Delineation of interfaces on human alpha-defensins critical for human adenovirus and human papillomavirus inhibition.
Delineation of interfaces on human alpha-defensins critical for human adenovirus and human papillomavirus inhibition.
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DOI:
10.1371/journal.ppat.1004360
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发表时间:
2014-09
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影响因子:
6.7
通讯作者:
Smith JG
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作者:
Tenge VR;Gounder AP;Wiens ME;Lu W;Smith JG
Human α-defensins are potent anti-microbial peptides with the ability to neutralize bacterial and viral targets. Single alanine mutagenesis has been used to identify determinants of anti-bacterial activity and binding to bacterial proteins such as anthrax lethal factor. Similar analyses of α-defensin interactions with non-enveloped viruses are limited. We used a comprehensive set of human α-defensin 5 (HD5) and human neutrophil peptide 1 (HNP1) alanine scan mutants in a combination of binding and neutralization assays with human adenovirus (AdV) and human papillomavirus (HPV). We have identified a core of critical hydrophobic residues that are common determinants for all of the virus-defensin interactions that were analyzed, while specificity in viral recognition is conferred by specific surface-exposed charged residues. The hydrophobic residues serve multiple roles in maintaining the tertiary and quaternary structure of the defensins as well as forming an interface for virus binding. Many of the important solvent-exposed residues of HD5 group together to form a critical surface. However, a single discrete binding face was not identified for HNP1. In lieu of whole AdV, we used a recombinant capsid subunit comprised of penton base and fiber in quantitative binding studies and determined that the anti-viral potency of HD5 was a function of stoichiometry rather than affinity. Our studies support a mechanism in which α-defensins depend on hydrophobic and charge-charge interactions to bind at high copy number to these non-enveloped viruses to neutralize infection and provide insight into properties that guide α-defensin anti-viral activity. Human α-defensins are an important component of the innate immune response and provide an initial block against a broad number of infectious agents, including viruses and bacteria. Characteristics of α-defensins that are necessary for their anti-bacterial activity have been identified, but our understanding of determinants required for activity against non-enveloped viruses is limited. In this work, we utilized alanine scan mutagenesis to systematically and comprehensively investigate the role of hydrophobic and charged residues of two α-defensins in binding to and/or neutralization of human adenovirus and human papillomavirus. Our results implicate common core hydrophobic residues as critical for inhibition of these non-enveloped viruses by the two α-defensins, with specificity provided by charged residues unique to each interaction. We also found that the number of α-defensin molecules bound to the virus was a stronger correlate of the anti-viral potency of the α-defensin mutants than their absolute affinity for the viral capsid. Understanding common characteristics of α-defensins important for non-enveloped virus binding will inform rules that govern the function of these abundant and multifaceted peptides in host defense.
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4.4
作者:
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通讯作者:
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影响因子:
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DOI:
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发表时间:
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期刊:
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