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Site-directed mutagenesis reveals regions implicated in the stability and fiber formation of human ?3r light chains.

ABSTRACT: Light chain amyloidosis (AL) is a disease that affects vital organs by the fibrillar aggregation of monoclonal light chains. ?3r germ line is significantly implicated in this disease. In this work, we contrasted the thermodynamic stability and aggregation propensity of 3mJL2 (nonamyloidogenic) and 3rJL2 (amyloidogenic) ?3 germ lines. Because of an inherent limitation (extremely low expression), Cys at position 34 of the 3r germ line was replaced by Tyr reaching a good expression yield. A second substitution (W91A) was introduced in 3r to obtain a better template to incorporate additional mutations. Although the single mutant (C34Y) was not fibrillogenic, the second mutation located at CDR3 (W91A) induced fibrillogenesis. We propose, for the first time, that CDR3 (position 91) affects the stability and fiber formation of human ?3r light chains. Using the double mutant (3rJL2/YA) as template, other variants were constructed to evaluate the importance of those substitutions into the stability and aggregation propensity of ?3 light chains. A change in position 7 (P7D) boosted 3rJL2/YA fibrillogenic properties. Modification of position 48 (I48M) partially reverted 3rJL2/YA fibril aggregation. Finally, changes at positions 8 (P8S) or 40 (P40S) completely reverted fibril formation. These results confirm the influential roles of N-terminal region (positions 7 and 8) and the loop 40-60 (positions 40 and 48) on AL. X-ray crystallography revealed that the three-dimensional topology of the single and double ?3r mutants was not significantly altered. This mutagenic approach helped to identify key regions implicated in ?3 AL.

SUBMITTER: Villalba MI

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4317031 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Site-directed mutagenesis reveals regions implicated in the stability and fiber formation of human λ3r light chains.

Villalba Miryam I MI Canul-Tec Juan C JC Luna-Martínez Oscar D OD Sánchez-Alcalá Rosalba R Olamendi-Portugal Timoteo T Rudiño-Piñera Enrique E Rojas Sonia S Sánchez-López Rosana R Fernández-Velasco Daniel A DA Becerril Baltazar B

The Journal of biological chemistry 20141211 5

Light chain amyloidosis (AL) is a disease that affects vital organs by the fibrillar aggregation of monoclonal light chains. λ3r germ line is significantly implicated in this disease. In this work, we contrasted the thermodynamic stability and aggregation propensity of 3mJL2 (nonamyloidogenic) and 3rJL2 (amyloidogenic) λ3 germ lines. Because of an inherent limitation (extremely low expression), Cys at position 34 of the 3r germ line was replaced by Tyr reaching a good expression yield. A second ...[more]

PMID: 25505244

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Site-directed mutagenesis reveals regions implicated in the stability and fiber formation of human ?3r light chains.

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Site-directed mutagenesis reveals regions implicated in the stability and fiber formation of human λ3r light chains.

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