Hao Xiafei, Zhu Yanfeng, Zheng Chang, Fu Xuegang, Feng Jiannan, Shen Beifen, Wei Jing
Department of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, Tianjin University, No. 92 Weijin Road, Nankai District, Tianjin, 300072, P.R. China.
Protein Pept Lett. 2016;23(1):17-23. doi: 10.2174/0929866522666151026122347.
B lymphocyte stimulator (BLyS) overexpression is associated with autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and lupus. BLyS antagonists are new effective therapeutic strategies that have been studied extensively. BLyS-binding peptides, BC originated from computer-aided drug design (CADD), 814 selected from the phage display library, as well as the 3-copy of BC (3-BC), were fused with human IgG1 Fc to constitute peptide-Fc fusion proteins, referred as peptibodies. BP-Fc, a peptibody possessing the identical sequence as BC-Fc but a His tag, was also constructed. The biological activities of these peptibodies were assessed by Enzyme-Linked Immuno Sorbent Assay (ELISA). Furthermore, the potential interacting orientations of BP and 814 with BLyS were studied. At 100 μg/ml, BC-Fc, BP-Fc, 814-Fc and 3-BC-Fc could distinctly inhibit 64 %, 50 %, 73 % and 56 % of the interaction of B cell maturation antigen (BCMA) with BLyS respectively. BP-Fc demonstrated 15 % higher binding ratio with BLyS than BC-Fc at 100 μg/ml. However, 814-Fc displayed at least 39 % higher BLyS-binding activity than BP-Fc at different concentrations. The binding capacity of 3-BC-Fc was slightly superior to BC-Fc. In addition, 814 and BP shared the identical domain on the surface of BLyS which involves in binding with BCMA, but owned the detached orientations. The discovery of possible locations of the BLyS-targeted peptides lays the foundation for the development of novel antagonists. Both BP-Fc and 3-BC-Fc fusion proteins could bind to BLyS in a dose-dependent manner and inhibit BLyS biological activity significantly, which might act as candidate agents for autoimmune disease therapy.
B淋巴细胞刺激因子(BLyS)的过表达与类风湿性关节炎和狼疮等自身免疫性疾病相关。BLyS拮抗剂是已被广泛研究的新型有效治疗策略。源自计算机辅助药物设计(CADD)的与BLyS结合的肽BC,从噬菌体展示文库中筛选出的814以及BC的3拷贝(3-BC),与人IgG1 Fc融合以构成肽-Fc融合蛋白,称为肽抗体。还构建了与BC-Fc具有相同序列但带有His标签的肽抗体BP-Fc。通过酶联免疫吸附测定(ELISA)评估这些肽抗体的生物学活性。此外,研究了BP和814与BLyS的潜在相互作用方向。在100μg/ml时,BC-Fc、BP-Fc、814-Fc和3-BC-Fc可分别显著抑制64%、50%、73%和56%的B细胞成熟抗原(BCMA)与BLyS的相互作用。在100μg/ml时,BP-Fc与BLyS的结合率比BC-Fc高15%。然而,在不同浓度下,814-Fc显示出比BP-Fc至少高39%的BLyS结合活性。3-BC-Fc的结合能力略优于BC-Fc。此外,814和BP在BLyS表面与BCMA结合的相同区域,但具有不同的方向。针对BLyS的肽的可能位置的发现为新型拮抗剂 的开发奠定了基础。BP-Fc和3-BC-Fc融合蛋白均可剂量依赖性地结合BLyS并显著抑制BLyS的生物学活性,这可能作为自身免疫性疾病治疗的候选药物。
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