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Met117 oxidation leads to enhanced flexibility of cardiovascular biomarker- lipoprotein- associated phospholipase A 2 and reduced substrate binding affinity with platelet-activating factor.
Human Lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 (Lp-PLA2 ) is an important biomarker for cardiovascular diseases and a therapeutically important drug target against Atherosclerosis. It has the ability to hydrolyze various oxidized low density lipoproteins (LDL) and generates potent pro-inflammatory signaling molecules. Both physiological and non-physiological oxidants have been reported to inhibit Lp-PLA2 activity. The mechanism of the enzyme inhibition due to oxidation of surface exposed Met117 at the structural level is not clearly understood. In the present work, molecular dynamics (MD) simulation and Essential dynamics (ED) has been used in tandem with molecular docking approach to understand the structural alteration in Lp-PLA2 upon Met117 oxidation. Further, the binding of substrate, Platelet-activating factor (PAF) with the wild type and oxidized form have also been investigated. Our results showed that Met117 oxidation caused enhanced flexibility and decreased compactness in oxidized state. PAF binding interaction with oxidized protein was mediated only through hydrophobic interactions. MD simulation studies revealed that the oxidized protein failed to firmly bind PAF. Our present findings will help understand the mechanism of Lp-PLA2 inhibition under oxidative stress.
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