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Title: A Novel Dimeric Inhibitor Targeting Beta2GPI in Beta2GPI/Antibody Complexes Implicated in Antiphospholipid Syndrome

Journal Article · · PLoS ONE
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  1. Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (United States); Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston MA (United States)

Background: b2GPI is a major antigen for autoantibodies associated with antiphospholipid syndrome (APS), an autoimmune disease characterized by thrombosis and recurrent pregnancy loss. Only the dimeric form of b2GPI generated by anti-b2GPI antibodies is pathologically important, in contrast to monomeric b2GPI which is abundant in plasma. Principal Findings: We created a dimeric inhibitor, A1-A1, to selectively target b2GPI in b2GPI/antibody complexes. To make this inhibitor, we isolated the first ligand-binding module from ApoER2 (A1) and connected two A1 modules with a flexible linker. A1-A1 interferes with two pathologically important interactions in APS, the binding of b2GPI/antibody complexes with anionic phospholipids and ApoER2. We compared the efficiency of A1-A1 to monomeric A1 for inhibition of the binding of b2GPI/antibody complexes to anionic phospholipids. We tested the inhibition of b2GPI present in human serum, b2GPI purified from human plasma and the individual domain V of b2GPI. We demonstrated that when b2GPI/antibody complexes are formed, A1-A1 is much more effective than A1 in inhibition of the binding of b2GPI to cardiolipin, regardless of the source of b2GPI. Similarly, A1-A1 strongly inhibits the binding of dimerized domain V of b2GPI to cardiolipin compared to the monomeric A1 inhibitor. In the absence of anti-b2GPI antibodies, both A1-A1 and A1 only weakly inhibit the binding of pathologically inactive monomeric b2GPI to cardiolipin. Conclusions: Our results suggest that the approach of using a dimeric inhibitor to block b2GPI in the pathological multivalent b2GPI/antibody complexes holds significant promise. The novel inhibitor A1-A1 may be a starting point in the development of an effective therapeutic for antiphospholipid syndrome.

Research Organization:
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER). Biological Systems Science Division; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Institutes of Health (NIH); National Center for Research Resources (NCRR); American Heart Association (AHA); American Society of Hematology
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-76SF00515; 0535027N
OSTI ID:
1627439
Journal Information:
PLoS ONE, Vol. 5, Issue 12; ISSN 1932-6203
Publisher:
Public Library of ScienceCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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