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CELLULAR & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LETTERS
Volume 20, Issue 2, Pages 177-195Publisher
WALTER DE GRUYTER GMBH
DOI: 10.1515/cmble-2015-0017
Keywords
Human phospholipid scramblase; Low pH; Tryptophan fluorescence; Promoter; Gene expression; CD spectroscopy; Apoptosis assay; c-FOS; Phosphatidylcholine; Phosphatidylserine; Calcium binding
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Human phospholipid scramblase 1 (hPLSCR1) is a Ca2+-dependent protein known to scramble phospholipids in the plasma membrane resulting in loss of membrane asymmetry. It has been reported that hPLSCR1 exhibits Ca2+-independent activity at low pH. However, the conformational changes induced at low pH leading to functional activation are not known. Our results showed that recombinant hPLSCR1 was functionally activated at low pH, which is similar to the behavior of natively extracted hPLSCR1. Tryptophan fluorescence measurements showed a decrease in Ca2+-binding affinity at low pH, although not at pH 5.5. Far and near UV-CD revealed that low pH induced structural changes, with a significant increase in the beta-sheet content of the protein. At the physiological level, decreased hPLSCR1 expression was observed after a period of exposure to low pH. The effect occurred at the promoter level. The expression levels of hPLSCR1 directly correlated with the sensitivity of HEK293 to apoptosis. Based on these results, we conclude that the mechanisms of Ca2+- and pH-induced functional activation of hPLSCR1 are different and that hPLSCR1 expression regulated by low pH could provide insights into the role of hPLSCR1 in cancer progression.
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