Proteinase 3 hydrolysis of peptides derived from human elastin exon 24
2005
In normal and pathological tissues, elastin-derived peptides proceed of elastin degradation by polymorphonuclear leukocyte proteases: elastase, cathepsin G and proteinase 3. They were demonstrated to have a chemotactic activity, to promote cell proliferation and protease release, . . .. To be biologically active, their structures, which reflect elastase specificity, must adopt a β-turn conformation which accommodate to the cell surface-located elastin binding protein. In this study, we establish that human elastin exon 24-derived peptides containing at least two repeated VGVAPG sequences are hydrolyzed by the proteinase 3 (Pr3). As shown by mass spectrometry analyses, the demonstrated cleavage sites are in agreement with previously reported Pr3 substrate specificity and its lengthy substrate binding site. The characterization of the Pr3-generated products indicate that they contain at least one GXXPG sequence known to stimulate cellular effects after binding to the elastin receptor.
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