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Annexin A2 and A5 serve as new ligands for C1Q on apoptotic cells.

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Summary, in English

C1q is the initiator of the classical complement pathway and opsonizes apoptotic cells to facilitate phagocytosis. Deficiency of C1q is the strongest known risk factor for development of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)a, which appears to be related to ensuing impaired clearance of apoptotic material. The objective of the current study was to investigate new ligands for C1q on the surface of apoptotic cells. We revealed that the two phospholipid-binding proteins annexin A2 and A5 are, beside DNA, significant C1q ligands. We furthermore demonstrated that C1q binds directly to histones exposed on the surface of dying cells but we did not detect significant interaction with phosphatidylserine. The complement inhibitors C4b-binding protein (C4BP) and factor H (FH) also interact with dying cells, most likely to decrease complement activation beyond the level of C3 in order to allow non-inflammatory clearance. Despite the fact that C4BP, FH and C1q share some ligands on dying cells, we showed that these three proteins did not compete with one another for binding to apoptotic cells. We additionally demonstrated that the way in which apoptosis is induced influenced both the degree of apoptosis and the binding of C1q. The knowledge, that annexin A2 and A5 act as ligands for C1q on apoptotic cells, sheds new light on the pathophysiology of autoimmune diseases.

Publishing year

2012

Language

English

Pages

33733-33744

Publication/Series

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volume

287

Issue

40

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Topic

  • Other Basic Medicine

Status

Published

Research group

  • Protein Chemistry, Malmö

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1083-351X