Affinity biosensors using recombinant native membrane proteins displayed on exosomes: application to botulinum neurotoxin B receptor

Sci Rep. 2017 Apr 21;7(1):1032. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-01198-1.

Abstract

The development of simple molecular assays with membrane protein receptors in a native conformation still represents a challenging task. Exosomes are extracellular vesicles which, due to their stability and small size, are suited for analysis in various assay formats. Here, we describe a novel approach to sort recombinant fully native and functional membrane proteins to exosomes using a targeting peptide. Specific binding of high affinity ligands to the potassium channel Kv1.2, the G-protein coupled receptor CXCR4, and the botulinum neurotoxin type B (BoNT/B) receptor, indicated their correct assembly and outside out orientation in exosomes. We then developed, using a label-free optical biosensor, a new method to determine the kinetic constants of BoNT/B holotoxin binding to its receptor synaptotagmin2/GT1b ganglioside (kon = 2.3 ×105 M-1.s-1, koff = 1.3 10-4 s-1), yielding an affinity constant (KD = 0.6 nM) similar to values determined from native tissue. In addition, the recombinant binding domain of BoNT/B, a potential vector for neuronal delivery, bound quasi-irreversibly to synaptotagmin 2/GT1b exosomes. Engineered exosomes provide thus a novel means to study membrane proteins for biotechnology and clinical applications.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Biosensing Techniques / methods*
  • Botulinum Toxins, Type A / metabolism
  • Exosomes / metabolism*
  • Kv1.2 Potassium Channel / metabolism
  • Membrane Proteins / chemistry
  • Membrane Proteins / metabolism*
  • Protein Conformation
  • Protein Engineering
  • Receptors, CXCR4 / metabolism
  • Recombinant Proteins / chemistry
  • Recombinant Proteins / metabolism
  • Synaptotagmin II / metabolism

Substances

  • Kv1.2 Potassium Channel
  • Membrane Proteins
  • Receptors, CXCR4
  • Recombinant Proteins
  • Synaptotagmin II
  • rimabotulinumtoxinB
  • Botulinum Toxins, Type A