Neutrophil Elastase-Regulated Macrophage Sheddome/ Secretome and Phagocytic Failure

Author(s):  
Jonathan Ma ◽  
Apparao B. Kummarapurugu ◽  
Adam Hawkridge ◽  
Shobha Ghosh ◽  
Shuo Zheng ◽  
...  

Patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) have defective macrophage phagocytosis and efferocytosis. Several reports demonstrate that neutrophil elastase (NE) a major inflammatory protease in the CF airway, impairs macrophage phagocytic function. To date, NE-impaired macrophage phagocytic function has been attributed to cleavage of cell surface receptors or opsonins. We applied an unbiased proteomic approach to identify other potential macrophage targets of NE protease activity that may regulate phagocytic function. Using the murine macrophage cell line, RAW 264.7, human blood monocyte derived macrophages, and primary alveolar macrophages from Cftr-null and wild-type littermate mice, we demonstrated that NE exposure blocked phagocytosis of E. coli bio-particles. We performed LC-MS/MS proteomic analysis of the conditioned media from RAW264.7 treated either with active NE or inactive (boiled) NE as a control. Out of 840 proteins identified in the conditioned media, active NE upregulated 142 proteins and down-regulated 211 proteins. NE released not only cell surface proteins into the media but also released cytoskeletal, mitochondrial, cytosolic, and nuclear proteins that were detected in the conditioned media. At least 32 proteins were associated with the process of phagocytosis including 11 phagocytic receptors (including LRP1), 7 proteins associated with phagocytic cup formation, and 14 proteins involved in phagocytic maturation (including calpain-2) and phagolysosome formation. NE had a broad effect on the proteome required for regulation of all stages of phagocytosis and phagolysosome formation. Furthermore, the NE sheddome/ secretome included proteins from other macrophage cellular domains suggesting that NE may globally regulate macrophage structure and function.

2000 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 2643-2655 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lolita Zaliauskiene ◽  
Sunghyun Kang ◽  
Christie G. Brouillette ◽  
Jacob Lebowitz ◽  
Ramin B. Arani ◽  
...  

How recycling receptors are segregated from down-regulated receptors in the endosome is unknown. In previous studies, we demonstrated that substitutions in the transferrin receptor (TR) transmembrane domain (TM) convert the protein from an efficiently recycling receptor to one that is rapidly down regulated. In this study, we demonstrate that the “signal” within the TM necessary and sufficient for down-regulation is Thr11Gln17Thr19 (numbering in TM). Transplantation of these polar residues into the wild-type TR promotes receptor down-regulation that can be demonstrated by changes in protein half-life and in receptor recycling. Surprisingly, this modification dramatically increases the TR internalization rate as well (∼79% increase). Sucrose gradient centrifugation and cross-linking studies reveal that propensity of the receptors to self-associate correlates with down-regulation. Interestingly, a number of cell surface proteins that contain TM polar residues are known to be efficiently down-regulated, whereas recycling receptors for low-density lipoprotein and transferrin conspicuously lack these residues. Our data, therefore, suggest a simple model in which specific residues within the TM sequences dramatically influence the fate of membrane proteins after endocytosis, providing an alternative signal for down-regulation of receptor complexes to the well-characterized cytoplasmic tail targeting signals.


Open Biology ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 180079
Author(s):  
Monika Stegmann ◽  
A. Neil Barclay ◽  
Clive Metcalfe

Communication through cell surface receptors is crucial for maintaining immune homeostasis, coordinating the immune response and pathogen clearance. This is dependent on the interaction of cell surface receptors with their ligands and requires functionally active conformational states. Thus, immune cell function can be controlled by modulating the structure of either the receptor or the ligand. Reductive cleavage of labile disulfide bonds can mediate such an allosteric change, resulting in modulation of the immune system by a hitherto little studied mechanism. Identifying proteins with labile disulfide bonds and determining the extent of reduction is crucial in elucidating the functional result of reduction. We describe a mass spectrometry-based method—thiol identification and quantitation (SH-IQ)—to identify, quantify and monitor such reduction of labile disulfide bonds in primary cells during immune activation. These results provide the first insight into the extent and dynamics of labile disulfide bond reduction in leucocyte cell surface proteins upon immune activation. We show that this process is thiol oxidoreductase-dependent and mainly affects activatory (e.g. CD132, SLAMF1) and adhesion (CD44, ICAM1) molecules, suggesting a mechanism to prevent over-activation of the immune system and excessive accumulation of leucocytes at sites of inflammation.


1997 ◽  
Vol 272 (3) ◽  
pp. L494-L503
Author(s):  
L. Chen ◽  
V. Shick ◽  
M. L. Matter ◽  
S. M. Laurie ◽  
R. C. Ogle ◽  
...  

Cell adhesion to amino acids 2179-2198 (SN-peptide) of the laminin-1 alpha1-chain is required for lung alveolar formation in vitro (M. L. Matter and G. W. Laurie. J. Cell Biol. 124: 1083-1090, 1994). The nature of the SN-peptide receptor(s) was probed with neutralizing anti-integrin monoclonal antibodies (MAb), cells lacking integrin subunits, soluble heparin, and SN-peptide columns. Cell adhesion and spreading studies confirmed the specificity of SN-peptide and revealed adhesion to be unaffected by inclusion of anti-beta1-, anti-alpha(2-6)- or anti-alpha(V)beta5-integrin MAb. Cells lacking beta1- or alpha6-integrin subunits were fully adherent. Adhesion was heparin, but not chondroitin sulfate or heparinase, sensitive, much as is alpha-dystroglycan-laminin-1 binding. Heparin eluted approximately 155- and 180-kDa cell-surface proteins from SN-peptide columns. An additional approximately 91-kDa protein was eluted by EDTA. All were unrecognized by anti-beta1-integrin MAb. SN-peptide therefore interacts with three cell-surface proteins for which the identity remains to be determined.


Cancers ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 1783 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ping-Hsiu Wu ◽  
Abayomi Emmanuel Opadele ◽  
Yasuhito Onodera ◽  
Jin-Min Nam

Due to advancements in nanotechnology, the application of nanosized materials (nanomaterials) in cancer diagnostics and therapeutics has become a leading area in cancer research. The decoration of nanomaterial surfaces with biological ligands is a major strategy for directing the actions of nanomaterials specifically to cancer cells. These ligands can bind to specific receptors on the cell surface and enable nanomaterials to actively target cancer cells. Integrins are one of the cell surface receptors that regulate the communication between cells and their microenvironment. Several integrins are overexpressed in many types of cancer cells and the tumor microvasculature and function in the mediation of various cellular events. Therefore, the surface modification of nanomaterials with integrin-specific ligands not only increases their binding affinity to cancer cells but also enhances the cellular uptake of nanomaterials through the intracellular trafficking of integrins. Moreover, the integrin-specific ligands themselves interfere with cancer migration and invasion by interacting with integrins, and this finding provides a novel direction for new treatment approaches in cancer nanomedicine. This article reviews the integrin-specific ligands that have been used in cancer nanomedicine and provides an overview of the recent progress in cancer diagnostics and therapeutic strategies involving the use of integrin-targeted nanomaterials.


2009 ◽  
Vol 55 (8) ◽  
pp. 967-974 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdellah Benachour ◽  
Thierry Morin ◽  
Laurent Hébert ◽  
Aurélie Budin-Verneuil ◽  
André Le Jeune ◽  
...  

Secreted and surface proteins of bacteria are key molecules that interface the cell with the environment. Some of them, corresponding to virulence factors, have already been described for Enterococcus faecalis , the predominant species involved in enterococcal nosocomial infections. In a global proteomic approach, the identification of the most abundant secreted and surface-associated proteins of E. faecalis JH2-2 strain was carried out. These proteins were separated by gel electrophoresis or directly subjected to in vivo trypsinolysis and then analyzed by liquid chromatography – electrospray ion trap tandem mass spectrometry. Putative functions were assigned by homology to the translated genomic database of E. faecalis. A total of 44 proteins were identified, eight secreted proteins from the supernatant culture and 38 cell surface proteins from two-dimensional gel electrophoresis and in vivo trypsinolysis among which two are common to the two groups. Their sequences analysis revealed that 35 of the 44 proteins harbour characteristic features (signal peptide or transmembrane domains) consistent with an extracellular localization. This study may be considered as an important step to encourage proteomic-based investigations of E. faecalis cell surface associated proteins that could lead to the discovery of virulence factors and to the development of new therapeutic tools.


2020 ◽  
Vol 477 (12) ◽  
pp. 2327-2345 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessandra Casamento ◽  
Emmanuel Boucrot

Endocytosis mediates the cellular uptake of micronutrients and cell surface proteins. Clathrin-mediated endocytosis (CME) is the housekeeping pathway in resting cells but additional Clathrin-independent endocytic (CIE) routes, including Fast Endophilin-Mediated Endocytosis (FEME), internalize specific cargoes and support diverse cellular functions. FEME is part of the Dynamin-dependent subgroup of CIE pathways. Here, we review our current understanding of the molecular mechanism of FEME. Key steps are: (i) priming, (ii) cargo selection, (iii) membrane curvature and carrier formation, (iv) membrane scission and (v) cytosolic transport. All steps are controlled by regulatory mechanisms mediated by phosphoinositides and by kinases such as Src, LRRK2, Cdk5 and GSK3β. A key feature of FEME is that it is not constitutively active but triggered upon the stimulation of selected cell surface receptors by their ligands. In resting cells, there is a priming cycle that concentrates Endophilin into clusters on discrete locations of the plasma membrane. In the absence of receptor activation, the patches quickly abort and new cycles are initiated nearby, constantly priming the plasma membrane for FEME. Upon activation, receptors are swiftly sorted into pre-existing Endophilin clusters, which then bud to form FEME carriers within 10 s. We summarize the hallmarks of FEME and the techniques and assays required to identify it. Next, we review similarities and differences with other CIE pathways and proposed cargoes that may use FEME to enter cells. Finally, we submit pending questions and future milestones and discuss the exciting perspectives that targeting FEME may boost treatments against cancer and neurodegenerative diseases.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marwan G. AbidAlthagafi

The innate immune system is the first shield against foreign attack inside the human body, and it is usually carried out with phagocytosis. An essential macrophage cell surface protein is the Fc receptor which contributes to the engulfment of unknown antigens. One of the important members of Fc receptors is the gamma receptor that binds to the immunoglobulin G (IgG) ligand. Another key receptor in this study is the CD36 receptor, which plays a crucial role in the progression of atherosclerosis, the hardening of arteries, with its ligand oxidized low-density lipoprotein (OxLDL). In this report, protein tyrosine kinase enzymes have been detected in the involvement of receptor complexes with human U937 macrophages, specifically PTK2 and PTK2b genes. Protein tyrosine kinases were known to promote cell migration as a main player in intracellular signal transduction cascades in relation to extracellular stimuli. Cell surface proteins are essential for the immunization of various diseases; yet, the molecular machinery of surface receptors remains unclear. This research primarily examined the dynamic nature of protein tyrosine kinases in an ongoing investigation of macrophage cell surface receptors, particularly the role of Fc γ and CD36 receptors with their ligands IgG and oxLDL coated beads in phagocytosis. Our report demonstrates a novel role of PTK2 and PTK2b functions in relation to U937 CD36-mediated phagocytosis. The Phagocytic efficiency of U937 macrophages was analyzed using laser scanning confocal microscope after silencing the cells with siRNA followed by quantitative counting of phagocytosis. The PF drug FAK inhibitor was also introduced to compare the phagocytic efficiency of siRNA cells.


2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (6) ◽  
pp. e280 ◽  
Author(s):  
Netanel Karbian ◽  
Yael Eshed-Eisenbach ◽  
Adi Tabib ◽  
Hila Hoizman ◽  
B. Paul Morgan ◽  
...  

ObjectiveTo characterize all 4 mutations described for CD59 congenital deficiency.MethodsThe 4 mutations, p.Cys64Tyr, p.Asp24Val, p.Asp24Valfs*, and p.Ala16Alafs*, were described in 13 individuals with CD59 malfunction. All 13 presented with recurrent Guillain-Barré syndrome or chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy, recurrent strokes, and chronic hemolysis. Here, we track the molecular consequences of the 4 mutations and their effects on CD59 expression, localization, glycosylation, degradation, secretion, and function. Mutants were cloned and inserted into plasmids to analyze their expression, localization, and functionality.ResultsImmunolabeling of myc-tagged wild-type (WT) and mutant CD59 proteins revealed cell surface expression of p.Cys64Tyr and p.Asp24Val detected with the myc antibody, but no labeling by anti-CD59 antibodies. In contrast, frameshift mutants p.Asp24Valfs* and p.Ala16Alafs* were detected only intracellularly and did not reach the cell surface. Western blot analysis showed normal glycosylation but mutant-specific secretion patterns. All mutants significantly increased MAC-dependent cell lysis compared with WT. In contrast to CD59 knockout mice previously used to characterize phenotypic effects of CD59 perturbation, all 4 hCD59 mutations generate CD59 proteins that are expressed and may function intracellularly (4) or on the cell membrane (2). None of the 4 CD59 mutants are detected by known anti-CD59 antibodies, including the 2 variants present on the cell membrane. None of the 4 inhibits membrane attack complex (MAC) formation.ConclusionsAll 4 mutants generate nonfunctional CD59, 2 are expressed as cell surface proteins that may function in non–MAC-related interactions and 2 are expressed only intracellularly. Distinct secretion of soluble CD59 may have also a role in disease pathogenesis.


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