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西亚试剂:A switch-on mechanism to activate maize ribosome-inactivati

发布时间:2025-09-11

A switch-on mechanism to activate maize ribosome-inactivating protein for targeting HIV-infected cells
Sue Ka-Yee Law,1 Rui-Rui Wang,2 Amanda Nga-Sze Mak,1 Kam-Bo Wong,1 Yong-Tang Zheng,2* and Pang-Chui Shaw1*

1Department of Biochemistry and Centre for Protein Science and Crystallography, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong and 2Key Laboratory of Animal Models and Human Disease Mechanisms, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, China

Maize ribosome-inactivating protein (RIP) is a plant toxin that inactivates eukaryotic ribosomes by depurinating a specific adenine residue at the α-sarcin/ricin loop of 28S rRNA. Maize RIP is first produced as a proenzyme with a 25-amino acid internal inactivation region on the protein surface. During germination, proteolytic removal of this internal inactivation region generates the active heterodimeric maize RIP with full N-glycosidase activity. This naturally occurring switch-on mechanism provides an opportunity for targeting the cytotoxin to pathogen-infected cells. Here, we report the addition of HIV-1 protease recognition sequences to the internal inactivation region and the activation of the maize RIP variants by HIV-1 protease in vitro and in HIV-infected cells. Among the variants generated, two were cleaved efficiently by HIV-1 protease. The HIV-1 protease-activated variants showed enhanced N-glycosidase activity in vivo as compared to their un-activated counterparts. They also possessed potent inhibitory effect on p24 antigen production in human T cells infected by two HIV-1 strains. This switch-on strategy for activating the enzymatic activity of maize RIP in target cells provides a platform for combating pathogens with a specific protease

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