Engineering tyrosine residues into hemoglobin enhances heme reduction, decreases oxidative stress and increases vascular retention of a hemoglobin based blood substitute

Cooper, Chris E., Silkstone, Gary G.A., Simons, Michelle, Rajagopal, Badri, Syrett, Natalie, Shaik, Thoufieq, Gretton, Svetlana, Welbourn, Elizabeth, Bülow, Leif, Eriksson, Nélida Leiva, Ronda, Luca, Mozzarelli, Andrea, Eke, Andras, Mathe, Domokos and Reeder, Brandon J. (2018) Engineering tyrosine residues into hemoglobin enhances heme reduction, decreases oxidative stress and increases vascular retention of a hemoglobin based blood substitute. Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 134. pp. 106-118. ISSN 08915849

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Abstract

Hemoglobin (Hb)-based oxygen carriers (HBOC) are modified extracellular proteins, designed to replace or augment the oxygen-carrying capacity of erythrocytes. However, clinical results have generally been disappointing due to adverse side effects, in part linked to the intrinsic oxidative toxicity of Hb. Previously a redox-active tyrosine residue was engineered into the Hb β subunit (βF41Y) to facilitate electron transfer between endogenous antioxidants such as ascorbate and the oxidative ferryl heme species, converting the highly oxidizing ferryl species into the less reactive ferric (met) form. We inserted different single tyrosine mutations into the α and β subunits of Hb to determine if this effect of βF41Y was unique. Every mutation that was inserted within electron transfer range of the protein surface and the heme increased the rate of ferryl reduction. However, surprisingly, three of the mutations (βT84Y, αL91Y and βF85Y) also increased the rate of ascorbate reduction of ferric(met) Hb to ferrous(oxy) Hb. The rate enhancement was most evident at ascorbate concentrations equivalent to that found in plasma (< 100 μM), suggesting that it might be of benefit in decreasing oxidative stress in vivo. The most promising mutant (βT84Y) was stable with no increase in autoxidation or heme loss. A decrease in membrane damage following Hb addition to HEK cells correlated with the ability of βT84Y to maintain the protein in its oxygenated form. When PEGylated and injected into mice, βT84Y was shown to have an increased vascular half time compared to wild type PEGylated Hb. βT84Y represents a new class of mutations with the ability to enhance reduction of both ferryl and ferric Hb, and thus has potential to decrease adverse side effects as one component of a final HBOC product.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Hemoglobin, Oxidative, stress, Blood substitute, Electron transfer, HBOC PEGylation
Subjects: Q Science > QH Natural history > QH301 Biology
Divisions: Faculty of Health & Science > Department of Science & Technology
Depositing User: Svetlana Gretton
Date Deposited: 23 Jan 2019 15:46
Last Modified: 19 Oct 2019 01:38
URI: https://oars.uos.ac.uk/id/eprint/818

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