Construction and function of two Cys146-mutants with high activity, derived from recombinant human soluble B lymphocyte stimulator

J Biochem. 2004 Jul;136(1):73-9. doi: 10.1093/jb/mvh088.

Abstract

B lymphocyte stimulator (BLyS) is a novel member of tumor necrosis factor (TNF) ligand family that is important in B cell maturation and survival. Previous studies were almost related to the function or mechanism of its wild type. Here, we constructed two site-directed mutants of the recombinant human soluble BLyS, the BY-A and BY-V, and found that BY-V ranked the highest whenever in the process of promoting proliferation of B lymphocytes in vitro or stimulating total serum IgG and IgM secretion in vivo. Besides, assays for the biological responses of human leukemic cell lines to BLyS, BY-A and BY-V demonstrated that they could suppress the proliferation of Raji cells but promote the growth of THP-1. The discovery of BY-V with high activity will help come to a conclusion that the mutation of Cys146 to Val146 might improve the biological activity of BLyS.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • B-Cell Activating Factor
  • Cysteine / genetics*
  • Cysteine / metabolism
  • Flow Cytometry
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin G / immunology
  • Immunoglobulin M
  • Leukemia / metabolism
  • Membrane Proteins / genetics*
  • Membrane Proteins / immunology
  • Membrane Proteins / metabolism
  • Mutation*
  • Recombinant Proteins / genetics*
  • Recombinant Proteins / metabolism
  • Spleen / immunology
  • Tumor Cells, Cultured
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / genetics*
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / immunology
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / metabolism

Substances

  • B-Cell Activating Factor
  • Immunoglobulin G
  • Immunoglobulin M
  • Membrane Proteins
  • Recombinant Proteins
  • TNFSF13B protein, human
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
  • Cysteine