The conversion of a single lysine to an allysine results in structural stabilization, which may serve as a checkpoint during self-assembly to ensure that molecules incapable of forming multiple cross-links are not incorporated into the growing chain. With this approach, Allergan has built one of the broadest development pipelines in the pharmaceutical industry. Fed. doi: 10.1016/j.str.2006.09.008, Rauscher, S., and Pomes, R. (2017). The smallest amino acid, glycine is known to promote flexibility within local structures due to lack of steric hindrance, whereas prolines restrictive sidechain inhibits conformational sampling and disrupts the formation of prolonged secondary structures (Roberts et al., 2015). Provides infrastructure for further development and following approval to commercialize Elastagens products, SYDNEY February 7th: Elastagen Pty Limited, a clinical stage company developing medical device products based on recombinant tropoelastin, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement under which Allergan, a leading global biopharmaceutical company, has agreed to acquire Elastagen for an upfront payment of US$95M plus contingent, commercial payments.. 98, 416. 275, 2844928454. Cardiovasc. U.S.A. 110, 28522857. Human tropoelastin improves rat heart function postmyocardial infarction and could potentially be used to treat heart failure. It has been postulated that the interaction between tropoelastin and cell surface proteoglycans is part of the assembly process of elastin before it is deposited on microfibrils. doi: 10.1016/s0968-4328(99)00082-7, Tajima, S., Wachi, H., Uemura, Y., and Okamoto, K. (1997). Tropoelastin was revealed to be an asymmetric molecule with distinct N- and C-terminal regions that are respectively referred to as the head and foot of the molecule. Biol. I thank my team at the University of Sydney and greatly look forward to seeing our science commercialized by Allergan.. Sci. doi: 10.1016/s0022-5320(83)80021-5, Broekelmann, T. J., Kozel, B. Biochemistry 45, 99899996. Elastagens tropoelastin is identical to that present in human tissue, and has many potential clinical applications, including treatment for acne scars, stretch marks, aesthetic skin repair and surgical wound repair. Elastic fibers are present in the extracellular matrix (ECM) of vertebrate tissues, such as the skin, lungs, cardiovascular system, cartilage, and tendons. 252, 351365. Molecular modeling of protein materials: case study of elastin. Closer to the base of the molecule, the flexible hinge region between domains 21 and 23 presented with a scissors-like bending, which is now believed to contribute to elasticity and multimeric assembly through enhanced conformational space sampling (Tarakanova et al., 2019b). Remodelling the extracellular matrix in development and disease. Med. Biochemistry of tropoelastin. Our understanding of key aspects of the assembly process have been unclear due to the intrinsic properties of elastin and tropoelastin that render them difficult to study. The human ELN gene is located on the long arm of chromosome 7q11.2 and comprises of 34 exons nestled between lengthy introns (Indik et al., 1987, 1989; Bashir et al., 1989). Annabi, N., Zhang, Y. N., Assmann, A., Sani, E. S., Cheng, G., Lassaletta, A. D., et al. Sci. Natl. doi: 10.1016/j.matbio.2006.10.002, Dyksterhuis, L. B., and Weiss, A. S. (2010). Mater. 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Elastagen is an exciting clinical-stage company with an advanced tissue repair platform based on tropoelastin. N. Y. Acad. HS, which is present on cell surface proteoglycans (syndecans and glypicans), interacts strongly with tropoelastin (Cain et al., 2005). doi: 10.1021/bi0610092, Cordier, P., Tournilhac, F., Souli-Ziakovic, C., and Leibler, L. (2008). doi: 10.1093/protein/13.11.739, Roberts, S., Dzuricky, M., and Chilkoti, A. Molecular dynamics modeling of aggregating tropoelastin-derived peptide chains points to the maintenance of a hydrated, disordered, liquid-like state due to the formation of short-lived inter-chain bonds (Rauscher and Pomes, 2017; Reichheld et al., 2020), mostly likely due to the inducement of random coils by PG repeats (vide supra). Biol. Allergan plc (NYSE: AGN), headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, is a bold, global biopharmaceutical company. Importantly, the presence of fibrils indicates that the nanostructures formed during initial assembly contribute to the supramolecular structures that arise during both early (spherule) and later (fibril) stages of elastogenesis. Additionally, elastin is remarkably durable as it is primarily deposited during prenatal development and childhood, and is rarely synthesized during adulthood. Biophys. Cryo-electron microscopy for structural analysis of dynamic biological macromolecules. J. In contrast, higher temperatures allow the breaking of the hydrogen bonds of the ordered water, dissipating the clathrate shells and permitting the association of the hydrophobic domains (Yeo et al., 2011). Matrix Biol. Elastagen's technology is based on human tropoelastin . U.S.A. 108, 43224327. U.S.A. 109, 28782883. (1988). Mater. The elastin receptor complex transduces signals through the catalytic activity of its Neu-1 subunit. (2006). 624, 137146. 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Hailed as a giant leap forward in hair rejuvenation, NULASTIN transforms the look of eyelashes up to 120% thicker and 61% longer. The hydrophobic domain 26 of human tropoelastin is unstructured in solution. On a per-share basis, the Irving, Texas-based company said it had profit of 1 cent. (2013). Modulation by elastin peptide VGVAPG of cell proliferation and elastin expression in human skin fibroblasts. Coacervation is an endothermic, entropically favorable process through which tropoelastin monomers self-assemble into higher order n-mer structures. Acta 303, 363369. doi: 10.1002/bip.1981.360200611. doi: 10.1267/ahc.10026, Yang, A. S., and Honig, B. 33, 54685481. Molecular model of human tropoelastin and implications of associated mutations. Although alanine tracts within other proteins are predisposed to -helix formation (Yang and Honig, 1995; Avbelj, 2000), high helical content within tropoelastins KA domains was primarily demonstrated to persist in solvents that stabilize secondary structure, such as trifluoroethanol, rather than aqueous solution (Luo and Baldwin, 1997; Tamburro et al., 2006). Cell Physiol. Domains in tropoelastin that mediate elastin deposition in vitro and in vivo. into 200 nm then 12 m spherules, which eventually grow and stabilize into spherules 26 m in diameter (Clarke et al., 2006; Kozel et al., 2006; Tu and Weiss, 2010; Tu et al., 2010). The hydrophobic domains contain aliphatic amino acids with proline variations that provide flexibility and the ability to assemble into higher order structures. 82, 335340. J. Pathol. DEERFIELD, IL - Caterpillar Inc. 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Allergan's Medical Aesthetics business - a comprehensive portfolio of facial aesthetics, body contouring and plastic and regenerative medicine products - is expected to grow at an 8-10 percent CAGR from 2017 to 2025. 29, 152159. doi: 10.1080/07391102.1992.10508661, Tamburro, A. M., Pepe, A., and Bochicchio, B. Figure 3. Form. Sci. Tropoelastin (TE) is the main (>90%) component of elastin, wherein crosslinked assembled coacervates of TE are exposed to lysyl oxidases and interact with microfibrils to expand elastin fibers. Domain 36 of tropoelastin in elastic fiber formation. Tropoelastin interacts with cell-surface glycosaminoglycans via its COOH-terminal domain. Biochemistry 42, 1334713362. AW gratefully acknowledges NHMRC funding (Ref: 1195827). Ann. Tropoelastin interacts with microfibril components including fibrillin-1, fibulin-4, and -5, and other associated molecules such as latent transforming growth factor binding protein-4 (Visconti et al., 2003; McLaughlin et al., 2006; Urban et al., 2009; Yamauchi et al., 2010; Noda et al., 2013; Lockhart-Cairns et al., 2020). 276, 4457544580. J. Biol. Recycling of the 67-kDa elastin binding protein in arterial myocytes is imperative for secretion of tropoelastin. Isolation and characterization of crosslinked peptides from elastin. Pediatr. FEBS J. Marked longevity of human lung parenchymal elastic fibers deduced from prevalence of D-aspartate and nuclear weapons-related radiocarbon. Invest. doi: 10.1016/j.matbio.2006.09.011, Miao, M., Reichheld, S. E., Muiznieks, L. D., Huang, Y., and Keeley, F. W. (2013). 28, 379382. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. Localizing alpha-helices in human tropoelastin: assembly of the elastin puzzle. 21:063001. doi: 10.1088/0965-0393/21/6/063001, Tarakanova, A., Huang, W., Weiss, A. S., Kaplan, D. L., and Buehler, M. J. Matrix Biol. The SAXS/SANS global shape of tropoelastin (Baldock et al., 2011) has been used to validate the full-atomistic computational model of tropoelastin through a geometric and topological comparison (Tarakanova et al., 2018). Domains 12 to 16 of tropoelastin promote cell attachment and spreading through interactions with glycosaminoglycan and integrins alphaV and alpha5beta1. FEBS J. Powered by Madgex Job Board Software. (2014). Future investigations will allow the bridging of the gap between mesoscale simulations and microscopically observed coacervation (Clarke et al., 2006). Tropoelastin, the soluble precursor to elastin, and the degradation products of fragmented elastic fibers also have important chemical signaling properties. The process of tropoelastin aggregation is initially reversible, as spherules dissipate if the temperature is lowered (Clarke et al., 2006), however, maintenance of a physiological temperature results in maturation, which is indicated by spherule coalescence and the irreversible formation of fibrillar structures (Cox et al., 1974; Bressan et al., 1983; Mithieux et al., 2005). (2019b). The smooth muscle cell. Acta Histochem. The isoform-function theory is further reinforced by the presence of two different ELN genes within teleosts that are differentially expressed both spatially and temporally during development (Miao et al., 2007). J. Mol. (2009). Banded fibers in tropoelastin coacervates at physiological temperatures. Mutations in LTBP4 cause a syndrome of impaired pulmonary, gastrointestinal, genitourinary, musculoskeletal, and dermal development. doi: 10.1016/j.matbio.2006.08.258, Clarke, A. W., Arnspang, E. C., Mithieux, S. M., Korkmaz, E., Braet, F., and Weiss, A. S. (2006). They can be categorized as either hydrophobic or cross-linking based on their functionality and amino acid content (Figure 1). Co-author Professor Anthony Weiss from the Charles Perkins Centre and Faculty of Science explained: "Tropoelastin can repair the heart because it is a precise replica of the body's natural elastic protein,". Trends towards maximal association are apparent when each of these parameters is varied. Delineation of unusual features in the 5-flanking region. doi: 10.1038/nature06669, Cox, B. Forty tropoelastin molecules were subjected to simulations using a MARTINI-based coarse-grained model, integrated with an elastic network model (Tarakanova et al., 2019a). Pharm. doi: 10.1016/j.actbio.2013.08.003, Wu, W. J., and Weiss, A. S. (1999). This phenomenon is supported by in vitro peptide studies, which note that increasing the space between PG motifs or removing prolines results in more ordered structures (Rauscher et al., 2006). Chem. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M510833200, Lee, P., Bax, D. V., Bilek, M. M., and Weiss, A. S. (2014). Primary structure of porcine tropoelastin. Tropoelastin is secreted as a 6070 kDa protein to the cell surface where it participates in self-assembly (Hinek and Rabinovitch, 1994; Figure 3). Biomaterials 127, 4960. Crucially, these simulations revealed that self-assembly starts with a nucleation event and elongation proceeds via both globular and fibrillar structures (Tarakanova et al., 2019a). 270, 1777817783. The ERC binds elastin derived peptides, which are the product of proteolytic activity of soluble and insoluble elastin by various elastases. 10, 15321541. Elastin: molecular description and function. We are making enrolling in text alerts easier than ever. Tropoelastin was revealed to be an asymmetric molecule with distinct N- and C-terminal regions that are respectively referred to as the "head" and "foot" of the molecule. Elastagen was one of the inaugural recipients of MDF funding in 2013 and will be the first to successfully repay the funding amount. doi: 10.1016/s0934-8832(11)80057-0. Imaging 11:e007303. Modulative effects are also observed within full length tropoelastin, where disruptions to domain 26 diminish self-assembly (Jensen et al., 2000), highlighting the context of primary sequence on higher order structures. Received: 17 December 2020; Accepted: 08 February 2021;Published: 25 February 2021. Another region of note is domain 36, which contains lysines but does not participate in cross-linking (Hedtke et al., 2019). doi: 10.1016/s0003-9861(02)00719-1, Muiznieks, L. D., Reichheld, S. E., Sitarz, E. E., Miao, M., and Keeley, F. W. (2015). Tropoelastin monomers undergo self-assembly upon reaching the transition temperature through the aggregation of their hydrophobic domains (Wise et al., 2014). doi: 10.1021/acs.biomac.6b01759, Mackay, J. P., Muiznieks, L. D., Toonkool, P., and Weiss, A. S. (2005). The evolutionary background and functional consequences of the rs2071307 polymorphism in human tropoelastin. For example, the highly flexible domains 25 that were noted to generate a twisting motion in N-terminus, were positioned beside domain 6, a relatively immobile region that may assist in stabilizing the subsequent regions. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M107920200, Tu, Y., and Weiss, A. S. (2010). doi: 10.1002/bip.23007, Miao, M., Stahl, R. J., Petersen, L. F., Reintsch, W. E., Davis, E. C., and Keeley, F. W. (2009). 13, 739743. The majority of tropoelastin synthesis occurs during perinatal development (Myers et al., 1983; Noguchi et al., 1990), however, synthesis may be triggered in response to tissue damage (Parks et al., 1992) or during diseases such as atherosclerosis (Phinikaridou et al., 2018). A novel cell adhesion region in tropoelastin mediates attachment to integrin alphaVbeta5. . Most organisms contain one copy of ELN, other than teleosts and amphibians which notably possess two distinct types of ELN genes (He et al., 2007; Miao et al., 2007, 2009). (2019). (2020). Eng. Fluor: Q4 Earnings Snapshot. Acad. (2018). Nature 437, 9991002. J. Biochem. Microfibrils comprise multiple proteins, of which fibrillin-1 is the most common. Tropoelastin is frequently described in the literature as an unstructured protein, mainly because models of elasticity invoke an element of disorder within the structure (4, 9, 10).While this concept appears to be the case at the fine, more subtle intramolecular level, chaos alone is unlikely to explain the ordered assembly of tropoelastin which culminates in the formation of organized . Elastagen is creating injectables using recombinant human tropelastin, a substance that's crucial for producing elastin fibers in the skin. Subtle balance of tropoelastin molecular shape and flexibility regulates dynamics and hierarchical assembly. The compositions include a coalescence-controlling agent in the form of a polysaccharide or polysaccharide derivative, in an amount effective for providing the substance with the properties of flow, enabling injection. Adv. Comparative genomics of elastin: sequence analysis of a highly repetitive protein. 276, 3603536042. Biomaterials 139, 163171. For this injection, the researchers used a new . Plus 2:100002. doi: 10.1016/j.mbplus.2019.03.001, Parks, W. C., Roby, J. D., Wu, L. C., and Grosso, L. E. (1992). Non-polar residues are a major contributor to protein folding, as their unfavorable interactions with water drive them to bury into the protein core, however, as tropoelastin is comprised of numerous hydrophobic domains, it has been demonstrated that many of these domains will be at least partially solvent exposed (Dyksterhuis et al., 2007). Even after being able to produce recombinant tropoelastin at scales suited to characterization studies, traditional techniques have not yet produced an experimentally verified atomistic structure (Martin et al., 1995; Tarakanova and Buehler, 2013). doi: 10.1038/nature04085. For many years it was difficult to study tropoelastin at an atomic scale, but the application of computational methods, such as full-atomistic molecular dynamics and elastic network models, in combination with powerful low-resolution structural studies, have expanded the field and delivered an enhanced understanding of the mechanisms that contribute to self-assembly. In addition to the RKRK sequence, domain 36 contains tropoelastins sole two cysteines and only disulfide bond. Proline-poor hydrophobic domains modulate the assembly and material properties of polymeric elastin. Trifluoroethanol promotes helix formation by destabilizing backbone exposure: desolvation rather than native hydrogen bonding defines the kinetic pathway of dimeric coiled coil folding. 2:e1501145. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M507309200, Brown-Augsburger, P., Tisdale, C., Broekelmann, T., Sloan, C., and Mecham, R. P. (1995). Although there is no 3D structure for porcine tropoelastin, porcine tropoelastin differs from that of humans (Sandberg et al., 1977), leaving it unclear as to whether these domains align as expected in human tissue. Further to this, the flexibility of the hydrophobic domains may also play a key role in self-assembly. doi: 10.1016/j.matbio.2007.05.005, He, D., Miao, M., Sitarz, E. E., Muiznieks, L. D., Reichheld, S., Stahl, R. J., et al. J. Biol. On the cell surface, EBP forms a complex with protective protein/cathepsin A (PPCA) and neuraminidase-1 (Neu-1), giving rise to the ERC (Duca et al., 2007). The most crucial of these properties is the ability to undergo many stretch-recoil cycles whilst maintaining the structural and functional integrity of elastic tissues over an organisms lifetime. Elastogenic cells, such as fibroblasts (Mecham et al., 1985) and smooth muscle cells (Narayanan et al., 1976), synthesize and secrete tropoelastin. A single tropoelastin molecule can stretch up to eight times its resting length and has a Youngs modulus (tensile stiffness) of 3 kPa (Baldock et al., 2011) in comparison to elastins extensibility of 150% and stiffness of 1 mPa (Aaron and Gosline, 1981). doi: 10.1016/j.matbio.2009.07.003, Mithieux, S. M., Wise, S. G., Raftery, M. J., Starcher, B., and Weiss, A. S. (2005). A cell adhesive peptide from tropoelastin promotes sequential cell attachment and spreading via distinct receptors. More recently, it has been demonstrated that KA domains consist of random coil content prior to self-assembly and become more ordered as molecules aggregate, marrying the observations discussed above into a cohesive model within the context of assembly and the requirements of higher-order structures (Reichheld et al., 2014). Approximately 90% of tropoelastins lysines undergo modification and/or participate in cross-links, indicating that mature elastin is extensively cross-linked (Kozel et al., 2003; Schmelzer et al., 2019). Chem. doi: 10.1016/j.biochi.2004.03.002, Sandberg, L. B., Gray, W. R., Foster, J. (2017). doi: 10.1172/jci115204, Sherratt, M., Wess, T. J., Baldock, C., Ashworth, J., Purslow, P., Shuttleworth, C., et al. Acad. The hydrophobic domains have been extensively studied and are responsible for facilitating tropoelastins ability to self-assemble (Vrhovski et al., 1997; Toonkool et al., 2001). doi: 10.1074/jbc.270.30.17778, Cain, S. A., Baldock, C., Gallagher, J., Morgan, A., Bax, D. V., Weiss, A. S., et al. doi: 10.1006/jmbi.1995.0502, Yeo, G. C., Baldock, C., Tuukkanen, A., Roessle, M., Dyksterhuis, L. B., Wise, S. G., et al. Trends Biotechnol. Dominant driving factors of assembly were examined, including water, temperature and domain pair orientations. Similar to other ECM proteins, such as collagen, tropoelastin covalently cross-links via its lysines. Tropoelastin is typically used as a thin coating on tissue culture surfaces. The flexibility of the mid-region of the molecule was proposed to drive the overall elasticity of the resultant fibers. Evidence for the presence of alpha-aminoadipic acid delta-semialdehyde and its aldol condensation product. Biomed. Biosynthesis and nature of elastin structures. Chem. With leaps in the improvement of cryogenic electron microscopy to characterize flexible molecules, we predict that this approach will contribute to a deeper understanding of tropoelastin structure and self-assembly in the context of endogenous fiber formation and biomaterials fabrication. Tropoelastin is a low complexity protein on both primary and secondary sequence levels. J. Rev. Matrix Biol. (2007). 26, 115124. With commercial operations in approximately 100 countries, Allergan is committed to working with physicians, healthcare providers and patients to deliver innovative and meaningful treatments that help people around the world live longer, healthier lives every day.
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