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Bases estructurales de la interacción de la Fusobacterium nucleatum adhesin Fap2 con los receptores en las células
Felix Schöpf1,2, Gian L Marongiu1,2, Klaudia Milaj1,3
1Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP), Berlin, Germany.
Nature communications
|August 29, 2025
Resumen
Fusobacterium nucleatum y sus derivados
Área de la Ciencia:
- Microbiología
- Biología estructural
- Investigación del cáncer
Sus antecedentes:
- Fusobacterium nucleatum está relacionado con la progresión y metástasis del cáncer colorrectal.
- La adhesión Fap2 de F. nucleatum media las interacciones con el cáncer y las células inmunes.
- Se desconoce el mecanismo preciso de unión de Fap2 a TIGIT en las células inmunes.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para aclarar la base estructural de la interacción Fap-TIGIT.
- Para caracterizar la unión de Fap2 a los receptores de las células cancerosas (Gal-GalNAc) y los receptores de las células inmunes (TIGIT).
Principales métodos:
- La expresión recombinante de Fap2 funcional en la superficie de Escherichia coli.
- Microscopía criolectrónica (Cryo-EM) para la determinación estructural.
- Previsión de la estructura, acoplamiento y simulaciones de dinámica molecular.
Principales resultados:
- El Fap2 funcional expresado en E. coli se une a Gal-GalNAc y TIGIT con una alta afinidad.
- Cryo-EM revela que la región extracelular de ~ 50 nm de Fap2 se une a TIGIT en su punta distal de la membrana.
- Se identificó un sitio de unión específico para Gal-GalNAc en la punta Fap2.
Conclusiones:
- Los conocimientos estructurales sobre la interacción Fap-TIGIT proporcionan una comprensión mecanicista.
- Fap2 utiliza una fosa de unión distinta para Gal-GalNAc en su punta de interacción con TIGIT.
- Este estudio sienta las bases para la orientación de Fap2 en el tratamiento del cáncer colorrectal.
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