title: Differential shedding of transmembrane neuregulin isoforms by the tumor necrosis factor-alpha-converting enzyme.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Microbiología Bioquímica, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca 37007, Spain.
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Montero
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yuste
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Díaz-Rodríguez
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Esparís-Ogando
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pandiella
mesh_terms: D051722:ADAM Proteins; D000072198:ADAM17 Protein; D017398:Alternative Splicing / Q000502:physiology; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites / Q000502:physiology; D016466:CHO Cells; D006224:Cricetinae; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000166:cytology / Q000201:enzymology; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D007536:Isomerism; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D008666:Metalloendopeptidases / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016296:Mutagenesis / Q000502:physiology; D009414:Nerve Growth Factors / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000378:metabolism; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000378:metabolism; D011498:Protein Precursors / Q000378:metabolism; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D008565:Membrane Proteins; C106766:NRG2 protein, human; D009414:Nerve Growth Factors; C491453:Nrg2 protein, mouse; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D011498:Protein Precursors; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D051722:ADAM Proteins; D008666:Metalloendopeptidases; D000072198:ADAM17 Protein; C000606462:ADAM17 protein, human; C000606463:Adam17 protein, mouse