Interaction between streptococcal protein Arp and different molecular forms of human immunoglobulin A
Akerström, B LU ; Lindqvist, A LU ; Maelen, C V ; Grubb, A LU
; Lindahl, G
LU
and Vaerman, J P
(1994)
In Molecular Immunology
31(5).
p.393-400
- Abstract
Protein Arp, the IgA-binding protein of the group A Streptococcus, has affinity for the Fc-part of IgA. The binding between protein Arp and several different molecular forms of human IgA was characterized. It was found that protein Arp bound with higher affinity to uncomplexed forms of IgA than to complexed forms (secretory IgA, alpha 1-antitrypsin-IgA and alpha 1-microglobulin-IgA). Thus, the affinity constant was 2.0-5.9 x 10(8) M-1 for the binding to monomeric, dimeric, trimeric, and quadrimeric IgA, and 4.5-5.0 x 10(7) M-1 for binding to the complexed forms. Among the uncomplexed IgA-molecules, the affinity constant was in the same range for J chain-containing forms (dimeric, trimeric and quadrimeric IgA) as for forms without J... (More)
Protein Arp, the IgA-binding protein of the group A Streptococcus, has affinity for the Fc-part of IgA. The binding between protein Arp and several different molecular forms of human IgA was characterized. It was found that protein Arp bound with higher affinity to uncomplexed forms of IgA than to complexed forms (secretory IgA, alpha 1-antitrypsin-IgA and alpha 1-microglobulin-IgA). Thus, the affinity constant was 2.0-5.9 x 10(8) M-1 for the binding to monomeric, dimeric, trimeric, and quadrimeric IgA, and 4.5-5.0 x 10(7) M-1 for binding to the complexed forms. Among the uncomplexed IgA-molecules, the affinity constant was in the same range for J chain-containing forms (dimeric, trimeric and quadrimeric IgA) as for forms without J chain (monomeric and a particular quadrimeric IgA devoid of J chain). Western blotting demonstrated that protein Arp bound exclusively to the alpha-chain of all IgA-forms. Several lines of evidence pointed to a localization of the binding site to the C alpha 3-domain. First, protein Arp did not bind to three N-terminal alpha-chain fragments which lacked a region corresponding to the C alpha 3-domain, including that form a four-chain myeloma IgA, naturally occurring in plasma. Second, the binding to dimeric and tri/quadrimeric IgA was partially blocked by an added secretory component, which has been suggested to bind to the C alpha 2- and C alpha 3-domains of the alpha-chain. Finally, alpha 1-antitrypsin and alpha 1-microglobulin, in the weakly binding IgA-complexes, have been shown to be linked to the C alpha 3-domain via the penultimate amino acid residue of the alpha-chain peptide, supporting the hypothesis of a localization of the binding site of protein Arp to the C alpha 3-domain.
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- author
- Akerström, B
LU
; Lindqvist, A
LU
; Maelen, C V
; Grubb, A
LU
; Lindahl, G
LU
and Vaerman, J P
- publishing date
- 1994-04
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- keywords
- Bacterial Proteins/metabolism, Humans, Immunoglobulin A/metabolism, Immunoglobulin Fc Fragments/metabolism, Receptors, Fc/metabolism, Secretory Component/pharmacology, Streptococcus pyogenes/immunology
- in
- Molecular Immunology
- volume
- 31
- issue
- 5
- pages
- 393 - 400
- publisher
- Pergamon Press Ltd.
- external identifiers
-
- pmid:8152442
- scopus:0028284898
- ISSN
- 0161-5890
- DOI
- 10.1016/0161-5890(94)90117-1
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- no
- id
- 51fec032-59fa-421d-ac66-15f23f732132
- date added to LUP
- 2019-05-22 10:23:10
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abstract = {{<p>Protein Arp, the IgA-binding protein of the group A Streptococcus, has affinity for the Fc-part of IgA. The binding between protein Arp and several different molecular forms of human IgA was characterized. It was found that protein Arp bound with higher affinity to uncomplexed forms of IgA than to complexed forms (secretory IgA, alpha 1-antitrypsin-IgA and alpha 1-microglobulin-IgA). Thus, the affinity constant was 2.0-5.9 x 10(8) M-1 for the binding to monomeric, dimeric, trimeric, and quadrimeric IgA, and 4.5-5.0 x 10(7) M-1 for binding to the complexed forms. Among the uncomplexed IgA-molecules, the affinity constant was in the same range for J chain-containing forms (dimeric, trimeric and quadrimeric IgA) as for forms without J chain (monomeric and a particular quadrimeric IgA devoid of J chain). Western blotting demonstrated that protein Arp bound exclusively to the alpha-chain of all IgA-forms. Several lines of evidence pointed to a localization of the binding site to the C alpha 3-domain. First, protein Arp did not bind to three N-terminal alpha-chain fragments which lacked a region corresponding to the C alpha 3-domain, including that form a four-chain myeloma IgA, naturally occurring in plasma. Second, the binding to dimeric and tri/quadrimeric IgA was partially blocked by an added secretory component, which has been suggested to bind to the C alpha 2- and C alpha 3-domains of the alpha-chain. Finally, alpha 1-antitrypsin and alpha 1-microglobulin, in the weakly binding IgA-complexes, have been shown to be linked to the C alpha 3-domain via the penultimate amino acid residue of the alpha-chain peptide, supporting the hypothesis of a localization of the binding site of protein Arp to the C alpha 3-domain.</p>}},
author = {{Akerström, B and Lindqvist, A and Maelen, C V and Grubb, A and Lindahl, G and Vaerman, J P}},
issn = {{0161-5890}},
keywords = {{Bacterial Proteins/metabolism; Humans; Immunoglobulin A/metabolism; Immunoglobulin Fc Fragments/metabolism; Receptors, Fc/metabolism; Secretory Component/pharmacology; Streptococcus pyogenes/immunology}},
language = {{eng}},
number = {{5}},
pages = {{393--400}},
publisher = {{Pergamon Press Ltd.}},
series = {{Molecular Immunology}},
title = {{Interaction between streptococcal protein Arp and different molecular forms of human immunoglobulin A}},
url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0161-5890(94)90117-1}},
doi = {{10.1016/0161-5890(94)90117-1}},
volume = {{31}},
year = {{1994}},
}