Revised: 06/21/2019] [Accepted: 06/27/2019] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Protease inhibitors that were identified from amphibian skin secretions with low molecular weights and potent inhibitory activity were thought to be potential candidates for novel peptide drugs. Here, a novel peptide with trypsin inhibitory activity was found in the skin secretion of the Chinese bamboo leaf odorous frog, Odorrana versabilis. Based on the sequence alignments of sequencing results, the novel peptide (ALKYPFRCKAAFC) was named as Kunitzin-OV. The synthetic replicate of Kunitzin-OV was subjected to a series of functional assays, and it exhibited a trypsin inhibitory activity with a Ki value of 3.042 µM, whereas, when Lys-9 at P1 position was substituted by Phe, trypsin inhibitory activity was undetected and the chymotrypsin inhibitory activity was optimized with a Ki value of 2.874 µM. However, its protease-binding loop was catabolized by trypsin during the trypsin cleavage test. In conclusion, Kunizin-OV is a novel peptide with trypsin inhibitory activity as a member of kunitzins, which is a non-typical Kunitz-like trypsin inhibitor with a highly conserved reactive site (K-A) and quite a short sequence.
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Cabrera-Muñoz A, Valiente PA, Rojas L, Alonso-Del-Rivero Antigua M, Pires JR. NMR structure of CmPI-II, a non-classical Kazal protease inhibitor: Understanding its conformational dynamics and subtilisin A inhibition. J Struct Biol 2019; 206:280-294. [PMID: 30930219 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2019.03.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2018] [Revised: 03/26/2019] [Accepted: 03/27/2019] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Subtilisin-like proteases play crucial roles in host-pathogen interactions. Thus, protease inhibitors constitute important tools in the regulation of this interaction. CmPI-II is a Kazal proteinase inhibitor isolated from Cenchritis muricatus that inhibits subtilisin A, trypsin and elastases. Based on sequence analysis it defines a new group of non-classical Kazal inhibitors. Lacking solved 3D structures from this group prevents the straightforward structural comparison with other Kazal inhibitors. The 3D structure of CmPI-II, solved in this work using NMR techniques, shows the typical fold of Kazal inhibitors, but has significant differences in its N-terminal moiety, the disposition of the CysI-CysV disulfide bond and the reactive site loop (RSL) conformation. The high flexibility of its N-terminal region, the RSL, and the α-helix observed in NMR experiments and molecular dynamics simulations, suggest a coupled motion of these regions that could explain CmPI-II broad specificity. The 3D structure of the CmPI-II/subtilisin A complex, obtained by modeling, allows understanding of the energetic basis of the subtilisin A inhibition. The residues at the P2 and P2' positions of the inhibitor RSL were predicted to be major contributors to the binding free energy of the complex, rather than those at the P1 position. Site directed mutagenesis experiments confirmed the Trp14 (P2') contribution to CmPI-II/subtilisin A complex formation. Overall, this work provides the structural determinants for the subtilisin A inhibition by CmPI-II and allows the designing of more specific and potent molecules. In addition, the 3D structure obtained supports the existence of a new group in non-classical Kazal inhibitors.
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- Aymara Cabrera-Muñoz
- Centro de Estudios de Proteínas, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de La Habana, La Habana-Cuba, Calle 25 No 455, Vedado, La Habana, Cuba.
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- Centro de Estudios de Proteínas, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de La Habana, La Habana-Cuba, Calle 25 No 455, Vedado, La Habana, Cuba
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- Centro de Estudios de Proteínas, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de La Habana, La Habana-Cuba, Calle 25 No 455, Vedado, La Habana, Cuba.
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- Centro de Estudios de Proteínas, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de La Habana, La Habana-Cuba, Calle 25 No 455, Vedado, La Habana, Cuba.
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- Instituto de Bioquímica Médica Leopoldo de Meis, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Av. Carlos Chagas Filho, 373, CCS / Bloco E - sala 32, 21941-902 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
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Tang X, Chen M, Duan Z, Mwangi J, Li P, Lai R. Isolation and Characterization of Poecistasin, an Anti-Thrombotic Antistasin-Type Serine Protease Inhibitor from Leech Poecilobdella manillensis. Toxins (Basel) 2018; 10:toxins10110429. [PMID: 30373118 PMCID: PMC6265900 DOI: 10.3390/toxins10110429] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2018] [Revised: 10/13/2018] [Accepted: 10/24/2018] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Antistasin, first identified as a potent inhibitor of the blood coagulation factor Xa, is a novel family of serine protease inhibitors. In this study, we purified a novel antistasin-type inhibitor from leech Poecilobdella manillensis called poecistasin. Amino acid sequencing of this 48-amino-acid protein revealed that poecistasin was an antistasin-type inhibitor known to consist of only one domain. Poecistasin inhibited factor XIIa, kallikrein, trypsin, and elastase, but had no inhibitory effect on factor Xa and thrombin. Poecistasin showed anticoagulant activities. It prolonged the activated partial thromboplastin time and inhibited FeCl₃-induced carotid artery thrombus formation, implying its potent function in helping Poecilobdella manillensis to take a blood meal from the host by inhibiting coagulation. Poecistasin also suppressed ischemic stroke symptoms in transient middle cerebral artery occlusion mice model. Our results suggest that poecistasin from the leech Poecilobdella manillensis plays a crucial role in blood-sucking and may be an excellent candidate for the development of clinical anti-thrombosis and anti-ischemic stroke medicines.
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- Xiaopeng Tang
- Key Laboratory of Animal Models and Human Disease Mechanisms of Chinese Academy of Sciences/Key Laboratory of Bioactive Peptides of Yunnan Province, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Kunming 650223, Yunnan, China.
- Kunming College of Life Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650204, Yunnan, China.
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- College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, Jiangsu, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Models and Human Disease Mechanisms of Chinese Academy of Sciences/Key Laboratory of Bioactive Peptides of Yunnan Province, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Kunming 650223, Yunnan, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Models and Human Disease Mechanisms of Chinese Academy of Sciences/Key Laboratory of Bioactive Peptides of Yunnan Province, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Kunming 650223, Yunnan, China.
- Kunming College of Life Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650204, Yunnan, China.
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- College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, Jiangsu, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Models and Human Disease Mechanisms of Chinese Academy of Sciences/Key Laboratory of Bioactive Peptides of Yunnan Province, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Kunming 650223, Yunnan, China.
- College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, Jiangsu, China.
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Guo W, Wu Z, Yang L, Cai Z, Zhao L, Zhou S. Juvenile hormone–dependent Kazal‐type serine protease inhibitor Greglin safeguards insect vitellogenesis and egg production. FASEB J 2018; 33:917-927. [DOI: 10.1096/fj.201801068r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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- Wei Guo
- State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insects and RodentsInstitute of ZoologyChinese Academy of Sciences Beijing China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Stress BiologyState Key Laboratory of Cotton BiologySchool of Life SciencesHenan University Kaifeng China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Stress BiologyState Key Laboratory of Cotton BiologySchool of Life SciencesHenan University Kaifeng China
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- State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insects and RodentsInstitute of ZoologyChinese Academy of Sciences Beijing China
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- State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insects and RodentsInstitute of ZoologyChinese Academy of Sciences Beijing China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Stress BiologyState Key Laboratory of Cotton BiologySchool of Life SciencesHenan University Kaifeng China
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Stührwohldt N, Hohl M, Schardon K, Stintzi A, Schaller A. Post-translational maturation of IDA, a peptide signal controlling floral organ abscission in Arabidopsis. Commun Integr Biol 2017. [PMCID: PMC5824936 DOI: 10.1080/19420889.2017.1395119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The abscission of sepals, petals and stamens in Arabidopsis flowers is controlled by a peptide signal called IDA (Inflorescence Deficient in Abscission). IDA belongs to the large group of small post-translationally modified signaling peptides that are synthesized as larger precursors and require proteolytic processing and specific side chain modifications for signal biogenesis. Using tissue-specific expression of proteinase inhibitors as a novel approach for loss-of-function analysis, we recently identified the peptidases responsible for IDA maturation within the large family of subtilisin-like proteinases (subtilases; SBTs). Further biochemical and physiological assays identified three SBTs (AtSBT5.2, AtSBT4.12, AtSBT4.13) that cleave the IDA precursor to generate the N-terminus of the mature peptide. The C-terminal processing enzyme(s) remain(s) to be identified. While proline hydroxylation was suggested as additional post-translational modification required for IDA maturation, hydroxylated and non-hydroxylated IDA peptides were found to be equally active in bioassays for abscission.
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- Nils Stührwohldt
- Institute of Plant Physiology and Biotechnology, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Institute of Plant Physiology and Biotechnology, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Institute of Plant Physiology and Biotechnology, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Institute of Plant Physiology and Biotechnology, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Institute of Plant Physiology and Biotechnology, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
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Guarino C, Hamon Y, Croix C, Lamort AS, Dallet-Choisy S, Marchand-Adam S, Lesner A, Baranek T, Viaud-Massuard MC, Lauritzen C, Pedersen J, Heuzé-Vourc'h N, Si-Tahar M, Fıratlı E, Jenne DE, Gauthier F, Horwitz MS, Borregaard N, Korkmaz B. Prolonged pharmacological inhibition of cathepsin C results in elimination of neutrophil serine proteases. Biochem Pharmacol 2017; 131:52-67. [PMID: 28193451 DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2017.02.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2017] [Accepted: 02/08/2017] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Cathepsin C (CatC) is a tetrameric cysteine dipeptidyl aminopeptidase that plays a key role in activation of pro-inflammatory serine protease zymogens by removal of a N-terminal pro-dipeptide sequence. Loss of function mutations in the CatC gene is associated with lack of immune cell serine protease activities and cause Papillon-Lefèvre syndrome (PLS). Also, only very low levels of elastase-like protease zymogens are detected by proteome analysis of neutrophils from PLS patients. Thus, CatC inhibitors represent new alternatives for the treatment of neutrophil protease-driven inflammatory or autoimmune diseases. We aimed to experimentally inactivate and lower neutrophil elastase-like proteases by pharmacological blocking of CatC-dependent maturation in cell-based assays and in vivo. Isolated, immature bone marrow cells from healthy donors pulse-chased in the presence of a new cell permeable cyclopropyl nitrile CatC inhibitor almost totally lack elastase. We confirmed the elimination of neutrophil elastase-like proteases by prolonged inhibition of CatC in a non-human primate. We also showed that neutrophils lacking elastase-like protease activities were still recruited to inflammatory sites. These preclinical results demonstrate that the disappearance of neutrophil elastase-like proteases as observed in PLS patients can be achieved by pharmacological inhibition of bone marrow CatC. Such a transitory inhibition of CatC might thus help to rebalance the protease load during chronic inflammatory diseases, which opens new perspectives for therapeutic applications in humans.
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- Carla Guarino
- INSERM U-1100, "Centre d'Etude des Pathologies Respiratoires" and Université François Rabelais, Tours, France
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- INSERM U-1100, "Centre d'Etude des Pathologies Respiratoires" and Université François Rabelais, Tours, France; Comprehensive Pneumology Center, Institute of Lung Biology and Disease, German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Munich, and Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
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- CNRS UMR-7292, "GICC, Innovation Moléculaire et Thérapeutique", Université de Tours, 31 Avenue Monge, Tours, France
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- INSERM U-1100, "Centre d'Etude des Pathologies Respiratoires" and Université François Rabelais, Tours, France; Comprehensive Pneumology Center, Institute of Lung Biology and Disease, German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Munich, and Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
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- INSERM U-1100, "Centre d'Etude des Pathologies Respiratoires" and Université François Rabelais, Tours, France
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- INSERM U-1100, "Centre d'Etude des Pathologies Respiratoires" and Université François Rabelais, Tours, France
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
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- INSERM U-1100, "Centre d'Etude des Pathologies Respiratoires" and Université François Rabelais, Tours, France
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- CNRS UMR-7292, "GICC, Innovation Moléculaire et Thérapeutique", Université de Tours, 31 Avenue Monge, Tours, France
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- INSERM U-1100, "Centre d'Etude des Pathologies Respiratoires" and Université François Rabelais, Tours, France
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- INSERM U-1100, "Centre d'Etude des Pathologies Respiratoires" and Université François Rabelais, Tours, France
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- Department of Periodontology, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Comprehensive Pneumology Center, Institute of Lung Biology and Disease, German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Munich, and Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
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- INSERM U-1100, "Centre d'Etude des Pathologies Respiratoires" and Université François Rabelais, Tours, France
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- The Granulocyte Research Laboratory, National University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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- INSERM U-1100, "Centre d'Etude des Pathologies Respiratoires" and Université François Rabelais, Tours, France; Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
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Lai Y, Li B, Liu W, Wang G, Du C, Ombati R, Lai R, Long C, Li H. Purification and Characterization of a Novel Kazal-Type Trypsin Inhibitor from the Leech of Hirudinaria manillensis. Toxins (Basel) 2016; 8:toxins8080229. [PMID: 27455325 PMCID: PMC4999845 DOI: 10.3390/toxins8080229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2016] [Revised: 07/11/2016] [Accepted: 07/18/2016] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Kazal-type serine proteinase inhibitors are found in a large number of living organisms and play crucial roles in various biological and physiological processes. Although some Kazal-type serine protease inhibitors have been identified in leeches, none has been reported from Hirudinaria manillensis, which is a medically important leech. In this study, a novel Kazal-type trypsin inhibitor was isolated from leech H. manillensis, purified and named as bdellin-HM based on the sequence similarity with bdellin-KL and bdellin B-3. Structural analysis revealed that bdellin-HM was a 17,432.8 Da protein and comprised of 149 amino acid residues with six cysteines forming three intra-molecular disulfide bonds. Bdellin-HM showed similarity with the Kazal-type domain and may belong to the group of “non-classical” Kazal inhibitors according to its CysI-CysII disulfide bridge position. Bdellin-HM had no inhibitory effect on elastase, chymotrypsin, kallikrein, Factor (F) XIIa, FXIa, FXa, thrombin and plasmin, but it showed a potent ability to inhibit trypsin with an inhibition constant (Ki) of (8.12 ± 0.18) × 10−9 M. These results suggest that bdellin-HM from the leech of H. manillensis plays a potent and specific inhibitory role towards trypsin.
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- Yanmei Lai
- Department of Endocrine and breast Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Models and Human Disease Mechanisms of Chinese Academy of Sciences & Yunnan Province, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Kunming 650223, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Models and Human Disease Mechanisms of Chinese Academy of Sciences & Yunnan Province, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Kunming 650223, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Models and Human Disease Mechanisms of Chinese Academy of Sciences & Yunnan Province, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Kunming 650223, China.
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- Life Sciences College, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China.
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- Sino-Africa Joint Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Kunming 650223, Yunnan, China.
- Institute of Primate Research, P.O Box 24481, Nairobi, Kenya.
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Models and Human Disease Mechanisms of Chinese Academy of Sciences & Yunnan Province, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Kunming 650223, China.
- Sino-Africa Joint Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Kunming 650223, Yunnan, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Models and Human Disease Mechanisms of Chinese Academy of Sciences & Yunnan Province, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Kunming 650223, China.
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- Department of Endocrine and breast Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China.
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Characterization of a novel Kazal-type serine proteinase inhibitor of Arabidopsis thaliana. Biochimie 2016; 123:85-94. [PMID: 26853817 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2016.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2015] [Accepted: 02/02/2016] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Many different types of serine proteinase inhibitors have been involved in several kinds of plant physiological processes, including defense mechanisms against phytopathogens. Kazal-type serine proteinase inhibitors, which are included in the serine proteinase inhibitor family, are present in several organisms. These proteins play a regulatory role in processes that involve serine proteinases like trypsin, chymotrypsin, thrombin, elastase and/or subtilisin. In the present work, we characterized two putative Kazal-type serine proteinase inhibitors from Arabidopsis thaliana, which have a single putative Kazal-type domain. The expression of these inhibitors is transiently induced in response to leaf infection by Botrytis cinerea, suggesting that they play some role in defense against pathogens. We also evaluated the inhibitory specificity of one of the Kazal-type serine proteinase inhibitors, which resulted to be induced during the local response to B. cinerea infection. The recombinant Kazal-type serine proteinase inhibitor displayed high specificity for elastase and subtilisin, but low specificity for trypsin, suggesting differences in its selectivity. In addition, this inhibitor exhibited a strong antifungal activity inhibiting the germination rate of B. cinerea conidia in vitro. Due to the important role of proteinase inhibitors in plant protection against pathogens and pests, the information about Kazal-type proteinase inhibitors described in the present work could contribute to improving current methods for plant protection against pathogens.
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Guarino C, Legowska M, Epinette C, Kellenberger C, Dallet-Choisy S, Sieńczyk M, Gabant G, Cadene M, Zoidakis J, Vlahou A, Wysocka M, Marchand-Adam S, Jenne DE, Lesner A, Gauthier F, Korkmaz B. New selective peptidyl di(chlorophenyl) phosphonate esters for visualizing and blocking neutrophil proteinase 3 in human diseases. J Biol Chem 2014; 289:31777-31791. [PMID: 25288799 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.591339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
Abstract
The function of neutrophil protease 3 (PR3) is poorly understood despite of its role in autoimmune vasculitides and its possible involvement in cell apoptosis. This makes it different from its structural homologue neutrophil elastase (HNE). Endogenous inhibitors of human neutrophil serine proteases preferentially inhibit HNE and to a lesser extent, PR3. We constructed a single-residue mutant PR3 (I217R) to investigate the S4 subsite preferences of PR3 and HNE and used the best peptide substrate sequences to develop selective phosphonate inhibitors with the structure Ac-peptidyl(P)(O-C6H4-4-Cl)2. The combination of a prolyl residue at P4 and an aspartyl residue at P2 was totally selective for PR3. We then synthesized N-terminally biotinylated peptidyl phosphonates to identify the PR3 in complex biological samples. These inhibitors resisted proteolytic degradation and rapidly inactivated PR3 in biological fluids such as inflammatory lung secretions and the urine of patients with bladder cancer. One of these inhibitors revealed intracellular PR3 in permeabilized neutrophils and on the surface of activated cells. They hardly inhibited PR3 bound to the surface of stimulated neutrophils despite their low molecular mass, suggesting that the conformation and reactivity of membrane-bound PR3 is altered. This finding is relevant for autoantibody binding and the subsequent activation of neutrophils in granulomatosis with polyangiitis (formerly Wegener disease). These are the first inhibitors that can be used as probes to monitor, detect, and control PR3 activity in a variety of inflammatory diseases.
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Affiliation(s)
- Carla Guarino
- INSERM U-1100/EA-6305 Centre d'Etude des Pathologies Respiratoires and Université François Rabelais, 37032 Tours, France,; Comprehensive Pneumology Center, Institute of Lung Biology and Disease, German Center for Lung Research (DZL), 81377 Munich and Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, 82152 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdansk, 80-952, Gdansk, Poland
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- INSERM U-1100/EA-6305 Centre d'Etude des Pathologies Respiratoires and Université François Rabelais, 37032 Tours, France
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- Architecture et Fonction des Macromolécules Biologiques, CNRS-Unité Mixte de Recherche (UMR),13288 Marseille, France
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- INSERM U-1100/EA-6305 Centre d'Etude des Pathologies Respiratoires and Université François Rabelais, 37032 Tours, France
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- Wroclaw University of Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, Division of Medicinal Chemistry and Microbiology, 50-370 Wroclaw, Poland
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- Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire, UPR4301 CNRS, 45071 Orléans, France
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- Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire, UPR4301 CNRS, 45071 Orléans, France
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- Biotechnology Division, Biomedical Research Foundation, Academy of Athens, 11527 Athens, Greece, and
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- Biotechnology Division, Biomedical Research Foundation, Academy of Athens, 11527 Athens, Greece, and
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- INSERM U-1100/EA-6305 Centre d'Etude des Pathologies Respiratoires and Université François Rabelais, 37032 Tours, France
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- Comprehensive Pneumology Center, Institute of Lung Biology and Disease, German Center for Lung Research (DZL), 81377 Munich and Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, 82152 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdansk, 80-952, Gdansk, Poland
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- INSERM U-1100/EA-6305 Centre d'Etude des Pathologies Respiratoires and Université François Rabelais, 37032 Tours, France
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- INSERM U-1100/EA-6305 Centre d'Etude des Pathologies Respiratoires and Université François Rabelais, 37032 Tours, France,.
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