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Dimerization of complement factor H-related proteins modulates complement activation in vivo

Goicoechea de Jorge, E., Caesar, J. J. E., Malik, T. H., Patel, M., Colledge, M., Johnson, S., Hakobyan, Svetlana, Morgan, Bryan Paul ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4075-7676, Harris, Claire Louise, Pickering, M. C. and Lea, S. M. 2013. Dimerization of complement factor H-related proteins modulates complement activation in vivo. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 110 (12) , pp. 4685-4690. 10.1073/pnas.1219260110

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Abstract

The complement system is a key component regulation influences susceptibility to age-related macular degeneration, meningitis, and kidney disease. Variation includes genomic rearrangements within the complement factor H-related (CFHR) locus. Elucidating the mechanism underlying these associations has been hindered by the lack of understanding of the biological role of CFHR proteins. Here we present unique structural data demonstrating that three of the CFHR proteins contain a shared dimerization motif and that this hitherto unrecognized structural property enables formation of both homodimers and heterodimers. Dimerization confers avidity for tissue-bound complement fragments and enables these proteins to efficiently compete with the physiological complement inhibitor, complement factor H (CFH), for ligand binding. Our data demonstrate that these CFHR proteins function as competitive antagonists of CFH to modulate complement activation in vivo and explain why variation in the CFHRs predisposes to disease.

Item Type: Article
Date Type: Publication
Status: Published
Schools: Medicine
Systems Immunity Research Institute (SIURI)
Subjects: Q Science > QP Physiology
R Medicine > R Medicine (General)
Publisher: National Academy of Sciences
ISSN: 0027-8424
Last Modified: 10 Nov 2023 12:45
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/48490

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