The Apparent Organ-Specificity of Amyloidogenic ApoA-I Variants Is Linked to Tissue-Specific Extracellular Matrix Components
(2023) In International Journal of Molecular Sciences 24(1).- Abstract
Apolipoprotein A-I (ApoA-I) amyloidosis is a rare protein misfolding disease where fibrils of the N-terminal domain of the protein accumulate in several organs, leading to their failure. Although ApoA-I amyloidosis is systemic, the different amyloidogenic variants show a preferential tissue accumulation that appears to correlate with the location of the mutation in the protein sequence and with the local extracellular microenvironment. However, the factors leading to cell/tissues damage, as well as the mechanisms behind the observed organ specificity are mostly unknown. Therefore, we investigated the impact of ApoA-I variants on cell physiology and the mechanisms driving the observed tissue specificity. We focused on four ApoA-I... (More)
Apolipoprotein A-I (ApoA-I) amyloidosis is a rare protein misfolding disease where fibrils of the N-terminal domain of the protein accumulate in several organs, leading to their failure. Although ApoA-I amyloidosis is systemic, the different amyloidogenic variants show a preferential tissue accumulation that appears to correlate with the location of the mutation in the protein sequence and with the local extracellular microenvironment. However, the factors leading to cell/tissues damage, as well as the mechanisms behind the observed organ specificity are mostly unknown. Therefore, we investigated the impact of ApoA-I variants on cell physiology and the mechanisms driving the observed tissue specificity. We focused on four ApoA-I amyloidogenic variants and analyzed their cytotoxicity as well as their ability to alter redox homeostasis in cell lines from different tissues (liver, kidney, heart, skin). Moreover, variant-specific interactions with extracellular matrix (ECM) components were measured by synchrotron radiation circular dichroism and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Data indicated that ApoA-I variants exerted a cytotoxic effect in a time and cell-type-specific manner that seems to be due to protein accumulation in lysosomes. Interestingly, the ApoA-I variants exhibited specific preferential binding to the ECM components, reflecting their tissue accumulation pattern in vivo. While the binding did not to appear to affect protein conformations in solution, extended incubation of the amyloidogenic variants in the presence of different ECM components resulted in different aggregation propensity and aggregation patterns.
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- Del Giudice, Rita LU ; Lindvall, Mikaela ; Nilsson, Oktawia LU ; Monti, Daria Maria and Lagerstedt, Jens O. LU
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- 2023
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- Contribution to journal
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- published
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- keywords
- amyloidosis, Apolipoprotein A-I, cytotoxicity, extracellular matrix components
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- International Journal of Molecular Sciences
- volume
- 24
- issue
- 1
- article number
- 318
- publisher
- MDPI AG
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- scopus:85145919246
- pmid:36613763
- ISSN
- 1661-6596
- DOI
- 10.3390/ijms24010318
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- English
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- yes
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- 198a4ab2-0a28-41be-8ecc-443c103cbd27
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abstract = {{<p>Apolipoprotein A-I (ApoA-I) amyloidosis is a rare protein misfolding disease where fibrils of the N-terminal domain of the protein accumulate in several organs, leading to their failure. Although ApoA-I amyloidosis is systemic, the different amyloidogenic variants show a preferential tissue accumulation that appears to correlate with the location of the mutation in the protein sequence and with the local extracellular microenvironment. However, the factors leading to cell/tissues damage, as well as the mechanisms behind the observed organ specificity are mostly unknown. Therefore, we investigated the impact of ApoA-I variants on cell physiology and the mechanisms driving the observed tissue specificity. We focused on four ApoA-I amyloidogenic variants and analyzed their cytotoxicity as well as their ability to alter redox homeostasis in cell lines from different tissues (liver, kidney, heart, skin). Moreover, variant-specific interactions with extracellular matrix (ECM) components were measured by synchrotron radiation circular dichroism and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Data indicated that ApoA-I variants exerted a cytotoxic effect in a time and cell-type-specific manner that seems to be due to protein accumulation in lysosomes. Interestingly, the ApoA-I variants exhibited specific preferential binding to the ECM components, reflecting their tissue accumulation pattern in vivo. While the binding did not to appear to affect protein conformations in solution, extended incubation of the amyloidogenic variants in the presence of different ECM components resulted in different aggregation propensity and aggregation patterns.</p>}},
author = {{Del Giudice, Rita and Lindvall, Mikaela and Nilsson, Oktawia and Monti, Daria Maria and Lagerstedt, Jens O.}},
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keywords = {{amyloidosis; Apolipoprotein A-I; cytotoxicity; extracellular matrix components}},
language = {{eng}},
number = {{1}},
publisher = {{MDPI AG}},
series = {{International Journal of Molecular Sciences}},
title = {{The Apparent Organ-Specificity of Amyloidogenic ApoA-I Variants Is Linked to Tissue-Specific Extracellular Matrix Components}},
url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms24010318}},
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