Alpha-1-antitrypsin binds to the glucocorticoid receptor with biological significance in macrophages
Bai, X.; Bai, A.; Tomasicchio, M.; Hagman, J.; Buckle, A.; Gupta, A.; Kadiyala, V.; Bevers, S.; Serban, K.; Kim, K.; Feng, Z.; Spiender, K.; Hagen, G.; Fornis, L. B.; Griffith, D. E.; Dzieciatkowska, M.; Sandhaus, R. A.; Gerber, A. N.; Chan, E. D.
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Alpha-1-antitrypsin (AAT), a serine protease inhibitor produced mainly by the liver, is the third most abundant protein in plasma. While a canonical receptor for AAT has not been identified, AAT can be internalized into the cytoplasm and is known to affect gene regulation. Since AAT has significant anti-inflammatory properties affecting many cell types including macrophages, we examined whether AAT binds the cytoplasmic glucocorticoid receptor (GR) in macrophages. We report the novel finding that AAT binds to GR in macrophages using several approaches, including co-immunoprecipitation, mass spectrometry, microscale thermophoresis, and molecular modeling. The mass spectrometry data are available via ProteomeXchange with identifier PXD030989. We further demonstrate that AAT induction of angiopoietin-like 4 protein and AAT inhibition of lipopolysaccharide-induced nuclear factor-kappa B activation and interleukin-8 production are mediated, in part, through AAT-GR interaction. Furthermore, this interaction contributes to a host-protective role against mycobacteria in macrophages. The interaction of AAT and GR described in this study identifies a mechanism for the antiinflammatory and host-defense properties of AAT.
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