Somatostatin induces an increase of IDE expression in microglia cells.

<p>Western blot analysis of normalized lysis samples from rat primary microglia (A) and BV-2 (B) indicates that IDE level increases after 24 hrs of somatostatin incubation, while the internal control ß-tubulin is constant. The additional incubation with sst after 6 hrs from first round strengthens the effect on IDE expression (left panel). Densitometric analysis of IDE WB signals, average ± ES of 5 independent experiments in triplicate (right panel). *P<0.05, one-way ANOVA, followed by Tukey's test, n = 15.</p

Effect of somatostatin on MMP-9 expression.

<p>(A) Zymographyc analysis of cell culture supernatants harvested after 24 hrs of incubation indicate that somatostain administration does not modulate gelatinolytic activity of MMP-9 in each of the experimental conditions. (B) In Western blotting analysis of cell lysates a polyclonal anti-MMP-9 antibody recognizes a single band corresponding to the pro-MMP-9 (92 kDa) which is not modulated over each experimental condition. Analysis of β-tubulin represents the internal control. The results presented are the means ± ES of three indipendent experiments in triplicate, n = 9.</p

Sequence alignment of human kallikreins (panel A) and three-dimensional structure of PSA (panel B).

<p>Sequence alignment (panel A) is built with those human kallikreins for which the three-dimensional structure is available at the Protein Data Bank. The protein sequences were obtained from the NCBI database (<a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm-nih.gov" target="_blank">http://www.ncbi.nlm-nih.gov</a>). The progressive multiple alignment of PSA (also named kallikrein 3; NCBI entry number: CAD30845.1), kallikrein 1 (also named tissue kallikrein; KLK1; NCBI entry number: AAH05313.1), kallikrein 2 (KLK2; NCBI entry number: AAF08276.1), kallikrein 4 (KLK4; NCBI entry number: AAD38019.1), kallikrein 6 (KLK6; NCBI entry number: AAP35498.1), kallikrein 7 (KLK7; NCBI entry number: NP_644806.1), and human plasma kallikrein (HPK; NCBI entry number: AAF79940.1) was performed by the Clustal-Omega program (<a href="http://www.ebi.ac.uk/Tools/msa/clustalo" target="_blank">http://www.ebi.ac.uk/Tools/msa/clustalo</a>). Only the trypsin-like serine protease domain of HPK has been aligned. The “*” symbol means that the residues are identical in all the aligned sequences; the ":" symbol indicate conserved substitutions, and the "." symbol means semi-conserved substitutions. The amino acid sequence of bovine chymotrypsinogen (BCTRP; NCBI entry number: 681083A) has been reported as the template. Three-dimensional structure of PSA (panel B). In both panels, the image was produced using UCSF Chimera molecular graphics package <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0102470#pone.0102470-Pettersen1" target="_blank">[26]</a>. The “kallikrein loop” is in yellow <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0102470#pone.0102470-Menez1" target="_blank">[24]</a>, <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0102470#pone.0102470-Tang1" target="_blank">[27]</a>, <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0102470#pone.0102470-Fernndez1" target="_blank">[28]</a>, amino acid residues forming the catalytic triad are in red, and amino acid residues affecting the pH dependence of the catalytic parameters are in cyan.</p

Somatostatin analogue octreotide increases IDE expression and secretion.

<p>(A) WB (left panel) and densitometric analysis of IDE (right panel) after 24 hrs incubation with the indicated concentrations of octreotide. (B) ELISA analysis on BV-2 medium after octreotide incubation reveals that the sst analogue induces IDE secretion. In every case, the results presented are the means ± ES of four independent experiments in triplicate. * P<0.05, oneway ANOVA, followed by Tukey's test, n = 12.</p

Difference absorbance spectra of Ma-Pgb*-Fe(II) <i>minus</i> Ma-Pgb*-Fe(II)-NO, at pH 7.4 and 20°C.

<p>The overall difference spectrum, the difference spectrum of the fast phase, and the difference spectrum of the slow phase are represented by diamonds, squares, and circles, respectively. For details, see text.</p

Values of the second-order rate constant for the nitrite-reductase activity of ferrous heme-proteins.

a<p>pH 7.0; unknown temperature <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0095391#pone.0095391-Sturms1" target="_blank">[42]</a>.</p>b<p>pH 7.4 and 25°C. From <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0095391#pone.0095391-Tiso2" target="_blank">[45]</a>.</p>c<p>CysE20Ser mutant. pH 7.4 and 20°C. Present study.</p>d<p>pH 7.6 and 25°C. From <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0095391#pone.0095391-Helbo1" target="_blank">[49]</a>.</p>e<p>pH 7.4 and 25°C. From <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0095391#pone.0095391-Tiso1" target="_blank">[43]</a>.</p>f<p>pH 7.4 and 25°C. From <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0095391#pone.0095391-Huang1" target="_blank">[37]</a>.</p>g<p>pH 7.4 and 25°C. From <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0095391#pone.0095391-Tiso1" target="_blank">[43]</a>.</p>h<p>pH 7.4 and 25°C. From <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0095391#pone.0095391-Petersen1" target="_blank">[40]</a>.</p>i<p>pH 7.0 and 25°C. From <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0095391#pone.0095391-Li1" target="_blank">[44]</a>.</p>j<p>pH 7.4 and 25°C. From <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0095391#pone.0095391-Tiso1" target="_blank">[43]</a>. In “Human neuroglobin CysCD4-CysD5”, the CysCD4 and CysD5 residues form an intramolecular disulphide bond.</p>k<p>pH 7.4 and 25°C. From <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0095391#pone.0095391-Tiso1" target="_blank">[43]</a>. In “Human neuroglobin CysCD4/CysD5”, the CysCD4 and CysD5 residues do not form the intramolecular disulphide bond.</p>l<p>pH 7.4 and 25°C. From <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0095391#pone.0095391-Tiso1" target="_blank">[43]</a>.</p>m<p>pH 7.4 and 20°C. From <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0095391#pone.0095391-Ascenzi8" target="_blank">[46]</a>.</p>n<p>pH 7.4 and 25°C. From <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0095391#pone.0095391-Li1" target="_blank">[44]</a>.</p

Somatostatin regulates IDE activity enhancing IDE-dependent Aβ degradation.

<p>(A) BV-2 cells transfected with a specific IDE siRNA pool show reduced levels of IDE protein, compared to cells transfected with a nonspecific control siRNA pool (right panel). (B) Aβ(1–40) quantification through sandwich ELISA reveals that the levels of Aβ are drastically reduced in the presence of IDE steady level (grey columns) compared to IDE-silencing samples (white columns). The results presented are the means ± ES of three independent experiments in triplicate. P<0.05, one-way ANOVA, followed by Tukey's test, n = 9. *Significantly different from internal control. ⁺Significantly different from silenced sample in the absence of somatostatin. ^×Significantly different from not-silenced sample in the absence of somatostatin.</p

Ma-Pgb* fold.

<p>(Panel A) The secondary structure elements are labeled A–H’. The 20 <i>N</i>-terminal residues and the extended CE and FG loops that seal the heme pocket and prevent the access of small ligands to the heme distal cavity are in orange. The pre-A Z-helix is in green. The heme (red) is displayed edge on. The proximal HisF8 residue is shown on the left hand side of the heme. The picture includes the mutated SerE20 residue, located at the <i>C</i>-terminus of the E-helix. The HisF8 and SerE20 side chains and residues building up the heme distal pocket are drawn as skeletal models (C atoms yellow, N atoms blue, and O atoms red) and labeled. (Panel B) Mono views of “tunnel 1” (top) and “tunnel 2” (bottom) access sites in Ma-Pgb*. Helices flanking the tunnel entries are labelled. The heme group (seen through the tunnel apertures) is shown in red. The protein is correctly oriented in both images, to bring each tunnel in the direction of sight. The images are rotated by 90°. The pictures have been drawn by UCSF - Chimera <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0095391#pone.0095391-Pettersen1" target="_blank">[55]</a>. For details, see ref. <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0095391#pone.0095391-Nardini1" target="_blank">[11]</a>.</p

<i>p</i>K_a values from the pH-dependence of various kinetic parameters.

<p><i>p</i>K_a values from the pH-dependence of various kinetic parameters.</p

Time course of the PSA-catalyzed hydrolysis of Mu-HSSKLQ-AMC.

<p>Observation wavelength  = 460 nm, pH = 7.5 and temperature  = 37.0°C. The concentration of PSA was 50 nM. The concentration of Mu-HSSKLQ-AMC was 5 µM.</p