Journal article
Cleavage of high-molecular-weight kininogen by elastase and tryptase is inhibited by ferritin
American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology, Vol.294(3), pp.L505-L515
03/01/2008
DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00347.2007
PMID: 18192590
Abstract
Ferritin is a protein principally known for its role in iron storage. We have previously shown that ferritin can bind high-molecular-weight kininogen (HK). Upon proteolytic cleavage by the protease kallikrein, HK releases the proinflammatory peptide bradykinin (BK) and other biologically active products, such as two-chain high-molecular-weight kininogen, HKa. At inflammatory sites, HK is oxidized, which renders it a poor substrate for kallikrein. However, oxidized HK remains a good substrate for elastase and tryptase, thereby providing an alternative cleavage mechanism for HK during inflammation. Here we report that ferritin can retard the cleavage of both native HK and oxidized HK by elastase and tryptase. Initial rates of cleavage were reduced 45-75% in the presence of ferritin. Ferritin is not a substrate for elastase or tryptase and does not interfere with the ability of either protease to digest a synthetic substrate, suggesting that ferritin may impede HK cleavage through direct interaction with HK. Immunoprecipitation and solid phase binding studies reveal that ferritin and HK bind directly with a K-d of 134 nM. To test whether ferritin regulates HK cleavage in vivo, we used THP-1 cells, a human monocyte/macrophage cell line that has been used to model pulmonary inflammatory cells. We observed that ferritin impedes the cleavage of HK by secretory proteases in stimulated macrophages. Furthermore, ferritin, HK, and elastase are all present in or on alveolar macrophages in a mouse model of pulmonary inflammation. Collectively, these results implicate ferritin in the modulation of HK cleavage at sites of inflammation.
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- Title: Subtitle
- Cleavage of high-molecular-weight kininogen by elastase and tryptase is inhibited by ferritin
- Creators
- Lan G. Coffman - Wake Forest UniversityJulie C. Brown - Wake Forest UniversityDavid A. Johnson - East Tennessee State UniversityNarayanan Parthasarathy - Wake Forest UniversityRalph B. D'Agostino - Wake Forest UniversityMark O. Lively - Wake Forest UniversityXiaoyang Hua - University of North CarolinaStephen L. Tilley - PulmonaryWerner Muller-Esterl - Goethe University FrankfurtMark C. Willingham - Wake Forest UniversityFrank M. Torti - Wake Forest UniversitySuzy V. Torti - Wake Forest University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology, Vol.294(3), pp.L505-L515
- Publisher
- Amer Physiological Soc
- DOI
- 10.1152/ajplung.00347.2007
- PMID
- 18192590
- ISSN
- 1040-0605
- eISSN
- 1522-1504
- Number of pages
- 11
- Grant note
- R15AI045549 / NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases (NIAID) R15-AI-45549 / NIAID NIH HHS; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases (NIAID) R01-DK-71892; R37-DK-42421 / NIDDK NIH HHS; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) R01DK042421 / NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 03/01/2008
- Academic Unit
- Otolaryngology
- Record Identifier
- 9984312250902771
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