title: Interaction of L-lysine and soluble elastin with the semicarbazide-sensitive amine oxidase in the context of its vascular-adhesion and tissue maturation functions.
abstract: The copper-containing quinoenzyme semicarbazide-sensitive amine oxidase (EC 1.4.3.21; SSAO) is a multifunctional protein. In some tissues, such as the endothelium, it also acts as vascular-adhesion protein 1 (VAP-1), which is involved in inflammatory responses and in the chemotaxis of leukocytes. Earlier work had suggested that lysine might function as a recognition molecule for SSAO/VAP-1. The present work reports the kinetics of the interaction of L-lysine and some of its derivatives with SSAO. Binding was shown to be saturable, time-dependent but reversible and to cause uncompetitive inhibition with respect to the amine substrate. It was also specific, since D-lysine, L-lysine ethyl ester and epsilon-acetyl-L-lysine, for example, did not bind to the enzyme. The lysine-rich protein soluble elastin bound to the enzyme relatively tightly, which may have relevance to the reported roles of SSAO in maintaining the extracellular matrix (ECM) and in the maturation of elastin. Our data show that lysyl residues are not oxidized by SSAO, but they bind tightly to the enzyme in the presence of hydrogen peroxide. This suggests that binding in vivo of SSAO to lysyl residues in physiological targets might be regulated in the presence of H(2)O(2), formed during the oxidation of a physiological SSAO substrate, yet to be identified.
authors.affiliation: School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland. oliviera@tcd.ie
authors.forename: Aldo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Olivieri
authors.forename: Jeff
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: O'Sullivan
authors.forename: Luis Raimon Alvarez
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Fortuny
authors.forename: Itziar Larrauri
authors.initials: IL
authors.lastname: Vives
authors.forename: Keith F
authors.initials: KF
authors.lastname: Tipton
mesh_terms: D006631:Amine Oxidase (Copper-Containing) / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D001808:Blood Vessels / Q000378:metabolism; D002417:Cattle; D002448:Cell Adhesion / Q000502:physiology; D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules / Q000378:metabolism*; D004549:Elastin / Q000378:metabolism*; D042783:Endothelial Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D005109:Extracellular Matrix / Q000378:metabolism; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide / Q000378:metabolism; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007700:Kinetics; D008239:Lysine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D012995:Solubility
chemical_list: D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D004549:Elastin; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide; D006631:Amine Oxidase (Copper-Containing); D008239:Lysine