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Engineering broad-spectrum inhibitors of inflammatory chemokines from subclass A3 tick evasins

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  • Shankar Raj Devkota

    (Monash University)

  • Pramod Aryal

    (Monash University)

  • Rina Pokhrel

    (Monash University)

  • Wanting Jiao

    (Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington 6140, New Zealand; Maurice Wilkins Centre for Molecular Biodiscovery)

  • Andrew Perry

    (Monash University)

  • Santosh Panjikar

    (Monash University
    ANSTO)

  • Richard J. Payne

    (The University of Sydney
    The University of Sydney)

  • Matthew C. J. Wilce

    (Monash University)

  • Ram Prasad Bhusal

    (Monash University)

  • Martin J. Stone

    (Monash University)

Abstract

Chemokines are key regulators of leukocyte trafficking and attractive targets for anti-inflammatory therapy. Evasins are chemokine-binding proteins from tick saliva, whose application as anti-inflammatory therapeutics will require manipulation of their chemokine target selectivity. Here we describe subclass A3 evasins, which are unique to the tick genus Amblyomma and distinguished from “classical” class A1 evasins by an additional disulfide bond near the chemokine recognition interface. The A3 evasin EVA-AAM1001 (EVA-A) bound to CC chemokines and inhibited their receptor activation. Unlike A1 evasins, EVA-A was not highly dependent on N- and C-terminal regions to differentiate chemokine targets. Structures of chemokine-bound EVA-A revealed a deep hydrophobic pocket, unique to A3 evasins, that interacts with the residue immediately following the CC motif of the chemokine. Mutations to this pocket altered the chemokine selectivity of EVA-A. Thus, class A3 evasins provide a suitable platform for engineering proteins with applications in research, diagnosis or anti-inflammatory therapy.

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  • Shankar Raj Devkota & Pramod Aryal & Rina Pokhrel & Wanting Jiao & Andrew Perry & Santosh Panjikar & Richard J. Payne & Matthew C. J. Wilce & Ram Prasad Bhusal & Martin J. Stone, 2023. "Engineering broad-spectrum inhibitors of inflammatory chemokines from subclass A3 tick evasins," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-12, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:14:y:2023:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-023-39879-3
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-39879-3
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