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Tissue Factor Pathway Inhibitor 2 Is Found in Skin and Its C-Terminal Region Encodes for Antibacterial Activity

BACKGROUND: Tissue factor pathway inhibitor 2 (TFPI-2) is a matrix-associated serine protease inhibitor with an enigmatic function in vivo. Here, we describe that TFPI-2 is present in fibrin of wounds and also expressed in skin, where it is up-regulated upon wounding. METHODOLOGY AND PRINCIPAL FINDI...

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Autores principales: Papareddy, Praveen, Kalle, Martina, Sørensen, Ole E., Lundqvist, Katarina, Mörgelin, Matthias, Malmsten, Martin, Schmidtchen, Artur
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3530512/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23300768
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0052772
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: Tissue factor pathway inhibitor 2 (TFPI-2) is a matrix-associated serine protease inhibitor with an enigmatic function in vivo. Here, we describe that TFPI-2 is present in fibrin of wounds and also expressed in skin, where it is up-regulated upon wounding. METHODOLOGY AND PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: Neutrophil elastase cleaved TFPI-2, and a C-terminal fragment was found to bind to bacteria. Similarly, a prototypic peptide representing this C-terminal part, EDC34, bound to bacteria and bacterial lipopolysaccharide, and induced bacterial permeabilization. The peptide also induced leakage in artificial liposomes, and displayed a random coil conformation upon interactions with liposomes as well as lipopolysaccharide. EDC34 was antibacterial against both Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria in physiological buffer conditions. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE: The results demonstrate that the C-terminus of TFPI-2 encodes for antimicrobial activity, and may be released during wounding.