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Collectins are collagen-containing C-type (calcium-dependent) lectins which are important pathogen pattern recognising innate immune molecules. Their primary structure is characterised by an N-terminal, triple-helical collagenous region made up of Gly-X-Y repeats, an a-helical coiled-coil trimerising neck region, and a C-terminal C-type lectin or carbohydrate recognition domain (CRD). Further oligomerisation of this primary structure can give rise to more complex and multimeric structures that can be seen under electron microscope. Collectins can be found in serum as well as in a range of tissues at the mucosal surfaces. Mannanbinding lectin can activate the complement system while other members of the collectin family are extremely versatile in recognising a diverse range of pathogens via their CRDs and bring about effector functions designed at the clearance of invading pathogens. These mechanisms include opsonisation, enhancement of phagocytosis, triggering superoxidative burst and nitric oxide production. Collectins can also potentiate the adaptive immune response via antigen presenting cells such as macrophages and dendritic cells through modulation of cytokines and chemokines, thus they can act as a link between innate and adaptive immunity. This chapter describes the structure-function relationships of collectins, their diverse functions, and their interaction with viruses, bacteria, fungi and parasites.
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- Valarmathy Murugaiah
- College of Health and Life Sciences, Brunel University London, London, UB8 3PH, UK
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- College of Health and Life Sciences, Brunel University London, London, UB8 3PH, UK
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- College of Health and Life Sciences, Brunel University London, London, UB8 3PH, UK.
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Barik S, Saini M, Chandra Mohan S, Ramesh D, Gupta PK. Functional characterization of partial recombinant goat conglutinin: Its role as innate immunity marker and use as antigen in sandwich ELISA. Vet Immunol Immunopathol 2019; 220:109987. [PMID: 31790920 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2019.109987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2019] [Revised: 10/25/2019] [Accepted: 11/22/2019] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Conglutinin, a liver synthesized versatile innate immune marker consisting C-type lectin domain belongs to collectin superfamily of proteins. The protein, first detected in bovine serum as soluble pattern recognition receptor (PRR) has wide range of antimicrobial activities. In the present study, open reading frame (ORF) encoding neck and carbohydrate recognition domain (NCRD) of goat conglutinin gene ligated to the vector pRSET-A was expressed in E. coli BL-21(pLys) cells. The 27 kDa recombinant protein (rGCGN) purified by single step Ni+2 -NTA affinity chromatography was found to cross-react with recombinant anti-buffalo conglutinin antibody raised in poultry. Further, it displayed calcium-dependant sugar binding activity towards yeast mannan and calcium-independent binding activity towards LPS. The mannan binding activity of rGCGN was inhibited in the presence of N-acetyl-glucosamine because of higher affinity towards this sugar. The recombinant protein was found to stimulate production of superoxide ions and hydrogen peroxide in goat neutrophils, which are instrumental in stimulating phagocytic activity of cells. When used as antigen in Sandwich ELISA, straight line (Y = 0.299x + 0.067, R2 = 0.997) was observed within the concentration range of 200-1000 ng/100 μl of rGCGN. Using this equation, the native conglutinin concentration in goat sera was estimated to be 0.5-7.5 μg/ml. The results indicated that prokaryotically expressed functionally active rGCGN can be used as antigen to assess native serum conglutinin levels in Sandwich ELISA and as immunomodulator in therapeutic applications to sequester unwanted immune complexes from the circulation.
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- Sasmita Barik
- Division of Biochemistry, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, India.
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- Division of Biochemistry, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, India
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- Division of Biochemistry, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, India
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- Department of Physiology and Biochemistry, Hassan Veterinary College, KVAFSU-Bidar, India
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- Division of Veterinary Biotechnology, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, India
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Ma W, Yang L, He L. Overview of the detection methods for equilibrium dissociation constant KD of drug-receptor interaction. J Pharm Anal 2018; 8:147-152. [PMID: 29922482 PMCID: PMC6004624 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpha.2018.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2018] [Revised: 04/25/2018] [Accepted: 05/04/2018] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Drug-receptor interaction plays an important role in a series of biological effects, such as cell proliferation, immune response, tumor metastasis, and drug delivery. Therefore, the research on drug-receptor interaction is growing rapidly. The equilibrium dissociation constant (KD) is the basic parameter to evaluate the binding property of the drug-receptor. Thus, a variety of analytical methods have been established to determine the KD values, including radioligand binding assay, surface plasmon resonance method, fluorescence energy resonance transfer method, affinity chromatography, and isothermal titration calorimetry. With the invention and innovation of new technology and analysis method, there is a deep exploration and comprehension about drug-receptor interaction. This review discusses the different methods of determining the KD values, and analyzes the applicability and the characteristic of each analytical method. Conclusively, the aim is to provide the guidance for researchers to utilize the most appropriate analytical tool to determine the KD values.
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- School of Pharmacy, Xi’an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, No. 76, Yanta West Street, Xi’an, Shaanxi Province 710061, PR China
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Ho MR, Lou YC, Wei SY, Luo SC, Lin WC, Lyu PC, Chen C. Human RegIV protein adopts a typical C-type lectin fold but binds mannan with two calcium-independent sites. J Mol Biol 2010; 402:682-95. [PMID: 20692269 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2010.07.061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2010] [Revised: 07/30/2010] [Accepted: 07/31/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Human RegIV protein, which contains a sequence motif homologous to calcium-dependent (C-type) lectin-like domain, is highly expressed in mucosa cells of the gastrointestinal tract during pathogen infection and carcinogenesis and may be applied in both diagnosis and treatment of gastric and colon cancers. Here, we provide evidence that, unlike other C-type lectins, human RegIV binds to polysaccharides, mannan, and heparin in the absence of calcium. To elucidate the structural basis for carbohydrate recognition by NMR, we generated the mutant with Pro91 replaced by Ser (hRegIV-P91S) and showed that the structural property and carbohydrate binding ability of hRegIV-P91S are almost identical with those of wild-type protein. The solution structure of hRegIV-P91S was determined, showing that it adopts a typical fold of C-type lectin. Based on the chemical shift perturbations of amide resonances, two calcium-independent mannan-binding sites were proposed. One site is similar to the calcium-independent sugar-binding site on human RegIII and Langerin. Interestingly, the other site is adjacent to the conserved calcium-dependent site at position Ca-2 of typical C-type lectins. Moreover, model-free analysis of (15)N relaxation parameters and simplified Carr-Purcell-Meiboom-Gill relaxation dispersion experiments showed that a slow microsecond-to-millisecond time-scale backbone motion is involved in mannan binding by this site, suggesting a potential role for specific carbohydrate recognition. Our findings shed light on the sugar-binding mode of Reg family proteins, and we postulate that Reg family proteins evolved to bind sugar without calcium to keep the carbohydrate recognition activity under low-pH environments in the gastrointestinal tract.
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- Meng-Ru Ho
- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Nankang, Taipei 115, Taiwan, ROC
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- Thomas Weimar
- a Institut für Chemie, Medizinische Universität zu Lübeck , Ratzeburger Alle 160, D-23538 Lübeck, Germany
- b Biacore AB, Jechtinger Straße 8 , D-79111 Freiburg, Germany
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- a Institut für Chemie, Medizinische Universität zu Lübeck , Ratzeburger Alle 160, D-23538 Lübeck, Germany
- b Biacore AB, Jechtinger Straße 8 , D-79111 Freiburg, Germany
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- a Institut für Chemie, Medizinische Universität zu Lübeck , Ratzeburger Alle 160, D-23538 Lübeck, Germany
- b Biacore AB, Jechtinger Straße 8 , D-79111 Freiburg, Germany
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Pei Y, Yu H, Pei Z, Theurer M, Ammer C, André S, Gabius HJ, Yan M, Ramström O. Photoderivatized polymer thin films at quartz crystal microbalance surfaces: sensors for carbohydrate-protein interactions. Anal Chem 2007; 79:6897-902. [PMID: 17705448 PMCID: PMC4487674 DOI: 10.1021/ac070740r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [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: 12/26/2022]
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Photoderivatized polymer-coated gold surfaces have been developed following a perfluorophenylazide-based double ligation strategy. Gold-plated quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) crystals were initially covalently functionalized with a monolayer of poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG), using photo- or thermolytic nitrene formation and insertion. The polymer surfaces were subsequently used as substrates for photoinsertion of carbohydrate-derivatized photoprobes, yielding different recognition motifs for selective protein binding. The resulting robust and biocompatible sensor surfaces were applied to a flow-through QCM instrument for monitoring lectin-carbohydrate interactions in real time. The results clearly show the predicted lectin selectivity, demonstrating the applicability of the approach.
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- Yuxin Pei
- Department of Chemistry, KTH-Royal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen 30, S-10044 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry, KTH-Royal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen 30, S-10044 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry, KTH-Royal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen 30, S-10044 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry, KTH-Royal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen 30, S-10044 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry, KTH-Royal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen 30, S-10044 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Institute of Physiological Chemistry, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Veterinärstrasse 13, D-80539 Munich, Germany
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Institute of Physiological Chemistry, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Veterinärstrasse 13, D-80539 Munich, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Portland State University, P.O. Box 751, Portland, Oregon 97207-0751
- Corresponding authors. Prof. Olof Ramström, Department of Chemistry, Royal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen 30, S-10044 Stockholm, Sweden. Fax: +46 8 7912333. . Prof. Mingdi Yan, Department of Chemistry, Portland State University, P.O. Box 751, Portland, OR 97207-0751. Fax: 503 7259525.
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- Department of Chemistry, KTH-Royal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen 30, S-10044 Stockholm, Sweden
- Department of Chemistry, Portland State University, P.O. Box 751, Portland, Oregon 97207-0751
- Corresponding authors. Prof. Olof Ramström, Department of Chemistry, Royal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen 30, S-10044 Stockholm, Sweden. Fax: +46 8 7912333. . Prof. Mingdi Yan, Department of Chemistry, Portland State University, P.O. Box 751, Portland, OR 97207-0751. Fax: 503 7259525.
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Arnold JN, Wallis R, Willis AC, Harvey DJ, Royle L, Dwek RA, Rudd PM, Sim RB. Interaction of Mannan Binding Lectin with α2 Macroglobulin via Exposed Oligomannose Glycans. J Biol Chem 2006; 281:6955-63. [PMID: 16407218 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m511432200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [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: 11/06/2022] Open
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The serum collectin mannan-binding lectin (MBL) binds to oligomannose and GlcNAc-terminating glycans present on microorganisms. Using a commercial affinity chromatography resin containing immobilized MBL we screened human and mouse serum for endogenous MBL-binding targets. We isolated the serum protease inhibitor alpha(2) macroglobulin (alpha2M), a heavily glycosylated thiol ester protein (TEP) composed of four identical 180-kDa subunits, each of which has eight N-linked glycosylation sites. alpha2M has previously been reported to interact with MBL; however, the interaction was not characterized. We investigated the mechanism of formation of complexes between alpha2M and MBL and concluded that they form by the direct binding of oligomannose glycans Man(5-7) occupying Asn-846 on alpha2M to the lectin domains (carbohydrate recognition domains) of MBL. The oligomannose glycans are accessible for lectin binding on both active alpha2M (thiol ester intact) and protease-cleaved alpha2M (thiol ester cleaved). We demonstrate that MBL is able to interact with alpha2M in the fluid phase, but the interaction does not inhibit the binding of MBL to mannan-coated surfaces. In addition to alpha2M, two other members of the TEP family, C3 and C4, which also contain oligomannose glycans, were captured from human serum using the MBL resin. MBL binding may be a conserved feature of the TEPs, dating from their ancestral origins. We suggest that the inhibition of proteases on the surface of microorganisms by an ancestral alpha2M-like TEP may generate "arrays" of oligomannose glycans to which MBL or other lectins can bind. Binding would lead to opsonization or activation of enzyme systems such as complement.
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- James N Arnold
- Medical Research Council Immunochemistry Unit and Oxford Glycobiology Institute, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QU, England
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Kobayashi Y, Nakamura H, Sekiguchi T, Takanami R, Murata T, Usui T, Kawagishi H. Analysis of the carbohydrate binding specificity of the mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus lectin by surface plasmon resonance. Anal Biochem 2005; 336:87-93. [PMID: 15582562 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2004.09.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The sugar binding specificity of the mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus lectin (POL) was analyzed by surface plasmon resonance. The lectin was immobilized to a sensor chip, and asialo-bovine submaxillary mucin (asialo-BSM), one of the most potent inhibitors in the hemagglutination inhibition assay, tightly bound to the lectin. The binding specificity of various mono- or oligosaccharides to the lectin was evaluated by the coinjection method. The dissociation of asialo-BSM was promoted by injection of some haptenic saccharides. For the most part, the order of acceleration ability of the sugars to the dissociation in the coinjection experiment agreed with that of the inhibitory potency of each sugar evaluated by the hemagglutination inhibition assay. In conclusion, POL recognized a galactosyl residue, and the specificity was increased by substitution at the C-2 position of the galactosyl residue with a fucosyl or acetylamino group. This method using the coinjection method proved useful in analysis of carbohydrate-lectin binding specificity.
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- Yuka Kobayashi
- Science of Biological Resource, The United Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Gifu University, Yanagido 1-1, Gifu 501-1193, Japan
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Beccati D, Halkes KM, Batema GD, Guillena G, Carvalho de Souza A, van Koten G, Kamerling JP. SPR Studies of Carbohydrate-Protein Interactions: Signal Enhancement of Low-Molecular-Mass Analytes by Organoplatinum(II)-Labeling. Chembiochem 2005; 6:1196-203. [PMID: 15912552 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.200400402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The relatively insensitive surface plasmon resonance (SPR) signal detection of low-molecular-mass analytes that bind with weak affinity to a protein--for example, carbohydrate-lectin binding--is hampering the use of biosensors in interaction studies. In this investigation, low-molecular-mass carbohydrates have been labeled with an organoplatinum(II) complex of the type [PtCl(NCN-R)]. The attachment of this complex increased the SPR response tremendously and allowed the detection of binding events between monosaccharides and lectins at very low analyte concentrations. The platinum atom inside the organoplatinum(II) complex was shown to be essential for the SPR-signal enhancement. The organoplatinum(II) complex did not influence the specificity of the biological interaction, but both the signal enhancement and the different binding character of labeled compounds when compared with unlabeled ones makes the method unsuitable for the direct calculation of biologically relevant kinetic parameters. However, the labeling procedure is expected to be of high relevance for qualitative binding studies and relative affinity ranking of small molecules (not restricted only to carbohydrates) to receptors, a process of immense interest in pharmaceutical research.
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- Daniela Beccati
- Bijvoet Center, Department of Bio-Organic Chemistry, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, 3584 CH Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Crouch E, Tu Y, Briner D, McDonald B, Smith K, Holmskov U, Hartshorn K. Ligand specificity of human surfactant protein D: expression of a mutant trimeric collectin that shows enhanced interactions with influenza A virus. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:17046-56. [PMID: 15711012 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m413932200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [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: 11/06/2022] Open
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Surfactant protein D is a pattern recognition molecule that plays diverse roles in immune regulation and anti-microbial host defense. Its interactions with known ligands are calcium-dependent and involve binding to the trimeric, C-type carbohydrate recognition domain. Surfactant protein D preferentially binds to glucose and related sugars. However, CL-43, a bovine serum lectin, which evolved through duplication of the surfactant protein D gene in ruminants, prefers mannose and mannose-rich polysaccharides. Surfactant protein D is characterized by two relatively conserved motifs at the binding face, along the edges of the shallow carbohydrate-binding groove. For CL-43, sequence alignments demonstrate a basic insertion, Arg-Ala-Lys (RAK), immediately N-terminal to the first motif. We hypothesized that this insertion contributes to the differences in saccharide selectivity and host defense function and compared the activities of recombinant trimeric neck + carbohydrate recognition domains of human surfactant protein D (NCRD) with CL-43 (RCL-43-NCRD) and selected NCRD mutants. Insertion of the CL-43 RAK sequence or a control Ala-Ala-Ala sequence (AAA) into the corresponding position in NCRD increased the efficiency of binding to mannan and changed the inhibitory potencies of competing saccharides to more closely resemble those of CL-43. In addition, RAK resembled CL-43 in its greater capacity to inhibit the infectivity of influenza A virus and to increase uptake of influenza by neutrophils.
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- Erika Crouch
- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA.
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Pei Z, Anderson H, Aastrup T, Ramström O. Study of real-time lectin-carbohydrate interactions on the surface of a quartz crystal microbalance. Biosens Bioelectron 2004; 21:60-6. [PMID: 15967351 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2004.10.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2004] [Revised: 10/11/2004] [Accepted: 10/11/2004] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) biosensor system for lectin-carbohydrate interactions has been developed. Yeast mannan was immobilised on polystyrene-coated quartz crystals, and interactions tested with the lectin concanavalin A (Con A). The biosensor could be easily operated, where mannan immobilisation and all binding analyses were performed in real-time using a flow-through system. The apparent binding constant for yeast mannan to Con A was estimated to be 0.4 microM, well in accordance to reported literature values. In addition, the effective concentration values (EC50-values) for a series of mannose/mannoside ligands, acting as competitors to the mannan/Con A interaction, were determined to range from 0.18 to 5.3 mM, in good correlation with a related enzyme-labelled lectin assay (ELLA) protocol.
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- Zhichao Pei
- KTH-Royal Institute of Technology, Department of Chemistry, Teknikringen 30, S-10044 Stockholm, Sweden
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Hansen S, Holm D, Moeller V, Vitved L, Bendixen C, Skjoedt K, Holmskov U. Genomic and molecular characterization of CL-43 and its proximal promoter. Biochim Biophys Acta 2003; 1625:1-10. [PMID: 12527419 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-4781(02)00531-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Collectins are part of the innate immune system as they bind nonself glycoconjugates on the surface of microorganisms and inhibit infection by direct neutralization, agglutination or opsonization of the invaders. Conglutinin and CL-43 are serum proteins that have only been found and characterized in Bovidae. We have studied molecular and genomic characteristics of CL-43 to identify polymorphisms that might be associated with disease-susceptible phenotypes or other traits in cattle, and to elucidate how the Bovidae may benefit from possessing additional collectins. Screening a bovine cDNA library resulted in the isolation of two plasmid clones that encoded the entire translated sequence of CL-43. The 5'-untranslated end and start point of transcription were identified by 5'-RACE and showed that the mRNA transcript comprises either 1326 or 1241 nucleotides because of alternative splicing. Both transcripts encode a protein of 321 amino acids including a signal peptide of 20 residues. Characterization of two overlapping genomic lambda phage clones showed that the gene comprised seven exons spanning 8.5 kbp. The CL-43 gene, like the conglutinin gene, was mapped to Bos taurus chromosome 28 at q1.8. The CL-43 promoter has 96% identity with the conglutinin promoter recently described by us, and the assignment of potential cis-regulatory elements shows that several hepatic transcription factors may regulate transcription in the acute phase response and in response to metabolic changes.
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- Soren Hansen
- Department of Immunology and Microbiology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense
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Dettmann W, Grandbois M, André S, Benoit M, Wehle AK, Kaltner H, Gabius HJ, Gaub HE. Differences in zero-force and force-driven kinetics of ligand dissociation from beta-galactoside-specific proteins (plant and animal lectins, immunoglobulin G) monitored by plasmon resonance and dynamic single molecule force microscopy. Arch Biochem Biophys 2000; 383:157-70. [PMID: 11185549 DOI: 10.1006/abbi.2000.1993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Protein-carbohydrate interactions are involved in diverse regulatory processes. To help understand the mechanics and kinetics of dissociation of receptor-ligand complexes, we have analyzed the separation of lactose and the N-glycan chains of asialofetuin (ASF) from three lectins and an immunoglobulin G fraction by surface plasmon resonance at zero force and by atomic force microscopy with variations of the external force. While the (AB)2 agglutinins from Ricinus communis (RCA) and Viscum album (VAA) show structural homology, the homodimeric galectin-1 from bovine heart (BHL) has no similarity to the two plant lectins except for sharing this monosaccharide specificity. The beta-galactoside-binding immunoglobulin G (IgG) fraction from human serum provides a further model system with distinct binding-site architecture. The k(off) constants for the two plant agglutinins were independent of the nature of the ligand at 1.1-1.3 x 10(-3) s(-1), whereas the geometry of ligand and binding site presentation affected this parameter for BHL (0.5 x 10(-3) s(-1) for lactose and 1 x 10(-3) s(-1) for ASF) and IgG (1.3 x 10(-3) s(-1) for lactose and 0.55 x 10(-3) s(-1) for ASF). When assessing comparatively the rupture forces at a loading rate of 3 nN/s with lactose as ligand, 34 +/- 6 pN (BHL), 36 +/- 4 pN (IgG), 47 +/- 7 pN (VAA), and 58 +/- 9 pN (RCA) were measured. For the same loading rate the rupture forces for the receptor-ASF interactions were found to be 37 +/- 3 pN (BHL), 43 +/- 5 pN (VAA), 45 +/- 6 pN (IgG), and 65 +/- 9 pN (RCA). The variation of the pulling velocity revealed in all cases a linear dependence between the rupture force and the natural logarithm of the loading rate. Performing probability density and Monte Carlo calculations, the potential barrier widths, which determine the inverse dynamic dependence with the rate of force elevation, increased from 4 A (RCA) and 7 A (VAA and IgG) to 10 A (BHL) for the receptor-lactose interactions. Presenting ASF as ligand potential widths of 4 A for RCA and IgG and 6 A for VAA and BHL were obtained. Since the dissociation kinetics at zero force apparently cannot predict the behavior in force-driven experiments, these results reveal new insights into biological functions. The dissociation kinetics under force helps to explain the difference in the toxic potency of VAA and RCA and points to a function of the galectin in cis-crosslinking and in transient trans-bridging.
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- W Dettmann
- Lehrstuhl für Angewandte Physik, Sektion Physik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany
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Watson BI, Hammerberg B. Identification of a collectin-like protein in pig serum that binds a component in perienteric fluid from Ascaris suum. Comp Immunol Microbiol Infect Dis 2000; 23:113-24. [PMID: 10670700 DOI: 10.1016/s0147-9571(99)00067-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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A collectin-like protein (CLP) of the acute phase protein family that binds the polysaccharides mannan and alpha-1-6 dextran was isolated from the serum of pigs infected with Ascaris suum. A monoclonal antibody generated against this protein and used to characterize the CLP revealed on SDS-PAGE and western blot analysis that the protein had a molecular weight of approximately 48 kDa under reducing conditions and greater than 100 kDa under nonreducing conditions. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) showed that the CLP bound to substances in the perienteric fluid of Ascaris suum (APF). Molecular weight fractionation of APF demonstrated that CLP binds primarily to APF substances of greater than 100 kDa. Binding of CLP to APF was partially blocked by phosphatidylinositol. This is the first report of a porcine CLP and the binding of a CLP to components of the common nematode Ascaris suum.
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- B I Watson
- Department of Microbiology, Pathology, and Parasitology, School of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh 27606, USA
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Haseley SR, Talaga P, Kamerling JP, Vliegenthart JF. Characterization of the carbohydrate binding specificity and kinetic parameters of lectins by using surface plasmon resonance. Anal Biochem 1999; 274:203-10. [PMID: 10527517 DOI: 10.1006/abio.1999.4277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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An accurate, rapid, and sensitive method for characterizing the carbohydrate binding properties of lectins using a BIAcore apparatus and the detection method of surface plasmon resonance is described. As a model study, the sialic acid binding lectins from Sambucus nigra and Maackia amurensis, which are specific for the epitopes Neu5Ac(alpha2-6)Gal and Neu5Ac(alpha2-3)Gal, respectively, were chosen as suitable candidates. Two systems, one for the analysis of oligosaccharides and the other for glycoproteins, were developed after a rigorous analysis and evaluation of such parameters as binding conditions, buffers, and regeneration conditions. The systems take into account nonspecific binding, using the respective denatured lectin as negative blank, and avoid loss of activity: regeneration of the surface using either 10 mM NaOAc (pH 4.3) buffer (oligosaccharide system) or 20 mM HCl (glycoprotein system). The specificity of the lectins is well illustrated, while the kinetics parameters are shown to be sensitive to subtle changes in the recognized epitopes, and to be affected by steric hindrance. Surface plasmon resonance is a suitable technique for the analysis and characterization of lectins.
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- S R Haseley
- Department of Bio-Organic Chemistry, Utrecht University, Utrecht, NL-3508 TB, The Netherlands.
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Mann DA, Kanai M, Maly DJ, Kiessling LL. Probing Low Affinity and Multivalent Interactions with Surface Plasmon Resonance: Ligands for Concanavalin A. J Am Chem Soc 1998. [DOI: 10.1021/ja9818506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 236] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- David A. Mann
- Contribution from the Departments of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706
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- Contribution from the Departments of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706
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- Contribution from the Departments of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706
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- Contribution from the Departments of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706
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- A L Burlingame
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco 94143-0446, USA
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The collectins are oligomeric molecules composed of C-type lectin domains attached to collagen regions via alpha-coiled neck regions. Five members of the collectins have been characterized. Mannan-binding lectin (MBL), conglutinin and collectin-43 (CL-43) are serum proteins produced by the liver. Lung surfactant protein A (SP-A) and lung surfactant protein D (SP-D) are mainly found in the lung, where they are synthesized by alveolar type II cells and secreted to the alveolar surface. The collectins are believed to play an important role in innate immunity. They bind oligosaccharides on the surface of a variety of microbial pathogens. After binding of the collectins to the microbial surface effector mechanisms such as agglutination, neutralizing or opsonization of the microorganisms for phagocytosis are initiated. SP-A and SP-D stimulate chemotaxis of phagocytes and once bound to the phagocytes, the production of oxygen radicals can be induced. In the case of MBL the opsonization can be further enhanced by complement activation via the MBLectin pathway while conglutinin interacts with the complement system by binding to the complement degradation product iC3b. A number of receptors and binding molecules interacting with the collectins are found on the membrane or in association with the membrane of various cells responsible for phagocytosis and clearance of microorganisms. This paper focus on the structural aspects of the collectins and the receptors for collectins.
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- S Hansen
- Dept. of Medical Microbiology, Odense University, Denmark
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Bovine collectin-43 (CL-43), the most recently disclosed member of the collectin group, has been characterized structurally at the protein level by a combination of mass spectrometry and protein sequencing. The molecular mass of reduced CL-43 was determined by the use of mass spectrometry to be 33.6 +/- 0.1 kDa. Furthermore, the mass spectrum showed the presence of a truncated version of the polypeptide, which has also previously been shown by SDS/PAGE and N-terminal sequencing. N-terminal Edman degradation of peptides from a tryptic digestion of native CL-43 verified the published sequence derived from cDNA studies and partial protein sequencing [Lim, B.-L., Willis, A. C., Reid, K. B. M., Lu, J., Lauersen, S. B., Jensenius, J. C. & Holmskov, U. (1994) J. Biol. Chem. 269, 11820-11824] with two exceptions. Using mass spectrometry and N-terminal sequencing, a large number of post-translational modifications were found in the collagen-like region (repetitive Gly-Xaa-Yaa sequence). All proline residues located in the Yaa-position in the collagen-like region were found to be partially hydroxylated while all lysine residues in the Yaa position were fully hydroxylated and glycosylated. The glycosylation was determined as glycosyl-galactosyl O-linked to a hydroxylated lysine residue. Mass spectrometric analysis of a peptic digest of the N-terminal tryptic peptide revealed that the three polypeptide chains were disulphide linked in a rather surprising pattern. The cysteine residues were inter-chain disulphide linked by Cys15 in polypeptide chain 1 to Cys15 in polypeptide chain 2, Cys20 in chain 2 to Cys20 in chain 3 and Cys20 in chain 1 to Cys15 in chain 3. The four cysteine residues at the C terminus were intra-chain disulphide linked, Cys204 to Cys299 and Cys277 to Cys291, as expected for a C-type lectin.
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- A B Rothmann
- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Odense, Denmark
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