ArticleScientific reports2016
A proteolytic modification of AIM promotes its renal excretion.
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- Apoptosis Inhibitor of Macrophage (AIM) Modulates Calcium Oxalate-Induced Ureteral Fibrosis in AIM-Felinized Mice.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- AIMing for survival: The impact of the free and total AIM concentration in septic patients.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Article
- The effects of apoptosis inhibitor of macrophage in kidney diseases.European journal of medical research · 2024Review
- CD5L is a canonical component of circulatory IgM.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2023Article
- The comprehensive role of apoptosis inhibitor of macrophage (AIM) in pathological conditions.Clinical and experimental immunology · 2023Review
- Mapping and functional characterization of murine kidney injury molecule-1 proteolytic cleavage site.Molecular and cellular biochemistry · 2021Article
- Recombinant apoptosis inhibitor of macrophage protein reduces delayed graft function in a murine model of kidney transplantation.PloS one · 2021Article
- The IgM pentamer is an asymmetric pentagon with an open groove that binds the AIM protein.Science advances · 2018Article
- AIM associated with the IgM pentamer: attackers on stand-by at aircraft carrier.Cellular & molecular immunology · 2018Review
- Apoptosis Inhibitor of Macrophage (CD5-Like Antigen) in Healthy Dogs and Dogs With Acute Kidney Injury.Journal of veterinary internal medicineArticle
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Abstract
Apoptosis inhibitor of macrophage (AIM, encoded by cd5l) is a multi-functional circulating protein that has a beneficial role in the regulation of a broad range of diseases, some of which are ameliorated by AIM administration in mice. In blood, AIM is stabilized by association with IgM pentamers and maintains its high circulating levels. The mechanism regulating the excessive accumulation of blood AIM remains unknown, although it is important, since a constitutive increase in AIM levels promotes chronic inflammation. Here we found a physiological AIM-cleavage process that induces destabilization of AIM and its excretion in urine. In blood, IgM-free AIM appeared to be cleaved and reduced in size approximately 10 kDa. Cleaved AIM was unable to bind to IgM and was selectively filtered by the glomerulus, thereby excreted in urine. Amino acid substitution at the cleavage site resulted in no renal excretion of AIM. Interestingly, cleaved AIM retained a comparable potency with full-length AIM in facilitating the clearance of dead cell debris in injured kidney, which is a key response in the recovery of acute kidney injury. Identification of AIM-cleavage and resulting functional modification could be the basis for designing safe and efficient AIM therapy for various diseases.
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