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Cell Rep ; 42(12): 113528, 2023 12 26.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38041817

RESUMO

Apolipoproteins L1 and L3 (APOLs) are associated at the Golgi with the membrane fission factors phosphatidylinositol 4-kinase-IIIB (PI4KB) and non-muscular myosin 2A. Either APOL1 C-terminal truncation (APOL1Δ) or APOL3 deletion (APOL3-KO [knockout]) reduces PI4KB activity and triggers actomyosin reorganization. We report that APOL3, but not APOL1, controls PI4KB activity through interaction with PI4KB and neuronal calcium sensor-1 or calneuron-1. Both APOLs are present in Golgi-derived autophagy-related protein 9A vesicles, which are involved in PI4KB trafficking. Like APOL3-KO, APOL1Δ induces PI4KB dissociation from APOL3, linked to reduction of mitophagy flux and production of mitochondrial reactive oxygen species. APOL1 and APOL3, respectively, can interact with the mitophagy receptor prohibitin-2 and the mitophagosome membrane fusion factor vesicle-associated membrane protein-8 (VAMP8). While APOL1 conditions PI4KB and APOL3 involvement in mitochondrion fission and mitophagy, APOL3-VAMP8 interaction promotes fusion between mitophagosomal and endolysosomal membranes. We propose that APOL3 controls mitochondrial membrane dynamics through interactions with the fission factor PI4KB and the fusion factor VAMP8.


Assuntos
Apolipoproteína L1 , Membranas Mitocondriais , Apolipoproteína L1/genética , Membranas Mitocondriais/metabolismo , Complexo de Golgi/metabolismo , Mitocôndrias , 1-Fosfatidilinositol 4-Quinase/metabolismo , Apolipoproteínas/genética , Apolipoproteínas/metabolismo , Dinâmica Mitocondrial
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Hepatol Commun ; 7(7)2023 07 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37378627

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: Severe obesity may be accompanied by cognitive dysfunction and NAFLD, but the associations remain unclear. We describe the prevalence and features of cognitive dysfunction and examine the associations between cognitive dysfunction and the presence and severity of NAFLD, and the associations between cognitive dysfunction and signs of other obesity-related comorbidities and neuronal damage. METHODS: A cross-sectional study of patients with a body mass index of 35 kg/m2 underwent evaluation for bariatric surgery. They were screened for adiposity-related comorbidity and underwent a liver biopsy and basic cognitive testing with the Continuous Reaction Time test, the Portosystemic Encephalopathy Syndrome test, and the Stroop Test. A representative subgroup also underwent the Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status (RBANS). The primary study outcome was "cognitive impairment," defined as ≥2 abnormal basic cognitive tests and/or an abnormal RBANS. The Triggering Receptor Expressed on Myeloid Cells 2 (TREM2) served as a biomarker for neuronal damage. RESULTS: We included 180 patients; 72% were women, age 46 ± 12 years, 78% had NAFLD, and 30% with NASH without cirrhosis. 8% were cognitively impaired by the basic tests and 41% by RBANS results. Most impaired were executive and short-time memory functions. There were no associations between cognitive impairment and BMI, NAFLD presence or severity, or metabolic comorbidities. Male sex (OR: 3.67, 95% CI, 1.32-10.27) and using 2 or more psychoactive medications (5.24, 95% CI, 1.34-20.4) were associated with impairment. TREM2 was not associated with cognitive impairment. CONCLUSIONS: Nearly half of this severely obese study cohort exhibited measurable multidomain cognitive impairment. This was not dependent on NAFLD or another adiposity comorbidity.


Assuntos
Disfunção Cognitiva , Hepatopatia Gordurosa não Alcoólica , Humanos , Masculino , Feminino , Adulto , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Hepatopatia Gordurosa não Alcoólica/complicações , Hepatopatia Gordurosa não Alcoólica/epidemiologia , Hepatopatia Gordurosa não Alcoólica/patologia , Prevalência , Estudos Transversais , Fatores de Risco , Obesidade/complicações , Obesidade/epidemiologia , Disfunção Cognitiva/epidemiologia
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JHEP Rep ; 5(2): 100615, 2023 Feb.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36687468

RESUMO

Background & Aims: Histological assessment of liver biopsies is the gold standard for diagnosis of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), the progressive form of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), despite its well-established limitations. Therefore, non-invasive biomarkers that can offer an integrated view of the liver are needed to improve diagnosis and reduce sampling bias. Hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) are central in the development of hepatic fibrosis, a hallmark of NASH. Secreted HSC-specific proteins may, therefore, reflect disease state in the NASH liver and serve as non-invasive diagnostic biomarkers. Methods: We performed RNA-sequencing on liver biopsies from a histologically characterised cohort of obese patients (n = 30, BMI >35 kg/m2) to identify and evaluate HSC-specific genes encoding secreted proteins. Bioinformatics was used to identify potential biomarkers and their expression at single-cell resolution. We validated our findings using single-molecule fluorescence in situ hybridisation (smFISH) and ELISA to detect mRNA in liver tissue and protein levels in plasma, respectively. Results: Hepatic expression of SPARC-related modular calcium-binding protein 2 (SMOC2) was increased in NASH compared to no-NAFLD (p.adj <0.001). Single-cell RNA-sequencing data indicated that SMOC2 was primarily expressed by HSCs, which was validated using smFISH. Finally, plasma SMOC2 was elevated in NASH compared to no-NAFLD (p <0.001), with a predictive accuracy of AUROC 0.88. Conclusions: Increased SMOC2 in plasma appears to reflect HSC activation, a key cellular event associated with NASH progression, and may serve as a non-invasive biomarker of NASH. Impact and implications: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and its progressive form, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), are the most common forms of chronic liver diseases. Currently, liver biopsies are the gold standard for diagnosing NAFLD. Blood-based biomarkers to complement liver biopsies for diagnosis of NAFLD are required. We found that activated hepatic stellate cells, a cell type central to NAFLD pathogenesis, upregulate expression of the secreted protein SPARC-related modular calcium-binding protein 2 (SMOC2). SMOC2 was elevated in blood samples from patients with NASH and may hold promise as a blood-based biomarker for the diagnosis of NAFLD.

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J Periodontol ; 93(9): 1294-1301, 2022 09.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35218227

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: Periodontitis (PD) is classified by Grades A through C according to the risk of further progression, PD Grade C (PD-C) being the most severe progressing form. It is a matter of controversy, whether the disease activity observed in PD-C is due to impaired immune reactivity toward bacteria embedded in biofilms or a hyper-reactive immune response causing tissue damage as a bystander phenomenon. Little is known about the role of complement in this respect. METHODS: Plasma and unstimulated saliva samples were collected from patients with PD-B (n = 34) or -C (n = 27) and healthy controls (HCs) (n = 28). Salivary and plasma levels of total C3, C3c, and C3dg were quantified using sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). RESULTS: Salivary levels of total C3 and C3dg were elevated in PD-B and PD-C patients compared to HCs (both P < 0.05), while the levels of C3c were elevated in PD-C compared to HCs. Plasma levels of C3c were higher in PD-B patients than in HCs (P < 0.05). CONCLUSION: PD-B and PD-C patients show increased complement activation compared to HCs, but no difference was found between the two disease grades. PD-B, but not PD-C, is associated with increased systemic complement activation as assessed by C3c in plasma.


Assuntos
Complemento C3 , Periodontite , Complemento C3/análise , Complemento C3c , Ensaio de Imunoadsorção Enzimática/métodos , Humanos , Saliva/química
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Brain Commun ; 2(1): fcz053, 2020 Jan 03.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32346673

RESUMO

After subarachnoid haemorrhage, prolonged exposure to toxic extracellular haemoglobin occurs in the brain. Here, we investigate the role of haemoglobin neurotoxicity in vivo and its prevention. In humans after subarachnoid haemorrhage, haemoglobin in cerebrospinal fluid was associated with neurofilament light chain, a marker of neuronal damage. Most haemoglobin was not complexed with haptoglobin, an endogenous haemoglobin scavenger present at very low concentration in the brain. Exogenously added haptoglobin bound most uncomplexed haemoglobin, in the first 2 weeks after human subarachnoid haemorrhage, indicating a wide therapeutic window. In mice, the behavioural, vascular, cellular and molecular changes seen after human subarachnoid haemorrhage were recapitulated by modelling a single aspect of subarachnoid haemorrhage: prolonged intrathecal exposure to haemoglobin. Haemoglobin-induced behavioural deficits and astrocytic, microglial and synaptic changes were attenuated by haptoglobin. Haptoglobin treatment did not attenuate large-vessel vasospasm, yet improved clinical outcome by restricting diffusion of haemoglobin into the parenchyma and reducing small-vessel vasospasm. In summary, haemoglobin toxicity is of clinical importance and preventable by haptoglobin, independent of large-vessel vasospasm.

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Cell Rep ; 30(11): 3821-3836.e13, 2020 03 17.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32187552

RESUMO

The C-terminal variants G1 and G2 of apolipoprotein L1 (APOL1) confer human resistance to the sleeping sickness parasite Trypanosoma rhodesiense, but they also increase the risk of kidney disease. APOL1 and APOL3 are death-promoting proteins that are partially associated with the endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi membranes. We report that in podocytes, either APOL1 C-terminal helix truncation (APOL1Δ) or APOL3 deletion (APOL3KO) induces similar actomyosin reorganization linked to the inhibition of phosphatidylinositol-4-phosphate [PI(4)P] synthesis by the Golgi PI(4)-kinase IIIB (PI4KB). Both APOL1 and APOL3 can form K+ channels, but only APOL3 exhibits Ca2+-dependent binding of high affinity to neuronal calcium sensor-1 (NCS-1), promoting NCS-1-PI4KB interaction and stimulating PI4KB activity. Alteration of the APOL1 C-terminal helix triggers APOL1 unfolding and increased binding to APOL3, affecting APOL3-NCS-1 interaction. Since the podocytes of G1 and G2 patients exhibit an APOL1Δ or APOL3KO-like phenotype, APOL1 C-terminal variants may induce kidney disease by preventing APOL3 from activating PI4KB, with consecutive actomyosin reorganization of podocytes.


Assuntos
Actomiosina/metabolismo , Apolipoproteína L1/química , Apolipoproteína L1/genética , Apolipoproteínas L/metabolismo , Nefropatias/metabolismo , Mutação/genética , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Apolipoproteína L1/urina , Cálcio/metabolismo , Linhagem Celular , Retículo Endoplasmático/efeitos dos fármacos , Retículo Endoplasmático/metabolismo , Retículo Endoplasmático/ultraestrutura , Complexo de Golgi/efeitos dos fármacos , Complexo de Golgi/metabolismo , Complexo de Golgi/ultraestrutura , Humanos , Nefropatias/urina , Glomérulos Renais/metabolismo , Glomérulos Renais/patologia , Antígenos de Histocompatibilidade Menor/metabolismo , Proteínas Sensoras de Cálcio Neuronal/metabolismo , Neuropeptídeos/metabolismo , Fenótipo , Fosfatos de Fosfatidilinositol/metabolismo , Fosfotransferases (Aceptor do Grupo Álcool)/metabolismo , Podócitos/efeitos dos fármacos , Podócitos/metabolismo , Podócitos/ultraestrutura , Poli I-C/farmacologia , Canais de Potássio/metabolismo , Ligação Proteica/efeitos dos fármacos , Estrutura Secundária de Proteína
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Int J Nanomedicine ; 14: 2829-2846, 2019.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31114197

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: Vitamin D3 possesses anti-inflammatory and modulatory properties in addition to its role in calcium and phosphate homeostasis. Upon activation, macrophages (M) can initiate and sustain pro-inflammatory cytokine production in inflammatory disorders and play a pathogenic role in certain cancers. PURPOSE: The main purpose of this study was to encapsulate and specifically target calcitriol to macrophages and investigate the anti-inflammatory properties of calcitriol in vitro and in vivo. METHODS: In this study we have designed and developed near-infrared calcitriol PEGylated nanoparticles (PEG-LNP(Cal)) using a microfluidic mixing technique and modified lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) to target the M specific endocytic receptor CD163. We have investigated LNP cellular uptake and anti-inflammatory effect in LPS-induced M in vitro by flow cytometry, confocal microscopy and gene expression analyses. LNP pharmacodynamics, bio-distribution and organ specific LNP accumulation was also investigated in mice in vivo. RESULTS: In vitro, we observed the specific uptake of PEG-LNP(Cal)-hCD163 in human M, which was significantly higher than the non-specific uptake of control PEG-LNP(Cal)-IgG(h) in M. Pretreatment with encapsulated calcitriol was able to attenuate intracellular TNF-expression, and M surface marker HLA-DR expression more efficiently than free calcitriol in LPS-induced M in vitro. Encapsulated calcitriol diminished mRNA gene levels of TNF-, NF-B, MCP-1 and IL-6, while upregulating IL-10. TNF- and IL-6 protein secretion also decreased. In mice, an in vivo pharmacodynamic study of PEG-LNP(Cal) showed a rapid clearance of IgG and CD163 modified LNPs compared to PEG-LNP(Cal). Antibody modified PEG-LNP(Cal) accumulated in the liver, spleen and kidney, whereas unmodified PEG-LNP(Cal) accumulation was only observed in the liver. CONCLUSION: Our results show that calcitriol can be effectively targeted to M. Our data confirms the anti-inflammatory properties of calcitriol and this may be a potential way to deliver high dose bioactive calcitriol to M during inflammation in vivo.


Assuntos
Anti-Inflamatórios/farmacologia , Calcitriol/administração & dosagem , Calcitriol/farmacologia , Lipídeos/química , Macrófagos/metabolismo , Nanopartículas/química , Animais , Anticorpos/metabolismo , Antígenos CD/metabolismo , Antígenos de Diferenciação Mielomonocítica/metabolismo , Calcitriol/farmacocinética , Quimiocinas/metabolismo , Composição de Medicamentos , Regulação da Expressão Gênica/efeitos dos fármacos , Humanos , Inflamação/patologia , Mediadores da Inflamação/metabolismo , Macrófagos/efeitos dos fármacos , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Tamanho da Partícula , RNA Mensageiro/genética , RNA Mensageiro/metabolismo , Receptores de Superfície Celular/metabolismo , Distribuição Tecidual/efeitos dos fármacos
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Cancer Immunol Immunother ; 68(3): 489-502, 2019 Mar.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30637473

RESUMO

Tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) are of major importance in cancer-related immune suppression, and tumor infiltration by CD163pos TAMs is associated with poor outcome in most human cancers. Therefore, therapeutic strategies for reprogramming TAMs from a tumor-supporting (M2-like) phenotype towards a tumoricidal (M1-like) phenotype are of great interest. Activation of the transcription factor STAT3 within the tumor microenvironment is associated with worse prognosis, and STAT3 activation promotes the immunosuppressive phenotype of TAMs. Therefore, we aimed to develop a drug for inhibition of STAT3 specifically within human TAMs by targeting the endocytic CD163 scavenger receptor, which is highly expressed on TAMs. Here, we report the first data on a CD163-targeted STAT3-inhibitory drug consisting of corosolic acid (CA) packaged within long-circulating liposomes (LCLs), which are CD163-targeted by modification with monoclonal anti-CD163 antibodies (αCD163)-CA-LCL-αCD163. We show, that activation of STAT3 (by phosphorylation) was inhibited by CA-LCL-αCD163 specifically within CD163pos cells, with minor effect on CD163neg cells. Furthermore, CA-LCL-αCD163 inhibited STAT3-regulated gene expression of IL-10, and increased expression of TNFα, thus indicating a pro-inflammatory effect of the drug on human macrophages. This M1-like reprogramming at the mRNA level was confirmed by significantly elevated levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines (IFNγ, IL-12, TNFα, IL-2) in the culture medium. Since liposomes are attractive vehicles for novel anti-cancer drugs, and since direct TAM-targeting may decrease adverse effects of systemic inhibition of STAT3, the present results encourage future investigation of CA-LCL-αCD163 in the in vivo setting.


Assuntos
Macrófagos/fisiologia , Monócitos/fisiologia , Receptores de Superfície Celular/antagonistas & inibidores , Fator de Transcrição STAT3/antagonistas & inibidores , Triterpenos/administração & dosagem , Antígenos CD , Antígenos de Diferenciação Mielomonocítica , Células Cultivadas , Citocinas/biossíntese , Composição de Medicamentos , Humanos , Interleucina-10/farmacologia , Lipossomos , Macrófagos/efeitos dos fármacos , Monócitos/efeitos dos fármacos , Triterpenos/toxicidade
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Monoclon Antib Immunodiagn Immunother ; 37(5): 207-211, 2018 Nov.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30362927

RESUMO

Collectin LK (CL-LK) is a recently described collectin complex, which upon binding to microbial glycoconjugates, activates the lectin pathway of the complement system, and thereby contributes to the removal of invading microorganisms. The complex consists of the two collectins; Collectin K1 (kidney 1 alias CL-11) and Collectin L1 (liver 1 alias CL-10). At present, most efforts have been made on the characterization of CL-K1, and little is known about the function of CL-L1 and its association with diseases. Deficiency of either of the two collectins is associated with the developmental syndrome 3MC, whereas increased plasma levels of CL-K1 are associated with disseminated intravascular coagulation. Using CL-LK purified from human plasma as an immunogen, we succeed in generating seven monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) with specificity for CL-L1. All seven mAbs recognize both native and recombinant CL-L1. In addition, four of the mAbs were successful in immunohistochemical detection of CL-L1 in human tissues. To our knowledge, these are the first mAbs specific for human native CL-L1 described in the literature, and we expect them to be of great importance in characterizing the function of CL-L1, as well as for the study of CL-L1's association with disease.


Assuntos
Anticorpos Monoclonais/imunologia , Colectinas/imunologia , Complexos Multiproteicos/imunologia , Animais , Anticorpos Monoclonais/genética , Colectinas/genética , Proteínas do Sistema Complemento/imunologia , Humanos , Lectinas/química , Lectinas/imunologia , Complexos Multiproteicos/genética , Multimerização Proteica/imunologia
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Front Immunol ; 9: 1757, 2018.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30108587

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Collectin liver 1 (CL-L1, alias collectin 10) and collectin kidney 1 (CL-K1, alias collectin 11) are oligomeric pattern recognition molecules associated with the complement system, and mutations in either of their genes may lead to deficiency and developmental defects. The two collectins are reportedly localized and synthesized in the liver, kidneys, and adrenals, and can be found in the circulation as heteromeric complexes (CL-LK), which upon binding to microbial high mannose-like glycoconjugates activates the complement system via the lectin activation pathway. The tissue distribution of homo- vs. heteromeric CL-L1 and -K1 complexes, the mechanism of heteromeric complex formation and in which tissues this occurs, is hitherto incompletely described. We have by immunohistochemistry using monoclonal antibodies addressed the precise cellular localization of the two collectins in the main human tissues. We find that the two collectins have widespread and almost identical tissue distribution with a high expression in epithelial cells in endo-/exocrine secretory tissues and mucosa. There is also accordance between localization of mRNA transcripts and detection of proteins, showing that local synthesis likely is responsible for peripheral localization and eventual formation of the CL-LK complexes. The functional implications of the high expression in endo-/exocrine secretory tissue and mucosa is unknown but might be associated with the activity of MASP-3, which has a similar pattern of expression and is known to potentiate the activity of the alternative complement activation pathway.


Assuntos
Colectinas/genética , Epitélio/metabolismo , Mucosa/metabolismo , Anticorpos Monoclonais/imunologia , Anticorpos Monoclonais/metabolismo , Anticorpos Monoclonais/farmacologia , Colectinas/imunologia , Colectinas/metabolismo , Ativação do Complemento/efeitos dos fármacos , Ativação do Complemento/imunologia , Glândulas Endócrinas/metabolismo , Células Epiteliais/metabolismo , Glândulas Exócrinas/metabolismo , Perfilação da Expressão Gênica/métodos , Humanos , Rim/metabolismo , Fígado/metabolismo , Ligação Proteica
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Mol Ther Methods Clin Dev ; 4: 50-61, 2017 Mar 17.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28344991

RESUMO

Increased consumption of high-caloric carbohydrates contributes substantially to endemic non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in humans, covering a histological spectrum from fatty liver to steatohepatitis. Hypercaloric intake and lipogenetic effects of fructose and endotoxin-driven activation of liver macrophages are suggested to be essential to disease progression. In the present study, we show that a low dose of an anti-CD163-IgG-dexamethasone conjugate targeting the hemoglobin scavenger receptor CD163 in Kupffer cells and other M2-type macrophages has a profound effect on liver inflammatory changes in rats on a high-fructose diet. The diet induced severe non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH)-like changes within a few weeks but the antibody-drug conjugate strongly reduced inflammation, hepatocyte ballooning, fibrosis, and glycogen deposition. Non-conjugated dexamethasone or dexamethasone conjugated to a control IgG did not have this effect but instead exacerbated liver lipid accumulation. The low-dose anti-CD163-IgG-dexamethasone conjugate displayed no apparent systemic side effects. In conclusion, macrophage targeting by antibody-directed anti-inflammatory low-dose glucocorticoid therapy seems to be a promising approach for safe treatment of fructose-induced liver inflammation.

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Antioxid Redox Signal ; 26(14): 814-831, 2017 05 10.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27650279

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SIGNIFICANCE: Haptoglobin (Hp) is an abundant human plasma protein that tightly captures hemoglobin (Hb) during hemolysis. The Hb-Hp complex formation reduces the oxidative properties of heme/Hb and promotes recognition by the macrophage scavenger receptor CD163. This leads to Hb-Hp breakdown and heme catabolism by heme oxygenase and biliverdin reductase. Gene duplications of a part of or the entire Hp gene in the primate evolution have led to variant Hp gene products that collectively may be designated "the haptoglobins (Hps)" as they all bind Hb. These variant products include the human-specific multimeric Hp phenotypes in individuals, which are hetero- or homozygous for an Hp2 gene allele. The Hp-related protein (Hpr) is another Hp duplication product in humans and other primates. Alternative functions of the variant Hps are indicated by numerous reports on association between Hp phenotypes and disease as well as the elucidation of a specific role of Hpr in the innate immune defense. Recent Advances: Recent functional and structural information on Hp and receptor systems for Hb removal now provides insight on how Hp carries out essential functions such as the Hb detoxification/removal, and how Hpr, by acting as an Hp-lookalike, can sneak a lethal toxin into trypanosome parasites that cause mammalian sleeping sickness. Critical Issues and Future Directions: The new structural insight may facilitate ongoing attempts of developing Hp derivatives for prevention of Hb toxicity in hemolytic diseases such as sickle cell disease and other hemoglobinopathies. Furthermore, the new structural knowledge may help identifying yet unknown functions based on other disease-relevant biological interactions involving Hps. Antioxid. Redox Signal. 26, 814-831.


Assuntos
Haptoglobinas/metabolismo , Animais , Haptoglobinas/química , Haptoglobinas/genética , Humanos
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Mol Ther ; 20(8): 1550-8, 2012 Aug.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22643864

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Synthetic glucocorticoids are potent anti-inflammatory drugs but serious side effects such as bone mobilization, muscle mass loss, immunosuppression, and metabolic alterations make glucocorticoid therapy a difficult balance. The therapeutic anti-inflammatory effect of glucocorticoids relies largely on the suppressed release of tumor-necrosis factor-α and other cytokines by macrophages at the sites of inflammation. We have now developed a new biodegradable anti-CD163 antibody-drug conjugate that specifically targets the glucocorticoid, dexamethasone to the hemoglobin scavenger receptor CD163 in macrophages. The conjugate, that in average contains four dexamethasone molecules per antibody, exhibits retained high functional affinity for CD163. In vitro studies in rat macrophages and in vivo studies of Lewis rats showed a strong anti-inflammatory effect of the conjugate measured as reduced lipopolysaccharide-induced secretion of tumor-necrosis factor-α. The in vivo potency of conjugated dexamethasone was about 50-fold that of nonconjugated dexamethasone. In contrast to a strong systemic effect of nonconjugated dexamethasone, the equipotent dose of the conjugate had no such effect, measured as thymus lymphocytes apoptosis, body weight loss, and suppression of endogenous cortisol levels. In conclusion, the study shows antibody-drug conjugates as a future approach in anti-inflammatory macrophage-directed therapy. Furthermore, the data demonstrate CD163 as an excellent macrophage target for anti-inflammatory drug delivery.


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Anti-Inflamatórios/química , Anti-Inflamatórios/uso terapêutico , Dexametasona/química , Dexametasona/uso terapêutico , Inflamação/tratamento farmacológico , Macrófagos/efeitos dos fármacos , Macrófagos/metabolismo , Receptores de Superfície Celular/antagonistas & inibidores , Animais , Anti-Inflamatórios/síntese química , Anticorpos/química , Anticorpos/uso terapêutico , Antígenos CD/metabolismo , Antígenos de Diferenciação Mielomonocítica/metabolismo , Western Blotting , Células CHO , Células Cultivadas , Cricetinae , Feminino , Citometria de Fluxo , Inflamação/induzido quimicamente , Lipopolissacarídeos/toxicidade , Ratos , Receptores de Superfície Celular/metabolismo
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J Biol Chem ; 279(49): 51561-7, 2004 Dec 03.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15448162

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CD163 is the macrophage receptor for endocytosis of haptoglobin.hemoglobin complexes. The extracellular region consisting of nine scavenger receptor cysteine rich (SRCR) domains also circulates in plasma as a soluble protein. By ligand binding analysis of a broad spectrum of soluble CD163 truncation variants, the amino-terminal third of the SRCR region was shown to be crucial for the binding of haptoglobin.hemoglobin complexes. By Western blotting of the CD163 variants, a panel of ten monoclonal antibodies was mapped to SRCR domains 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, and 9, respectively. Only the two antibodies binding to SRCR domain 3 exhibited effective inhibition of ligand binding. Furthermore, analysis of purified native CD163 revealed that proteolytic cleavage in SRCR domain 3 inactivates ligand binding. Calcium protects against cleavage in this domain. Analysis of the calcium sensitivity of ligand binding to CD163 demonstrated that optimal ligand binding requires physiological plasma calcium concentrations, and an immediate ligand release occurs at the low calcium concentrations measured in acidifying endosomes. In conclusion, SRCR domain 3 of CD163 is an exposed domain and a critical determinant for the calcium-sensitive coupling of haptoglobin.hemoglobin complexes.


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Antígenos CD/química , Antígenos de Diferenciação Mielomonocítica/química , Haptoglobinas/química , Hemoglobinas/química , Receptores de Superfície Celular/química , Animais , Anticorpos Monoclonais/química , Western Blotting , Células CHO , Cálcio/química , Cricetinae , Meios de Cultivo Condicionados/farmacologia , Cisteína/química , Detergentes/farmacologia , Eritrócitos/metabolismo , Humanos , Concentração de Íons de Hidrogênio , Ligantes , Modelos Biológicos , Ligação Proteica , Estrutura Terciária de Proteína , Proteínas Recombinantes/química , Baço/metabolismo , Ressonância de Plasmônio de Superfície , Temperatura , Fatores de Tempo , Transfecção
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Biochemistry ; 43(27): 8636-43, 2004 Jul 13.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15236571

RESUMO

Tetranectin is a homotrimeric protein containing a C-type lectin-like domain. This domain (TN3) can bind calcium, but in the absence of calcium, the domain binds a number of kringle-type protein ligands. Two of the calcium-coordinating residues are also critical for binding plasminogen kringle 4 (K4). The structure of the calcium free-form of TN3 (apoTN3) has been determined by NMR. Compared to the structure of the calcium-bound form of TN3 (holoTN3), the core region of secondary structural elements is conserved, while large displacements occur in the loops involved in calcium or K4 binding. A conserved proline, which was found to be in the cis conformation in holoTN3, is in apoTN3 predominantly in the trans conformation. Backbone dynamics indicate that, in apoTN3 especially, two of the three calcium-binding loops and two of the three K4-binding residues exhibit increased flexibility, whereas no such flexibility is observed in holoTN3. In the 20 best nuclear magnetic resonance structures of apoTN3, the residues critical for K4 binding span a large conformational space. Together with the relaxation data, this indicates that the K4-ligand-binding site in apoTN3 is not preformed.


Assuntos
Cálcio/metabolismo , Kringles/fisiologia , Lectinas Tipo C/química , Lectinas Tipo C/metabolismo , Plasminogênio/metabolismo , Apoproteínas/metabolismo , Modelos Moleculares , Ressonância Magnética Nuclear Biomolecular , Prolina/química , Prolina/metabolismo , Ligação Proteica , Estrutura Terciária de Proteína
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J Biomed Biotechnol ; 2004(2): 73-78, 2004.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15240916

RESUMO

Tetranectin is a plasminogen kringle 4 domain-binding protein present in plasma and various tissue locations. Decreased plasma tetranectin or increased tetranectin in stroma of cancers correlates with cancer progression and adverse prognosis. A possible mechanism through which tetranectin could influence cancer progression is by altering activities of plasminogen or the plasminogen fragment, angiostatin. Tetranectin was found to bind to the kringle 1-4 form of angiostatin (AST $;{\text{K1-4}}$ ). In addition, tetranectin inhibited binding of plasminogen or AST $;{\text{K1-4}}$ to extracellular matrix (ECM) deposited by endothelial cells. Finally, tetranectin partially counteracted the ability of AST $;{\text{K1-4}}$ to inhibit proliferation of endothelial cells. This latter effect of tetranectin was specific for AST $;{\text{K1-4}}$ since it did not counteract the antiproliferative activities of the kringle 1-3 form of angiostatin (AST $;{\text{K1-3}}$ ) or endostatin. These findings suggest that tetranectin may modulate angiogenesis through interactions with AST.

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Biol Chem ; 383(11): 1743-50, 2002 Nov.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-12530539

RESUMO

Lipoprotein(a) is composed of low density lipoprotein and apolipoprotein(a). Apolipoprotein(a) has evolved from plasminogen and contains 10 different plasminogen kringle 4 homologous domains [KIV(1-110)]. Previous studies indicated that lipoprotein(a) non-covalently binds the N-terminal region of lipoprotein B100 and the plasminogen kringle 4 binding plasma protein tetranectin. In this study recombinant KIV(2), KIV(7) and KIV(10) derived from apolipoprotein(a) were produced in E. coli and the binding to tetranectin and low density lipoprotein was examined. Only KIV(10) bound to tetranectin and binding was similar to that of plasminogen kringle 4 to tetranectin. Only KIV(7) bound to LDL. In order to identify the residues responsible for the difference in specificity between KIV(7) and KIV(10), a number of surface-exposed residues located around the lysine binding clefts were exchanged. Ligand binding analysis of these derivatives showed that Y62, and to a minor extent W32 and E56, of KIV(7) are important for LDL binding to KIV(7), whereas R32 and D56 of KIV(10) are required for tetranectin binding of KIV(10).


Assuntos
Apolipoproteínas A/química , Kringles/genética , Lectinas Tipo C/química , Lipoproteínas LDL/química , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Animais , Apolipoproteínas A/biossíntese , Apolipoproteínas A/genética , Cromatografia de Afinidade , Cromatografia em Agarose , Eletroforese em Gel de Poliacrilamida , Vetores Genéticos , Lectinas Tipo C/biossíntese , Lipoproteínas LDL/biossíntese , Lisina/metabolismo , Modelos Moleculares , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Mutação/genética , Ligação Proteica , Dobramento de Proteína , Receptores de Aminoácido/química , Suínos , Termodinâmica
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