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PURPOSE:The prevalence of cataract increases with age. Conversely, the abundance of native α-crystallin diminishes with age and cataract development. We hypothesize replenishing lens α-crystallin may delay or prevent cataract. Herein we investigated the ability of cell penetration peptides (CPP) to enhance entry of α-crystallins into lens-derived cells. METHODS:Recombinant αB-crystallins were modified by the addition of CPPs. Candidate CPP were designed with reference to the HSV-1 glycoprotein C gene (gC) or the HIV-1 TAT peptide. αB-crystallins produced by fusing gC or TAT were over-expressed in E. coli. Purified proteins were subjected to size exclusion chromatography (SEC) to characterize oligomeric complexes (OC). Chaperone-like activity (CLA) was evaluated by measuring the ability of α-crystallins to suppress chemically-induced protein aggregation. To evaluate protein uptake, labeled α-crystallins were incubated with HLE B3 cells and monitored by fluorescence microscopy for 48 hours. RESULTS:We examined the effects of the addition of CPP on the structure, CLA, and cell transduction properties of αB-crystallins. C-terminal CPP fused crystallins had poor solubility. In contrast, N-terminal tagged αB-crystallins were soluble. These modified αB-crystallins formed OC that were larger than wild-type based on SEC. Wild-type and gC tagged αB-crystallin displayed robust CLA. Subunit exchange was observed when gC-fused αB-crystallin was mixed with αA. In contrast to wild-type, modified α-crystallins accumulated in HLE B3 cells. CONCLUSIONS:Addition of CPP improves the uptake of αB-crystallins into HLE B3 cells. No undesirable changes to the chaperone-like abilities of α-crystallins were observed in αB-crystallin modified by the addition of the gC-derived CPP.
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Invest Ophthalmol Vis Scijournal_title
Investigative ophthalmology & visual scienceauthors
Mueller NH,Ammar DA,Petrash JMdoi
10.1167/iovs.12-10947subject
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2013-01-02 00:00:00pages
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0146-0404issn
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