细菌 Fragilis 毒素的机械多样性和单域抗体的中和
Yucheng Guo1, Zhenlin Ouyang2, Wenbo He2
1Center for Microbiome Research of Med-X Institute, Department of Critical Care Medicine, Shaanxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Sepsis in Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710061, China; The Key Laboratory of Environment and Genes Related to Disease of Ministry of Education, Health Science Center, Basic Medical Science, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710061, China; School of Basic Medical Sciences, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, China.
肠毒性细菌菌体易碎 (ETBF) 导致结肠炎症. 研究人员开发了一种纳米体,Nb2.43,可以中和BFT毒素,并防止ETBF诱导的小鼠损伤.
科学领域:
- 微生物学 微生物学
- 免疫学 免疫学 免疫学
- 结构生物学 结构生物学
背景情况:
- 毒性细菌 (ETBF) 是一种致病原体,通过分泌称为BFTs的金属酶毒素促进结肠炎症.
- 了解BFTs的机制和制定中和它们的策略对于对抗ETBF诱导的炎症至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 阐明BFT多样性和功能的结构基础.
- 识别和表征一种针对BFTs的中和抗体.
- 在临床前模型中评估已识别的抗体的治疗潜力.
主要方法:
- 使用X射线结晶学来确定BFT-1和BFT-2的结构.
- 进行了生物化学测试,以评估BFTs的E-cadherin裂变活性.
- 一个阿尔帕卡单域抗体库被选,以识别BFT中和的纳米体.
- 实验室和体内测试,包括小鼠结肠炎模型,用于评估纳米体的疗效.
主要成果:
- BFT-1和BFT-2的结构显示,活性部位中的残留物357有助于BFT亚型之间的功能多样性.
- BFTs被证明可以在细胞外域4中直接切割人体上皮质-阴素,其中BFT-2表现出最高的活性.
- 确定了一种单域抗体Nb2.43,通过与催化离子结合来中和所有三种BFT亚型.
- 在实验室和小鼠结肠炎模型中,Nb2.43有效地阻断了BFT的E-cadherin裂变,并改善了ETBF诱导的损伤.
结论:
- 提供了关于BFT多样性的结构洞察力,突出了活性部位残留物357.7的作用.
- 一种强大的中和纳米体,Nb2.43,是针对BFTs开发的.
- Nb2.43证明了治疗ETBF介导的结肠炎症的治疗潜力.
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