A lactose specific lectin from the sponge Cinachyrella apion: Purification, characterization, N-terminal sequences alignment and agglutinating activity on Leishmania promastigotes
| Autor: | Thales L. Medeiros, Adriana F. Uchoa, Ilka M. Vasconcelos, Adeliana S. Oliveira, Elizeu Antunes dos Santos, Ludovico Migliolo, Norberto K.V. Monteiro, Maurício P. Sales, Jannison K.C. Ribeiro, Danielle Souto de Medeiros |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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Physiology
Disaccharide Lactose Biochemistry Substrate Specificity Sepharose chemistry.chemical_compound Affinity chromatography Lectins Animals Humans Molecular Biology Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis Leishmania biology Hemagglutination Lectin Fast protein liquid chromatography Sequence Analysis DNA Molecular biology Porifera Superose chemistry biology.protein Cattle Sequence Alignment |
| Zdroj: | Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 155:211-216 |
| ISSN: | 1096-4959 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.cbpb.2009.10.016 |
| Popis: | Crude extract from the sponge Cinachyrella apion showed cross-reactivity with the polyclonal antibody IgG anti-CvL (Cliona varians lectin) and also a strong haemagglutinating activity towards human erythrocytes of all ABO groups. Thus, it was submitted to acetone fractionation, IgG anti-deglycosylated CvL Sepharose affinity chromatography, and Fast Protein Liquid Chromatography (FPLC-AKTA Purifier) gel filtration on a Superose 6 10/300 column to purify a novel lectin. C. apion lectin (CaL) agglutinated all types of human erythrocytes with preference for papainized type A erythrocytes. The haemagglutinating activity is independent of Ca2+, Mg2+ and Mn2+ ions, and it was strongly inhibited by the disaccharide lactose, up to a minimum concentration of 6.25 mM. CaL molecular mass, determined by FPLC-gel filtration on a Superose 12 10/300 column and SDS gel electrophoresis, was approximately 124 kDa, consisting of eight subunits of 15.5 kDa, assembled by hydrophobic interactions. The lectin was heat-stable between 0 and 60 degrees C and pH-stable. The N-terminal amino acid sequence of CaL was also determined and a blast search on amino acid sequences revealed that the protein showed similarity only with a silicatein. Leishmania chagasi promastigotes were agglutinated by CaL and this activity was abolished by lactose, indicating that lactose receptors could be presented in this parasite stage. These findings are indicative of the potential biotechnological application of CaL as diagnostic of pathogenic protozoa. |
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