Biophysical characterisation of fibulin-5 proteins associated with disease.

FBLN5 encodes fibulin-5, an extracellular matrix calcium-binding glycoprotein that is essential for elastic fibre formation. FBLN5 mutations are associated with two distinct human diseases, age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and cutis laxa (CL), but the biochemical basis for the pathogenic effec...

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Main Authors: Schneider, R, Jensen, SA, Whiteman, P, McCullagh, J, Redfield, C, Handford, P
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2010
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author Schneider, R
Jensen, SA
Whiteman, P
McCullagh, J
Redfield, C
Handford, P
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Jensen, SA
Whiteman, P
McCullagh, J
Redfield, C
Handford, P
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description FBLN5 encodes fibulin-5, an extracellular matrix calcium-binding glycoprotein that is essential for elastic fibre formation. FBLN5 mutations are associated with two distinct human diseases, age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and cutis laxa (CL), but the biochemical basis for the pathogenic effects of these mutations is poorly understood. Two missense mutations found in AMD patients (I169T and G267S) and two missense mutations found in CL patients (G202R and S227P) were analysed in a native-like context in recombinant fibulin-5 fragments. Limited proteolysis, NMR spectroscopy and chromophoric calcium chelation experiments showed that the G267S and S227P substitutions cause long-range structural effects consistent with protein misfolding. Cellular studies using fibroblast cells further demonstrated that these recombinant forms of mutant fibulin-5 were not present in the extracellular medium, consistent with retention. In contrast, no significant effects of I169T and G202R substitutions on protein fold and secretion were identified. These data establish protein misfolding as a causative basis for the effects of G267S and S227P substitutions in AMD and CL, respectively, and raise the possibility that the I169T and G202R substitutions may be polymorphisms or may increase susceptibility to disease.
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spelling oxford-uuid:5db269d2-cb40-4094-b262-865291e0be812022-03-26T17:36:00ZBiophysical characterisation of fibulin-5 proteins associated with disease.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:5db269d2-cb40-4094-b262-865291e0be81EnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2010Schneider, RJensen, SAWhiteman, PMcCullagh, JRedfield, CHandford, PFBLN5 encodes fibulin-5, an extracellular matrix calcium-binding glycoprotein that is essential for elastic fibre formation. FBLN5 mutations are associated with two distinct human diseases, age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and cutis laxa (CL), but the biochemical basis for the pathogenic effects of these mutations is poorly understood. Two missense mutations found in AMD patients (I169T and G267S) and two missense mutations found in CL patients (G202R and S227P) were analysed in a native-like context in recombinant fibulin-5 fragments. Limited proteolysis, NMR spectroscopy and chromophoric calcium chelation experiments showed that the G267S and S227P substitutions cause long-range structural effects consistent with protein misfolding. Cellular studies using fibroblast cells further demonstrated that these recombinant forms of mutant fibulin-5 were not present in the extracellular medium, consistent with retention. In contrast, no significant effects of I169T and G202R substitutions on protein fold and secretion were identified. These data establish protein misfolding as a causative basis for the effects of G267S and S227P substitutions in AMD and CL, respectively, and raise the possibility that the I169T and G202R substitutions may be polymorphisms or may increase susceptibility to disease.
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Jensen, SA
Whiteman, P
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Redfield, C
Handford, P
Biophysical characterisation of fibulin-5 proteins associated with disease.
title Biophysical characterisation of fibulin-5 proteins associated with disease.
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title_short Biophysical characterisation of fibulin-5 proteins associated with disease.
title_sort biophysical characterisation of fibulin 5 proteins associated with disease
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