MODULATION OF THE CLASSICAL PATHWAY C-3 CONVERTASE BY PLASMA-PROTEINS C-4 BINDING-PROTEIN AND C3B INACTIVATOR
MODULATION OF THE CLASSICAL PATHWAY C-3 CONVERTASE BY PLASMA-PROTEINS C-4 BINDING-PROTEIN AND C3B INACTIVATOR
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DOI:
10.1073/pnas.76.12.6596
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发表时间:
1979-01-01
影响因子:
11.1
通讯作者:
NUSSENZWEIG, V
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作者:
GIGLI, I;FUJITA, T;NUSSENZWEIG, V
Isolation from human serum of a serum protein (C4 [complement component 4] binding protein) was recently described that functions as an essential cofactor for C3b inactivator in the proteolysis of fluid-phase C4b and, to a much lesser extent, C3b. The role of C4 binding protein in the formation and function of the classical pathway C3 convertase .**GRAPHIC**. was shown. C4 binding protein interferes with the assembly of the membrane-bound C3 convertase of the classical pathway and accelerates the decay of .**GRAPHIC**. in a dose-dependent fashion. Its removal from serum by specific immune absorption promotes vigorous consumption of C3 after addition of C.hivin.1; this effect was abolished by reconstitution with purified C4 binding protein. Although C4 binding protein inhibits the hemolytic function of cell-bound C4b, no change in structure of C4b was detected even after prolonged incubations of [erythrocyte-antibody] .**GRAPHIC**. with C4 binding protein. For this reason, and on the basis of studies of the time required for maximal reactivity (Tmax) of cellular intermediates generated in the presence of C4 binding protein and limited amounts of C2, effects of C4 binding protein are probably mediated by displacing C2a from specific binding sites on C4b. C4 binding protein enhances the cleavage by C3b inactivator of the .alpha.'' chain of cell-bound C4b. When .**GRAPHIC**. cells were incubated with both control proteins, the Tmax of the cells was prolonged and lysis was markedly diminished. C4 binding protein and C3b inactivator control the C3 convertase of the classical pathway in a fashion similar to that described for .beta.1H and C3b inactivator in the alternative pathway.