2021年12月31日
Structural study of the recognition mechanism of tau antibody Tau2r3 with the key sequence (VQIINK) in tau aggregation.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications
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- 開始ページ
- 36
- 終了ページ
- 41
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- 英語
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- 研究論文(学術雑誌)
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.bbrc.2021.11.025
One of the histopathological features of Alzheimer's disease (AD) is higher order neurofibrillary tangles formed by abnormally aggregated tau protein. The sequence 275VQIINK280 in the microtubule-binding domain of tau plays a key role in tau aggregation. Therefore, an aggregation inhibitor targeting the VQIINK region in tau may be an effective therapeutic agent for AD. We have previously shown that the Fab domain (Fab2r3) of a tau antibody that recognizes the VQIINK sequence can inhibit tau aggregation, and we have determined the tertiary structure of the Fab2r3-VQIINK complex. In this report, we determined the tertiary structure of apo Fab2r3 and analyzed differences in the structures of apo Fab2r3 and Fab2r3-VQIINK to examine the ligand recognition mechanism of Fab2r3. In comparison with the Fab2r3-VQIINK structure, there were large differences in the arrangement of the constant and variable domains in apo Fab2r3. Remarkable structural changes were especially observed in the H3 and L3 loop regions of the complementarity determining regions (CDRs) in apo Fab2r3 and the Fab2r3-VQIINK complex. These structural differences in CDRs suggest that formation of hydrophobic pockets suitable for the antigen is important for antigen recognition by tau antibodies.
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- DOI : 10.1016/j.bbrc.2021.11.025
- PubMed ID : 34784549