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De Paula VS, Silva FHS, Francischetti IMB, Monteiro RQ, Valente AP. 1H, 15N and 13C resonance assignments of Ixolaris, a tissue factor pathway inhibitor from the tick salivary gland. Biomol NMR Assign 2017; 11:293-296. [PMID: 28856584 DOI: 10.1007/s12104-017-9766-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2017] [Accepted: 08/12/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Ixolaris is a two-Kunitz tick salivary gland protein identified in Ixodes scapularis that presents sequence homology to TFPI (tissue factor pathway inhibitor). It binds to the coagulation enzyme factor Xa (FXa) or to its zymogen form, FX, and further inhibits tissue factor/FVIIa complex (extrinsic Xnase compex). Differently from TFPI, Ixolaris does not bind to the active site cleft of FXa. Instead, complex formation is mediated by the FXa heparin-binding exosite, which may also results in decreased FXa activity into the prothrombinase complex. The Ixolaris-FXa/FX complex formation has been characterized by using a combination of biophysical and biochemical technics although no structural data is currently available. In this study, we reported the NMR chemical shift assignment of Ixolaris, as a first step to further establishing the structure, dynamics and function relationship for this protein.
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Affiliation(s)
- V S De Paula
- Campus Xerém, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, 25245-390, Brazil
- Centro de Biologia Estrutural e Bioimagem, Rio de Janeiro, 21941-902, Brazil
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- Centro de Biologia Estrutural e Bioimagem, Rio de Janeiro, 21941-902, Brazil
- Instituto de Bioquímica Médica, Centro Nacional de Ressonância Magnética Nuclear Jiri Jonas, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, 21941-920, Brazil
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- Vector Biology Section, Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research (LMVR), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Instituto de Bioquímica Médica, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 21941-902, Brazil
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- Centro de Biologia Estrutural e Bioimagem, Rio de Janeiro, 21941-902, Brazil.
- Instituto de Bioquímica Médica, Centro Nacional de Ressonância Magnética Nuclear Jiri Jonas, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, 21941-920, Brazil.
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De Paula VS, Silva FHS, Francischetti IMB, Monteiro RQ, Valente AP. Recombinant expression of Ixolaris, a Kunitz-type inhibitor from the tick salivary gland, for NMR studies. Protein Expr Purif 2017; 139:49-56. [PMID: 28734839 DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2017.07.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2017] [Revised: 06/29/2017] [Accepted: 07/17/2017] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Ixolaris is an anticoagulant protein identified in the tick saliva of Ixodes scapularis. Ixolaris contains 2 Kunitz like domains and binds to Factor Xa or Factor X as a scaffold for inhibition of the Tissue Factor (TF)/Factor VIIa (FVIIa). In contrast to tissue factor pathway inhibitor (TFPI), however, Ixolaris does not bind to the active site cleft of FXa. Instead, complex formation is mediated by the FXa heparin-binding exosite. Due to its potent and long-lasting antithrombotic activity, Ixolaris is a promising agent for anticoagulant therapy. Although numerous functional studies of Ixolaris exist, three-dimensional structure of Ixolaris has not been obtained at atomic resolution. Using the pET32 vector, we successfully expressed a TRX-His6-Ixolaris fusion protein. By combining Ni-NTA chromatography, enterokinase protease cleavage, and reverse phase HPLC (RP-HPLC), we purified isotopically labeled Ixolaris for NMR studies. 1D 1H and 2D 15N-1H NMR analysis yielded high quality 2D 15N-1H HSQC spectra revealing that the recombinant protein is folded. These studies represent the first steps in obtaining high-resolution structural information by NMR for Ixolaris enabling the investigation of the molecular basis for Ixolaris-coagulation factors interactions.
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- V S De Paula
- Campus Xerém, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, 25245-390, Brazil; Centro de Biologia Estrutural e Bioimagem, Rio de Janeiro, 21941-920, Brazil
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- Centro de Biologia Estrutural e Bioimagem, Rio de Janeiro, 21941-920, Brazil; Instituto de Bioquímica Médica, Centro Nacional de Ressonância Magnética Nuclear Jiri Jonas, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, 21941-920, Brazil
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- Vector Biology Section, Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research (LMVR), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, United States
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- Instituto de Bioquímica Médica, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 21941-902, Brazil
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- Centro de Biologia Estrutural e Bioimagem, Rio de Janeiro, 21941-920, Brazil; Instituto de Bioquímica Médica, Centro Nacional de Ressonância Magnética Nuclear Jiri Jonas, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, 21941-920, Brazil.
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Carneiro-Lobo TC, Schaffner F, Disse J, Ostergaard H, Francischetti IMB, Monteiro RQ, Ruf W. The tick-derived inhibitor Ixolaris prevents tissue factor signaling on tumor cells. J Thromb Haemost 2012; 10:1849-58. [PMID: 22823596 PMCID: PMC3433625 DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2012.04864.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND Tissue factor (TF) is frequently overexpressed in cancer cells and correlated with more aggressive tumor phenotypes and poor prognosis. In addition to promoting coagulation-dependent metastasis and cancer-associated thrombosis, tumor cell-expressed TF mediates direct cell signaling involving the protease-activated receptor (PAR) 2. Ixolaris is a tick-derived inhibitor of the TF-factor (F)VIIa-Xa coagulation initiation complex which blocks primary tumor growth and angiogenesis in glioblastoma and melanoma models. METHODS In this study we address the anti-tumor effects of Ixolaris in TF-VIIa-PAR2 signaling-dependent breast cancer models, a xenograft model of highly aggressive human MDA-MB-231 mfp cells and a syngeneic model of PAR2-deficient and replete PyMT mouse mammary carcinoma cells. RESULTS Ixolaris potently inhibited the procoagulant activity of human MDA-MB-231mfp or murine PyMT breast cancer cells. Ixolaris blocked signaling by the ternary TF-FVIIa-FXa complex, and, surprisingly, at higher concentrations also the binary TF-FVIIa complex on MDA-MB-231 cells. We show that Ixolaris interacts with certain residues in the human VIIa protease domain that are involved in PAR2 cleavage. In contrast to human VIIa, Ixolaris was a poor inhibitor of murine TF-FVIIa signaling and did not attenuate PAR2-dependent tumor growth in a syngeneic mouse model of breast cancer progression. CONCLUSION These data show that Ixolaris inhibits PAR2 cleavage specifically by human TF signaling complexes and suggest that Ixolaris may block tumor growth of human cell models with ectopic FVIIa expression through inhibition of direct TF-FVIIa-PAR2 signaling as well as its anticoagulant activity.
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- T C Carneiro-Lobo
- Department of Immunology and Microbial Science, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla CA, USA
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Ma D, Xu X, An S, Liu H, Yang X, Andersen JF, Wang Y, Tokumasu F, Ribeiro JMC, Francischetti IMB, Lai R. A novel family of RGD-containing disintegrins (Tablysin-15) from the salivary gland of the horsefly Tabanus yao targets αIIbβ3 or αVβ3 and inhibits platelet aggregation and angiogenesis. Thromb Haemost 2011; 105:1032-45. [PMID: 21475772 DOI: 10.1160/th11-01-0029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2011] [Accepted: 02/08/2011] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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A novel family of RGD-containing molecules (Tablysin-15) has been molecularly characterised from the salivary gland of the haematophagous horsefly Tabanus yao. Tablysin-15 does not share primary sequence homology to any disintegrin discovered so far, and displays an RGD motif in the N-terminus of the molecule. It is also distinct from disintegrins from Viperidae since its mature form is not released from a metalloproteinase precursor. Tablysin-15 exhibits high affinity binding for platelet αIIbβ3 and endothelial cell αVβ3 integrins, but not for α5β1 or α2β1. Accordingly, it blocks endothelial cell adhesion to vitronectin (IC50 ~1 nM) and marginally to fibronectin (IC50 ~1 μM), but not to collagen. It also inhibits fibroblast growth factor (FGF)-induced endothelial cell proliferation, and attenuates tube formation in vitro. In platelets, Tablysin-15 inhibits aggregation induced by collagen, ADP and convulxin, and prevents static platelet adhesion to immobilised fibrinogen. In addition, solid-phase assays and flow cytometry demonstrates that αIIbβ3 binds to Tablysin-15. Moreover, immobilised Tablysin-15 supports platelet adhesion by a mechanism which was blocked by anti-integrin αIIbβ3 monoclonal antibody (e.g. abciximab) or by EDTA. Furthermore, Tablysin-15 dose-dependently attenuates thrombus formation to collagen under flow. Consistent with these findings, Tablysin-15 displays antithrombotic properties in vivo suggesting that it is a useful tool to block αIIbβ3, or as a prototype to develop antithrombotics. The RGD motif in the unique sequence of Tablysin-15 represents a novel template for studying the structure-function relationship of the disintegrin family of inhibitors.
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- D Ma
- Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, Yunnan, China
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Carneiro-Lobo TC, Konig S, Machado DE, Nasciutti LE, Forni MF, Francischetti IMB, Sogayar MC, Monteiro RQ. Ixolaris, a tissue factor inhibitor, blocks primary tumor growth and angiogenesis in a glioblastoma model. J Thromb Haemost 2009; 7:1855-64. [PMID: 19624457 PMCID: PMC2896491 DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2009.03553.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND The expression levels of the clotting initiator protein Tissue Factor (TF) correlate with vessel density and the histological malignancy grade of glioma patients. Increased procoagulant tonus in high grade tumors (glioblastomas) also indicates a potential role for TF in progression of this disease, and suggests that anticoagulants could be used as adjuvants for its treatment. OBJECTIVES We hypothesized that blocking of TF activity with the tick anticoagulant Ixolaris might interfere with glioblastoma progression. METHODS AND RESULTS TF was identified in U87-MG cells by flow-cytometric and functional assays (extrinsic tenase). In addition, flow-cytometric analysis demonstrated the exposure of phosphatidylserine in the surface of U87-MG cells, which supported the assembly of intrinsic tenase (FIXa/FVIIIa/FX) and prothrombinase (FVa/FXa/prothrombin) complexes, accounting for the production of FXa and thrombin, respectively. Ixolaris effectively blocked the in vitro TF-dependent procoagulant activity of the U87-MG human glioblastoma cell line and attenuated multimolecular coagulation complexes assembly. Notably, Ixolaris inhibited the in vivo tumorigenic potential of U87-MG cells in nude mice, without observable bleeding. This inhibitory effect of Ixolaris on tumor growth was associated with downregulation of VEGF and reduced tumor vascularization. CONCLUSION Our results suggest that Ixolaris might be a promising agent for anti-tumor therapy in humans.
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- T C Carneiro-Lobo
- Instituto de Bioquímica Médica, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Francischetti IMB, Seydel KB, Monteiro RQ, Whitten RO, Erexson CR, Noronha ALL, Ostera GR, Kamiza SB, Molyneux ME, Ward JM, Taylor TE. Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes induce tissue factor expression in endothelial cells and support the assembly of multimolecular coagulation complexes. J Thromb Haemost 2007; 5:155-65. [PMID: 17002660 PMCID: PMC2892312 DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2006.02232.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND Plasmodium falciparum malaria infects 300-500 million people every year, causing 1-2 million deaths annually. Evidence of a coagulation disorder, activation of endothelial cells (EC) and increase in inflammatory cytokines are often present in malaria. OBJECTIVES We have asked whether interaction of parasitized red blood cells (pRBC) with EC induces tissue factor (TF) expression in vitro and in vivo. The role of phosphatidylserine-containing pRBC to support the assembly of blood coagulation complexes was also investigated. RESULTS We demonstrate that mature forms of pRBC induce functional expression of TF by EC in vitro with productive assembly of the extrinsic Xnase complex and initiation of the coagulation cascade. Late-stage pRBC also support the prothrombinase and intrinsic Xnase complex formation in vitro, and may function as activated platelets in the amplification phase of the blood coagulation. Notably, post-mortem brain sections obtained from P. falciparum-infected children who died from cerebral malaria and other causes display a consistent staining for TF in the EC. CONCLUSIONS These findings place TF expression by endothelium and the amplification of the coagulation cascade by pRBC and/or activated platelets as potentially critical steps in the pathogenesis of malaria. Furthermore, it may allow investigators to test other therapeutic alternatives targeting TF or modulators of EC function in the treatment of malaria and/or its complications.
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- I M B Francischetti
- Vector Biology Section, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD 20892-8132, USA.
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Valenzuela JG, Pham VM, Garfield MK, Francischetti IMB, Ribeiro JMC. Toward a description of the sialome of the adult female mosquito Aedes aegypti. Insect Biochem Mol Biol 2002; 32:1101-1122. [PMID: 12213246 DOI: 10.1016/s0965-1748(02)00047-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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To describe the set of mRNA and protein expressed in the salivary glands (sialome) of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, we randomly sequenced a full-length cDNA library of this insect and performed Edman degradation of PVDF-transferred protein bands from salivary homogenates. We found 238 cDNA clusters which contained those coding for 10 of the 11 proteins found by aminoterminal degradation. All six previously described salivary proteins were found in this library. Full-length sequences of 32 novel cDNA sequences are reported, one of which is the product of a transposable element. Among the 31 novel protein sequences are 4 additional members of the D7 protein family; 4 novel members of the antigen 5 family (a protein family not reported in Aedes); a novel serpin; a novel member of the 30-kDa allergen of Ae. Aegypti; a secreted calreticulin; 2 proteins similar to mammalian angiopoietins; adenosine deaminase; purine hydrolase; lysozyme; a C-type lectin; 3 serine proteases, including one with high similarity to Bombyx prophenoloxidase activating enzyme; 2 proteins related to invertebrate immunity; and several sequences that have no significant matches to known proteins. The possible role of these proteins in blood and sugar feeding by the mosquito is discussed.
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- J G Valenzuela
- Medical Entomology Section, Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, 4 Center Drive, Room 4/126, Bethesda, MD 20892-0425, USA
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Valenzuela JG, Charlab R, Gonzalez EC, de Miranda-Santos IKF, Marinotti O, Francischetti IMB, Ribeiro JMC. The D7 family of salivary proteins in blood sucking diptera. Insect Mol Biol 2002; 11:149-155. [PMID: 11966880 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2583.2002.00319.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The D7 subfamily of salivary proteins is widespread in blood sucking Diptera and belongs to the superfamily of pheromone/odourant binding proteins. Although D7 proteins are among the most abundant salivary proteins in adult female mosquitoes and sand flies, their role in blood feeding remains elusive. In the present work we report the sequence of seventeen novel D7 proteins, and propose an evolutionary scenario for the appearance of the several forms of this protein, based on a total of twenty-one sequences from Culex quinquefasciatus, Aedes aegypti, Anopheles gambiae, An. arabiensis, An. stephensi, An. darlingi mosquitoes and Lutzomyia longipalpis and Phlebotomus papatasi sand flies.
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- J G Valenzuela
- Section of Medical Entomology, Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, 4 Center Drive MSC 0425, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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