Macháčková, Kateřina, Chrudinová, Martina, Radosavljević, Jelena et al. (8 more authors) (2018) Converting Insulin-like Growth Factors 1 and 2 into High-Affinity Ligands for Insulin Receptor Isoform A by the Introduction of an Evolutionarily Divergent Mutation. Biochemistry. pp. 2373-2382. ISSN 1520-4995
Abstract
Insulin-like growth factors 1 and 2 (IGF-1 and -2, respectively) are protein hormones involved not only in normal growth and development but also in life span regulation and cancer. They exert their functions mainly through the IGF-1R or by binding to isoform A of the insulin receptor (IR-A). The development of IGF-1 and IGF-2 antagonists is of great clinical interest. Mutations of A4 and A8 sites of human insulin lead to disproportionate effects on hormone IR binding and activation. Here, we systematically modified IGF-1 sites 45, 46, and 49 and IGF-2 sites 45 and 48, which correspond, or are close, to insulin sites A4 and A8. The IGF-1R and IR-A binding and autophosphorylation potencies of these analogues were characterized. They retained the main IGF-1R-related properties, but the hormones with His49 in IGF-1 and His48 in IGF-2 showed significantly higher affinities for IR-A and for IR-B, being the strongest IGF-1- and IGF-2-like binders of these receptors ever reported. All analogues activated IR-A and IGF-1R without major discrepancies in their binding affinities. This study revealed that IR-A and IGF-1R contain specific sites, likely parts of their so-called sites 2′, which can interact differently with specifically modified IGF analogues. Moreover, a clear importance of IGF-2 site 44 for effective hormone folding was also observed. These findings may facilitate novel and rational engineering of new hormone analogues for IR-A and IGF-1R studies and for potential medical applications.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2018 American Chemical Society. |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Chemistry (York) The University of York |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 16 May 2018 13:50 |
Last Modified: | 04 Dec 2024 00:14 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.biochem.7b01260 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1021/acs.biochem.7b01260 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:130985 |