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  • Title: The C-D interhelical domain of the serpin plasminogen activator inhibitor-type 2 is required for protection from TNF-alpha induced apoptosis.
    Author: Dickinson JL, Norris BJ, Jensen PH, Antalis TM.
    Journal: Cell Death Differ; 1998 Feb; 5(2):163-71. PubMed ID: 10200461.
    Abstract:
    The serine proteinase inhibitor (serpin), plasminogen activator inhibitor type 2 (PAI-2), has been reported to inhibit tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF) induced apoptosis. In order to begin to understand the molecular basis for this protection, we have investigated the importance of a structural domain within the PAI-2 molecule, the C-D interhelical region, in mediating the protective effect. The C-D interhelical region is a 33 amino acid insertion which is unique among serpins and has been implicated in transglutaminase catalyzed cross-linking of PAI-2 to cell membranes. We have constructed a mutant of PAI-2 wherein 23 amino acids are deleted from the C-D interhelical region generating a structure predicted to be homologous to the closely related, but non-inhibitory serpin, chicken ovalbumin. The PAI-2Delta65/87 deletion mutant retained inhibitory activity against its known serine proteinase target, urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA); however expression of this mutant in HeLa cells failed to protect from TNF-induced apoptosis. Analyses of the cellular distribution of PAI-2 showed that intracellular PAI-2, and not secreted or cell-surface PAI-2, was likely responsible for the observed protection from TNF-induced apoptosis. No evidence was found for specific cross-linking of PAI-2 to the plasma membrane in either control or TNF/cycloheximide treated cells. The data demonstrate that the PAI-2 C-D interhelical domain is functionally important in PAI-2 protection from TNF induced apoptosis and suggest a novel function for the C-D interhelical domain in the protective mechanism.
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