Perkins, SJ;
Fung, KW;
Khan, S;
(2014)
Molecular Interactions between Complement Factor H and Its Heparin and Heparan Sulfate Ligands.
Front Immunol
, 5
, Article 126 . 10.3389/fimmu.2014.00126.
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Abstract
Complement factor H (CFH) is the major regulator of the central complement protein C3b in the alternative pathway of complement activation. A molecular view of the CFH interaction with native heparan sulfate (HS) is central for understanding the mechanism of how surface-bound CFH interacts with C3b bound to host cell surfaces. HS is composed of sulfated heparin-like S-regions that alternate with desulfated NA-regions. Solution structural studies of heparin (equivalent to the S-regions) and desulfated HS (the NA-regions) by scattering and ultracentrifugation showed that each structure was mostly extended and partially bent, but with greater bending and flexibility in the NA-regions compared to the S-regions. Their solution structures have been deposited in the Protein Data Bank. The largest HS oligosaccharides showed more bent and flexible structures than those for heparin. A folded-back domain structure for the solution structure of the 20 domains in CFH was determined likewise. CFH binds to the S-regions but less so to the NA-regions of HS. The bivalent interaction of CFH-heparin was observed by ultracentrifugation, and binding studies of CFH fragments with heparin-coated sensor chips. In common with other CFH interactions with its physiological and pathophysiological ligands, the CFH-heparin and CFH-C3b interactions have moderate micromolar dissociation constants K D, meaning that these complexes do not fully form in vivo. The combination of the solution structures and binding studies indicated a two-site interaction model of CFH with heparin at cell surfaces. By this, the bivalent binding of CFH to a cell surface is co-operative. Defective interactions at either of the two independent CFH-heparin sites reduce the CFH interaction with surface-bound C3b and lead to immune disorders.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Molecular Interactions between Complement Factor H and Its Heparin and Heparan Sulfate Ligands. |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.3389/fimmu.2014.00126 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2014.00126 |
| Additional information: | © 2014 Perkins, Fung and Khan. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. PMCID: PMC3978290 |
| Keywords: | X-ray scattering, analytical ultracentrifugation, complement factor H, heparan sulfate, heparin, surface plasmon resonance |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Div of Biosciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Div of Biosciences > Structural and Molecular Biology |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1428519 |
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