Rigid linker peptides improve the stability and anti-inflammation effect of human serum albumin and α-melanocyte-stimulating hormone fusion proteins

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The anti-inflammatory effect of α-melanocyte-stimulating hormone (α-MSH) in the central nervous system (CNS) has been reported for 40 years. However, the short half-life of α-MSH limits its clinical applications. The previous study has shown that a fusion protein comprising protein transduction domain (PTD), human serum albumin (HSA), and α-MSH extends the half-life of α-MSH, but its anti-inflammatory effect is not satisfactory. In this study, optimization of the structures of fusion proteins was attempted by changing the linker peptide between HSA and α-MSH. The optimization resulted in the improvement of various important characteristics, especially the stability and anti-inflammatory bioactivity, which are important features in protein medicines. Compared to the original linker peptide L0, the 5-amino-acid rigid linker peptide L6 (PAPAP) is the best option for further investigation due to its higher expression (increased by 6.27%), improved purification recovery (increased by 60.8%), excellent thermal stability (Tm = 83.5°C) and better inhibition in NF-κB expression (increased by 81.5%). From this study, the significance of the design of linker peptides in the study of structure-activity relationship of fusion proteins was proved.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:19

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Biotechnology journal - 19(2024), 3 vom: 17. März, Seite e2300502

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Liu, Yiyao [VerfasserIn]
Li, Yang [VerfasserIn]
Wei, Xueyan [VerfasserIn]
Ullah, Inam [VerfasserIn]
Uddin, Shahab [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Jiatao [VerfasserIn]
Xia, Runjie [VerfasserIn]
Wang, MeiZhu [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Hui [VerfasserIn]
Li, Hongyu [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

α-MSH
581-05-5
Alpha-MSH
Anti-Inflammatory Agents
CNS inflammation
Fusion protein
HSA
Journal Article
Linker peptide
NF-kappa B
Serum Albumin, Human
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Date Completed 15.03.2024

Date Revised 15.03.2024

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/biot.202300502

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM369697030