Unit for Degradomics of the Protease Web, Biochemical Institute, University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany.
Systematic Proteomics and Bioanalytics, Institute for Experimental Medicine, University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany.
Cell Mol Life Sci. 2020 Jan;77(2):331-350. doi: 10.1007/s00018-019-03184-4. Epub 2019 Jun 17.
Disintegrin and metalloproteinases (ADAMs) 10 and 17 can release the extracellular part of a variety of membrane-bound proteins via ectodomain shedding important for many biological functions. So far, substrate identification focused exclusively on membrane-anchored ADAM10 and ADAM17. However, besides known shedding of ADAM10, we identified ADAM8 as a protease capable of releasing the ADAM17 ectodomain. Therefore, we investigated whether the soluble ectodomains of ADAM10/17 (sADAM10/17) exhibit an altered substrate spectrum compared to their membrane-bound counterparts. A mass spectrometry-based N-terminomics approach identified 134 protein cleavage events in total and 45 common substrates for sADAM10/17 within the secretome of murine cardiomyocytes. Analysis of these cleavage sites confirmed previously identified amino acid preferences. Further in vitro studies verified fibronectin, cystatin C, sN-cadherin, PCPE-1 as well as sAPP as direct substrates of sADAM10 and/or sADAM17. Overall, we present the first degradome study for sADAM10/17, thereby introducing a new mode of proteolytic activity within the protease web.
解整合素金属蛋白酶(ADAMs)10 和 17 可以通过细胞外结构域脱落释放多种膜结合蛋白的细胞外部分,这对许多生物学功能很重要。到目前为止,底物鉴定仅专注于膜锚定的 ADAM10 和 ADAM17。然而,除了已知的 ADAM10 脱落外,我们还鉴定出 ADAM8 是一种能够释放 ADAM17 细胞外结构域的蛋白酶。因此,我们研究了可溶性 ADAM10/17 (sADAM10/17)的细胞外结构域是否与它们的膜结合形式相比表现出改变的底物谱。基于质谱的 N 端组学方法总共鉴定出 134 个蛋白切割事件,以及在鼠心肌细胞分泌组中 sADAM10/17 的 45 个共同底物。对这些切割位点的分析证实了先前鉴定的氨基酸偏好。进一步的体外研究验证了纤连蛋白、半胱氨酸蛋白酶抑制剂 C、sN-钙粘蛋白、PCPE-1 以及 sAPP 是 sADAM10 和/或 sADAM17 的直接底物。总的来说,我们首次对 sADAM10/17 进行了降解组研究,从而在蛋白酶网络中引入了一种新的蛋白水解活性模式。