TY - JOUR
T1 - The tetraspanin Tspan15 is an essential subunit of an ADAM10 scissor complex
AU - Koo, Chek Ziu
AU - Harrison, Neale
AU - Noy, Peter J
AU - Szyroka, Justyna
AU - Matthews, Alexandra L
AU - Hsia, Hung-En
AU - Müller, Stephan A
AU - Tüshaus, Johanna
AU - Goulding, Joelle
AU - Willis, Katie
AU - Apicella, Clara
AU - Cragoe, Bethany
AU - Davis, Edward
AU - Keles, Murat
AU - Malinova, Antonia
AU - McFarlane, Thomas A
AU - Morrison, Philip R
AU - Nguyen, Hanh T H
AU - Sykes, Michael C
AU - Ahmed, Haroon
AU - Maio, Alessandro Di
AU - Seipold, Lisa
AU - Saftig, Paul
AU - Cull, Eleanor
AU - Pliotas, Christos
AU - Rubinstein, Eric
AU - Poulter, Natalie S
AU - Briddon, Stephen J
AU - Holliday, Nicholas D
AU - Lichtenthaler, Stefan F
AU - Tomlinson, Michael G
PY - 2020/9/4
Y1 - 2020/9/4
N2 - A disintegrin and metalloprotease 10 (ADAM10) is a transmembrane protein essential for embryonic development, and its dysregulation underlies disorders such as cancer, Alzheimer's disease and inflammation. ADAM10 is a "molecular scissor" that proteolytically cleaves the extracellular region from >100 substrates, including Notch, amyloid precursor protein, cadherins, growth factors, and chemokines. ADAM10 has been recently proposed to function as six distinct scissors with different substrates, depending on its association with one of six regulatory tetraspanins, termed TspanC8s. However, it remains unclear to what degree ADAM10 function critically depends on a TspanC8 partner, and a lack of monoclonal antibodies specific for most TspanC8s has hindered investigating this question. To address this knowledge gap, here we designed an immunogen to generate the first monoclonal antibodies targeting Tspan15, a model TspanC8. The immunogen was created in an ADAM10-knockout mouse cell line stably overexpressing human Tspan15, because we hypothesized that expression in this cell line would expose epitopes that are normally blocked by ADAM10. Following immunization of mice, this immunogen strategy generated four Tspan15 antibodies. Using these antibodies, we show that endogenous Tspan15 and ADAM10 co-localize on the cell surface, that ADAM10 is the principal Tspan15-interacting protein, that endogenous Tspan15 expression requires ADAM10 in cell lines and primary cells, and that a synthetic ADAM10/Tspan15 fusion protein is a functional scissor. Furthermore, two of the four antibodies impaired ADAM10/Tspan15 activity. These findings suggest that Tspan15 directly interacts with ADAM10 in a functional scissor complex.
AB - A disintegrin and metalloprotease 10 (ADAM10) is a transmembrane protein essential for embryonic development, and its dysregulation underlies disorders such as cancer, Alzheimer's disease and inflammation. ADAM10 is a "molecular scissor" that proteolytically cleaves the extracellular region from >100 substrates, including Notch, amyloid precursor protein, cadherins, growth factors, and chemokines. ADAM10 has been recently proposed to function as six distinct scissors with different substrates, depending on its association with one of six regulatory tetraspanins, termed TspanC8s. However, it remains unclear to what degree ADAM10 function critically depends on a TspanC8 partner, and a lack of monoclonal antibodies specific for most TspanC8s has hindered investigating this question. To address this knowledge gap, here we designed an immunogen to generate the first monoclonal antibodies targeting Tspan15, a model TspanC8. The immunogen was created in an ADAM10-knockout mouse cell line stably overexpressing human Tspan15, because we hypothesized that expression in this cell line would expose epitopes that are normally blocked by ADAM10. Following immunization of mice, this immunogen strategy generated four Tspan15 antibodies. Using these antibodies, we show that endogenous Tspan15 and ADAM10 co-localize on the cell surface, that ADAM10 is the principal Tspan15-interacting protein, that endogenous Tspan15 expression requires ADAM10 in cell lines and primary cells, and that a synthetic ADAM10/Tspan15 fusion protein is a functional scissor. Furthermore, two of the four antibodies impaired ADAM10/Tspan15 activity. These findings suggest that Tspan15 directly interacts with ADAM10 in a functional scissor complex.
U2 - 10.1074/jbc.RA120.012601
DO - 10.1074/jbc.RA120.012601
M3 - Article
C2 - 32111735
SN - 0021-9258
VL - 295
SP - 12822
EP - 12839
JO - Journal of Biological Chemistry
JF - Journal of Biological Chemistry
IS - 36
ER -