title: Membrane topology of Bves/Pop1A, a cell adhesion molecule that displays dynamic changes in cellular distribution during development.
abstract: We investigated the membrane topology of Bves/Pop1A as a foundation to dissect the molecular basis and function of Bves/Pop1A trafficking during development. Bves contains two asparagine-linked glycosylation sites within the amino terminus and three putative membrane domains. Therefore, glycosylation assays were performed to determine if the amino terminus of Bves is delivered into the endoplasmic reticulum lumen and glycosylated. We establish that Bves from chick heart and transfected cells is glycosylated, implying that the amino terminus of cell surface molecules is extracellular. Three biochemically distinct approaches were utilized to determine the orientation of the carboxyl terminus of Bves. First, glycosylation of Bves at exogenous sites within the carboxyl terminus was only observed in a construct that lacked the third membrane domain, which presumably reversed the orientation of the carboxyl terminus. Second, co-expression of full-length Bves with soluble, carboxyl-terminal Bves constructs that reside in different subcellular compartments revealed that Bves-Bves interactions occur in the cytoplasm. Third, the immunoreactivity of endogenous Bves at the cell surface of epicardial cells was dramatically enhanced with detergent. These results suggest that the membrane topology of cell surface Bves/Pop1A is composed of an extracellular amino terminus, three transmembrane domains, and a cytoplasmic carboxyl terminus. We therefore hypothesize that the carboxyl terminus regulates the cellular distribution of Bves/Pop1A during coronary vessel development.
authors.affiliation: Stahlman Cardiovascular Research Laboratories and Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-6300, USA.
authors.forename: Ruth F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Knight
authors.forename: David M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Bader
authors.forename: Jon R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Backstrom
mesh_terms: D016475:3T3 Cells; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001216:Asparagine / Q000737:chemistry; D030161:Avian Proteins; D019921:Biotinylation; D019556:COS Cells; D002448:Cell Adhesion; D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D002460:Cell Line; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000737:chemistry; D002642:Chick Embryo; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000378:metabolism; D003902:Detergents / Q000494:pharmacology; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D004721:Endoplasmic Reticulum / Q000378:metabolism; D017353:Gene Deletion; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; D006031:Glycosylation; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D051379:Mice; D008954:Models, Biological; D008957:Models, Genetic; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009124:Muscle Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D009206:Myocardium / Q000166:cytology; D011233:Precipitin Tests; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D051381:Rats; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014018:Tissue Distribution; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D030161:Avian Proteins; C498788:Bves protein, Gallus gallus; C498789:Bves protein, mouse; D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules; D003902:Detergents; D009124:Muscle Proteins; D001216:Asparagine