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Accelerated neuronal cell recovery from Botulinum neurotoxin intoxication by targeted ubiquitination.

Abstract
Botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT), a Category A biodefense agent, delivers a protease to motor neuron cytosol that cleaves one or more soluble NSF attachment protein receptors (SNARE) proteins involved in neurotransmission to cause a flaccid paralysis. No antidotes exist to reverse symptoms of BoNT intoxication so severely affected patients require artificial respiration with prolonged intensive care. Time to recovery depends on toxin serotype because the intraneuronal persistence of the seven known BoNT serotypes varies widely from days to many months. Our therapeutic antidote strategy is to develop 'targeted F-box' (TFB) agents that target the different intraneuronal BoNT proteases for accelerated degradation by the ubiquitin proteasome system (UPS), thus promoting rapid recovery from all serotypes. These agents consist of a camelid heavy chain-only V(H) (VHH) domain specific for a BoNT protease fused to an F-box domain recognized by an intraneuronal E3-ligase. A fusion protein containing the 14 kDa anti-BoNT/A protease VHH, ALcB8, joined to a 15 kDa F-box domain region of TrCP (D5) was sufficient to cause increased ubiquitination and accelerate turnover of the targeted BoNT/A protease within neurons. Neuronal cells expressing this TFB, called D5-B8, were also substantially resistant to BoNT/A intoxication and recovered from intoxication at least 2.5 fold quicker than control neurons. Fusion of D5 to a VHH specific for BoNT/B protease (BLcB10) led to accelerated turnover of the targeted protease within neurons, thus demonstrating the modular nature of these therapeutic agents and suggesting that development of similar therapeutic agents specific to all botulinum serotypes should be readily achievable.
AuthorsChueh-Ling Kuo, George A Oyler, Charles B Shoemaker
JournalPloS one (PLoS One) Vol. 6 Issue 5 Pg. e20352 ( 2011) ISSN: 1932-6203 [Electronic] United States
PMID21629663 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural)
Chemical References
  • F-Box Proteins
  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins
  • Peptide Hydrolases
  • Botulinum Toxins, Type A
Topics
  • Botulinum Toxins, Type A (toxicity)
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
  • F-Box Proteins (genetics, metabolism)
  • Humans
  • Lentivirus (genetics)
  • Neuroblastoma (metabolism)
  • Neurons (drug effects, metabolism)
  • Peptide Hydrolases (genetics, metabolism)
  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins (genetics, metabolism)
  • Ubiquitination (drug effects, genetics)

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