Position-specific N- and O-glycosylation of the reactive center loop impacts neutrophil elastase-mediated proteolysis of corticosteroid-binding globulin

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Corticosteroid-binding globulin (CBG) delivers anti-inflammatory cortisol to inflamed tissues through proteolysis of an exposed reactive center loop (RCL) by neutrophil elastase (NE). We previously demonstrated that RCL-localized Asn347-linked N-glycans impact NE proteolysis, but a comprehensive structure-function characterization of the RCL glycosylation is still required to better understand CBG glycobiology. Herein, we first performed RCL-centric glycoprofiling of serum-derived CBG to elucidate the Asn347-glycans and then used molecular dynamics simulations to study their impact on NE proteolysis. Importantly, we also identified O-glycosylation (di/sialyl T) across four RCL sites (Thr338/Thr342/Thr345/Ser350) of serum CBG close to the NE-targeted Val344-Thr345 cleavage site. A restricted N- and O-glycan co-occurrence pattern on the RCL involving exclusively Asn347 and Thr338 glycosylation was experimentally observed and supported in silico by modeling of a CBG-GalNAc-transferase (GalNAc-T) complex with various RCL glycans. GalNAc-T2 and GalNAc-T3 abundantly expressed by liver and gall bladder, respectively, showed in vitro a capacity to transfer GalNAc (Tn) to multiple RCL sites suggesting their involvement in RCL O-glycosylation. Recombinant CBG was then used to determine roles of RCL O-glycosylation through longitudinal NE-centric proteolysis experiments, which demonstrated that both sialoglycans (disialyl T) and asialoglycans (T) decorating Thr345 inhibit NE proteolysis. Synthetic RCL O-glycopeptides expanded on these findings by showing that Thr345-Tn and Thr342-Tn confer strong and moderate protection against NE cleavage, respectively. Molecular dynamics substantiated that short Thr345-linked O-glycans abrogate NE interactions. In conclusion, we report on biologically relevant CBG RCL glycosylation events, which improve our understanding of mechanisms governing cortisol delivery to inflamed tissues.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:300

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The Journal of biological chemistry - 300(2024), 1 vom: 11. Jan., Seite 105519

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Chernykh, Anastasia [VerfasserIn]
Abrahams, Jodie L [VerfasserIn]
Grant, Oliver C [VerfasserIn]
Kambanis, Lucas [VerfasserIn]
Sumer-Bayraktar, Zeynep [VerfasserIn]
Ugonotti, Julian [VerfasserIn]
Kawahara, Rebeca [VerfasserIn]
Corcilius, Leo [VerfasserIn]
Payne, Richard J [VerfasserIn]
Woods, Robert J [VerfasserIn]
Thaysen-Andersen, Morten [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

9010-38-2
Corticosteroid-binding globulin
Cortisol
EC 3.4.21.37
ELANE protein, human
Glycosylation
Hydrocortisone
Journal Article
Leukocyte Elastase
N-glycosylation
Neutrophil elastase
O-glycosylation
Polysaccharides
Proteolysis
Reactive center loop
SERPINA6 protein, human
Transcortin
WI4X0X7BPJ

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Date Completed 07.02.2024

Date Revised 10.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jbc.2023.105519

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM365334758