title: Assembly of homotrimeric type XXI minicollagen by coexpression of prolyl 4-hydroxylase in stably transfected Drosophila melanogaster S2 cells.
abstract: We established stably transfected insect cell lines containing cDNAs encoding the alpha and beta subunits of human prolyl 4-hydroxylase in both Trichoplusia ni and Drosophila melanogaster S2 cells. The expression level and enzymatic activity of recombinant prolyl 4-hydroxylase produced in the Drosophila expression system were significantly higher than those produced in the T. ni system. We further characterized the involvement of prolyl 4-hydroxylase in the assembly of the three alpha chains to form trimeric type XXI minicollagen, which comprises the intact C-terminal non-collagenous (NC1) and collagenous domain (COL1), in the Drosophila system. When minicollagen XXI was stably expressed in Drosophila S2 cells alone, negligible amounts of interchain disulfide-bonded trimers were detected in the culture media. However, minicollagen XXI was secreted as disulfide-bonded homotrimers by coexpression with prolyl 4-hydroxylase in the stably transfected Drosophila S2 cells. Minicollagen XXI coexpressed with prolyl 4-hydroxylase contained sufficient amounts of hydroxyproline to form thermal stable pepsin-resistant triple helices consisting of both interchain and non-interchain disulfide-bonded trimers. These results demonstrate that a sufficient amount of active prolyl 4-hydroxylase is required for the assembly of type XXI collagen triple helices in Drosophila cells and the trimeric assembly is governed by the C-terminal collagenous domain.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Gene Technology, Biomedical Engineering Center, Industrial Technology Research Institute, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Hsiu-Chuan
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Chuan-Chuan
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Sung-Fang
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Min-Yuan
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Chou
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D002460:Cell Line; D019281:Dimerization; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D024022:Fibrillar Collagens / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009036:Moths / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D046912:Multiprotein Complexes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D011393:Procollagen-Proline Dioxygenase / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D011485:Protein Binding; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D014162:Transfection / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D024022:Fibrillar Collagens; D046912:Multiprotein Complexes; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; C455508:collagen type XXI; D011393:Procollagen-Proline Dioxygenase