title: Heregulin-dependent trafficking and cleavage of ErbB-4.
abstract: Heregulin was shown to promote the proteolytic cleavage of its receptor, ErbB-4, in several cell lines. The growth factor also rapidly promoted the transient translocation of ErbB-4 to a detergent-insoluble fraction, in which the receptor was hyper-tyrosine-phosphorylated compared with the receptor present in the detergent-soluble pool. However, an 80-kDa proteolytic fragment of ErbB-4 was found in the detergent-soluble fraction, but not in the detergent-insoluble fraction. Although the heregulin-induced cleavage of ErbB-4 produced a fragment of ErbB-4 very similar to that induced by 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate or pervanadate (each of which is blocked by metalloprotease inhibitors), the growth factor-induced cleavage was not sensitive to these inhibitors under the same conditions. The heregulin-induced cleavage of ErbB-4 could be blocked by conditions that prevent clathrin-coated pit formation, suggesting that heregulin-mediated ErbB-4 cleavage occurs subsequent to internalization. When reagents that prevent acidification of endosomes were employed, heregulin-induced ErbB-4 cleavage was sensitive to metalloprotease inhibitors. The results imply that during ligand-dependent receptor trafficking, activated ErbB-4 receptors are subject to proteolytic cleavage involving an intracellular metalloprotease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0146, USA.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Carpenter
mesh_terms: D003902:Detergents; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D006868:Hydrolysis; D007700:Kinetics; D008024:Ligands; D020890:Neuregulin-1 / Q000378:metabolism*; D010766:Phosphorylation; D021381:Protein Transport; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D014638:Vanadates / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D003902:Detergents; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D008024:Ligands; D020890:Neuregulin-1; C076715:pervanadate; D014638:Vanadates; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate