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BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL
Volume 392, Issue -, Pages 703-712Publisher
PORTLAND PRESS LTD
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20050907
Keywords
6-aminohexanoic acid; angiostatin; conformation; neutrophil elastase; N-terminal peptide; plasminogen
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- NEI NIH HHS [P30 EY001931, R01 EY012731, P30-EY-01931, R01-EY12731] Funding Source: Medline
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The overall conformation of plasminogen depends upon the presence of anions and molecules such as AHA (6-aminohexanoic acid) and BZ (benzamidine). The purpose of the present study was to determine the effect of conformation on the initial and secondary cleavages of plasminogen to generate active angiostatins. Plasminogen was digested with the physiologically relevant neutrophil elastase in one of the four Tris/acetate buffers: buffer alone or buffer plus NaCl, AHA or BZ. The initial cleavage of Glu'-plasminogen was much slower in the tight NaCl-induced a-conformation, fastest in the intermediate BZ-induced-conformation and intermediate both in the control and in the AHA-induced open gamma-conformation. Although the buffer system determined the relative amounts of the initial cleavage products, the same four cleavage sites were utilized under all conditions. A fifth major initial cleavage within the protease domain was observed in the presence of BZ. N-terminal peptide cleavage required for angiostatin formation occurred as either the initial or the secondary cleavage. Angiostatins were generated fastest in the presence of BZ and slowest in the presence of NaCl. Both the initial and secondary cleavages were affected by the modifying agents, indicating that they influence the conformation of both Glu-plasminogen and the initial cleavage products. The angiostatins produced under the different conditions inhibited proliferation of human umbilical-vein endothelial cells. These results suggest that plasminogen conversion into active angiostatins is dependent more on the specific conformation changes induced by the various modifying reagents rather than on the overall openness of the molecule.
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