Structural highlights
Function
RAGE_HUMAN Mediates interactions of advanced glycosylation end products (AGE). These are nonenzymatically glycosylated proteins which accumulate in vascular tissue in aging and at an accelerated rate in diabetes. Acts as a mediator of both acute and chronic vascular inflammation in conditions such as atherosclerosis and in particular as a complication of diabetes. AGE/RAGE signaling plays an important role in regulating the production/expression of TNF-alpha, oxidative stress, and endothelial dysfunction in type 2 diabetes. Interaction with S100A12 on endothelium, mononuclear phagocytes, and lymphocytes triggers cellular activation, with generation of key proinflammatory mediators. Interaction with S100B after myocardial infarction may play a role in myocyte apoptosis by activating ERK1/2 and p53/TP53 signaling (By similarity). Receptor for amyloid beta peptide. Contributes to the translocation of amyloid-beta peptide (ABPP) across the cell membrane from the extracellular to the intracellular space in cortical neurons. ABPP-initiated RAGE signaling, especially stimulation of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK), has the capacity to drive a transport system delivering ABPP as a complex with RAGE to the intraneuronal space.[1]
Publication Abstract from PubMed
Diabetes-induced hyperglycemia increases the extracellular concentration of methylglyoxal. Methylglyoxal-derived hydroimidazolones (MG-H) form advanced glycation end products (AGEs) that accumulate in the serum of diabetic patients. The binding of hydroimidozolones to the receptor for AGEs (RAGE) results in long-term complications of diabetes typified by vascular and neuronal injury. Here we show that binding of methylglyoxal-modified albumin to RAGE results in signal transduction. Chemically synthesized peptides containing hydroimidozolones bind specifically to the V domain of RAGE with nanomolar affinity. The solution structure of an MG-H1-V domain complex revealed that the hydroimidazolone moiety forms multiple contacts with a positively charged surface on the V domain. The high affinity and specificity of hydroimidozolones binding to the V domain of RAGE suggest that they are the primary AGE structures that give rise to AGEs-RAGE pathologies.
The Receptor for Advanced Glycation End Products (RAGE) Specifically Recognizes Methylglyoxal-Derived AGEs.,Xue J, Ray R, Singer D, Bohme D, Burz DS, Rai V, Hoffmann R, Shekhtman A Biochemistry. 2014 May 27;53(20):3327-35. doi: 10.1021/bi500046t. Epub 2014 May, 13. PMID:24824951[2]
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References
- ↑ Fang F, Lue LF, Yan S, Xu H, Luddy JS, Chen D, Walker DG, Stern DM, Yan S, Schmidt AM, Chen JX, Yan SS. RAGE-dependent signaling in microglia contributes to neuroinflammation, Abeta accumulation, and impaired learning/memory in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease. FASEB J. 2010 Apr;24(4):1043-55. doi: 10.1096/fj.09-139634. Epub 2009 Nov 11. PMID:19906677 doi:10.1096/fj.09-139634
- ↑ Xue J, Ray R, Singer D, Bohme D, Burz DS, Rai V, Hoffmann R, Shekhtman A. The Receptor for Advanced Glycation End Products (RAGE) Specifically Recognizes Methylglyoxal-Derived AGEs. Biochemistry. 2014 May 27;53(20):3327-35. doi: 10.1021/bi500046t. Epub 2014 May, 13. PMID:24824951 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/bi500046t
