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Gregorio VD, Caparali B, Shojaei A, Ricardo S, Barua M. Alport Syndrome: Clinical Spectrum and Therapeutic Advances. Kidney Med 2023; 5:100631. [PMID: 37122389 PMCID: PMC10131117 DOI: 10.1016/j.xkme.2023.100631] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/08/2023] Open
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Alport syndrome is a hereditary disorder characterized by kidney disease, ocular abnormalities, and sensorineural hearing loss. Work in understanding the cause of Alport syndrome and the molecular composition of the glomerular basement membrane ultimately led to the identification of COL4A3, COL4A4 (both on chromosome 2q36), and COL4A5 (chromosome Xq22), encoding the α3, α4, and α5 chains of type IV collagen, as the responsible genes. Subsequent studies suggested that autosomal recessive Alport syndrome and males with X-linked Alport syndrome have more severe disease, whereas autosomal dominant Alport syndrome and females with X-linked Alport syndrome have more variability. Variant type is also influential-protein-truncating variants in autosomal recessive Alport syndrome or males with X-linked Alport syndrome often present with severe symptoms, characterized by kidney failure, extrarenal manifestations, and lack of the α3-α4-α5(IV) network. By contrast, mild-moderate forms from missense variants display α3-α4-α5(IV) in the glomerular basement membrane and are associated with protracted kidney involvement without extrarenal manifestations. Regardless of type, therapeutic intervention for kidney involvement is focused on early initiation of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors. There are several therapies under investigation including sodium/glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors, aminoglycoside analogs, endothelin type A antagonists, lipid-modifying drugs, and hydroxychloroquine, although targeting the underlying defect through gene therapy remains in preclinical stages.
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Santarella F, do Amaral RJFC, Lemoine M, Kelly D, Cavanagh B, Marinkovic M, Smith A, Garlick J, O'Brien FJ, Kearney CJ. Personalized Scaffolds for Diabetic Foot Ulcer Healing Using Extracellular Matrix from Induced Pluripotent Stem-Reprogrammed Patient Cells. ADVANCED NANOBIOMED RESEARCH 2022; 2:2200052. [PMID: 36532145 PMCID: PMC9757804 DOI: 10.1002/anbr.202200052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/03/2023] Open
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Diabetic foot ulcers (DFU) are chronic wounds sustained by pathological fibroblasts and aberrant extracellular matrix (ECM). Porous collagen-based scaffolds (CS) have shown clinical promise for treating DFUs but may benefit from functional enhancements. Our previous work showed fibroblasts differentiated from induced pluripotent stem cells are an effective source of new ECM mimicking fetal matrix, which notably promotes scar-free healing. Likewise, functionalizing CS with this rejuvenated ECM showed potential for DFU healing. Here, we demonstrate for the first time an approach to DFU healing using biopsied cells from DFU patients, reprogramming those cells, and functionalizing CS with patient-specific ECM as a personalized acellular tissue engineered scaffold. We took a two-pronged approach: 1) direct ECM blending into scaffold fabrication; and 2) seeding scaffolds with reprogrammed fibroblasts for ECM deposition followed by decellularization. The decellularization approach reduced cell number requirements and maintained naturally deposited ECM proteins. Both approaches showed enhanced ECM deposition from DFU fibroblasts. Decellularized scaffolds additionally enhanced glycosaminoglycan deposition and subsequent vascularization. Finally, reprogrammed ECM scaffolds from patient-matched DFU fibroblasts outperformed those from healthy fibroblasts in several metrics, suggesting ECM is in fact able to redirect resident pathological fibroblasts in DFUs towards healing, and a patient-specific ECM signature may be beneficial.
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- Francesco Santarella
- 123 Stephens Green, Kearney Lab/Tissue Engineering Research Group, Dept. of Anatomy and Regenerative Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- 123 Stephens Green, Kearney Lab/Tissue Engineering Research Group, Dept. of Anatomy and Regenerative Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin 2, Ireland
- Laboratório de Proliferação e Diferenciação Celular, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas (ICB), Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro 21941-902, RJ, Brazil
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- 123 Stephens Green, Kearney Lab/Tissue Engineering Research Group, Dept. of Anatomy and Regenerative Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- 123 Stephens Green, Kearney Lab/Tissue Engineering Research Group, Dept. of Anatomy and Regenerative Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- 123 Stephens Green, Kearney Lab/Tissue Engineering Research Group, Dept. of Anatomy and Regenerative Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- 123 Stephens Green, Kearney Lab/Tissue Engineering Research Group, Dept. of Anatomy and Regenerative Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- Department of Diagnostic Sciences, Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA 02111 USA
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- Department of Diagnostic Sciences, Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA 02111 USA
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- 123 Stephens Green, Tissue Engineering Research Group, Dept. of Anatomy and Regenerative Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin 2, Ireland
- Trinity Centre for Bioengineering, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland and Advanced Materials and Bioengineering Research Centre (AMBER), RCSI and TCD, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA
- 123 Stephens Green, Kearney Lab/Tissue Engineering Research Group, Dept. of Anatomy and Regenerative Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin 2, Ireland
- Trinity Centre for Bioengineering, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland and Advanced Materials and Bioengineering Research Centre (AMBER), RCSI and TCD, Dublin, Ireland
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Roy S, Kim D. Retinal capillary basement membrane thickening: Role in the pathogenesis of diabetic retinopathy. Prog Retin Eye Res 2020; 82:100903. [PMID: 32950677 DOI: 10.1016/j.preteyeres.2020.100903] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2020] [Revised: 09/08/2020] [Accepted: 09/15/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Vascular basement membrane (BM) thickening has been hailed over half a century as the most prominent histological lesion in diabetic microangiopathy, and represents an early ultrastructural change in diabetic retinopathy (DR). Although vascular complications of DR have been clinically well established, specific cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying dysfunction of small vessels are not well understood. In DR, small vessels develop insidiously as BM thickening occurs. Studies examining high resolution imaging data have established BM thickening as one of the foremost structural abnormalities of retinal capillaries. This fundamental structural change develops, at least in part, from excess accumulation of BM components. Although BM thickening is closely associated with the development of DR, its contributory role in the pathogenesis of DR is coming to light recently. DR develops over several years before clinical manifestations appear, and it is during this clinically silent period that hyperglycemia induces excess synthesis of BM components, contributes to vascular BM thickening, and promotes structural and functional lesions including cell death and vascular leakage in the diabetic retina. Studies using animal models show promising results in preventing BM thickening with subsequent beneficial effects. Several gene regulatory approaches are being developed to prevent excess synthesis of vascular BM components in an effort to reduce BM thickening. This review highlights current understanding of capillary BM thickening development, role of BM thickening in retinal vascular lesions, and strategies for preventing vascular BM thickening as a potential therapeutic strategy in alleviating characteristic lesions associated with DR.
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- Sayon Roy
- Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
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- Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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Bonnesœur S, Morin‐Grognet S, Thoumire O, Le Cerf D, Boyer O, Vannier J, Labat B. Hyaluronan‐based hydrogels as versatile tumor‐like models: Tunable ECM and stiffness with genipin‐crosslinking. J Biomed Mater Res A 2020; 108:1256-1268. [DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.36899] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2019] [Revised: 02/08/2020] [Accepted: 02/10/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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- Sarah Bonnesœur
- Normandie Université, INSERM, U1234, Faculté de Médecine et Pharmacie, UNIROUEN Rouen France
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- Normandie Université, PBS UMR 6270, UFR de Sciences et Techniques, FR3038, UNIROUEN, INSA Rouen, CNRS Evreux Cedex France
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- Normandie Université, PBS UMR 6270, UFR de Sciences et Techniques, FR3038, UNIROUEN, INSA Rouen, CNRS Evreux Cedex France
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- Normandie Université, PBS UMR 6270, UFR de Sciences et Techniques, FR3038, UNIROUEN, INSA Rouen, CNRS Rouen France
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- Normandie Université, INSERM, U1234, Faculté de Médecine et Pharmacie, UNIROUEN Rouen France
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- Normandie Université, INSERM, U1234, Faculté de Médecine et Pharmacie, UNIROUEN Rouen France
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- Normandie Université, PBS UMR 6270, UFR de Sciences et Techniques, FR3038, UNIROUEN, INSA Rouen, CNRS Evreux Cedex France
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Cudic M, Fields GB. Modulation of receptor binding to collagen by glycosylated 5-hydroxylysine: Chemical biology approaches made feasible by Carpino's Fmoc group. Pept Sci (Hoboken) 2020; 112. [PMID: 33073165 DOI: 10.1002/pep2.24156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The creation of the 9-fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl (Fmoc) group by the Carpino laboratory facilitated the synthesis of peptides containing acid-sensitive groups, such as O-linked glycosides. To fully investigative collagen biochemistry, one needs to assemble peptides that possess glycosylated 5-hydroxylysine (Hyl). A convenient method for the synthesis of Fmoc-Hyl(ε-tert-butyloxycarbonyl (Boc),O-tert-butyldimethylsilyl (TBDMS)) and efficient methods for the synthesis of Fmoc-Hyl[ε-Boc,O-(2,3,4,6-tetra-O-acetyl-β-D-galactopyranosyl)] have been developed. Glycosylated Fmoc-Hyl derivatives were used to construct a series of types I-IV collagen-model triple-helical peptides (THPs) that incorporated known or proposed receptor binding sites. Glycosylation of Hyl was found to strongly down-regulate the binding of CD44 and the α3β1 integrin to collagen, while the impact on α2β1 integrin binding was more modest. Molecular modeling of integrin binding indicated that Hyl glycosylation directly impacted the association between the α3β1 integrin metal ion-dependent adhesion site (MIDAS) and the receptor binding site within type IV collagen. The Fmoc solid-phase strategy ultimately allowed for chemical biology approaches to be utilized to study tumor cell interactions with glycosylated collagen sequences and document the modulation of receptor interactions by Hyl posttranslational modification.
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- Maré Cudic
- Institute for Human Health & Disease Intervention (I-HEALTH) and the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Florida Atlantic University, 5353 Parkside Drive, Jupiter, FL 33458 U.S.A
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- Institute for Human Health & Disease Intervention (I-HEALTH) and the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Florida Atlantic University, 5353 Parkside Drive, Jupiter, FL 33458 U.S.A
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Weaver JD, Headen DM, Hunckler MD, Coronel MM, Stabler CL, García AJ. Design of a vascularized synthetic poly(ethylene glycol) macroencapsulation device for islet transplantation. Biomaterials 2018; 172:54-65. [PMID: 29715595 DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2018.04.047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2018] [Revised: 04/19/2018] [Accepted: 04/23/2018] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The use of immunoisolating macrodevices in islet transplantation confers the benefit of safety and translatability by containing transplanted cells within a single retrievable device. To date, there has been limited development and characterization of synthetic poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG)-based hydrogel macrodevices for islet encapsulation and transplantation. Herein, we describe a two-component synthetic PEG hydrogel macrodevice system, designed for islet delivery to an extrahepatic islet transplant site, consisting of a hydrogel core cross-linked with a non-degradable PEG dithiol and a vasculogenic outer layer cross-linked with a proteolytically sensitive peptide to promote degradation and enhance localized vascularization. Synthetic PEG macrodevices exhibited equivalent passive molecular transport to traditional microencapsulation materials (e.g., alginate) and long-term stability in the presence of proteases in vitro and in vivo, out to 14 weeks in rats. Encapsulated islets demonstrated high viability within the device in vitro and the incorporation of RGD adhesive peptides within the islet encapsulating PEG hydrogel improved insulin responsiveness to a glucose challenge. In vivo, the implementation of a vasculogenic, degradable hydrogel layer at the outer interface of the macrodevice enhanced vascular density within the rat omentum transplant site, resulting in improved encapsulated islet viability in a syngeneic diabetic rat model. These results highlight the benefits of the facile PEG platform to provide controlled presentation of islet-supportive ligands, as well as degradable interfaces for the promotion of engraftment and overall graft efficacy.
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- Jessica D Weaver
- Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering and Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA
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- Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering and Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA
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- Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering and Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA
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- Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering and Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
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- Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering and Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA.
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Basak T, Vega-Montoto L, Zimmerman LJ, Tabb DL, Hudson BG, Vanacore RM. Comprehensive Characterization of Glycosylation and Hydroxylation of Basement Membrane Collagen IV by High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry. J Proteome Res 2015; 15:245-58. [PMID: 26593852 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.5b00767] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Collagen IV is the main structural protein that provides a scaffold for assembly of basement membrane proteins. Posttranslational modifications such as hydroxylation of proline and lysine and glycosylation of lysine are essential for the functioning of collagen IV triple-helical molecules. These modifications are highly abundant posing a difficult challenge for in-depth characterization of collagen IV using conventional proteomics approaches. Herein, we implemented an integrated pipeline combining high-resolution mass spectrometry with different fragmentation techniques and an optimized bioinformatics workflow to study posttranslational modifications in mouse collagen IV. We achieved 82% sequence coverage for the α1 chain, mapping 39 glycosylated hydroxylysine, 148 4-hydroxyproline, and seven 3-hydroxyproline residues. Further, we employed our pipeline to map the modifications on human collagen IV and achieved 85% sequence coverage for the α1 chain, mapping 35 glycosylated hydroxylysine, 163 4-hydroxyproline, and 14 3-hydroxyproline residues. Although lysine glycosylation heterogeneity was observed in both mouse and human, 21 conserved sites were identified. Likewise, five 3-hydroxyproline residues were conserved between mouse and human, suggesting that these modification sites are important for collagen IV function. Collectively, these are the first comprehensive maps of hydroxylation and glycosylation sites in collagen IV, which lay the foundation for dissecting the key role of these modifications in health and disease.
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- Trayambak Basak
- Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, ‡Center for Matrix Biology, §Department of Biochemistry, and ⊥Department of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center , Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, ‡Center for Matrix Biology, §Department of Biochemistry, and ⊥Department of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center , Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, ‡Center for Matrix Biology, §Department of Biochemistry, and ⊥Department of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center , Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, ‡Center for Matrix Biology, §Department of Biochemistry, and ⊥Department of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center , Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, ‡Center for Matrix Biology, §Department of Biochemistry, and ⊥Department of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center , Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, ‡Center for Matrix Biology, §Department of Biochemistry, and ⊥Department of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center , Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States
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Ferreira DS, Lin YA, Cui H, Hubbell JA, Reis RL, Azevedo HS. Molecularly engineered self-assembling membranes for cell-mediated degradation. Adv Healthc Mater 2015; 4:602-12. [PMID: 25413155 DOI: 10.1002/adhm.201400586] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2014] [Revised: 10/22/2014] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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The use of peptide engineering to develop self-assembling membranes that are responsive to cellular enzyme activities is reported. The membranes are obtained by combining hyaluronan (HA) and a rationally designed peptide amphiphile (PA) containing a proteolytic domain (GPQGIWGQ octapeptide) sensitive to matrix metalloproteinase-1 (MMP-1). Insertion of an octapeptide in a typical PA structure does not disturb its self-assembly into fibrillar nanostructures neither the ability to form membranes with HA. In vitro enzymatic degradation with hyaluronidase and MMP-1 shows that membranes containing the MMP-1 substrate exhibit enhanced enzymatic degradation, compared with control membranes (absence of MMP-1 cleavable peptide or containing a MMP-1 insensitive sequence), being completely degraded after 7 days. Cell viability and proliferation is minimally affected by the enzymatically cleavable functionality of the membrane, but the presence of MMP-1 cleavable sequence does stimulate the secretion of MMP-1 by fibroblasts and interfere with matrix deposition, particularly the deposition of collagen. By showing cell-responsiveness to biochemical signals presented on self-assembling membranes, this study highlights the ability of modulating certain cellular activities through matrix engineering. This concept can be further explored to understand the cellular remodeling process and as a strategy to develop artificial matrices with more biomimetic degradation for tissue engineering applications.
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- Daniela S. Ferreira
- 3B's Research Group - Biomaterials; Biodegradables and Biomimetics; University of Minho; Headquarters of the European Institute of Excellence on Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine; AvePark 4806-909 Taipas Guimarães Portugal
- ICVS/3B's - PT Government Associate Laboratory; Braga/Guimarães Portugal
- School of Engineering and Materials Science; Queen Mary, University of London; Mile End Road London E1 4NS UK
- Institute for Bioengineering; School of Basic Science; École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL); Lausanne CH-1015 Switzerland
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; The Johns Hopkins University; 3400 North Charles Street Baltimore MD 21218 USA
- Institute for NanoBioTechnology; The Johns Hopkins University; 3400 North Charles Street Baltimore MD 21218 USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; The Johns Hopkins University; 3400 North Charles Street Baltimore MD 21218 USA
- Institute for NanoBioTechnology; The Johns Hopkins University; 3400 North Charles Street Baltimore MD 21218 USA
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- Institute for Bioengineering; School of Basic Science; École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL); Lausanne CH-1015 Switzerland
- Institute for Molecular Engineering; University of Chicago; Chicago IL 606037 USA
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- 3B's Research Group - Biomaterials; Biodegradables and Biomimetics; University of Minho; Headquarters of the European Institute of Excellence on Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine; AvePark 4806-909 Taipas Guimarães Portugal
- ICVS/3B's - PT Government Associate Laboratory; Braga/Guimarães Portugal
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- 3B's Research Group - Biomaterials; Biodegradables and Biomimetics; University of Minho; Headquarters of the European Institute of Excellence on Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine; AvePark 4806-909 Taipas Guimarães Portugal
- ICVS/3B's - PT Government Associate Laboratory; Braga/Guimarães Portugal
- School of Engineering and Materials Science; Queen Mary, University of London; Mile End Road London E1 4NS UK
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Mao M, Alavi MV, Labelle-Dumais C, Gould DB. Type IV Collagens and Basement Membrane Diseases. CURRENT TOPICS IN MEMBRANES 2015; 76:61-116. [DOI: 10.1016/bs.ctm.2015.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Stawikowski MJ, Aukszi B, Stawikowska R, Cudic M, Fields GB. Glycosylation modulates melanoma cell α2β1 and α3β1 integrin interactions with type IV collagen. J Biol Chem 2014; 289:21591-604. [PMID: 24958723 PMCID: PMC4118119 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.572073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2014] [Revised: 06/20/2014] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Although type IV collagen is heavily glycosylated, the influence of this post-translational modification on integrin binding has not been investigated. In the present study, galactosylated and nongalactosylated triple-helical peptides have been constructed containing the α1(IV)382-393 and α1(IV)531-543 sequences, which are binding sites for the α2β1 and α3β1 integrins, respectively. All peptides had triple-helical stabilities of 37 °C or greater. The galactosylation of Hyl(393) in α1(IV)382-393 and Hyl(540) and Hyl(543) in α1(IV)531-543 had a dose-dependent influence on melanoma cell adhesion that was much more pronounced in the case of α3β1 integrin binding. Molecular modeling indicated that galactosylation occurred on the periphery of α2β1 integrin interaction with α1(IV)382-393 but right in the middle of α3β1 integrin interaction with α1(IV)531-543. The possibility of extracellular deglycosylation of type IV collagen was investigated, but no β-galactosidase-like activity capable of collagen modification was found. Thus, glycosylation of collagen can modulate integrin binding, and levels of glycosylation could be altered by reduction in expression of glycosylation enzymes but most likely not by extracellular deglycosylation activity.
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- Maciej J Stawikowski
- From the Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies, Port St. Lucie, Florida 34987 and
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- the Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33314
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- From the Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies, Port St. Lucie, Florida 34987 and
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- From the Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies, Port St. Lucie, Florida 34987 and
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- From the Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies, Port St. Lucie, Florida 34987 and
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Hwang ES, Brodsky B. Folding delay and structural perturbations caused by type IV collagen natural interruptions and nearby Gly missense mutations. J Biol Chem 2012; 287:4368-75. [PMID: 22179614 PMCID: PMC3281714 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111.269084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2011] [Revised: 11/29/2011] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The standard collagen triple helix requires Gly as every third residue in the amino acid sequence, yet all nonfibrillar collagens contain sites where this repeating pattern is interrupted. To explore the effects of such natural interruptions on the triple helix, a 4- or 15-residue sequence from human basement membrane type IV collagen was introduced between (Gly-Xaa-Yaa)(n) domains within a recombinant bacterial collagen. The interruptions had little effect on melting temperature, consistent with the high thermal stability reported for nonfibrillar collagens. Although the 4-residue interruption cannot be accommodated within a standard triple helix, trypsin and thermolysin resistance indicated a tightly packed structure. Central residues of the 15-residue interruption were protease-susceptible, whereas residues near the (Gly-Xaa-Yaa)(n) boundary were resistant, supporting a transition from an alternate conformation to a well packed triple helix. Both interruptions led to a delay in triple-helix folding, with the 15-residue interruption causing slower folding than the 4-residue interruption. These results suggest that propagation through interruptions represents a slow folding step. To clarify the relation between natural interruptions and pathological mutations, a Gly to Ser missense mutation was placed three triplets away from the 4-residue interruption. As a result of this mutation, the 4-residue interruption and nearby triple helix became susceptible to protease digestion, and an additional folding delay was observed. Because Gly missense mutations that cause disease are often located near natural interruptions, structural and folding perturbations arising from such proximity could be a factor in collagen genetic diseases.
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- Eileen S. Hwang
- From the Department of Biochemistry, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854 and
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- From the Department of Biochemistry, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854 and
- the Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts 02155
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Application of topologically constrained mini-proteins as ligands, substrates, and inhibitors. Methods Mol Biol 2008; 386:125-66. [PMID: 18604945 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-430-8_5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/24/2023]
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Protein-protein interactions are governed by a variety of structural features. The sequence specificities of such interactions are usually easier to establish than the "topological specificities," whereby interactions may be classified based on recognition of distinct three-dimensional structural motifs. Approaches to explore topological specificities have been based primarily on assembly of mini-proteins with well defined secondary, tertiary, and/or quarternary structures. The present chapter focuses on three approaches for constructing topologically well defined mini-proteins: template-assembled synthetic proteins (TASPs), disulfide-stabilized structures, and peptide-amphiphiles (PAs). Specific examples are given for applying each approach to explore topologically-dependent protein-protein interactions. TASPs are utilized to identify a metastatic melanoma receptor that binds to the alpha1(IV)1263-1277 region of basement membrane (type IV) collagen. A disulfide-stabilized structure incorporating a sarafotoxin (SRT) 6b model was examined as a matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-3 inhibitor. PAs were developed as (a) fluorogenic triple-helical or polyPro II substrates for MMPs and aggrecanase members of the a disintegrin and metalloproteinase with thrombospondin motifs (ADAMTS) family and (b) glycosylated and nonglycosylated ligands for metastatic melanoma cells. Topologically constrained mini-proteins have proved to be quite versatile, helping to define critical primary, secondary, and tertiary structural elements that modulate enzyme and receptor functions.
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Tettamanti G, Grimaldi A, Congiu T, Perletti G, Raspanti M, Valvassori R, de Eguileor M. Collagen reorganization in leech wound healing. Biol Cell 2005; 97:557-68. [PMID: 15898949 DOI: 10.1042/bc20040085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION Leeches respond to surgical lesions with the same sequence of events as that described for wound healing in vertebrates, where collagen is important for the development of tensions in healing wounds, functioning as an extracellular scaffold for accurate regeneration of the structures disrupted by surgical or traumatic actions. RESULTS In surgically lesioned leeches, newly synthesized collagen is arranged in hierarchical structures. Fibrils can be packed and shaped to form cords or tubular structures, thus acting as an extracellular scaffold that directs and organizes the outgrowth of new vessels and the migration of immune cells towards lesioned tissues. In these animals, the general architecture of collagen fibrils, generated during tissue regeneration, shows similarities to both the structural pattern of collagen bundles and assembly processes observed in several vertebrate systems (fish scales, amphibian skin and human cornea). CONCLUSIONS The production of extracellular matrix during wound healing in leeches is a surprising example of conservation of an extremely close relationship between the structure and function of molecular structures. It could be hypothesized that collagen structures, characterized not only by a striking structural complexity, but also by multifunctional purposes, are anatomical systems highly conserved throughout evolution.
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- Gianluca Tettamanti
- Department of Structural and Functional Biology, University of Insubria, Via J.H. Dunant 3, 21100 Varese, Italy
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Structural Macromolecules: Type IV Collagen. CURRENT TOPICS IN MEMBRANES 2005. [DOI: 10.1016/s1063-5823(05)56005-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Lutolf MP, Lauer-Fields JL, Schmoekel HG, Metters AT, Weber FE, Fields GB, Hubbell JA. Synthetic matrix metalloproteinase-sensitive hydrogels for the conduction of tissue regeneration: engineering cell-invasion characteristics. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2003; 100:5413-8. [PMID: 12686696 PMCID: PMC154359 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0737381100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1020] [Impact Index Per Article: 48.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2002] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Synthetic hydrogels have been molecularly engineered to mimic the invasive characteristics of native provisional extracellular matrices: a combination of integrin-binding sites and substrates for matrix metalloproteinases (MMP) was required to render the networks degradable and invasive by cells via cell-secreted MMPs. Degradation of gels was engineered starting from a characterization of the degradation kinetics (k(cat) and K(m)) of synthetic MMP substrates in the soluble form and after crosslinking into a 3D hydrogel network. Primary human fibroblasts were demonstrated to proteolytically invade these networks, a process that depended on MMP substrate activity, adhesion ligand concentration, and network crosslinking density. Gels used to deliver recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 to the site of critical defects in rat cranium were completely infiltrated by cells and remodeled into bony tissue within 4 wk at a dose of 5 microg per defect. Bone regeneration was also shown to depend on the proteolytic sensitivity of the matrices. These hydrogels may be useful in tissue engineering and cell biology as alternatives for naturally occurring extracellular matrix-derived materials such as fibrin or collagen.
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- M P Lutolf
- Department of Materials and Institute for Biomedical Engineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology and University of Zurich, CH-8044 Zurich, Switzerland
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Lauer-Fields JL, Malkar NB, Richet G, Drauz K, Fields GB. Melanoma cell CD44 interaction with the alpha 1(IV)1263-1277 region from basement membrane collagen is modulated by ligand glycosylation. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:14321-30. [PMID: 12574156 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m212246200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Invasion of the basement membrane is believed to be a critical step in the metastatic process. Melanoma cells have been shown previously to bind distinct triple-helical regions within basement membrane (type IV) collagen. Additionally, tumor cell binding sites within type IV collagen contain glycosylated hydroxylysine residues. In the present study, we have utilized triple-helical models of the type IV collagen alpha1(IV)1263-1277 sequence to (a) determine the melanoma cell receptor for this ligand and (b) analyze the results of single-site glycosylation on melanoma cell recognition. Receptor identification was achieved by a combination of methods, including (a) cell adhesion and spreading assays using triple-helical alpha1(IV)1263-1277 and an Asp(1266)Abu variant, (b) inhibition of cell adhesion and spreading assays, and (c) triple-helical alpha1(IV)1263-1277 affinity chromatography with whole cell lysates and glycosaminoglycans. Triple-helical alpha1(IV)1263-1277 was bound by melanoma cell CD44/chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan receptors and not by the collagen-binding integrins or melanoma-associated proteoglycan. Melanoma cell adhesion to and spreading on the triple-helical alpha1(IV)1263-1277 sequence was then compared for glycosylated (replacement of Lys(1265) with Hyl(O-beta-d-galactopyranosyl)) versus non-glycosylated ligand. Glycosylation was found to strongly modulate both activities, as adhesion and spreading were dramatically decreased due to the presence of galactose. CD44/chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan did not bind to glycosylated alpha1(IV)1263-1277. Overall, this study (a) is the first demonstration of the prophylactic effects of glycosylation on tumor cell interaction with the basement membrane, (b) provides a rare example of an apparent unfavorable interaction between carbohydrates, and (c) suggests that sugars may mask "cryptic sites" accessible to tumor cells with cell surface or secreted glycosidase activities.
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- Janelle L Lauer-Fields
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton 33431-0991, USA
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Convenient synthesis of glycosylated hydroxylysine derivatives for use in solid-phase peptide synthesis. Tetrahedron Lett 2000. [DOI: 10.1016/s0040-4039(99)02281-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Wheatcroft AC, Hollander AP, Croucher LJ, Jones A, Taylor CJ, Evans GS. Evidence of in situ stability of the type IV collagen triple helix in human inflammatory bowel disease using a denaturation specific epitope antibody. Matrix Biol 1999; 18:361-72. [PMID: 10517183 DOI: 10.1016/s0945-053x(99)00028-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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A peptide specific antibody (AH1OW1) was raised against an epitope, AH10 (aa 449-463), of the alpha1(IV) chain adjacent to a cleavage site for matrix metalloproteinases (MMP)-2 and -9 within the triple helix of type IV collagen. The antibody only reacted with denatured and reduced preparations of type IV collagen, or with pepsin isolated type IV collagen digested with MMP-2 and MMP-9. The specificity of this antibody for the denatured triple helix was demonstrated by the lack of staining with pre-immune antibody and by pre-incubation of AH1OW1 antibody with excess AH10 peptide epitope. The AH1OWI antibody was used to detect whether proteolysis of type IV collagen occurs in ulcerative colitis, an inflammatory bowel condition often characterised by a large influx of granulocytes and macrophages and an associated tissue destruction. However, no evidence of in situ proteolysis of the basement membrane type IV collagen was observed. Only in the most actively inflamed mucosa was staining with AH1OW1 antibody observed in the mucosal connective tissue. Digestion of frozen sections of bowel with MMP-1, MMP-2, MMP-3 and MMP-9 did not result in the exposure of the AH10 epitope. These data demonstrate the stability of intact type IV collagen and indicate that susceptibility of alpha1(IV) chain to digestion with MMP-2 and MMP-9 may require other proteolytic/denaturing events in the molecule.
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- A C Wheatcroft
- Division of Human Metabolism, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, UK
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Matsubara O, Tamura A, Ohdama S, Mark EJ. Alveolar basement membrane breaks down in diffuse alveolar damage: an immunohistochemical study. Pathol Int 1995; 45:473-82. [PMID: 7551006 DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.1995.tb03488.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Sequential structural changes of the alveoli in diffuse alveolar damage (DAD) were examined by immunohistochemical methods. Lung specimens obtained at autopsy from 52 patients with DAD were stained with antibodies to laminin, 7S collagen (7S) and type IV collagen (type IV) for alveolar basement membrane, to von Willebrand factor, CD-31 and thrombomodulin (TM) for the alveolar capillary endothelial cell, and to epithelial membrane antigen and surfactant apo-protein (PE-10) for the alveolar epithelium. Forty-two of the patients had the exudative form of DAD; 10 of the patients had the proliferative form of DAD. The results were summarized as follows: (i) laminin was most easily impaired both in the epithelial and capillary basement membrane in the early exudative stage; (ii) following laminin, 7S and type IV in the capillary basement membrane were also injured in the early exudative stage, and recovered in the proliferative stage; (iii) subsequently, 7S and type IV in the epithelial basement membrane were also impaired in the late exudative stage, and remained impaired even in the proliferative stage; and (iv) alveolar epithelium regenerated almost completely in the late exudative stage, but staining for TM in the alveolar capillary recovered in the proliferative stage. Because the alveolar basement membrane must govern the homeostasis of alveolar tissue architecture, it was concluded that its preservation is necessary to avoid the abnormal remodeling of the alveoli in the reparative stage of DAD, if the patient survives the acute episodes of the disease.
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- O Matsubara
- Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan
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Long CG, Thomas M, Brodsky B. Atypical Gly-X-Y sequences surround interruptions in the repeating tripeptide pattern of basement membrane collagen. Biopolymers 1995; 35:621-8. [PMID: 7766827 DOI: 10.1002/bip.360350608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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The triple-helical domains of type IV collagen chains have more than 20 sites at which the repeating (Gly-X-Y)n pattern is interrupted. Analysis of alpha 1 (IV) and alpha 2 (IV) chains indicates the residues in the three Gly-X-Y triplets preceding or following interruptions differ statistically from the rest of the chain. Unusually high frequencies of charged residues are seen at a number of X and Y sites, with the charge density being particularly high C-terminal to the interruption site. Analyses were carried out on individual categories of interruptions, classified as insertions or deletions in the Y position. All of the residues in the X and Y positions of the triplets flanking insertion sites are atypical, with a high concentration of charged residues. Triplets flanking sites where there has been a deletion in the Y position show unusually high frequencies of charged residues at some sites, hydrophobic residues at other sites, and an invariant imino acid N-terminal to the interruption. The presence of atypical sequences surrounding interruptions could be important at a molecular level, related to triple-helix stability, or at a supramolecular level, related to the association of molecules to form networks in basement membranes.
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- C G Long
- Department of Biochemistry, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway 08854, USA
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Collagens are distinguished from other extracellular matrix proteins by their triple-helical conformation. Triple-helical conformation has been proposed to be important for cellular activities, such as adhesion and activation, extracellular matrix assembly, and enzyme function, such as hydroxylation of collagen Lys and Pro residues and matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) catabolism of native collagens. A collagen-like triple-helix is also a necessary component of several macrophage cell surface receptors. Collagen-mediated cellular and/or enzymatic activities that (i) require an intact triple-helix, (ii) require a denatured triple-helix, or (iii) are "conformationally independent" of the state of the triple-helix have been documented. Recently developed synthetic protocols have allowed for the study of biological activities of specific collagen sequences in triple-helical conformation.
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- G B Fields
- Departments of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Biochemistry, and The Biomedical Engineering Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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Promotion of human platelet adhesion and aggregation by a synthetic, triple-helical “mini-collagen”. J Biol Chem 1994. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)36732-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Donaldson DJ, Mahan JT, Tsilibary EC, McCarthy JB, Dixit SN, Chung AE. Migratory interaction of amphibian epidermal cells with components of the basement membrane. J Cell Physiol 1994; 158:79-86. [PMID: 8263031 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.1041580111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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In adult newts, basal epidermal cells adjacent to a fresh wound move toward the damaged area by migrating over the epidermal basement membrane. In an attempt to determine which basement membrane components mediate this migration, small pieces of glass coated with various natural matrices, purified proteins, or fragments of proteins were implanted into skin wounds such that epidermal cells attempting to form a wound epithelium would encounter the implants. Laminin derived from a cell line (M1536-B3) that produces no type IV collagen was inactive as a migration substrate. Migration on recombinant entactin was somewhat better than on laminin but was still only approximately 14% of that on type I collagen. M15 matrix, a laminin and entactin-containing product of M1536-B3 cells, was no better than entactin alone. Type IV collagen was an excellent substrate, producing slightly more migration than corresponding concentrations of type I collagen at nearly all concentrations tested. Migration on type IV lacking the NC1 domain was at least as good as on intact type IV. All the activity in type IV was present in a 95 kD fragment (alpha 1(IV)95) from the carboxy terminal two-thirds of the alpha 1 chain. Approximately 60% of the activity on alpha 1(IV)95 was obtained on implants coated with a 110 amino acid fragment of the alpha 1 chain derived from the carboxy terminal half of alpha 1(IV)95. Adding the synthetic peptide, arg-gly-asp-ser (RGDS) to the medium, blocked migration on fibronectin-coated implants but had no effect on implants coated with type IV, suggesting that migration on type IV involves different cell surface receptors than those mediating migration over fibronectin. Matrigel, a commercial product containing most basement membrane components, was a poor migration substrate. Thus if type IV mediates basal cell migration toward a wound in vivo, there may have to be some alterations in basement membrane structure to allow epidermal receptors to access type IV active site(s).
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- D J Donaldson
- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Tennessee, Memphis 38163
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Fields CG, Lovdahl CM, Miles AJ, Hagen VL, Fields GB. Solid-phase synthesis and stability of triple-helical peptides incorporating native collagen sequences. Biopolymers 1993; 33:1695-707. [PMID: 8241428 DOI: 10.1002/bip.360331107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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A generally applicable solid-phase methodology has been developed for the synthesis of triple-helical polypeptides incorporating native collagen sequences. Three nascent peptide chains are C-terminal linked through one N alpha-amino and two N epsilon-amino groups of Lys, while repeating Gly-Pro-Hyp triplets induce triple helicity. Different protecting group strategies, including several three-dimensionally orthogonal schemes, have been utilized for the synthesis of four homotrimeric triple-helical polypeptides (THPs) of 79-124 residues, three of which incorporate native type IV collagen sequences. Highly efficient assemblies were achieved by 9-fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl (Fmoc) N alpha-amino group protection, in situ 2-(1H-benzotriazole-1-yl)-1,1,3,3-tetramethyluronium hexafluorophosphate mediated couplings, and 1,8-diazabicyclo [5.4.0] undec-7-ene mediated Fmoc group removal. THPs were characterized by Edman degradation sequencing, size-exclusion chromatography, mass spectrometry, reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatography, and CD spectroscopy. THP thermal stabilities ranged from 35 to 59 degrees C, with chain length and Hyp content being the influential factors. Melting temperatures and van't Hoff enthalpies for peptide triple-helical denaturation could be correlated well to Hyp content. The THP synthetic protocol developed here will allow for the study of both structure and biological activity of specific collagen sequences in homotrimeric and heterotrimeric forms.
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- C G Fields
- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55455
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Daragan VA, Ilyina E, Mayo KH. Effects of molecular association on structure and dynamics of a collagenous peptide. Biopolymers 1993; 33:521-33. [PMID: 8467063 DOI: 10.1002/bip.360330403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Peptide GVKGDKGNPGWPGAPY from the triple-helix domain of type IV collagen aggregates in solution at a critical aggregation concentration of 18 mM. This molecular self-association process is investigated by 1H- and 13C-nmr spectroscopy. As a function of increasing peptide concentration, selective 1H resonances are cooperatively chemically shifted by up to 0.04 ppm to apparently saturable values at high concentration. Pulsed field gradient nmr was used to derive translation diffusion constants that, as the peptide concentration is increased, also cooperatively and monotonically decrease to an apparent limiting value. An average number of 6 monomer units per aggregate have been estimated from diffusion constant and 13C relaxation data. Comparative 1H nuclear Overhauser effect spectroscopy (NOESY) spectra accumulated at high and low peptide concentrations suggest that average internuclear distances are decreased as a result of peptide association. 13C-nmr multiple spin-lattice relaxation and 13C-[1H] NOE effects on 13C-enriched glycine methylene positions in the peptide demonstrate that overall molecular tumbling and backbone internal motions are attenuated in the aggregate state. Lowering the solution pD from pD 6 to pD 2 disrupts the aggregate state, suggesting a role for electrostatic interactions in the association process. Based on thermodynamic considerations, hydrophobic interactions also probably act to stabilize the aggregate state. These data are discussed in terms of an nmr/NOE constrained computer-modeled structure of the peptide.
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- V A Daragan
- Jefferson Cancer Institute, Department of Pharmacology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107
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Collagens are typical mosaic proteins containing a number of shuffled domains. These domains have been classified by sequence similarity in order to characterize their structural and functional relationships to other proteins. This analysis provides an overview of homologies of collagen domains. It also reveals two new relationships: (i) a module common to type V, IX, XI, and XII collagens was found to be homologous to the heparin binding domain of thrombospondin; (ii) the modular architecture of a human type VII collagen fragment was identified. Its N-terminal globular domain contains fibronectin type III repeats located adjacent to a Von Willebrand factor type A module. The proposed structural similarities point to analogous subfunctions of the respective domains in otherwise distinct proteins.
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- P Bork
- EMBL, Heidelberg, Germany
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- M Weber
- Medical Department IV, University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
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Matsukura H, Michael AF, Fish AJ, Butkowski RJ. Partial protein sequence of the globular domain of alpha 4(IV) collagen chain: sites of sequence variability and homology with alpha 2(IV). Connect Tissue Res 1992; 28:231-44. [PMID: 1468209 DOI: 10.3109/03008209209015039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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The globular domain (NC) of alpha 4(IV) collagen chain was partially sequenced and compared with the NC domain of other collagen IV chains. The alpha 4(IV) NC domain was found to be most closely related to alpha 2(IV) NC domain but distinct from the NC domain of alpha 1(IV), alpha 2(IV), alpha 3(IV) and alpha 5(IV) collagen chains. Partial sequence, representing nearly one half of alpha 4(IV) NC domain, shows 56%, 69%, 51% and 54% identity with the corresponding NC domains of alpha 1(IV), alpha 2(IV), alpha 3(IV) and alpha 5(IV) collagen chains, respectively. A short, highly polar, region of variable sequence is found near the carboxy terminus of alpha 4(IV) NC domain. This sequence corresponds to a non-conserved region among NC domains, suggesting functional specialization at this site. It exhibits high surface probability with predicted structural differences among NC domains. These results confirm uniqueness of alpha 4(IV) NC domain and indicate its structural relatedness to other NC domains of collagen IV.
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- H Matsukura
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55455
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Mammalian collagenases cleave all three alpha chains of native, triple-helical types I, II, and III collagens after the Gly residue of the partial sequence Gly-[Ile or Leu]-[Ala or Leu] at a single locus approximately three-fourths from the amino terminus. There are an additional 31 sites in the triple-helical regions of types I, II, III, and IV collagens that contain the same partial sequence but are not hydrolyzed. A model has been developed to explain this remarkable specificity. The mammalian collagenase cleavage site in interstitial collagens is distinguished by: (a) a low side-chain molal volume-, high imino acid (greater than 33%)-containing region that is tightly triple-helical, consisting of four Gly-X-Y triplets preceding the cleavage site, (b) a low imino acid-containing (less than 17%), loosely triple-helical region consisting of four Gly-X-Y triplets following the cleavage site, and (c) a maximum of one charged residue for the entire 25 residue cleavage site region, which is always an Arg that follows the cleavage site in subsite P'5 or P'8. In addition, the high imino acid-containing region cannot have an imino acid adjacent to the cleaved Gly-[Ile or Leu] bond (i.e. in subsite P2). Careful scrutiny of the 31 non-cleaved sequences reveals that none of those sites shares all of the characteristics of the cleavage site. The criterion of this model thus explain both cleaved and non-cleaved sequences in the triple-helical regions of types I, II, III, and IV collagen, and are supported by all known experimental and theoretical results on collagen catabolism and structure.
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- G B Fields
- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55455
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Mayo KH, Parra-Diaz D, McCarthy JB, Chelberg M. Cell adhesion promoting peptide GVKGDKGNPGWPGAP from the collagen type IV triple helix: cis/trans proline-induced multiple 1H NMR conformations and evidence for a KG/PG multiple turn repeat motif in the all-trans proline state. Biochemistry 1991; 30:8251-67. [PMID: 1868097 DOI: 10.1021/bi00247a022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Peptide GVKGDKGNPGWPGAPY (called peptide IV-H1), derived from the protein sequence of human collagen type IV, triple-helix domain residues 1263-1277, represents an RGD-independent, cell-specific, adhesion, spreading, and motility promoting domain in type IV collagen. In this study, peptide IV-H1 has been investigated by 1H NMR (500 MHz) spectroscopy. Cis-trans proline isomerization at each of the three proline residues gives rise to a number of slowly exchanging (500-MHz NMR time scale) conformation states. At least five such states are observed, for example, for the well-resolved A14 beta H3 group, and K3, which is six residues sequentially removed from the nearest proline, i.e., P9, shows two sets. The presence of more than two sets of resonances for residues sequentially proximal to a proline, e.g., A14-cis-P15 and A14-trans-P15, and more than one set for a residue sequentially well-removed from a proline, e.g., K3, indicates long range conformation interactions and the presence of preferred structure in this short linear peptide. Many resonances belonging to these multiple species have been assigned by using mono-proline-substituted analogues. Conformational (isomer) state-specific 2D 1H NMR assignments for the combination of cis and trans proline states have been made via analysis of COSY-type, HOHAHA, and NOESY spectra. Peptide IV-H1 in the all-trans proline state ttt exists in relatively well-defined conformation populations showing numerous short- and long-range NOEs and long-lived backbone amide protons and reduced backbone NH temperature coefficients, suggesting hydrogen-bonding, and structurally informative 3J alpha N coupling constants. The NMR data indicate significant beta-turn populations centered at K3-G4, K5-G6, P9-G10, and P12-G13, and a C-terminal gamma-turn within the A14-P15-Y16 sequence. These NMR data are supported by circular dichroic studies which indicate the presence of 52% beta-turn, 10% helix, and 38% random coil structural populations. Since equally spaced KG and PG residues are found on both sides of peptide IV-H1 in the native collagen type IV sequence, this multiple turn repeat motif may continue through a longer segment of the protein. Synthetic peptide IV-H1 overlapping sequence "walk throughs" indicate that the primary biological activity is localized in the GNPGWPGAP double beta-turn domain, which contains the backbone constraining proline residues. This proline-domain conformation may suggest a collagen type IV receptor-specific, metastatic cell adhesion promoting binding domain.
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- K H Mayo
- Department of Pharmacology, Jefferson Cancer Institute, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107
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Pettitt J, Kingston I. The complete primary structure of a nematode alpha 2(IV) collagen and the partial structural organization of its gene. J Biol Chem 1991. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)98528-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Netzel-Arnett S, Fields GB, Birkedal-Hansen H, Van Wart HE, Fields G. Sequence specificities of human fibroblast and neutrophil collagenases. J Biol Chem 1991. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(20)89563-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Glabe CG, Clark D. The sequence of the Arbacia punctulata bindin cDNA and implications for the structural basis of species-specific sperm adhesion and fertilization. Dev Biol 1991; 143:282-8. [PMID: 1991551 DOI: 10.1016/0012-1606(91)90078-h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Bindin is the major protein component of the acrosome granule of sea urchin sperm which mediates the species-specific adhesion of sperm to the egg surface during fertilization. Bindin isolated from both Arbacia punctulata and Strongylocentrotus purpuratus sperm demonstrate a distinct adhesive preference for eggs of the same species although a significant amount of cross-species reactivity is observed. Here we describe the isolation and sequence of A. punctulata bindin cDNA clones and a comparison of the predicted protein sequence with the sequence previously reported for S. purpuratus bindin (Gao et al., 1986, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., USA 83, 8634-8638). Bindins from these genera show substantial sequence similarity in both the mature bindin domain and the probindin precursor region. The most striking identity is a region of 42 conserved amino acids in the central part of the mature bindins. This conserved domain may be responsible for conserved functions of bindin. Regions flanking this conserved element on both the amino and carboxyl side are more highly divergent, suggesting that they are responsible for the species-specific properties of bindin. The mature A. punctulata sequence contains a putative transmembrane segment between residues 431 and 451 that is absent from S. purpuratus bindin. This structural element may account for the previous observation that isolated A. punctulata bindin uniquely forms multilamellar structures reminiscent of lipid bilayers and binds significant amounts of phospholipid and detergent. The structure of this hydrophobic segment also displays a number of similarities to viral fusion peptides.
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- C G Glabe
- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California, Irvine 92717
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Cheung DT, Benya PD, Perelman N, DiCesare PE, Nimni ME. A highly specific and quantitative method for determining type III/I collagen ratios in tissues. MATRIX (STUTTGART, GERMANY) 1990; 10:164-71. [PMID: 2215356 DOI: 10.1016/s0934-8832(11)80165-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The distribution of type I and type III collagens in rat, bovine and human skin were examined by a quantitative 2-D CNBr peptide mapping method. The procedure involved the solubilization of tissues by digestion with CNBr, radioactive labeling in vitro by [3H]-NaBH4 in dimethylformamide, reduction by mercaptoethanol, a second CNBr digestion and 2-D (isoelectric focusing and NaDodSO4 electrophoresis) mapping. The amounts of type I and type III collagen peptide spots in the fluorographs of 2-D maps were analyzed by 2-D scanning densitometer/analyzer. Mixtures containing various ratios of purified type I and type III collagen were used to obtain a standard curve. Using this procedure we were able to determine that in adult human skin (age range 35-65 years) 22% (+1.3%) of the labelled collagen is type III. This value is significantly higher than that was previously estimated by less accurate methods.
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- D T Cheung
- Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
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Baramova EN, Shannon JD, Bjarnason JB, Fox JW. Identification of the cleavage sites by a hemorrhagic metalloproteinase in type IV collagen. MATRIX (STUTTGART, GERMANY) 1990; 10:91-7. [PMID: 2374521 DOI: 10.1016/s0934-8832(11)80175-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Type IV collagen, solubilized from Engelbreth-Holm-Swarm (EHS) tumor basement membranes is digested by a hemorrhagic metalloproteinase, Ht-e, isolated from the crude venom of the Western Diamondback rattlesnake, Crotalus atrox. The major proteolytic products have Mr 141,000, 132,000, 87,000, 71,000, 33,000 and approximately 18,000 as estimated by SDS-gel electrophoresis of pepsinized type IV collagen fragments. Sequence analysis of the digestion products reveal that the Mr 141,000, 71,000 and approximately 18,000 band are derived from the alpha 1(IV) chains and the Mr 132,000, 87,000 and 33,000 bands are derived from the alpha 2(IV) chain. The products are stable over 72-hour incubation periods. The cleavage sites on the alpha 1(IV) and alpha 2(IV) chains are not identical. The alpha 1(IV) chains are cleaved in a pepsin susceptible triplet interruption region of the triple helix at position Ala258-Gln259. The alpha 2(IV) chain is cleaved in the triple helical region near the NC2 domain at the Gly191-Leu192 peptide bond. Isolated hexameric NC1 globular domains of type IV collagen are not digested by Ht-e. The present study demonstrates that the venom hemorrhagic metalloproteinase Ht-e has type IV collagenolytic activity. The triple helix of the type IV collagen molecule is cleaved in a region located immediately carboxyl to the flexible NC2 domain. The degradation by Ht-e of type IV collagen, a major component of basement membranes which forms the scaffold of this extracellular structure, may account in part for the hemorrhagic activity of this toxin.
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- E N Baramova
- Department of Microbiology, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville 22908
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Pollner R, Fischer G, Pöschl E, Kühn K. Regulation of divergent transcription of the genes coding for basement membrane type IV collagen. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1990; 580:44-54. [PMID: 2337305 DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1990.tb17916.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The genes coding for the two polypeptide chains, alpha 1(IV) and alpha 2(IV), which form together the molecule of the basement membrane type IV collagen, were found to have a special and unusual genomic arrangement. The two genes are very closely linked, they are transcribed in opposite directions, and they apparently use a common and bidirectional promoter with a length of 127 bp. This region is characterized by a symmetrical arrangement of typical elements and by the palindromic structure of the sequence. In accordance with the symmetry of the promoter itself, a symmetrical organization of sequence motifs (SP1, CCAAT) was also observed in flanking regions. For the promoter and the flanking regions we could detect specific binding of nuclear factors that indicates their involvement in transcriptional activation. This suggests that the intrinsic symmetry of the type IV collagen promoter and its flanking regions may be a structural prerequisite for its bidirectional function. In transient gene expression systems no significant activity of the type IV collagen promoter was observed in either direction. This implies that additional enhancing elements are essential for the efficient and tissue-specific transcription of both type IV collagen genes. The screening for such controlling elements within the alpha 1(IV) and the alpha 2(IV) gene led to the observation that the transcription in direction of the alpha 2(IV) gene is activated by an element located in the first intron of the alpha 2 gene. Its enhancing effect is strictly dependent on the intact genomic structure of this region. Alternation of orientation and distance to the promoter destroys its activity completely. This element, located about 100-600 bp downstream from the start site of alpha 2(IV) transcription, seems to form a synergistically acting unit with the common promoter, essential for transcriptional activity in alpha 2 direction. We have not found additional enhancing elements in other regions of both genes. Explanations for the discrepancy with previous data, which define an enhancing element within the first intron of the alpha 1(IV) gene of mouse, are only speculative at present.
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- R Pollner
- Abteilung für Bindegewebsforschung, Max Planck Institut für Biochemie, Martinsried, Federal Republic of Germany
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- P D Yurchenco
- Department of Pathology, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Piscataway 08854
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Guo XD, Kramer JM. The Two Caenorhabditis elegans Basement Membrane (Type IV) Collagen Genes Are Located on Separate Chromosomes. J Biol Chem 1989. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)71530-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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The Cloning and Sequencing of α1(VIII) Collagen cDNAs Demonstrate That Type VIII Collagen Is a Short Chain Collagen and Contains Triple-helical and Carboxyl-terminal Non-triple-helical Domains Similar to Those of Type X Collagen. J Biol Chem 1989. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)71582-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Saus J, Quinones S, MacKrell A, Blumberg B, Muthukumaran G, Pihlajaniemi T, Kurkinen M. The Complete Primary Structure of Mouse α2 (IV) Collagen. J Biol Chem 1989. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)83350-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Brauer PR, Keller JM. Ultrastructure of a model basement membrane lacking type IV collagen. Anat Rec (Hoboken) 1989; 223:376-83. [PMID: 2712351 DOI: 10.1002/ar.1092230405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Basement membranes (BMs) are specialized extracellular matrices which have important roles in cell attachment, migration, growth, and differentiation. The major components of these matrices include type IV collagen, laminin, entactin, and heparan sulfate proteoglycan. The framework or scaffold of BMs has been proposed to be type IV collagen (Yurchenco et al., 1986, J. Histochem. Cytochem., 34:93-102). However, a murine teratocarcinoma cell-line, M1536-B3, has been described which produces an extracellular matrix (ECM) composed of some of the known components of BM, e.g., laminin, entactin, and sulfated proteoglycan, but lacking type IV collagen (Chung et al., 1979, Cell, 16:277-287). With the use of morphological techniques, we have found that the ECM assembled by these cells is composed of multiple layers of electron-dense cords arranged in an interweaving meshwork with short 2-4 nm-diameter cylindrical rods embedded throughout. This organization closely resembles that reported for naturally occurring BMs, e.g., Reichert's membrane (Inoué et al., 1983, J. Cell Biol., 97: 1524-1537). The previous identification of known in vivo BM components in M1536-B3 ECM and the correspondence in morphological appearance of M1536-B3 ECM with that present in naturally occurring BMs suggests that a BM-type of ECM can be assembled without a type IV collagen framework, thus indicating that other components of BMs have a critical role in BM organization and assembly.
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- P R Brauer
- Department of Biological Chemistry and Structure, University of Health Sciences, Chicago Medical School, Illinois 60064
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Timpl R. Structure and biological activity of basement membrane proteins. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1989; 180:487-502. [PMID: 2653817 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1989.tb14673.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 711] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Collagen type IV, laminin, heparan sulfate proteoglycans, nidogen (entactin) and BM-40 (osteonectin, SPARC) represent major structural proteins of basement membranes. They are well-characterized in their domain structures, amino acid sequences and potentials for molecular interactions. Such interactions include self-assembly processes and heterotypic binding between individual constituents, as well as binding of calcium (laminin, BM-40) and are likely to be used for basement membrane assembly. Laminin, collagen IV and nidogen also possess several cell-binding sites which interact with distinct cellular receptors. Some evidence exists that those interactions are involved in the control of cell behaviour. These observations have provided a more defined understanding of basement membrane function and the definition of new research goals in the future.
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- R Timpl
- Max-Planck-Institut für Biochemie, Martinsried
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Westerlund B, Kuusela P, Risteli J, Risteli L, Vartio T, Rauvala H, Virkola R, Korhonen TK. The O75X adhesin of uropathogenic Escherichia coli is a type IV collagen-binding protein. Mol Microbiol 1989; 3:329-37. [PMID: 2568575 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1989.tb00178.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 122] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Interaction of the basement-membrane binding O75X adhesin of uropathogenic Escherichia coli with various extracellular matrix proteins was studied. The adhesin showed strong binding to type IV collagen immobilized on microtitre plates, whereas other collagens, laminin and fibronectin, were only weakly recognized. Similarly, specific binding of [125I]-labelled type IV collagen to O75X-positive bacteria was shown. Interaction of the two proteins was also demonstrated by affinity chromatography of the O75X adhesin on immobilized type IV collagen. The adhesin bound strongly to the immobilized N-terminal 7S domain of type IV collagen, and the binding of [125I]-labelled type IV collagen to O75X-positive bacteria was inhibited by the soluble 7S domain. Binding of O75X to type IV collagen and to its 7S domain was specifically inhibited by chloramphenicol but was not affected by periodate or endoglycosidase-H treatment of the glycoproteins. Our results show that the 7S domain of type IV collagen is the basement membrane receptor for the O75X adhesin and suggest an interaction based on protein-protein recognition. Inhibition of the interaction by chloramphenicol favours the supposition that a modified tyrosine is involved in the binding site.
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- B Westerlund
- Department of General Microbiology, University of Helsinki, Finland
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Primary Structure of a Human Small Nuclear Ribonucleoprotein Polypeptide as Deduced by cDNA Analysis. J Biol Chem 1989. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)83693-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Koliakos GG, Kouzi-Koliakos K, Furcht LT, Reger LA, Tsilibary EC. The binding of heparin to type IV collagen: domain specificity with identification of peptide sequences from the α1(IV) and α2(IV) which preferentially bind heparin. J Biol Chem 1989. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)94178-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Collagen IV dimers of two collagen IV molecules connected by their C-terminal globular NC1 domains were isolated by limited digestion with bacterial collagenase from mouse Engelbreth-Holm-Swarm (EHS) sarcoma tissue. The collagenous domains were only 300 nm long as compared to 400 nm of intact collagen IV but the disulfide bonds in the N-terminal region of the major triple helix were retained. Unfolding of the collagenous domains as monitored by circular dichroism occurred in a temperature range of 30 to 44 degrees C with a midpoint at 37 degrees C. The transition is significantly broader than that of the continuous triple helices in collagens I, II and III, a feature which can be explained by the frequent non-collagenous interruptions in the triple-helical domain of collagen IV. Refolding at 25 degrees C following complete unfolding at 50 degrees C was monitored by circular dichroism, selective proteolytic digestion of non-refolded segments and by a newly developed method in which the recovered triple-helical segments were visualized by electron microscopy. Triple-helix formation was found to proceed in a zipper-like fashion from the C-terminal NC1 domains towards the N-terminus, indicating that this domain is essential for nucleations. For collagen IV dimers with intact NC1 domains the rate of triple-helix growth was of comparable magnitude to that of collagen III, demonstrating that the non-collagenous interruptions do not slow down the refolding process where the rate-limiting step is the cis-trans isomerization of proline peptide bonds. Refolding was near to 100% and the refolding products were similar to the starting material as judged by thermal stability and electron microscopic appearance. Removal of the NC1 domains by pepsin or dissociation of their hexametric structures by acetic acid led to a loss of the refolding ability. Instead products with randomly dispersed short triple-helical segments were formed in a slow reaction. In no case, even when the disulfide bonds in the N-terminal region of the triple-helical domain were intact, was refolding from the N- towards the C-terminus observed. Taken together with results in other collagens, this suggests that C to N directionality might be an intrinsic property of triple-helix folding.
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- R Dölz
- Abteilung Biophysikalische Chemie, Universität Basel, Switzerland
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Hostikka SL, Tryggvason K. The complete primary structure of the alpha 2 chain of human type IV collagen and comparison with the alpha 1(IV) chain. J Biol Chem 1988. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)77660-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Tsilibary EC, Koliakos GG, Charonis AS, Vogel AM, Reger LA, Furcht LT. Heparin type IV collagen interactions: equilibrium binding and inhibition of type IV collagen self-assembly. J Biol Chem 1988. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)37397-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Siebold B, Deutzmann R, Kühn K. The arrangement of intra- and intermolecular disulfide bonds in the carboxyterminal, non-collagenous aggregation and cross-linking domain of basement-membrane type IV collagen. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1988; 176:617-24. [PMID: 2844531 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1988.tb14321.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The hexameric complex of globular domains of type IV collagen was isolated after collagenase digestion of human placenta and the different monomers and dimers present were chromatographically separated. The ratio of alpha 1(IV)NC1 to alpha 2(IV)NC1 was 2:1. About 50% of the NC1 domains were connected to dimers. Predominantly alpha 1-alpha 1 dimers were found. Only 12% were alpha 2-alpha 2 dimers and no alpha 1-alpha 2 dimers could be detected. The majority (88%) of the intermolecular bonds was found to be disulfide bridges. The remainder could not be cleaved by reduction. To elucidate the arrangement of the disulfide bonds, the unreduced alpha 1(IV)NC1 monomers were treated with cyanogen bromide, the disulfide-bridged peptides isolated and characterized by Edman degradation. Each of the two homologous subdomains within a monomer is stabilized by an identical set of three disulfide bonds. In subdomain I, cysteines at positions 20 and 53 are connected with the C-terminal cysteine pair 108 and 111. Thus formed, the disulfide knot stabilizes two interconnected loops of 32 and 54 residues, respectively. A smaller loop of five residues occurs due to a disulfide bond between the cysteines 65 and 71. A similar disulfide arrangement is indicated for subdomain II which is separated from subdomain I by a segment of 20 amino acid residues. The same arrangement of disulfide bonds has been strongly suggested for the alpha 2(IV)NC1 monomer by the isolation and characterization of its disulfide-bridged tryptic fragments. Similar investigations on the dimeric alpha 1(IV)NC1 domain established the arrangement of the intermolecular disulfide bonds. They are formed by a complete disulfide exchange between corresponding disulfide knots of two monomeric NC1 domains.
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- B Siebold
- Max Planck-Institut für Biochemie, Martinsried, Federal Republic of Germany
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