Discovery of an evolutionarily distinct evasin with dual CC and CXC chemokine inhibitory activity.

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Autori principali: Kunwar, Surendra, Devkota, Shankar Raj, Ang, Caroline, Aryal, Pramod, Gai, Wenrui, Pokhrel, Rina, So, Sean S, Jiao, Wanting, Payne, Richard J, Robert, Remy, Stone, Martin J, Bhusal, Ram Prasad
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Pubblicazione: Structure (London, England : 1993) 2026
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author Kunwar, Surendra
Devkota, Shankar Raj
Ang, Caroline
Aryal, Pramod
Gai, Wenrui
Pokhrel, Rina
So, Sean S
Jiao, Wanting
Payne, Richard J
Robert, Remy
Stone, Martin J
Bhusal, Ram Prasad
author_facet Kunwar, Surendra
Devkota, Shankar Raj
Ang, Caroline
Aryal, Pramod
Gai, Wenrui
Pokhrel, Rina
So, Sean S
Jiao, Wanting
Payne, Richard J
Robert, Remy
Stone, Martin J
Bhusal, Ram Prasad
Kunwar, Surendra
Devkota, Shankar Raj
Ang, Caroline
Aryal, Pramod
Gai, Wenrui
Pokhrel, Rina
So, Sean S
Jiao, Wanting
Payne, Richard J
Robert, Remy
Stone, Martin J
Bhusal, Ram Prasad
collection PubMed - marine biology
contents Discovery of an evolutionarily distinct evasin with dual CC and CXC chemokine inhibitory activity. Kunwar, Surendra Devkota, Shankar Raj Ang, Caroline Aryal, Pramod Gai, Wenrui Pokhrel, Rina So, Sean S Jiao, Wanting Payne, Richard J Robert, Remy Stone, Martin J Bhusal, Ram Prasad Animals Humans Protein Binding Chemokines, CXC Chemokines, CC Models, Molecular Amino Acid Sequence Binding Sites Evolution, Molecular Crystallography, X-Ray Hydrogen Bonding Chemokine-driven leukocyte trafficking is central to the pathogenesis of cancer and autoimmune/inflammatory diseases. Therapeutic targeting of the chemokine system has largely failed due to promiscuous binding between chemokines and their receptors. Blood-feeding ticks evade immune responses by secreting salivary evasins that selectively bind and neutralize either CC or CXC chemokines. Here, we describe EVA-ATL1001 (EVA-ATL), an evasin with dual CC/CXC inhibitory function. Like other class A evasins, EVA-ATL engages CC chemokines through conserved hydrogen bonds between its β1 region and the chemokine CC motif. Remarkably, the same interface accommodates CXC chemokines with minor structural adjustments. This dual recognition is mediated primarily by a shallow hydrophobic pocket, along with contributions from the N-terminus and β1-β2 region, features absent in other evasins. EVA-ATL represents a natural evasin with broad-spectrum CC/CXC chemokine inhibition, offering a promising framework for next-generation immunotherapeutics for complex pathologies involving both chemokine families.
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spellingShingle Discovery of an evolutionarily distinct evasin with dual CC and CXC chemokine inhibitory activity.
Kunwar, Surendra
Devkota, Shankar Raj
Ang, Caroline
Aryal, Pramod
Gai, Wenrui
Pokhrel, Rina
So, Sean S
Jiao, Wanting
Payne, Richard J
Robert, Remy
Stone, Martin J
Bhusal, Ram Prasad
Animals
Humans
Protein Binding
Chemokines, CXC
Chemokines, CC
Models, Molecular
Amino Acid Sequence
Binding Sites
Evolution, Molecular
Crystallography, X-Ray
Hydrogen Bonding
Discovery of an evolutionarily distinct evasin with dual CC and CXC chemokine inhibitory activity. Kunwar, Surendra Devkota, Shankar Raj Ang, Caroline Aryal, Pramod Gai, Wenrui Pokhrel, Rina So, Sean S Jiao, Wanting Payne, Richard J Robert, Remy Stone, Martin J Bhusal, Ram Prasad Animals Humans Protein Binding Chemokines, CXC Chemokines, CC Models, Molecular Amino Acid Sequence Binding Sites Evolution, Molecular Crystallography, X-Ray Hydrogen Bonding Chemokine-driven leukocyte trafficking is central to the pathogenesis of cancer and autoimmune/inflammatory diseases. Therapeutic targeting of the chemokine system has largely failed due to promiscuous binding between chemokines and their receptors. Blood-feeding ticks evade immune responses by secreting salivary evasins that selectively bind and neutralize either CC or CXC chemokines. Here, we describe EVA-ATL1001 (EVA-ATL), an evasin with dual CC/CXC inhibitory function. Like other class A evasins, EVA-ATL engages CC chemokines through conserved hydrogen bonds between its β1 region and the chemokine CC motif. Remarkably, the same interface accommodates CXC chemokines with minor structural adjustments. This dual recognition is mediated primarily by a shallow hydrophobic pocket, along with contributions from the N-terminus and β1-β2 region, features absent in other evasins. EVA-ATL represents a natural evasin with broad-spectrum CC/CXC chemokine inhibition, offering a promising framework for next-generation immunotherapeutics for complex pathologies involving both chemokine families.
title Discovery of an evolutionarily distinct evasin with dual CC and CXC chemokine inhibitory activity.
topic Animals
Humans
Protein Binding
Chemokines, CXC
Chemokines, CC
Models, Molecular
Amino Acid Sequence
Binding Sites
Evolution, Molecular
Crystallography, X-Ray
Hydrogen Bonding
url https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41759507/