2023
Plant MDL proteins synergize with the cytokine MIF at CXCR2 and CXCR4 receptors in human cells
Spiller L, Manjula R, Leissing F, Basquin J, Bourilhon P, Sinitski D, Brandhofer M, Levecque S, Gerra S, Sabelleck B, Zhang L, Feederle R, Flatley A, Hoffmann A, Panstruga R, Bernhagen J, Lolis E. Plant MDL proteins synergize with the cytokine MIF at CXCR2 and CXCR4 receptors in human cells. Science Signaling 2023, 16: eadg2621. PMID: 37988455, DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.adg2621.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMammalian macrophage migration inhibitory factorHetero-oligomeric complexesHigh structural similarityMultifunctional inflammatory cytokineHuman lung epithelial cellsYeast reporter systemReporter systemLung epithelial cellsPlant leavesFunctional similarityCellular responsesHuman cellsPharmacological inhibitorsDopachrome tautomeraseFunctional implicationsX-ray crystallographyMacrophage migration inhibitory factorStructural similarityEpithelial cellsMigration inhibitory factorCXCR4 receptorProteinTautomerase activityCellsMIF receptor
1998
Direct link between cytokine activity and a catalytic site for macrophage migration inhibitory factor
Swope M, Sun H, Blake P, Lolis E. Direct link between cytokine activity and a catalytic site for macrophage migration inhibitory factor. The EMBO Journal 1998, 17: 3534-3541. PMID: 9649424, PMCID: PMC1170690, DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.13.3534.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsN-terminal prolineN-terminal regionStructure-based inhibitorsMultiple sequence alignmentThree-dimensional structureInvariant residuesEntire polypeptideMicrobial enzymesCatalytic basePro-1Sequence alignmentMIF homologuesCytokine activityHuman macrophage migration inhibitory factorCatalytic siteProlineInhibitory factorHomologuesUnderlying biological activityP-hydroxyphenylpyruvateProteinMacrophage migration inhibitory factorActive siteBiological activity
1997
Functional and receptor binding characterization of recombinant murine macrophage inflammatory protein 2: Sequence analysis and mutagenesis identify receptor binding epitopes
Jerva L, Lolis E, Sullivan G. Functional and receptor binding characterization of recombinant murine macrophage inflammatory protein 2: Sequence analysis and mutagenesis identify receptor binding epitopes. Protein Science 1997, 6: 1643-1652. PMID: 9260277, PMCID: PMC2143775, DOI: 10.1002/pro.5560060805.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsAntigens, CDBase SequenceCell LineChemokine CXCL2Chemokines, CXCCloning, MolecularDNA PrimersEpitopesHumansIntercellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsMiceMolecular Sequence DataMonokinesMutagenesis, Site-DirectedNeutrophilsReceptors, InterleukinReceptors, Interleukin-8ARecombinant ProteinsSequence Homology, Amino Acid