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- Title
Bioinformatics Study on Site-Specific Variations of Eotaxin-3, a Key Chemokine in Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE).
- Authors
Giordano, Deborah; d'Acierno, Antonio; Marabotti, Anna; Iovino, Paola; Iacomino, Giuseppe; Facchiano, Angelo
- Abstract
Eotaxin-3 is a key chemokine with a relevant role in eosinophilic esophagitis, a rare chronic immune/antigen-mediated inflammatory disorder. Eotaxin-3 is a potent activator of eosinophil emergence and migration, which may lead to allergic airway inflammation. We investigated, using bioinformatics tools, the protein structure and the possible effects of the known variations reported in public databases. Following a procedure already established, we created a 3D model of the whole protein and modeled the structure of 105 protein variants due to known point mutations. The effects of the amino acid substitution at the level of impact on protein structure, stability, and possibly function were detected by the bioinformatics procedure and described in detail. A web application was implemented to browse the results of the analysis and visualize the 3D models, with the opportunity of downloading the models and analyzing them using their own software. Among 105 amino acid substitutions investigated, the study evidenced in 44 cases at least one change in any of the investigated structural parameters. Other six variations are also relevant, although a structural effect was not detected by our analysis, because they affected amino acids highly conserved, which suggests a possible function role. All these variations should be the object of particular attention, as they may induce a loss of functionality in the protein.
- Subjects
EOSINOPHILIC esophagitis; PROTEIN structure; PROTEIN models; WEB-based user interfaces; CYTOSKELETAL proteins
- Publication
Genes, 2024, Vol 15, Issue 8, p1073
- ISSN
2073-4425
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/genes15081073