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Hardouin P, Velours C, Bou-Nader C, Assrir N, Laalami S, Putzer H, Durand D, Golinelli-Pimpaneau B. Dissociation of the Dimer of the Intrinsically Disordered Domain of RNase Y upon Antibody Binding. Biophys J 2018; 115:2102-2113. [PMID: 30447990 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2018.10.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2018] [Revised: 09/17/2018] [Accepted: 10/17/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Although RNase Y acts as the key enzyme initiating messenger RNA decay in Bacillus subtilis and likely in many other Gram-positive bacteria, its three-dimensional structure remains unknown. An antibody belonging to the rare immunoglobulin G (IgG) 2b λx isotype was raised against a 12-residue conserved peptide from the N-terminal noncatalytic domain of B. subtilis RNase Y (BsRNaseY) that is predicted to be intrinsically disordered. Here, we show that this domain can be produced as a stand-alone protein called Nter-BsRNaseY that undergoes conformational changes between monomeric and dimeric forms. Circular dichroism and size exclusion chromatography coupled with multiangle light scattering or with small angle x-ray scattering indicate that the Nter-BsRNaseY dimer displays an elongated form and a high content of α-helices, in agreement with the existence of a central coiled-coil structure appended with flexible ends, and that the monomeric state of Nter-BsRNaseY is favored upon binding the fragment antigen binding (Fab) of the antibody. The dissociation constants of the IgG/BsRNaseY, IgG/Nter-BsRNaseY, and IgG/peptide complexes indicate that the affinity of the IgG for Nter-BsRNaseY is in the nM range and suggest that the peptide is less accessible in BsRNaseY than in Nter-BsRNaseY. The crystal structure of the Fab in complex with the peptide antigen shows that the peptide adopts an elongated U-shaped conformation in which the unique hydrophobic residue of the peptide, Leu6, is completely buried. The peptide/Fab complex may mimic the interaction of a microdomain of the N-terminal domain of BsRNaseY with one of its cellular partners within the degradosome complex. Altogether, our results suggest that BsRNaseY may become accessible for protein interaction upon dissociation of its N-terminal domain into the monomeric form.
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- Pierre Hardouin
- Laboratoire de Chimie des Processus Biologiques, UMR 8229 CNRS, Collège de France, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris CEDEX 05, France
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell, CEA, CNRS, Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette CEDEX, France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie des Processus Biologiques, UMR 8229 CNRS, Collège de France, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris CEDEX 05, France
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- Structural Chemistry and Biology Team, Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles, CNRS UPR 2301, Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- CNRS UMR8261-Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, Paris, France
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- CNRS UMR8261-Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, Paris, France
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell, CEA, CNRS, Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette CEDEX, France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie des Processus Biologiques, UMR 8229 CNRS, Collège de France, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris CEDEX 05, France.
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Receptor editing is a mechanism of self-tolerance used in newly generated B cells. The expressed heavy (H) or light (L) chain of an autoreactive receptor is replaced by upstream V genes which eliminate or modify autoreactivity. Editing of anti-DNA receptors has been characterized in anti-DNA transgenic mouse models including 3H9, 3H9/56R, and their revertant 3H9GL. Certain L chains, termed editors, rescue anti-DNA B cells by neutralizing or modifying DNA binding of the H chain. This editing mechanism acts on the natural H chain repertoire; endogenous H chains with anti-DNA features are expressed primarily in combination with editor L chains. We ask whether a similar set of L chains exists in the human repertoire, and if so, do they edit H chains with anti-DNA signatures? We compared the protein sequences of mouse editors to all human L chains and found several human L chains similar to mouse editors. These L chains diminish or veto anti-DNA binding when expressed with anti-DNA H chains. The human H chains expressed with these L chains also have relatively high arginine (Arg) content in the H chain complementarity determining region (H3), suggesting that receptor editing plays a role in establishing tolerance to DNA in humans.
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- Olga Kalinina
- Gwen Knapp Center for Lupus and Immunology Research, Department of Pathology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637
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Radic M, Weigert MG, Khan SN, Han J, Kalinina O, Luning Prak ET. Antibodies that bind complex glycosaminoglycans accumulate in the Golgi. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2013; 110:11958-63. [PMID: 23818632 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1308620110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Light (L) chains that edit anti-DNA heavy (H) chains rescue B-cell development by suppressing DNA binding. However, exceptional editor L chains allow B cells to reach splenic compartments even though their B-cell receptors remain autoreactive. Such incompletely edited B cells express multireactive antibodies that accumulate in the Golgi and are released as insoluble, amyloid-like immune complexes. Here, we examine examples of incomplete editing from the analysis of variable to joining (VJ) gene junction of the variable (Vλx) editor L chain. When paired with the anti-DNA heavy chain, VH56R, the Vλx variants yield antibodies with differing specificities, including glycosaminoglycan reactivity. Our results implicate these specificities in the evasion of receptor editing through intracellular sequestration of IgM and the release of insoluble IgM complexes. Our findings can be extrapolated to human L chains and have implications for understanding a latent component of the Ig repertoire that could exert pathogenic and protective functions.
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Klein FAC, Zeder-Lutz G, Cousido-Siah A, Mitschler A, Katz A, Eberling P, Mandel JL, Podjarny A, Trottier Y. Linear and extended: a common polyglutamine conformation recognized by the three antibodies MW1, 1C2 and 3B5H10. Hum Mol Genet 2013; 22:4215-23. [PMID: 23777629 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddt273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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A long-standing pathomechanistic model proposes that the polyglutamine (polyQ)-length-dependent toxicity threshold observed in all polyQ diseases is triggered by a conformational change within the monomer that occurs only above a certain polyQ length. If true, this yet undefined and elusive mutant-specific toxic conformation would constitute a direct therapeutic target. Three anti-polyQ antibodies-MW1, 1C2 and 3B5H10-have been extensively used to probe the conformation of polyQ. The crystal structure of the MW1 epitope reveals a linear, non-pathogenic polyQ. In contrast, although the detailed structure of its epitope is unknown, the 3B5H10 antibody is widely advertised and used as a conformational antibody that recognizes the toxic conformation of expanded polyQ. We solved the crystal structure of the 1C2 antigen-binding domain (1C2-Fab) and performed a direct comparison between the 1C2, MW1 and 3B5H10 structures. The MW1 and 1C2 antibodies have similar sequences and structures, consistent with their binding to short polyQ and their polyQ length-discrimination properties. Unexpectedly, the 3B5H10 antibody also shares striking features with MW1 and 1C2, which prompted us to revisit its binding properties. We show that the 3B5H10 epitope is actually a short, non-pathogenic polyQ. All three antibodies MW1, 1C2 and 3B5H10 interact similarly with polyQ of various lengths, and bind small polyQ epitopes in similar linear and extended conformations. Together with studies published during the recent years, our work argues against the hypothesis that a mutant-specific conformation in monomeric polyQ molecules is the toxic entity responsible for polyQ diseases.
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- Fabrice A C Klein
- Present address: Computational Chemistry and Biology Group-DETEMA, Facultad de Química, UdelaR, Isidoro de María 1620 piso 3, CC1157, Montevideo, Uruguay
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Schoettler N, Ni D, Weigert M. B cell receptor light chain repertoires show signs of selection with differences between groups of healthy individuals and SLE patients. Mol Immunol 2012; 51:273-82. [PMID: 22516082 DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2012.03.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2011] [Revised: 03/01/2012] [Accepted: 03/22/2012] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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We have developed a microarray to study the expression of L-chain V genes (V(L) genes) in healthy and SLE patient peripheral κ- and λ-sorted B cells. In all repertoires tested, one V(L) gene accounts for over 10% of all gene V(L) expression, consistent with positive selection acting on L-chains. While a few V(L) genes were highly expressed in all individuals, most V(L) genes were expressed at different levels. Some V(L) genes (5 out of a total of 78) were not detected. We attribute their absence from the repertoire to negative selection. Positive selection and negative selection were also found in SLE repertoires, but expression of V(L) genes was different; the differences point to less regulation of V(L) gene repertoires in SLE. Our data shows that V(L) gene expression is variable and supports a model where the L-chain repertoire is generated by both positive and negative selection on L-chains.
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Lee JE, Kuehne A, Abelson DM, Fusco ML, Hart MK, Saphire EO. Complex of a protective antibody with its Ebola virus GP peptide epitope: unusual features of a V lambda x light chain. J Mol Biol 2007; 375:202-16. [PMID: 18005986 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.10.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2007] [Revised: 10/09/2007] [Accepted: 10/10/2007] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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13F6-1-2 is a murine monoclonal antibody that recognizes the heavily glycosylated mucin-like domain of the Ebola virus virion-attached glycoprotein (GP) and protects animals against lethal viral challenge. Here we present the crystal structure, at 2.0 A, of 13F6-1-2 in complex with its Ebola virus GP peptide epitope. The GP peptide binds in an extended conformation, anchored primarily by interactions with the heavy chain. Two GP residues, Gln P406 and Arg P409, make extensive side-chain hydrogen bond and electrostatic interactions with the antibody and are likely critical for recognition and affinity. The 13F6-1-2 antibody utilizes a rare V lambda(x) light chain. The three light-chain complementarity-determining regions do not adopt canonical conformations and represent new classes of structures distinct from V kappa and other V lambda light chains. In addition, although V lambda(x) had been thought to confer specificity, all light-chain contacts are mediated through germ-line-encoded residues. This structure of an antibody that protects against the Ebola virus now provides a framework for humanization and development of a postexposure immunotherapeutic.
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- Jeffrey E Lee
- Department of Immunology, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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The chronic graft-versus-host (cGvH) reaction is a model of induced lupus caused by alloreactive CD4(+) T cells from a Bm-12 mouse in a C57BL/6 recipient. We used this cGvH reaction in C57BL/6 anti-DNA H chain transgenic mice, 56R/B6, to understand the structure, specificity, and origin of the induced autoantibodies (auto-Abs). We found anti-DNA Abs that reacted to several different antigens, such as phosphatidylserine, myelin basic protein, thyroglobulin, histone, insulin, cytochrome C, and beta-galactosidase. This polyreactivity was found for Abs from B cells that expressed the 56R H chain transgene with "editor" L chains that did not completely veto autoreactivity. We suggest that such incomplete editing results in polyreactivity and that incompletely edited polyreactive B cells influence the subsequent expression of pathogenic auto-Abs in disease. We also found B cells that coexpress kappa and lambda L chain. These B cells contributed to the autoimmune response and are possibly in the marginal zone of the spleen.
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- Esther J Witsch
- Department of Pathology, Gwen Knapp Center for Lupus and Immunology Research, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
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Receptor editing is performed by replacement of Vkappa genes that contribute to autoreactivity. In addition, the Ckappa locus can be deleted by Vkappa rearrangement to intronic or 3' of Ckappa RS sequences (also referred to as kappa deletion elements). B cells that delete the Ckappa can then express lambda light chains. However, the lambda locus, either of man or mouse, does not allow V gene replacement. Nor does it appear to be deleted. Therefore, editing of autoreactive lambda B cells may require alternative pathways. We have found that in anti-DNA heavy chain transgenic mice (tgs) VH3H9/56R, B cells that express anti-DNA receptors comprised of lambda1 in association with an anti-DNA heavy chain often coexpress a kappa chain that prevents DNA binding. We speculate that such isotypically included cells may have low anti-DNA receptor densities, a feature that may lead to self-tolerance. Here we describe a mechanism of preventing DNA binding by expression of a rarely used member of the Vlambda family, Vlambdax. The lambdax B cells of the tgs also express CD25 and may represent B cells that have exhausted light chain editing possibilities.
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- Yijin Li
- Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, NJ 08544, USA.
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Although immunoglobulin G and free light (L) chains of oligoclonal origin in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) are the most common immunologic abnormalities in multiple sclerosis (MS), it is unknown whether homologous CSF L chain sequences are present in different individuals with MS. Using Southern blotting, a particular kappa (kappa) L chain variable region (V) probe was recently found to hybridize to Vkappa cDNA from CSF B cells from almost one half of the MS patients tested but only 10% of normal or other neurologic disease controls [Zhou, S.-R., Maier, C.C., Mitchell, G.W., LaGanke, C.C., Blalock, J.E., Whitaker, J.N., 1998. A cross-reactive idiotope in cerebrospinal fluid cells in multiple sclerosis: further evidence for the role of myelin basic protein. Neurology 50, 411-417.] Here, we report that this likely results from remarkable sequence similarity in certain Vkappa from CSF B cells from different individuals with MS. The high degree of sequence homology even extended to all three complementarity determining regions (CDR) which in part form an antibody combining site. In addition, marked sequence homology was observed between the light chains from the MS patients and those from certain mouse antibodies against myelin basic protein (MBP). The results establish, in principle, that the same or very similar kappa light chain variable regions can be shared between CSF B lymphocytes from different individuals with MS as well as with certain antibodies against MBP.
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- J E Blalock
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35294-0005, USA.
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Jokiranta TS, Solomon A, Pangburn MK, Zipfel PF, Meri S. Nephritogenic λ Light Chain Dimer: A Unique Human Miniautoantibody Against Complement Factor H. The Journal of Immunology 1999. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.163.8.4590] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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A unique monoclonal Ig λ light chain dimer (protein LOI) was isolated from the serum and urine of a patient with hypocomplementemic membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis. In vitro the λ light chain dimer efficiently activated the alternative pathway of complement (AP). When added to normal human serum, LOI temporarily enhanced AP hemolytic activity, but during a prolonged incubation the hemolytic activity was depleted. Protein LOI was found to bind to factor H, the main regulator molecule of AP. By binding to the short consensus repeat domain 3 of factor H, the dimer LOI blocked one of three interaction sites between H and C3b and thus inhibited the activity of H and induced an uncontrolled activation of the AP. Structural analysis showed that LOI belonged to the Vλ3a subgroup of λ light chains. The variable (V) region of LOI was most closely related to the predicted product of the Vλ3 germline gene Iglv3s2, although it contained several unique residues that in a tertiary homology model structure form an unusual ring of charged residues around a hydrophobic groove in the putative Ag binding site. This site fitted considerably well with a putative binding site in the molecular model of domain 3 of factor H containing a reciprocal ring of charged amino acids around a hydrophobic area. Apparently, functional blocking of factor H by the Ab fragment-like λ light chain dimer had initiated the development of a severe form of membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis. Thus, the λ light chain dimer LOI represents the first described pathogenic miniautoantibody in human disease.
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- T. Sakari Jokiranta
- *Complement Research Unit, Department of Bacteriology and Immunology, Haartman Institute/HD Diagnostics, Helsinki, Finland
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- †Human Immunology and Cancer Program, Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee Medical Center/Graduate School of Medicine, Knoxville, TN 37920
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- ‡Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Health Science Center, Tyler, TX 75710; and
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- §Department of Molecular Biology, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany
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- *Complement Research Unit, Department of Bacteriology and Immunology, Haartman Institute/HD Diagnostics, Helsinki, Finland
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Galin FS, Zhou SR, Whitaker JN, Blalock JE. Preferential association of V lambda x light chains with gamma 2a heavy chains in naturally occurring human myelin basic protein reactive antibodies. J Neuroimmunol 1996; 70:15-20. [PMID: 8862130 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-5728(96)00072-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [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: 02/02/2023]
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Active immunization with myelin basic protein (MBP) induces experimental allergic encephalomyelitis (EAE) in a variety of animal species, including rats and mice. We have previously described the ability of the newly described mouse lambda (lambda) variable (V) region V lambda x, to confer MBP reactivity to an Ab. In this report, we have evaluated the heavy (H) chain isotype distribution of V lambda x-bearing Abs in normal mouse serum. We demonstrate a biased H chain isotype association with V lambda x light (L) chains with a skewing towards gamma 2a and 2b isotypes. The IgG2a restriction in normal mouse Igs is even more evident in V lambda x-containing Abs that bind MBP. This was confirmed by the ability of purified polyclonal IgG2a Abs to bind MBP and the finding that most or all of the IgG2a Abs that bind MBP seem to harbor a V lambda x L chain. The specificity of naturally-occurring V lambda x-bearing Abs with MBP can be localized to a particular epitope encompassing residues 25-34 of the MBP molecule. Furthermore, virtually all of the reactivity of V lambda x-containing Abs with MBP peptide 25-34 is associated with the gamma 2a isotype. Collectively, these results suggest that the interaction of V lambda x with MBP seems to be facilitated by an association with gamma 2a which may reflect preferred VH usage by this isotype. Such unique pairing of particular H chains with V lambda x L chains in Abs that bind MBP may be indicative of a new B-cell component involved in the pathogenesis of EAE.
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- F S Galin
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Alabama at Birmingham 35294, USA
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