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Lookup NU author(s): Dr Valerie Wilson, Professor Tim Goodship, Dr Veronique Fremaux-Bacchi
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The pathogenesis of atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS) is strongly linked to dysregulation of the alternative pathway of the complement system. Mutations in complement genes have been identified in about two-thirds of cases, with 5% to 15% being in C3. In this study, 23 aHUS-associated genetic changes in C3 were characterized relative to their interaction with the control proteins factor H (FH), membrane cofactor protein (MCP; CD46), and complement receptor 1 (CR1; CD35). In surface plasmon resonance experiments, 17 mutant recombinant proteins demonstrated a defect in binding to FH and/or MCP, whereas 2 demonstrated reduced binding to CR1. In the majority of cases, decreased binding affinity translated to a decrease in proteolytic inactivation (known as cofactor activity) of C3b via FH and MCP. These results were used to map the putative binding regions of C3b involved in the interaction with MCP and CR1 and interrogated relative to known FH binding sites. Seventy-six percent of patients with C3 mutations had low C3 levels that correlated with disease severity. This study expands our knowledge of the functional consequences of aHUS-associated C3 mutations relative to the interaction of C3 with complement regulatory proteins mediating cofactor activity.
Author(s): Schramm EC, Roumenina LT, Rybkine T, Chauvet S, Vieira-Martins P, Hue C, Maga T, Valoti E, Wilson V, Jokiranta S, Smith RJH, Noris M, Goodship T, Atkinson JP, Fremeaux-Bacchi V
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Blood
Year: 2015
Volume: 125
Issue: 15
Pages: 2359-2369
Print publication date: 09/04/2015
Online publication date: 21/01/2015
Acceptance date: 07/01/2015
ISSN (print): 0006-4971
ISSN (electronic): 1528-0020
Publisher: American Society of Hematology
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1182/blood-2014-10-609073
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2014-10-609073
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