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Rapoport B, McLachlan SM. TSH Receptor Cleavage Into Subunits and Shedding of the A-Subunit; A Molecular and Clinical Perspective. Endocr Rev 2016; 37:114-34. [PMID: 26799472 PMCID: PMC4823380 DOI: 10.1210/er.2015-1098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2015] [Accepted: 01/14/2016] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The TSH receptor (TSHR) on the surface of thyrocytes is unique among the glycoprotein hormone receptors in comprising two subunits: an extracellular A-subunit, and a largely transmembrane and cytosolic B-subunit. Unlike its ligand TSH, whose subunits are encoded by two genes, the TSHR is expressed as a single polypeptide that subsequently undergoes intramolecular cleavage into disulfide-linked subunits. Cleavage is associated with removal of a C-peptide region, a mechanism similar in some respects to insulin cleavage into disulfide linked A- and B-subunits with loss of a C-peptide region. The potential pathophysiological importance of TSHR cleavage into A- and B-subunits is that some A-subunits are shed from the cell surface. Considerable experimental evidence supports the concept that A-subunit shedding in genetically susceptible individuals is a factor contributing to the induction and/or affinity maturation of pathogenic thyroid-stimulating autoantibodies, the direct cause of Graves' disease. The noncleaving gonadotropin receptors are not associated with autoantibodies that induce a "Graves' disease of the gonads." We also review herein current information on the location of the cleavage sites, the enzyme(s) responsible for cleavage, the mechanism by which A-subunits are shed, and the effects of cleavage on receptor signaling.
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Affiliation(s)
- Basil Rapoport
- Thyroid Autoimmune Disease Unit, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California 90048
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- Thyroid Autoimmune Disease Unit, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California 90048
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Rapoport B, McLachlan SM. Withdrawn: TSH Receptor Cleavage Into Subunits and Shedding of the A-Subunit; A Molecular and Clinical Perspective. Endocr Rev 2016; 2016:23-42. [PMID: 27454362 PMCID: PMC6958993 DOI: 10.1210/er.2015-1098.2016.1.test] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2015] [Accepted: 01/14/2016] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
Abstract
The TSH receptor (TSHR) on the surface of thyrocytes is unique among the glycoprotein hormone receptors in comprising two subunits: an extracellular A-subunit, and a largely transmembrane and cytosolic B-subunit. Unlike its ligand TSH, whose subunits are encoded by two genes, the TSHR is expressed as a single polypeptide that subsequently undergoes intramolecular cleavage into disulfide-linked subunits. Cleavage is associated with removal of a C-peptide region, a mechanism similar in some respects to insulin cleavage into disulfide linked A- and B-subunits with lossofaC-peptideregion. The potential pathophysiological importance of TSHR cleavage into A-and B-subunits is that some A-subunits are shed from the cell surface. Considerable experimental evidence supports the concept that A-subunit shedding in genetically susceptible individuals is a factor contributing to the induction and/or affinity maturation of pathogenic thyroid-stimulating autoantibodies, the direct cause of Graves' disease. The noncleaving gonadotropin receptors are not associated with autoantibodies that induce a "Graves' disease of the gonads." We also review herein current information on the location of the cleavage sites, the enzyme(s) responsible for cleavage, the mechanism by which A-subunits are shed, and the effects of cleavage on receptor signaling. (Endocrine Reviews 37: 114-134, 2016).
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Affiliation(s)
- Basil Rapoport
- Thyroid Autoimmune Disease Unit, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California 90048
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- Thyroid Autoimmune Disease Unit, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California 90048
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Kim HG, Cho SM, Lee CK, Jeong SW. Neuregulin 1 as an endogenous regulator of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in adult major pelvic ganglion neurons. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2015; 463:632-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2015.05.113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2015] [Accepted: 05/29/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Esper RM, Loeb JA. Neurotrophins induce neuregulin release through protein kinase Cdelta activation. J Biol Chem 2009; 284:26251-60. [PMID: 19648576 PMCID: PMC2785313 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109.002915] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2009] [Revised: 07/28/2009] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Proper, graded communication between different cell types is essential for normal development and function. In the nervous system, heart, and for some cancer cells, part of this communication requires signaling by soluble and membrane-bound factors produced by the NRG1 gene. We have previously shown that glial-derived neurotrophic factors activate a rapid, localized release of soluble neuregulin from neuronal axons that can, in turn promote proper axoglial development (Esper, R. M., and Loeb, J. A. (2004) J. Neurosci. 24, 6218-6227). Here we elucidate the mechanism of this localized, regulated release by implicating the delta isoform of protein kinase C (PKC). Blocking the PKC delta isoform with either rottlerin, a selective antagonist, or small interference RNA blocks the regulated release of neuregulin from both transfected cells and primary neuronal cultures. PKC activation also leads to the rapid phosphorylation of the pro-NRG1 cytoplasmic tail on serine residues adjacent to the membrane-spanning segment, that, when mutated markedly reduce the rate of NRG1 activity release. These findings implicate this specific PKC isoform as an important factor for the cleavage and neurotrophin-regulated release of soluble NRG1 forms that have important effects in nervous system development and disease.
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- Raymond M. Esper
- the Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48201
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- From the Department of Neurology and
- the Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48201
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Frenzel KE, Falls DL. Neuregulin-1 proteins in rat brain and transfected cells are localized to lipid rafts. J Neurochem 2008. [DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.2001.00132.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Eto K, Eda K, Kanemoto S, Abe SI. The immunoglobulin-like domain is involved in interaction of Neuregulin1 with ErbB. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2006; 350:263-71. [PMID: 17007820 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2006.09.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2006] [Accepted: 09/08/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Neuregulin1 (NRG1) is a growth factor that signals through the interaction of the epidermal growth factor (EGF)-like domain with ErbB receptors. An immunoglobulin (Ig)-like domain is contained together with EGF-like domain in the ectodomain of some isoforms generated by alternative splicing, but its role in NRG1 signaling remained unclear. In the present study, we identified a novel isoform of NRG1 containing an Ig-like domain conserved among species from adult Xenopus laevis, which is predominantly expressed in the testis and brain. We generated recombinant proteins for the whole ectodomain and EGF-like domain alone of the isoform to compare their effects on cell proliferation, and phosphorylation of and their association with ErbB receptor, demonstrating that the ectodomain had approximately 10(3)-fold higher abilities than the EGF-like domain. Therefore, the Ig-like domain is probably essential for efficient interaction of an EGF-like domain with ErbB receptors.
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- Ko Eto
- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kumamoto University, 2-39-1 Kurokami, Kumamoto 860-8555, Japan.
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Sanderson MP, Dempsey PJ, Dunbar AJ. Control of ErbB signaling through metalloprotease mediated ectodomain shedding of EGF-like factors. Growth Factors 2006; 24:121-36. [PMID: 16801132 DOI: 10.1080/08977190600634373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Epidermal growth factor (EGF)-like proteins comprise a group of structurally similar growth factors, which contain a conserved six-cysteine residue motif called the EGF-domain. EGF-like factors are synthesized as transmembrane precursors, which can undergo proteolytic cleavage at the cell surface to release a mature soluble ectodomain; a process often referred to as "ectodomain shedding". Ectodomain shedding of EGF-like factors has been linked to multiple zinc-binding metalloproteases of the matrix metalloprotease (MMP) and a disintegrin and metalloprotease (ADAM) families. Shedding can be activated by a variety of pharmacological and physiological stimuli and these activation events have been linked to the enhancement of metalloprotease activity, possibly via the action of intracellular signaling modules. Once shed from the cell surface, EGF-like factors bind to a family of four cell surface receptors named ErbB-1, -2, -3 and -4. Heterodimerization or homodimerization of these receptors following ligand binding drives intracellular signal transduction cascades, which eventuate in diverse cell fates including proliferation, differentiation, migration and inhibition of apoptosis. In addition to its role in driving normal developmental processes, a wealth of evidence now exists showing that de-regulated ErbB signaling is associated with the formation of tumors in a variety of tissues and that ectodomain shedding of EGF-like factors plays a critical event in this process. Thus, knowledge of the molecular mechanisms by which EGF-like factors are shed from the cell surface and the nature of the proteases and cellular signals that govern this process is crucial to understanding ErbB receptor signaling and potentially also in the development of novel cancer therapeutics targeting the ErbB pathway. This review focuses on the structure and function of EGF-like factors, and the mechanisms that govern the shedding of these transmembrane molecules from the cell surface.
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- Michael P Sanderson
- Tumor Immunology Programme, German Cancer Research Centre, Heidelberg, Germany
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The human epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor (HER) family of receptor tyrosine kinases has frequently been implicated in cancer. Apart from overexpression or mutation of these receptors, also the aberrant autocrine or paracrine activation of HERs by EGF-like ligands may be important in cancer progression. Neuregulins constitute a family of EGF-like ligands that bind to HER3 or HER4, preferably forming heterodimers with the orphan receptor HER2. Mesenchymal neuregulin typically serves as a pro-survival and pro-differentiation signal for adjacent epithelia. Disruption of the balance between proliferation and differentiation, because of autocrine production by the epithelial cells, increased sensitivity to paracrine signals or disruption of the spatial organization, may lead to constitutive receptor activation, in the absence of receptor overexpression. Consequently, the analysis of ligand expression and/or activated receptors in tumor samples may broaden the group of patients that can benefit from targeted therapies.
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- Christophe Stove
- Laboratory of Experimental Cancerology, Department of Radiotherapy and Nuclear Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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Schillo S, Pejović V, Hunzinger C, Hansen T, Poznanović S, Kriegsmann J, Schmidt WJ, Schrattenholz A. Integrative Proteomics: Functional and Molecular Characterization of a Particular Glutamate-Related Neuregulin Isoform. J Proteome Res 2005; 4:900-8. [PMID: 15952737 DOI: 10.1021/pr050012p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Glutamate is the major excitatory neurotransmitter in the mammalian brain and is related to memory by calcium-conducting receptors. Neuregulins have emerged as long-term modulating molecules of synaptic signaling by glutamate receptors, playing a role in some cognition/memory-related disorders and moreover being part of transient functional microdomains, called lipid rafts. Here we characterize one specific isoform of neuregulin as a central biomarker for glutamate-related signaling, integrating results from in vitro and in vivo models by a differential functional and proteomic approach.
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Jüttner R, Moré MI, Das D, Babich A, Meier J, Henning M, Erdmann B, Mu Ller EC, Otto A, Grantyn R, Rathjen FG. Impaired synapse function during postnatal development in the absence of CALEB, an EGF-like protein processed by neuronal activity. Neuron 2005; 46:233-45. [PMID: 15848802 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2005.02.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2004] [Revised: 01/14/2005] [Accepted: 02/27/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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In an attempt to characterize the molecular components by which electric activity influences the development of synapses, we searched for cell surface proteins modulated by calcium influx and glutamate receptor activity. Here, we report that neuronal depolarization facilitates the conversion of CALEB, which results in a truncated transmembrane form with an exposed EGF domain. To characterize the role of CALEB in synapse development, synaptic features were investigated in slices of the colliculus superior from CALEB-deficient mice. In the absence of CALEB, the number of synapses and their morphological characteristics remained unchanged. However, in CALEB-deficient mice, synapses displayed higher paired-pulse ratios, less depression during prolonged repetitive activation, a lower rate of spontaneous postsynaptic currents, and a lower release probability at early but not mature postnatal stages. Our findings indicate that CALEB provides a molecular basis for maintaining normal release probability at early developmental stages.
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- René Jüttner
- Max-Delbrück-Centrum, Robert-Rössle-Strasse 10, 13092 Berlin, Germany
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- D A Talmage
- Institute for Human Nutrition and Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032, USA
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Stove C, Stove V, Derycke L, Van Marck V, Mareel M, Bracke M. The heregulin/human epidermal growth factor receptor as a new growth factor system in melanoma with multiple ways of deregulation. J Invest Dermatol 2003; 121:802-12. [PMID: 14632199 DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1747.2003.12522.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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In a screening for new growth factors released by melanoma cells, we found that the p185-phosphorylating capacity of a medium conditioned by a melanoma cell line was due to the secretion of heregulin, a ligand for the human epidermal growth factor receptor (HER) family of receptor tyrosine kinases. Expression of heregulin, including a new isoform, and secretion of functionally active protein was found in several cell lines. Receptor activation by heregulin, either autocrine or paracrine, resulted in a potent growth stimulation of both melanocytes and melanoma cells. Heregulin receptor HER3 and coreceptor HER2 were the main receptors expressed by these cells. Nevertheless, none of the cell lines in our panel overexpressed HER2 or HER3. In contrast, loss of HER3 was found in two cell lines, whereas one cell line showed loss of functional HER2, both types of deregulations resulting in unresponsiveness to heregulin. This implies the heregulin/HER system as a possible important physiologic growth regulatory system in melanocytes in which multiple deregulations may occur during progression toward melanoma, all resulting in, or indicating, growth factor independence.
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- Christophe Stove
- Laboratory of Experimental Cancerology, Department of Radiotherapy and Nuclear Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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Brown CL, Coffey RJ, Dempsey PJ. The proamphiregulin cytoplasmic domain is required for basolateral sorting, but is not essential for constitutive or stimulus-induced processing in polarized Madin-Darby canine kidney cells. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:29538-49. [PMID: 11382759 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m102114200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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In this study, the role of the amphiregulin precursor (pro-AR) cytoplasmic domain in the basolateral sorting and cell-surface processing of pro-AR in polarized epithelial cells has been investigated using Madin-Darby canine kidney cells stably expressing various human pro-AR forms. Our results demonstrate that newly synthesized wild-type pro-AR (50 kDa) is delivered directly to the basolateral membrane domain with >95% efficiency, where it is sequentially cleaved within the ectodomain to release several soluble amphiregulin (AR) forms. Analyses of a pro-AR cytoplasmic domain truncation mutant (ARTL27) and two pro-AR secretory mutants (ARsec184 and ARsec190) indicated that the pro-AR cytoplasmic domain is not required for efficient delivery to the plasma membrane, but does contain essential basolateral sorting information. We show that the pro-AR cytoplasmic domain truncation mutant (ARTL27) is not sorted in polarized Madin-Darby canine kidney cells, with approximately 65% of the newly synthesized protein delivered to the apical cell surface. Under base-line conditions, ARTL27 was preferentially cleaved from the basolateral surface with 4-fold greater efficiency compared with cleavage from the apical membrane domain. However, ARTL27 ectodomain cleavage could be stimulated equivalently from either membrane domain by a variety of different stimuli. The metalloprotease inhibitor BB-94 could inhibit both base-line and stimulus-induced ectodomain cleavage of wild-type pro-AR and ARTL27. These results indicate that the pro-AR cytoplasmic domain is required for basolateral sorting, but is not essential for ectodomain processing. Preferential constitutive cleavage of ARTL27 from the basolateral cell surface also suggests that the metalloprotease activity involved in base-line and stimulus-induced ARTL27 ectodomain cleavage may be regulated differently in the apical and basolateral membrane domains of polarized epithelial cells.
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- C L Brown
- Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, USA
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Wang JY, Miller SJ, Falls DL. The N-terminal region of neuregulin isoforms determines the accumulation of cell surface and released neuregulin ectodomain. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:2841-51. [PMID: 11042203 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m005700200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Two neuregulin-1 isoforms highly expressed in the nervous system are the type III neuregulin III-beta1a and the type I neuregulin I-beta1a. The sequence of these two isoforms differs only in the region that is N-terminal of the bioactive epidermal growth factor-like domain. While the biosynthetic processing of the I-beta1a isoform has been well characterized, the processing of III-beta1a has not been reported. In this study, we compared III-beta1a and I-beta1a processing. Both III-beta1a and I-beta1a were synthesized as transmembrane proproteins that were proteolytically cleaved to produce an N-terminal fragment containing the bioactive epidermal growth factor-like domain. For I-beta1a, this product was released into the medium. However, for III-beta1a, this product was a transmembrane protein. In cultures of cells expressing III-beta1a, the amount of neuregulin at the cell surface was much greater, and the amount in the medium was much less than in cultures expressing I-beta1a. Phorbol ester treatment and truncation of the cytoplasmic tail had markedly different effects on III-beta1a and I-beta1a processing. These results demonstrate an important role for the N-terminal region in determining neuregulin biosynthetic processing and show that a major product of III-beta1a processing is a tethered ligand that may act as a cell surface signaling molecule.
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- J Y Wang
- Department of Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
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Montero JC, Yuste L, Díaz-Rodríguez E, Esparís-Ogando A, Pandiella A. Differential shedding of transmembrane neuregulin isoforms by the tumor necrosis factor-alpha-converting enzyme. Mol Cell Neurosci 2000; 16:631-48. [PMID: 11083924 DOI: 10.1006/mcne.2000.0896] [Citation(s) in RCA: 129] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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The neuregulins (NRGs) are a family of EGF-like factors that activate receptor tyrosine kinases of the ErbB/HER type. Some NRGs are membrane anchored and are released upon cleavage of the ectodomain. Here we have investigated the characteristics of the cleavage of different transmembrane NRG isoforms (proNRG) that diverge in domains that have been implicated in the regulation of the cleavage of other membrane-anchored growth factors. We show that cleavage of proNRGs is complex and generates several cell-bound truncated fragments. Comparison of the resting generation of these truncated fragments between proNRG forms that diverge in the linker region that connects the EGF-like module to the transmembrane domain revealed that proNRG beta 2a was relatively resistant to processing compared to proNRG beta 4a which was processed more efficiently than proNRG alpha 2a. An important role for this linker in proNRG cleavage was supported by deletion analysis of this region that prevented NRG solubilization. Studies aimed at the identification of the proteolytic machinery responsible for proNRG processing indicated that metalloproteases were involved in proNRG processing. This was further supported by the fact that cleavage of proNRG alpha 2c was defective in fibroblasts derived from TACE(-/-) animals that express an inactive form of the metalloprotease TACE.
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- J C Montero
- Instituto de Microbiología Bioquímica, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca 37007, Spain
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Rio C, Buxbaum JD, Peschon JJ, Corfas G. Tumor necrosis factor-alpha-converting enzyme is required for cleavage of erbB4/HER4. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:10379-87. [PMID: 10744726 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.275.14.10379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 242] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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HER4 is a member of the epidermal growth factor receptor family and has an essential function in heart and neural development. Identification of two HER4 isoforms, HER4 JM-a and JM-b, which differ in their extracellular juxtamembrane region and in their susceptibility to cleavage after phorbol ester stimulation, showed that the juxtamembrane region of the receptor is critical for proteolysis. We now demonstrate that phorbol ester and pervanadate are effective stimuli for HER4 JM-a processing and that the HER4 JM-b isoform does not undergo cleavage in response to any of the stimuli studied. We also show that HER4 JM-a is not cleaved in cells lacking the metalloprotease tumor necrosis factor-alpha-converting enzyme (TACE) and that reexpression of TACE in these cells restores constitutive and regulated processing of HER4 JM-a. Moreover, we show that the sequence specific to the HER4 JM-a juxtamembrane region is sufficient to confer susceptibility to phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate-induced cleavage of the HER2 receptor. In conclusion, we provide evidence that TACE is essential for the regulated shedding of the HER4 JM-a receptor.
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- C Rio
- Division of Neuroscience, Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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