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pH Induced Conformational Transitions in the Transforming Growth Factor beta-Induced Protein (TGFbetaIp) Associated Corneal Dystrophy Mutants

by Lei, Zhou , Muruganantham, Nandhakumar , Beuerman, Roger W , Goh, Eunice , Rajamani, Lakshminarayanan , Murugan, Elavazhagan , Mouvet, Victoria , Venkatraman, Anandalakshmi , Swee Lim Peh, Gary , Rui Yi Lim, Rayne , Mehta, Jodhbir S , Chaurasia, Shyam S

in Amyloidogenesis / Cornea / Corneal dystrophy / Cytotoxicity / Dystrophy / Electron microscopy / Growth factors / Light scattering / Mutants / Mutation / pH effects / Temperature effects / Thermal denaturation / Transforming growth factor-b

2016

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pH Induced Conformational Transitions in the Transforming Growth Factor beta-Induced Protein (TGFbetaIp) Associated Corneal Dystrophy Mutants

Lei, Zhou,

Muruganantham, Nandhakumar,

Beuerman, Roger W,

Goh, Eunice,

Rajamani, Lakshminarayanan,

Murugan, Elavazhagan,

Mouvet, Victoria,

Venkatraman, Anandalakshmi,

Swee Lim Peh, Gary,

Rui Yi Lim, Rayne,

Mehta, Jodhbir S,

Chaurasia, Shyam S

2016

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Most stromal corneal dystrophies are associated with aggregation and deposition of the mutated transforming growth factor-β induced protein (TGFβIp). The 4th _FAS1 domain of TGFβIp harbors ~80% of the mutations that forms amyloidogenic and non-amyloidogenic aggregates. To understand the mechanism of aggregation and the differences between the amyloidogenic and non-amyloidogenic phenotypes, we expressed the 4th _FAS1 domains of TGFβIp carrying the mutations R555W (non-amyloidogenic) and H572R (amyloidogenic) along with the wild-type (WT). R555W was more susceptible to acidic pH compared to H572R and displayed varying chemical stabilities with decreasing pH. Thermal denaturation studies at acidic pH showed that while WT did not undergo any conformational transition, the mutants exhibited a clear pH-dependent irreversible conversion from αβ conformation to β-sheet oligomers. The β-oligomers of both mutants were stable at physiological temperature and pH. Electron microscopy and dynamic light scattering studies showed that β-oligomers of H572R were larger compared to R555W. The β-oligomers of both mutants were cytotoxic to primary human corneal stromal fibroblast (pHCSF) cells. The β-oligomers of both mutants exhibit variations in their morphologies, sizes, thermal and chemical stabilities, aggregation patterns and cytotoxicities.

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/ Cornea

/ Electron microscopy

/ Growth factors