Chem. A series of mapping studies have been recently conducted to pinpoint the locations of these cross-links (Schrader et al., 2018; Hedtke et al., 2019; Schmelzer et al., 2019) as their placements are crucial to understanding the resultant molecular orientation of tropoelastin within cross-linked elastin. 15, 786801. (2012). doi: 10.1074/jbc.M212715200, Kumashiro, K. K., Ho, J. P., Niemczura, W. P., and Keeley, F. W. (2006). Computational models have also been leveraged to pinpoint the molecular consequences of synthetic and disease mutations of tropoelastin. Proline and glycine control protein self-organization into elastomeric or amyloid fibrils. The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. doi: 10.1007/s10973-014-4254-9, Debelle, L., and Tamburro, A. M. (1999). Allergan to Acquire Elastagen to Access Next Generation Injectable 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). Furthermore, tropoelastins hydrophobic and cross-linking domains are arranged in alternating patterns throughout the majority of the molecule, giving rise to both inter- and intra-domain level repetition. 284, 22162230. Elastic fibers are eventually formed after extensive cross-linking through a process termed maturation (Yeo et al., 2016). doi: 10.1016/0005-2795(73)90368-1, Franzblau, C., Faris, B., and Papaioannou, R. (1969). doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-71530-8_13-1, Wen, Q., Mithieux, S. M., and Weiss, A. S. (2020). Elastin as a random-network elastomer: a mechanical and optical analysis of single elastin fibers. Res. (2006). Proc. (2006). Tropoelastins primary sequence is low in complexity and contains repetitive motifs. This process is reversible and thermodynamically controlled and does not require protein cleavage. (2019b). Invest. J. Biol. However, there are aspects of this model that warrant further investigation. This canonical computational structure was determined to be highly similar to the envelope found via SAXS/SANS, where both consist of an extended molecular body accompanied by a protruding foot (Baldock et al., 2011). 22, 109121. Elastin is extensively cross-linked and difficult to break apart into monomers even under harsh conditions, thus, initial strategies included feeding animals a copper deficient diet to prevent lysyl oxidase (LOX) cross-linking of tropoelastin; however, this proved inefficient and time consuming (Wise and Weiss, 2009; Tarakanova et al., 2018). The study is designed to evaluate the efficacy of two formulations of a cross-linked tropoelastin matrix given the product codes ELAPR002f (collectively referred to as ELAPR or ELAPR002) for the treatment of rolling atrophic acne scars when administered as intradermal implants. Trends Biotechnol. By probing mutations in computational studies that resolve the atomistic structure of the molecule, the deduction of mechanisms associated with changes to functional roles of specific domains has become feasible, and a connection between local structures and biological performance can be established (Figure 2; Tarakanova et al., 2018). 150, 154162. The Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell-Matrix Research is supported by funding from Wellcome Trust (203128/Z/16/Z). IRVING, Texas (AP) IRVING, Texas (AP) Fluor Corp. (FLR) on Tuesday reported fourth-quarter net income of $9 million, after reporting a loss in the same period a year earlier. (2005). 10, 15321541. Injectable biomaterial compositions formed from tropoelastin for tissue repair and restoration. 28, 379382. B., Broekelmann, T. J., et al. Founder, Elastagen Pty Ltd (sold to Allergan/AbbVie . Cell Biol. Molecular modeling of protein materials: case study of elastin. doi: 10.1002/bip.23007, Miao, M., Stahl, R. J., Petersen, L. F., Reintsch, W. E., Davis, E. C., and Keeley, F. W. (2009). Proc. Dyn. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1801205115, Tarakanova, A., Yeo, G. C., Baldock, C., Weiss, A. S., and Buehler, M. J. Sequences and domain structures of mammalian, avian, amphibian and teleost tropoelastins: clues to the evolutionary history of elastins. Hogan Lovells represented Elastagen Pty Ltd. on the deal. Int. Targeted modulation of tropoelastin structure and assembly. Fibulin-4 and -5, but not fibulin-2, are associated with tropoelastin deposition in elastin-producing cell culture. AW gratefully acknowledges NHMRC funding (Ref: 1195827). Tropoelastin: a versatile, bioactive assembly module - PubMed 264, 88878891. Matrix Biol. Eng. A., Gray, W. R., and Franzblau, C. (1973). Eur. Polymorphisms in the human tropoelastin gene modify in vitro self-assembly and mechanical properties of elastin-like polypeptides. 1, 2 Elastogenesis, the process of elastin formation, mainly occurs during the fetal and early neonatal development of organs such as blood vessels, lungs, and skin. Elastin makes up the majority of elastic fibers and is formed by the hierarchical assembly of its monomer, tropoelastin. Unsubstituted models are also critical to understanding self-assembly. Of most importance, the inability to acquire large quantities of pure tropoelastin historically presented a significant obstacle to experimentally characterizing its structure. doi: 10.1002/mabi.201800250, Tiedemann, K., Batge, B., Muller, P. K., and Reinhardt, D. P. (2001). Mol. Matrix Biol. Nature 451, 977980. Clinical Relevance of Elastin in the Structure and Function of Skin Biol. (2007). Tropoelastin - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics Cell Physiol. 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.8b01503, Rauscher, S., Baud, S., Miao, M., Keeley, F. W., and Poms, R. (2006). Biochemistry of tropoelastin. doi: 10.1016/j.matbio.2009.10.003, Tu, Y., Wise, S. G., and Weiss, A. S. (2010). The bifunctional cross-links can undergo further condensation to form tetrafunctional desmosine or isodesmosine (Partridge, 1966). Attempts to characterize tropoelastins structure have seen a gradual shift from the belief that tropoelastins domains have fixed structures, to understanding that the majority of its domains are capable of transitioning between random coils and transient ordered structures. Fed. 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 . Tropoelastin has 2 alternating domains: (1) hydrophilic, cross-linked, domains rich in Lys and Ala; and (2) hydrophobic domains (responsible for elasticity) rich in Val, Pro, and Gly, which often occur in repeats of VPGVG or VGGVG. Lysinonorleucine. For example, models involving single point mutations at negatively charged residues demonstrated both regional and global destabilization of tropoelastins structure, which were validated by SAXS structures (Yeo et al., 2012; Tarakanova et al., 2018). A., Torres, A. R., Alvarez, V. L., and Janata, J. Elastin is heterogeneously cross-linked. Elastin: molecular description and function. Cell Biol. Elastic fiber formation: a dynamic view of extracellular matrix assembly using timer reporters. Human ELN gives rise to a broad variety of splice isoforms, with alternative splicing being observed with exons 22, 23, 24, 26A, 32, and 33 (Fazio et al., 1988; Parks et al., 1992) that result in 13 known human isoforms of the mature tropoelastin protein (Reichheld et al., 2019). The stiffness that arose due to amino acid substitutions partially determined resultant secondary structure which, in turn, impacted assembly (Prhashanna et al., 2019). Biomaterials 127, 4960. doi: 10.1083/jcb.126.2.563, Hu, Q., Reymond, J. L., Pinel, N., Zabot, M. T., and Urban, Z. Stages in tropoelastin coalescence during synthetic elastin hydrogel formation. Allergan's Acquisition of Elastagen. Biotechnol., 25 February 2021, View all Biomacromolecules 21, 35233538. Vallet, S. D., Miele, A. E., Uciechowska-Kaczmarzyk, U., Liwo, A., Duclos, B., Samsonov, S. A., et al. The presence of tropoelastin spherules fusing to fibrils has been noted in native tissue, demonstrating marked similarities between in vitro and in vivo coacervation (Haust et al., 1965; Albert, 1972; Kozel et al., 2006). Modulation by elastin peptide VGVAPG of cell proliferation and elastin expression in human skin fibroblasts. J. Biol. The elasticity of organs and tissues in vertebrates is due to the presence of elastin, and an insoluble protein whose soluble monomer, tropoelastin, is enzymatically cross-linked through -amino groups of lysine residues. doi: 10.1038/nrm3904, Bressan, G. M., Castellani, I., Giro, M. G., Volpin, D., Fornieri, C., and Pasquali Ronchetti, I. The cross-linking domains are enriched for either Lys-Pro (KP) or Lys-Ala (KA) motifs and form cross-links that link growing tropoelastin chains during elastogenesis; note that exon 6 encodes a KA domain. Allergan markets a portfolio of leading brands and best-in-class products for the central nervous system, eye care, medical aesthetics and dermatology, gastroenterology, womens health, urology and anti-infectivetherapeutic categories. Domain 36 of tropoelastin in elastic fiber formation. Chem. Developmental changes of tropoelastin synthesis by rat pulmonary fibroblasts and effects of dexamethasone. Implications for microfibril and elastic fiber assembly. The smooth muscle cell. U.S.A. 115, 73387343. These interactions trigger a wide range of processes including wound healing, elastogenesis and maintenance of stemness (Yeo and Weiss, 2019). 276, 4457544580. Codistribution analysis of elastin and related fibrillar proteins in early vertebrate development. Coacervation of recombinant human tropoelastin is strongly influenced by the concentration of protein and NaCl and to a lesser extent on pH. Sequence variants of human tropoelastin affecting assembly, structural characteristics and functional properties of polymeric elastin in health and disease. Indeed, studies examining the consequences of domain insertions and deletions note changes in the intrinsic functionality of tropoelastin, corroborating the hypothesis that domain insertions and deletions result in altered tissue mechanics (Jensen et al., 2000; Kozel et al., 2003; Yeo et al., 2016; Miao et al., 2017). (1989). Amino acid conformational preferences and solvation of polar backbone atoms in peptides and proteins. Chem. The last 17 amino acid residues of the C-terminus of domain 36 are also implicated in HS interactions; the last four residues are Arg-Lys-Arg-Lys and are positively charged at physiological pH which provides a charged cluster capable of binding negatively charged HS (Broekelmann et al., 2005). In addition to the RKRK sequence, domain 36 contains tropoelastins sole two cysteines and only disulfide bond. Mater. 11 Articles, This article is part of the Research Topic, Tropoelastin-Cell Receptor Interactions and Implications for Assembly, https://doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2021.643110, Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). 9:eaai7466. (1973). Acta 761, 1722. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M004265200, Kadler, K. E. (2017). The ELN gene provides instructions for making a protein called tropoelastin. 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. Matrix Biol. 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. 26, 125135. doi: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)43030-5, Dandurand, J., Samouillan, V., Lacabanne, C., Pepe, A., and Bochicchio, B. Banded fibers in tropoelastin coacervates at physiological temperatures. This temperature is also known as the transition temperature. doi: 10.1111/iep.12224, Kentsis, A., and Sosnick, T. R. (1998). doi: 10.1074/jbc.M308465200, Miao, M., Bruce, A. E., Bhanji, T., Davis, E. C., and Keeley, F. W. (2007). Integrins are a major class of cell surface receptor family, of which tropoelastin has been found to interact with two types: v3 (Rodgers and Weiss, 2004) and v5. Biol. Calorim. Poly (Val-Gly-Gly-Leu-Gly). 280, 4093940947. Sci. Microfibrils comprise multiple proteins, of which fibrillin-1 is the most common. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M113.533893, Reiersen, H., and Rees, A. R. (2000). It has become increasingly evident that tropoelastins sequence, structure and subsequent functionality are in a delicate balance; thus, perturbations to tropoelastins sequence can have far-reaching consequences for self-assembly and the resultant architecture of elastic fibers. These ordered structures can include -helices and -structures (Vrhovski et al., 1997), which depend on the amino acid content and arrangement of domains (He et al., 2012; Reichheld et al., 2014, 2017; Muiznieks et al., 2015) and the choice of solvent (Reiersen and Rees, 2000; Muiznieks et al., 2015). Trifluoroethanol promotes helix formation by destabilizing backbone exposure: desolvation rather than native hydrogen bonding defines the kinetic pathway of dimeric coiled coil folding. doi: 10.1021/bi9707133, MacEwan, S. R., Weitzhandler, I., Hoffmann, I., Genzer, J., Gradzielski, M., and Chilkoti, A. Lyophilized Powder. Imaging 11:e007303. Self-healing and thermoreversible rubber from supramolecular assembly. Tropoelastins hydrophobic domains are predominantly responsible for the random coil content of the monomer, and are the result of the unique pairing of proline and glycine pairs that are interspersed throughout the majority of hydrophobic domains (Rauscher and Pomes, 2017). doi: 10.1096/fj.201801860RR, Schrader, C. U., Heinz, A., Majovsky, P., Karaman Mayack, B., Brinckmann, J., Sippl, W., et al. Tropoelastin is encoded by the ELN gene, which is present in all vertebrates except jawless fish (Chung et al., 2006). Forty tropoelastin molecules were subjected to simulations using a MARTINI-based coarse-grained model, integrated with an elastic network model (Tarakanova et al., 2019a). 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. Interactions with these integrins on the surface of mesenchymal stem cells, either through surface bound or as soluble tropoelastin, promote MSC proliferation and phenotypic maintenance via FAK and PKB/AKT (Yeo and Weiss, 2019). 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). Elastin is a critical skin protein consisting of crosslinked tropoelastin. Reichheld, S. E., Muiznieks, L. D., Huynh, Q., Wang, N., Ing, C., Miao, M., et al. Elastin, arterial mechanics, and cardiovascular disease 21:063001. doi: 10.1088/0965-0393/21/6/063001, Tarakanova, A., Huang, W., Weiss, A. S., Kaplan, D. L., and Buehler, M. J. For this injection, the researchers used a new . 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). Domains in tropoelastin that mediate elastin deposition in vitro and in vivo. Figure 1. Cytochem. J. Micron 41, 268272. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M104985200, Toonkool, P., Jensen, S. A., Maxwell, A. L., and Weiss, A. S. (2001). Coacervation involves the agglomeration of protein molecules, which is an . Foster, J. Comparative genomics of elastin: sequence analysis of a highly repetitive protein. Mol. J. Biol. Thermal compaction of disordered and elastin-like polypeptides: a temperature-dependent, sequence-specific coarse-grained simulation model. Biochemistry 8, 28372845. (2005). Cardiovasc. Chem. I thank the Elastagen team for their hard work and dedication in developing our innovative tropoelastin product pipeline and look forward to working with Allergan to take these products to market., Commenting on the transaction, Elastagens founding scientist Prof Anthony Weiss added:Our technology has come a long way from the lab bench at the University of Sydney towards developing products for patients around the world. (2017). Subtle balance of tropoelastin molecular shape and flexibility regulates dynamics and hierarchical assembly. The resultant bending motion rather than scissors-twist motion that stemmed from this stabilization highlights the mutants diminished flexibility as a key driver of impaired fiber assembly in cutis laxa (Tarakanova et al., 2018). (1989). This suggests the ERCs primary signal pathways are involved in wound recognition through fragments of elastin, where EDPs are formed as a result of elastic tissue damage. Stages of hierarchical assembly of elastic fibers. Micron 32, 185200. On a per-share basis, the Irving, Texas-based company said it had profit of 1 cent. Rep. 8, 116. 258, 118. 270, 1777817783. doi: 10.1002/chem.200305661. Our Juvederm collection of fillers has sales of over $1 billion globally and is one of the fastest growing parts of our Aesthetics business, said Bill Meury, Chief Commercial Officer at Allergan. U.S.A. 84, 56805684. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. Scientists find way to heal scars left behind by heart attacks Tropoelastin is an ECM component primarily located in elastic tissues and has been shown to promote the expansion of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) and MSCs when used as a substrate coating or as part of the substrate bulk material ().The ECM is proposed to modulate stem cell phenotype and activity, including proliferation, via its chemistry, topography, and mechanical properties (). 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). Matrix 12, 156162. Latent TGF- binding protein 4 promotes elastic fiber assembly by interacting with fibulin-5. 281, 2375723765. Implications for tissue specificity and durability of elastic tissue. doi: 10.1002/bip.22663, Murata, K., and Wolf, M. (2018). The conserved C-terminus is an area of the molecule of particular biological importance in that it is required for both incorporation into elastin and for cellular interactions. 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). Proc. doi: 10.1016/j.matbio.2019.06.010, Reichheld, S. E., Muiznieks, L. D., Stahl, R., Simonetti, K., Sharpe, S., and Keeley, F. W. (2014). The N-terminal head caps an extended coil region that consists of domains 2-18. Coarse-grained model of tropoelastin self-assembly into nascent fibrils. doi: 10.1021/bi00835a022, Lockhart-Cairns, M. P., Newandee, H., Thomson, J., Weiss, A. S., Baldock, C., and Tarakanova, A. doi: 10.1016/j.febslet.2015.08.029, Rodgers, U. R., and Weiss, A. S. (2004). Acta Biomater. 98, 416. 9:643110. doi: 10.3389/fbioe.2021.643110. doi: 10.1083/jcb.68.3.411, Noda, K., Dabovic, B., Takagi, K., Inoue, T., Horiguchi, M., Hirai, M., et al. Elastagen's revolutionary recombinant human tropoelastin, is identical to that present in human tissue and has many clinical applications, including effective breakthrough treatments for acne scars, stretch marks, aesthetic skin repair and wound repair. Mechanism of helix induction by trifluoroethanol: a framework for extrapolating the helix-forming properties of peptides from trifluoroethanol/water mixtures back to water. Studies on the reduction of elastin. Acad. This product is generally used in vitro as a substrate scaffold to enhance cell attachment, adherence and proliferation. 26, 524540. doi: 10.1021/bi034837t, Tamburro, A. M., Guantieri, V., and Gordini, D. D. (1992). 69, 89102. With this approach, Allergan has built one of the broadest development pipelines in the pharmaceutical industry. Dissection of human tropoelastin: solution structure, dynamics and self-assembly of the exon 5 peptide. J. Biol. Trends towards maximal association are apparent when each of these parameters is varied. Med. Furthermore, as integrins are involved in the remodeling of the ECM (Bonnans et al., 2014), this is consistent with a model where the tropoelastin-integrin interaction forms part of the wound repair process. Solving tropoelastins global structure (Baldock et al., 2011) allowed for 3D mapping on tropoelastin of the approximate locations of domains 10, 19, and 25, which were the first unequivocally cross-linked domains to be discovered (Brown-Augsburger et al., 1995). (2018). 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). Dissection of human tropoelastin: exon-by-exon chemical synthesis and related conformational studies. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M107920200, Tu, Y., and Weiss, A. S. (2010). Elastin binding protein and FKBP65 modulate in vitro self-assembly of human tropoelastin. Molecular docking studies utilizing tropoelastin and the 3D structure of LOX1 (Vallet et al., 2018) may assist in our understanding as to whether the enzyme has a preference for modifying particular tropoelastin residues. Frontiers | Tropoelastin and Elastin Assembly

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