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Complement factor H binds malondialdehyde epitopes and protects from oxidative stress

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Weismann, David, Hartvigsen, Karsten, Lauer, Nadine, Bennett, Keiryn L., Scholl, Hendrik P. N., Issa, Peter Charbel, Cano, Marisol, Brandstätter, Hubert +7 more·2011·Nature

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Oxidative stress and enhanced lipid peroxidation are linked to many chronic inflammatory diseases, including age-related macular degeneration (AMD). AMD is the leading cause of blindness in Western societies, but its aetiology remains largely unknown. Malondialdehyde (MDA) is a common lipid peroxidation product that accumulates in many pathophysiological processes, including AMD. Here we identify complement factor H (CFH) as a major MDA-binding protein that can block both the uptake of MDA-modified proteins by macrophages and MDA-induced proinflammatory effects in vivo in mice. The CFH polymorphism H402, which is strongly associated with AMD, markedly reduces the ability of CFH to bind MDA, indicating a causal link to disease aetiology. Our findings provide important mechanistic insights into innate immune responses to oxidative stress, which may be exploited in the prevention of and therapy for AMD and other chronic inflammatory diseases.

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  • Oxidative stress adducts and components of the complement system accumulate in drusen and sub-RPE deposits of patients with AMD.

    “Oxidative stress adducts and components of the complement system have been found to accumulate in drusen and sub-RPE deposits of patients with AMD (Weismann et al., 2011; Shaw et al., 2012), and mice with mutations making them prone to oxidative stress or dysregulation of the complement pathway have been presented as models of AMD (Imamura et al., 2006; Justilien et al., 2007; Hollyfield et al., 2”

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Authors
Weismann, D., Hartvigsen, K., Lauer, N., Bennett, K. L., Scholl, H. P. N., Issa, P. C., Cano, M., Brandstätter, H., Tsimikas, S., Skerka, C., Superti-Furga, G., Handa, J. T., Zipfel, P. F., Witztum, J. L., & Binder, C. J.
Affiliations
  • Austrian Academy of Sciences (AT)
  • Leibniz-Institut für Naturstoff-Forschung und Infektionsbiologie e. V. - Hans-Knöll-Institut (HKI) (DE)
  • Johns Hopkins University (US)
  • University of Oxford (GB)
  • Octapharma (Austria) (AT)
  • University of California San Diego (US)
Corresponding author
Binder, Christoph J.
Venue
Nature
Published
2011-10
Volume
478
Issue
7367
Pages
76-81
ISSN
  • 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
  • 1476-4687
OpenAlex
W2062097745
Cited by
533
References
42
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FWCI
22.28
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Nature (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
  • Research at the University of Copenhagen (University of Copenhagen) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (R01-HL086599, HL-088093, P01HL088093)
  • National Eye Institute (EY14005, R01EY014005, EY019044, R01EY019904)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Complement system in diseases
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Ophthalmology › Retinal Diseases and Treatments
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Biochemistry › Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress
Keywords
complement factor H, malondialdehyde, lipid peroxidation, oxidative stress, age-related macular degeneration, macrophage uptake, pro-inflammatory effects, innate immunity, chronic inflammation, retina
MeSH terms
Animals, Epitopes, Binding Sites, Complement System Proteins, Complement Inactivator Proteins, Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, Female, Humans, Inflammation, Macular Degeneration, Male, Malondialdehyde, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Mutation, Necrosis, Protein Binding, Retina, Lipid Peroxidation, Apoptosis, Complement Factor H, Protein Structure, Tertiary, Macrophages, Peritoneal, Oxidative Stress, Mice

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