Effect of Denaturating Agents on the Structural Alterations and Drug-Binding Capacity of Human and Bovine Serum Albumin

A number of studies have demonstrated the limited efficacy of S. pneumoniae type 3 capsular polysaccharide (CP) in the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine against serotype 3 invasive pneumococcal diseases and carriage. Synthetic oligosaccharides (OSs) may provide an alternative to CPs for development of novel conjugated pneumococcal vaccines and diagnostic test systems. A comparative immunological study of di–, tri–, and tetra–bovine serum albumin (BSA) conjugates was performed. All oligosaccharides conjugated with biotin and immobilized on streptavidin-coated plates stimulated production of IL-1α, IL-2, IL-4, IL-5, IL-10, IFNγ, IL-17A, and TNFα, but not IL-6 and GM-CSF in monocultured mice splenocytes. The tetrasaccharide–biotin conjugate stimulated the highest levels of IL-4, IL-5, IL-10, and IFNγ, which regulate expression of specific immunoglobulin isotypes. The tetra–BSA conjugate adjuvanted with aluminum hydroxide elicited high levels of IgM, IgG1, IgG2a, and IgG2b antibodies (Abs). Anti-CP-induced Abs could only be measured using the biotinylated tetrasaccharide. The tetrasaccharide ligand possessed the highest binding capacity for anti-OS and antibacterial IgG Abs in immune sera. Sera to the tetra–BSA conjugate promoted greater phagocytosis of bacteria by neutrophils and monocytes than the CRM197-CP-antisera. Sera of mice immunized with the tetra–BSA conjugate exhibited the highest titer of anti-CP IgG1 Abs compared with sera of mice inoculated with the same doses of di– and tri–BSA conjugates. Upon intraperitoneal challenge with lethal doses of S. pneumoniae type 3, the tri– and tetra–BSA conjugates protected mice more significantly than the di–BSA conjugate. Therefore, it may be concluded that the tetrasaccharide ligand is an optimal candidate for development of a semi-synthetic vaccine against S. pneumoniae type 3 and diagnostic test systems.

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Increased binding and defective migration across fibronectin of cycling hematopoietic progenitor cells

Blood ◽

10.1182/blood.v99.6.2023 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 99 (6) ◽

pp. 2023-2031 ◽

Cited By ~ 17

Author(s):

Olivier Giet ◽

Dirk R. Van Bockstaele ◽

Ivano Di Stefano ◽

Sandra Huygen ◽

Roland Greimers ◽

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Keyword(s):

Cell Cycle ◽

Bovine Serum Albumin ◽

Serum Albumin ◽

Progenitor Cells ◽

Bovine Serum ◽

Binding Capacity ◽

Hematopoietic Progenitor Cells ◽

Hematopoietic Progenitor ◽

Cd34 Cells ◽

And Migration

Abstract Engraftment of hematopoietic progenitor cells has been shown to decrease during cell cycle transit. We studied cell cycle–associated changes in adhesion and migration of mitotically activated cord blood CD34+ cells. Migration toward medium conditioned by the stromal-derived factor-1–producing cell line MS-5 was studied in bovine serum albumin– and fibronectin (Fn)–coated transwells. Migration was reduced in cycling CD34+ cells and long-term culture-initiating cells (LTC-ICs) compared with their noncycling counterparts across Fn but not across bovine serum albumin. Conversely, Fn binding was higher in cycling CD34+ cells and LTC-ICs compared with noncycling progenitor cells, while adhesion of both subsets to bovine serum albumin was undetectable. The contribution of α4 and α5 integrins in mediating adhesion and migration of activated CD34+ cells onto Fn was analyzed by neutralization experiments. While α4-mediated Fn binding decreased during G2/M, α5 integrin–mediated adhesion increased during transit from G0/G1 to S and G2/M phases. As for migration, the contribution of α4 integrin was similar in all phases, whereas α5-directed migration was lower in G2/M compared with G0/G1and S phases. Defective migration of cycling CD34+ cells was not due to differences in α5 integrin expression. In conclusion, chemotaxis across Fn is less efficient in cycling progenitor cells in correlation with an increased Fn binding capacity. In addition, α4 and α5 integrin functions are independently modulated during cell cycle transit.

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Conductance Changes in Bovine Serum Albumin Caused by Drug-Binding Triggered Structural Transitions

Materials ◽

10.3390/ma12071022 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 12 (7) ◽

pp. 1022 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Jing Yu ◽

Yun Chen ◽

Liqun Xiong ◽

Xiaoyue Zhang ◽

Yue Zheng

Keyword(s):

Secondary Structure ◽

Bovine Serum Albumin ◽

Serum Albumin ◽

Bovine Serum ◽

Cd Spectroscopy ◽

Drug Binding ◽

Molar Ratio ◽

Conductive Atomic Force Microscopy ◽

Protein Secondary Structures ◽

Drug Concentrations

Proteins, due to their binding selectivity, are promising candidates for fabricating nanoscale bio-sensors. However, the influence of structural change on protein conductance caused by specific protein-ligand interactions and disease-induced degeneration still remains unknown. Here, we excavated the relationship between circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy and conductive atomic force microscopy (CAFM) to reveal the effect of the protein secondary structures changes on conductance. The secondary structure of bovine serum albumin (BSA) was altered by the binding of drugs, like amoxicillin (Amox), cephalexin (Cefa), and azithromycin (Azit). The CD spectroscopy shows that the α-helical and β-sheet content of BSA, which varied according to the molar ratio between the drug and BSA, changed by up to 6%. The conductance of BSA monolayers in varying drug concentrations was further characterized via CAFM. We found that BSA conductance has a monotonic relation with α-helical content. Moreover, BSA conductance seems to be in connection with the binding ability of drugs and proteins. This work elucidates that protein conductance variations caused by secondary structure transitions are triggered by drug-binding and indicate that electrical methods are of potential application in protein secondary structure analysis.

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