title: The cytoplasmic domain of L-selectin participates in regulating L-selectin endoproteolysis.
abstract: Neutrophil recruitment at sites of inflammation is regulated by a series of adhesion and activation events. L-selectin (CD62L) is a leukocyte expressed adhesion protein that is important for neutrophil accumulation and rolling along the vascular endothelium. L-selectin is unique from other adhesion molecules involved in leukocyte transmigration in that its adhesiveness appears to be regulated partly by rapid endoproteolysis. Cleavage of L-selectin occurs within a membrane-proximal region that results in ectodomain shedding and retention of a 6-kDa transmembrane fragment. The cleavage domain of L-selectin has been well characterized through mutational analysis. Whether the cytoplasmic domain of L-selectin also plays a role in regulating shedding is controversial. We have previously shown that the Ca(2+)-sensing protein calmodulin (CaM) constitutively associates with the cytoplasmic domain of L-selectin in transfected cell lines. However, in the absence of mapping and mutational analysis of the CaM-binding region of L-selectin, there remains no direct evidence that this interaction affects shedding. Using synthesized peptides and expressed L-selectin constructs, we demonstrate that CaM binding activity occurs in the membrane-proximal region of the cytoplasmic domain. Mutations engineered in this region that prevent CaM binding increase the proteolytic turnover of L-selectin. Moreover, we demonstrate that CaM binding to the 6-kDa transmembrane fragment is greatly reduced compared with intact L-selectin in neutrophils, suggesting that CaM binding is regulated. These data imply that the cytoplasmic domain of L-selectin can regulate shedding by a mechanism in which bound CaM may operate as a negative effector.
authors.affiliation: Center for Immunology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Matala
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Alexander
authors.forename: T K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Kishimoto
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Walcheck
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D002147:Calmodulin / Q000378:metabolism; D002460:Cell Line; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D010450:Endopeptidases / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D006868:Hydrolysis; D007399:Interphase / Q000502:physiology; D020014:K562 Cells; D019041:L-Selectin / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000378:metabolism; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D011485:Protein Binding / Q000235:genetics; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D002147:Calmodulin; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D019041:L-Selectin; D010450:Endopeptidases