Nanobody inhibitors of Plexin-B1 identify allostery in plexin-semaphorin interactions and signaling.
cancer
multiple sclerosis
phage display
semaphorin
single-domain antibody (sdAb, nanobody, VHH)
Journal
The Journal of biological chemistry
ISSN: 1083-351X
Titre abrégé: J Biol Chem
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 2985121R
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
06 2023
06 2023
Historique:
received:
28
11
2022
revised:
29
03
2023
accepted:
18
04
2023
medline:
28
6
2023
pubmed:
24
4
2023
entrez:
23
04
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Plexin-B1 is a receptor for the cell surface semaphorin, Sema4D. This signaling system has been implicated in a variety of human diseases, including cancer, multiple sclerosis and osteoporosis. While inhibitors of the Plexin-B1:Sema4D interaction have been previously reported, understanding their mechanism has been hindered by an incomplete structural view of Plexin-B1. In this study, we have raised and characterized a pair of nanobodies that are specific for mouse Plexin-B1 and which inhibit the binding of Sema4D to mouse Plexin-B1 and its biological activity. Structural studies of these nanobodies reveal that they inhibit the binding of Sema4D in an allosteric manner, binding to epitopes not previously reported. In addition, we report the first unbound structure of human Plexin-B1, which reveals that Plexin-B1 undergoes a conformational change on Sema4D binding. These changes mirror those seen upon binding of allosteric peptide modulators, which suggests a new model for understanding Plexin-B1 signaling and provides a potential innovative route for therapeutic modulation of Plexin-B1.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37088134
pii: S0021-9258(23)01768-4
doi: 10.1016/j.jbc.2023.104740
pmc: PMC10206189
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
plexin
0
Receptors, Cell Surface
0
Semaphorins
0
Single-Domain Antibodies
0
Cell Adhesion Molecules
0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
104740Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2023 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Conflict of interest The authors declare no conflicts of interest with the contents of this article.