Transient collagen triple-helix binding to membrane type 1 matrix metalloproteinase : interaction studies and NMR-guided structural docking

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Yingchu Zhao

[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] MT1-MMP (MMP-14) as pericellular collagenase is critically involved in cancer cell invasion through collagen barriers that it degrades. To better understand the structural and mechanistic details underlying collagenolytic activity of MMP-14, a solution NMR approach is used here to investigate interactions between individual MMP-14 catalytic and hemopexin domain and a collagen-I-mimicking Triple-Helical Peptide (THP). In this study, backbone chemical shifts were assigned for isolated MMP-14 catalytic and hemopexin domains. The results from gel-filtration chromatography, DLS and NMR combined suggested that MMP-14 hemopexin domain behaves consistently as a monomer in solution. NMR-monitored THP titration led to identification of a distinct patch centered about blade I at the exit side of the hemopexin domain as a potential THP binding exosite. Mutation of residues from this area impairs triple-helical peptidase activity of MMP-14. Saturation transfer difference NMR suggests rotational averaging around the longitudinal axis of the triple-helical peptide. Additionally, intermolecular distances between the hemopexin domain of MMP-14 (HPX-14) and THP were measured by paramagnetic NMR using TOAC-labeled THP. Structural models of HPX-14/THP calculated based on PRE-measured distance restraints revealed extensive interaction between MMP-14 hemopexin domain and sequences surrounding the cleavage site in the THP, indicating a distinctive arrangement of the catalytic domain and unique collagen binding conformation of MMP-14 during collagenolysis.

2011 ◽  
Vol 301 (3) ◽  
pp. F554-F564 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sierra Delarosa ◽  
Julie Guillemette ◽  
Joan Papillon ◽  
Ying-Shan Han ◽  
Arnold S. Kristof ◽  
...  

The expression and activation of the Ste20-like kinase, SLK, is increased during renal development and recovery from ischemic acute renal failure. SLK promotes apoptosis, and during renal injury and repair, transcriptional induction or posttranscriptional control of SLK may, therefore, regulate cell survival. SLK contains protein interaction (coiled-coil) domains, suggesting that posttranslational homodimerization may also modulate SLK activity. We therefore expressed coiled-coil regions in the C-terminal domain of SLK as fusion proteins and demonstrated their homodimerization. By gel-filtration chromatography, endogenous and heterologously expressed SLK were detected in a macromolecular protein complex. To test the role of homodimerization in kinase activation, we constructed a fusion protein consisting of the SLK catalytic domain (amino acids 1–373) and a modified FK506 binding protein, Fv (Fv-SLK 1–373). Addition of AP20187 (an analog of FK506) enhanced the homodimerization of Fv-SLK 1–373. In an in vitro kinase assay, the dimeric Fv-SLK 1–373 displayed greater kinase activity than the monomeric form. In cells expressing Fv-SLK 1–373, homodimerization increased activation-specific phosphorylation of the proapoptotic kinases, c-Jun N-terminal kinase and p38 kinase. Compared with the monomer, dimeric Fv-SLK 1–373 enhanced the activation of a Bax promoter-luciferase reporter. Finally, expression of Fv-SLK 1–373 induced apoptosis, and the effect was increased by homodimerization. Thus the activity, downstream signaling, and functional effects of SLK are enhanced by dimerization of the kinase domain.


2018 ◽  
Vol 293 (21) ◽  
pp. 8113-8127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Moustafa Sakr ◽  
Xiao-Yan Li ◽  
Farideh Sabeh ◽  
Tamar Y. Feinberg ◽  
John J. G. Tesmer ◽  
...  

Following ENU mutagenesis, a phenodeviant line was generated, termed the “Cartoon mouse,” that exhibits profound defects in growth and development. Cartoon mice harbor a single S466P point mutation in the MT1-MMP hemopexin domain, a 200-amino acid segment that is thought to play a critical role in regulating MT1-MMP collagenolytic activity. Herein, we demonstrate that the MT1-MMPS466P mutation replicates the phenotypic status of Mt1-mmp–null animals as well as the functional characteristics of MT1-MMP−/− cells. However, rather than a loss-of-function mutation acquired as a consequence of defects in MT1-MMP proteolytic activity, the S466P substitution generates a misfolded, temperature-sensitive mutant that is abnormally retained in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). By contrast, the WT hemopexin domain does not play a required role in regulating MT1-MMP trafficking, as a hemopexin domain-deletion mutant is successfully mobilized to the cell surface and displays nearly normal collagenolytic activity. Alternatively, when MT1-MMPS466P–expressing cells are cultured at a permissive temperature of 25 °C that depresses misfolding, the mutant successfully traffics from the ER to the trans-Golgi network (ER → trans-Golgi network), where it undergoes processing to its mature form, mobilizes to the cell surface, and expresses type I collagenolytic activity. Together, these analyses define the Cartoon mouse as an unexpected gain-of-abnormal function mutation, wherein the temperature-sensitive mutant phenocopies MT1-MMP−/− mice as a consequence of eliciting a specific ER → trans-Golgi network trafficking defect.


1981 ◽  
Author(s):  
M E P Switzer ◽  
P A McKee

Thrombin (IIa) both activates and inactivates the procoagulant activity of Factor VIII/von Willebrand Factor (FVIII/vWF). The level of activation increases as the IIa: FVIII/vWF ratio approaches 1:1, suggesting that IIa might bind stoichiometrically to FVIII/vWF either during or after activation. We approached this question by gel filtration and ultracentrifugation studies of FVIII/vWF and l25I-IIa, which activated FVIII/vWF as well as unlabeled IIa. When the mixture of 125I-IIa and FVIII/vWF was chromatographed on 4% agarose a peak of 125I-IIa was eluted with the FVIII/ vWF in the void volume (V0). Similarly, when 125I-IIa was ultracentrifuged with FVIII/vWF, a peak of radioactivity sedimented with the FVIII/vWF protein. 125I-aibumin, used to approximate a control, did not bind to FVIII/vWF. The 125I-IIa-FVIII/vWF complex isolated from the 4% agarose filtration retained ∼50% peptidase activity. The ability to activate additional FVIII/vWF or to clot fibrinogen was <10% of that of free IIa isolated from the same chromatogram. Both the FVIII and vWF moieties appear to be important in binding, since VD protein isolated from the gel filtration of FVIII/vWF on 4% agarose in 0.25 M CaCl2 binds about 24% as much 125I-IIa as native FVIII/vWF. When the isolated 125I-IIa-FVIII/vWF complex was rechromatographed on 4% agarose in 0.15 M NaCl, essentially no dissociation occurred. When these experiments were repeated in 4 M guanidine hydrochloride (GnHCl), ∼30% of the IIa remained bound. When the 125I-IIa-FVIII/vWF complex was isolated from the GnHCl chromatography and analyzed by SDS-PAGE, 58% of the IIa remained bound to the FVIII/vWF before reduction and 43% of the IIa remained bound even after reduction with β-mercaptoethanol for 3 hours at 37°. Thus FVIII/vWF binds at least some of the IIa very tightly. Since FVIII/vWF-bound thrombin is essentially inactive toward macromolecular substrate, binding of thrombin to FVIII/vWF is most likely a mechanism for removing active thrombin from the circulation.


2008 ◽  
Vol 283 (31) ◽  
pp. 21779-21788 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rajagopalan Bhaskaran ◽  
Mark O. Palmier ◽  
Janelle L. Lauer-Fields ◽  
Gregg B. Fields ◽  
Steven R. Van Doren

1989 ◽  
Vol 121 (3) ◽  
pp. 537-544 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Sri Krishna ◽  
A. S. Kanagasabapathy

ABSTRACT An aminopeptidase from monkey (Macaca radiata) liver, inactivating oxytocin in vitro and located predominantly in the lysosomal and microsomal fractions, was purified by chromatography on Bio-Gel HTP, DEAE-Sephacel and nickel ion chelate gel and gel filtration on Sephacryl S300. Absence of binding to nickel ion chelate gel indicated the absence of exposed histidine and thiol residues on the enzyme. The enzyme appeared to be a high molecular weight (Mr 106 000) monomeric protein. It was sensitive to inhibition by metal chelators and was found to be a zinc metalloprotein by atomic absorption spectrophotometry. Divalent metal ions Ni2+ and Co2+, and sulphydryl activators glutathione and 2-mercaptoethanol had activating effects, while 4-chloro mercuribenzoate, amino acids with large hydrophobic side chains and l-cystine, β-lactam antibiotic cloxacillin and peptidase inhibitor amastatin had inhibitory effects on the enzyme activity. The enzyme was most active against S-benzyl l-cysteine 4-nitroanilide substrate. The properties of the enzyme were distinct from those of the well-characterized alanine and leucine aminopeptidases (EC 3.4.11.2 and EC 3.4.11.1 respectively) of liver, and of primate placental cystine aminopeptidases (EC 3.4.11.3). Journal of Endocrinology (1989) 121, 537–544


2021 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kari Gaalswyk ◽  
Zhihong Liu ◽  
Hans J. Vogel ◽  
Justin L. MacCallum

Paramagnetic nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) methods have emerged as powerful tools for structure determination of large, sparsely protonated proteins. However traditional applications face several challenges, including a need for large datasets to offset the sparsity of restraints, the difficulty in accounting for the conformational heterogeneity of the spin-label, and noisy experimental data. Here we propose an integrative approach to structure determination combining sparse paramagnetic NMR with physical modelling to infer approximate protein structural ensembles. We use calmodulin in complex with the smooth muscle myosin light chain kinase peptide as a model system. Despite acquiring data from samples labeled only at the backbone amide positions, we are able to produce an ensemble with an average RMSD of ∼2.8 Å from a reference X-ray crystal structure. Our approach requires only backbone chemical shifts and measurements of the paramagnetic relaxation enhancement and residual dipolar couplings that can be obtained from sparsely labeled samples.


2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (31) ◽  
pp. 6548-6556 ◽  
Author(s):  
David A. Armstrong ◽  
Quentin Kaas ◽  
K. Johan Rosengren

Chemical shifts can be used to predict the conformation of disulfide bonds, greatly improving resolution of solution NMR structures.


Blood ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 112 (8) ◽  
pp. 3217-3226 ◽  
Author(s):  
María Yañez-Mó ◽  
Olga Barreiro ◽  
Pilar Gonzalo ◽  
Alicia Batista ◽  
Diego Megías ◽  
...  

Abstract MT1-MMP plays a key role in endothelial function, as underscored by the angiogenic defects found in MT1-MMP deficient mice. We have studied the molecular interactions that underlie the functional regulation of MT1-MMP. At lateral endothelial cell junctions, MT1-MMP colocalizes with tetraspanin CD151 (Tspan 24) and its associated partner α3β1 integrin. Biochemical and FRET analyses show that MT1-MMP, through its hemopexin domain, associates tightly with CD151, thus forming α3β1 integrin/CD151/MT1-MMP ternary complexes. siRNA knockdown of HUVEC CD151 expression enhanced MT1-MMP-mediated activation of MMP2, and the same activation was seen in ex vivo lung endothelial cells isolated from CD151-deficient mice. However, analysis of collagen degradation in these experimental models revealed a diminished MT1-MMP enzymatic activity in confined areas around the cell periphery. CD151 knockdown affected both MT1-MMP subcellular localization and its inclusion into detergent-resistant membrane domains, and prevented biochemical association of the metalloproteinase with the integrin α3β1. These data provide evidence for a novel regulatory role of tetraspanin microdomains on the collagenolytic activity of MT1-MMP and indicate that CD151 is a key regulator of MT1-MMP in endothelial homeostasis.


1995 ◽  
Vol 309 (1) ◽  
pp. 209-214 ◽  
Author(s):  
A K Carmona ◽  
R Puccia ◽  
M C F Oliveira ◽  
E G Rodrigues ◽  
L Juliano ◽  
...  

An exocellular proteinase activity has been characterized in Paracoccidioides brasiliensis culture filtrates. Chromatographic analysis showed that the activity was eluted from an anion-exchange Resource Q column at 0.08-0.1 M NaCl, and by gel filtration near ovalbumin elution, in a single peak. Purification of the proteinase, however, was hampered by the low protein yield, in contrast to the high peptidase activity. Numerous chromogenic peptidyl p-nitroanilide derivatives and internally quenched fluorescent peptides, flanked by Abz (O-aminobenzoyl) and EDDnp (ethylenediaminedinitrophenyl), were tested as substrates. Cleavage was observed with Abz-MKRLTL-EDDnp, Abz-FRLVR-EDDnp, and Abz-PLGLLGR-EDDnp at Leu-Thr, Leu-Val and Leu-Leu/Leu-Gly bonds respectively as determined by isolation of the corresponding fragments by HPLC. Leucine at P1 seemed to be restrictive for the activity of the exocellular enzyme, but threonine (P'1) and leucine (P'2) in Abz-MKRLTL-EDDnp apparently were not essential. Also, a pair of alanines could substitute for lysine (P3) and arginine (P2) in this substrate, with a decrease in the Km values. The exocellular peptidase activity of P. brasiliensis had an optimum pH of > 9.0 and was irreversibly inhibited by PMSF, mercuric acetate and p-hydroxymercuribenzoate. Inhibition of the mercuriate compounds could be partially reversed by Cys/EDTA. E-64 [trans-epoxysuccinyl-L-leucylamido-(4-guanido)butene] was a weak and reversible inhibitor, whereas EDTA and pepstatin were not inhibitory. These results suggest that P. brasiliensis exocellular enzyme belongs to the subfamily of SH-containing serine proteinases.


1976 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. B. O'Keeffe ◽  
P. F. Fox ◽  
C. Daly

SummaryProteolysis in aseptic, chemically acidified (GDL) cheese and in starter cheese made under controlled bacteriological conditions (i.e. free of non-starter micro-organisms) was measured by gel electrophoresis, the formation of pH 4·6- and 12% TCA-soluble N, gel filtration and the liberation of free amino acids. The results show that rennet was mainly responsible for the level of proteolysis detected by gel electrophoresis, pH 4·6-soluble N and gel filtration i.e. large, medium and small peptides. However, rennet alone was capable of producing only a limited range of free amino acids; only methionine, histidine, glycine, serine and glutamic acid were produced at quantifiable levels (> 0·2 μmoles/g) in GDL cheese; it is suggested that free amino acids in Cheddar cheese are mainly the result of microbial peptidase activity. The levels of free amino acids in the starter cheese were considerably lower than values reported for commercial Cheddar.


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