New Kunitz-Type HCRG Polypeptides from the Sea Anemone Heteractis crispa

Marine Drugs

Irina Gladkikh³  Margarita Monastyrnaya³  Elena Zelepuga³  Oksana Sintsova³  Valentin Tabakmakher³  Oksana Gnedenko²  Alexis Ivanov²  Kuo-Feng Hua¹  Emma Kozlovskaya³ 

[1] Department of Biotechnology and Animal Science, National Ilan University, No. 1, Section 1, Shen-Lung road, Ilan 260, Taiwan; E-Mail:;V.N. Orekhovich Institute of Biomedical Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 10, Pogodinskaya Street, Moscow 119121, Russia; E-Mails:;G.B. Elyakov Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 159, Pr. 100 let Vladivostoku, Vladivostok 690022, Russia; E-Mails:

关键词: sea anemone;    Kunitz-type protease inhibitors;    structure;    function;    SPR;    anti-inflammatory activity;   

DOI  :  10.3390/md13106038

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

Sea anemones are a rich source of Kunitz-type polypeptides that possess not only protease inhibitor activity, but also Kv channels toxicity, analgesic, antihistamine, and anti-inflammatory activities. Two Kunitz-type inhibitors belonging to a new Heteractis crispa RG (HCRG) polypeptide subfamily have been isolated from the sea anemone Heteractis crispa. The amino acid sequences of HCRG1 and HCRG2 identified using the Edman degradation method share up to 95% of their identity with the representatives of the HCGS polypeptide multigene subfamily derived from H. crispa cDNA. Polypeptides are characterized by positively charged Arg at the N-terminus as well as P1 Lys residue at their canonical binding loop, identical to those of bovine pancreatic trypsin inhibitor (BPTI). These polypeptides are shown by our current evidence to be more potent inhibitors of trypsin than the known representatives of the HCGS subfamily with P1Thr. The kinetic and thermodynamic characteristics of the intermolecular interactions between inhibitors and serine proteases were determined by the surface plasmon resonance (SPR) method. Residues functionally important for polypeptide binding to trypsin were revealed using molecular modeling methods. Furthermore, HCRG1 and HCRG2 possess anti-inflammatory activity, reducing tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) and interleukin 6 (IL-6) secretions, as well as proIL-1β expression in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-activated macrophages. However, there was no effect on nitric oxide (NO) generation.

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