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The mitochondrial serine protease HTRA2 has many versatile biological functions ranging from being an important regulator of apoptosis to being an essential component for neuronal cell survival and mitochondrial homeostasis. Loss of HTRA2 protease function is known to cause neurodegeneration, whereas overactivation of its proteolytic function is associated with cell death and inflammation. In accordance with this, our group verified in a recent study that the synthetic peptide ASGYTFTNYGLSWVR, encoding the hypervariable sequence part of an antibody, showed a high affinity for the target protein HTRA2 and triggered neuroprotection in an in vitro organ culture model for glaucoma. To unravel this neuroprotective mechanism, the present study showed for the first time that the synthetic CDR1 peptide significantly ( p &lt; 0.01) inhibited the proteolytic activity of HTRA2 up to 50% using a specific protease function assay. Furthermore, using state-of-the-art co-immunoprecipitation technologies in combination with high-resolution MS, we identified 50 significant protein interaction partners of HTRA2 in the retina of house swine ( p &lt; 0.01; log 2 fold change &gt; 1.5). Interestingly, 72% of the HTRA2-specific interactions (23 of 31 binders) were inhibited by additional treatment with UCF-101 (HTRA2 protease inhibitor) or the synthetic CDR peptide. On the other hand, the remaining 19 binders of HTRA2 were exclusively identified in the UCF101 and/or CDR group. However, many of the interactors were involved in the ER to Golgi anterograde transport (e.g., AP3D1), aggrephagy (e.g., PSMC1), and the pyruvate metabolism/citric acid cycle (e.g., SHMT2), and illustrated the complex protein interaction networks of HTRA2 in neurological tissues. In conclusion, the present study provides, for the first time, a comprehensive protein catalogue of HTRA2-specific interaction partners in the retina, and will serve as reference map in the future for studies focusing on HTRA2-mediated neurodegeneration.

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Regulation of the HTRA2 Protease Activity by an Inhibitory Antibody-Derived Peptide Ligand and the Influence on HTRA2-Specific Protein Interaction Networks in Retinal Tissues