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Bruzzaniti A, Marx R, Mains RE. Activation and routing of membrane-tethered prohormone convertases 1 and 2. J Biol Chem 1999; 274:24703-13. [PMID: 10455138 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.35.24703] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Many peptide hormones and neuropeptides are processed by members of the subtilisin-like family of prohormone convertases (PCs), which are either soluble or integral membrane proteins. PC1 and PC2 are soluble PCs that are primarily localized to large dense core vesicles in neurons and endocrine cells. We examined whether PC1 and PC2 were active when expressed as membrane-tethered proteins, and how tethering to membranes alters the biosynthesis, enzymatic activity, and intracellular routing of these PCs. PC1 and PC2 chimeras were constructed using the transmembrane domain and cytoplasmic domain of the amidating enzyme, peptidylglycine alpha-amidating monooxygenase (PAM). The membrane-tethered PCs were rerouted from large dense core vesicles to the Golgi region. In addition, the chimeras were transiently expressed at the cell surface and rapidly internalized to the Golgi region in a fashion similar to PAM. Membrane-tethered PC1 and PC2 exhibited changes in pro-domain maturation rates, N-glycosylation, and in the pH and calcium optima required for maximal enzymatic activity against a fluorogenic substrate. In addition, the PC chimeras efficiently cleaved endogenous pro-opiomelanocortin to the correct bioactive peptides. The PAM transmembrane domain/cytoplasmic domain also prevented stimulated secretion of pro-opiomelanocortin products in AtT-20 cells.
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- A Bruzzaniti
- Department of Neuroscience, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
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Mallet WG, Maxfield FR. Chimeric forms of furin and TGN38 are transported with the plasma membrane in the trans-Golgi network via distinct endosomal pathways. J Cell Biol 1999; 146:345-59. [PMID: 10465644 PMCID: PMC2156176 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.146.2.345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 178] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/1999] [Accepted: 06/18/1999] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Furin and TGN38 are menbrane proteins that cycle between the plasma membrane and the trans-Golgi network (TGN), each maintaining a predominant distribution in the TGN. We have used chimeric proteins with an extracellular Tac domain and the cytoplasmic domain of TGN38 or furin to study the trafficking of these proteins in endosomes. Previously, we demonstrated that the postendocytic trafficking of Tac-TGN38 to the TGN is via the endocytic recycling pathway (Ghosh, R.N.,W.G. Mallet,T.T. Soe,T.E.McGraw, and F.R. Maxfield.1998.J. Cell Biol.142:923-936). Here we show that internalized Tac-furin is delivered to the TGN through late endosomes, bypassing the endocytic recycling compartment. The transport of Tac-furin from late endosomes to the TGN appears to proceed via an efficient, single-pass mechanism. Delivery of Tac-furin but not Tac-TGN38 to the TGN is blocked by nocodazole, and the two pathways are also differentially affected by wortmannin. These studies demonstrate the existence of two independentpathways for endosomal transport of proteins to the TGN from the plasma membrane.
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- William G. Mallet
- Department of Biochemistry, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York 10021
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- Department of Biochemistry, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York 10021
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- A Zhou
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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Ohta Y, Suzuki N, Nakamura S, Hartwig JH, Stossel TP. The small GTPase RalA targets filamin to induce filopodia. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1999; 96:2122-8. [PMID: 10051605 PMCID: PMC26747 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.96.5.2122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 369] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The Ras-related small GTPases Rac, Rho, Cdc42, and RalA bind filamin, an actin filament-crosslinking protein that also links membrane and other intracellular proteins to actin. Of these GTPases only RalA binds filamin in a GTP-specific manner, and GTP-RalA elicits actin-rich filopods on surfaces of Swiss 3T3 cells and recruits filamin into the filopodial cytoskeleton. Either a dominant negative RalA construct or the RalA-binding domain of filamin 1 specifically block Cdc42-induced filopod formation, but a Cdc42 inhibitor does not impair RalA's effects, which, unlike Cdc42, are Rac independent. RalA does not generate filopodia in filamin-deficient human melanoma cells, whereas transfection of filamin 1 restores the functional response. RalA therefore is a downstream intermediate in Cdc42-mediated filopod production and uses filamin in this pathway.
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- Y Ohta
- Division of Biochemistry and Cellular Biology, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, 4-1-1 Ogawahigashi, Kodaira, Tokyo 187, Japan.
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Stroh A, Schäfer W, Berghöfer S, Eickmann M, Teuchert M, Bürger I, Klenk HD, Garten W. A mono phenylalanine-based motif (F790) and a leucine-dependent motif (LI760) mediate internalization of furin. Eur J Cell Biol 1999; 78:151-60. [PMID: 10219565 DOI: 10.1016/s0171-9335(99)80094-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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The eukaryotic endoprotease furin, a member of the subtilisin-related family of prohormone convertases, is synthesized and transported within the constitutive secretory pathway to the plasma membrane, from where it recycles to the trans-Golgi network (TGN). Previous studies showed that TGN-residence and recycling are mediated by the cytoplasmic tail. Two targeting determinants have been described so far, the acidic signal CPSDSEEDEG783 containing two casein kinase II (CKII) phosphorylation sites and the internalization signal YKGL765. Refined analyses of the cytoplasmic domain of furin, which was mutagenized and tagged to the influenza hemagglutinin and to the membrane cofactor protein (CD46) as reporter molecules reveal two additional internalization determinants, a leucine-isoleucine signal, LI760, and a mono phenylalanine-based motif at F790, which functions without any specific neighboring amino acid sequence. Both signals are capable of independently mediating internalization, as has been shown previously for the tyrosine-based signal. Thus, furin internalization is mediated by at least three independent endocytosis signals.
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- A Stroh
- Institut für Virologie, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany
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Molloy SS, Anderson ED, Jean F, Thomas G. Bi-cycling the furin pathway: from TGN localization to pathogen activation and embryogenesis. Trends Cell Biol 1999; 9:28-35. [PMID: 10087614 DOI: 10.1016/s0962-8924(98)01382-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 335] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Furin is a secretory pathway endoprotease that catalyses the maturation of a strikingly diverse group of proprotein substrates, ranging from growth factors and receptors to pathogen proteins, in multiple compartments within the trans-Golgi network (TGN)/endosomal system. This review focuses on recent developments in the biochemistry and cell biology of the endoprotease, including the mechanism of TGN localization, phosphorylation-dependent regulation of protein traffic, and novel insights into early embryogenesis, extracellular matrix formation and pathogen virulence.
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- S S Molloy
- Vollum Institute, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland 97201, USA
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Chen L, Johnson RC, Milgram SL. P-CIP1, a novel protein that interacts with the cytosolic domain of peptidylglycine alpha-amidating monooxygenase, is associated with endosomes. J Biol Chem 1998; 273:33524-32. [PMID: 9837933 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.273.50.33524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The cytosolic domain of the peptide processing enzyme peptidylglycine alpha-amidating monooxygenase (PAM) contains signals that direct its trafficking in the secretory and endosomal pathways. Using the yeast two-hybrid system, Alam et al. (Alam, M. R., Caldwell, B. D., Johnson, R. C., Darlington, D. N., Mains, R. E., and Eipper, B. A. (1996) J. Biol. Chem. 271, 28636) identified three proteins that interact with a fragment of the PAM cytosolic domain containing these targeting signals. We cloned the rat and human cDNAs encoding PAM COOH-terminal interactor protein-1 (P-CIP1). Both cDNAs contain an open reading frame that encodes a novel protein of 435 amino acids. The P-CIP1 protein is highly conserved from rat to human (85% identity) but does not display significant homology to proteins in the GenBank data base. In vitro, P-CIP1 interacts with the cytosolic domain of wild type PAM-1, but does not interact with mutant PAM-1 proteins that fail to target correctly when expressed in endocrine cells. P-CIP1 contains multiple consensus serine/threonine phosphorylation sites and a region predicted to form a coiled-coil at the COOH terminus. When expressed in endocrine cells or fibroblasts, P-CIP1 is distributed in a punctate pattern in the perinuclear area but does not significantly overlap the distribution of transfected wild type PAM-1. The distribution of P-CIP1 displays significant overlap with the distribution of the secretory carrier membrane proteins, internalized Texas Red-conjugated transferrin, and Rab11. The data suggest that P-CIP1 associates with vesicles in the recycling endosomal pathway, and may play a role in regulating the trafficking of integral membrane PAM.
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- L Chen
- Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA
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Abrami L, Fivaz M, Decroly E, Seidah NG, Jean F, Thomas G, Leppla SH, Buckley JT, van der Goot FG. The pore-forming toxin proaerolysin is activated by furin. J Biol Chem 1998; 273:32656-61. [PMID: 9830006 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.273.49.32656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Aerolysin is secreted as an inactive dimeric precursor by the bacterium Aeromonas hydrophila. Proteolytic cleavage within a mobile loop near the C terminus of the protoxin is required for oligomerization and channel formation. This loop contains the sequence KVRRAR432, which should be recognized by mammalian proprotein convertases such as furin, PACE4, and PC5/6A. Here we show that these three proteases cleave proaerolysin after Arg-432 in vitro, yielding active toxin. We also investigated the potential role of these enzymes in the in vivo activation of the protoxin. We found that Chinese hamster ovary cells were able to convert the protoxin to aerolysin in the absence of exogenous proteases and that activation did not require internalization of the toxin. The furin inhibitor alpha1-antitrypsin Portland reduced the rate of proaerolysin activation in vivo, and proaerolysin processing was even further reduced in furin-deficient FD11 Chinese hamster ovary cells. The cells were also less sensitive to proaerolysin than wild type cells; however, transient transfection of FD11 cells with the cDNA encoding furin conferred normal sensitivity to the protoxin. Together these findings argue that furin catalyzes the cell-surface activation of proaerolysin in vivo.
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- L Abrami
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Geneva, 30 Quai E. Ansermet, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
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Xie Z, Xu W, Davie EW, Chung DW. Molecular cloning of human ABPL, an actin-binding protein homologue. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1998; 251:914-9. [PMID: 9791010 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1998.9506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Based on two partial cDNA sequences, a full-length cDNA sequence for an actin-binding like protein previously named ABPL has been isolated and characterized. ABPL is homologous to the human actin-binding proteins ABP-280 and ABP-278. The predicted sequence for ABPL is 2,705 amino acids in length with a calculated molecular mass of 289 kDa. It contains an amino terminal actin-binding domain followed by 24 tandem repeats of approximately 96 amino acids. Two hinge regions, Hinge I and Hinge II, were located prior to repeats 16 and 24, respectively. An isoform of ABPL lacking Hinge I, with a calculated molecular mass of 286 kDa, was also identified by the reverse transcriptase PCR (RT-PCR) method. A comparison with genomic sequences indicated the isoform resulted from alternative RNA splicing. ABPL has a unique insertion sequence of 82 amino acids in repeat 20 that was not present in the other two homologues and has a tissue distribution that was also different from the other two homologues.
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- Z Xie
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 98195, USA
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Molloy SS, Thomas L, Kamibayashi C, Mumby MC, Thomas G. Regulation of endosome sorting by a specific PP2A isoform. J Cell Biol 1998; 142:1399-411. [PMID: 9744873 PMCID: PMC1424221 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.142.6.1399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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The regulated sorting of proteins within the trans-Golgi network (TGN)/endosomal system is a key determinant of their biological activity in vivo. For example, the endoprotease furin activates of a wide range of proproteins in multiple compartments within the TGN/endosomal system. Phosphorylation of its cytosolic domain by casein kinase II (CKII) promotes the localization of furin to the TGN and early endosomes whereas dephosphorylation is required for efficient transport between these compartments (Jones, B.G., L. Thomas, S.S. Molloy, C.D. Thulin, M.D. Fry, K.A. Walsh, and G. Thomas. 1995. EMBO [Eur. Mol. Biol. Organ.] J. 14:5869-5883). Here we show that phosphorylated furin molecules internalized from the cell surface are retained in a local cycling loop between early endosomes and the plasma membrane. This cycling loop requires the phosphorylation state-dependent furin-sorting protein PACS-1, and mirrors the trafficking pathway described recently for the TGN localization of furin (Wan, L., S.S. Molloy, L. Thomas, G. Liu, Y. Xiang, S.L. Ryback, and G. Thomas. 1998. Cell. 94:205-216). We also demonstrate a novel role for protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) in regulating protein localization in the TGN/endosomal system. Using baculovirus recombinants expressing individual PP2A subunits, we show that the dephosphorylation of furin in vitro requires heterotrimeric phosphatase containing B family regulatory subunits. The importance of this PP2A isoform in directing the routing of furin from early endosomes to the TGN was established using SV-40 small t antigen as a diagnostic tool in vivo. The role of both CKII and PP2A in controlling multiple sorting steps in the TGN/endosomal system indicates that the distribution of itinerant membrane proteins may be acutely regulated via signal transduction pathways.
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- S S Molloy
- Vollum Institute, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, Oregon 97201, USA
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Rivero F, Kuspa A, Brokamp R, Matzner M, Noegel AA. Interaptin, an actin-binding protein of the alpha-actinin superfamily in Dictyostelium discoideum, is developmentally and cAMP-regulated and associates with intracellular membrane compartments. J Biophys Biochem Cytol 1998; 142:735-50. [PMID: 9700162 PMCID: PMC2148174 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.142.3.735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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In a search for novel members of the alpha-actinin superfamily, a Dictyostelium discoideum genomic library in yeast artificial chromosomes (YAC) was screened under low stringency conditions using the acting-binding domain of the gelation factor as probe. A new locus was identified and 8.6 kb of genomic DNA were sequenced that encompassed the whole abpD gene. The DNA sequence predicts a protein, interaptin, with a calculated molecular mass of 204,300 D that is constituted by an actin-binding domain, a central coiled-coil rod domain and a membrane-associated domain. In Northern blot analyses a cAMP-stimulated transcript of 5.8 kb is expressed at the stage when cell differentiation occurs. Monoclonal antibodies raised against bacterially expressed interaptin polypeptides recognized a 200-kD developmentally and cAMP-regulated protein and a 160-kD constitutively expressed protein in Western blots. In multicellular structures, interaptin appears to be enriched in anterior-like cells which sort to the upper and lower cups during culmination. The protein is located at the nuclear envelope and ER. In mutants deficient in interaptin development is delayed, but the morphology of the mature fruiting bodies appears normal. When starved in suspension abpD- cells form EDTA-stable aggregates, which, in contrast to wild type, dissociate. Based on its domains and location, interaptin constitutes a potential link between intracellular membrane compartments and the actin cytoskeleton.
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- F Rivero
- Max-Planck-Institut für Biochemie, 82152 Martinsried, Germany
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Le Borgne R, Hoflack B. Mechanisms of protein sorting and coat assembly: insights from the clathrin-coated vesicle pathway. Curr Opin Cell Biol 1998; 10:499-503. [PMID: 9719871 DOI: 10.1016/s0955-0674(98)80065-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Clathrin-coated vesicles have provided the best example illustrating how both soluble and membrane proteins are selectively clustered into a transport intermediate for subsequent delivery to another intracellular compartment. Like cytosolic clathrin adaptors, the adaptor-like complex AP-3 binds to specific membranes and selects membrane proteins by interacting with their sorting signals.
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- R Le Borgne
- Institut de Biologie de Lille, CNRS EP 525, France
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Wan L, Molloy SS, Thomas L, Liu G, Xiang Y, Rybak SL, Thomas G. PACS-1 defines a novel gene family of cytosolic sorting proteins required for trans-Golgi network localization. Cell 1998; 94:205-16. [PMID: 9695949 DOI: 10.1016/s0092-8674(00)81420-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 301] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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We report the role of one member of a novel gene family, PACS-1, in the localization of trans-Golgi network (TGN) membrane proteins. PACS-1 directs the TGN localization of furin by binding to the protease's phosphorylated cytosolic domain. Antisense studies show TGN localization of furin and mannose-6-phosphate receptor, but not TGN46, is strictly dependent on PACS-1. Analyses in vitro and in vivo show PACS-1 has properties of a coat protein and connects furin to components of the clathrin-sorting machinery. Cell-free assays indicate TGN localization of furin is directed by a PACS-1-mediated retrieval step. Together, these findings explain a mechanism by which membrane proteins in mammalian cells are localized to the TGN.
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- L Wan
- Vollum Institute, The Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland 97201, USA
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Takafuta T, Wu G, Murphy GF, Shapiro SS. Human beta-filamin is a new protein that interacts with the cytoplasmic tail of glycoprotein Ibalpha. J Biol Chem 1998; 273:17531-8. [PMID: 9651345 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.273.28.17531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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We have cloned and sequenced a 9.4-kilobase cDNA specifying a new 280-kDa protein interacting with the cytoplasmic tail of glycoprotein (Gp) Ibalpha and showing considerable homology to actin-binding protein 280 (ABP-280) and chicken retinal filamin. We term this protein human beta-filamin. The gene for beta-filamin localizes to chromosome 3p14.3-p21.1. beta-Filamin mRNA expression was observed in many tissues and in cultured human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs); only minimal expression was detected in platelets and the megakaryocytic cell line CHRF-288. Like ABP-280, beta-filamin contains an NH2-terminal actin-binding domain, a backbone of 24 tandem repeats, and two "hinge" regions. A polyclonal antibody to the unique beta-filamin first hinge sequence identifies a strong 280-kDa band in HUVECs but only a weak band in platelets, and stains normal human endothelial cells in culture and in situ. We have confirmed the interaction of beta-filamin and GpIbalpha in platelet and HUVEC lysates. In addition, using two-hybrid analysis with deletion mutants, we have localized the binding domain for GpIbalpha in beta-filamin to residues 1862-2148, an area homologous to the GpIbalpha binding domain in ABP-280. beta-Filamin is a new member of the filamin family that may have significance for GpIbalpha function in endothelial cells and platelets.
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- T Takafuta
- Cardeza Foundation for Hematologic Research, Department of Medicine, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107, USA
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Jean F, Stella K, Thomas L, Liu G, Xiang Y, Reason AJ, Thomas G. alpha1-Antitrypsin Portland, a bioengineered serpin highly selective for furin: application as an antipathogenic agent. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1998; 95:7293-8. [PMID: 9636142 PMCID: PMC22594 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.95.13.7293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 226] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/1998] [Accepted: 04/13/1998] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The important role of furin in the proteolytic activation of many pathogenic molecules has made this endoprotease a target for the development of potent and selective antiproteolytic agents. Here, we demonstrate the utility of the protein-based inhibitor alpha1-antitrypsin Portland (alpha1-PDX) as an antipathogenic agent that can be used prophylactically to block furin-dependent cell killing by Pseudomonas exotoxin A. Biochemical analysis of the specificity of a bacterially expressed His- and FLAG-tagged alpha1-PDX (alpha1-PDX/hf) revealed the selectivity of the alpha1-PDX/hf reactive site loop for furin (Ki, 600 pM) but not for other proprotein convertase family members or other unrelated endoproteases. Kinetic studies show that alpha1-PDX/hf inhibits furin by a slow tight-binding mechanism characteristic of serpin molecules and functions as a suicide substrate inhibitor. Once bound to furin's active site, alpha1-PDX/hf partitions with equal probability to undergo proteolysis by furin at the C-terminal side of the reactive center -Arg355-Ile-Pro-Arg358- downward arrow or to form a kinetically trapped SDS-stable complex with the enzyme. This partitioning between the complex-forming and proteolytic pathways contributes to the ability of alpha1-PDX/hf to differentially inhibit members of the proprotein convertase family. Finally, we propose a structural model of the alpha1-PDX-reactive site loop that explains the high degree of enzyme selectivity of this serpin and which can be used to generate small molecule furin inhibitors.
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- F Jean
- Vollum Institute, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR 97201, USA
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