Bin Luo, Tingting Zou, Nan Lu, Fan Chai, Xing Ye, YeFu Wang, Yipeng Qi
State Key Laboratory of Virology, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, People's Republic of China.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications 2011 Dec 9Suppressor of cytokine signaling 3 (SOCS3) is a likely mediator of feedback inhibition on the leptin receptor and may cause physiological leptin-resistance, leading to the development of obesity. The aim of this study was to identify potential peptides interacting with purified SOCS3 by using a phage-display human liver cDNA library. We developed a T7 select phage-display system with purified SOCS3 as bait to screen a human liver cDNA library. After 4 rounds of screening and sequencing analysis, we found that phage-presenting peptide RGGVVTSNPLGF show significant binding to SOCS3. The peptide sequence was similar to the sequence of amino acids 644-655 of C-terminal extra-polypeptide of very-long-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase (VLCAD), which is 1 of 4 flavoproteins that catalyzing the initial step of the mitochondrial fatty acid β-oxidation, implying a close relationship between SOCS3 and VLCAD. We identified VLCAD as a novel SOCS3 interacting protein both in vitro and vivo, and found that SOCS3 mediates the ubiquitination pathway for proteasomal degradation of VLCAD C-terminal extra-polypeptide via its SOCS-box. Animal experimentation demonstrated that VLCAD is functionally involved in SOCS3 binding and thus, SOCS3 play an important role in the regulation of fatty acid β-oxidation. In conclusion, SOCS3 is an important factor for lipid metabolism and a potential drug-target for treatment of widespread obesity. Copyright © 2011. Published by Elsevier Inc.
Bin Luo, Tingting Zou, Nan Lu, Fan Chai, Xing Ye, YeFu Wang, Yipeng Qi. Role of suppressor of cytokine signaling 3 in lipid metabolism: analysis based on a phage-display human liver cDNA library. Biochemical and biophysical research communications. 2011 Dec 9;416(1-2):39-44
PMID: 22093833
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