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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
41
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-10-10
pubmed:abstractText
Syndecans are transmembranous heparan sulfate proteoglycans abundant in the surface of all adherent mammalian cells and involved in vital cellular functions. In this study, we found syndecan-1, -2, -3, and -4 to be constitutively expressed by human umbilical vein endothelial cells. The exposure of the ectodomains of syndecan-1 and -4 to the cell surface and their constitutive shedding into the extracellular compartment was measured by immunoassays. In the presence of plasmin and thrombin, shedding was accelerated and monitored by detection and identification of (35)S-labeled proteoglycans. To elucidate the cleavage site of the syndecan ectodomains, we used a cell-free in vitro system with enzyme and substrate as the only reactants. For this purpose, we constructed recombinant fusion proteins of the syndecan-1 and -4 ectodomain together with maltose-binding protein and enhanced yellow fluorescent protein as reporter proteins attached to the N and C termini via oligopeptide linkers. After protease treatment of the fusion proteins, the electrophoretically resolved split products were sequenced and cleavage sites of the ectodomain were identified. Plasmin generated cleavage sites at Lys(114) downward arrowArg(115) and Lys(129) downward arrowVal(130) in the ectodomain of syndecan-4. In thrombin proteolysates of the syndecan-4 ectodomain, the cleavage site Lys(114) downward arrowArg(115) was also identified. The cleavage sites for plasmin and thrombin within the syndecan-4 ectodomain were not present in the syndecan-1 ectodomain. Cleavage of the syndecan-1 fusion protein by thrombin occurred only at a control cleavage site (Arg downward arrowGly) introduced into the linker region connecting the ectodomain with the enhanced yellow fluorescent protein. Because both plasmin and thrombin are involved in thrombogenic and thrombolytic processes in the course of the pathogenesis of arteriosclerosis, the detachment of heparan sulfate-bearing ectodomains could be relevant for the development of arteriosclerotic plaques and recruitment of mononuclear blood cells to the plaque.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Arginine, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Bacterial Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Carrier Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/DNA, Complementary, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Fibrinolysin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Heparitin Sulfate, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Luminescent Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Lysine, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Maltose-Binding Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Membrane Glycoproteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Oligopeptides, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Peptide Hydrolases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Proteoglycans, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/SDC1 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/SDC4 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Syndecan-1, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Syndecan-4, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Syndecans, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Thrombin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Valine, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/yellow fluorescent protein, Bacteria
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
14
pubmed:volume
280
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
34441-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16087677-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:16087677-Arginine, pubmed-meshheading:16087677-Arteriosclerosis, pubmed-meshheading:16087677-Bacterial Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:16087677-Binding Sites, pubmed-meshheading:16087677-Carrier Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:16087677-Cell-Free System, pubmed-meshheading:16087677-DNA, Complementary, pubmed-meshheading:16087677-Endothelium, Vascular, pubmed-meshheading:16087677-Fibrinolysin, pubmed-meshheading:16087677-Heparitin Sulfate, pubmed-meshheading:16087677-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:16087677-Immunoassay, pubmed-meshheading:16087677-Kinetics, pubmed-meshheading:16087677-Luminescent Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:16087677-Lysine, pubmed-meshheading:16087677-Maltose-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:16087677-Membrane Glycoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:16087677-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:16087677-Oligopeptides, pubmed-meshheading:16087677-Peptide Hydrolases, pubmed-meshheading:16087677-Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:16087677-Protein Structure, Tertiary, pubmed-meshheading:16087677-Proteoglycans, pubmed-meshheading:16087677-Syndecan-1, pubmed-meshheading:16087677-Syndecan-4, pubmed-meshheading:16087677-Syndecans, pubmed-meshheading:16087677-Thrombin, pubmed-meshheading:16087677-Time Factors, pubmed-meshheading:16087677-Umbilical Veins, pubmed-meshheading:16087677-Valine
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Plasmin- and thrombin-accelerated shedding of syndecan-4 ectodomain generates cleavage sites at Lys(114)-Arg(115) and Lys(129)-Val(130) bonds.
pubmed:affiliation
Leibniz-I Institute of Arteriosclerosis Research, University of Muenster, D-48149 Muenster, Germany. annschm@uni-muenster.de
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't