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ArticleScientific reports2021

Identification of an alpha-1 antitrypsin variant with enhanced specificity for factor XIa by phage display, bacterial expression, and combinatorial mutagenesis.

Varsha Bhakta, Mostafa Hamada, Amy Nouanesengsy, Jessica Lapierre, Darian L Perruzza, William P Sheffield

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Article in Scientific reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Varsha BhaktaCentre for Innovation, Canadian Blood Services, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
Mostafa HamadaDepartment of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, HSC 4N66, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON, L8S 4L8, Canada.
Amy NouanesengsyDepartment of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, HSC 4N66, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON, L8S 4L8, Canada.
Jessica LapierreDepartment of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, HSC 4N66, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON, L8S 4L8, Canada.
Darian L PerruzzaDepartment of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, HSC 4N66, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON, L8S 4L8, Canada.
William P SheffieldCentre for Innovation, Canadian Blood Services, Hamilton, ON, Canada. sheffiel@mcmaster.ca.
McMaster University · CACanadian Blood Services · CA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Coagulation Factor XIa (FXIa) is an emerging target for antithrombotic agent development. The M358R variant of the serpin alpha-1 antitrypsin (AAT) inhibits both FXIa and other proteases. Our aim was to enhance the specificity of AAT M358R for FXIa. We randomized two AAT M358R phage display libraries at reactive centre loop positions P13-P8 and P7-P3 and biopanned them with FXIa. A bacterial expression library randomized at P2'-P3' was also probed. Resulting novel variants were expressed as recombinant proteins in E. coli and their kinetics of FXIa inhibition determined. The most potent FXIa-inhibitory motifs were: P13-P8, HASTGQ; P7-P3, CLEVE; and P2-P3', PRSTE (respectively, novel residues bolded). Selectivity for FXIa over thrombin was increased up to 34-fold versus AAT M358R for these single motif variants. Combining CLEVE and PRSTE motifs in AAT-RC increased FXIa selectivity for thrombin, factors XIIa, Xa, activated protein C, and kallikrein by 279-, 143-, 63-, 58-, and 36-fold, respectively, versus AAT M358R. AAT-RC lengthened human plasma clotting times less than AAT M358R. AAT-RC rapidly and selectively inhibits FXIa and is worthy of testing in vivo. AAT specificity can be focused on one target protease by selection in phage and bacterial systems coupled with combinatorial mutagenesis.

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Gene ExpressionMutagenesisPeptide Libraryalpha 1-AntitrypsinEscherichia coliFactor XIaHumansRecombinant Proteinsalpha 1-AntitrypsinFactor XIaPeptide LibraryRecombinant ProteinsSERPINA1 protein, human

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PMID33692375
PMCPMC7946950
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