scholarly journals Mutant Neuroserpin (S49P) That Causes Familial Encephalopathy with Neuroserpin Inclusion Bodies Is a Poor Proteinase Inhibitor and Readily Forms Polymers in Vitro

2002 ◽  
Vol 277 (19) ◽  
pp. 17367-17373 ◽  
Author(s):  
Didier Belorgey ◽  
Damian C. Crowther ◽  
Ravi Mahadeva ◽  
David A. Lomas
Keyword(s):  
Proteinase Inhibitor ◽  
Inclusion Bodies ◽  
Familial Encephalopathy

Hypersensitive mousetraps, α1-antitrypsin deficiency and dementia

2002 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 89-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. A. Lomas ◽  
A. Lourbakos ◽  
S.-A. Cumming ◽  
D. Belorgey
Keyword(s):  
Protein Interaction ◽  
Inclusion Bodies ◽  
Serine Proteinase ◽  
Specific Protein ◽  
Structural Basis ◽  
Protein Protein Interaction ◽  
Antitrypsin Deficiency ◽  
Familial Encephalopathy

α1-Antitrypsin functions as a ‘mousetrap’ to inhibit its target proteinase, neutrophil elastase. The common severe Z deficiency variant (Glu342 → Lys) destabilizes the mousetrap to allow a sequential protein-protein interaction between the reactive-centre loop of one molecule and β-sheet A of another. These loop-sheet polymers accumulate within hepatocytes to form inclusion bodies that are associated with juvenile cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. The lack of circulating protein predisposes the Z α1-antitrypsin homozygote to emphysema. Loop-sheet polymerization is now recognized to underlie deficiency variants of other members of the serine proteinase inhibitor (serpin) superfamily, i.e. antithrombin, C1 esterase inhibitor and α1-anti-chymotrypsin, which are associated with thrombosis, angio-oedema and emphysema respectively. Moreover, we have shown recently that the same process in a neuron-specific protein, neuroserpin, underlies a novel inclusion-body dementia, known as familial encephalopathy with neuroserpin inclusion bodies. Our understanding of the structural basis of polymerization has allowed the development of strategies to prevent the aberrant protein-protein interaction in vitro. This must now be achieved in vivo if we are to treat the associated clinical syndromes.

scholarly journals Embelin as Lead Compound for New Neuroserpin Polymerization Inhibitors

Life ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 111
Author(s):  
Cristina Visentin ◽  
Loana Musso ◽  
Luca Broggini ◽  
Francesca Bonato ◽  
Rosaria Russo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Inclusion Bodies ◽  
Point Mutations ◽  
Lead Compound ◽  
Specific Point ◽  
Familial Encephalopathy ◽  
The Central Nervous System ◽  
The One ◽  
Interaction Surface ◽  
Better Than

Familial encephalopathy with neuroserpin inclusion bodies (FENIB) is a severe and lethal neurodegenerative disease. Upon specific point mutations in the SERPINI1gene-coding for the human protein neuroserpin (NS) the resulting pathologic NS variants polymerize and accumulate within the endoplasmic reticulum of neurons in the central nervous system. To date, embelin (EMB) is the only known inhibitor of NS polymerization in vitro. This molecule is capable of preventing NS polymerization and dissolving preformed polymers. Here, we show that lowering EMB concentration results in increasing size of NS oligomers in vitro. Moreover, we observe that in cells expressing NS, the polymerization of G392E NS is reduced, but this effect is mediated by an increased proteasomal degradation rather than polymerization impairment. For these reasons we designed a systematic chemical evolution of the EMB scaffold aimed to improve its anti-polymerization properties. The effect of EMB analogs against NS polymerization was assessed in vitro. None of the EMB analogs displayed an anti-polymerization activity better than the one reported for EMB, indicating that the EMB–NS interaction surface is very specific and highly optimized. Thus, our results indicate that EMB is, to date, still the best candidate for developing a treatment against NS polymerization.

scholarly journals Characterization of a Dye-Decolorizing Peroxidase from Irpex lacteus Expressed in Escherichia coli: An Enzyme with Wide Substrate Specificity Able to Transform Lignosulfonates

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 325
Author(s):  
Laura Isabel de de Eugenio ◽  
Rosa Peces-Pérez ◽  
Dolores Linde ◽  
Alicia Prieto ◽  
Jorge Barriuso ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Escherichia Coli ◽  
Inclusion Bodies ◽  
Veratryl Alcohol ◽  
Dye Decolorization ◽  
Irpex Lacteus ◽  
Type D ◽  
Lignin Peroxidases

A dye-decolorizing peroxidase (DyP) from Irpex lacteus was cloned and heterologously expressed as inclusion bodies in Escherichia coli. The protein was purified in one chromatographic step after its in vitro activation. It was active on ABTS, 2,6-dimethoxyphenol (DMP), and anthraquinoid and azo dyes as reported for other fungal DyPs, but it was also able to oxidize Mn2+ (as manganese peroxidases and versatile peroxidases) and veratryl alcohol (VA) (as lignin peroxidases and versatile peroxidases). This corroborated that I. lacteus DyPs are the only enzymes able to oxidize high redox potential dyes, VA and Mn+2. Phylogenetic analysis grouped this enzyme with other type D-DyPs from basidiomycetes. In addition to its interest for dye decolorization, the results of the transformation of softwood and hardwood lignosulfonates suggest a putative biological role of this enzyme in the degradation of phenolic lignin.

Cigarette smoking, emphysema, and damage to alpha 1-proteinase inhibitor

1994 ◽  
Vol 266 (6) ◽  
pp. L593-L611 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. D. Evans ◽  
W. A. Pryor
Keyword(s):  
Cigarette Smoke ◽  
Proteinase Inhibitor ◽  
Inflammatory Cells ◽  
Lavage Fluid ◽  
Lung Lavage ◽  
Tissue Destruction ◽  
Phagocytic Cells ◽  
Lung Fluid

The proteinase-antiproteinase theory for the pathogenesis of emphysema proposes that the connective tissue destruction associated with emphysema arises from excessive proteinase activity in the lower respiratory tract. For this reason, the relative activities of neutrophil elastase and alpha 1-proteinase inhibitor (alpha 1-PI) are considered important. Most emphysema is observed in smokers; therefore, alpha 1-PI has been studied as a target for smoke-induced damage. Damage to alpha 1-PI in lung fluid could occur by several mechanisms involving species delivered to the lung by cigarette smoke and/or stimulated inflammatory cells. Oxidative damage to alpha 1-PI has received particular attention, since both cigarette smoke and inflammatory cells are rich sources of oxidants. In this article we review almost two decades of research on mechanistic studies of damage to alpha 1-PI by cigarette smoke and phagocytic cells in vitro, studies emphasizing the importance of elastinolytic activity in the pathogenesis of emphysema in vivo and studies of human lung lavage fluid to detect defects in alpha 1-PI at the molecular and functional levels.

scholarly journals Positive in vitro wound healing effects of functional inclusion bodies of a lipoxygenase from the Mexican axolotl

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Stamm ◽  
Sarah Strauß ◽  
Peter Vogt ◽  
Thomas Scheper ◽  
Iliyana Pepelanova
Keyword(s):  
Wound Healing ◽  
Inclusion Bodies ◽  
Mexican Axolotl ◽  
Functional Inclusion

In Vitro Response of Human Chondrocytes to a Combination of Growth Factors and a Proteinase Inhibitor

Orthopedics ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew A. Pifer ◽  
Leonard K. Kibuule ◽  
Tristan Maerz ◽  
Diane M. Studzinski ◽  
Kevin C. Baker ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Growth Factors ◽  
Proteinase Inhibitor ◽  
Human Chondrocytes ◽  
In Vitro Response

scholarly journals In vivo and in vitro folding of a recombinant metalloenzyme, phosphomannose isomerase

1996 ◽  
Vol 318 (2) ◽  
pp. 437-442 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanda E. I. PROUDFOOT ◽  
Laurence GOFFIN ◽  
Mark A PAYTON ◽  
Timothy N. C. WELLS ◽  
Alain R BERNARD
Keyword(s):  
Inclusion Bodies ◽  
Guanidine Hydrochloride ◽  
Expression Level ◽  
Phosphomannose Isomerase ◽  
Independent Manner ◽  
Body Protein ◽  
Fourfold Increase ◽  
E Coli

Phosphomannose isomerase (PMI) catalyses the interconversion of mannose 6-phosphate and fructose 6-phosphate in prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. The enzyme is a metalloenzyme which contains 1 mol of zinc per mol of enzyme. Heterologous expression of the cDNA coding for the Candida albicans enzyme in the prokaryotic host Escherichia coli results in an expression level of up to 30% of total E. coli protein. Ten percent of recombinant PMI is expressed in the soluble fraction and 90% in inclusion bodies. Inclusion of a high level of zinc in the fermentation medium resulted in a fourfold increase in soluble protein. Co-expression of the bacterial chaperones, GroES and GroEL, resulted in a proportional twofold increase in soluble PMI while causing an overall decrease in the PMI expression level. Folding denatured PMI in vitro required reductant and zinc ions. The yield of renatured protein was increased by folding in the presence of GroEL and DnaK in an ATP-independent manner. The refolding yield of denatured soluble enzyme from a guanidine solution was threefold higher than that of folding monomerized inclusion body protein solubilized in guanidine hydrochloride. This suggests that a proportion of recombinant protein expressed in E. coli inclusion bodies may be irreversibly denatured.

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