title: On the role of protein disulfide isomerase in the retrograde cell transport of secreted phospholipases A2.
abstract: Following the finding that ammodytoxin (Atx), a neurotoxic secreted phospholipase A2 (sPLA2) in snake venom, binds specifically to protein disulfide isomerase (PDI) in vitro we show that these proteins also interact in living rat PC12 cells that are able to internalize this group IIA (GIIA) sPLA2. Atx and PDI co-localize in both differentiated and non-differentiated PC12 cells, as shown by fluorescence microscopy. Based on a model of the complex between Atx and yeast PDI (yPDI), a three-dimensional model of the complex between Atx and human PDI (hPDI) was constructed. The Atx binding site on hPDI is situated between domains b and b'. Atx interacts hPDI with an extensive area on its interfacial binding surface. The mammalian GIB, GIIA, GV and GX sPLA2s have the same fold as Atx. The first three sPLA2s have been detected intracellularly but not the last one. The models of their complexes with hPDI were constructed by replacement of Atx with the respective mammalian sPLA2 in the Atx-hPDI complex and molecular docking of the structures. According to the generated models, mammalian GIB, GIIA and GV sPLA2s form complexes with hPDI very similar to that with Atx. The contact area between GX sPLA2 and hPDI is however different from that of the other sPLA2s. Heterologous competition of Atx binding to hPDI with GV and GX sPLA2s confirmed the model-based expectation that GV sPLA2 was a more effective inhibitor than GX sPLA2, thus validating our model. The results suggest a role of hPDI in the (patho)physiology of some snake venom and mammalian sPLA2s by assisting the retrograde transport of these molecules from the cell surface. The sPLA2-hPDI model constitutes a valuable tool to facilitate further insights into this process and into the (patho)physiology of sPLA2s in relation to their action intracellularly.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular and Biomedical Sciences, Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
authors.forename: Jernej
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Oberčkal
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular and Biomedical Sciences, Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
authors.forename: Lidija
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kovačič
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular and Biomedical Sciences, Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
authors.forename: Jernej
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Šribar
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular and Biomedical Sciences, Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
authors.forename: Adrijana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Leonardi
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular and Biomedical Sciences, Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
authors.forename: Klemen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Dolinar
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular and Biomedical Sciences, Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
authors.forename: Anja
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pucer Janež
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular and Biomedical Sciences, Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia; Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
authors.forename: Igor
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Križaj
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D062105:Molecular Docking Simulation; D016716:PC12 Cells; D054497:Phospholipases A2, Secretory / Q000378:metabolism*; D011485:Protein Binding; D011487:Protein Conformation; D019704:Protein Disulfide-Isomerases / Q000378:metabolism*; D021381:Protein Transport; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D054497:Phospholipases A2, Secretory; D019704:Protein Disulfide-Isomerases