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      Apolipoprotein A-I binds and inhibits the human antibacterial/cytotoxic peptide LL-37.

      The Journal of Biological Chemistry
      Amino Acid Sequence, Anti-Bacterial Agents, antagonists & inhibitors, chemistry, metabolism, Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides, Antineoplastic Agents, Apolipoprotein A-I, Carrier Proteins, Cathelicidins, Humans, Molecular Sequence Data, Protein Binding

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          The antibacterial and cytotoxic activity of the human cathelicidin peptide LL-37 is inhibited by plasma. Because LL-37 does not undergo rapid degradation in human plasma, we postulated that this inhibition results from binding of LL-37 to unidentified proteins. An LL-37 binding plasma protein has now been isolated by affinity chromatography. SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of proteins that bound to an LL-37 column revealed one band with a molecular mass of about 26 kDa, and amino acid sequence analysis identified the protein as apolipoprotein A-I (apoA-I). Biomolecular interaction analysis using surface plasmon resonance showed that LL-37 and isolated apoA-I bind with an apparent Kd in the low micromolar range. 50 microM of apoA-I inhibits the antibacterial activity of 50 microM LL-37 by about 50% of the inhibition exhibited by plasma. In addition, anti-apoA-I IgG completely blocks the plasma inhibition of LL-37 antibacterial activity up to a peptide concentration of 25 microM and blocks most of the plasma inhibition at higher LL-37 concentrations. These results indicate that apoA-I is the main LL-37 binding protein in human plasma and may work as a scavenger of LL-37, thus suggesting a novel mechanism involved in the regulation of a cathelicidin peptide.

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