PMID- 27530978 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20170921 LR - 20211204 IS - 1530-6860 (Electronic) IS - 0892-6638 (Linking) VI - 30 IP - 11 DP - 2016 Nov TI - N-Homocysteinylation impairs collagen cross-linking in cystathionine beta-synthase-deficient mice: a novel mechanism of connective tissue abnormalities. PG - 3810-3821 AB - Cystathionine beta-synthase (CBS) deficiency, a genetic disorder in homocysteine (Hcy) metabolism in humans, elevates plasma Hcy-thiolactone and leads to connective tissue abnormalities that affect the cardiovascular and skeletal systems. However, the underlying mechanism of these abnormalities is not understood. Hcy-thiolactone has the ability to form isopeptide bonds with protein lysine residues, which generates N-homocysteinylated protein. Because lysine residues are involved in collagen cross-linking, N-homocysteinylation of these lysines should impair cross-linking. Using a Tg-I278T Cbs(-/-) mouse model of hyperhomocysteinemia (HHcy) which replicates the connective tissue abnormalities observed in CBS-deficient patients, we found that N-Hcy-collagen was elevated in bone, tail, and heart of Cbs(-/-) mice, whereas pyridinoline cross-links were significantly reduced. Plasma deoxypyridinoline cross-link and cross-linked carboxyterminal telopeptide of type I collagen were also significantly reduced in the Cbs(-/-) mice. Lysine oxidase activity and mRNA level were not reduced by the Cbs(-/-) genotype. We also showed that collagen carries S-linked Hcy bound to the thiol of N-linked Hcy. In vitro experiments showed that Hcy-thiolactone modifies lysine residues in collagen type I alpha-1 chain. Residue K(160), located in the nonhelical N-telopeptide region and involved in pyridinoline cross-link formation, was also N-homocysteinylated in vivo Taken together, our findings showed that N-homocysteinylation of collagen in Cbs(-/-) mice impairs its cross-linking. These findings explain, at least in part, connective tissue abnormalities observed in HHcy.-Perla-Kajan, J., Utyro, O., Rusek, M., Malinowska, A., Sitkiewicz, E., Jakubowski, H. N-Homocysteinylation impairs collagen cross-linking in cystathionine beta-synthase-deficient mice: a novel mechanism of connective tissue abnormalities. CI - (c) FASEB. FAU - Perla-Kajan, Joanna AU - Perla-Kajan J AD - Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of Life Sciences, Poznan, Poland. FAU - Utyro, Olga AU - Utyro O AD - Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Poznan, Poland. FAU - Rusek, Marta AU - Rusek M AD - Department of Microbiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, International Center for Public Health, Rutgers-New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey, USA; and. FAU - Malinowska, Agata AU - Malinowska A AD - Proteomics Laboratory, Biophysics Department, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Warsaw, Poland. FAU - Sitkiewicz, Ewa AU - Sitkiewicz E AD - Proteomics Laboratory, Biophysics Department, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Warsaw, Poland. FAU - Jakubowski, Hieronim AU - Jakubowski H AD - Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of Life Sciences, Poznan, Poland; jakubows@rutgers.edu. AD - Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Poznan, Poland. AD - Department of Microbiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, International Center for Public Health, Rutgers-New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey, USA; and. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20160816 PL - United States TA - FASEB J JT - FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology JID - 8804484 RN - 0 (COL1A1 protein, human) RN - 0 (Collagen Type I) RN - 0 (Collagen Type I, alpha 1 Chain) RN - 0 (Peptides) RN - 0 (collagen type I trimeric cross-linked peptide) RN - 0LVT1QZ0BA (Homocysteine) RN - D5H88XF24X (homocysteine thiolactone) RN - EC 4.2.1.22 (Cystathionine beta-Synthase) RN - K3Z4F929H6 (Lysine) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Collagen Type I/*metabolism MH - Collagen Type I, alpha 1 Chain MH - Connective Tissue/*metabolism MH - Cystathionine beta-Synthase/genetics/*metabolism MH - Homocysteine/*analogs & derivatives/metabolism MH - Homocystinuria/genetics MH - Hyperhomocysteinemia/*metabolism MH - Lysine/metabolism MH - Mice, Knockout MH - Peptides/metabolism OTO - NOTNLM OT - Col1A1 OT - collagen modification OT - homocysteine thiolactone OT - hyperhomocysteinemia OT - pyridinoline cross-links EDAT- 2016/11/03 06:00 MHDA- 2017/09/22 06:00 CRDT- 2016/08/18 06:00 PHST- 2016/06/01 00:00 [received] PHST- 2016/07/27 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2016/11/03 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/09/22 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2016/08/18 06:00 [entrez] AID - fj.201600539 [pii] AID - 10.1096/fj.201600539 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - FASEB J. 2016 Nov;30(11):3810-3821. doi: 10.1096/fj.201600539. Epub 2016 Aug 16.