Di Stasi Rossella, De Rosa Lucia, Izzi Guido, D'Andrea Luca Domenico
Istituto di Biostrutture e Bioimmagini, CNR-Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Via Pietro Castellino 111, 80131 Napoli, Italy.
Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche "Giulio Natta", CNR-Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Via Mario Bianco 9, 20131 Milano, Italy.
Molecules. 2024 Jan 20;29(2):521. doi: 10.3390/molecules29020521.
Axl receptor tyrosine kinase and its ligand Gas6 regulate several biological processes and are involved in both the onset and progression of tumor malignancies and autoimmune diseases. Based on its key role in these settings, Axl is considered a promising target for the development of molecules with therapeutic and diagnostic purposes. In this paper, we describe the molecular characterization of the recombinant Ig1 domain of Axl (Ig1 Axl) and its biochemical properties. For the first time, an exhaustive spectroscopic characterization of the recombinant protein through circular dichroism and fluorescence studies is also reported, as well as a binding analysis to its natural ligand Gas6, paving the way for the use of recombinant Ig1 Axl as a bait in drug discovery screening procedures aimed at the identification of novel and specific binders targeting the Axl receptor.
Axl受体酪氨酸激酶及其配体Gas6调节多种生物学过程,参与肿瘤恶性肿瘤和自身免疫性疾病的发生和发展。基于其在这些情况下的关键作用,Axl被认为是开发具有治疗和诊断目的分子的有前景的靶点。在本文中,我们描述了Axl重组Ig1结构域(Ig1 Axl)的分子特征及其生化特性。首次通过圆二色性和荧光研究对重组蛋白进行了详尽的光谱表征,以及对其天然配体Gas6的结合分析,为在旨在鉴定靶向Axl受体的新型特异性结合剂的药物发现筛选程序中使用重组Ig1 Axl作为诱饵铺平了道路。