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Proteomic Analysis of Amyloid Corneal Aggregates from TGFBI-H626R Lattice Corneal Dystrophy Patient Implicates Serine-Protease HTRA1 in Mutation-Specific Pathogenesis of TGFBIp.

TGFBI-associated corneal dystrophies are inherited disorders caused by TGFBI gene variants that promote deposition of mutant protein (TGFBIp) as insoluble aggregates in the cornea. Depending on the type and position of amino acid substitution, the aggregates may be amyloid fibrillar, amorphous globular or both, but the molecular mechanisms that drive these different patterns of aggregation are not fully understood. In the current study, we report the protein composition of amyloid corneal aggregates from lattice corneal dystrophy patients of Asian origin with H626R and R124C mutation and compared it with healthy corneal tissues via LC-MS/MS. We identified several amyloidogenic, nonfibrillar amyloid associated proteins and TGFBIp as the major components of the deposits. Our data indicates that apolipoprotein A-IV, apolipoprotein E, and serine protease HTRA1 were significantly enriched in patient deposits compared to healthy controls. HTRA1 was also found to be 7-fold enriched in the amyloid deposits of patients compared to the controls. Peptides sequences (G511 DNRFSMLVAAIQSAGLTETLNR533 and Y571 HIGDEILVSGGIGALVR588 ) derived from the fourth FAS-1 domain of TGFBIp were enriched in the corneal aggregates in a mutation-specific manner. Biophysical studies of these two enriched sequences revealed high propensity to form amyloid fibrils under physiological conditions. Our data suggests a possible proteolytic processing mechanism of mutant TGFBIp by HTRA1 and peptides generated by mutant protein may form the β-amyloid core of corneal aggregates in dystrophic patients.

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