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Scabies Mite Inactive Serine Proteases Are Potent Inhibitors of the Human Complement Lectin Pathway

Scabies is an infectious skin disease caused by the mite Sarcoptes scabiei and has been classified as one of the six most prevalent epidermal parasitic skin diseases infecting populations living in poverty by the World Health Organisation. The role of the complement system, a pivotal component of hu...

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Autores principales: Reynolds, Simone L., Pike, Robert N., Mika, Angela, Blom, Anna M., Hofmann, Andreas, Wijeyewickrema, Lakshmi C., Kemp, Dave, Fischer, Katja
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4031079/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24854034
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002872
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author Reynolds, Simone L.
Pike, Robert N.
Mika, Angela
Blom, Anna M.
Hofmann, Andreas
Wijeyewickrema, Lakshmi C.
Kemp, Dave
Fischer, Katja
author_facet Reynolds, Simone L.
Pike, Robert N.
Mika, Angela
Blom, Anna M.
Hofmann, Andreas
Wijeyewickrema, Lakshmi C.
Kemp, Dave
Fischer, Katja
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description Scabies is an infectious skin disease caused by the mite Sarcoptes scabiei and has been classified as one of the six most prevalent epidermal parasitic skin diseases infecting populations living in poverty by the World Health Organisation. The role of the complement system, a pivotal component of human innate immunity, as an important defence against invading pathogens has been well documented and many parasites have an arsenal of anti-complement defences. We previously reported on a family of scabies mite proteolytically inactive serine protease paralogues (SMIPP-Ss) thought to be implicated in host defence evasion. We have since shown that two family members, SMIPP-S D1 and I1 have the ability to bind the human complement components C1q, mannose binding lectin (MBL) and properdin and are capable of inhibiting all three human complement pathways. This investigation focused on inhibition of the lectin pathway of complement activation as it is likely to be the primary pathway affecting scabies mites. Activation of the lectin pathway relies on the activation of MBL, and as SMIPP-S D1 and I1 have previously been shown to bind MBL, the nature of this interaction was examined using binding and mutagenesis studies. SMIPP-S D1 bound MBL in complex with MBL-associated serine proteases (MASPs) and released the MASP-2 enzyme from the complex. SMIPP-S I1 was also able to bind MBL in complex with MASPs, but MASP-1 and MASP-2 remained in the complex. Despite these differences in mechanism, both molecules inhibited activation of complement components downstream of MBL. Mutagenesis studies revealed that both SMIPP-Ss used an alternative site of the molecule from the residual active site region to inhibit the lectin pathway. We propose that SMIPP-Ss are potent lectin pathway inhibitors and that this mechanism represents an important tool in the immune evasion repertoire of the parasitic mite and a potential target for therapeutics.
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spelling pubmed-40310792014-05-28 Scabies Mite Inactive Serine Proteases Are Potent Inhibitors of the Human Complement Lectin Pathway Reynolds, Simone L. Pike, Robert N. Mika, Angela Blom, Anna M. Hofmann, Andreas Wijeyewickrema, Lakshmi C. Kemp, Dave Fischer, Katja PLoS Negl Trop Dis Research Article Scabies is an infectious skin disease caused by the mite Sarcoptes scabiei and has been classified as one of the six most prevalent epidermal parasitic skin diseases infecting populations living in poverty by the World Health Organisation. The role of the complement system, a pivotal component of human innate immunity, as an important defence against invading pathogens has been well documented and many parasites have an arsenal of anti-complement defences. We previously reported on a family of scabies mite proteolytically inactive serine protease paralogues (SMIPP-Ss) thought to be implicated in host defence evasion. We have since shown that two family members, SMIPP-S D1 and I1 have the ability to bind the human complement components C1q, mannose binding lectin (MBL) and properdin and are capable of inhibiting all three human complement pathways. This investigation focused on inhibition of the lectin pathway of complement activation as it is likely to be the primary pathway affecting scabies mites. Activation of the lectin pathway relies on the activation of MBL, and as SMIPP-S D1 and I1 have previously been shown to bind MBL, the nature of this interaction was examined using binding and mutagenesis studies. SMIPP-S D1 bound MBL in complex with MBL-associated serine proteases (MASPs) and released the MASP-2 enzyme from the complex. SMIPP-S I1 was also able to bind MBL in complex with MASPs, but MASP-1 and MASP-2 remained in the complex. Despite these differences in mechanism, both molecules inhibited activation of complement components downstream of MBL. Mutagenesis studies revealed that both SMIPP-Ss used an alternative site of the molecule from the residual active site region to inhibit the lectin pathway. We propose that SMIPP-Ss are potent lectin pathway inhibitors and that this mechanism represents an important tool in the immune evasion repertoire of the parasitic mite and a potential target for therapeutics. Public Library of Science 2014-05-22 /pmc/articles/PMC4031079/ /pubmed/24854034 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002872 Text en © 2014 Reynolds et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited.
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Reynolds, Simone L.
Pike, Robert N.
Mika, Angela
Blom, Anna M.
Hofmann, Andreas
Wijeyewickrema, Lakshmi C.
Kemp, Dave
Fischer, Katja
Scabies Mite Inactive Serine Proteases Are Potent Inhibitors of the Human Complement Lectin Pathway
title Scabies Mite Inactive Serine Proteases Are Potent Inhibitors of the Human Complement Lectin Pathway
title_full Scabies Mite Inactive Serine Proteases Are Potent Inhibitors of the Human Complement Lectin Pathway
title_fullStr Scabies Mite Inactive Serine Proteases Are Potent Inhibitors of the Human Complement Lectin Pathway
title_full_unstemmed Scabies Mite Inactive Serine Proteases Are Potent Inhibitors of the Human Complement Lectin Pathway
title_short Scabies Mite Inactive Serine Proteases Are Potent Inhibitors of the Human Complement Lectin Pathway
title_sort scabies mite inactive serine proteases are potent inhibitors of the human complement lectin pathway
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4031079/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24854034
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002872
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