Proprotein convertases generate a highly functional heterodimeric form of thymic stromal lymphopoietin in humans.
J Allergy Clin Immunol
; 139(5): 1559-1567.e8, 2017 May.
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ABSTRACT
RATIONALE Thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP) is known to be elevated and truncated in nasal polyps (NPs) of patients with chronic rhinosinusitis and might play a significant role in type 2 inflammation in this disease. However, neither the structure nor the role of the truncated products of TSLP has been studied. OBJECTIVE:
We sought to investigate the mechanisms of truncation of TSLP in NPs and the function of the truncated products.METHODS:
We incubated recombinant human TSLP with NP extracts, and determined the protein sequence of the truncated forms of TSLP using Edman protein sequencing and matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry. We investigated the functional activity of truncated TSLP using a PBMC-based bioassay.RESULTS:
Edman sequencing and mass spectrometry results indicated that NP extracts generated 2 major truncated products, TSLP (residues 29-124) and TSLP (131-159). Interestingly, these 2 products remained linked with disulfide bonds and presented as a dimerized form, TSLP (29-124 + 131-159). We identified that members of the proprotein convertase were rate-limiting enzymes in the truncation of TSLP between residues 130 and 131 and generated a heterodimeric unstable metabolite TSLP (29-130 + 131-159). Carboxypeptidase N immediately digested 6 amino acids from the C terminus of the longer subunit of TSLP to generate a stable dimerized form, TSLP (29-124 + 131-159), in NPs. These truncations were homeostatic but primate-specific events. A metabolite TSLP (29-130 + 131-159) strongly activated myeloid dendritic cells and group 2 innate lymphoid cells compared with mature TSLP.CONCLUSIONS:
Posttranslational modifications control the functional activity of TSLP in humans and overproduction of TSLP may be a key trigger for the amplification of type 2 inflammation in diseases.Key words
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Nasal Polyps
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Cytokines
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Proprotein Convertase 1
Limits:
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
J Allergy Clin Immunol
Year:
2017
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Article