High-resolution ex vivo NMR spectroscopy of human Z α1-antitrypsin.

Abstract:

:Genetic mutations predispose the serine protease inhibitor α1-antitrypsin to misfolding and polymerisation within hepatocytes, causing liver disease and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. This misfolding occurs via a transiently populated intermediate state, but our structural understanding of this process is limited by the instability of recombinant α1-antitrypsin variants in solution. Here we apply NMR spectroscopy to patient-derived samples of α1-antitrypsin at natural isotopic abundance to investigate the consequences of disease-causing mutations, and observe widespread chemical shift perturbations for methyl groups in Z AAT (E342K). By comparison with perturbations induced by binding of a small-molecule inhibitor of misfolding we conclude that they arise from rapid exchange between the native conformation and a well-populated intermediate state. The observation that this intermediate is stabilised by inhibitor binding suggests a paradoxical approach to the targeted treatment of protein misfolding disorders, wherein the stabilisation of disease-associated states provides selectivity while inhibiting further transitions along misfolding pathways.

journal_name

Nat Commun

journal_title

Nature communications

authors

Jagger AM,Waudby CA,Irving JA,Christodoulou J,Lomas DA

doi

10.1038/s41467-020-20147-7

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2020-12-11 00:00:00

pages

6371

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1

issn

2041-1723

pii

10.1038/s41467-020-20147-7

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11

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