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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-11-28
pubmed:abstractText
CD44 is a widely distributed cell surface adhesion molecule and is implicated in diverse biological processes. However, the nature of intracellular signaling triggered by CD44 remains to be elucidated. Here, we show that CD44 undergoes sequential proteolytic cleavage in the ectodomain and intracellular domain, resulting in the release of a CD44 intracellular domain (ICD) fragment. Consequently, CD44ICD acts as a signal transduction molecule, where it translocates to the nucleus and activates transcription mediated through the 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol 13-acetate-responsive element, which is found in numerous genes involved in diverse cellular processes. Expression of an uncleavable CD44 mutant as well as metalloprotease inhibitor treatment blocks CD44-mediated transcriptional activation. In search of the underlying mechanism, we have found that CD44ICD potentiates transactivation mediated by the transcriptional coactivator CBP/p300. Furthermore, we show that cells expressing CD44ICD produce high levels of CD44 messenger RNA, suggesting that the CD44 gene is one of the potential targets for transcriptional activation by CD44ICD. These observations establish a novel CD44 signaling pathway and shed new light on the functional link between proteolytic processing of an adhesion molecule at the cell surface and transcriptional activation in the nucleus.
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pubmed:commentsCorrections
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0021-9525
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
26
pubmed:volume
155
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
755-62
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11714729-Active Transport, Cell Nucleus, pubmed-meshheading:11714729-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11714729-Antigens, CD44, pubmed-meshheading:11714729-Cell Fractionation, pubmed-meshheading:11714729-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:11714729-Genes, Reporter, pubmed-meshheading:11714729-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11714729-Ionomycin, pubmed-meshheading:11714729-Nuclear Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11714729-Peptide Fragments, pubmed-meshheading:11714729-Protein Structure, Tertiary, pubmed-meshheading:11714729-Recombinant Fusion Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11714729-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:11714729-Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate, pubmed-meshheading:11714729-Trans-Activators, pubmed-meshheading:11714729-Transcription, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:11714729-Transcriptional Activation
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Proteolytic release of CD44 intracellular domain and its role in the CD44 signaling pathway.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Tumor Genetics and Biology, Kumamoto University School of Medicine, 2-2-1 Honjo, Kumamoto 860-0811, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't