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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-12-5
pubmed:abstractText
We have studied conformational changes of type-1 plasminogen-activator inhibitor (PAI-1) during a temperature-dependent inhibitor-substrate transition by measuring susceptibility of the molecule to non-target proteinases. When incubated at 0 degree C instead of the normally used 37 degrees C, a tenfold decrease in the specific inhibitory activity of active PAI-1 was observed. Accordingly, PAI-1 was recovered in a reactive-centre-cleaved form from incubations with urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA) and tissue-type plasminogen activator (tPA) at 0 degree C, but not at 37 degrees C. It thus behaved as a substrate for the target proteinases at the lower temperature. Active PAI-1 was exposed to a variety of non-target proteinases, including elastase, papain, thermolysin, trypsin, and V8 proteinase. It was found that specific peptide bonds in the reactive centre loop (RCL) and strand 5 in beta-sheet A (s5A) had a temperature-dependent proteolytic susceptibility, while the P17-P16 (E332-S333) bond, forming the hinge between s5A and the RCL, showed indistinguishable susceptibility to proteolysis by V8 proteinase at 0 degree and 37 degrees C. In latent and reactive-centre-cleaved PAI-1, all the bonds were resistant to proteolysis at the higher as well as the lower temperature. An anti-PAI-1 monoclonal antibody maintained the inhibitory activity of PAI-1 and prevented reactive centre cleavage at 0 degree C, and thus prevented substrate behaviour. Concomitantly, it caused specific changes in proteolytic susceptibility of s5A and the RCL, but it did not affect cleavage of the P17-P16 bond by V8 proteinase. Our observations suggest that temperature-dependent conformational changes of beta-sheet A and the RCL determine whether the serpin act as an inhibitor or a substrate. Furthermore they suggest that the RCL of PAI-1 is fully extracted from beta-sheet A in the inhibitory as well as in the substrate form, favoring a so-called induced conformational state model to explain why inhibitory activity requires partial insertion of the RCL into beta-sheet A.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0014-2956
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
241
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
38-46
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Conformational changes of the reactive-centre loop and beta-strand 5A accompany temperature-dependent inhibitor-substrate transition of plasminogen-activator inhibitor 1.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Molecular and Structural Biology, University of Aarhus, Denmark.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't