scholarly journals Three distinct anti-allergic drugs, amlexanox, cromolyn and tranilast, bind to S100A12 and S100A13 of the S100 protein family

1999 ◽  
Vol 338 (3) ◽  
pp. 583-589 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tsuyoshi SHISHIBORI ◽  
Yuhta OYAMA ◽  
Osamu MATSUSHITA ◽  
Kayoko YAMASHITA ◽  
Hiromi FURUICHI ◽  
...  

To investigate the roles of calcium-binding proteins in degranulation, we used three anti-allergic drugs, amlexanox, cromolyn and tranilast, which inhibit IgE-mediated degranulation of mast cells, as molecular probes in affinity chromatography. All of these drugs, which have different structures but similar function, scarcely bound to calmodulin in bovine lung extract, but bound to the same kinds of calcium-binding proteins, such as the 10-kDa proteins isolated in this study, calcyphosine and annexins I–V. The 10-kDa proteins obtained on three drug-coupled resins and on phenyl-Sepharose were analysed by reversed-phase HPLC. It was found that two characteristic 10-kDa proteins, one polar and one less polar, were bound with all three drugs, although S100A2 (S100L), of the S100 family, was bound with phenyl-Sepharose. The cDNA and deduced amino acid sequence proved our major polar protein to be identical with the calcium-binding protein in bovine amniotic fluid (CAAF1, S100A12). The cDNA and deduced amino acid sequence of the less-polar protein shared 95% homology with human and mouse S100A13. In addition, it was demonstrated that the native S100A12 and recombinant S100A12 and S100A13 bind to immobilized amlexanox. On the basis of these findings, we speculate that the three anti-allergic drugs might inhibit degranulation by binding with S100A12 and S100A13.

Biochemistry ◽  
1986 ◽  
Vol 25 (12) ◽  
pp. 3585-3592 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takashi Takagi ◽  
Kazuhiko Konishi ◽  
Jos A. Cox

Blood ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 79 (8) ◽  
pp. 1907-1915 ◽  
Author(s):  
E Lagasse ◽  
IL Weissman

Abstract MRP8 and MRP14 are two S100-like calcium-binding proteins of unknown function, associated with numbers of human inflammatory disorders. Both molecules have been described as L1 complex, cystic fibrosis antigen, or p8 and p14. We report here the cloning of mouse MRP8 and MRP14 and their pattern of expression during hematopoiesis. Mouse MRP8 and MRP14 proteins share 59% identity with their human counterparts, but they are more divergent than the other members of the S100 protein family. Mouse MRP proteins are coexpressed in fetal myeloid progenitors, where they are detected as early as day 11 of gestation. In fetal liver and yolk sac, MRP+ cell populations increased in number, in association with the development of the myeloid lineage. In adult mouse, we identified MRP8 and MRP14 proteins in immature myeloid cells of the bone marrow, myeloid cells in the splenic red pulp and marginal zone, in addition to monocytes and blood neutrophils. However, MRP expression is lost as cells terminally differentiate into tissue macrophages. In addition, using thioglycollate-induced peritoneal inflammatory exudates, we showed that MRP8 and MRP14 proteins are highly expressed in recruited neutrophils and monocytes.


1994 ◽  
Vol 304 (3) ◽  
pp. 833-841 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y Wu ◽  
J Deford ◽  
R Benjamin ◽  
M G Lee ◽  
L Ruben

The flagellum of Trypanosoma brucei contains calmodulin, and a separate family of antigenically related EF-hand calcium-binding proteins which we call calflagins. The following study evaluates the structure and genomic organization of the calflagin family. Genomic Southern blots indicated that multiple copies of calflagin genes occurred in T. brucei, and that all of these copies were contained in a single 23 kb XhoI-XhoI fragment on chromosomes 15 and 16 mRNAs of 1.2 and 1.6 kb were identified in bloodstream and procyclic life-cycle stages. Genomic fragments of 2.5 and 1.7 kb were cloned that encoded calflagin sequences. The calflagin genes were arranged tandemly along the genomic fragments. Three new members of the calflagin family were sequenced from a cDNA clone and the two genomic clones. Two unrelated families of 3′ flanking sequences were downstream from the calflagin genes. An open reading frame that was unrelated to any calflagin sequence was at the 5′ end of the 2.5 kb genomic fragment. The deduced amino acid sequences of the genomic clones (called Tb-24 and Tb-1.7g) were similar to the previously described Tb-17. Each encoded an approximately 24 kDa protein which contained three EF-hand calcium-binding motifs and one degenerate EF-hand motif. The cDNA encoded a protein (called Tb-44A) which was approximately twice as large as the other calflagins. The large size resulted from a nearly direct repeat of 186 amino acids. In general, variability among the T. brucei calflagins was greater than observed for related proteins from Trypanosoma cruzi. We demonstrate that this variability resulted from amino acid substitutions at the N-terminus, C-terminal extensions, and duplication of internal segments.


Blood ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 79 (8) ◽  
pp. 1907-1915 ◽  
Author(s):  
E Lagasse ◽  
IL Weissman

MRP8 and MRP14 are two S100-like calcium-binding proteins of unknown function, associated with numbers of human inflammatory disorders. Both molecules have been described as L1 complex, cystic fibrosis antigen, or p8 and p14. We report here the cloning of mouse MRP8 and MRP14 and their pattern of expression during hematopoiesis. Mouse MRP8 and MRP14 proteins share 59% identity with their human counterparts, but they are more divergent than the other members of the S100 protein family. Mouse MRP proteins are coexpressed in fetal myeloid progenitors, where they are detected as early as day 11 of gestation. In fetal liver and yolk sac, MRP+ cell populations increased in number, in association with the development of the myeloid lineage. In adult mouse, we identified MRP8 and MRP14 proteins in immature myeloid cells of the bone marrow, myeloid cells in the splenic red pulp and marginal zone, in addition to monocytes and blood neutrophils. However, MRP expression is lost as cells terminally differentiate into tissue macrophages. In addition, using thioglycollate-induced peritoneal inflammatory exudates, we showed that MRP8 and MRP14 proteins are highly expressed in recruited neutrophils and monocytes.


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